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Today’s Miku Module of the Day is:
Flower Fairy Asagao by DSmile !
#hatsune miku#vocaloid#piapro#flower fairy asagao#flower fairy morning glory#dsmile#morning glory#asagao#prize figure#noodle stopper#figure#1022
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Refreshing antique summer outfit, pairing a naturalistic cockatoo among morning glories obi, and a fantastic meisen weave kimono with dynamic kingyo (goldfish)
#japan#fashion#kimo#obi#summer in japan#asagao#morning glory#cockatoo#oumu#omu#meisen#kingyo#goldfish#着物#帯
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Cuckoo-Vipers Continued: Part 2
Still based on Cuckoo-Vipers by @muffinlance! Go read it if you haven’t, its great. Also go read my first post about it if you want to know who Asagao is.
“Daughter, please,” Dad said, standing in front of the wall of blue fire. “Get down from there.”
Asagao frowned. “Mom said I could.”
“She what--”
Dad turned towards Mommy, who shrugged. “If she wants to start making friends with the new Firelord, who am I to stop her?”
Dad sighed. “Daughter. Please. Do not go with Azula.”
Cousin Azula’s grip around her tightened, and her voice echoed throughout the hall of the Fire Lord. “This may be rude to say, Iroh, but I don’t particularly believe you have a choice.”
Dad took a step towards the throne. “Niece--”
Azula’s eyes narrowed, and Asagao thought she could see lightning prickling at her fingertips. “You. Don’t get to call me that.”
“Niece, please.” Dad looked... scared. Asagao didn’t understand why. Cousin Azula was scary, sure, but only to people who deserved it, like Scary-Fire-Man and Rat-Weasel. She wouldn’t hurt Dad!
... but there was lightning at Azula’s fingertips.
Azula tugged at the fancy Fire Lord robes. “’Zula?” she whispered.
Cousin Azula looked down, eyes softening slightly. It wouldn’t have been noticeable to anyone else, but Asagao could /tell/. “Yes?”
“Don’t hurt Dad, please. He’s not like the rat-weasel and he’s a weaker dragon than you. The dragons by your side would miss him if he was gone.”
Asagao was becoming farely fluent in Azula-speak.
Azula sighed deeply. “Very well, little dragon.”
Her gaze settled on Dad. “You. Go.”
Asagao frowned. She wanted to tell Dad about all the stuff she did, about how well she’d firebent, about how she’d met the Avatar! But there was time, she supposed.
Mommy turned to leave after him, but Azula held up a hand. “You, go get my brother. He’s probably off feeding the turtleducks, or something else inane. And the Avatar too, if he hasn’t already run off.” There was a flicker of genuine worry in this bright golden eyes, and Asagao patted her leg.
Mommy nodded, and walked out of the room, heels clicking on the cold stone floor.
Asagao gasped. “I get to meet the Avatar?”
Azula smirked. “Why yes, you do, if the new dragon can find him. He’s not as impressive as you think he is though. Nothing but a little rabbit mouse who breathes fire and thinks himself a dragon.”
“How did you meet him?” Asagao asked.
“Please, Azula,” said a new voice, coming from a person standing in the doorway to the throne room. He looked almost exactly like Cousin Azula. Her cheekbones were a little sharper, maybe,eyes a little less gold, but that was it. If she didn’t know better, she’d think they were twins. “Don’t subject her to your stories.”
Azula crossed her arms. “I am perfectly fine at telling stories, thank you very much.”
Zuko winced. “Azula... most of your stories go, I shot fire. Then he/she/they/an annoying rock died. The end.”
“Is anything else really necessary?”
Zuko’s eyes went wide. “You- you have to have tension!” he said, gesturing wildly. “Character investment! Plot arcs! You can’t just--”
“Cousin Zuko!” Asagao said, interrupting the oncoming theater rant. In the throne next to her, Azula let out a quiet sigh of relief.
“Who are you-- oh,” Cousin Zuko said. “Iroh’s daughter.”
Asagao nodded furiously. “Mhm! I like turtleducks too!”
“Is that so?” Cousin Zuko said. He stepped forward, onto the dais, the blue flames parting around him. Azula did not move to block his path.
Asagao beamed. “Yeah!” She glanced back and forth. Azula. Zuko. Azula. Zuko. “Woah, you look so similar. If you wore the same clothes I’d never be able to tell you apart!”
“Really?” Zuko said.
Asagao giggled. “Well, I guess the voices would give you away a little.”
Some sort of realization seemed to come over Zuko. “Lala--”
“Don’t call me that,” Azula hissed.
Zuko smirked. “Sorry, /Fire Lord/ Lala. Where is Iroh?”
“Oh you know. Here and there.”
“Azula. Please tell me you didn’t /steal/ our baby cousin.”
