#treasures: lotus

[izvmimi]

mmm what do i see👁️

i am DYING LOTUS WHAT IS THIS

[zishuge]

As smart as you are, you should've already guessed. Fang Duobing isn't Shan Gudao's nephew — he's his son.

What are you staring at me for? Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

[madamadragon]

I was scrolling on Weibo and i found this

He's indeed Fang XiaoBao xD

[arvale-artist]

✨]|I{•⤜⟶ ⚔️ARVALE⚔️ ⟵⤛•}I|[✨

ARVALE is an old Game Series series with 5 games:

[🌿🗡️] Journey of Illusion (RPG - FREE - PC)

From gardener to guardian, JOI follows the story of Duncan Forsythe, who has been chosen by 'destiny' to be the new Brave Hero of Legend... It seems like a cliche fantasy story at first, but there's much more than meets the eye.

You can watch a Let's Play of the game here!

[🏹⏳] Ocean of Time (RPG - FREE - PC)

Torn through time, OOT follows the story of John DeMenchev, who has been blackmailed into finding artifacts that allow time travel... and subsequently ends up fighting false gods and saving the world. You get to explore Arvale once more, but this time through different periods of time!

[☀️🌙] Arvale Short Tales (RPG - No longer playable)

AST tells the tale of 5 different characters!

Varju the Druid, who seeks to regain his memory and save mother nature. Tabys the Assassin, who embarks on a journey of revenge and to find his long lost brother. Koden the Warrior, on a quest to save his wife and uncovers secrets about her true past.

Lotus the Mage, persuing to become a powerful magician against all odds with a witch as her mentor. Beylord the Vampire, trying to regain his reign through violent vengence, but is halted by an old friend...

Abandonware, only playable on Pocket PC.

[🫂🔮] Treasure of Memories (RPG - Paid - Steam - PC)

A direct sequel to JOI! Here we are met with many familiar faces, this time assembling together as a group to embark on a new (and sadly final) adventure to uncover the secrets of a strange and corrupting material, as well as exploring many new places to learn and discover more of the world of Arvale!

Unlike the other games, this one was created with rpgmaker, but made by Jaybot7, so the writing and music still feels very Arvale!

The game can have lag issues, but there’s a way to solve it: Open game properties → Select Compatibility Mode: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) → 16-bit colour mode → Run this program as administrator → Launch game from the program folder, play in windowed mode.

[⛏️💎] Melonchi Minecarts (Puzzle Game - No longer playable)

Taking place mostly in Melonchi, home of the dwarves and gems! Here we meet Duncan and DeMenchev again. Duncan, who experiences the consequences of his actions in Melonchi from JOI, and DeMenchev trying to test his theory about the origin of dwarves. It also introduces Grwyth, who has to brave every dwarve's worst nightmare and become the new jewel master.

Abandonware, only playable on Pocket PC.

Arvale is very dear to my heart. It inspired me as an artist and it saddens me to see this world be forgotten and succumb to internet decay. Thus I post and make art about it, to shed some attention and to show my appreciation. I also make videos about it.

[lilianhuas]

Li Lian Hua & Fang Duo Bing tomb raiding working on a case in a tomb. Episode 7.

[mejomonster]

I'm only in ep 14 I'm so soft about fang xiaobao though. ;-; li lianhua simply. Switches to that as soon as he realizes. I want to see fang duobing make a mention of it

[arsene-fixates]

hewwo… what’s ur favorite thing(s) about the informant? (this is @lotusdearest )

One of my favourite things is how witty he can be I know I talked about it the other day but I have got to compile all the times he has said something silly ^_^

The way he calls Carl “beloved lord” makes me giggle so much because Carl has done so many terrible things and has accused informant of being the villain like twice (he literally cannot catch a break)

HE CAN BE SO SILLY

this one genuinely made me burst out in laughter when i was doing this

for context we were chasing someone and i was riding a bike with him behind me & the person was getting away AND WE WJGKSMTS WE GOT ON THE RAMP 👍 “I HOPE THIS CHASE DOESNT SEND US TO THE HOSPITAL” I LOVE THIS GUY

this one’s one of my favourite things he has said but “i’ve heard interesting stories about you” Is So Funny because at that time, there were horrible rumours being spread about me

(practicing dark magic/setting a tree on fire/sinking a ship/townspeople sending letters to the mayor about how scared they are)

my other favourite thing about him is his psyche, his thought process…. his mind can be so beautiful i’ve talked about it a lot.

