#beat bohemia

[kelleah-meah]

When Astrology Meets Aesthetics

I can't seem to get away from the exploration of aesthetics or just general navel-gazing about how I present myself to the world in my day-to-day life. So I've decided to lean in and continue the exploration until I bore myself to death and move on.

In this post, I engage in pairing astrology with aesthetics and where I think my lifestyle reflects my astrological vibration. (So if you're into aesthetics, but not astrology or astrology, but not aesthetics, this post may not interest you.)

A quick note: Some of the traits, colors, or activities I do on a regular basis aren't mentioned below because it's something I think all of the aesthetics I embody are known for, so it doesn't really belong to just one of them. (For example, eating in or hanging out in cafes while reading, writing or people watching. I feel that activity really belongs to all of the aesthetics below.)

Enough introductory explanation, let's dive in ...

Pisces Sun

- Art Academia (An aesthetic centered around the creation and enjoyment of art. It is similar to Light Academia and Dark Academia in its value of studying, dedicated practice of learned interests, 18-19th century-inspired aesthetics, and architecture, but is unique in focusing primarily on the visual and performing arts.)

Here are some ways in which I feel I express this aesthetic in my day-to-day life:

Journal 🖊️

Headscarves

Ballet flats 🥿

Cardigans

Leather satchel (in cooler months)

Always carries a smartphone & hard copy day planner📱

Statement ring 💍

Reads books on art movements, artists, fashion, and more

Paints, sketches and colors 🎨

Studies French

Tea drinker 🫖

Collects art 🖼️

Pilates & floor barre

Enjoys going to the theater & ballet 🎭

Goes on vacations in cities with thriving arts scenes like Toronto, Boston, and Paris

Attends dance classes 💃🏽

Loves jewel tones

Homemade bread 🍞

Foggy mornings 🌁

Reading nook 

Cooks at home more than eats takeaway or out at restaurants 🥘

Reads James Joyce, Lorraine Hansberry, and Oscar Wilde 

Major vice: procrastination

Pisces Moon

- Downtown Girl (An aesthetic centered around the romanticization of living in the downtown of a major metropolitan city, specifically New York. It involves a more cozy, almost autumnal view of urban areas and emphasizes having a cultured lifestyle of visiting museums, cafés, and thrift shopping with a laid-back attitude and admiration for the music and visual culture of that community.)

Here are some ways in which I feel I express this aesthetic in my day-to-day life:

Headphones 🎧

Caps & hats 🧢

Converse sneakers 

Flannels & t-shirts

Canvas tote bag (year-round)

Always carries a notebook & pen 📒

Silver hoop earrings 

Goes secondhand shopping for vinyl records, books and home decor

Listens to a wide variety of music 🎶

Studies American Sign Language (ASL)

Hot chocolate drinker ☕

Collects candles 🕯️

Bikes and walks in the park & hikes on trails 🏞️

Enjoys going to arts & culture festivals

Attends stand-up comedy & improv shows 

Loves mixing patterns & texture 

Succulents 🌱

Record players

Public transportation 🚍

Happily mixes analog and digital tech

Reads Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Sexton, and Langston Hughes

Major vice: starts new projects before finishing old ones

Aquarius Rising

- Beat Bohemian (An aesthetic centered around the counter-culture movement of the Beat Generation in the mid-1950s and early 1960s characterized by their rejection of conformity, social norms, and mainstream culture while romanticizing the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco’s North Beach, Paris' Latin Quarter, and NYC’s Greenwich Village. It advocates for personal release, purification, and illumination through heightened sensory awareness via music, spirituality and experimental drugs like mushrooms. Find more info here and here.)

Here are some ways in which I feel I express this aesthetic in my day-to-day life:

Dark nail polish

Berets

Black ankle boots

Hand-me-down sweaters 

Canvas messenger bag (in warmer months)

Always carries a book & bookmark 📕

Simple silver ring

Studies philosophy, spirituality, and religion ☯️

Argues with idiots online & IRL about important social and political issues

Studies Spanish 

Vodka drinker 🥃

Lifts weights 💪🏽

Enjoys going to concerts & small clubs to hear musicians play 

Goes to sci-fi conventions & book signings 🖖🏽

Attends poetry readings & jams

Loves the color black

Herb gardening

Goes to absinthe tastings 

Road trips 🚙

Black cats 

Abnormal sleep habits

Reads Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, and Lao Tzu 

Major vice: occasionally smokes cigs

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Beatniks at a Greenwich Village coffeehouse, November 1959.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[coyotehowlrye]

[the-fatal-impact]

Kingdom Come: Deliverence 2 - summary:

Henry and Hans Capon - canon in second game

Istvan Toth and Erik - canon since the first game

John II of Lichtenstein and Samuel - apparently married between Patch 1.2 and 1.3

Janosh and Adder - likely to become canon in Patch 1.4 (???)

