#hunted by the narrative

[wildwren]

hunted by the narrative

hares on the mountain, traditional folk song // art by jen mazza

sparrow for a heart, abigal lappell // art by barbara bokoto-tomala

newcastle, traditional folk song // artist unknown

if i was a painter, lisa o'neill // art by claudia barbu

ashamed, deer tick // art by nicolas samori

i wish my baby was born, traditional folk song // artist unknown

hard wired, shakey graves // art by miles johnston

[lotus-pear]

intertwined fate

[yashley]

vex & pike in c3e112

[lunarharp]

shirahama-sensei reminded me she has a thing for the teacher from pokemon s/v so i randomly went off on an au where qifrey is the professor. etc

[l-just-want-to-see]

SAPNAP: I genuinely respect you. May the best man win.

SHADOUNE: I’m glad you’re here at the final with me.

-

SHADOUNE: Sapnap! We fought, together-

SAPNAP: -we die together!

[amadryas]

Breaking: Guy known as the Father of Gods and Men fathers gods and men

[sammygender]

i’ve never been as angry on behalf of a character as i am for sam winchester

[once-upon-the-earth]

Am i right or am i right

[lovegrowsart]

"aang didn't tell katara to forgive just to let her anger out and let go" ?!?!?!?! litcheraclly the WHOLE false dichotomy presented by the narrative of the episode (using AANG as the primary mouthpiece) is forgiveness vs revenge like please watch the episode again and pay actual attention to the words coming out of aang's mouth.... so many tsr takes ignore the words in aang's mouth to interpret him more positively while putting words in zuko's mouth to view him more negatively, all the while pretending katara never said anything at all about HER OWN TRAUMA

[thornedarrow]

i chose by my own will to stand next to the captain, yet all you can say to change my mind is "justice"?

[post-it-notes7]

so based on the 'dmk poking mir falspar' comic there, can falspar actually Feel through those pauldrons around the cracks at all or did he just notice dmk prodding him through the contact the armor has with his arm and that was enough to set him off? It certainly seemed to hurt him when he put on a new pauldron that one time and it shattered, could he actually feel it break or was he reacting to something else? Loving the comics as always btw being so normal about these funny little guys and their funny little problems~

Oho, an interesting question!

Mostly, he's reacting to the noise. Reflections who have shattered before tend to be more sensitive to the sound of something breaking, particularly mirror-adjacent material, like glass, and thats only more unsettling when it appears to be coming directly from you.

Mir Falspar can't feel his armor breaking, but he can feel when his shoulder itself is getting worse, which usually results in more extreme breakage in whatever is connected to it—which in-turn stresses him out even further, and can occasionally lead to a feedback-like loop where he's stuck there, gripping his arm, trying to ride it out. (Comicwise, Mir Falspar noticed his pauldron was nudged and flinched away as soon as he saw it was DMK who was prodding.) No one has really witnessed the full extent of this, as Mir Falspar will hide himself away the moment he suspects he's going to seize up, and if he truly can't escape in a situation, then he will grit his teeth and force his way through it as if nothing is wrong, blazing denial until the end.

And at last, for some inside knowledge (things Mir Falspar won't admit aloud), when his shoulder starts acting up, he begins losing the sensation in his left arm. It's harder to grip things in that hand and it could become a liability in a fight for either being a) unable to strike/guard with like he normally would, or b) too numb for Mir Falspar to tell how much strength he's putting into it, resulting in causing much less or much worse damage than he intended. It looks painful, and can be, but usually stays in line with a feeling of intense pins and needles.

(the kind where it's almost a little too hard to breath, though)

[ingridgh0st]

Btw it's kinda unfair that Ivan got his Dead Wife™ privileges only for 10 sec worth of screen time

My problematic little princess n.1 deserves better than this 😔

[curseddistinguishedly]

Idk man there’s just something inherently inhuman about the way False lies directly into the viewers face and remodels the narrative to fit her agenda. Like the narrative that could have been a journey to healing for E!False becomes doom looming over her in HC!False’s hands, like a hammer ready to strike down, and it only stops being that after HC!False leaves the Empires along with other hermits. There’s a relief like she has finally stopped keeping it in her firm grasp you know?

