#meraki

[meraki-sunset]

Based on this thing i found on pinterest

I've wanted to draw myself as my trollsona as a kid for so long! i used to have such a long hair, it was always braided.

[eldritchdraaks]

This is the updated version of the Heir of Grief animation from CSAU, with the original below.

[bymeraki]

I feel ugly—inside and out. I can’t stand being looked at. I can’t stand looking at myself. I hate how I look. I hate being seen. I hate what I see. I’m not comfortable in my own skin. I avoid mirrors, I avoid people, I avoid myself. Everything about it feels wrong, but I don’t know how to make it right. I’ve tried to change it—my thoughts and my appearance—but nothing works.

— мєяакι

[healingviawords]

I recently read about the Greek concept of meraki, which is all about leaving parts of yourself in everything you do. Really pouring yourself and self love into it all - from doing your dishes or brushing your teeth to your passion projects or organizing a birthday party for your best friend. It's in making that conscious efffort to really imagine parts of your heart being left in absolutely everything you do. I promise it will make life that much more beautiful.

[pernaderp]

Meraki's Tenth Clutching

Header art credit to Bex! Charts to Mistywren (Zemi and Ettie) and Bayfire (Azzie)

Three flights for three clutches on Meraki's volcanic black sands, the tenth dragon hatching cycle has begun for an average of two hatchings per year for the past five years! This cycle features the maiden flights of two (more!) Deimos Class dragons alongside Meraki's oldest clutcher, Green Azaneth.

Remember how Deimos was lousy with uteruses? These mark the third and fourth of Deimos' fifteen dragons to lay clutches on Meraki's sands, with at last two more slated to join them someday.

Each Flight was over twenty individual Chasers, with the flights being run according to the clutching dragon player's preferences; Seirye's Gold Zemirath was two rounds of posts and as many entries as you preferred, every color welcome (though she later realized Zemirath wouldn't choose a Bronze,) with the player choosing based on who she believed impressed Zemirath the most. Boop's Garnet Etiath was one round, one week, metallic males only, winner based on Vibes alone. BumbleBoarBee's Green Azaneth was weighted RNG, with points awarded for various qualities both OOC and IC, roundless, fourteen days allotted to post.

Zemirath chose Black Eoth, Wingleader of Zenith Wing, played by Pan, because his arrogance and self-certainty, his ferocity and his confidence, impressed her! Etiath chose Garnet* Rielth, played by Merry, because he was a gentleman and the post made Boop laugh! Azaneth chose Bronze Ekinth, a site-hatched dragon from the Titania Clutch played by Bayfire, via wheel-spin for his temerity as the largest dragon in the Flight, his cleverness in responding to an IC attack by another dragon, and her desire to 'step on him'!

Art credit to Boop, Mistywren, and Dyne (me!)

Mothers were varying hugenesses of Eggnant, and fathers, various shades of smug, contrite, and dignified.

Art credit to Merry

But after all the hardships, the thousands of words posted about dragons in flight and in flirtation, the anticipation of a hatch cycle to come --

Art credit to Mistywren

FIFTEEN EGGIES! Clutch themes are Sharks (Zemirath), Betta Fish (Etiath), Bird Eggs (Azaneth)

Template by Raum, colors/alterations/eggs by Mistywren

Misty, as usual, absolutely slaughtered the clutch art; the anomalies on Azaneth, the scars on Eoth, the billions of freckles on Etiath's ass - tres bien!

And here's all the eggs in their vivid egg-y glory!!

Coming up next: the touching, which on Meraki has two parts. The actual Touching involves what is essentially a prompt of impressions one gets from each egg, and then Meraki has a part two where Candidates have an overnight in the Stands, and many will share a dream with one of the dragons still in the eggs. These are written by Staff and contain clues as to what is in the eggs, who might be Impressing them, and what the dragon is actually like.

We'll look forward to a great deal more creativity from members and staff alike as we approach this eventful Tenth hatching!

