#and give you a beautiful rose...

[culticterror]

So, if I gave you flowers.. Would you smell them?

The sweet tangy aroma of your mind going fuzzy and blank because of course you didn't expect me to drug flowers.

Or did I drug them? Maybe it's just a hypnotic trigger so that every time I give you flowers you can't help but sniff... And...

All you need to remember is that I was nice and got you flowers <3

[hayaku14]

WAKE UP NEW KAITO FIT JUST DROPPED

and here's a pretty shinichi cos that's my boy

ANYWAY THEY BOTH LOOK SO GOOD AND SHINICHI'S BLUE SUIT MATCHES KID'S SHIRT AAAAAAA

[swan2swan]

You know how it goes.

[hotasfahrenheit]

flowers? in my vampire show? it's more likely than you think

(i mean there is a florist character so it's not THAT unlikely but i needed a title)

first off-

that's limonium, which is notoriously stinky, so my takeaway is that vampires are stinky and i'm not going to let anyone change my mind on that~

for the actual arrangement-

we've got three roses, surrounded by a bunch of what we call filler flowers- limonium, statice, and baby's breath.

roses are classic, everyone knows and loves roses. they usually represent things like love and romance, but they can also represent secrecy and mysticism. pink roses specifically tend to represent gratitude and admiration. i'm not gonna include a picture of roses, y'all know what they are.

what i'm referring to as limonium in this arrangement is actually specifically caspia, a delicate, cloudy variety of limonium that is associated with grace, perservereance, and transformation. it uh. well at my shop it's also known as "cat's-pee-ah" because it smells like cat pee to a lot of people. i don't think it smells quite like cat pee, but it does smell -terrible-. i made one of our newer girls smell it a few weeks ago and her response was an offended, betrayed look and a "WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME??!?!?" yelled across the room. (i just laughed in response, obviously)

it comes in white and light purple- we use it most often in the purple colour- and it's very pretty and fills space in nicely. but yeah it stinks, it's best to mix it into bouquets or arrangements that have a stronger scent, like putting it with stock flowers, lilies, etc. (picture borrowed from here!)

statice (pronounced just like status and i didn't realise that it was not the same word at first because english is just Like That so often) is actually a variety of limonium and made searching for info for this post just... so great and easy! hah. statice is very common in its very vibrant bright purple variety, but also comes in a variety of colours that i like much better honestly sorry not sorry

statice stands for fond memories, sympathy and success according to the info i could find that distinguished it from caspia limonium. it can look almost fake or papery in the more vibrant colours, and has a kind of dry seeming texture even when it's fresh. the stems are MUCH thicker than caspia and the flowers are bigger and more clumped together, so they're easy to tell apart. (purple statice picture from here, the colourful picture i had on my computer already and when i tried to backtrack search it, it's in use ALL OVER THE PLACE so i can't credit that one accurately)

then we come to the baby's breath. sigh. what can i say about baby's breath without going on a rant about how much most florists actually passionately hate baby's breath? it's terrible. it breaks constantly. it's difficult to pull apart bunches without making a mess. the flowers get nasty when they start to go bad. it also smells, tho not as badly as limonium. adding it into arrangements makes me feel like i'm ruining them. it's terrible! but people love it? people who don't have to deal with it the way that florists do! anyway my fun facts about baby's breath are that it looks like teeny tiny carnations because it's in the carnation family, and the scientific name is gypsophila because when it was named, it was growing in a region with a lot of gypsum rocks in Türkiye so they were like "wow this flower sure loves gypsum!" and there you go. it's supposed to represent undying love and romance so the undying thing works well for vampires I GUESS.

the nice thing with all of these filler flowers is that they dry pretty well and pretty easily. roses can also be dried, obviously, but dried roses alter pretty noticably from their fresh state, while dried statice especially will look pretty similar to fresh depending on the colour. the best way to dry any flowers is to hang them upside down in a warm, dry location- you can get better tips by searching for them on the internet, but that's the main thing. hanging something like roses upside down is especially important, as the heavy heads will bend the stems if they're left to dry while upright in a vase. once the stem is dry and the moisture has left the petals in the flower head, they can be arranged upright again without worrying about the stems bending anymore. if you want to dry limonium, statice, or baby's breath for use in a mixed dried flower arrangement, i would recommend separating and hanging stems individually instead of drying them bunched together, as pulling the dry flowers apart will increase the likelihood of knocking dried blossoms off of the stems.

anyway there you go, your periodic edition of flowers maybe having meaning in BL shows, from your friendly neighbourhood florist. you can check the mia talks about flower things tag below for the other posts i've made about flowers in dramas so far.

until next time! 🌸🌼🌹

[certaindreamwitchreader]

Headcannon Flowers & Alastor

Alastor is usually associated with roses and daisies in general. And honestly, they look really good on him.

