not medusa.

doesn't look like an innocent flower, still a serpent underneath. tanis cho. have you seen the tresses of vipenhair ; have the open mouths of tangled serpents run round you ? daughter of a stheno gorgon amazon (and a hulk.) CALL ME MONSTER. CALL ME BY NAME IF BY NOTHING ELSE. REACH IN AND PULL THE DARK OUT OF ME; IT WILL NOT LEAVE. TELL THEM A GORGON LOOKED UPON MY HEART. SAY I AM COLD AND PETRIFIED.

[serpentinebit]

nctphased.

          after seeing tanis blow her a kiss, lyra reached up and pretended to catch the kiss in her hand. with a giggle, she pretended to store the kiss in her shirt pocket. ❝ don’t mind me. i’m just saving this for later.❞ anything to keep tanis feeling happy and good about herself. ❝ swiss army knife hari sounds really cool. i like that one. strikes fear into the hearts of evil-doers.❞ lyra would be as goofy and silly as she could if it meant she could accomplish that goal. ❝ psh i don’t need another team — ❞ before she could finish her sentence her own stomach sabotaged her with a loud growl. ❝ you know.. maybe we should take a break and grab some food. i’ll try and rope someone in to be my teammate after that. what do you say?❞

          ‘ i don’t mind you catching air ... ‘    a hesitant reply, she quickly shrugs off what she doesn’t understand, moving on further into the conversation.    she misses the subtext usually,   but she can get the jist of most things.    smile turns into a laugh, an unusual sound for a girl who is often viewed as serious ; reserved to people to nervous to get to know the gorgon, ‘ oh you hunger,  i wouldn’t want to beat you in a weakened state -- it wouldn’t be a worthy battle for the ages,   let’s get something to eat. or you something to eat. either or.’ 

[serpentinebit]

inviernc.

          she had noticed that tanis seemed to be having a hard time for a while, so when the girl spoke up lindy’s face softened a bit.(teachers weren’t supposed to have favorites. that’s what she had been told. but some students were just easier to like than others.) ❝ i do have another copy, but i can’t let you keep it for too long. if it’s easier, i could try to explain it better.❞ she tried to make herself appear less tense, but her hand had automatically gone to her hip as she spoke.  ❝ which part is giving you trouble,tanis?❞

    it’s a soft nod,    yellow eyes blinking as they go from up at lindy, to back down at the paper in front of her.        she can’t read body posture, nor change her own to convey emotion ;     stunted in the development of feelings, among other things.    fingers,  that more closely resembled talons than a manicure, pointed towards the paper over the highlighted and scribbled notes  ;   ‘ i understand some of it; leadership, deciphering enemy .. stuff,    but, i’m not quite sure why it’s putting so much emphasis on morale ? cheer leaders don’t win wars last time i checked. ‘ 

[serpentinebit]

svmnium.

he wasn’t even sure if she was paying attention to his ramblings about science and the environment. “ n-nevermind , tanis– w-what were you saying again ? “

        she glanced down at her notes, the pencil in her hands almost snapping under stress of thought,     aggression hidden under a smile she’s been practising. it’s not great, but it’s getting better.  ‘ i know you were talking about another class and stuff. but i was wondering if you could look at this for me -- ‘ almost snapped pencil pointed to a scribbled out equation, crudely written but an attempt.   ‘ --it’s off topic. probably, but you’re smart enough to deal with that stuff, right   ??? ‘       it’s not that she’s not listening to him,   it’s that his level of work just went over her head. completely.

[serpentinebit]

nctphased.

          seeing tanis smile felt like a win on it’s own. her own personal goal for the days that she spent with tanis. getting a laugh or a smile made her feel a little more complete. ❝ training them to fire guns? damn tan. you’re a badass. i’m impressed.❞ she never felt like she needed to lie to her either. it was all the truth, even if some were a little exaggerated. ❝ i came to win, baby. bring it on.❞ lyra winked at her before getting into position.

                ‘  they’re getting there,’   she said with a nod, her lips pursed with a thought, effectively blowing a kiss at the other girl, ‘ more guns is more ... better. in battle. one woman army right? or swiss army knife hair? those can be my codenames from now on.’ she got into position to, easily batting up the first serve, ‘ if you want to win, we should get you another partner then. it’s useless against me, swiss army knife hair !! ‘ 

[serpentinebit]

「  * º attitudeprcblems.   | 

Her venomous words make Nate turn. He connects the words to her appearance, lifting an eyebrow at the combination of that and her skill. “Didn’t say that. But woman or not, that’s impressive,” He gestures at the target, now embedded with daggers. “You learn to aim like that wherever you’re from? Or did your little pals teach you that?” He makes a motion as if to suggest hair, maybe snakes in her case, as the pals. 

