#seraphima

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Szerafima Iaszonovna Blonszkaja - Girls (Palm Sunday), 1900

[plumbus-central]

she was the main plot of the episode in my heart

[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the image: from the left to right Tatyana Nikolaevna and example of her hair colour; Anastasia Nikoalevna and example of her hair; Maria Nikolaevna and example of her hair: and Olga Nikolaevna and example of her hair.

The Mystery of the Grand Duchesses' Hair

Almost a year ago, when I started looking into the circumstances of the Nicolas II and his family 'murder' or rather disappearance, I noticed a certain detail that caught my attention - the box with four types of hair found in the Ipatievsky House on 2 August 1918 by the investigator Nametkin.

[…] a box with the hair of four colours, belonging, as per words of the present Terenti Ivanovich Chemodurov, to the former Grand Duchesses: Tatyana, Olga, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna. […] - from the report produced by the investigator Nametkin on 2 August 1918.

This 'evidence' caught my attention because something seemed very odd about the finding.

Nametkin noted that the hair was of the four colours. This means that the hair in the panniers was long enough to identify the colours, as if it had been short then it simply would have mixed together and it would have been difficult to distinguish the types.

2. The Grand Duchesses had very similar to each other hair colour (see the image) and if their hair was mixed in one box it would be difficult to distinguish their colours. So, it means that the colours of the hair differed enough to distinguish them.

3. The Grand Duchesses could not have had too long hair in July 1918, as in July 1917 they shaved their heads. The hair grows slowly - approximately 1 cm per month, and even it it was 2 cm per month, by July 1918 they would have their hair no longer than slightly above their shoulders or even shorter. The point here is - there was no need to cut the hair even shorter. If it was done there was a reason for that.

4. Nowhere in the diaries of Nicolas II or Alexandra Fedorovna it is mentioned that the hair of their daughters was 'trimmed' in July 1918.

5. The priest who came to do the service couple of days before 16 July 1918 confirmed that the hair of the Grand Duchesses was slightly above their shoulders. This means that their hair was not cut. But if so, then why to cut it on the 16 July 1918?

6. Chemodurov was not in Ipatievsky House in May-July 1918 as Nicolas II let him go and kept Trupps as his valet instead. So he could not have known how long the hair of the Grand Duchesses was in the months of his absence.

7. Chemodurov in a conversation with Gibbs admitted that he did not tell the truth to the investigators as he wanted to make sure that the Family was safe.

Now the question is 'Whose hair was found in the box and why these four people needed to cut their hair?'

The hair colour of the Grand Duchesses was reconstructed based on the testimony of A. A. Tegleva given on 5-6 July 1919 to the investigator Sokolov.

[soulirisaimedia]

Luke Edward Allen, one of the main characters of the book 'Puzzled', at the market in Nice, Cote D'Azure, choosing mandarines - an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova

[p0ssyart]

art dump because i havent posted still art in a bit <3

[mytricksterbook]

Image by Dalle3, image prompt by Seraphima Bogomolova

Enlighten Me  - Episode 15 (narrating - MacBride)

I take my phone out and call Pavel. Briefly, I give him instructions on meeting us. Hearing Al struggling intohis clothes, I offer my help.

‘Let me alone, Mac!’ he snaps at me.

‘God, do you always have to be so fucking...’

‘Stubborn’ you mean?’

‘Fucking right. For no good reason too.’

‘I can do without your help!’ hesays, throwing a box of surgical gloves in my face. Twisting away, I easily avoid the box.

Outside, Pavel’s waiting with the car. Throwing Al’scoat into the front seat, I thrust into the back. He follows me, slamming the car door.

‘What’s wrong with you two?’ Pavel asks, surprised.

‘And, who the fuck are you?’ Al spits out at him.

‘That’s enough, Al! Pavel’s with us.’

‘Right! And, where are we going, Mac?’

‘My place.’

 ‘Your place, what a wonderful news!’

‘Pavel! Stop the car! Kick him out!’ I shout, fed up.

‘Yeah! That’s right, Mac, kick me out of the car.’

‘Well, listen to you. You call. I arrive and you still won’t enlighten me!’

‘Enlighten you on what? If you were smart enough you would have never gone to my bloody flat.’

‘Why do you need me here so desperately? What’s this shit you gotten yourself into?’

‘I haven’t gotten myself into any shit! That’s how you perceive it, Mac.’

‘And until you convince me otherwise, yes … SHIT!’

