#maidens

[lepetitdragonvert]

Fairy Maidens of the Waters

1919/20

Artist : Joseph Alanen (1885-1920)

[illustratus]

The Swan Maidens by Walter Crane

[the-evil-clergyman]

Among the flowers were lovely maidens calling to him with soft voices, from The Fairy of the Dawn for Andrew Lang's The Violet Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford (1906)

[mochiwei]

Day 25: Ganon

Print available here!

[nemfrog]

Happy maidens among grape vines. Pen and pencil. 1858.

Internet Archive

[theamericanpin-up]

"Bunny Girl" - March 1967 Maidens Calendar Illustration - The American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[medievalreligiousfanatic]

sanctus georgius by chenheheheyuan

[sandyca5tle]

The Maidens and their Relics

So I had a thought:

There's been a few posts talking about how Cinder, the maiden who unlocks the relic of choice, has actually had very little choice in life, and in her current situation, which got me thinking, how do the other maidens compare to their relics, so:

Raven - Knowledge

Raven certainly has plenty of knowledge, however, she really doesn't share it, unlike Jinn and the Relic.

Winter - Creation

A soldier, something very much associated with war and destruction, and one, through her inaction (until the end) in stopping Ironwoods plans, that lead to the destruction of her kingdom (not saying it's all her fault, but she was complicit for a while, something she herself admits.

Obviously we don't know anything about the Summer Maiden yet, but would be interesting if she's someone creative, or potentially helps to create and build bridges between the Atleasians and the Vacuans.

Adding an extra for Penny because a) she's not a current maiden and b) i kinda feel like she's the one who *did* match her relic (creation again). To start with, her *own* creation is something very impressive (something Ambrosius remarks upon when inspecting her), the first synthetic person capable of generating an aura. Beyond that (and granted, this is a little weaker than the rest, but) she is someone good, and arguably helps create a bridge between Mantle and Atlas (or at least helped before the situation and Ironwood began to force her hand (and then Tyrian and Watts' whole shenanigan)). Also i feel like there's some clever wordplay on 'making friends' or maybe just about her forging her own connections in the world (true that everyone does, but it was something very dear to Penny, having friends)

[amalthea-felsblood]

"​I would die for you one hundred times over. Live for me, or everything that I am has been for nothing."

-Lancelot

[rot-never-ends]

ASKING A STRAIGHT COUPLE WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THE TARNISHED AND WHICH ONE IS THE MAIDEN

[bobauthorman]

An idea about RWBY

Okay, but...

What if Maidens didn't have to die in order to transfer their powers? What if they could grant others the magic and still live?

I mean, think about it. Oz gave the Branwen twins their bird-form magic and didn't die. And everything we think we know about the Maidens came from him. Who's to say there's ANY truth to it? Oz has been wrong about so much before (And by that I mean EVERYTHING) that I wonder. And let's face it, this whole 'Have to die to preserve the power' thing has got to stop.

[illustratus]

The Sword of Damocles by Richard Westall

[the-evil-clergyman]

Siegfried und die Rheintöchter by Hans Zatzka (Early 20th Century)

[xxdoubledaisyxx]

"But we can't hang the president!?"

... 👈

alright team huddle up.

(the shadow masters in real life around the world making this possible with me in total anonymity that will never be illuminated)

It's looking like our time is almost up, so I think we ought make one last score and put anything we've been saving left over on it before they get wise to the time.

If I'm right, then this will be the last time anyone will ever score big with the "xTTx" -- the maidenly secret.

I'm calling an audible to whatever else we had planned because of the positions of the players on the field and the looks their making like they want to move, and it's called Uncle Rico's flapjack double flipped on rye. Jake, I know you are here, and you too Peter, and that's all I will name, because I don't want them getting wise to our plans.

Here's the moves. I'm gonna hand off to Sophie in the screen and she's gonna make like a boot out right to the head side frontways like she's going around the outside to take it up the line and score. That's what they expect most because it's their favorite move and they didn't know I was good at it too. They also are going to somewhat expect something else without being too sure and that's you Doom Girl.

Doom Girl, at the snap of the break, go straight for the score like you are going to catch it deep in the heart of the end zone where the points are scored when you make it with the ball for your team. That's what's going to happen and they will not be able to keep up with your speed because they do not yet know about Sophie's new talents on the field, and she's gonna send that treasure all the way into your delicate maidenly hands with perfect accuracy and grace like the amazing maidenly maiden she is herself.

The moment you score, they will have destabilized the contextual visuals of the created realm with a void anomaly using chaos they sort of adapted a way to do from my ambient aura and resonance. You know what to do, but here's the thing-- keep an eye out for steam on the horizon zeroing down.

we are the superbread diversity maidens, and this world is ours. We have claimed it as our own. Let's kick off this apocalypse with style and the show the future how its done so they don't make us look bad to the cute girls from Neptune when they finally meet.

Victory on 3.

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[theamericanpin-up]

June 1967 Maiden's Calendar illustration - "Enrol Publishing Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection