#fire cauldron

[jonnywaistcoat]

Have you heard of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream? If you have, do you like it?

Have I heard of one of the seminal pieces of New Wave science fiction? Yes, I have. Do I like it...?

Huh. What a question. Do I like it?

I guess the answer is no, not really. Or at least, I didn't enjoy the experience of reading it: it's heavily locked into a lot of the cultural and sociological outlooks of the 60s and 70s that I find kind of repugnant and while some of what goes down is gross in a way I love to read, a lot of it is gross in a way I really don't.

So I don't like it. But that's one reason why I'm really glad I read it. Only reading and engaging with things you like it eventually leaves your brain a bit mushed. Sometimes you need something to wrestle with, something unpleasant you can sit with in discomfort. And I don't mean "hate-reading" or going in looking for reasons to tear something down - I mean good faith engagement with art that you don't like. Because I always find that people are so quick to ask "what's wrong with this?" they fail to ask what I think is a more compelling question: "what value can I find in here, what is there that's interesting?"

And to be fair that's a very easy task with I Have No Mouth. Harlan Ellison is a great writer tackling some fascinating questions and its an influential enough work that it puts a lot of later sci-fi (that I often enjoy more) into context. Plus I love an evil computer and AM is the absolute GOAT.

And obviously there's no shame in tapping out of a piece of art if you're genuinely finding it too unpleasant to get through, but I'm always in favour of good faith engagement with art you don't like. It keeps the fire hot for the inspiration soup.

[zwijgverbod]

Natural Stone Pavers - Transitional Landscape

Image of a sizable, full-sun, transitional backyard with stone landscaping and a fire pit.

[crowhoonter]

Cauldron's big whopping mistake

I'm just saying, Cauldron could have really done something brilliant with Eden. Not to say the vials weren't a smart thing, they definitely were, but where was the pizzaz? The showmanship? If I had stumbled into the unknowable vast corpse of an alien god, you know what I would've done? Make a fucking restaurant.

You see, they were blessed with the first truly new meat to have come to earth in a very long time. Alien meat and crystal body structures. Imagine the crazy dishes they could have made. Like fuck dude I'd eat an alien if someone gave me the chance. They could have even kept the whole giving people powers schtick with it.

Breaker biscuits with shard dust in the flour they used, Tinker Truffles, Master Muffins, Brute Borscht, Stranger Schnitzel, the possibilities were goddamn endless. Make it a restaurant at the end of the universe type deal where it isn't in the universe proper like the actual Cauldron compound so they still only get the super rich patrons.

Number Man could handle the finances (obviously) and I do believe he would also be a good greeter and waiter, polite but never too friendly. Contessa in the kitchen making the food, Doctor Mother is that lady who asks how everything is going and you don't really know what her actual job is at the restaurant but it is clear she does something important, Custodian would buss the dishes, and Slug would be there too.

They could have had the best gimmick of any cape organization, but no. They just had to make entity girl corpse water in nerdy little vials. For all of that power, all of that planning, Cauldron lacked the vision to properly do something with it.

[dragon-inc]

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

obviously miriel reproduced asexually and since laurent is a perfect clone of her in every way except gender it can only mean he is a trans man

!

[cookiesandbiscuits]

Grim shenanigans in Alchemy class

Bonus screenshot:

A tired unca and the Grim-lin

[prettieststarsoftheocean]

Continuation of prev 3 (suggested by @hotstuff97) - Rikki as a witch. Bc if Cariba Heine had been in tvdu, she WOULDVE played a witch. trust me i know cuz im psychic

[the-indie-owl]

Folklore Films My Beloved. 🩵

[the-greater-good-1899]

The dawn of November 1, 1945.

With the chaos of a recently graduated Tom Riddle sent out into the world, and the ministry breathing that much more down Albus Dumbledore's neck for the last few weeks after he'd been forced on "administrative leave" by the ministry while he was in their custody for the last several weeks, beaten and tortured until he gave into their demands to duel Gellert Grindelwald once more. He knew his husband's actions had grown more horrific over the years that even he could not ignore, and between that, the torture...

He had accepted.

The ministry was unaware of his possession of the resurrection stone, given to him by Flamel in case things turn for the worst in that duel. He's made enough potion to live out the next fifty years with himself and his wife- Should Albus not come home from this. Days before, he had sent out a letter. Part of him hoped it did not make it to him, or he would simply ignore his ridiculous quest for a final duel, to see who would finally come out on top. Or, in the ministries eyes.. If good would triumph over evil.

For the greater good.

Days later, he had anxiously arrived at that location, dressed in his usual attire. His wand was grasped tightly in his hand, other shoved in his pocket, wrapped tightly around the stone in his pocket. He had used illusion charms to hide what a wreck he really looked like, after what the ministry had put him through for the last several weeks. In his weakened state he might've still been quite the formidable opponent- But the ministries underestimated Grindelwald when it came to Dumbledore. He truly didn't know who would triumph this time. He hoped so desperately that the letter had not made it, or he would refuse.

But when was luck ever on Albus Dumbledore's side? @magicblooms

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[windvexer]

I don’t think of myself as a fire unsafe person, and to experiment with oil lamps I got this $10 stock pot to help mitigate risk. But it just makes me feel more secure about regular candles, too.

And think of the cauldron symbolism opportunities.

[sanglunaria]

Octillerink Day 23: Cauldron

[makenna-made-this]

BAWKtober Day 23 - Cauldron

Double double hard-boil and trouble~

[dhm-rising]

Basalt Serpent

Undertide Male - Fire Dark

Oilslick/Midnight/Sapphire

Boa/Eye Spots/Soap

[deadboystims]

taran ( the black cauldron ) with medieval and dragon related stims for anon !

ᯓ★ x x x , x x x , x x x

[ladyinthebluebox]

y'all saying that Taash is the dragon from Trespasser or that there is a connection between the two... don't your arms hurt from all that reaching? XD

[xamassed]

⟬ open starter ; ashley ⟭

"You've been lookin' around for a while," drawled a deep voice from behind the counter. Ashley had both of his massive hands pressed to the wood, body arched forward like a dog in the verge of irritation. "You gonna buy somethin' or not? 'Cause if you weren't plannin' on it, I'm gonna kick you out."