still working on my Hyacinthus design btw if you’re wondering what’s up it mitosis’d into 5 different Hyacinthus designs .
actually speaking of if anyone has any cool sources / links on theories about pre-Apollo Hyacinthus I would be very excited !
still working on my Hyacinthus design btw if you’re wondering what’s up it mitosis’d into 5 different Hyacinthus designs .
brown works so hard and does so much and everyone is so mean to her. coffee chocolate hair leather tea wood eyes broth a warm coat autumn leaves caramelized onions the crust on a loaf of bread. all things good and warm and kind are brown. bitch!
COMPLETELY forgot about this. But I drew @literallyjusttoa’s pilot Apollo and the Helios suggested in this post meeting each other!!
hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??
-hogoflight
Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!
"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculptures’ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."
Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)
"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Çanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"
"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162–3)..."
"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot – a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphrodite’s power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."
The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!
Sorry for not posting my mind has been invaded with assigning lamp shades to cover the heads of the gods. Productive? No. Cool? YEAg
Hgrgrsrggrgrrg making a Hyacinthus design and have never felt this struggle more strongly before. I’VE DECIDED! IM GOUNG TO DO IT EVEN IF NOTHING IN ANY SOURCES WHATSOEVER OR CULTURAL CONTEXT EVEN REMOTELY SUPPORTS IT (as far as I’m aware) EXCEPT FOR HAVING DAUGHTERS IN THAT ONE TEXT HES GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL FAT MAN!!
AAARGH NO I just missed this blog’s birthday 😔😔 happy late birthday 🎂
using this picrew make it look like you :D
no magical color eyes
Make it look as much like you as possible
you can do whatever with the background and stuff tho
Yeah I'm a basic looking bitch. Sue me
I was not tagged but yeah
@rebloggingbeautifularts @fizzyvoid @daisy-mooon @same-pic-of-the-earth-everyday @okathleen @hogoflight or anyone else, tags are open!
no pressure
I tried to get my skin colour right but 😔 IMAGINE THIS BUT A LIL DARKER!
TOA Apollo’s Naomi Solace voice “(cooing) what is this wet rat toxic man doing in my backyard! I will give you FIVE (5) kisses if you unsterilise yourself, darling. How was the nuclear waste was the nuclear waste fun” (secret canon reason why Will Solace glows.)
(Not my meme, found it on Pinterest a while ago)
Apparently nobody has done this yet, so i present to you:
list 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutual and followers
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Favourite colour: Dark red, violet, pink
Currently watching: Death note, ep6
Spicy/Savoury/Sweet: Spicy
Relationship status: Single
Current Obsession: Mbti types and cognitive functions.
TYSM FOR THE TAG!!
Last Song: Yad by Erika Lundmoen
Favorite Color: I really like pastel colors, especially pastel turquoise and lavender but I also really like deep shades of red and blue and green and-
Currently (Re)Watching: Criminal Minds
Spicy/Savory/Sweet: All of them but in an extreme way. There are times when I only want to consume sweet food and other times when I only want spicy food and so on
Relationship status: Single
Current Obsession: Nature vs Nurture, gender differences in neurodiversity diagnoses, and writing this fic
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Currently watching: the good place+ rewatching TDI
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Fav color: Vermillion
Currently watching: CBSE textbook
Spicy/savory/Sweet: Spicy🔥
Relationship status: Taken
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Tagging: @thecardiganunderthebed, @aahanna, @hsnaayar, @sunflowermyheart, @mxsakali , @rayinbrown
+ all my fellow tumblr users
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last song: solo by frank ocean :)
fav colour: light red,pastel purple, 2000's pink
currently watching: apni padhai? and some gilmore girls lmaoo
spicy/sweet/savory: spicy/savory
relationship status: single
current obsession: tumblr, pinterest(a forever obsession tbh), books(another forever obsession) and gilmore girls :)
tagging: @kanyasstuff, @aahanna,
@ek-ladhki-bheegi-bhaagi-si, @just-avi-youknow, @lorelaisgf, @khudkifavourite, @tachiha3 all no pressure tags <3!!
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Last song: Haven't been listening to any song lately
Favorite colour: Cherry red, Mauve, Baby blue, Navy blue, Ivory, Chocolate brown
Currently watching: Share sholo (webseries)
Spicy/sweet/savoury: All
Relationship status: Happily taken 💛🧿
Current obsession: Slow living, Mindful activities, Journaling, Pinterest, Tumblr
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Last song: A Boy Is A Gun by Tyler, The Creator
Favourite colour: Black, blue & any pastel colour
Currently watching: Batman
Spicy/Savoury/Sweet: Sweet
Relationship status: Taken 🧿🤍
Current obsession: Pinterest, music, gym, making playlists
aye haye this is so cute <33 thanks for the tag qt :3
last song: cherry by harry styles (playing rn)
fav colour; blue, black & white?
currently watching; nothing bruv exams
spicy/savoury/sweet; sweet always.
