#and it felt real in a strange way
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While I'm posting dreams, here's another one.
This was in many ways one of my strangest dreams due to the fact that it lingered far more than any dream usually does. The physical sensations of training in magic remained, even into that evening I could still feel the pull of magic and the feel of the staff as it either shot over my shoulder or thunked into my palm. In addition, the myth in the dream continued to narrate smoothly after I woke up, instead of halting abruptly and quickly fading.
After training, a myth was told.
A man wandered, lost and purposeless after the destruction of his home, before a god took pity on him and appointed him guardian of the gates to the afterlife. He could not be with his family, but he could ensure their afterlife. He did his job and welcomed in all who came to him.
Soon after he took on this role he saw a soul who looked particularly troubled. He asked them what weighed on their mind. The response shook the man and for the first time he turned a soul away. From this point forward he would weigh and judge each individual who came to his gate. Over time, his eyes grew impartial and dispassionate, able to see the truths at the very core of souls. Thus he became the Gatekeeper.
The Gatekeeper held his station until the end of all things. As this world ended and another began, one last soul stood before the Gatekeeper. The very same god who gave him purpose so many years ago now stood on the edge between life and death, the last speck of life leaving a dying world. He explained that after this final passing the Gatekeeper could at last rest and rejoin his family on the other side.
The Gatekeeper looked into his soul and saw pride, saw pain and weariness, joy and contentment. He saw sadness and guilt without regret.
He saw the deaths of his family from so very long ago.
The Gatekeeper was content with his role and knew the necessity of his post. The man the Gatekeeper once was felt the return of time-dulled bitterness and anger.
This immortal soul cannot be taken by oblivion. He must either pass through the gate or continue his life here, but the Gatekeeper cannot leave until the last soul has left.
The being that was neither god nor mortal looked upon the god who created him and spoke his judgement.
#I loved this dream#it felt like so much more than me#and it felt real in a strange way#and I don't think I've ever had a dream continue to it's conclusion after I woke up#And the conclusion kind of had two endings#one ending would have been a soft and bittersweet yet long-awaited ending#about forgiveness or condemnation with nothing at stake#the other ending was more like what I put above#with the immortal soul#it makes it a story about whether vengeance and retribution is worth giving up your own happiness#the story is so much about his choice to the point where I couldn't make it for him#but it also isn't about that at all#It’s about the gods who create and judge us and how we eventually come to judge them#and either way I didn't get to hear his answer#his answer is between him and his god#dreams#my post#mythology#well#it felt like mythology anyway
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Do y'all ever get nightmares that just like, aren't scary?
Like you can tell your brain is trying to make this scary, but you just feel nothing?
#Had a dream about a bunch of ''scary'' animatronic robots trying to take over some shitty little town#I've never really been afraid of big scary uncannny valley robots though so it just kinda fell flat#maybe uncanny valley is the wrong term it felt very similar to Lies of P in aesthetic#was kinda weird though since for some reason instead of being afraid there was a little voice in my head that was just like#''This element of the story is problematic actually''#and was just nitpicking the whole ''nightmare?''#saying shit like ''[minor villain who's name I forgot]'s aesthetic is clearly based off of [real-world oppressed group]''#''So casting her in the role of a villain like this especially against a predominately White cast leaves a bad taste in my mouth''#or ''Interesting how the squeaky clean protagonist squad seems so completely devoid of fat people 🙄''#like brain what are we doing here?#nobody fucking WROTE this dude#you're literally just making shit up to get mad at#what the hell man#just a very strange experience the whole way down#Pun talks Dreams#Pun's text Posts
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the mh comics open up such an interesting narrative for our few surviving characters. to them, what happened in the videos was real, but to everyone else its a cool creative web series. when all of that is viewed as fiction, fans have a freedom to speculate about and invade the lives and privacy of real people. and that would be so uncomfortable and terrifying. imagine someone irl having headcanons about YOU. writing fan fiction about you and your real friends. assuming things about you PUBLICLY ! IN MASS!
wouldnt it be so cool to see a character grapple with that in like a self-reflective way? fans asking questions the muse is too afraid to ask themselves. of course, theyre the only person the answer matters to.
