#imma go hide now

[katanaski]

Present for @ringpop-poppy 💕

#sorry is wonky i did it on a little tablet lol #imma go hide now #byeeeeee

[kenslilove]

dis me n shuji <33

#selfships <33 #bunbuns in love #imma go hide now #😳😳😳 #shuji hanma #tr hanma #shitty core

[tired-reader-writer]

*deep breath*

HOO BOI AM I INCREDIBLY NERVOUS.

The first outfit is just a very casual, home wear type of thing, I suppose! It's not much but he can just throw a coat on if he has to like say, receive a guest or meet someone or go out. Since I assigned the season spring to him for numerous reasons, I wanted to give this outfit soft spring sort of colours:

“Long associated with the cycle of life, birth/rebirth, and renewal/resurrection, the Vernal Equinox – Spring – signifies a time when light and darkness carry equal weight, creeping towards the Summer Solstice when the sun holds sway, extending the light of day.”

Hence, light green!

Those are almond flowers on his clothes, and as for my reasons for choosing almond flowers...

Buckle up babes, we're going on an Almond Journey.

“Highly revered in many cultures, the almond symbolizes watchfulness and promise of new life, as this tree is the first to burst into bloom in many countries. For the Jews, the almond branch was the model for the menorah, and for the Christians, it is a symbol of Jesus’ virgin birth. The almond blossom is also a symbol of bravery and courage, purity, hope, and love. From Greek mythology, the almond blossom is a symbol of eternal true love, unconquerable by death.”

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“Blossoming branches of fruit and nut trees hold a special place in our ancestors’ collective unconscious. To them, the blossoms were sacred and held the Goddess’ promise of life and abundance. Ancient Romans revered the blossoming almond, showering newlyweds with the nuts as a fertility charm.

For our modern human psyche, the seemingly sudden bursts of color remind us of an eternal cycle of fresh starts, a recurring miracle. One day cocooned buds add diminutive points of color to dark branches. Overnight, the buds unfold into tiny blossoms, multi-petaled gems. Life begins anew, offering the promise of sustenance as the year ripens.”

Almond flowers bloom in spring, his assigned season (also, do you know how much of a hassle it was to find out when they bloom?? Google is such an asshat, it keeps giving mixed answers like “oh almonds are harvested in autumn” LIKE NO DUDE I WANT TO KNOW WHEN THEY BLOOM JFC—) (ahem anyways) and spring is... new beginnings, a fresh start, youth, idealism, that sort of stuff, right? And due to the role he plays in the AU (giving the clan a new start and some land to settle on, he's very idealistic and even though he matures he never lets go of said ideals, I've been wanting to write a scene where he “sat in vigil” alone as his two little ones slept kinda watching over them but I have not gotten to it I am so sorry, and while I'm guessing that the eternal true love business is supposed to be of romantic love I'm stretching it to include both romantic and platonic loves— aka he's a devoted and loyal husband to Kazai but also he will never stop treasuring Ayunnen and Kashi til the day he dies. And of course, there's no way he's gonna stop loving his little brother, and also his son.) almonds/almond flowers felt quite fitting. Also the Alborz mountains have almond trees, though I fucking forgot if almond trees originated from said mountain range. They probably did, iirc? Anyways, geographically it was a fit. (You have no idea how many times I've visited the Wikipedia page of the mountain range, bless them)

And the fact that it was used in wedding ceremonies is justba cherry on top. Not like he and Kazai are gonna need the fertility charm though LMAO

Anyways, moving onto the next one, it's just the same type of clothes as the first + a coat, suited for less relaxed settings! I tend to associate him with red, I wish I knew why, maybe it's his eyes, and I thought he'd look good in red so here he is, in red. A purple coat over that, and I tend to think of purple as the “family/household colour” as opposed to “personal colour” so I just made it the outermost layer, the “family/household colour” worn overtop the more personal colours, for more... I don't want to say formal, that's too stuffy for what I have in mind, but for like situations where he's not just with close/loved ones in a relaxed setting. That's also why I deliberately chose not to include purple in his first outfit. I thought I didn't have much to say about this one but huh, looks like I had a bit more than I initially thought. The yellow just looked nice on purple, haha. Though I did choose a softer, brighter yellow than what I'd give Kazai, to invoke the spring feel.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARRIVE AT HIS WEDDING OUTFIT. BOI I WENT HAM ON THIS ONE AND I THINK YOU CAN TELL. I have like. SO MANY THOUGHTS.

First of all, GREEN. Green is the favored wedding colour of the clan, and he's wearing lots of green to honor that. @innerchorus said he'd look good in green and I wholeheartedly agree. Look at him.

The pin I'm having him wear on his innermost layer is supposed to be of an ash tree seed, though I did take some creative liberty with the design so uh, does it look like an ash tree seed anymore? Anyhow, the reason for choosing it is:

What do the seeds of ash, sycamore and maple trees have in common? They all are enclosed in a wing-like structure that helps them disperse - away from the parent plant and indeed each other.

