#guardian latis

[aghostsdestiny]

I was in the worst of places once. I was content in it, ngl, i found ways to enjoy things within the misery. It could be pretty. But he got me to climbing out of it. Towards the warmth. Towards life beyond misery.

[zeravmeta]

Cynthia has her beta outfit reused for the anime as her casual clothes!

As a whole, some of the anime stuff (Lucario Movie's Tree of Life, Lati Twins being Ocean guardians in the expanded creation myth and set in Altomare) makes me feel like the Anime Writers were IN on the series bibles

Oh yeah they were 100% in on the behind the scenes stuff The big thing abt these leaks imo is that Nintendo/Gamefreak NEVER release this type of concept stuff that most other franchises do, so for the most part we never had a good idea for how they saw their own series and what type of ideas they were trying to express, which is why this is pretty significant to me

[casteliacityramen]

MUNDAY LORE POST - OATHKEEPERS

I am a member of the Order of Arceus. Of my own volition, I shall duly carry the responsibilities of a guardian of His Majesty's creation.

I will guide existence towards enlightenment. I shall seek to prevent sudden tragedies and shepherd existence towards a better tomorrow.

I swear to place myself in danger for the sake of others--but I shall not interfere with history as it is being made, nor shall I disrupt the natural order.

I will deny positions of political power and relinquish any recognition for my actions. History shall be influenced by my covert actions, not by my overt interference.

I will not partake in actions that will bring harm to the order. I will not become a subordinate of mythical or divine beings, other than His Highest. None of the lesser gods shall know of our work.

I am one of many. I am one of few. I shall go, as His Majesty wills it. This oath, I swear.

Welcome to the Order!

(Your new body and you)

- Scribe J.

If you've ever seen a miracle happen on this planet, you have us to thank for it. Ships lost at sea finding their way back to port, natural disasters with no casualties, pack territory disputes that end in peace, etc.

We're this world's guardian angels, and if you haven't been welcomed into holding such an honorable title, let me be the first in doing so.

You're probably wondering what's different about this new body of yours (other than markings, of course).

Your body has received the blessing of Arceus.

Transformation and camouflage:

Latios and Latias typically have various ways of hiding themselves, but what we have is completely different.

Instead of bending light like you used to be able to, we have the ability to transform between living beings of our choosing. Our bodies will also take the physical attributes of our target transformation. This helps us blend in with creation and understand their physical quirks or mannerisms.

Keep in mind, this also includes biological functions and anatomy, such as nervous systems, skeletal structure, DNA, etc. It might get a little weird, at times.

Regardless of which form you take, you will still be able to perform any psychic-type functions, such as telekinesis or telepathy. However, make sure that your current form is capable of such if you decide to make yourself known. Coming up with cover stories and identities will get easier as time goes on, I promise.

If you desperately need to hide, though, you'll find that your standard light refraction works just as it did as before.

Health, Regeneration, and Lifespan:

Arceus's blessing also grants us a supernatural way of healing ourselves. If you find yourself wounded, hurt, or sick (yes you can still get sick!), your body can find itself capable of getting back to 100% after a full night's rest. Keep in mind, this has actually worked against some of us, as anything potentially harmful that has invaded your body can stay there after a case of your rapid regeneration.

Combat is ill advised. While we have all of these abilities, your offensive capability is still about what you had before you became a member of the order. Yes, comparatively, Lati are strong, but we are not invincible.

Keep in mind: while we are capable of doing much, we are still capable of getting sick, growing tired, and even dying. While we don't physically age, we are still mortal. It's easy to push yourself past the line, so make sure to take care of your body.

Misc.

You cannot get pregnant, nor get anyone pregnant (certain circumstances withholding. You'll have to ask the Big Man Upstairs His Majesty for his blessing under the condition that your offspring becomes a member of the Order.

You are still the assigned sex you were given at birth, but you are more than welcome to request a change. Again, this will need to be sent up the chain.

Please don't get too weird with transformations. We have a strict vetting process, but that doesn't mean that we haven't had our fair share of experimenters try something they shouldn't. Keep it clean.

