#daisy llew

[kerra-and-company]

My GW1 folks Cal and Daisy dancing, courtesy of the lovely @just-eyris-things!! :D

(Thank you so much again, Eyris, they turned out amazing <3 <3)

#gw2 #gw1 #just-eyris-things #company art #cal vereo #daisy llew #sunflower #hi hi anyone reading these tags please observe the Them #and if you're considering commissioning art please check out eyris #she's a great person and an incredibly talented artist

[booksbeansandcandles]

Sabbats: Lughnasadh Basics and Correspondences

Lughnasadh is one of the four Celtic Cross Quarter Festivals, also referred to as the fire festivals. It is the first of three harvest festivals held in the fall. As the grain and corn are gathered and preserved for the season, farmers celebrated the last of the long and warm days of summer.

The cross quarters are linked to an old farming calendar. This was a time when people were very close to the land and their lives were governed by the changing of the seasons and the need to grow enough food to survive. Modern Irish Gaelic calls the month of August Lúnasa which is the modern variation of Lughnasadh. The name originates from Lugh, a mythological hero to some, sun god to others.

NAMES: The festival was adopted as Lammas “loaf mass” during the conversion of old ways to Judeo-Christian ways. Lammas (Anglo-Saxon – “hlaf-mass” = “loaf-mas”), Lughnasadh (Irish-Gaelic), First Fruits Harvest, Festival of Wheat Harvest, Cornucopia, Thingtide, The Feast of Bread, Freyfaxi, Frey Fest

DATES: February 1st (southern hemisphere), August 1st (northern hemisphere)

ENERGY: Waning

COLORS: Red, Yellow, Orange, Gold, Copper, Bronze, Brown, Tan (the colors of the sun and of grain)

ANIMALS: Calves, Lambs, Crow, Pig, Rooster, Salmon

CRYSTALS: Citrine, Amber Tigers Eye, Golden Topaz, Sardonyx, Hag Stones, Opal, Ametrine, Carnelian, Tourmaline, Brown Agate, Desert Rose, Jasper, Fossilized Wood, Yellow Aventurine, Obsidian, Lodestone

PLANTS, FLOWERS, HERBS, TREES: Rosemary, Sandalwood, Rose, Heather, Sunflowers, Grains, Marigolds, Oak, Acacia, Sage, Thyme, Cumin, Curry, Fenugreek, Cinnamon, Myrrh, Frankincense, Daisies, Chamomile, Passionflower, Hollyhock, Mistletoe, Cedar, Myrtle, Rosewood, Madrone, Alder, Redwood, Ginger, Patchouli, Basil, Apple, Blackberry, Blackthorn, Clover, Goldenrod, Ivy, Peony, Rose Hips, Vervain, Yarrow, Zinnias

ASSOCIATED GODDESSES: Demeter, Ceres, Persephone, Sif, Cerridwen, Habadonia, Hathor, Eriu/Macha (Irish Goddess of the Land), Danu, Alphito, Anat, Bastet, Hestia, Ishtar, Isis, Libera, Luna, Rhiannon

ASSOCIATED GODS: Lugh, Adonis, Llew, The Sun God, The Oak King, The Holly King, Dionysus, Tammuz, The Green Man, Cernunnos, Attis, Baal, Cronus, Dagon, Lahar, Neper, Osiris, Freyr, Odin

THEMES: First harvest, abundance, richness, fruitfulness, afterglow, the beginning of the end, generosity, celebrating gifts, sacrifice, turning towards darkness, justice and karma, human and personal rights issues, freedom from abuse of any kind; promotion and career advancement and the regularizing and regulation of personal finances; for holidays and journeys to see friends and family or on business and the renewal of promises, loyalty and fidelity; also willing sacrifice for a long term gain or made in love, trusting the cosmos to provide by giving without seeking immediate return; also for all matters concerning people in their forties and fifties.