The daisy symbolizes purity, innocence and is used to seduce, in the case of the white ones. The pink ones are for a very shy and innocent love and the blue ones symbolize fidelity.

Roses are associated with love, but they are one of the most versatile flowers. Their meaning can depend on the color and context.

But there is another flower that I also think could be perfect for Alastor.: The magnolia. In the tradition of the southern United States, this flower is emblematic of southern beauty, grace and endurance, I have found. When Alastor was still alive, this was already the flower of his state, because the large, creamy white flower of the magnolia tree was designated the state flower in 1900 because of its abundance throughout the state. The kind of beautiful flower that little kids if they looked hard enough, could always give to their mother when her own flowers were not yet in bloom.

[prosebushpatch]

Okay so I recently, finally, watched Wish and I have some thoughts. Overall, not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, but still has a lot of fundamental story problems and I've got to get them off of my chest. I'll mostly be focused on Magnifico because I think his motivations and arc largely represent the problem with the overall theme.

Okay so my biggest problem with Magnifico is his motivation. His tragic backstory. How on earth does he go from losing his whole family to thinking, the only way he can prevent that from happening again is to grant wishes? The logic doesn't track. It almost makes sense in his creating a kingdom where he protects everyone and "doesn't even charge rent," but it does not make sense with his wish granting. Having a great need to be control to make sure he doesn't lose anyone ever again can be a compelling motivation for a villain, where we see lines crossed that don't justify the intent, but in the movie, he's too self-absorbed to seem to have any actual care for the people of Rosas.

I think if the motivation was changed to something like Magnifico had once been a bright-eyed, enthusiastic wish granter who blindly believed all wishes were good but learned the hard way that that wasn't true could have been a better fit for the overall goal of the movie. Imagine that he granted a wish for a wicked person who used that wish to hurt others, or if Magnifico granted a wish but that wish ended up ruining the person's life because what they wanted wasn't what they needed (i.e. Remember The Princess and the Frog? Dig a little deeper) and that person could have went after Magnifico and blamed him for their troubles (harkening back to We Don't Talk about Bruno). This would be an understandable tragic backstory for Magnifico, and better explain why he's so careful about the wishes he grants. And, perhaps the reason he keeps the wishes he doesn't want to grant is to keep the people in his kingdom docile. No one will be angry with him for not granting their wishes if he makes them forget them and lose that drive and motivation, which makes more sense than the unexplained hording them like he does in the movie? Why does he keep them in the movie other than admiring the wishes? It doesn't make sense to me.

This would give Asha more of a reason to oppose him, if it's shown how his desire to not get hurt or to inadvertently cause hurt turned into a paranoia where he drains people of wishes to fly or play music that inspires others. And, as a side note, we need to see more of how Rosas is a kingdom of people who lack drive and motivation, where only those younger than 18 have that special part of them that inspires them to chase after a dream (something that Astor Rhymemaster touched on). Because that's the point of wishes, right? That's the point of the entire Disney canon. A dream is a wish your heart makes. That star can only get you so far, it takes hard work and determination. It's wanting something better in life, it's dreaming of leaving behind all you know to chase after a tangible light. It's finding a new dream, it's finding a new wish as you grow and learn about yourself and the world.

I don't think the movie Wish understood what makes wishes so important in Disney stories. You know what wishes do? They ignite change. It's not about getting what you want, it's about finding the courage to chase after something better. Ariel wants to be where the people are, but really she wants to be somewhere where others are willing to understand her and in the end, she finds that and makes amends with her father, who finally is willing to see her for who she is. Rapunzel wants to see the lights, and that desire pushes her to leave a tower she's been trapped in her whole life, learning that the world is not as cruel and cold as her abusive mother told her. Cinderella wants to go to the ball, to dance with people who treat her as a person and not a servant of cinders and ash. That wish is granted by a fairy godmother and gives her a hope that is worth fighting for, a hope that helps her reclaim what is rightfully hers; a glass slipper that fits only her and the love that comes with it.

