#what's in a name?

[youtappedout]

[flowerishness]

Eucomis comosa (pineapple lily)

Pineapple lilies are from South Africa and they do best in full sun. Under normal conditions, all of these flower stalks would be standing up straight. But these plants are growing in the courtyard of a two story building and have flopped over, likely reaching for the sun in the limited 'time window' they have available.

I think the common name 'pineapple lily' is a bit misleading. They're certainly not members of the genus Lilium (they're more closely related to hyacinths) and these flower stalks don't look like any lily I've ever seen. Furthermore, pineapples are from South America and except for a similar tuft of leaves on the top, pineapple lilies seem to be missing the most important part - a pineapple.

[reelaround-deactivated05312024]

lolita, nabokov || senilità, svevo (transl. de Zoete) || wide sargasso sea, rhys

[crmsnmth]

What's in a Name?

I used to say your name with the excitement of children, so early on Christmas morning It fell from my lungs with confetti attached, A celebration for five letters arranged in such a beautiful way, your name I'd talk about you as if you were truly perfect And there was a reason for that

In my eyes, you were

It found it's way into my everyday conversation I'd say your name as if it was some sort of right to brag even to the people with whom you never met You were my go-to topic the well in which I dipped my pen The language I learned to speak I was fluent in your name

And I can barely speak my native tongue real good

Now, your name stays buried unless I feel I need to be sad It hurts to hear it and be reminded of the potential we had They all say it, love, but we really could have had it all But it was dropped when everything we had was brought to a halt It's a ghost that haunts every corner of my puzzle piece mind My hearts there, I just put it someplace that I can't find

I once said your name with love dripping from it letters and I relished in how it made my mouth move How there almost the faint taste of how you smell Sometimes I catch that scent In the wind In the grocery store in the car

I am instantly taking back to memory And I smile as I speak your name

[ask13-cod]

If you were to choose a name for yourself, what would you choose and why?

I also have some really good jokes if you're interested? ^-^

Ahhh... hm. Y'know? I'm not entirely sure 🤔 got any suggestions? 😌

HELLS YEAH! Hit me with the jokes 😎

[troius]

[historyfiles]

What's in a Name? - Alani & Roxolani

Popular names tend to get used by all sorts of people within the same general cultural group, even today, and there were several pockets of Alani or variants, such as Roxolani during the Roman period in Europe:

[emberleesblog]

WIP WEDNESDAY

Week 13!

You know, I was thinking of doing two WIPs this week as it is my bday week and I thought I'd gift you all, but I ultimately went with this instead. The other wip might actually get posted as a complete story hahaha.

Anyway, with all the SxF theories going around, I dug deep for a story I started last year based on them, and thought I'd give you some heartache.

Here's a snippet from my story 'Match' that may one day be complete

Enjoy!

If it's too hard to read (literally, too small), let me know!

Hope you enjoyed and see you next week!

[mosraev]

Lyrics through the decade 10/11

I've decided to collect all the songs I've made through the last decade and share my favourite snippets with you guys. The pictures for the backgrounds will (as much as possible) be pictures I've taken the same year as the lyrics were written. The full lyrics may or may not be made official someday.

Part 10; 2022

Last year was probably my most productive year in that almost all the songs I made I finished and have performed for others. It was also a year full of introspection and changes. The themes is still therapeutic yet outside of gender dysphoria I also explore themes like loneliness, existential dread and loss.

More info under the line

Stay creative, my fellow foxes 🦊💚

Song 1 (pic1); Himlen Falder Ned

Starting out strong with my second ever current affairs/politics/war song this time about Ukraine. It hadn't been a day after learning about the first attack on Ukraine that I felt moved enough to make a song about it.

Featured lyric:

Original: Den due som du skød i nat, det var den hvide due af fred.

Hvad var det ved dens sang der fyldte dit hjerte med had?

Translated to English: The dove you shot tonight is the white dove of peace.

