#Run for the hills Dream

[serpentface]

The pylidaigh, a type of vampiric snow ghost, as imagined in folklore in and around the Highlands.

This is a ghost believed to come into being when a person dies in the snow and their body is not found before their soul (still trapped without its funeral rites) 'freezes' inside of it. The body then reanimates into a pylidaigh's twisted form. It looks like someone who slowly died of starvation, just a thin layer of flesh over bones. Its skin is as white as the snow itself, so pale it can blend seamlessly into a blizzard. Most of its body appears subtly stretched and lanky, save for its exceptionally unsubtle long, skinny arms, which drag on the ground behind it when it walks. After a big meal of blood, its belly swells like the abdomen of a tick.

A pylidaigh can only tread across snow and ice, and so doorways and windows are best kept clear of snowfall during the winter in order to prevent it from reaching inside. It mostly comes out to hunt during blizzards when there is little that can prevent it from catching its victims.

In spite of its fragile appearance, a pylidaigh is supernaturally strong, and can run at great speeds when it wants to. No mortal weapons can pierce its body, nor can any bonds known to craftsmen hold it in place. It is usually said that chains forged like iron but made out of ice can bind a pylidaigh and render it immobile, but this smithing technique remains tragically elusive to the average joe.

This ghost is either cast as a wildly dangerous but tragic figure, or one that is more simply malicious. In either case, it is described as experiencing nothing but bitter cold. It shivers endlessly. It retains distant memories of what it was to be alive, and it is motivated by a futile desperation to experience the feeling of warmth again.

In more sympathetic framings, it is described as using its freaky gibbon arms to capture its victims and pull them into an embrace, rather innocently trying to warm itself against their body. This inevitably fails, and the embrace becomes a bone crushing squeeze. When that too fails to warm the ghost, it rips out the person's throat and drinks their blood until the victim is as cold and drained as the pylidaigh itself.

In other cases, this more pitiable narrative of a ghost seeking warmth with no comprehension of its actions is discarded in favor of making it purely monstrous. Here it is a type of vampire with an insatiable thirst, practically a physical manifestation of the worst of winter itself. Some tales acknowledge both variants, suggesting a pylidaigh's violent attempts to warm itself may be initially devoid of malice, but turns into an act of furious jealousy of the warmth of the living after years of suffering.

The only (more or less) surefire method to permanently kill a roaming pylidaigh involves trapping it with fire. They are attracted to any source of heat, and will attempt to warm themselves with the flames (if not tempted away by a juicy living human body). The fire itself cannot kill them (as the sheer cold of their body is more powerful even than flame) but they can be trapped if kept near the fire long enough for the snow it depends upon to melt. This does not kill the pylidaigh either. The monster will remain in stuck in place (and potentially become a threat again if it snows more) for the duration of the winter. Only when the spring comes and all the snow melts does it revert into a normal human carcass (though mysteriously invulnerable to decay), at which point it can be cremated.

Pylidaigh in the wilds also revert to a human corpse during the snowless seasons, but will roam again each following winter unless it is burnt in the interim. It is of critical importance that any human corpse found in high mountain pasture is cremated- not only out of respect for the poor soul trapped as an earthbound ghost, but to prevent the threat of the possible dormant pylidaigh emerging next winter.

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Had a. very silly au idea while I was sick

[urbbmbaby]

kate bush ⋆｡ °✩

[joehills]

I was having Decked Out dreams for phases 1–3, but since phase 4 started, things got weird.

Last night, I dreamt we were setting up camp in a public park on Gibraltar when there was a deafening boom as a British Naval cannon absolutely destroyed a fallen tree nearby. We were immediately screamed at to get indoors because “the monkeys were sick.”

Some random locals let us stay with them and said that this just happened sometimes and we’d be fine if we stayed inside.

Out the windows, cargo ships were visibly sinking and their goods were falling into the sea. We were asked to stay away from the windows.

[jazomg88]

Imagine all of these characters in a room. What is your honest reaction or thoughts of what they might do in a room?

[descendant-of-truth]

Last night I had a dream where they surprise-dropped three new Sonic Prime episodes, the first of which was a musical, and words can't describe how disappointed I was when I realized that didn't actually happen

Other highlights from it include:

Green Hill suddenly being restored with no explanation as to how

Sonic and Shadow duet

Shadow asking about a huge tidal wave in the distance and Knuckles casually responding with "oh that's just Sonic on another one of his anxiety runs"

Smash cut to the anxiety run in question and Sonic's distress is so palpable that he's shivering, massive tonal clash to how it was just being talked about

Surprise guest appearance from Dave the Intern

Green Hill being overrun by a bunch of Werehog duplicates that I rewound the dream to explain the presence of and then forgot about

Sonic suddenly becoming way grumpier and more unhinged than usual and the comical lack of concern on his friends' part

The rapid shift in personality being NiGHTS's fault (they were trying to give some kind of roundabout moral lesson but failed, Sonic is kind of just freaked out by them now)

Deven Mack absolutely killing it on all of Sonic's musical numbers

[lyricalquotesofsong]

My 5 Favorite Music in TV moments

These moments were so moving and iconic alone, but the addition of music pushed them into the longterm memory part of my brain. Then later, these songs got added to my playlists. We all have our music moments that stick in our minds like Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol in Grey's Anatomy and Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush in Stranger Things. When I think of these songs I think of these moments and vice versa. These are the ones that came to me:

Friends by Laundry Day in Netflix's On My Block (2018)

"We got so caught up" This song always comes in mind in the moment I realize how much I've grown up and changed so much from who I thought I was. It's so easy to get caught up in who you think you should be and in the life you're living.