[morethansalad]

Chinese Sweet Rice Porridge with Beans, Nuts and Dried Fruits (Vegan)

[rootsytoots]

My most anticipated indie games ye.

(left to right)

Top - Frog from Jamphibian

Caster from The Big Catch

Yi from Nine Sols

Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong (i know she's in the first game shush)

Bippy from Tough Bippy

Middle - Bonky from The Ballad of Bonky

Mellow from Endacopia

Anton from Antonblast

Anton from Bååbösåångjåår

Ronan from Moonatics

Kril from Another Crab's Treasure

Bottom - Bō from Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

Alien from Alien Hominid: Invasion (same with hornet)

The Boy from Spiritwell

Hauntii from Hauntii

Protagonist Guy from Knuckle Sandwich

[izvmimi]

zora ideale 👀

AITA for getting into a fight with my stinkbug dealer and sending a swarm of locusts into their fields right before harvest as retaliation?

[wowsillies]

I WISH Jorge had referenced the part of Luck Runs Out where Odysseus tells Eurylochus to be quiet because I feel like that’s an element missing from a lot of Eurylochus interpretations.

“I need you to always be devout and comply with this /Or we'll all die in this” is important because Eurylochus fails to do it by questioning Odysseus’ words (the bag is NOT treasure, it’s storm) and opening the wind bag and his actions lead directly to the facilitation of the death of most of the crew. I hesitate to say he’s to blame because, well, Poseidon is taking revenge due to Odysseus’ decision, but Eurylochus handed him means and perfect opportunity to do it.

So, after that, Eurylochus obeys everything Odysseus says to do. He takes men to explore Circe’s island. He stays put instead of running when Odysseus goes to rescue him. He follows intl the Underworld despite the fact that “hey this witch is helping us now by sending us to death’s realm, this is definitely not a trick” probably raised some questions. He doesn’t (or at least we don’t see) stray or talk to the souls in the Underworld even though Odysseus ends up doing it. He traps and kills the sirens.

He lights and gives out six torches.

So, if devotion to Odysseus wasn’t enough to save them? If Odysseusnis now using that devotion and trust to get them killed as long as he gets to make it home to his wife? What is he meant to do now?

Eurylochus doesn’t sound… fully there, during the second half of Mutiny. Whether there was divine intervention pushing him or madness or simply the pain of it all, he’s not acting rationally. He just saw six of his trusted men brutally murdered, asks Odysseus to lie and say it was a trick, and can’t even kill him when the truth comes out. Odysseus’ wounds are bandaged! (I’m not sure that he doesn’t actually know where Helios’ statue is from btw, both due to the melody and bc it seems outrageous)

We’re all talking about Odysseus pleading for Eurylochus to stop before killing the cows, but Eurylochus is pleading too. He asks how much longer is he expected to suffer, to push through doubt, to follow the orders. And Odysseus’ first plea is “I need to get home” (later “we can get home”). Let’s not forget Odysseus is selfish and Eurylochus knows that, maybe even loves that, but he’s not just hungry, he’s tired.

When Polites gets the location of the sheep cave from the lotus eaters and takes the men to it, he leads several of them to death and himself to his doom. When Eurylochus stumbles upon the cows, does he remember that? Does he deliberately invoke it?

Killing the cows isn’t about the hunger, not really. It’s about the devotion that was asked of him, the price he paid to learn that lesson, and the pain that silence put him through anyway.

[fedrikmac]

Die-cast Hot Wheels LOTUS PROJECT M250 TREASURE HUNT SERIES LIMITED EDITION

[haikyuubby]

freak in you

“room full of beautiful women but i want one”

bachira x reader head cannons

✭ - smut, gn reader

how it started

• bachira loved having a s/o, he wouldn’t trade you for the world.

• but he also loved having sex with said s/o.

• when you and bachira first got together, you found out that you were the only person that he’s ever dated before.

• with that, it was safe to assume that he was a virgin.

