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divinegrey · 2 years

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What about the valorant ladies of your choice with a reader who is bad at communicating their very gay feelings so reader just keeps leaving little gifts around for them whenever they can

omg i loved this prompt so much!!!

GIVING THE AGENTS GIFTS | FADE, KILLJOY, REYNA, SAGE, SKYE, VIPER

words: 2000 warnings: fluff!!!

FADE

You know how much Fade misses her homeland, just from the few scant conversations you’ve had with her since she arrived on base. The conversations are always short— you find yourself in the predicament of being extremely gay and also attracted to Fade, which never ends well.

So, you resign yourself to leaving gifts.

The first one is a bracelet, made from silver and dark metal with an evil eye in the center. Small, but enough for Fade’s curiosity to be piqued and for her to start seeking out who left it for her.

The second gift is a candle holder made by a Turkish craftsman out of black and blue shards of glass, a special request you made. When Fade was away on a mission, you put it in her room with a fresh candle inside of it, and when she got home, she saw the candle lit and the glass refracting off the walls in shades of blue and black.

Okay, she needed to figure out who was behind these gifts.

You got caught on the third go— in an attempt to smuggle some Turkish Delights into her room, you got pounced on. Literally.

“Hah, gotcha!”

You were pressed against the wall, a box of goodies in your hand and your face burning from embarrassment at being caught so easily. She was on the training docket, why is she in here?

“So you’re the one who’s been leaving the gifts for me?” Fade squeezed your face in her hands. “Now I can properly say thank you.”

You couldn’t even get a word out before Fade kissed you. Short and sweet, but enough to make you drop the box of sweets onto the ground out of shock.

Needless to say, Fade teases you relentlessly about it for weeks after.

KILLJOY

For all the alarm systems and cameras she had, Killjoy could not figure out who was leaving her gifts. They’d show up in her room and her lab. Nobody can get past Killjoy’s security systems.

No one except you, that is. You know Killjoy like the back of your hand, and so you know how to sneak past her little bots in order to leave behind gifts.

They were funny gifts at first— tiny hats for her bots, a custom made beer stein (that KJ uses exclusively for her gamer drinks), and other small things that became a part of Killjoy’s lab decor.

But as time went on, the gifts became more thoughtful. A set of high quality tools for soldering. A brand new beanie to replace the one Killjoy accidentally burned a hole through with a blow torch. Blue light glasses with her exact prescription so she wouldn’t burn her retinas off staying up late.

By that point, Killjoy had enough of it and decided to camp out in her lab one evening to find her mysterious gift-giver.

Lo and behold, she couldn’t contain her shock when she saw you creeping into her lab, dismantling her security alarms with a passcode she didn’t even know that you knew.

Before you could place whatever gift you’d gotten her this time, Killjoy turned on all the lights and grinned at you from where she’d been hiding in the corner. You’d been caught, and you knew there was no way to explain yourself out of this one.

“It was you!” Killjoy shook her head. “Of course it was, how did I not figure this out sooner!”

She jumped off her perch and walked over to you, wrapping her arms around you in the tightest hug you’d gotten in years. You sputtered out some weak response of being too nervous to give them to her directly, and Killjoy just grinned before kissing you.

REYNA

Reyna is hard to give gifts to. If they’re not exactly right, chances are she’ll throw it away without thinking twice about it.

Which is why you have to be very careful in what you choose to give to the Empress. It’s akin to offering a god something and hoping your head doesn’t get chopped off.

Your first gift is something decorative that you hope reminds her of home— Talavera pottery in sweeping shades of black and pinks, placed on her desk. The following day, you overheard Reyna asking Cypher who gave it to her. To your relief, Cypher said nothing about it and pretended he didn’t know (a lie that everyone saw through clear as day).

Your second gift was a hand stitched blanket you requisitioned from an artisan (and paid top dollar for). You left it on Reyna’s bed when she was out of her room one night with a sticky note that said for when nights get cold.

