#you should see me in a crown ( about ) ;;

[boundinblueleather]

Listen, I just think everyone currently invested in Agatha All Along should rewatch the WandaVision finale. Reasons: The dynamic between Agatha and Wanda is so interesting and reflects directly in the last scene with Agatha and Billy in episode five. Agatha figures out what Wanda is (the Scarlet Witch), but when looking at her, sees this new young witch who doesn't/shouldn't know how to use her powers. They fight, and she is stripped of her magic. As she realizes what this means and especially when she realizes Wanda's going to turn her back into Agnes, she pleads frantically. (Side note: it says something about her character how quickly she can switch from acting on top of the world and invincible to completely helpless. I'm not going to get more into that, but it's something to ponder.) With Teen, he was this young wiccan whom she felt protective of, mostly because he reminded her of Nicholas. When she learned that he for sure wasn't hers at the end of episode four, I think she had already known but was just holding out on the only hope she could. Then, she still cares for him but starts analyzing who he could be. The pajamas are a dead giveaway but not concrete evidence. It's his attitude, mainly, in which she sees his mother. The woman she had mostly wanted power from, true, but unusually for Agatha, there were lots of times when she wanted to be her friend as well. In Teen who is now Billy, now not only not her own but disgustingly hers, she sees a teenager who is so naïve and hopeful that he thinks he can use magic without hurting people. (He probably can, but Agatha has grown up her entire life being told she was evil, only being able to take more power by killing others, and then making it into her personality because what else could she do? She is evil, everyone says so - even her mother, and when they don't give her a chance to prove them wrong, she decides to prove them right. It's a game now, a joke. Of course you can't be a witch without being evil to some degree. Magic is taken from the weak, the undeserving, and given to her. If she finds people she cares about, she is loathe to admit it, even to herself, because love is always a weakness. They always stab her in the back. Her struggle with this is a focal point of the show.) So, when Billy says he won't hurt people, it's like when Wanda thought she could take the Darkhold and become some other, good version of the Scarlet Witch. It's ridiculous, and he really is just like his mother. Then, when Billy gets really angry and finally snaps, finally demands respect, and Agatha is still near powerlessness (and might not even want to use Alice's powers, even though they feel like a drug, because they belonged to her?), she realizes he can destroy her, and all she can do is plead mercy - the same thing she had claimed was overrated an hour ago. I could probably go on, especially about Billy's side of the story, but this is mostly what I needed to get out.

[gingermintpepper]

Little idle thought I've been having recently but I think Cyparissus' story is very important for characterising Apollo and Apollo's love. It's so easy to think of love and loss as two ends of a spectrum, likewise, so often, death is seen as an ultimate and tragic end in love stories - something final and inescapably tragic, the only force that halts love by separating the lovers.

Cyparissus' story is... not that. Yes, the deer dies and one can conclude then that death is once more at the heart of separating two lovers, but I think Cyparissus specifically requesting to die, specifically begging Apollo to let him grieve forever even after Apollo has done his best to help Cyparissus move on from the accident and Apollo letting him is a powerful thing.

Because Apollo not only puts Cyparissus' wishes over his own, he's also able to see past his own building grief to immortalise Cyparissus in such a way that both grants him his wish and allows other people to glorify Cyparissus as well! And I think such a beautiful thing is something criminally overlooked!

It's become something of a joke that 'all Apollo's lovers turn into plants' but from a functional perspective, flowers are the most brilliant way to keep the spirit of a beloved thing alive. Flowers are like stars - as long as there are humans, humans will always contemplate the nature of flowers and as the god of poetry and song, Apollo creating opportunities for his beloved mortals to be remembered eternally even if they never seized glory in the traditional way is such an intimate and beautiful thing. Even then, Cyparissus is elevated to a similar status as Daphne with Apollo's actions - not merely a plant or flower but one that specifically symbolises him, one that is extremely fragrant and beloved by him. Just as Daphne's laurels were synonymous with glory and victory, Cyparissus' cypress became a emblematic of grief and remembrance. Even today, thousands of years later, people still view cypress trees as mourning trees and plant them in cemeteries and use the ash in incense burnt in remembrance of others. How's that for Apollo keeping his word.

