#exiled

[apoemaday]

Exiled

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Searching my heart for its true sorrow, This is the thing I find to be: That I am weary of words and people, Sick of the city, wanting the sea;

Wanting the sticky, salty sweetness Of the strong wind and shattered spray; Wanting the loud sound and the soft sound Of the big surf that breaks all day.

Always before about my dooryard, Marking the reach of the winter sea, Rooted in sand and dragging drift-wood, Straggled the purple wild sweet-pea;

Always I climbed the wave at morning, Shook the sand from my shoes at night, That now am caught beneath great buildings, Stricken with noise, confused with light.

If I could hear the green piles groaning Under the windy wooden piers, See once again the bobbing barrels, And the black sticks that fence the weirs,

If I could see the weedy mussels Crusting the wrecked and rotting hulls, Hear once again the hungry crying Overhead, of the wheeling gulls,

Feel once again the shanty straining Under the turning of the tide, Fear once again the rising freshet, Dread the bell in the fog outside, --

I should be happy, -- that was happy All day long on the coast of Maine! I have a need to hold and handle Shells and anchors and ships again!

I should be happy, that am happy Never at all since I came here. I am too long away from water. I have a need of water near.

[sleepyspots-wc-designs]

Hi! Could I request a Mapleshade? Fluffy villain^^

HEY GUYS IM NOT DEAD!! Have a mentally unwell mama

MAPLESHADE

“I'm going to make you pay for every blessing StarClan gave you! And every blessing they stole from me!”

[Ginger-and-chocolate tortie-and-white tabby with amber eyes and high white spotting.]

Miss Maple <3 I am a staunch supporter of women’s wrongs, easily one of the most interesting Warriors antagonists

Design notes!

Vaguely inspired by a maned lioness.

Exceptionally thick, fluffy mane.

“Running mascara”; dark facial tortoiseshell markings. (Inspired by a real life kitty I saw a photo of!)

Lots of hidden “maples” within her design: her face fluff, mane, and tail-tip are all styled like a maple leaf.

Prominent tummy because, if I remember correctly, her kits were just barely weaned at the time of their death, and thus, her own? I could be wrong about that though!

Scarring includes: Two slashes across her muzzle, two slashes across her right side.

[thistlefur]

[billysjoel]

EXILED: A LAW & ORDER MOVIE (1998) dir. Jean de Segonzac

[shallowbreeze]

Petalkit, Larchkit, Patchkit

Petalkit is a fluffy, pale brown she-kit.

Larchkit is a soft-furred, dark brown tom.

Patchkit is a pale, patched ginger-and-white tom with green eyes, fluffy, glossy fur, and a tiny bit of black fur.

[once-a-kittypet]

Clawface

First Mention: Into the Wild (Chapter 11; page 137)

“It’ll be fantastic,” Graypaw replied confidently. “I bet all the great warriors will be there. Clawface, Stonefur...”

[no7er]

Exiled In Snow Digital artwork by me, 2023

[kylieswift31]

Cinderella (Taylor’s Version)

"I had so many dreams about you and me.

Happy endings,

Now I know that I’m not a princess,

This ain’t a fairytale.”

Taylor Swift has been inspired by many fairytales over the years, but one particular character she has continued to reference is Cinderella. This isn't because she wants the prince, the ring or even the castle. The story Taylor has been showing us is about the night she got dressed up and went to the ball, but unlike Cinderella she is still waiting for the clock to strike midnight so that she can return home again.

Once upon a time

Many fairytales begin with the narrator reflecting back on the story in hindsight. The 1950s version of Cinderella starts with a storybook that opens up to reveal that the narrator is reading the book aloud.

Taylor has been referring to herself as the narrator during the eras tour in a similar way because she wants us to see her as the narrator of her own story. The tortured poets department has been pointing us to go back to the beginning for this reason. If we see debut as the prologue and the tortured poets department as the epilogue, Taylor's story begins with fearless and ends with midnights.

The housemaid

The death of Cinderella's father left her in the care of her new stepmother. Amidst her grief, Cinderella’s stepmother revealed her true colours before banishing her to move into the attic and she became the servant of the house.

It appears Taylor faced a similar journey as she went from chasing her dream of sharing her music with the world, to being confronted with reality following the release of fearless. As a young woman Taylor was picked apart for everything she did that her male colleagues were praised for, and no matter how hard she worked over the years it was never enough for the backlash to subside. Now that she's at the peak of her career, this animosity is arguably worse than ever. All of this mistreatment she has faced is what has lead to Taylor hiding parts of herself from the public.

The carriage

Cinderella's fairy godmother appeared after her stepmother and stepsisters had ruined her dress. She helped by turning a pumpkin into a carriage so that Cinderella could attend the ball in the hopes of meeting the prince.

Taylor's journey to the country music awards was a little less magical, but she did ride in a pumpkin shaped carriage that was inspired by Cinderella. This was a fitting entrance considering the fairytale themes featured throughout her fearless album.

