#How are there lyrics that beautiful?

[bnmxfld]

Maybe I’ll see you in another life, if this one wasn’t enough.

Florence + the Machine / How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

[carolinanadeau]

"this female character is underdeveloped" TO YOU. I can read subtext and I know all about her backstory and her rich inner life. also she told me personally

[seawing-vibes]

I'm home, with moonlight on the river, saying my goodbyes

I'm home, there's moonlight on the river, everybody dies

I can’t stop myself from adding one (1!) “Read more” so heres the og sketch so you can see Noct’s face <3

[entnoot]

𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦

[anglerflsh]

now that's all said and done isn't there anyone / to tell me who I am?

[theangelcatalogue]

Your beauty never ever scared me

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!

[sucrecube9]

ishy song lyric doodles to test some new brushes

[sakurabraches]

I think sometimes people go into a media with a set opinion/moral or they see something along the way that they can attach that moral to, and then they get really attached to that interpretation, only to find themselves disappointed when later events reveal the media/writers have their own moral in mind. And then they take it out on the media (bad writing/inconsistent/etc.) or on other fans (my way is the only way type thinking) rather than admit that their interpretation differs from the writer’s intent or that they originally misinterpreted something. Or just that there are multiple ways to interpret something or that some plot points are complex.

And I think this can especially happen with Wicked when somebody watches Part 1 and gets really attached to Elphaba’s plotline, awaiting the moment when she overthrows the government and makes everything better, only to realize at the end that Wicked had different themes in mind, which Glinda is very central to and not just in a, “she does everything wrong” way.

omg totally agree! some additional thoughts, though:

wicked is a tragedy, and both elphaba and glinda's ending show the tragedy of extremist and institutional politics respectively

elphaba's decides to defy the wizard because she cannot tolerate injustice and is extremely principled. and i think this is good. we should all strive to be more like elphaba, to stand up against injustice, to put ourselves at risk for the good of others

unfortunately, all of the things that make elphaba a good person are also the things that lead to her downfall. she's admirable for not being willing to negotiate with the wizard, the wizard is horrible, but this also means she sacrifices all of her social capital. elphaba does good things as the wicked witch, and she frees a lot of animals. but ultimately, the system of oppression is so much bigger than what she can fix. she's left exiled from oz, the glorious revolution she imagined kinda a failure

glinda chooses to stay in large part because she is selfish, and willing to tolerate/ignore some level of injustice for her own benefit. there is a limit to how much glinda is willing to exploit others for her own good, but she's objectively more selfish than elphaba. a lot of the good she does it superficial. she's the ultimate liberal, i fear

and selfishness is what causes her to lose elphie and fiyero at the end of the musical. but because she's played the game, she's the only one left with any real political power. she's the one who ultimately overthrows the wizard and morrible, and she's the one who's able to do good

so wicked speaks to a fundamental contradiction in unjust power structures. gaining political power means you have to be selfish enough to ignore the suffering of others. standing against the system may be the morally correct thing to do, but it means giving up social capital within the system

wicked resolves this tension by arguing that you need elphaba and glinda, together, to bring about effective change. glinda ultimately tries to rule oz how elphaba would've wanted her to and in the name of fulfilling elphaba's dreams and honoring her. their love for each other is ultimately what changes them (and oz) for the better. they balance each other out, make up for each other's shortcomings

elphaba is what changes glinda and motivates her to stand against injustice, but they can only make effective change by utilizing the social capital she's accumulated, which is why elphie insists glinda doesnt clear her name

and honestly i think a lot of ppl are just hella disillusioned with institutional politics (which i mean can you blame them look at the state of america dawg) and see the only way forward irl as elphaba-esque revolution. and if you think that good on ya god speed but like that's not the message of wicked lol its just not. and i think a lot of glinda hate just comes down to not agreeing with wicked's message and contorting plot points in the musical to align with a certain worldview

[bnmxfld]

Maybe I’ll see you in another life, if this one wasn’t enough.

Florence + the Machine / How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

[inmyaera]

You have to take me right now from my strange trailer park life now - “Yayo,” Lana Del Rey, 2007

[shaottzang]

caramel sounds like if vore and dywtylm had a child but somehow this child looks like granite.

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

florence + the machine lyrics x colors x textiles in art – red

Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Lungs // Queen Anne, When Princess of Denmark – Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaart 🩸 Kiss with a Fist – Lungs // Eleonora di Toledo – Bronzino 🩸 Lover to Lover – Ceremonials // Girl with a Doll in an Armchair – Alois Hans Schram 🩸 Ship to Wreck – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful // Portrait of Marie Casimire Zamoyska (Marysieńka) – unknown artist 🩸 What Kind of Man – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful // Portrait of a Young Woman – Arnold van Ravesteyn 🩸 Heaven Is Here – Dance Fever // Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany – after Justus Sustermans

[todiscus]

And, oh Lord, won't you leave me, leave me just like this?

[ennislamore]

[mooniism]

kevin day frfr