#handmaiden

[onenicebugperday]

Blue handmaiden, Eriphioides ecuadoriensis, Arctiini, Erebidae

Photographed in Ecuador by belowbluewaterdiver

I could only find a couple photos of this species that I could legally share, but I can link this better photo here! The iridescent blue is beautiful :)

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #moth #tiger moth #handmaiden #blue handmaiden #one nice bug #erebidae

[miasmultifandomdump]

It annoys me how so much of modern discourse around female characters is, to be frank, misogyny repackaged as being progressive.

If a woman's strengths and interests are associated with being feminine, such as cooking or enjoying nice clothes or being kind and compassionate, the entire fandom jumps on her as stereotypical or weak. It's seen as cool to bash on "women's work", never mind that your average misogynist has been doing it for decades, hell, centuries, and the jobs that are mocked as women's work are actually pretty essential to humans surviving and thriving.

And then, of course, if a woman shows the slightest hint of nonconformity, the entire fandom jumps on her because "oh!! she's trying to be not like other girls!! she wants male attention so bad!!" It doesn't matter how she is to the other girls in her life, if she wears combat boots and listens to punk instead of Taylor Swift, she clearly hates every other woman ever according to certain parts of fandom. It couldn't be that she's neurodivergent or LGBT or hell, even just a tomboy, she has to hate every other girl on the planet. /sarcasm

AND JUST TO CLARIFY. These tropes can genuinely be negatively done. The traditionally feminine girl can be a weak character and the tomboy girl can be an ass. But when you're calling a girl a "pick me" just because she doesn't live up to your idea of what a woman should look like or what you think feminism is... congratulations. You've simply repackaged sexism and called it woke. And lots of girls who see this crap online are going to suffer for it but hey, it was never actually about them, so who cares, right? /sarcasm

Anyway, to all the girls reading this post, you go ahead and be who you want. Be a princess or a president or a pop singer or a punk rocker or hell, all of the above. You're not a "pick me" you're not a "handmaiden" you're not trying too hard to be "not like other girls". You are fine. Don't let pseudo-woke nonsense get to you. It's just white noise.

#and to all of you guys who are maybe younger just know. youll learn to drown it out #you might still roll your eyes and if you have anxiety like me you might still have bad days but. it gets better #you are worth so much more than worrying about people who refuse to give you good faith and their stupid judgements of you #fandom critique #feminism #female characters #strong female characters #pick me girl #pick me #handmaiden #nlog #not like other girls #all queued up with nowhere to go

[attonposting]

Just thinkin' about how showing your companions the Force in KotOR II is about healing, about teaching them to confront their traumas and cope with them in a healthy way, and on a Dark Side run, it's about yanking on that trauma and twisting it until it becomes all that they are.

Atton is a goddamn mess of a person. The war wrecked him and shaped him into a sadistic monster who committed mega war crimes until he met the one Jedi who forced him to see what he'd become. And instead of taking any responsibility, he bolted, coping by drowning out the world and doing his damnedest not to feel. The Exile forces him to stop running and confront himself – to face all those emotions he chopped up into little pieces and wore like masks, his guilt, his hate, his fear. I don't think Atton ever thinks of himself as a Jedi; him learning to use the Force is him learning not to be afraid of it, and himself, anymore. Atton decides he's going to finally try to do something with his life – maybe not for goodness' sake, but because he owes that last Jedi that much. And a DS Exile extinguishes whatever seeds of decency she planted, destroys his last remaining shreds of idealism, and convinces him not to fear himself in a much, much scarier way.

Bao-Dur is a genuinely good guy, but he's shackled by guilt. It's not straightforward, and it'd maybe be easier for him to deal with it if it was - Bao-Dur simultaneously regrets and doesn't regret what he did. He believes... not necessarily that Malachor had to happen, but that the war needed to end. But he's horrified that it was his hands and his mind that conceived the Mass Shadow Generator, can never banish the sight of so much death at his hand. And he can't reconcile how what drove him in the war was pure hatred, and the galaxy treats him like his service was a noble thing when he knows it was anything but. That rage hasn't left him even though he tried to move on and turn his hands towards kinder things. Through the Force, he's able to move on and at last find peace – but a DS Exile convinces him to give into his anger and let retribution rule him completely.

Mira is at her heart a scared little girl trying desperately to prove to herself that she's tough and capable – that she's over everything she's lost, that she's not alone and afraid. She tries not to care about anyone, because the galaxy certainly doesn't give a shit, but she does despite herself. A LS Exile teaches her how to come to terms with the things that hound her, and in that, find true strength. A DS Exile teaches her to cover up that fear by preying on others so that nobody ever has the chance to hurt her again, and convincing herself that hardness means strength until it becomes true.

