#just flowers and people

[inkskinned]

something bad happened to you, and you died, and you came back wrong.

not wrong all the way. the little ways. you forget important dates, stopped going out with friends. it's harder to make you smile. you're apathetic towards things you used to love, afraid of places you used to go to cheer up. quieter. flinching. different.

you came back for love. you're still here for love. what pulled you back was a brightness so loud that even death couldn't outshout it. death heard the call and smiled at you and said okay. go home. somebody is waiting for you.

but you came back different. like lot's wife; you've turned into salt. you used to chirp through life in hops and skips; but now you lose skin just standing up. you have to move slower, skimming across this world without-touching-it. most things feel dull - until they're suddenly all-too-much. life, and being alive just rushes up and over you and you get hopelessly crushed.

you try to explain it to them: it is ugly, but this is what you are, now. the huge golden hoop of your halo now a little bronze ring. you are still watering your plants and wearing the same clothes. after all, you worked hard to come home. this life; so odd and off-color, now that you are wrong.

but they waited for you - it's just that they wanted the "you" that happened before this. the "you" that could sing in the show and hug people tight and look at a blade without breaking down to cry. the you with a smile in pictures. god, holyshit, it's like looking at a completely different person, isn't it. that other-you; the one they actually wanted.

you are the consolation prize. you are the body that forgot the ghost. you are the memory of the bad thing, and the death after; like you are wearing that memory as a banner. you are a fragment, an assembly. simulacrum. you don't make eye contact in mirrors, afraid the light will glance off and your true nature will flash back at you.

you hear them talk about it in their hushed, desperate whispers. sometimes they even admit it to your face; harsh and violent, acid thrown at christmas dinner. god, can you just fucking be normal again. you do not remember what normal is. you had to climb so far to get back here; you are far too exhausted. you want to open the glass door of your heart and show all the gears. can you help resolve whatever got messed up?

you try so, so hard. you came back for them. because you believed they would love you, even when you were so horribly broken. because you believed they would be patient. because you believed unconditional meant "without exception." you cannot do things the same way. you just get tired too quickly these days.

you want to put them on a couch and pour them the tea with hands that shake more than they remember. you want to line them up and draw them a map of where you have had to wander. you want to show every bruise in a backsplash; the little helpless ant of your soul carrying all that weight, over and over. you want to say: yes! it is different! but i did it for love!

you want to say: "i'm not the same, but i'm yours and i'm here. can that be enough?"

#this is very obviously about my battle with #ptsd #but i think it's also like a pretty apt metaphor for a lot of things like setting boundaries or going to therapy or choosing recovery #i was thinking about the 'comes back wrong' trope and i was like. oh no i have feelings about this bc i have mental illness #and once i stopped masking - i was WRONG. i was different #here's the good news: i am now INNUNDATED with love. fucking swimming in it. excelling at it. the people who stayed #learned my new self. my new different body and how i am different but i am trying. they have held me so tightly #and my life no longer feels quiet. it is not based in my suffering. it feels like i have been growing a tree in my chest #and now it is flowering. #it is so lovely to be surrounded by people who have said - oh! you cut off so many branches i was worried you weren't the same. but now... #... this is just a new you. and i love you. and i love that you're different and happy. #(but yeah also im nb so i was absolutely influenced by Trans things)

[ryllen]

when u love being called 'love'

#twst #twisted wonderland #best endearment name ever me think #there's always a little flower bud pop up in my stomach when i'm being called love #(just by random old people in the street but that's also a thing) #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #newly wed and in love #i once think of how he would text in a so romantic way calling u love and all #but then when he meets u in real time he always reverts back to calling you you or human bcs he is just so embarrassed #now he actually calls her love she is happy #teenage sebek would be proud or will he

[setacin]

"she's dead scar.... you won."

my cosplay of scar's secret life red life skin!

#goodtimeswithscar #goodtimeswithscar fanart #gtws #goodtimeswithscar cosplay #gtws fanart #secret life #secret life fanart #life series cosplay #secret life smp #the life series #cosplay #seta art :) #if anyones wondering about how many flowers or tassels are on that cape... lets just say a LOT BSDJFHBDS #also!! to all the people i saw at the conventions i hope yall had as great of a time as i did :) #& if anyone has any questions as to how parts of this were constructed i would be happy to answer questions! #(and thank you to hoffen for answering my silly questions about the skin sbdjfhbs)

[whomstdvelynt]

she’s dead, scar. you won.

