#ocypete

[feenick]

I've had these three around for a decade now

[purseowner4thequalityanimation]

Shin Megami Tensei NINE's demon roster consists of new designs, returning designs and REPEATED designs. And no demon demonstrates this better than Harpy, whose model appears in NINE's roster no less than 5 times. Rather than just post 5 gifs and be done with it like I normally do, I have decided to curate a short overview of the BEST Harpy appearances in MegaTen! Hit "Keep reading" (after viewing this post in my blog because the formatting gets fucked up if you don't) NOW!!!!

Harpy and Furiae appear in Shin Megami Tensei 1 but they don't share assets yet so who gives a crap. Siren is a blue harpy, I guess.

Furiae returns in Shin Megami Tensei II with a new sprite, joined by

Ocypete, Celaeno and Aello! There's some slight asset resharing among them as Aello and Furiae share the same base sprite, but the others share with non-harpy demons so as far as this post is concerned they're original. Combined with artist Kazuma Kaneko's tendency to embellish demon designs in artwork and you'd never expect that all these birds were destined to be textureswaps for an underperforming 2002 XBOX JRPG.

But they were! Now we're cooking! In Shin Megami Tensei NINE the 5 bird-ladies return in one fabulous package. If you love Harpy then you'll love Harpy being given a haircut and a dyejob and reappearing four times. You'll love how they appear alongside themselves for hours of gameplay because they're within the same 10-28 level range. As an added bonus for the asset-reuse lover, said gameplay takes place in looping CG render backgrounds arranged into dungeons so just imagine leaving the town square in Ocarina of Time and arriving in that exact town square except mirrored. By the end of NINE you will love asset reuse, because you will not make it to the end of NINE otherwise. (The harpies are also in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE but without the looping backgrounds it just isn't the same.)

Honorable mention to Persona 1 which squeezed in the named furies Megaera, Tisiphone and Alecto by using the same upperbody sprite as the three named harpies. Unfortunately Atlus were too afraid to include the named harpy Podarge for a total of 7 unique birdladies, so Persona 1 will only be commemorated by an opacity-reduced overlay of the six they bothered including.

Only regular Harpy survived to the DS-3DS era, using her Soul Hackers design where her head kind of looks like a pinecone. After gracing us with her presence in Strange Journey (+ Redux) and Shin Megami Tensei IV(+ Apocalypse), the Harpy disappeared from the pages of SMT history never to be seen again. As for actual history, I think Harpies were evil birds in Greek mythology but don't quote me on that.

Special thanks to @veskscans for the SMT1/2 art of Harpy, Furiae, Ocypete, Celaeno and Aello, and @eirikrjs for the Soul Hackers Harpy scan. NINE gifs by me, other sprites from the MegaTen wiki.

[monstersoffilgaia]

[thetudorslovers]

Harpies were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. The harpies seem originally to have been wind spirits (personifications of the destructive nature of wind). Their name means 'snatchers' or 'swift robbers', and they were said to steal food from their victims while they were eating and carry evildoers (especially those who have killed their families) to the Erinyes. When a person suddenly disappeared from the Earth, it was said that he had been carried off by the harpies.

Pottery art also depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Ovid described them as human-vultures.

To Hesiod, they were imagined as fair-locked and winged maidens, who flew as fast as the wind:

"[T]he Harpyiai (Harpies) of the lovely hair, Okypete (Ocypete) and Aello, and these two in the speed of their wings keep pace with the blowing winds, or birds in flight, as they soar and swoop, high aloft."

In this form they were agents of punishment who abducted people and tortured them on their way to Tartarus. They were depicted as vicious, cruel, and violent.

The harpies were called "the hounds of mighty Zeus" thus "ministers of the Thunderer (Zeus)". Later writers listed the harpies among the guardians of the underworld among other monstrosities including the Centaurs, Scylla, Briareus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Gorgons and Geryo.While Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness.

[briefbestiary]

Daughters of Thaumas and Electra, and thus sisters of the rainbow goddess Iris and the forsaken Arke. The harpies are perhaps most famous for their role in plaguing Phineus.