Black Bartosh - still crying over his lost lover, while picking up hansdome young lads at noble parties

Herbalist Barnaby - beat the shit out of homophobic villagers and now lives solitary, but peaceful life

Dry Devil - do we really want to know?

Radzig Kobyla and Hunush of Leipa - ?????

King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia - rumored to be gay by historians (like, this is no joke!)

[holmesunenthusiast]

I love how Irene Norton nee Adler keeps getting called a genius and like the most powerfully sexy hot sexy smart girlboss who ever lived who DEFEATED Sherlock Holmes with her sexy cunning wit and changed his mind forever about women because she's just so sexy hot smart and sexy and then you read A Scandal in Bohemia and all she did to beat him was leave LMFAO

[tremendously-crazy]

"You can't hate on an entire Sherlock Holmes adaptation just because of how they interpret Irene Norton (nee Adler)-" SHUT UP.

I will hate on an adaptation if it does the following:

makes Irene a love interest for Sherlock Holmes (whether realized or not).

First of all, Holmes is NOT attracted to women, and never experiences a smidgen of attraction towards them in the original stories. ACD could have very easily written him a love interest, but CHOSE NOT TO because it went against the idea of his character. He was never attracted towards women.

Second of all, Irene Adler isn't even Irene Adler. Her name is Irene NORTON. Do you want to know why? Because she's LITERALLY MARRIED. TO A LAWYER NAMED GODFREY NORTON. She already has a husband who she loves very much! She does not love Holmes!

Thirdly, a man can feel admiration for a woman without being attracted to her. Watson literally says in the first part of A Scandal in Bohemia that he didn't feel any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler!!

2. makes Irene into some sort of femme fatalle/sexually appealing

This implies that women can only be smarter than men if they are attractive/hot. That, in order for a woman to be successful, she has to provide something for a man.

Edit: this doesn't mean that she ISNT attractive. She is beautiful and enthralling, which is what makes the king fall for her in the first place. What I mean is when Irene becomes a SEXUALIZED character.

Doing this means she can't just be a smart woman, but that she has to be sexually attractive and mysterious, too! DOING THIS REDUCES HER INTO AN OBJECT OF DESIRE!!!

3. makes her weak/makes her get outsmarted by Holmes

Im not sure if any adaptations have actually done this. But if so. Absolutely not. She challenges Holmes's misogynistic ideals and to reform his views. Because Holmes views women as softer, weaker, and less intelligent (when they are NOT!!) And Irene helps to teach him this. Her lesson is effective!! Because Holmes stops making fun of women. And he changes his ways. Why would you make her weaker? She's SUPPOSED to beat Holmes.

If it does this or anything else I will NOT view the adaptation. You can tell a lot about the adaptors, their respect and accuracy while depicting the original stories, and how they view women, through their interpretation of Irene Norton. She is the most famous female character in the series, after all. Do her RIGHT! READ A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA BEFORE YOU ADAPT! And if you still make these amateur mistakes, you shouldn't be adapting Sherlock Holmes at all.

[suiine]

they're so mean to Henry :( there's just no beating the dog!Henry allegations. all of bohemia knows he's the lord's simpering loyal puppy dog. he's just that good at it :(

[rknchan]

okay it has been bothering me for a while. i don't want to side with bad faith heteronormative interpretations of 'a scandal in bohemia' but i feel like youre taking watson's descriptions of holmes in this story too literally

"It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position."

why take this at face value?

i thought we established that:

watson is an unreliable narrator

he's a hardcore romantic whose idea of love is "i fell in love 30 seconds after seeing mary and married her in 4 days". he probably doesn't think anything lesser than this is real love anyway lol. he's an outlier who should not be counted

he idolizes holmes, and that includes seeing him as a cold and distant thinking machine above all emotion including love. but we know this just isn't true.

“You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!”

