#carol joyce

[prim-moth]

Some of my best works are of these men sleeping

@iamjessemccartney

[iamjessemccartney]

1 and 35 for Carol?

YES thank you lars

1. Are they associated with a certain color? What color do they wear most?

i definitely associate him with orange and shades of orangey brown. one reason being the obvious- he's a ginger with light brown eyes, those colors come built in. but lesser-known fun fact is that his middle name is Oisin, which translates to "little deer" from irish gaelic- so! brown shades to match the colors faun fur comes in :3

as for the colors he normally wears? i do like to picture him in deep greens and blues, and.. reds and dustier purples, but he's probably got more earthy tones and generally lighter shades in his actual wardrobe. and considering he's a professional violnist, he most definitely has a couple Very Tasteful concert black™️ suits in rotation.

35. Do they ever return home?

ohhh god he Tries. in literal terms? yes. he never really strays very far from the city he was raised in, and- the way i've seen it, he winds up taking over his childhood home when the time comes. the home he was born in, for clarification- the first one he lived in. but? carol takes over this home, his first one, because his father dies and carol himself can't bear to leave it empty or put it up for sale. his fiancée breaks their engagement and leaves him in this home, a few months after the funeral. his mother died in this home when he was still just a boy. half of his childhood was spent elsewhere, in another home, with other guardians, because his father couldn't take care of him alone once she was gone.

yes, he returns home, but home isn't the same. home will never be what he'd tried to plan for himself. but all in all, it is still home.

[belamercado]

"Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart."

- Joyce Carol Oates, from We Were the Mulvaneys (Plume, 1997)

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Dark Days Coming

King: hey guys sorry i'm late King: i just could not get up this morning King: feels like I've been sleeping for days King: what did i miss? King: how did the election go? Lovecraft: not too bad King: King: oh no King: oh no oh no oh no

Lovecraft: don't worry steve it won't be so bad Lovecraft: I've heard assurances from the new regime that they only want the trade unionists King: King: King:

Lovecraft: i mean really steve Lovecraft: how bad could it be? [meanwhile] Donald Trump: we're gonna have the biggliest boot stamping on a human face forever Trump: we love the boot stamping on the human face forever, don't we folks? Trump: more and more people are saying they love the boot

Lovecraft: you're overreacting steve Lovecraft: what's trump even going to do? King: well i'm glad you asked King: [unrolls comically long scroll] Lovecraft: oh is this going to be a song

King: well for starters King: decimate reproductive rights King: LGBTQ rights King: labor rights King: civil rights King: accelerate climate change Lovecraft: [sweats] this is making me feel bad steve Lovecraft: i can't wait for trump to outlaw you telling me this stuff!

King: use the military to brutalize americans King: abandon Ukraine King: and as for gaza George Romero: in all honesty steve Romero: that probably won't change much King: oh look! an optimist!

Lovecraft: ok but Lovecraft: has he actually SAID he's going to do any of that? King: yes Lovecraft: oh he was probably just lying Lovecraft: he lies a lot Poe: he does lie a lot

Lovecraft: i think you're overreacting, he's probably not gonna do all the stuff he says he's gonna do King: so you don't believe him? Lovecraft: nope! King: king: then what's his appeal? Lovecraft: well he's just so honest

Lovecraft: a real straight shooter Lovecraft: tells it like it is Lovecraft: says what he means King: King:

King: howard please tell me you didn't vote for trump did you? Lovecraft: [sweats] steve! please! Lovecraft: i'm only a loveable archie bunker style racist Lovecraft: i'm still 100% yang gang King: King: King: i picked a bad day to quit cocaine

King: i really need some cocaine King: edgar you know where i can get some cocaine don't you Poe: steve stay strong Poe: you don't need cocaine King: just one bump King: to get me through the next four years King: i mean few days King: no i mean four years

King: how about a beer? i was an alcoholic too you know King: maybe i'll take that up again King: this is good drinking weather Poe: steve no Poe: dean help me hold him back King: don't try to stop me! Poe: no steve! you've got so much to live for! King: yeah? like what? Poe: well Poe: you've got a loving family King: Joe is pretty great Koontz: and owen! King: King: yeah and owen is alright too i guess

King: yeah he's pretty good King: what the heck, i can say it King: i love owen too! Koontz: and there's naomi too King: whoa wait a second, i have THREE kids?? King: this just keeps getting better!

