#fireflies and songs

[herrscherofmagic]

[qualityrain]

my hny reading experience

[rassicas]

I just learned that the JP name of tide goes out is スミソアエの夜. Is there a pun here that I'm missing? why is it Vinagared Miso??? Very confused about it since トキメキ☆ボムラッシュ is pretty direct.

(スミソアエの夜=Night Dressed with Vinegared Miso) I think its a reference to the firefly squids of Toyama bay.

Marie's JP name is Hotaru, in reference to hotaru ika, or firefly squid. on spring nights in Toyama bay, millions of firefly squids come up from the depths to breed, and people start dropping nets for some squid dinnar 🔥🔥🔥🔥

freshly caught firefly squid with a sauce of vinegared miso is a local specialty of Toyama. So catching firefly (hotaru) squids at night and putting vinegared miso sauce on them = スミソアエの夜 ! As for the english name, my best guess is that it has to do how with how the squid get very close to shore, and get washed up when....the tide goes out. It works considering the specific vinegared miso reference isnt well known outside of japan.

[aphemera]

old catelyn sketch i forgot to share

[v-poreons]

ERMM.... trollsona posting.... Firefly my absolute beloved. She is me fr. Cant believe I haven't shared her here yet

[peteytheparrot]

Gays with issues but they aren’t gay

[icarianstars]

Before Regulus entered the cave, he stood outside it on the rocky cliff and watched as the sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in orange and gold. He whispered a final goodbye to James, and for the first time in over a year, he let himself cry.

[kiee0712]

warmth

[fistfuloflightning]

webtoon face casting

Shen Yuan (Firefly Wedding)

Liu Qingge (Reborn as the Crazed Heir)

Shen Jiu (I Shall Live as a Prince)

Luo Binghe (Demon Leader’s Lover)

Ning Yingying (Pixiu’s Bakery: No Way Out)

Tianlang-Jun (I Really Love His Temper)

Zhuzhi-lang (Song of the Sky Walkers)

[rainyyy-dayysss]

Things shine because they wanted to be seen

- children of the sea

[pinkypastal]

Me about a character I like: man, I am so obsessed with them... they're kinda hard not to like lol

Meanwhile, the character: literally one of the most controversial and highly debated characters in the series

[vefanyar]

And it is said that Elwing learned the tongues of birds, who herself had once worn their shape; and they taught her the craft of flight, and her wings were of white and silver-grey. And at times, when Earendil returning drew near again to Arda, she would fly to meet him, even as she had flown long ago, when she was rescued from the sea. Then the far-sighted among the Elves that dwelt in the Lonely Isle would see her like a white bird, shining, rose-stained in the sunset, as she soared in joy to greet the coming of Vingilot to haven.

[sproutrrry]

“i get a thousand hugs, from ten thousand lightning bugs, as they try to teach me how to dance”

[baeshijima]

if anyone asks

tell them ive ascended to heaven

[s-lycopersicum]

I saw that pixiv was doing a seasonal effect tag, and felt inspired to try a small little thing, you can see it in full size here.

[chippedshake]

You and I were meant to be, like open roads and gasoline

Johnny lets out a whoop as they speed down a country road.

Dally's driving, like he always does on those special Saturdays when they manage to escape for a couple hours, and he's breaking about five traffic laws at a time. Usually Johnny is the most law-abiding of the gang, but today he can't be bothered.

The freedom of sticking his head out the window as they speed down an empty road with nothing but dust and tumbleweed around them almost lets him forget their neighbourhood's oppressive smallness.

Maybe we were never meant to stray

Dally thought– he thought they were meant to be.

Not the way they wanted, that would never be possible, but somehow. As friends, making the world think they were like brothers.

God had different plans, apparently.

Things were never going to be easy, and Dally never expected them to be, but he also never thought he would watch the love of his life use his last words on someone else.

You and I, we go together,

They're lying side by side in the field near the Curtises' house. Johnny's watching the stars and Dally's watching Johnny, both calmly awed in the way you can only be when beholding overwhelming beauty.

"We'll go together, right, Dal?" Johnny asks, turning his head towards Dally and breaking the silence that'd settled over them. "You won't leave me alone?"

Dally frowns as Johnny meets his eyes.

"What made ya think o' that?"

Johnny shrugs as well as he can while lying down and looks back up at the sky.

"Just thinking. 'Bout how we're tiny, really, and stars prolly live for a lot longer'n us."

Dally doesn't respond, but he turns his head to look at the stars. They're not all that much, he thinks. Not as impressive as everyone promises they are.

He turns his head back towards Johnny.

"An' greasers ain't exactly known for long lives."

"I ain't gettin' myself killed while you're still around, Johnny Cade, so don't go getting yourself any ideas," Dally snaps at him, sharp in a way that would make most people flinch but only makes Johnny smile softly.

"Don’t worry your pretty little head 'bout it, Dallas. Ain't nothing gonna happen." Johnny sounds happy, relaxed, as he drifts off to sleep.

Fireflies and southern weather

Pure, youthful laughter fills the air as they chase fireflies in the warm weather.

It isn't fake or snarled or cackling, for once; just the pure joy of chasing tiny specks of light among the darkness, running in the middle of the night.

For once, they can forget that they're only sleeping in a field because they have nowhere else to go and that they're pretty much all the other one has, because they're allowed to be young now. Young and free and laughing.

Maybe things are better off this way

"You ever think of runnin'? Just... leaving? Leavin' all the Socs and greasers and everythin'?"

Dally doesn't respond for a couple seconds.

"Didn't think of you as the type to run, Johnnycake."

"I ain't never done it," Johnny says defensively

"Well, if ya did I'd be right there with ya."

A beat.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

It hits him suddenly how true that is. He would follow Johnny anywhere, to the end of the world itself, if it meant they would stay together.

I'm coming home today

There's no laughter as Dally runs through the dark alone a year later, chased by sirens and flashing lights.

Even if he can't see the fireflies tonight and all he can hear are the blaring sirens and his friends' cries, only one thought runs through his mind as he remembers that night: Johnny didn't keep his promise, he didn’t let them go together.

But Dally always knew he would follow Johnny anywhere.