#Memorial Day Traditions

[lavandamichelle]

Honoring Our Heroes: Remembering and Celebrating Memorial Day

Greetings, lovely readers! As Memorial Day approaches, it’s time for us to pause, reflect, and honor the true heroes of our nation – the brave men and women who have served in the military. Memorial Day holds a special place in our hearts, as we come together as a nation to remember and express our gratitude for their sacrifices. Join us in this blog post as we explore the significance of this…

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#Community Unity #Fallen Soldiers #Gratitude #Honoring Heroes #Memorial Day #Memorial Day History #Memorial Day Traditions #Memorial Services #Military #National Holiday #Patriotic #Remembrance #Sacrifice

[arttsuka]

What am I even drawing anymore...

#spock with a miku outfit and wig #star trek #star trek tos #spock #s'chn t'gai spock #hatsune miku #vocaloid #it's complicated #fanart #art #traditional art #the outfit and hair might not be that 'good' because I didn't search up any references. I drew them from memory #I should draw Miku some day...

[imaginative-joy]

I just realized that I never posted these here! These were a few sketch cards I did for my KH 20th anniversary artbook preorders. I like the effect I get when drawing on colored paper!

(Pssst, physical and digital editions of my book are available through my shop 👀)

#kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #Roxas #Riku #Kairi #axel #Lea #Ven #ventus #Keyblade #birth by sleep #dream drop distance #kingdom hearts ii #kingdom hearts 358/2 days #melody of memory #ink #traditional art #fanart #braveheart #twilight town #land of departure #kh #kh3 #sketch #art

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

hello helloo! i just read through your modern au and I'm in love (shocker), i wanted to ask if you'd give some more info on poppy? apologies if there's already a dedicated post to her, looking is not my specialty

there is not! i will gladly ramble!

~

in this au, Poppy is slightly less fearful than canon. this is for several reasons! 1) years of therapy. 2) anxiety meds. 3) teenage years of her friends dragging her out for Shenanigans & hyping her tf up! but she's still a worrywart! she's very cautious! she can and Will see the bad/dengerous side to every situation. but! now she has the tools to not only cope with but combat her intrusive thoughts & fears <3

i think i mentioned it before but she Did Not Realize she was trans until highschool! specifically, when she met Sally! Poppy had to stop by the theater department after school for some reason or another, and Sally noticed her looking longingly at the costume dresses (Poppy thought she was alone lol)

and while Poppy was mortified at being caught, Sally was delighted. they only knew each other in passing and from reputation but Sally started holding up dresses to Poppy and complimenting how well they suited her. (i could joke about how Sally could sniff out the lesbian in her before Poppy even knew she was a girl!) Poppy, flustered by the sudden attention and apparent acceptance, didn't know how to handle it and fled. then started avoiding Sally in the halls. but! eventually she had to go back for Insert Reason Here, and ofc Sally was there. this time around Sally is a little gentler and less assertive, but manages to coax Poppy into checking out the more ~feminine~ costumes again. thus begins their little meetings where Poppy tries on costumes and Sally is her biggest hypeman

it takes a while for things to Click in Poppy's mind! it isn't until she tries on a dress that Sally custom-made for her, wearing some makeup and a wig, that Poppy has her oh moment. unfortunately, some of their ~mutual friends~ (Wally, Barnaby, Howdy) walk in on them. there's a short, terrifying moment where Wally is all "who's your friend, Sally?" and Barnaby has to lean over to let him know "that's Poppy, bud". before Poppy can fully freak out, Wally immediately goes OH! and starts complimenting how pretty she looks. Barnaby chimes in next to ask if the dress is home-made bc it fits Poppy beautifully, Howdy nabs a necklace from the nearby gathered accessories and put it on her to "tie the outfit together". in short! Poppy finds nothing but support from her buddies & they're more than happy to help her figure out this new internal crisis / revelation

then of course eventually she's found out by her family, which goes very well (im using sarcasm! it goes terribly!). Poppy isn't outright disowned or kicked out or in immediate danger, but her relationship with her family is ruined by their transphobic bigotry. her friends have her back throughout this, and the guest room at the Beagle farm is always open to her! Sally continues to make custom clothes for Poppy (something that becomes a love language for the two of them <3).

honestly, this period in Poppy's life is part of what like... idk... strengthens her, in a way? her continuing to be herself and actively rebelling against her family, i mean. Poppy becomes a pretty stellar liar lol (lying to her parents about where she's going, who she's hanging out with, what she does after school, etc). she's very cautious about all of it, but she does it! she's determined to pursue and discover and Realize the woman inside her! i have this sweet scene in my mind of the Group at the Beagle farm chilling on the floor with notebooks, brainstorming on possible names. (Sally enthusiastically says a variation of 'exquisite' to each one, and then when Poppy says 'im not sure about that one' Sally - still enthusiastically - says a variation of 'horrible terrible how could you suggest such an ill-fitting name'). despite everyone's efforts, i like to think that Poppy finds her name entirely on accident! maybe during the Gap Year Road Trip! maybe they stop by a SoCal poppy reserve in superbloom and the flowers Resonate with her! who's to say!

