#ginger curls

[hotgingerbredmen]

Emanuele Mariotti

[heavenlee773]

Just so you guys know, I love Fairly Odd Parents; A New Wish, and—-

AAAAHHHHHHH

I NEED MORE CONTENT OF HAZEL AND DEV SO I DREW THEM😣😣

THEY’RE SO CUTE.

I like to think that Dev has like a little one sided crush on Hazel that he has NO idea about so he so confused as to why he likes her so much. “She must’ve used fairy magic to get me to like her!!” And Peri’s just like “That’s actually not possible—“

Actually I don’t know if it’s possible, because I’ve been watching the show for free on some website and it barely updates with new episodes so I’ve only seen clips of that episode where Hazel gets everyone to crush on her— I thought that was against the rules??? I don’t knowwww!! I’m missing so much, and I don’t know what times the show airs on television, so I’m just going to probably buy the series on Amazon Prime if I can.

Sorry for rambling— I just LOVE this show☹️

This is such a cute and silly scene😋😋

-🤍

[fattributes]

Vegan Beef and Broccoli

[hotgingerbredmen]

Emanuele Mariotti

[goodomensjail]

Since S3 is coming and there is no such thing as going backwards, I will begin mourning S1 Crowley hair today and continue forever until there is any smidge of evidence for a new color and style for my beloved demon in S3

[ourtubahero-blog]

That’s how it starts, two unsuspecting hearts.

[forevernod]

[gingermintpepper]

hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??

-hogoflight

Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!

Probably the most empirically extensive one I can list is Krönström's thesis which compares statues of Aphrodite and literary text referring to both the goddess and mortal women to determine physical ideals for women in five specific eras of Grecian antiquity. Including measurements of the statues there are many descriptions of Aphrodite as 'curvy' with a 'voluptuous figure' and with 'ample buttocks and bosom'.

"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculptures’ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."

Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)

Mireille M. Lee's 'Other Ways of Seeing' essay which talks about the forgotten female viewers of Knidian Aphrodite which is also extremely illuminating on how Aphroditic sexuality and sensuality was perceived totally differently from the well documented male voyeuristic gaze (which was overly preoccupied with the statue's nakedness and therefore over-sensationalised the statue's physical appearance) vs women's perspective on the statue which is more centered on the beauty of simplicity in Aphrodite's garment and decoration and in her power and ability to captivate both in her finery and without it. I think it's especially useful in exploring the importance of finery, jewellry and adornment in representations of Aphroditic beauty.

"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Çanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"

"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162–3)..."

Finally, and to me, the most important one in the argument for an interpretation of Hyacinthus as fat, beautiful and fundamentally Aphroditic comes from Brilmayer's brilliant brilliant thesis done on Aphrodite's work and influence in Archaic Greek Poetry which does away with all of that masculine preoccupation with physical proportion, measurement and bodily ideals for a focus on a Sapphic Aphroditic ideal centered in clothing, ornamentation and, most importantly cunning as symbols of Aphrodite and ultimately a feminine idealised form of beauty. This paper also discusses Pandora and Helen in these terms and it is just kind of a wonderful read tbh.

"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot – a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphrodite’s power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."

The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!

[vegan-nom-noms]

Vegan Kung Pao Chick’n

[domoriu]

tryna gaslight myself into liking my hair after sitting in that chair for almost 8 hours… itll grow on me 🩷 yep 🩷

[deliriouslyshipping]

seeing Jannik try to wink at Carlos and blinking both of his eyes every time...... oh his boyfail charm has captured me so <3

Rizzless king. He has aura but no rizz; it makes no sense, but that's Jannik Sinner.

Jannik winking at Carlos three times in one day means something to me, and I am still trying to figure out what has compelled Jannik to keep winking at him.

"I love my loser boyfriend" core (except they're both losers)

[theheroineexpedition]

There once was a girl

Who had a wee curl

Right in the middle of her forehead

When she was good, she was very very good

But, when she was bad….well, she was inordinately gifted at that, too…

[gingermintpepper]

They got interrupted on their date 😔✊🏾

Had to draw the very talented @namidew 's designs for Apollo and Hyacinthus after their most recent post of them!!! I'm SO in love with these designs y'all!! Absolutely want to kiss both of their cheeks!!

[jahnemaylise]

[fallingleaves-fl]

[spacerockwriting]

Thank you once again to @galladrabbles and @deathclassic this weeks prompt. My second go round are of some Galladads, where their little boy decides he wants to be like Ian.

Haircut 2

Ian was surprised when their son said he was interested in ROTC. He never showed any real interest before. But Ian thinks maybe seeing his dad in his old school yearbook probably prompted it. “I wanna look like Daddy,” he announces, pointing to the picture of a short haired Ian.

Ian nearly laughs when Mickey realizes nearly all the curls would be gone. “Nope,” Mickey says, rather protectively. “Putting my foot down,” he says. “Chuck Norris will not be partaking. Besides, don’t drastic changes freak him out?”

Ian shakes his head. “Let him try. You can’t shelter him forever, Mick.”