DanseMacabre_

Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.

A herd of deer relaxing by cherry blossom trees in Nara, Japan 

These are hilarious! NGL major preference for adults here. Other adult bonuses:

Don’t need naps

Can go on hikes for longer

Can be left alone for longer

Less fragile

Teeth don’t randomly fall out

Majority of teenage hormonal bullshit is over

Surprise fear periods done with

Joan of arc is a very popular figure in media so her image is subject to a lot of bending. Sometimes it’s very subtle, and other times it’s very apparent. There’s no official pictures or paintings of her that survived from her time, but there are several trial transcripts that describe her, as well as first hand reports and letters from those who worked beside her that do the same.

The general consensus within these that I found on her appearance was that Joan was pretty short and stocky. Her eyes were far apart, and somewhat large, her hair was black/dark brown and close cut, and she had a fairly common looking face. Multiple people report that she had a red birthmark behind her left ear and a low but sweet voice. A surprising amount is written about her physical strength despite her small stature. I would suggest you read De Boulainvilliers’ (Chamberlain to Charles VII) letters, among others. He knew her first hand and goes into a lot of depth about her appearance and aura.

A big part of her rebranding is making her seem older, more feminine, paler, and blonder. Due to color/racism as well as light representing purity, renditions of her make her whiter (she was a poor farmer from mid/south France which means she was on the darker side of white complexions) to show holiness. People also make her more feminine due to stigma against women who “don’t look like women” and to lean into her Virgin Mary esk aura.

Statue of Athena and Apollo

Literally never a shortage of herbs

Or mead/offering alcohol

"Hey MOM, where the fuck is the vinegar, some bitch upset Millie!" "UNDER THE SINK, GIVE EM HELL"

Literally can't move 2 feet in my house without finding a lighter and some incense

"Do you think if I called the bad entities dickheads, it would hurt their feelings and make them leave and would count as banishing?" "What the fuck? NO"

We have so many crystals

We have so many pets

Bonfires on every wiccan holiday in the back yard

My dad's familiar is a spider he named Maximus, and no I am not joking.

We have a puppy named Freya, a rabbit called Artemis and a cat named Morrigan.

Samhain is A BIG DEAL and we do gifts and have a huge meal and it's SO NICE

Everytime one of us has an exam, or a job interview, theres just a myriad of luck charms and little spell bottles.

Cons of having a witchy family:

THEY TOOK MY FUCKING BAY LEAVES

One of my candles went missing

My brother launched his book of shadows at my head once.

Maximus the spider is FUCKING TERRIFYING

Clashes between the fact that my brother and I are hellenic witches, my mother is celtic, my older brother is Norse and my dad is eclectic.

My brother once set our bathroom on fire (dw, twas a small fire)

My mother and I have the exact same tarot deck so we always end up mixing up whose is whose.

My brother once tried to use a financial hex on us WHILE PLAYING MONOPOLY

We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we are expected to say something that will amaze the whole room.