Sunshine challenge Prompt 4 : GREEN icons+others

[abyss_valkyrie]

Green is a rich color that is associated with a variety of things including: awakening, growth, renewal, productivity, intelligence, exuberance, prosperity, money, luck, envy, greed, survival, nature, spring, and birth.

There's a lot to say about green, the fourth colour going on at sunshine_challenge  so this post is divided into 3 parts. :)

First off, green makes me think of elves. So my favourite: Legolas from LOTR.
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Rufus is also an elf from Valkyrie Profile 2 that was my favourite character once. Keira Knightley's dress from Atonement immediately comes to mind although I haven't watched the movie but her green dress is iconic & talked about a lot. Of course there's gonna be baby Yoda who went viral because of his cuteness.
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Zhao Yunlan from Guardian embodies exuberance, luck, awakening(of feelings in Shen Wei :D). He has a lot of green outfits in the form of vests, jackets,pants and even his t-shirts sometimes have a green-ish tinge. His 'good vibes only' shirt is one of my faves.
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After ZYL, of course it's Shen Wei from Guardian. While I associate him more with blue, he's definitely intelligent, has money (or so it seems), survives 10000 years+, grew up in nature. I associate renewal and productivity with him too. Can others in the fandom point out anything else they feel that's 'green' about SW? Green also makes me think of the scenes in icon 6.
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Nie Mingjue from Mo dao zu shi / The Untamed. The animated version has him in olive green. Also portrays productivity.
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Nie Huaisang from MDZS / The Untamed. Green outfit-clan colours.Intelligence,money,survival,prosperity & a bit of exuberance for him.
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Favourite character of the Free! anime series:Makoto Tachibana.The colour green is associated with him by default,he has a calming aura like that of the Spring season.He's a good teacher so awakening others' potential-yes. :D
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Beautiful Morgana from BBC Merlin. I love her velvet cloak and this dress of hers, really brings out her eyes. <3 Awakening,renewal,envy,greed and survival are also portrayed by her character.
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As always, all icons are welcome to use with credit. :)

This movie is my favourite one the Chronicles of Narnia Series and I immediately thought of it when I saw the green prompt. This movie has shades of green throughout it.I know it's the greenery around but I think it's also the colouring of the movie from the start.




















My country's (Bangladesh) flag is red and green so during Victory day (16th December) people wear green & red outfits,jewellery,shoes etc.





I also live in Saudi Arabia, have been since I was a kid. Saudi Arabia's flag is also green. In fact, on Saudi National Day (23rd September) the whole country is quite...green,lol. The decorations,lighting in the streets, the green clothes,cake, the fireworks-so much GREEN! I wish I had pictures to show from my collection but I tried googling and came up with a few.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Legolas is one my favorite parts of the films. I see tons of folks talk about MDZS and I grow more and more curious. What is it about, roughly? It has that historical/imperial look, which is a favorite of mine.

I also learned something new about Bangladesh! The traditional outfits are beautiful, and the green Saudi cake has me hungry.

[abyss_valkyrie]

OOHH!!Glad to see this post being informative! XD
Also,ahem, MDZS is a Chinese animation adapted from a novel of the same name which centers around demons, sword fights,magic-basically fantasy based ancient China. The main characters are Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji and a whole set of really interesting side characters.

I think the BL aspect of it made it very popular but there's so much more to every character. There's politics too because of the five clans so there's a lot to like in it apart form the main pairing.I actually started with the drama version-The Untamed and that one is completed with some changes due to censorship.

I watched the animated version afterwards which has two seasons and a third one is being teased by the producers right now!

And if you're curious & ever get into any of the versions,hehe,check out our MDZS comm at theuntamed_mdzs

[enemytosleep]

demons, sword fights,magic-basically fantasy based ancient China

SOLD. I've got a few things on my list to get to first, but I'm joining the comm and will absolutely give this a shot when I get down the list more!

[bemused_writer]

Love the variety of green here! I especially like the Morganna icons; she had excellent fashion. ^^ I also liked the peek at Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia!

[abyss_valkyrie]

Awww!Thank you!Lovely to see the cultural ones being liked. :D
Absolutely have to agree on Morgana's fashion.

[sakana17]

♥____♥ the Guardian icons! I love Zhao Yunlan and his Good Vibes Only shirt ♥ ^_____^ Shen Wei might also be 'awakening' (waking after 10K years)?

Wow, I love the red and green outfits from Bangladesh! The patterns are gorgeous! Yummm, the cakes look good...

[abyss_valkyrie]

Aww!thank you. Hey,I like that idea abt Shen Wei waking after 10k yrs, sort of as a new person, right?! :D
Yes, festive clothes in our country usually use cotton with patterns. :) Glad you find them pretty!!