but Poppy begins her (medical) transition in college! she, of course, gets shit for it, but she also begins to find community and enjoyment in the local queer community. and of course, she has her buddies <3

but anyway! i like to think that Poppy participates in local farmer's markets with her crochet work & baked goods, the latter of which is a complete hit! that, plus her first experience with going to a tearoom inspires her to strive towards owning her own! tearooms are right up her alley, i'd say - calm, quiet, and Poppy can make peoples' days a little brighter with a tranquil atmosphere & delicious treats! i swear i have a reason between 'Poppy british = she goes into tea business'. honestly! tearooms are more about the tiny sammies & tasty cones w/ cream! and feeling Fancy while chatting!

i think it takes a while for her to actually be able to start up a tearoom. I'd imagine she starts by holding a small, single-table reservation-based one in her own place once the Group decides on what town to move to. it's successful, slowly (but steadily) grows, until she can get an actual House and transform the ground floor into a full tearoom. lil shop by the checkout counter, several different rooms, a sizeable kitchen. staff! the tearoom is a humble one, but it's a killer holiday & tourist destination! the high ratings even bring in people from out of town!

and when it comes to Poppy & Sally, bc yall know i'm a sucker for Popstar - i like to think that they start dating after (mostly) all of them move into their new town. & after they both have been in prior relationships! and then they never stop dating. well, they do, but that's so that they can upgrade to Wife Status. and then they never stop being wives so there <3

but Poppy is successful and happy! she had a rough go of it but she Makes It! and she continues to make it!

#i hope this Suffices! #ofc the ~lore~ in my mind is a lil more complex #but its Too Much to fully write out yk yk #giving her a tearoom was uhhhhh a bit of Personal Indulgence i will admit! #i used to have a tradition with my mother/grandma/sister where we'd all go to a tearoom once a year #but then grammie bit the dust (or rather - got turned into it) and that tradition uh. kinda stopped #i have very fond memories! i'd like to go to one again someday! perhaps with friends! #so when i was thinking 'what modern day profession would suit poppy' i do think owning a high english tearoom would fit #theres also just a level of personal influence to that ahaha #also if i went to a nice tearoom and the owner was a gorgeous 6'8 woman. ough. thats all im gonna say about it. ough <3 #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #sally likes to waltz into the tearoom while poppy is working to buy One (one) little box of tea and also flirt over the counter for an hour #and there's an upstairs room reserved for Poppy & her friends!! #it's free for them to use at any time! #though they still always pay. they have a lil game with poppy where she tries her best to refuse #but they manage to sneak the payment past her anyway #or they so happen to 'leave a tip that just so happens to be the exact payment' on their chair #on top of the tearoom she also supplies some baked goods for Howdy's shop #it was something they started when she was first getting her lil business off the ground #it evolves into just 'poppy bakes a batch of muffins as her morning ritual and sends them to howdys' #she supplies more when she can! or when she stress bakes! or when she and frank stress bake together! the entire group gets fresh tasties!

[femme-et-traditionnelle]

When I was a child I used to wander to the nearby forest daily to escape the chaos at home. If I walked long enough, the water stream eventually formed a little pond, surrounded by some dirt or sand all around. I would sit there and read and nap for hours. Over the summer, I watched tadpoles hatch and grow and leave the place and that's one of my sweetest memory honestly.

#It was terribly lonely but still good days #I really really miss that forest #or any forest actually #there isn't a single spot of nature around me right now #personal #tradwife #traditional gender roles #traditional femininity #tradfem #nature #summer #memories

[t4tozier]

nonverbal richie tozier who uses AAC send tweet

#i love the idea of richie being talkative but not in the quote unquote traditional sense #after years of using the same program he knows where everything is and it’s just muscle memory #maggie and went make sure he has access to swears and like mature language bc just bc he doesn’t speak w his voice doesn’t mean he doesn’t #understand it or shouldn’t have access to words that his verbal friends do #also he and bill commiserate over people making fun of their speech differences #and on days when bill’s stutter gets bad richie offers him his tablet so he can use his program #eventually bill just gets his own on his phone or smth so then he’s not depriving richie of his method of communication #richie tozier #autistic richie tozier

[lonelysucker7]

LIL DOODLE BOOPING THE BROS (Thanks sis for the idea 🤗)

(NOTE: THATS NOT LEVI 😭 THATS COMIC BEN)

4/19/24 edit: I added ink

#suckerrambles #I really do like all the Ben’s 🤷‍♀️ #Boop day boop day #Kitty #Lmao sorry Kaine #Lil doodle #traditional art #my art #SIS THATS NOT LEVI BAHAHAH #Maybe I should try to draw Ben with curls idk I’m used to seeing him with the bangs #That’s for Chasm I think…? #Hmmm I need to refresh my brain cause these breaks have been drying my memory a little #astv ben reilly #comic Ben Reilly #kaine parker #Ben Reilly #Chasm Ben is…concerning for me.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok’s daughter is two things and two things only: 1) Trans 2) Not tired

