#g. wulfing

[g-wulfing-author]

The Tale Of Agapito The Werewolf, my retelling of the lai of Marie de France titled 'Bisclavret', is finished.

You can read it here on Tumblr and here on my blog.

I am humbly tagging @laurasimonsdaughter because this post of hers inspired me to retell this story.

Pictured above is a fake book cover made with the Penguin Classics Cover Generator (https://penguin.jos.ht/), featuring a photograph by Christian Houge (https://cargocollective.com/christianhouge/Shadow-Within-2010-2013).

[g-wulfing-author]

Story time!

I once agonised for months over why a character of mine would stroll into the palace of the king who previously imprisoned her, with no weapons and no plan, seemingly only to gloat that she had escaped the inescapable prison to which the king had banished her. The plot demanded that she do this. There was no way around it.

But it was completely illogical. Who would do that? It would be ridiculous! She would obviously be recaptured and imprisoned again. She had nothing to gain and everything to lose from such a foolish act.

At last, after months of being stalled in my writing of the story, because of this one event, it dawned on me:

I was trying to create a logical reason for this character to do what she did, because I would need a logical reason to do that. But the character is not me. She is not based on me; she is based on someone else I knew.

Someone who would absolutely parade their freedom in front of their captors, without weapon or escape plan, just to gloat.

And, in fact, having this character do this insanely arrogant thing not only gave her a great entrance into the story, but demonstrated to the reader something vital about the character: she is, in fact, both arrogant and insane.

I had forgotten who I was dealing with.

People in real life are illogical and emotional all over the place. Fictional characters can be, too. Moreover, fiction exists to be entertaining, not to demonstrate logic at all times.

when somebody mentions a “plot hole” in a piece of media and it’s just like “why would this character make an emotionally driven choice consistent with their morals instead of doing the most objectively logical thing in this situation, this writing sucks”

[suzukiblu]

My (not QUITE spoilery, but slightly) pieces for the first @dpxdcbigbang fic I drew for, @holdm2's Bottom of the Boxcar (+ FFN link), which has just started posting! 💚

I did the three-panel illustration first because I thought it was just such a good and painful scene and such a good part of the fic, but that Johnny and Jason bit would NOT leave me alone and honestly wound up my favorite part overall, so when we got a little extra time on our deadline I took FULL advantage of it to draw that too, haha.

Bonus concept sketches in various stages of "concept"-ing behind the cut, including sketches of a couple of scenes I didn't end up drawing.

[wulfums]

Spy and Spy and their wonderful middle aged son Spamton coming back from their family holiday party

[dozydawn]

“German disco formation and pop band Silver Convention with Penny McLean, Ramona Wulf and Linda G. Thompson, Germany, 1976.”

Photographed by Helmut Reiss.

[g-wulfing-author]

The things that you mock other people for loving are the things that will get them through the darkest times of their lives, when you are not there to help them.

Shoutout to all the people who have been made to feel weird all their lives for being obsessive about their interests

You're allowed to love things intensely and be passionate about them

It's not strange or embarrassing - it shows that when you love, you love wholly and that is never something to feel ashamed about

[okamiz36]

Sooo, tried drawing another rp character whos canonically like 17 but i made them look 12.... why do i do this.... *has 3 styles but chose the worst one*

[fr-thrice]

I drew this girl and I wanna post her, but still haven't settled on a name. I currently really enjoy the name element wynn. She is pretty similar to San; she was raised by wolves deep in the forest, and while she is now aware of other dragons, she prefers to stay with her family and is not friendly to strangers.

[arcimboldisworld]

Lady in the Dark - Theater Basel 04.12.2022

LADY IN THE DARK - THEATER BASEL 04.12.2022 #kurtweill #iragershwin #martingberger #musical #psychoanalyse #rezension #deliamayer #stefankurt #thomaswise #theaterbasel

Es ist lange her, dass ich eine Vorstellung in der Pause verlassen habe, denn grundsätzlich denke ich positiv und gehe davon aus, dass sich der zweite Teil noch lohnen könnte – zudem hat es mit der Wertschätzung der Künstler zu tun, die in der Regel nichts für eine schlechte Inszenierung können und das Beste daraus machen. In den knapp 1000 von mir besuchten (und dokumentierten) Vorstellungen kam…

[g-wulfing-author]

I AM STRANGE. I AM QUEER. SOME OF US CAN DO BOTH.

