3D Model Commission

ok so you know how x-sexual y-romantic flags are sometimes done with the -sexual flag as the background and the -romantic flag as a heart-shaped overlay? like, asexual biromantic would look like this:

and i find that to still be kinda sexual-romantic only centric, so i'm wondering if we could come up with different symbols for other kinds of attraction, like aesthetic, sensual, platonic, alterous etc and one for undefined. and maybe a sexual one too if people want to have a romantic flag as the base? i think this would be cool. i just don't know what symbols to use for different types of attraction, especially because i don't really define mine beyond just tertiary/non-rose.

Most of the people I talk to who say “I didn’t like A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi” state that they didn’t like it because “The main character is a bully and gets redeemed.”

And I think I know WHY they say that and also why I think that thought process is fundamentally flawed… so I have a few minutes, let’s get into it.

Most media, especially lately, has this redemption arc of… not actually having one. It’s usually a “sacrifice play” that a character makes to redeem themselves before they die, or a very quick “forgive and forget” scenario, or something very much “not built up, and often never referenced again in any meaningful way.”

But A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi is literally all build up, no use of the “sacrifice play” moment, and the purpose of the film is redemption through hard work to be a better person.

The other part of the problem, from my perspective on those who don’t like the series, seems to come from the fact that certain readers refuse to see the abuse and bullying that the bully is put through as well. Almost to the point of saying “well that’s what you get for doing that” - and … yeah I get it, it’s a lesson to be learned but… if the person who was the bully, is also bullied, then makes an effort to be better and then is bullied and cut off from everyone MORE because of their actions to better themselves… is that really a deserved perspective to have as a reader/watcher?

Do we, as actual people and those absorbing this content, want people to suffer that much even AFTER they have properly shown they are growing, changing, being better, working harder, and making that effort on their own even with the constant bullying they receive never going away?

Simple answer to that is NO.

Which is why A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi handles things so well, the main character finds new people who don’t know him or his past, and - through the forgiveness he receives from the person he hurt - begins to try to branch out and become a person again after being forced to lock himself away… both by others and as a self imposed punishment.

So here’s WHY I think A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi is so great about what it does or attempts to do…

The people AROUND the main character are, at their own speed, forgiving and opening up to the main character.

But the main character is still struggling to forgive himself.

The story isn’t about other people forgiving him, he already did most of the work to be a better person by the time we - in the present - meet him. But he’s still lost, disconnected, and not understanding where he is going wrong on making things better… so much so that he almost gives up on everything.

And in that exact thought is where we find the purpose of  A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi’s story overall.

Each player in this story feels like they have done a wrong, one way or another, and it’s the journey to find their own peace, their own acceptance of self, working for the forgiveness they want, and then ultimately forgiving themselves for what they have done.

And again, that’s where I think people’s view on this series is off… it’s not about the redemption arc, most of the cast (especially the main charcters) have already gone through those redemption moments in their past - and we are shown them - but they continue to carry that weight and fundamental disconnection from life and happiness at all because they feel they need to keep hurting themselves in one way or another because they don’t feel they deserve that forgiveness yet.

But they do.

And it’s shown they do.

And when they finally get to the moment of realization that they do… their world opens up to them again.

The best example of this growth is when the main character STARTS to feel better, but then has a triggering interaction, and experiences a huge flair of rejection sensitive dysphoria that causes him to painfully relapse.

Anyway… I adore  A Silent Voice/ Koe no Katachi because it shows just how difficult overcoming these things can be, even if the world has moved on, sometimes you just can’t deal with it… and yet other times you can find the help you need in the most unusual of places.

Shadow trying to buy Amy Hot Honey concert tickets!

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I have an obsession with sitting at the prairie lobby and watching shatterings occur its just so pretty

Eggmans theme from sa2 is better than Sonics and that one isnt made up sorry sonic

A Normal Wachowski Wedding

All I ask is for more Maddie content.

Um… Guys?

It Happened Again.

Sonic: Video Gifset

Blaze: Video Gifset

Silver: Video Gifset

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My dash is feeling a bit stale and i would like to make some witchy mutuals so please like and repost this if you are

-kitchen witch

-hearth witch

-cottage witch

-floral witch

-garden witch

-love witch

-sea witch

-water witch

-moon witch

-cosmic witch

-stellar witch

-glamour witch

-beauty witch

-pop culture witch

-venusian witch

-aphrodite witch/devotee

-seasonal witch

-spirit witch

-faerie witch

- hellenistic witch

DNI TERFS SWERFS RADFEM TRANSMED TRUSCUM TRUMP SUPPORTERS PORN NSFW KINK NAZI ALT-RIGHT WHITE SUPREMACIST HOMOPHOBIC RACIST CGL (RE) DDLG YANDERE NYMPHET FAUNLET ABDL

The Anemoi

Okay, so we're all vaguely familiar with the fact that there are multiple wind gods in Greek mytho-religion, yeah? Well, let's talk about just how many there are in the Anemoi alone.