It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation."

only in the later cases he finally recognizes that THERE IS "loyalty and love behind that cold mask", there IS "a great heart"

4. holmes himself is lowkey tsundere. in early cases he can't admit himself that he is more than an emotionless thinker

"I fear that it may be the last investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your methods. Miss Morstan has done me the honour to accept me as a husband in prospective."

He gave a most dismal groan. "I feared as much," said he. "I really cannot congratulate you."

I was a little hurt. "Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my choice?" I asked.

"Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever met and might have been most useful in such work as we have been doing. She had a decided genius that way witness the way in which she preserved that Agra plan from ali the other papers of her father. But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things. I should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment."

he doesn't in plain text admit that he would miss his friend and doesn't want to be deserted for a wife. he instead tries to distance himself talking about emotions being opposed to his cold reason

so why couldn't he be pining for the woman who beat him and changed his worldview, while also respecting her intelligence and her choices?

i'm not saying this interpretation is correct. not saying holmes must be attracted to women. seeing him as aroace has a huge lot of evidence. seeing him as attracted to men and/or having romantic chemistry with watson is also valid. i don't want to erase anyone

i just mean that watson's unreliable narration and these characters' personalities leave room for different interpretations

and if theses 1-4 can be used to support holmes/watson pairing, then they can be used to support holmes having one sided feelings for irene either

[the-pen-pot]

There was nothing genteel about the way Henry wielded a blade -- nothing noble. Many a lord facing him in the deulling ring would think it an affront and curse him from their knees as he beat them into submission, but Hans revelled in the honesty of it. It was not something often found among the Lords of Bohemia: that candor. Among the nobility it was all toothy smiles and daggers hidden in the shadows at a man's back.

Before long, sweat gathered underneath Hans' gambeson, the fabric of the tunic beneath clinging to his skin like a lover. His shoulders ached, the pain familiar and welcome, and he bared his teeth in a parody of a snarl as their swords locked. Henry crowded close, taking advantage of his strength, pressed close and humid. He didn't hold back, that wasn't in his nature, but Hans saw the glimmer and flash of something in his eyes, neither warning nor retreat. Merely some sort of awareness, there and gone again.

Each breath mingled, and this close, Hans could see the scatter of stubble on Henry's jaw and the faint freckles the sun had gifted his skin. The fragrance of saddle soap, sweat and sage filled his nose, more familiar than it had any right to be, and he felt Henry's knee brush against the inside of his own, giving no quarter.

A shimmer of awareness trailed a ghostly touch down Hans' spine, splaying its fingers across his skin: unexpected and shocking enough to rattle his composure. His breath hitched, awkward, and metal grated as his sword slid a fraction.

'Yield?' Henry wheezed, his gauntlet creaking on the hilt of his sword: a taunt and a warning.

It was one Hans knew to heed. He had seen Henry fight soldiers and bandits alike. He had witnessed the artful dip of his blade as he bashed an enemy's nose to blood and ruin with the hilt wrapped in his fist. It was not a pretty sight, and Hans was far too fair-of-face to suffer such brutality. Not that Henry ever would, not in a  friendly bout, but the potential was there. Despite what unfair gossipers may say to the contrary, Hans knew when he was beaten. He also knew how to surrender with something akin to good grace.

Most of the time.

'All right, I yield.' His sword dropped to his side as Henry stepped back, the triumphant victor. 'You still cannot shoot a bow worth shit, though.'

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Snippet of my "rewriting KCD from Capon's point of view" Hansry fic. A pet project WiP 🤣

[bitter69uk]

Adieu to the fabulous and inspired Marcia Resnick (21 November 1950 – 18 June 2025). In the 1970s and 80s the Brooklyn-born self-described “photographer and visual vampire” stylishly documented a who’s who of New York downtown bohemia, including Beats (William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg), artists (Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat), bleeding-edge literary figures (Gary Indiana, Kathy Acker), flaming creatures from underground cinema and theatre (Divine, John Waters, Jackie Curtis) and punk and No Wave scene-makers (Lydia Lunch, Deborah Harry, Johnny Thunders, Stiv Bators, Anya Phillips, Alan Vega, John Lydon, Joey Ramone, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop). In Resnick’s gritty, confrontational photography, everyone always looks a bit fraying and elegantly wasted. In other words – they look great! Her work is such a treasure trove, it was challenging to select one representative image to post as a tribute – but here is Resnick’s portrait of freaky operatic New Wave performance artist / singer Klaus Nomi (1944 - 1983). Photo by Marcia Resnick ©️

[pupsmailbox]

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[venusmage]

genuine q's from someone wanting to place KCD2 and saw your huge praise!