‘I don’t have to convince you of anything. Stop the fucking car, I’m getting out.’

‘Pavel, let the damn son of a bitch out!’ I chock with anger.

‘Mac…Take it easy, man,’ Pavel cuts in. Engulfed in in an awkward silence, we drive on.

My Trickster' book by Seraphima Bogomolova

[theodoreangelos]

Seraphima Iasonovna Blonskaya (Leontovskaya) – Palm Sunday (Girls), 1899, Taganrog Art Museum Серафима Ясонівна Блонська (Леонтовська) – Вербна неділя (Дівчатка), 1899, Таганрозький художній музей Serafima Iassonovna Blonskaïa (Leontovskaïa) – Dimanche des Rameaux (Filles), 1899, Musée d'art de Taganrog Serafima Iassonowna Blonskaja (Leontowskaja) – Palmsonntag (Mädchen), 1899, Kunstmuseum Taganrog Серафима Иасоновна Блонская (Леонтовская) – Вербное воскресенье (Девочки), 1899, Таганрогский художественный музей

Palm Sunday. Girls by Seraphima Blonska, 1899

[kindafondawanda]

“Seraphima Effect” - Trash Riot

[t00nyah]

If you could make your own video game (think of an idea l and it just snaps into existence somehow) what would it be about and what mechanics would it consist of? What platforms would it be available for? Who's the target demographic? Or anything else you want to ramble about... I like to think of creating my own games sometimes.

haha they dont know i have a joke rpg game i made in a day to test my abilities.

in all seriousness though, i actually did have bigger projects that i never finished... so, just gonna drop that i'm a big fan of RPG maker games, horror ones, PSYCHOLOGICAL horror ones for even better score. and i am kind of a liiiittle experienced with rpg maker.

warning!!

this answer ended up containing a lot of sensitive topics(in my opinion??) and i tried my best to make sure to include them in tags AND before each idea's explanation, please check the tags and not proceed if those topics are sensitive to you personally!!

i had a project that i started making as a vent. that's the closest i had to actually making something. it was called zepphire's lair. zepphire is my sona from 2015 that had very bright neon colours that were probably UNBEARABLE to look at, then i tried redesigning her years later into something pastel. and then, umm... in 2022 i had issues with my style because i used to be VERY caught in 'oh,,,this one line is weird,,,how do people even like my art there's a stray pixel there...god.' and decided to do something about it. this 'something about it' was changing my art style to PURPOSEFULLY unpleasant to look at, messy and annoying. it was bright, i didnt care, and honestly i think it helped with being that critical to myself. anyways. sorry im rambling but it is important

so in 2022, when i had a giant relief of drawing in the most unbearable(and stunning at the same time) art style, i reused zepphire. FUCK PASTEL said me. NEONS ARE GOOD. it was a great decision.

so zepphire's lair was meant to be an rpg game where you play as zepphire. who in her head is still her young self that doesn't have to think about what happened. but in reality, her magical world she was meant to become a god of was destroyed and ruined because she wasn't responsible enough with powers granted to her. she is now the only resident of the Forbidden Location, an alternative world that people could get into by just clipping randomly. like you know when you find a spot in a videogame that doesn't have an invisible wall and you go OH. that. i wasn't sure how to continue working on it because it lacked story to tell as present. it had a past story to unfold, but i had no idea what would happen now. i had a thought of someone getting into FL somehow after long time and zepphire trying to solve this because they're clearly not meant to be there while in her head she's still stuck struggling with herself.

i want to put a little bit of assets i made for zepphire's lair, but since it's all very bright toxic neon i think i'm gonna place them at the veeeery end so you don't have to look at them if you can't stand it.

CW: cartoon blood!! a little bit of it!!

next up is my cool idea of a fangame! so, purrfect apawcalypse is one of my favourite game series. and i've been following it since first one and i have a LARGE fanmade setting set in the same universe! (in fact, two! i also made a reference for kitsune high which is set to be in an agricultural town inhabitated by foxes! it was a cool project)

the game idea was to make an rpg (because, again, that's all i know, lmao) that follows the Chatting club - a school interest club literally dedicated to rumors and just having a good time - as they unveil the secrets their school holds. cats and dogs disappearance cases? rumors of ghost around? who the heck lives in the garden and what're they up to? what is up with the Detective club's president Seraphima? there are many mysteries. it would have an overall vibe of the original novellas' series - a cutesy game about very cute furries and weird magic stuff happening, while also having a little bit...darker tone. like i was actually going to explore a very dark topic with this one but honestly? right now i really don't like the way i wrote it back then. if i were to pick up the idea again i deffo would try to rewrite it and make more sense into it. i like the detective vibe it had going though!

here are some references of the characters that are important to the plot! a lot of twists were planned for this story and i'm not going to tell them all because it's a secret tee-hee.

also as i searched for the refs i found that the working title of the game was 'purrfect meowting'

another concept for a game i had...which is a lot.

