#doomed by narrative

[candicoated]

One of my favorite ABBA songs, and it fits them so well.

sangihun | the winner takes it all, ABBA

[mag200]

one thing about orpheus and eurydice is you guys are all like “i’m different i wouldnt turn to look at her” because you are all familiar with the story of orpheus and eurydice. but orpheus wasnt familiar with the story because he was in it lol.

[just-some-guy-joust]

some people are taking "doomed" to mean "dead". this is actually a misconception! you can be doomed even if you don't die! it's sometimes worse if you don't die!

[toweringclam]

Source @drawerbread

[dreamgirljune]

yes yes characters doomed by the narrative always slap BUT what about characters saved by the narrative? characters who have already given up hope and don't know they have a happy ending? characters who believe they are a lost cause, characters who feel irredeemable, characters who think there's nothing left for them, but the narrative does provide a way out? what about the characters who don't expect anything good, who don't even remember how to wish for it anymore, who get the things they need anyway? what about the characters who actively run from being saved getting saved in a way they can't stop or control. what about being saved by the narrative!!!

[wolfienation]

i need a gun

[lotus-pear]

ok gayboy

[redstringredeye]

👀

[cloudpalettes]

[humbuns]

pieced together till they're no longer broken apart

[zarstarss]

bringing the 'this jayce with this viktor' trend thing down to the specific scene

(oh also if anyone wants the Immersive Experience™ most of this was drawn to the Hozier cover of Do I Wanna Know, and A Lot's Gonna Change by Weyes Blood)

[mirefireflies]

“the ending is always the same”

war of the foxes - richard siken / waterloo - ABBA / euripides’ medea - the little theatre / anne carson / the three fates - luca cambiaso / the oresteia - aeschylus / road to hell II - hadestown / when i met you - mira lightner / andersen’s fairy tale anthology

[lovebunnie]

“i love being aromantic” i say as i feel my chest cavity rotting from the inside at the unquenchable desire for love in a way that is truly a secret third thing but its not a secret i want to keep it is a secret nobody is willing to listen to and im trapped in a state of isolation of my own making because no matter how much love i have to give it will never be enough. it will never be enough. it will never be enough.

[haliaiii]

Juno’s champion

[kidovna]

medusa and her blind lover but make it elmax

[wolfienation]

alicent shedding the green as she steps into the lake, alicent's arms mimicking the movement of the bird's wings, alicent washing off the weight of religion and removing the chains of duty. alicent free at last.

rhaenyra picking up those chains and wrapping herself in the weight of religion, rhaenyra believing herself the messiah who has come to save them all. rhaenyra'a god complex snapping into place as she finally finds herself with the advantage in this war.

alicent liberated. rhaenyra indoctrinated.

parallel lines forever unable to meet.