#it's close to Malachite

[ghost-shepherdess]

first three studies in egg tempera ! using pigments available in the medieval era (except for titanium white)

top is a study of a miniature from Christine de Pisan's Épître d'Othea, bottom left is a loose crosshatching study based on this Mary Herbert painting, bottom right is based on this photograph

[iersei]

i voted for him!! could you do malachite from steven universe?

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to me, they are the living embodiment of there is no sign of land / you are coming down with me / hand in unloveable hand

[mod2amaryllis]

take a close look at your new betta, the tiny white dots on him look like oodinium :(

thank you for the catch, i think you're right. looks more dramatic today.

he's acting normal and is already isolated in qt, which has its own equipment so cross contamination is unlikely. gonna move out any snails i don't wanna die and treat. fortunately i intentionally use disposable plants in this tank.

[thewolfnessphotography]

Malachite butterfly

[harvsbian]

fruitberry (@nervousmonolith ty for the request ^-^)

[gameboy-berry]

2 years since dropping into the Pit how are we feeling

[gendercensus]

The 2024 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 11th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th June 2024.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Malachite and rhodochrosite.

[andnatiabrosca]

malachite doesn't get on with viv much at all (at least so far) but I think viv will be her choice for divine. depends if/how relationship develops with leli I guess? bridges burned w cass fr here. leli's religious crisis At The Dwarf has made malachite uh. not talk to her ever again

[raphaelsrightarm]

Watch pt 2

Part 1

Uh ohhhhhh

Words: 1653

Warnings: NSFW 18+ only

Tags: @lovelyladylavie @auggiemty @serpentinefairy @miranexx @drowninghell @monsterroonio

He is a tidal wave. 

Moving and moving, sweeping along anything that may get too close. 

His hands found your waist without faltering for another second. His fingers twitched as he struggled to keep his grip loose. He wanted to touch you, he’s dreamed of touching you. Now that you’re standing before him with nearly as much need as him he’s worried he’ll do it wrong. That he’ll hurt you.

That he’ll scare you away. 

You pressed yourself against him, tracing the pathways of his scales as his breath quickened. You felt the skin of his arms, his shoulders, tracing the border of his plastron. He pressed his lips to your neck as you explored him, the evidence of his want hardening against your stomach. 

You moved to meet his gaze. Your face was only inches from his, and you felt any sense leave your brain as you closed the distance. He was stunned for a moment before you felt his arms wrap further around you. Strong hands splaying out on your back, desperate to have you as close to him as he could manage.

He broke away from you only to kiss your neck again, madly inhaling the scent of your skin before releasing a low groan. A grumble coming from his chest followed soon after, your heart raced at the intensity. 

You thought back to how he had touched himself just moments ago. The image of him stroking himself slowly, twisting his fist as the head that will now forever be imprinted on your mind. You mimicked him as you wrapped your hand around his cock. He let out a strangled gasp, and you realized how sensitive he must be. 

His eyes shut for a moment before returning to meet yours. Deep pools of malachite lit with the fervid flames of his lust. There was something else there that you couldn’t place. He watched you 

You figured it would be best to move slowly at first, since he had just cum moments ago. It wasn’t long before you felt his hips buck against you, urging for more friction. 

“Needy,” 

“You have no idea,” He whispered against your cheek before he kissed you again. 

Your hand moved faster, twisting at the tip just as he had done, as his lips traced your shoulder until he was met with the neckline of your shirt. 

There was the sound of stretching fabric until you felt your shirt tear completely. You gasped his name as the fabric slipped from your body and you felt him smile against your skin. His hands now roamed along the skin of your back, tracing the shape of your spine, the curve of your hips. 

You felt his legs twitch as you began stroking him faster. His restlessness grew with each passing moment of your hands working on him. He wanted more. He has wanted more for so long that it has turned itself into an unforgiving blade wedged into his side. 

Touching you, the feeling of you touching him, were the only things that eased it. Even in his frenzied state he was still in awe of you. 

So he allowed his hands to roam over your body. He wouldn’t last much longer with your hand working him the way it was, and he didn’t want to cum yet. It would feel too much like a waste. 

He felt you gasp again as his hand slid down the front of your leggings, toying with you through the thin fabric of your underwear. Your pace faltered slightly, burying your face into his shoulder as he formed circles over your clit. 