ALTAR/DECORATIONS:

Yellow or orange altar cloths

Green, yellow or orange candles

Herbs

Small baskets

Bread can be baked (even from packets) and herbs added to make magical bread

Any straw object such as a corn dolly, grain mother, braided grain, a corn knot, a straw hat or a straw animal tied with red ribbon

Harvest flowers such as poppies or cornflowers, sunflowers and marigolds

Dried grasses, wheat stalks, long ears of grain

Stones with natural holes

Threshing tools, scythe, sickle

Summer vegetables, fruits and squashes (corn & gourds)

Cornucopias

The athame

#Lughnasadh #sabbats #witchy community #witchy #witchy vibes #witch aesthetic #witchcraft #witchythings #pagan

[thegildedgun]

What In Carnation--Flowers Prompt: Llew

repost,  don’t reblog.

Bold what applies to your muse. Italicize situational.

DAISY :   wears their heart on their sleeve. soft voice. minimalist clothing. laying in a field of tall grass. walking barefoot. puts other people’s happiness above their own.

BELLFLOWER :  very consistent friend. happy face with sad eyes. careful touches. hiding a blush. light giggles. makes friends easily. knows how to make you smile

PROTEA :   proud. big gestures. African heritage. blushes easily. tries to look tough but is really just a big softie. content where they are. doesn’t love easily, but always deeply.

MOONFLOWER :   knowing smiles. doesn’t open up easily. late nights. tired eyes. soft skin. not as innocent as they seem. loose clothing.

BLEEDING HEART :   hopeless romantic. still laughs at dirty jokes. believes they can change the world. caring looks. dyed hair. kisses on the cheek.

SUNFLOWER :   big smiles. always looking for the positive. lots of friends. warm afternoons. basking in the sun. stares off into space a lot. sitting in comfortable silence.

DANDELION :   wishing for the impossible. shooting stars. light breezes through their hair. white clothing. whispered secrets. far off looks. kind eyes.

Tagged by: @charm-in-spades​ Hey, thank ya!

Tagging: @eligos-venator​, @ffxiv-sunderedsouls​, @teebster​, @redgentleman-ffxiv​, @black-water-tia​, @catboysimulator​

#memes and things

[bookclub4m]

Episode 114 - Hot Cocoa & Book Recommendations

This episode we’re Receiving Book Recommendations! Last episode we asked each other for books in specific areas and this week we’re back with our suggestions for table top role playing games, folklore, healthcare, poetry, urban fantasy and more.

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Things We Recommend

An Indie Tabletop Game

The Queen of Cups

TTRPG Safety Toolkit by Kienna Shaw & Lauren Bryant-Monk

The Skeletons

Slavic/Eastern European Folklore

Slavic Folklore: A Handbook by Natalie Kononenko

Natalie Kononenko (Wikipedia)

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs by John Colarusso

Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales

Baba Yaga cross stitch Matthew’s working on

Humanism in/of Healthcare

2020 Summer Reading for Compassionate Clinicians - The Gold foundation

The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine by Abraham M. Nussbaum

Journal of Applied Hermeneutics - Canadian Hermeneutic Institute

Fiction that Surprises

Bunny by Mona Awad

Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah

Sci-fi/Fantasy set in the Contemporary World

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Spellhacker by M.K England

The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

The Nobody People by Bob Proehl

Urban Fantasy

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron

Horror

Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear

Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena

Parasite Eve (video game) (Wikipedia)

The Fog Knows Your Name

Poetry

Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media by Heid E. Erdrich

Ledger by Jane Hirshfield

Catrachos by Roy G. Guzmán

Dub: Finding Ceremony by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Queer Poets Write About Nature by edited by Dylan Ce

Feminist Essay Collection

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

Fiction set at Christmastime/Non-Fiction about Christmas

Christmas Inn Maine by Chelsea M. Cameron

Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins

The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum

Russian Language Learning Materials

Learn to Read and Write Russian - Russian Alphabet Made Easy

Sputnik: An Introductory Russian Language Course, Part I by by Julia Rochtchina

Space Opera

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Suggestions from our Listeners!