#myart #trafficblr #secret life #goodtimeswithscar #goodtimewithscar fanart #secret life fanart #secret life smp #gtws #gtws fanart #secret life spoilers #? i guess just to be safe. idk how long people usually wait before not tagging spoilers #anyway. i am so incredibly normal about him. #also LOOK AT THE FLOWERS. THOSE ALONE SINGLE-HANDEDLY TOOK UP LIKE. HALF THE TIME IT TOOK TO MAKE THIS.

[slymanner]

God dude these two scenes and how roxie moves hurt my heart so so bad 🥹

it's like a mix of anger, feral, emotional breakdown, and complete sadness that just fucks me up soooo fucking bad.

it's like she's a pet who got abandoned by their owner but they see them again after years of sadness and depression of them being gone and leaving them like that and all that anger and sadness just manifest's into one bundle of emotion's towards them they cannot control.

roxie baby ur gonna be okay u deserve better :[

#scott pilgrim vs the world #scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim spoilers #scott pilgrim takes off #roxie richter #ramona flowers #its the fucking fact throughout that whole scene after the hammer she just starts going COMPLETELY feral and just bawl her eyes out #throughout the whole irl fight until the movie shelf falls on them 🥹 #can she like #get a hug or something i get her so so much i get u gurl im so sorry u gotta go through this #this episode really just #shows how important closure is for a relationship/even a friendship #like of course it depends on the person and the relationship but man. #People don't realize how important it is to not just leave a person behind like that without explanation but instead give them closure about #it and telling them how you feel. #it really is as simple as that sometimes...and i think people forget that and just wanna ghost/leave as fast as possible #to not deal with the emotions of the situation. #Like both roxie and ramona finally just talking about the situation does sm for their future as friends and i loveeee ittt #so so much better then the comics version off them I feel like this is PERFECT. #again obviously theres just some situations where talking just doesnt work and you both just have to move on. #but when theres situation's like roxie and ramona? talking is needed. #talking/closure is so so important guys remember that when its needed. <3

[birdsongisland]

im normal and spent a normal amount of time, effort and thought on this

#and it's not even good lol #acofaf #a court of fey and flowers #binx choppley #prince andhera #binxhera #BECAUSE i dont know if ppl will know #binxs dress has trinkets in andhera colours #the sleeves mimic wings (on the og dress) #her wings have keys on them but thats in your face #andheras armour being just for show but tbh it could also be heavily magic aka i put way too much effort on the colors #the border having flowers and sewing and stones #shining moths are. to me #a manifestation of binxs magic and care #yeah yeah roses we get it whatever #also theyre complementary colours and this is very pleasing to me #also im not sure abt their skintones but that just happens when i learn new people #no id

[jonathankai]

Whenever I try to imagine relationship between adult Jin Ling and Jiang Cheng, it's always JC going "boo-hoo, now that he's all grown up, he will fly away from the nest and forget all about me and leave my old bones to rot as things should be" and JL going "FINALLY. FINALLY IT'S MY TURN TO FUSS OVER YOU".

Something like this:

JL: When was the last time you touched grass? No. No, look me in the eyes. Answer the question. When was. The last time. You touched grass? Okay, I'm staying here and I'm not going anywhere until you touch grass. Go on, do it. No. No, don't you dare! Come on. Just a little bit, it's okay. There you go! Wasn't so bad, was it? --------------------------- JC (staying in the distance, holding hands to his mouth and shouting): IS IT ENOUGH BASKING IN THE SUN????? JL (watching him from afar, also holding hands to his mouth and shouting): FORTY SECONS DOESN'T COUNT AS 'BASKING IN THE SUN'!!! JC: FUCK!!! ---------------------------

(Jiang Cheng and Jing Ling are enjoying dinner in silence, when suddenly--) JL: Name three good things that happened to you recently. JC: *grumbles* JL: Come on. JC: Uhh..... Okay, I..... Uuuuuuugh... I saw a cute dog yersteday! JL: Oh, that's a good one. I'll count this for two. JC: Aaaand I just named a good thing that counts for two? JL: That's two plus zero. Think harder, uncle.

--------------------------- JC: Sometimes I wish you flew away from the nest and left my old bones to rot. JL: You should have thought about it before taking care of me.

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JL: From now on you will sleep at least six hours per night. JC: No. JL: It's either that or hugging Wei Wuxian next time you see him. JC: Six hours is good, I can do that. (Jiang Cheng turns Lotus Pier upside down to find a rat who keeps reporting to Jin Ling about his sleep schedule. He can't find that person. Of course he can't! They are ALL rats!)

