#ABOUT ANYTHING

[emanonwhite]

Me and who

[markscherz]

how do i (snake and other various reptile and amphibian lover) convince my mom (definitely Not that) that snakes are cool and cute as fuck because i think it's her dislike of snakes and other various reptiles and amphibians that's keeping them away from my house :(

A PowerPoint presentation will help.

I think a lot of parents appreciate dry humour well illustrated, and I think this is your chance to prove that you know how to form cogent and convincing arguments. Also good practice for your later life.

[onetiredpup]

People underestimate how much someone’s voice can do for me, it’s not just a turn on it’s something that genuinely calms me down. If I ask for your voice please know how much I cherish any part of it you give me.

[writing-for-life]

Hi my dear, I hope you're doing well.

I've been thinking about TLOS (SPOILERS)

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and about Morpheus' "relationship" with Iris. I was shocked for a moment, but then I was like "ok".

What was it like writing this? Where did you get this idea from? It's a bit risky, but it's also amazing haha. Was it always Iris or did you think of other gods/creatures for this?

Haha, of course it’s risky, that’s how I roll 🤣

So in case people haven’t read The Light of Stars and don’t want any spoilers, this is the exit sign…

But first of all, I’ll give you Pierre Narcisse Guérin:

I mean, how could you not? 🤣

So that painting was somewhat of an inspiration. Morpheus and Iris have a short history, but they were never an item (who knows with Greek gods though, right? 😉).

Where to start? The easiest way in is probably authorial intent. I needed some hook to make Morpheus believe that Thalia was special in some way. Well, to him she is anyway, but as in, “Why can she transcend certain rules?” Of course everyone who read it until the end knows that nothing is quite as it seems, but that revelation comes fairly late, and up until then, we do believe this is a possibility. And that’s a way in, because if he has a past with Iris, it’ll of course make him think.

Then, I obviously very heavily played on Psyche in the Underworld before you-know-what happens. There are many parallels, many Easter Eggs peppered all over the story that people might only recognise in hindsight, or only if they know their Greek mythology fairly well and recognise the references to Aphrodite’s tests, but Thalia’s path is not unlike that of Psyche (and the butterfly references are also because of that of course). I can’t possibly pick out every reference now because I’d recount the whole novel, but there are many.

Now, what does Psyche have to do with Iris?

Eros fell in love with Psyche, that was obviously the whole reason for her eventually falling asleep (the Stygian sleep was brought on by opening Persephone’s box, and I just took the liberty to spin enough yarn to say that Hypnos/Morpheus/Dream has to be involved in that. Because—sleep 🤣). And generally, Eros is assumed to be the son of Aphrodite. BUT there are a few retellings that make him the son of Iris and Zephyros. And how utterly terrible would it be if

a) Iris had a child that she fears might not be Zephyros’ but Morpheus’? And she she then gave the boy away to Aphrodite to bring him up as her own so Zephyros wouldn’t find out?

b) That child was Eros, who later fell in love with Psyche, and Morpheus played a part in them nearly not getting together (all’s well that ends well of course) without knowing he nearly ruined the love life of his potential son (which is totally something that would happen, he’s just not very good with his kids 🙈).

c) Millenia later, Dream’s own mother uses this to play a slightly twisted game.

d) That c) was exacerbated by the fact that Iris had a twin called Arke who sided with the titans during the titanomachy and hence lost her wings. And I just turned her into Dusk, Night’s handmaiden. Bold move, don’t care, my fic, because it made sense for the premise 🤣

When I wrote TLoS, I probably already had plot bunnies for a The Pillars of Creation (the sequel) without intending to ever write it (that has obviously changed). Suffice it to say, and as people will probably expect from me 🙈, nothing is quite as it seems, and there will be many twists and turns, but it’s a good side plot for the bigger issues at hand.

That probably all sounds super complicated and like blasphemy for Greek mythology lovers, but the Greeks retconned their own gods and their stories so many times that I felt no shame to make it work for me. I just love playing around with Greek mythology, and it made a lot of sense if we assumed that some Greek gods were really aspects of the Endless. And that people only believed they were gods like [Hypnos/Thanatos/Teleute, Nyx etc] while others gods were truly separate beings.

And even without that background, the story still worked. I hope 🙈🤣

Because quite frankly: There’s also something that hearkens back to Eros and Psyche in Morpheus and Thalia themselves, and how their story ends (for now). In more than one way. IYKNYK 🖤

@morpheusbaby3 ask answered

[im-an-anthusiast]

MY MASTERLIST

Poetry

(in no particular order)

Divine Punishment

Almost Sweet

Far Too Sweet

Is it Sweet?