Reyna sought out anyone who might have any information; Omen, Brimstone, she even asked Chamber if he knew, and Reyna hates Chamber’s guts. Alas, no one had any clue.

And so more gifts arrived in her room. Authentic chocolate from Mexico that was gone in a single night after. Coffee beans that Reyna swore nobody knew were her favorite. When Day of the Dead rolled around, there were small figurines around her room for the occasion.

Reyna had exhausted every link she could think of, except for one person. You.

And that’s how you ended up cornered in her room one night, fear buzzing in your veins like excitement when Reyna gestured to all of the decorations you had bought for her.

“You’re responsible for all of this?” Reyna asked. You nodded, unable to say even a word. Reyna tilted her head to the side. “Nervous?” You nodded again. Reyna grinned, and this was the grin of a predator. “Good. I’m going to devour you, cariño.”

She did. She very much did. You left her room hours later with marks on your neck and an iron-hot claim on your skin left by the Empress.

SAGE

You love giving gifts to Sage, even if you get too nervous to speak around her.

They’re little things to remind her of home, usually. Jade dragons, lucky cats with waving hands. They end up scattered around Sage’s room and the infirmary, blessings of good luck that Sage takes to heart, even if she doesn’t know that it’s you giving them to her.

Her curiosity eventually gets the better of her when the gifts start becoming more thoughtful; she walks into her room one night to find a package of her favorite brand of tea leaves, notoriously difficult to find. Another night, there’s a custom made fan detailing an old Chinese folktale Sage told around the campfire on the beach once.

She starts seeking out who might be giving these gifts to her, and her search brings her to asking Omen. The ghost doesn’t say much, but simply turns his head in the direction of the kitchen, where you’re standing and cooking with Raze.

You, of course, it would be you.

Sage pulled you aside into the infirmary, a smile on her face as she asked, “All these gifts. You wouldn’t happen to know who left them, would you?”

Knowing you’d been caught, you pulled a small bag from your jacket and showed your latest item— a necklace made of leather string leading to a jade pendant of a Chinese dragon. You held it up in front of her, face flushed from blushing. Sage merely took the necklace and to your surprise, looped it around your neck before using the thick cord to pull you in for a kiss.

You’ll be the first to admit that you squeaked, embarrassingly enough. Sage laughed, and the sound was enough to wipe away your anxious thoughts and for you to kiss her again, hand cupping her face and a smile on your cheeks.

SKYE

You knew Skye well enough to predict her schedule. When she left in the mornings to work out in the gym, you left behind custom carved sculptures of animals in her room. You didn’t make them— your handiwork is shit— but they were made with her in mind.

Skye loved them. The first one she got, she carried everywhere with her and showed it to people. When she showed it to you, you had to use your best poker face and pretend like it wasn’t you who gave it to her.

More sculptures followed, and so did talismans and other things. You even got her a carving knife after overhearing her wishing she had a better knife to cut wood with.

That gift left her extremely giddy. Skye practically glued herself to that knife, either having it twirling around in her hand or in the holster attached to her belt. It became her pride and joy, and you’ll admit, you might’ve gotten caught gazing at her a little too adoringly a few times.

It led to Skye meeting you on the beach late one night, the stars and moon overhead. You asked her what the meeting was about, and all she did was turn to you, a small wooden sculpture in her hand with a pile of wood shavings by her feet.

“This is for you, love. Figured I should pay ya back after all the stuff you got me,” Skye said, causing your face to go red at the sound of her voice and the goddamn nickname. The wooden carving was rather simple— a mockup of your favorite animal, but it touched your heart that Skye knew what your favorite was.

You hardly had time to say thank you before Skye was pulling you onto her lap, pressing a big ol’ kiss to your cheek and nuzzling your neck. You were a giggling, lovesick mess, and it became so clear that Skye felt the same.

VIPER

Viper didn’t care for trinkets or things that served no purpose. That much is glaringly obvious.