CW: contains themes of child neglect, probably abuse, general cat mistreatment, probably a bit of ableism(im unsure about this one) and maybe a bit of weird racism because one of mc's character's parent is weird and very stupid and we are allowed to hate her for that...i hope i mentioned it all.

i have a little ocs setting with three main characters that i refer as 'kitty girls' this story is tragic and is based on idea i had about making a story...about girls...but put them into life situations that would reflect what cats sometimes have to go through bc some humans are trash, but put it through a human lens, although not exactly. it also ended up a story that portrays children who've lost their childhoods for various reasons. idk how to explain.

these are Snowwhite, Rouge and Patches. their names were meant to be reflecting what another one's kitty sona is, but i fucked up, lol.

Showwhite is a picture perfect girl for her parents who's mostly been treated as a prize all her life, making her feel sick of herself. Rouge was neglected by her mom because 'she wasn't born red'(as in orange...like a cat...i used cat allegories every time i explained it but i think the implications are clear enough - her mother wanted her to look different.) and she lived a happy life with her grandparents. and Patches...is a deaf girl whose parents just couldn't take care of her properly so she ended up in an orphanage. she has awful attachment issues.

i won't explain the whole plot but their stories were meant to be kind of a portrayal of how some people treat animals as just objects, things they can just get rid of. a cat of specific breed, bred for specific traits which may be hurtful to it, a cat whose owner just threw it away after it not meeting the expectations, and a general theme of people not wanting to take in cats with injuries that make them 'not pretty' for them. i don't know why im tearing up right now but these make me so upset and i smh wanted to portray these issues though human characters, and while adapting them i realized that those awful stories ended up overlapping with how neglectful parents end up treating their children.

in the end they end up in cat heaven, where they all meet and get to be happy and be themselves. snowwhite learns to love herself for who she is and find out hobbies there, rouge just finally gets friends she lacked. also patches doesn't magically start hearing in cat heaven, she was given an option to but she felt overwhelmed a lot and ended up sticking to being deaf but not treating it as a bad thing, just a different thing.

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BONUS SECTION

i also have this unused character and concept art that i just made bc i finally felt like i could do something back in the day

her working name was 'vogel'

so. returning to zepphire's lair. one thing i forgot to mention earlier is that i also even made OST for it (didn't feel like it would fit the text above). this one is just the theme that plays in the first playable area

main menu theme...is too heavy for tumblr apparently. huh. it's a very simple tune it just goes on for very long (bc there's an easter egg if you listen to it for too long!!!)

next section contains bright images that im gonna put even deeper below!!

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title screen!

intro cutscene! small baby zepphire, and then zepphire acquiring her godmode key, and then ending up becoming a photoshooter!! the camera is important .

here she is!!! the cat herself!!!

a photo that she has in her inventory!! it's mewtona, her sister!

gameplay-wise i was gonna make it so you can collect random photos zepphire made and have to learn the implications of that and what it has to do with 'the photoshooting incident'. it would be somewhat close to omori - part of story is in reality and parts of it in headspace that explains the story.

I THINK that's all. sorry this took so long that was a lot of yapping!!!

[orthodoxydaily]

Saints&Reading: Sunday, August 11, 2024

july 29_august 11

THE HOLY MARTYR SERAPHIMA OF ANTIOCH (2nd c.)

The Holy Virgin Martyr Seraphima, a native of Antioch, lived in Rome in the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138). She resided with Sabina, a woman from a prominent senatorial family, whom the saint had converted to Christianity. During the persecution against Christians ordered by the Emperor, the governor Virilus had Saint Seraphima brought before him for questioning. Wishing to obtain a crown of martyrdom from the Lord, she went fearlessly to face Virilus, and her devoted friend Sabina accompanied her. When he saw that illustrious lady, Virilus at first set the maiden free, but after several days he summoned Saint Seraphima once again and began the trial.

