#psyche ophiuchus

[yoannlossel]

Here are some images extracted from Alcest's latest music video, L'Envol", an 8-minute music video that I directed alongside Psyché Ophiuchus and Cedric Lenfant.

It was inspired by the aesthetics of the golden age of illustration that I cherish so much, especially Ivan Bilibine, Heinrich Lefler & Joseph Urban. It is obviously tinged with Art Nouveau and symbolism, my first artistic loves. And it also pays tribute to Japanese animation and illustration, a source of inspiration for both Neige and us.

We tried to treat each scene like an animated painting, a composition one can pause on, with the absolutely insane constraint of animation which involves creating dozens of drawings for every second.

"L'Envol" comprises 8000 photos taken on the night of June 21, 2023, with Psyché, from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am, at a rate of one photo every 5 seconds. 8000 photos reworked and assembled to create the magical time-lapse of that solstice night. It features a bird puppet, costumes, and a choreography interpreted and rehearsed for hours by Psyché. And it includes 6690 colorized drawings made over 5 months by Cedric Lenfant and myself.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it! Thanks to Neige for entrusting us with the creation of this film!

[psycheophiuchus]

Happy New Year 2025 !

As 2024 comes to a close, I take a moment to look back with gratitude.

This year has been marked by incredible collaborations, including several with museums and an unforgettable exhibition at the Château de Combourg . These projects have been a wonderful opportunity to share my passion for photography with you.

Thank you to everyone who has supported and accompanied me throughout this journey.

2025 promises to be just as exciting and creative, and I can't wait to take you with me on new visual projects!

[faerielifestyle]

Art of Psyche Ophiuchus and Yoann Lossel

[gingermintpepper]

In light of my recent Asclepius and Apollo musings, I feel like it's the perfect time to post this, actually.

How do you build a human being? 

Bold question. Foolish question. But a question it is all the same. 

The memory of his father’s consternated expression is still bright behind his eyes, that unusually furrowed brow, the tension in his gentle jaw. He didn’t falter in his setting of Asclepius’ broken shin, hands perpetually steady and sure, but he hesitated for a conspicuously long moment as though reluctant to give an answer. In this body, he resembled Orpheus something fierce. The same flaxen curls of his hair, the same delicate eyelashes that stand stark against the dark brown of his skin. Often Asclepius wondered if his elder brother was nothing but a body built to suit their father’s preferences. The subtle wrinkle of skin around their eyes when they smiled was the same, and the steadiness of their hands, the soothing power of their presence. 

And Orpheus did not bleed like Asclepius did. The blood in Asclepius’ veins were as red as any human’s, any mortal’s, but Orpheus seemed not to bleed at all. Even when he’d suffered the same fall down the crumbling cliff as Asclepius had. Even when his skirts had ripped and jagged stone sliced into his shanks. 

Even so, Orpheus was unmistakably alive. His eyes were rich with grief fresher than any blood spilt from the worst of Asclepius’ wounds, his counsel too, was tempered with the wisdom of a life well lived. So even at the apex of his most perfect, inhuman beauty, Asclepius never once doubted that his brother was a human being. Just that he was more divine construct than flesh and blood. Just that their father had built for himself a son that would not break as easily as all the others. 

His father stayed silent for so long that Asclepius assumed it would be one of the million questions that would go unanswered. Then, just when the last of his bandages had been wrapped - 

“A human body is easy to build,” he’d had that faraway look on his face as he spoke, like he was speaking to the horizon. Or a version of Asclepius that was not quite here. Such things happened from time to time. “Any flesh would do. From men, or animals, or even monsters. Any flesh would do.” Their gazes had locked then, and Asclepius would never forget the flecks of gold which swirled in his father’s blue eyes, the weight of divine words rattling at the boundaries of their mortal apparatus, “But the breath of life, a living soul? That is beyond your means as a mortal man. You ought never seek it.” 