An Indie Tabletop Game

Bluebeard's Bride from Magpie Games

Slavic/Eastern European Folklore

Slavic Folklore: A Handbook by Natalie Kononenko

On the Banks of the Yaryn by Aleksandr Kondratiev

Humanism in/of Healthcare

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie Watson

Fiction that Surprises

Slade House by David Mitchell

Sci-fi/Fantasy set in the Contemporary World

Empire State by Adam Christopher

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

Finna by Nino Cipri

Urban Fantasy

God Save the Queen by Kate Locke

Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

Horror

And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

Poetry

The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy

Feminist Essay Collection

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe L. Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Bushra Rehman and Daisy Hernández

Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture by Nora Samaran

Fiction set at Christmastime/Non-Fiction about Christmas

Whiteout by Elyse Springer

Glad Tidings of Struggle and Strife by Llew Smith

Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Better Not Pout by Annabeth Albert

Russian Language Learning Materials

We Read These Tales by Syllables by Vladimir Suteev

Space Opera

Alien People by John Coon

Dreamships by Melissa Scott

A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright

Other Media We Mentioned

Fiasco

Ring by Kōji Suzuki

Tomie by Junji Ito

Spirit of the Season

The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart

Atomic Blonde (Wikipedia)

Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

House of Reeds by Thomas Harlan

Links, Articles, and Things

Eisner Award for Best Lettering (Wikipedia)

Lambda Literary Award (Wikipedia)

Episode 078 - Supernatural Thrillers

Shadowrun (Wikipedia)

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#episodes #recommendations

[likeathunderbolt]

Planhigion yn Gymraeg/Plants in Welsh:

Rhosyn - Rose

Cenhinen Bedr (literally “Peter’s Leeks”) - Daffodil

(Daffodil is also commonly used in Welsh)

Ysgall - Thistle

Llin (Parhaol) (Literally “perennial flax”/“flaxweed”) - Flax

(“Blodau’r llin” is flax flower)

Siamroc - Shamrock

Dant y llew (Literally “lion’s tooth”) - Dandelion

Eiddew/Iorwg - Ivy

Gwyddfid - Honeysuckle

Bwtias y Gog/Cennin y Brain/Clychau'r eos/Glas y llwyn

(these names are literally things like, “Crows’ leeks”, “Nightingales’ rings” or “the blue shrub” etc.) - Bluebell

Blodyn ymenyn (Literally “butter’s flower) - Buttercup

Carnasiwn/Penigan pêr - Carnation

Llygad y dydd (literally “eye of the day”/“Day’s eye”) - Daisy

Bys coch (literally “red finger”) - Foxglove

Croeso haf (literally “Summer’s Welcome”) - Hyacinth

Hydrangea has only ever been hydrangea to my ears tbh, except by an elderly lady and also by a botanist who both seemed to call them something like “llaeth cueled” or “Coch/Glas cueled” which mean something like “curdled milk” or “red/blue curds”) but this might have just been a nickname - Hydrangea

Gellysgen - Iris

Siasmyn - Jasmine

Lafant - Lavender

Lelog - Lilac

Lili’r dyffrynoedd - Lily of the valley

Alaw/lili - Lily

Tegeirian - Orchid

Rhosyn y mynydd (literally “mountain rose” - Peony

Pabi - Poppy

Blodyn haul/ blodyn yr haul (literally “sunflower”) - Sunflower

Tiwlip - Tulip

Dulas/fioled - Violet

Barf y hen ŵr (literally “old man’s beard”) - Clematis

Clymog Rwsia (literally “knotted Russia”) - Silver lace vine/Russian Vine/mile-a-minute/Chinese fleece-vine/Bukhara fleece-flower.

Rhedynen - Fern

Grug - Heather

Eithinen/Eithin - Gorse/Furse/Whin/Ulex

#plants #flowers #planhigion #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #personol ar gyfer ts #personol #ieithoedd

[afairymind]

Meet, Meadowsweet.

Meadowsweet is a perennial herb of the rose family that is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia. It has been introduced and naturalised in North America. You can find it flowering from June to September in wet habitats, such as ditches, damp woodlands and meadows, along river banks, and beside ponds.

It has deeply veined leaflets held on arching stems that are topped with fluffy sprays of creamy-white, five-petaled flowers, each with over twenty protruding stamens. These flowers have a very strong, sweet scent. The flower sprays can be up to 25cm in width.

It plays an important role in ecosystems. The larvae of several moth species, including Emperor, Brown Spot Pinion, Grey pug, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty, Lesser Cream Wave, and Satellite, use it as a food plant. The flowers also attract a wide variety of other insects, including pollinators such as bee, butterfly and hoverfly, whilst the seeds provide food for birds. 

