#an ode to the sea

[thislivsnjutare]

An Ode to the Sea

By Christian De Paz

Nothing lies ahead, the ocean

An empty void of tangent feelings

Almost there but never was

The horizon, a gray blur of

Desperate desolation, a repose.

There’s a chill in the wind I can’t fathom,

Punctuated by the wind, a cold embrace.

The salt stings, a silent warning,

Each wave a heartbeat, timeless and hollow,

A rhythm that drowns and resuscitates.

Beneath, the depths hold their secrets,

A cathedral of whispers in liquid shadow.

Above, the heavens smear themselves thin,

Their stars swallowed whole by restless tides,

Eternity’s pull, ceaseless and cruel.

Yet still, I float—a fragile witness,

Adrift in awe, drowning in nothing.

The sea’s voice calls with unspoken sorrow,

A hymn to its endless, aching sprawl:

Beautiful, indifferent, infinite.

[the-goldenratio]

Ode...

[twentytwoarts]

gijinka doodle dump ft. a lot of gay stuff for some reason

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

man. now I'm thinkin abt like. deep sea animals seeing the sun for the first time.. is it beautiful? is it warm and comforting? or is it terrible. is it burning and hatred and blindness. hell is real and it's above them. it's rays through clear blue water, it's dry and dessicating and it means they're visible to predators and prey alike. will they starve first or be eaten? there's no camouflage up there. there's more than just red light. maybe they'll be abducted by those shadows that offer momentary relief from the blinding light. do you think they tell ghost stories about the ones who went up and never came back down? maybe it is beautiful

[maiios]

What do the iterators do in their freetime? do they have any hobbies, like drawing or singing? -star anon!!

part (1/2) - suns & moon

yes! they have multiple hobbies they enjoy to pass the time :]

[stone-stars]

songs in c3e69: siege at the summer court castle (timestamps from the ad-free version. does not include the generic combat music. “a wizard’s tournament” is the recap song.)

Sea Beast - 5:42

The Feywild - 9:37

Ode to the Archipelago - 11:47

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 15:48

Left is Left and Right is Center - 18:46

Trust the Gust - 24:34

Apotheosis - 28:16

Escape the Boy King's Brunch - 31:08 (loops)

Mee Maw's Burden - 1:36:59

Into the Flame - 1:52:07

A Tale's End - 1:54:35

context for each song + notes under the cut!

Sea Beast - 5:42 - Duck Team riding through the sky on their serpents

The Feywild - 9:37 - Albin remarks on the serpents being incredible / The Feywild reacts to the serpents

Ode to the Archipelago - 11:47 - Murph explains the serpents' new abilities

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 15:48 - Garrosh fills Duck Team in on their options

Left is Left and Right is Center - 18:46 - Writing letters to their prime material plane allies

Trust the Gust - 24:34 - Traveling through the sky to the siege

Apotheosis - 28:16 - Seeing the Summer Court siege

Escape the Boy King's Brunch - 31:08 (loops) - Murph explains the combat mechanics

Mee Maw's Burden - 1:36:59 - The Dentist dies

Into the Flame - 1:52:07 - Callie takes out the infantry

A Tale's End - 1:54:35 - The Green Knights celebrate their win / The Young Stag's identity

Not Credited: Into the Flame

[metaphysicsinwater]

Forlorn! the very word is like a bell

         To toll me back from thee to my sole self!

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

[manicpixieyandere]

A Textual Analysis of “Gothic Wh*re, or the Novel Lyric Hunt” by Chonny Jash

Hello! So we had to write a textual analysis of a song (so we did an entire album like insane people) for our English class so we figured we'd post it here because it was a lot of fun to write! Enjoy! (Also we had to censor it because Tumblr hates fun, sorry).

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The Gothic Wh*re album by Chonny Jash plays on the idea that there are people othered by society just for being themselves. These groups mainly consist of queer and disabled people. Society others these people, treats them as monsters or madmen. This album chooses to highlight the monsters and tells its audience to embrace and celebrate those differences. Jash achieves this by using gothic horror as his inspiration and medium, mainly stories from the Victorian era. Every story chosen is one that features disabled characters and/or characters with queer coding. These songs focus on these supposed monsters.

