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arch-knightinsourarmor · 1 year

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@nulltune asked:

random q! but reina do u have any flowers u associate with shoto? and why? ✨️✨️

Thank you for the wonderful question, Lynn. This is a headcanon I’ve always wanted to write but never been forced to, and I’m truly grateful you asked ( and mostly, that you were interested to ask ).

I’ve been having this headcanon in mind since I first started to write Shoto, one that came naturally to me: he has a love for flowers. This attachment goes back to his childhood and is connected to his mother. The Todoroki house has a garden, and we have some little information that Rei likes flowers ( something revealed when the relationship between her and Enji is discussed ). Rei used to tend the garden of their house, something Shoto noticed and appreciated at an early age, when he’d help her and pick up flowers to gift her.

After the incident with the burn scar, and after Shoto’s separated from her, gardening becomes the child’s only comfort, believing it to be his responsibility to care for his mother’s beloved garden until she comes back ( even if he doesn’t believe she will, it’s a hope he has to force on himself ). Caring for the plants in their garden, and interior plants included ( to add a shade of color and vibrance to the minimalistic style of the Todoroki household ) becomes his only habit. Even when he moves to the U.A. dorms, Shoto has a few flowers to decorate his dorm room, and I believe him to visit his house when available, to make sure Fuyumi takes good care of them.

Now, through time, writing, and research, I’ve come to associate a few flowers with him. These aren’t his favorite flowers. These are the flowers to match his character and the bonds he makes with some of the people he cares for. The research in flowers and bonds is completely accidental, and the blame is to some of my mains. If I happen to associate a certain flower with someone, I'll update this post.

— white rose

White Rose is one of the flowers I associate with him. Roses are classic, same way he is. His taste, some of his beliefs, you can say are classic or more accurately, traditional. Also when you think of a beautiful flower everyone likes, it’d be a rose. Shoto's considered pretty, despite his burn scar, and has always been popular ( appearance and character ) even when there are characteristics of him that could make people dislike him ( having thorns, especially in the beginning with his unfriendly and often cocky attitude ).

But there are many other reasons I associate white roses with him, and I've looked through many articles to prove my point.

To start, CHANGE is the main theme in Shoto's growth — his efforts to no longer live haunted by the anguish of his past, and become who he wishes to be. To start anew, and lead a life he's proud of, so his trauma will no longer control him.

White roses are seen as a way to restore balance in one's life, and they symbolize new beginnings, and the hope of leading a pure and honorable life when starting over.

According to this article:

‘ The spiritual meaning of a white rose represents change, transformation, spiritual growth, and evolution. (...) This rose most likely represents that you are going through a deep transformation that will slowly start to shift your reality. It is a change for the betterment of your spiritual and soul growth. However, it means that you will have to make difficult decisions. (...) White roses represent the limitless potential that exists between each moment that we are changing, and the law of nature is that we are constantly changing. ’

‘ You are in a season where you are ready to step into a new chapter, and many doors are unlocked waiting for you to walk through. It is a highly spiritual symbol, full of power. It is a sign that you have a strong intuitive sense, and are being guided by your intuition to make the next decisions in your life. ’

White roses represent purity, grace, honor, perfection, balance, and harmony. The words ‘ balance ’ and ‘ harmony ’ come up in many articles ( ‘ unbalanced energy into harmony ’ ), words that describe him perfectly.

Once again, according to this article, there's this:

‘ It represents the great dualities that exist in life. (...) It represents the feminine energy in our feminine/masculine dualistically charged world. (...) In alchemy, the white rose represented the dualistic nature of our reality. It appears often in conjunction with a red rose, representing the masculine and feminine energies that are necessary to create our world. White roses represented lunar, feminine, intuitive energy, and was often associated with the metal silver. (...) It represents the dichotomy of our reality which exists in solid physical form, yet is always in flux, making its constantly changing nature not really here at all. ’

Duality. Dualistic nature. Feminine/Masculine energy. Red and White. Shoto's whole existence is based on his duality. His chimerism, his appearance, his character, affected by the two polars, his mother and his father. His struggle when younger in understanding if he's one person or two, who his parents want him to be, only to finally accept his duality, and embrace it. His feminine/masculine energy: This is a characteristic I believe we can see in him, especially when he was a child. Shoto would struggle with wishing to be more like his mother, what he would think to be his feminine side. With her absence and his heart being dominated by hatred, his father's side ( his masculine side ) took control. When he began to heal, he'd balance between the two. I don't like giving characteristics to genders, but I hope my point comes through, my explanation comes from his perspective.