“Don’t get shy now,” His lips brushed against your ear as he spoke. “Tell me how it feels.”

Your body felt like it was on fire. Every inch of your skin was set ablaze the moment you arrived. But words slipped away everytime you tried to form them, too focused on his hand between your legs and yours between his. How the two of you moved together like you’d done this hundreds of times already. 

His free hand moved to grab your ass, kneading the soft flesh against his palm. “Now.” 

Your heart pounded as desire rolled through you like waves. “It’s so good, Raph, please,” You weren’t sure exactly what you were begging for, but just after he pushed your panties out of his way, his finger slipping between your folds to continue his work on you, savoring each whimper and moan that he pulled from you. 

Your hand left from between his legs and flew to his shoulder in an attempt to steady yourself. Though he ached from the sudden lack of pressure, he was too caught up in your breathy moans and pleas for him to make you cum for him to care. 

You were feeling yourself nearing the edge. Your heart pounded like you were running as you ran your hands down his arms, feeling the thick bands of muscle underneath his skin. 

He groaned into your hair. “I wanna fuck you so bad,” His voice almost sounded pained, desperate. 

You fell. 

Effortlessly, he held you against him as your knees buckled. His endless strength was something that had left you stunned a hundred times over by now. 

Your hips ground against his hand as you rode out your orgasm, eyes clenched shut, your fingernails no doubt digging into the back of his neck. 

He was breathing as hard as you were as you came down. His lips traced the curve of your neck. His hand slipped from between your legs, fingers covered in you. 

He inhaled deeply, tasting it off the tip of his finger. The fire inside you sparked back up. 

“Raph,” His name had never sounded more beautiful. “I need you, please.”

He was already helping you slide your pants down, your underwear following soon after. With the fabric in his hand he had the sudden impulse to keep them, just so he could breathe you in whenever he missed this. Though there was a bit of guilt, he dropped them behind him, separate from the rest of your clothes.

You were weightless as he lifted you, bringing you to rest your head on his pillow. He kissed you hungrily, settling on his elbows over top of you. You pressed your knees to his sides, spreading for him as far as you were able in an attempt to make your desperation clear. 

He entered you slowly, his other hand holding a firm grip on your thigh. He watched closely as your head fell back and eyes shut as you took all of him in. 

He knew now that he would never be able to replicate this. His fist would never be able to make him feel the way your cunt is, his body shuddering as he bottomed out.  

He couldn’t think straight, his mind melting from the heat of your velvety core. The churring from his chest had gotten deeper, and already he felt his end drawing near.  

You sucked in a breath through your teeth. His hand slid between the two of you to run circles over your clit. Slowly, he felt you begin to relax around him. 

He forced himself to go slow. Every inch of him was begging for another release, to cum inside you and claim you as his. His mind was so clouded with the scent of you and the strength of his own urges

He waited until you began lifting your hips to match his thrusts to start moving a bit more freely. 

“You’re fuckin’ tight, I’ll make you feel so good.” He felt like he was floating, lost your scent and your whines. “You’re mine.” His body twitched as you tightened around him. “Say it.”

“I’m all yours, Raph.” You tried saying more, and you would have if it didn’t feel so good. Your brain was empty of all thoughts other than his movements. His hands gripped your thighs with enough force you knew it would bruise and didn’t even care. 

Part of you wanted it to.

He watched every movement you made, like he was memorizing you as intensely as you were trying to do to him.

His thrusts picked up, falling out of the rhythm he had created. 

“So good,” He breathes out almost to himself. “So fuckin’ good”

He moved faster. The change of pace nearly made you see stars as his hand continued toying with your clit.  

He watched as your back arched as you met your second release. You held onto him so tightly as your legs shook against his sides. He could feel you pulsing, clouding his vision. 

He breathed you in one last time before his head fell back as he spilled inside of you. He lifted your legs up to his shoulders before he could convince himself not to. He held you there for a minute, kissing your ankles and rubbing your legs, whispering praises of how good you felt before he laid beside you. 

You pressed yourself against him, clinging to his body. The feeling of your bare skin pressing against him was something he never wanted to part with. 

He didn’t know what would happen tomorrow, and he couldn’t force himself to care either. He had your breath against his neck, your arm draped over his stomach.

The moon could fall from the sky at this moment, and the only sorrow he would feel would come from him never again being able to see how the light would fall against your skin. 

