#Opes

[marejadilla]

ERIC ZENER, "Opes", oil on canvas "One has to understand, and learn it well, until it is etched in fire that: "The sea has no roads, the sea has no explanations."

— "Océano Mar", Alessandro Baricco

[the-haunted-office]

"Ha! Wrong-o! You can't stop me! And it isn't because I'm the Gingerbread Man or anything! It's because I'm the Protagonist! That means I get special Protagonist protections! Like not being able to be stopped! Hahahaha! Now where are you, Stanley?" James cackles.

Apparently he has found a flashlight and is waving it around down each hallway as he looks around for his rival.

He must find Stanley. He must. Because he must take out his competition. There can only be one Protagonist, and obviously that Protagonist is going to be him. He's obviously the far better Protagonist here and Stanley has been slacking anyway. The guy just... sits there all day playing Solitaire of all things, ugh. At least he, James, would actually do things.

Really, the Narrators would appreciate him so much more.

"Stanleyyyy!! Come on, man! Let's sort this out!" he calls down the hallways. "I'm sure as a fellow Protagonist you understand the pressure. Awwwugghh. It's so much pressure to stand out. That's all I want to do! And you can help me do that by just dying."

A scuffle gets his attention. Quickly, he swings his flashlight in that direction. A shadow whisks out of sight.

"Gotcha, Stanley! Hehe. You can't hide from me!"

Except... that's not Stanley. Not the one he thinks, anyway. Because two glowing yellow spots for eyes suddenly emerge from the shadow that whisked away, blinking at him, staring straight at him...

...scaring the utter SHIT out of him.

"What- Wh-Wh-WhhhhhhAT THE FUCK!" screams James, backing away so quickly he knocks over a pile of boxes and then falls over on top of them, the flashlight flying out of his hands and skittering away.

Shadow Stanley rushes forward to fill the space between them, swinging to the side to avoid the beam from the flashlight, his yellow eyes flashing down at James in what can only be described as malice.

It seems James caught the attention of the wrong Stanley.

[ricky-olson]

just remembered i got a letterboxd i barely used and updated

[liefdesleven]

having a cat is great. there's a small little animal wandering around. effervescent

[wifegideonnav]

[dsmsix]

thought I was muted and just had this exchange with a coworker on a zoom call

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

its so brave that you have such a 2012-coded url in this 2024 world

would you call a bear brave for standing in a new construction suburb or would you recognize the unfamiliar world they built around him

[just-your-average-tangerine]

Maybe this is the wrong platform to pose this question given the average tumblr user but

Is it just me or did our generation (those of is who are currently 20-30 ish) just not get the opportunity to be young in the 'standard' sense?

Like, everyone I talk to who's over 40 has all their wild stories about their teens and 20s, being young and dumb, and then I talk to my friends and coworkers and classmates, and we just... dont.

[seldomsee]

I can't stop thinking about this post

[dasloddl]

ID in alt

we get it, it’s beans ON toast and ants would eat that, also we get it, ants aren’t that loyal to their queen, they kill her off if she’s out of line

[huyandere]

no one is born to be alone

[ricky-olson]

i love going through my own blog. i love seeing my collection of interests and my occasional mistagged posts and i feel like an idiot because I KNOW op saw me being goofy <3333

[musecalliope]

[wifegideonnav]

the fact that op turned off rbs is very very funny to me. anyway i want this post on my blog too.