Gardens and Dreams

Of course we're modern educated people who don't believe in fairies

i really like how the Jiang disciples immediately assemble together to defend themselves. they’re the only clan that does this, while everyone else just starts fighting the first thing they see on their own.

Scorpio is deeply connected to the transformative energy of autumn. In the northern hemisphere, Scorpio spans from late October to late November, a time when nature is shedding its old form. Just as the trees lose their leaves and the earth prepares for the stillness of winter, Scorpio’s energy represents letting go of the past to make space for new growth. This sign isn't afraid of extremes and of death and rebirth, reflecting autumn’s process of decay and renewal.

Autumn is a time of introspection, when days grow shorter, and darkness begins to reign. Similarly, Scorpio is a deeply introspective sign, known for its connection to the hidden, the mysterious, and the shadowy aspects of life. Much like the season encourages us to slow down and turn inward, Scorpio pushes us to confront our inner depths, face unresolved emotions, and seek personal truths. It's a time for exploring what lies beneath the surface, a theme that resonates with Scorpio's intense curiosity and need for emotional authenticity.

Scorpio understands the cyclical nature of life. This sign represents not just the end of something, but the potential for something new to arise from it. Autumn’s quiet yet profound shifts remind us of the power in release, a theme central to Scorpio’s transformative journey.

Scorpio Season holds an air of mystery and depth. The cold, crisp autumn air brings a sense of sharpness and clarity, similar to Scorpio’s focused nature. Autumn’s beauty can also have a melancholic edge, symbolizing the fleeting nature of time and the need to embrace change—a reflection of Scorpio’s sensitivity and awareness of life’s deeper cycles. Both the sign and the season remind us that there is power in embracing our shadows and finding strength in hard shifts.

Modern AU outfits series

You will patch up all the holes in 2025.

-medieval and early modern knitting guilds were full of men learning and perfecting fancy knitting techniques to impress rich clients

-in cold, wet climates like the scottish highlands knitting was done by the whole family, in fact it was the perfect activity to do while a man was out on a fishing boat or in the pasture with his sheep and cattle

Once the knitting guilds dissolved as economic powers (partially due to the advent of semi-mechanised knitting machines, which outsourced knitting to "unskilled" croft and cottage-dwelling families rather than restricting the industry to select trained guildsmen), knitting throughout Europe was more likely to be an activity relegated to socio-economic classes than to gender roles, especially prior to the mid-19th century when it was slowly embraced as a leisure activity by wealthy women (in much the same way that embroidery had been embraced in earlier centuries).

And sure, there's an entire conversation to be had about how patriarchal structures have forced women to be more economically vulnerable than men throughout Western history, which therefore meant that once knitting was spread beyond the guilds' tight regulation, a lot of women began knitting because they were poor and it was a relatively portable form of work to earn an income.

Just as there's a conversation to be had about why various occupations and activities are devalued once enough women begin practising them - and especially once the activities are practised by "ladies of leisure", who were seen as being especially frivolous - and why we then collectively develop amnesia about the respect our society held for that occupation or activity just a few generations earlier (think also about teaching, nursing, secretarial and administrative occupations - all previously male-dominated careers that were paid well and seen as respectable, but have been steadily devalued as more women entered the field).

jon snow appreciation 39/∞