The governor insisted that she honor the pagan gods and offer sacrifice, but she boldly confessed her faith in the one true God, Jesus Christ. Then Virilus gave her to two shameless young men of Egyptian descent so they could defile her. Saint Seraphima begged the Lord to protect her. Suddenly there was an earthquake, and the two men fell to the ground paralyzed and unable to speak. On the following day the governor learned that his plan had failed. Believing that the saint was a sorceress, Virilus told her to restore the young men to health so that they could relate what had happened to them.

After praying to the Lord, Saint Seraphima ordered the men to stand up. They got up at once and informed the governor that an Angel of the Lord had shielded the saint, and prevented them from approaching her. The cruel governor did not believe his servants, and he continued to urge Saint Seraphima to offer sacrifice to the idols. The holy martyr remained steadfast, however, even when they burned her with flaming torches and mercilessly beat her with sticks. Then harsh punishment overtook the governor. Splinters from the sticks with which the saint was beaten, struck him in his right eye, and after three days the tormentor became blind. Powerless before the unyielding Christian, Virilus ordered her to be beheaded. Sabina buried the body of her holy mentor with all due honor and reverence.

THE HOLY MARTYR THEODOTIA OF BITHYNIA AND HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN (304)

The Holy martyr Theodota and her three young children lived during the reign of the emperor Diocletian (284-305). She was a Christian, a native of the city of Nicea, Bithynia. After being widowed, Saint Theodota led a pious life and raised her sons in the Christian Faith. She had a spiritual friendship with Saint Anastasia (December 22).

When the persecution against Christians began, they arrested the holy women. At the trial, the dignitary Leucadius was captivated by the beautiful Theodota and he decided to take her home with him, intending to marry her. Finding herself in the home of Leucadius with her children, Saint Theodota kept herself in purity, yielding neither to inducements nor charms, nor threats by the pagan.

Angered at the steadfastness of the saint, Leucadius sent her and her children to Bithynia, to the district governor Nicetas. At the interrogation, when the judge began to threaten her with torture, Saint Theodota’s eldest son Evodus said that Christians do not fear tortures, but rather fear being forsaken by God. They cruelly beat the boy before the eyes of his mother, so that his blood began to flow. Saint Theodota prayed that the Lord would strengthen her son in his sufferings, and rejoiced in that he was being given a martyr’s death for the sake of truth.

They gave Saint Theodota over to be defiled, but the Lord preserved her. An angel of the Lord held back everyone who tried to approach the saint. Imputing this miracle to sorcery, the judge sentenced the saint and her children to death by fire.

The memory of the holy Martyrs Theodota, the child Evodus and her other two small sons is celebrated also on December 22, together with the memory of Saint Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions.

Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA

ROMANS 15:1-7

1 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me." 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

MATTHEW 9:27-35

27 When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!" 28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you." 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, "See that no one knows it." 31 But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, mute and demon-possessed. 33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, "It was never seen like this in Israel!" 34 But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons." 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

[spinmeround]

TrashRiot ~ “Seraphima Effect"

[giveme30dollars]

Artfight 2024! (1)

Seraphimae Gabriel by [Twitter: _CRRN_]

Koshin by [Artfight: Kalefrost]

Monica and Vega by @bbaked-beans

Amr by @a-little-pigeon

Avex Ajaza by [Artfight: Arcstone]

Peony by @pebbleisgay

[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photograph: Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarskoe Selo, summer 1917

[...] In June and July 1917,  Alexandra Feodorovna made several more appearances, all recorded in her husband’s diary and not a word in hers – on the 2nd of June: ‘In the afternoon, Alix was present during our working at yesterday's place’;  on the 14th of June: ‘In the morning I walked with all the children in the park. The weather was great. At 12 o'clock went to the prayer service. In the afternoon, Alix came out with us’; On the 21st of June: ‘During the working in the park, Alix was present in her chair’; and finally, the 23rd of July: ‘During the day we worked on a narrow path, cut down and sawed two spruce trees. Alix was sitting there in the forest.’

From the above it appears that the activities of Nicolas II and others outside did not interest Alexandra Feodorovna much. At least, she did not wish to be directly associated with them. It seems that her intentional withdrawal manifested the dislike and disagreement with her changed status, - she was not the wife of the Emperor anymore, but the wife of the abdicated Emperor who was under home arrest and to add to this was doing the activities of a simple ‘peasant’. Hence, her resistance. [...] - Seraphima Bogomolova

Read more in Part One: 'Like Kings and Queens, Like Princes and Princesses'

[soulirisaimedia]

Yacht of Mohammed Al Murshidi - 'Boreas' - in the bay of Saint Tropez - an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

[bah-penacony]

If I can I'd like to ask for 2 genshin introjects of your choice, one being a bpd holder and the other being an npd holder

Preferably 2 people who would get along

Of course — my apologies if you don’t believe these two would get along . I have issues with discerning such things , though I do think these two would get along platonically .

