Camellias in Cult of the Lamb
I noticed that after unlocking the Healing Bay, you recieve the tutorial prompt showing two flowers.
One red and one white. We learn that the red one is the camellia and can be found while crusading, but we never find the white flower in-game. It can be seen on some floral items but it is not a requirement for constructing those items. Was this flower removed in development before the games release or are there plans to implement it in future updates.
Upon close inspection, the white flowers looks alot like daisies to me. But it could also just be a white camellia, which look very similar to daisies at a glance.
Camellia (left) Daisy (right)
The art style doesn't really make it clear which of flowers they are. All the same each flower has different symbolic meanings across many cultures. The meanings could be tue reason Massive Monster chose the particular flowers out of all other flowers.
The colors red and white are featured primarily of TOWW, baal, and healer cultists. And I believe the latter two are derivatives of the first. I recently learned that Narinder may have always worn white, and possibly red, robes as seen on the statue the player recieves for killing instead indoctrinating him.
Camellias
Depending on the culture, Camellias can represent unyielding love, a honorable death, or adoration. The color of the flower can also determine the meaning. Camellias come in shades of red, pink, and white.
Red Camellias can represent deep romantic desire for someone, love, and devotion. This might explain why Narinder responds the way he does when completing his follower request.
White camellias can symbolizes purity and innocence but in Japan, and China, they are associated with death and mourning. They also can mean the same as red camellias but without the romantic connotation. Platonic.
Daisies
Daisies also symbolize purity in some cultures aswell as childbirth, motherhood, new beginnings, rebirth, and fertility.
White daisies, specifically, also represent purity and innocence.
In celtic culture, daisies were believed to be given by the gods to cheer up parents who have loss children.
I am now under the impression that white flowers typically represent "purity" and "innocence", how unoriginal...
ANALYSIS
In game, camellias grow in the Darkwood and seem to represent Leshy as they are a component of his crown trophy. Similar to how menticide mushrooms are found in Heket's domain, Anura. It's hard to say if camellias represented some aspect of Leshy since he only ever hostile to the Lamb.
The reason I think the white flowers are daisies is based on my theory that TOWW was dabbling in resurrection and giving life, rather than just being the god of death. This possibly being the reason he was imprisoned. Daisies representing rebirth and new beginnings. We don't know if TOWW had a specific resource found in his domain, like crystals from Anchordeep, or silk from Silk Cradle. Maybe it was this flower or nothing at all.
These flowers could also represent the overarching theme of cults, religious devotion and intense passion in COTL.
The definition of Fervour, the red mana points needed to cast curses, is an intense and passionate feeling. It appears to mean that the Lamb, and all other curse users, feel strong emotions when killing those that don't follow their ways. Or toward those that attack them, who knows. This could mean that curse in COTL are created/cast by having strong feeling of ill intent toward something. A negative emotion made manifest.
The definition of Devotion, the white currency the lamb recieves from the followers, is "love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person or activity." In game, devotion can be collected from any source by the lamb, even if they themselves are not the target of said devotion. Zealous weapons are able to to convert fervour into devotion, zeal meaning "great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective."
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Perhaps what I seek from you is the irresistible temptation to sin and not the sin itself. To come as close as possible to you, almost to the point of touching you, yet being deprived of it. Our breaths almost landing on each other's skins yet our skins not colliding. Give me that fervour, that constant yearning and longing, but never give into me. Perhaps the fire in me, the burning in me would cease, if I were to dive deep into your waters and your flowing rivers. Nay, this body must die some day but the intensity with which I desire you must forever remain alive. I've loved you with all my spirit, not just a pounding heart, and the spirit lasts beyond life & death. I must fervently be longing for you, even after I'm gone, even after I've been turned to dust. Come stand by my grave some day and you'll find nothing but the soil there infused with your fragrance...
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Fervour
You've always ignited a fire within me. I wanted to know you. Be your friend.
Then I hated you... But not really.
Admiration and a bit of jealousy.
Then just quiet longing and finally silent resignation.
But then at the beginning of eighth year you smiled at me in the corridor. And fuck if that didn't light the spark once again.
@drarrymicrofic April Prompt #4: Fervour
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very difficult to describe my superhero au.
on the surface it's two guys, frostbite and fervour and they have fire and ice powers. one is an immortal hero who's tired and disillusioned and ones violent and crass but they work together so well despite how they bicker.
and then I have to awkwardly dodge the fact that they were at one point jse and Markiplier egos who have become OCs at this point
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This is written for the prompt ‘fervour’ from @drarrymicrofic
Did I post the one that was supposed to be behind this one first instead of this one? Yes. Yes I did
Word count: 50
Drarry microfic: unusual fervour
Cw: mpreg
Harry kissed him with unusual fervour. His hands moved up and down Draco’s back, pulling him closer and closer.
He smiled against his lips. “I’m pregnant,” he whispered, his breath ghosting over Draco’s face.
Draco’s eyes welled with tears, happy tears, as he lifted Harry up, hugging him tightly. “Finally.”
Prompt from April 12th
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Belgium
Edith Wharton - a romanticised view of ‘plucky little Belgium’ in WWI, from the American poet.
La Belgique ne regrette rien
Not with her ruined silver spires,
Not with her cities shamed and rent,
Perish the imperishable fires
That shape the homestead from the tent.
Wherever men are staunch and free,
There shall she keep her fearless state,
And homeless, to great nations be
The home of all that makes them great.
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"5000 likes!"
I can't say that I feel exuberant about this, but I suppose it's achievement none the less..! Thank you to all the wonderful people of Tumblr for creating, making, denoting, and posting excellent content that is entertaining and enlivening, making (me) us love and repost increasingly as time continues~! This milestone does not celebrate me, but all of you. 😊💗💖🎇🎆🌌🕉️🌅✨✨💖💓💘 Stay awesome and whole!!! 💞
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I must repent by dawn for having left some inches of your naked skin unkissed last night...
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Blessing - Day 29 - Podcast - May you never be lacking in zeal
Blessing – Day 29 – Podcast – May you never be lacking in zeal
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Ujjain: Kayastha community celebrates Chitragupt Jayanti with fervour
Ujjain: Kayastha community celebrates Chitragupt Jayanti with fervour
Ujjain: Kayastha community celebrates Chitragupt Jayanti with fervour
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): There was a festive atmosphere in Chitragupt Dham located in Ram Janardan temple area on Sunday. The Kayastha community celebrated Lord Chitragupt jayanti with great pomp.A Kalash Yatra was taken out from Ram Janardan Mandir area and a large number of people participated in it. Dancing and singing to…
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