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[inspofromancientworld]

Legendary Creatures: Harpy

By Written and illustrated by John Vinycomb (1833–1928 biography) - Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art http://heraldicart.org/fictitious-and-symbolic-creatures-in-art/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114035415

Harpies (Greek: ἅρπυια hárpyia Latin: harpȳia) are Greek and Roman creatures that are half-human (chest and heads) and half-birds (wings, legs, tail) and personify storm winds. They are mostly found in Homeric poems.

Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/4565921045

The human half of the harpy is a young woman who looks pale with hunger according to the Greeks and in pottery. The Romans considered them to be ugly. Ovid, who lived from 43 BCE to 17 or 18 CE, described them as a blend of humans and vultures. Hesiod described them as fair haired and winged maidens and able to fly as fast as the wind. Aeschylus, who lived from about 525 to 456 BCE, described them as ugly and seems to have influenced those who came after.

Boreads chasing Harpies, Laconian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., National Etruscan Museum

Harpies began as personifications of winds, especially those that are destructive. The word 'harpy' means 'snatcher' or 'swift robbers' so they are said to steal food and evildoers, taking the evildoers to the Eumenides, underworld goddesses of vengeance. They were also called 'the hounds of mighty Zeus', relating them to Zeus' thunder. They were also called guardians of the underworld, keeping out other creatures like the Chimera, Gorgons, and Centaurs.

The exact relationships and names of the harpies vary by writer. Hesiod stated that their parents were Thaumas, a sea god who was the son of Gaia and Pontus, a primordial sea god, and Electra, an Oceanid, an ocean nymph who is a daughter of the Titan Oceanus and Tethys, a Titan, and sisters to the river god Hydaspes. Hesiod lists their names as Aello, meaning 'storm swift', and Ocypete, meaning 'the swift wing'.

Museum Collection The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu Catalogue No. Malibu 85.AE.316 Beazley Archive No. 30369 Ware Attic Red Figure Shape Hydria, Kalpis Painter Attributed to the the Kleophrades Painter Date ca 480 B.C. Period Late Archaic

The most popular story involving harpies is when King Phineus of Thrace angered Zeus by using his gift of prophecy to reveal the plans of the gods, so Zeus blinded him and put him on an island with a banquet that the harpies at before he could eat any of it. This continued until Jason and the Argonauts arrived. Phineus bargained for his delivery from the harpies by using his gift of prophecy to guide them. The Boreads, sons of the North Wind, Boreas, drove off the harpies. There was a prophecy that the Boreads would destroy the harpies, but that the Boreads would die if they didn't defeat the harpies. The harpies fled and one fell into the Tigris, and the other reached the Echinades, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, and collapsed with fatigue, along with the Boread that chased her. She promised to leave Phineus alone going forward and they were both allowed to live. Aeneas is then said to meet them during the Trojan war where they took away Trojans.

[silken-threads-bah]

Hello!! We saw ur jackalope headmate pack and loved it, we were wondering if you could do a headmate that's a harpy? Thats one of our favorite mythical creatures!!

I made two, one based on the mythological harpies that we have read about and another one based sort of off of me because I am similar to a harpy species-wise. If you want me to change anything, you may send another ask in and I will do it :> Also, you did not specify whicu template to use but I went with the longer one for both. - Raphael

Name: aello, ocypete, Robin, Wren

Age: ageless

Pronouns: she/it (could also use: wing/wings, claw/claws, ae/aer, avi/aves)

Gender: fem agender, she does not identify or conform to human standards of gender

Orientation: lesbian

Source: n/a

Roles: persecutor, anger holder

Personality: spiteful, holds grudges over small things for a long time, if she starts to hate you it is very difficult to get back on her good side, a bit of a diva at times, tries to get what she wants by being dramatic, tries to hurt other before they can hurt it

Likes/interests: flying, watching the clouds move, watching nature documentaries (she finds peaceful ones boring and prefers to watch the ones where everyone dies in the end)

Dislikes: peace and quiet, annoying people, basically anyone talking to her unless they are being incredibly respectful, having to apologize or be nice

Kins: harpy eagle

Other/extra info: very tall, over 8 feet. Has very piercing eyes and tends to stare into people's eyes to try to intimidate them.

