#red is also a color that it is associated to extrovert people

[usertae]

now i'm the one curious what color do you associate yeonjun with??

[respectthepetty]

The Monster Next Door & Livid Lad

I squeezed in all three episodes of Monster Next Door while traveling with a 7" Chromebook, so now that I have truly no time and no patience (because this thirty image limit is stifling), I'm jumping straight into what I came for - COLORS!

The promo for this show gave me introverted Diew in blue and extroverted God in yellow/orange, which would make perfect sense for the characters and this story!

And the first episode started with God bursting onto the scene with his orange bike and yellow lightning bolt helmet versus Diew walking in his gray.

But I've seen this color-story before from another WeTV offering!

And in this story (Cooking Crush), there was a Blue Boy who didn't like people touching him, had a difficult time communicating, and lived a pretty isolated life.

But . . . that's because he wasn't really blue. He was livid!

Some history and a little bit of science: *deep breath* Livid is the term for the color "blue-gray" and comes from a Latin word meaning "a dull gray blue" however, we associate livid with red because red means anger which we also connect to heat and flames, but the hottest part of a flame is its center which is actually blue not red, so although in color theory we say warm colors are red, yellow, and orange, and cool colors are blue, green, and purple, in the universe, it's the opposite, so our Sun for example isn't that hot because it's only red, yellow, and orange because if our Sun was really hot, it'd be blue (or even white!), and we'd all be fried and dead because that'd be super duper uber hot! Make sense? *another deep breath* The point is that Diew is a Livid Lad.

He is gray-blue.

He is calm and stable like a Blue Boy. He is sad and lonely like a Gray Guy. He is rigid and smart like both.

But just like his fellow Livid Lad Ten in Cooking Crush, who gave the sweetest compliments then punched a guy, Diew is not to be toyed with.

So we see his notes in his color scheme telling God to stop being loud, stop giving him snacks, and stop drawing on the table.

Which brings me to God, who should be this bright and loud yellow/oranege extrovert according to the promo material for the show, but . . . once again, I've seen this color-story before, and as colorful as I thought Prem was compared to his Livid Lad, all roads lead to pink.

In Cooking Crush, it was stated often that Prem put his heart into cooking which is why people could taste the love in his food. Interesting.

The American baseball team Cleveland Indians changed its name and mascot in 2021 because it's the 21st-century and we need to stop doing offensive shit, but even with the name change to Cleveland Guardians, the team has always been a vibrant red.

I noticed immediately that the show is softening the red on God's body so it almost becomes pink when he gets help from Diew in the beginning, and it happens again when he reads the time-traveling romance novel Diew suggests since God is wearing a shirt from the American soda company Dr. Pepper, which its color is maroon(ish), yet in the show, it is soft.

But much like Cooking Crush's Prem, God seems like a Multicolored Menace compared to his Livid Lad.

He wears different colors while Diew wears mostly grays and blues.

His apartment has colorful cool lighting while Diew's apartment has warm natural-looking lighting.

And when he has a bad day at band practice, he loses his color.

But when God asked Diew to date him, he was wearing that soft Dr. Pepper shirt, and when Diew agreed to it a few nights later, Diew was wearing pink on his shirt, which is the first color we have seen on his body, and God was wearing gray. Diew also wore this shirt when he got Khun Shy, his turtle.

And when God just stands in complete silence eating a chocolate bar even though he doesn't like sweets but remembers that Diew likes eating chocolate to make himself happy, he is wearing blue.

But the thing is, Diew isn't just blue and God isn't all colorful, which is why this blueish-(purple) pink doesn't work.

God's core is pink because he puts his heart into what he does. He loves being with his friends (and hates being alone! Don't think I didn't pick that up when he mentioned he originally intended to have a roommate). He loves being on stage and playing music. He loves meeting new people and helping them. He's a lover!

He is bright pink when Diew takes care of him.

But he is also pink when he is giving his friend advice to sit in his feelings and to share them.

And that's why his sticky notes are pink.

These color-coded boys are communicating to each other in their own language and their own color by exchanging the notes. God is a kind and caring (and sometimes immature) Pink Person who gives love in all these tiny ways, and Diew is a calm and quiet (and sometimes a little pissed off) Livid Lad who puts up a fight in all these tiny ways, but when the wall between them (and their balconies) come down, they'll have to create a new middle ground between the Monster Next Door and a Livid Lad because wanting to put so much love into everything versus being so terrified to put love into anything is going to make them re-evaluate how to show love to each other.

They'll have to find ~balance~ not only with each other, but also within themselves.

[libraincarnate]

astrology notes: 6 🐉

quick note: i'm absolutely not an astrologer. these are just a collection of some observations, thoughts, theories, and personal experiences. with that being said, i'm still learning along the way & i may come back to edit this post to make corrections. above all this is just for fun. lastly, keep in mind that i’m not reading your birth chart and i know nothing about you. these are just some possibilities that may or may not apply to you. enjoy!

🗡 sag mercury: “be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it.”

🗡 @elysiansparadise had mentioned that people with sun square moon may have parents who have a strained relationship with each other or they may be very incompatible. my friend has this aspect and long before checking her parents’ synastry chart i thought they worked better as friends.

her parents were childhood friends- her mom has an aquarius venus which can be a “friends to lovers” type of placement. they have an 11th house stellium in their synastry chart.

they have been married for a long time- her dad’s venus aspects her mom’s saturn. with that being said, venus represents aphrodite, love, femininity, women, love & mars represents ares, masculinity, men, sex. her dad has venus opposite mars in his natal chart and her mom has mars square venus in her natal chart.

they’re different in the way that moon and the sun are night and day. her dad is more logical & reserved/introverted. her mom is more emotional & social/extroverted. they share the same faith but they also have some important differences regarding their religious beliefs. she’s loud, he’s quiet. etc.

🗡 how many of you with scorpio, mars, or a fire sign in the 8th house have red as your favorite color?

🗡 taurus/libra/venus in the 2nd house: these natives are so naturally beautiful & radiant. they don’t have to try hard at all. they have a personal sense of style. jewelry was made for their bodies.

🗡 libra rising: libra rising is known for having beautiful symmetrical faces. i’ve noticed some people with this placement who don’t have symmetrical faces might wonder why.

#1 you’re human so it’s normal to have an asymmetrical face, most humans do.

#2 you may have have one of your dominant planets in the 1st house. remember that different planets rule different body parts and are associated with different physical features. for example, if you’re moon dominant and it’s in the first house you may have a fuller/rounder & cherub like face. mars dominant 1st house- strong/defined face & forehead, could be androgynous, lusty eyes. saturn dominant 1st house- intimidating smaller eyes, mature face, sharp facial structure/features.

or you may have harsh aspects to your rising sign. for example venus relates to beauty so having venus opposite rising may have an influence on your appearance or how symmetrical your face is.

#3 with that being said having harsh aspects to your rising doesn’t make you unattractive. you're gorg/handsome regardless so who cares.

& if you’re not a libra rising, you can also apply this logic if you don’t have much of your rising sign’s physical traits.

🗡 neptune-venus aspects: wanting to “fix or save him/her” fall in love during the process and live happily ever after.  

🗡 leo mars: might not like when people touch their hair, certain people like hairstylists may be excepted.

🗡  the house your venus is in can show what you like or love about yourself, what others like/love about you. some of your attractive traits & qualities. and what you like about others.

venus in the 1st house: you might really love your self and be an advocate for self love. others may love your personality, your perspective of life, and think you have a beautiful body. you could be attracted to confidence, the way a person carries themselves.

venus in the 10th house: you may like your work ethic, how independent & disciplined you are. others may like the way you take initiative, your ambition, your honesty. you could be attracted to those who possess fame and success.

venus in the 3rd house: you may like the way you think/your way of applying logic and processing information. others may love talking to you, how you have a way with words, your accent. you could be attracted to well kept or veiny hands, people with vehicles like luxurious cars or motorcycles.

venus in the 4th: you may love your mom a lot or think she's really beautiful. like being at home & could be into interior design. others may like your family/being around them, the idea of starting a family with you, your warm and nurturing personality. could be attracted to those who are family-oriented and possess emotional intelligence.

🗡 fixed signs in the 9th house: if religious, they take their spiritual life seriously and are a firm believer in whichever doctrine they subscribe to. very devoted individuals. consistently going to a place of worship like church, the mosque, a temple, synagogue, etc.

these aren’t fixed signs but cancer in the 9th gives me mother mary vibes lol. virgo here would probably be quite pedantic and technical regarding things like details about sacred text and spiritual practices/rituals.

🗡 having both gemini and scorpio placements in a chart can make one sneaky, stealthy, ninja, fbi son of a gun. scorpios know how to be secretive, source information, remain in the dark and disguising themselves as your shadow as they observe you. able to move around quietly. geminis are fast, agile, also able to source information, devious, double agent like, quick thinkers. they both just know things. always a step ahead.

