#speaking of saffron

[potato-catwow]

HSHFJGS I FINALLY REDESIGNED THEM !!! IT TOOK SO LONG FOR LITERALLY NO REASON UFHHFG

and uhh sorry for not uploading art for like . months ,, I apologize

anyways THESE ARE MY OCS !!

here are their old designs if you wanna see them ig !

now that I've finished them , I can finally start participating in artfight ugh I can't believe I'm 3 days late ,, artblock,, anyways here's my acc , I have some characters uploaded now yay

https://artfight.net/~useless-bean

[faaun]

what draws you back to your country what draws you back to your land when i was a kid i told myself if i ever left iran i'd never go back 2 years into living in the UK i started looking at news on iran again 10 years in and i visited it for the first time again and today i heard an iranian mother talk in farsi to her child on the train to london the way my mother used to and i wanted to cry i wanted to ask her whether they're still cutting the mountaintops whether the lakes are still drying today i showed the person i was with pictures of waterfalls and palaces and forests and snow-white north something odd pulls me back with increasing force i can't ignore it ever again

[awakentrashpanda]

Random headcanon: I think Burning Spice Cookie, as well as the other spice tribes, all speak Spanish

I know that design wise Burning Spice Cookie’s origins are closer to Egyptian mythology and Hindu mythology, but for some reason the spice cookies just give me Spanish-speaking vibes, especially Burning Spice himself for some reason

[kangaskahn]

This is completely mind numbing. Does ANYONE on this site have anything actually interesting to talk about that isn't their stupid pokemon? I swear, it's all you people ever care about.

[felikatze]

ok yeah the funniest detail in my oc worldbuilding is "dragons are the only creatures that are exempt from god's love"

[osaumu]

THE FACT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS TIL NOW DAZAI AND FYODOR’S ENG VAS DOING SOME KIND OF REENACTMENT OF THE MADE UP LANGUAGE…

[the-al-chemist]

Can I please get 6 for Saffron, 3 for Ethel, 4 for Kirsty (young, adult or both, you choose) and 9 for Steph? 💛

Ooh, Kirsty AND Steph? You’re spoiling me with the niche OCs!

6 - What clothing item could they not live without?

Saffron’s favourite item is jewellery rather than clothing, and it’s a crystal cage necklace. Why pick one favourite crystal to wear when you can interchange the crystals depending on your mood that day? Today, she’s got a light blue aquamarine to celebrate her birthday!

3 - Does this character wear jewellery?

Jewellery-wise, Ethel wears her engagement ring, wedding ring, and a friendship bracelet, and nothing else.

4 - How does this character wear their hair?

Kirsty has light honey-brown waves/curls. In her youth she tends to wear them loose with a centre parting (think young Donna in Mamma Mia 2, or any woman in any pre-Raphaelite painting ever). As a professional mother of two, she has a shorter, layered cut, which makes her hair look more curly! She tends to clip it back with a crocodile clip for practicality.

9 - What aesthetic do they fall into?

I went down such a rabbit hole looking at these! Steph would love to be dark academia, but she’s not committed enough to the *vibe* to really fit it…

[saffron-wave]

So I’m really not doing well right now. Working graveyard shifts has really messed with me both physically and mentally and I’m not able to stay on top of updates (especially when I don’t know what day it is anymore).

Long story short I’m either not sleeping or sleeping too much, I’ve got next to no appetite anymore, and my now permanent state of exhaustion is making me overly irritable and snappy and it’s just not a good time over here right now.

So I’m taking some time off from updates, I don’t need the added pressure of trying to push out comic pages each week when I’m feeling as awful as I do. I feel a bit bad because I’ve already gone on hiatus once with this chapter and executing it has just been a nightmare overal with moving and everything, but for my own sanity I gotta take some more time away.

Fortunately I’ll be moved to a swing shift starting September 5 and won’t be doing overnight shifts anymore, but until then I just gotta put my well being first. I’m aiming to start updating again on September 13th for the main site and tapas, and on the 29th for Webtoon, but may have to push this back further depending how long it takes me to readjust to a normal sleep schedule.

I’ll still be working on stuff in the meantime, but I’m not going to stress about uploading pages each week for a little while.

Thanks for your understanding 🩵

[blackthorn-legion-irl]

It's fine! I just want to help people out! I hope your folks will be doing better!

-Dave

fuchsia: ...thank you... we'll pay this forward.

saffron: and?

fuchsia: ...when we can without hurting ourselves.

saffron: there you go. i'm sure that dave is happier and/or less worried with that too. good job.

fuchsia: ...thanks...

[wheelie-butch]

Dinner today: a delicious homemade tomato, pistachio, and saffron tart, with caramalised red onions and a mix of interesting spices in the sauce

Lunch today: 20 nuggets + large fries from mcdonalds babyyyy

[dracolizardlars]

just ate a saffron bun and remembered that they aren't a thing outside of Cornwall. this is a very strong reason to never permanently move away from Cornwall in my life

[julie-su]

"I JUST TRIED COFFEEEEE!!!"(caffeinated bee noises)

"By the walkers-" Julie-Su gasped as Saffron vibrated with energy. "Who gave you that?! Was it Vector? I bet it was Vector!" She looked as if the bee infront of her might explode from the pure energy.

[chaosgenesplicer-fr]

me adding variations of "thanks for taking time out of your day to read my message" to every message I send someone I send a message to about dragons for breeding projects.

[shrine-of-the-exoletus]

weird hearing a phrase in a japanese song and realizing the bit im not sure of is an english word.

