#white poppy: Sleep. My bane. My antidote

[long-death-dazai]

[Dazai laughs, the purr becoming audible a second before he cuts it off] you'll be happier when youre not trapped on the floor in agony Chibi [he bites at the other's hair]

[Chuuya hums a bit, still mostly focused on trying to breath. He nods though, absently agreeing. He tilted his head a bit, seeming to be silently wondering if dazai had gotten it all or not, before sighing a bit. His grip around Dazais wrist is iron strong, if a bit loose.]

[@long-death-dazai contining the other one here!]

[ask-emile-sdv]

for the drawing ideas ; maybe emile going shopping or him planting flowers?

Oh? I’m just planting some poppies outside.

Did you know in Victorian floriography, much like roses and other flowers, the meaning of poppies differ based on the color? Red poppies mean consolation, scarlet fantastic extravagance, meanwhile the white poppies have quite the “variegated” (heh) meaning. Ranging from meaning sleep, “my bane”, and funnily enough, “my antidote.”

[highlyspecificsigns]

the signs as flower meanings

Source: Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers; photos: Flickr, Wikimedia Commons

ARIES: Wild tansy: “I declare war against you.”

TAURUS: Pink convolvulus: “Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection.”

GEMINI: Lady’s slipper: “Capricious beauty; win me and wear me.”

CANCER: Laurestine: “A token. I die if neglected.”

LEO: Cockscomb amaranth: “Foppery. Affectation. Singularity.”

VIRGO: Everlasting pea: “An appointed meeting; lasting pleasure.”

LIBRA: Queen’s rocket: “You are the queen of coquettes. Fashion.”

SCORPIO: White poppy: “Sleep. My bane. My antidote.”

SAGITTARIUS: Red balsam: “Touch me not. Impatient resolves.”

CAPRICORN: Chesnut tree: “Do me justice. Luxury.”

AQUARIUS: Crimson polyanthus: “The heart’s mystery.”

PISCES: Eglantine: “Poetry. I wound to heal.”

[winewinebloodwine]

[After that songs also ends, Chuuya kinda just pauses in silence for a bit. Then he mumbles, quiet and rasping, and just slightly amused with fondness.] White poppy. [He sighs a little, voice even quieter as he mumbles] Milkvetch myrtle. [After a few seconds, he goes back to humming, soft and fond]

Y'all should be so proud of me. I'm being so brave. I haven't even been trying to kill myself nearly as much as I would've liked to since coming here

That being said. The cat I saw just ran away from me so I am not to blame for anything that happens

[volterran-wine]

For the sake of the romance of it, can we get everybody’s favourites flowers? If there’s a reason, or if it has significant meaning (sending messages through bouquets were popular during Victorian times is why I ask) xx

• — 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖 & 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟

For the sake of Romance is always a valid reason here at Volterran-Wine. So without further a do; here are The Volturi’s favourite flowers... and there is indeed some hidden meanings behind their choices, the context? well that you can figure out on your own.

The Royals

𝐀𝐫𝐨: Dahlias (Instability.)

𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐮𝐬: Night-Blooming Cereus (Transient Beauty.)  

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬: White Hyacinths (Unobtrusive Loveliness.)

𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚: Yellow Jasmine (Grace and Elegance.)

𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚: Amaryllis (Pride. Timidity. Splendid beauty.)

𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐲𝐦𝐞: Chinese Chrysanthemum (Cheerfulness under adversity.)

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The Guard

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢: Deep Red Carnations (Alas! for my poor heart.)

𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐱: Ranunculus (You are radiant with charms.)

𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐢: Venetian Mallow (Delicate Beauty.)

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞: Lavender (Distrust.)

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐜: White Poppies (Sleep. My bane. My antidote.)

𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚: Snowdrops (Hope.)

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧: Saffron Crocus (Mirth.)

𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐨: Zephyrlily (Expectation.)

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐧: Meadow Lychnis (Wit.)

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚: Bluebells (Constancy.)

[kai-n-ali]

Chapter Five of In The Fields of Asphodel (My Regrets Follow You to the Grave) is out!

  Chapter 5: White Poppies (Sleep—My Bane, My Antidote)

Eleanor Blum didn’t know what to think of this man, this Peaky Blinder devil that made all of Small Heath cower before him, this almost-stranger with his dead wife and dead stare, but she wished he’d stop showing up at the flower shop she worked in. And that he’d stop looking at her with those blue eyes of his.

Follows aftermath of Season 03 throughout Seasn 04. Tommy x OFC.

