#Status symbol 3

[mayhemspreadingguy]

“I need a father. I need a mother. I need some older, wiser being to cry to. I talk to God, but the sky is empty.” ― Sylvia Plath

#The Chosen One #anakin #anakin skywalker art #anakin skywalker #anakin skywalker fanart #sw #star wars #star wars art #mayhem art #my thanks to magnusbae for helping me choose the perfect quote to fit with the art <3 #also this time I feel like saying a word or two about what I was going for with this one #lately I find myself gravitating toward the ideas of Anakin in religious context #this one was inspired by statues and stained windows of praying saints and it is the beginning of my religion themed sw art #some other wips are in the owen already so hopefully i will finish baking those someday :) #but more about this one #I wanted to capture the immense burden that was put onto Anakin's shoulders by being labeled as the chosen one by the Jedi #he was made into a symbol representing the hope of the prophecy #he stands surrounded by people. people with expectations. people who lay their hopes in his hands. who gaze upon him. who celebrate him #yet he stands isolated. lost. #deified. pushed towards his own downfall #he's searching for his path. he's searching for guidance #for a shoulder to lean on. to cry on. after the loss he has suffered and for the torments that are yet to come #he's exeptionally strong yet so fragile and vulnerable

[dorkfruit]

more naby baby for my ternminals out there </3

#this one goes out to the person who said theyre the only one unironically emotional about naberius #u and me both girlie #his life sucks <3 #and also the way i couldnt be bothered to paint a skin tone so i gradient mapped my painting yet again <3 #my art #procreate #the she in question is ianthe with her necromancy obv #naberius tern #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #gtn #tlt #once again i only end up painting when its naberius apparently #painted this off of a reference of a marble statue #and so the idea is the top half is statue the bottom half is human #except idk how to paint skin tones so it flopped a lil bit #tis okay #but there was a vision and symbolism here i had an Idea At Play

[laubritter2]

I understand why Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't have nor needs horses (the portals...) but I would love the idea solely for Gortash to wear some fancy spores. Like those:

#enver gortash #baldur's gate 3 #there were horses in BG1 #just more status symbols

[swordbreakerz]

For a long time, we thought we were building mirrors. But now we know better: We were setting fires.

my secret samol for highwaygothic on twitter!

#friends at the table #palisade #cas'alear rizah #integrity fatt #fatt #f@tt #secret samol #secsam #secsam23 #once again my ETERNAL HUBRIS strikes during secsam #this was a little ambitious and i suffered but i am very pleased with it #also i feel like statue cass doesnt count as them being there hes haunting this. intentionally #admire my color symbolism in the statue pls. pls god #its very simple but i did put thought into it #alsoooo that field scene is meant to mimic that time in c/w when cass virtually attended their parents funeral #i rmr austin saying the planet had reddish clay dirt and wildflowers #if im wrong um. no im not <3 #im free. goodnight everybody. sleeping forevver

[mimilllion]

rebirth of venus/freedom triumphant in war, peace, etc.

#monument mythos #freedom faller #freedomfaller #statue of freedom #analog horror #fanart #mims in the studio like yeah this is yet another abstract monument mythos drawing that maybe like #2 or 3 people would understand literally and symbolically. #Drop it #i love transgender and or feminine symbolism in youtube videos

[merakiui]

I think Azul would have such an easy time hooking me into a bad contract, I'm so trusting I would sign anything he puts in front of me and I wouldn't even question it 😭 He'd probably think I'm stupidly naive (which I guess I am haha)... Like he just has to tell me it's nothing bad, smile at me and I'm signing away my life to him 😭

This is so understandable, though! He's just so pretty. No thoughts in my head, just admiring tako while I sign the worst contract in all of my life, thus binding me to him forever. orz I think Azul would like an easy deal, especially since he's obsessed with you hehe!! If he can trap you in a contract right away, he won't have to worry about going to drastic lengths to make sure you're undeniably his. Everything would work out so wonderfully. („ᵕᴗᵕ„)

Realistically, I wouldn't sign any of his deals. I know all of his silver-tongued tricks because I used them when I was younger LOL. My classmates liked to trade cute and expensive stationery and I was very skilled at it. I could never afford pretty stationery, so I did everything I could to negotiate very good (often unfair for the other side) deals so that I could acquire as much expensive and beautiful stationery as possible. >_< so I would definitely recognize his tricks and be very wary of his contracts. Although it's a different story if two mafia eels are standing right behind me while the negotiations are happening. ;;;;;;

#twisted chit chat #scaranya #those were very wild times omg #to think stationery could ever become a status symbol... ;;;; #azul i understand and respect your business grind <3

[adamsappl]

for someone so self-obsessed, adam has SUCH a thing about people seeing his face. he puts effort into his appearance, yes, but it is genuinely, genuinely so rare for anyone to see him without his mask on. at work, on stage, in the bedroom, when he's just around -- he can do most things through it anyway, so he doesn't often feel the need to take it off -- it's really just. at home. he talks about being the first man all the time, yes, but he doesn't like reminding people that that's all he really is ( because he's BETTER than any human, obviously. also because he's separated himself so far from that part of his identity that thinking about it actively upsets him. ahaha. ) taking off his mask around another person has become a very intimate thing for him. he won't say it, but lucifer breaking his mask really fucked with him. not a fan of that exchange.