King: thanks guys i do feel a little better Poe: good, hold onto that Poe: cuz it's going to be a long four years Lovecraft: only four years? i thought we weren't gonna have to vote anymore! Poe: Poe: good drinking weather, huh?

Joyce Carol Oates: huh, i really don't see why the electorate would hate trans people unless they were persuaded by hate speech and fearmongering JK Rowling: well well well look at the fancccy pantsss rich author Rowling: with her out of touch fancccy ideasss about a pluralissstic sssociety! Rowling: with her fancccy german automobile! Oates: this car was made in Guatemala

Rowling: you're clearly too rich to underssstand the feelingsss of the common man Rowling: unlike me, a true daughter of the proletariat Rowling: i know all about the material needsss of the underclassss Rowling: anyway i'm going to insulate my Scottish castle with big bags of money

[thehopefulquotes]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[cruyffista]

No sport is more physical, more direct, than boxing. No sport appears more powerfully homoerotic: the confrontation in the ring—the disrobing—the sweaty heated combat that is part dance, courtship, coupling—the frequent urgent pursuit by one boxer of the other in the fight’s natural and violent movement toward the “knockout”: surely boxing derives much of its appeal from this mimicry of a species of erotic love in which one man overcomes the other in an exhibition of superior strength and will. The heralded celibacy of the fighter-in-training is very much a part of boxing lore: instead of focusing his energies and fantasies upon a woman the boxer focuses them upon an opponent. Where Woman has been, Opponent must be.

Joyce Carol Oates, On Boxing

[stay-close]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[thoughtkick]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[perfectfeelings]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[thespilledquotes]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[quotefeeling]

I never change, I simply become more myself.

Joyce Carol Oates

[prim-moth]

Lovers in bed @iamjessemccartney

Based on Toulouse-Lautrec paintings

[iamjessemccartney]

HI QUASION!!

11 Carol, 24 Gemma, 30 Leonidas :3

quasion,,,, (ask game Here!)

11. (Carol) What do they have in common with you? How are they different? Would you get along with them?

ahaha we are actually Very similar. he wound up being very self-projectiony, actually- though there are distinct lines between his traits and mine, in places.

differences! well there's? musically, carol's achievements are instrumental (violin) and nearly all of mine are vocal. many solo voice and choir competitions, a couple prestigious concert halls, etc. that is (aside from his backstory and all) essentially the biggest major difference??

aaand do i think we'd get along? honestly yeah lmfao. i feel like he'd be good conversation and just cool to be around in general- type of guy you can just Talk to but also sit and simply vibe in silence with.

24. (Gemma) Do they have any creative hobbies? (Art, writing, music, etc.)

hehe i like to think gem has a pretty voice and likes to sing. mostly for herself and to her loved ones, but i've also been tossing around the idea that maybe she has a friend who runs a lounge and has let her sing there a few times just for funsies

30. (Leonidas) Do they smell like anything notable?

ooooo hm. he probably smells like? this subtle mix of something like metal and?? i keep thinking clay, for some reason. possibly with an undertone of leather and the faint smell of sweat. not the most conventionally attractive mix of scents, but certainly enticing

[animentality]

Joyce Carol Oates comes out swinging with banger tweets today.

But also, this is hilarious. She apparently has a reputation???

Holy fuck.

That line is raw as fuck too.

"an oracle is not beholden to coherence."

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A Writer on Writing: Joyce Carol Oates

Write your heart out.

The first sentence can be written only after the last sentence has been written. FIRST DRAFTS ARE HELL. FINAL DRAFTS, PARADISE.

You are writing for your contemporaries not for Posterity. If you are lucky, your contemporaries will become Posterity.

Keep in mind Oscar Wilde: A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

When in doubt how to end a chapter, bring in a man with a gun. (This is Raymond Chandler's advice, not mine. I would not try this.)

Unless you are experimenting with form gnarled, snarled, & obscure be alert for possibilities of paragraphing.

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Don't try to anticipate an ideal reader or any reader. He/she might exist but is reading someone else.

Read, observe, listen intensely! as if your life depended upon it.

Write your heart out.

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[ravenkings]

she is an all-time poster, i fear