🗡 jupiter in the 5th or positively aspecting your ascendant or inner planets in the 5th house: winning games, contests, bets, money, prizes without much effort. i remember winning bingo like 5 times in one round and people started getting annoyed lol.

if you read this until the end i hope you enjoyed it & thank you so much for reading. ♥︎♥︎♥︎, those hearts are for you.

[exo-raskreia]

Its funny how Ichihime fans compare their pathetic ship with Naruhina to make it seem more valid. Honestly, those two ships have nothing in common. Naruto has always believed in Hinata's strength. He outright invites her to battle with him in the War. When has Ichigo thought Orihime was strong or encouraged her?? He has done all those things for Rukia, the girl he loves. When a boy truly loves a girl, he appreciates her strength. It honestly annoys me When Orihime fans compare her to Hinata when they are not alike at all. Hinata is more like Rukia than any other girl in Bleach. Orihime was an extroverted person who was shy only around Ichigo. Hinata was an introverted person like Rukia. Both Hinata and Rukia were royalties. Both of them had a lot of expectations and burden on them. Both had stoic elder brothers whom they really loved. Neji and Byakuya were initially indifferent or somewhat cruel to their sisters until they got sense beat into them by Naruto and Ichigo. Naruto and Ichigo fought hard to mend the relationship of their girls with their brothers. Only they understood how much the girls were suffering because of their brothers, no one else could understand them like their boys. Their stories are so similar. They grew closer to the Protagonists for how hard they fought for them. Seriously every time Hinata and Rukia are hurt or kidnapped Naruto and Ichigo show resilience they have never shown before. They became better persons due to the influence of their girls. Their girls encouraged them, pulled them out of darkness and became their light. They are also tied by Red String of Fate. When their girls left them, they became depressed. I can go on and on about how similar Hinata and Rukia are and How Naruhina is similar to Ichiruki not Ichihime. There's a reason Naruhina is so popular while Ichihime is bleh. Both Naruhina and Ichiruki are my Otps. When anyone compares Naruhina to Ichihime it just annoys the hell outta me.😒

THIS THIS THIS!!!

I've always thought IchiRuki & NaruHina have similarities! Glad someone else sees this! 😭 You even brought up some points I hadn't thought about!

They both also have Sun & Moon symbolisms & official titles. Hinata's colors are purple/lavender & white like Rukia. Ichigo & Naruto have orange & even black? Other similarities with Hinata & Rukia, as u mentioned, are being associated with "princess" like Hinata the Byakugan Princess & Rukia's zanpakuto is called Sode no Shirayuki (Shirayuki is the JP name for Snow White), the Hyuuga heiress & the Kuchiki heiress, & you're so right on the introvert part! Both so brave in the face of danger, willing to sacrifice themselves for those they love... I think they would've gotten along & even admired each other for their resilience & kindness.

Ori & Hinata may have some superficial similarities (pretty & nice big-boobed girl who likes the MC) but it doesn't go farther than that! Hinata & Orihime are very different people. Ichigo & Naruto are very different too. Their dynamics are completely different. NaruHina is very popular & beloved even to this day while IH isn't 🤷‍♀️. Hinata is very popular on her own unlike Ori...

I also can't stand when ppl compare Rukia & Sakura. They also only have superficial similarities; tough, small-breasted, & being the FL of a battle shounen. Their personalities & values are completely different, tho, as well as their dynamics with Ichigo & Naruto. While I came to tolerate Sakura & support SasuSaku, I've never been a fan of hers.

There's actually an amazing meta here in which OP compares Orihime & Sakura & their dynamics with Naruto & Ichigo. They're eerily similar...

It just gets on my nerves when ppl compare NH & IH. I once made a post on most of the major differences between them. I even mentioned how NH & IR could understand each other thru their eyes. I would've liked to elaborate further on these dynamics with manga panels, but I no longer feel like going over it. It's been years, I'm happy with NaruHina, so I'll just leave it at that.

When Bl3ach ended & ppl were comparing NH & IH, it ignited me to make my first written post on here, haha. I did a couple others like this added reblog & some silly posts. You can also explore the NH & anti Naru/Saku tag on my blog to find reblogs of similar posts.

Thanks for sending this, anon! Fellow NH & IR shipper! 🫡

[navarresimp]

I'm a big fan of your SMT 4 Apocalypse art... not gonna lie I've become a fan of Asahi/Toki because of it. You have any headcanons to share for the pair?

First of all I’m so glad to hear that you like my art and that the tosahi proaganda is spreading like a virus.

Second of all! Absolutely! I like to think they’re absolutely an introvert/extrovert kinda couple. Toki is very unsure in social situations (as hinted at by some dialogue in the game), mainly due to her sheltered upbringing in the Ring of Gaia and almost no contact to kids her age. She is however very street smart and knows her business in combat. Asahi is like the complete opposite, being raised in a bar and constantly being around other people and having a mainly intact family, she is quite open to other people and knows her way around making new friends and sussing other people out, but holds herself back in combat.

Toki is super clingy when it comes to her girlfriend, often standing wordlessly next to her and even glaring at anyone (often not even intentionally) who interacts with her. Whenever she catches anyone being rude to Asahi while she’s working, Toki will throw them out. During the start of their relationship she often wore Asahis clothes until she later bought her own drip(leaving the Ring of Gaia she basically had to leave her belongings there). Toki loves listening to Asahi ramble no matter what (often about bar stuff and hunter quests). If creepypastas are a thing in Tokyo in 2038, you know Tokis knee deep in that slenderman lore, she has some serious wierdgirl vibes.

Asahi admires Tokis strength and perseverance. She’s a big fan of PDA, worrying about it being too much for her girlfriend sometimes, Toki assures her doesn’t bother her. Asahi loves doing Tokis hair and makeup, often styling it in new and creative ways. Asahi often indulges in creative and sometimes childish things, which Toki doesn’t really care for much, but she just likes spending time with her. Asahi doesn’t like to admit this, but above everything else, the kinshicho hunter association is her top priority. She will do anything to keep her dads legacy going. If she has to work overtime she does cancel dates, which does sometimes cause conflict between the two of them.

Their favorite date spot is the fairy forest, where they go on walks and just enjoy the peace and quiet admitst the battlefield that is Tokyo. Asahi sometimes sneaks leftovers from the Kinshicho hunter association so they can Picknick at the lake deep in the forest (Asahi keeps forgetting the shadow riddle required to get there, but toki got it memorized since day one).

I hope this is enough headaches for now! This started off as more of a crackship back then but honestly they would work so good as a couple! ALSO THEY ARE LITERALLY RED AND BLUE! THE SHIP COLORS EVER

[imthepunchlord]

So the Wu Xing is:

Wood - Butterfly

Fire - Ladybug

Earth - Bee

Metal - Cat

Water - Peacock

That's what I'm thinking. I think that'll work best in how they work and who can match with what. And it can also work off kwami personalities. Ish. Pollen and Duusu are the only real issues, but otherwise everything works well.

Working off the canon power (and not any more as we're not there yet poll wise), Butterfly echoes Wood as it's rooted but expansive, a social butterfly that branches out and extends to others. Wood as an element seeks to nurture and support, and it's an element that has promise for leadership, all of which can apply to the Butterfly's power of granting others a means of empowerment and being a distant leader offering direction. Wood negatively also has issues with anger, which canon wise is the biggest source of emotions that creates supervillains.

And as Wood is yang (extroverted, energetic, direct, ect.), Nooroo can act as a yin counter to the typical Wood personality. Someone who is calm and reasonable in the face of the more emotionally volatile Wood personality, and is more likely to be heard and worked with as Wood thrives off connections and seeks their own self growth. And the bit we see with Nooroo is that he is eager to engage and eager to help humans grow (until he found out Gabriel wants to be a villain).

Ladybug with Fire, first and foremost actually works off color very well, as Fire's color is red. Fire is an element strong associated with love, often romantic, but can also extend to self-love and love for others, and one of Ladybug's biggest symbols is love. Working off other cultures too, Fire is tied to cleansing, burn away the impurities, and Ladybug is THE cleanser. Fire is also known to be the most creative of the 5 elements, which can work off Ladybug being Creation, and much like Wood, Fire is an element that has promise for leadership, often aims for the position, and is very charismatic, literally wants to light up people's lives. And Ladybug users, especially backed by Tikki, seem to be the preferred leaders and encouraged to solve everyone's problems.

And as Fire is a yang element, Tikki acts as the yin counter. She's very direct, involved, and forward, but she's also a lot more focused and knows what to prioritize (or what she prefers to prioritize), as Fire can be distracted and chaotic, she can help give direction to the fiery personality. Fire, while a sociable element and is charismatic and likes to be the center of attention, it can be too intense, burn too hot, and just as quickly as it draws people in, can send them away. This can work off Tikki getting involved in her human's social life, desiring to give advise on how to work off people, and desiring to improve leadership skills. And as Fire does have a risk of being very selfish and overbearing and hotheaded, it makes sense for Tikki to take this stance to encourage her humans to be benevolent, helpful, patient, and considerate. Fire also can have really bad burn outs and that can work off Tikki's habit to be encouraging and affectionate, it's her means to try and reignite that flame.