Spiralling

On My Knees

For Once

Spotlight

Grasp of Gold

The God of Gold and Rust and Iron

Bleed for God

Scribbles

Beautiful Tandem

Crying Boy

Young Boy Die

Poisonous

Dedicated Poetry

(Because my friends deserve their own section)

Came (Squish)

Sweet Melody (Sora)

Lights (Lights)

Burnt Butterfly (Mags)

Alone (Phoebe)

Prose

(it's really all from/about my WIP)(feel free to inquire about deets :3)

The Taste of Blood (Albion)

Like Moth to a Flame... (Albion)

...The Butterfly Too, Will Follow (Santi)

I'll Let You Have a Bite (Maxwell, Albion)

Liar, Liar + Good Enough (Erin, Maxwell)

Ditches and Spiders (Calixte)

Sweetness (Albion)

Trickster Spirit (Erin)

The Golden Son (Maxwell; by Albion)

The Silver Son (Calixte; by Albion)

Flower in Bloom (Hexstarved Lore)

Ambulance Adustus

(Basically dedicated prose of your death. You may (for free) commission one at any time)

Stars (Crispin)

[vamptits]

i don't even care unless it's gerard.

[henneyjustwantstoread]

keeping insomnia hours leads to voids and i shouldn’t be allowed to have voids this early in the morning.

happy thursday ladies ☺️

[hufflepuffwritingstuff2]

I'm gonna be bored, ask me questions

[asterdotash]

has anyone stopped to consider the fact that the word obstetrics 100% did not exist in whatever time Bildad the Shuhite was in, so he probably sounded like an absolute lunatic to all of the angels *and* Job's family during his whole speech about how children were born

[mr-scandinavian]

No, I didn't buy the Chess DVD and the Remastered Deluxe CD off of ebay, what on earth are you talking about

[waywardly-we-go]

[general-dweebous]

I have this hilarious scene in my head where Gale/Professor Gale gestures to you in the library asking if the seat near you is taken, and you just gesture back that the space is free- so of course he takes a seat.

Then for the next several minutes on and off, Gale is rambling about some topic or book (maybe even throwing in a compliment), before you glance back at him and push your hair behind your ear exposing your earbuds, taking one out and saying “sorry, did you say something?”

I can’t tell if he’d just start over, or if he’d stumble over his words trying to act as if he wasn’t just basically talking to himself that whole time…

[wutheringheights78]

does anyone know what to do

[cocktailjjrs]

Guys guys guys....

Soukoku...

But with Bad Blood

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Okay so just imagine this -

Chuuya minding his own business and then one fine day Gin introduces him to Taylor Swift's Bad Blood.

For the first few seconds Chuuya is skeptic. He loves music, loves to sing even but it's mostly rock. He is not that interested in pop songs or such.

But then he focuses on the lyrics and boom... you've got a monster that one Dazai Osamu was soo not ready for.

Gin totally knew what she was doing and she is not one bit apologetic!

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So then we have Chuuya totally relating to the lyrics of Bad Blood and then whenever he comes across Dazai, he just goes -

"'Cause baby, now we got bad blood, You know it used to be mad love, So take a look what you've done. 'Cause baby, now we got bad blood"

The first time it happens Dazai is stunned into silence. His brain taking time to process Chuuya looking straight in his eyes and calling him Baby!

And then it just keeps happening,

"Chuuuyaaaa - "

"I don't hate you, but I hate to critique, overrate you"

"What's wrong with you!"

"No, I don't fear no more. Better yet, respect ain't quite sincere no more"

"You are making no sense, Slug!"

"Oh, it's so sad to. Think about the good times, You and I"

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"Did Chuuya shrink even more than last time"

"Remember when you tried to write me off? Remember when you thought I'd take a loss? Don't you remember?  Oh, wait, you got amnesia"

"When did that happen!"

"Stabbed in the back. Still, all my life, I got money and power. And you gotta live with the bad blood now"

"Okay, i need you to stop right now! Let's talk like adults"

"Now we've got problems, and I don't think we can solve 'em. You made a really deep cut, And, baby, now we've got bad blood"

"WHAA-"

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*After using corruption - in some distant future*

"You really are reckless Chibi, can't even take care of yourself. Now i have to take care of you! Bad dog!"

"Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. If you live like that, you live with ghosts"

"But i didn't say sorry and it wasn't my fault to begin with?" (it totally was)

"You forgive, you forget, but you never let it go"

"Stubborn as always, I see. But again, what did i even do?"

"If you love like that, blood runs cold"

"What the actual Fuck!"

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And then one day Dazai finally figures out what all this months of torture were about while Chuuya is having the time of his life -

"You are sooo cruel!"

"You know it used to be mad love. So take a look what you've done"

"Yes, i get it! I messed up! Can you stop now!"

"Now we've got problems. And I don't think we can solve 'em"

"If you don't stop, i'll also start with something just a irritating. Then don't get mad"

"You made a really deep cut. And, baby, now we've got bad blood"

"Chuuuuyaaa, STOP!!!"

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And this can be about literally anything Dazai had done till date and not just deflecting PM.

[muffledexplosion162]

they have the same vibe and you can’t change my mind