Brianna has tried to find purpose in servitude, but she's isolated in an otherwise tight-knit unit. She's desperate to prove herself, but she's never good enough for anyone, and she knows why she continues to fail even as she's unable to let the source go. A LS Exile teaches her to transcend those concerns and be true to herself above all else – not only to follow her own path, but to find strength and value in herself, for the first time in her life. What Atris thinks, what her sisters think, is immaterial. A DS Exile doesn't free her from her mindset of servitude so much as twist her loyalties. That Brianna instead becomes convinced she's better than her sisters, better than Atris, and takes her anger out on her ex-family and beyond – becoming driven by scorn, seeing nothing but the failures of the Jedi to live up to their own standards.

Mical lost his future at a young age – something that probably saved his life, considering everything that happened in the following years, but which left him trailing in the shadow of the Jedi seeking answers nobody could give. He wants to believe in the Jedi Order, but recent history has left him with far too much evidence to the contrary. A LS Exile acknowledges the flaws of the Jedi teachings, even personifies those flaws through their history, but convinces him through their actions that their core still rings true and is worth striving for. A DS Exile utterly demolishes his faith in the same manner. Mical takes the Exile's fall as yet another betrayal by the Jedi, but it's the hardest hitting yet - this sheer debasement of the figure he idolized most. It finally extinguishes his idealism, even gnawing away at the compassion that defines him until he's yet another soulless cog in the Republic machine.

And Visas is already attuned to the Force, but a LS Exile gives her hope for the galaxy and teaches her of the beautiful little moments of connection and the greatness people can achieve together, where she'd become convinced that life was pain and the only thing any being could aspire to was an end to the suffering. What she witnesses is strong enough for her to come to terms with the death of Katarr and choose to keep going despite all that's happened. And a DS Exile... doesn't. They reaffirm her desolation and then give her the callous end she sought.

The Exile themselves went for ten years avoiding connections, and then the Force thrusts them back into the role of a leader – a role they've got decidedly mixed feelings about, when it was literally their empathy that caused their self-destruction in the Mandalorian Wars. Major YMMV on how you characterize your Exile's motives, but the way I saw it, a DS Exile isn't going to be hurt again. They're not going to get attached to their soldiers – they've made that mistake before and it brought them nothing. They know how to say the right words to get people to fight and to die for them, and that's all it is. And for a LS Exile... they know the danger of caring, but they won't allow it to stop them from living any longer, not after they've spent ten years dead to themselves. And it's the human connections they form that heals them, that allows for them to touch the Force once more.

Obviously a DS Exile is bad and they should feel bad. For a LS one, though - the Jedi Council's repudiation of your powers at the end of the game used to really bother me until this part clicked. You're all a bunch of broken people who find each other and learn to move on. Even if you're drawing them in with freaky black hole space magic, they are genuinely better off for your presence, and it's because of who you are as a person, not any way you've molded them through the Force.

#kotor #kotor 2 #kotor ii #atton rand #bao-dur #visas marr #mira #handmaiden #mical #disciple #the exile #jedi exile

[duchessofthemoonartworks]

Undercover Queen [ 2021 ]

My annual Star Wars day aka May the 4th picture I made back in 2021. Seems just like yesterday I was working on this. Not the worst digital painting I’ve done not the best either lol. But I still wanted to share my favorite Queen and her badass handmaiden bodyguard!

More places to follow my art 🌙

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#star wars #padme amidala #Sabé #Padme and sabe #padme naberrie #queen amidala #handmaiden #handmaiden sabé #naboo royal handmaidens #padme #Naboo #art #art on tumblr #artist #digital art #digital drawing #art nouveau #natalie portman #keria knightley #fanart #star wars art #the phantom menace #queen of naboo #attack of the clones #the mandalorian #revenge of the sith #queen padme #artists on tumblr #star wars day #may the 4th

[keiraonfilm]

Keira Knightley as Sabe in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. (1999)

May the Fourth be with you!

#keira knightley #film #star wars #star wars the phantom menace #star wars prequels #sabe #handmaiden #royal handmaidens #padme #may the fourth be with you

[alexversenaberrie]

Padme Barbie | Leia Barbie | Luke Barbie | Barbie Bail | Obiwan Barbie I Han Barbie | Mon Mothma Barbie

#star wars #handmaidens of naboo #royal handmaidens #padme's handmaidens #handmaiden #barbie #handmaidens are barbie #I like pink and sea-green one :) #it is barbie day !

