#I just woke up about an hour ago

[lucksea]

i saw this in a dream, but when i woke up i could only half-remember it

[horsefigureoftheday]

This, too, is centaur

[luna-the-cretar]

Watching Curse of Strahdanya, and falling in love with these ships and characters, is like watching the Hadestown musical to me.

In Hadestown, the first thing the narrator—Hermes—tells the audience is that this tale is a tragedy. There is no happy ending. And yet, as the show goes on, you forget that, somehow. But not fully. There’s still a little voice, lingering in the back of your mind, telling you that it’s always going to end horribly. And if you’re already familiar with the Greek myth, or the musical itself, then you know exactly how it’ll end. And yet, part of you still roots for Orpheus. To save Eurydice. To not turn around. To ignore the voices in his ear. To bring her home with him.

But. That’s not how the story goes. He always turns around. She always returns to Hadestown. And he always returns alone. And Hermes feels for the audience. He, too, yearns for there to be a day where the story changes, somehow. Of course, it won’t. That’s not how the story goes. But every time he tells the tale, some part of him yearns that maybe, just maybe, Orpheus won’t turn around. He would ignore the voices in his ear. He would bring Eurydice home. But he knows this is all in vain, for the tale is that of a tragedy, and it’ll always end the same.

Curse of Strahdanya is the same way. All the way to the title of the prologue; “The Cursed Expedition”. From the very beginning, they tell us that this tale is a tragedy. No matter what the characters do, no matter how strong they think they are, it will always end the same way. Their fates are set in stone. They will never leave, never get out. Strahdanya always wins.

And yet, the audience yearns for this telling to be different. Maybe if this character made a different choice, maybe if they convinced this character to stay, maybe…maybe…

But it always ends the same. It’s a sad tale. It’s a tragedy. Yet we tell it over and over again, as if maybe our heroes will get a happy ending this time

“To know how it ends/And still begin to sing it again/As if it might turn out this time”

[milfygerard]

had a drean last night that MCR announced a one night only show in canada. I somehow managed to wander backstage and everyone just sorta let me...stay there for some reason? and i was vaguely stressed the whole time i was gonna get thrown out. Anyway the show started and anthony green was there and him and gerard were in matching outfits except the shirts were i think yellow for gerard and....green on anthony? lol. Anyways so the shows starting and theres a bunch of guest stars hanging around and everyones like woahhh wonder whats happening and gerards like we got some crazy things planned for you and theybstart playing the opening to kids from yesterday but then everything suddenly stops and in the back of the theater (its a stage btw like a broadway theater) a giant screen starts playing music videos from a random band. So it turns out the whole show was essentially a prank from gerard to get an excuse to promote local small canadian bands and artists he enjoys. Between every extended music video/weird short film he brings out another guest and imply theyre gonna start playing songs now before just starting a new video and giggling to themselves. The crowd was confused and vaguely annoyed but stuck around to watch the videos bc its gerard we love that guy. I kept accidentally wandering onstage and would do weird shit to fit in w the weird vibes but i realized nobody really noticed me so i eventually left and hung out in the green room. That was my MCR dream. I miss gerard.

[limonjarritos]

The wine bottle and symbolism

this is personally my take on the symbolism of the wine bottle/bottle opener as based on a post by galaxitic

The wine as a symbol for obsession for a loss of control. For how Vincent feels about his fixation with Rody. Of even in a way a symbol for Rody himself.

The wine opener being Vince's semblance of control over that obsession. That he believes he has control on his feelings about Rody. But when he goes to open that bottle its not in a semblance of control but that of panic, that of impulse but he still tells himself that it's something, not realizing that with a sip of the wine he's consumed back. His rational is consumed. Just like how this whole time Rody has made him drunk with impulse.

How the wine is admittedly what does him in.

Vince breaks the bottle, breaks 'Rody' through a lack of control. He uses the bottle opener to try and open the real thing, drunk and searching for more, willing to truly give into his impulses and be intoxicated.

Vince has for the most part up until this point been bottling up his feelings, playing the part of mild mannered and in control (though his control isn't perfect. The rat, the watching through the peep hole-)

Rody taking that broken bottle in hand, takes said obsession and kills Vincent with it. Because a broken bottle is going to hurt you. Because Rody is so broken right now, shattered, reeling from the revelation that Manon has been killed. The love bleeding from his body and a hot demand for revenge coming to him that results in the burning of Vince.