You had to take care of what you bought for her. Minimal gifts that could be used, like a pack of her favorite pens for whenever she lost the others. These things Viper could use and you could stay under the radar.

But eventually, you got a little more bold. You asked Cypher what her favorite drink was (wine or bourbon, depending on the mood) and you didn’t hesitate to purchase her favorite bottle of red wine.

Knowing how she worked herself to the bone on weekends, you left the wine bottle in a chilled bucket with a sticky note that said please go home and rest, your work can wait.

The following day, when you snuck into her lab again, you noticed the wine bottle was uncorked, still in the cooler, and another sticky note had been placed on top. It read: Only if you join me for a glass.

You had to work up the courage to respond, but eventually, you left another note agreeing to it. It was set— you’d meet her on the roof of the administration building the following night, and you were to bring another bottle of the wine.

You put on some nice clothes and walked up there, a fresh bottle just pulled from the fridge to give it optimal time to warm up to the perfect temperature. Holding it in your hands, you ascended the stairs to the roof and walked out, your nerves stuck in a tight ball in your chest.

Viper, of course, was already there, sitting in one of two seats with a table between, two glasses and a decanter at the ready.

Her eyes slid over to yours, and you saw the smirk. “I should’ve guessed it would’ve been you.”

“That obvious?” You replied, and Viper shook her head.

“No, but only you would be bold enough to tell me to leave my own lab,” Viper replied. “Pour us some wine, would you?”