Bee matching with Earth largely comes down to color, as Earth's color is yellow, and it works more off how bees function and their symbolism. Earth is the neutral between yin and yang, it's balanced and even, making it an element of diplomacy, compromise, and harmony. Earth thrives for functionality, for things to work as expected. Earth is helpful, wants everyone happy, seeks to provide support and a foundation. While adaptable, the element does drag it's feet and doesn't like to be rush, can be stubborn, and expect integrity and honesty. And I see this echo bees in how they work, this element embraces teamwork and community and order and bees thrive off all playing their part, working as a team, and everyone shouldering their share of the weight. Bees are also big symbols of communication which works off Earth's diplomacy. And while bees are known to sting, it's a last resort for them, they'd rather not if they can, which can also work off Earth as not being a very aggressive element. Bees like Earth also have a system of functionality figured out but are open to adapt and change as needed and make compromises. Like, bees are willingly working with people, they're actually the only animal that will unionize if they're with a bad bee keeper.

Pollen (and her power) does throw a wrench in things as they went for an eager servant personality for her and an aggressive power, which was more done to work off Chloe than actually work off what the bee kwami should've been and what the power should've been. By how I have things going, Pollen ideally should be neutral and flexible, and aim to help a human find their role and help them thrive in it, help them learn to be more of a team player, help them become a leader, help them learn to assist others, or find some means of order if they're life is chaotic. For an actual personality, we'll go with sassy but social-able, open minded, sweet as honey but don't push her buttons (which, really, if Pollen truly reflected actual worker bees, things with Chloe would've gone differently as worker bees terminate bad queen bees).

Cat can work off Metal as this is an element that's tied to their definition of structure and order. Metal is an element of perfection, they have an idea of how things should be and how things should go, and get irritated when things don't go as expected. It works off cats having an idea of how things should go for them and have fits when things don't. This element is also known to be emotionally distant, standoffish, and cold, which can work off cats being aloof and independent, and works off the concept of Destruction which is a power that most people are leery of. Metal is also known to be analytical and brilliant, which would be a requirement to use Cataclysm, and does have potential to be leaders and see to it that things get done (though they may struggle to connect with their team). Metal's biggest negativity is grief, which can tie back to Destruction and the finality of it.

Plagg can nicely act as the yang to the yin element. He's easy going, flexible, and lazy as a counter to Metal personalities who like things to go as planned, see things are finished efficiently, and enjoy being busy and delving into their interests. Intentionally or otherwise, Plagg does keep his holders on their toes and throws wrenches in their daily lives, helping them break up that established order and learn to live with some chaos in their life, learn to adapt and work with it. Plagg also reflects the Metal personality in that, when Metal comes to love another, they love deeply, which works off Plagg coming to care deeply for his holder, even to an unreasonable point.

Lastly, Peafowl and Water. Wu Xing as a whole represents a cycle of life, with Water representing death/soul/the end, and that can work off peacocks being tied to spirituality, rejuvenation, and being regarded as the earthly phoenix, where the end will pave the way to new beginnings and new life. Water is also an element of duality, tied to truth and clarity, but also secrecy, inner depths, and being withdrawn. Water is also a knowledge seeker, is observant, and seeks to expand. This nicely works off peacocks being symbols of vision and truth, spiritual enlightenment, and guidance. Water is also noted to be a hidden danger (play off murkey water), and that can play off peacocks being very bold and daring, able to consume snakes and use their venom as a means to bring out the vibrancy of their feathers.

Duusu I have yet to really see her(?) personality cause I haven't watched s5 at all, I don't know how much she even appears in s4 post her Miraculous getting fixed and her mental state healed, but ideally Duusu should act as the yang counter to the yin element, probably a very iconic duo of the extrovert and introvert. Duusu should be flashy, flamboyant, talkative to counter the more quiet and withdraw Water personality, but she should also be incredibly observant and able to match the wavelength of the humans she's dealing with, which can play off Water being a fluid and flexible element that's always able to adapt to it's environment.

So, not an entire match working off canon strictly, but I think there's a good bases for these elemental match ups and why kwamis can be the way they are. So I think that's the ideal: Butterfly is Wood, Ladybug is Fire, Bee is Earth, Cat is Metal, and Peafowl is Water.

[dxmoness]

𝕾𝖔𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖚

“𝓞𝓱, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝓮? 𝓘 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼...”

─────── BASIC INFO . . . !

NAME — Sorana Duvessa Misheru

NICKNAMES — Sora, Rana (Lucifer's nickname for her)

AGE — 21 (at the end of the novel)

GENDER — Female

SEXUALITY — Straight but she can be Bi for her other simps (sideyes Jami and Aurelia)

BIRTHDAY — July 22nd

SPECIES — ???

POWERS — ???

ETHNICITY — Japanese

LANGUAGES — English, Japanese, Korean

VOICE CLAIM — Raiden Shogun (japanese)

─────── PHYSICAL APPEARANCE . . . !

HEIGHT — 5'4

HAIR COLOR — White

EYE COLOR — Her eyes are coloured purple, the cursed colour, but there are times when she's angry they flash red due to the thing she hosts within.

SKIN COLOR — She is pale white like incredibly pale. Some think this is an issue.

─────── PERSONALITY . . . !

EXTROVERT , INTROVERT , AMBIVERT — Sorana is an ambivert though she leans more to the introvert side.

HOW DOES SHE ACT AT FIRST AND THEN HOW SHE'LL ACT WHEN SHE'S USED TO YOU — cold. it'll take ages to warm her up, but when she does she'll act like she needs to protect you and will keep you safe.

HABITS — Sorana has the habit to skip meals, sleep a lot, refuse to let you help her even if she has a fatal wound. She also had the habit to stay up late because exploring the night is her comfort activity.

FEARS — She's afraid that anyone be close to her because she's cursed. She's also scared of anyone finding out of her health problems since it causes judgement from the elders.

─────── INTERESTS . . . !

LIKES — Sorana enjoys the simple things like books and animals! She also likes naps and cuddles (simps take notes). Any night activity is also a favorite by our sleeping beauty. Night trips? Yes. Horseriding at night? Hell yes. Midnight picnics?! Sign her up she'll be there fast. A hidden thing she likes is training with her brother, Damien.

DISLIKES — She dislikes being woken up from her sleep, if you do that consider yourself fucked. She also hates anything bitter in particular hence why she does not drink coffee or alcoholic drinks that often. (A bonus: Damien.)

INSTRUMENTS SHE CAN PLAY — Sorana plays the harp, piano, flute, guitar and violin. She mostly plays the harp and piano though. Especially around Damien or her father, Roman. Damien enjoys listening to Sorana playing the harp and uses it as his sleeping music while Roman likes listening to her playing the piano while he works since it relieves him of his stress. (A bonus to her voice that Bravo enjoys to listen to!)

HOBBIES — Sorana's hobbies are baking or cooking, sleeping, reading, listening to music and playing the piano. She likes baking sweets and cooking her food by herself since she does not like the thought of being lazy and letting all the servants do the work that it would be better if she did. Sleep is a yes for this sleeping beauty. She'll sleep anywhere, anytime. Unless she feels like staying awake of course. Books are her main escape from the pressuring world she lives in. She likes listening to music and people singing. Which is why Legis and Lucifer exist as her favourite companions. She also enjoys playing the piano and learning new pieces!

PETS — Sorana has three phoenixes, Dusk, Dawn and Midnight! She also has her two fearsome beasts, cats, Death and Kyoto. Not to mention her dragon... we'll ignore that one for now. Another pet of hers, which is more of a human, is her brother's pet, Daemonis.

FAVOURITE FLOWERS — The flower she is associated with, roses. But lavenders come second!

FAVOURITE TYPE OF MUSIC — She doesn't mind any kind of music as long as it's music.

─────── MISCELLANEOUS . . . !

HER TITLES — Many call her the Rose of the Empire, the elders call her "Qui Producit Chaos" meaning the One who Brings Chaos. Though when Lucifer married her, everyone called the couple "The Devil and his Demoness."

─────── NOTE?!

I was gonna add some things like the thing she suffers from and her cup size but if you guys wanna know that you can just ask me🚶‍♀️

─────── INVITATIONS?!

this is especially for @primordixl , @lxdymoon0357, the Sorana simps.

@achy-boo , @yevene , @writerig , @roseadleyn

[husheduphistory]

Mud, Trash, and a Bizarre Past: George Daynor and his Palace Depression

When the first fall chill of 1929 began creeping in few people suspected the turmoil that was just around the corner. Typically associated with October 24th 1929 the “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Crash saw values of shares suddenly plummet leaving thousands of investors penniless with only memories of their previous fortunes. The aftermath varied from person to person, some were able to rebuild over time, some found themselves unable to ever grasp the same level of wealth again, and others took the lemons handed to them….and made legends.