[winged-golden-wanderer]

Who are the Lati Guardians?

oh! called eon guardians actually. latias and latios.

long time ago, three gods. earth, sea, sky. sea and earth not like each other, sky worried they fight. humans came, sky scared they get hurt. so sky ask original one to help. orignal one make two dragons that protect them. twins look after humans for eons.

twins loved humans. liked to go down and play with them, and disguise as them. but one day sky's fears come true: earth and sea fight. cause big disaster, hurt lots of humans. twins revealed true forms and fought to protect. saved humans and sky put sea and earth to sleep. but twins hurt from fight, didn't make it.

humans miss the twins, cried. sky felt bad for them, so created many guardians from tears. now latias and latios found all over world, protecting humans. fulfill duty of first twins. rare, but sometimes show selves to humans with kind heart.

no latias or latios today as strong as first twins though. but some say twins reborn every hundred years.

[mxstball]

[Scorching Sandgems] Final Travels

Now that everything has returned to normal, Heidi returned to the Hall of Origin and returned the humans back down to earth. Mars returned to the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City alongside Akari. Morgan and the Lake Guardians all returned to their respective homes. Heidi picked up Lati and, together with Sapphire and Melony, returned back to their Pokémon journey together. Each of them had 2 badges to go, so they all agreed to gather then, reach the Pokémon League, and then return to Spear Pillar for one final group of battles with each other. So, off they went.

Sapphire was the quickest of the group. Despite refusing to use Andromeda for gym battles, she, Empoleon, and the rest of her team struck through Cadence's Pokémon and shook Volkner's team, granting her the final badges. High from the momentum, Sapphire healed her friends and bursted through to and past Victory Road. If anything, it was almost like she was just going through the motions. After all, it's not the first time she's done this. Upon reaching the Pokémon League, Sapphire healed her team one last time and returned to the Hall of Origin to wait for her mother and aunt.

Melony was fairly quick, too, but was longer than Sapphire. She returned to Hearthome City and challenged the gym leader. Initially, Fantina was concerned when she heard that Melony had nothing but ghosts on her team like her, but when Melony brought out her secret weapon, Fantina was surprised and pleased with the trainer. As such, Fantina and Melony exchanged numbers to talk more about their ghost friends another time. Melony also quickly dealt with Volkner, although this wasn't as quick as with Fantina. Once she received the clear, Melony simply flew across the seas towards the Pokémon League, bypassed much of the trouble of Victory Road by flying over it, and then landing at the Pokémon League proper. Melony then healed before turning back to Victory Road, training a while there, and returning to the Hall of Origin.

Heidi took the longest. With Lati, they took their time reaching Canalave City. They spend the time catching and releasing all manner of other Pokémon from water-type Pokémon such as Finneon and Shellos to various others like Mr. Mime. Heidi taught Lati more about swimming and using Surf on Pokémon, choosing to use Milotic as a way to get across the water. Once at Canalave City, the two spent their time in the library, where Heidi rented out some books about folklore in Sinnoh and the two of them went to the computer lab so Heidi could show Lati a preview of other Pokémon in other regions. Before leaving Canalave City, Heidi and Lati challenged Byron, beating him handily.

Before going to Sunnyshore City, the two dragons paid another visit to Celestic Town. At the center of the town, they both prayed at the shrine and went inside the cavern. There, Heidi took out the books that she rented out and sat with Lati, reading about the Creation Myth -- of how Arceus created Dialga and Palkia to watch over time and space… how it created the Lake Guardians as manifestations of knowledge, willpower, and emotions… how it watched over the world as it blossomed and flourished into the world that they know today… how, even though Arceus is gone today, the world continues to blossom in their honor.

That's when Lati asked a question.

"Grandma made Miss Akari's Palkia and Auntie Icathia way back then?"

Heidi shook her head. "No. Miss Akari's Palkia is pretty young, just like you… and Auntie Icathia is from another world -- the same as me and Auntie Tor and Auntie Melony."

"Oh. Where are the ones Grandma made?"

Heidi put the book away. "...they're… well… gone. They passed away some years before you were born, Lati."