This delicate, sweetly scented flower has many names. Its Latin name is Filipendula ulmaria. The genus name, Filipendula, is an amalgamation of ‘filum’ meaning thread, and ‘pendulus’, meaning drooping – which is thought to refer to the root tubers which hang together by threads. It’s species name, ulmaria, comes from the Latin word ‘ulmus’, meaning elm. This is due to the shape of the plant’s leaves. 

Chaucer, in ‘The Knight’s Tale’, called it Meadwort, or Medwort, and named it as one of the fifty ingredients included in the drink, ‘save’. It has the name Bridewort because it was both strewn in churches for festivals and weddings, and was also used for bridal garlands. Names such as Queen of the Meadow, Pride of the Meadow, Lady of the Meadow and Meadow Queen were given to it because of the way in which it can dominate a damp low-lying meadow. It is also known as Meadow-wort, Bittersweet, Dollof, and Meadsweet. It’s Gaelic names include Ius Cuchulainn, and Rios Cuchulainn, as Irish legend tells of how the legendary warrior, Cuchulainn was treated with Meadowsweet baths in order to cure his uncontrollable rage and fevers.

There is other folklore connected with Meadowsweet, as well. In Welsh mythology, the magicians Math and Gwydion created a beautiful maiden out of the flowers of Meadowsweet, Broom, and Oak. She was made for one purpose only – to be a wife to the hero, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who had been placed under a tynged by his mother, Arianrhod, that he would never have a human wife. She was named Blodeuwedd, meaning ‘flower-faced’. The story goes that Blodeuwedd took a lover, Gronw Pedr, and together they conspired, unsuccessfully, to murder her husband. As punishment, Blodeuwedd was transformed into an owl, to be forever shunned by the denizens of the daylight hours.

And Gwydion said to Math, when it was Spring: “Come now and let us make a wife for Llew.” And so they broke broad boughs yet moist with dew, And in a shadow made a magic ring: They took the violet and the meadow-sweet To form her pretty face, and for her feet They built a mound of daisies on a wing, And for her voice they made a linnet sing In the wide poppy blowing for her mouth. And over all they chanted twenty hours. And Llew came singing from the azure south And bore away his wife of birds and flowers. By Francis Ledwidge

Other folk beliefs include the plant’s use in love spells and potions. When strewn about the house it is said to bring peace, and the scent of Meadowsweet is said to cheer the heart. If you gather it on Midsummer’s Day, Meadowsweet can give information regarding thieves – just place the Meadowsweet on water. If it sinks, the thief is a man; if it floats, it is a woman. Garlands of Meadowsweet worn at Lammas are said to join the wearer with the essence of the Goddess.

In addition to this, Meadowsweet is also a bringer of courage. In Russian folklore, Kudryash, the bravest knight in his village, one day became terrified that death stalked him. He could no longer fight and when a band of thieves came to the village, Kudryash was too scared to help. He was so ashamed of his cowardice that he fled to the river, intending to drown himself, but out of the water emerged a beautiful maiden who gave him a garland made out of Meadowsweet flowers. She told him that he would be unharmed if he wore the garland into battle. He returned to the village, wore the garland and defeated the thieves. 

Other folklore claims that where Meadowsweet grows there are no snakes, which can also mean, therefore, that there is no evil present.

If you have a lot of it growing, Meadowsweet is a lovely plant to harvest for use. The green parts have a similar aromatic flavour to the scent of the flowers, and it can be included in jams and stewed fruit to add a pleasant almond taste. It has traditionally been used to flavour vinegar, wine, beer, and mead – which is the origin of many ‘mead’ related names. The 17th century English botanist, physician and herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper, recommended that a leaf of Meadowsweet should be added to a cup of claret wine, to give it a ‘fine relish’.

Today, Meadowsweet is one of the thirty herbs and spices that is added to the popular Norfolk punch cordial drink. This is made following an authentic medieval recipe that was originally made by the monks of Norfolk.

Historically, it was a popular strewing-plant, commonly scattered over floors in order to keep rooms sweet smelling.

The leaves and floures of Meadowsweet farre excelle all other strowing herbs for to decke up houses, to strawe in chambers, halls and banqueting-houses in the summer-time, for the smell thereof makes the heart merrie and joyful and delighteth the senses.