#like wouldnt it be so strange not only to see the terrible things that happened to u have a FANBASE#but also people wondering about the intricacies of your personal life (they view you as a character and have no idea it was real)#and youre disgusted and afraid of prying eyes#but at the same time#you never think about yourself much anyways (too painful) and realize you might HAVE TO if ur gonna be okay with what happened#spoilers um this is about. jam.#tim never took the time to deconstruct how he felt in the moment because he was trying not to die#even if he concludes he harbored some feelings (like people online suspect) what would he even do with that?#he can never go back and change it. but he can say it to himself. its something for him that nobody else NEEDS to know#but now he can understand himself a little better n form new connections#its like a culmination of my hatred for some fans NEED for things to be canon when its much more fun to leave stuff open-ended#and also my love for media adressing this in a way that actually says something abt the way we consume it#yall seen the craig and tweek episode of south park? yeah.
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I woke up crying because I knew the boops would be gone when I awoke 😭
Actually it’s because I had a dream where my twin sister (who I hated) had died years ago, then I became a dancer with one of those celebrity lookalike/impersonator people, but she was pretending to be my sister instead of a celebrity and I wished my real twin sister was there to dance with me because I got along with the impersonator and would have loved to get along with my real twin sister as well.
I do not have a twin sister. I also hate dancing. It was a weird dream.
#I don’t remember most of the rest of the dream but I do remeber being forced to wear a pink cape by a lesbian couple#I refused to wear it because my bike was blue and they would look stupid together#but they insisted#also the bike people kept refusing to sell the bike to me for strange reasons#like one of the reasons was if I had painful periods i couldn’t ride that particular bike and needed a differnt one#but I was like ‘I can bear the pain anyway’ and fist bumped one of the lesbians on my way to grab the bike#everyone clapped#because I was so big and brave about potentially riding a bike with period cramps eventually#I think i alsp saw the inconceivable vastness of human life and the possibilities available to us#every choice I made altered my path in a visible way and I could see everything I was and everything I could have been and will be#it was ugly and crude#it felt hopeless and never ending#because it was#but I accepted it because it was impossible to unchoose a path once it was chosen and my only options were to accept or let it consume me#I could not choose if I wanted to participate or not#the only real choice I had was to give in or to choose my own path#and I decided to let lesbians buy me a bike and force me to wear a clashing cape#what does this mean about my psyche#dreams#my rambles
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2023 reads
The Deep Sky
scifi mystery thriller
on a deep space mission traveling from an environmentally devastated earth with hope to restart humanity elsewhere
when they’re halfway, an explosion kills 3 crew and pushes them off course
the only witness is the Alternate who has no specific role, and she has to figure out who caused it & if they might continue to sabotage, while they're figuring out a way to get back on course with limited resources
flips between present and the past: of her childhood and training for the mission, her identity struggles, and relationship with her mother
questions the ethics of ‘restarting’ humanity elsewhere vs putting resources into fixing earth
#the deep sky#yume kitasei#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#i really loved this!!!!!#very intense but also a lot of interesting character introspection#love the virtual reality AI aspect!!!! though I do feel like. in the end I was expecting it to go way further with it?#(basically like instead of seeing the inside of the ship all the time they can 'be' in forests or aquariums or whatever)#no romance#(there’s side lesbians; and one flashback scene where she briefly wonders about kissing a random person; that's it)#emotional core about her mother and brother and best friend !!#i like that it gets into the flaws of 'humanity's last hope on another planet' bc like. yeah in real life things....don't work like that...#why is there zero acknowledgement that the concept of every one of them being expected to give birth being extremely fucked up?#like obviously everyone on board is there because they agreed with that but there’s not a single flashback of#when they found out that information; or mention of someone questioning it...#(for example a character mentions that they hid their mental health/use of a therapy animal bc they wouldn't have been let in and the -#eugenics around that is iffy to say the least)#but to me. pregnancy is horrifying and nobody questioning that was weird.#also there’s supposedly 80 people on board but we get to know less than 10 of them which felt a bit strange at points#Also! I love the cover. I can’t find the designer (the book info only credits the internal lllustrator..)#also: bird facts!