Do you have to have played 1 to get it or no?

If you do have to play 1 is that one good? I heard such a mixed bag when it released and I'm not sure if that was just the 'there are only white people' thing or what

I want to play these games but I have not personally paid a lot of attention to the world of video games in many years and do not know the current narrative/vibe around the KCD1 and 2 team, appreciate any insights!

1. No you don't! As someone who bounced off of KCD1 when it released, 2 does a great job recapping the most important story beats within the first hour of the game. I think it might be one of the best done "previously on" type segments I've ever seen. My wife knew nothing about the series at all and she understood everything going on with zero issue.

That being said, I'm loving 2 so much that I am going to go back and give 1 another shot after we're finished. 1 IS good, but it was Warhorse's first game and a niche one at that, so it has some jank that I'm not feeling in 2 so far. I think they really polished things up in the sequel and it's probably going to prepare me for 1. I won't lie and say 2 doesn't have a learning curve. One of my only, if not my only critique is that I wish the game had better accessibility options for those who want to customize parts of the experience. Right now mods are handling that, but it's only a fix if you're a PC player. However as a person who tends to find an abundance of systems/options overwhelming, this game does a good job in making the management aspects FUN rather than a chore. This has quickly become a cozy game for me lol.

2. I guess the criticism you mentioned for 1 could be levied at 2 as well, but I do think that kind of argument may be taking the game in bad faith or misguided. KCD's thing is that it's heavily researched, fairly faithful historical fiction. Bohemia is in what is now the Czech Republic. The games take place in the early 1400s and try to accurately reflect the people, culture, and beliefs from that era. I don't think its a bad thing that the devs, who are based in Prauge, want to create a game that is inspired by their country's history. If you have absolutely no interest in the time period or that part of Europe then maybe it won't be for you and that's totally okay! As someone who usually likes A) creating my own playable characters from scratch B) playing women and C) doesn't often care for war stories -- this game surprised me in that it didn't deter me at all. I love Henry as much as if he were a custom PC.

I admit to not knowing a lot about the devs in general. I like keeping a distance from the commercial art I consume because I think blurring the line between creators and fandom pretty much always ends badly (bioware...larian a bit too). I've heard that there is at least one vocally shitty developer who's a typical anti-woke gamer asshole, but I have no reason to think that the other people involved with making the game are like that at all, and I don't believe in discarding an entire piece of art because one shitty person is attached. Because here's the thing: while KCD2 very faithfully portrays some deeply upsetting subject matter (war, racism/xenophobia, PTSD, homophobia, sexism, antisemitism), 3/4ths into the game I've only seen these portrayals done in a way that is respectful to the vulnerable parties. An acknowledgement that these horrible things happen while clearly condemning them at the same time. I've not had a suck-my-teeth-and-grimace moment with this game despite the grim plot line. It does not punch down. Which is funny, given the crowd of gamerbros that are fans of it as well. The story and characters are too thoughtfully written for it to be anythibg but intentional. Having a game not insult my intelligence has been lovely. I feel like that's rare lately.

Yes most of the plot important characters are European Christian guys from 1403 and they act like it. However the minority characters that are included are handled with just as much respect and effort as our lead Henry. Katherine, Samuel and Musa are three of my favorites in the entire cast, actually. As well as Hans who genuinely feels like he's written to be implied gay/bi. His romance, compared to the two straight options, genuinely seems to me like the "intended" one just due to how the plot is written and the themes throughout the story, and hes with Henry the whole game. And the thing is this game is so carefully and lovingly put together that I struggle to believe it's just a coincidence. Because nothing in this fucking game is a coincidence.

Sorry for the gigantic response but I think this RPG is so special in such a rare way. The Writers, developers, musicians artists and actors all deserve the highest praise. The first and only game that if it doesn't win GOTY I'm actually going to be pissed.

[pagan-stitches]

Saint Matthew’s Day (Folkloric Date — February 24)

Josef Lada

While today's Catholics celebrate the feast of Saint Matthew on May 14, before 1970 they commemorated this additional apostle on February 24. At that time, the Saint Matthew pilgrimages opened a new pilgrimage season and were also one of the harbingers of the coming spring.