It was the start of a wonderful night of conversation, and by the end of it, you’d worked past your nerves and held her hand across the table. It was the best thing you did— Viper kissed your knuckles and promised she would pay for the wine next time.

~~~~~ A/N: cypher being the best wingman by saying absolutely nothing <3

#fade x reader #reyna x reader #killjoy x reader #viper x reader #sage x reader #skye x reader #fade #reyna #sage #viper #killjoy #skye #valorant x reader #valorant fanfiction #valorant #valorant imagines #valorant headcanons

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specialagentartemis · 2 months

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My urge to make a Bracket Poll is back... I still think it would be fun to do "favorite historical/archaeological Southwest US/Mexican Northwest Pottery" because I am gung-ho for Salado Polychrome and Tusayan Black-on-White and St. Johns Polychrome and Jeddito Yellow Ware and Ramos Polychrome and am thinking of going up to Sikyatki Revival Pottery (or maybe go up to modern-day styles too? because I looooooove the black-on-black made by a lot of Pueblo potters today. and the San Juan Revival movement of the 30s-60s is very pretty and cool. And modern Acoma pottery is gorgeoussss and what Jason Garcia is doing is brilliant. but then I'd have to decide about the inclusion of things like Spanish-Mexican Majolica/Talavera and Mata Ortiz/Pakimé) and I think it would be fun to do an unexpected bracket poll like that.

However I ALSO want to do a "favorite queer media from the 20th century" poll because I think that would also be fun

#I could push my Salado Polychrome and/or my The Fortunate Fall agenda

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friendswithclay · 5 months

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“TALAVERA POTTERY IN THE BELLO MUSEUM- PUEBLA , MEXICO”

#friendswithclay #pottery #mexico

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southwest-pottery-bracket · 1 month

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The Bracket!

Thank you to everyone who was interested and everyone who voted! You chose Tusayan (Sosi/Dogoszhi) and Mesa Verde to represent our black-on-whites, and Plain Smudged and Corrugated to represent our utility ware types! (I was not expecting such a plain smudged sweep - I love to see the enthusiasm!)

So, without any more ado, here is the Finalized Pottery Bracket!

There are SO many more pottery types than these 16, and every time I go to a museum or search up on my favorite Southwest pottery reference websites (New Mexico Office of Archaeology's Pottery Typology Project and Northern Arizona University's American Southwest Virtual Museum) I am reminded of just HOW many different pottery styles there are and how I want to show all of them off...

But these sixteen cover a wide range of styles, locations, and time periods, and give a good sweep of pottery history of the Southwest!

Instead of being separated into seeds, they're grouped by theme. More details on each matchup below:

Tournament 1: Northern Polychromes. Salado Polychrome (that is, Roosevelt Red Ware, Pinto/Gila/Tonto polychrome) vs. Fourmile Polychrome (and the closely associate St. Johns Polychrome). Red, white, and black pottery made in Arizona and New Mexico.

Tournament 2: Southern Polychromes. Ramos Polychrome vs. Trincheras Polychrome. Red, black, purple, and cream pottery made in Chihuahua and Sonora.

Tournament 3: Triumphant Black-on-whites. The return of Mesa Verde Black-on-white and Sosi & Dogoszhi Black-on-white, going head to head!

Tournament 4: Yellow-ish wares. Ancestral Hopi Jeddito Yellow Ware (including the dramatic Sityatki Polychrome) from the Hopi Mesas of Arizona vs. Hohokam red-on-buff types (including Sacaton Red-on-buff and Santa Cruz Red-on-buff) from southern Arizona.

Tournament 5: Return of the Utility Wares. New corrugated and new plain smudged types, still mostly from the Mogollon region both, going to single elimination!

Tournament 6: Mexican Originals. Mexican Majolica, in its distinctively popular type Talavera, the brilliantly colored pottery from the Spanish colonial period in the 1600s, is primarily associated with Puebla, Mexico, which is rather far south of our US Southwest/Mexican Northest topic area, but has for centuries been a popular throughout Spanish-influenced Mexico and the US Southwest. Mata Ortiz, meanwhile, is a modern art pottery style developed in the 1960s in Chihuahua, taking inspiration from the archaeological pottery of Paquimé (including Ramos Polychrome).

Tournament 7: Pueblo Revivals. Sikyatki Revival is the name given to the style of Hopi pottery developed by the Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo in the late 1800s based on archaeological pottery from excavations at Sikyatki Village; vs. San Juan Revival, a pottery movement by potters of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (formerly known as San Juan Pueblo) starting in the 1930s.

Tournament 8: Modern Pueblo Art. Some of my personal favorite pottery styles picked out from many, many artists working in the Southwest today, Black-on-black (matte black on polished black, or vice versa) pottery developed in the 1910s by a San Ildefonso potter, and still popular primarily in Santa Clara and San Ildefonso Pueblos, vs. Modern Acoma Pottery, a distinctive style in bold reds, whites, and blacks that is just. Gorgeous. You'll see. (I don't mean to diss modern Hopi and Zuni and Navajo and everyone else's styles by not including them, because they're also beautiful and striking, but I had to stop somewhere!)

