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violet · 2mo

ok sorry about that last one. do you have any flowers or plants or birds or anything you associate with leoni

hi violet never apologize for asking about eating rocks. anyways here's a jumble of things:

your flower list is far more extensive than mine i think but here are some of mine:

all:
- borage bc it's in the forget-me-not family and it's also called starflower (and delicious)
- purple anemones they're everywhere in their story. what do you mean it means "I will believe in you and wait for you" that's crazy
- morning glories from that one saki ichika side story where they all planted them in saki's yard (love, solid bonds)
- everlastings/strawflowers: "everlasting memories", "indefinite joy". they should get married.

ichika:
- edelweiss: "courage, loyalty." to me there's always been like. a sort of longing to this flower also? it survives under really harsh conditions (alpine plant moment). also according to wikipedia "giving one to a loved one is a promise of dedication" which i think is very neat. also this was assigned to her already
- forget me not: "true love, memories." bonus bc it's blue
- cactus: "a kind heart." i love you ichika because you love so much
im sure there's more im just forgetting at this moment

saki:
- dandelions: "hope, persistence, happiness," the make a wish thing
- honeysuckle: "bonds of love, devotion." (side note one of my favorite books as a kid was 'stories about chinese herbal medicine' (i was a weird kid) and the legend is honeysuckle comes from two twin sisters (one named gold flower, other silver flower) who died from a fever and were buried together and then the honeysuckle bush grew on their grave and if you drank a tea made from the flower your fever would be cured and that's why it's called the gold-silver flower after them. yes i dug up the book for this.)
- yellow gerberas: "hope, constantly moving forward, friendly and approachable"

honami:
- chamomile: it's calm and relaxing. i can see her making chamomile tea for sleeping. also it means "withstanding adversity / strength borne from adversity" which fits i think
- thyme: used in cooking + "courage, strength"
- bellflowers: "faithfulness, integrity, gratitude." i think this works for ichika also but something about wl1 honami reminds me of this.
- oak tree: i asked an entomologist once why oaks had so many galls on them and she replied 'entirely nonscientific, but i think it's because they just give so much.' so. honami. also protection, sturdiness of a tree, lots of different uses by people.

shiho:
- ivy: it features in voices (shaking off the ivy of uncertainty, i stand atop this stage, my resolve solidified) but it also means an unending love. and marriage. and faith and sincerity. and friendship. probably bc ivy is impossible to detach and remove (i have attempted i have beef with this plant) and shiho's not going to leave them. also geen
- statices. this one is from you if you're reading this and are not violet go look at violet's post right now (https://x.com/glasstreess/status/1960141621061685263/photo/1)

birds:

all:
- nightjars
- indigo buntings (navigate by the stars)

ichika:
- magpies
- hermit thrush

saki:
- wrens (any of them with the eyebrow)
- gnatcatchers
- starlings
- parrots

honami:
- sunbittern: they look plain and then they flash out their wings and they are the most beautiful moth to ever exist
- pigeons and doves
- cranes (moon imagery)

shiho:
- falcons
- swifts. they can fly for months without stopping. they migrate to the antarctica (ends of the world). do you see where i am going here

miscellaneous other things:
starfruit
the orange by wendy cope
wild geese by mary oliver for honami specifically
& the poem you showed me. im stealing from you. he wishes for the cloths of heaven by wb yeats

i love how that was three poems and a random fruit. anyways. i need to collect more poetry

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