John Gerard, 16th Century botanist

It was a particular favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who liked it to be used in her chambers. Having plants strewn over the floors isn’t really acceptable in a modern house, but Meadowsweet can be dried and included in pot pouri for a similar affect. 

In addition to this, the roots of Meadowsweet produce a black dye and the leaves a blue pigment, which makes it perfect for those who wish to use natural materials for their art or craft work. Meadowsweet is possibly most well known for its medicinal uses.This is mainly because it contains salycilic acid, a compound that is similar to Aspirin. As such it has pain-killing properties. Salicylic acid was first produced in 1838 by the Italian scientist, Rafaele Piria, from the flowerbuds of Meadowsweet and from the bark of the Willow tree (Salix alba). The name, ‘Aspirin’ that was given to acetylsalicylic acid after it was created by the company Bayer in 1899, actually comes from the old botanical name for Meadowsweet – Spiraea ulmaria.

It can be steeped in water to make a relieving tea, useful for managing aches and pains, particularly for those suffering from colds and flu. It can, though, be a little harsh on the digestive system. The plant’s digestive effects mean that it has traditionally been a go-to herb for those suffering from indigestion, flatulence, and diarrhoea. It protects and soothes the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, reducing excess acidity and alleviating nausea. It can also be used as a treatment for heartburn, hyperacidity, gastritis and peptic ulceration. Salicylic acid has anti-inflammatory properties, making it an effective treatment for rheumatic pain.

The tannins and mucilages found in Meadowsweet appear to limit some of the adverse effects common to the salicylates – such as those that can cause gastric bleeding (Aspirin can cause gastric ulceration). Care should still be taken with the use of Meadowsweet, however, as salicylic acid also acts as a blood thinner. This can cause internal bleeding, and prevents wounds from clotting. Use should be halted a week before admission to hospital for surgery.

If you’d like to find out more, these are the sites that I collected my information from:

Wildlife Trusts

Wikipedia

Woodland Trust

Eat Weeds

Wight Druids

This post is for 365 Days Wild, day 65.

Meet a Plant: Meadowsweet #365DaysWild Meet, Meadowsweet. Meadowsweet is a perennial herb of the rose family that is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia.

#Conservation #folklore #Herb lore #Herbalism #Herbs #Meadow #Meadowsweet #Mythology #nature #Plant lore #Plant spirit #plants

[kerra-and-company]

Hello folks, got a pic to show you!! :) Please observe Daisy, one of my GW1 folks, courtesy of the lovely @just-eyris-things!

#gw2 #daisy llew #just-eyris-things #thanks again eyris!! i love this and i can't get over how this whole thing fits together so well #whoops also forgot to tag #gw1 #cause sure :) #company art

[kerra-and-company]

❛ was that your first kiss? ❜ or ❛ today isn’t your day, is it? ❜ :>

Hello hello, it is now YOUR turn to be the recipient of a ficlet that's at minimum a month overdue! Congratulations! xD (And so sorry it took a while!!)

You get what I think is the first actual piece of writing I've posted about Cal and Daisy, my main folks from GW1 :)

Warnings: mentioned injury, blood

The stone floor is hard under Cal’s knees, and they can feel every crack running through it. Distantly, they can hear shuffling feet—the medics, or Rurik, or someone else entirely. It’s the echo of a thought compared to the limp hand they hold clutched to their chest, watching Daisy’s rise and fall.

Blood seeps into their shirt, making it cling to their body, but they pay no mind. Someone had found jam earlier, they remember vaguely. It had gotten in their braids somehow, and Daisy had laughed louder than she had since before the Searing.

The sheets are stiff and rough as they press against Cal’s arms. The tight bandages around Daisy’s head and on her cheek look softer. They hope so, at least.

They’re not sure how long they stay there on the ground holding her hand, but it’s dark when she stirs. Cal jolts, scrambling to attend to her, limbs stiff and slightly clumsy.

“Daise?” they whisper. It comes out raspy and fear-tinged.

She coughs once, wincing, and her eyes slowly open. Cal is lost in the ocean.

“Hey, love,” Daisy says, quiet. “Hey.”

She lifts her hand—the one that’s still in Cal’s—and feebly reaches for the claw marks on Cal’s chest, just barely visible above their shirt.

“Today…today isn’t your day, is it?”

