#birdie is my favorite

[sunshinecassette]

DO WE FW THE MCDONALDLAND ART ⁉️

[bloodybellycomb]

Cannot wait for dragon age 4 so we can all, once again, be forcibly subjected to the inevitable hordes of elf obsessed internet users who are seemingly on a sacred, holy mission blessed to them from an unfathomable higher power whose sole goal is to gaslight everyone else into thinking that Solas is sexy

[horrorhick]

BIRDY | bella ramsey | Catherine, Called Birdy (2022)

Favorite Performances   ↪ 9/?

[corviids]

beloved son

[where-our-stories-start]

Period Drama Appreciation 2024 Day Two: Favorite Character(s)

[forgotmysword]

[anisohtropy]

Kavetham constellation brainrot

we, collectively, don't talk about Kaveh and Alhaitham's constellations enough.

Looking at Alhaitham's first, Vultur Volans was the roman term for the constellation Aquila (the eagle). But why are we referencing its symbolism as a vulture instead of an eagle? That feels deliberate even though everyone assumes Alhaitham's meant to be an eagle. I contend that it's meant to be three things, an eagle, a vulture, and a falcon (just like the interpretations of the real constellation.) The eagle is obviously the well-trodden path of the divine symbol of Zeus/Jupiter. But what we kind of ignore is that the eagle was said to hold onto Zeus's lightning bolts, y'know his method of smiting people. Vultures and falcons have similarly death-related divinity. In an ancient desert environment, vultures are very useful as scavengers for getting rid of bodies to prevent the spread of disease and the general unpleasantness of rotting flesh. Falcons are very clearly associated with Egyptian gods, but particularly Horus, who was famously born/created from the dismembered body parts of his father. Interesting.

Now let's look at Kaveh. Paradisaeidae refers to birds of paradise, which are a real kind of bird, but the name is based on a kind of bird from Persian myth called the Huma bird. These things are wild. They're supposedly always flying and never lands on the ground. Some myths depict them like phoenixes, burning up every few hundred years to be reborn from the ashes. It's supposed to bring good fortune to people it flies over or who touch it. In some traditions it cannot be caught alive and whoever kills it will die within 40 days. It overall symbolizes unreachable highness and divinity. Obviously, it's a fake bird, but it's theorized that it's based on bearded vultures (meaning if we interpret it as a real bird that's gained divine properties, it would've probably done so via literally starving itself out of an unwillingness to bring or benefit from harming another creature).

They're the same kind of bird, fundamentally, but associated with opposing kinds of divinity. One brings destruction and the other brings fortune. One is self-sustaining, comfortable as the right hand of the true divine, but it is outcast due to its nature to survive using tragedy that befalls other creatures. The other cannot ever come down to be a normal bird, it sacrifices itself on an altar of being able to continue to bring joy to people it will never be close to. Change, decay, and cold rationality vs burning compassion and altruism and perfection. The burning bird can never be a meal for the vulture, as its death means only ash, and it is thus the only kind of misfortune of another creature the vulture can truly understand and care about. The Huma can never understand why the eagle is content as a messenger for the gods, why the vulture feels no guilt for the death it scavenges, why the falcon is content with a normal life when it was born with the potential for unimaginable greatness. The eagle, vulture, and falcon cannot understand the Huma's lack of pride or its willingness to damage itself for the sake of humans who would catch and kill it in their ignorance.

Also relevant is the fact that Deshret is clearly meant to be an analog of Horus or Ra. Both are associated with falcons and the sun, and their eyes are both significant in mythology (Deshret is symbolized by an eye in a sun in the lore). Nabu Malikata also has a massive pattern of sacrifice and she famously made a daughter-bird that was destined to die in the cataclysm.

There's a lot to unpack here but by god someone's gotta do it. The reincarnation, entangled souls, two sides of a coin vibes are SO STRONG with them. They're soulmates and the constellations only reinforce this when you pull back the hood on them. AAAAAA

[bloodmoonlich]

2023: A Year for the Pop Girlies

[yukiblob]

ummm hiii could you draw my wife's oc bridget?

here's some of their art of him :3c anyways your art is GORGEOUS i love how you do shading it looks like a painting!!!!!

Thanks for your kind words 🤗

Enjoy 😊

[lalaloobzy]

Do gay people even know about Birdy?

Once every couple months I remember these dudes and they take over my whole mind

I am BEGGING people to read or watch Birdy

I'm in love with queercoded old fiction. And these pictures don't even begin to show how queer it is. Not to mention it's one of the best portrayals of complex PTSD I've ever seen

There's a part where Birdy gets 2 birds specifically with the intention of having them mate and have babies and he names them Birdie and Alfonso after Al and himself. HELLO????

[irregularbillcipher]

"now that i'm back on tumblr i should probably post my best lisa art here," i say, as i proceed to make my first lisa post the worst art i've ever drawn for the fandom

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

"Better than ever!" "Good as new!" Maybe if you hear it long enough, it'll start to sound true.

[theartofloss]

If you clear the tunnel before meeting with Talanah, she gets injured in the fight against the Shellsnapper and has to rest in Camp Nowhere - only after Aloy insists she takes some time to heal up, of course (not sure Varl or Zo would be amused)

[birdietrait]

i am doing everything except writing rn ARGH

[thelaurenshippen]

I had a member of a choir I used to direct named Birdie. So, in my mind, Birdie from Breaker Whiskey is a small, bright-eyed woman who has been in a wheelchair since she beat polio as a teenager. She is full of determination and kindness and doesn't take shit from anyone. But gently and politely. I know this is certainly incorrect, but since all we know of her is short statements and questions in beep form, I haven't had enough to bump that picture out of my head. It's interesting how different this is from a character whose actual voice the audience hears, even if we have very little info.

So, even though Whiskey doesn't trust her, and the audience probably isn't supposed to trust her completely, either, I can't help it. I sang "I'll Fly Away" at her graveside ceremony. I trust her entirely and Whiskey keeps hurting my feelings when she doesn't.

All to say, I am all caught up and still adore this podcast although I am highly annoyed by the slandering of my friend Birdie's name.

I absolutely love this, thank you so much for sharing <3 It sounds like your Birdie was a wonderful presence in the world and I have no doubt that if Whiskey were communicating with her, she'd trust her entirely.

As for the Birdie Whiskey is communicating with...well, neither of their stories is done yet.

[maya-custodios-dionach]

Am I the only one who clocked the sapphic heart eyes that Peg directs towards Madame Brand, or...?