Azula sniffed. “She’d be better off with me anyway Dum Dum. And I am the Firelord. It’s not like Uncle Useless could do anything to stop me.”
Asagao piped up, eager to be part of the conversation. “She’s really smart. She’s taught me about rat-weasels and dragons and all kinds of stuff!”
Zuko’s brow furrowed. “Rat... weasels? Azula--”
But she never got to hear what Cousin Zuko might have said, because a guard rushed into the hall.
“Fire Lord Azula,” he said, panting. “The Avatar’s bending masters have landed in the courtyard.”
#azula#asagao#zuko#Cuckoo-Vipers#story snippet#iroh: panicking#iroh's wife: appreciating the child's adept political manuvering#azula: does not accept iroh's claims of unclehood#he left her with zhao#for four years#zuko... can't disagree#much as he wants too#also the 'azula is terrible at telling stories thing'#is from witchofendor#cause i love it
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A painting of morning glories (朝顔), one panel among many of the “Flower Mandala” ceiling mural gracing the Lotus Mansion (蓮華殿) at Daikakuji Temple (大覚寺) in Kyoto, completed by Hisa Miwo (比佐水音) in February 2017
Photo by Atelier Horn (アトリエ穂音) on December 20, 2017
#buddhist temple#京都#kyoto#大覚寺#daikakuji#真言宗#shingon#japanese art#比佐水音#hisa miwo#women artists#華曼荼羅#hana mandara#朝顔#asagao#morning glory#morning glories
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2023-2016-2017
Ah, Asagao. 7 years (god) have gone by and I am still nostalgic for you. I remember graduating with Hana haha
Ignoring real life issues, Asagao still got me through a dark period in my life and I'll always be grateful. I met some amazing people and it domino effected me into who I am today. I wouldn't have met many friends I am still in contact with without it.
I got a long ways to go with my art still but I've certainly improved :)
#asagao academy#asagao hana#hana mizuno#asagao#normal boots#hidden block#redraw#kitty draws#really gotta go to a yungtown stream again someday...#asagao academy normal boots club
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uhhh sketches I did while reading three assassins
#tw su1cide#three assassins#kotaro isaka#fanart#my art#art#digital art#making silly sketches while trying not to cry while reading#it’s a great book tho!#I’d def recommend#takes place like 6 years prior from the bullet train book#Suzuki#asagao#cicada#whale#one of those rare moments where I found everyone in the book enjoyable#procreate#sketch#anyway back to midterm/final hell#illustration
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Presenting the redesign of Athena Nomura. I like this new color scheme for her thanks to @unclerabbitii plus her new eye color as well. A lot of golden eyed ppl in OMENBOUND 👀
#fantasy#original character#anime#oc#anime art#commission#commission art#digital illustration#martial artist#character design#Athena#Nomura#Hana#Asagao#Morning Glory#manga art#OMENBOUND#Kung Fu#Jeet Kune Do#Martial Arts#Firecat
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Asagao (Kunoichi Tsubaki no Mune no Uchi)
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#kunoichi tsubaki no mune no uchi#rindou#benisumomo#mokuren#hinagiku#asagao#tsubaki#sazanka#mizubashou#touwata#kikyou#uikyou#tsuwabuki#housenka#suzuran#shion#ajisai#fuki#itadori#ume#higiri#suzushiro#hasu#shakuyaku#dokudami#aogiri#azami#sumire#tanpopo#hagi
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i just wanna know what a man is
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Summertime morning glory ♡ The morning glory can be symbolic of strength, giving a person the power to realise their hopes and dreams. These flowers are resilient, and they pass this power on to their recipient. The pink one is ma favorite ♡ #asagao #morningglory #kanzashi #summer #flowerlanguage (w: Warsaw, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgeZvJpsAX2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Sleek summer outfit, featuring a chic kimono with asagao (morning glory) climbing over a beautiful dark green background, paired with an obi depicting kuzunohana (arrowroot) with a lone kôrogi (cricket) and a subtle moon reflected in water.
Dark color such as this green are usually worn during winter. Here, it is a way of bringing to mind colder months to bear with smothering summer.
#japan#fashion#kimono#obi#summer in japan#asagao#morning glory#kuzunohana#kuzu#arrowroot#koorogi#cricket#tsuki#moon#着物#帯
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Cuckoo-Vipers Continued
Based off @muffinlance’s Cuckoo-Vipers fic(I am falling down a muffinlance rabbit hole and it is *fun*.
Asagao, named for the morning, rises early.
She isn’t sure what’s going on. Everybody’s bustling around all fast, but not fast like they do for feasts, or when Scary-Fire-Man is upset. None of the nice servants came when she called, only a guard who shoved her into a closet.
It’s dark in the closet. Asagao breathes, and the fire inside of her flares in and out with each breath.