#//this has been bouncing around in my head for a bit <3 enjoy #//hes not SELF CONSCIOUS per se #//its just that his helmet is like. a symbol of power for him. its part of his uniform it was given to him alongside his a.rchangel status #//so he feels So Vulnerable without it and he fucking HATES that feeling so much #//i love writing hcs and then going back to Staring at my drafts JSHFJSJDJ #headcanon.

[peregrin-nook]

hey. don't cry.

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[todayisafridaynight]

What’s Daigo’s tattoo supposed to be?

It’s Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o/Acala the Unshakeable! Since we’re here, here are some fun facts. Under the cut:

“Myo-o”, or The Mantra Kings, is actually a group of violent deities. In addition, they are meant to represent wisdom, knowledge, and are meant to remove objects that may prevent enlightenment.

Acala is often depicted as sitting on a stone, representing their immovable resolve. The sword in their hand is meant to subdue demons and “cut down” ignorance. The rope is meant to bind evil spirits. Their halo/aureole is often depicted on fire to represent the “burning away” of material desire. 

Like in Daigo’s tattoo, Acala is sometimes depicted as having the dragon king Kurikara on their sword. Kurikara is another symbol of Acala, as in some accounts Acala would take the form of Kurikara. Most notably was one story where they threatened to consume the sword a heretic was disguising themselves as

Furthermore, Acala is often depicted with an upward fang and a downward fang, a trait meant to depict reality’s dualities such as yin and yang and the two realms buddha inhabit. The upward fang is meant to represent enlightenment, while the downward fang is meant to represent the enlightened descending to teach the unenlightened.

In some depictions, Acala is depicted with a third eye to represent their wisdom.

The two eyes Acala has now one is shut. Similar to the asymmetrical fangs they have, Acala’s shut eye is supposed to represent the duality of life and reality.

Acala is one of the thirteen deities of the Shingon Sect, one of Japan’s major Buddhists schools. In this role, he presides over the seventh day of memorial service subsequent to someone’s death.

Acala, serving as one of the Five Great Kings (deities meant to serve the Buddha), is the only one to bear a ferocious and menacing face. Acala’s frightening demeanor is purposeful, as their purpose is meant to eradicate evil, protect believers, and to frighten nonbelievers.

Although Acala’s elemental symbol is commonly associated with fire, it’s not uncommon for people to want to wash and bless their money underneath statues of them. The precise reason for this association with water isn’t exactly certain, though Kurikara being a dragon (dragon’s are often associated with water in Asia) may be a possible reason, as well as Kurikara and Acala commonly being depicted by scenic water sights (i.e. waterfalls, rivers)

#snap chats #i accidentally deleted this response so i spent extra time typing up everything </3 #i dont know why i did i dont think people are going to read all of this LMAOO #so thank you if you do.... i have exams next week and i sacrificed time to be mentally ill... #but yeah no acala is a wonderful symbol i adore them #whenever im about to be stupid with my cravings i think of their scary face and i go Maybe I'll Control Myself :) #i should get a statue.. sometimes i be slipping and yk i need a better reminder... #anyway thank you for th excuse to throw up knowledge :)

[snippydippy]

I got his earring 💜💜

#shut your trap snippy #gale of waterdeep #bg3 #bg3 gale #balders gate 3 #gale dekarios #i know its Mystras symbol #and in game i wish he'd get a moment where he maybe leaves it at her statue after confronting her #but whatever #i dont wear it for her #its for him

[direwombat]

wait hang on. i'm piecing together the logic of syb's herald au and i'm realizing. she isn't the herald of the whitetails. she's the herald of the henbane.