[kangaskahn]

Ugh. Is there at least one of you on this forsaken site that doesn't have "I love Pokemon!!!" Broadcasted in neon lights? It's annoying. Most of your lives don't revolve around those stupid creatures.

[astra-ravana]

Basic Incense and Their Uses

Types of Incense:

• Sandalwood: Protection, healing, purification, pleasing the spirits, consecration

• Cherry: Attracts and stimulates love, new beginnings

• Vanilla: Luck, love, happiness, stimulates memory

• Jasmine: Luck; especially in love, peace, intuition, moon magick

• Coconut: Purification and protection, fertility, love and chastity

• Frankincense: Spirituality, protection, love, prosperity, growth, confidence, an offering to the gods

• Cinnamon: Wealth/money, prosperity, success, focus, amplifies any ritual or spell, third eye

• Myrrh: Protection, exorcism, consecration, purification, peace, meditation, spirituality, offering to the gods

• Patchouli: Money, abundance, attraction, passion, romance, lust

• Rose: Love, self love, safety, calm, healing, purification, connection to maternal ancestors

• Strawberry: Passion, love, luck, friendship, romance, opens/connects root and sacral chakras, goddess offering

• Dragon's Blood: Increases personal power, manifestation, attraction, sensuality, love, favored by many entities as an offering

• Sage: Cleansing, banishing, protection, clearing the air, nullifying negativity, promoting a more peaceful environment, longevity

• Lavender: Psychic abilities, divination, dream magick, protection, purification, beauty, intuition, peace, calming

• Nag Champa: Amplifies a ritual, great for meditation

• Clove: Protection (especially for children), love, money, purification, exorcism, shielding/warding

• Juniper: Exorcism, protection, healing, love

• Allspice: Attracts luck and money, provides extra physical energy

• Copal: Protection, cleansing, purification, connection, spirituality, ideal for cleansing crystals and stones

• Bay: Good luck, manifestation, success, purification, protection, healing, sharpens psychic abilities

• Rosemary: Protection, exorcism, purification, promotes sleep, restores and/or mantains youth, draws love, increases intellect

• Thyme: Health, vitality, healing, cleansing

• Pine: Money, strength, patience, shielding, purification, offer to nature spirits/deities

• Fern: Burn indoors to drive out malevolent spirits, burn outdoors to bring rain

• Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, amplifies mental abilities

• Arabic Gum: Purification and protection of the home

• Blueberry: Keeps unwanted influences away

• Passionflower: Peace, anxiety soothing, promotes sleep, friendship, joy, openness

• Mullein: Courage, protection, health, divination, offering to the dead

• Rowan: Psychic ability, self reflection, healing, protection, power, spirits more likely to obey demands/requests

• Star Anise: Psychic power, manifestation, luck

• Mugwort: Strength, psychic power, spirit communication, protection, astral travel, dream work, visions/premonitions

• Rue: Healing, mental health, comfort, exorcism, love, bonding

• Saffron: Health, wealth, happiness, success, wind raising, manifestation, lust, strength, third eye

• Palo Santo: Clears stagnant/negative energy

• Eucalyptus: Healing, cleansing, physical health, clears tense energy, invigorating, empowerment

• Wormwood: Magick, astral travel, spirit work, dream work, divination, third eye, protection from magick, curses and unwelcome energies, spiritual love, opens spiritual doorways, return to sender

• Lotus: Inner peace and outer harmony, third eye, meditation ascension, recovery, offering to Lilith

• Chamomile: Love, peace, comfort, stress reduction, luck in gambling

• Amber: Manifestation, good luck, success, love, romance, patience, protection, balance, sensuality, pain relief

• Damiana: Sensuality, sexuality, astral travel, love/sex magick, baneful witchcraft, attraction, drawing spells, shadow work, healing trauma, speaking your truth

• Skull Cap: Balance, calm, recovery, anchor to bring consciousness back to the body after astral projection

• Albizzia: Opens you up to oneness, attunes the heart, brings happiness

• Lemongrass: Calming, balance, love, depression relief

• Ginger: Strength, power, prosperity, relationship success

• Oregano: Joy, travel, creativity, love, hand fasting

• Cardamom: Love, lust, charm, mental clarity

• Sweet Grass: Removes malevolent energies, draws prosperity

• Marshmallow: Spirit pulling, protection, cleansing, stimulates psychic power, self-understanding, nurturing, healing, fertility, love, sexuality

• Orris: Love, protection, divination, spirit work, intuition

• Storax: Courage, healing, moon magick, meditation, divination, encourages restful sleep, offering to Hekate

Incense Smoke Divination:

Smoke direction- Up/down:

• Up: Positive spiritual journey

• Down: Challenges, deviation from the path

Smoke direction- Right/left:

• Right: Desires will be fulfilled

• Left: Blocks and turbulent energy

Smoke direction- Towards/away:

• Towards: Reciprocal affection

• Away: Neglect or indifference

Smoke forms a circle:

• Clear circle: Strong vibes, manifestation is near

• Hazey circle: Weak vibes, uncertain manifestation

Smoke forms a Ladder:

• Multiple steps: Elevated spiritual path

• One step: Need to enhance spirituality

Spiral shape:

• Clear spiral: Big, new change

• No distinct shape: Chaos, uncertainty

Smoke splits in two:

• Important life decisions

• Trust your instincts

Many broken corners:

• Confusion, need clarity

Infinity symbol:

• Very auspicious omen

Thick and dense smoke:

• Negative energy

• Change is needed

Abrupt lighting and smoke:

• Smooth/even flame: Clear path

• Choppy flame: Hurdles on path