#Asil #Tuvok is only capable of creating amab children but where they go from there is anyone's guess #out of this whole family only Sek and T'Pel are cishet #and sometimes T'Pel isn't v_v #Sek is that meme youtube video title that's like 'IN A WORLD...WHERE BEING STRAIGHT IS THE MINORITY...' and it has that girl sobbing #Sek is straight but such an ally that he had his first kiss with a guy (kar) #Asil insists she's a girl since she can talk and thus is referred to as such #when she gets older her entire family go to the temple she was blessed in and Asil goes through the process again #and she's welcomed into the family yet again under the name 'Asil' which her parents gave her again #in my mind it's a sign of great love/acceptance to be given a new name by your family since Vulcans seem to be very much about tradition and #familial pride/loyalty...being named again by family shows that you're still part of the family - still their child #it's a nice and important day v_v Asil gets lots of attention as the symbolic baby (though Varith is already born at this point) #Tuvok is wearing his starfleet uniform bc it's muscle memory but it's sort of funny to imagine him going back bc he'd still be an ensign #and he'd be like...what? 60? 70? #80?? #I like how long Tuvok and T'Pel seem to have waited to have kids...literal decades and then FOUR !! #anyway #[REDACTED] family shenanigans #tuvok #tuvok art #comix #bee doodles #trans vulcans

[ancestorsalive]

Polish cemetery at the time of Zaduszki - the time of remembrance for the Dead.

Image source - MagPie (aka Olga Stanton)

#ancestors alive! #what is remembered lives #memory & spirit of place #ancient ways #sacred ways #folkways #life #traditions #past times #love #Poland #Zaduski #remembrance #day of the dead #Samhain

[seasicksilver]

my brother, my keeper…

#loki mcu #thor mcu #loki odinson #thor odinson #brodinsons #fan art #traditional art #artists on tumblr #sketch #doodle #my art #loki looking older in the span of like …a couple of years because of all the stress they’ve been through #while thor still looks like the day of his coronation is my personal headcanon and my own roman empire #don’t worry! thor goes through his stress induced ageing after everyone he loves dies 😁 #another personal hc is thor’s earliest memory is the first time he held loki #while loki’s is reading their favorite book thor #im making myself sad omfg

[delilahhyuuga]

Day 28 of Stingotober : Memory

"'Cause you're still remembered"

#death note #mello #mihael keehl #stingotober #inktober #day 28 #memory #you're still remembered #delilahhyuuga238 #traditional art #artists on tumblr #also this is the last piece of this year's stingotober #until my next art piece #;D

[jigrabble]

The grade school Meanness in the Life Series is my favorite

#trafficblr #The chanting has me cackling #Its immediately a tradition anytime someone fails with a crowd #Its all in good fun i kno but when grian gave lizzy a heart bcs everyone was mean to her it opened so much elementary school memories for me #Those were the days #Biting each others arms off one day #Besties the next #God i love the life series

[kirric-the-fan]

#my writing #magical girls #fancures #precure ocs #a little something I'm working on #wip #Reverie is usually one of the more sensible ones too #Cure Reverie #Cure Connect #Memory Cures #I once again continue my tradition of writing scraps entirely outside the main story of this team #they've gotten themselves stuck in space #girlbossed too high #beat the enemy of the day but

[s7ieben]

Adam and Eve’s Garden

acrylic on canvas – painting, canvas cut – 50 x 35 cm

S7IEBEN.art

#acrylic #Adam #art #canvas #canvas cut #childhood #Eden #Eve #garden #happy #joy #kid #love #memory #moment #original art #painting #pair #play time #summer #swing #traditional art #tree #trick #Valentine’s Day #artists on tumblr

[justwhumpythings]

underrated spin on the forced to watch trope that i wish was used more: caretaker somehow gains access to or gets stuck in whumpee's mind and therefore gets a front row seat to years' worth of painful, traumatic memories.

Yesss, nice one!

#submission #whump #tropes #whump tropes #fanfic prompt #emotional whump #support character #i was revisiting some old loki whump fantasies the other night #(fancied some more traditional whump with blood and stuff than what i'm mostly about these days) #and remembered a scenario i used to enjoy #where loki has been redeemed and is working with the avengers now #and the threat of thanos is looming but he can't convince them to take thanos with the right amount of seriousness #so he agrees to use scarlet witch's powers to share his memories of his time on the thanos' ship with thor #(on condition that he won't re-experience them) #and thor is horrified by all the torture loki was put through that he never really told him about #ah good times #😈 #sorry for tag rambling on your submission lol

[andrhomeda]

inktober day 19

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#inktober #inktober 2022 #inktober day 19 #traditional art #sketchbook #ink #summer #seashell #seashells #summer memories #andrhomeda #artists on tumblr #artist on tumblr