"Gone like grandma?"

"Yeah…. Just like grandma." Heidi looked forward to the mural. "Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf are the original ones, though. They've seen this world change so much in their time, and yet they all love how the world's turned out to be."

"Wow. Must be as old as dad--"

Heidi chuckled. "No, kid. They're far older than your dad, and that's saying something."

"Woahhhhhh. So old. Must be so smart."

"They are, and I love them for it." Heidi and Lati turned and smiled at each other.

Eventually, the duo returned the book to the library and made their way to Sunnyshore City. There, Heidi helped Volkner with a blackout before challenging him. Once she obtained his badge, it was off to the seas. While they could just fly there, Heidi and Lati decided to ride on Milotic's back to discover and catch some more Pokémon. It was then when Lati asked the next set of questions.

"Mommy. Do… you miss the world that you came from?"

"Huh? Do I miss it?"

Lati nodded. "If… If I went to another world, I'd miss home. I'd miss mommy and daddy and Jeanne and all of my moms and sisters and aunties and uncles… and all of the trees and water and stuff, too."

Heidi lightly smiled and petted her child. "In truth? Sometimes, yeah. I haven't lived there in a very long time, but… sometimes I do wonder how different my life would have been if I was allowed to stay." She chuckled a little. "Though, that would mean never meeting your father and not traveling with the best Latios in the world, and I wouldn't want that~"

Lati blushed a little from hearing that. "Awww, Mommy's the best Latias in the world!"

Heidi laughed some more. "Thanks, kiddo. I really appreciate it."

Heidi and Lati made it to the island where Victory Road was held and healed. The group entered Victory Road, but chose to prioritize getting through the puzzles and cave depths instead of catching Pokémon. After all, they can always return to it. During their travels, Lati asked one more set of questions.

"Mommy. I have a question."

Heidi used her Psychic power to push a boulder out of the way. "Sure, hun. What is it?"

Lati brightened the area some more with Luster Purge so the duo could see where they were going. "You said that your world was destroyed?"

"That's right. The area still exists, but there are no people or Pokémon anymore. It's just a dangerous place where the only things there are dangerous Legendary Pokémon."

"Is that where you found Auntie Morgan?"

Heidi nodded. "I'm happy that Morgan survived as long as she did so that we could rescue her."

"...Could there be more people like Auntie Morgan?"

"It's possible. We found Auntie Diancie and Auntie Miraidon recently, after all."

"Can I come with you to find them?"

"Absolutely not." Heidi shook her head as she put Lati on her back and flew up a platform. "You've proven that you're really strong, Lati. Mommy appreciates it… but this place is… different. It's scary in ways even to Mommy and even Mommy can get hurt. I don't want anything to happen to you…."

"But you said that you'd show me different worlds if I'm strong enough. Why can't I go there? I wanna see what happened to your home, mommy."

"...that's not what I'm saying, Lati. I'm saying that finding survivors is a very different and particularly dangerous thing." Heidi landed on the platform, but kept Lati on her back. Lati used Luster Purge to light up the area more. "...tell you what. After we make it through this place and finish our journey, I'll talk with your father, Rachel, and Aphra. If they give the okay, then there's a place in that world that I want to take you."

"Okay! Deal!" Lati giggled.

Heidi joined in the chuckling as the duo continued deeper in Victory Road. They weren't far away from the exit now, so next up: a final showdown with Sapphire and Melony.

[marinecorvid]

9.13.24 sketches. Mentioned how I took heavy inspiration from hotd dragonstone’s hangars for my version of Lugia altar in whirlpool islands but realized I never posted them. + gold’s togekiss and some lati@s inspired by a guardians of ga’hoole rewatch

[thelatiator]

Just Rhea hanging out with her boys, nothing to see, here. (She's probably holding the book upside down)

[bluekat12345]

Transformers/Pokémon: Legendaries

After this post, I started thinking on which Legendary Pokémon would mostly likely becoming these kids' partners, which goes best with who.