White roses can also represent unconditional love, another main point in my portrayal: Shoto's admiration for Midoriya. Not necessarily a romantic interest, but his yearning to be seen, to be someone Midoriya will rely on. A friend to his hero, the one to have saved him and changed his course of life. The word ‘ unconditional ’ comes when thinking, Izuku is the most important person in Shoto's life, but Shoto will never be as important to him. He's his friend, but his bond will never be the same as the bond Midoriya shares with Bakugo, or Uraraka and Iida. Again, this comes from Shoto's perspective ( bonds can't be compared with one another ).

And a small detail I like: Rose is the flower of Aphrodite aka Venus. You know Venus, the planet? Its ancient name was Phosphorus. Want me to remind you what's Shoto's connection to phosphorus? His latest move that was named phosphorus? How phosphorus comes in red and white? Or how phosphorus is connected to light, its literal meaning in Greek being: ‘ light-bearer ’ ( and my URL not-accidentally being lightbaund? ).

Paulo Coelho: “The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is.”

Oof. Now to the rest of flowers. Mains will be tagged for these.

— hydrangea

Hydrangea came up in my research for a flower Shoto could give to Momo ( @ofsavior ) on White Day and his accidental ‘ rejection ’ on Valentine's Day. I searched for a flower associated with apology, and the confession of romantic feelings.

This quote is one I found on tumblr for some dabihawks art:

‘ Hydrangea: thank you for understanding me, for not caring about my coldness. For always loving and caring. ’

According to this article:

‘ According to a Japanese legend, the hydrangea became associated with heartfelt emotion, gratitude for understanding, and apology after a Japanese emperor gave them to the family of the girl he loved to make up for neglecting her in favor of business and show how much he cared about her. ’

It's a flower I think fits how Shoto loves in general. How he may be cold or distant, and get lost in his personal struggles at times.

Shoto appears to be fond of tradition, and the Japanese way of living ( judging by his dorm room ), and hydrangea is a flower strongly associated with Japan. White hydrangeas may also symbolize arrogance ( a characteristic seen in Shoto, especially at first ) while purple, pride, royalty, and gratefulness. I also believe hydrangeas to be his favorite flower, and that's why they have a place in his promo.

— yellow tulip

Yellow Tulips came up in my research for a flower to gift Midoriya ( @withsorrowandregret ) on his birthday. A flower to represent unrequited / hopeless love but also match Midoriya's character.

Midoriya's not perfect or remarkable at first sight ( he's characterized as ‘ simple ’ a few times in BNHA ) and so are tulips ( ’ they are not too elegant, too romantic, too big, too small, or too bright; the tulip is always just right. ’ ). Tulips generally symbolize deep and perfect love, and devotion, while yellow tulips often are associated with happiness, cheerfulness, and friendship. Yellow tulips say, “ there’s sunshine in your eyes ” but are also meant to give to someone you know they won't return your love.

I also like the coincidence that the song I associate with Mona's Midoriya, is Yellow by Coldplay.

— pink daisy

Special mention to pink daisies for Uraraka ( @ofgravitation ). It's a recent addition to the flowers to convey some message for Shoto. Daisies symbolize warmth, innocence, purity, new beginnings, hope, and feminine energy. It's a flower I feel matches Uraraka's character and her bond with Shoto, but I need to research some more.

This got super long, sorry for how long it is, but since flowers are a main point in my portrayal, I had no choice. Lynn, if you got this far, I can't thank you enough for sending this. I wanted to sit down and write this for years.

Sources: White Roses (01), White Roses (02), White Roses (03), Phosporus, Hydrangeas (01), Hydrangeas (02), Yellow Tylips, and more I forgot to mention.

#nultune #tw: long post #long post tw #—× headcanon.#—× bnha.#—× todoroki shoto.#—× todoroki shoto (hc.)#—× ask.#—× queue.

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arch-knightinsourarmor · 1 year

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@lovepurposed asked:

When did you start writing on Tumblr?

Have you any old muses that you’d love to bring back?

Favourite trope? Least favourite trope?

Who is an author that inspires you?

♡ Munday Meme ♡

1. When did you start writing on Tumblr?

Answered here!

12. Have you any old muses that you’d love to bring back?

Honestly, 99% of the time, when I pick up a muse, I don't drop them ( not even Daisuke who only has. . . one rp partner to write with? ). Levi's an exception. I tried to write him a few years back with no succeed in finding roleplay partners. In my second attempt though, I found a wonderful writer who trusted me, and I owe to their excitement and wonderful writing, that I found Levi's voice. Levi was so difficult and complicated to write, so I hadn't the guts at first to write him, but eventually he became one of my most active muses ( even if I still don't have many people to write him, and I do in AUs mostly ). So you can say, I've already brought someone back.

