#mara reblog

[cloudwhich]

in honor of 100 followers of my blog here is my cat’s namesake, Mara Jade :D !!!

Thank u all for supporting my art and niche asf fixation <3

Mara says thank you too :>

[carol-cigarettes-furcoats]

[sleepergeek42]

thanks doctor who: the gloaming for having a line so brain rotting that i needed to make art about it (or rather a mock-up of what the art would be) because i'm so normal about devotion and godhood and praise and consumption -

(thanks big finish and more specifically lauren mooney & stewart pringle for using the mara to its unhinged potential)

[fujobritta]

El Grillo (The Cricket) — Josquin Des Prez

(notes under cut)

[normallyxstranger]

Mother's Day

featuring Victor Foster & Mara Foster — characters from The New Ashton Chronicles, written & role-played by F.R. Southerland

( @normallyxstranger | @frsoutherlandauthor | www.frsoutherland.com )

© 2019 F.R. Southerland

original fiction (repost) | approx. words: 350 | general warnings: death mention | largely unedited | reblogs allowed & encouraged

1980s

     “I barely knew my mother,” Victor said, exhaling a quiet sigh as he leaned back. His only experience with mother figures came from Sonja, the witch who had taken him as a child, and Bernice–but old women were hardly a typical example. Mara had briefed him on her mother, and not in a kind way. It filled him not with dread or anxiety, but a longing to be finished with it soon. To pass the time, and ease Mara’s worry, Victor turned to small talk.

    Not his forte, but he tried. He placed a hand on her knee, gave a squeeze that was meant to be comforting. Mara shifted in her seat, and cut her eyes toward the door.

   “I almost envy that,” she said, and immediately winced. “Sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just–my mother is a tough nut to crack. She hates magic. And witches. I just wish–” And she paused and exhaled a hefty sigh. “Sometimes I wish I barely knew her,” Mara said, then winced again. “That was… the wrong thing to say. Sorry.”

     Even as one who had lost his mother at an early age and would’ve given damn near anything to have her back, he understood Mara’s sentiment. For some, family was a difficult obstacle to overcome–especially when that family was judgmental, hateful, and condescending.

     “We don’t have to do this,” he said, after a short pause. “We can leave. You don’t have to prove anything to her.”

     “Don’t I?” A mirthless laugh broke past her lips. “She’ll have to meet you eventually.”

     “Eventually.” There came another pause, then a smile inched across his face. “Eventually… but not today.”

     Mara turned a quizzical look at him. “What?”

     “Come on,” he said. Victor stood and offered his hand.

     “Victor… what are you doing?”

     “We’re postponing. I’ll meet her another time.” He continued to smile. 

     Despite her anxiety, the corners of Mara’s mouth lifted and she took his hand. “All right. But just so you know, there’s no real hurry to reschedule. I’m fine with it if you never meet her.”

     Victor would be fine with it too.

     They teleported away.

[bluesey-182]

"give", "gods", and "sugar" all playing back to back in Sundowning is hilariously entertaining to me bc it's like "here's a heartaching, beautiful ballad. here's an underground-punk-scene-esque banger. here's haunted clown music". and i eat that shit up each time

[arytha]

joelle and francis's icons got turned into the anonymous/deactivated icon because my phone cache is probably buggy but man did it concern me for a second ghfjdk

[mayxthexforce]

"You know [Roganda Ismaren] was the Emperor's Hand. His other Hand," he added, as Leia looked quickly up, a protest on her lips. "And Mara's fried as a fish about it."

— Han Solo to Leia Organa in 'Children of the Jedi' by Barbara Hambly.

[invinciblerodent]

tagged by @starfightrpilot in a kissy-picrew, couple song game using this creator! (A lot of the designs aren't super well-reflected in it because, well, the medium itself is a little limited like that, but I still had so much fun playing dressup with it again! ❤️)

@antiqua-lugar, if you're in the mood to play dolls, I'd love to see you do it too next! ❤️

(I went on a bit longer than i thought, so, under the cut it all goes!)

This is the best I can do for the moment of Iona and Astarion- their song for me is "Masquerade" by YENDRY (ft. Lous and the Yakuza)

I really like how the basis of their whole story is, at its core, a willful miscommunication based on the complete misunderstanding of the other's motives, and how the two singers have their back and forth in different languages.