In folk tradition, Saint Matthew was associated with the arrival of early spring. In the Chod region and South Moravia, it was said that sparrows had a wedding on this day. Farmers monitored the weather and, using the weather forecast, estimated how long the frosts would last and what the harvest would be that year. In the Beroun region, barley was sown in the morning, at noon and in the evening - the one that emerged the fastest was supposed to be the most suitable for sowing.

One of the widely spread auspicious rituals was also associated with the feast of St. Matthew. Before sunrise, people would go out into orchards and gardens, where they would shake trees, beat them with sticks and wooden spoons, and loudly invoke St. Matthew to protect the trees from frost and ensure a bountiful harvest of fruit. In some areas, adults also participated in these magical acts, but in most of our territory, this important task fell exclusively on the shoulders of children. Children would run around the orchard, barefoot and in thin shirts, or even completely naked, climbing trees, shaking their branches, and singing songs about all the types of fruit they would enjoy in the summer. Elsewhere, mothers would walk instead with small children tied in a scarf on their backs. Wherever St. Matthew's call reached, the trees were to be protected and fruitful. 
Sometimes this custom was also connected with a reward. In the Mnichovsko-Hradiště region, children found apples and dried fruit in orchards, which were given to them by Saint Matthew. In East Bohemia, this custom took the form of a girls' carol procession.

And in the evening? In the evening, people warmed themselves by the stove and also did a little fortune-telling. For example, using ivy leaves, which were placed in a bowl of water overnight. If any of them softened by morning, it was considered a harbinger of illness in the family.

The most famous are the St. Matthew's pilgrimages. The famous one – the one in Prague – has a very long history. The first written mention of it that has survived to us dates back to 1595. At that time, the pilgrimage was still held in Dejvice and its goal was the Hanspaul Church of St. Matthew, to which a twelve-station Station of the Cross led, starting at the place where today we can only find the Hradčanská metro station.


As this first spring pilgrimage in Prague (and some sources claim that even in the whole of Central Europe) gained in importance, its participants also increased. The area in front of the church was packed like a fair, not even a pin could have slipped in the crush. For these reasons, the pilgrimage was moved to Vítězné náměstí, where it continued to flourish and grow, so that during the First Republic its annual participation was as high as a quarter of a million people.


This exceptional tradition and annual event, of course, did not go unnoticed by Prague native and patriot Karel Hašler, who composed the song U svatého Matěje about it. It was also accompanied by a film in 1928, filmed by director Josef Kokeisl. Unfortunately, this film material is now lost forever, so let's remember the song at least as performed by Patrola Šlapeto.

Source

In the Old Bohemian calendars, the first day of spring was usually the feast of St. Matthew (February 24). Also, in the Old Bohemian division of the year into eight seasons, St. Matthew's Day was the first day of the so-called winter or early spring. The other seasons were: spring (Vesna), podletí, summer, flytí, podzimek (autumn), pre-winter and winter.

On that day, the harvest was predicted, as well as the success of the expected marriage. Saint Matthew is the patron saint of the harvest, but also of carpenters, butchers and craftsmen who handle axes. He is even invoked in cases of marital infertility and his intercession is said to bring luck in drawing lots

The wisdom of our wise grandmothers will tell you:

St. Matthew breaks the ice, if he can't, St. Joseph will help.

On St. Matthew's Day, a lark drinks from the dormitory.

If it rains on St. Matthew's Day, it will soon be sown.

Saint Matthew brings spring.

On St. Matthew's Day, the human heart will warm, the sun will devour the snowdrifts, and the lark will sing over the field.

St. Matthew is cutting ice, or just melting it before winter.

Source

On the eve of St. Matthew's Day, another interesting custom was observed in the villages. People would leave a rag hanging outside overnight and in the morning, from its condition, they would deduce what the end of winter would be like. If the towel was only wet, they believed that a warm spring would come. However, if it froze, winter had not yet given up its reign. The more the rag was frozen, the colder the spring would be and the longer the wait for it would be.

