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Peacock Spider

The Storyteller's Display

The peacock spider raises its iridescent fan in a courtship dance. The fan is Chronicler's compass‑star displayed like a proud plume. It's a fitting display for a storyteller, and the design nods to Anansi, the spider trickster‑god of African myth who is also the keeper and weaver of all tales. (The little yellow bowtie is a quiet tip of the hat to a certain bookshop‑owning angel.)

Introduction

The peacock spider raises its iridescent fan in a courtship dance. The fan is Chronicler's compass-star displayed like a proud plume. It's a fitting display for a storytelle and the design nods to Anansi, the spider trickster-god of African myth who is also the keeper and weaver of all tales. (The little yellow bowtie is a quiet tip of the hat to a certain bookshop-owning angel.)

Definition

flairweave /ˈflɛər.wiːv/ n.

  1. The art of telling a story with maximum pizzazz.
  2. A dance move involving a compass‑star fan and a bowtie.

Examples

  • His storytelling has real flairweave.
  • The spider performed a flairweave to impress the crowd.

From the creator

I chose a peacock spider because... well, firstly I thought the official icon looked cool as it's little fan they use for their mating dances, lol Secondly, there's a spider trickster god in African mythos (Anansi) who is a great storyteller and wise being. Loosely and respectively adopting that as symbolism for a program that was intentionally made for creatives to expand on their stories makes sense to me Lastly, I gave him a yellow bowtie because of Aziraphale. He owns a bookshop. And wears a bowtie. I've only watched s1, don't hurt me

— @cherryvanillasoap

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