[sw5w]

Either Choice Presents Great Danger... to Us All

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:23:57

#Star Wars #Episode I #The Phantom Menace #Naboo #Theed #Theed Hangar #Occupation of Naboo #gemstone and filigree ear covering #stylized beauty marks #handmaiden #Sabé #Tsabin #Queen Amidala #Rabé #Rabene Tonsort #Saché #Sashah Adova #Palace Guard #unidentified Palace Guard #Royal Naboo Security Forces #Yané #Suyan Higin #Padmé Naberrie

[sniperct]

Chapters: 18/30 Fandom: Frozen (Disney Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Elsa (Disney)/Original Female Character(s), Anna/Kristoff (Disney) Characters: Elsa (Disney), Anna (Disney), Original Female Character(s), Kristoff (Disney), Agnarr (Disney), Iduna (Disney), Hans (Disney), Sven (Disney: Frozen), Queen of the Southern Isles (Disney) Additional Tags: Retelling, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, What-If, Handmaidens, Trans Female Character, Lesbian Elsa (Disney), Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, royal affairs, Grief/Mourning, Hans is a Charming Asshole, Anna Gets High On Painkillers, Canonical Character Death, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, for now, Hand Touching, Sister-Sister Relationship, Friendship, Anna and Hans are a thing (briefly) Series: Part 1 of Céleste and Elsa Summary:

“Just doesn’t seem that sporting, is all…”

“What, do you want to give her a chance to fight back?”

“I mean, just run her through from behind? She’s just a girl, en’t she?”

“Heard she was putting it to the Queen.”

“Non!” Celeste protested. Insult added to the injury of the whole situation, and while she didn’t want to die she wouldn’t stand for impugning Elsa’s honor, “I did no such thing with the Queen!”

“Come on Jasper, that en’t right. You know nan would cuff you for that.”

“Whatever! Stab her from the front then!” Jasper grabbed her and spun her around to face them.

#elsa #frozen #frozen 2 #elsa x oc #handmaiden #anna #anna of arendelle #kristoff bjorgman #hans of the southern isles #snipefic

[smolidotti]

The two prettiest girls on the block.

#smolidotti #oc #fantasy #kagaskorner #original character #Princess #princess oc #handmaiden #procreate art #procreate #fantasy oc

[clericnortke]

I wanted to sketch every companion but bruh im too lazy

#star wars #kotor 2 #kotor #kreia #atton rand #bao-dur #remoted #handmaiden #brianna #visas marr #sketch

[onenicebugperday]

@seaotteralec submitted: got jumpscared (in a good way) by this little friend today,, orinch (se-qld, australia once again 💪)

WHAT a beautiful and fashionable surprise friend! They are, for anyone curious, a handmaiden moth in the genus Amata :)

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #moth #Erebidae #handmaiden #Amata

[notthesomefather]

Snotra

As part of an ongoing project to learn more about the handmaidens, my faith group and I have been doing weekly rituals to honor them individually. Over the past week we each meditated separately on the handmaiden Snotra, typically associated with hospitality and etiquette, then we discussed our findings last night.

We invited her to our altars in our own ways and asked her to tell us about herself if she so chose. We made sure to tell her that we were not trying to test her or make her prove anything, and that we were asking with respect and an intent to learn about her.

One person's findings were different but I wanted to share some things multiple members came up with in our independent meditations:

the color red; red dress and either a red headscarf or hood

a sense of being observed, sized-up, and tested

a catlike/foxlike presence circling at a cautious distance

a sense that Snotra is a goddess who practices etiquette, not the sense she is a goddess who decides what etiquette is

a sense of honoring traditions worthy of passing on as well as honoring newly formed traditions

#snotra #norse pagan #heathen #asatru #handmaiden #goddess #norse #pagan

[enby-ernhardt]

Incorrect KOTOR quotes

Exile: Handmaiden, please keep an eye on Atton. He's gonna say something to the wrong person and get himself punched.

Handmaiden: Sure, I'd love to see Atton get punched.

Exile: Try again.

Handmaiden: I will stop Atton from getting punched.

#Handmaiden #The Exile #Jedi Exile #Atton Rand #Knights of the Old Republic #Kotor 2 #incorrect quotes #Brianna the Handmaiden

[duchessofthemoonartworks]

Sabe Celebration Dress [ 2022 ] Inspired by the handmaidens dresses at the end of The Phantom Menace. More places to follow my art 🌙

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#Star Wars #sabe #padme and sabe #naboo handmaidens #naboo royal handmaidens #keria knightley #the phantom menace #handmaiden sabé #handmaiden #art nouveau #flowers #swedit #star wars art #art #art on tumblr #artist #digital art #digital drawing #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital painting #painting #fanart #sabedit #attack of the clones #revenge of the sith #star wars prequels #padme amidala #naboo #naboo culture

[kittenfangirl20]

One of the few things that Anakin and Padmé disagree on is who Obi-Wan should be with. Anakin ships Obi-Wan with Satine and Padmé ships Obi-Wan with Dormé.

#star wars #shipping #anakin skywalker #padmé naberrie #padmé amidala #obiwan kenobi #duchess satine #satine kryze #obitine #dormé #handmaiden #i ship obi-wan with both satine and dormé #anidala

[alexversenaberrie]

Sabe ~ Sweet Pea ~ Farewells

#april flowers @thepromptfoundry

#star wars #april flowers #april flowers 2024 #sweet pea #sabe #thepromptfoundry #handmaiden #decoy #handmaiden of naboo #language of flowers #flowers