#a spark by the river

[reireichu]

petition for a new ASOIAF tv series, with the pitch that it’s all about harrenhal:

that’s it. that’s all the series is about.

how harrenhal was built with blood, mixed into the mortar. how harrenhal was conquered with fire and blood. how harrenhal has ended bloodlines. how the castle is held by rhaena after the end of a blood feud left her with nothing. then the castle returns to consuming bloodlines, first with fire. only for daemon to take it without any blood shed at all. then aemond spilling all the blood, so much blood that the floors must be breathing, alive, ravenous and hungry, so hungry, that all the blood perhaps manifests into madness in danelle. and the blood seeps from the floors into the ground, into the soil, where everything takes root, where horses gallop across the dirt in a tourney where all smiles died when the prince crowns some girl from winterfell instead of his royal wife, ensuring a war that spills more blood across seven kingdoms.

dragons die. war wages on. dynasties fall.

but the blood debt to harrenhal’s hunger will always be paid.

it must be paid.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Sending Gifts to Myself, or: Book Mail!

[arcadiandeath]

Mother, father, brother, little sister! 

When you read this letter, I will already be dead or close to death. I know what a severe blow my act will be to you, but don't be angry at me. Unfortunately, we are not alone in this world. I am not doing this because I would be tired by life, on the contrary, because I cherish it too much. Hopefully my act will make life better. I know the price of life and I know it is the most precious thing. But I want a lot for you, for everyone, so I have to pay a lot. Do not lose your heart after my sacrifice, tell Jacek to study harder and Marta too. You must never accept injustice, be it in any form, my death will bind you. I am sorry that I will never see you or that, which I loved so much. Please forgive me that I fought with you so much. Do not let them make me a madman. 

Say hi to the boys, the river and the forest.

Jan Zajíc's (3 July 1950-25 February 1969) letter to his parents. Jan self-immolated following Jan Palach in protest of the passivity and loss of hope of the Czechoslovakian nation under communist Soviet rule.

[journey-to-the-attic]

Hi, in the Actor AU:

I just had to imagine Zhao getting dragged on screen again because they're either doing a sequel or an alternate universe episode. So he's just suddenly stuck with having to act as if he and Lucifer are slowly falling in love or there could be something (feelings) happening.

For example they're doing an It Takes Two special and Lucifer is a bit too interested in her father.

Or for maybe only a single episode after the end of JTTA when Lucifer and Lisa first meet.

IK just has to suffer through seeing people pine for her father on screen. XD (Or for the possible relationship to be implied.)

pfft the director's like "okay now look into each other's eyes for a little too long? longer. bit closer together this time. zhao we need you more vulnerable-- yess perfect. now let's get an angle of lucifer's face, jenny could you put a bit of a blush on him-" and ik's on the sidelines in abject distress going "no god this is awful why did i ever take this job"

satan makes an ig post like "just read the script for the next episode" and it's a selfie of him giving the camera a thumbs up with ik sitting with her head in her hands in the background

[melchinafan]

Massive kudos to the South of Midnight team for the attention to detail in environmental storytelling and character design! I know there's still a ton of stuff I can't even begin to guess at, but I've been able to glean a good amount just from the trailers, and it's all got me itching for more.

Some things I've been able to spot, just from these two screenshots:

I'd already kinda gotten the impression from Hazel's tattoo choker necklace and Lisa Frank-esque dolphin-rainbow tank top...but after seeing Lacey's half of a "best friends" heart necklace and jean jacket? I'd be shocked if this doesn't take place in or around the 90s. (Which is a solid choice, since it's a good way to limit having to worry about the question of cell phones.) Plus, if you take a look at their fridge, you can see magnets of the primary mythical creatures we'll run across! I listed most of them in the alt text if you can't tell what they are, but if I had to guess at the mystery cut-off one in the second screenshot...I'd say it's the Altamaha-ha from the announcement trailer. (Which I think is also maybe the purple-pink aquatic creature you can see for a split second near the end of the story trailer.) And...well, it's not visible in these screenshots, but in this scene Hazel also accidentally knocks a handmade mug off the counter. That mug has a bottle tree design on it, as featured in the game's logo and as important in-game magical elements!

Also fun is some of the detailing for Shakin' Bones:

His guitar has a Prospero license plate near the bottom (also seen on a half-sunk taxi that Catfish swims past in the gameplay trailer), which says CROS RDS (or "crossroads"). Below his arm you can see his name "Bones" carved into the face of the guitar, flanked by a couple Fleur-de-lis, and in a couple spots there's decorative blue paint (haint blue, I'd bet). Plus some short bits of bone (femur, at a guess), for both the bottom strap button and the tuning knobs. There's also a broken, rusted sawblade for a pickguard...which curiously has an elegant leafy design carved onto it. There's a similar leafy design carved along the top side of the guitar, too. Bones himself has a lot of different flora growing on him...at least two different kinds of leafy plants (small round leaves on his shoes, larger pointy leaves on his arms and neck), and some small brown mushrooms. And while I don't know enough about plants to recognize what those three might be, I'm pretty sure the flowers on his neck and side are swamp lilies. (The flower on his side is visible near the start of the announcement trailer, when you see him from behind. I'm also pretty sure I spotted some swamp lilies growing around Rhubarb's house in the story trailer, in their standard cluster form vs. Bones' unique singular flowers. Fun fact: for folks who play Secret World and remember a particular painting of some import in the Franklin Mansion, you may be amused to note that one of that flower's colloquial names is "seven sisters.")