Species: harpy. Do not refer to her as a person or a human, it does not like that

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Name: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael

Age: adult, does not identify with an age

Pronouns: it/he - only its friends can use he/him for it. (could also use: bone/bones, ichor/ichors, claw/claws, fang/fangs, tear/tears)

Gender: masc agender

Orientation: homoromantic asexual

Source: n/a

Roles: anxiety absorber

Personality: very curious, loves to observe things, intimidating at first because it doesn't use human expressions to communicate, very kind to people it likes, takes the anxiety away from others because it does not feel anxious, very protective and possessive over those it has claimed as its own.

Likes/interests: flying, the sky, clouds and cloudless days, the moon and the sun, small animals, studying people, psychology (especially developmental psych), learning how things work they way they do

Dislikes: crowds, extremely personal questions from people it doesn't know, molting, being embarrassed

Kins: bird, angel

Other/extra info: over 10 feet tall and has to crawl when in buildings or it will not fit. Has piercings eyes and does not realize others may feel uncomfortable looking into them

Species: harpy, it prefers to be referred to as a bird instead of a person, human, or any gendered term.

Faceclaim:

[moths-daily]

Do you know what moth this is? I found this beauty on the knocker on my hotel door :)

I was in Branson Missouri if that helps

Thank you!

I can't tell for sure, but perhas an enyo ocypete?

[msclaritea]

Taylor Swift has become the most influencial artist in modern history. Of course anyone who gets publicity is part of the establishment. I looked into her father Scott Kingsley Swift. His paternal ancestry traces back to Durham, England. Looks like a possible Knight Templar link.

Ding ding ding we have a winner. Traced all the way back to Thorfinn Rollo. England even has a school dedicated to the Knights Templars with the buck as their symbol matching Swift/White/Rollo. Here's another interesting factor. Swift/Haste/Ocypete/Harpy

"The Duke of Normandy aka William the Conqueror's lineage can be traced straight back to the dynasty which ruled the ancient Roman empire. The "Norman conquest" 1066 served to reinforce the myth that the Roman empire "fell".

[feenick]

My main harpy trio

Now in the same 80x80 sprite size I've done at least 100 of by this point.

[ecoeschatologist]

Changing my url because I was gay-for-ocypete for nearly a decade. It's time to move on.

[stellara-palette]

Ocypete

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[agnerd-bot]

Not quite a new bio, buuuuuut...

A Fanservant zine I was a part of came out! I wrote up the bio for the Harpy Sisters Aello, Ocypete, and Celaeno, and the fantastic Altermyniad made the art for 'em. Feel free to check 'em out! There's a ton of amazing Fanservants here besides mine, so I hope y'all like it!

[glapplebloom]

The 100th Issue of Friendship is Magic...

Team Rainbow Dash has made it to Ornithia, Captain Celaeno's hometown and Bird Kingdom. Ignoring the class system, Celaeno's family worked for the Royal Family, so she lived up high. And they came at a perfect time: there's a wedding happening and Rainbow Dash is excited. The last wedding she attended had a Changeling invasion and the other groups found hidden temples, so that's basically a formula for excitement.

Too bad for Dash apparently the Tree of Harmony was already discovered and mastered. Most of it. So far it is more friendly since Celaeno knows these guys so well they're practically family. Even the King and Queen are friendly to her. Especially Ocypete who according to Prince Aello they were like Sisters. It's a shame she's marrying Prince Huginn of the Western Ravens. He doesn't seem as friendly as the other bird royalty. And our two Spy Couples think something is up with him.

So Ocypete explains to the group about their Tree of Harmony called the Tree of Love. According to her, while the Elements of Harmony is a General term, the Trees represent a specific type of deep connection. Theirs is love, which is why each bearer is married. Also explains the sister thing with the dogs. Not Zecora's or Capper's though since that focused on friendship like the ponies. She explains it as Love, Family, History, Purpose, and Patriotism. Those sound so dumb. Love and Family makes sense, but History? 

