#v; an eye of gold

[skyfallscionarc]

@soviet-ghost-story

Its bitterly cold as he steps off the airplane onto the tarmac, almost losing his footing as he makes contact with ice hidden under snow. The still-healing incisions at his chest pull and his stomach turns, making him almost regret his decision. It was the first thing M had asked him. It was his first real mission after getting his double-oh status, but fuck if he wasn't regretting it. He adjusts his hold on his bag and starts walking away from the plane, gaze scanning the area in an attempt to find his contact.

He wants to fight the feeling that someone is watching him, but he feels a set of eyes bore into him as he catches the sight of his contact bundled against the Russian winter weather.

[t0bey]

when the turns tabled

[portaldraws]

Once again I found a new fav from a niche game and have began to obsess over them enough to actually draw fanart

[bisthefairy]

The average Mario Kart character owns 35 shitty businesses

[sirenjose]

The Proof of Azoth's Theorem - (Concept Art) Analysis

(About Philosopher's Stone, Stibnite, Maria's Axiom, Philemon's Altar, Azoth, and a few of the symbols on each of their outfits)

Philosopher’s stone: the goal of turning base metals like iron into precious metals like gold or silver. It was also said to provide the elixir of life, which could cure any illness or bring longevity. It was considered the most pure and perfect of all substances.

Stibnite: an ore that is the primary source of antimony

Described in Basil Valentine's 1st Key (the image Fool's Gold is holding). This depicts purifying gold using melted stibnite.

Impure gold dissolves in melted stibnite. Metals besides gold are turned into sulfides and rise to the surface, while a white allow of antimony and gold sink to the bottom. Roasting this alloy causes the antimony to evaporate, leaving only the purified gold behind.

In the image of the First Key, stibnite is likened to a hungry wolf in the First Key due to how quickly stibnite dissolves (devours) metals.

In German, stibnite is called “spießglanz”, which means “spear shine” due to its shiny “spear” like crystals, thus why the First Key says “on account of his name, is subject to bellicose Mars”, as a spear is a weapon and all weapons are subject to Mars (the god of war).

This is like what is described by Nicholas Flamel, where silver is combined with mercury and antimony then distilled and cohobated (repeatedly distilling a liquid then pouring the distillate back onto the residue to extract more of the desired substance) to produce red power.

Maria’s Axiom: “1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 3, and out of the 3rd comes the 1 as the 4th” (also described as “1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 3, and by means of the 3rd and 4 thachieving unity, thus 2 are but 1”)

Carl Jung uses this as a metaphor to describe the process of “individuation”. This refers to the process of self-discovery to become our true, unique self.

This involves finding your identity outside of the roles and expectations imposed by the outside (society, others, etc…). The goal here being to achieve a sense of “wholeness” and “unity” with yourself.

1 is the 1st matter, or prima materia, containing everything you need. This is then divided (into opposites), with each element purified by itself then united again (reconciliation of opposites) into a complete whole more perfect than the starting matter, the philosopher’s stone.

Philemon’s altar: may refer to Jung’s Philemon, which is based on Philemon and Baucis from Ovid’s Metamorphosis and Goethe’s Faust.

With Ovid, Jupiter and Mercury are disguised knocking on houses but not shown kindness until they meet Philemon and Baucis, an old, poor couple. They let them live while killing everyone else (the wicked), with the couple’s house being transformed into a temple.

With Goeth, Faust is building a city on land reclaimed from the sea and asks the devil Mephistopheles to move Philemon and Baucis, but Faust is horrified to see the demon burn their house down with the couple still inside. Faust then decides he needs to atone for his crime.

Philemon was a figure in a dream of Jung's, a wise old man that represented superior insight and wisdom. For Jung, Philemon symbolized the “artifax” or skilled alchemist, with the goal to purify and perfect materials (transform base materials into noble ones like gold).

On a spiritual level, the goal of the artifax is to purify and perfect the human soul, achieving enlightenment (becoming a higher/whole human being).

Over Jung’s gate he put the inscription: “Philemon’s Shrine – Faust’s Repentance”. This involved integrating the moral questions raised by with the spiritual goal of alchemy via the opposing figures of Philemon and Faust (so acknowledge necessity of confronting evil on the path to individuation, atoning for Faust’s crime, and affirming the goal represented by Philemon).

Azoth: Considered to be a universal cure or Elixir of Life that could be created by the philosopher’s stone.

It is also essential agent of transformation in alchemy.

As the Universal Life Force, it's the energy responsible for the drive towards physical/spiritual perfection

Azoth is called Prima Materia in Latin. This was the first matter, the starting material required for the creation of the philosopher’s stone. It is the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence or aether.

It is the 1st matter at the beginning as well as its perfected essence (philosopher’s stone).

