I love the language of flowers!!!
These are only a few recent examples, feel free to add to it! Pretty much any scene where recognizable, real world flowers are drawn in detail, they’re typically chosen to convey a meaning.
Sweet pea: goodbye Grace (Serena’s mother) watches her daughter set off on her journey.
Baby’s breath: everlasting love, purity of heart, innocence
Satoshi (Ash) returns home at the end of XY, after Serena conveys her feelings, to these blooming outside his home…
Anemone: anticipation, forsaken Espurr waited patiently for the old woman it played with, anticipating her return, too young to understand why she could not return…
Marguerite: secret love, faith
After developing feelings for a doctor who saved her, Musashi (Jessie) was prepared to leave her old life behind for a chance to attain her dream of a stable, married life… upon realizing he loved another and choosing to rescue her friends, she took her leave with unspoken feelings.
Anisodontea: until today, today is the final day. [identified by may3104!]
After a series of misunderstandings, Satoshi accidentally knocks down the flowers Iris wears, and crushes them–with the journey over, the friends only have a little bit longer to travel together and this incident causes them to part ways a little sooner than intended. These flowers also play a role in the resolution.
If you're reading this while arting, or doing your creative endeavor of choice, go stretch your wrists!
Once my friend Henry was accused of wearing wireless headphones by a substitute so she said for him to hand them over so he took them off and handed them to her. Then later on she asked him a question and he didn’t respond so she said it louder and he still didn’t respond. She asked why he was not responding and he said “I can’t understand you ma'am, you took my hearing aids.”
Modern Historicals AU: Samantha “Sam” Parkington
At first glance, she appears to be a girly girl- always wearing pink shirts and fancy jewelry. However, she tends to take part in more masculine activities- she’s the school’s star baseball player, and she’s actually quite good at archery.
She can (and probably has) beat up every bully in school, especially if they pick on her Nellie. Eddie Ryland has been punched in the face about a million times.
Every time Agnes and Agatha get together with her, Nel has to sit somewhere to collect her blood pressure, as inevitably they’ll set something on fire, usually on purpose.
She’s planning to go to Law School to defend those who normally couldn’t afford a lawyer. She and the O’Malley sisters have blasted the Legally Blonde soundtrack about a million times in preparation.
OMG!!! YES!!! Story: when I was 12 and Agents of SMASH came out I instantly became OBSESSED with Hulk and the others, especially Skaar! For Christmas that year, my parents got me a Marvel Character Guide book and the first character I looked up was Skaar - you know, because I was obsessed and the show gave us NOTHING - and I saw that the first sentence in Skaar's bio was that he was Hulk's son I freaked out!!!
I was waiting and waiting for the show to point out this gold mine of potential AND THEY NEVER DID!!!!! AND WHEN THE SHOW ENDED WITHOUT GIVING HULK AND SKAAR THAT CONNECTION I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED!!!!
I love this show. It was so good, but I still feel like it could have been better!
“You are… Skaar’s dad…”
“I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you…”
HELLO i’m ending the year with feels :D
I adore Agents of Smash but i was ROBBED of an emotional episode where Skaar and Hulk find out they’re father and son, so I took matters into my own hands. Might write a fic about it down the line, but for now, take this manifestation of my obsession with mood lighting and shiny tears.
💚REBLOGS make my day!!!💚 My Commissions are OPEN!
when you're autistic and you learn how to smalltalk it literally feels like you started hacking real life
Fanart for the story Safe Passage from @whisperingdarknessfanfic
made by the the awesome artist @inky-axolotl
other parents: how did you do that?
Me:do what?
Other parents: your teenager is eating a salad..
Me:i never forced him eat, now he will pretty much eat anything…except chicken casserole which we both agree is gross
Other parents:we don’t get it.
Me: our only rules are bed at eleven on a school night and don’t hack any important government agencies.
Other parents: you don’t restrict screen time?
Me: you know 95% of kids will self regulate, given the chance?
Other parents: thats not true
Me: have you tried it?
other parents:…but, now he’s reading 1984
Me: he has had a university reading level since he was 12, what am i going to do censor his reading material?
other Parents: what if he reads something you don’t approve of..
Me: i fail to see your reasoning…
Me: you know he cooks too..it’s our mother/son time, we talk about his friends…
other Parents: he talks??
Love the language of flowers and I will be using this!!
Flowers have a long history of symbolism that you can incorporate into your writing to give subtext.
Symbolism varies between cultures and customs, and these particular examples come from Victorian Era Britain. You'll find examples of this symbolism in many well-known novels of the era!
Amaryllis: Pride
Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Bluebell: Humility
Calla Lily: Beauty
Pink Camellia: Longing
Carnations: Female love
Yellow Carnation: Rejection
Clematis: Mental beauty
Columbine: Foolishness
Cyclamen: Resignation
Daffodil: Unrivalled love
Daisy: Innocence, loyalty
Forget-me-not: True love
Gardenia: Secret love
Geranium: Folly, stupidity
Gladiolus: Integrity, strength
Hibiscus: Delicate beauty
Honeysuckle: Bonds of love
Blue Hyacinth: Constancy
Hydrangea: Frigid, heartless
Iris: Faith, trust, wisdom
White Jasmine: Amiability
Lavender: Distrust
Lilac: Joy of youth
White Lily: Purity
Orange Lily: Hatred
Tiger Lily: Wealth, pride
Lily-of-the-valley: Sweetness, humility
Lotus: Enlightenment, rebirth
Magnolia: Nobility
Marigold: Grief, jealousy
Morning Glory: Affection
Nasturtium: Patriotism, conquest
Pansy: Thoughtfulness
Peony: Bashfulness, shame
Poppy: Consolation
Red Rose: Love
Yellow Rose: Jealously, infidelity
Snapdragon: Deception, grace
Sunflower: Adoration
Sweet Willian: Gallantry
Red Tulip: Passion
Violet: Watchfulness, modesty
Yarrow: Everlasting love
Zinnia: Absent, affection
Headcannons? Check. Fanfiction? Check. Fandoms? Check. Books, TV shows & Netflix? Check, Check & Check. Ships? Triple Check.
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