[crownedwille]

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[oracleofdiscord]

Paris + The Gods

please pretend that it looks like ares is taking the crown from paris instead of giving a crown to paris because having paris actively hand it over didn't work with the rest of the concept for this drawing

also please pretend that it actually looks like aphrodite is leaning over instead of looking like she's the same height as paris - a lot of the shading i used to indicate that she wasn't standing up straight got killed by the glowy hair effects

bonus flats + simpler shading under the cut, bonus ramblings in the tags

[rainhaladebaixo]

↳ A Família Real Australiana: Os Lancaster e os Versace

Pai: Giancarlo Versace (Sylvester Stallone) - Estilista e Empresário - 70 anos

Mãe: Olivia Harper Versace (Daphne Zuniga) - Ex-modelo - 62 anos

Marido: Rei Leon II (Chad Michael Murray) - 42 anos

Irmã: Diana Harper Versace (Stana Katic) - Fazendeira - 44 anos

Sogro: Lance Lancaster (Leonardo Di Caprio) - 8o. Duque de Melbourne - 63 anos (MORTO)

Sogra: Rainha Mãe Victoria Piastri Lancaster (Robin Wright) - 61 anos

Filha: Princesa Lívia Versace Lancaster (Lola Flanery) - 7 anos

Alexandra não é muito de falar da própria família, mas dependendo da companhia e da quantidade de bebida certa, não é incomum que acabe falando demais quando perguntam sobre qualquer um dos membros de ambos os clãs. Abaixo está um compilado de declarações dadas por elu em uma entrevista a um jornalista que desapareceu misteriosamente e que foi censurada pelo Departamento de Informação Australiano.

Sobre o pai: "Meu pai, bom, ele é um tremendo 171. Sempre quis um titulo de nobreza acima de tudo, esse é o ponto fraco dele. Ele era o mais novo de 3 irmãos e construiu o império dele sem usar a fortuna da família, quando o pai dele morreu, ele assumiu tudo e colocou os irmãos mais velhos pra correr. Apesar disso, talvez seja a pessoa da família da qual acabei me tornando mais próxima, por assim dizer. Não teria chegado até aqui senão fosse por ele, sou obrigade a admitir esse fato. Acho que ele deve ter sido um mafioso numa vida dessas, porque ele entende muito como o mundo dos negócios funciona, é algo natural e ele sabe ser bastante intimidante quando quer e governar um país acabou sendo mais ou menos a mesma coisa."

Sobre a mãe: "Não tenho muitas lembranças boas com ela. O pouco que sei dela é que a familia era uma das mais ricas da Austrália, mas não o suficiente pra casar com um Lancaster. Meu pai e ela tiveram um caso e ela acabou engravidando. É a fome com a vontade de comer, já que a fortuna dele acabou se tornando a maior da Australia. Na maior parte do tempo ela dizia que se eu tivesse vindo um menino, teria sido mais fácil arrumar um casamento real e Diana não teria ido embora. Também não morro de amores por ela, mas aprendi que as vezes é melhor uma mãe ausente do que uma controladora e narcisista.

Sobre sua majestade, Rei Leon II: "Já ouviu falar que a gente colhe o que planta? No caso do Leon é a maior das verdades. Maior filho da puta que conheço, e olha que conheço vários. É um sádico, dizem que um dos funcionários da mansão perdeu a orelha em uma das inúmeras 'brincadeiras' quando ele era adolescente. Acreditava que essas histórias eram apenas boatos, após o casamento, descobri que os rumores eram versões bastante diluídas do que realmente aconteceu. Leon não gosta de ser contrariado e eu não gosto que me deem ultimatos, e isso acabou sendo receita pra brigas homéricas. Perdi as contas de quantas vezes brigamos de socos, chutes e arranhões, de quantas vezes fomos a festas com marcas das brigas e ele, sendo o nojento que é, inventou alguma desculpa de cunho sexual pra esconder. Algumas vezes beirou a algum de nós dois quase morrer, mas a mãe dele sempre sobe a hora de interromper, não me pergunte como. Pior transa que já tive na vida também, além de tamanho insatisfatório, não encontra nada nem com ajuda de GPS."

Sobre a irmã: "Apesar de raiva, não posso julgar por ter fugido do casamento. No lugar dela teria feito o mesmo, mas quem acabou sendo o porco para o abate no lugar dela fui eu. Erámos relativamente próximas, mas mesmo sabendo que o casamento dela com rapaz do estábulo não durou 6 meses e dos relatórios do departamento de informação que dizem que ela está vivendo uma vida tranquila, em uma fazenda nos arredores de Perth e que tem três filhos, não tenho coragem nem de mandar uma carta sem xingar. Talvez seja melhor assim."

Sobre o sogro: "Não cheguei a conhecê-lo, já havia morrido há uns bons anos na época em que o acordo de noivado foi revisto. O que sei é o que li nos relatórios do departamento de informação. Ele é tão ou pior do que o filho, dizem que os documentos que ele roubava os feitos militares de soldados menores pra si, pra forjar um passado de glórias nas forças armada, mas não passava de um grande fanfarrão que só sabia beber e contar vantagem. Morreu de infarto, mas há suspeitas de que foi envenenado. Mas ninguém irá investigar porque nunca teve chances ao trono por ser detestado pelos australianos."