Warnings: Depictions of child abuse, antisemitism towards OFC (slurs), canon-typical violence, canonical deaths, sexual themes, etc.

[scriptflorist]

Character Description

Name: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ /Culuu (means Stone, and not known until mid-story)

Nickname: ᠣᠳᠤ/ Od, Star,

Alternate identity:

Birthday: August 2, 1249.

Zodiac:

Birthplace: Khangai Mountains

Dwelling place: Karakorum (as teen), Khanbaliq/Dadu (as adult). Ulaanbaatar then Texas (modern day)

How do they live: With father, preparing and going to war.

Modern - Alone or with friends, attempting to return home at first, then settled down for life in modern day.

Appearance: Normal historical Mongolian clothing, usually brown in colour. Mid-back long braided hair, full beard/moustache Modern - t-shirts, shorts, earring, bracelets. Shoulder length hair or in manbun, short trimmed beard, glasses.

What’s in their bag/pockets: Bow/Arrow, Sword.

Species: Human

Features of the species:

Name of parents: Mod/ᠮᠣᠳᠤ (meaning tree). Mother unwritten.

Name of siblings: none

Others next of kin:

Not-in-blood-but-in-bond-family:

Family history: His father, Mod, is the fictional adopted son of the historical general Jebe.

Favourite colour: white, black, red

Favourite animal: horse

Favourite book: anything that portrays his family/Mongol Empire

Favourite film/show/series: anything that portrays his family/Mongol Empire, Arrow.

Favourite genre:

Favourite food:

Favourite place to be: Back home at war, on the grasslands practising martial arts/archery. Modern - Practicing martial arts/archery at a horse ranch, in his bed/couch reading historical texts, watching historical movies/tv.

Personality: Strong-willed, stubborn, doesn’t take no for an answer, keeps promises, dedicated, occasionally distressed or moody due to being unable to return home, stupid at romantic gestures,

Misc: Speaks Mongolian then learned Chinese. Learned English in modern day. He’s an archer but highly prefers traditional Mongolian archery, does not actually use modern bows, etc, no matter what he watches. Story plot - disappeared in middle of battle in Xiangyang 1272 to modern day Mongolia.

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Hi C!

Another Friday, another character – here we go! I hope you'll find this useful!

Name: Culuu (means Stone)

There is a plant called Lithops, also known as living stone because it well, looks like a stone. It doesn't have any meaning though.

stonecrop – tranquillity

alyssum (sweet) – worth beyond beauty // known as Steinkraut in German, translates to stone weed more or less

Nickname: Star

star of bethlehem – reconciliation, purity, idleness, let us follow Jesus, atonement

starwort – afterthought

starwort (american) – welcome, welcome fair stranger, cheerfulness in old age

Khangai Mountains

ash mountain – prudence, with me you are safe

laurel (mountain) – ambition

pink (mountain) – aspiring, you are aspiring

rowan tree – talisman // also known as mountain ash

preparing and going to war

achillea millefolia – war

goosefoot (grass-leaved) – I declare war against you

indian cress – warlike trophy, resignation

milfoil – war

myrtle (wax) – discipline, instruction

nasturtium – a warlike trophy, patriotism, resignation, conquest, victory in battle

rhubarb – advice

ruellia – fortitude

tansy – I declare war against you, resistance

thorn's (branch of) – severity, rigour

yarrow – war, to cure, a cure for the heartache, cure for a broken heart, cure for heartache

Dwelling place: Texas (modern day)

The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet.

Name of parents: Mod (meaning tree)

almond tree – indiscretion, thoughtlessness, stupidity

ash tree – grandeur

bay tree – glory

birch tree – gracefulness, meekness

bladder nut tree – frivolous amusement, frivolity, amusement

chaste tree – coldness

cherry tree (white) – deception

hand flower tree – warning

judas tree – unbelief, betrayal

linden tree – conjugal love

locust tree – vicissitude, elegance

locust tree (green) – affection beyond the grave

lote tree – concord

nettle tree – conceit

orange tree – generosity

pear tree – comfort

plane tree – genius

plum tree – keep your promises, fidelity

prune-tree – promise

rowan tree – talisman

service tree – prudence

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on/traced upon my heart

strawberry tree – esteem and love, esteem not love, perseverance

tree of life – immortality, old age

tree primrose – inconstancy

tulip tree – rural happiness

yew tree – sorrow, sadness

Favourite colour: white, red

acacia (white) – elegance

balsam (red) – impatient resolve, touch me not

bay (red) – love's memory

bellflower (small, white) – gratitude

bindweed (white) – humility

camellia (red) – unpretending excellence, you're a flame in my heart

camellia (white) – perfected loveliness, adoration

carnation (red) – my heart breaks, my heart aches for you, admiration

carnation (white) – sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love, woman's good luck gift