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I love that part whenever I am reaching a point of inner life that was inspired by a piece of media where I no longer feel the need to talk about it in conventional forms, which never really happens for me anyway since I seem to be one of the few that is naturally nuanced, and instead begin to go inside of an incredibly deeply spiritual maladaptive inner life, which can expand for years if not the rest of my life like a personal fantasy that only I can see that is probably more human than 90% of people's experiences.
#bojack has carried me More than any fictional character ever has in my life#we've been together for around I think almost 4 years straight now#I'm pretty sure it was in 2021 when I had my episodes when I consumed it for the first time and felt that certain kind of surreal multivers#feeling#so yes 4 years now#my real life has been absolutely terrible in ways that are meant comprehension but meeting bojack was the one thing that is truly magic and#beyond this world#it might sound pathetic and strange to other people for a cartoon character to feel like a profound gift from God#but we all think differently#the sweep of love that I just felt even just a couple of hours ago and then composed an incredible song within an hour#Love is all that you need
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The problem is. When I go, "Oh, this system is bullshit" and try to live outside it. My choices are still defined by that system. And that makes me feel really weird.
#I love being a woman so much but jfc am I having strange feelings about what that means in a societal sense lately#and like. obviously the most important thing is to unapologetically be my authentic self. which I try to do every day.#but sometimes it's VERY hard to tell what my authentic self is versus what I'm rebelling against versus what society tells me I am#and it would be GREAT if I could find OTHER PEOPLE who felt like this but that would require me airing out all my baggage and#no one wants that.#(okay. like. tame example. I think it's absolute bullshit that women are expected to shave. and for the most part I don't. and I don't care#whether other people do or not. but I HATE the way that armpit hair feels on my body. so I do usually shave that. I would shave that even i#there was no cultural expectation for women to shave at all. but I feel like a bad person for complying with this cultural standard even if#the reasons for it have nothing to do with gaining general acceptance or appealing to some Standard of Femininity.)#(and it's not that me making this choice is like. Inherently Feminist™ it's not. but it feels ANTI-feminist. and then if you map this to#a bunch of other more serious shit..............)#it's rough out here!#(and then there's the fact that I'm CONSTANTLY bombarded with '''''takes''''' claiming that women don't actually suffer under the patriarch#and that misogyny isn't real. but the t/rfs keep trying to have a monopoly on THAT conversation and I do NOT want to be associated#with them because THEY ARE ALSO WRONG. AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE LIBERATION OF WOMEN LMAO)#(so then it's just like wow! I really do feel incredibly alone! nothing resonates with me at all!)#In the Vents
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Fellow sufferers does feeling insane guilt when u buy little trinkets or treats ever go away
#talkys#i have dollars saved so i was in no way breaking the bank today when i bought me and my sister pochacco scrunchies at the mall#+ some brownies someone was selling at the shops + the slime#but i came home and i felt sick. it feels so strange and like red hot embarrassment.#i wld hope it wld go away if i got a Real Job but maybe itd feel worse idk#all i know is it sucks❗❗#i have huge guilt rn. but its all i ever feel in general so idk
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have you watched succession hbo?
of course. the tudors (showtime) ran so that succession (hbo) could walk
#anon#i said what i said.#funnily enough way back when i gave the pilot a try and couldn’t get into it past the first five mins#but my friend recommended it to me by putting it like this: since you have a strange sympathy for someone as fucked up as hviii#you will probably grow to love Kendall Roy#and sure enough …#my fav line : ‘you got me park coke?’#hilarious on so many levels#i have a bit of pretentious snobbery wrt it bcu i got really into it as s1 was rolling out ; before the show really got tumblr / twitter#famous …? discourse bait-y…?#sort of like i do with fleabag#bcus I really loved s1 back when the show was more niche and it just felt like everyone jumped on the bandwagon for s2#anyyyways …#the potential for a tudor au realness#henry blasting karma by mod sun to cover up the sound of him#sniveling facedown into the leather interior of the backseat of a town car#bcus Anne just dumped his ass dbsbsbsvsv#down bad crying at the gym—
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I'm saying this very quietly, on a Sunday night when nobody is likely to be online: my fractal gallery is live again. Nothing in it is more recent than 2012, because that's the last time I did any kind of an update. Theoretically, I'll be adding things to it at some point. But for now, the old stuff is there.