It was just smth I saw on some tumblr post, and I was like... “so the apple fell faraway from the tree” and kinda interpreted this as him distancing himself from his parents' deeds and attitudes to pave his own path. He did not agree with their actions and thought processes. The mountain range does have ash trees, too! So yeah.

As for the leaves on the red parts of his outermost robe, I did choose a very particular tree's leaves, and said tree is Persian Ironwood!

Parrotia persica, the Persian ironwood, is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae, closely related to the witch-hazel genus Hamamelis. It is native to Iran's Caspian region (where it is called انجیلی anjili) and Iranian Azerbaijan (where it is called Dəmirağacı). It is endemic in the Alborz mountains, where it is found mainly in Golestan National Park.

And Golestan is:

Golestān Province (Persian: استان گلستان, Ostān-e Golestān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country and south-east of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan.

Oh but I'm not done yet. That's not the only reason I chose this tree,

The name 'ironwood' comes from the almost indestructible nature of the tree's timber which may explain why it is not commercially grown. Herbalists have used the species for the treatment of various fevers and respiratory infections. It is also used for food colouring and food flavouring.

Ironwood is a common name for many woods or plants that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is heavier than water.

The wood is beyond strong, toughest in the face of floods, axes, and anything else.

I've even seen ironwoods described to have “unyielding strength”. Shapur, as I see him, is a very strict and stern (hence hard) man, but he is fair too. Maybe he and Kazai choose to plant an ironwood sapling? Undecided as of yet but I like the idea. I decided to include this in place of an entire tree like on Kazai's robe, mainly because I couldn't fit it on here but I still wanted to incorporate something for it. Tried making the leaves white, it clashed badly with the red imo, so... yeah.

The necklace! I feel like it's kinda lackluster but... I chose to stick with it. You'll see some similar choices as in Kazai's necklace, like the three repeating colours and such. There's also a wolf, I wanted more wolves on his actual clothes but... like with the tree, no place to put them on without it being cramped/jarring so... sadly I couldn't. The wolf is both Isfan and Areyan. His second layer, I really liked the asymmetrical trim look on his first outfit so I repeated that here, and of course, more almonds. This time it's the almond seeds, to reference the wedding thing. I tried to incorporate the colours from Kazai's wedding attire onto this too, to hopefully give a more cohesive feel. And as for the embroidery/detailing on the purple layer... I tried a bunch of times and decided this was nice. Also I wanted more pink on his clothes so... pink I included. In hindsight I probably should've included more white, this outfit doesn't have much white. But that could be in my favour too, since it could be said it's because Shapur doesn't follow that faith so he doesn't have as much but he still chose to honor it in subtle ways.

The ornaments on his braids, I don't know if they can be seen but there's dark blue beads! I probably should've chosen a lighter colour but... that's Kashi's colour, haha. And the white string was for Ayunnen. I like to think that that ornament originally belonged to Kashi (maybe she wore it at her own wedding), that Kazai gifted to Shapur instead of wearing it in his own hair.

I tried to reuse the colours from Kazai's wedding clothes sleeve for the trim on the neck of the purple layer but somehow in my eyes the colours didn't work so I scrapped that and included silver/white instead, and a lighter purple instead of the pink of Kazai's puffy collar shirt layer— hence why I included that pink on the bottom instead. The earrings... I just thought they looked nice, haha.

So this is it!! This was... A Trip™ to write, and I can only hope it'll be A Trip™ to read too. If nothing else my mental gymnastics should be rather entertaining.

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #heroic legend of arslan #winds of wolfsong #wolfpack au #shapur #rotten egg's shitty art #the character design sheet saga #what's with me and my penchant for associating characters with red #it happened first with Lacie Baskerville— I imagined her dress to be red #only for it to turn out purple #then Shapur #then Zandeh #strangely enough I can't associate Isfan with red #??????? WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY BRAIN #I hope y'all enjoyed this! #imma go hide now

[stormxpadme]

My dash going crazy over Dracula and someone seeing my minaharkers email address: OH YOU’RE ONE OF US

Me, knowing damn well I never read the book but only saw the Dracula musical and only love Mina because of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen which 99,9 % of the world hates:

#misc stuff #that made me stop scrolling #musicals #movies #the league of extraordinary gentlemen #imma go hide now #and i only watched the musical because of uwe kroeger #and our musical discord server #sue me i just was never into vampires

[arsonistmoth]

Aight eASTER GIFT TO YOU ALL. Some of my fav lambs havin a sheerin party now that the weather is getting (uncomfortably) warm. Who let their cat in to steal some lanolin rich wool tho- All these lambs belong toooo: @circuscountdowns @runningwithscizzorz @xmajordumps @ballad-of-the-lamb @cyberstarlope and myself (yea mines just...doin the full on dog shake of 'just got shEERED IM FREE MOTHERFUCKERS')

#goat draws #Cult of the lamb #Cotl #buncha lambs here #and every single one was so much fun to drawww #everyones designs are so SHAPED AND LOVELLYYY #also lmao ballad's lamb gets the sheers because him tol #also shirtless cuz thats a RIPPED lamb and it needs to be flaunted #>> #<< #sometimes ya just need a sheering party with your many alternate selves #MK IMMA NOW GO HIDE IN MY CAVE CUZ IM ANXIOUS #HOPE YALL ENJOY <3 #YALL INSPIRE MEEEEEEE

[journen]

Haha so idk the exact context for this artwork, but I imagine it takes place a short while after the campaign is done. These two have gotten closer, or close enough at least for Ghost to be comfortable mask-less around him, and to crowd Soap against a wall LOL!! I love these guys sm!!