Sari: Genesect

I know Genesect is technically a mythical Pokémon, but it's been called legendary, so I'm counting it! When I look at Genesect, it makes me think of Sari's upgrade. And its typing as a Steel/Bug type reminds of Blackarachnia and Waspinator. It's a techno-organic human getting a techno-organic Pokémon!

Jack: Azelf

Since Jack is considered the leader of the TFP kids and is the calmest of the trio, I wanted a legendary Pokémon that reflected that. After some serious consideration, I think Azelf would be best for him, because it is the 'Willpower Pokémon', and Jack is a strong-willed guy and Azelf is said to balance the world, and I think Jack is a good balance for Raf's brains and Miko's brawns.

Miko: Mesprit

To me, Miko is no doubt the most emotional of the trio, and she needs a Pokémon that reflects that. Miko is often the most impulsive, acts on instinct, and between heart and mind, she the kind of girl who uses her heart more often, and these traits aren't bad. Mesprit is the 'Being of Emotion', so that goes with Miko. Plus, a less significant note, the pink just goes great with Miko.

Raf: Uxie

As the smartest of the trio, I think it's only natural that Raf gets paired with Uxie, since it is the Pokémon Knowledge. Raf may be the youngest of the team, but he is no doubt the smartest and he has used his brains countless times to aid the Autobots in their war against the Decepticons. So, I think there's no further explanation for why Uxie belongs with Raf.

Cody: Type:Null/Silvally

I think Type:Null would be perfect for Cody, and a big reason is because it evolves through friendship, since Cody is pretty good at friendship, He was able to befriend the bots and serve as their mediator with his family in the beginning, I imagine he would gain Type: Null's friendship and manage to get it to evolve.

Frankie: Mewtwo

I think Mewtwo would like Frankie. I imagine at first, Mewtwo would compare her to the scientists that created it and would hate her at first. But Frankie would prove that she isn't like those scientists and show that she is much caring and eventually earn Mewtwo's respect and trust, thus becoming comfortable with the idea of joining her.

Priscilla: Enamorus

When I saw Enamorus, I instantly thought this is a Priscilla Pokémon. It's pink, it has hearts all over, a feminine appearance, tough, and is willing to punish those that disrespect it. I think this is the legendary Priscilla herself would be drawn to. Also, the fact that it's called the 'Love-Hate Pokémon' convinces me that this would be a Pokémon for Priscilla.

Wes: Latios

I was torn between Latias and Latios for Wes, but after reading their pokedex entries, I think Latis suits Wes best. I feel Latios is calmer and more peaceful for the two, and the smarter of the two, and Wes strikes me as smart, calm and Latios comes to people with compassionate spirits, which Wes definitely has.

I think the TFP kids were toughest because I was torn between the Lake Guardians or the Swords of Justice, but I came to the conclusion that Lake Guardians suited the trio best.

[askhoennlegends]

(@ask-lulu-the-alpha-noodle) Lulu: I thought latis were water dragon guardians? how come your feathers aren't water proof?

It just so happens that WE are from space!

No water there.... I'm also supposed to be helping Akai, not the giant fish! What gives?

[sol-lar-bink]

A spam ask giving you trouble? Let's hope this changes things.

Your sona is mainly an Uxie, several OCs are lake guardians, and I believe your username had "Uxie" in it at some point. SolUxie, am I right?

So, what if you didn't discover the lake guardians? Would things be carried out differently, or would they be more or less the same?

Also, can you sacrifice me to the Jamba heart? Y'know, fod the lols?

Before the Lakesprits, I was a Latias/ Latios person tbh. I only ever drew those two mons. So without the Lakesprits I would have just stuck with the Lati's most likely lol.

Or it would have gone into some other gen4 mons... like Lucario, Darkrai, Cresselia.

Yeah sure, for the lols. Don't squirm now 👁👁

[lorewclker-blog]

“ I don’t like pistachio, either. ” Such a strange flavor that the humans enjoy. (thunder-beast-raikou)

New world, new introductions. - accepting!

Well at least there is something there is still some good in the world. Lower does the Dragon’s head hover, as though the thirteenth or fourteenth sniff of the open tub of ice cream would yield an even slightly better scent. To no avail; it still smelled abominable.