catchfly (red) – I fall victim, youthful love

catchfly (white) – betrayal, I fall into the trap laid for me

chrysanthemum (red) – I love

chrysanthemum (white) – truth

clover (red) – industry

clover (white) – think of me

columbine (red) – anxious and trembling

daisies (wreath of white) – I will think of it

daisy (red) – beauty unknown to possessor

daisy (white) – innocence

dittany (white) – fire, passion

heather (white) – good luck, protection, wishes will come true

hollyhock (white) – female ambition

hyacinth (red) – playful joy

hyacinth (white) – unobtrusive loveliness, beauty, I'll pray for you

ivy (sprig of white tendrils) – assiduous to please, anxious to please, affection

jasmine (white) – amiability

julienne (white) – despair not, God is everywhere

lilac (white) – youth, youthful innocence,

lily (white) – purity, sweetness, virginity, majesty, it's heavenly to be with you

mulberry (red) – wisdom

mulberry (white) – wisdom, prudence

oak (white) – independence

periwinkle (white) – pleasing remembrances, pleasure of memory

pink (red, double) – pure and ardent love, woman's love

pink (white) – ingeniousness, talent, lovely and pure affection

pimpernel (red) – appointment

poplar (white) – time

poppy (red) – consolation

poppy (white) – my bane! my antidote!, dormant affection, sleep my bane, sleep my heart, consolation

primrose (red) – unpatronised merit

red valerian – readiness

rose (deep red) – bashful shame

rose (red) – beauty, love, I love you, respect

rose (red-leaved) – diffidence

rose (white) – I am worthy of you, silence, too young to love, I would be single, a heart unacquainted with love, innocence, purity, secrecy

rose (white and red together) – unity

rose (white, withered) – transient impressions, death is preferable to loss of virtue

rosebud (red) – you are young and beautiful, pure and lovely

rosebud (white) – a heart that is ignorant of love, heart unacquainted with love, the heart that knows not love, girlhood

salvia (red) – energy

sultan (white) – sweetness

tulip (red) – declaration of love, believe me

valerian (red) – facility

verbena (white) – pray for me

violet (white) – candour, let's take a chance on happiness

water lily (white) – eloquence, purity, purity of heart

zinnia (white) – goodness

Favourite place: grasslands

canary grass – perseverance

citronella (lemon grass) – homosexual love

foxtail grass – sporting

grass – submission, utility

grass (quaking) – frivolity

grass (vernal) – poor but happy

quaking grass – agitation

rye grass – changeable disposition

scorpion grass (mouse-eared) – forget me not

Based on personality

alstroemeria – devotion

bay leaf – I change but in death/dying

columbine (purple) – resolved to win

cudweed (american) – unceasing remembrance

euphorbia – persistence

geranium (horseshoe-leaf) – stupidity

geranium (night-smelling) – melancholy spirit

geranium (sorrowful) – melancholy mind

gilliflower (mahon) – promptness

heliotrope – devotion, devoted attachment, I love you, intoxicated with pleasure, the intoxication of love, infatuation, faithfulness

hepatica – confidence, truth

honeysuckle – devotion, I would not answer hastily, generous and devoted affection, bonds of love, fidelity, affection, the bond of love

larch – boldness, audacity

lavender – devotion, love, mistrust, distrust, acknowledgement

lychnis – devotion, religious enthusiasm

nuts – stupidity

plum tree – keep your promises, fidelity

polyanthus – confidence, pride of riches

poplar (black) – courage

withy – frankness

zinnia (mixed) – thinking about an absent friend

Misc

fir – time, elevation

heath – solitude

imbricata – uprightness, sentiments of honour

laurel – glory, treachery, virtue is beauty, glory and success

lint – I feel my obligations

magnolia – love of nature

mandevilla crassinoda – you are too bold

pine – time and faith, boldness, pity, daring, hope

poor robin – compensation or an equivalent

syphocampilus – resolved to be noticed

spiderwort (virginian) – momentary happiness

Everything we've got in the Chinese flower language tag for a start.

- Mod Jana

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

[ieatartforbreakfast]

Here's some more flower options for the bouquet (take note these meanings are from 1884)

Acacia, Rose or White- (Elegance [for an elegant Shizun])

Allspice- (compassion)

Alyssum (sweet)- (worth beyond beauty)

Amaranth (globe)- (immortality. Unfading love)

Amaryllis- (Pride. Timidity. Splendid beauty.)