It hit him harder than it ever had before, the realization of how important you had become to him. He thought back to the days before you had entered their lives, and they all felt incomplete. 

You nuzzled your face closer into his neck and immediately, almost instinctively, his arm tightened around you. With a light sigh, he accepted that he was absolutely fucked. 

[bones4thecats]

A/N: I do not write for Yanderes, but I did make this where they fought, not to the death, but just in general as the one left standing goes. I do hope you enjoy this @fuzzycalzonebeareagle!!

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🔱 Your father had announced a battle, a battle where the winner gets your hand in marriage

🔱 While you seemed to be against it, you did like the idea of seeing certain Gods fight

🔱 Anubis and you were very close, and quite similar, so seeing the Tyrant of the Sea stand before you as the victor against the other Gods and Humans who tried for your hand surprised you

🔱 You smirked at the God as he held your hands in his own as Anubis cheered and announced the marriage to the rest of the Egyptian Pantheon

🔱 Your uncles and aunts may have been upset about having to accept such a ‘stiff and arrogant’ God into their circle, but they accepted it once they saw how your eyes lit up when he held you close

🔱 He gave you a golden ring with a beautiful larimar gem in the middle of it

🔱 After marriage, expect constant glares from Poseidon to people who dared try stealing you from him, he won you fair and square, stuff it

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💀 Your father and Hades knew one another from work, as Anubis guided people to the Underworld, where Hades worked

💀 The two were on good terms, and seeing how Hades had fought hard, and against his own allies of the Greek Pantheon, to gain your hand in marriage, made him laugh

💀 You just smiled and chuckled as your father grabbed your hands, laid them into one another’s and ran off to announce the marriage

💀 Hades looked at you, squeezed your hand and kissed your temple

💀 For his ring, he gave you a silver and black tungsten ring with a ametrine gemstone inside of it

💀 He said it was made to symbolize the mixture of you both, as you had a bunch of gold and blacks in your outfits, while he had silver and purples

💀 Whenever you father stopped by to check up on you in the Underworld, you would just hug him and listen as he constantly asked for his grandchildren

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🐍 Not exactly fond of each other

🐍 Because of Anubis’ childish tendencies, he would be hard to get angry once pranked by the Norse God

🐍 But he was smitten by you, so he put it all behind himself

🐍 Watching as you walked up to him, held his hands as your father cheered from behind as your uncle Horus just sighed and rubbed his temples

🐍 The ring that this prankster had given you was gold with a malachite gemstone located in the middle with small bits of them stranded about the metal

🐍 It may clash when it comes to colors, but you loved it despite that

🐍 After getting married, you moved in his residence with him, and watch as he constantly pranks his fellow Gods, encouraging you to join in

🐍 You were taught better by Horus, but you couldn’t help it sometimes, Apopis was just asking for it!

[canisalbus]

Wonder who's more protective malachite or vasco?

I think both of them would be protective of each other.

Machete would think Vasco is too good and pure to be exposed to the increasingly unseemly parts of his job and the nefarious circles he's gotten himself into. He's been vilified, threatened and targeted by assassins before and he's painfully aware of the fact that their close proximity could put Vasco in danger as well. He's worried about him because Vasco doesn't seem sufficiently worried himself. His image of Vasco is rather idealized though, and in reality Vasco is way more cunning, practical, capable of taking care of himself and not as naive as he might seem.

Vasco on the other hand still sees Machete as the scared runty loner he was when they first met, at least to some degree. He was an easy target then and even after all these years, despite the power, status and importance he's attained, he still has so few people in his corner. Vasco feels like he must do his best to look after him. He's typically even-tempered, gregarious and likes to believe the best in people, but he has very little tolerance for anyone who poses a threat or tries to come between him and Machete.

[crystallilytarot]

(sorry for the lighting, it's getting dark here)

Your soul family. Choose a crystal

Pile 1 amethyst

There is a masculine energy here, probably older. Can be a father, grandfather, a teacher. Someone who can teach you a lot of things. Very wise, friendly, calm and caring. I see a bear, strong and powerful but soft like a real teddy. I feel this person can give you what you need. They can help you, if you need an advice, go to them. Even if you need money. Or a hug, they can be very good at hugs. For some of you, they can be a future partner too, there is a lot of emotions here, but I feel for most of you, it's not romantic. Also you probably have a friend or friends, who feels like family. Sisters or brothers from another mother. They belong to your soul family too. I think they are not childhood friends for most of you, you probably meet them or will meet them later in life. It feels more light hearted than with that masculine energy, you are still close, but you will have a lot of fun together. A lot of laughing, if you are sad, these friends are always there to cheer you up. I think it's possible that you will meet them at work, maybe in the university and you will work on a project together, after that you will get closer.