“It seems this situation can yet be salvaged.” And so Latios’ head raises once more, and a claw points in a direction, any direction, so long as it’s away. 

“Put it over there, I will make quick work of this problem.”

( @thunder-beast-raikou )

[aghostsdestiny]

Destinytober Day 18: "Renewed"

Tasks for the day:

- finish the reports

- refill hot chocolate

- recharge Awoken serotonin

[knightlcve]

[ think ] + Platinum

Send [ think ] + a character name to know my muse’s thoughts on that character.

‘Doesn’t she seem so lonely...?’

The specialist would watch her fellow knight from the shadows, careful as to not give her a single clue of her presence- Platinum was sharp as a razor, it wouldn’t be hard for her to pick up even the slightest stray strand of hair.

But as Gravel continued watching, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. She heard tales of the Armorless knights of Kazimierz, but was fortunate to never meet one- not that she’d stand a chance either way, even someone skilled like her knew that should she be marked by one, she’d never stand a chance.

Yet, meeting Platinum made her realize, perhaps she truly was blessed to come from where she does. For all its struggles and pains, Gravel’s path of life only served to make her a strong-willed, dutiful guardian. What kind of life must this knight have lived to be so jaded..?

Gravel slipped from her hiding place, ensuring she was in plain view of Platinum and at a safe distance as she did, hands clear in display while she approached, before enveloping her fellow knight in a passionate hug. Yes, she seemed very lonely... though she may be someone who would kill her, the zalak would share her love with her all the same.

“ Lati~! Welcome back~! “

[winged-golden-wanderer]

Latis!

oh!

know about lati guardians?

[mxstball]

[Scorching Sandgems] Mars

"Your name is Sapphire, right?" Mars nodded at the girl. "You did really well out there, kid. I was impressed when you fought Andromeda and won. Honestly, I was worried that Morgan and I were going to have to bail you out."

"Thanks, but... that's... actually what I wanted to talk to you about, if that's okay?" Sapphire sat across from Mars.

"Oh, is this about the whole 'catching Palkia' thing?"

Sapphire nodded. "I didn't know that you knew that Andromeda was here. Also, why were you with Morgan and Akari?"

Mars shook her head. "Oh, the whole Team Galactic bit was just pretend. That's why. We're currently piloting a program where we give out a secondary challenge by mimicking the Galactic Incident some years ago, and since I'm the only ex-Commander that volunteered for it, I became the new boss."

"Oh. What happened to the other Commanders and Cyrus?"

"Well, Cyrus... hasn't been back since Giratina forced him inside the Distortion World. There's a chance that he could have passed away by now. Cheron is still in jail. Saturn... well... has been missing for some time now. Jupiter wants no part in anything related to Team Galactic, even a good one. So, that just left me."

"Oh, oka-- wait! Then, what about the Lake Guardians? You captured them and everything!"

"Oh, them? That's because they were in on it, too. Here." Mars took out three Pokéballs.

Mars sent out Uxie! Mars sent out Mesprit! Mars sent out Azelf!

The Legendary Lake Guardians each waved at the Sapphire, although Sapphire flinched at seeing the three together like this.

"They're my friends. When I brought this idea to Heidi and asked if she could ask the Guardians for their blessing, she instead sent me to prove myself to them. So... I did. I wasn't expecting for them to want me to catch them, but they insisted, so here we are."

"Wow. Mom must have a lot of faith in you, then."

Mars smiled and nodded. "Thank you. We don't talk all too often, but catching up with these challenges was nice. Sorry if you feel betrayed or anything. I know Lati earlier came down to yell at me but then cried and hugged me when I explained."

Sapphire shook her head. "No, no. It's fine. I'm just... happy to know that everything's okay in the end." She looked at the lake guardians. "Thank you guys for motivating me and Lati to push this far."

The guardians each let out a satisfied cry. It seems all is well.

