Character Study: Plant Symbolism

[MURKl]

Plants and flowers have all kinds of cool symbolism n associations, so I thought it'd be fun to assign a plant to represent your characters!

I used this page to look up the symbolism. Google's good too.

Elena Cnaimhin - Poppy: Oblivion, imagination, pleasure, and remembrance. (I also associated poppies with her before I knew the symbolism so it's nice that it fits)
Martinus Strauer - Lotus: Purity, eloquence, and rebirth. (Also just associate him w the flower lol)
Rahim al-Fakhidh - Dahlia: Dignity, betrayal, and dishonesty.
Io'ella de Rivera - Ivy: Dependence, endurance, and faithfulness.

 

[Messtro]

Raina Viduggla - Sunflower- Pure and lofty thoughts, adoration, longevity, loyalty.

 

[AtticCat]

Azra min Eazim - Balsamine (Impatience)
Siselle Haagenvig - Coreopsis (Always cheerful)
Juliette Howlester - Narcissus (Unrequited love, selfishness)​

 

[Enkiduu]

Estyne Eikos - Willow - Solemn, regenerative, merciful
Estyne's mother/Eilyn's daughter - Oak - Strong, enduring
Eilyn Eikos (Grandmother) - Birch - Adventurous, pioneerer, utility

For a long time I wondered what plant would correspond with my Yanar character Estyne. This was during the beginning of my interest in plants so I didn't know that much and just went with whichever flower I was obsessed with at the time. For a long time I considered her a Cosmos and in certain designs even based some of her colors on a Cosmos plant. But of course, that felt unnatural and forced so I had to keep thinking.

One day I was at a library near a park that had willow trees and decided to idly research willows for the fun of it. I knew a few properties of willows, but also learned of its significance in various cultures. And that's when it clicked, Estyne was a willow.

Eilyn was created coincidentally during an obsession with birches and the two naturally fit together. Eilyn was meant to be the opposite of Estyne: brash, impulsive, and adventurous. Birch trees are kinda the same, they're adventurous and a pioneer species, often among the first plants that colonize newly disturbed land.

Estyne's mother/Eilyn's daughter (whose name I still haven't come up with yet) was always an oak. I once drew her as an acorn fairy.

 

[HoshiWomp]

Mama Yahdga - Globe Amaranth - Immortal love *cough cough* for her baby @quasiff

Meradetta dei Sibylline - Daffodil - Uncertainty, chivalry, respect, return my affection; new beginnings

Teo T'lluba - Lily of the Valley - Sweetness, humility, returning happiness, trust

This is cool <3