“You’re the one in a hospital bed, you know,” Cal chokes out, feeling their lips turn up into a wobbly smile. “By the Six, Daise, you—”

Are really hurt. Could’ve died. Almost died.

“—scared me,” they finish, their voice breaking.

Several emotions pass over Daisy’s face very quickly before settling on something so painfully fond that Cal wants to cry. A pulse of magic passes from her hand into their chest, and they can feel their injuries fading from open wounds to raised scars.

“Didn’t stop for treatment?” she asks, softly teasing.

“Save your magic for yourself, you absolute—” Cal groans, dropping their chin down and stifling the end of their sentence into Daisy’s sleeve. Muffled, they add, “You need to focus on getting better.”

“So do you.”

Cal doesn’t have a good retort, so they just sigh, feeling the warmth of their own breath heating the fabric. “’m not planning to go on patrol tonight, you know.”

“Good.” The exhaustion is becoming progressively more apparent in Daisy’s voice, and Cal looks up to meet her eyes again. “I love you,” she murmurs. “Stay?”

Cal leans forward and kisses her briefly, gently brushing their fingers through her tangled hair.

“Of course,” they say, and it’s as easy as breathing. “Always. I love you too.”

#gw2 #my fics #cal vereo #daisy llew #sunflower #we're also going to get some more cal fics this year! #working on another one right now #that one's part of something longer and this one might be too #but i have to write so much lead-up to get here that i'm answering this on its own for now #plus i love these two; so :) #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D

[kerra-and-company]

general 3, 8, & 9 for the ship game, any ship you wanna talk about :3

I am going to steal this spot to talk about my GW1 folks Cal and Daisy, because I can and I want to :3 (hope that's cool and thanks a bunch!! :D )

3. What was their first kiss like?

Sweet and felt like it was a long time coming, though they hadn't actually known each other all that long. Outside at sunset--accidentally a very romantic setting; they'd both mostly wanted to take a break from dancing for a while, and then they ended up by themselves and actually talked about the fact that their friendship had turned into mutual crushes. Also, notably, it was before any of the playable story really kicked off (in this case, around six months to a year before the Searing).

8. Who gets jealous easier?

Cal by a bit, but it's a very small bit--neither of them have much occasion or opportunity to feel jealous. The only reason Cal takes the top spot is that Daisy grew up with a best friend whose partner was very actively jealous of those in his vicinity, and she is just...the MOST done with that emotion. Not for her.

9. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear?

Daisy, 100%. Absolutely uses her height to her advantage there, too--it's a lot easier to be the one leaning down to whisper than the one who'd have to stand on tiptoes to do it, situations where one party is sitting notwithstanding. She has maaaybe done this in at least one important strategy meeting before. Will neither confirm nor deny.

#gw2 #gw1 #sunflower #cal vereo #daisy llew #creativebrainrot #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D #gw1 folks time for a hot second here :)

[kerra-and-company]

🖊🖊🖊!

Three pens for three folks, cause why not! :D Thank you!! (Also my GW1 folks are on the brain today, so you get some facts about them, hope that's cool!)

🖊 - I've mentioned this one in passing before, but it's worth mentioning again because it makes me happy. Cal has a habit of collecting flowers everywhere they go, and they really enjoy gardening. They spent close to two years in Ascalon before the Searing and, through said hobby, managed to save several types of flowers that otherwise would have gone nearly extinct.

For a bonus new fact about them that I'm pretty sure I haven't shared here before, they're something of a pioneer in magitech, at least when it comes to designing magical weapons for their specific profession (elementalist, though they're a ranger as well thanks to GW1 dual-classing). The staff they wield is one they designed and built themself.

🖊 - Daisy is very in tune with magic related to both Grenth and Dwayna (she's a necromancer and monk by class in GW1) thanks to a childhood spent experimenting on the best ways to use and balance them. She's attuned enough to it that she would have sensed something up with Vizier Khilbron before his reveal, actually, if it weren't for the Scepter of Orr being around. It was powerful enough to throw that sense off--could just be coming from the weird incredibly powerful magical artifact, after all.