         ‘ thanks. ‘  she looks up, lips pulling into a half smile, not that she needed someone else’s words to confirm the skills she’d trained over years,       hand reached into the tangle of serpents, a singular crimson snake slithering down her forearm and into her hand. twirling it around lithe fingers for a second.   ‘ from my mother. though she learnt it from the amazons, i only visited them during the summer holidays though.’   her words are matter of fact,   the venom in them lessening though.   compliments really do win any girl over. ‘ the snakes can’t talk, but they are venomous and you can use them arrows.’  a pause, facial expressions lightning up for a second, ‘ i regrow them. don’t worry. i tried to pluck them all off when i was little.’ 

[mypieceofculture]

Mythical Aesthetics // Gorgon

Gorgon: each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.

(Requested)

Elf | Mermaid | Dragon | Unicorn | Cryptozoology | Earth Goddess | Aliens | 

Incubus Demon Boy

[ssul]

“rookie” jacket shooting

[serpentinebit]

   「  * º @svmnium.   | * ; “ no off topic questions. “

    ‘      oookay. ‘   she responds, yellow eyes looking blank for a second, meekly, she raised a hand.  ‘ what do you class as off topic ?   if i don’t understand, surely it’s on topic. is anything ever actually off topic ? wait -- is this question off topic ? i’m confused. can we start again ?? ‘

[inviernc]

          there were plenty of times where lindy second guessed taking up a teaching position at paragon. most teenagers annoyed her. she had very little patience for those that goofed off or came up with excuses. it sounded like a  disaster waiting to happen really. and yet there were moments where belinda would force herself to try harder to be a good example. even if that meant settling with rolling her eyes internally when she got asked a dumb question. eyeing the person in front of her, lindy held her tongue for a moment while she thought of something nice to say. damn why was this so hard?  ❝ if you need help, i guess i can lend a hand.❞ close enough.

[serpentinebit]

     she had been staring at the first line for the last half hour. every head on her hair focused onto the words; though the beady eyes could make no more sense out of the roman numerals scattered on the page. individually, she understood, but the complexity of the whole went straight over tanis’ head. and hair. her intention to go unnoticed in her struggle is never easy.     her moving head of hair, the serpentine accessory she was cursed with hissed loud enough she was often shushed in classes.   the head of snakes first look up at the woman,  before tanis actual, more human like head ( other than the yellow eyes, and the nose often compared to voldemort faces the teacher. )        ‘ sorry -- i’m good, really, the practical stuff is fine, but do you maybe have a copy of the text that’s ... simpler ? ‘   it was worth a shot. 

[serpentinebit]

frostbitcs.

[ text ✉ >> tanis cho ]: i promise it’s nothing i can’t handle, no need to worry [ text ✉ >> tanis cho ]: know what? that’s a good fucking point [ text ✉ >> tanis cho ]: you’re so dramatic [ text ✉ >> tanis cho ]: agreed. you’re the hottest, obviously [ text ✉ >> tanis cho ]: okay, coming              (    a moment’s pause as she opens the door and greets tanis with a smile  .   )

       she doesn’t even bother to respond to the last text -- just relax lightly against the door frame.   ‘ thanks, i    really    think these 4 puffer jackets bring out my natural shape.’ a laugh pushed through lips curled into a smile, hands and snakes unloading baked goods and coffees by the dozen into krys without waiting. ‘ here, eat, please don’t die.   we can’t go smash the patriarchy and the gods if you are malnourished, dying or any of the two. i really care about your health.’      the closest tanis could get to showing friendship, she had discovered.

[serpentinebit]

svmnium.

“ i don’t really know much about gorgons– or anything about them , really– but i do know about snakes and well– , “ etienne shrugged . “ uh , they probably do… the cafeteria kind of has every food imaginable .  

     ‘     medusa       ? ‘     she almost cringes with the name     ;    she presses on quickly, hoping the change in expression goes unnoticed. ‘  i thought she was famous,   stone cold eyes ? no  ? this school offers classes on greek mythology,           you should probably take a course in it.’    face slid back to the cold guise she liked to wear -- her mother taught her that. ‘  though.   i don’t know anything about snakes.  ‘ she shrugs,   a singular serpent slithering down her arm, forked tongue flickering in the direction of the other.    ‘   or about gorgons,      it’s a touchy subject in the family,           so i’ve figured.’ 

[serpentinebit]

nctphased.