Sobre a sogra: "Talvez é a pessoa mais traçoeira que conheci na vida. Capaz de criar um filho sórdido, ela foi a responsável por toda a articulação que levou Leon ao trono. Bitchtoria nunca pode prever o que aconteceu com filho e nem que eu seria a única chance dela de continuar próxima ao trono, porque alguns dos outros duque estavam prontos para dar um fim nela se fosse preciso. Há quem acredite que ela teve alguma relação na morte dos York, porque, tal qual a um serial killer, ela mantém peças de valor que pertenceram a cada um dos York nos seus cofres. Mas se é ou não, não sei e não me interessa."

Sobre a filha: "Se você me perguntasse se queria ter filhos, a resposta seria um não retumbante, mas isso acabou mudando quando descobri que os enjoos não eram do burrito da madrugada e nem de intolerância a lactose. Lívia é o motivo principal de tudo o que faço, e por mais absurdo que sooe, antes de ser monarca desse país, eu sou mãe dela. Ela vai vir sempre na frente da Austrália. Ela é um espírito livre, tem as vontades próprias dela e não é algo que você consegue controlar com um decreto real, o que é divertido e aterrorizante às vezes, porque em alguns anos vem a adolescência e não sei se estou pronte pra lidar com isso."

[helllords]

(( human!Lucifer absolutely has a pug named Malcolm that just chills in his office while he works. It is spoiled rotten and is the bane of every intern doomed to take it on a walk because it will look at you with absolute disinterest. The only one it listens to is Leviathan but only because he sometimes takes it in his arms and it's cozy. ))

[aworldofyou]

It's OFFICIAL! I added it to my rules. I WILL NOT TOLERATE TWILIGHT CANON HATE at all. Stephanie Meyer is NOT racist for her treatment of the indigenous people and she helped in so many ways. She gave us representation and it was GOOD representation.

[stcrmsung]

at   the   moment,   you   want   .   .   .

to run away

your heart at the moment desires to run. it's haunting, chasing you, booming louder. sometimes it's distant enough that you can handle ignoring it, but now, it's so loud. maybe you've tried to face it before, even fight it. you may have failed, or possibly succeeded, but you spared its life, and now it has returned. maybe you never fought it, and simply kept running. and now more than ever, this feels like your last resort. your mind is telling you that you need to run, to run, to run, faster and faster, to lose sight of this. to shake it, because you couldn't shake it before. but is that the right solution? will it really solve anything?

tagged by: @proelio-procusi

tagging: @dawnshe @dvarapala @seeliecourt

[riosnecktattoo]

i need society to learn what improvised actually means

[monstraduplicia]

mirrors should be banned bc in my head im hot im sexy im beautiful im perfect and then I look in the mirror and see this thing that doesn't match up at all with the image in my head and yes maybe i sobbed for an hour today over how thin my hair has gotten and called into work bc I literally could not be seen by people but thats besides the point.

[fierykitten2]

For the sake of this post, I’m gonna count Wake and Leaves as Mythical, making Zeraora my third-favourite Mythical (I tend to count it as my favourite just because Wake and Leaves aren’t officially Mythical. Well, they’re counted under “special Pokémon” in HOME and given that the rest of their trios (who have the same base stat totals as them) aren’t, I think HOME probably meant they count under the Mythical category for being event-exclusive rather than counting under the Special Legendary category for being super strong Legendaries) because apparently calling Wake and Leaves my top two favourite Pokémon wasn’t good enough. Anyway, official sources kinda suggest that my favourite Mythical Iron Leaves is probably at odds in some way with both my second-favourite Mythical Walking Wake (the two of them being the only featured Pokémon in the Paradox Clash tins plus the Temporal Forces release trailer featuring the two of them walking up to each other and starting a fight) and my third-favourite Mythical Zeraora (out of a pair of an Electric-type cat and a Grass/Psychic-type deer related to one of the Swords of Justice, one of them is basically the Swords of Justice but humanoid and not-Fighting (there are a few other differences. I was gonna list another and then realised I’d already implied which that was by listing their animal inspirations) and the other one uses Electric Terrain to gain a boost to its highest stat (usually physical Attack) on top of boosting its signature move. Take a wild guess which is which)

[fortheloveoflatinum]

Three Secrets About Me

I am actually descended from a long line of earls, barons, and other such nobility. You'd never know it from the way I eat.

I can trace my family line back 31 generations.

I just found this out recently.

In other words - Where's my crown?

