Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883-1971), White Peacocks and Datura. Oil with gold leaf on board, 31 ½ x 25 ½ in.

This @melissatyndall post was the highlight of my Twitter day, and I think you guys will love it too. I will be thinking about this every time I see a peacock from now on.

Beautiful Peacocks Dance Of Rare White Peacocks & Blue Peacocks , Karan...

White-haired peacock spider, Maratus albus, Salticidae

Found in South Australia and Victoria

Photo 1 by tdjsayers, 2-7 by mrspooderman, 8-9 (female) by belindacopland, and 10 (also female) by deeqld

peacock mantis shrimp (odontodactylus scyllarus) | fab.aroundtheglobe on ig

personality test: who are your icons on your streaming service profiles?

Hera in Kanathos

There is this really weird myth that Hera goes to this spring called Kanathos every year to restore her virginity. Decided to reinterpret it as her going to the spring to get some much needed relaxation and privacy.

Peacock Demon It would be so amazing if he became one of the Goetia family.

Jul 6, 2020 - floralls: “White Peacock (by Silvain de Munck)”

“Crimson” White Peacock power up, Crimson Celine

Powers are a work in progress but as I previously said, the power ups and unifications are a big part of this story

White Banded House Jumper, male (Maratus griseus).

clue memes i made because this fandom is severely lacking in memes

The whole framing of Lestat as the sole symbol of patriarchy that fandom is so desperate to put him in doesn't work unless you deliberately ignore how he was also a victim of rape and abuse before he was turned. People want him to be fit into this strict role of "father figure/violent husband/perpetrator" that is only that and not even a whole person, and in doing so they need to push aside the fact that despite being his family's provider, he was also pushed into that role when his father forbid him from joining a monastery or gaining an education that he wanted. Lestat wanted to run away with a theater group as a kid, and actually managed to do so once Gabrielle gave him her blessing and monetary support in order to go to Paris. He didn't always want to be the provider, he was forced into that role and became despondent when he thought he would never get a chance to leave his home.

His new life prior to being turned is pretty much the antithesis to the whole "Lestat is a manly man who would sooner throw up than be compared to a woman" spiel: he lived with another man in Paris while also being an actor, having left his family and "responsibility" to them. The only family member he was ever close to was his mother, all the other male members shunned or ridiculed him. Add onto that the fact that his turning firmly placed him within the role of the damsel/victim: he's kidnapped from his bed by a stranger, taken into a tower and left to rot while being fed on for a week, before then being raped and violently turned all while never even being asked if he would consent to it in any normal circumstance. But you of course have to ignore all of this if you want him to only represent the aggressor/patriarch while Louis is the helpless unhappy matriarch of the family.

My issue isn't that I think Louis isn't a victim, it's that it's not unrealistic for Lestat to be an aggressor/abuser while also displaying traits that aren't regularly assigned to stereotypical depictions of male characters. He's abusive to Claudia while also having been a victim of abuse from his own family. He's not a good maker/teacher, but he also didn't even have one when he was turned. He's the provider/attempted protector of the family and seemed to like being that, while also having run away from his own family prior to this to act in a theater in Paris. He's a rich white man while also being obviously effeminate in public spaces, even to Tom's own bigoted humor.

Like Louis' own complicated story with being his family's benefactor and provider, you can't firmly place Lestat as being one thing or another in terms of gender ideals without deliberately ignoring parts about him that don't fit this. And I don't think it's an absolute necessity, when even in Louis' own story, Lestat isn't stripped of his effeminate mannerisms or behavior while also being the abusive maker/father/lover.

White Peacock Dance VS Blue Peacock Dance Karanji Lake / Kere Mysore ...

White Peacock

Ohara Koson

Showa period, 20th century

woodblock print, ca. 1934-1941

european peacock butterfly (aglais io) | source