#pottery #reference material

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jackredfieldwasmyjacob · 1 year

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hello once again, your friendly neighborhood spaniard is here once again to comment on the references to spanish culture i'm seeing while playing scarlet and violet!

here's my previous post on this! and i wanted to tell you that as per this post, i've officially seen all the cities and towns in paldea which means there's not really much else to explore, these posts are coming to an end :(

anyways, let's start

if montenevera is based on the pyreenees, it makes sense that the area around the fairy squad camp is modeled around another part of northern spain, in this case asturias and more precisely the picos de europa national park, arguably the prettiest part of the country (i've never been there but everyone that has been says asturias is the prettiest so who am i to disagree). just like in the game, it's a beautiful prairie place next to big scary mountains and right by the sea! however, there are no marshy areas in asturias; the three largest ones in the country are the ebro delta [pic 6], the valència albufera [pic 7], and doñana national park [pic 8]. i would say the in-game one is probably referencing the ebro delta, only based on location, as the other two are more south.

another fun thing about this area is that if you go swimming in the north coast you'll be able to find the tynamo evolution family, based on lampreys! lampreys have been fished in galicia as early as the roman times, with unique rock constructions built in the rivers called pesqueiras used to specifically catch them. they are part of the traditional galician (and portuguese!) cuisine, and they are similar to anchovies, one of the most popular dishes in another northern iberian area, cantabria.

finally, there's the last town of the game that i had yet to see, alfornada! one fun fact about me is that my favourite architectural style is mudéjar, so i was absolutely stoked to see a whole town built in that style!!! for everyone who doesn't know what mudéjar is, or why arabic-inspired music sounds all throughout the town, i'm gonna summarize 700 years of story really quick: after the western roman empire fell, the visigoths took over the peninsula, and things were chill for a bit until 711, when the moors invaded the peninsula. by 722 all but asturias was now part of the umayyad caliphate (we call moorish iberia al-andalus for short), but the asturians defeated the moors in the battle of covadonga and from there on the reconquista started, a centuries old war between christians and muslims in iberia that lasted until 1492, when the last remnants of al-andalus were defeated. as you could imagine this conjured up a very complex social landscape and a unique cultural makeup that still lasts till this day. within all of that, there were three groups we had to study in class and were a pain in the ass to differenciate (i had to search what each one were for this post): muladíes (local iberians that converted to islam and lived in al-ándalus), mozárabes (christians and jews that lived in al-ándalus), and mudéjares (muslims living in the iberian christian kingdoms). mozárabes and mudéjares had to pay extra taxes and live in special quarters of the cities, but apart from that they all lived peacefully which is neat. both groups had their own art styles, but the mudéjar art and architecture was the most prominent of the two, and even experienced a renaissance in the 19th and 20th centuries with the neo-mudéjar style. it basically mixes muslim and christian styles and it's so good i love it with all my heart.

also, alfornada is known for its pottery, and ceramics are one of the traditional spanish arts, there are still a lot of ceramic workshops in rural areas where you can find handmade ceramic. and the plates displayed in alfornada are also very popular in the country, every grandma has at least one set very similar to the ones in the game lol. one particular place associated with this type of ceramic is talavera de la reina, in toledo. as our ex-president once said 'the talavera pottery is a big thing, in other words, it is not' a small thing' (it doesn't make sense in spanish either <3)

you thought i was done with this town huh? surely there isn't any more references right??? right??? well, we're just getting started. another interesting feature of alfornada is all the fountains in the streets, which, alongside with the music and the mudéjar style, made me realise what was the biggest inspiration behind this town: the alhambra, the palace complex of the kings of the nasrid kingdom of granada, the last stronghold of al-andalus and imo the most incredible human construction ever (it's a unesco world heritage site as well). even the setting of alfornada corroborates this; the alhambra sits on the top of a mountain, right by the sierra nevada mountain range, one of the tallest of the country (in fact, the highest peak in iberia, the mulhacén, is located there). one of the main defining features of the alhambra was the usage of water, with tons of canalization through the complex and lots of gorgeous fountains.

we're almost done, hold up (this is the first post where i had to cut some images cause i had reached the 30 pic limit oops). just north to alfornada, if you continue to climb up the mountain, you'll reach a ruins area. there are tons of these in paldea, and it makes sense, there's a ton of ruins everywhere in spain as well, but these are special due to its location, its context, and the arch and colums that can clearly be seen. i'm pretty sure this is a direct reference to medina azahara, the palace complex of the caliphate of córdoba, that now lies in ruins (another world heritage site). i visibly gasped when i got here, it shows how much thought the pokemon company put into this game :)

