#fate of the faithful

[holdingup-fallingsky]

I am once again thinking about how fucking fantastic of a song Fate of the Faithful is like the lyricism is fucking insane, there’s so many double entendres for each line and each one still matches the themes of the song (y’know being absolutely pissed off at religion and god) and like you can feel the emotion and rage radiating off this song it’s actually insane. And then to top THAT all off, the actual music of the song feels like a powerful summer lightning storm, y’know the type that make you understand why our ancestors used to think storms were god’s wrath. And then there’s this underlying feeling of bitterness; the type you only really experience when someone you were extremely close and devoted to betrays you and your trust it’s just all so UGHHHHHHHH and like even the TITLE of the song is crazy like yeah, the fate of the fiercely faithful is that you will get burned and that you find out it was not worth it and that it meant nothing. Like do you understand

[sinners-go-to-drink-the-wine]

I fucking love fate of the faithful, cause they really said oh what's the result of blind faith and lack of critical thought? your doom!! any power you follow unquestioningly will ultimately betray you!!

[do-it-jakey-baby]

Jake’s riffs on the second verse of Fate of the Faithful send me into actual orbit. 😭

They just DO SOMETHING to me. It’s agonising but I can’t stop listening. I am FERAL. 🥲

[beehiveedits]

Gvf songs as people accept it's not all white straight women part 1: Fate Of The Faithful

[thewritingbeforesunrise]

Can we talk about the way Josh sings the word "urn" in the studio version of Fate of the Faithfull?

'Cause that drawn-out note is making me feel things. 😵‍💫🫠

[indigostreaking]

Fate Of The Faithful

Hail, the god song!

All trill to the tune devout reprise

Hail, the eon!

We knelt on this slab, the blessed people

We fought for the fable, (aha)

But instead we burn

And in the end of time, (aha)

Left an empty urn

Music-maker!

A noisy device to take the toll

God forsake her

For the songs that she sang have left god’s acre

We fought for the fable, (aha)

But instead we burn

And in the end of time, (aha)

Left an empty urn

We fought for the fable, (aha)

But instead we burn

And in the end of time, (aha)

Left an empty urn

[imgonnagetkilledbynutstink]

WAIT WAIT FUCK FATE OF THE FAITHFUL IS GIVING EXTREME JOAN OF ARC VIBES I'M SCARED. "We fought for the fable but instead we burn"!?!?!? "God forsake her for the songs that she sang have left God's acre"!?!?!? I'm gonna throw myself off a bridge

[wildbluesorbit]

Well shit- if I wasn't wet for the twins before Fate of The Faithful, she's a tsunami now. 👁🫦👁

[ageofwagner]

danny’s drums in fate of the faithful😵‍💫

[gvflyrics]

god forsake her, for the songs that she sang, have left god’s acre

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[secretmellowart]

“Give to this dog son of a wolf a human face, and the result will be Javert.”

I think a lot about the folkloric story that Victor Hugo describes (or invents) in Les Mis, that uses dogs/wolves as a metaphor for that way that Inspector Javert betrays his own social class. It feels very fairytale-like, so here’s a Lotte-Reiniger style adaptation. Many thoughts, many emotions. I may animate this eventually. (And thanks to @valvertweek for the motivation!)

[mutodaes]

The Shepherd of Souls

I had an idea for a COTL AU in which the Lamb is a reincarnation of the original god of death, known as the Shepherd of Souls.

[holdingup-fallingsky]

yeah I've thought about it more and I still think it's the same person however I now think that Fate of the Faithful is also apart of this. But now I also think Archer is first, then Falling Sky, and finally FOTF (and also Barbarians if I'm being honest)

Ok so now that I’ve had time to think about it and process it, I have a theory. I think The Falling Sky and The Archer are about the same character just at different points in time.

With TFS, it’s towards the beginning of the Archer’s story. They know their place in the world - as an instrument of war and death - but they understand and rationalize what they do as a righteous force. If it weren’t for them, society would collapse; the sky would fall. However, on some level the Archer gets that what they do is wrong; they have a pointless forte and play a silly board game: war. Even if the Archer “wins” a battle or war, they really don’t feel like they do because people die by their hands. Ergo, they just want to let the fighting pass and not partake. Overall, they’re very apathetic about their role.

However, with The Archer, their tune changes. Someone close to them - their bride Sara - dies. My take is that Sara did not die naturally. For the first time, the Archer understands what it’s like to be on the other side of war. Left with their feeling of loss and grief, the Archer turns to the one thing they know and understand: their bow. The Archer goes on a crusade to avenge Sara, taking the Devil’s hand and turning to the dark side. But once this revenge ride is done, the Archer doesn’t stop. They have finally peered behind the curtain and understand that what they did was never for good, society be damned.

Sara’s death changed the Archer forever. No longer are they a vessel for justice and the pillar of societal support, rather they now are a villain with a tragic history. With Sara dead, they no longer know who they are and no longer have a home to return to. The Archer died along with their bride.

[cloudyshade]

my darling son sushi who has 8 mental illnesses and 4 dollars to his name

[nimbusclan]

I wanted to pay homage to a handful of the blogs that inspire me, so I drew my favorite cats from each!

I didn't realize how many white/gray cats were my favs 'til I started coloring this... I guess I have a type. It was really fun to color this, though - it really expresses how different all of their coats are!

I DID realize that many of my favorites are the nonverbal and/or stoic ones, lmao.

This was so much fun for me! It was a great opportunity to play around with shapes and faces and appearances. I'll definitely do this again in the future!

In order of appearance:

Rivercall, from @castaway-clan

Puddle, from @sporeclan

Cranedance, from @chasing-faith-and-fate

Erminepaw, from @loudclan-clangen

Sharktail, from @rookclan

and Milkfur, from @ranchclan

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