#dirhennia

[ouatpancakes]

Svtfoe Name Meanings

I started thinking about how a lot of Mewni queens have space-related names, and I started wondering if all their names have a connection to space. Turns out most of them do, with a few exceptions.

Star ⭐️ - this ones obvious. A star is defined as a massive ball of gas that produces large amounts of heat and light energy.

Moon 🌕 - also obvious. A moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet.

Comet ☄️- a comet is a ball of ice and rock that orbits the sun. Once it gets close to the sun, the ice melts and evaporates creating a “tail”.

Estrella 🌟 - Estrella is a name of Spanish origin which means “star”. Related to the name Stella that also means “star”.

Celena 🌖 - This name means Goddess of the Moon, and it has relation to the goddess Artemis. It’s also related to the word celestial which means “relating to the sky”.

Rhina 🌔 - I couldn’t find anything specific for this one, but I found two words it might be related to. Rhea is the name of one of Saturn’s moons, and a rima is a fissure on the surface of a moon or planet.

Crescenta 🌙 - Crescent moon

Dirhennia- I found absolutely nothing on this one. It doesn’t seem to have any meaning. This queen was kind of irrelevant anyway...

Festivia - I also couldn’t find anything on this one. It just seems to come from the word festive. I guess the high commission didn’t care enough to keep up the tradition.

Meteora 💫 - a meteor is a “shooting star”, or a streak of light caused by matter entering Earth’s atmosphere at a high speed.

Eclipsa 🌑 - an eclipse is when an object passes in front of another as seen from earth, casting a shadow. A lunar eclipse is when the earth casts a shadow on the moon, and a solar eclipse is when the moon casts a shadow on the earth.

Solaria ☀️ - comes from solar, meaning “relating to the sun”.

Jushtin - I couldn’t find much on this one. The name Justin means “just”, “fair”, or “rigorous”, but this doesn’t have a connection to space. I also thought maybe Jushtin was derived from Jupiter? Or maybe the Butterfly’s only give their daughters space related names...

Skywyne 🌌- This name means “holy sky” or “fair sky”. I found some sites that said it has Welsh origin, and there’s a village in Wales called Skewen so perhaps it has relation to that.

Lyric - Lyric is the name of Skywyne’s mother, the only queen after Moe we know about from before the book. The only meaning I could find was the words of a song, so this doesn’t seem to have any space connection. Maybe the tradition started with Skywyne.

Bonus:

Marco - this name comes from Mars, related to the Roman god Mars (also known as Aries), and meaning “warlike”.

[thebiscuiteternal]

Festiva and family headcanons to go with my mini-story:

Festivia nicknamed Dirhennia "Sunshine" when she was bitty as a bit of affectionate teasing. As in "there's my Sunshine peeking out of the sad clouds." Dirhennia found it comforting as she got older. On the other hand, Crescenta got the nickname "Starshine" and absolutely hated it because to her it was a reminder of being the little sister even though it wasn't intended that way.

The sisters' papa was often absent, supposedly doing diplomatic work. Really, he was every bit the party hound Festivia pretended to be, and "diplomacy" was often conducted in the middle of a bash. Their marriage was mostly a political convenience like her "parents'" had been, though they were much more fond of each other than Shastakan and Eclipsa ever were.

Festivia made liberal use of magic to keep herself cheery for the sake of those around her and because she activated those spells by drinking from her goblet-wand, it cultivated the image of a lush.

She also frequently used magic to keep her parties and people supplied, wearing herself to sickness through overuse of her magic pool. When this happened, she would excuse herself from the festivities claiming headaches, which added to the rumors.

Dirhennia's the only one who knows otherwise. Crescenta, on the other hand, resented her mother's apparent alcoholism as a "true" queen could get by without having to rely on such things, just as she resented her sister's dismal moods. (She'd learn the hard way later.)

Festivia tried her damnedest not to play favorites, as she knew all too well what it was like to feel unloved by parental figures. But Crescenta often picked fights accusing her of doing so because she didn't make Dirhennia act more "queenly". In truth, she didn't make Crescenta do it either, Crescenta was doing it all to herself to prove she was better than her sister.

Festivia was often unnerved by Mina and the other Solarians, though she accepted the necessity of them protecting the kingdom. Had it not been for the seige, she might have tried to win monsterkind over with her generosity and spirit.

She was also very uncomfortable around the MHC, constantly feeling like they regarded her as some sort of time bomb, being the daughter of the runaway queen. (It wouldn't have been any better if she knew the truth.) She did love Heckapoo though, at least her "auntie" tried.

She eventually found out her "mother" didn't exactly get eaten by monsters. The one big fight she had with Heckapoo was a result.

She probably would have gotten on very well with Star.

[raspberryberyl]

Happy Mothers day

[full-moon-phoenix]

Little research help please?

I've been trying FOREVER to find out where Dirhennia Butterfly gets her name from, and so far my search has come up with squat! I don't know who on the show created Dirhennia when writing Star and Marco's Guide, so I'm not sure which creator to ask.

It's killing me because her name is a mystery! I can hardly find anything it could be a reference to or pun off of. It's not a space-y name like most of the queens, and I can't find any real life references to it (other than the chemical compound dirhenium, Durendal the sword of Roland, or the Direnni clan of Elder Scrolls).

[thebiscuiteternal]

“Can’t I just use your happiness spell, Mama?”

In the middle of straightening up from their hug, Festivia stiffened at the question sniffled into her dress. “My...” She swallowed. “Sunshine, what makes you think I’ve got a happiness spell?”

Dirhennia raised her head, scrubbing at still-wet eyes with the heel of her hand. “When Papa invited all his friends without tellin’ you last full moon.” Another sniffle, another scrub. “You whispered somethin’ in your wand an’ it glowed, an’ you were all happy again after you drank from it.”

Festivia closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. She’d known she would get caught using Skywynne’s spell eventually, as often as she’d had to rely on it, but getting caught by her daughter was still an unfortunate surprise. “That’s... That’s not a real happiness spell, Sunshine. It just lets me look like I’m happy.”

“Then you didn’t really want Papa’s friends here?”

She pinched the bridge of her nose. “It would be nice if he bothered to give me a little advance warning every once in a while,” she muttered, and that at least earned a watery giggle. “But listen, Sunshine. People expect me to be happy. That’s what they know me for, that’s what makes them happy.”

“But you’re not.”

“Not always.” Deciding the first hug wasn’t quite enough considering the direction their conversation had headed, Festivia scooped her daughter up into her arms and turned in the direction of the kitchens. “Nobody’s happy always. But you don’t have to worry about hiding it like me, alright? You’re still my little girl, not a queen. You just be as sad as you want to be when you need to be, and you can always be happy another time.”

“Promise?”

Festivia gave her a squeeze. “Sugar fairy cookie promise.”

“Three sugar fairy cookie promises?”

“We’ll see when we get to the kitchens.”