[wrathstricken]

character tags

[thingsidrawgohere]

Alright. I'm calling it done before it kills me. This is Second Head. It's an Art Book containing instances of the phrase "second head" in fanfics found on AO3. I'll explain much, MUCH more in the cut.

So when I say 'art book', I mean this is an intrinsic piece. I have no motivations aside from personal amusement and interest in outcome. A lot of money was lost/transmuted into free frustration in this project and I have no claims, obviously. I will prolly be the only person alive to read this.

THAT SAID. I have noticed in my years reading fanfic, there's a few linguistic shibboleths that arise in authors who also have experience in the mines. I think there's not a soul alive who hadn't wandered across a 'ministrations' when reading Narutos oral sexing. There's- Hold on. Here's some pix.

There's an impulse, I think, to in-group even when performing a creative act. A feeling that there are certain ways one Should go about the act, by virtue of seeing it performed that way. Especially so when 'training' at the act is often just Doing. Double Dog Especially when the act is exclusively for oneself with very little oversight. Which is to say, we make what we see and we make what we think we should make. At least, at first.

Now, I've been noticing 'grew a second head' (to insinuate surprise) in fanfic for some time. I've never seen it used Outside of fanfic. (Edit to add: I am not making the argument the phrase is from fanfic. Nor do I Believe it is from fanfic. Jesus Hopping Christ, people. That's not what this project is about.) That may speak to my own bad habits but it got me curious. So a friend and myself downloaded a mirror of AO3 from July of 2024. He did some code- Stuff to scan the mirror for "second head" and of the ~13 million works, ~70k (English) results were returned. That's a rounding error, honestly, but Far FAR more than I expected.

This book is 401 such examples that I personally selected for a variety of reasons. The number itself was arbitrarily chosen. Each page is separate fic, the roughly 300 words around our key phrase.

I don't think repetition or mirroring is a negative thing. I think it's quite charming. Nor do I think it's a sign of a 'bad' artist or 'bad' art. I think it's a signifier of personhood, of belonging, of enthusiasm. Of culture shared and wishing to share. I think it's real sweet. I always smile when I catch a 'grown a second head' in a work.

And it's really fucking funny when it's John Sherlock getting a sloppy toppy. Bless.

Edit: Fixed a very VERY funny error.

Edit: I am not making the argument that the phrase is exclusive to fanfic or, fucking forbid, FROM fanfic. I'm stating this Again because we skim here. Also- If you would like slamdunk my ass by stating the phrase predates the Internet or your GenX parents use it, please use 'sailboat' in your comment so I know you're specifically trying to kill me.

Edit Edit: You know what? Fine. I DO think this phrase came from fandom. I think ENGLISH came from fandom. I think YOU came from fandom. I think EVERYTHING came from fandom. The Sun, the Moon, the Seas- Fandom. Specifically Sonic Mpreg. The second head was Shadow the Hedgehog crowning. Congrats!

[helllords]

( lords as: The Mag.nus Ar.chives Entities )

Lucifer: The Desolation. -> You are the fear of fire. Ravaging and angry, purifying and destructive; a flame without the comfort of warmth. You will use your pain and your loss to burn everything to ashes and from these ashes something new will rise, something you deem worthy. Beelzebub: The Flesh. -> You are the fear of a body changing, of mutilation, of flesh bending beyond your control. You are a butcher, slaughtering for meat and you removed each piece that was not fit to your liking, giving yourself a new, grotesque, beautiful form. Asmodeus: The Corruption. -> You are the fear of decay, disease and filth. Burying yourself into your victims with each touch and each kiss until they rot inside-out. You are also love with unhealthy boundaries, unable to see what corrupts you because you want it to be with you forever. Abaddon: The Dark. -> You are one of the oldest fears, the worry of something lingering in the darkness. The shapes flickering and bleeding into each other when you stare at the shadows for too long and something begins to emerge from them. Finding holiness within; being terrified of something and seeing the beautiful, the divine in it. Belphegor: The Eye. -> You are the fear of being seen, of your deepest, darkest secrets being known; being confronted with them, being judged for them relentlessly. The desire to know, whatever the cost may be, however it might destroy you. Leviathan: The Vast/The Lonely. -> You are the fear of isolation, the fear of being alone forever. You are a ghost ship upon the fogged sea, touched by the presence of people, now abandoned to idle alone. You are also the fear of insignificance, being a small speck in a grand open space. You are the deep, dark ocean, seemingly limitless, never letting you go. Mammon: The Hunt. -> You are the fear of being chased, hunted, of becoming prey and it not mattering if you had been a predator in the first place. You are the overwhelming desire to track, find, have. You need the thrill of the chase, to have your hands claim something that you have been aching, running for. Until it claims you.

[condemnedsouls]

striker tag dump.