Pile 2 malachite

There was a time in your life when you felt hopeless, you didn't know what to do. Or you couldn't move on from a bad experience. And then you met this person. For some of you, it will happen in the future. They helped you, I think even mentally and emotionally, so you were able to go on, and find hope again. You two maybe even met at the hospital/at a psychologist office. I even see church or a pharmacy too. Maybe it's strange but I feel like it can be that this doctor /psychologist or other type of helping people is from your soul family. They aren't just healing your body, but your soul too. They are a little bit more traditional, can be older, but not very much. Patient, loyal, practical. You will probably even find your passion after that. And I think this will lead you to meet your future partner, who can be from your soul family too and who will be a little similar than this helping person.

Pile 3 opal

Oh so this is your soulmate, your future partner, they are from your soul family. I feel you went through a lot, there are a lot of heartbreaks, a lot of conflicts. Maybe you don't feel like you belong. Maybe you feel like nobody understands you really. Now, this person will understand you. They will bring balance, harmony and hope in your life. You will finally live in peace. You will be more patient, have more self-control too. I think you two probably move to another city or country. And you will finally feel like you belong there, you will find friends who are similar or have similar interests too. You will enjoy your life. I think communication is key here, maybe you have a trauma, but you need to say if something is bothering you, because this person doesn't want to hurt you, but they are not a mind reader either. I feel they are a little bit like an angel physically too. Maybe not exactly, but their energy. Bright but also wise. You will be perfect matches to each other.

[allyeardepression]

@jegulus-microfic | feb 6 murder | words: 472

„I’m going to fucking LOSE IT!” James heard as he entered the flat. There was some more cursing, giggles here and there and then a loud thud of something hitting the wall.

Panicked and a little confused, James didn’t even bother to take off his shoes or jacket as he rushed to the living room. He was far more confused at what he saw there: Barty and Evan were rolling on the carpet with breathless laughter, while Regulus threw another water bottle in their direction. And it wasn’t even the confusing part - that he was familiar with. What got him shocked was Regulus’ hair color – instead of his normal jet black waves, sitting on his head was something like malachite afro.

“Crouch you’re dead! I swear, I’m going to murder you! How could you do that to me?!” Regulus shouted like a madman, and to be perfectly honest with you, he had every right to act that way. Anyone who knew Reg, knew his hair were untouchable for the whole humankind, with a few exceptions. James had a feeling the list of exceptions was changed while he was at Sirius’.

Barty and Evan didn’t stop laughing when Reg took a mug from the nearby table and started aiming at them. That was James’ call to move from his safe space at the living room’s entry and catch his boyfriend’s hand before anyone got hurt any more.

The moment James touched Regulus, the shorter man whipped his head at the lightspeed towards him. His eyes were shooting daggers at first, but as soon as he realized who he is looking at, the storms in those gray eyes turned softer, then horrified and finally sad. Tears gathered in them, his Adam’s apple bobbing with a thick swallow.

“James…” Regulus choked out like he actually was about to lose it.

James just smiled at him sweetly, putting down the still held mug. He took Reg’s face into his hands, wiping away the lonely tear that got out of its prison in black-haired green-haired man’s eye.

“I really like that color” James said quietly before kissing his boyfriend’s nose. Regulus just smiled wobbly at him. The sweet moment didn’t last long, though.

“You two – get out of my flat before I kill you” Regulus said coldly to his friends, who by the way, still laid on the floor. Barty snickered at him and Evan just smiled, a little apologetic, before they gathered themselves and went to the door. “Don’t bother coming anytime soon!”

“Love you too, Reggie!” was heard before the doors closed.

“So…” James started slowly, still holding his boyfriend close. “How exactly did that happen?”

“The green” Regulus started “because I’ve lost a bet. The perm” his face twisted “because they’re mean.”

James just laughed a little at that. “Thank god for Elle Woods, than” he said, walking Reg straight to the bathroom.

[moonlight-stalker]

# Dcu x Dp 142

In the center of Gotham there stood two unique and strange statues.