𖤓 — NAME : Dottore / Zandik / Azar

𖤓 — PRONOUNS : He / It / Quoi / Thing / Ith

𖤓 — GENDER : cis - male , sexless , goregender ,

𖤓 — ORIENTATION : asexual (repulsed) , uniromantic (primarily repulsed) , homosexual

𖤓 — TRANSID : innocent , immortal , permacollar , accent , s/a , cig burns , smoker , mentally stable , (transitioned due to clones) plural , divinity , ASPD

𖤓 — CISID : harmful , shut in , doctor , high intelligence , manipulator , NPD

𖤓 — SPECIES : human (?) / Sumerian variant

𖤓 — AGE : unknown — ageless

𖤓 — SOURCE : Genshin impact

𖤓 — ROLES : NPD holder 

𖤓 — SIGN OFF : -💉

𖤓 — PARAPHILIAS : Pan-paraphile . Primarily anthropophagy , necro , lyssophilia

𖤓 — APPEARANCE :

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𖤓 — NAME : Columbina / Damselette / Dove / Seraphima  

𖤓 — PRONOUNS : It / Soft / Holy / She / He / Divin

𖤓 — GENDER : nonbinary , angelgender failgirl 

𖤓 — ORIENTATION : pansexual aromantic callialterous

𖤓 — TRANSID : Innocent , plushie , loliage , spoiled daughter , famous , parasocial , coquette coke addict , bimbo , permakidnapped , ballerina , false prophet , blind , mutilated , groomed

𖤓 — CISID : Fatui harbinger , angel , immortal , harmful , yandere , BPD , scarification , cannibal 

𖤓 — SPECIES : seelie / angel 

𖤓 — AGE : loliage

𖤓 — SOURCE : Genshin Impact

𖤓 — ROLES : BPD holder

𖤓 — SIGN OFF : -🪽💕 or -��

𖤓 — APPEARANCE :

[mytricksterbook]

Image by Dalle3, image prompt by Seraphima Bogomolova

You! - Episode 14 (narrating - MacBride)

‘When I cannot look at your face I look at your feet’. - ‘Your Feet’ by Pablo Neruda

With Al’s intense blue eyes on me I feel compelled to step back. Looking at himlying there, his hair framing the pale skin of his face, his charming smile directed at me, I feel emotionally torn.

‘What the fuck’s this all about, Al?’ I suddenly blurt out, losing control.

‘And what do you think it is all about, Mac?’ he replies, the smile disappears from his face in an instant.

‘I have no fucking idea! You tell me!’

Stifled by my roaring emotions, I turn away. An electrifying silence falls between us.

‘Mac, you have not changed a bit.’ he starts.

‘No, Al! You haven’t changed a bit!’ I cut in.

Avoiding my eyes, he looks down.

‘Mac, I know I owe you a lot, but it is the way you are that makes me wonder if I can ever rely on you. Why can’t you just let me be, trust me without questioning?’

‘Trust you?’ I cry out in contempt, ‘Trust you, after what you had done? You vanish from my life without a trace, not even a note, leaving me to wonder why for ten bloody years!’

‘I know, the evidence is against me, but sometimes in life the cruellest cuts are the softest,’ hesays lifting his head and locking his piercing eyes on mine.

‘I don’t believe you, Al.’

‘If you don’t believe me, then why are you here?’

Tearing the tubes from hisarm, he  lifts himself up, and steps onto the floor. In his hospital gown he looks almost innocent, vulnerable.

‘Why are you here, Mac?’  he repeats, glaring at me with his raging blue eyes.

‘I want to help you...’

‘What makes you think that I need your help?’

‘But it’s you who called me! You wrote me a note asking me to be in your flat, wait for you there!’

‘Mac, all I asked of you was to be in Moscow! I never wrote any notes to you!’ Suddenly, hiswhole body starts shaking. Turning pale, exhausted, he sits back on the bed.

Struck by a sudden thought, I hurriedly go over to a small wardrobe tucked in the corner of the room. Swinging its doors open, I grab his clothes and throw them on the bed next to him.

‘Here, get dressed.’

My Trickster' book by Seraphima Bogomolova