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[bass-alien]

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[whorrorbvby]

i love my pfp so im reposting it

[maretriarch]

Just in time for 4/13 here's the second line of my r63 dolls, this time CREEPover themed with bonus accessories! in an ideal world they would come in adorable recuperacoon shaped packaging. and probably a sopor slime making kit because kids love slime. which one are YOU picking up from your local Goreget today?

[gingermintpepper]

hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??

-hogoflight

Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!

Probably the most empirically extensive one I can list is Krönström's thesis which compares statues of Aphrodite and literary text referring to both the goddess and mortal women to determine physical ideals for women in five specific eras of Grecian antiquity. Including measurements of the statues there are many descriptions of Aphrodite as 'curvy' with a 'voluptuous figure' and with 'ample buttocks and bosom'.

"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculptures’ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."

Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)

Mireille M. Lee's 'Other Ways of Seeing' essay which talks about the forgotten female viewers of Knidian Aphrodite which is also extremely illuminating on how Aphroditic sexuality and sensuality was perceived totally differently from the well documented male voyeuristic gaze (which was overly preoccupied with the statue's nakedness and therefore over-sensationalised the statue's physical appearance) vs women's perspective on the statue which is more centered on the beauty of simplicity in Aphrodite's garment and decoration and in her power and ability to captivate both in her finery and without it. I think it's especially useful in exploring the importance of finery, jewellry and adornment in representations of Aphroditic beauty.

"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Çanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"

"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162–3)..."

Finally, and to me, the most important one in the argument for an interpretation of Hyacinthus as fat, beautiful and fundamentally Aphroditic comes from Brilmayer's brilliant brilliant thesis done on Aphrodite's work and influence in Archaic Greek Poetry which does away with all of that masculine preoccupation with physical proportion, measurement and bodily ideals for a focus on a Sapphic Aphroditic ideal centered in clothing, ornamentation and, most importantly cunning as symbols of Aphrodite and ultimately a feminine idealised form of beauty. This paper also discusses Pandora and Helen in these terms and it is just kind of a wonderful read tbh.

"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot – a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphrodite’s power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."

The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!

[prince-peachie]

I am religious about waist chub on men

[trillgutterbug]

just rewatched one of the worst movies ever made x-men apocalypse and some parts of it are uhh Good Actually

[bookshopsandtea]

Early/Mid teen Koi + stats :D

[every-sanji]

[hussyknee]

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I need someone to give me permission to stop following Palestine. I'm really burnt out, my hyperempathy is killing me, but my OCD won't let me step away. I know I make so little difference, and yet taking turning away feels like a betrayal and abandonment. What right have I to be tired when I'm not even Palestinian. How is my mental health important when it's Palestinians living a nightmare they can't wake up from?

I know that hurting myself out of care is counter-productive, but that's pretty much been my whole life. I've all but landed myself in hospital nursing my rescue animals and doing what advocacy I can for my causes on social media. I'm just... acutely conscious of how little I can contribute to society, with all my disabilities, while my parentification trauma makes me feel immediately responsible for any deficit of care in the world. It's all just driven by hyperempathy and compulsion and maladaptive behaviours, and my kindness feels cancelled out by my temper and reactivity. Idk. I'm just really tired and feel ashamed of both wanting to disengage and not being able to.

I keep telling myself: I am a drop in the ocean but part of a great current, my only job is to not evaporate lest others evaporate with me. But I'm so close to evaporating.

[superwookieman]

[maximura]

Seungcheol flying to Japan to be with SVT on their tour only 2 weeks following an ?ACL repair is. A. Choice. When I see Carats remarking how "cute" and "sweet" it is that he seemingly "doesn't want to be separated" from his members I low key groan in every surgical language there is.

[savage-rhi]

Idc if it's a sword, knife, etc. the moment it draws blood or any fluids from me, that's mine now. My essence is imbued upon it. We are one. She chose me. I am worthy of her.

[caprsix]

sunday 😸

[a-very-fond-farewell]

guess who fucked around and found out? 👯‍♀️💅🏻😌 (I pulled smth in my right knee 😎)

[cheemken]

Hey Knight how do you feel about Ash and Iris from the anime? At least what you know about them, since I don’t think you’ve ever mentioned watching BW

For me I see them as those friends that are like siblings towards each other, especially because Iris and Ash always teased each other in BW and JN

Although whenever I try look at content about them 70% of what I find is just “Ash hates Iris cause she always called him a kid”…which is stupid cause she’s teasing him like kids do

But one thing I love about them is that they’re both Champions. Ash has something he can relate with towards Iris that he doesn’t with his other friends. They both know what it’s like to hold such a title at a young age

Last thing, but I like to think that whenever they meet up, whether it’s by coincidence, annual champion meetings, or something else, they’ve ALWAYS got to battle each other. Doesn’t matter the situation, it’s like they get the Cain instinct™️ everything they see each other

Your honour pls they are siblings for me chmxxj like ofc since Ash was really supposed to be Alola champ in my hcs, my dynamic for him w Iris is that they're siblings y'know; they always got each other's backs, they're always so supportive of each other, they tease each other but y'know that's normal, and you are so right if they don't battle immediately after they see each other they're gonna fucking combust lmfaooo

Omf okay sorry I wasn't done I accidentally posted this instead of pressing edit cjxkchdj

Anyways yeah even I see posts abt how some peeps are like low-key projecting too bc yeah Iris calls Ash a kid so she's a shit character they say and I'm like?? Mfer they're kids what do you fucking expect that's how kids are hcmdndn and also, I remember seeing a post back then on how the reason Iris is like that in the anime bc people in her school kinda looked down on her and saw how different she was and acted more of a kid than them, which was understandable bc she was a kid during those times so ofc she's gonna act like one

So for her to feel some semblance of control in her life, that yeah she's not just a kid, she calls Ash kid bc she knows the way Ash acts is how she always acted back then which caused people to not like her and your honour I think abt this from time to time it just cjdmbd Iris deserves a hug man

Anyways pls your honour you are so right they're siblings😭😭 like I had this one concept of them back then y'know, that one time Iris accidentally called Diantha mom and she panicked and ran away, and Ash was the only one who knew where she was bc he just knows just where Iris would hide during times like this, and he's there trying to comfort her, also telling her that one time he accidentally called Kukui dad as well and ough,,, ough your honour it's just soft bcmdhdns

Also it would be so funny if these two just,,, attract anything main anime character related things fucking imagine Ash saying he met Giratina once and he was nice and then Iris going that Kyurem is also nice too and they just try to summon Giratina for him to meet Kyurem, Cynthia has never been so stressed in her life lmfaooo homegirl just vibing with the other Champions, sees these dark clouds over Mt. Coronet and just fucking grabs Dia and begs her for her Gardevoir to teleport them there right the fuck NOW

Imagine as the others got there they see Ash and Iris feeding Giratina and Kyurem poffins😭🤣

But y'know this makes me think now how Ash is like in my hcs bc I did change a lot of stuff in my hcs from the actual games/anime/manga, it would be cool to see him as a wandering trainer always out to battle anyone and be stronger to be the master he always dreamt he'd be, maybe less main protag things and such if that makes sense hahah

[mcondance]

TAINE KILLING ME RUBBIJG HIS HEAD WHEN JUNEBUG START TALKING ABOUT SPONGEBOB AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭 before my boy even got his words out fr he was sighing 😭😭😭