#midday thoughts

[callimara]

Not enough people portray Apollo as a smarty-pants nerd with really nerdy interests (musical theater, performance art, astrophysics, aerospace engineering, academic research, biomedicine, epidemiology) who just so happens to be trapped in a hot body that’s great at sports.

Like here’s this gorgeous jock who’s the star athlete of the archery club but as soon as he opens his mouth, the only thing he wants to talk about is the discovery of a new black hole or that new broadway production that’s being promoted on TikTok.

But noooo tell me again how he’s a dumb blond that’s full of himself and can’t do a single thing right.

It rankles me.

[midday-headcanons]

FE3H Faction Fashion Aesthetics

Making a personal resource for myself and others to use. Hoping to make it easier for myself when designing ocs for the universe going forward. It's a lot more obvious in Three Hopes than in Three Houses, but the same thing applies.

Adrestian Empire

Exemplifying the supposed opulence of Adrestia, there are a lot of curves and flares in Adrestian armor and clothing. While the armor is built with a heavy emphasis on form, it does not sacrifice function. They favour the warmer colour spectrum, with some exception.

Tassles, fringe, balloon hems, and large capes are used en masse, creating a larger, tapered frame that can also be interpreted as imposing or meant to attract attention. Like the large plumage of a peacock or, well, an eagle.

They style themselves like birds, a regal distraction from their strength. (How appropriate.)

Holy Kingdom of Faerghus/Faeghus Dukedom

Layers, layers, Layers.

The clothing in Faeghus is entirely meant to keep you warm, and the armor is layered, sturdy, and functional. Even the mages and speed focused warriors wear layers to protect themselves from the elements, usually following the cooler colour spectrum.

Accessories and jewelry are typically simple - likely a nod to the poverty of the country itself and a focus on knightly culture - and most of the catching details come in the form of colour and the way the layers are implemented.

Also, very important, furs!! Like the manes of lions, nearly all of the noble characters hailing from Faerghus in Three Hopes wear some form of fur. (Sylvain is the only exception to this rule, as he wears a scarf instead.)

Leicester Alliance/Federation

Leicester has very little in the way of cohesive clothing design. That is, however, because there is a heavy emphasis on form and ease of movement.

The armor is typically light, if available at all, and is comfortably located primarily around the chest. Clothing is loose and airy, a physical representation of the city-state's very fluid nature.

As for the colours, they are vibrant and colour a wide range of the spectrum, not totally centered around one particular side - another nod to their unorthodox standard of living. Spots, eye-catching patterns, and long fluid lines -- that's the Golden Deer for you.

Duscur, Brigid, and Almyra

So, it took some digging, but I believe a lot of the basis for these three specific places is heavily borrowed from African, Celtic/Hawaiian, and Persian cultures respectively.

Using Dedue as the basis, Duscur style appears to be very much inspired by a mix of the ancient Nubians - particularly the Kushites - and the ancient Egyptians. Focusing mainly on the golden or potentially copper adornments and textiles he wears, I imagine their style was heavily focused on mixing patterns with a wide array of colour. (Dedue mixes that alongside Faerghus-style armor and layering, a very good example of character-driven character design.)

At first, I had assumed Brigid had more of a Hawaiian leaning due to a number of factors concerning Petra specifically, how the location is a tropical archipelago historically sought after for resources/colonization by foreign armies, and a lot of... other less than savoury historical tidbits. But, after some research, I discovered a lot of Celtic inspirations as well! Flowing clothing with form fitted areas only where necessary, tattoos around the arm and upper back, golden neck rings and bangles, and elaborate hair braiding styles are the name of the game on Brigid.

Almyra is, almost incredibly so, inspired by the ancient Persian (Achaemenid) Empire -- an empire known for its warriors and its lustre. So, you know what that means. Gold. Gold everywhere. But only elite warriors (or royalty, in the case of Shahid and Claude) use gold in their armor, so for a lower soldier, iron and bronze work best. Natural colors like yellow, orange, and green are commonly used for their loose and flowy clothing, normally accented by deep browns, black, and white linens. Like the Duscur people, they too use complex patterns and dyes. Boots and shoes are sometimes curved at the tips, but greaves are not. Head accessories range from headwraps to turbans to tiaras and diadems.

[grimmscythe]

To be close with anyone at all is truly an overlooked privilege.

[barbwritesstuff]

One of the coolest things that has ever happened is when I first started writing Blood Moon and people started sending me fanart. Someone put Marco in this denim jacket, which was not in the story, but then I noticed other artists also started putting Marco in denim jackets and I had this moment of beautiful epiphany when I realised this character I made was growing and evolving without me. And I love that. I love that so much it hurts. I may have cried in joy.

Another really cool thing that happened is the ice age.

[s0ft-karina]

need a quick fuck session right about now 🤪

[mommyscarcass]

serious question

if evil Danny is fully Ghost how the heck does he do this? Is he just a shapeshifter? Can ghosts shape-shift or is he just special? Also why is he only called Danny if he's half of Vlad? Why not impersonate the rich politician and cause mass corruption? Also Danny couldn't turn back to human the other time he was separated from his ghost half so why is this different?

[lunarthecorvus]

You know what I can see how Archer would be a Kanej song

[tobymdarling]

i always thought the “but henry, nothing will ever happen to you” was unnecessarily mean and ooc before today. i perceived it as “nothing will ever happen to you because you’re a coward” which literally contradicts what he said 5 seconds earlier

but now with the campfire scene, it’s just so fucking sad? it’s not intended to be cruel, just as a reminder to henry that alex sees him, as who he is- not just what the crown wants him to be

[midday-headcanons]

Currently thinking about how Flayn has her own unique Crest despite being a second generation Nabataen.

That means any child born of a Nabatean would have their own unique Crest as well.

So… potentially, if Flayn had a child, or any other surviving Nabataen did (Seteth, Rhea, Macuil, Indech, and an argument could be made for Byleth), there'd be a brand new Crest in the world.

Hanneman is foaming at the mouth rn.

[grimmscythe]

And if you cannot find goodness and hope in this world, become it.

[rena-renata]

why does the track "The Adventure Begins" from The Hobbit soundtrack at minute 1:12 sounds like an intro for the Sims?

[caffeinated-coffee-bean]

Cursed thought:

That saying “Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings” and each of the different variations people have made of it for a specific thing, what if every time that specific saying is fulfilled one angel instead of multiple has another set of wings added to it. So the bell ringing saying Steve the angel just keeps getting new wings while Erica the angel has to wait for someone to make a new variation of the saying to get wings.

[echoesinautumnsblog]

Midday rush can feel endless, but there’s a quiet power in stopping—even for a moment. I paused to sip my tea, to watch sunlight dance on my wall. The world kept moving, but I felt still.

Have you paused today?

[growintheflowers]

I wish I felt like I actually had time. Everyday I look at the clock. I count the time that I have in a day. It’s plenty, in fact, it’s too much time.

When I begin to use my time, I feel like it slips through my fingertips. How can something that is so invisible feel so tangible?

I begin to rush when I feel like my time is fading away. I have things that need to be done but with no time available.

I have so many things I want to do. Hobbies, work, school, and breathing. Yet it feels like when I touch one task, for only a moment, my time drops into nothing I can truly conceptualize. Time is nothing but I wish I knew where it was going

The paradox of so much time in a day, so much that it is too much. Except, there is never enough time in a day.

[breakfastatstephaniess]

question

do you believe everything you say and do you ever acknowledge how contradicting your thought pattern can be?

sometimes i wonder.