#fractals#polychroma dot com#in some strange way it makes me feel like I actually exist#which lately I haven't felt like#somehow I am less real than my website
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ouhhh i'm turning into my grandmother [chewing on wriggley's gum]
#just me hi#the wrigglerrrr#love the word wriggle btw. prolly cuz the W is there but ya can't hear or feel it hbhgbsh#it's like between wiggle and writhe and it's Perfect hfsh :3#//AAAnywho. yea#she's always got at least one in her purse and the wrapper is fully intact. i still don't trust it lmhvfjs#idk what that woman is putting in her bag !! she is a real enigma lol <3#/anywho like i mentioned a bit ago i've been keeping gum so i stop chewing on other things lol#this is working pretty well ! ! i've gotta remember to bring some on car rides though bc That's where i fail to catch it hghfsk#//aaaand in the other news;#watched the deadp0ol movies. dear lird hgkfjskvjg#very fun fact; when i watch stuff i like going in nearly 100% blind. i am also oriented aroace so HKSKVJ#i Did scour pirating sites until i found ones that let me watch the 3 movies lmaoo ; it took like 2 hours i think. crazy hghfs#anyway i think the first two were just a lot more fun; the energy was great !! disney kinda tuned it down for the current movie :/#iyunno. the second movie gave a lot more than the third. and also who are all these people. what's a multiverse lmvajfhvjs#the movie felt like it was on the edge of an inside joke. don't think i liked it very much compared to the other two but oh well#oh i also didn't like the time-reversal. dude what was gained gfhshv - 3rd movie doesn't even exist to me anymore. dead to me <//3#/oh i've also been watching seinfield when i eat lol :3#i was watching dungeon meshi while doing that and it was very relaxing so in the meantime!!#it's fun i like it lol :33 it's just mostly friendly but when i do think it's funny i am dying hfhvsbgh#i like kramer he is strange pfsvh#//and i think i'm gonna write rnnnn ? maaaybe!!#i have a bit of business to attend to tho [straightens my tie that just appeared] so prolly in a bit lol :)#toodles!! send me on my way !! [gets slingshot as the song plays]
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randomly hit with just how. strange. it really is that general discussion of fictional characters treats them as like... people, who's actions have consequences in the real world or who's writers put them through real situations
#i watched a video once from a very young creator (bless her)#and i could tell from the way she talked about her characters that this shift has happened. and im not sure why?#she described giving one character a dark backstory as 'giving them trauma'#specifically the word trauma. and i could infer from her phrasing and parlance that this type of language is likely common#and i saw someone send an ask to a blog about a comic book character today... asking the user if they felt the writers of said book#were putting the character through too many traumatic situations#without any real concern for like.... how that contributes to the story. bc at the end of the day characters are vehicle for plot#even in a 'character driven' story. hell ESPECIALLY so#the reverse of this of course is people who like... categorically hate villains or cannot conceive of a protagonist doing bad things#it's just strange. and i have to wonder when how and why this happened#im not saying someone should have to have a degree in literature to provide analysis or write stories heaven forbid#but understanding that characters are tools in a story is like. basic stuff. VERY basic stuff#this is less a complaint and more a.... a lament i suppose#jonnie's thoughts
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vent post pt. 2, the dreaded sequel
#Seven’s Public Diary#vent#vent post#cw vent#cw vent post#okay the ‘never ever wanted to die’ part isn’t exactly true. i just don’t count how i felt from the ages of 12-15 or so#because that was a very strange time where i’m honestly not sure how much of what i felt was even real or honest#and how much of it was really just a kid needing help and expressing it very poorly#but from 15/16 onward or whatever exact age i was when i had my whole ‘oh holy fuck i really really don’t want to die’ crisis/awakening#from then i’ve always been vehemently on the side of life and wanting to live as long as i possibly can#which is interesting because things have done nothing but get exponentially worse and more difficult for me ever since#but smthn shifted in me when i realized Oh Fuck I Actually Want To Live and that desire has yet to be defeated#but anyways enough bragging about how much i don’t want to die lmao#it really does feel like bragging since it’s obvious to me that so many other people don’t feel that way#and i hate that. i wish no one ever had to deal with feeling that bad and death being the only thing their mind jumps to as a solution#sigh. anyways