The ball

The fairy godmother replaced Cinderella's tattered dress with a ball gown. This allowed her to attend the ball where she spent the night dancing, but hadn't realised she was dancing with the prince at the time.

Following the success of her fearless album, Taylor attended the country music awards. The night started with Taylor performing for the audience and ended with her accepting the most coveted award of the night, the entertainer of the year award.

The party is over

Cinderella’s night ended as she heard the clock begin to chime. She fled from the castle and lost her glass slipper on the way out, leaving the prince wondering how to find her again.

Before Taylor could finish her speech, Kanye West stormed onto the stage and ripped the microphone out of her hands. He had interrupted her acceptance speech to proclaim that Beyonce should have won the award instead of Taylor. This encounter is the epitome of how little respect so many people within the music industry and media had for her at the time. Taylor put on a brave face for the interviews that followed the awards show, but on the inside she felt humiliated.

Midnight

Cinderella's fairy godmother had warned her that when the clock struck midnight she would return to who she was before the ball, causing her to flee before the spell wore off.

Unlike Cinderella, Taylor never stood a chance of transforming back to her old self when the night ended because of her encounter with Kanye. Instead the pop star version of Taylor was frozen in time, unable to return home to reunite with the queer version of herself. This traumatic experience on stage is what contributed to the queer side of Taylor becoming metaphorically exiled and hidden from the public view indefinitely.

Exiled

Cinderella’s stepmother locked her away in the attic as a punishment when she discovered that Cinderella had snuck out to attend the ball. This was also an attempt to prevent her from seeing the prince again.

We see many versions of Taylor being exiled throughout her career. She's been buried, locked away in the vault, abandoned in the cabin, in a casket for her funeral and locked away in the asylum. Meanwhile, the pop star version of Taylor had to go on with the show. This separation between the two then lead to new versions of Taylor being added with each new era over time, all playing their part until they could reunite once more.

If the shoe fits

When Cinderella fled from the ball she left behind her glass slipper. The had prince decreed that every maiden in the kingdom was to try the shoe on, in hopes of finding who it belonged to. Cinderella escaped her confines just in time try on the shoe.

Taylor's mismatched shoes and outfits for the 1989 set are similar to the contrasting colours Cinderella’s stepsisters wore each day. The reputation bodysuit has a similar shape reminiscent of Cinderella's missing shoe too. But the final puzzle piece of the missing shoe seems to be the remaining rerecords.

And they lived happily ever after

When the narrator reaches this part of the story, they're doing so with hindsight because the story has already ended. Therefore the narrator is retelling the story for us to understand her journey. Cinderella's story ends when she reunites with the prince and they live happily ever after.

Taylor has been telling us her story through her music, public appearances, social media and throughout the eras tour. And if the tortured poets department is the epilogue, Midnights is the final chapter. Taylor's version of a happily ever after will finally occur when the pop star version of Taylor reaches midnight and is reunited with the queer version of herself that is stuck in the shadows.

Queer Taylor- "I don't wanna live forever"

"I'm gonna get you back" -pop star Taylor

❤️💔❤️‍🩹

A tortured poet,

Kylie x

P.S. Will we meet Taylor at 12am on the 12th of December 2024?

[postcard-from-the-past]

House Doorn, death house of the exiled German Empress Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny in Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands

German vintage postcard

[samasmith23]

I’ve gotta say, it was really neat seeing Mary Jane continuing her fashion modeling career even while several months pregnant during The Clone Saga!

MJ absolutely kills it as a maternity wear fashion icon!

[theknowfacetshirtcompany]

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[vertigoartgore]

2009's Thor Vol.1 #601 variant cover by artist Marko Djurdjevic.

[sleepyspots-wc-designs]

TIGERSTAR (the first)

“Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crowfood.”

[Black with spotted (oceloid) tabby markings, low white spotting, and amber eyes.]

Whoa! A war criminal!

Some design notes!

Oceloid spots occur in wild x domestic cat hybrids… Tigerstar absolutely has some “big cat” ancestry (probably through Pinestar), though nothing as big as his namesake haha.

Not very fluffy. He’s all muscle and thick, meticulously-groomed fur. He’s consistently described as “handsome”, after all!

His front claws are always unsheathed.

Lots of “v” shapes throughout his design, alongside spots and sharp edges.

Scarring includes: “Star-shaped” scar across his right eye and nose bridge (I like to think that this scar came from Redtail in his last moments, trying to rip out Tigerclaw’s eye in a move that would have at least told others who his attacker was… unfortunately the move failed). Left ear split with a deep “v”, and right ear is nicked twice.

Bonus Dark Forest version:

[Gore(?) Tw]

[thistlefur]

[billysjoel]

EXILED: A LAW & ORDER MOVIE + Tropes

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo - tropes + blending

[shallowbreeze]

Berryheart

Berryheart is a black-and-white she-cat with amber eyes.