#Pink Interior Color Scheme

[interiorergonomics]

Designing Cozy Pink Living Room with Round Center Table

A cozy pink living room with a round center table holds a stylish and inviting retreat. It perfectly blends warmth and elegance with a hint of playful charm. You need one…? Okay, start by selecting the right shade of pink—soft blush or muted rose hues are ideal for creating a calming atmosphere. You can either set it as the primary color for walls or in accent furniture pieces. Using these pink…

[homeimprovementrefferal]

Introducing The Top 5 Interior Colors For Homes In 2024

Introducing The Top 5 Interior Colors For Homes In 2024 - #homeimprovementreferral #ColorScheme, #Interior - https://www.homeimprovementreferral.com/introducing-the-top-5-interior-colors-for-homes-in-2024-2024-04/

[herpsandbirds]

Hey, I have a weird one for you. My partner and I just bought our first house, and we’re thinking of how we’re gonna decorate. I’m in love with the idea of using bird color schemes as inspiration for interior designs. Do you have any birds that you think have vibrant yet tasteful color schemes? Living room is gonna be the Pink Spotted Fruit Dove, and a bathroom is gonna be Mallard-colored.

Ok, so what do you think of these... ?

Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, found in Costa Rica and Panama

Photograph by Aves y Estampas

Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, found in Costa Rica and Panama

Photograph by Sam Wilson

Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica

photograph by Edwin Martinez

OR MAYBE...

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, South Africa

Photograph by Bernard DuPont

Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus), family Musophagidae, order Musophagiformes, South Africa

Photograph by Richard Flack

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Neutral Colors

Neutral Colors - muted shades that appear to lack color but often have underlying hues that change with different lighting. Examples:

beige,

taupe,

gray,

cream,

brown,

black, and

white.

Types of Neutral Colors

The basic neutral color palette comprises black, white, brown, and gray, with varying shades in between. Here is a breakdown of the various types of neutrals:

Pure neutrals: The pure neutral color palette includes black, white, brown, and gray, all of which fall under the category of pure color, which means they are fully saturated and do not have an undertone (underlying color). By mixing different pure neutrals and primary colors, you can influence the resulting color’s saturation and vibrancy.

Near-neutrals: Mixing a primary color with a pure neutral color creates a near-neutral. For instance, to make the near-neutral color tan, mix the primary color yellow with the pure neutral brown. Near-neutral colors have lower saturation than pure neutral colors. Similarly, pairing a neutral color with a bright hue increases the vibrancy of the hue, attracting the eye to that particular spot of color.

Warm and cool neutrals: Mixing different pure neutral colors with primary colors creates either warm neutrals or cool neutrals. Warm neutrals have yellow, orange, or pink undertones, such as beige, tan, and gold, while cool neutrals have blue, purple, or green undertones, such as gray, taupe, and ivory.

Advantages of Decorating With a Neutral Color Palette

Interior designers use neutral color palettes to create different visual effects, playing with focal points, depth, saturation, and highlights to enhance a living space. Here are some of the advantages of decorating with a neutral color palette:

You can build off neutral tones. When you paint or decorate a space with a neutral color, you can build off that tone, incorporating accent colors or bold patterns. Overusing bold colors makes the room overwhelming and distracting for the eye. Neutral colors help balance a room so that you can add different accessories and patterns.

Neutrals pair well with a range of colors. Through different seasons, your style and preferences may change. Changing your home décor with a new pattern piece or set of curtains is easy when your room has a neutral color palette because it's versatile and pairs well with different color schemes and design elements. Simply adding new throw pillows to your couch can change the look of your living room and match your new style.

Neutrals can have a calming effect. While bright, bold colors are loud and vibrant, neutral paint colors are calming and gentle on the eye. With little saturation, neutral colors seamlessly flow from one color into the next. Most neutral palettes also reflect naturally occurring colors, shaping a living area into a relaxing, nature-based space.

You can use any decorating style. Different interior design styles incorporate neutral colors, from modernism to rustic to art deco. As a natural foundation for any background, neutral colors enhance different tones and patterns. For instance, neutral shades balance geometric patterns in an art deco room, whereas darker neutrals create a streamlined, sleek effect in a modern room.

Tips for Decorating with Neutral Colors

When working with a neutral color scheme, find subtle DIY ways to add texture and color ideas for versatility.

Use different tints: Tonal color palettes add highlights and accents to a neutral color palette, making areas of a room pop. Incorporate different tints and neutrals to create a more lively and engaging space. Consider pairing sage green with a predominantly gray and white room to add a tint of color—a pop of pink pairs nicely with warmer neutrals, such as gold or beige.

Consider the lighting: A room’s lighting influences how your eyes read a color. Artificial lighting tends to have a yellow hue, so it intensifies warmer neutrals. Consider factors such as the season, time of day, the sun’s position, and the room’s location when choosing your color schemes. For example, natural light from the north creates a blue tint, making neutral colors appear darker and less saturated, while eastern or western light creates a warmer hue. White paint comes in various shades; they also appear differently depending on the natural lighting.

Add color with accessories: Pairing neutral walls with neutrally colored large furniture pieces can create a calming effect, but that doesn’t mean you must sacrifice color. Instead, incorporate color in the different accessories in the room, such as throw pillows, artwork, or curtains. Choosing accessories with color makes it easier to change the room’s style and décor to match different seasons.

Choose the right color: Different near-neutral and pure neutral colors have varying effects on a room. Dark, cool colors create a cozy feel within a room, while lighter neutrals make a room appear larger. Choose a room color that aligns with the design and feel you want for the space.

While neutral colors are not on the color wheel, they complement primary and secondary colors.

You can combine primary colors—like red, white, and blue—to make a range of other colors.

Secondary colors are the result of mixing two primary colors, like green (yellow plus blue), orange (yellow plus red), and purple (red plus blue).

Neutral colors can be complex in tone, as mixing different colors creates unique shades.

For example, greige is a mix of light gray and beige, with yellow hues in natural light and gray in fluorescent lighting. (Natural light refers to lighting generated from a natural source like the sun.)

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[girlkisser13]

persephone cabin headcanons

children of persephone

• they’re always conceived in the spring or summer.

• in times of conflict, their presence alone can bring hope and peace to others, and they are often called upon to soothe agitated campers.

• SOO many flowers crowns.

• their powers shift with the seasons. in spring and summer, they possess fertility abilities, excelling at gardening and nurturing plant life.

• they help the apollo and dionysus cabins put on hadestown.

• during autumn and winter, they tap into their underworld connection, enabling them to see ghosts, cause tremors in the earth, rip souls away, shadow travel short distances, and occasionally curse others.

• they can summon the opposite set of powers out of season, but doing so requires a significant amount of energy and effort.

• like their mother, they have a dual personality— kind and nurturing one moment, but stern and unyielding the next.

• they’re basically the mom friend.

• they have a deep empathy for both life and death, understanding the cycles of nature and the importance of both joy and sorrow.

• this makes them great counselors and therapists.

• they have a deep respect for animals, especially deer, as it is their mother’s sacred animal, and they may see hunting as unnecessary or cruel.

• this respect extends to all wildlife, making them strong advocates for animal rights and conservation.

• their connection to the natural world make them instinctively protective of animals, leading them to actively work against activities that harm wildlife.

• they become involved in efforts to protect endangered species or restore damaged ecosystems.

• many of them engage in activism to protect wildlife and prevent hunting, using their abilities to create safe havens for animals and advocate for laws that protect them.

cabin exterior

• the cabin is adorned with intricate floral patterns and vines that seem to bloom and twist around the structure, reflecting persephone’s domain over flowers and the seasons.

• the exterior changes with the seasons— lush and vibrant during spring and summer, with blooming flowers and greenery, and transitioning to more barren and earthy tones during fall and winter.

• the cabin is painted in shades of emerald green and gold, symbolizing persephone’s connection to nature and the wealth of the underworld.

• a winding garden path leading up to the cabin is lined with a variety of flowers and plants that bloom in different colors, guided by magical enchantments to always be in full bloom.

• the structure is made of ancient, weathered stone with carvings of persephone’s symbols— like pomegranates, flowers, and butterflies— etched into the walls.

cabin interior

• like the demeter cabin, this cabin RADIATES cottage core energy.

• the cabin’s color scheme incorporates soft, earthy tones such as shades of green, gold, and pale pink, with accents of deep black and purple representing persephone's connection to the underworld.

• the walls are covered in murals and living vines that bloom with seasonal flowers like daisies, roses, and poppies. a canopy of intertwining branches drape across the ceiling, with small blossoms that glow softly in the dark.

• large windows let in plenty of natural light during the day, giving the space a warm and inviting atmosphere. at night, lanterns made of celestial bronze are enchanted to mimic the flicker of fireflies, providing a soft, ethereal glow.

• the furniture is made from natural materials like wood and stone. chairs and beds are carved with intricate designs of flowers, vines, and pomegranates. the cushions and bedding are plush and adorned with floral patterns.

• each member has their own area adorned with their favorite flowers or plants. there is also a small altar with offerings of pomegranates, flowers, and seeds, honoring their mother.

cabin traditions

• at the beginning of each spring, they participate in a special ritual to welcome the return of spring. this involves planting new flowers and trees around the camp, blessing the fields with good growth, and crafting flower crowns to wear throughout the day. this ritual symbolizes renewal, growth, and the reawakening of nature.

• they have a sweet tradition could involve exchanging flowers among cabin members as a sign of friendship, support, or goodwill. each type of flower has its own meaning, allowing members to communicate their feelings through these natural tokens.

