[ ✨ ] what aesthetics or symbols do you reference when writing your muse? are these backed up by canon, if your muse comes from a canon? is there any specific relevance to these choices?
/rolls shoulders, takes a sip of water, then cracks knuckles none of this is likely backed at all by canon, but i'll be happy to drag you into the Arkanis depths 💕
The ocean, or just water in general;
One of the biggest, most noticeable aesthetic you're bound to catch onto without much effort is that I theme out this blog heavily to reflect that Armitage is from Arkanis. While in the long run, he may not be from a native to Arkanis he plays, regardless, to them. And water holds a huge factor to his character.
The ocean in and of itself is known to be a dangerous, mysterious place. Somewhere that can kill even the most prepared person on the happenstance of bad luck-- it's also beautiful. Powerful. It can be calm, or it can utterly rock your world.
Alongside that, water is fluid. It's determined. If you block the path of a stream, the water isn't easily stopped. It moves around it, forges a new path. It can't easily be deterred.
There's also cases where water is linked to the circle of life, or even healing. Now in the canon sense of the character, perhaps that's an odd link to make. But stick around, you'll see healing is important to my interpretation.
Green
The colour green is associated to growth-- wisdom. Rebirth. It's usually a good colour to see, especially in nature. And wealth, haha but we don't talk about his blood money nearly that often.
Now, turn around and look towards the symbolism of it for Mandalorians; green means duty. Armitage has a strong sense of duty, though initially misplaced. He wants to make the galaxy a better place. He genuinely, truly does. He just went about it wrong initially because that's how he was raised.
Orange | Gold
I put these colours together because I typically go out of my way to saturate it in a way where it can be argued what colour it is. While in his full life, fleshed out verse I do have him end up with an orange kyber the back and forth play between colours is important to his characterization, and I'll start with the Mandalorian symbolism to show why this time.
Orange symbolizes a lust for life (freedom). Gold symbolizes vengeance-- for Armitage, at the early stage of his life, they blurred together. He had to seek out vengeance against those who caused him harm, to eventually settle into living. He had to strike out against those who would cage him, beat him down and take the chance of living away from him.
Now, outside that; gold is usually a fancy colour. It's shiny, it's valuable. In many cases it symbolizes success, or importance. Also, again, wisdom as well.
Orange? Well, a lot of safety signs tend to be orange-- a colour of caution. Of warning. I myself, along with others I've seen, associate it to creativity as well. It's a warm colour, which may contrast with one's first impressions of Armitage, but once they grow closer they experience that he's not as cold as he lets on. As he pretends to be, for his own sake. Like a warm cup of coco during a cold autumn morning.
Seafoam
The colour I use to describe his eyes? Yes, that's an aesthetic choice. I could as easily use green, and be done with it. It's another tie back to water, to the ocean, to Arkanis. And even, as they play a role even if just in the background, to the Arkian. Seafoam green is the shade they bleed-- so, death and life again.
The Stars
Freedom. Something he doesn't have, and doesn't know to crave. Yet he's stuck with that urge buried deep inside. Stars can be related to a sense of wanderlust, or even something deeper such as not belonging. To turn towards the stars means someone wants something greater than what they have-- an escape, an adventure, or just something more. A feeling of longing, and perhaps even in some cases (wish upon a star--) hope. Though these things are all something Armitage never realizes while trapped inside the web of the First Order... and he'd never admit to having hope, because that sort of feeling always ends up shot down or stabbing him in the back.