[pangeanews]

“Era come se le finestre della sua mente fossero tutte spalancate di modo che tra realtà e immaginazione, tra fatti e sogni non riusciva più a capire la differenza”. Linn Ullmann: il romanzo sul padre, Ingmar Bergman

Linn Ulmann nasce nel 1966, è la figlia del grande regista Ingmar Bergman e della sua straordinaria musa, Liv Ullmann. Quando nasce Linn, esce al cinema “Persona”, pellicola di culto, interpretata dalla madre e da Bibi Andersson. Bergman visse qualche anno con Liv e la figlia, divorziando dalla quarta moglie, la pianista Käbi Laretei. I due si lasciarono, infine, e il regista, nel 1971 si unì a Ingrid von Rosen. Linn Ullmann appare, bambina, in “Sinfonia d’autunno”, il film di Bergman del 1978, con Ingrid Bergman e Liv Ullmann. Crescendo, Linn è diventata scrittrice di un certo successo: i suoi libri sono editi in Italia da Mondadori (“Prima che tu dorma”, “La luce sull’acqua”, ad esempio) e da Guanda (“La ragazza dallo scialle rosso”). Il suo ultimo romanzo, “Unquiet”, è stato tradotto in inglese.

***

Quando il padre di Linn Ullmann aveva superato gli 80, cominciò a riferirsi alla sua vita come all’“epilogo”. La mattina, a letto, sopportava i dolori, concedendosene uno per decennio: se fossero stati meno di otto, si sarebbe alzato, altrimenti no. Queste strategie dimostrano realismo più che quiete, e una incrollabile determinazione a lavorare.

Il padre di Linn Ullmann è il grande regista svedese Ingmar Bergman, il suo ultimo lavoro la collaborazione con la figlia, per scrivere un libro che catturasse i suoi pensieri, definitivi. “Quando un lavoro funziona, lo sai. Stavamo lavorando bene, ci divertiva discutere la forma che avrebbe preso quel libro”. Il titolo che avrebbe preferito, diceva, scherzando, era “Beccati & ammazzati a Eldorado Valley”. Forse avrebbe realizzato un film con quel titolo.

Invece, ciò che è emerso oltre un decennio dopo la morte di Bergman è il sesto romanzo di Linn Ullmann, Unquiet, inquieto, un ibrido di memorie, finzioni, riflessioni, su una struttura frammentaria che ricalca l’amore di Bergman per le suite per violoncello di Bach. È, dice la Ullmann, “la raccolta delle rovine del libro che non ho scritto”. Mentre costruivano il libro, tramite numerose lettere, telefonate, incontri, Bergman “continuava a invecchiare”. Quando il lavoro iniziò sul serio, nella primavera prima della sua morte, alla fragilità fisica si sommò qualcos’altro. “In pochi mesi il suo linguaggio era cambiato, la perdita della memoria era evidente. Era come se le finestre della sua mente fossero tutte spalancate di modo che tra realtà e immaginazione, tra fatti e sogni non riusciva più a capire la differenza”.

Sei conversazioni sono state registrate ad Hammars, la casa di Ingmar Bergman sull’isola di Fårö: sono quelle il filo rosso di Unquiet, anche se per molti anni la Ullmann non le ha ascoltate. “Era fisicamente doloroso ascoltare quei nastri. Voglio dire… avrei dovuto iniziare prima, avrei dovuto insistere, avrei dovuto fare domande diverse, avrei dovuto avere un registratore migliore… non avrei dovuto essere sempre così severa…”. È stato il marito, lo scrittore Niels Fredrik Dahl, a recuperare i nastri a intimarle di ascoltarli. “Ho ascoltato. Ho trascritto. Ho tradotto dallo svedese al norvegese. È stato commovente”.