#JC had several people in disguise to check on JL's whereabouts #JL spent half of his childhood at Lotus Pier so he just went and conspired with the WHOLE LOTUS PIER to make JC live a good life #imagine JC sniffing flowers while writhing and hissing (literally) because little joys are a foreign concept to him #but don't worry he's in good hands he'll get there #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #jiang cheng #jiang wanyin #jin ling #jin rulan #mdzsips

[densitywell]

so,

#critical role #fearne calloway #imogen temult #imogearne #bells hells #cr #my art #this was intended to be just as much of a rush job as the last meme redraw but fearne's everything is antithetical to that. #she doesn't even have her flowers and ribbons! #edit: first off to the ppl who complimented my imogen and/or fearne designs. i love u forever. #second to the people saying it in the tags this was in fact named lightningtitties.psd

[libraford]

My dad is going through grandmas old photos that she swore one day she'd organize but never did, and he tells me that hes only keeping 'the important ones.'

"The picture of me n' John n' tim n' michael. And your grandpa and the like. I'm not keeping pictures of cats or the ones of where Grandpa saw a buffalo once."

And listen I am rarely mad at my dad because hes got the best of intentions but...

When I was hlgoing through my other grandmas photos in 2021, I kept EVERY picture of a cat or dog and do you want to know why?

It was 1918, cameras were a luxury to have, film was expensive to develop, and you didnt want to waste film on something pointless and they

STILL

Took pictures of their pets.

"I have a cat. Please let me show you my cat" is a human quality that transcends generations. Before photos, we painted portraits of our companion animals on various surfaces and we will continue to do this til the end of time.

Great great great aunt Ida wanted you to know she had a fluffy little white cat with little black spots and a little black mustache and I think we should hear her out.

#as for the buffalo #mind you its not a picture of buffalo #its a picture of where he once saw a buffalo #grandpa often pointed out places where he once saw things #and he took pictures of those places so you could imagine seeing tge buffalo there like he did #when he switched to video #he would take video of flowers #and say #what a pretty flower #and hold the camera there for a few minutes so you could appreciate it with him #and that was grandpa richard #so i think it would be nice just to keep a few #so we can appreciate what he thought was beautiful or memorable #because all he wanted to do #was share it with people he loved

[shimmershy]

Buttercups and Golden Flowers

#i drew this mostly because i noticed that a lot of people mistake buttercups and golden flowers as being the same thing. #so i wanted to try drawing them like. distinctly different in the same image. #it's not a big thing but i do think the fact that they're different has some significance. or at least like. symbolic meaning. #my art #undertale #chara #chara dreemurr #safeutdr #something about the fact that they both look similar at least in color but one of them is poisonous. #the way golden flowers are clearly a positive symbol throughout the game and clearly heavily associated with Chara. #contrasted with the very negative connotations buttercups have. with asgore getting sick and chara using them in their plan. #you never see buttercups in the game. which makes it even easier to mistake the two. because we've only seen one kind of #golden/yellow flower. who's to say 'golden flowers' aren't just referring to buttercups? well. #why would there be golden flower tea if they were poisonous? why would chara want to see the golden flowers from their village if they're #the same kind of flower? they clearly have buttercups in the underground. #it feels almost intentional the way golden flowers are so easily mistaken for buttercups. or at least that the difference is so subtle. #it goes well with the way they're associated so strongly with chara who's also a very subtle yet important part of the narrative. #from a surface-level perspective the flowers that took their life and the one's they actually like/are important to them are the same thing #but when you pay closer attention to the narrative you can see the different symbolic meanings. #well. uhh I've thought about it too much don't mind me. #see i think about it from the perspective of chara being super adamant about them being two different flowers #and frustrated when anybody gets it wrong. because clearly. CLEARLY they're not the same. #'STOP confusing buttercups and golden flowers. i literally used buttercups to kill myself do you think i would still like them after that?' #'do you think i want to be associated with them? they're not the same!!' #<number one golden flower enjoyer number one buttercup hater. #i need a badge that says 'i have strong opinions about chara dreemurr because i kin them. i apologize for the wall of text' at this rate.

[violent138]

Batman keeping a special eye out for idiot reporter Clark Kent, because every time that stupid hayseed from Metropolis is in Gotham he manages to stumble into statistically impossible levels of danger for the time he's there.