relationship status; single
current obsession; SYLVIA PLATH. THE BELL JAR>>>> (just finished the book dkjdjd)
thank you for tagging me <3
Last song : Never Change by Dylan Conrique
Fav colour : lilac/lavender, dark green, a few shades of pink +more I can't think of rn
Currently watching : kennie jd movie reviews lol
Spicy/savory/sweet : all
Relationship statue : single
Current obsessions : <3 and still into star sudoku (am on 500+ level)
Npt : @vampire-bat-boy @mishrisugar @deeptiwtf @aglimpseofgold @mortallylouddinosaur @coffeeisaritual and anyone who wants to <3
Thanks for the tag I love tagging games :3
Last song: Third uncle - Bauhaus
Favourite colour: if I'm not allowed to pick black, I guess blue-green and teal. Basically everything that is in the spectrum between blue and green
Currently watching: Nothing, I just finished Hazbin Hotel tho and it's so good
Spice/savoury/sweet: fun fact! I actually really dislike sweet stuff so gimme alllll that spice I'm such a sucker for spice
Relationship status: in an insanely happy relationship with @wawwior <33333
Current obsessions: Pokémon, Hazbin Hotel, Goth rock, Tetris and uh yeah :3
No pressure tags (don't have to do anything if you don't wanna): @marsbars1714 @wawwior @dissapointment-uk @gothicc-burnout @aaand-mitsuba-is-dead-again @poognthebrainbois @frogfacedblobofcamelspit
Tyyy for the tag :3
Last song: Burning Pile by Mother Mother
Favorite color: greens. Just greens. Dark, pastel, light, vibrant, wgatever. Gimme greens
Currently watching: rewatching Hazbin Hotel w/ a friend and finishing up House
Spicy/Savory/Sweet: honestly any of em. I can’t handle too much spice but I do like it, I will fuck up a roast chicken if I’m hungry enough, and I was posting earlier today about eating a whole bag of cotton candy
Relationship status: no <3 I am happily single rn
Current obsession: Hazbin Hotel, CoD, Danny Phantom, Spider-Man, uh. yea h
No pressure tags: @nomizombie @coquette-baguette @your-average-sentient-suit
thanks for the tag!!
last song: cabinet man - lemon demon
fav color: dark blue and purple
currently watching: rewatching digimon adventure (the 1st one)
spicy/savoury/sweet: sweet.
relationship status: single
current obsession: digimon, homestuck, lemon demon (sorta)
Thanks for the tag! Last song: Hard drive - Griffinilla Fav color: Any shade of purple! Currently watching: Supernatural (s2 ep I forgot) spicy/savoury/sweet: savoury, but trying to build a spice tolerance. Relationship status: Single current obsession: Psychology, Helluva boss, Supernatural, baking, cooking, animals, Anne of Green Gables, Twilight, AI (can u tell I have adhd) tagging: @animelover32456 @poognthebrainbois @uttotheegg @moonysfavoritetoast @theplasticwalmartbag2 @idontwanttobeabuzzkill @slenderverseyaoi @alexthescaredenby @ford-mustang-1969
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Last song- Talk too much by COIN
Favorite color- Purple and Green
Currently watching- Brooklyn 99
Spicy/sweet/savory- Savory
Relationship status- Single af
Current obsession- Osemanverse, Liveta and Reddie
Thanks for the tag!
Last song: Respectless from Hazbin Hotel
Favorite color: Raspberry and teal
Currently watching: also Brooklyn 99
Spicy/sweet/savory: SWEET
Relationship status: single
Current obsession: hazbin hotel!!! And osemanverse
thank you :D Last song: Circus theme song (it’s good okay) Favorite color: Either Moss Green or Chevron Rose Beige Currently watching: Blood of Zeus Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Love Spicy Relationship status: Now Single ‘,;) Current Obsession: I’m kind of everywhere right now Tagging (my mutuals): @haiseiscute333, @avaetin, @drksanctuary, @yonemurishiroku, @nonbinary-wyvern, @obsessingoverl, @sayv3v, @g0thnico, @wanderingmind867, and of course, @w3ndytheraccoon
Thank you so much !
Last song - J’s lullaby (darlin’ I’d wait for you)
Favourite colour - Sky blue
Currently watching - The QSMP
Sweet/spicy/savoury - Sweet for the win !
Relationship status - Happily single as a pringle
Current obsession - Most likely Fairy Tail if I have to pick one, but it’s all over the place tbh
Tag :D : @hogoflight @mythological-mayhem @plushieslayer @same-name-supremacy @apollosgiftofprophecy @fanaticastrid @proudfreakmetarusonniku @cristmascarolciller @weaselkiddo
I know it said 9 but ! It’s not fair to left these 2 out, so : @godlyupsguy @return-me-to-the-moss
thank you for tagging me!!
last song: Torches (the oh hellos)
favourite colour: PINK
sweet/spicy/savoury: SWEET
currently watching: a starstruck odyssey (Dimension 20)
relationship status: single
current obsession: Ancient Greek religion (esp. Apollo), dnd, art, Byzantine empire
tagging: @ukelele-boy @hana-loves-bumblebees @literallyjusttoa @whats-a-lester @gotstabbedbyapen @avisisisis @godofdumpsterfalling @heresronnie21 AND @w3ndytheraccoon AGAIN bc you’re cool!!
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im a blorbo apologist but also they did every bad thing they did and i will get mad if u ignore that. complexities