• they have a special garden that they tend to throughout the year. this garden is filled with flowers and plants sacred to persephone, such as poppies, lilies, and pomegranates. they spend time together planting, weeding, and caring for this garden as a way to connect with their mother and each other.

• at important camp events or ceremonies, they create and wear intricate flower crowns. these crowns are crafted for themselves or as gifts for others, symbolizing the beauty and strength of nature.

• they also have a tradition of making a special crown for any camper who has achieved something significant, honoring their accomplishment.

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[thebibutterflyao3]

“Witchcraft”

@pandalilymicrofics - 987 words

part one - part two

**TW: very slightly NSFW (allusion to a sex dream)**

“Another one?” Lily said, pulling a small pink stone from her suit coat pocket. “Where are they all coming from?”

She smoothed her thumb over the polished surface of the rose quartz thoughtfully before adding it to the wonky, painted clay bowl of bits and bobs on her night stand. It had been two weeks, and she’d gathered nearly a dozen small pink stones from the pockets of her jackets, purse, and once, even tucked into her shoe. Lily pondered that last one for a good hour, completely befuddled.

At first, she’d found it amusing. A little mystery to entertain her. Searching on her phone, Lily found a number of natural healing and wellness websites that claimed that carrying rose quartz reduced stress, encouraged emotional healing and love, as well as a number of other benefits. There weren’t any negative side effects listed, so she chalked it up to someone wishing her well.

It had been an unusually stressful month with her new clients. The law firm who recently hired her didn’t seem capable of making a single decision. For a commercial interior designer, there was little she could do if they couldn’t even agree on a color scheme, let alone a style or layout.

Doctors were much easier to work with than lawyers, she decided. Doctors dashed out a quick list of must-haves without much thought and were thrilled with anything she added to it. Meanwhile, lawyers spun in circles debating with themselves or their firm’s partners, researching every design style to ever exist, only to opt for an “old world” look in the end.

Boring and predictable. Unlike this mystery.

Rose quartz. A rock that she’d never given any thought to was suddenly appearing in mass quantities every time she left her home. It didn’t make any sense. She didn’t see any one person that often, so how could they be slipping quartz into her pockets?

It was only on a deeper dive into the uses of rose quartz that she found a troubling connection. Rose quartz was used by the Romans as a “seal of ownership or possession.” That definition remained emblazoned on her mind thereafter. Is someone trying to claim ownership of me? Is it a type of witchcraft?

“Good luck with that,” she mused, shrugging off her suit jacket and hanging it in the closet. “If two husbands failed to keep me, I doubt a random crystal fanatic can.”

Just then, a loud whoop echoed down the hall. “Got it!” Harry must be home.

It was quickly followed by a soft giggle that definitely didn’t belong to her son, or one of his best friends. Harry hadn’t asked to have friends over, but Lily was used to finding Ron or Hermione hanging about. They were attached at the hip most days.

Curious, Lily wandered down the hallway as she removed her jewelry. It wouldn’t be the first time her fifteen year old son had invited a girl – other than Hermione – over, but it was the first time he hadn’t asked for permission first. At least, so far as she knew. With her ex-husband, James, as his role model, Harry wasn’t a stranger to stirring up mischief.

She leaned against the doorway to the sitting room and surveyed the scene. Harry was in the middle of the sofa with a controller in hand, his head jerking slightly from side as he played a racing game. On his right was Ron, who was goading him on. On Harry’s left, however, was a petite blonde girl twirling her finger in her hair and resting her head on Harry’s shoulder. As she watched, Harry whispered to her every so often, which made her giggle again.

A new girlfriend, already? I thought he was still hung up on Ginny?

Lily felt as though she was intruding, so she cleared her throat and asked, “Anybody hungry?”

Three heads swivelled to face her at once. Harry smiled and answered, “That’d be great, Mum!” Ron enthusiastically listed a dozen snack ideas. A book waved over Ron’s shoulder in greeting, signalling that Hermione was tucked under Ron’s arm, reading.

Then, the blonde girl turned and met Lily’s gaze with soft, unfocused eyes…in two different colours. One bright blue, one much lighter. Grey? Pale green?

“Oh, hello,” she said, smiling pleasantly. Her voice had a dreamy, breathless quality to it that surprised Lily. “You must be Harry’s mum.”

“Yes, I’m Lily. I don’t think I’ve seen you around before, have I?” Lily asked. She stepped into the room without intending to, drawn closer by an invisible force. “Yet, you look…familiar.”

The girl’s smile widened to an unnerving degree. “Ah, you’ve met my mum or uncle Evan then. We all have heterochromia.”

“No, I don’t think so.” Lily glanced upward as she continued removing her earrings, trying to remember where she’d seen someone similar. “What is your mum’s name?”

“Pandora.”

A flash of memory snatched the air from her lungs. Images replayed in her mind as vividly as if they’d actually happened, instead of coming from dreams. Warm, olive skin pressed against her own. Long, plaited golden hair created a curtain around the two of them as she leaned down for a kiss. Pandora.

Was her name Pandora? Had her eyes been two different colours? Lily couldn’t recall seeing the woman’s eyes in the dreams, which was odd. She normally thrived on eye contact during sex.

Lily blinked, then inhaled sharply. “Oh. I don’t think so? Never mind.” She floundered for a minute as she tried to push aside the images and refocus on her son. “What was I doing in here?”

“Snacks, mum,” Harry reminded her, shaking his head with a chuckle.

“Right, snacks.”

It wasn’t until she was in the kitching, dumping party mix into a bowl, that it hit her. Lily hadn’t even asked for the girl’s name. Surprised at herself, Lily planted both hands on the kitchen bench with a smack. What on Earth was going on?

[faggy-thing]

Hi. Could I please request a fictionkin phone wallpaper of Jinx from Arcane with a primarily blue and pink color scheme and themes of firefly lanterns, the night sky, and cozy cabin interiors?

here you go, I hope you enjoy! if this is who I think it is, then I really hope you like this ^^

[aspoonofsugar]

Neo's Hecate = The Triple Goddess

Trivia is the Roman name of Hecate, Goddess of witchcraft, crossroads and ghosts. Neopolitan is Roman's Hecate, so her birth name is Trivia. Is that really all there is?

Obviously not. Or at least, Neo's allusion to Hecate can be read in multiple ways. Sure, it might have been an unplanned reference, but by this point (either willingly or not) Neopolitan has grown into Hecate's role. So, let's analyze ice-cream's girl allusion to better understand her story, with a focus on volume 9.

WHO IS HECATE?

Hecate is a Greek Goddes, who is later adopted by the Romans with the name of Trivia. Her origin is probably more ancient than Greek culture, though. In short, she is a foreign deity, who gets integrated into Greek religion. Similarly, Neopolitan is an unplanned character shoved into the narrative. However, she finds her place in the story and grows into herself.

Here are some of Hecate's most famous attributes.

Hecate is the Goddess of crossroads and magic. In particular, she is the master of darkness and the queen of ghosts to the point she is linked to nechromancy. She also rules over demons called Empusas, who are half woman and half beast (either a cow or a dog usually). They eat human blood and are linked to fire. Finally, Hecate is a psychopomp deity (like Hermes/Mercury), so she moves freely among Earth (human world), Olympus (world of the gods) and Hades (world of the deads).

Hecate is often depicted with three bodies and three heads:

She holds torches and keys, which are symbolic of her ability to guide people in the underworld and to travel among dimensions. Sometimes, she can appear as a dog, which is her sacred animal.

Hecate is one of the Goddesses associated to the moon. In particular, she is the falling moon to Artemis's crescent moon and Selene's full moon. According to other traditions, she is a part of Artemis/Diana. This Goddess is the Moon in the Sky, Artemis on Earth and Hecate in the Underworld. Whatever the case, both Artemis and Hecate have a triple nature to them.

This triple nature makes Hecate an example of Triple Goddess in modern Neopagan religions. The Triple Goddess is the archetype of a female deity linked to the three phases of a woman's life. Youth (Maiden), Maturity (Mother) and Old Age (Crone). Her male counterpart is the Horned God.

As you see, Hecate is hard to define. Just like Neo. Both are ambiguous and difficult to grasp. Still, let's try to understand ice-cream girl better by using this mysterious Goddess. Let's focus on three things (obviously :P):

Hecate's link to the number 3 and how it is used in Neo's story

Hecate and Artemis's bond and how it mirrors Neo and Ruby's

Hecate's imagery and attributes and what they mean for Neo

The first is an analysis of Neo's interiority (microchosm). The second explains Neo's role in the story (macrochosm). The third offers a synthesis and a conclusion (balance).

RULE OF THREE (MICROCHOSM)

Hecate is known for her three heads and three bodies. Neo is a normal human, but the number 3 still comes up in her design:

Pink, white and brown. Strawberry, vanilla and chocolate. The three flavours of the Neapolitan ice cream. The three sides of Neo's self:

We are ruled by thirds. In fashion we compare no more than three colors. Our personalities are defined by the id, the ego and the super-ego- always warring vying for control. But our goal is harmony. Balance. (Roman Holiday, chapter 13)

According to Freud, the human mind is made of three parts. The id is where fear and wishes lie. It is a primitive and instinctive force. The superego is society’s expectations. It is where morality and ideals are. The ego is what balances the other two parts. It mediates between wishes and duties.

As per Roman Holiday, Neo is a combination of Neopolitan (pink), Vanille (white) and Trivia (brown). So, Neo's color scheme is a metaphorical representation of id, superego and ego:

Pink represents the id - Neopolitan is Trivia's pink imaginary friend. She embodies everything the child is forced to repress, like her pink eye and her wish for freedom.

