#how far will we take it

[borgialucrezia]

FRANÇOIS ARNAUD 'How Far Will We Take It?' Music Video by Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus

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SURPRISE SUNDAY SENTENCES! CHAPTER 1 OF AGE GAP AU IS HERE!

how far will we take it | rated E | ch 1 of 10 | Henry Fox would never sleep with a professor to get ahead. Good thing he's got his sights set on his professor's husband.

updating every Sunday!

This fic has been a long time coming! I'm still writing the last few chapters, but I figured I'd start releasing chapters weekly as I finish it (as a treat)! This has been a labor of love and I have to thank my muses Alex (@redlipstickandglitter) and Dani (@mossy-fae) for putting up with me in the groupchat throughout the whole process.

This is based on season 2 of the show Tell Me Lies, with many of the same lines used, but also many creative liberties taken. PLEASE keep an eye on the tags, as I will update them with each chapter. (Each chapter will also have its own author's note with any and all appropriate warnings).

If you HAVE seen season 2 of Tell Me Lies, I promise this fic will not have the same ending (because that really sucked).

Each chapter title is a song and starts with the lyric that sets the tone for that section. Fic title is How Far Will We Take It from Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus.

tagging for sunday sentences, but also those who have been supporting this baby for the last couple months!

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[whoreville--pecker]

Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus - How Far Will We Take It?

[amagnificentobsession]

I fell asleep in a dream that we once shared

I looked around, and I saw that you weren't there

I thought I'd need you when it all broke down

It'll be alright when you come around

I tried to love you, just couldn't break through

No getting used to living without you

'Cause I've been waiting, don't wanna waste it

We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

Being in your arms is what I came here for

I'll close my eyes if you close the door

I felt the fire but couldn't see the flames

You didn't say it, but I know that you fеlt the same

I tried to lovе you, just couldn't break through

No getting used to living without you

'Cause I've been waiting, don't wanna waste it

We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

I tried to save you, just couldn't break through

No getting used to living without you

'Cause I've been waiting, don't wanna face it

We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

I tried to love you, just couldn't break through

No getting used to living without you

'Cause I've been waiting, don't wanna waste it

We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

@the-metatron come back, now, with me.

@angelo-rib-shack @e-w-w-morningstar I’m probably going to need your help.

@docdust @i-dream-of-sheeny @dream-of-pain

Operation: Bottomless Brunch is a GO!

@violet-yimlat I know you hate him, but I know you like me. PLEASE for the love of all that is holy and unholy don’t make me live with Metatrogers anymore! He doesn’t even allow alcohol in the house. I’m becoming a closet drinker! I’m losing my mind! LOOK AT ME!!!

[paul-ster]

i saw the steve fics,, im giggling so hard 😭

GIGGLING??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[music-catalogue]

[theodore-lasso]

I love that how far will we take it is about a bisexual fumbling both Noah Cyrus and Orville Peck. I'm afraid that would be game over for me

[alvertesongdiary]

Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus - How Far Will We Take It? 

I fell asleep in a dream that we once shared I looked around and I saw that you weren't there I thought I'd need you when it all broke down It'll be alright when you come around

I tried to love you - Just couldn't break through No getting used to living without you 'Cause I've been waiting - don't wanna waste it We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

Being in your arms is what I came here for I'll close my eyes if you close the door I felt the fire but couldn't see the flames You didn't say it but I know that you felt the same

I tried to love you - Just couldn't break through No getting used to living without you 'Cause I've been waiting - don't wanna waste it We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

I tried to save you - just couldn't break through No getting used to living without you 'Cause I've been waiting - don't wanna face it We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

I tried to love you - Just couldn't break through No getting used to living without you 'Cause I've been waiting - don't wanna waste it We're all alone now, how far will we take it?

01/08/2024

[cemm1966]

Obsessed with this song.

Being in your arms is what I came here for I'll close my eyes if you close the door

HOW FAR WILL WE TAKE IT? ORVILLE PECK & NOAH CYRUS

[polniaczek]

Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus - How Far Will We Take It?

[whoreville--pecker]

Orville Peck & Noah Cyrus - How Far Will We Take It?

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID in ALT] I've made posts before about Talia/Dick co-parenting Damian moments (will never happen but let me dream) and this came to me in a vision. Took me ages to finish for some reason 😭 and then even longer to post

[vaguely-concerned]

the strength it must have taken for illario to not immediately go full 'lmao since when have you even had a kiss hello lucanis' sibling violence mode during the café talk. inspirational. rook and lucanis really were doing all that right in front of his salad huh

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Archery Nemesis.

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Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.