Re: Aether and the Pleiades
Shortly after he was summoned, Omega had taken him to the small observatory on the grounds. It was not much but it allowed the quintessence ghouls to study the night sky, to learn more on the vastness of the universe. Omega had instructed Aether to find Orion, the hunter, a constellation that would become his anchor point.
The new quintessence ghoul searched the sky through the telescope, struggling to find the collection of stars that made up Orion. The telescope stilled as he landed on a cluster of stars, brighter than all the rest. Aether had drawn a breath to ask Omega what it was, but he was told to continue looking, that he is very close to the constellation in question. As Aether found the belt, the rest of the hunter came clearer into view. He was told the story of Orion and Taurus, the bull, how each constellation links back to Greek mythology.
The following night Aether found himself scanning the sky with the telescope, hoping for another glimpse of that cluster. He more than wanted a closer look, he needed it. The quintessence ghoul locked the telescope onto the cluster, drawing it into sharper focus. This was the moment he saw seven bright stars twinkling there in the sky together. Aether recalled how his pack had seven members, including him. Omega found his student in the observatory, enamored with this specific collection of stars. He began to explain their lineage, how the cluster is assumed to have formed, and their nickname. The Seven Sisters.
Over time, he began to lay out in the courtyard for his nightly stargazing and prayer habits. He no longer needed a telescope, his eyes attuned to the bright cluster in the vast darkness of space. The brightest star in the cluster always struck him as most beautiful, the luminosity reminding him of the flame Dewdrop would cast into the hearth to bring warmth to the ghouls. It reminded him of his nickname for Dew, "lumière". Light. The bringer of light, the giver of space for shadows like Aether to form.
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For once, I'm actually doing what I said I'd do in a timely manner.
So this will be jacket post part two: electric boogaloo, bc I didn't want the other one to get too long.
Anyway so yesterday I finished all the sewing (you'll see what I mean) and on Wednesday I finished the painting at Maxi's place (who btw came over and helped me finish my uni stuff so everybody go thank Maxi bc otherwise I'd still be sitting here crying over my shitty printer.... anyways)
Let's get to it
Here we have the front of the jacket (I'll show the collar area in more detail in a sec). On the right pocket I added my LOTSAD pin (yes, I still think the abbreviation is funny), originally I wanted to put the Blind Channel one there but then I realized 'sewing inside of a pocket sucks ass, as does sewing through two layers of jean fabric at once', so here we are. The sewing doesn't look very clean but fuck it (it's just rock'n'roll, okay I'll shut up). Maxi told me 'It would've looked better if you had cross stitched it' to which i replied 'Honey, I'm just glad that it's on there'. Anywho underneath the ghost, between the buttons I added the word(s) 'care fully' (which can be read as one or two words and I kinda like that. It's a Mitski reference but also I just love playing with language).
Here we have the LOTSAD pin (and shitty sewing job) in more detail and as you can see I finally added the GIANTS pin above the Get Up coward.
The Joonas smiley got some company. Tbh sewing the beads on like this was so much easier than trying to sew on the pins.
More beads!!! I decided to make the rays two-colored bc why not? And I know the bead placement is a bit on the nose, but eh who cares? Also I added the birds last minute bc freedom and the sea and all that (in my heart they're evil lil seagulls).
(This is nothing new but I just wanted to show it to y'all colored in)
From bottom to top: The knife (!!) is finally colored in and I couldn't be happier. Imagine walking by someone and then boom KNIFE!! (I hope you can tell how much I love this stupid bloody knife). Above this I added one of my favourite songs off of the new album. But yeah it has a star in the middle, bc they're burning (again lost an arm and a leg on the creativity). And you might notice that these beads are different, and that's bc I did this arrangement at home, where I had a greater variety available :)
My favourite part of the jacket, still. It's so simple and yet it just works. Again, I know that you've seen this before but I just wanted to show it outlined and coloured in :)
Now for the back:
Top to bottom: since my collar is usually down, I put the Watching Over Me mainly here for myself, but it's for good reason. This lyric really means a lot to me on a personal level and it's from the first MCR song I ever listened to (so it's double special), so no one but me (and you guys now haha) has to see it or know it's there, but I still wanted it to be included. Secondly: the Bad Idea back piece is done!!! Yaay!! And the roses don't look like colored in 8s anymore (double yay!!). I'll admit it looks pretty edgy (what about this jacket doesn't) but I really enjoyed painting it. I think I might have also done it out of spite for my 9th grade English teacher, who, after I had done a presentation abt MCR, told me:"Nice presentation. But Anna, all that blood and gore? Is that really necessary?" Yes, yes it is ma'am.
