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[charm715]

A fantasy to fuel humanity’s hope

What does it mean to be hopeful? Is it a delusion to get us going, or a fine promise for a better future? In Gabriel García Márquez’ short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” we’re placed in a sleepy seaside town living the same day by day, until a corpse washes up on their shore, providing men and women alike with the wonder of what such life this attractive, albeit dead man had lived. This story shows humanity’s need to cling onto something perceptively greater, in order to feed and cultivate hope.

Before our story, we’re placed in a city where lives are driven by nothing but the repetitive chain of events in their routines. While the men of the village went to sea, the day they found Esteban, they did not. From the setting of our seaside location, many of the actions and observations built off of the fact that their lives as fishermen had been halted for a moment. 

When the drowned man is fished out on their shore, mistaken for a beached whale, the residents of the village scamper to think up what sort of life this man lived, coining him the name Esteban. Their thoughts and fantasies are driven by preconceived notions that were never denied or confirmed, showing their trust in what may not be true. They judged and admired based only on bias and adoration, theorizing about this man’s loneliness and the life he chased before death.

They part ways with Esteban, sending him into the ocean that he may one day wash back up again on their shore. This well-dressed handsome man affected him in ways such as that. The people of the village are of the working class and the moment Esteban is within their care, even the men take pause from work to clean the body and tend to it. Being mostly working/middle class, and they assume Esteban to be upper class, it demonstrated just how big their divide truly was, in stopping their work to admire.

We can say that common men who feel far away from their dreams entrust them to whatever objects they worship and admire, in order to inspire themselves. Coining Estevan as a rich man, dropping work in order to clean up an already dead man’s body, and disrupting the cycle of work in their repetitive town shows such… that man reaches for the stars, but needs the nudge of an idol to cement our own confidence.

References:

The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World. (n.d.). https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/423/MarquezHandsomestDrownedMan.htm

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World: Study Guide | SparkNotes. (n.d.). SparkNotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-handsomest-drowned-man-in-the-world/#:~:text=%22The%20Handsomest%20Drowned%20Man%20in,of%20a%20small%20fishing%20village.

[the-bi-fangirl-biatch]

casey being a hardened criminal and possibly kleptomaniac after being so wholesome was HILARIOUS, no notes, amazing

B 15 being a doctor?? and her being so soft and kind to that kid?? I love her, she's the best, 10/10 expected but happy

O.B. being a failed writer but also an intelliget physicist working in Caltech is AMAZING, ties in greatly with his character

MOBIUS BEING A SINGLE DAD AAAAAHHHHH HE'S SO SWEET AND KIND AND SOFT WITH HIS BOYS, LOVES HIS DEAD WIFE DESPITE HAVING MOVED ON, KIND TO LITERALLY EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN, EVEN TO LOKI WHO HE JUST MET. I'M SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP FALLING TO THE GROUND ROLLING ON THE FLOOR

Sylvie back working in McDonald's and being a regular at both the bar and a records store, yeah that's definitely so her

[sableeira]

for lotus’ 5k dtiys! congrats again!!! @lotus-pear

the pose gave me a huge inspiration boost because I couldn’t get the concept of the other hand being another Dazai out of my head

[futuristicson]

[buildoblivion]

no but the way how ‘Rogue’ is so Cinderella coded - the ball??? the hidden/secret identity??? a dance that makes the world disappear??? ‘find me’ he says before vanishing into the night - leaving just one, tiny token for his partner to cherish?????? I am going insane????

[khaopybara]

happy stubborn kitten day!

[pawmimo]

i saw someone say usagi would be a kpop stan and i couldn't see it before, but after finishing this i see it 100%

[niroke]

[simplyghosting]

Making progress 👍

[lugartl]

[peppermintpillz]

Ok but what do we think of superstitious Aran Ryan. Think about it. He collects horse shoes, always gets up on the count of 7, and has a four leaf clover on his shorts; all symbols of luck. Sure, this is all most likely to lean into the “lucky Irish guy” stereotype, but why else would he have all these good luck charms?

[aspen-charminghearts]

Another GlassHeart painting to share with y’all, I like this one a lot better than the last and I hope y’all like it too 💜

(Last initial crossed out for privacy reasons)

(Edit: Chloe was looking a bit blurry there so I re-uploaded a better picture of it)

[champion-of-love]

reposting my dexpid speech from my reblog of another post because it might take a while before i ever (if i ever) post my full analysis on cupid x dexter but i still have too many feelings about it so here it is

[dreadfuldevotee]

That's it, that's the entire set

Bonus: Cutie

[piereoglyphics]

Hello fellow jashers

closups i suppose?:

[pawmimo]

HE KNOWS HOW SHE FELT!!!! HE KNOWS!!!!!