When Black Tuesday stole the dreams from so many pockets George Daynor was one of the many who felt the profound loss of the Crash. According to Daynor himself, he was a former gold miner in Alaska, making and losing multiple fortunes before again losing it all to Wall Street. Left with only a few dollars to his name the striking bearded and mustachioed man claimed that he was guided by an angel to make the ten-day and 112-mile-long hike that brought him to Vineland, New Jersey. Once arrived he needed a place to call his own and he found a junkyard situated on some marshy land with the price tag of seven dollars. Seven dollars was exactly how much Daynor had. It was now his life savings, and he traded it for the swamp.

It was a bleak existence, sleeping in a void filled with metal scraps, bottles, and all manner of refuse, but it was in this land of disregard that Daynor claims he once again encountered divinity. One night he claims that the angel appeared to him again and encouraged him not to leave, but to build. And build is exactly what Daynor did. He collected everything available to him, car parts, bed frames, glass, trash, and mud and began to create a structure that went far beyond just a place to live. Daynor began to construct a palace. The work was intensive, complicated, and Daynor worked on his project day after day, fueled only by whatever squirrels, frogs, and other wildlife could be captured for food and only escaping the elements in an old van that served as shelter. Three years later the self-proclaimed former gold miner was ready to introduce New Jersey to his creation, the Palace Depression.

Upon its completion the Palace Depression was a grand structure that included eighteen turrets, archways, domes, and revolving doors. It was a marvel, brightly colored in all shades of paint and with adornments of shells and metal filling in detail, Daynor proudly proclaimed it was the “strangest house in the world.” But, he had a much bigger message to spread with the construction of his Palace Depression. Despite the initial impression given by the name, the palace was a symbol of hope, creativity, perseverance and encouragement from Daynor. He claimed that the very existence of the structure was an inspirational message that, like him after the Crash of 1929, you could prevail from hardship and do something amazing. He called his creation “the greatest piece of originality ever brought about in the history of Man,” and stated that “the only real depression is a depression of individual ingenuity.”

When the Palace Depression opened its doors on Christmas Day in 1932 the visitors who paid twenty-five cents per tour were greeted by something they had never experienced in both the structure and also in the eccentric and extroverted George Daynor. Standing at over 5’10” and typically dressed in flannel with red-brown hair down to his shoulders and making up his moustache and full beard, he was a striking figure with a past filled with mystery and a fantastical story for every soul who visited his palace. He claimed to have made a fortune as an Alaskan miner, at one point surviving a shipwreck and swimming to shore in Alaska only to have to fight off claim jumpers before claiming victory and taking back his mine. Another story told of how he viciously fought against more claim jumpers who hid him in a tunnel before his loyal dog (who he says he saved from drowning in the Yukon River) not only found and freed his master but also stole the deed to Daynor’s property back from a saddlebag of one of his captors before the pair fled on foot, ran into the Royal Mounted Police, and got into a shootout with the claim jumpers before again coming out victorious. He also told how he spent time in San Francisco, living in a mansion he purchased with his mining fortune before the structure collapsed taking all of his belongings, and all documentation of the details of his early life, with it into the ground. This apparently is when he made his way east and got involved in the stock market that would eventually again render him penniless.

A later postcard advertising the Palace Depression. Image via the Boston Public Library.

He arrived in Vineland and built his palace, but one thing that was not widely known at the time was that he did not come alone. When Daynor arrived in New Jersey, claiming to be guided by angels, he arrived with his wife, Florence. She lived with him in the van, hunted for their food, and helped him in every single step in piecing together the building that would bring him fame. But, she would see none of the positive outcome of her backbreaking work. Whenever people came to the Palace for a tour Daynor told his wife she needed to lock herself away in a room, only ever seen by the public in the ticket booth collecting the fees for tours.

Upon arriving at the Palace Depression visitors were presented with a sight of pure intrigue and they could hear all about it from Daynor himself. Dressed in his prospector clothes and standing in some elevated space, his booming voice would tell everyone present that he is the man who built this place “without plans, money, or tools.” This originality was evident at every step of the visit. The kitchen featured an eight-foot-tall fireplace illuminating a table made from a tree trunk and stumps serving as seating. The room was painted in hues of reds, a shade Daynor created from pulverized bricks and old oil. The walls throughout the buildings were decorated with carved animals, there was an indoor wishing well, a room of homemade drums and instruments, and Daynor made sure to build a room specifically for the Jersey Devil. He claimed he was good friends with the demon of the pines and there was a bell over one doorway that would ring randomly prompting Daynor to scream that the Jersey Devil was coming. There was also a radio room, one that he said he could use to warn the town in case of an enemy attack by Communists. Another feature was the “Knockout Room”, a bathroom where Daynor offered the extra service of being hit in the head with a bowling ball so that you could forget all of your troubles. The knickknacks and oddities took root in every inch, including a note on a wall encouraging visitors to follow a trail that a turtle once took to get to the other side of the house.

Postcard advertising the Palace Depression and Daynor. Image via the Boston Public Library.

Daynor’s Palace Depression and some of his commentary may have made some think he was a madman, but what it definitely did make him was famous. Newspapers wrote about the eccentric man and his palace in the Vineland swamps, he was invited to appear on radio shows, and in 1938 the structure was filmed by Universal Pictures for a movie short entitled The Fantastic Castle which was screened in theaters all over the nation. The publicity was something Daynor relished in, and he was extremely gifted at self-promotion, always looking for ways to make money and spread the word. He was willing to talk to anyone, he created a massive postcard series showing different scenes from The Palace Depression (many of which included him in the images) for people to buy and collect, and had items like pennants available to purchase as souvenirs. The publicity and self-promotion worked and Daynor and his Palace were soon being recognized by high-standing government officials, had their likenesses illustrated for well-known publications, appeared in ads for Waterman pens and comic books, and his records claim that between 1932 to the mid-50s over 200,000 people walked through the concrete, glass, and metal doors of The Palace Depression.

Another of the many postcards featuring Daynor for the Palace Depression. Image via the Boston Public Library.

Despite Daynor’s media presence and his marketing skills, by the 1950s the Palace Depression was fading from the spotlight. This became a huge problem for Daynor, the years of attention and admiration were firmly wired into his brain and now he needed the publicity like he needed oxygen. He did find ways to stay in headlines and conversations, but it was for all the wrong reasons. In 1939 he was arrested for assault and battery but was released on a bond. In 1948 he was again arrested for stealing drain piping from the County Road Commission, but he agreed to return the pipe and went about his life without any further repercussions for the theft. If he was not on one side of the law he was on another and by 1950 Daynor had been in court over twenty times after suing his neighbors for all kinds of reasons. In 1952 the eccentric and increasingly desperate king of the Palace began telling newspapers that he had won the Cuban lottery the previous summer. By this time, Daynor’s reputation was already tarnished and no one was interested in his story which in some ways had the same tall-tale qualities as his accounts about his time mining in Alaska. According to his story, he won the Cuban lottery and traveled to New York City to meet two men for his cash but after receiving his winnings he was having difficulty finding a bank to exchange his one million pesos for dollars. He was going back to his hotel when he said two other men jumped into his taxi and took off with his money still in a suitcase inside. Naturally, there was no record or indication that this ever took place and Daynor looked to close the conversation in April 1952 by saying the President of Cuba reached out to him directly and also that his suitcase was found in Brooklyn completely cleared of his Cuban lottery winnings, but with a few postcards for The Palace Depression remaining inside so that people would know it was truly his stolen bag.

Later in 1952 Daynor had another loss, but this one was not spoken of in the same exaggerated, newspaper-headline manner, it was actually not spoken about at all. Florence, his rarely-seen wife who had to handle Daynor’s madness behind the walls of the Palace, disappeared. She was allegedly taken from the Palace Depression by a group from a local church who took it upon themselves to free her from her bizarre, and possibly terrifying circumstances. Daynor himself never acknowledged her absence, but he started taking a more erratic turn. Now regularly wearing bright red lipstick and hairbows, he would walk down the main roads in town deliberately looking to frighten any of the small children walking by with tales of monsters coming to eat them.

While some of this might be talked away as just the actions of an eccentric old man, what came next for Daynor was inexcusable and totally self-inflicted in the name of publicity.

 In 1956 Westbury, New York was a quiet town and on July 4th 1956 Betty Weinberger felt very comfortable leaving her one month old baby Peter asleep in his carriage on the front porch of her home while she went back inside for a few minutes. When she came back out the infant was gone and a ransom note demanding $2,000 was in the carriage. The story of the missing Weinberger baby spread all over the United States as everyone waited along with the baby’s parents for any news of his whereabouts. While law enforcement from all over and the FBI were trying to locate the missing baby, everyone suddenly started hearing from George Daynor. He began contacting the FBI, the New Jersey State Police, local law enforcement, anyone he could, and began swearing that the Weinberger baby had been brought to the Palace Depression on July 8th by a man and a woman who claimed they were on their way out west. When authorities did not react as fast or as strongly as he wanted them to he started reaching out to media outlets that he “knew” the Weinberger baby had been at his Palace Depression but he refused to give any more details over the phone.

