#idyllic thoughts

[lostsyren]

The way he bridges the distance as soon as he picks up she’s feeling worried, following her eyes when she looks away.

He tries to make her feel better.

You’d think he’d be angry. Maybe skeptical. Or aggravated. He’d just revealed his big plan– shouldn’t she be happy? Excited? Why is she not impressed?

But no. He reaches out to her. He holds her. He includes her.

“We’re gonna make…both of us…this is our future…”

And even though he’s the one consoling her in the scene, she finds a way to make him feel better. She’s rubbing his back, almost preemptively assuaging him for her betrayal.

They’re both inadvertently trying to make up for their mistakes in this relationship.

Rafe cast her out. He othered her as a pogue, a hookup, a girl unable to meet his standards. And here he is fixing that by showing her he’s serious about them.

Sofia sold him out. She stabbed him in the back, and hurt his trust. And here she is stroking his back trying to comfort him while he thinks he’s comforting her.

It’s all so devastating. Sofia knows she can stop it before it all goes to shit. But she’s passive, arrested in the moment. Rafe is unaware. He’s trying to fix it but he doesn’t know the problem. He’s dynamic but detached from the reality of the situation

They’re both ruined by their character flaws– Sofia hindered by her passivity and inability to react. And Rafe hindered by his egotism and inability to see past his own worldview.

Maybe if Sofia fessed up now, she could’ve stopped Rafe from signing on with Groff and stymied their demise. Maybe if Rafe truly saw why she was upset, he could’ve seen past the shiny prospect of a future he envisioned, never bothering once to include Sofia in that ideation, and gotten to the crux of their issues.

But no. Instead Sofia opts to just rub his back, wordlessly signalling her guilt– rooted in stagnation. And Rafe just resumes with his plan, ignoring her qualms– drunk on his own concocted vision.

[kdelarenta]

potential tw: slut-shaming, catcalling, misogyny, parental abuse

me when i try to break the cycle but the cycle breaks me 🙂💔🥀

name: claire coleman

li: alaric

story: debt of deception by @debtofdeception-if

[gojoidyll]

dan heng on the express: *calls jing yuan his friend and doesn't use any titles*

dan heng on the luofu: *calls him general*

me:

[gawrkin]

I normally don't like Tennyson's narrative around the female characters due to his framing of them being the source of all the faults in Camelot.

But there's a part of this story that often catches my attention and its Guinevere's rejection of Arthur:

Like, I can't help but dig idea that Guinevere rejects Arthur because of his virtue. As if his holy character actively irritates her.

If I was writing, I would take it further and outright imply Guinevere is some kind of demonic being. If Tennyson can get away with turning Arthur into a mysterious, divine entity that Merlin found instead of being born of Uther's misdeeds, then I don't see why I can't apply that to Gwen.

Welsh Myth already provides the idea of Guinevere as a Fae/Giantess so I would just present her as a "Reverse Persephone" -

Guinevere is actually a mysterious girl who came up from the "Kingdom beneath the Earth", "a daughter of a Colossus of Old" and is reared as ward of one of Arthur's vassals. Arthur, being taken by her beauty, took her as his wife. "And so, the Worthiest and Most Righteous King on Earth married a she-devil, the fairest of all her race, and made her his Queen."

The reason she finds Arthur repulsive is because she's a "primal spirit" who was born deep underground and can't stand the presence of someone so "Heavenly", so divorced from "the touch of the Earth". Camelot falls into "sinfulness" because Guinevere is in fact a physical avatar of all Materialism and Worldly Values, both good and bad.

And instead of Guinevere repenting of her actions, I would just take a cue from E.A. Robinson and have Gwen reject Arthur to the very end:

And if Arthur and Guinevere ever meet again, Guinevere could go as far as threaten to eat Arthur - "as is the habit of my kind, says the Queen" - especially if Arthur starts posturing about his (Victorian) morals and being chaste for her.

If there was a way to present Guinevere as a proper Anti-heroine or compelling villainess without the usual sexism/misogyny, this is how I would do it.

She's not so much an actively evil force as she is simply incompatible with the "Blameless" Arthur and indeed, the marriage's eventual failure was inevitable.

But for a time, while the marriage endured, Camelot was the place where the Spiritual and Material meet as fellows and prosperity ensued.

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinking about superheroes unfortunately

[umbrace-rambles]

Hello everypony I come back from my week-long silence to say I WAS GONE BECAUSE I MOVED WOOOOOOOOOOO FINALLY

The house is still pretty messy, waiting for my goddamn bookshelves to arrive so I can unpack my 6 boxes of books and figurines, they are consuming ALL THE SPACE. But thankfully this week off work was enough to deal with all the major purchases + appointments + deals we had to do to be Actually Settled

I go back to work tomorrow pray 4 me.... catching up on a week of work is going to be nightmarish BUT I GOT A PLACEEEE WITH WIFEEEEE @blacksa1t !!!!!111!1!