She’s young, to start firebending. Only four. Mommy says it’s something to be proud of, but Dad always looks a little sad when he talks about it. One of the nice servants says that Cousin Azula started firebending young too.
The closet door opens. Asagao shrieks and backs away.
There is a girl standing in the doorway. She has a hairpin in her topnot. It’s shiny. There is blue fire in her hands.
... Asagao has only ever heard about one person who can bend blue fire.
“Cousin Azula?” she whispers
Azula raises an eyebrow. “Yes. Who are you?”
Asagao crosses her arms. “I’m your cousin! What are you doing here? Dad said you got banished.”
Azula hesitates. “I did,” she said. “But now I’m back. And I have some stuff to do, so if you don’t mind--” she turns to go.
Asagao grabs onto the end of her robes. “No! I wanna go with you!”
“Do you want to kill the Fire Lord?” Cousin Azula says. “Because that’s what I’m going to do.”
Asagao looks up at her adoringly. Cousin Azula is so cool. And Scary-Fire-Man is mean. “Does that mean that /you/ would be the Fire Lord?”
“Why yes?” Cousin Azula replied.
Asagao grins. “Can we meet Cousin Zuko too! I like turtleducks, just like he does!”
“I think that could be arranged,” Azula replies. She picks Asagao up with one hand, and summons fire in the other. “Let’s go.”
This is the /best day of Asagao’s life/.
#muffinlance#cuckoo-vipers#azula#zuko#cousin asagao#zuko: please don't teach a four year old martial firebending#azula: but she wants too#zuko: NO#azula: what I can't hear you too busy hanging out with this four year old who's way better than you#asagao: likes these new adition to the family. no matter what dad says#story snippet#asagao
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whoops, I mean, did Genji ever have sex with Asagao* and Tamakazura?
Hi nonny! You're right, it’s sometimes hard to tell exactly which relationships are consummated in the text, because of the general ambiguity with which sex is talked about in the narrative (though we are left in no doubt that sex does happen, and frequently). An expert could probably give you better answers to this question, but here's what I think:
Asagao: no, I’m fairly sure not. It’s made surprisingly clear in the text that she repeatedly rejects Genji's advances, yet she still maintains an important place in his... mental landscape of women, let's call it. I suspect that, much like in the case of Fujitsubo, her unreachability is one of the things that makes her so alluring to him, thus suspect that he never managed to consummate. I also think that she occupies a large enough space in his mind that if he had managed to do the deed, as it were, it wouldn’t have passed by unremarked—particularly because she’s one of the women who makes Murasaki feel most insecure, so apart from anything else, it would have arisen in the text as a source of tension between her and Genji.
Tamakazura: hmmm well. She was living under Genji’s roof for several months, and he certainly did attempt to court her, but she greeted his advances with fear and aversion and was by and large protected from more overt sexual advances by her official status as his (foster) daughter. I’m going to assume that if he had succeeded in consummating, he would have given up the charade and officially taken her as his wife, instead of trying to marry her off to other illustrious suitors (including his own half brother).
I will say that the way that Tamakazura's sexual experiences are approached within the text is very interesting to me, because the one sex act we know for sure to happen, when Higekuro inflitrates her rooms and rapes her, leading to their unhappy marriage, is markedly absent from the text--and not just in the usual polite ambiguity surrounding matters of the bedchamber. There’s almost a black hole there. There’s no lead up, no courtship, and the narrative has been setting Tamakazura up to enter court. Then, at the beginning of the 'Makibashira'/'Beloved Cyprus Pillar' chapter, the state of affairs has drastically changed without warning: Tamakazura has been forcefully wedded to Higekuro under shameful circumstances that are only ever alluded to. The narrative jarr is really quite shocking--I remember I was quite confused when I first read it--and it really serves to emphasise the violence of the violation committed against her. It also interests me because Genji's own trespasses and sexual coercions are never portrayed with this much shock or abruptness, raising interesting questions--is the text excusing or downplaying his actions? Are his actions more 'permissable' than Higekuro's because he generally follows the conventions of Heian courtship (on the surface, at least)? Or is the contrast between the two meant to highlight the hypocrisy of Genji's position, and act as a commentary of the imbalanced power dynamics that underlie Heian gender and sex relations?
These are just my opinions, but like I said, it’s quite possible that there’s some firmer scholarly consensus out there about what passed between Genji and these women (though not necessarily in English)
#sorry for the late reply! i was on a mini hiatus#also disclaimer that it's been a while since my last reread so I might be a little hazy on the details#genji monogatari#the tale of genji#tale of genji#ellis reads#classical japanese literature#ask response#anonymous#i really never will get tired of talking about this book#a lifetime wouldn't be enough to study it#asagao#tamakazura
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