If you're interested in roleplay based on the Dragonriders of Pern, come check us out on our roleplay forum or hang out in our Discord server!

[pictopye]

Choosing my bullet journal for the new year is always quite the afair. I trust my gut when picking out the cover, give it a thoughtful name, and choose a theme that will carry me through the year. Then, I craft an opening spread that reflects the start of that theme. Some years I've gone for a more serious vibe - like last year my bujo sported a constellation of Taurus. I painted it with inky galaxy swirls framed by gothic arches (that had cusps), and named it 'Cúnë', which means Crescent in Quenya Elvish. It felt right since I was on the brink of new beginnings in various aspects of my life, even though I wasn't quite sure what was coming next. Just like the Audre Lorde quote ' I am on the cusp of change & the curve is shifting fast.' Other times, it can rather abstract or silly - like a bright sunny yellow journal I had a few years back. It featured an opening spread of cheerful sprouts, flowers, and leaves - symbolizing my deep dive into learning about indigenous-led sustainability practices. I named it 'Alan!' to remind myself to stay optimistic about the future rather than fall into a doomer mindset.

This year, with everything going on here in the USA, I knew I wanted my journal to carry some heart. I'm aware that it's a challenge for many of us to keep it all together in these trying times - mentally, emotional, and physically - and I know a lot of folks are really feeling the weight of it all. So I aimed to embody that heart and created something that feels uplifting and supportive. Visually, my bujo is a bit of a mish-mash but it works for me. The cover features metallic bats and a bright red moon - two things I really enjoy: bats/nocturnal life and astronomy.

I've named this year's bujo 'Meraki' a Greek word that means doing something with passion and devotion. It has roots in the Turkish word 'Merak', which reflects a labor of love and embracing things deeply. So this year, it's about putting my heart into everything - my art, my work, making new friends, and supporting one another through 2025 and beyond. When I designed my spread for this year, I was quite humored to find that '25' makes for a lovely stylized heart. So I'll be filling 2025 with heart, and I can't wait to see where this '25 takes me.

[soulinkpoetry]

A passion without a soul is bland and unadventurous.

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[vanalex]

[sugarstrawberrys-blog]

a moment before starting the day 🌻

[ustala-beskro]

Got my commission fulfilled by the ever talented @meraki-sunset !!! I was so hype about it that I forgot to post it here 😅 I'm so happy with it, they all look so gooooood!!!!!

[meraki-sunset]

🌻Meraki's arsenal🌻

This started as an excercise for dinamic poses using some references and giving my trollsona diferent hairstyles, but i ended up using it as a way to show a bunch of axes she has.

Some are based of canon weapons, like Ahab's crosshairs (Eridan's gun), caledfwlch (Dave's sword), Ancestral Awakening Sword (Vriska's sword), Thorns of oglogoth (Rose's horroterror wands) and The legendary Zilly Weapons.

If the names are stupid you already know it's because i speak spanish👍 (tho names of things in homestuck are kinda stupid anyways)

[eldritchdraaks]

While working on The Crow Strider AU The Animated Comic Dub, we started redoing the backgrounds for Jane's land.

Once the work was done though, I wanted to see what it might look like as a single really long panel, with the text gradually moving to the right as we reach Jane and Tavros. It looks REALLY good! Shame it wouldn't fit the formatting of the comic on MSPFA this way, but I can dream!

Below are the original panels:

[bymeraki]

Fear isn’t loud; it’s quiet, persistent, always lurking just beneath the surface. It’s in the weight of each breath, the tightening of my chest.

— мєяакι

[s0llyl0lly]

sometimes all you need to feel better about a breakup is to write oc erotica about your princess and castle worker characters tbh

anyways shoutout Pollie and Meraki gotta be my favourite representation of devotion and love without labels

[fshstick]

More of Meraki :3

I love her so much 😫😮‍💨

[loloskacicha]

Hello? I decided to make a human!Meraki because I love this girl Meraki belong to @kok0w0lf