#c: varya astakhova

[florbelles]

X. THAT WEEPING ROSE IN WHOSE SHADE I WAS BORN. varya x amara.

for @unholymilf xx

#pretend this isn't 87 years late. #anyway. #think they're neat <3 #x: that weeping rose in whose shade i was born #c: varya astakhova #oc: amara of vallaki #other ocs #*

[lordundying]

VARYA ASTAKHOVA. birds of prey/various.

relentless haides, agent of vengeance, friend of the furies, long is your arm, long your memory. lord of riches, lord of wealth, dark-haired son of kronos, yours is the abundance of the depths, the cold, unyielding treasure of metal and stone; yours is the black dirt turned by the plow each spring, the sun-warmed soil that hides the seed.

—my ocs as mythological figures [2/∞]

#— mine. #— c. varya astakhova. #and that's it lads we've done all the sunday work we need to! #this one's been fighting me for a hot minute i could not believe the agonies #babygirl <3 ily <333 #also yes the implication here IS that roman is her persephone. thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

[honeysidesarchived]

— THIS IS HEAVEN IN HIDING.

“Here you are, proving my point. Not a good girl at all, are you, Varya Astakhova?”

“No,” she replies playfully, “not in the least.”

incoherent screeching / taking a lap around my living room / staring at this for the rest of eternity etc etc and so on because @terlebarts did the most INCREDIBLE job bringing my evil, evil wretched babies to life!!!!! i cannot believe how lucky i was to have have gotten my first commission of these two dreadful creatures from someone so lovely and talented. if you get the chance, i can only highly recommend alëna; everything about this process was so easy and as y'all can see, the result is just stunning. anyway i'm going to go lay down and gaze at these two awful disgusting beautiful monsters forever. (ꈍᴗꈍ)

#birds of prey #roman sionis #black mask #roman sionis/original female character #x: this smile is a loaded gun #c: varya astakhova #c: roman sionis #screaming throwing up moaning etc and so on you get the picture im not fine im never gonna recover from this #thank you thank you THANK YOU alena this is so beautiful and lovely #arts for me

[florbelles]

VARYA ASTAKHOVA.

(…) the honey is mine. but so is the dark. — erin lyndal martin

happy birthday @unholymilf xx

#loml for the loml #c: varya astakhova #*

[florbelles]

X. REAL GODS REQUIRE BLOOD.

you are my treasure, my pale gold, the heart of my heart. you lie at the bottom of my being and gnaw upon my roots. (catherynne m. valente, deathless)

— for @blackreaches & @folklyric xx

#JUST THINK THEY'RE V SEXY. #c: varya astakhova #c: st. norne #ty for letting me play with them ash <3 #caro i hope this is alright!! #*

[lordundying]

— WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE?

tagged by my loves @corvosattano @chuckhansen @nightbloodbix @socially-awkward-skeleton @gwynbleidd to do this uquiz, thank you angels!

sending tags to @strangefable @cptcassian @queennymeria @inafieldofdaisies @yourlove-is-sunlight @firstaidspray @arctvrvs @risingsh0t @adelaidedrubman @florbelles @henbased @vasiktomis @belorage @cassietrn @thedeadthree @nokstella @dickytwister @lucy-stillman @shallow-gravy @yokobai @starcrier @lady-stormbraver @moonflowcr @delicateweapon and anyone else who would like to play!

DOG TEETH.

you're vicious, but you're afraid. you have to make the first punch, and make sure your opponent can't land one. but you need to stop seeing everyone as an enemy. the only one being violent is you, your anger and your defensiveness is killing you. take a nap, rest your head and clear your mind. come back in the morning.

A BIRD COVERED IN A CAGE.

they left without you. put you out of sight and therefore out of mind. you sing every morning like nothing's changed, talk to the walls to keep yourself company. just you, the darkness and your own denial that you are completely alone. nurse your wounds, get yourself some water.

BLOOD IN A LAMBS WOOL.

you're the victim, right? it hurts, everyday it hurts. it's obvious you're tainted, pulled into hell as soon as you stepped upon earth. you'll never know peace, you'll never know a life without violence. i'm sorry. wash your face and your hands, don't let your wounds carve deeper.

#— c. varya astakhova #— c. daisy kilgrave #— c. euphemia volpe #— tag games. #all of these caused me 150pts psychic damage

[lordundying]

3, 13, 17 for varya & euphie!

thank you macy!! i kiss 💌

weirdly specific but helpful character building questions

— how often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

i would say it's a pretty cool 25% on showing the genuine emotion in everything but her original fantasyverse, and most of the time it's just a bit of the surface of what she's actually feeling. typically, i write outside of varya from the pov of people around her, because the crux of her character in most fics is that she's, say, playing 5d chess while someone like roman is using the chess board to incur blunt force trauma.

the exception, rather than the rule, is ruin or rapture—largely because the audience sits in her pov despite her being the antagonist for an equal amount of time as the protagonist, and also because everything is just different for her in that universe; her loved ones, the ties that bind her, her goals etc!

— when do they fake a smile? how often?

whenever it would get her what she wants, and she wants things frequently. she never fake smiles for the sake of someone else (letting someone think they're funny, for example) and only ever does it to serve herself.

