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reading up some palm divination materials because Libra's hands animation reminds me of gestures seen in Eastern palmistry... and i came across the symbol for the eighth Heavenly Stem. man.

direction-wise, 辛 is the West.

in Five Elements, it's Metal (or, you guess it, GOLD. it's heavily associated with Venus, the colour white & autumn).

in yin-yang theory, it's yin (think: Marika and her sisters being spirit tuners/ shrine maidens and thus having close relationship with spirit world & the cycle of life and death).

since Heavenly Stems relate heavily to the cycle of harvest, 辛 is the time frame where plants wilt & ripe fruits being eaten by birds & other creatures, spreading new sprouts around to prepare for a new cycle of life.

Marika's name aside from the jasmine meaning, also means bitterness. the pattern seen inside the Erdtree is also used in Armored Core 6 under the name "Barren Flower".

the amount of work & consistency going into Marika's character design is really crazy. my character of all time fr.

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Gotta love the differences between these two couples.

You have Joe and Nicky on the verge of tears because one of them lied. Mind you, the thing he lied about was being in contact with his exiled brother and bringing him food.

Then we have Andy and Quynh throwing hands after they saw each other for the first time in 500 years.

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Crystals study

i'm so tired

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favourite christmas story 🌿

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fake man enjoyers tap out when their fave starts balding. if you were a real one youd be tonguing his receding hairline. coward.

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While I believe we'll see more similarities than differences in Show vs Book Lestat overall, and that Show Louis is now the Only Louis for me—as a narrative bone to chew I definitely see Book and Show Armand as very different characters who share very similar traits and I mean this in an overwhelmingly positive way like??

Book Armand was turned at SEVENTEEN. and by the sound of his descriptors, he could pass for younger than that. Young enough to have a bit of androgyny to his presentation. Book Armand is like. Ganymede. Frozen in time in what his maker must have thought as his prime. His name before was Andrei.

SHOW Armand is TWENTY SEVEN. Older by a long shot than the other boys in his maker's house. So what kept him there? He's no longer a Ganymede, he's an Adonis. In the light, you can see a shadow on his jaw. Hair on his chest. He's TALL, but always seated—attempting to look smaller and weaker than he is. His name before was Arun.

And here's the thing that really enamours me!!...Andrei could have like designed Arun for himself. Would your life be much different, if you were allowed to be a man and not a boy? Would you still want to be lovely? To whom? And in what way? Would you want to be tall? Would you want to be strong or slight? Would you want to keep your dark, doll eyes? Or would you give yourself a pair that were bright and sharp and curious—like a cat's, meant for the night?

And would Arun shun the boy who he is and was, the boy who made him? Curse him for wishing past childhood, where things were terrible but familiar, where choices were things other people made? Would you protect that boy, or shun him?

ANYWAY. I'm insane.

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ref for the first one (some random picture i saw on my ex's page when i was drunk. i don't know.)

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Come to me, don’t be scared

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It wasn't meant to be.

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As tradition, my Rook's tarot card 💜 I cannot express my gratitude to the many people who worked on this game's development over the years. The Dragon Age franchise has always been a huge inspiration to me and I'm so happy to say that Veilguard carried that torch beautifully. I can't wait to play this game 10 more times ✨

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only you.

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ghost rain

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On the altar.

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Wing Tutorial is HERE 🦅, now available on my Patreon✨ It includes full speedpaints, a step-by-step of the painting process, drawing tips + more!

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can't stop thinking about how dame aylin is literally a homophobic father's worst nightmare. 7ft tall lesbian with a bigass sword walks in, makes your daughter swoon, whisks her away and turns her against you, kills you and stomps on your head until she's essentially making wine and then celebrates by treating your daughter to a several day fuckathon. nobody's doing it like her

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They are perfect for eachother