#Alfred: Can't you just send flowers or chocolates like most people #Bruce: Quiet Alfred *operates batdrone to follow Clark around* hmmm it's like he's oblivious to danger #by the way in this bruce is fully aware Clark is superman #but he's like one of those hosts that doesn't let the guest do anything in their damn house. #bruce wayne #batman #identity shenanigans #clark kent #superman #superbat

[happyheidi]

~ via victoriamag

#fairytale magic!! #just what was needed #escapism to the people! #cottagecore #nature #naturecore #flowers #flowercore #cottage aesthetic #fairycore #fairy aesthetic #hansel and grethel get outta there!! #YOU are the main course RUN!! #cozycore #grandmacore #cosycore #or better yet.. #the witch DID go to a lot of trouble for this #she deserves a snack just like the rest of us #Hansel and grethel stay put! just chill and eat candy #farmcore #countryside #goblincore #unique architecture

[kaitokitty19]

More APTX!Saguru shenanigan 😅😅😅

Aristocrat of Evil (3/3)

#aptx au #the flowers on Kaito (big Hakuba)’s button hole is dogbane #in languages of the flowers dogbane means lies and deceptions #because Kaito is pretending to be Hakuba #im probably gonna draw more of this part since Kaito pretending to be Hakuba to his father is funny #also Kuroshitsuji reference #people who spot that on my last post: i love you #i just enjoy drawing them in nice Victorian inspired clothing #should I draw an out right crossover with Ciel and Sebastian? #(yes) #hakupapa show up #dcmk #hakukai #hakuba saguru #detco #kuroba kaito #magic kaito #kaitou kid #白快 #sagukai #aptx #fan comic #aptx!au #aptx4869 #in the party behind them you can find profiteroles #doujinshi

[mp100days]

099 - ONE DAY LEFT !!!

#so close to finishing 100 days :)) #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #mob #shigeo kageyama #mod 1 #did a little bit of animating... not toooo happy with it i've gotten really rusty over the past. 99 days #anyways :) if ur wondering why the flowers are moving so weird i snapped halfway thru frame-by-frame and just tweened it #hi guys :] mod 2 here #its been a while since i put some tags #i dont have a lot to say . i just love this art and love mod 1 and #im very thankful for all the people who stuck with us throughout these 100 days ...... #yall are the real ones fr

[alpacacare-archive]

hey guys is anybody here. hello

@smarties-art

#repostober #day 31 #finishing repostober characteristically late #undertale #sans #papyrus #gaster #smartie's dtiys #i drew this while the dtiys was happening but i lost motivation to finish it and this is what i managed to make- #i felt bad posting it cus its unfinished but idk... its the thought that counts #i think it was a competition actually. i just wanted to draw it cus it was such a cool drawing kjdsfkl....... #i hope the op of the dtiys is fine with me participating in it so late #but i just wanted to draw it #i had an idea that gaster could be using the echo flowers to send messages to his boys. i think its a cool idea and will make people cry #anywasys happy late halloween and deltarune anniversary if youre reading this ily <33333

[ghostietea]

I get from a logical angle why people might be put off by her but I think it's a shame that Akito Sohma doesn't get more appreciation because she is truly one of the characters of all time. She's the evil female reincarnation of God. She's so androgynous one of the anime adaptations guessed her gender wrong. She dresses like a theater tech. She sits like a gremlin. One time someone said something that upset her and she was bedridden for months. She wore a full coverage pure black outfit to the beach in summer and then complained about the heat. She has flower symbolism. She's campy and dramatic. She was assigned male at birth for political reasons. She simultaneously looks like a twink and a dyke. She has no friends until she's 20. She passive aggressively flirts with the protagonist the first time they talk. When she's not fucking up people's lives she just lounges around at home being depressed. She's a tragic villain almost certainly doomed to be a bad person by her upbringing and part of the tragedy is that it's still her fault. She doesn't know murder is wrong. She's pretty much a cult leader but that's one of the few things that isn't her fault. All of her schemes backfire on her in a poetically ironic way. She likes the in universe Pokemon equivalent. She looks like the evil twin of one of the main characters and this is never explained because the author forgot why she did it. She's a decent transfem allegory and a bungled transmasc one. She has world's worst internalized misogyny but is willing to change her whole life the minute another woman wants to have a legitimate positive relationship with her. She's the human manifestation of a cycle of abuse who then goes on to break it. She's extremely sexy. She is simultaneously very dangerous and intimidating and a pathetic failgirl. She's a perfect foil and parallel to the protagonist. She marries a man who had revenge sex with her evil mom. The author said that she ships her and the protagonist in a no homo way. She can be easily interpreted as autistic. She has catastrophic abandonment issues. She's hiding that she's a girl but wears her kimono improperly open in a way that makes it so she's constantly at risk of accidentally flashing someone. She has daddy issues and mommy issues. She was even homeschooled.

#fruits basket #akito sohma #she's so so interesting and entertaining and I have so many big feelings about her I think she deserves her flowers #it's just that The Atrocities are an inextricable part of her and The Atrocities in question are domestic abuse so not many people like her #though I do maintain she'd be way more popular if she was actually a man