Ingmar Bergman con la figlia Linn

Linn è nata nel 1966, l’anno in cui esce Persona, in cui sua madre, Liv Ullmann, è protagonista: una donna, attrice, che improvvisamente smette di parlare e viene portata in un cottage da un’infermiera, interpretata da Bibi Andersson. Bergman ha scritto la sceneggiatura rapidamente, mentre si stava riprendendo da una polmonite, pensando alle due donne; il film è stato girato a Fårö, che in seguito diventò non solo la casa, ma il regno del regista, con un cinema e una sala per la scrittura. Bergman e la Ullmann hanno collaborato in una decina di film, iniziando una relazione. Lui aveva 47 anni, era stato sposato quattro volte, aveva otto figli; lei era di vent’anni più giovane, era sposata (in effetti, il marito medico era presente alla nascita di Linn). Dopo che Bergman e la Ullmann, una delle sue muse, si sono separati, lui si è sposato ancora. Linn, il nono e ultimo figlio, trascorreva le estati ad Hammars; il resto del tempo lo viveva con la madre, tra Oslo e gli Stati Uniti, con la nonna e una serie di tate interpellate quando la madre era impegnata. “Ero la figlia di lei e la figlia di lui, ma non la loro figlia: non eravamo mai in tre, quando sfoglio le immagini sulla scrivania non c’è una sola fotografia di noi tre, insieme. Lui, lei, io. Quella costellazione non esiste”, scrive in Unquiet.

La narrazione in prima persona è intervallata da una prosa romanzesca, in cui orbitano le vicende della “ragazza”, del “padre”, della “madre”. I nomi non vengono mai svelati. Tra le fonti cita Rachel Cusk, Emily Dickinson, Pina Bausch… Se Bergman è il fulcro del libro, Liv Ullmann, che ora ha 81 anni, resta ai margini. La solitudine e l’introspezione di Hammars rappresentano il mondo di Bergman, mentre i furori di Oslo, Los Angeles, New York sono i luoghi della Ullmann, spesso in compagnia della figlia, che si fa arruffare i capelli da Margot Fonteyn e nel corridoio di un lussuoso albergo di Manhattan riceve una scatoletta di caviale dall’ennesimo corteggiatore russo della madre. I diversi destini dei suoi genitori raffigurano lati opposti della cultura: “Un artista maschio, tradizionale, un’attrice donna: uno che guarda, l’altra che è guardata”.

Linn ricorda l’amore disperato verso la madre, da bambina. “Ero follemente innamorata di lei. Non solo per la sua incredibile bellezza, e ne scrivo di quella bellezza: quanto era vivida, presente, forte quella bellezza, e quel desiderio, immenso, immeditato. Quando sei bambino non hai le parole per descrivere quell’amore; quando sei adulto, ti è chiaro che quell’amore è disperato, sei consapevole che se quella persona sparirà, morirai anche tu. Non potresti vivere”.

Non è facile essere la figlia di una donna che lavora nel cinema, negli anni Settanta, nata da una relazione clandestina, che vive sotto gli occhi indagatori del pubblico. Linn odiava i paparazzi, le fotografie in cui compariva anche lei, sui giornali, come fosse una cartolina. “Non volevo essere una bambina. Non sapevo cosa significasse essere una bambina. Mi vergognavo di essere una bambina”. Verso la fine del libro, la ragazza di 16 anni parte per Parigi, da sola. Ciò che accadrà è la base del secondo volume di quella che la Ullmann immagina come una trilogia. “Il ritratto della ragazza si ferma qui. Non va oltre e non esplora il legame tra madre e figlia. L’incontro accadrà più tardi. Lo scriverò”.

Quando Unquiet è stato pubblicato in Norvegia, una giornalista ha telefonato a Linn Ullmann, chiedendole se potesse dedicarle “cinque minuti” per esaminare quanto la finzione del libro si discostasse dalla verità della sua vita. Lei si è messa a ridere. Cinque minuti. Non sarebbe nemmeno il principio. In effetti, questo è il lavoro di una vita.

Alex Clark

*L’articolo è stato pubblicato in origine su “Guardian”, qui

**In copertina: Ingmar Bergman e Liv Ullmann: la figlia Linn nasce nel 1966

L'articolo “Era come se le finestre della sua mente fossero tutte spalancate di modo che tra realtà e immaginazione, tra fatti e sogni non riusciva più a capire la differenza”. Linn Ullmann: il romanzo sul padre, Ingmar Bergman proviene da Pangea.

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