and that was all! i hope you liked it :)

here's next post !!!

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon sv #pokemon spoilers #pokemon sv spoilers #yeah i love alfornada :)#also like #the name #-ada as in granada #and in spanish the town is alforno town #al- is the arabic article that can be found in tons of spanish words #like alfar (pottery factory / workshop / atelier?)#and forno is just the old spanish way of writing horno (oven / furnace)#so yeah #probably the most detailed city in the region

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luv2brd · 15 days

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Pink Flamingo

Enjoy this beautiful Ceramic Talavera Pink Flamingo in your home decor or garden art, or give it to someone you know who loves birds!

This gorgeous, colorful Flamingo Decor weighs approximately 1 pounds, 6 ounces: It's 11" tall x 4" wide x 7" deep .

This talavery pottery was handmade and hand painted in Mexico by skilled potters and ceramicists.

This Mexican Talavera is a special type of majolica earthenware with a white-base glaze.

This Pink Flamingo will look amazing in your home or yard or garden as Flamingo Home Decor or Porch Decor, or Outdoor Decorations.

Handmade Condition means it may contain slight imperfections - photos show details

Handmade Condition means subtle color variations might occur as well

The paints and glaze used in making Talavera pottery are lead-free.

To learn more about the product, click here.

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#Pink Flamingo #Home Decor #Yard Art #Talavera Pottery #Porch Decoration #Outdoor Decor

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sun-citadel · 2 years

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A little side project of mine of a region based off Central America (primarily Honduras + Mexico).

Enjoy the Meso Region's starters! Info + shinies below the cut!

Talvawn | Talavera Pokémon

Talavawn is known for its aid in creating pottery. Using its flame, it fires clay in a way that rivals even the highest quality pottery.

Inspo | Kinich Ahau, the Mayan Sun God, + his deer symbolism for typing

Xolup | Hoofed Puppy Pokémon

It is said this Pokémon guides lost souls to the underworld. Seeing hoof prints within a graveyard means Xolpup performed its duties.

Inspo | Xibalba, the Maya Underworld/flooded cave system, Xoloitzcuintle dog

Kulabra | Feathered Snake Pokémon

Its blocky shape and angular movements are considered strange by many trainers. When close to evolution, its leafy appendages grow larger, making it capable of short flight

Inspo | Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl

Talavawn shiny inspo | Lenca Pottery

Shiny Inspo | White Cadejo, ghosts

Shiny Inspo | Kukulkan's stone statues

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mexican-tile-store · 10 months

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Hand-painted Talavera tiles have their roots in the Spanish colonial period, blending the techniques and influences from Spanish, Italian, and Moorish or even Asian pottery traditions. Introduced to Mexico in the 16th century, these decorative tiles quickly gained popularity, adorning churches, monasteries, and grand haciendas. Today, their production is still centered in Puebla as well as San Miguel de Allende and has become a source of pride for Mexican artisans. One cannot help but be captivated by the artistic mastery displayed in Mexican Talavera tiles. Each tile is carefully hand-painted with a wide range of colors, often featuring floral motifs, intricate geometric patterns, and even scenes from Mexican folklore. The detailed craftsmanship and precision make each tile a work of art in its own right, showcasing the dedication and talent of the artisans who create them. When choosing your favoirte patter, remember that colors hold deep symbolism in Talavera tiles from Mexico. The cobalt blue, a prominent shade, represents the influence of Spanish pottery, while the vibrant yellows and greens draw inspiration from Mexican landscapes and flora. Symbolism also plays a role, with certain patterns and motifs carrying cultural significance. Understanding the meanings behind these colors and symbols adds another layer of appreciation to the beauty of Talavera tiles.

While rooted in tradition, decorative Talavera tiles have seamlessly transitioned into modern design aesthetics. From kitchen backsplashes to bathroom accents, these tiles add a touch of authenticity, warmth, and vibrancy to any space. Interior designers and homeowners alike are increasingly incorporating Talavera tiles into their projects, creating unique and visually striking environments that pay homage to Mexican heritage. Handmade Talavera tiles continue to enchant and inspire with their timeless beauty and cultural significance. From their origins in Puebla to their versatility in contemporary design, these handcrafted treasures have stood the test of time. Whether used in traditional or modern settings, Talavera tiles celebrate the rich artistic heritage of Mexico and allow us to discover the captivating beauty that lies within each meticulously crafted tile.

#handmade talavera tiles #mexican talavera tiles #mexican tile #mexican tiles #talavera tiles #MexicanTileStore #mymexicantile

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