American Cowslip- (Divine beauty. You are my divinity)

American Linden- (Matrimony)

Angrec- (Royalty)

Apple- (temptation)

Bridal rose- (Happy love)

Calla Æthiopica- (Magnificent Beauty)

White Camellia Japonica- (Perfected loveliness)

Cedar Leaf- (I live for thee)

Four-leaved Clover- (Be mine)

White Clover- (Think of me)

Coreopsis Arkansa- (Love at first sight)

Corn Bottle- (Delicacy)

Cuckoo Plant- (Ardour. [Great enthusiasm or love])

Everlasting Pea- (lasting pleasure)

Garden Ranunculus- (You are rich in attractions)

Heliotrope- (Devotion. Faithfulness.)

Honeysuckle- (Generous and devoted affection)

Sprig of ivy with tendrils- (assiduous [showing great care and perseverance] to please)

Indian Pink (Double)- (Always lovely)

Indian Jasmine - (I attach myself to you)

Mezereon- (desire to please)

Milk vetch- (Your presence softens my pains)

Mossy Saxifrage- (Affection)

Mudwort- (Tranquility)

Mugwort- (Happiness)

Myrtle- (Love)

Osmunda- (dreams)

Peach- (Your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled)

Peach Blossom- (I am your captive)

Peruvian Heliotrope- (devotion)

Pheasant's Eye- (remembrance)

White Poppy- (Sleep. My bane. My antidote)

Quince- (Temptation)

Ranunculus- (You are radiant with charms)

Austrian Rose- (Thou art all that is lovely)

Spindle Tree- (Your charms are engraven on my heart)

Vine- (intoxication)

Blue Violet- (Faithfulness)

Red Tulips- (Declaration of love)

ENOUGH HORNY POSTING. I want to buy shen yuan flowers and watch him smile as he smells them .

Bouquet I would make for shizun:

- red roses, obviously (love)

- red salvia (forever mine)

- red carnations (yearning heart)

- red clematis (affection)

- pink camelia (longing)

- pink gladiolus (gentleness and love, usually given to mothers, but shizun is a milf so it fits)

If someone who knows a lot about flowers has any suggestions feel free to let me know

[pottedfairies]

Poppy - evanèscent pleasure Poppy, red (corn) - consolation Poppy, scarlet- fantastic extravagance Poppy, white - sleep. My bane, my antidote

get me a scarlet poppy inspired dress omg I wanna be extravagant! this is so sweet thank you Isla!

[ms-mandy-m]

Flowers and their “secret meanings”.

White Poppy: Sleep. My Bane. My antidote.

From the Victorian era “Language of Flowers,” London, Routledge, 1884. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.

[scriptflorist]

Hi! I would like to ask what are the meanings of the poppy? I have read that it means imagination or creativity but in the East it means affection/love (similar to the red rose)?

Hey nanaxherhusbands!

Poppies have the following meanings in the Victorian flower language.

poppy - consolation, sleep, forgetfulness, consolation of sleep, fantastic extravagance, eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination

poppy (corn) - ephemeral charms, consolation

poppy (red) - consolation, pleasure

poppy (scarlet) - fantastic extravagance

poppy (white) - my bane(!) my antidote(!), dormant affection, sleep, my bane, sleep of the heart

poppy (yellow)

In Hanakotoba their meaning is a little different.

poppy (red) - fun-loving

poppy (white) - rejoice

poppy (yellow) - success

I didn’t find anything about their meaning in Chinese culture, but red and pink are generally considered positive colours standing for life and celebration.

I also found a page which states what you suggest, but I cannot find any other source backing up that information. If you ask the internet you will get a lot of contradicting opinions about what a poppy symbolises, which might have various reasons, but with proper sources, it is hard to figure out where and how they originated. Flowers have been given their meanings for various reasons, and they always changed after some time. It is natural for them to be associated with many different meanings and their colours changing them across cultures.

- Mod Jana

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

[winewinebloodwine]

[Chuuya grumbles a bit again, yawning. His hand stutters on the circles. This time he whispers faintly] white poppy, cape jasmine

[Chuuya hums a bit, still mostly focused on trying to breath. He nods though, absently agreeing. He tilted his head a bit, seeming to be silently wondering if dazai had gotten it all or not, before sighing a bit. His grip around Dazais wrist is iron strong, if a bit loose.]

[@long-death-dazai contining the other one here!]