When authorities finally visited Daynor at the Palace Depression he presented them with another far-fetched story that a man and a woman arrived at the Palace in a black 1950 Ford and was part of his tour. He claimed that he noticed that the pair seemed uncomfortable with the infant so he became suspicious and after the tour he began talking with them and offered to adopt the baby for $5,000. According to his story, the pair agreed to this deal because they were moving and could use the money. Daynor said he gave them $10 and the baby was to be delivered to him at a later date. He then shared his opinions that the kidnapping took place because the baby’s father, a druggist, was selling illegal substances on the side and that the pair now traveling with his baby were addicts who stole his child for not just money but also revenge. He gave descriptions of the pair, told authorities what hotel they were staying at, and although Daynor made sure that every single guest to the Palace Depression always signed his guest book, somehow he missed that they did not sign it so he could not provide authorities with any names.

The police were extremely hesitant to listen to Daynor. He had developed a reputation for trying to force himself into high-profile events going on and he was well known for his fabrications, but time was running out and they needed to treat any lead seriously. Law enforcement went to work visiting local hotels all of which said no one was staying in their establishments with a baby. They also interviewed others who were on the Palace Depression tours that day (who did sign the guest book) and all of them, including one guest who was a Vineland police officer, confirmed there was no one on their tours matching the description of the man or woman, and there were no babies on their tours. Following the loose threads of Daynor’s story was exhausting with him calling multiple reporters, media outlets, and claiming that he arranged for radio personality Walter Winchell to bring him $5,000 to trade for the baby that the couple was going to bring back to him on July 11th. Authorities monitored the Palace Depression all day on the 11th but by 1pm they were growing impatient. They sat down again with Daynor who claimed the couple did arrive but that they saw the police and fled. After more questions and more claims, Daynor finally admitted that he had made the entire story up for publicity. He admitted it was all a lie not out of guilt but because he “did not want to undermine the Palace Depression.”

The reaction to Daynor’s lies were furious and far-reaching with J. Edgar Hoover himself being brought into the question if Daynor could be prosecuted for his actions. The debate on the decision went into October and on October 18th 1956 Daynor was arrested and spent the night in jail before being released to await trial before a federal grand jury.  When the trial finally took place Daynor took the stand himself stating that the FBI agents testifying against him were all lying and when asked why they would be doing so he replied “They’re jealous of me. They can’t see anything but Barnum and Baily in George Daynor.” The deliberations were fast and in less than an hour Daynor was found guilty of making false statements to the United States Government. Sentencing was postponed multiple times due to a number of questions about Daynor’s background, his actual age, and the question of existing family that could not be proven, but in August of 1957 Daynor began to serve his sentence of one year in prison.

Daynor at the time of his sentencing as he appeared in The Press of Atlantic City. Image via newspapers.com.

While Daynor wallowed in prison the Palace Depression crumbled, torn to pieces by vandals and with no maintenance the once magnificent testament to human will and creativity fell into ruin. When Daynor returned home after serving his sentence he told reporters that there was extensive damage and many of his belongings were stolen but, he said, “I can always start over again.”

For several years Daynor tried to bring the Palace of Depression back into the minds of the public but both the structure, and he, continued to decline. On January 31st 1964 a dazed and emaciated Daynor was found wandering the streets in the freezing cold and he was transported to the Cumberland County Almshouse in Bridgeton, New Jersey. He resided there for approximately six months before he was moved to Cumberland County Hospital and on October 19th 1964 George Daynor passed away, penniless, leaving the Palace Depression behind as a shell of its former self. He had requested to be buried on the property, but out of concern for no one maintaining the grave Daynor was quietly cremated and buried in a pauper’s grave in Oakhill Cemetery in Vineland, New Jersey.

With Daynor now passed the question became as to what to do with the remnants of the Palace Depression. At this point there were few people in Vineland that thought kindly of Daynor but there were some that wanted to rebuild the palace and turn it into a landmark. To do so they needed to reach out….to Florence.

After fleeing the grasp of George Daynor, Florence was able to lead a successful life working as a nurse and moving often due to the nature of her job and it was in 1962 that she was approached about the sale of the property. Florence responded, voicing her concern that the county might try to claim the money of the purchase to cover George’s care in his last years, but even more of a concern to her was the story that was to be told about the Palace Depression. She reported back that despite what her former husband may have told everyone, the palace was far from a one-man project, clarifying how she was an integral part of the construction stating “There is no phase of this laborious task that Mr. D did alone – from the clearing of the swamp – help in pulling the monster logs to the surface or the actual construction of the palace.” After much work, research, and thought, Florence released her rights to the property in September 1966 and the world of the Palace Depression was sold for $3,000.

With the news of the sale, people and the media began to turn to Florence wanting to know about her time at the Palace Depression with some requesting to interview her and others saying she should write a book about her experiences. Florence though, had vastly different thoughts and preferred to keep her time at the Palace as much in the past and as far away as possible. The few stories she shared about her time there were not pleasant and the trauma of her time in Vineland lingered long after she left. She made the trip back to accept the payment for the sale then continued working as a nurse in southern New Jersey before retiring. She passed away in August 1978 and was laid to rest in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where her last remaining family was located.

The Palace Depression was formally condemned in 1966 but a group of residents approached the Mayor of Vineland voicing their interest in saving the structure. They were given three weeks to form a plan but they were unsuccessful and plans moved ahead to have the whole site cleared to make way for a park. The structures were leveled, cited as a public hazard, and the location once again became a dumping ground. At the same time as the land was being proposed as a site for low income housing, Vineland resident Kevin Kirchner was working as Vineland’s construction official for the Department of Licenses and Inspections and with the memories of his visits to the Palace Depression fresh in his mind he knew he did not want to see that chapter of Vineland’s history erased. He gathered a team of hundreds of volunteers and formed the Palace of Depression Restoration Association with the goal of rebuilding the palace as a tribute to Daynor and the attraction that put Vineland on a nationwide radar. Their reconstruction work began in October 2001.

For decades the spirit of the now re-named Palace of Depression was slowly and faithfully brought back to life, spearheaded by the father and son team of Kevin and Kristian Kirchner and volunteers like Jeff Tirante who was married at the original ticket booth of the Palace Depression, the only structure left when the palace itself was demolished. The work of the Kirchners, Tirante, and hundreds of volunteer hands were able to bring the Palace of Depression out of the rubble, and over the decades the Palace has been slowly resurrecting in the same space where it once stood. Tragically, Kevin Kirchner passed away in December 2021 and his son Kristian passed away the following year. Now, a group of dedicated volunteers lead by President of the Palace of Depression Restoration Association Steve Medio are continuing the work started by the Kirchners and so many who dedicated their time, energy, resources, and funding to bring the Palace back to its former glory.

When George and Florence Daynor began building the Palace Depression in 1929 it was, in the words of Florence, “to be the story of how a man and wife, working together, could turn adversity into success.” The history of hardship and adversity is something that has followed the Palace of Depression through every one of its years and has been faced by all of those involved in giving it life, both the first and second time. But, the original message of the structure also survives, success through adversity, and today the Palace of Depression is still taking the steps to one day open the gates once again and welcome the public in to “the strangest house in the world.”

For an incredibly in-depth look at the story of George Daynor and the Palace Depression please check out The Fantastic Castle of Vineland: George Daynor & The Palace Depression by Patricia A. Martinelli.

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Sources:

Martinelli, Patricia A. The Fantastic Castle of Vineland: George Daynor & The Palace Depression. History Press, 2012.

Brianna Hill, Gina E. Kim. “Vineland’s Palace of Depression Is Flourishing with the Aid of Volunteers.” WHYY, 28 Aug. 2023, whyy.org/articles/palace-of-depression-vineland-new-jersey/.

“Hailed the Strangest House in the World: The Palace of Depression: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Aquariums, Attractions, Museums.” Ripleys.Com, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 6 Jan. 2024, www.ripleys.com/stories/the-palace-of-depression.

“A Look Back: Vineland’s Palace of Depression.” The Daily Journal, 18 Nov. 2015, www.thedailyjournal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2015/11/18/a-look-back-vinelands-palace-of-depression/75985238/.

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Digimon Adventure and Colour Theory - Taichi Yagami: Orange (& Blue) [Text Source: Colours Explained]

“Cheerful and optimistic, orange is energetic, spontaneous, and dynamic. It’s a color that resonates with young people, but that can also be arrogant and prideful. It stimulates us, mentally and physically. Still, it can be superficial, insincere, and exhibitionist. At the same time, orange is an attention-getter without being too aggressive, and it conveys transformation. As an open-minded and risk-taker color that changes with the seasons, orange is uplifting, offering emotional endurance and igniting motivation in dark times.”

More information on how Taichi relates to his signature colour “orange” (and his associated colour “blue”) under the cut.

“Orange is a color of extremes. It’s a hue of polarizing opinions, you hate it, or you love it. Still, orange is a dynamic color. It evokes change, movement, and transformation, and this premise is confirmed by its presence in nature - sunsets, vegetables, and fire. The color orange is strongly associated with tropical landscapes and summer, yet it is the color of harvest and fall. 

