#corpse bloom

[thunderstruck9]

Hyman Bloom (American, born Latvia, 1913-2009), Cadaver on Table, 1953. Oil on canvas, 52 x 40 in.

[raspberryspace]

Conservatory of Flower - 7/8/23

It was genuinely hard to be back in here again. As much as I wanted to take pictures of everything I barely pulled out my camera. Everything was blooming.

I saw the same flower that bloomed in 2009 again though. To think of all I’ve lived through while the little plant was collecting energy to bloom for 6 days in 2023 again. Amorphophallus titan. An unfortunate name given to such an alien plant.

[fallenandrogyne]

agatha all along 1x08 follow me my friend / to glory at the end

"blow away like smoke in air. how can you die carelessly? our love is six feet under I can't help but wonder if our grave was watered by the rain would roses bloom?"

[viivdle]

jude carrying valerian's body to bury him

[dmitrimolotov]

The Sydney Royal Botanic Garden's Corpse Flower "Putricia" is about to bloom and you can watch a livestream of it.

[murphy-kitt]

like like a tombstone (yet secrets will bloom) - Chapter 13

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Word Count: 2,205

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They shouldn’t be receiving this news. It should be the real parents of the poor boy in the park. Then again, what does that say about the parents? Their teenage son buried, forgotten. Walked by—possibly even on top of—on the daily, but never noticed.

What if one day, her and Jack receive this news about Danny? He’s still missing. She should file a report. She should.

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So finally after a year I’ve made a reappearance with this fic! I’ve been super busy with uni & academic stuff but I’m really pleased to have this out. There was a bit of writers block too, since this is my longest multi chapter & I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go with it. So I just..procrastinated on it for ages and got stuck on a scene for ages lol.

[batsplat]

CRAZY THINGS ARE HAPPENING https://www.tumblr.com/kwisatzworld/767503662882914304/sete-came-to-the-vr46-garage-what-year-even-is-it

(photo of sete in the vr46 garage) been thinkinggggg about this.... I'm actually quite ambivalent on the topic of like. sete + valentino reconciliation because I'm also a big believer in some wounds remaining open, like I actually think there's something cute and fun and compelling about valentino being So Fucking Weird about sete and doing his weird erasing him from the narrative gig... and I've been a very sete-sympathetic mood recently where he's really been triggering my sports underdog-love brain and what valentino did to him was SO MEAN and SO FUCKED UP - low key kinda the worst he's done to any rival lbr!! - and obviously valentino will NEVER apologise for that... so a part of me kinda wants sete to pull himself together and be a bit more bitter in his own right y'know. but I suppose the bit of sete that folds is kind of key characterisation too... idk. it's also not going to prompt anyone to take his career + rivalry with valentino more seriously because valentino's already basically done the damage there. and if you're going to be such a cunt you might as well go all the way, like if valentino were any less evil about it I would find the whole thing considerably harder to stomach. as a sports fan my heart is very much attuned to sete's plight!! sete, don't talk to him. don't go to his bloody ranch

anyway that's the normative analysis about what I'd LIKE to happen. as for the positive analysis... weird weird vibes. I recently remembered some uccio/vale/sete lore that didn't make it to the toxic yuri post and it does kinda make me very. curious. about what that three-way dynamic looks like, if you will. real likelihood that sete is the valentino rival who uccio had by far the most of an actual... direct rapport with... like it's not unreasonable to suggest them and valentino hung out socially on several occasions... they also knew each other when valentino went all *gestures* y'know. on sete. idk where I'm going with this!! I just think it's interesting... I don't really feel like this is a photo I could imagine happening with any of valentino's other rivals, which does Tell You Something idk. curious if this all leads somewhere or if uccio went back home to valentino to call sete a bitch

[spiffyspidr]

Is anyone else here a fan of Corpse Flowers? (:

I fukign love these things so much!! Their vegative state is my favourite, since they just look so alien and ancient at the same time! C:

[cheerchime]

It is Easter and it is Trans Day of Visibility and I am with my grandparents, who are so loving, and my father, who is also loving but forgetful, and I transitioned years ago, and my dead name sucks the air from my lungs every time it's said, which is often.

It is usually a direct misnaming. And I gently say, "I go by Gordon these days, actually" in that friendly jokey way. And I am bearded, and low-voiced, and a woman in the hall called me a dapper young man. And my grandfather clarifies to my grandmother, trying to be kind, "She uses a different name now."

To my grandmother, I am sometimes her son. I am sometimes a friendly young stranger. Or, sometimes, I am the dead name, and she asks if I have a frog in my throat, and goodness, what a mustache! There's no shame in shaving, she assures me.

Sometimes, she asks where dead name is. Sometimes, she supposes I must be dead name's husband, though she never knew me to date men.

It's not fair of me to be hurt. They are old, and ill, and have always been so, so kind. They love their gay son, and they loved me as their gay granddaughter.

My father is a wonderful robot who loves the forest but doesn't see the trees. A fountain of love for humanity, but only a vague understanding of the individual humans. He cannot call me by my name, and I know I can't take it personally. It simply doesn't matter to him, and that is alright, because I know he loves the idea of me, and loves my queer world, even if he will never actually see me as me.

I am here, in my phone, reminding myself of my great fortune, the great love my family has shared with me. But I am also here aching to be known by the people who have meant the most to me.

In perfect moments, however, my grandparents do remember. And I am Gordon, and Gordon is loved, even though he was reborn in ways they don't fully understand.

Then it's gone, and I let them see whatever ghost they want to see, and I am an invisible grandson carrying the corpse of their granddaughter like a pallbearer, buckling under the weight of myself.

It was worth it, my rebirth, whether or not they see it.

It is Easter Sunday, and I saved my damn self.

[foxett]

[rexcaliburechoes]

mutters something about alfred and the ephemerality of cherry blossoms; the short lifespan of the blossoms during viewing season are not to be mourned, but celebrated as part of the cycle of the flowers.

[chinko-kun]

Yoooo. This Edition of HOUSE OF LEAVES is

😜FUCKIN WILD BRO🤪

[keenadraws]

well I'm rewatching Hannibal with my siblings so they forced me to find the drawings I made of Larry the Cucumber as Will Graham. and now you all have to see it too. you're welcome

[plasticsandwich]

yayyyyy managed to go outside today ^-^

[parasocialites]

decorating my home and coming to the realization that my light and airy aesthetic clashes quite heavily with the art i would be most interested in displaying..

[glitchlight]

rewatching dracula flow immediately before booting up elden ring has done hideous things to my psyche