White represents the superego - Vanille is Trivia's surname and a shade of white. The Vanilles want their daughter to fit into society and despise her disability, which makes her "odd".

Brown represents the ego - Trivia has brown hair, wears brown clothes and a brown contact lens. She is conflicted between her parents' expectations and her own wishes.

In her childhood, Trivia is unbalanced because her family forces her to repress her id. She cancels her pink side and projects it on her imaginary friend Neopolitan. So, Trivia undergoes a transformation and claims this part of herself back:

As the old saying went, “You can’t put the moon back together”. At times you had to destroy something to make something even better in its place. When Mama had shattered Neopolitan in front of their burning house, Trivia finally understood that she had been broken all along. Losing her friend was Trivia’s first step toward putting herself back together and embracing her true, best self. (Roman Holiday, chapter 11)

She re-arranges herself and her three parts:

Pink becomes the color of Neo's ego (her truest self). She stops hiding her eye and dyes half of her hair pink. Similarly, she embraces her Neopolitan persona more.

Brown becomes the color of the superego. It is a color linked to Neo's female authority figures like her mother (Carmel) and her teacher (Beatrix Browning). It is still present in Neo's color scheme, but much reduced. Similarly, Trivia is still there, but feels more like a mask than Neo's real self.

White becomes the color of the id. It is the color of Neo's family name, which she sheds. However, Neo still loves her parents, so her semblance dyes a lock of her hair white as an unconscious response to their death.

Roman Holiday is the story of Trivia Vanille's death and Neopolitan's birth:

As far as she was concerned, Trivia Vanille was buried under that mess, too. Neopolitan was the sole survivor. (Roman Holiday, chapter 26)

Neo leaves behind her parents and their strict rules to become a living manifestation of the id:

She just wanted to do whatever she wanted. And for the moment, what she wanted was to help Roman set the world on fire. (Roman Holiday, chapter 26)

Neopolitan does whatever she wants, even if it hurts others. She embraces her deepest wishes and chaotic emotions. This is the character we meet at the beginning of RWBY.

Well, Neo's arc in the series is to discard this person and to become someone new once again. After all, Neopolitan's name is linked to renewal and transformation. "Neopolitan" comes from Naples, which means "new city" (neo + polis). Naples's fantastic origin itself is a story of death and rebirth. According to the legend, this Italian city is born from a Siren, who dies for love. Her body transforms into the city and gives new life.

Similarly, Neo is a character able to be reborn countless times (neo = new + poly= many). So is Hecate, whose name may refer to the Greek number 100, as the Goddess is said to have one-hundred forms.

Our Neo/Hecate is then a multifaceted force, who goes through destruction just to embrace creation.

Neo's change in the series starts with a loss:

She loses both Roman and her inner balance:

There was one thing To help escape the misery And now it's all disarrayed You took my whole life away You sent me back to nothing Now you'll pay

So, she needs to rebuild herself once again:

We must live with balance But balance is blind (Lost her world) Vengeance is a riptide In a fairy tale, she'll find Inside A new me, I'm ready But who will I find? Inside I've gotta let go but could I lose my mind?

Volume 9 is where this inner transformation takes place. This time the new found harmony among id, superego and ego is not described by Neo's three colors. Rather, allusions are used.

In the Ever After, Neo is associated to three different Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass characters:

The Hatter, who represents the id

The Cheshire Cat, who represents the superego

The Jabberwocky, who represents the ego

THE HATTER - THE ID

“Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse," said the Hatter, "when the Queen bawled out 'He's murdering the time! Off with his head!'" "How dreadfully savage!" exclaimed Alice. "and ever since that," the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, "he wo'n't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.”

The Hatter is a Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass character. He is famous for the Mad Tea Party, where he, the March Hare and the Dormouse chat with Alice. The original book reveals that the Hatter "killed time" while singing, so Time refuses to run normally for him and his friends. As a result, they are stuck in an eternal tea-party, as it is always tea-time for them. In the 1951 Disney movie, instead, he celebrates Alice's unbirthday.

Neopolitan has been stuck in time since Roman's death. She can't move on, so she focuses all her energies on revenge:

So close to closure The one thing you need Underneath a monument with a dedicated plea

Killing Ruby becomes Neo's One Thing to the point she organizes a special tea party of her own:

Ruby's unbirthday party, to be precise:

Cinder: And you… should have never been born…

Where she can dissolve Little Red in a cup, as if she were a sugar cube:

Kill for kill Eye for eye Blood for blood It's time to die Retribution tastes so sweet

The Hatter is a hostage in his tea party and Neo is a prisoner of her revenge. Both are consumed by their inability to go on. Both have killed time and can't face their future.

In Neo's case, the reason why she murders time is pretty clear. It is a coping mechanism to avoid grief:

In Wonderland, the Hatter can drink tea at every hour. In her fantasy world, Neo can stay with Roman forever:

Neo-Roman: Y’know once Neo realized where she was, everything changed. Always loved the idea of a place to run away from it all. Do whatever you want. I offered that to her back on Remnant.

This is also why the first thing Neo does after landing in the Ever After is to evolve Overactive Imagination and to kill the Jabberwalker:

The creature is symbolic of death, as they kill Afterans permanently. So, Neo metaphorically negates her grief (the Jabberwalker) through illusions (her semblance).

At the same time, Neo enters the Ever After and gives in to her id. She has her desires and instincts control her completely. She loses all filters:

(Then suddenly) Scratched through the surface And you've found a key Unlocking what you thought was safe inside a box But it's somehow been set free (Finally)

Overactive Imagination's evolution is a physical representation of this psychological process. Neo spirals throughout Mistral and Atlas, but in volume 9 she hits rock bottom and stops acting rationally. She becomes the incarnation of her anger, which manifests through her semblance. Her illusions are typically silent. However, in the Ever After they speak, as Neo is letting her inner voices out of the box:

Say something real Do you only speak in riddles, chatterbox? I'm waiting for your ugly mouth to spit it out

This is why she becomes a chatterbox. She tries to communicate through her creations.

In particular, she makes an imaginary Roman (the Hatter), who looks and sounds like the real deal. He becomes the dominant voice in Neo's mind and speaks to and for her. His presence highlights Neo's inability to accept Roman's death. She hides in a lie. Just like Trivia used to cower behind her imaginary friend Neopolitan. As a child, Trivia can't accept Neo is a part of her. As an adult, Neo can't accept Roman isn't with her anymore. In this way, Neo's first real human connection gets reduced to an imaginary friend. This is the tragedy of Neo's adventure in the Ever After.

All happens because Neo surrenders herself to the id (her inner world). Still, it can't last forever. The id is a powerful source of energy and drive, but it is also destructive. So, Neo self-consumes until she has nothing left:

Neo-Roman: (voice in Neo’s head) You’ve finally done it! Little Red’s gone. With your Semblance stronger than ever now, we can take over this whole absurd place! Why not? Offing Little Red can’t be all you wanted… Right?

She puts so much into destroying Ruby, that she ends up empty. A vessel for others to take advantage of.

Curious Cat: You’ve lost something most important, haven’t you? And now you have nothing left. How delightful! An empty host, perfect for me to fill.

THE CHESHIRE CAT - THE SUPEREGO

The Cheshire Cat appears twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The first time, he guides Alice at a crossroad and points her towards the March Hare's house. The second time, he appears at the Queen of Heart's croquet game as a giant head. The Queen and King are offended by his presence and want to behead him. Still, he is a head without a body, so the execution of this death sentence is complicated. Eventually, he simply fades away and disappears.

The character is inspired by the saying "grinning like a Cheshire Cat", whose origin is unknown. Among the many hypothesis, there is one about a grinning cat-shaped cheese. The cheese was cut from the tail, so that the last part eaten was the head of the smiling cat.

In RWBY, the character who alludes to the Cheshire Cat is not Neo, but the Curious Cat. Still, Neo and the Cat's stories are intertwined, as they destroy each other. The Cat possesses Neo and Neo kills the Cat.

Both characters eat and get eaten. They eat like the two wolves of Ruby's Little Red Riding Hood. They get eaten like the cat-shaped cheese, until only a floating head remains. A head separated from the body. A mind detached from reality:

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”

Neo and the Cat are mad, so they meet in the Ever After. However, their madnesses are opposite:

Neo loses herself in fantasy (the Ever After) and runs away from the real world (Remnant). She lets her unconscious feelings (id) run wild.

The Curious Cat is trapped in fantasy (the Ever After) and wants to reach the real world (Remnant). They are consumed by an imposed purpose (superego):

Curious Cat: I’m not like the other Afterans here, I’m cursed with curiosity. I need to know everything!

Blacksmith: A terrible thing to have a broken heart… And there’s nobody to send them (the Cat) back to the Tree for repair.

So, Neo and the Cat are foils, which is why they share the song Chatterbox. Both blabber non-stop. However, Neo's illusions speak her truest self. The Curious Cat instead uses smart words to hide their real intentions. Neo shows her inner beast (the shadow), while the Cat wears a mask (persona). So, Neo is the embodyment of the id and the Cat is her estranged superego. They are an external force, who comes and takes control of Neo's life:

The possession is a metaphor of Neo's state of mind. She goes from moving many characters around to becoming a controlled puppet. From shouting to radio silence. This switch is conveyed through the Curious Cat speaking through and for her.

This is Neo's nightmare, as her life is a struggle to be heard. Among other things, Neo refuses devices that make her sound robotic. She dislikes artificial voices because they sound fake to her. And yet, the Curious Cat forces Neo to speak their words. The Cat becomes Neo's new voice.

This is the result of Neo losing her inner drive:

NeoCat: She has no attachments to your world. Nothing to return to.