What was it with its song that filled your heart with hatred?

Song2 (pic2); Adulthood

Changes gears completely this is a song I wrote in May about feeling quite bad at being an adult - so of course it is played on a ukulele as a cherry on top. Jokes aside this silly little song was actually quite therapeutic as well letting me know it is okay to be a mess of a human.

Featured lyric:

How can I call myself an adult?

I'm barely holding on.

Song3 (pic3); Golden

This song was the first I wrote on my new guitar that has a golden colour so I knew it would be a song called Golden. What I didn't know at the time was how full of existential dread the lyrics would be. It is pretty much a song about feeling left behind by your peers after being told your whole life you are the golden/gifted child. It is one of the few songs featured here I actually haven't payed for others yet.

Featured lyric:

In the light that's our world burning we look golden now.

Song4 (pic 4); I Am Here

In June I wrote this song about my experience with gender. I'd challenged myself to only use four or less words for the chorus. I really like the nerve this song ended up having so it is probably the one song about my gender experience I feel best fit (so far).

Featured lyric:

((Extended)) I'm a liar, impostor, the list goes on.

I failed to be a daughter, and I'll fail to be a son.

Song5 (pic5); Ensomhedens Ven

My summer camp song this year - it was created through another challenge where I was challenged to personify a concept so I chose loneliness and gave them an arch from seeking a friend, finding one and changing into another being (loneliness becomes immersion). Silly on the surface yet I hope a bit deep when you look into it.

Featured lyric:

Original: Ensomhed hedder nu fordybelsestid - tid til at finde sig selv.

Translated to English: Loneliness is now called immersion - time to find yourself.

Song6 (pic6); What's In A Name?

After summer camp I was visiting my mother's house staying in a room filled with old stuff of mine with my deadname on it so I wrote this song as a song to come to terms with my experience and my parents' experience of my name change. Another song I haven't played for people yet.

Featured lyric: You put your memories into a six-letter frame

that no longer describes me, so remind me:

What's in a name?

Song7 (pic7); Don't Call Me She

This song was born after an unfortunate experience at summer camp when my choir leader gave me strong dysphoria pretty much calling me a woman to my face. I ran to the bathroom crying and wrote the first verse. The rest of the song was finished a month later, and it is a song about how words can hurt as a trans person. You can listen to the song here.

Featured lyric: These words hurt like tiny knives programmed to act on voice cue.

Song8 (pic8); Little Red Bird

This song is about the loss of losing my grandmother. She died around the time the season 3 premiere of the Owl House was airing so my mind blended her loss and (spoilers) Flapjack's together. I later learned that cardinals are said to be souls of deceased loved ones visiting you so it fit. Also my grandmother wanted me to promise not to get a tattoo yet my first tattoo became a tribute to her; a Flapjack on my arm.

Featured lyric: I have to break a promise, I never fully made.

Because I see you in the little red bird, and I don't want to forget you.

[punkrockmixtapes]

The Name - Fuck Art Lets Dance

[youtappedout]

also Kevin: "I've been to his house, I met his dog"

[flowerishness]

Eriocapitella hupehensis (Japanese anemone) and Bombus (bumblebee)

I've always called this flower a Japanese anemone (Anemone Japonica) but in 2018 it was officially renamed Eriocapitella hupehensis. It's new species name means "from Hupeh province, China". Unfortunately, most gardening websites (and all the plant shops I visit) still refer to this as a Japanese anemone. Change comes slowly to the gardening world and I'm sure people will still be calling this a Japanese anemone in a thousand year's time.

As for the 'positive affirmation' message rocks, I avoid these things in my own garden. I much prefer it when my flowers speak for themselves.

[tawnysoup]

Found my fav Slay the Princess route recently. Dragon my beloved. Your horrifying beak mouth was an impossible-to-refuse lip syncing challenge 💖

Shoutouts to @blacktabbygames for making such a cool game!

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[good-yvesning]