If you can't handle being called 'strange' then uhhh ... good luck trying to fit in with the cool kids, I guess, since apparently that is what you want to spend your time doing.

"Queer" is ABSOLUTELY a slur because it ALSO means "strange"

good thing i am strange then so it accurately describes me!

[g-wulfing-author]

From my notes on The Tale Of Agapito The Werewolf, my retelling of Marie de France's 'Bisclavret':

"At the end of the story, the werewolf is still a werewolf, as mentioned above, and there is no indication that he will ever be otherwise, even if Bisclavret himself would like to be. But there is also no indication that the king minds whether he is wolf or human: he loved the man, he loved the wolf, and he will love the werewolf. A happy ending in which Bisclavret’s werewolfism were cured would be less happy than an ending in which he is loved irrespective of it.

Being loved and accepted for who we are, no matter what form we take or how we may transform or transition, is better than being ‘cured’ of the attributes that supposedly make us unlovable, undeserving, or undesirable."

You can read the rest of the notes here on Tumblr and here on my blog.

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Amsterdam-Schiphol airport, 25.6.1938, dominated by the Deutsche Luft Hansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 V2 Condor (D-AETA) Westfalen. Alongside it is a Fokker-assembled Douglas DC-3 (PH-ARZ) Ijsvogel of KLM, then a Deutsche Luft Hansa Junkers Ju 52/3m. To the left is Curtiss T-32 Condor (G-AEZE) of International Air Freight and to its right a KLM Lockheed Super Electra (PH-APE) Ekster. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

[usafphantom2]

26th July 1943. Medal of Honor action of 2nd Lt John ‘Red’ Morgan, a B-17 co-pilot with the 326th BS of the 92nd Bomb Group. Rejected for military service in America due to previously breaking his neck, he had instead joined the RCAF and ultimately flew 12 missions as a Flight Sergeant with RAF Bomber Command. Morgan transferred to the USAAF in March 1943 and was now flying his fifth combat mission with the Eighth Air Force, a raid against Hanover.

As the bombers reached the German coast, they were met by Luftwaffe fighters. Morgan’s B-17, ‘Ruthie II’, came under heavy attack from Focke-Wulf 190s and was badly damaged. The oxygen system to the rear fuselage was knocked out along with the intercom, while the top turret gunner had his arm severed by a cannon shell. He was found bleeding to death on the fuselage floor by the navigator, who bailed him out of the aircraft, an action which saved his life. Found and treated by the Germans, he was repatriated in 1944.

Meanwhile, a frontal attack had smashed the cockpit windscreen and a machine gun bullet inflicted a severe brain injury on the pilot, Lt Robert Campbell. He reflexively gripped the control column as he slumped forwards, putting the B-17 into a dive. Through sheer strength, Morgan managed to heave the aircraft back into formation. He was fought for control all the time by the semiconscious pilot, who even physically attacked his copilot due to the effects of his fractured skull.

Morgan couldn’t hear firing from any of the gunners behind him and believed they had bailed out or been killed. In fact, they were all unconscious through lack of oxygen. Believing that it would be more dangerous to turn back, he opted to continue with the formation. As the navigator and bombardier manned the nose guns against continued attacks, for up to two hours Morgan flew the B-17 with one hand, while fighting off Campbell with the other, as he continued his attempts to wrest control of the aircraft from him. He could have severed the pilot’s oxygen supply to render him unconscious, but feared this would kill him.

Finally, as fighter attacks eased, the navigator was able to leave his gun and secured Campbell in the nose with the help of the bombardier. With Morgan now firmly in control, the B-17 reached Hanover, dropped its bombs and returned safely to make an emergency landing at RAF Foulsham, with barely any fuel left in the tanks. Campbell’s injuries proved fatal and he died shortly after the landing, while the five men in the rear fuselage knocked out through oxygen starvation had all survived, though with varying degrees of frostbite. They had regained consciousness as the aircraft descended on the outward flight.

Awarded the Medal of Honor in December 1943, Morgan was promoted and given the option of going home, but continued to fly combat sorties. On 6th March 1944, his H2X radar-equipped B-17 was flying as a formation lead aircraft on a mission to Berlin when it took a direct flak hit over the target. Morgan grabbed a parachute, but hadn’t had time to fasten it before the aircraft exploded. He was in freefall for an estimated 20,000 feet as he struggled to clip the pack to his chest, succeeding with around 500 feet to spare.