One of the statues was of a humanoid man that stood up straight at 5 feet 8 inches both of his hands resting on the top of a sword that was in front of him. He wears a cape that was sculpted to look like there is fur on the edges a chain holds the cape in place, where the chain meets the cape there is a human-looking skull on both sides. His head is slightly tilted down so if you stood a couple of feet away he would be looking at you, he has a soft open smile on his face if you look closely enough you can see he has fangs. His hair looked as though it was floating, on top of his head sat a crown, he had pointy ears the hands that rested on top of the sword had nails that looked like claws. He wears a bodysuit baggy pants and what looks like combat boots, on the center of his bodysuit there is a D with a P inside symbol.

At his feet lays the other statue, a big Rottweiler. The dog came up to his hip while lying down and was at least 7 feet long, his head was by the man's hip and his body was curled behind the man's legs. The dog had his mouth open partially with his tongue hanging out you could see his teeth when looking at him the dog's head was looking at the same spot that the man's head was looking at. The dog wore a collar with spikes at the front there was a tag that had the name Cujo and on the back of the tag the same symbol that was on the man's bodysuit. One of the dog's paws was resting on top of an actual dog toy made of rubber.

They both are on a stone pedestal that is about 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide the pedestal is decorated with symbols of death and protection. You can find other humanoids sculpted into the pedestal and over time people have noticed that you can also find the Bats and Birds symbols on the front of the pedestal and in the corners you can find symbols that represent the rogues.

The statue had both precious gemstones and metals decorating it. The statue of the dog had the least, the dog's eyes are made of rubies the claws are made of obsidian. The spikes on the collar seemed to be an actual metal, in between each spike a star sapphire sits. Under each spike, a small chain is attached and connects to the next spike.

The man had much more, his eyes were made of Alexandrite stones but changed from Emerald to Sapphire and they changed at random. His freckles are a combination of Opal stone and Moonstone that are spread across his cheeks and nose, and his claws and sword are made of obsidian. The cape outside of the cape has small silver spots, and on the inside, there are many different gemstones that are decorated to look like stars in the sky. Crown is made of a combination of Amazonite and Malachite and is decorated with Ammolite, papagoite, shattuckite, and star sapphire. Bracelets are made of Azurite with grandidierite, he has Paraiba tourmaline earrings with one star sapphire earrings hanging from his right ear. He has three rings one made of Garnet, the second one is made of Grandidierite, and the last one is made of Jeremejevite. On his left hand, there are some cracks that disappear underneath the sleeves of his bodysuit and appear again on his left cheek the cracks seem to be filled with emerald ( the bats know it's not emerald it's crystallized LaArus water ) it is like a kintsugi.

Several things make these two statues very unique

1. No known history there is nothing about who made the status or why they were placed there

2. Destroy or steal no matter how many times people try to blow up the statues or smash them no damage can be done, and no one can remove any of the gemstones that are on them. The person would also become sick or be injured after trying

3. Can't be Recorded or take pictures it's difficult to get clear pictures and videos unless they're from an older model

4. No one can buy or take them many wealthy people have tried to buy the statues and take them but every time that's happened the machines and cars that were there to move them were shut down and the person who tried to buy them would get extremely sick and be haunted by nightmares, night terrors and paralysis.

5. Crused and blessed as mentioned before people would get sick be injured get nightmares, night terrors, and/or paralysis. People that stand in a 15 feet radius of the status can't get infected by any of the gass that are release and people that are already infected by them are inside the radius will get cured, and has also protected people from getting attacked inside the circle .

[amnhnyc]

☘️Last chance: See Garden of Green before it closes on March 17! This exhibition showcases glamorous green jewels, including emerald, jadeite jade, peridot, malachite chrysoprase, and green chalcedony. These dazzling pieces are from the collections of Van Cleef & Arpels. The show is included with admission.

[prizmpaws]

ive been wanting to hop on the gemcyt train for a hot minute now, but when @chrisrin posted sbi gem designs inspiration finally struck. meet labradorite, the emeraldduo fusion! i dont know how closely i adhered to su design conventions, but i had a lot of fun designing him :D i pulled inspiration mainly from the antarctic empire skins as well as a bit of a grim reaper aesthetic. along with his scythe i feel like hed definitely be able to summon and manipulate ice, kinda like malachite