this is for any extra little aster themed things that stick in my mind!

here's a moodboard that was made themed for aster!

here are two (one, two) stimboards that were made themed for floriaster!

these two comics (one, two) are incredibly floriaster to me. they're also just lovely and you should read them right now.

here is the pinterest board i made for them a while back!

im including lyrics for two entire songs here, since these specific lyrics are a bit hard to find around! lower one's eyes is a very early florian perspective floriaster song, where as arukuhayasade is peak aster.

Lower One's Eyes by Nuyuri (Oktavia's Base Translation)

That's right- It had begun as nothing more than a simple prayer
Gradually becoming disillusioned with you,
The curtain's about to rise- it's showtime,
Thus we'll soon say goodbye to the quietness of this theatre
I'd cut myself off from saying one thing, but soon the urge to say another would rise
Left with a guilty conscience ever weighing-down upon my back
I wouldn't dare obey my heart's desires- instead bottling them all up,
And now it feels like my heart has been polluted with their rotten remains
There are things in theory I'd like to come to terms with, but I just can't
I've been keeping them all to myself, though I might explode from it
With a mangled voice, a throat that feels both completely dry and choked up at the same time
I never know the right thing to say
So I'd let my feelings out somehwere far, far away
Same as always- something about it wrong, just feeling a bit wrong
How much longer until we go? How far are we even able to go?
If you "don't know yet", well then what's keeping you from knowing?
Should we be fated to part, should we be fated to lose one another,
I pray we may be reunited each and every time such a thing happens
If you'd just do me the honor of staying, staying and never to part
Then I'll get to remain the only one who knows what this salvation feels like
"Peace" is replaced with attrition
But in truth, there's hardly a difference between them
"Pleasure" is founded upon sin
"Why don't we get out of here before it all goes to hell?"
...Again and again, I'm whispering that too-good-to-be-true wish to myself
Where to even start, what it is that I'll lose-
The uncertainty of it all has rendered me frozen in plave
Should we ever tire, should we ever feel as though we can't take anymore
I pray we may be able to run away from it all each and every time
So we may protect our hearts, so they may never be stolen away,
Let's entrust them to one another- put your trust in me
To cry with you... To laugh with you... To get angry at something with you...
To sing with you... To dance with you... To talk with you...
"I wonder how much longer this'll last" Again and again, I whisper
I wonder how much I'll think back on
This moment that feels so etched into my brain, in a "you'll never be able to forget" way
Should we- as in nobody else-
Should we be fated to part, should we be fated to lose one another,
I pray we may be reunited each and every time such a thing happens
If you'd just do me the honor of staying, staying and never to part,
Then please, as I live on with this feeling nobody else has yet to feel, look at this existence itself
And tell me if it's right

Arukuhayasade by Strawberry Flower (Translation by crzyanimelvr)

If you're just a little tired,
Let's look at the nostalgic sea.
If you're just a little lost,
Let's wear new shoes.
If it's a little cold,
Let's listen to a song we don't know.
If it's just a little hard,
Let's decorate a new flower.
At walking pace,
The seasons go around
All around me
If it's just a little hot,
Blow a nostalgic breeze.
If you feel a little disappointed,
Let's read a new book.
If you just want to cry a little,
Let's take a path we don't know.
On a morning that's a little dull,
Let's wear new shirts.
At walking pace,
The seasons go around
Inside my body
And so, different from yesterday,
A new now
Let's live it
A new me
A new now
Let's live it.