Orange represents the changing seasons, and therefore, it is often used as a transitional color.

In the meaning of the colors, orange is vibrant, energetic, warm, and fruity. However, it can also be abrasive and insensitive. To the human eye, orange conveys warmth because its fiery undertones give the sensation of heat. Hence why it’s often depicted in scenes where fire and sun are present. Calm and yet lively, the color orange radiates and oozes with delight from its playful shades to its inviting comfort.

The color orange is a harmonious combination of red and yellow, hence why it has traits of both colors. Orange is happy and enthusiastic like yellow, but it also is a physically stimulating color full of energy like red. Orange stimulates appetite. It can trigger hunger in its reddish hues.

Orange ignites encouragement, excitement, and enthusiasm. It is a color for adventure lovers and risk-takers pushing people out of their comfort zone. It instills spontaneity and confidence, providing those who use it with the courage to face their fears. This color is social and inviting. Of all colors of the spectrum, orange is the most extroverted one. It aids in the assimilation of new ideas, freeing the spirits of their limitations and letting them be themselves. Furthermore, it stimulates social communication but without judging the introverted ones. Orange acknowledges it isn’t for everyone and reassures those who are not up for the task.

Orange is dynamic, saucy. Therefore, it’s no surprise such an intense color has negative associations as well. The color orange can be so self-confident and enthusiastic that it can become arrogant, prideful, and lack care for others. Similarly, despite its positive associations, orange can be superficial, insincere, dependent, exhibitionist, and inexpensive. It can convey a lack of serious intellectual values and awful taste.

Still, unlike its neighbors (red and yellow), orange evokes emotional responses to deal with problems. It encourages emotional strength in depressingly dark times. It helps us bounce back from despair and disappointments. After all, orange is one of the liveliest colors. It’s an uplifting spirit that ignites motivation helping us see the bright side, rejuvenating our souls. It offers a positive outlook on life.

Orange gemstones are believed to help ease depression, protect from evil thoughts, and give vitality.

Orange is a secondary color that is complementary to blue, according to the CMYK color model. Beyond that, orange is a warm color that combines perfectly with the cool blue. But it is complementary of purple, according the RGB color model.”

Meanwhile, Taichi’s associated colour (the one he is usually seen wearing) is “Blue”: 

“The most universally appealing color on the spectrum, blue, has non-polarizing traits. It is a calming and relaxing color, and it enhances cognitive skills, especially creativity.It gives a soothing sense of peacefulness, but also the impression of authority. Still, not all associations with the color blue are positive. Blue can also be fragile, depressive, impersonal, and even cold. Too much blue can be an appetite suppressant. All in all, blue is a versatile color that can fit most situations when combined with the right colors.”

To sum it all up:

There is a reason why the Crest of Courage has a literal “sun” as its symbol (whereas his Digimon partner bears the power of fire): Taichi is the sun, the adventurous, courageous main character that is either loved or hated (especially by the fandom), he is that fiery, vibrant force that drives things forward, a healthy eater, yet he is encouraging and warm and the glue that “keeps the gang together”, who inspires and leads them. While he also develops the tendency to overthink, he can usually be associated with being an extroverted person who does accept others for who they are. His overall theme is indeed “change”, coming to terms with his less desirable attributes and tendencies; being inconsiderate, arrogant, insincere towards his own feelings and thus also his friends, etc. He has to overcome negativity and depression in order to deal with all the problems at hand - even if things are not easy to balance and rather controversial. But that is what a future diplomat has to deal with anyway, right...?

It’s no surprise that blue (Yamato) and purple (Koushirou) are his complementary colours, as they’re literally complementing him perfectly. The same goes for the close bonds he shares with with red (Sora) and yellow (Takeru). Last but not least - it is also no surprise that blue is the colour he is most likely to wear. It’s his more mellow, contemplative side - both soothing and thought provoking, even it may also be more prone to depression.

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Sun, Moon, and Star OC Meme

Tagged by: @perkeleen-lavellan 

Sun

Isaac Hawke

Honestly, this ended up being the only motif left after assigning moon and star to my Inquisitor and Warden, but it fits a cheerful extrovert with red hair. Besides being a musician, I’ve pictured Isaac as someone who gardens--I don’t know if I’ve discussed this headcanon anywhere before or not, but I want to think that he and Merrill actually restore the gardens at the Amell estate--and the idea of sunlight as restorative and nurturing seems relevant for that. There’s also a connection with Varric’s tarot card representation (the Sun), so I think this suits Isaac rather well.

Moon

Solomon Trevelyan

Solomon has the color scheme for this, with albinism making him unusually pale and white-haired, but thinking of the moon as a representation of mystery, cycles, and emotion, I think this fits him as well. He’s a necromancer whose magic taps into life energy itself and deals with spirits that could easily be considered demons, and his life has been marked by phases that ultimately end in a “return”: growing up in the Alienage, being adopted into his father’s family after his mother’s death, being sent to the Circle where he gradually goes from rebellious apprentice with multiple escape attempts to Senior Enchanter and person who keeps the Ostwick branch of the Libertarians afloat after news of Kinloch Hold’s near-downfall causes a decline in membership, the Circle falling just for him to end up as part of the delegation of mages at the Conclave, being Inquisitor, and finally shedding that title by disbanding the Inquisition as well as his “human” name in favor of reclaiming “Sulevin,” his birth name that he had no choice but to give up when recognized by his father, Bann Trevelyan. He’s gradually had to learn to bottle up his emotions and get better at picking his own battles just to survive, but I still picture him as someone who feels a lot, deeply, and this, combined with “dark forces aren’t necessarily evil” and “it’s never too late to reconnect,” make me think a moon motif suits him.

Star

Ephraim Surana

This one came to mind immediately, because I’ve had “Ephraim studied astronomy in the Circle and is fascinated by the stars” as a headcanon for long time. Thinking about stars as crucial to navigation and as ways of understanding the world, considering all of the myths and history associated with constellations both in our world and Thedas, I think this motif suits Ephraim, who I also associate with stories and history. I feel like I’ve talked about the headcanon that he loves romance novels and has written fanfic for his favorite ones a lot, but one I haven’t focused on as much is “he translated and made copies of the Eluvian manuscript that’s crucial to the plot of Witch Hunt, so there’s no stealing of the text from Ariane’s clan by Morrigan, who’d have her own copy that Ephraim shared with her during the Blight.” I want to think there was an entire “ring” of mages dedicated to ensuring access to their people’s knowledge that the Chantry tried to claim and to preserving what they might have brought with them from outside the Circle, like songs, recipes, etc. It’s not an original idea by any means (thank you Kari/October-Rosehip for having things like this in Macsen’a backstory if you see this), but the sheer concept of an “underground elven library in Kinloch Hold” compels me. To bring this back around to stars, thinking of them as omens makes me think of Ephraim as well—he’s my oldest Dragon Age OC and has been through so many changes. I’ll probably mess with his story more if I ever get to replay the series again. But one theme I want to think has been consistent with him, and one I want to keep, is “no matter what one has done, one can always decide and try to be a better person.” When I think of omens, I think of symbols, mysterious and powerful, and I think that suits the Hero of Ferelden.

Tagging: @scribbledquillz @zeesqueere @musingmycelium and anyone who wants to do this and needs an excuse. Let me enable you. There’s no obligation, as always, this was just fun and I thought I’d share

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About cover 4 of wmmap, the one where athy and jennette appear. I've always wondered why athy is at night and jennette is in the day and I don't think it's because the usual thing. I mean, normally extroverts are related to the sun while introverts are related to the moon and Jennette is not an extrovert and Athanasia is not that introverted (in fact the fandom always associates Athy more with the sun and Jennette with the moon)

Now I think Spoon did it that way because Jennette, being more ignorant and naive, lives in a bubble where she believes that everything is happy or rather has a more positive vision of life, while Athy, being smarter and more aware of things, besides having the constant fear of dying again as in the first life is related to the moon.

Actually, I think of Athy as the sun and the moon at the same time (maybe lp athy= moon, wmmap athy= sun(?) And I feel that it makes her character more complete and interesting and not just following the same stereotype (it's already getting boring that all the "sunshine" are all ignorant and happy and that the "midnight" are all depressive people) Personally I think that Athy is extroverted and introverted, her personality changes depending on the person, with Claude, Lucas or Jennette she is always more extroverted but with people she doesn't know she's more introverted (and I think that's more realistic than always having only one personality)

What do you think?

I think your analysis of cover 4 is pretty spot on! It reflects season 2 when things started to go terribly wrong for Athy and good for Jennette, from her point of view at least. So that's why Athy appears on the night side and has a serious expression, while Jennette is on the daytime and is smiling. It also parallels how things were for them in Lovely Princess. And I agree with you, I think all the visual cues are there to contrast their opposite types of characters. They are back to back, close to one another but on "opposite sides", Athy is wearing a bright red gown and jewelry while Jennette is wearing brown and subdued colors, night vs day, Athy's serious expression (because she is smarter and knows what's going on) vs Jennette's happy smile (as you said, being naïve/ignorant allows her to be happy but unknowingly cause Athy more pain).