I really like how over and over again, the song responds to "Antes de hablarme quítate la máscara" ("before you'd speak to me, take off your mask") with "Arrêtez un peu avec toute cette mascarade" ("stop with all this charade/masquerade"), I think that works so nicely for these two's whole Deal with each other- kind of both daring each other to drop the pretense first without fully understanding what the other is saying.

They didn't have a goatee that would have fit Arvid, so this is kind of the closest I could get to him and Gale! Their song for me is "I Know That He Loves Me" by Autoheart.

I like to kind of think of it as "He" in a way going back and forth between referring to Arvid's god Tempus ("At the edge of imploding/He surrounds me with light") and referring to Gale ("And He acts like a sedative/All through the night"), kind of as a.... religious crisis/romantic panic type of deal? Either way, it's a nice fit.

For Petyr and Shadowheart (shipname: Phart), most of my songs are instrumentals, but the one that I associate with them is "Love Song of The Beta Male" by Stornoway.

"beta male" in this context is referring to the concept as it exists in birds basically, but it's just a very sweet kind of, "I'm not an idiot, I know I'm not, like, a perfect, charming prince who'll sweep you off your feet, but hey, I can love you still the best I can" sentiment that I feel fits their silly and.... in a way, almost kind of juvenile romance.

(I unfortunately don't yet have one for Petyr and Halsin -ship name Hatyr-, but that's probably for the best, since I can't make them look not related in the bloody picrew, lol.)

And closing it out with Ray and Wyll, with "Yellow Bird" by Ben Stevenson.

This whole.... hero in/before his prime and hero past his own angle, this... one of them embodying the present and the future and the other the melancholy past, they're very much two sides of the same coin, and "Nobody knows all that we've got, you couldn't tell a single thing new/Nobody knows me like you" just... fits so well.

To know sacrifice because they've both had to make it, to know one another because they see versions of themselves in each other, I really like that. Nobody knows me like you, because I am you, and you are me, and that depth of understanding without need for words just tickles me so perfectly.

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[wolfblood-of-anubis]

please reblog so that more people can see and vote, thanks!

[carol-cigarettes-furcoats]

Carol [seductively] saying Therese’s name 

[aromanticmara]

did you guys know we need more mara art in this world. did you know that

[swimming-karyss]

more OCs!

since I neither can nor should draw now, I thought I could share some old art and a bit or two about my imaginary children!

Meet Mara and Yole Balemila! They are travel companions, your honor. And one day I will definitely write a comic about them, one day.... Mara is an ex-monster-hunter, and she seems so out of touch with the modern world, I wonder why is that :) And Yole is a self-proclaimed witch who can't cast a single spell. Actually the 'witch' title is usually given to threats to society, but Yole isn't bothered by this, because witches are cool! Her mum is one! :D

unlike Avelyn they do live in an interesting world with some mysterious history! I've even drawn some maps! But all of them are outdated and do not fit my vision. I've got really interested in worldbuilding and had a lot of fun thinking about ocean currents, climates and such!

aw look, it's their first art together! they've grown up so much!

(an unfinished art of one of the previous designs) Yole is really keen on hanging out in open elevated spaces. She enjoys the wind :) and I enjoy mysterious ruins

Actually Yole has quite an interesting family tree when it comes to inspirations behind her. She is an alternate version of an alternate version of an old beloved oc. Maybe I'll talk about it someday....

Mara is just Mara. She is like a Ken....

this was meant to be a light study from a frame from a film, but I got disappointed with something and abandoned it, I think? I don't really remember. but they are rather cute here

this picture had a caption: "sometimes I forget that Mara is a protagonist too", which is, lol, true. Compared to Yole her design didn't change with time at all! it probably means I don't think about her all that much.........

an untranslatable meme about eating a beetle. I'll actually try to translate it. everyone likes the jokes being explained, right??

Mara: how much will you eat a bug for?(money)/how much it'll take you to eat a bug?(time)

Yole: hmmm, Less than a minute

Mara: I was talking about money!

Yole: I will be paid?! :D

[ufonaut]

Anne Mason slept, and a coldness like the coldness of death touched her.

The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (1971) #3

(Jack Oleck, Don Heck)

[arytha]

i do think one of my biggest issues in art is colors. i dont get them. i dont understand. maybe this is why i'll never be a digital painter but like, i dont know how to use colors and would love someone to just hand colors to me for me you know

[carol-cigarettes-furcoats]