[thatliminal-wanderer]

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Names

Abby, Ace, Adam, Adrian, Aero, Alex, Alice, Angus, Ann, Anthony, Avril, Axl, Bill, Billie, Billy, Bohemia, Bon, Brad, Brian, Bruce, Charlie, Cher, Chester, Chrissie, Christine, Cliff, Danny, Dave, David, Don, Duff, Dusty, Eddie, Eric, Fleetwood, Florance, Floyd, Frank, Freddie, Geddy, Geezer, Gene, George, Ginger, Glenn, Gregg, Halen, Hayley, Helena, Iggy, Izzy, Jack, Jimi, Jimmy, Joe, John, Keith, Krist, Kurt, Larry, Liam, Lindsey, Mac, Malcolm, Maynard, Micheal, Mick, Mitch, Nancy, Neal, Neil, Nick, Nicko, Nicky, Noel, Ozzy, Paul, Pear, Pete, Peter, Phil, Randy, Rick, Ringo, Robert, Roger, Ronnie, Rosa, Rose, Sabbath, Serj, Steve, Steven, Stevie, Thom, Tim, Tom, Tony, Zack, Zeppelin

Pronouns

aero/aeros, beat/beats, black/blacks, blink/blinks, chili/chilis, crash/crashes, cream/creams, cure/cures, door/doors, dru/drum/drums, eagle/eagles, electric/electrics, guitar/guitars, gun/guns, heart/hearts, hot/hots, iron/irons, jam/jams, journey/journeys, kiss/kisses, loud/louds, machine/machines, maiden/maidens, metal/metals, music/musics, nirvana/nirvanas, oasis/oasis’, pearl/pearls, pepper/peppers, pink/pinks, queen/queens, radio/radios, rage/rages, red/reds, reverb/reverbs, rhy/rhythm/rhythms, riff/riffs, rock/rocks, rose/roses, rush/rushes, scorpion/scorpions, scream/screams, shred/shreds, stone/stones, vocal/vocals, yell/yells, 🎵/🎵s, 🎶/🎶s, 🎸/🎸s, 💥/💥s, 📹/📹s, 🔊/🔊s, 🔋/🔋s, 🔌/🔌s, 🗯️/🗯️s, 🤘/🤘s, 🧑🏻‍🎤/🧑🏻‍🎤s

Titles

A Rock Fan, A Rock Lover, A Rock Producer, A Rock Song, A Song With Loud Noises, Lover of Rock and Roll, The Drummer, The Guitarist, The Hard Rocker, The Headbanger, The Rock Fan, The Rock Musician, [prn] Inviting You to a Concert, [prn] Who Listens to Rock

Genders

Aggrorockvolic, Bassgender, Bassguitagender, Delinqxenifemasc, Drumgender, Guitargender, Guitarweaponic, Rockcothrillic, Rockfem, Rockgender, Sleepyguitaric

Other mogai

Aldembodirock, Alderguitar, Aldermusicae, Musicperspesque, Musictasteperspesque, Musicvior, Musivesil

[one-eyedqueer]

sooo obsessed with anezka!! do you have any more lore about him? a little something about his relationship with dry devil mayhaps?0:3

Character is mostly based on goddess Nike, minor deity of victory. Mostly a muse of commanders and captains in up coming battles and wars. Nike, in literature and culture, have many faces and names. Some believe that every greater historical moment has its Nike.

And his looks, at least first design, was based on paintings of Jacek Malczewski, who create many paintings of goddess Nike.

But it’s can be hard to tell whose Nike Anezka is.

[ current design ]

Born as one of twins in family of miners in Śląsk, with was for most part of Poland, but in XV century was taken by Bohemians. Based on complicated political state of place of birth, Anezka feels out of place when it comes to tell what nation he belongs to. Also, language of his people (when if it’s still belong to polish) is different. But aside of that, he is speaking Czech very well.

His sister didn’t make it to adulthood, and parents, because of poorness, dig a grave in the middle of nowhere. On not holy grounds.

Anezka wasn’t surely the most urge boy to work. Pickaxe didn’t fit his lazy and delicate hands. Thanks to his curse, as his father was calling his body, he could swing in his mother dresses without any fear of being taken as man.

Then shoot him idea in the head — maybe that’s a way? He wasn’t ugly, stupid, actually, he was sweet talker, as his mother called him. Maybe some drunken old bastard would take the catch in baths?

His first place was nearby village where no one knew about death of his sister, what he used to gain more. Money was easy and fast. Better than in mines. Even though, he thought about himself always as a man, hearing complements about being “pretty lady” wasn’t bad at all.