(Asclepius would remember these words when he revives a man for the first time at the age of nineteen. He’s surprised to find that his father is wrong for once. Souls are easy to source when they’re already eager to return to their mound of flesh.) 

[princess-of-the-corner]

Have some Kwami swaps (and guess who I had these for!)

Ladybug- Vermillion, Harlequin Black Cat- Obscurité, Cat's Eye Butterfly- Ombre, Painted Lady, Psyche, Fleur de Lune, Amethyst Peacock- Plume, Aurora, Sapphire Bee- Yellow Jacket, Honey, Honeymoon, Honeysuckle Fox- Foxtrot Turtle- Peridot, Malachite, Clover Rat- Mulot, Mouseketeer Ox- Ox Cord, Oxford Tiger- Stripes Rabbit- Velours, March Hare, Flopsy Dragon- Komono, Garnet Snake- Fer-de-Lance, Black Mamba, Ophiuchus, Rattlesnake, Snake Eyes, Snakeskin Horse- Liberté, Mare Dare, Sleipnir Goat- Alpine, Everest, Ram (computer pun!), Opal Monkey (I didn't find any particularly interesting) Rooster- Cockatrice Dog- Sirius, Cerberus, Anubis, Retriever Pig- Rose Quartz

Honestly I love all of these.

[maxortecho]

Some thinky thoughts about Jones, Max, Noah, and Isobel.

I’ve been going back and forth on whether or not I think Jones did a complete psychic swap with Max, or if Jones is pulling more of a Noah and we’ll see Max&Jones alternatively taking control of Max’s body. But I’m leaning to the latter now.

So S3 has sprinkled in Noah references until really ramping it up in 3x05. We have Michael mentioning Noah to Isobel in 3x02, Jones finding the photo of Noah and smiling at it in 3x04, and then in 3x05 Jones admitting Noah was an acquaintance and repeatedly mentioning him to get a rise out of Isobel. EDIT: Alex also references Noah in the funeral visions. 

Is the show circling this point to build up to Max&Jones both using Max’s body?

Because Jones and Noah being acquaintances definitely opens up the potential for them to have previously worked together, to have shared knowledge, and therefore to have similar abilities/understanding in being able to access and control a mind if they can find a “crack in the psyche”. 

I’ve already talked about how I think Jones was hitching a ride with Max’s handprint connections to Liz and Kyle to control the energy and “infect” (x). This falls in line with Heath&Liz talking about Liz’s body reacting as if she has a parasite in her system. Interestingly, Noah is also called a “parasite” over Isobel’s body in 1x12.  

So in that prior post, I had thought that Liz’s 3x04 dream likely involved Jones, particularly at the end. If we add this Noah concept in, I think this could make more sense, because Liz experiences this dream while Max is unconscious for the day within the cage. And we know Noah gained control over Isobel if she dissociated/became unconscious. So perhaps Jones was working similarly?

Jones has also talked a lot about him and Max being “two halves of a whole”. I feel like there’s a parallel here to Noah and the way he talked about needing to “borrow” Isobel’s body--because he wasn’t strong enough to exist outside of the pod within his own body. She was his other half, in a way. But Noah then became strong enough to exist outside of the pod after killing Rosa and drawing on that life force to heal his own body.

There’s also that new post today by @angsty-nerd about Isobel’s clothing and its references to Ophiuchus (x). Perhaps with Isobel as the main person who interacted with Jones, there’s been good opportunity here to draw parallels between Isobel&Noah and Jones&Max. To circle back to Noah’s comments about the snake and the man and them becoming one.

So now we have Jones’s body in the pod; Jones having done something physically with his “healing” on Max but perhaps also strengthening that connection and control over him (even more than Noah’s connection with Isobel from within his pod); and Max’s body free. So where is Max’s psychic mind? I’m thinking that didn’t get swapped, and it’s still in his own body--just being suppressed by Jones. But that Max is going to surface sometimes.