• when you guys first started getting intimate, it didn’t begin with sex immediately.

• you were a treasure to him, he didn’t want to do anything to jeopardize losing you, so you both agreed to take things slow in your relationship.

• (slow being 3-4 months before actually doing it)

• you wanted to take things slow, especially since you’d be his first.

• it started with passionate, fiery makeout sessions that lasted near an hour.

• then, you offered to give him head for the first time and he was in heaven.

• soon after he’d start doing things to you, being more of a giver than receiver.

• when the time finally came for you two to do it, you took more of the initiative, making sure he was having fun the whole time.

headcannons

• bachira is definitely a moaner, and a loud one too.

• has crazy stamina

• his fav position is probably cowgirl, lotus, or a mating press.

• loves, loves, LOVES giving, but also likes receiving sometimes too.

• likes the thrill of doing stuff in hidden public areas

• likes having his hair pulled

• loves to give/receive hickeys

• prolly not the type to have a specific music playlist playing in the background, but something more like background noise from the tv (like adventure time or tawog).

• will use a condom if you ask, but really doesn’t care.

• will pull out if needed

• likes to hold your hand while giving you backshots (🤭)

• he loves to cum on your face after you give him head

• overall, sex with bachira is usually a 10/10 on most days.

also this just gave him idk

[galaxies-unknown]

Minor tag dump for Writerverse variants. All listed under the cut in case you guys wanna block a few due to the fandoms they’re tied to.

Myth Re-Sear Mask: The first but never the last | Myth Mask

Writer of Worlds: Home in a world of blocks | Writer of Worlds

Nature Worlds: I’m in a place that you will never find/Til somebody learns to read my mind | Nature Worlds

Cartridge (Undertale): Be true to who you are/Be true to what you feel | Cartridge

Eon (Pokémon): They say it started like a wildfire/It’s kinda funny that you had me written off dead | Eon

Node Gate (Sonic): Desert runner | Node the Fennec Fox

Triangle (Gravity Falls): Welcome to Gravity Falls/It’s our job to answer the call | Triangle

Terror (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!): ‘Monster’ is just skin-deep/I dare you to try to know me | Terror

Imprint (Genshin Impact): Some histories aren’t worth remembering/So I’ll burn the memories before I leave | Imprint

Pencil Line (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic): Creativity is magic | Pencil Line

Wire (Tensura): Not gonna die tonight/We’re gonna stand and fight forever | Wire

Tize (Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel): Star of The Silver Lotus | Tize the Siren

Moonstone (Steven Universe): We’re only alive if we bruise/So I lay down this armor | Moonstone

Zam (FNaF: SB): I don’t need the stars in the night/I found my treasure | Zammy Worlds Lunar

Fragment (Subnautica): Here in the water/I found my peace/My drive to thrive/From the death of me | Fragment

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

“Robbie is gone! I’m still here! And I refuse to live in his shadow!”

Rastapopoulos himself may be out of the picture, but his ghost continues to haunt those who were caught in his web.

A collaboration with @aboardthescheherazade using her OC Marlene Katz - an actress Tintin tries to save in Cigars of the Pharaoh!

Five years later and Tintin is baffled to see Hollywood starlet Marlene Katz turn up at his doorstep asking for help. Formerly under the thumb of Cosmos Pictures, Marlene became an unsuspecting witness to Rastapopoulos’ criminal activity and now the mob is after her, seeking to tie up some loose ends. To top things off, she is due to make a public appearance at The Golden Palm, a prestigious film festival. After years of hiding, Marlene is determined to get her acting career back on track, and this film may be her big break.

Tintin is highly suspicious. Chang, on the other hand, is utterly star struck, and after noticing an uncanny resemblance between the two hatches a ridiculous scheme that may finally put an end to this particular problem. It might just work, but Marlene makes the last minute decision to also go undercover, feeling immense guilt over having Tintin and Chang risk their lives for her.

While Tintin is running around in heels and beating up mobsters Haddock is away on a weekend break with Ramo Nash. Before leaving he asked Chang to keep Tintin away from any incidents and to promise not to throw any house parties.