[shizunitis]

asked someone “should i change my blog name” for no reason at all and the answer was “ITS THE DEMON SPEAKING GO TO SLEEP”

[umemiyan]

i’m the kind of person who can wake up, go back to sleep, and actually continue a dream, and people are always “omg that’s so cool” and yeah sometimes it is but more often than not it happens for some of the most disturbing dreams you could possibly imagine lmfao

[formulaonedirection]

This video is almost too on brand for you. If Lewis had been there too, it would have been perfect!

https://x.com/481malukas/status/1847780258293973362?t=CUtIW_hKVKvmaZRVJEPyfw&s=19

fdlkgjhjdklafkflsjdlkd the way NOTHING could've prepared me for that I WON!!!!!!!!! When I say I've literally been manifesting this was 3 months hello???

[memento-morri-writes]

This is far from my best work, but it's 1:30am, and I needed to get this down before I slept or lost my mind. So here, take a snippet of Rook seeing Zara again for the first time in 3 years.

Trying, and failing, to keep his voice from shaking, [Rook] said “Hello, Captain.” Mouth still open in surprise, [Zara] replied “Well, hello yourself.” The reality of what she was seeing seemed to hit her as she rounded the desk. “Rook, is that really you?” He nodded. “It’s me.” Zara ran towards him, stopping just short of touching him, and said “What did she do to you?” Rook’s heart stuttered and he had to brush his fingers together to confirm Sigmar’s ring was still in place. Could she possibly see through its illusion? But then he remembered what Lanny had said. She knew where you were. His throat clenched and he choked out “Two years.” A wave of grief swept across Zara’s face as she said “I’m so, so sorry.” Rook shook his head vigorously. “It’s not your fault.” Zara ignored him. “It is my fault. I failed you. As your captain, it’s my responsibility to keep you safe, and I failed you.” Rook wanted to say something, to reassure her, but she pushed on. “She sent me letters, told me all the terrible things she was doing to you. I… I let you down.” Those words hit Rook with the force of a dozen cannonballs. Lanny had said that Zara knew Wolf had him, but knowing that Zara had been aware of what Wolf was doing to him… somehow that was more painful than any wound Wolf had ever inflicted. He barely managed to force his next words out around the lump in his throat. “Where were you?” And why didn’t you come? “She said she’d kill you if I came to get you. Or if I hired anyone to get you. You’re standing here because I stopped sailing.” 

(honorary one-time tag for @space-writes bc I remember you enjoyed my other bits about Rook and Zara.)

[blitzbuckz]

I did this drawing 2 months ago for @gethellbcnt / @msbuckzo after they had asked how would Blitzø doodle his mom. I was trying to be funny but when I showed them the finished piece they instantly, without hesitation, pinned it which got me bawling. When they asked why I was crying- I told them because it felt like they framed it, like a parent putting their child's drawings on a fridge. it's been months and I'm still not over this dkgjslk

[ghost-bard]

Something something Quackity is gonna find Charlie and his immediate thought will be to kill him, until he sees that Charlie wont stop him from hitting him, that he isnt fighting back. Charlie will tell Quackity to kill him, its what he deserves. Quackity tells him no, you dont get the easy way out. And forces him to live.

Because he has to face the consequences of what he’s done.

And deep down because he knows its what Tilín would want to.

[themintman]

dude I just saw a tiktok abotu the minecarafts movie (sidenote but why is it so hard to type with nails suddenly. Bruh I never have short nails why am I struggling) but like I saw a tiktok about the Minecraft movie and it was one of those annoying ones where they're like "big news !!!" And then say something that everyone knows, this one was about jack black playing steve. BUT THIS PRICK USED MCSM CLIPS ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN. YKU CANT FUCKING BAIT US LIKE THAT. I WAS SHAKJNG AND GIGGLING FUDE IM GONNA 💥💥💥💥💥

[front-facing-pokemon]

[likedbyuarmyhope]

if you see this, please consider joining the tag party on X/twitter and weverse! we are urging jin to answer BDS’s call for olympic torchbearers to use their influential positions in support of a ceasefire and a free palestine. we are using different hashtags on each platform due to weverse’s censorship of certain words. please include one or both versions of the poster in your posts!

for weverse, the hashtag is #JinCarryTheTorchOfHope. i would be wary of using the words “palestine/palestinian,” “zionism,” “israel,” “genocide,” etc. in the post itself since (to my knowledge) we’re not sure exactly which words weverse has been banning/censoring.

the hashtags for twitter are #HybeDivestFromZionism and #하이브는시오니스트를퇴출하라 as usual. not sure how twitter is censoring words/phrases but i’d be careful there as well.

[vvitchy-succubus]

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[cuteniarose]

Went to bed hella early for no reason other than Honeybun curled up next to me and I felt too warm and comfy to do anything else but sleep

Woke up several hours later actively thinking of the Metalbanders AU

@rokurookajima you're haunting my dreams now I hope you're happy