There's also...well...these are a bit more spoiler-y, so I'll put them under a cut and try to keep it vague. But there's visual clues hinting at some secrets a few folks seem to have...

Less overtly secret, but still some story spoilers:

The most obvious thing at first glance in the first screenshot is the presence of Huggin' Molly's red yarn inside the broken wall. At second glance, and double-checking the start of the trailer to confirm the yellow paint and window style matches, this appears to be Hazel's house. But looking more carefully, one might notice that the exposed inner boards of the wall seem to have a little faded blue paint...suggesting that the house was protected with a hidden layer of haint blue (possibly in addition to the indoor wall paint that also appears to be blue), which wards off nasty critters. And with that ward literally broken, and Huggin' Molly being known in her real-world mythology to go after folks late at night, well... (Bonus fun fact: Secret Worlders may also be amused that the time on the clock in the first screenshot of this post is 10:10, as with Kingsmouth's clocks. Probably specifically 10:10 pm, not a storm-dark morning.)

And finally, a particular someone who seems to have deeper secrets:

(I linked the story trailer earlier, but the second screenshot is from the half-hour-long documentary.) The subtitles tell us this man is Laurent, and I'm curious about how significant his ear and nose piercings might be, given that he otherwise seems to be giving off airs of "responsible adult" (which typically does not permit such things). I have no idea who he is, exactly...yet his clothing choice and sense of decor are reminiscent of another design, which has shown up in the trailers and some promo/concept art that's been shared by the devs... But I'll let you dig up that connection on your own, if you're inclined to hunt down a bigger story spoiler.

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

[dk-thrive]

We experienced the phenomenon that lovers who are not yet lovers recognise; they are not touching, yet they feel the charge. The space in between is filled with energy. The spark. The dance. The movement.

— Jeanette Winterson, Night Side of the River; from ‘No Ghost Ghost Story’ (Atlantic Monthly Press, October 24, 2023)

[sparks-polls]

Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Achoo

I Bought The Mississippi River

[spookstreet]

WIP Wednesday

Been thinking about S3 and the aftermath. Not sure what to call this but inspired by everyone in the tag to share a little snippet.

He gave himself one night. It was, River thought, the very least he deserved. One night to lick his wounds, and it fit in with the O.B's creed. I will permit one evening of indulgent self-recrimination. In that case, River had bid his Grandfather goodnight and resigned himself to seeing his desk at Slough House in the morning. Self-recrimination over this particular fiasco, however, took the form of a sleepless night and the frustration that, no matter which way he turned, there was a bruise to protest. And then, whenever the edge of that pain dulled for a moment, his thoughts traced the day back and inevitably landed in one place. The Barbican Highwalk, and Spider. Christ, Spider.

[spark-circuit]

waiting for rain............. agh.................................

[corntort]

my doodle dump time has arrived (cameo of annie + garcello + a friend's oc)

[hetaliakinfessions]

I want to go home. I want to be important again; I want to feel a million lives and see a million years again. I want to go back to when I was small, running barefoot through the grass. I want to love and hate and fight and die and always come back. I want to go back to that house, out in the field before the forest.

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[journey-to-the-attic]

Hi, how would Solomon react if he saw how Mephistopheles' demon form now looks? Especially since he went from looking very formal to having been through the blender. ^^' (Both designs look really nice and fitting for his character! ^^

(thank you!! i'm glad you like em :D)

i think at first it'd be regular shock, then quickly followed by a distant sort of horror while he silently catalogues the extent of the damage

his first instinct then would probably be to try to logic out a solution, thinking of ways to 'fix' it so that he doesn't have to really focus on it anymore. it probably also pisses him off a fair bit after a while, in a "you are so stupid for willingly going when you must've KNOWN something like this would happen" way, but also in a "why did you leave me for this" way

[sparkdoesart]

ahhh i should really art you back sometime gimme refs…

Oh! Well-- depends which oc youre wanting to draw~ (i have so many help-)

Ill just give you the main ones and you can do whatever :DDD

Here are some old ones of the main five:

(+ a newer-ish one of marley)

These guys were made on and for yt before i came here,,, they do still mean a lot to me

Then theres these guys

Annndddd Ghost

And i dont currently have a ref for my shifter sona but i will someday hopefully

Erm yippee

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

BeECheS Pt 8.