[destination-hotel-krat]

ever since I watched arcane s2 the idea of an ep7 scenario happening but with Romeo and Carlo has been living in my head rent free.

like, imagine Romeo, as King of Puppets. Carlo died long ago and he's stuck as the last bastion against Geppetto's plan as the only person that knows the truth, and Geppetto's Puppet is quickly mowing through his efforts to stop it all.

and then, by whatever ergo related plot reasons, he travels to a parallel universe in the same way Ekko does. and he wakes up and sees himself in his human body again, and he's no King of Puppets and he's just the normal guy he always was. moreover, he's out of the Rose Estate by now and lives in the Krat that continued to thrive as a city of technological wonder without the puppet frenzy and he has everything he needs.

and then the door opens and Carlo walks in, alive and happy and also thriving, and he hugs him because he hasn't seen him in so long and also HE'S ALIVE! and they're both well known Stalkers that don't even need to be part of either Stalker organizations, on their way to become the best in the world as they promised each other.

there's an event happening soon, the Grand Exhibition or maybe something smaller, and him and Carlo can just assist and enjoy because Carlo is Geppetto's son. they still don't get fully along but Carlo has free access to private technological events and can bring Romeo along if the events in question are fun or useful enough.

in the Grand Exhibition a new puppet model is presented, and it's a beautiful puppet with a conscience and feelings and Geppetto names him Pinocchio because he knows his son likes that fairytale. Carlo considers that it's too little too late but he has matured past actively hating his father.

and Carlo and Romeo dance together and kiss and maybe even sleep together i mean the guy probably missed his normal body and he's gonna wanna use it LMAO and Romeo can be with Carlo again except now he's having the life he always dreamed of having with him.

but just like Ekko in ep7, Romeo knows this isn't his place and eventually he must leave, and leave behind this perfect life because he has a duty in his own universe.

I'm rambling and the idea is quite disjointed, and I'm leaving a lot of things unsaid but y'all get the gist. so yeah. that's what I keep thinking about.

[mercymaker]

woke up at 5am for no good reason but now I'm haunted by this thought of halsin.

how months into being together with mal, after the horrifying ordeal of thoriel's birth, weeks and weeks and weeks of taking care of a depressed partner, there's finally a shift.

how maleane starts recovering, how a smile creeps back on her lips, how everything seems to shift back into its place. she's no longer bedridden, unable to take care of herself or her baby, instead slowly finding her place in his world.

and it's as if halsin can finally let out a sigh of relief, how after spending so much time worrying, caring, longing for reprieve, he can just let go and relax. everything's going to be ok.

or so it seems.

because one day, he accidentally finds her alone, crying. and it's instant, the way all the fear and worry returns to his bones. the way he slowly starts suspecting that she's been pretending, that perhaps very little from those times of relief was true. and maybe because he so desperately wanted for everything to be alright, he simply didn't notice the cracks. her sadness and anger growing under the surface.

and it's crushing, the realization that he's been living on false hope. that no matter how much he wanted something, his efforts weren't enough. that maybe he is simply not enough.

and that is the beginning of a downwards spiral for them. this weird in-between place between the reality and his own misconceptions. the want to do the right thing, to be selfless and make the choice that would bring her happiness, but ultimately being built on a misunderstanding.

she's unhappy with him.

instead of mal simply being unhappy. and halsin loves her, he wants her to be happy. even if it means letting her go.

but what if in those moments... what if he was a little more selfish? thought of himself as well? of his heart? what if he persuaded her to keep trying? to stay? push through all the misery? maybe he would've realized that he was wrong? that it wasn't him as the source of her unhappiness?

[missr3n3]

i opened Instagram and the first thing i click on was this.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGgyvGxMKX4/?igsh=MXhuczk4Zzh0Mmp4Ng==

gives off azrael blasting joshua vibes. lmao

(Your friendly anon hater was here!)

yea thats abt what it would take to kill a devil

[drawnwithrage]

Hey guys! I'm still here. Just focusing on things that make me happy. Felt lost for a little while. I'm glad that I'm finally able to enjoy things again. The break up was rough and that's ok. Because of it I was able to go back to my happy moments and remember why I wanted to be an artist in the first place. And omg, I'm so proud of myself. I was able to draw all these little sketches. Little Daisy would be so happy. So here is to my inner child. May I bring her joy through art 🌸🌸🌸.

[gojoidyll]

you all know how boothill sends voice messages to trailblazer? has anyone asked boothill's english va to do the voice over for those messages? cause like, i would pay to hear it lmao XD

[heirloommtomatoes]

i actually NEED pre-severed mark and gemma's house/career(s).....

[chiropteracupola]

WOW I am going to be EXTREMELY SOUPED about the NEW PART OF THE IDYLL OPUS for THE FACT THAT IT IS BOATSTHEME but also because it has given me a potential opportunity to be WEIRD ABOUT D.K. BROSTER'S 'THE WOUNDED NAME'

[leondegranced]

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Tagged by @the-tenth-arcanum (on my personal account but I'm posting here instead hello something non-merlin related)

Last song I listened to: I watched Camelot last week (the 1967 film version) and the Guenevere track has had me in a chokehold, so that's been on repeat while intermittently being interspersed by the rest of the OST (very good movie, very good music, would recommend)

Currently watching: I'm slowly catching up with the new season of It's Always Sunny, along with Dead To Me and Five Star Chef (really I'll inhale any decent competition show)

Currently reading: The Committee by Sonallah Ibrahim. It's… a strange one, and not a book I would've picked up myself, but my aunt gave it to me for my birthday last year and I needed a short read after getting through Idylls of the King so I figured why not give it a go (I should finish it by tonight and then I'll start reading Inferno by Catherine Cho)

Current obsession: All things Arthuriana, I'm compounding the brainrot bby 😎

Tagging (no pressure): @gardenbastard @feuxx @groundbreakingdot872 @gargoylewithcottagecheese @kitmarloweki @anamericanwerewolfintraffic @tamaha @agapantoblu @kuronnii

[girlspecimen]

i want fluttershy’s life so bad just chilling in a cute cottage with all my pets sort of unemployed but sort of essential to the society around me. awesome giant garden, grow my own weed and herbs, the rabbit can answer the door for me if need be

[missr3n3]

Archangel Uriel is probably the local teddy bear in Heaven, because their name means "God is my flame" and they're considered an angel of wisdom and light (they teach people alchemy sometimes btw)

Want a hug to feel cozy? Go to Uriel Want to start your alchemy course? Go to Uriel

oooouuughhhh thats so cuuuuute T_T