She is left with no wishes nor fears. She is a living id, who transforms into a walking superego. However, both extremes are wrong. A person is made of both her id and her superego. Both parts are needed to make an individual, which is why Neo is asked to face herself once more:

The Tree has the girl confront the pain and grief she has been ignoring. And yet, these feelings are what saves her:

NeoCat: No! These cracks, these feelings! I can’t… I can’t!!!

Thanks to them Neo gets back in control of her life. Symbolically, the Jabberwalker she kills in the beginning appears to finish the Cat off:

In this way, the cycle is complete and Neo's ego can finally surface.

JABBERWOCKY - THE EGO

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

The Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem Alice finds in Through The Looking Glass. She initially can't read it, but then she realizes the verses are written in mirror-writing. She holds a mirror to the text and the poem appears. Despite being able to read it, though, Alice can't understand it:

"It seems very pretty," she said when she had finished it, "but it's rather hard to understand!" (You see she didn't like to confess, even to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.) "Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don't exactly know what they are! However, somebody killed something: that's clear, at any rate."

The poem conveys two main ideas:

It tells about a slaughter:

He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

It is impossible to understand, as it is full of gibberish and invented words

This is true for RWBY's Jabberwalker, as well:

They embody death, as Afterans killed by this creature are negated ascension

They jabber as they walk, which is why they fail to communicate with others

How does this relate to Neo? She kills the Jabberwalker, but assimilates them in her illusions. This happens because the creature is Neo's mirror. They reflect our Hecate in the making.

The Jabberwalker is a monster of grief who dies unheard:

Jabberwalker: Stop… It… Cease! No! NO! NOOOOOO!

Neo is a villain whose grief stays unrecognized:

Ruby: If you’re looking for an apology, you’ve wasted your time!

Not only by others, but by Neo too. She kills a part of herself in the Jabberwalker. Her most vulnerable and real part, that wants to communicate:

Say something real Do you only speak in riddles, chatterbox? I'm waiting for your ugly mouth to Say something real Do you only speak in riddles, chatterbox? I'm waiting on your ugly mouth to spit it out

She is a chatterbox that screams, but is not listened to. She can't talk, then she gains the ability to speak through her semblance. And yet, she can only be heard. Never understood. Similarly, Alice eventually learns how to read the Jabberwocky poem, but doesn't comprehend it.

This is why the Chatterbox song is so mysterious. Is it about Neo? The Cat? Both? Who sings what? Are they singing to each other? Or is it Ruby singing to them? It is impossible to say, just like it is impossible to grasp the full meaning of the Jabberwocky.

So, this song is about Neo and the Cat, but plays while RWBYJ fight the Jabberwalker. That is because the monster represents Neo's frammented self. They are the girl's ego, which is so broken and confused she herself negates it. Her journey in the Ever After, though, helps Neo find inner clarity:

(Waiting for it Sugar-coated All you need is here Come and find what Redefines you Make it crystal clear)

By the end she sees herself crystal clear:

Neo-Roman: To have what they have. What a thing, huh?

Her true wish is the same as ever. She wants a real connection. To succeed she has to let go of an imaginary one:

As a child, Trivia lets go of Neopolitan and finds Roman. As an adult, she lets go of Roman to find someone else. Trivia dies and Neo is born. Neo dies and someone new is born:

Blacksmith: She will have the chance to return her broken heart… And becomes something new. Such is balance.

Life from death. Creation from destruction. This is what transformation is. Symbolically, Neo kills all her three parts. She murders the Jabberwalker (ego), she rips the Curious Cat to shreds (superego) and finally releases Roman's illusion (id). Now, she is ready to move on.

HECATE AND ARTEMIS = SHADOW AND LIGHT (MACROCHOSM)

Hecate/Trivia and Artemis/Diana are two intertwined Goddesses. In particular, Hecate is sometimes described as a part of Artemis's triple identity. This Goddess is:

The Moon in the Sky (The Crescent Moon to be precise)

Artemis/Diana on Earth (Goddess of hunt)

Hecate/Trivia in the Underworld

Doesn't it remind you of anyone?

Ruby is

Associated with the Crescent Moon (Crescent Rose)

The best Huntress of all

A Red Grim Reaper with a Scythe

She is the Artemis (Crescent Moon) to Neo's Hecate (Falling Moon). This is why Neo's role in volume 9 is to play Ruby's Jungian Shadow:

In analytical psychology, the shadow is an unconscious aspect of the personality that does not correspond with the ego ideal, leading the ego to resist and project the shadow. In short, the shadow is the self's emotional blind spot, projected as archetypes.

The shadow is everything that is repressed or hidden. In Ruby's case that is her emotions over loss and grief. So, Neo becomes what links Ruby to these feelings of death. Just like Hecate/Trivia is the part of Artemis/Diana, who appears in the Underworld. This is why Neo and Ruby fall together in the Ever After.

During their fall, Neo transforms in three people Ruby cherishes: Oscar, Yang and Penny. What do they represent?

They are linked to future, present and past. In particular, Oscar is waiting for Ruby outside (future), Yang is in the Ever After with Ruby (present) and Penny is lost (past).

They are the three people Ruby's conflict is focused on in the Atlas Arc. In volume 7, Ruby disagrees with Oscar on telling Ironwood. In volume 8, Ruby and Yang fight over what to do. In volume 9, Ruby must overcome Penny's death.

These two meanings are linked to two roles Neo fulfills towards Ruby. That of Triple Goddess and that of Goddess of crossroads.

1- The idea of past, present and future ties into Hecate being a Triple Goddess:

The fates are a representation of this Goddess and a declination of the Three Hecate Sisters, also known as Maiden, Mother and Crone. They are archetypes linked to three different phases of life. Youth, maturity and old age. In other words, past, present and future.

As Ruby's Hecate, Neo often brings up past, present and future throughout volume 9. Here is a quick list:

Ruby and Neo's fall in the Ever After (Penny is past, Yang is present and Oscar is future)

Ruby's first meeting with the Blacksmith, which is followed by the appearance of Neo's Jabberwalkers. There Ruby sees three weapons. Penny's sword is Ruby's inner child (past). Alyx's knife is the role Ruby is currently trying to fulfill (present). Summer's axe is who Ruby wishes to become (future)

Ruby's fight with Neo's Jabberwalker, where Ruby hallucinates three people. Cinder is the foe Ruby lost to (past). Penny is her current inner demon (present). Salem is the villain Ruby must eventually face (future)

Neo's crazy tea party, where Neo destroys Ruby by using three loved ones. Penny is a dead friend (past), Oscar is a friend Ruby could kill (future) and Little is a friend that dies (present)

Past, present and future haunt Ruby, so that she can accept who she was, understand who she is and move towards who she will be:

Past Ruby: So, are you a Huntress? Like the ones you read about in books? Ruby: I… I don’t know… Past Ruby: They always saved the day, didn’t they? Always knew what to do. Always won in the end. Ruby: But… life isn’t like a fairy tale… Past Ruby: That’s right! It’s up to you to make things better, isn’t it? Everything all depends on you! Your sister needs you, your friends need you, the whole world needs you to keep fighting, forever and ever, against an invincible monster that took your mother! Past Ruby: Mom was the best… but even she failed. That doesn’t seem fair. None of this seems fair. Ruby: But… What am I supposed to do…? Past Ruby: You can do whatever you want. Be whoever you want! You don’t even have to be Ruby Rose… So, what are you gonna be?

2- Neo brings to the surface Ruby's inner conflicts. She starts with the three struggles Ruby faces in Atlas and she keeps going by using her Jabberwalkers to re-create Atlas's destruction twice:

Finally, she has Ruby fight her inner demons all at once:

Neo-Ironwood: Who were you to think you knew what was best for Atlas? Neo-Pyrrha: I was the best and brightest Beacon had to offer. But I traded my life so my friends could live! Neo-Penny: Just like you were too late to save me at the Vytal Festival… I died in Atlas too, didn’t I? (walks towards Ruby) Can you imagine what that's like? To be completely and utterly failed… time and again… (kneels down to Ruby) by someone who meant the world to you… Neo-Pyrrha: How many more people are going to die because of you?! Ruby: I’m trying to save everyone! Neo-Ironwood: And yet with all your best intentions… Have you ever stopped to wonder if you’d done more harm than good?! Ruby: It’s not my fault…! Neo-Ozpin: How many more lives do you have to ruin before you realize you’re not cut out to save anyone?! Ruby: NO!!!

This happens because Neo is a manifestation of Ruby's id. Just like Hecate is a Goddess linked with crossroads and choice, Neo forces Ruby to transform.

Ruby's hidden self and her conflictual feelings are intertwined in Neo, who is the part of herself Ruby refuses to aknowledge until it explodes.

Let's juxtapose these two scenes:

Ruby: What is this about? The White Fang? Roman Torchwick?

Ruby: Is that seriously what this is all about? You still blame me for what happened to Torchwick?!

In volume 4, Ruby asks Tyrian why he is after her and mentions Torchwick. In volume 9, Ruby is surprised Roman's partner wants to avenge him. This happens because throughout Mistral and Atlas, Ruby starts shouldering too much responsibilities by herself. Her whole ego becomes intertwined with the duty to stop Salem. By doing so, she neglects other parts of the self:

Maria: You know, you don't give yourself enough credit. Ruby: Oh… Thanks. Maria: That wasn't a compliment.

Which leads to the shadow suffering and festering. Inside Ruby, the shadow is her grief and trauma. Outside, the shadow is Neo. A secondary villain with a revenge agenda, which is nothing compared to the threath Salem represents. And yet, Neo's personal grudge grows until she becomes dangerous for Ruby's own existence:

Neo-Roman: You don’t deserve to die, Red. You deserve to be broken down… Torn apart… wiped from existence.