[nrgburst]

Ooh lovely icons! Legolas was my teenage fave NGL

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hehe!thank you!The teenage crush on Legolas,sometimes if LOTR was on TV, I'd watch it just to look at him!XD

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[oldtoadwoman]

That last cake is so pretty. (I can't imagine being a cake decorator, spending so much time perfecting an art form that is just going to get consumed immediately.)

Now I want cake.

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[abyss_valkyrie]

I always want cake...sort of?! :D
Funny thing is I am practicing my own cake decorating and it's...a process.It's time consuming and has made me cry sometimes but I love people's reactions to all that hard work and it's even better when they like the taste of it & enjoy it so that makes it worth the time & effort. :D

[starandrea]

Wow! Your art is so beautiful, I very much enjoyed the Prince Caspian pictures, and !! The Victory Day outfits and the Saudi National Day decorations!! The cultural stuff is so interesting and cool! ♥

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hehe!So glad to hear that. Sometimes watching old favourites is a great way to spend time & Prince Caspian has a special place in my heart,probably cuz of Ben Barnes & him being a prince!XD

[solo]

Lovely icons! I stole the Good Vibes ZYL and our favourite Headshaker. :)

That Saudi cake looks amazing! But LOL it never registered on me that you live in Saudi Arabia... what's that like?

[abyss_valkyrie]

Aww!glad to see you liking both my favourite icons in this post!XD
Living in SA is kinda like living in a bubble is the best I can describe it as. As someone who is an expat, I do wish there wasn't such a disconnect among the Saudis and expats.

Mostly we live within our communities,y'know;like Indians hang out with Indians, Filipinos with other filipinos & so on. There are a lot of international people here but outside of work, people of other countries rarely spend time together. :(

A lot has changed in Saudi in the last few years;women can FINALLY drive,lol! There are more women working everywhere.Before you'd see female workers in hospitals or women-only spaces like gyms/spas etc. but all that's changed. The abaya(which is the long robe you wear on top) isn't mandatory anymore but most people still wear it. Makes my life easier!XD You can wear your PJs inside but look chic on the outside!

People definitely are a lot more relaxed and spend a whole lot of time with family. Before the corona started, weekend parties and outings would start from Thursday night all the way to Saturday. Nothing fancy, people either meet up in houses or sea-side & such.Like the pictures here:


Even in the early 2000s, English wasn't very common among the Saudis so the language barrier was huge.Again, that's changed for the better.

Since it is a monarch,whatever the king says goes & you have to be super careful about your words/info you send online...that sort of thing.

But all in all, it's more like a home to me having been here for so long & the standard of life I can live here is definitely better than what I could for the same amount back in my home country.

LMAO,sorry for the long post.XD

[solo]

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this, because I really, really appreciated that answer. My views of Saudi are necessarily coloured by my political persuasions, and I love learning what it is like for someone actually living there and experiencing it first-hand.

I'm glad the restrictions aren't so restrictive any more and IDK where your home country is but if it's the UK or the US, I can totally belive that about the standard of life, too.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Awww!Don't worry about it.
My home country is Bangladesh but if you have to live there the way I do in Saudi, I have to really spend extra carefully & just generally worry about running out of money, worrying & overthinking like I do also doesn't help /o\

[breyzyyin]

Lovely green appreciation post! Your icons and images here were absolutely lovely. ♥

[abyss_valkyrie]

Thank you so very much and your green icon is so apt,hehe!:D

[bloodydemonic]

That was super interesting reading about Bandladesh's Victory Day and Saudi National Day - thank you for sharing

[abyss_valkyrie]

Thanks a lot!That's good to hear.:D

[tippetariuswrites]

Lots of beautiful pictures here, Morgana is especially lovely. I love that green cake! What a work of art.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Thanks a lot!YESS!Morgana is lovely!XD

[impala_chick]

I really like the Morgana icons! That dress is so iconic.

[abyss_valkyrie]

Awww,glad to hear that fellow Merlin fan. :D I happen to love Morgana's green,blue/purple & her shimmery white dress the best!

[impala_chick]

Oh yes, she has so many great costumes! I liked that red one she wore in the first season, too.

[shipperslist]

Thank you for the peek on Bangladesh and Saudi-Arabia, that was interesting!

[abyss_valkyrie]

Thank you so much! :D

[tinny]

Interesting words on the characters and icons! I can't really say I associate Shen Wei with green very much at all, but since their outfits tend to align more and more over the show, of course he's wearing some green as well.

Very interesting things I did not know about Bangladesh or Saudi Arabia. (That green cake is... um... making me think it must taste of grass. ;))

[abyss_valkyrie]

Ah yeah,I just thought of Shen Wei's green coat and then noticed that some characteristics could be applied to him for the challenge!XD I do think of him as blue though.
Also lmao,I'm sure the cake is just green velvet cake but if you added some pandan leaves maybe it would have a grassy taste?!Or add actual grass for someone you don't like very much?!XD