#red (flame) point

[drenched-in-sunlight]

one thing i find interesting is that Rellana's sword description said the red one is engraved with "golden flame", it's the same flame seen on Fire Knights' weapon and Messmer's spear. so, flame with gold tinge.

only the flame in Messmer's Orb has black tendrils of the Dark / Abyss, and it's the Orb description that specifically states he hates his fire. other items like his Kindling and Embers also have very distinctive dark outlines (the Kindling description confirms the Abyssal Serpent was eating away at the fire).

so we can safely assume Messmer's fire, when given to others, carries over the golden grace Marika blessed him with, whereas when it's Messmer himself wielding it, or if it's a catalyst that "can't find purchase" in other hosts like Fire Coil / Fire Serpent spell, it will always have the additional dark tendrils, since only Messmer carries the Abyssal Serpent. such a neat design choice and a very consistent way to showcase that.

and it kinda makes me emotional because Marika is vulnerable to fire, yet her blessing to her son is so strong that her gold bleeds into his fire, & it's something that carries over when he shared it to those under his command. like how full of warmth and love that blessing must be? man.

Ymir i get it. i get you. you covet the strength of a mother so much cuz that strength is truly incomparable. welcome back BIoodborne's "Let the pungence of Kos cling, like a mother's devotion...Mercy for the poor, wizened child."

[whatcoloristhatcat]

these are my babies Kemet a female maine coon mix on the left and tim a stinky boy and siamese mix on the right. I’d love to know what their coloring is thank you! love your blog 😇🖤

black with low white spotting (with rusting) and a red (flame) point with low white spotting !

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

Ari the arthritic ragdoll! He’s a fussy old guy but he loves scritches

what a beautiful cat! he looks like a red tabby colourpoint!

[crmediagal]

I finished A Court of Frost and Starlight last night...and I have a lot of feelings. Putting them under the cuff and just gonna generalize the biggest peeves I had below...

Can the Inner Circle be anymore insufferable? They probably can…but they really gave me the ick in this book, even more than the others up to this point.

Feyre talking about how many Illyrians died in the Battle of Hybern or how many families in Velaris are displaced and homeless after the war…but then she keeps flexing about the endless supply of money she and Rhysand have. And doesn't even think about giving any of it away to those in need? Oh, and she's gifted another house at the end of the book?! The utter lack of self-awareness is gob-smacking and just makes her and Rhysand all the more unlikable.

My biggest pet peeve of all in this book: Feyre treating Lucien like actual garbage and Rhysand saying he "can't forgive him [Lucien]" for what he did to her UTM. I'm sorry, what kind of gaslighting is this?! Lucien?! Lucien did nothing but try to HELP Feyre every step of the way UTM and was even willing to let Rhysand turn his mind to soup rather than give up her name, and that's when she was still human! The gaslighting by the characters and author in these books over other characters' actions continues to drive me insane. Where did that assassination of Lucien's character even come from?!

Oh, and we can't forget Rhysand visiting Tamlin twice, who is CLEARLY deeply, horribly depressed - he's unkempt, not eating, barely communicates, and even asks for forgiveness at the end - and Rhysand just keeps verbally kicking the guy again and again. It was so unsettling and uncomfortable for me to read someone verbally abusing someone suffering this badly. If I had any more reasons to dislike the fandom's favorite High Lord, there it was. He's grotesque towards others' pains and faults but can't look in a mirror. Ever.

There really wasn't much to like about this book, and it's a shame because the after-war reprieve could have been a lovely, cozy read. It was interesting getting other characters' POVs, too…but they all are so infuriating and self-righteous that it made the experience very un-enjoyable for me.

I'm basically hanging on to this fandom for Lucien's and Elain's POVs…and praying that their storylines are upheld, not gaslighted, or sh*t all over.

[heraldofcrow]

Gonna draw Soul of Cinder….

