#bird text

[evreeone]

in brighter news

local mockingbird still hasn't gotten a mate

good news for me because that means i get to listen to a bird in the middle of the night

probably not the best news for him though

[misericordae]

horror always uses portraits as a source of terror, because of the inherent wariness we have of something that looks human without animate qualities - plus it's very easy to make portraits symbols and threats. but what of the horror potential of still lifes? portraits it's easy. eyes that follow you around the room, figures that move or change expression every time you see them, the aging or decay of the sitter within the painting. very easy to reflect moral decay/the mental state of the subject, the extra unease we feel about seeing this reflected on a human face.

but still lifes, imo, already have an unnerving quality because of their inanimate tableau. we tend to humanize inanimate objects, while also distrusting them & fearing their inevitable betrayal - especially in horror. and all those dutch still lifes of glistening food against a dark background have the same potential for reflection. add some insects, some decay, and they become an equal reflector of the situation. a still life of game that turns, decayed and inglorious, to face a Great Hunter archetype? a still life of flowers that morphs and seems to have faces within it, but not quite? food that decays and crumbles, or worse, decadent meat that's too raw and bloody, reflecting the crimes of a house?

[adotart]

Hello! I’m opened for Pride Icon Commissions!

Each icon is $15 (more if a very complicated design). Feel free to PM me over Tumblr. The icons include a full-colored character bust, pride flag background, and a border if you want! Matching icons are $25.

I do require a visual character reference of at least a bust, colors included. Art can be done by anyone, so long as it’s not NSFW, but I need visuals and color. Even dollmakers works!

Payment is in USD and made through Paypal! The final product is given to you after payment. You get a confirmation sketch, and once you like what you see, I ask for you to pay, then finish and give you the piece.

I’m Okay With:

> Canon Character > OCs > OC/Canon > OC/OC (with reference)

I’m Not Okay With:

> Mecha > Furry (not yet sorry) > Incest/Pedophilia/Rape > NSFW-themes

Happy pride and thank you for reading. Reblogs appreciated!

[sasakishuumei]

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[evreeone]

i need an emotional support bird

not like a pet bird but a bird that shows up at my window and beeps whenever i'm in distress

[misericordae]

minor thoughts on ayleid fashion:

ayleid fashion, in general, was dramatic and striking, with a tendency towards what other races called decadence. focusing my thoughts on nobility & royalty here, who expressed trends in fashion the most & took them to the extremes.

feathers were a mainstay of ayleid attire, popular for their ethereality & association with the sky. feather cloaks were common among nobility, with the rulers of the greatest cities having feather cloaks that reached the floor & rustled when they walked. the most common colors for these cloaks were multi-hued and shimmering (favored by certain followers of meridia), or pure white. iridescent black feather cloaks (as the plumes of roosters) came to denote followers of hermaeus mora, and at least one pure purple cloak was known, belonging to a powerful sorcerer-queen devoted to vaermina. many cloaks had trimmings or inclusions - beads around the end to clink and jangle, glittering gemstones (one hermaeus-mora devotee inset the top of his cloak with star emeralds). smaller feathers were used to decorate the clasps of cloaks or add flare around the eyes.

welkynd stones, precious as they were, were an ostentatious statement when used in jewelry. popular among mages, welkynd jewelry insured an emergency supply of magicka, and highlighted the wearer's magical ability. they were most popular as pendants or as the centerpiece of (ceremonial) breastplates, though one particularly ostentatious flesh sculptor took to wearing two welkynd stones as earrings. this trend was alternatively viewed as reverent and blasphemous. it wasn't unheard of to use the dust from crumbled welkynd stones to highlight one's features.

a trend that came & went over the centuries was using blood-red jewelry to represent wounds that should've been mortal, as a jab against the attacker & a testament to the wearer's resilience. the bigger the jewelry, the more severe the wound & the bigger the statement - sorcerer-kings who survived a major magical attack were known to cover entire halves of their face in rubies.

some surviving sorcerer-kings tried to revive this trend after the alessian rebellion to show that they lived & adapted, but it never quite caught on after all the carnage.

[misericordae]

i respect anyone who has a good handle on the canonical forgotten realms lore bc i just learned the drow lore & then decided i didn't need to read up on anything else. the potential bogged down under problematic stereotypes and writing? the bickering, infighting gods led by an evil spider queen? the potential is there & how can i care abt anything else.

[misericordae]

contemplating changing my icon but at the same time i am very attached to my tender redhead and her skull daughter