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Personally, hyacinths have a very special meaning for me. As a queer man, one of the first places I really felt represented in the literary canon was, of course, Greek mythology. The most well-known story of Classical queerness is the story of Apollo and Hyakinthos. If you're not familiar, Apollo is besotted with a young Spartan man named Hyakinthos. Problem is, the god of the North Wind, Boreas, is also interested in Hyakinthos and spies on him and Apollo when they're together. At some point, Hyakinthos throws a discus as hard as he can (being both a Spartan and Apollo's beloved gives him quite an arm). Boreas, in a fit of jealousy, blows the discus back towards Hyakinthos and strikes him in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is so overwhelmed with grief that Hyakinthos' blood becomes the first hyacinth flower so that his beauty can live on. (A lot of Apollo's doomed lovers get turned into plant life. It's just A Thing, I guess.)

EDIT: As dr_zook pointed out, it's actually Zephyros, the west wind, who fell in love with Hyakinthos and not Boreas. I do not know why I thought this.

If you're a Percy Jackson fan, you might recognise it as the story Cupid uses to goad Nico di Angelo into coming out in The House of Hades.

Anyway, to celebrate this flower's super ancient relationship to queer men, I've decided to make some hyacinth-themed icons for a couple of canon men who like men! Everyone has canon male love interests except for Hunter, who was confirmed to be bisexual by showrunner Dana Terrance.

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Gifts For Me:

I was paired with GodofLaundryBaskets for this exchange, who recorded some absolutely lovely podfics for Fullmetal Alchemist!

Title: It's Obvious
Original Author: Lisa_Telremor
Ship: Edward/Winry
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Rule 63, Genderswap, Girl!Ed, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Length: over 500 words (text), 4:31 (audio)
Summary: (To everyone but Ed.) Ed's smart, but Winry wishes she'd be a bit smarter about when emotions are returned
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Title: Assembly Required
Original Author: Lisa_Telremor
Ship: Edward/Winry
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Cyborgs, Podfic: 0-10 Minutes
Length: over 800 words (text), 6:27 (audio)
Summary: Rumor has it Winry has a cyborg boyfriend.
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Title: Intention Things
Original Author: Tierfall
Ship: Edward/Winry
Rating: Teen
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Genderswap, Fluff, Banter, Established Relationship, Podfic: 0-10 Minutes
Length: over 700 words (text), 7:14 (audio)
Summary: War breaks out between Winry's productivity and Ed's capacity for distraction.
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Gifts I Made:

I received aelisheva as my original recipient, as well as picking up a pinch hit for xslytherclawx!

Ficlets:

aelsheva:

Title: Stormbreaker
Fandom: Star Wars
Ship: N/A
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Hero Worship, Post-TRoS
Length: over 500 words
Summary: After the Republic wins the Battle of Exegol, Jannah helps Finn with a speech declaring amnesty for defected Stormtroopers.
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Title: Warmth and Candlelight
Fandom: Star Wars
Ship: Finnrey, Minor LeiaHan
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Jewish Holidays, Shabbat, Modern AU, Established relationship
Length: over 1k words
Summary: Rey invites her boyfriend over for his first Shabbat.
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Title: Together
Fandom: Star Wars
Ship: N/A
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Post-TFA, TLJ Fixit, Jedi Training
Length: over 800 words
Summary: Luke teaches Rey about the nature of the Force.
Link

xslytherclawx


Title: Golden Days
Fandom: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series
Ship: N/A
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: Extremely minor animal harm
Other Tags: Post-The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Female Friendship
Length: over 800 words
Summary: While in Greece, Felicity, Sim, and Johanna make an interesting discovery on the beach.
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Title: Of Pure Heart
Fandom: Fantastic Beasts,
Ship: N/A
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Hogwarts Era, Hogwarts Forbidden Forest, Friendship
Length: over 500 words
Summary: Leta and Newt do homework together in the Forbidden Forest, which results in a magical encounter.
Link

Title: Family and Firelight
Fandom: Star Wars
Ship: Anidala
Rating: General Audiences
Content Warnings: N/A
Other Tags: Domestic Fluff, Jewish Holidays, Hanukkah, Post-Attack of the Clones
Length: over 500 words
Summary: Anakin manages to get to Naboo for their Festival of Lights.
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Purimgifts is my favourite exchange and I'm so happy to have the opportunity to participate this year!