How does having the same history make your bond strong? There are stories about overcoming your history and being better than the past. How does having the same purpose make your bond strong? People can have the same purpose but different ways of doing it to the point that you may question that purpose. How does having patriotism make your bond strong? In fact, that leads to more conflict than anything. Let's not forget like Purpose, people can take things to extremes you question said patriotism. 

And here's where the Knights of Harmony finally get introduced. Ocypete explains they were the ones who built the temples and taught each realm how to use the elements. Their home was Cunabula, a place of eternal peace and love. The outside world was in chaos and they wanted to help others find their own Elements of Harmony. They "never sought to rule other lands". They were looking for a 6th bond by the time the story focused on the Birds.

They had lights to show each connection, but as each one got shut off the Queen at the time worried about an attack. So they hid their city waiting for an attack that never came. There was only one light that kept shining and that was the Knights of Harmony. So when the lights were coming back, the Birds wanted to activate their own Elements. Thus the fast forward to have three couples being the element bearers. We got the King and Queen, the Prince and his wife, all that remains is the Princess. She needs to be in love, so she is getting married.

I'm a single person, so I wouldn't know, but getting married should be something you do AFTER you fall in love. And Celaeno seems to agree. As the two birds talk in private, Dash and Spitfire go investigating the carvings. We go back to Lyra and Bon Bon who are spying on the fiance. Bon bon being the better of the two. The bird talking didn't work out and our Spies got found out. 

And here is where things start going faster. We basically get confirmation that Celaeno and Ocypete are in love (which I do support, it's like a Pirate Aladdin/Jasmine thing going) even with the reveal her father gave our bird a ship as long as she didn't take his bird. And as Ocypete leaves, Celaeno gets hit and captured. Which leaves Dash and Spitfire who also get captured.

When we see them, they're on Celaeno's ship and are about to crash. Celaeno saved them just in time but her ship is gone. With everyone safe and regrouped, they figured out the plan: the wedding is to ensure the Elements NEVER get activated since Ocypete is marrying someone she hates. So they got a wedding to crash and thanks to Rainbow Dash Celaeno arrives just in time to object to this union. And during a fight with the Raven, it is revealed Celaeno is the 6th bearer, thus confirming the two birds are in love.

With the Raven defeated, he reveals the reason he did this: to save the Kingdom from being Destroyed. Cue big splash page of Ceridwen explaining who she is, what their plan is and her attempt to destroy the kingdom. We don't see the resolution since Dash has to Rush to Equestria/Canterlot to warn Twilight of the Knights of Harmony. Back with Twilight, alongside Starswirl and other smart ponies try to figure out where these temples came from but find nothing.

That's when Rainbow Dash comes crashing in with a warning the Knights of Harmony are coming. And this is their 100th issue, a lot crammed into one comic to rush to the finale. For the good, honestly I do like Celaeno and Ocypete’s story. They were the two focus of this story so they get to do a lot of talking about their relationship. While I would have liked a flashback or two, it still shows more character to the one who does need it. 

If this was split into two or three issues, I think it would benefit more. But now the thing I am not a fan of: the world building. Between this and their story, this is all the information we get about the Knights of Harmony and it's only their side of the story. With how they act and how they categorize the Elements they aren’t as beneficial as they’re selling themselves to be. They want control and anyone not following their way is a threat.

It's why during the rewrites I made sure to include the Knights so they can be introduced sooner. To build up to their confrontation. And this issue does show how well that could have worked. Again, if it wasn’t crammed into one issue it would have been a good build up. As for the rewrite, honestly I think most of this story could be kept. Just change the Elements of Love to some other Love Based McGuffin and boom. 

[goattrain]

I heard that in the mlp idw comics, celaeno gets a gf named ocypete 👀

always happy to hear about new good birds! She looks neat :>

Is it a canon relationship too, or just a shipping thing?