#personal shrines

[aphrodisianbaby]

the evolution of my Aphrodite shrine 🩷 2019-2024

[5-pounds-of-carrots]

i saw this text post

and my first thought was

which is not true bc hua cheng got Much More than Just Domesticated but now the mental image will not leave me

[dionysianfreak]

my Dionysos Shrine in anticipation of my rural Dionysia celebrations .◍｡°*⁠♡ it has been a strange winter but I am thankful for another year of blessings. happy holidays and happy Dionysia. deny, defend, depose.

[upathosarts]

i can finally post the coasters I made for @fishking (+ sketch and progress pic)

I think it turned out pretty well despite my shaky hand

[beautyofaphrodite]

at this point, my offerings to Lady Aphrodite have lately been things like

- wearing clothes i feel handsome in

- using terms like “handsome” rather than things like pretty for myself (which for some reason i hadn’t been doing even though it feels so much better and fits me more)

- letting myself cry when i need to

- hanging out with my partner whenever i can

- putting myself first in certain contexts and learning to say no and not just do things because it’ll make other people happy when it would affect me negatively

- take care of my mental health

(not all of this is really Aphrodite-related per se but still i do it for Her because She wants me to and that’s good motivation to actually do this stuff)

I haven’t done most of my usual routine with like my usual prayers and offerings in a while because i have been exhausted. and that’s okay! I’m not going to burn myself out, because that would be way worse in the long run and im doing what’s best for me and that’s okay

She understands ❤️

[bougainvillea-and-saltwater]

Fanart Alert!

“Have you read of Potema Septim? Scholars describe her as unambiguously evil; she killed people she didn’t like, subjects who disobeyed her, anyone who was against her, she was elated to trade the soul of her every living citizen for a little comfort. And this woman—was my father’s kin; and of… of my own blood.”

“Careful, Ysmir,” Miraak warns her, a little breathless, mouth slightly parted and lashes half-drawn in a haze. If someone could make love to his hands alone, that would be Jia now—this is how that sacred sensuality feels like. “You wrong your lips a great deal. The hands you name beautiful and kiss with such reverence are soaked in unspeakable amounts of blood.”

Chapter 22 of 🐉The Priest and the Dragoness🐉

OKAY, ALRIGHT. My most talented and wonderful friend @tesshere was inspired by my latest fic update and drew these UTTERLY MAGNIFICENT pieces of Jia, my Last Dragonborn and last heir to the Septim line! In the first one, we can see two versions of her, the one with a flower crown in her wild hair, simple and happy and free, and the other with the Empire's crown on her head, her neat hair and clothes, but with her eyes crying while wearing it. While a dragon is naturally inclined to dominance and rule, my Jia is very afraid of the legacy she carries on her back...

In the second one... Well, I think the excerpt is very self-explanatory, isn't it? 😼 Jia soothes Miraak's pain by tenderly and reverently kissing his hands, and as my friend Senu put it, "Miraak is well. Let's just say. horn".

[hedgeyart]

As of yesterday I have completed my 2023 New Years resolution of playing one point-and-click adventure game every month. I feel like I learned a lot! But more than anything, I learned that I had a Sam and Max-shaped hole in my heart that was waiting to be filled. Genuinely some of the funniest games I've ever played.

Yes I really made my own plush. No Sam isn't finished yet.

[penofwildfire]

Cliff Gordon is so blatantly meant to parallel Nadakhan and it's kind of embarrassing how few people actually seemed to pick up on it. Like you're telling me they revealed that Jay had a birth father who was a misogynistic manipulative dickhead in the same season where he gets kidnapped by a misogynistic manipulative dickhead???? And then the point of Jay's arc was about him learning NOT to be a dickhead?????? Hello????????

[thepastneverforgets]

EVAN WAS READY. EVAN WAS READY TO ACCEPT TOMMY FLAWS AND ALL AND WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THAT. AND IT JUST TERRIFIED TOMMY INTO THINKING ABOUT FUTURE HEARTBREAK AND HE IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE BUILDING

[iguessitsjustme]

This is a Hoy Appreciation Post

That boy is always There.

Is he there helping? Is he there because he got himself in a situation? Most likely. No matter the reason. That boy is There.

I love him.

[aphrodisianbaby]

Aphrodite's shrine post-move on a fine June morning 🫶🪷💕✨

[dameferre]

also. i get the court of fey & flowers hype now good Lord

yknow when you’re like ‘wow this can’t possibly live up to the love people have for it’ and then it exceeds it??

i should’ve been prepared for this honestly most d20 seasons have done this to me but like. damn. aabria really assembled her army of those willing to die for the bit and messy bitches and unleashed them upon us in glorious technicolor

[dionysianfreak]

the evolution of Dionysos's shrine 🍇 2019-2024

[ducktracy]

"slightly socially inept happy guys" - shower thought phrase beamed into my head as i was trying to articulate the character archetype i keep gravitating towards

[beautyofaphrodite]

Aphrodite Epithets and Associations- Part 2

So I made a little post listing some associations I have for some of Aphrodite’s epithets and I only did three so here are some more! The first post is linked here. Each post I do of this kind of thing will include three epithets, so there will likely be a part three, which will be linked here when posted.

This post is mostly UPG!

Aphrodite Philomedes

- Laughter (obviously)

- Big smiles

- dancing

- singing

- running around

- bright colors

- dandelions

- wildflowers

- flowy dresses

- happy tears

Aphrodite Chrysea

- Jewelry

- elaborate baths

- tattoos and piercings

- Jazz music

- Gold (of course) and silver

- Ruby

- Red and white roses

- candles

- candy

- weddings

Aphrodite Antheia

- flowers in general

- gardens

- tea parties

- bunnies

- strawberries

- pinks and greens

- white doves

- swans

- orchestral music

- humming

[okartichoke]

:D

(i am so silly and sentimental,,, the 2nd to last korok i found was the one in the center of castle town, and the final one i found was the one for ringing the bell in Tarrey Town. we can heal from tragedy <3)