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[amaranthsynthesis]

In the hanging garden, please don't speak // In the hanging garden, no one sleeps

beware; disguise, deceitful charms; I dreamed of thee. I will not survive you.

It turns out just doing my favorite parts of art without the frustrating bits means I make more art! who'da thunk it. so we are back to ink and hatching and thematic halos, and it turns out I'm better at it than I was (checks) eight years ago!

bonus masc melisande:

[jeffhirsch]

New all-time highs in September have historically been bullish

Although S&P 500 did not close today at a new all-time high it did earlier this week for a total of five so far this September. Looking back at past years when S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high one or more times in September, we see subsequent performance improve when compared to "All Years". The biggest improvement was in full-month September performance, jumping from a 0.68% average loss in "All Years" to a 1.15% gain. Frequency of gains in September also improved significantly from just 44% to 68.2%. November’s results also show a sizable improvement in both average gain and frequency of advance. October and December were modestly softer however, remained bullish.

Performance from October through December has historically been solid but it also improved following new all-time highs in September with only two losses in 22 years. There was also a reduction in the maximum drawdown during the October to December period. The only double-digit decline was in 2018 when the Fed upset the market by pushing interest rates too high.

In the near term, we still cannot completely rule out the possibility of some market weakness and headline induced volatility especially in the week after Triple Witching quarterly options expiration. But we still anticipate any pullback, or retreat to be relatively brief and shallow. Afterwards the current bull market is likely to propel the market to more new all-time highs as yearend approaches. It is for these reasons that we presented a basket of new stock ideas to members recently.

[pluttskutt]

The three levels of Deityship are:

Goddess and God ((They have a title in their name, ex Athea))

Deity ((Name with no title, ex Kari))

Spirit ((Name and title seperate from name, ex X of Nang river))

Deities are created by Goddesses and Gods, with few Deities granted the magic to create lesser Deities, while Spirits are created by belief of the ones who live there.

Lesser Deities and Spirits are treated the same. The elves have no idea their belief create Spirits.

Tricksters are tricky (ha ha) because they'd be at level of Goddesses and Gods but have no desire to create life and be amongst Souls. They care about them, but do not wish to be summoned or worshipped.

It may have happened once or twice that they help a Soul in need though, and are not as detatched as they appear...

Souls are living beings like elves, which is the word I use for human-like sentient beings such as harpies, centaurs, dryads, and obvs elves.

[ironforgedinspo]

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧.

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[amaranthsynthesis]

Themb,

[amaranthsynthesis]

A Black and Heavy Weight // (konstantin/melisande)

A Black and Heavy Weight || Konstantin Wendelin/Melisande, original male character/original non-binary character || E || ch 1/1 || 2.2k words

Original Characters - Freeform, Domestic Violence, Blood and Injury, Size Difference, Shapeshifting, Rough Sex, Hate Sex, Consensual But Not Safe Or Sane, Pre-Canon, Unwholesome OC Week 2026

“I would have you silent, beast—you understand the concept, surely?” Konstantin’s voice, usually thunderous, is tight and as quiet as he knows how to be. Positively circumspect. Melisande decides. “Not well, I fear. Hit me again, lover mine, and perhaps it will illuminate the matter?” — The nature of their bond and their birth renders both Konstantin and Melisande near-invulnerable, impervious to most forms of harm, with only a scant few exceptions—most significantly, each other.

Read on AO3!

Day 1 for @unwholesomeocweek: Hatefucking, Violence, Divorce

So so so excited to get to jump in on this, please lend me your strength so I keep up the entire week! It's been a fun opportunity to figure more out about Konstantin, Melisande, and Aedin's points of view and narrative styles.

[amaranthsynthesis]

A Fissure Forms in the Vessel // (konstantin, ensemble)

A Fissure Forms in the Vessel || Konstantin/Melisande, Konstantin/Aedin, original male character/ensemble || E || ch 1/1 || 2.2 k words

archive warnings: graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con, underage sex

Original Character(s), Sexual Violence, Blood and Injury, Pregnancy, Implied/Referenced Death in Childbirth, Rape/Non-con Elements, Implied/Referenced Incest, Matricide, Filicide, Implied/Referenced Underage, Body Horror, Self-Harm, Castration, Internalized Homophobia, Misgendering, Unwholesome OC Week 2026

When Konstantin finds her Melisande is at the window-seat of her bower: outside, it is spring. The garden is in bloom, the trees’ boughs so heavy with fruit that they brush the ground and create a hundred small and hidden spaces that might shelter two lovers. Petals drift in through the window, just the same pink blush as his consort’s cheeks—if he caught one in his palm he thinks it would bruise just as easily. This should be his warning: Konstantin feels at peace. — Konstantin knows that he is a violent man just as he knows he is a wicked one. It is his nature; it cannot be gentled, and it will always, eventually, hurt those around him.

Read on AO3!

Day 2 for @unwholesomeocweek: Proxy Sex, Body Horror, Coercion

I was at work and dnd all yesterday so this took longer to wrap up than I hoped. Also, it got so much worse overnight. Please double check the tags and archive warnings.

[amaranthsynthesis]

just thumbnailed a 20+ page comic explanation of how Consorts work, so I guess we will see how long that takes! i did not need to do this. i needed to outline the specific abilities and limitations of consorts, and the comic is too diagetic to be truthful about weaknesses--but *I* know when its lying.

there may be a helpful chart regardless