The song titled “Intro” introduces the audience to the album. There is a mystery unnamed narrator who introduces the audience to the protagonists of the first two songs, those being Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The intro takes the audience right into “The Ballad of Dr. Jekyll”. This song explores the character of Henry Jekyll from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886). We see Jekyll’s internal moral battle about letting his alter ego Edward Hyde out. The song keeps in tact the reading of the original book that the potion Jekyll drinks is a metaphor for addiction. It also keeps that the Mr. Hyde personality isn’t so much a completely different person than Dr. Jekyll, but is the way Jekyll wishes he could be. This is referenced in the line “Is it worth the shift in countenance just to live how I’d like?” (Jash, 2023, verse 1). The song ends with Jekyll deciding to take his own life to rid the world of Hyde, this being how the original book also ends.

The next song is from Edward Hyde’s side of the story titled: “The Mr. Hyde Jive”. Hyde focuses more on desire. He initially taunts Jekyll pretending to be the scary monster Jekyll sees him as. He quickly drops that façade to more so talk about fulfilling his and Jekyll’s own desires. The song plays with the queer coding of Jekyll and Hyde. It is hinted at in the book that some of the “heinous” deeds Hyde commits is that of sleeping with men. Hyde goes on to say he is just the other side of Jekyll. Jash (2023, chorus) writes “For every Henrry in this world, there’s an Edward stuck behind”. This line refers to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being about human duality. We all have a side of us we may not be proud of as we are ashamed for it. Hyde tells us to embrace that desire every now and again, but to not go too far.

We move onto the “Wilhelmina Waltz”. This song covers Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897). The song is from the perspective of Dracula trying to court Wilhelmina (or just Mina). The song makes many references to Mina’s current marriage to Jonothan Harker. In the book Johnothan escapes Dracula’s castle, and as punishment Dracula tries to court his wife, Mina. The “Wilhelmina Waltz” is about Dracula’s feelings for Mina as she undergoes her vampire transformation. Near the end of the song the character Renfield warns Mina to not let Dracula too close as “he’ll abuse you, he’ll misuse you, he’ll raise Hell on Earth to subdue you. Till not even death can undo you” (Jash, 2023, verse 4). The common reading of Renfield and Dracula’s relationship is that of a toxic romance. Renfield means well in his warning to Mina but dies for it.

Keeping in theme with vampires, we transition over to “A Syrian Rhapsody”. Based on the novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872). The song explores how in the original novella vampirism was used as a metaphor for lesbianism between the characters Carmilla and Laura and how immoral it was. Jash (2023) states “Fables label. She the Vampyr” to explain how in his opinion Carmilla was never really a vampire, just a lesbian. She was labeled a vampire to warn others of the so called dangers and sin of homosexuality. The song ends with saying Carmilla will not wilt from the hate of others and will rise on higher.

We enter "The Monster’s Lament” based on Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelly (1818). The song starts out with simple wording that evolves over time, showcasing how the monster originally had to teach himself English throughout the story. The monster talks about his self hatred and feelings on his creator, Victor Frankenstein abandoning him for his looks. The monster expresses his plans to kill his creator and make him suffer just as he had. This shows one of the readings of the original book, that Victor was the monster’s father who abandoned and abused him. By torturing Victor, the monster continues that cycle of abuse.

Next is the mouth full title “An Elegy for One Roderick Usher, or ‘The Haunted Palace”. This song is about “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe (1839). The narrator of the album is revealed to be the protagonist of “The Fall of the House of Usher”, he remains nameless just like in the original story. The song is a mix of a retelling of “The Fall of the House of Usher” but also uses “The Haunted Palace” by Edgar Allen Poe (1839) directly as the verses sung by Roderick Usher. The narrator is there to comfort his friend Roderick as his sister is ill and dies. She has a condition that makes her corpse appear alive and well “Such I’ve heard is the irony of the cataleptic’s rue” (Jash, 2023, verse 8). The house reflects the mental state of Roderick Usher. A popular reading is that Roderick has schizophrenia, that is why his imagination and what happens in the house reflects his paranoia. The narrator tries to read his friend a story, but all of the sound effects from the story echo into real life. As Roderick’s sister appears alive, she comes back to life and kills her brother. Once they are both dead the narrator escapes and the house crumbles. The narrator closes out by reciting the rest of “The Haunted Palace” as Roderick is dead.