Wishes inspire change. The movie should have been about that. Magnifico could have been right, that some wishes inspire negative change that can drag down multiple people. The kingdom of Rosas could have been so placid because change is scary. Maybe Magnifico could have convinced people, after taking their wish, that it wasn't worth it. Maybe the wish ceremonies could have changed so it wasn't portrayed as some sort of lottery everyone looks forward to, but Magnifico would grant wishes on the spot if he decided they were good and worthwhile, and he would lock away the wishes that would cause trouble and tribulations. 18 year olds could be enthusiastic to give him their wishes, thinking they were surely good and worth granting, only to forget their wish and be told that their wish would have only brought about their unhappiness, this would have justified a more solemn tone in the kingdom, setting up a world where people are mostly downtrodden, thinking their wishes are bad and pointless and they're better off without them. Imagine Cinderella or Rapunzel being told their wishes weren't good, reinforcing all the things their abusive families tell them, taking away that hope and courage to find something better for themselves.

Here's where the true conflict could come in. Asha could be onto this from the beginning, and her opening song could have been about this concern that the people who didn't get their wishes granted aren't willing to try at all. (Because, after all, why doesn't Sabino play music at all? Having that taken from him would take so much joy and creative expression from his life!) But why does Asha know something is amiss?

Simon.

Imagine that Magnifico has a strict rule not to ever share your wish with another person because then it wouldn't come true. It makes sense with our own superstitions, and then makes it so that no one knows anyone else's wishes. Maybe your best friend changes so drastically after giving up their wish, but you believe, like everyone else, that their wish would have only caused suffering. What can you do about it? Well what if Simon told Asha about his wish? What if Asha knew his wish wasn't dangerous and couldn't imagine a way that it could go wrong? That would give her a reason to doubt Magnifico and put more emphasis on how Simon has lost his drive like all the other adults in the kingdom. And it can also emphasize in the end that sharing your wishes and dreams with others can be a powerful thing. Just the act of sharing your dreams can inspire others to go after their own, and they can give you the encouragement to chase your wish too. Wishes inspire change, love gives you the courage to make it happen.

Imagine if the star boy used to be a human, who wished to help others and lost his humanity to do it. Imagine his wish confirms Magnifico's belief, that wishes cause suffering because star boy lost his tether to earth and is separated from the people he loves. Imagine how he foils Asha who also wants to grant everyone's wishes. Imagine him ensuring she doesn't make the same mistake he did while she gives him a reason to change again, to anchor himself to humanity again because he loves her enough not to leave for forever.

Imagine the movie confirming that, yes, change is scary. Chasing your dreams won't always make things better. You might fail more than you succeed and some wishes cannot coincide with each other, leading to grief and strife. But some wishes are worth it. Sometimes, chasing after something better and failing is worth leaving a worse situation. Sometimes taking that chance is worth it, and, like in all fairy tales, if you are kind and generous and act with love, that will make all the difference in the end.

Also, I know everyone wished for a Magnifico and Amaya evil power couple, but imagine if Magnifico was truly in love with Amaya, as he is in the movie, but that love is eventually his undoing. Like Amaya leaps in front of Asha, and Magnifico stops or redirects his attack because she's the one thing he loves more than himself and that is the weakness that Asha and co can take advantage of. Imagine Amaya keeping Magnifico in the mirror and he gets to dote on her from his imprisonment for forever. I'm just saying. At least 30 sickos like me would be into that. Imagine the depth it would give to the themes of love and change and wishing and how acts of love make all the difference.

Alright, I'll get off my soap box. I just really wish Wish could have been stronger because these fairy tales Disney is famous for matter. They really do. But the movie feels too stale and shallow and too much of a cash grab that knows the outline of a disney musical, but is unable to understand the heart of why they work.

[liones-s]

adding little pieces to the life I want to live

[capricorndevil15]

My actual favorite fairytales are ones having to do with curses, getting turned into a beast, or accidentally/willingly/any-reason-ly marrying a beast or demon or monster. Prince Lindworm is one of my most favorite-est favorites. I had a pet corn snake at one point who I called Prince Lindworm (his real name was Slinky though). Other faves off the top of my head are East of The Sun, West of The Moon, The Demon in The Tree, and Featherflight.

[heartstringgs]

ykw my people's languages are actually insane.