[dr-lizortecho]

@yonkyu13 asked 11, 21, 22, and 26 for the show asks I cheated on pretty much all of these by giving multiple answers…

11- Character that inspires you?

To make content and over analyze has got to be Max Evans, he has such an interestingly built psyche, and if you haven’t caught on I really like just attacking him where it hurts. Also, I fell in love with the way they were writing his character in 1x02 and could never go back. Just the way he stands steadfast in his convictions, even the dumb ones…

But generally? A toss up between Rosa and Dallas. Rosa for all the obvious reasons, she was raised in a difficult environment with so many challenges and has come so far. And Dallas because he’s a religious man who doesn’t shy away from that, while managing to be one of the most open and caring people.

21- Most influential character?

I’m assuming within universe, so Mr. Jones. He apparently had a planet under his thumb. And knew how to play the entire pod squad. He knew the right tone of voice and wording to get the outcomes he wanted.

22- Most manipulative character?

So Mr. Jones for all the reasons above. But, if I picked a protagonist it’s got to be Liz. Like I love her to death but whenever she’s impassioned it’s a guilt trip (for example: in 1x09 when she tells Max she believes he is still good, in 2x13 where she goes at him for breaking her heart, and -dare I say it- in 3x13 when she tells him he quiets all the noise)

26- Character with the best aesthetics?

Isobel for having meaning and depth behind them. With all the ophiuchus symbolism.

Visually, Maria DeLuca, her outfits are top tier and always match an aesthetic. Where areas everyone else has like two aesthetic’s being juggled about

[yoannlossel]

Meet @psycheophiuchus 🤍

[psycheophiuchus]

"Geisha Headress" for Aurum in Arca - 2023. Photographer Psyché Ophiuchus.

[mermaidenmystic]

Aesthetic Harmony ~ French goldleaf and graphic artists Yoann Lossel and Psyché Ophiuchus – 5 ~ https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/aesthetic-harmony-the-art-of-yoann-lossel-and-psyche-ophiuchus/aesthetic-harmony-the-art-of-yoann-lossel-and-psyche-ophiuchus-5/

[nyxirrationalstories]

Yandere Ixión (OC)

Capricorn Ixión Apus (Y/N) looked horrified at the sight of the Capricorn saint who arrived wounded at the sanctuary, almost dying. Ixion had successfully completed his mission, that was all that mattered to Athena (or at least this reincarnation, Sofia), but it was evident that it had cost him. It was well known that Capricorn saints were loyal to their goddess... but the saint doubted, doubted his goddess and as the days went by, this feeling grew more.

Specters, Marines, Satellites, Amazons, Anunnakis, Berserkers, Dryades, Blue Warriors, Crown Saints, Gigas, God Warriors, Martians, Jaguars, Jewels, Taoinias, Pallasites and Druideanna.

Those were the armies that the Saints had knowledge of around the world, but this mission had witnessed some techniques that he had not seen in the passages and not even the New Round Table had knowledge of these warriors.

The only one he recognized among the three warriors he fought was Ovid, the former saint of Virgo... his old friend before his expulsion from the Sanctuary. Ixion was only in Tregaron because the New table had detected a cosmos from an unidentified golden saint, the young man only expected to meet a retired saint or deserter... but great was his surprise to see Ovid along with two other warriors, Zarif and Sionna from what he could hear. At first he could only sense Ovid's cosmos, but when Zarif detected him and they went on the defensive, the cosmoses of the other two became present.

How could they hide their cosmoses? Which god did they belong to?

Were it not for Ovid, perhaps out of appreciation or pity, Ixion's soul would be inside the armor watching them replace him. His goddess was cruel, or maybe it was Sofia who was cruel, and looked at her saints more as pawns than as people loyal to her.

When he arrived at the Sanctuary, the first thing he did was to report to the great patriarch. Chiron looked at her with regret, telling her to go and get well first, but Sophia was stern and wanted the report immediately.