In this context, Ruby refusing to empathize with Neo is really Ruby refusing to empathize with herself:

Give me anything But this symphony of technicolor rage You call it righteous, meaningful It's anything but love Don't take me for a fool I know this all too well so Leave your tears to someone else cuz It's not just you who lost it all

Neo kills the Jabberwalker because she doesn't want to accept Roman's loss. Ruby doesn't see Neo because it would mean to look at her own pain.

The end result is bad for both girls. On the one hand Ruby is overwhelmed by trauma and chooses to disappear. On the other hand Neo realizes how empty she is after Ruby is gone. That is because shadow and light can't live without each other. They need to integrate, which is what Ruby and Neo do by the end.

Both see themselves more clearly, so they are finally able to empathize with each other:

Their conflict almost kills them, but once they get throught it they are ready to become better versions of themselves. They die and are reborn:

Since she had used her Semblance for the first time to create a butterfly with one pink wing, one brown, with white spots all over- then sent it out her bedroom window and watched it flutter away until she lost sight of it and let it go. (Roman Holiday, chapter 11)

Like two butterflies, who step into a brand new phase of their lives.

HECATE (BALANCE)

Neo's story is about finding balance inside and outside:

Inside- As a child, Neo is too repressed (superego), so as an adult she becomes uncontrolled (id). Her arc has her grow more balanced (ego).

Outside - In volume 9, Neo is Ruby's shadow (id) and brings out all of Ruby's negative emotions. By the end, though, Ruby is able to understand Neo and feels sympathy for her. This is because our LRRH doesn't refuse her own shadow anymore.

In other words, Neo is an id character, who has to integrate both with herself and with the world around her. This fits Hecate, who is a Goddess linked to the Underworld. The Ever After itself is a representation of this kingdom for three different reasons:

It is the world before (under) Remnant

It is the world of the deads (buried under)

It is the world of the unconscious (buried inside)

This is why Neo's semblance grows more powerful while there. Hecate is the queen of ghosts and Neo grows powerful enough to rule the Ever After with her materialized spirits (illusions). On a deeper level, our lady of the deads must face her own grief. So, like other characters, Neo goes through the stages of grief. In particular, Neo's stages are represented by her reactions to different characters:

The Jabberwalker she kills (negation)

Ruby she stalks and tortures (rage)

The Roman she materializes (bargaining)

The Curious Cat she is controlled by (depression)

All these meetings are a part of her journey to find both acceptance and herself. Maybe this is why throughout volume 9 she progressively becomes more and more Hecate-like. As a matter of fact, she aquires many attributes of the mysterious Goddess.

She gains her personal Empusas:

The Empusas are Hecate's demons, who look like girls with some odd body parts. In this case, Neo's heterocromia.

The Empusas are usually monsters linked to fire that appear as half-dogs. Here, Ruby sees the Jabberwalker with Cinder's head.

She finds her own Horned God:

The Horned God is the Triple Goddess's companion in neopagan religions. The Jabberwalker is a horned creature associated with Neo.

She commands a pack of dogs (the Jabberwalkers) and she herself plays the part of Ruby's dangerous wolf. This fits with Hecate's sacred animals being dogs.

Finally, she stands beside a wicked torch:

Torchwick-illusion is her companion in the Underworld and a symbol of her friend's lost soul. She even uses Roman's voice to lead Ruby towards death. Just like Hecate holds torches to guide mortals in the Kingdom of the Deads.

Despite all this, there is still an attribute missing: keys. They represent Hecate's ability to travel through worlds. However, Neo is stuck in the Ever After:

Jaune: So Neo can’t go through the door…

This happens because she has still to fully bloom into Hecate (herself). However, she is making progress and by the end of volume 9 she reaches acceptance. A necessary step to grow.

In particular, she dispels her illusion of Roman. She overcomes her grief by overcoming her own fantasies. This is interesting because it is the opposite of what happens in Roman Holiday:

“He caught a lock of her hair and showed it to her. It was white. “This is new. It suits you,” he said. Why would she have done that with her Semblance?” (Roman Holiday, chapter 26)

There, she represses her sadness over her parents' death, which manifests in her illusory white lock of hair. In the series, though, she lets go of an illusion to move on. Why is that so? That is because Neo herself is a combination of illusion and reality:

“Roman shook his head. “Show them who you really are.” Neo changed back into herself, but swapper her school uniform for her favourite suite. Roman handed her her parasol. (Roman Holiday, chapter 22)

Roman Holiday is the story of how she realizes illusions are a part of who she is. Volume 9 is where she learns she can't live in a world made only of illusions. So, she chooses to face herself for real:

Once she emerges from the Tree, she will gain her allusion's ability to move freely between dimensions (psychopomp) and will go through the door. She will leave her fantastical world (the Ever After) and come back to reality (Remnant).

[ystk-archive]

“I thought the dress I designed (since I couldn’t find the type of clothes I had in mind) turned out so well that I used a photo of it for the single’s cover art. I did the animation in the music video too; the video and the cover art match with the pink and black-and-white color scheme. The video’s concept was a store for girls that has a white interior and sells cosmetics alongside other goods.” – Nakata Yasutaka

(Song descriptions by Nakata Yasutaka)

Candy Cutie While I was making this song I thought to myself: “I’m glad I was born in the era of electricity and computers.” It's cute and sounds like it's blasting through the streets at full speed.

call me call me I wanted to try making party breakbeats. 1.2.3.4 yay

Candy Cutie (Monkey Party mix) remixed by KOFTA KOFTA (a music unit consisting of PINE*am’s Takashi Tsugumi and Readymade Records’ Arai Toshiya) did this remix. It’s stimulating and funky. I think it’ll be popular in the club.

Candy Cutie (no----Nashville mix) remixed by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box If there was some kind of world competition for cut-up/sampling pop, this remix by PSB would without a doubt win the championship.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

How refreshing- this Spanish-inspired ranch has every room in a different color scheme. Built in 1968 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, it has 6bds, 4ba, & asks $2.695M.

I'm thinking that the raised area where the 2 Eames chairs are may be a dining area.

I would never think of painting the walls rose pink and buying an orange sofa and green side chair.

They made this large room into a dining room. I don't know if it was expanded, but it really looks like it wasn't originally a dining room.

Peachy keen kitchen. Love those cabinets.

Cool color block bedroom.

Green and black with a couple pops of color. Or, is the wall a charcoal brown? I can't tell.

Spearmint green bath.

Note how the beds are all the same, but in different colors.

Peach & gold. I like the built-in desk.

Matching gold bath.

This must be the main bedroom with a cool sunroom and fireplace, with a door to the patio. It looks like they made it into an extra bedroom.

This is the entrance foyer w/a little kitchenette where guests can prepare morning coffee.

And, this would be bedroom in the casita. They whitewashed the interior brick walls.

Nice shower room in the casita.

The grounds around the casita.

Beautiful pool at the main house- .92 acre of property, almost an acre.

https://www.movoto.com/paradise-valley-az/4520-e-indian-bend-rd-paradise-valley-az-85253/pid_vzfoz01d8g/

[moonfall-wreckage]

Frosty Reunion Part 2

Part 1

Jay had forgotten how cold Crystal liked it. It may have been a chilly day out, autumn turning to winter as he'd been a prisoner to his sister, but her base was kept somewhere around sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Memories of bickering over the thermostat surfaced. Jay shivered, his injured side aching, as he picked at his food, glancing up at Crys as often as he dared. He wanted to dissect every similarity and change from the last six years.

The dining hall was vast, designed to accommodate a lot more guests than just him. The marble flooring was a pale blue ribboned with purple and silver. The walls and room accents were dark expensive wood. Huge colored glass windows sent kaleidescopes of pale color--a watercolor mix of purple, blue, and pink hues--scattering across the floor. Drapes and tapestries hung heavy on the walls, startingly white with lots of lace and beading. They had to be hand-sewn. Crystal had always loved interior design.

The banquet table could've fit at least fifty people. Crystal had positioned him two seats down from her right hand, ankles shackled to the chair but arms free. He wasn't certain how much he should read into the fact that it was his traditional seat from their family table growing up.

It was weird being alone with Crystal, well, Frost now. The only sounds between them light clinking of cutlery and the shifting sounds of the papers Crystal was going through.

"Food not sitting well with you?" Crystal asked disinterestedly, eyes fixed on her work.

Jay shrugged. "It's good. I don't feel much like eating." The words were easy to get out, at odds with the knots in his stomach. He didn't know what to do in the silence but he felt even less equipped to handle small talk with Frost.

"You know, you never mentioned what your powers are." She said it as nonchalant as a comment on the weather.

"I have intuition or, like, a sixth sense." He slipped into his explanation like he was helping her with homework. Trivial, easy, comfortable. "It gives me an edge in a fight and telling if someone is lying but in the grand scheme of powered individuals it's not that impressive."

"Huh," she muttered, noncommittal. "Explains some ancient squabbles." There was the smallest trace of a smile in her voice.

Something was wrong. Why had he just blurted that out with no filter whatsoever. "What--"

"So, can you still put away chili dogs like you're a competitive eater at the fair?"

The question was painful in the same way just looking at his sister was painful. Looking for Crystal but seeing only Frost, reality splintered by lost time. "Yeah." It spilled out, regardless of the unease tightening in his chest.

"I'll have to put a special request in to my kitchen staff. They don't often get to widen their horizons from gourmet and delicacies. They'll have fun with the change of pace. Where is your team base?"