The cover reflects said narrative themes more than simply establish a night/day association for Athy and Jennette. I agree with you, Athy has very explicit links to the sun (being called the "future sun of Obelia", the novel ending with her literally stepping into the light, tons of visual symbolism), the moon (most of her important scenes happen at night and under the moonlight) and the stars (the scenes at the World Tree, the use of stars in some of her outfits). Comparatively, I don't think Jennette is very heavily associated with either of them, unlike other characters (Claude to the sun, Diana to the moon, Lucas to the night, moon and stars).

About Athy's personality, I have always thought she is more on the introverted side, but not in a stereotypical way. She is bright and upbeat with the people that are close to her, but those aren't many people, much less the ones she fully trusts (she was very guarded even with Jennette until the very end of the story, and with the rest of the nobility it's even more apparent). But Athy is also the heir to the throne, and a very capable at that. She knows when to be assertive, when to be cold and when to be more sociable. So I don't think we can categorize her personality into a simple neat "type".

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What Your Bedroom Color Reflects About You

The color of your bedroom is more than just a visual choice, it's a reflection of your personality, emotions, and the ambiance you seek to create. Afterall, your bedroom is a personal sanctuary, a space where you retreat to unwind, relax, and rejuvenate. Whether you're drawn to calming blues, passionate reds, or serene neutrals, your color selection can offer fascinating insights into your inner world. We explain the psychology behind different bedroom colors and what they might reveal about you.

1. Soothing Blue: Tranquility and Harmony A bedroom adorned in shades of blue exudes tranquility and calm. If your room is dominated by this serene hue, you likely value peace, order, and a sense of emotional balance. Blue suggests that you seek a peaceful retreat, a place to unwind from the demands of the world. You're known for your thoughtful and introspective nature, and your bedroom color reflects your desire for a space of quiet contemplation. Blue also has a cooling effect, making it an excellent choice for those who seek to unwind and escape the stresses of the day.

2. Passionate Red: Energy and Intensity Red is a bold and passionate color that evokes strong emotions. This bold and passionate color suggests that you're full of energy, enthusiasm, and a zest for life. You're not afraid to make a statement and your bedroom color reflects your confident and extroverted nature. A red room might also indicate your romantic inclinations, as red is often associated with love and desire. It can also indicate a passionate and romantic nature.

3. Tranquil Green: Balance and Growth A green bedroom embodies growth, renewal, and a connection to nature. If you've chosen green for your sleeping space, you likely have a nurturing and down-to-earth personality. You value balance and harmony in your surroundings and seek to create a haven that promotes relaxation and well-being. Your bedroom color reflects your desire for a space that fosters personal growth and a strong connection to the natural world. Green promotes a sense of calmness and renewal, making it an excellent choice for creating a relaxing oasis.

4. Calming Neutrals: Timeless Elegance Choosing neutral colors like beige, gray, or white for your bedroom suggests a preference for timeless elegance and simplicity. You appreciate a clean and uncluttered environment, and your bedroom color reflects your understated yet sophisticated taste. Neutrals also indicate your adaptability and open-mindedness, allowing you to create a serene space that can easily adapt to different moods and styles.

5. Enigmatic Purple: Creativity and Individuality Purple is often associated with creativity, spirituality, and luxury. People who gravitate toward purple bedrooms tend to have a keen imagination, a love for the arts, and a desire for a tranquil environment. If your bedroom is dressed in shades of purple, you're likely a person with a unique and artistic flair. Your bedroom color reflects your desire for a space that nurtures your creative pursuits and allows you to express your individuality. Purple also hints at your introspective nature and your ability to find beauty in the deeper aspects of life.

6. Cheerful Yellow: Optimism and Warmth A yellow bedroom radiates warmth, positivity, and optimism. If your bedroom is bathed in this sunny hue, you're likely a cheerful and outgoing individual. Your bedroom color reflects your desire for a space that uplifts your spirits and welcomes positivity. Yellow also indicates your sociable nature and your ability to spread joy to those around you.

7. Balanced and Neutral: Gray Bedrooms Gray is a neutral color that can convey a range of emotions depending on its undertones. Lighter grays can evoke a sense of sophistication and balance, while darker grays can create a cozy and cocoon-like atmosphere. If your bedroom is gray, you likely appreciate simplicity, elegance, and understated beauty. Gray also serves as a blank canvas, allowing you to infuse your space with accent colors and personal touches. The color of your bedroom is a powerful form of self-expression. It offers a glimpse into your emotions, desires, and the atmosphere you wish to create within your personal sanctuary. Whether you opt for soothing blues, passionate reds, tranquil greens, or any other color, your bedroom becomes a canvas that reflects the intricate tapestry of your personality. So, the next time you step into your bedroom, take a moment to appreciate the unique statement your chosen color is making about you.

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The Color Psychology of Orange

Bright and persuasive, orange results from the combination of yellow and red. As we have seen in the previous section, yellow denotes optimism and cheerfulness, while red can suggest intense feelings of love and even dominance. Orange sits in the middle of those extremities: it promotes rejuvenation, communication, and positivism. This color also enhances extraversion, allowing people to let go of their inhibitions and express themselves more freely. 

Combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow.

Associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics.

Represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

Orange

The color of adventure and social communication.

Orange is a combination of red and yellow. Red is filled with energy and stimulation, and yellow is responsible for the happiness and cheerfulness. It is a more active color because it makes us react by gut feeling, and we feel at that particular moment.

It is the color that gives you shelter in though moments, by not allowing you to sink into grief or disappointment. It brings a high degree of positivism, always rejuvenating us in the most difficult moments. The great and invigorating benefits of the orange color should be used every day, even if it is just a small object, like a mug or a pen, which we use in our daily tasks.

Effects of orange

Enthusiasm: Orange is optimistic and extroverted - the color of the uninhibited.

Rejuvenation: Orange helps to restore balance to out physical energies.

Courage: Orange helps us to take account of our lives, to face the consequences, to take action and make appropriate changes, and then to move onward and upward

Vitality: Has a more balanced energy than red, not as passionate and aggressive, but full of vitality.

It is a color that will always help us look on the bright side of things, even though reality is often not too bright. For instance, it can bring us encouragement and motivation in our tough financial periods, giving us the power to keep going until we manage to find solutions and improvements.

The color will also inspire us to be active, increasing the sense of competition and the courage to assume some risks. It will also make us feel stronger from a physical point of view. The people that are inspired by this color will feel the need to be on a constant move. Because it is an extrovert color, it also makes people forget about inhibitions and show-off at least a little.

Orange is a very social color, making people open up and enhance their communication. It is a very inviting color, so it is great if is used as a decorative color for parties, as it gets people talking and inspires a good mood. To make a dinner with family, or with friends, more pleasant, use lighter shades of orange to decorate the table or surroundings. If you didn’t know, pastel orange shades would increase the appetite. So you will end up having a great time eating, drinking and talking. Thus, it isn’t the best choice of color for your kitchen if you are trying to go on a diet.

It is an excellent color if we want to learn new things and look for new ideas. It lifts up our personal limits allowing us to assimilate more and develop. It also gives us a greater self-respect and the impulse to respect others.

The positive traits given by the color are optimistic, enthusiast, sociable, self-confident, flamboyant, adventurous, inhibited and agreeable. Among the negative traits of this color are exhibitionist, superficial, inexpensive, dependent, unsociable, or too proud. It is great for bonding groups and increase your social interactions. It can also encourage a divorce, from the point of view that it helps people move on and leave behind a life that was unsatisfactory. It represents the new beginnings.

Positive Traits

sociable, optimistic, enthusiastic, cheerful, self-confident, independent, flamboyant, extroverted and uninhibited, adventurous, the risk-taker, creative flair, warm-hearted, agreeable and informal.

Negative Traits

superficial and insincere, dependent, over-bearing, self-indulgent, the exhibitionist, pessimistic, inexpensive, unsociable, and overly proud.

If favorite color

You easily move from life's setbacks

Patience is not one of your virtues and you can be quite forceful and domineering over others when under stress

You can be indecisive, inconsistent and unpredictable

You may be unkind practical joker

When feeling fearful, orange lovers feel it in their abdomen, as though it is tied in knots

Deepest Need

to be with people, to socialize with them, and be accepted and respected as part of a group

If disliked color

You are not comfortable in large groups

You do not like partying and socializing

You are more comfortable with a small circle of friends

You don't like flamboyance and showing off

You may be holding yourself back socially

It can also indicate anger at having been treated cruelly at some stage in your life

If we are to take the shades of orange, each one has a particular meaning. Peach color is excellent for communication, influences good manners and calms down. Golden orange represents vitality and self-control. Amber helps the confidence and self-esteem, but it can also give a degree of arrogance. Burnt orange is the color of aggression, pride, and tension. Dark orange the color of the advantage taker, making a selfish earn out of everything.