[good-beans]

💖

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

I love and cherish by edits and stuff of my dramatic high fantasy guys, my minecraft guys, my silly little monsters, my dramatic sci-fi guys, my animated guys

But can we please also normalize making edits and stuff of like regular ass sitcom guys

Like where are the badass edits of Rosa Diaz, the crush edits of Tahani al Jamil, the ship edits of David and Patrick, the comfort edits of Chidi Anagonye, the fun yet sweet edits of the Derry Girls in their chaos?

I say this as a person who lives in fantasy and whimsy content

I feel like we deserve both

(Ps I rambled a lot about this in the tags so maybe check them out :3 👀👀👀)

[wowifinallywatched]

Wow I Finally Watched Sunshine

What happens when you put Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans in close confinement on their way to send a bomb into the sun?

Did I mention the incredible Michelle Yeoh and Benedict Wong are apart of these space shenanigans?

Have I gotten your attention of this very underrated movie yet?

Sunshine came out in 2007 and I had never once heard or seen anything of this movie until a few days ago, While I was innocently scrolling through Disney+, This movie appeared.

Now, Being a huge fan of Chris Evans for many years and recently diving into the work of Cillian Murphy, I was already hooked.

But then you tell me this is a Sc-fi Psychological Thriller set in space?

NOW I REALLY AM HOOKED.

But this isn't just a 'For the scares and spooks' of space travel that film often portrays, This is a film ahead of it's time. A story that could be told in any year, Because this will always be relevant.

This movie makes you think.

What is beyond the stars? What would you do in these humanity-testing scenarios? What would you do when you've come face to face with not only the surface of the sun, but also your own heart?

A movie that questions your own humanity, A movie that has made you feel something so real that it makes your chest feel tight as if you're in that scenario, As if you're apart of a team with these people by your side day in and day out - That is a job well done.

While this movie did take a little bit to get into, it builds the suspence of what's really going on here. But everytime you think you'll look away, you reach for your phone - The movie does something that makes you need to rewind and go "Did they really just say that?"

And when you reach that moment.

There's no going back.

This movie was so incredibly different than anything I've experience for a while and As a thorough enjoyer of the Sci-fi genre in all different forms, This was a truly pleasant surprise.

***Please be cautious minor spoilers in the tags***

***Please read the content warnings of this movie before watching, it can depict scenes that may trigger some individuals***

[simcardiac-arrested]

the symbolism of giving characters glasses or shades or visors to show that they’re metaphorically Blind To Something either because of anger or grief or naïveté etc etc things of such nature

[tanjir0se]

No one understands my vision but I’ve been working through OC-Tober and just created the best OC anyone’s ever made, his name is Ford Baseball and he’s an American exchange student in a Naruto/Yugioh-esque 2005 shonen anime about monster truck racing

His parents were killed in a tragic monster truck accident and he was taken in by an old retired mechanic (played by and modeled after Jack Black), but when the mechanic is also killed his soul is bound forever to the monster truck and together he and Ford Baseball take on the big high rollers in monster truck fighting to become the best driver in the world

Also the theme song is Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce

[synodic-lupine]

The Ninth Doctor is so tsundere.

[jester-jpeg]

I must make a heavy rant about the titanic.

my best friend and I watched it last weekend for the first time, and we were ready to absolutely demolish this movie. criticize any and everything we could.

instead, we cried like fucking babies. how in the actual fuck did i spend my entire life thinking this movie was cringe????

for context, i hate mainstream media. things like, stranger things, euphoria, ginny and georgia, all that kind of stuff.

and i projected my hatred onto titanic with no actual understanding of how good this movie is.

i sobbed and have now hyperfixated on it, and i firmly believe it deserves MORE than 11 oscars.

the only thing we could criticize about this work of art was Cal because he’s a douchebag and some of the clothing choices they gave to rose.

for 1910s period clothing it was spectacular, they did a marvelous job, the only criticism was some color choices. light purples and pinks mute the skin tone and hair color of redheads, which seemed to nullify how absolutely stunning she was in this movie. (im also a redhead and vehemently avoid lavenders and light pinks to avoid anything making my hair seem less vibrant than it actually is.)

other than that… this movie was magical. i have never been so emotionally impacted by a movie before and it’s now my favorite one of all time. except i am aggressively afraid to ever watch it again because i don’t want to risk this movie becoming less impactful to me. like, if i watch it a second time, i’m running the risk of not being as invested and devoted to the movie as i was the first time around. so i’m probably not going to watch it again for years to come.

but regardless, i have never adored a film in the way i have the titanic before, and it will forever hold a special place in my heart.