Also, this fanfic inspired me to go a lil more intense with Ghosts’s facial scars. Beware, its v dark, but prob one of the best things i’ve ever read ever in my life.

#hopefully Ghost looks like Samuel Roukin i love when he’s depicted looking like the actor #anyways imma go hide now bye akbeiehrjwhsjwnekrb #ghost #soap #call of duty #mw2 #cody mw2 #mwii #cod ghost #cod soap #ghostsoap #soapghost #cod mw2 art #cod ghost art #cod soap art #soap mctavish #simon riley #simon ghost riley #john soap mctavish #soapghost art #ghostsoap art #fan art #my art #artwork #modern warfare 2 #modern warfare 2 art #go read the fanfic also #its lived rent free in my hesd since i read it haha #but its very psychologically dark and theres some gore #but it goes into Ghost’s past and in my head its p much canon haha

[veecantswim]

I cannot tell you how long I've been working on this 💀

#kylux #armitage hux #millicent the cat #star wars #head empty‚ only 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 #imma go hide in my little kylx hobbit hole now

[charlieisacastle]

this whole thing being about biting is so interesting because i am an audhd person who bites A LOT. its literally my way of showing affection. like a cat biting you or a dog licking you. but its just...its not hard to not let that effect others. if you need to bite super hard, get a chew toy. chewy necklaces, anything. i personally bite my pop it or just bite myself. being neurodivergent and not being a bad person who hurts others arent mutually exclusive. please dont equate those two together.

#thats my two cents #anyway imma go hide under a rock now i hate social media #shubble #shelby shubble #wilbur soot #biting #charlie.txt

[ghosty-0w0]

Why do I keep getting a notification that you followed me??

I've gotten two in the past two days bro, did I do something?? Are you unsure if you should follow me????

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ME BRO 😭😭😭

😭😭😭

IDK HOW ABOUT SOMEHOW I ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED UNFOLLOW 😭😭😭😭😭

YOU DIDNT DO ANYTHINGFFG

I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU BUT MY DUMB THUMBS-

IT WAS A MISCLICK I DONT KNOW HOW THE SECOND ONE HAPPENED 😭😭😭

I DOO WANNA FOLLOW YOUUUU

#ghosty asks #imma go hide in my hole now #I’M SORRYYYYYY #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt

[conjectureand-gloom]

my mum and brother have covid send help

#im gonna isolate in my room now ig #my older sister is hiding out at her bf's house #but i cant go hide at a friends' house so imma hide in my room and decorate for christmas and write fanfic

[lonelyinkmark]

I'm actually really happy with how he turned out ;w;

Also like I know it's late but happy birthday to Clown! They're really awesome and cool. I just wanted to say that even though this isn't necessarily like a birthday post? It just happened to somewhat align (even tho I'm late so like I'm being very loose with my use of the word).

Y'know what? Happy birthday to everyone, everybody gets birthday wishes! Have a cake and enjoy life 🎂 🐛

#howdy pillar #welcome home #welcome home howdy #welcome home fanart #imma go back to hiding in my little hole now

[katanaski]

GIft for the lovely @saturnsorbits 💕

#SATURNARI!! #i hope you like it my love #thank you so much for all the lovely fics you've shared with us💕 #imma go hide under a rock now byeeee<33 #Denki #anart

[adaurielle]

YOU HAVE A TAKEMICHI WIP!!! TELL ME ABOUT ITTTT

🤣 it was back during the rp days but then it didn’t happen so I kinda just made it for myself. It’s very self indulgent. 🤭

#♡ adaurielle.friends #it’s us raising our baby #bye imma go hide now

[ciegemoon]

it’s been ages since i haven’t abandoned a sketch. However, Robobarbie made a mistake and posted this and has ruined my life. My two brainrots fused together and created this.

I am currently crying, shitting and throwing up at the idea of posting this but my friends are bullying me

So have a Hadestown!Quest

#bye imma go hide now #fanart #blooming panic #quest blooming panic #hadestown

[w0efulboopsoul]

#w0e's at it again #w0e's musings #imma go into hiding now

[emmashouldbewriting]

Don't people always go on about them not doing live updates ? and when they do it people are still not happy?

Well, my personal gripe with their social media is the lack of information they give in their posts. They often just post quick captions like "Had a great day at ABC today!" without info about why they were there or what happens at that place.

I don't want live updates, I want informative updates. I've never liked this style of their social media - it would be different if they were more consistent and utilised video content more than they do. But they haven't even posted on their IG since April 2nd and the first thing they post is an uninformative 'we're coming, birmingham!!!!' from a train? It's not good

#imma go hide now bye #and my point stands even here because they've told us sweet fuck all about why they're going to birmingham #like is it hard to pop a little text box on that video if they must post that shit