2. No Air by Jordin Sparks in the CW's The Game

The song itself is so iconic that the moment the instrumental starts playing you can feel the air get sucked out of the room along with the news. It just makes an already emotionally suckerpunch moment that much more intense. Also, the duet with Chris Brown echoes the relationship themes between Melanie and Derwin.

3. Heatwaves by Glass Animals in Netflix's Never Have I Ever (2020)

Anyone who was into this show in any way was captivated by this scene. Aside from the emotive lighting, the drenched Paxton, and this entire scene being a complete surprise tucked away at the end of the episode: the music is what really makes it what it is. The little drum beat drop before they kissed! The slow tentative kiss! The exit stage right!! It was toooo perfect.

4. Green Light by Lorde in Fox's New Girl (2011)

Whoever made this decision deserves a kiss... or something else that would make them feel loved and happy because this is just such a fantastic choice for Nick and Jess. After 6 seasons of these two sticking mugs out for eachother literally and figuratively, the whirlwind dies down and they are just together.

5. Dreams by The Cranberries in Netflix's Derry Girls (2018)

This isn't the only time the show uses the song, but it's an example of how the song is used to recall the kid-like dreams we all used to have. The soothing voice of the singer of the Cranberries sounds so sweet, but also tentative, like how it feels to be a teenager. The whole thing is so nostalgic to see the characters, their families, their world, their dreams, that every time they play the song it feels like that carefree vibe of hanging out with friends even though there's so much uncertainty and tragedy around. It's a perfect song choice for these moments we see of the Derry Girls.

That's all. I might do another one with movies or something but we'll see. Feel free to comment your own favorite moments if you feel called to!

[thornshadowwolf]

I don't remember why but I dreamed about looking up the common religions in different regions of Thailand last night

[im-getting-help]

i just woke up from the weirdest dream involving Kendrick Lamar and Barry Keoghan lmao

I don't even know how to start explaining the dream, but I'll tell you some details.

Barry was working as one of the characters form Disney (like a mascot?) in a Disney park. He was so bad at it but they couldn't fire him cause he's Barry Keoghan 😭😭 it was like a promo for something, idk. He kept putting kids and almost everyone who got near him in really awkward or unsafe situations and I was watching everything from a distance like 😀⁉️

Kendrick was just around, he sometimes find me and we talked. Nice dude.

I woke up cause Barry tried... idk wtf he was trying to do, like a Ryan Reynolds in The Notebook?? He started climbing an attraction and almost killed a kid by accident.

Insane.

[parryperi]

Since i listen to so much music i always end up making playlists for my own ocs/characters i get super fixated on (though i do the type where the lyrics or melody fit them)

But as I do the one for my builder I have the inclination to sort of order hers by which arc it'd pertain to. And im just being reminded of how hard I associate PAPERMOON with her going into Malhalla.

[monster-noises]

OOF it's been a while since I've had a nightmare visceral enough to wake me up from a dead sleep into straight terror... But I guess I shouldn't have underestimated how much my brain would pick up from a podcast Teirlisting Horror Games. .....

(I go on to describe the dream in the tags so watch out if you don't want to hear descriptions of the horrors my brain can cook up.. cw Body Horror mostly)

[pyrolikesfire]

throwback to the time in 7th grade where i listened to “running up that hill (a deal with god)” by kate bush for 6 hours straight

i dont even know

[ohwaitwhatdamn]

Whoops.

Accidentally came across that fucking Kate Bush song.

God dammit Tracy. Fuck cancer.

I know you're here with me.

Preservance, Preservance written on a card with a red pen.

You always come to me in my dreams wearing the blue hoodie that somehow was as blue as your eyes.

When I see bees I am still terrified.

I think it's you flying around and reminding me we heal with time. The toxin leaves our body, and our skin covers the puncture.

I felt you when I was climbing up the steep hill to get to the other side of Nicholls Oval Park.

I heard a "woot" and wondered if you were an owl perched on a branch observing.

Reassurance that I am safe in this place.

Preservance. Preservance.

I hate using past tense to think about you.

[gladiatorcunt]

i had a dream my vampire cult bf was going to kill me if i wasn’t on his side but i proved myself (😇) so he let me tell him we should part ways but then as he was leaving i was running down the steps of this black and red tower in a red gown cinderella style holding all my belongs and yelling at him to stop. he stopped and i said i had something to tell him before we got in our vehicle (i was pregnant but i was going to keep it a secret) and he was like ‘yeah i thought you being drunk had something to do with you saying you wanted to leave me’ (i wasn’t drunk but i just nodded and starting tearing up)

[seanalmond]

What is Life? What is Death? Part 1

An unsuspecting young man soon finds out and has his entire world turned upside down in this short fantasy novel by Sean Almond.

[lntrusiveknock]

the dude is so out of it that when he says names it rolls off his tongue so comfortably with Enough nuance to send me running for the hills (ive never known anything like his kind before)