#in this au her whole pathos is that the world is dog eat dog on account of being taken in by her daddy after mama dies #she follows in daddy's footsteps and gets involved in a life of crime (rather than the military) #she goes to prison where that idea is reinforced. and also that people are animals. but can be trained with discipline and order #her moniker is 'the warden' #her base of operations is the hope county jail. she calls it 'the pound' and the cell block 'the kennels' #her methods are more similar to jacob's. but for the gimmick. the SYMBOLISM. she has to be in the henbane #also if she's in the henbane then it means that her baby brother's statue is in her region and i think that's sweet <3 #herald syb au

[teatitty]

Undertaker sees Grell as something of a stoat or polecat. Just an adorably sweet mustelid like creature he can slink around himself and pick up and hold and coo over, heedless of her teeth as she bites down on his hands and fingers

Like a mustelid, she is fast and agile and elegant and sleek, a symbol of womanhood and class. And just like a mustelid, she will always blindside you when you learn just how violent and cruel she can be

#kuroshitsuji #undergrell #hey guys I really love mustelid's can you tell :3 #despite their size they're capable of killing fully grown rabbits and hares #weasels were used as a placeholder for all mustelid's in 16th century paintings #because mustelid's were symbols of fertility and status and gifting someone a painting with a weasel in it #was like doing a little sexy [wink wink nudge nudge] at them #it's fascinating to read about you should def look it up bc it's also one of my favourite weird little history facts #anyway that's why undertaker sees grell as a stoat and polecat hehe

[marinehero]

when th freaking uquiz real

#{ ooc } ✗ 「 wenp reporter 」 #tbd. #[ JUST. #[ thinking ab the world before canon/old gen vibes <3 #[ thinking about what it Means to be Hero of the Marines #[ when they see how you shine and they raise you up but you've only ever been a symbol to them #[ something for them to strive towards control #[ and it all builds up for What #[ are the choices you make really yours? #[ you covet freedom and its glory but how long has it been since you've truly had it? #[ when was the last time you had a dream just for yourself? #[ do you even remember? #[ <- on 4 hours of sleep and having a normal one #[ don't think i'll post this uquiz bc i think i. did do it before? <- unsure #[ but man. just. thinks a normal amount about how garp is one of the freest men in the navy due to his status and reputation #[ and it feels free enough for him to be happy with it but when the restrictions come to play #[ they hit Hard

[forter-from-meteos]

hey, it's ya girl, starrii

#here's that thing i was talking about #“why are there forters” #1. i like them #2. the in-game starrii art has birds on the statue #and forters are the most bird adjacent thing in meteos #and 3. (most importantly) #a while ago i had the thought #“wow flying forters kinda look like those dove silhouettes you see in christian settings” #and the association of forters with like. a holy symbol stuck in my brain #thirnovans might be angels to me but forters are LIKE angels to me #anyways the in-game art isn't the sharpest and i took liberties anyway #meteos #art #nonsexual nudity #ask to tag (which applies to everything i post. i should probably put that in my bio hold on) #digital art #starrii #forte

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

"Never apologise for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made."

Vent piece lmao

#ok to reblog #Rudolf ii #Rudolph ii #Emperor Rudolf ii #17th century #Queer art #art noveau #habsburg monarchy #house of habsburg #So like. This came from a place of deep hurt but it's ok!! #Just a little something to celebrate the queer neurodivergent experience because it can be SO HARD sometimes </3 #Anyway: lunar chart - astrology/astronomy special interest n symbol of madness #Green carnations n bg colours: mlm and bisexual pride respectively #Drips: patronage of art and alchemy #Fruits: arcimboldo portrait n art patronage again #Rat: unwantedness outsider status disease etc #It's also wonky on purpose bc ''"instability''' lmao

[alivegirlmari]

rose’s misty piss motif analysis post. shauna voice. hmm can’t really argue with that actually!

#my only addition is ofc mari related <3 and it’s that misty controls the attic narrative where she and mari both know #that a kidney infection can’t be cured out there. there's p much nothing they can do if that's the case #but nope! lottie's not going to die! bc misty says she won't :) #of all three people present in the attic she's the one with the least social power #except suddenly she IS the leader of this trio. it doesn't matter that she's literally serving lottie #bc lottie's down for the count and mari's clearly panicked and (i say this with love) kinda useless outside of the muscle she provides #misty's the one that gives mari an order and a scolding. and mari doesn't argue back. she fails the order and cries. #and the order again specifically involves piss #socially i think by the end of s2 yeah mari's still got more friends and is above misty on that totem pole #but in a longcon way. i'd say misty's above her. bc she has medical skills and is loyal to nat in a way that mari didn't seem to be during #the coronation scene. like mari might be above but i think misty's already cemented a higher status. it just hasn't hit the runway yet #and i think the attic scenes are a big point for both characters in both short and long term ways #and again yeah. it involves piss. a recurring theme! #(i also saw someone point out she has a mini water symbolism thing going on too) #(which makes the piss thing funnier) #*