It relates to unity, wholeness, and synthesis of opposites

Alchemy Symbols:

Philosopher’s Stone:

triangle = fire

triangle in a circle = Wheel of Fire (Ignis Rotae)

entwined snakes = likely Hermes Caduceus (Hermes as Hermes Trismegistus was closely associated with alchemy)

Stibnite

upside down triangle = water

hexagram?() = represented the reconciliation/union of opposites (fire and water)

Philemon:

- triangle with a line through it = air

Maria's Axiom:

- downward triangle with a line through it = earth

- symbols on her dress and floor for Mercury/Quicksilver, Venus/Copper, Moon/Silver, Saturn/Lead, Jupiter/Tin, Mars/Iron, and Sun/Gold

There were several bits that looked like they could be symbols but I haven't been able to identify them yet (I've already spent so long working to identify everything. I'll try to add more if I identify them later).

Also I did notice/wonder how that shadow thing has eyes that appear around it could relate to Hunter Norton's weapon, which almost looks like an eye. Matthias also might have something on his boots but it's hard to be sure.

[boyfasciitis]

some very ugly portraits i drew in ms paint 175x175 canvas please enjoy

[otakusparkle]

Identity V x The Chara Cafe Collaboration

Menu

Food

- Naib's Homemade! Omurice made specially for you

- The notes Frederick plays turn into cheese of this Hamburg Plate!?

- Burke secretly shared with us the Clam Chowder that is sure to please your palate!

- Created by Percy through trial and error : The ultimate “exquisite curry”

- Pancake plater with salad that Philip was particular about the dough

Desserts

- Invitation from Eli♪ Let's eat Caramel cake together~

- Orange parfait found at Melly

- Nostalgic taste that brings back memories of Michiko ~Black honey strawberry anmitsu~

- Have an elegant moment with Marie... A Dessert Set with a contrast of white and red (Sour cherry cake, Tart, Macaron, Strawberry)

- My first Valentine's gift from Norton : Chocolate cafe full love

Beverage

- Emerald pine syrup and muscat

- Chocolate almond cafe au lait

- Assam tea and cookies

- Coffee and chocolate candy

- Houjicha and Youkan (Red Bean agar)

- Caramel and white chocolate latte

- Rose tea and sugar cube

- hot cinnamon chocolate

- Mango black tea

- Cherry cola

Novelty

- For every beverage that you bought, you will get 1 random coaster

- For every food or dessert that you bought, you will get 1 random heart shaped card

For more information :

[akuma-tenshi]

i swear i'm not doing the whole album i swear i promise i swear—

this edit kinda suffered from capcut making smooth slow-mo (which a good few of my previous edits have relied on) a pro feature, but i tried to work with what i'm given. and i'm honestly pretty proud of it!! i'm not sure why exactly i so heavily associate this song with this event, but it's a good song and a good event, so i'm not complaining

also please know this edit was almost twice as long as it ended up being. you're all so fucking lucky i have restraint (and not enough content to make the edit longer)

song is sole mind machinery by ennn w/ sam

[mintytealfox]

I wanted to let loose and just draw poofy-ness! so who better to put this outfit on than performative Norton lol

-We Should Hang Out (Remix) by Con Bro Chill on BLAST-

[splatoon-edits]

Yoko And The Gold Bazookas Transparent

Free To Use, No Credit Needed!

[bigbrainbiology]

Sometime true love is just you and your eyeball bf <3

Ref/Vol 30 cover ->

[traandpainttalk]

Forever lamenting how Olruggio has blue eyes.

Look at Olruggio and Qifrey's designs—black, straight hair to white, wavy (?) hair, facial hair to no facial hair, collared v-neck to braided turtleneck, flowing sleeves to fitted sleeves, white shirt to black shirt, black skirt to white skirt, flats to boots, black cloak to white cloak, hooded cloak to un-hooded cloak, HELLO????

AND THEIR TASSELS?

They're already foils to each other. Why not extend that to their eye colors as well?

Wdym the fire to Qifrey's water is blue-eyed and not brown/earthy. WDYM.

[itsjustdotsandcrosses]

Archmage Vishalny, Arcane Diplomat and Master of Enchantment (DND NPC)

#5, Vampire and blood/gore stimboard

Themes of blood on the hands, gore/hearts, corsets and spooky fashion, spraying calligraphy, fangs (smiling). A vampire stim board, touching the feelings of satisfaction of blood finally being presented. Expressive conflicting emotions, dark and spooky fashion.

xxx.xxx.xxx

[marielightful]

uhmmmmmmmm (4/?)

[wanderingaldecaldo]

[stromuprisahat]

He [Aemond] proposed to strike the riverlands from both east and west... ... The two armies would converge on Harrenhal to crush the “traitors of the Trident” between them. And if his uncle emerged from behind the castle walls to oppose them, as he surely must, Vhagar would overcome Caraxes, and Prince Aemond would return to the city with Prince Daemon’s head.

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

This makes their final confrontation so much more satisfying!