— what do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?

she always notices her own eyes first. lots of eye horror in that girl's life (primarily in ror) and the confirmation her eyes are familiar is how she keeps herself grounded in reality a lot. especially when her transformation starts really picking up, both from the lazarus pit & from the pact she makes in ror, her eyes are markedly different with that tapetum lucidum/animal light reflection.

people usually notice her hair first, i think! because it's so long and always done-up one way or another.

— how often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

euphie is like a 70-30 girl when it comes to showing genuine emotion. she's not as good at hiding her thoughts and feelings as she would like to be, especially when someone is annoying her ("ice queen euphie" said with derogatory intentions). her rbf is insane. her active bitch face is also insane. she gets better at it the longer she spends under the table, and by the time the marquis is in her life she has to be very mindful of it for the sake of making it out of that viper pit alive. almost all of her canon verse is spent in her pov, though, so audience members never really wonder what she's thinking lol.

— when do they fake a smile? how often?

early days under the table and before santi, euphie was frequently bouncing around being arm candy for whatever big, scary gangster wanted her—not who she wanted, so there was a lot of fake smiling going on. post the events of jw4, she hardly ever fake smiles, perfectly content to let anyone around her be aware of her disapproval.

— what do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?

euphie always notices her neck scar first, even if it's packed down with makeup. haunted by themes and narratives, as it were. people usually notice her eyes first; santino always told her they were her best feature.

#— asks. #— c. varya astakhova. #— c. euphemia volpe. #thank you macy my love!! #these were super fun #forever pleased by the evolution of euphie from “flatters men 1000 times a day” to “if you're not her daughter you aren't getting a smile” #happy for you queen

[honeysidesarchived]

it feels like heaven when I look at you.

totally blessed and SPOILED to have my most beloved girl varya from her fantasy au, where she (lovingly) terrorizes an entire continent with her fantasy religious cult husband. 🥰 i am so so so in love with the halo and the colors and her beauty!!!! perfect girl who has never done anything wrong and certainly not committed any war crimes!!!!! please check out my beautiful friend @/theroguedruid on Twitter if you're interested in commissioning her ❣️❣️

#c: varya astakhova #aes: iolite varya #arts for me #YALL ARE YOU SEEING THIS IM 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #CARO DID SO GOOD IM FLIPPING OUT #GRRRRR #please commisssion caro she is so so deserving!!!!!

[honeysidesarchived]

THE LAND OF GODS & DEVILS: LIMITED SERIES (x)

By dread things, compelled.

featuring works from @shallow-gravy @faithchel @vasiktomis @starcrier & @adelaidedrubman xx

#* #f: the land of gods & devils #roman sionis/oc #birds of prey oc #birds of prey 2020 #i have clipped so many masks #i am kissing all of you on the mouth #c: varya astakhova #c: roman sionis #x: this smile is a loaded gun

[honeysidesarchived]

× VARYA ASTAKHOVA. far cry 5.

in the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. don't run away from this dying. whoever's not killed for love is dead meat.

#* #c: varya astakhova #far cry 5 #fc5 oc #v: resting state of war #nobody asked for this and yet: here i am #not me looking for reasons to use these gifs !! #q #fc5 au

[florbelles]

VARYA ASTAKHOVA.

our lady of gotham city.

— happy birthday beloved @honeysides xx

#c: varya astakhova #* #LOVE YOU BBY YOU DESERVE THE WORLD #may the rest of this year be kinder <3

[honeysidesarchived]

🦥 A LAZY DAY FOR VARYA requested by @lady-stormbraver

romy❣️ 10:30: hope you're thinking of me on your day off ; )

romy❣️ 10:36: varya why is there a charge from the chandelier company on my card

romy❣️ 10:43: YOU THINK YOURE SOOOOO FUNNY. IS THIS FUN FOR YOU

#eoy means we don't do anything seriously ever #thank u em spiritually these are all chandeliers that she uses to terrorize roman with #moodboard prompts #c: varya astakhova #* #birds of prey oc #varya's lazy day consists of: #shopping eating good food drinking good drinks committing emotional terrorism against her husband #just girly things

[honeysidesarchived]

— VARYA SIONIS née astakhova. ( x )

flames burn / in my imagination / hate, hurt / that's where i feel the safest / play, destroy, the badthings bring me joy / play, destroy, the badthings bring me joy

#* #birds of prey oc #bop oc #c: varya astakhova #the girl(tm) has been on my mind lately and i just really think #maybe she deserves kiss #hm? did u ever consider that?

[honeysidesarchived]

tagged by @scungilliwoman to make some gorls in this cute little maker! thanks bb 🦋

tagging @shallow-gravy @vasiktomis @henbased @lilwritingraven @faithchel @heroofpenamstan @belorage @jackiesarch @jamesbvchanans @blissfulalchemist @adelaidedrubman @shellibisshe and anyone else who wants to play! pls tag me if i forgot to @ you it's because my brain is swiss cheese 💕

VARYA ASTAKHOVA // BIRDS OF PREY

ELLIOT HONEYSETT // FAR CRY 5

#tag games #c: varya astakhova #c: elliot honeysett