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 38, vol. 14, 23 septembre 1893, Paris. Diane "Fin de Siècle". Bibliothèque nationale de France

Elle est devenue bien coquette, la chaste Diane, et bien dernier bateau, depuis le temps où, farouchement prude, elle changeait en cerf, et sans lui donner le temps de s’expliquer, le malheureux Actéon dont tout le crime, en somme, était de l’admirer sans en avoir, au préalable, obtenu la per mission…

She has become very coquettish, the chaste Diana, and very last boat, since the time when, fiercely prudish, she changed into a stag, and without giving him time to explain himself, the unfortunate Actaeon whose whole crime, in short, was to admire her without having first obtained permission…

—

Mais, sous le crâne ajustement qui, grâce aux couturiers à la mode, réalise un piquant compromis entre le costume masculin et les vêtements féminins, on retrouve aisément, sous la coupe des étoffes, cette pureté de lignes idéales, un peu graciles en leur adorable juvénilité, qui révèlent la sœur d’Apollon.

But, under the adjusted skull which, thanks to fashionable couturiers, achieves a piquant compromise between the masculine costume and feminine clothing, we easily find, under the cut of the fabrics, this purity of ideal lines, a little graceful in their adorable youthfulness, which reveal the sister of Apollo.

—

Et c’est vraiment la déesse encore qui surgit, radieusement belle au milieu des campagnes, par les beaux jours d’été, nimbée d'un chapeau aux ailes déployées, rappelant celui de Mercure, le cou caressé par un léger collier de plumes multicolores, la taille merveilleusement dessinee par un corsage moulé, et les jambes élégantes et sveltes émergeant de la jupe courte, à la façon des Hiohlanders.

And it is truly the goddess again who emerges, radiantly beautiful in the middle of the countryside, on beautiful summer days, surrounded by a hat with outstretched wings, reminiscent of that of Mercury, her neck caressed by a light necklace of multicoloured feathers, her waist marvellously outlined by a fitted bodice, and her elegant and slender legs emerging from the short skirt, in the manner of the Hiohlanders.

—

La voilà, faisant halte dans quelque rustique demeure, et s’approchant du haut foyer ou flambent des sarments pétillants, pour se sécher sans doute, après quelque ondée qui a suspendu sa course vagabonde à travers les bois et les plaines. A quoi songe-t-elle, en ce répit? Durant cette heure morose, si Actéon se présentait à ses yeux, il serait peut-être admis à causer quelques instants avec la jeune déité. Déesse ou femme s’ennuyant sont aussitôt d’humeur plus conciliante, et il s’agit de passer juste à ce moment-là.

There she is, stopping in some rustic dwelling, and approaching the high hearth where sparkling vine shoots are ablaze, to dry herself no doubt, after some shower which has suspended her wandering course through the woods and plains. What is she thinking of, in this respite? During this gloomy hour, if Actaeon were to present himself to her eyes, he would perhaps be admitted to chat for a few moments with the young deity. A goddess or woman who is bored is immediately in a more conciliatory mood, and it is a matter of passing by just at that moment.

—

Maintenant, le jour s'achève. Le soleil abaisse rapidement à l’horizon son disque glorieux, et la fière chasseresse profile dans cette superbe auréole de pourpre sa divine silhouette. Elle feint de vouloir encore diriger son arme sur un gibier quelconque, mais c’est uniquement pour nous donner le change, car à l’horizon, sur l’immense cercle de l’astre, une ombre d’homme se dessine nettement. Et bien qu’on ne puisse deviner s’il approche ou s’il s’éloigne, on comprend que c’est encore et toujours Actéon, toujours fidèle, toujours épris, qui guette la déesse. Mais le temps des colères est passé, et Actéon cette fois ne sera pas puni, au contraire!