          ❝ damn girl, save some wins for the rest of us.❞  lyra teased, fidgeting with the paddle in her hand. she didn’t mind losing to tanis, the other girl was amusing. ❝ oh you’re on! tell you what, if i can hold two in my hand i’ll let you hold some in your hair.❞

       smile slid across features ; blooming and blossoming as a warm joy bled through the cold, serpentine appearance.     ‘ i will surely win.  i’m training my hair to fire guns when i’m fighting with daggers,   i’m sure they are capable of playing table tennis. ‘   she disliked her mothers favoured scrunchies ,    what was once a curse she tried to make use of as a weapon (   even if she would rather be ungifted all together. ) plastic ball held aloft, pincered between sharpened nails -- ‘ are you prepared to once again lose, but face little to no gloating ? ‘ 

[serpentinebit]

notjustakid.

He nodded keeping the idea in mind for the next time the same kid annoys him. “Both the rules here are not my liking and the person just kept talking over and over.“

      ‘    so, the moral of the story is that you should take people out in the night when no one can see you       OR      you hire a hit out on them.         are those against the rules    ?   i don’t remember what the rules are, so i never know when i break them.’   she shrugs,   ‘ then again, you are male.    so you probably annoyed her into annoying you. ‘

[chimcras]

「﹠· •  @serpentinebit |  xx .  」⋮ “ honestly i don’t remember, i was probably fucked up. yeah, i was crazy back then. ”

❝  crazy back THEN  ?  ❞  he gestures to the crane perched menacingly on a nearby chair  ,  blood red eyes boring into salem’s own  .  no bird exists in reality  ,  no  ,  but through the eyes of the illusion manipulator  ,  who’d been bred into believing that his father was always watching  .  .  .  

❝  what about crazy NOW  ?   where’s the fun in being crazy and then just  .   .  .    NOT  ?  see  ,  what i’m hearing is a bunch of cRaZy TaLk  ,  which makes me think that back then is really just RIGHT NOW  .  ❞

[serpentinebit]

            ‘    ... what      ?’       amber eyes ,   oval iris’ regarding the other with a plain look of confusion in them.    her face remained as stoic as ever,  much like the statue she could turn someone into.    ‘ it’s ... an expression.  i only prefer crazy in the midst of a battle, that is when it’s fun to be crazy.        other times, less so.        like in class ! class is crazy.     i think so at least,    i feel like i’m crazy in class most often.  but class is not now, it is then ? i think ? i’m still shaky on english descriptions of time.’ 

[serpentinebit]

‘ just gloat a little bit. this is a win for you. ’ | @nctphased

       ‘      everything is a win for me.    i never lose.   if i lose someone has cheated, that’s just the rules.’ with a nod of her head, the snakes that surround her mimic the movement ;     as if in a chorus of agreement.     ‘    what about one more round ? this time, i won’t hold 5 more paddles with my hair. ‘  

[serpentinebit]

svmnium.

“ um , “ etienne knew that she had to be joking . logically , of course she was , but there was a small part of him that was starting to SECOND GUESS himself . “ i don’t know about mice but they might have some eggs you can feed them . “

      tanis met his look with a blank stare,  painted eyebrow raising slightly -- lips pulling to the side in a smirk.     of course   ;   it wasn’t fully truthful,   partly, yes. they could eat,    but it wasn’t a necessity.   (   though,   nothing really was when you thought in a warriors mind set. )    ‘   have you watched too many animal planet documentaries ?     i’m gorgon,   not an actual rattle snake.      though, i do like eggs sunny side up.   do they serve those here ? ‘     she couldn’t say no to high protein. 

[nctphased]

@ ⦓ ━━☆ @serpentinebit ⦔

          valentine’s day was something lyra had mixed feelings about. on one hand it was the perfect about of cheesiness for her, but on the other hand it was too much  about LOVE. a feeling lyra spent years hiding from, actively running from even. still lyra wasn’t one to shy away from the chance  to make someone blush so with a box of overpriced candy in hand, she made her way towards a certain serpent-haired girl. ❝ oh tanis! i finally found something that was as sweet as you!❞

[serpentinebit]

        tanis had never understood valentines day --   as much as her father had tried to at least explain ‘ normal ‘ people holiday’s.    her mother wasn’t romantic; perhaps as romantic as an amazonian ever could,      tanis liked chocolate though, even if she couldn’t really relate those feelings to another she at least had that.    ‘  i’m venomous. if you’d eat me, you’d probably die -- did you get me poisoned chocolate ? oh, that’s so kind of you ! thank you!   you always know how to be the sweetest person here ! ‘