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I had a dream that felt like I slipped into someone else's Avatar DR
The person’s oc was an "albino" omaticaya style Na'vi (white hair and eyelashes but still a typical cyanin coloration) that was mixed with a reef people who were not the Metkayina. These ocean/reef people displayed darker back stripes and smaller arm fins and had slightly less distinct swimmer tails,
Her mate was metkayina and omaticaya, with port-wine stain like purple birthmarks on the backs of his legs and on his back/shoulder
They had three children, playing in the ocean near the mouth of a river, where the river, ocean and jungle collided. Their youngest had big eyes and metkayina like eyes, and they were crying as the parents tended to the older two, so I stopped by to soothe the little one, picking them up and sitting in the shallows as they cried, whispering "mawey, ma'eveng, mawey" until they were content enough to run back to their parents.
#avatar 2009#avatar the way of water#avatar#na'vi language#avatar 2#avatar dr#avatar desired reality#Evi' dreams#idk i thought it was interesting#i dont believe in real DR's but this felt so vivid and strange#like i was glimpsing someone else's dreams#like i could see the fanart the person had made of their characters#while seeing the characters in person as living breathing 3d people
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#everything feels weird and strange and off kilter.#the grief and the emotions are coming in waves and it's getting extreme now#like i spend my day aware of everything happening around me#i spend my day trying to busy myself and do work outside of the house that matters and that needs to get done#if i can do this stuff for my grandma then i'll be fine#but the minute i'm next to her for more than five minutes it hits me#like everyone for the last three days has been telling us#'it doesn't look good. she doesn't have much time left. this is what you need to do to prepare for the end.'#and we're doing all of that#but every time i hear 'the end' or 'end of life' i just. feel like i'm choking and suffocating#like yes looking at her i know there's no other way this ends.#i know from having spent this much time around her that there's no coming back from this#but it still doesn't feel /real/#like. just in the last two days things have changed so dramatically#and so i hold her hand and i try to understand what she's saying and try to do whatever i can for her#and then i cry and cry and cry and cry. and then i get back up and go back to my life.#i try to do what i can. i weep for the impending loss of the person i love most in this world. and then i go back to my silly little things#i don't know how to do this. i don't know how to deal with this.#i've never felt like my heart was so attached and so rooted in someone else's heart like this before. and now she's about to leave us.#and i don't know what to do guys. i don't know how to process this.
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Idk what's gotten into my water but I be having wild dreams lately
#and i'm aware they are dreams too#i don't change anything about them#i don't think i could do that if i tried#but in my dream i say to myself 'oh wait#this dream is really wack'#or 'wait how tf am i here- fhis has to be a dream then. yeah this is a dream'#my most recent was i was dreaming about things and a favorite character of mine popped up#but it was just about when i was drearily coming to my irl senses#you know what i did?#i thought to myself mid dream#'hey this dream is about (character) let's not wake up yet'#AND I REMAINED ASLEEP#And had the dream with the character still in it#it was wild#and i remember these well too#one of them i was barefoot in my pj's on some hot cement and it felt hot#i knew it was impossible for me to be there as it was states away in the middle of the day by my family home#and i checked my phone (startling it was eveb present) and was like 'yeah ain't no way i got here in one day'#Because i was aware that it was Monday and yesterday was Sunday#in real life#and in the dream too#this has never happened to me before it's real strange
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