When he mentioned Ovid and the warriors, the Capricorn saint could have sworn that Athena (not Sofia, but Athena herself) lit up with hope, only for seconds later Sofia's disgust and anger to kick in.

(Y/N) helped him bandage his wounds, the most serious being the one on his left arm. The brown-haired waiter watched as the saint bandaged him with affection, with concern. When he was with her, Ixion felt appreciated... something very difficult to achieve in the Sanctuary. For a time it was forbidden to show any sign of affection other than to the goddess, just as the saints, female saints and santias were quite divided. Santias could only interact with the golden saints, female saints, the great patriarch (great Pope*) and Athena, while saints and santas could only marry outsiders or give up armor to be replaced.

--- Isn't Athena supposed to care about her army? --- the Apus saint's question shattered the memories flashing through the Capricorn saint's mind. Amethyst eyes rested upon her, full of adoration and love for her --- Those damned Virgo Ovid and Ophiuchus Ajatar, by those traitors we....

--- Sofia and Ovid were a couple before it was revealed that she was Athena --- Ixion blurted out, that comment shocked (Y/N) who looked at him with surprise and curiosity --- they loved each other like Eros loves Psyche, by that time Ovid was already a golden saint and Chiron was not yet the patriarch, but when it was revealed that Sofia was Athena, whom the sanctuary had long sought, he had to give her up --- Ixion grabbed a ribbon and tied up his long hair while (Y/N) leaned closer to him to listen --- you know? It's funny that everyone talks about Odysseus and Athena as if the latter was their favorite, but nothing could be further from the truth, since Diomedes was Athena's favorite warrior --- Ixion kept silent for a few seconds, should he consult this with Vulpecula Danann? After all, the saints of Vulpecula know all the secrets of the Sanctuary. But for now, he wanted to spend the moment with his beloved (Y/N) --- Ovid was Athena's Diomedes, possibly still is, but Sofia was shattered. His position, his role, had taken away someone she loved... being so close, yet so far away ---The brown-skinned young man grabbed his beloved's hand, pulling her closer to his heart --- We humans tend to overestimate and underestimate love, sometimes denying how powerful it is and sometimes hoping in its power. Sofia hoped that somehow Ovid could be with her and Athena was confident that her new reincarnation would do the same as the others: abandon her past, her origin, and start behaving as she was.

--- And so that's where Ajatar comes in, is it? --- the young woman asked, looking at him with those beautiful eyes to which he had sworn a devotion greater than the one he has for his goddess --- Ajatar fell in love with Ovid and he with her, Sofia didn't like it and... it happened, what happened --- the Mexican only nodded, letting her (Y/N) process the information.

---Every day more, I doubt about my loyalty to this Athena--- the young man's words made a shiver run down his beloved's back ---Forced to give everything for her, returning us miserable crumbs at best, forced to love her ---Ixion pulled (Y/N) into his lap, giving her a hug from behind and resting his head on top of hers --- When love is an order, hate can become a pleasure --- the young man said as he felt (Y/N) settle --- My love for her every day transforms into that guilty pleasure, my love.... has gone to you --- Ixion confessed as (Y/N) turned to look at him --- I would die and kill for you, even if you didn't reciprocate, I want you to be happy... as you make me happy. Be mine, and I will be completely yours.

* In Latam dub, Grant Pope was change to Grant Patriarch

[ikasdu64]

They are finally available ! Here are the Art Nouveau Jewelleries, inspired by the work of Alfons Mucha, a collaboration between Psyche ophiuchus and Yoann Lossel. https://yoannlossel.com/shop

[salmonthestoryteller]

A Wild Salmon Appears… with More Theories

I have to be honest, there were only a few moments that shocked me in 1x13.  The first watch through I felt like it maybe hadn't fully lived up to the hype, except for a few moments.  But now I think it was more that so much went on, I needed to digest it.  And rewatch it, because of course I did.  Which leads us where it's lead me all season - wildly speculating on unanswered questions.