Pretty privilege ended when some old fool was a little bit too brave and put his hand on young bathmaid. Instead of pleasant place between her thighs, he felt bigger canon than he could handle, it seems.

Because of brutal behavior of Anezka, and maybe, but it’s big MAYBE, young man needed to run away. Home village wasn’t really a choice, so he decided to go deeper into Bohemia, to try his luck there. Again, as bathmaid.

Years passed, same as cities and villages where Anezka tried to find his luck. Every time, same thing happened and he needed to look somewhere else.

In one of bath houses, something else catch him first. As always, some sort of strange with sticky hands, but worst than any from earlier. Instead of shock, anger took most part in older… and stronger, man’s reaction. Ready to beat crap from “man in dress”, Anezka thought he was done for good.

Well, losing pretty face, limping leg… maybe death, that was his options. But Lord smiled at him, sending some other drunken fool, who didn’t wanted to wait much longer. His sword pierced man and water in tub took scarlet colour. He didn’t care, that was guaranteed. He took bleeding man’s place and ordered cleaning.

“I don’t care who you are. You work here, so you know how to clean someone ass. I can give ya tip, if you will take care of body yourself”

And he came back to his work for the rest of his night. But there was no comeback. Even if it wasn’t his blade, he knew what people would think.

He followed his saviour, but also one to blame, to the camp. Bandits, of course. Without any hope for other way, he took all he got (hopes and bravery (or stupidity, you might say)) and ask for help.

Seems like cleaning was good enough… and he washed one and only commander of those band of fools. Or, how they called themselves, Devil’s Pack.

To earn for his ass, he needed to teach himself something more than just cleaning and saying sweet words. Sword became his… not best friend, but good companion. He wasn’t the best, but, good enough to survive in this brutal world. Because war was brutal, it seems.

[ Anezka and Hynek The Dry Devil ]

Anezka doesn’t have anything against violence, if it’s not aimed at him. Their first meeting was… well, how to put it together, intense.

Dry Devil doesn’t really care about who Anezka is (in gender meaning). I myself see him as rarely guest of bath houses. As noble who throw somehow this lifestyle, he probably prefer to do it alone. Situation was than special in many ways.

Their relationship is probably very complicated. Anezka envy nobility their status and gold. He would prefer to sit in place and do absolutely nothing. Hynek’s decision is strange to him, maybe it’s even annoys him.

After closer meeting I see them having some kind of connection, they are both pretty… mean and brutal when it comes to something they don’t like. Bandit honour, so no honour, suits to them perfectly.

I would call them relationship, but more situationship. They would hide it, first as hook ups. Both making another one ashamed of touch they share. Hate sex for sure.

Description of breaking Dry Devil nose and next kissing him without any care about blood with which he starts to cough with, would be perfect for them!

In same time, I probably create more content about them, as they are really dear to me, but, I don’t think they could create any kind of healthy relationship. And that’s make it just better and more interesting.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING AND READING MY YAPPING!!! i hope you liked it!

[schweizercomics]

Companions of Christmas, day 6: The Krampus

The Krampus was a rural giftgiver who would deliver presents to good Alpine children, but the naughty ones? Well, he'd stuff them into his basket and take them back to his lair, where they would be forced to spend the next year making toys for good kids.

They'd be released the following Christmas, but even so, a year spent toiling away in the clutches of the Krampus was a pretty terrifying prospect for the children of western Austria, southern Germany, northern Italy, and Bohemia.

When word of this Santa Claus fellow started getting around, kids in these regions, terrified of the Krampus, started writing Santa letters asking for his intercession, and Santa obliged. He and the Krampus had a rumble, and Santa successfully shackled the Krampus with the chains that had once held St. Paul of Tarsus.

Bound by the magic of this holy relic, the Krampus was forced to accompany Santa for the next few years, and in observing his captor came to see that his punitive approach to kids wasn't the best way to ensure their good behavior or long-term character betterment after all. Thus reformed of his kid-beating, kid-stealing ways, the Krampus was released by Santa, but he asked to retain the chains so that they would always remind him of how the best way to put right kids that are straying from the path of goodness, kindness, and charity, would be to practice those tenets himself.

He still has his avuncular sense of humor, and likes to put milder scares into wee ones, so expect to get a light whap with his bundle of switches, and a short ride around the room in his basket.