Last one under the cut for potential spoilers for future GW2 content (of the What Lies Beneath variety):

🖊 - Nabi is Luxon, and in addition to being involved with the main GW1 storyline, she's the one who spearheads the mission into the Deep to deal with Kanaxai. He was a demon and the original cause of problems down in that area of Cantha in the GW1 era, and he caused some similar problems to what we're seeing now in What Lies Beneath. He played on fear and horror and despair an awful lot. (Also, apologies if I'm explaining something you already know--I have no idea if you've played GW1 or not aslkjd.) She was victorious in her mission and celebrated for said victory, but she certainly had a Time down there.

#gw2 #gw1 #cal vereo #daisy llew #seong nabi #catmanderratmander #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D #love these three a lot

[kerra-and-company]

👀👀 wip time! 😎

WIPs you have requested, and WIPs you shall receive :D

1: hurt/comfort in ascalon (injury/blood mention)

The stone floor is hard under Cal’s knees, and they can feel every crack but don’t bother shifting. Distantly, they can hear shuffling feet outside the door—the medics, or maybe Rurik,  or maybe someone else entirely. It’s the echo of a thought compared to the limp hand they hold clutched to their chest, watching Daisy’s rise and fall.

Blood seeps into their shirt, but they pay no mind. Someone had found jam earlier, they remember vaguely, and it had stuck to their braids, and Daisy had laughed louder than she had in at least a year.

The sheets are stiff and rough as they press into Cal’s forearms. The tight bandages around Daisy’s head and on her cheek look softer. They hope so, at least.

They’re not sure how long they stay there on the ground holding her hand, but it’s dark when she stirs. Cal jolts, scrambling to attend to her, limbs stiff and slightly clumsy.

“Daise?” they whisper. It comes out in a rasp.

She coughs once, wincing, and her eyes slowly open. Cal is lost in the ocean.

“Hey, love,” Daisy says, quiet. “Hey.”

2: more sibling incidents

His father is hard on Kid.

Colin doesn’t think Kid misbehaves any more than he did when he was younger (Kid, clearly, is a million years younger than him, seven to his thirteen). Was his dad this hard on him? He doesn’t know. He thinks maybe he didn’t notice it when it was him.

He finds himself taking the blame for mistake after mistake—when Kid spills a drink on important maps, when Kid loses Edur’s favorite sharpening stone, when Kid is late for weapons practice, when Kid talks out of turn.

He sees Isbert, occasionally, when he practices with Warrin. Warrin says something he shouldn’t, once, when the three of them are together. Their dad comes over to scold them.

Warrin is punished, and Isbert says nothing. Colin decides that he doesn’t want to be like Isbert after all.

#gw2 #cal vereo #daisy llew #kai speaks #space-plume #colin #aysel #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D #slightly cheating on the second one since i shared a ficlet of that same fic in a different spot earlier #but it's a long fic so i'm making the executive decision that it counts :)

[kerra-and-company]

💘 and 💋 for Daisy <3

Daisy asks! <3 :D Absolutely!

💘 : Is your OC a very good flirt? Are they charming?

Hmmm...when she wants to be! ;D Daisy is absolutely able to flirt, but she does not use this power all that often. And as far as charming goes, same answer--her default/genuine persona is decently charming, but she doesn't bother being charming or nice towards people she doesn't like (perhaps unsurprising, lol, but still worth noting that she doesn't hide her feelings often).

💋 : Is your OC a good kisser? How do they do it?

Once she gets some practice, yes, for sure--and as for how, almost always soft and always like she means it.

#gw2 #gw1 #(since daisy's a gw1 kiddo) #daisy llew #just-eyris-things #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D

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Do any of your characters have charged secrets - something juicy they can't under any circumstances share?

Hi anon! :D Thanks so much for the ask!!

Nisha and Rel not being born from the Pale Tree and instead having a different Mother was something of a charged secret for years, but it became a slightly more open secret after HoT. It's also worth noting that it wasn't ever a secret that they kept fully to themselves: Pliarr, who was the one to find them in the Silverwastes and help them reach the Priory, figured it out pretty quickly, and a few others very close to them were told as well.

Aysel's childhood experiences are something she chooses not to share with anyone, but that's mainly because they were incredibly traumatizing for her. There would certainly be consequences to revealing them in addition to discomfort, but said consequences would mainly be painting a Svanir target on her back, and she would give zero shits about that outcome.