Say, are you the kind of kind of kid that reads the last page of the mystery first? That sneaks downstairs to peak at his Christmas presents? No, of course you're not.  That's why I'm not gonna spoiler you…

Except I am if you keep reading. (And, yes, btw, all my strange spoiler warnings do come from old movies and TV shows that I’ve altered to fit.)

Let’s start with Maria’s necklace. I’m going to put it out there now - I think Maria is part alien.  I’m not sure if MImi is a survivor of the crash, or if the grandmother was.  Still deciding on that one.  Maria and her mother are the only representative we’ve seen of humans having powers - even the woman on the reservation that died when the Pod Squad emerged was an alien.  Also note, thanks to Jenna’s date rape drug detecting nail polish, that Liz never checked Maria’s cells.  Maria said her mother told her that the necklace protected them from evil.  That at her graduation “she took it off her neck and put it on me.” After that at some point would be when Mimi’s mind started deteriorating.  Which brings me to theory number two.

Jesse mentioned that Valenti wanted to shut down Caulfield.  (I am deeply relieved to hear that, as once again that puts Jim Valenti back on the good side.  I really like Valenti from everything we’ve heard.  I didn’t want him to be evil.)  I’m going to go back to my briefly mentioned theory about Valenti helping aliens escape Caulfield.  First, it would explain the detox bunker - yes, Rosa apparently used it, but it certainly was already around.   If he was helping aliens escape from Caulfield he would need a place for them to stay and recover - the bunker. It might explain a few of his “affairs” - they weren’t really affairs.  They were the aliens he was helping get away.  (Which would explain Mimi’s two very different remarks on him.  First saying “poor sweet Jimmy Valenti”, but quickly switching to disgust and saying he had affairs and someone should tell his wife as her mind switched between years.)

But Jim couldn’t have run such an operation alone.  He couldn’t be with the aliens all the time without raising suspicions. He would also need help - which is where I think Mimi comes in.  I think she was the one who was helping him sneak aliens out.  Remember she mentions “they’ve been living among us for years”, and - in her sane moments - does not seem to view aliens as a threat.  Admonishing Maria for “being a downer” when she says the aliens aren’t coming.  If Mimi’s necklace protected her from the powers of the aliens she was helping Jim Valenti get out, then if she continued after Maria’s graduation - after giving up the necklace - then one of the final rescued prisoner’s powers could have damaged her mind.

Going even further back, I actually have an even wilder theory.  Perhaps originally, and why they were good friends until later in their lives, Jesse was also on board with “rescue the aliens”.  It may have been something he and Jim originally did together, against their family’s work.  Mimi mentioned she knew the day he changed.  His aura grew dark.  If I remember right, among the photos Jesse first shows Kyle, is a picture of Kyle’s grandfather dead from an alien handprint.  Maybe they accidentally rescued the stow away, who promptly killed Valenti’s father.  Where Jim saw it as one bad egg, the incident turned Jesse’s beliefs around and that’s when he viewed the aliens as a threat.  Perhaps the stow away, like Noah, even spoke of this Alighting.  Of them coming.  Which is why Jesse believes so strongly in a coming alien invasion.  It still makes him an evil asshole, but it would explain so much about his whole obsession.

Alternatively, and in the whole other direction, maybe Valenti flat out didn’t find out about Caulfield til after Rosa’s death.  The moment he did, he started petitioning to have it shut down - which is when Jesse killed him.

Jesse has a prototype alien killing bomb.  Who here doesn’t think that’s going to come into play in second season?  While Flint doesn’t seem as evil as Jesse, he’s still dedicated to hunting aliens, and firmly believes they are a threat.