This was my first collab on this blog and I had a lot of fun bouncing ideas off with Vaye. Her blog was one of the first Tintin blogs I followed - definitely check it out, it’s an absolute treasure trove of resources and research! Below are a few notes of stuff we discussed while making this:

- After the Blue Lotus, Marlene breaks away from Rastapopoulos and pulls back from the film industry to lay low, teaching dance classes instead. He keeps trying to come back to her, leaving her exhausted and paranoid. Since Rastapopoulos always considered Marlene to be pretty stupid he never made much of an effort to properly hide his criminal activities from her, but Marlene was able to slowly piece things together...

- This adventure takes place after St. Benezet’s Basement (the boarding school story) and before Call of the Songbird (Tintin Fucks Up and Steals A Whistle). Tintin is still in the grips of trauma from the canon stories. Chang is starting to settle in. Haddock and Nash’s relationship is in full swing, but they are keeping things quiet from everyone else. 

- In some sketchbook comics I did to flesh out ideas there’s hints of Tintin being gay and asexual, his complete lack of interest in Hollywood actresses and his mild irritation of people’s judgements being clouded by crushes! Chang’s attraction to Marlene however, foreshadows his feelings for Tintin later on down the line.

- There’s a role reversal theme going on here. Both Tintin and Marlene are victims of Rastapopoulos but in very different ways. By playing each others’ roles they both can get a clearer picture of how Rastapopoulos hurt people, and therefore a better understanding of their own traumas. Tintin is usually spontaneous and rarely makes himself known, but here he is playing a set character. Marlene as an actress, on the other hand, is used to receiving direction from others, but circumstance pushes her to improvise. I can imagine her using her skills as an actor to get into character as an ace reporter to fake some much needed bravery!

- Marlene’s disguise is literally just stuff she pulls from Tintin’s and Chang’s closets. She’s wearing Tintin’s trenchcoat, dress shirt and suspenders and Chang’s spectator shoes, trousers and scarf!

- Marlene is a very skittish person but will be compelled to do what she believes is the right thing. As Vaye put it, “Marlene’s bravery under fire is that she’s like the one person in a room who’s willing to get a spider outside...” Marlene is also older than Tintin and pretty much views him as a child, even though he’s in his early 20s at this point. She feels incredibly guilty about what Rastapopoulos did to him and the fact he’s risking his life for her. She feels some level of responsibility for him.

This all started because I thought it would be cool for Tintin to beat some guys up in drag

[blueiscoool]

‘Incredible’ Mosaics Were Found in an Ancient Luxury Home in Rome

Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has called the works “an authentic treasure.”

Researchers working in the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum in Rome have shared their discovery of luxurious mosaic-tiled rooms found in an ancient home on the site, which they believe may have belonged to a Roman senator. Created from shells, glass, white marble, and Egyptian blue tiles, the mosaics have been described by Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano as “an authentic treasure”.

The “rustic” mosaics, found on the grounds surrounding the Colosseum in the heart of the city, date to the late Republican Age, in the last decades of the second century B.C.E., and show a series of figurative scenes. They once decorated a townhouse, or domus, owned by an upper class citizen. Italy’s Ministry of Culture have said that “due to the complexity of the scenes depicted” and their age, the mosaics are “without comparison.”

One mosaic depicts a coastal city with towers and porticos, with three large ships floating by on the ocean waves. The culture ministry believes this could be a reference to naval victories achieved by the owner of the home, which is believed to have been a Roman senator. This is supported by historical sources describing the area as having been occupied by such high-ranking members of society.

The decorated walls were likely located in the home’s dining rooms, where luxurious banquets would be hosted, and guests at these events were likely wowed with “spectacular water games,” according to the culture ministry, based on the presence of lead pipes set into the walls.

In the reception room, an extremely well preserved decorated stucco featuring landscapes and figures was also discovered. Other designs include vines and lotus leaves flowing from vases, musical instruments, and tridents.

The mosaic walls were first discovered near the Colosseum in 2018, but excavation at the site will continue into 2024, and more rooms could be discovered. Alfonsina Russo, the Director of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, has said that once the domus is full uncovered, “we will work intensely to make this place, among the most evocative of ancient Rome, accessible to the public as soon as possible.”

By Verity Babbs.