"Under the Salt Springs building." His gut squeezed, anxiety cutting him like broken shards of glass. "Why can't I--"

"What's Crimson Plague afraid of?"

"They hate..." He ground his jaw shut, jabbing a fork into the back of his hand for good measure, focusing on the pain so he would shut up.

A concerned light flickered across Frost's face, there and gone in a heartbeat. "No, no, none of that. What would mom say?"

"If mom even noticed, she'd tell me I'm not on the menu and to think about my little sister." His hands started shaking.

"Yes, she would. Terrible example, as ever. Crimson Plague's fears?" Frost prompted again.

Jay stuffed his mouth full of bread but he couldn't stem the words. He ended up choking, coughing up the food and the answers that Frost wanted at the same time. "They're claustrophobic. And they hate needles."

There was a lull. Jay met Frost's eyes over the table. She gestured vaguely to his glass. "Drink."

Without a second thought, his hand shot out to take the glass, another hijacking of his will. The water did soothe his throat and he was able to stop coughing. "Please don't do this, Crystal. My friends--" Tears lingered on his face, not just from his coughing fit.

"Hm, Crimson Plague's civillian identity?"

Frost continued to throw questions at him, the answers spewing out, honest and unhindered. Every time she spoke, words were tugged from him, compelled forth like he was a puppet on her strings.

Crystal dropped the pretense of eating or working and focused solely on him. Her glassy pale eyes roamed over him, taking in every twitch and tic as he spilled his guts to her, betraying everything he believed in, everyone he cared about.

It went on for hours, the food long since gone cold and dry in front of them. Jay gave Frost his whole team's profiles of weaknesses, fears, secrets, loved ones, anything and everything Frost thought to ask or even just imply.

"What a good boy you are." She walked over to him to pat his shoulder consolingly. "See you tomorrow. Family dinner is an important ritual, after all." She kissed his cheek and her footsteps started to recede.

"Wait! Crys--Frost," he corrected himself bitterly, "what are you going to do?"

Her light laugh tinkled through the empty cavernous hall. "Still underestimating me. Maybe next time, think twice before you eat up truth serum offered on a silver platter. Literally." He could feel her roll her eyes, the edge in her voice sharp enough to slice him open.

He was left alone, chained to his seat, his betrayal echoing endlessly around the hall. He grabbed every piece of china he could reach and threw it mercilessly to the floor. By the time Frost's man showed up to move him back to his cell there was a pile of dusted glass, porcelain shards, and silverware. A physical representation of the mess he'd made.

Family dinner had never felt so hollow.

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Hemera (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Lil Lighty by Thanatos, Hypnos, and Charon

Hemmie by her parents and Sophrosyne

Sunshine Sparkle (sarcastically) by Nemesis

Age- 16 (immortal)

Location- The Underworld

Personality- Hemera has a very happy-go-lucky attitude. She can be a bit naive at times, but her radiant positivity, unwavering optimism, & groundedness makes her appealing to be around. She’s single.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess. As goddess of the day her other powers/abilities include photokinesis (light manipulation), force field generation/manipulation, being able to communicate with diurnal animals, vitakinesis; by use of sunlight, pyrokinesis; her fire burns a bright white-yellow, limited umbrakinesis, as well as invisibility.

She’s stronger during the daytime & gets significantly weaker during the night. 

Notable physical features of Hemera include her light brown freckled skin, her golden brown eyes, and her long curly copper brown hair. 

The sunflower is her sacred plant.

Hemera’s natural scent is that of lemon verbena. 

She’s the youngest daughter of Nyx (goddess of the night) & Erebus (god of darkness). Hemera has a fraternal twin brother- Aether (god of the upper atmosphere, celestial bodies, & heavenly light). 

Her older siblings include Nosos (god of illness, plague, & disease), Moros (god of doom), Sophrosyne (goddess of moderation, temperance, & restraint), Apate (goddess of fraud & deception), Keres (goddess of violent death), Arae (goddess of curses & hexes), Charon (Ferryman of the Underworld), Thanatos (god of death), Hypnos (god of sleep), Nemesis (goddess of retribution), as well as Achlys (goddess of the death mist, poison, misery, & sadness).

She also has an aunt, Empusa (goddess of shapeshifting).

Hemera is fluent in Latin, the official language of the Underworld. 

She splits her time between the Realm of Darkness and the upper realm, that’s known as Olympius. Hemera owns a mansion in the Solar district of New Olympus that’s nicknamed Palace of the Sun and she has a bedroom at her parents’ place, the Mansion of Night. Hemera stays in Olympius during the day and goes to the Underworld at night. 

The interior design of her mansion in Olympius is very light with the color scheme being cream, yellow, white, & gold. There are large windows- perfect for bringing in sunlight. The floors are a glossy marble and there's plenty of cotton & linen furniture, silk curtains hanging from the windows, as well as lucite, ceramic, and glass furniture pieces. All the doors are built out of Imperial Gold. There’s also framed photos of her friends & family throughout the mansion. 

The interior design of her room in the Mansion of Night is drastically different with the color scheme being a sunset palette- shades of pinks, blues, & purples. There's velvet and suede furniture, dark orange mink carpeting, as well as a four poster bed. A lot of Hemera's framed artwork is hung up on the walls.

In the Underworld, Hemera’s mode of transportation is typically the subway. She also owns a chrome gold coupe- which she uses to drive around whenever she’s in Olympius. 

Hemera affectionately calls her freckles her "sunspots."

She loves listening to pop, classical, R&B, indie pop, electronic, country pop, electronic, as well as traditional Greek music. Hemera enjoys listening to her friends- The Gypsy Belles (which are the seasonal goddesses), The Golden Dolls (who are The Hesperides), M9 (The Muses), Eurydice (a dryad singer/rapper), as well as the entire music catalog of her good friend Apollo (god of the sun, music, poetry, healing, medicine, archery, plague, light, & knowledge). His song “Slow Burn” is her smartphone’s ringtone. 

A go-to drink for her is a lemonade slushie. Hemera makes her own at home and she also buys them at The Frozen Spoon. She also likes iced tea, orange juice, mineral water, sparkling apple cider, champagne, shirley temples, lemon-lime soda, mango juice, grapefruit spritzers, ginger ale, mimosas, in addition to sunflower cocktails (a drink made with absinthe, gin, triple sec, elderflower liqueur, & lemon juice). Usuals from The Roasted Bean include a cafe au lait, a medium orange-pineapple splash, and a large caramel frappuccino- with extra whipped cream. 

She starts her day early when she awakes at the Mansion of Night. Hemera takes a quick shower with her favorite honey scented body wash. She leaves a note for her parents before leaving. Hemera then travels to her place in Olympius where she re-sets the thermostat to air out the place. After watering the plants, she’ll go to her bedroom to catch a few more hours of sleep.

Her favorite colors are yellow, orange, & gold. 

The bacon, egg, & cheese sandwich on a roll from The Bread Box is Hemera’s favorite thing to eat for breakfast. She also likes the Golly Grains caramel curls cereal, her dad’s buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy, as well as her mom’s cornmeal porridge. Hemera also likes the Khlöómorphos Farm frozen cinnamon brown sugar waffles. She piles on the butter and honey on them when they pop out of the toaster. 

Hemera came into the family along with Aether after the Titanomachy, Gigantomachy, and The Dark War. She grew up with Thanatos, Hypnos, Achlys, & Nemesis. She’s never met Apate before, but is aware of her through pictures as well as on Fatestagram, a popular social media site. 

Daylilies are her favorite flowers!

Her and her twin brother are very close. Though they're not identical, there’s this “unspoken” twin feeling between them. Hemera & Aether know exactly what the other one is thinking or feeling, even if they’re not around each other. At their parents’ place, they both love watching episodes of Harmony Heights, a soap opera about the warring nephelai families- the Skybournes and the Cirrisis. They also frequent Frostfell Park to go figure skating. 

Hemera’s personal fashion style is girly with a slight tomboy edge. The color palette of her clothes is white, pale gold, light blue, and soft yellows. She’s also a fan of lightweight free-flowing fabrics like chiffon, linen, & silk. Staples in her closet include sneakers, wedged heels, denim jackets, bralette tops, halter tops, ankle boots, tees, jean shorts, leggings, ripped jeans, as well as wrap dresses & maxi dresses. She’s also fond of wearing stylish baseball caps. 

She’s quite fond of wearing gold jewelry, no matter what kind- yellow gold, white gold, or rose gold. Hemera also likes wearing pearls. 

For her long curly copper brown hair, Hemera loves using the Glory’s Crown ambrosia honey curling glaze and sunflower oil hair gloss. She’ll style her hair in pigtails and high bouncy ponytails. She also doesn’t mind other styles like fishtail braids, french braids, cornrows, lemonade braids, as well as fulani braids. Once, Sophrosyne helped Hemera flat iron her hair. When it was done, Hemera’s hair nearly reached the small of her back. The photo that she posted on her Fatestagram page of her sleek ‘do had nearly two million likes!

When it comes to makeup, Hemera likes her look to be fresh & dewy. She likes the Olmorfia bronzer stick in the shade “Sun-kissed.” Hemera also likes shimmery eyeshadow- in shades of gold, bronze, & rose gold. She also likes the Hot Intoxication liquid eyeliner in “Champagne Confetti,” a metallic gold color. Hemera normally wears lip gloss on her lips, but sometimes doesn’t mind a gold or bronze toned lipstick. 

Her favorite snack is her homemade grilled cheese. Hemera lightly toasts white bread and uses three kinds of cheeses- cheddar, mozzarella, & provolone. She also likes honey barbeque potato chips as well as a bag of lemonade flavored saltwater taffy- which she gets from Confection Carousel, the business owned by Záchari (god of confectionery). 

