The Lavender Twig

The inspiration blog of an illustrator with a love of exploring the outer world for the sake of expanding our inner world!

[fizzb]

whimsical little lads

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weirdguy wednesday

[identityarchitect]

@crabussy

[azure-beetle]

[capydabibara]

[fishynurse]

cool thank you

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weirdguy wednesday

[identityarchitect]

@crabussy

[ikarakie]

if a character means enough to me i will truly never stop thinking about them. i just retire them into a little back room in my brain and periodically bring them out to stare at them under a little light

[melon-bunbuns]

Played the new snufkin game recently and wow I love moomin

[thelesbiansnufkin]

"Here's the last part of my autobiography, Moritz. Here's what Mom wanted to distract me from."

I need more people to know about this hidden gem of a book! It's easily become one of my all-time favorites, especially as someone who's experienced the joys & heartaches that accompany a long-distance deep friendship, it spoke to my heart in a special way💜

"Because You'll Never Meet Me" and its sequel "Nowhere Near You" have quickly become my latest book-loves, and as an illustrator I just couldn't fight the urge to re-create BYNMM as if I'd had the honor of designing it!

If you're a fellow fan of our boys Ollie & Moritz, consider checking out more of my art for it on my Instagram!

[anhedoniacity]

yo

if you see this and you post about BYNMM, reblog it pls so i can follow you bc it is a tiny fandom but it is still my all-time favorite

[ourladyphantom]

moritz: i hate everyone

also moritz:

[the-lavender-twig]

I'm binge-reading "Because You'll Never Meet Me" and "Nowhere Near You" for the first time ever in 2024, and I need to know for my ever-bursting heart's sake if anyone wants to chat/gush about these characters with me??💚

P.S: I'm re-designing a dust jacket cover for BYNMM because my decade of skills as an illustrator had me in a choke-hold until I agreed to make it the next project in my portfolio!

[tombsaint]

on death with 1. lilies abounded, @petfurniture, twitter; 2. frances molina, “o’death”

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

A hero in more ways than one

[darkstrangevirgilanxiboi]

I NEVER KNEW THAT

[azuresoundoff]

Always always reblogging this if I see it on my dashboard

[mxtx-mbti]

MXTX & MBTI

Hello, fellow MXTX fans!

Do you ever wonder what makes the MXTX characters seem so fleshed out, believable & relatable sometimes? What makes Lan Wangji hoard every little thing Wei Wuxian ever gave him, why Luo Binghe can remember even the smallest details about Qing Jing Peak years later without being back once, or why Xie Lian can seem so perceptive but still miss so much of the big picture? What do LWJ & LBH have in common, and why does LBH's type technically never change whether he's black or white lotus?

Do you see parts of yourself in them or the people close to you & wonder why certain people just seem to click despite seeming like opposites?

Do you gush about how the couples seem to balance one another out but can't quite put your finger on WHY their dynamic works the way they do?

Or maybe you think you have a pretty good guess on a character's type but aren't 100% sure if you have it right because WHAT ARE EVEN THE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS??

Well then, it's my pleasure to meet you! I'm an aspiring MBTI & personality coach working towards my certification after years of studying each type in depth, & I'm here to give you a deeper dive into each of these characters, their relationships, & their growth throughout the novels!

That being said, MBTI is a theory that has any number of variations & exceptions between--and among--each type! It's not meant to put anyone into a box or tell them how to be/not be...personality theories are simply a language that give us the tools to learn about ourselves & the people around us in ways we might have been unaware of previously & been unable to communicate if we hadn't taken a deeper look.

I'm here to help you learn through specific MXTX examples once & for all how to recognize the cognitive functions, how the types use them all differently, & how adding an Enneagram with its wing to the equation can help clarify a person's key characteristics even more.

This blog isn't for debates, friends, I'm just here to inform & have fun with fellow MXTX fans about the characters we all know & love! My inbox is always open for questions & requests!

[gaycommunist]

it’s all about friends

gentle earth // from “frog and toad” arnold lobel // “glimpse” walt whitman // “recreo” petrona viera // oscar wilde // @beetlejuices // from “a little life” hanya yanagihara // from “winnie the pooh” a. a. milne // fredrik backman “us against you” // @fairycosmos // from “a little life” hanya yanagihara

[narkinafive]