[technikki]

oh boy skye can't breathe season is coming early this year shoutout to oil company executives! you worthless bastards

[thatoneluckybee]

Turning your favorite characters into cats is a BAD IDEA because while trying to figure out the most plausible way to make a cat as close to a rainbow as possible genetically (using breed specific traits on breeds they don’t work with too because it’s a doodle screw it) you will discover something genetic that doesn’t make sense in YOUR CATS and then spend an entire day on breeder and veterinarian websites discussing the minute differences between different types of gray and run around aggressively explaining cat genes to people and trying to get their opinion on something and still not get answers and if this becomes a hyperfixation I should be legally allowed to scream

[allegorypaintings]

Allegorical Portrait of Dante

Artist: Florentine 16th Century

Date: 16th Century

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States

Description

A pale-skinned man sits, holding an open book next to his lap so the pages face us in this square painting. His body is angled to our right, and he turns his head farther in that direction, so his face is in profile. He has heavy brows, high cheekbones, and a prominent, hooked nose. His lower lip projects beyond his thin upper lip, and his chin juts out. He is lit from our right, so the hollows of his cheeks are in shadow. A vivid red cap encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves covers his dark hair. His long, cranberry-red robe splits over the shoulders to show navy-blue sleeves. His left hand, farther from us, braces the top of the open book, which comes up to chest height. A poem written in verses of three lines each in Italian can be read on both pages. The man’s other hand is lifted and hovers, palm down, over a miniature skyline by his side. The buildings there include a dome with a pointed lantern and two towers. A lighter tan area in the lower left corner, beneath the skyline, is difficult to interpret. The man sits on a grassy outcropping, which is mostly lost in the shadows. A body of blue water stretches into the distance beyond the outcropping to meet a conical mountain layered like a cake with ten sections. Trees grow on the narrowest, topmost level, and flames line the second level. A boat, tiny in scale, sails across the water near a grassy, zigzagging shore in the distance. Light from the upper right creates a creamy yellow beam across the otherwise darkened sky.

[stellastra-scribbles]

Some recent sketch ideas of Rí'an's parents (+ a 2024 sketch of Rí'an's face for comparison). They're all city elves~

In the top left is An'zen, Rí'an's dad and the one she takes after the most, physically (especially in their resting-bitch-faces lmao). In the top right is Rí'an's mom, Tui'las, whom Rí'an takes after the most in personality.

It's fun to "reverse engineer" an OC's face to figure out how the parents look (pardon the random/historically inaccurate hair/clothes, I was largely focusing on their faces)~

[drenched-in-sunlight]

i loooooove your re-imagining of rellana as a gorgeous masc lesbian who's got a little crush on marika she's SO real. i wish we could have gotten a cinematic for her and romina v_v

thank you! and yeah i wish we had more interaction with her and Romina (tbh im still kinda confused about what's Romina deal... Messmer and his army burned down her church, but now she's left alone to tend to the Church and guard the path to the sealing tree? who was she before she embraced the rot?? i can't seem to place her in any of the existing factions at all)

[whatcoloristhatcat]

I’ve been soooo curious about my Siberian boy. He was pure white as a little cotton ball kitten but he’s all weird toasted marshmallow now that he’s older.

that’s a red (flame) point with moderate white spotting ! points are born almost entirely white and darken as they age !

[identifying-cat-phenotypes]

genuinely could not for my LIFE figure out what my dad's cat, Boston, is. Obviously he has some pointing but otherwise I have no idea! what do you think? (disclaimer: he is indoor only! in the outdoor pics he was in an enclosed space and closely monitored 🥰👍)

I keep hesitating to say for sure on what this cat could be. I'm bouncing between a cream lynx point or a flamepoint, because it very well could be either.

Final analysis of the images say a flame point with medium white!

[jasontoddsno1simp]

Listen...

All I'm saying is that if the narrative is gonna bend over backwards to justify every shitty action Bruce Wayne does (up to and including literal fucking child abuse) cause he watched his parents die at age 8, it's my duty as a contrarian faggot to do the same for Jason

[tteokdoroki]

miso has tiger stripes now :(

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: December 14

“He Set Her Off” by Emily Ann Roberts

[imminent-danger-came]

My friend is out here giving me dragonfruit brainrot