Hemera has a good relationship with both of her parents. She knows that with a bat of her eyelashes, Nyx & Erebus will give their undivided attention to her. She likes watching her mom cook in the kitchen and if she’s allowed to, Hemera will help. With her dad, she’ll hike on the Obsidian Ridge, a scenic trail in the Underworld. 

Vanilla honey is her favorite ice cream flavor. She also likes pineapple-mango sorbet. 

With her older sisters, Hemera is definitely closer to Sophrosyne and Arae. Sophrosyne lives in Olympius full time in the state of Mykonos, so she visits her often- where they’ll go shopping and bike riding. Hemera has visited Arae in Tartarus and has also flown her sister’s dragon Starfyre. 

A guilty pleasure for her are the chicken tenders from Olympic Chef. Hemera will get a six piece (with hot honey dipping sauce) along with large crinkle cut fries and a small drink- lemonade with ice.

The baklava cheesecake from Hollyhock’s Bakery in addition to her mom’s sweet potato pie are her favorite desserts!

Hemera is also close with her big brothers Thanatos & Hypnos. She loves playing basketball with her brothers at Shadowstone Park during the weekends. They also play her favorite fantasy video game, The Golden Kingdom. 

She’s friendly with Hades (god of the dead). Hemera has even dog-sat Cerberus a few times. 

Hemera is one of the few minor goddesses to have her own glamour doll collectible!

She has a successful makeup palette called Daylight- sold exclusively at Olmorfia locations in Olympius as well as the Underworld. 

Hemera is also a professional background singer. She’s provided background vocals to some songs sung by Apollo, The Muses, Eurydice, in addition to Aoide (goddess of voice & song).

She’s thinking about releasing a signature fragrance. There are no official plans yet.

In the pantheon Hemera’s best friend is Eos (Titaness of dawn). She was a major support system for Eos after her boyfriend Ares (god of war) left the realm without a word. Hemera’s heart “exploded with happiness” when Eos asked her to be her maid-of-honor at her upcoming wedding to Astraeus (Titan god of dusk). 

The Winter and Summer Solstices are her favorite holidays!

She’s also friends with Eupraxia (goddess of well-being & success), Artemis (goddess of the hunt & moon), Phaenna (goddess of jewels), Chrysos (god of gold & riches); has sung background for him a few times, Panacea (goddess of universal remedy), Méli (goddess of bees & honey), Iris (goddess of the rainbow), Hygieia (goddess of hygiene & cleanliness), Tyche (goddess of luck), Hedylogos (god of sweet talk & flattery); thinks that he’s the absolute sweetest, Nephele (goddess of clouds), Hermes (god of roads, travelers, thieves, merchants, messengers, speed, trade, sports, borders, thoughts, communications, moeny, & luck), Pandaisia (goddess of banquets), Himeros (god of impetuous love), Antheia (goddess of swamps, vegetation, & floral wreaths), Zephyrus (god of the west wind), Chloris (goddess of flowers), and Notus (god of the south wind). 

She’s also cool with Hypnos’ girlfriend, Pasithea (goddess of hallucinations & relaxation).

Hemera’s official mentor was Alectrona (goddess of the sun & morning).

Aside from her mother, she also admires Theia (Titaness of sight & heavenly light) and Eváeros (goddess of air & the zodiacs).

For other means of income, Hemera is a contributing writer of Vital Essence magazine. She also models for/endorses Sunshine Radiance (her bestie’s skincare brand), Bow + Arrow, as well as Momentum, the sneaker brand of Nike (goddess of victory). 

She used to have the BIGGEST crush on Helios (Titan god of the sun).

Aside from soap operas, Hemera also likes watching nature documentaries on TV in addition to historical dramas- her favorite one being Beneath the Scarlet Sky. 

Her favorite meals include her mom’s oxtail stew with fried sweet plantains and chicken patties. She also likes her dad’s bourbon barbeque ribs with brown rice. 

Hemera is a virgin. She had her first kiss with a nephelai guy named Caius. She initially met him when he was working as a waiter at the royal palace on Mt. Olympus during the Summer Solstice Ball. 

In her free time in Olympius she enjoys sunbathing, reading, cloud surfing, pottery, going to farmer markets, football (soccer), going to the cinema, bird watching, and going to the beach. In the Underworld, Hemera enjoys pomegranate picking, ice hockey, and snowboarding.

"Every day is a new beginning."

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How to Choose the Right Colors for Your Home

Choosing the right colors for your home is one of the most exciting parts of designing your space. The colors you pick can make your home feel warm, bright, peaceful, or even energetic. But with so many colors to choose from, it can also feel confusing. Don’t worry this blog will guide you step by step in selecting the perfect colors for every room in your home.

At Cubedecors, we help people design beautiful homes every day. As one of the best interior design companies in Bangalore, we know how important color is. Whether you are doing a full home interior or just repainting a room, this guide is for you.

Why Are Colors So Important in Home Interiors?

Colors affect how a space feels. A soft blue can make a bedroom feel calm. A bright yellow can make a kitchen feel cheerful. A rich green can make your living room feel cozy and connected to nature.

The right colors can:

Make rooms look bigger or smaller

Change the mood of the space

Show your personality

Improve lighting (natural or artificial)

That’s why expert help from interior designers in Bangalore like Cubedecors can make a big difference in your home.

Step 1: Understand Your Room's Purpose

Before choosing colors, ask yourself: what is this room for?

Bedroom

Do you want a relaxing space to sleep peacefully? Then go for soft and soothing colors like light blue, pastel pink, or lavender.

Living Room

This is a space for guests and family gatherings. Choose warm, welcoming colors like beige, grey, or earthy tones. You can also add bold shades like deep blue or forest green for a stylish touch.

Kitchen

Kitchens should feel bright and clean. White, soft yellow, or mint green are great choices. You can add contrast with darker cabinets or colorful tiles.

Bathroom

Light colors make small bathrooms look bigger. Try light grey, pale blue, or even soft peach for a fresh look.

Kids' Room

Kids love colors! Use playful shades like orange, green, blue, or pink but balance it out with white or beige so it doesn’t feel too loud.

Knowing the room’s purpose will help you choose the best color combinations.

Step 2: Choose a Color Scheme

A color scheme means the group of colors you use in a room. There are many options, but here are three simple ones:

1. Monochromatic

Use one color in different shades. For example, light blue walls, medium blue curtains, and dark blue cushions. This gives a clean and peaceful look.

2. Complementary

Pick two colors that are opposite on the color wheel, like blue and orange, or purple and yellow. This creates a fun and bold look.

3. Analogous

Choose colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, like green, blue-green, and blue. These colors usually look good together and give a natural feel.

At Cubedecors, our expert team helps clients in Bangalore choose the best color scheme based on their home’s layout and natural light.

Step 3: Think About Natural Light

The amount of light in a room can change how a color looks. A shade that looks great in a bright showroom may look dull in a darker home.

Tips:

North-facing rooms: Use warm colors to brighten the space.

South-facing rooms: You can use cooler shades since there’s already plenty of natural light.

East-facing rooms: Great for warm colors that glow in the morning.

West-facing rooms: Try soft whites or neutrals to balance the golden evening light.

If you're unsure, the interior designers Bangalore residents trust like our team at Cubedecors can help you test paint samples in your actual space before making a decision.

Step 4: Start with Neutrals and Add Accents

Neutral colors like white, cream, grey, and beige are always safe choices for walls. You can then add bright or bold colors through:

Curtains

Cushions

Wall art

Rugs

Furniture

This way, if you get bored of a color later, it’s easy to change without repainting the walls.

Cubedecors, known as the best interior design company in Bangalore, often uses this method to give homeowners more flexibility and long-term satisfaction.

Step 5: Use Color to Connect Your Home

To make your home look well-designed, connect colors from one room to the next. You don’t need to use the same color everywhere. Instead, repeat one or two shades in different ways across rooms.

For example:

Use a grey sofa in the living room and grey cushions in the bedroom

Add a soft green plant in each room to create a sense of flow

This creates a smooth, calm feeling when you walk from one room to another.

Step 6: Test Before You Paint

Before you finalize your paint, test small patches on your wall and observe how the color looks at different times of the day morning, afternoon, and night. You’ll be surprised how lighting changes color.

Many times, clients visit Cubedecors with a favorite paint sample, but after testing at home, they end up choosing a different shade. That’s the smart way to avoid mistakes.

Step 7: Trust Professional Help

Picking the right colors can feel overwhelming. That’s why many homeowners in Bangalore prefer working with interior designers in Bangalore like Cubedecors. We take time to understand your taste, your space, your lighting, and your budget.

We offer:

Expert color advice

Sample visualization tools

Complete design services

In-house manufacturing and fast project delivery

From choosing wall colors to fabric textures, we make the whole process simple and stress-free.

Final Thoughts: Your Home, Your Colors

Colors are a big part of your everyday life. They affect how you feel, how your home looks, and even how guests experience your space. So, take time to plan, explore, and ask for help when needed.

If you're in Bangalore and want to create a beautiful, colorful home, Cubedecors is here for you. As one of the most trusted interior designers Bangalore offers, we are proud to deliver design solutions that are stylish, functional, and personal.

Why Choose Cubedecors?

45-Day Delivery Guarantee

In-House Manufacturing

EMI Options Available

10-Year Warranty on Interiors

Expert Designers with Years of Experience

Budget-Friendly Options

1000+ Happy Homes Designed Across Bangalore

Whether you're building a new home or renovating your old one, Cubedecors the best interior design company in Bangalore is the partner you need.