Daisy kept the truth about the circumstances of her abusive father's death a secret from nearly everyone (besides her mother, who was never unaware of the truth, and her partner Cal) for her entire life.

Eethie actively works to obfuscate the fact that they were part of the Inquest. They're not necessarily ashamed of all their work there (grey morality kiddo here), but they definitely know others don't care for it and keep that secret accordingly. That being said, their immediate superior in the Pact did her research before they joined her team, and she is indeed aware, though they don't know that.

#gw2 #nishannai #relethen #aysel #daisy llew #eethie #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D #anonymous #thanks anon!!

[kerra-and-company]

🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊 for whoever's on your mind <3

@mystery-salad

So many pens, thanks!! :D <3 Hmm...I just spent some time leveling her w/friends today, so how about some Daisy (GW1) facts for ya?

🖊 - She prefers having her hair long, but it spends most of the main storyline slowly growing back. That's due to it getting torched in a battle with the charr during the two-year gap between the Searing and when we, the players, are actually able to explore post-Searing Ascalon. (It's also due to the fact that there isn't a long hairstyle in-game that matches with my idea of what her hair looks like, so I came up with a reason why her hair's so short right now xD )

🖊 - Daisy grew up alongside Mhenlo and is very good friends with him. His girlfriend Cynn isn't too fond of her at first (game-canon Cynn is...certainly written as A Character), but they eventually become close as well.

🖊 - She has a (much) younger half-sibling and two step-siblings, and she loves all three of them very much. She visits them in Kryta at least twice a year and writes them often (and writes her mother and stepfather as well!).

🖊 - Daisy never really learned to cook, but definitely learned to bake, which is specifically thanks to her mother wanting to pass down a few family recipes and Daisy being determined to learn.

🖊 - She uses magic tied to both Grenth and Dwayna (aka, she's both a necromancer and a monk in terms of GW1 classes), but she really doesn't heal all that much. She tends to use the monk skills more along the lines of Ray of Judgment (basically blasting a ray of light to do significant damage), which is fitting--judgment is kinda a theme for her.

#gw2 #gw1 #daisy llew #mystery-salad #daisy facts for ya!! :) #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D

[kerra-and-company]

7, 13, 26 and 33 for any pair you wanna talk about

Oh no I've been given free rein, who should I pick...you know what? I haven't talked about Cal and Daisy on here almost at all, so you get GW1 character hours today :) Thanks a bunch and here you go! :D

7. Would they build a pillow fort together just because?

Yes, definitely :) It'd probably be Cal's idea.

13. Who’s the bigger tease?

Daisy, though it's not specifically being a tease necessarily--she just really enjoys flirting with Cal (though she has zero idea what she's doing at first) and seeing if she can fluster them (which she gets Very Good At over time).

26. What are their vices?

So, this led me into a Google search to determine how broad the definition of "vice" is, because I really only ever hear it in the context of alcohol, drugs, or (more rarely) sex-related things, and the answer apparently has to do with what religion you're looking at, and sometimes it means the same thing as "sin", and sometimes doesn't? So I've gone down a rabbit hole today asldjfasdf, but I now have a better idea of the meaning of this word, which is cool xD ANYWAYS! Time to attempt to answer this now!

Daisy's is pride--she has a little bit of a chip on her shoulder, despite being about the farthest thing from noble-born possible, and she doesn't really enjoy being wrong. She'll gladly argue points with you for quite a while longer than she probably should.

Cal's is jealousy, though they are very good at hiding it. Most people would have zero idea unless they were paying very close attention (or were very close to Cal and thus know them well).

33. Who's the better cook?

Cal has about three or four things that they can cook very well, and Daisy knows cooking safety basics but not a ton of recipes that aren't baking, so...in terms of actual food that goes into a main course? Cal. In terms of desserts? Daisy. They usually work together on meals, though.

#gw2 #sunflower #cal vereo #daisy llew #mytalikes #i now have a post in their ship tag :D success!! #thanks a bunch for the ask! :D

[kerra-and-company]

character spotlight, day 8: daisy llew

“There’s always a third choice.”

#gw2 #gw1 #daisy llew #moodboard #character spotlight #company art #aaaand day 8 done! :) #detouring into gw1 kiddos for just a sec so i can have cal and daisy back to back #gw2 kiddos returning tomorrow