The “Interlude” states that was it for the main event, the main event being gothic horror. Instead, we now transition into books of different genres. First being a song titled: “Dead Man’s Sea Shanty” which is about Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883). The song follows young Jim Hawkins, and his recount of the events of the novel. In the story Jim Hawkins acquires a crew to hunt for treasure but Long John Silver is secretly planning a mutiny. Hawkins recounts his attempt to steal back the ship solo and how that fails. He is captured by Long John’s crew. Luckily, he met a stranded sailor, Ben Gunn who saves him and locates the treasure. Hawkins also puts his differences aside with Long John when his crew plans to mutiny him as well. On their way back to Britan they sing the song present throughout the chorus but that also originates from Treasure Island “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest…” (Stevenson, 1883, chapter 34). Jash also adds his own interpretation at the end. The outro is taken directly from the preamble of Treasure Island. It starts with Hawkins reading it who then fades out into the narrator, here to introduce our final story.

The penultimate song is “Ode of the Cog” based on 1984 by Geroge Orwell (1994). The song follows Winston Smith as he falls in love with Julia. 1984 takes place in a totalitarian society where there is such a thing as “thought crime”. You must believe what the party wants you to believe, marry who they say you marry. That is what makes Winston’s love of Julia dangerous. The party in question is Big Brother. They catch both Winston and Julia and torture them both. Their methods of that are a more intense version of the brainwashing they use on the general public, being titled “doublespeak”. Jash (2023, bridge) shows this by using samples proclaiming the following lines “War is peace. The law of gravity is nonsense. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” And most famously “Two plus two is five”. The idea of two plus two being five is the specific phrase Winston is tortured into believing. The book and song end up taking a major diversion from each other. In the book Winston is tortured into loving Big Brother. In the song Winston is shot and killed by Big Brother, but before he dies, he has his last moment of rebellion. Winston has an uplifting monologuing proclaiming humanity will eventually rise up and that history cannot be rewritten. His final sung words are “Two plus two is four” (Jash, 2023, verse 8).

A sample of Julia from the 1984 movie adaptation (Michael Radford 1984) saying “I’m corrupt to the core” seamlessly transitions into a crowd screaming “encore!”. The narrator decides to indulge the audience with an encore to wrap up the album. The song is a cover of the “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett (1962). The song features the narrator showing the audience around a gothic party with all the protagonists of the songs and their plus ones. The song features many references to the original books while also celebrating the differences of the characters that were perhaps not celebrated at the times these books were published. Frankenstein’s monster names himself Adam. Mina dances with Carmilla, alluding to both of them having close relations to another woman in their own stories (Carmilla with Laura and Mina with her friend Lucy). Hawkins allows himself to have fun with this odd group and Winston celebrates being free. The narrator raises a toast with each main character toasting to what is important to them. Jash (2023, verse 6) does a voice for each character while also playing their respective motifs. “To mighty adventure” Jim Hawkins, “To love” Dracula, “To lust” Carmilla, “To fury” Adam, “To the proles” Winston Smith, “To Vice” Edward Hyde. The narrator finishes with “Let us damn the fools that refuse to have fun! Let us sing as all, and let us dance as one!”. Jash is telling the audience here that it is ok to feel and embrace those things. He even ends with the original line from the “Monster Mash” telling the audience the mash was meant for them too.

Jash tells a compelling story while perfectly incorporating rhetorical devices such as pathos, logos, and ethos. Jash uses the othering of the monsters to invoke sympathy and feelings towards them, thus creating pathos. By using such old established literature from the Victorian era Jash uses this to his advantage to establish logos. The ethos is present in each voice Jash does. With his incredible voice work and immersive music it feels as if the characters are really talking to the audience (or rather, singing). All of this combined has the audience hooked and not only accepting of the monsters, but maybe of themselves and others as well.

[azenzeph]

Happy 20′sun and sea everybody Midnight doodle of my favorite rejected year name from MBMBAM

[nacrelysis]

ERHA VOL 4 COVER REVEAL I FEEL ILL SLASH POS

[0luna123]

Made this a few months ago and I forgot to post it

Materials: metal bottle cap (found on the ground), a pop tab (found on the groud), safety pin (store bought), black pen, hot glue, acrylics and matte acrylic varnish

Since I don't drink and I'm not a fan of canned beverages, materials can be hard and/or embarrasing to get a hold of

[periwinkledragons]

Earthsea, and The Hobbit, and Darklord of Derkholm, and Howl's moving castle, and The changeling sea, and Od magic, and The princess bride my beloveds.

[olyrik]

[captainseamech]

             “.... What?” <- clueless. It was an accident.

[heuffopla]

hi. also near Paris. try Taimi if u like gay ppl. mostly the dating apps here suck tho this one included

Thanks, will try! Maybe I'll see you on there anon, I could recognize that grey face and sunglasses anywhere

[year2000electronics]

i dont have the steam to do all the toads too but know i am also thinking about them