Are you familiar with the roman symbol of the fascinus? Made into amulets, these little penises with wings were meant to ward off the evil eye. I've been fascinated (haha!) with them for many years.
I feel like ya'll would really enjoy the knowledge that anctient roman children used to run around wearing a bunch of lil' dick pendants
(They're called Fascinus and are amulets to protect the tiny ones from envy or the evil eye (mostly for male tiny ones) and when a pride chariot would go 'round they would also hang one there to protect the person they were cheering on from envy. The children would also carry lil' bags filled with these (and other amulets)
The fascinus is an ancient apotropaic symbol dating back at least as far as ancient Rome, used as magical protection against disease and the evil eye. Yes, it is a penis with wings.
This fascinus is very three-dimentional, with the wings rising high above the cock & balls, and was designed to be worn as a pendant or as a bracelet charm, but is also available as an earring or pair of earrings.
lydia and luke both seem SO SURPRISED that maryse and robert didn’t tell alec about their past in the circle. but like??? we’ve established that hearing anything about the circle was forbidden for a long time. so i wonder if it’s kind of one of those unspoken things… everyone Knows they’re not supposed to talk about it, but it’s still generally assumed you might explain some of it to your kids. and the fact that maryse and robert didn’t indicates a ruthlessness in their parenting styles even moreso than before. because they didn’t tell their kids this for their whole lives when it might not have be legal, but socially expected…. but they still put the weight of their mistakes on izzy and especially on alec’s shoulders.
the thing about me is i was born in the wrong body but the right social role. i should've been the world's first cisgender tgirl but then god made me the world's first transgender cisgirl