Now the day is ending. The sun is rapidly lowering its glorious disk to the horizon, and the proud huntress outlines her divine silhouette in this superb purple halo. She pretends to want to aim her weapon again at some game, but it is only to deceive us, because on the horizon, on the immense circle of the star, a man's shadow is clearly outlined. And although we cannot guess whether he is approaching or moving away, we understand that it is still and always Actaeon, always faithful, always in love, who is watching the goddess. But the time of anger is over, and this time Actaeon will not be punished, on the contrary!

[angelsdean]

some angel lore stuff from Supernatural: Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting that's of personal interest to me.

Just highlighting this line in particular about how free will is a very human thing:

"But they didn't count on Dean and Sam showing some backbone and saying no. That may be their fatal flaw--angels rely on humans to go along with their plans, but humans have that which angels lack...free will."

note: Humans have always had free will. angels seem to lack it. Cas wasn't the first being to "invent" free will, but he was, perhaps, the first angel to act on it in a way that altered the course of god's narrative. And that's still BIG. He is one of the first angels to successfully break ranks and "show some backbone" by saying "No" to heaven and god's plan.

[zeb-z]

jrwi riptide 115

So the elephant in the room. Grandberry traitor. It’s Caspian or John right? Those are the two we know, the two we are attached to, it’s not just gonna be random new recruit #7 out of the unnamed folks they’ve picked up. It’s not that one healer from Joaldo who joined them that I can’t remember his name right now.

John has made it clear since he revolted from the Navy that he’s kept up with the Grandberry pirates, that all he wants is to join them. That could be a flag. The fact that he was part of his own “special unit” or something along those lines before going outlaw. There’s the journal of his they found back at Zero that they never truly read through and tossed after reading the first poem, which might have had definite answers. And this is small, but he was really protective over keeping the pin from Jayson Ferin.

But the block throws a wrench in it, because why would they throw him in their highest security prison and let him freeze? Unless somehow John was sure without a shadow of a doubt they would have come back for him, and they weighed the risk and reward. The Ferin family drama could have thrown a wrench in their plans enough to have thrown away any plans on easier escape. It’s plausible, but it just is too much of a discrepancy. And John wears his heart on his sleeve, since episode zero he has, it’s hard to think of him as the traitor.

Then there’s Caspian, who has been with Lizzie since almost the beginning, from Shadowbeard’s crew. It’s where they met, and they both survived and escaped Shatter Skull massacre together. But that means he was there for the fall of Shadowbeard, and Ava Ferin’s death. And while it’s pretty much said by Lizzie she thinks it’s Ava who betrayed her, with everything else said, and with what Jay remembers and loves of her sister, it just doesn’t quite track. There was an ulterior motive to kill Ava in the same fight, ordered by someone higher up, playing into the propaganda and fear mongering against pirates and pro Raft agenda. And he knows Edyn Tidestrider, he was the one to reunite her and Gillion. He has her number. And she is gills deep in double-triple agent Raft bullshit.

But could he have been such a double agent all this time, since Shatter Skull? After all his blood sweat and tears, all the weight he’s lifted for Lizzie? All the Edyn stuff could easily be a coincidence, considering their Undersea connection. And he’s not quite heart on his sleeve honest as John has been, but he’s chill like that, he’s kindhearted and patient. And after everything, and I mean everything, he’s done - for Gillion especially - giving him his sword, reuniting him with his sister, daily phone calls, teaching him spells and moves, being the first friend especially from the undersea and reconnecting him with their culture - it’s so hard to think of him as the traitor.

There’s proof enough for both of them. But everything considered, with how undercover and long term the black book missions are, how even Jay had been a spy at one point - Caspian makes the most sense, doesn’t he.