Lastly: the rest of the back. Yeah I kinda just went ham with the beads and pins, but it was fun (for the most part). Bottom to top: The 747 is finally colored in, bc of its position it's kinda reminiscent of an incomplete license plate but if you knew my history with this number, you'd agree that it makes this just that much more fitting.
Above it the Blind Channel beads, kind of as a summary of everything above them.
Then we have Balboa (why is there a heart bead? Bc Maxi had some lying around and I thought it looked pretty). I really like this song and I would give a lot for that skeleton Breakdowns for Breakfast t-shirt.
Above Balboa we have a part of glory for the greedy. No deeper reason for why it's here just 'mwah'. This was the first bead arrangement I sewed on btw and lemme tell you it was a struggle.
Talking about struggle we have the Don't Fix Me pin arrangement that made me want to throw myself into a river. I struggled so much with this but I ended up really liking it. Pink + edgy??? Fuck yeah, that's what I live for. I know the song itself is not everyone's favourite, but I've been listening to it on repeat ever since it came out so lol
Lastly we have the Left To Die beads (yes alive or only burning, again, that song has been living in my head rent free ever since I first listened to the album and not just bc of the jupiter line haha). When I first heard the chorus I was like 'huh' and then i thought about it some more and I was like 'hUH?!?', anywho needless to say this lyric hits me every single time (:
Soooo.... that's the jacket. Edgy, wonky and with a certain.... diy-charm.
Hope you enjoyed this journey and its outcome as much as I did.
Bonus: The diy saftey pin necklace (by me) and saftey pin earrings (by Maxi), that I'll probs wear at the concert. Alongside a Revenge bracelet that I wanted to sew onto the jacket but sadly didn't know where to put.
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Dude show us your punk clothes (if you're comfortable)! I've always wanted to dress that way but my personality doesn't match up 🥲
AHHHHH YES OKAY ID LOVE TO SHOW SOME OF MY STUFF GHGHFHGFHDGD-
but like first i just wanna ask wdym it ur personality doesn’t match up??? you don’t have to act a certain way to be punk! just like you don’t have to look a certain way either. if you really wanna dress this way, then i say go for it dude- don’t let anyone or anything hold you back :D
but anyways here’s my shit! along with these i have another jacket and a pair of jeans, but i honestly hate how they look atm and i’m in the process of fixing them so i’m not gonna show ‘em 🙃 all of these are works in progress tho too bc i have a lot of patches made for them but i havent had time/energy to to actually sew them on
so! in order we have my shorts, front and back, my vest, front and back, my shitty walmart boots, and one of my many soda tab chains (and you can see the sides of the jeans i mentioned im working on)
the vest is probably my favorite out of everything bc it’s the first project i ever stared. originally i was just gonna paint the back in a white outline of the danger days mailbox, but then i added color and then i added the tabs to the back, and then i found a bunch of old pins and i cut the sleeves off and it was just all down(up) -hill from there!!
i also love it bc i got called a poser once by an old man who thought i didn’t have enough “real punk bands” on it and i fucking love being called a poser it’s literally so funny to me 💀 like fuck off dude it’s my jacket, it’s supposed to represent me, i’m gonna put all my favorite bands on it regardless of whatever fucking genre they are!! that doesn’t make me any less punk!!!
but yeah, moral of the story is wear what you want, dress how you want, be rad as fuck and don’t let anyone stop you!!! thanks for the ask and the excuse to ramble abt my clothes and thoughts and shit :D have a great day! <3
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