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Written: March 24, 2023 During one of our first few weeks, I was really excited with the topic that we were going to discuss. Actually, I had no idea what the topic was going to be until it was revealed and to my surprise, it was one of the topics that I actually was hyper-fixated for some time in my life, personalities and of course, the brain. During this time, we talked about how humans can have different personalities that allow us to uniquely coexist and interact with the people around us. In addition to this, we were also able to identify what “color” we associate our personality with and how understanding these theories about personalities helps us.

In our discussions, we discussed the several personality theories that exist, and I am even familiar with some of them such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) which was highly popularized within the youth for the past two years. However, I believe what my personal favorite would be the Four Colors by Insights Discovery, that is composed of a circle split into four parts that each represent different traits and aspects of personalities. The reason as to why I like it is because although it is not really a theory, it is simple and easy to understand way of categorizing personalities not just for those in the academe, but also for regular people who just want to get to know themselves a little bit more.

Going into detail with this, the circle of the Four Colors is split into, as the name suggests, four colors namely: cool blue, fiery red, earth green, and sunshine yellow. For the first color, blue, it’s more of the introverted and reserved type, cool like ice. As for green, it’s also introverted but more of a nourishing type, which makes it “earth” green. Fiery red on the other hand, is extroverted and is the competitive and determined type, like fire. Lastly, the sunshine yellow is extroverted as well but more on the social and like the softer version of red, yellow brings positive energy hence its name “sunshine” yellow.

I actually associate myself to a combination of fiery red and sunshine yellow. Perhaps I can even make my own shade, “ominous orange”. I was able to say this because I possess a lot of traits from both such as being sociable and enthusiastic, but at the same time demanding and strong-willed. With this being said, I believe that the Four Colors is like a palette that artists hold. Artists won’t be able to paint with just three or four colors, they have to mix some of them to make the perfect shade. Like in the Four Colors personality, we might not fit into just one category so we sometimes need to make and mix our own shade.

Understanding personalities is crucial because from what I know, I will be dealing and studying with a lot of people in my degree program and most of these people are from outside the university. I will be practicing the ways of life of these people and in understanding them, I of course, need to know their personalities so I can properly know how I will be approaching them, how I will talk to them, and more. After all, unique individuals need unique approaches!

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Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernist painter.  He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in the 1950s.  Beauford's younger brother, Joseph, was also a noted painter. Beauford Delaney was born December 30, 1901 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Delaney's parents were prominent and respected members of Knoxville's black community. His father Samuel was both a barber and a Methodist minister. His mother Delia was also prominent in the church, and earned a living taking in laundry and cleaning the houses of prosperous local whites. Delia, born into slavery and never able to read and write herself, transferred a sense of dignity and self-esteem to her children, and preached to them about the injustices of racism and the value of education. Beauford was the eighth of ten children, only four of whom survived into adulthood. He summed up the reasons for this in a journal entry from 1961, saying "so much sickness came from improper places to live – long distances to walk to schools improperly heated… too much work at home – natural conditions common to the poor that take the bright flowers like terrible cold in nature…" Beauford and his younger brother Joseph were both attracted to art from an early age. Some of their earliest drawings were copies of Sunday school cards and pictures from the family bible.  "Those early years which Beauford and I enjoyed together I am sure shaped the direction of our lives as artists. We were constantly doing something with our hands – modelling with the very red Tennessee clay, also copying pictures. One distinct difference in Beauford and myself was his multi-talents. Beauford could always strum on a ukulele and sing like mad and could mimic with the best. Beauford and I were complete opposites: me an introvert and Beauford the extrovert." The Delaneys attended Knoxville's Austin High School, and among Beauford's early works was a portrait of Austin High principal Charles Cansler. When he was a teenager, he got a job as a "helper" at the Post Sign Company. However, he and his younger brother Joseph were drawing signs of their own. Then some of his work was noticed by Lloyd Branson, an elderly American Impressionist and Knoxville's best known artist.  By the early 1920s, Delaney became the apprentice of Branson. With Branson's encouragement, the 23-year-old Delaney migrated north to Boston to study art. With perseverance, he achieved the artist's education he desired, including informal studies at the Massachusetts Normal School, the South Boston School of Art and the Copley Society. He learned what he called the "essentials" of classical technique. It was also while in Boston that Delaney had his first "intimate experience" with a young man in the Public Garden. Through letters of introduction from Knoxville, he also received what he referred to as a "crash course" in black activist politics and ideas; having associated socially during his years in Boston with some of the most sophisticated and radical African-Americans of the time, such as James Weldon Johnson, writer, diplomat and rights activist; William Monroe Trotter, founder of the National Equal Rights League; and Butler Wilson, Board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. By 1929, the essentials of his artistic education complete, Beauford decided to leave Boston and head for New York.

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What Color You Prefer Reveals About Your Intimacy Style

Did you know that the color someone wears can reveal a lot about the psychology behind his or her personality traits and sexual preferences? What Color You Prefer Reveals About Your Intimacy Style Yes, according to color psychology, the color of your favorite clothes reveals not only your basic personality but also your sexual personality!

Look for your favorite color below to find out what color psychology reveals about your intimacy style:

What Color You Prefer Reveals About Your Intimacy Style 1. Red Red is energizing and exciting, a call to action for lovers who like to initiate and engage fully. It evokes feelings of confidence and passion, as well as a desire for food or sex. Red lovers are easily aroused, and once ignited, the sexual spark can last for hours. Natural explorers and red lovers can be impulsive and unconcerned with details, so make sure your sex is safe and consensual! 2. Black Are you dressed entirely in black? Perhaps you prefer kinky sex. Black is associated with mystery and hidden charms, but also with hidden agendas. Many black clothing fans are masochistic or sadistic in nature, and they enjoy the dynamic of serious power play in the bedroom. Do you feel more wild when you put on a pair of black leather pants or boots? Although black is perceived as powerful and unfriendly, it also exudes sophistication and elegance, making it a popular choice for high society events. It creates a barrier between us and the outside world, allowing us to keep our secrets safe. 3. Gray Gray suggests a lack of emotion. People who prefer gray aren't sure what they get excited about because they can't commit to the mystery of black or the illumination of white. It's a solid, stable color that encourages logic and reason over passion. Men who wear gray may view sex as a way to relieve tension, whereas women may view sex as a way to procreate or accommodate their partner. While gray can be formal and elegant, it is not glamorous or attention-grabbing. Gray wearers who are conservative and self-sufficient may become lonely as a result of shutting down their emotions in new relationships. 4. Blue People who love blue are affectionate and exude inner peace. They are sensitive to their partners' needs and are invested in turning love into fine art. Blue lovers are 'givers' who like to build strong relationships and bask in the glory of a successful union, with honesty, trust, and loyalty as defining qualities. They are not quick to judge or change, and they may need expert advice and time to think things through (such as a new sexual request or fantasy), but when they commit, they go all the way with a passion that is much deeper than lust. 5. Pink Pink is all about unconditional love, romance, and intimate caring, combining the passion of red with the purity of white. can relieve anger, aggression, and resentment, but it also connotes naivety and inexperience, which is why it becomes subversive and twice as sexy when paired with a stronger color like black. lovers embrace sensuality and are likely to indulge their bodies with massages or baths, inviting you to join them on their journey of self-love and nurturing.  lovers will not rest until each partner is satisfied. Sex can be wild, but it is always fulfilling. 6. Orange Orange is upbeat and enthusiastic, emphasizing the intuition and "gut feelings" that we all have. Wearers of orange are highly adventurous and extroverted, and they not only have sexual fantasies, but they make those fantasies come true! Orange, while impulsive and risk-taking, also represents great communication and a positive attitude. Someone who adores the color orange will engage in conversation with you and steer it in exciting new directions until you're both undressed. Expect an assertive, intuitive lover who values foreplay as much as sex and is willing to engage in 'naughty' behavior if the urge arises. 7. Yellow Yellow is a creative and independent color, ideal for people who enjoy new and exciting ideas, such as new sexual positions, sexual fantasies, or sex outside. Complications frequently accompany yellow, whether it's the need for another sexual partner or another 'appetite' demanding attention. Satisfying the yellow personality requires a lot of spontaneity (think quickies!) and creating new relationship patterns to keep things interesting. 8. Purple Purple and violet lovers have the energetic qualities of red combined with the trusting stamina of blue, giving them a strong charismatic pull. Highly sensitive and compassionate, they indulge bodily desires frequently and with a wide range of intensity, so expect a lover who enjoys a quickie just as much as a big production. Purple lovers are great candidates for sexual fantasy and role play, getting caught up in everything from the sexy story to the details of the costumes. Remember their desire to stand out in a crowd and be rewarded for their uniqueness. 9. Green Green wearers strike a balance between yellow's mental clarity and blue's emotional depth. They know what kind of partner they want and are ready to commit fully when they find it. They enjoy watching others and find voyeuristic fantasies extremely erotic, sometimes in groups, as green lovers are also known to be excellent hosts who value prosperity and abundance. Read the full article