"The Anemoi" is the catch-all term for the wind gods who are the children of Astraios (aka Astraeus, Titan-god of stars, planets, and the art of astrology) and Eos (Titan-goddess of the dawn).

Sure, Boreas is the North Wind, with purple wings and strong ties to winter (as a winter god himself and father of Khione, nymph-goddess of snow, along with the rest of his children and his wife also being winter-aligned). Boreas is often depicted with shaggy hair and a shaggy beard, holding a conch shell in his hands and wearing a billowing cloak.

Yeah, Euros (aka Eurus) is the East Wind and an autumn god who hangs out with Helios. Euros is depicted as a bearded man holding a heavy cloak.

And Notos (aka Notus) is the South wind and the wet, storm-bringing wind of late summer and early autumn. Notos is depicted as pouring water from a vase.

And even if you didn't know the rest of the Anemoi, you surely know about Zephyros (aka Zephyrus aka Zephyr), the West Wind god of spring, husband of Khloris (aka Chloris, nymph-goddess of flowers), father of Karpos (Carpus, god of fruit). Of all the Anemoi, Zephyros is the most well-known and commonly depicted, seen as a beardless youth scattering flowers from his mantle.

Notice how weird it is that Euros isn't associated with summer, but rather late summer and early autumn? Well, if you do some digging, you'll find that there's a monument in the Museum Pio-Clementinum that lists Euros as the Southeast Wind rather than the South. Some more digging will lead you to the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which also depicts more Anemoi.

So there are other directional Anemoi? Well, probably? Kinda? According to some depictions and sources? Anyway, like their four more well-known brothers, the rest of the Anemoi are also children of Astraios and Eos. Their names and directions are as follows:

Apeliotes, god of the East Wind. Depicted as a clean-shaven man, he's also depicted as holding a cloak full of fruit and grain. This is the one associated with summer. However, when knocked down to four instead of eight, Euros takes over as god of summer and the East Wind instead of Apeliotes.

Kaikias (aka Caicias), god of the Northeast Wind. He's depicted with shaggy hair and a shaggy beard, carrying a shield full of hail stones.

Lips, god of the Southwest Wind. He's depicted as a winged man holding the stern of a ship.

Skiron (aka Sciron, but not to be confused for the bandit son of Poseidon) is the Northwest Wind. He is a bearded man tilting a cauldron that signifies the onset of winter.

Sometimes, instead of being depicted as humans or winged humans, the Anemoi were instead depicted as horses (because the ancient Greeks loved their horses) that were stabled and kept in line by Aiolos (Aeolus), divine keeper of the winds and king of the mythical, floating island of Aiolia (Aeolia), also called just the "king of the winds". Sources go back and forth on whether or not he was a god himself or just a king who also happens to possibly be the grandson of Kheiron (aka Khiron aka Chiron). Either way, when they are horses, the Anemoi answer to Aiolos.

The Anemoi aren't the only horse-shaped wind beings in Greek mytho-religion, though - that would be the Anemoi Thuellai (singular Anemos Thuella). These are the sons of Typheous (Typhon) are horse-shaped wind daimones (personified spirits) of violent storm winds. These may instead be the wind horses that Aiolos keeps in check and have been later conflated with the gentler Anemoi.

There's also the idea that several horses in Greek mytho-religio-history were, in fact, the children of the Anemoi, which...gets complicated. There's a lot of complicated connections between the Anemoi and horses.

Sources & Further Reading

"The Anemoi" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/Anemoi.html

"Boreas" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosBoreas.html

"Euros" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosEuros.html

"Notos" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosNotos.html

"Zephyros" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosZephyros.html

"Lips" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosLips.html

"Khione" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheKhione1.html

"Aiolos" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/Aiolos.html

"Anemoi Thuellai" on Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemoiThuellai.html

"Anemoi" on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi

"Tower of the Winds" on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds

"Anemoi" on Greek Mythology: https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Anemoi/anemoi.html

"The Anemoi: The Greek Gods of the Winds" by Mike Greenberg, Ph.D. on Mythology Source: https://mythologysource.com/anemoi-greek-gods-winds/