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Writing Notes: Pastel Colors

Pastel Colors - pale variations of primary colors and exhibit lightness and low saturation.

To create a pastel shade, blend white into the original color, mixing the pigments until they fully combine.

The more white you add to the original color, the lighter the pastel shade becomes. 

Examples of Pastel Colors

As tints of primary colors, pastel hues are not on a traditional color wheel. Their limited saturation and pale shades create a soothing and romantic atmosphere. Common shades of pastel colors include:

Baby blue: Similar to sky blue, baby blue is a light shade of azure that pairs well with pastel yellow and pink. Baby blue is also a signature color scheme for nurseries and children’s rooms.

Lilac: As a mix between mauve and light blue, lilac is a pale shade of violet that resembles the lilac flower. This pastel color creates a bright contrast alongside shades of olive green and gray.

Mauve: Like lilac, mauve is also a pastel variety of the color purple. There are different shades of mauve, with some tints containing pale pink hues and others containing light gray shades.

Mint green: A blend of blue, green, and white, mint green is often a staple shade on a pastel color palette. Different tints of mint green vary according to the proportions of white, blue, and green.

Peach: A bright summery tone, peach is a pastel color in the orange family. Its warm hues resemble a bright cream, making it an ideal color base upon which to build.

How to Use Pastel Colors

By matching the right colors, you can effectively incorporate pale tones into different design trends. Try these steps for working with pastel colors:

Create a pastel color scheme. As an arrangement of complementary color combinations, a color scheme is a foundation that balances bright and dark shades. Start by choosing a pastel color as your base. Select complementary colors by pairing this main color with tints on opposite ends on the color wheel. If your color wheel does not include pastel colors, find the primary color closest to your pastel and then note which color is across from it. The pastel version of this second primary color is your complementary color. For example, if pastel blue is your main color, use pastel oranges as your complementary colors in your color scheme.

Test your shades. Before applying any color to a new space or template, test your color scheme. Pastel colors appear differently depending on how the light hits them. Consider doing a small patch test to ensure you like how the color looks after you apply it.

Incorporate contrast. Contrasting colors enhance different aspects of your design. Pastel on pastel can result in a faded look the eye has trouble viewing. Instead, layer your pastel background with color contrast. For instance, in a pale yellow web design, consider using a saturated hue for the lettering so the text is eye-catching. Darker tones that pair with pale colors include magenta, eggplant, navy blue, and dark green.

Add an accent. For a more dramatic look, you can incorporate accent colors in your template. Soft pastels amplify the appearance of bright colors. To make a statement in your design, consider incorporating a primary color shade into your palette. For home décor, use primary color throw pillows as an accent to a pastel-colored couch.

Tips for Using Pastel Colors

Consider these styling tips for using pastel colors in graphic design or interior design:

Add intrigue with metallic shades. Since pastel colors have less saturation, shimmery colors, such as gold and silver, are attention-grabbing against pastel backgrounds. Experiment with different metallic shades to add texture to your pastel look.

Play with patterns and shapes. Pastel backgrounds are an opportunity to incorporate bold shapes and interesting textures. Consider adding a geometric pattern to a wall with a pastel color scheme. The soft gradient of the pale colors allows the unique shapes to stand out.

Use neutrals for balance. Adding a pale hue to a neutral color palette creates a fresh, eye-catching look. Neutral colors, such as white, gray, and beige, ground pastel shades and prevent an overwhelming blend of color. This technique works well for business cards and logo designs.

Graphic designers, interior decorators, and artists incorporate pastel colors into their work to blend color palettes, build texture, and balance bold patterns.

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MY WAITING ROOM.

Y’all asked for it, so here I go! It’s taken a bit to get my thoughts in order, but I appreciate your patience! <3

So, basically, my WR is a huge mansion where I live alone so I can decompress and be away from people for as long as I want to. Like most WRs out there, the time ratio is so wild that it makes my WR exist pretty much outside of time. (I think it’s like 100 years = 1 second or something like that?)

The house itself is a combination of royaltycore and rococo style, with some cherry blossom designs peppered in among the white marble that is most of the interior. The majority of my WR’s color scheme is white and pink! As far as the layout goes, I have pretty much anything I could ever want in a place I use to unwind. I have a movie room with a conversation pit, an indoor pool, a game room, all the Lego sets and jigsaw puzzles I could ever want, a library, and more! The library even has all my favorite fanfictions in book form, and if they’re incomplete in my OR, they are finished in my WR. I can also watch any fanfiction as a TV show or movie if I want to! OH! I also have an AI assistant like JARVIS. Her name is SOLACE, which stands for “Super Optimized Limitless and Convenient Entity.” She is just like JARVIS in that she is fairly sentient and can perform any task I ask of her.

Also in this DR I have two cats! The first is an Abyssinian named Maple, my precious baby angel. The second is Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, or Percy for short. He’s a gray Norwegian Forest cat and an asshole (but I love him). Neither I nor my cats have to eat, so I don’t have to worry about meal prep or stuff like that unless I want to experience the taste of food for fun. And my cats are immortal bc why not shjghjdfkjkd

Inside the house, there’s a device that I so creatively named the Summoner. Essentially, if I want to be social, I use that to invite people. No one visits otherwise. I can invite people from any DR as well as people I know or knew in my OR. 

If I so choose, I can also shift to my other DRs from my WR. In a special room in the house, I can use a dial next to a specific door to choose which DR I want to shift to, open the door, lay down on the bed in the room, and when I wake up, I’m in the DR. Simple!

Oh! This is what my normal bedroom looks like btw! You enter the room on the first floor and my bed is up that spiral staircase there. The ceiling above my bed is covered in stars and constellations <3

And that’s about it! Well, there’s also like. A BUNCH of NSFW related to my WR, but I’d have to make that its own post. Let me know if y’all would wanna hear about that jkghdkfghk

Thanks for reading! Much love, mwah mwah mwah! <3

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can you tell me about your oc cats 🥺

THE CATS MY BELOVEDS

technically i have like 7 cat ocs but i think everyone knows "the cats" specifically refers to these two. white/brown is feisha calico is fushia.

they are unrelated by blood!!!!!!! entirely!!!!!!!!!!

feisha's originally from the north west of the country fushia's from the south east. feisha ran away from home fushia went on a journey with their family's support. they met somewhere in the middle when they were around 12. feisha was really hesitant to open up at first but fushia's pretty warm & persistent & they ended up becoming friends.

they both may have had regional accents at the time but otherwise their speech patterns were what u'd expect from someone their age. that gradually changed over time they both have a rather odd manner of speaking now. which started as either of them saying phrases to entertain themself & the other picking it up & bc they spend so much time together it just evolved into this whole thing. they come across as rather formal at first until u really listen to what theyre saying & then u realize its the most casual statements ever in the most bizarre word choice for the situation. in eng this is mostly like what u'd expect from an incorrect period drama tea party scene. but its not act theyre just like that. as i was saying earlier im not sure how i want to handle it in jpn but i think having them use formal typically only written phrases might work. maybe. they're very playful tho despite seeming formal they'll both sneak in a meow or nya every once in a while. in eng they add "dear" before each other's names when they address or speak about each other. have not decided what jpn term i want to use yet.

i said they became friends as kids but their current relationship is undefined. up to interpretation. if u as the audience think theyre dating or married or should be ur free to feel so. if u think theyre just really good friends thats just as fine. the only term they claim is "partners" and thats not in a romantic way thats in an oc world specific way to describe the person u trust deeply & work well with on long journeys & during fights. the term is completely removed from romantic or sexual connotations. all that matters is knowing they are, at this point, so close to each other & find each other so important they would sacrifice their own morals if it meant saving the other. they are exceptionally close.

despite many of the kemonomimi ocs in oc world being deities or demigods neither of the cats are! theyre just normal people. that said a lot of the locals in their area dont believe that and call them the forest trickster gods. they both find that amusing.

they dont actually live in town they built a house in a tree below canopy level in one of the forests where the canopy is essentially a second ground. the nearest town(city?) it literally built on top of the tree canopy.

they have the white interior aesthetic going on. i cannot say minimalistic bc these two love to collect things. they have so many plushies in their room. so many. but white & silver is the main color scheme.

having opposite abilities is a coincidence but they both love that. they love to use it to trick & play pranks on people. feisha can control light & fushia can control darkness (not really shadow so much as the absence of light). scares the absolute shit out of anyone not expecting it but they dont mean any real harm unless u threaten them first. they just like playing.

fushia is naturally heterochromatic feisha is not. they wear one brown contact so they match with fushia.

i said their house's color scheme is white & silver but their fave colors are green (feisha) & pink (fushia). this is reflected more in their clothes then their other things however.

speaking of their clothes they both wear & look good in nearly anything but in particular fushia's black sweater they tie around their shoulders is a gift from feisha. likewise feisha's star necklace is a gift from fushia. neither Always have them on but they frequently do

they arent always together they're fine doing errands or outings separately but they like being together to meet up with friends and especially if they're going on a long trip. its fine to treat them as a package deal but they dont have codependency issues (boring)

related to the first point feisha is not in contact with their family since they left but fushia's checks in with them from time to time. feisha doesnt necessarily get along with fushia's family. usually its not a problem but prolonged stays will have them unusually moody. that said they still maintain the same odd speaking habit. IF feisha had to deal with their own family again that would probably be the only time they get so upset they drop the usual speaking habits and use more normal language. it would shock fushia so much to see they wouldnt know how to react in the moment.

theyre both good friends with viridia. feisha in particular sympathizes with her family problems. the three of them get together decently often

they are perhaps the most put together & functional of any of my ocs