Captured almost immediately, Morgan spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I, the only Medal of Honor winner to become a prisoner of war after receiving the award. He saw service again in Korea, flying cargo aircraft when denied a combat assignment. Ending his Air Force career in the Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel, he died in 1991.

Pictured:

1) John Cary Morgan receiving the Medal of Honor from Lt Gen Ira Eaker, 8th Air Force commander, 18th December 1944.

📷 afhistory.af.mil

2) Morgan’s B-17 ‘Chopstick G. George’ descending in flames over Berlin, 6/3/44. This image was taken moments before the aircraft exploded, killing six of the crew.

📷 b17flyingfortress.de

3) Morgan manning a field kitchen at Stalag Luft I.

📷 thisdayinaviation.com

@JamieMctrusty via X

[kornwulf]

Old science fiction was a goldmine for screwed up premises in short story form. A few of my favorites that altered my brain chemistry as a kid were

The Nine Billion Names of God - Arthur C. Clarke

Out of the Sun - Arthur C. Clarke

Before Eden - Arthur C. Clarke

The Star - Arthur C. Clarke

The Food of the Gods - Arthur C. Clarke

Rescue Party - Arthur C. Clarke

The Dead Past - Isaac Asimov

The Last Question - Isaac Asimov

Franchise - Isaac Asimov

Arena - Fredric Brown

The Dead Astronaut - J. G. Ballard

The Ultimate City - J. G. Ballard

(no points for guessing who was my favorite science fiction author back in elementary school)

I'd also definitely like to second Asimov's Nightfall. There's very very good reason that it was considered by many people to be the best science fiction story ever written.

I'm collecting a list of Short Stories That Fucked Us Up As Children. reblog and tell me what I'm missing.

here's the list so far:

the yellow wallpaper

all in a summer day

fever dream

the lottery

hey come on out

by the waters of Babylon

the most dangerous game

flowers for Algernon

a good man is hard to find

skin

to build a fire

silent snow secret snow

bartleby the scrivener

i have no mouth and I must scream

harrison bergeron

lamb to the slaughter

the cask of amontillado

the telltale heart

the vampyre

where did you come from, where did you go

the monkey's paw

I'll add a poll in case it helps haha

[s-4pphics]

ten songs, ten people

hi baby tank u 4 the tag :3 @millersaurora

rules: put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up, then tag ten other people.

we know - fifth harmony

quick jaw - xavier wulf

marrow - vincint

romantic homicide - d4vd

3:16AM - jhené aiko

sacrifice - the w**knd

advice - alex g

die for you - 🤮 ft ariana grande

sativa - jhené aiko and rae sremmurd

all i want is you - rebzyyx and hoshie star

npt: @elliesbelle @elliessknife @digit4lslut @dropsofs4turn @mariefilms @dragonasflowercrown @castasplla @yuckyfucky @ohlawdthebirds @m-3-ijiworld (sowwie if u got tagged already :3)

[bladees-ashtray-girl]

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• haii i’m Anto i’m slavic and i heavily fw yung lean

- i fw-

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drain gang/sad boys/gravity boys/haunted mound/yung bruh/chris travis/sickboyrari/xaviar wulf/yung goth/mercy mane/black smurf…

•underground rap

ian/jaydes/summers/autumn!/len333/smokedope2016/joeyy/acid soulja/xaviarsobased/HI-C/ osamason…

•metal in general

venom/doom/electro hippies/disrupt/discharge/nausea/sorethroat/fuck on the beach/skunk/sordo/chulo…

•crust metal/dsbm

i hate sex/okewood/lifelover/këkhet aräkh/psychonaut4…

•rap/trap

jpegmafia/frank ocean/westsidegunn/tyler tc/sonder/travis scot/a$ap/earl sweatshirt/odd future/mac miller

•indie

mac demarco/jonotenleandoer96/cranberries/car seat headrest/duster/lamp/radiohead/the cure/ the verve/alex g/machine girl/aphex twin/sign crushes motorists/panchiko/my bloody valintine/ elusin…

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-i don fw/i’m scared of-

•politics/sex/abuse. (the big three)

i have a beautiful boyfriend and i’m only looking for moots, i’m a minor. Sorry if i don’t respond i’m not good at talking. Please don’t male fun of me i’m most likely scared of all of you

creds for dividers: @anarchysin, @nicodefresas, @violetbudd