Okay, I am sticking by my theory about excess or negative energies affecting the alien Psyche.  Because after absorbing lightning and killing Noah, Max was acting way out of it.  From healing Michael’s hands despite his protest - that scene made me very uncomfortable, but I think it’s supposed to - to jumping into talking about raising Rosa from the dead.  Like, whoa, this was the guy who always wanted normal.  Suddenly he’s all about using his powers, talking about how they should try to expand what powers they have, and bringing the dead back to life.  This is not the Max we’re quite used to here.  Max has always been a bit overbearing, and I have plenty of conflicted feelings about his character, but I don’t think he’d have ever ignored Michael’s protests if in the right state of mind.  I don’t think he’d have tried to raise Rosa from the dead in the right mind either.  Noah mentioned killing made them feel like Gods - and in that moment Max was definitely living up to that assessment.  I won’t go into details again - please see the previous post for that - I just feel that it’s further proof of the theory.

It also plays into my final theories.  Max won’t stay dead.  (We all know that, but hey, just saying.)  The question for me, even more than how is he being brought back, is who is being brought back.  Is he going to go back to acting like Max?  Or is he going to still be high-on-power Max?  Noah said that they were Ophiuchus - he and Max.  Man and Snake as one.  That kind of scares me for what we’ll see out of Max. Are we heading toward a Max goes dark plot?  Is Noah riding shotgun in Max’s brain?  Or, will the release of power from resurrecting Rosa return him to normal but have consequences on his abilities and health moving forward?

It’s interesting to note where we end Season One at in regards to the Pod Squad’s ideas about their powers and alien heritage.  We start season one with both Max and Isobel set on living their lives normally, with no use of their powers.  Neither seem interested in finding out about where they came from or why they’re here.  On the reverse side, we see Michael use his powers left and right.  (He literally passes Liz vials with it in 1x09, and opens a drawer with it for Isobel in 1x10.  The drawer was right next to him.  Seriously, Michael?)  Michael is also obsessed with finding out who they are, and has been secretly reconstructing their spaceship.  In 1x09 Michael points out Max never wants to talk about their past or where they’re from.  As the season progresses, though, Max gets more and more invested in where they’re from and what his tattoo means.  Meanwhile, Isobel - who hasn’t used her powers in years - begins to use them more and more.  We end Season One with Max literally acting high and wanting them to use and explore their powers, and no longer seemingly concerned about secrecy (to the point of bringing the dead back to life), while Isobel is the first to decide she has to try expanding to a different power.  Meanwhile Michael, having discovered and lost his mother and learning their home is a war zone, has decided he wants to pursue a normal life in Roswell.  It’s basically a complete reversal of where we began.  I am interested in seeing how this develops in Season Two.

[yes-violavonsherwood]

Psyche and Ophiuchus.

violavonsherwood

[eridanromantic]

I guess ill do the same lmao

dni if ur under 5’ 4", post jojo and bnha in the year 2021, like marvel, you wanna have sex with the hannibal guy, business and psych majors, gilgamesh fate fans, sleep with more than one pillow, boy group only stans, geminis**, think jerma is hot, play genshin impact for less that an hour a day*, live in florida, wear nikes with adidas socks or vice versa, miles edgeworth fans, wore a crown and sash on your sixteenth birthday in highschool, drink soda everyday, have multiple aesthetic sideblogs, have a white haired anime boy as your icon, pear enjoyers, make anime fancams, and if you know how to use a dishwasher

** i am a gemini including ophiuchus

* i dont play genshin

dni if ur under 5’ 4", post jojo and bnha in the year 2021, like marvel, you wanna have sex with the hannibal guy, business and psych majors, gilgamesh fate fans, sleep with more than one pillow, boy group only stans, geminis, think jerma is hot, play genshin impact for less that an hour a day, live in florida, wear nikes with adidas socks or vice versa, miles edgeworth fans, wore a crown and sash on your sixteenth birthday in highschool, drink soda everyday, have multiple aesthetic sideblogs, have a white haired anime boy as your icon, pear enjoyers, make anime fancams, and if you know how to use a dishwasher