Another character I'd consider adding back is Chisaki. Once upon a time, I had made Chisaki his blog / docs / everything, but immediately dropped him? I don't know why, but it's probably because of the disgusting villain he is. Maybe, now having more experience in writing villains, I could bring him back, but still he's a villain I find interesting in discovering but also hate the most. Maybe in an au setting, maybe in canon-divergent portrayal. I still don't know.

14. Who is an author that inspires you?

I have an immediate answer to give cause I've had this conversation recently: F. Scott Fitzerald, Albert Camus and Nikos Kazatzakis. These three writers are the ones I like the most and their writing inspires me to no end. I think they all have a similar way of writing ( in my perspective at least ): simple writing ( not too many fancy words ), full of emotion where every sentence is poetry, and solid ( they don't use excessive words ), if that makes sense. Fitzerald is a writer I love since I was very young. Camus is a writer I discovered in the past year ( or two, time flies fast ), and Kazatzakis is a famous Greek writer I have the luck to read in his ( and my ) mother language, so I have an even better opinion of his writing ( I don't know in English Translation, but in Greek he's a difficult one to read, but his writing is wonderful. Sometimes translation from Greek to English tends to 'simplify' the meaning a bit ).

My point: this is the kind of style I aim for. Where I can trigger plethora of emotions with a single sentence that doesn't say too much, but enough. I have a long way to go, though, but I'm young and I hope for the best. 🤞

16 & 17. Favourite trope? / Least favourite trope?

I love it when two people meet, and at some point in writing, one gets to meet a different side of them. Meaning, once a certain bond is estabilished, for one muse to meet the one they thought they knew in a different way: have they turned to a child? A universe where their course of life had taken a different turn? A villain au? Anything that will make one muse see different sides of the other and understand them in a different level.

Castiel if he hadn't met Dean for example. Or Levi when he was an innocent child who had nobody in the world, or in his time as a ruthless criminal. Shoto when he was a child who wasn't haunted by trauma ( or right after his trauma ), or maybe him choosing to become a villain, instead of a hero. These kinds of things are my favorite scenarios, and I think mostly because many of my muses, don't reveal much about themselves, and these are the chances they will. It's the sort of scenario when: ‘ I've finally known the best and the worst of you ’.

Least favorite trope I think would be these sort of scenarios where muses pretend to be in love for some reason ( family or something ) and fall in love after. I just feel as if love is something that's MEANT to happen, and shouldn't be faked before it gets real.

#( omg thank you so much orion! i'm always so happy to find you on my notes either is it replies or some asks to get to! )#—× ooc.#—× ask.#—× ask (ooc).#lovepurposed

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arch-knightinsourarmor · 1 year

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@pollicitatus asked:

Munday Meme: 1, 4, 13, 15, and 22.

♡ Munday Meme ♡

1. When did you start writing on Tumblr?

Somewhere between 2016 and 2017. I don't have an exact date because I deleted those blogs due to some really toxic members in the rpc, but I recall ‘ celebrating ’ a year in tumblr the day I deleted, and somewhere in that year it was when I got into roleplaying.

4. Favourite thing about roleplaying?

Oh, the feelings, the bonds we get to discover. The limitless scenarios we can explore, twist reality/canon to our wishes. Roleplaying being creative writing, but you don't know exactly what comes next! It's up to your roleplay partner. As if reading an exciting book or watching a tv show but also have some part in the plot. If this isn't one of the most awesome forms of creation, what is? Not knowing where the story you're part of goes when also being the writer in it? I just feel this sort of collaborative writing is amazing.

13. What’s one random headcanon about your muse that people mightn’t know?

Many, actually, cause I only have headcanons in my head and I rarely post them. One of them is that Levi's only fear is drowning. He doesn't know how to swim and it's the only possible way to kill him.

15. What do you look for in a rp partner?

RESPECT. The only thing is respect in what I write, the matters I like to explore. I need to feel comfortable enough with a roleplay partner that they won't judge me for what I write or the person I am. I respect someone likes something I don't ( a ship, a muse, a topic ), and I expect the same respect from my roleplay partners. I don't need to be criticized for enjoying something questionable, cause all of us like something others don't. And I'm not referring to myself only, but anyone who may choose to be negative or look down on others for something they don't approve of. It's fiction. Why make it less fun?

22. Short, medium, or long threads?

My preferred length is 3-5 paragraphs. That way I can balance speed with having enough space to deliver the sentiment I aim for. I love novella threads too, but they take longer to reply to.

#( thanks a lot!! )#pollicitatus #—× ooc.#—× ask.#—× ask (ooc).

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