#immortal words

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▪️Asked Twice▪️

Although they are only breath, words which I command are immortal.

~Sappho~

[keirou-kun]

"Ach, what people mean to do and what is done are two different things."

Sir Terry Pratchett, ��The Wee Free Men”

[qifreyplushie]

to wuming, hua cheng, san lang;

happy birthday, dearest a-hong. 🦋💘

DESSERT LATER !!!!!!!! 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹(WHACK WHACK WHACK)

[userarmand]

That's all he was saying, Mr. Molloy.

[kyri45]

Something something I'm listening to Burn from Hamilton something something Macaque feeling betrayed after Wukong went with the JTTW gang Something something-

[hummedwithmystery]

Bells Hells: *spends the entire campaign seeking context/advice and debating amongst themselves in an earnest effort to navigate a profoundly difficult cosmic trolley problem, where committing to one side or the other necessarily involves consigning some portion of the global populace to mass suffering and/or destruction, and where refusal to choose will inevitably lead to someone else with potentially fewer moral qualms beating them to it*

Every other dipshit in the cr tag: ugh why the fuck are these morons still debating this, clearly the correct choice is to let all the [insert whichever in-universe demographic they feel the most antipathy toward] die

[pregnant-javert]

director: you're meant to hate valjean. you're meant to resent him and chase after him with fire in your heart.

any javert actor: sure. got it.

any javert actor, as soon as valjean comes by: TOP ME TOP ME TOP ME TOP M-

[trash-shrike]

You asked for requests and idk if you want to do more Acotar, but like... how about fae Tamlin to compare with your beast Tamlin? 👀

Throwing some recent doodles here :^) I'm still figuring out his whole design but this is roughly how I picture him.

Sorry his tits are out... he's busy herding his 10000 sheep and it gets hot

[novelconcepts]

Fall of the House of Usher has everything, tbh. Seven Deadly Sins family. Everyone’s queer. No one has a moral compass. Nightmare goblin energy everywhere. The most grotesque deaths you’ve ever seen. Hilarious snark. The hottest women in the world. Carla Gugino in fifteen different wigs. Violent lesbians. Cats coming out on top. Cool tattoos. Orgiastic vibes. Katie Parker being Just A Lady, for once. Terrific hair. A granddaughter who takes no shit. Intimacy issues galore. Storytime. Storytime. Storytime.

[ruporas]

i killed. i murdered. i'm nothing like these sleepy people here… nevertheless, you can actually be grateful? bastard… i’m saying… thank you. because you spilled blood, you saved all of these people’s lives. i couldn’t have done it without you. (ID in alt)

[dredgesnails]

I love to imagine the magic mountain bases all actually existing completely separately from each other in completely different time periods (almost), despite being physically in the same location.

In the ancient world, pyramids are constructed at the base of a huge volcano to honor the dead and worship old gods. A wide path leads to an entrance into the volcano, far enough in that the heat gets dangerous. Inside, sacrifices are made to the gods, to their king, offerings given up for the benefit of them all. The king is kind and forgiving, loyal to his people, asking for little and giving as much as he can. The gods however, are cruel, and all civilisations must fall eventually. For this one it's after a great eruption, one that shakes the earth with all the fury of the gods, that the pyramids become abandoned, left alone for centuries to erode. Over time new life grows, and thick jungles begin to hide the pyramids from view, until eventually, they’ve become a part of the natural landscape. Venture far enough in, however, and you might find remnants of the ancient civilisation: old writing in a language no one knows anymore, praises given to their old king; the remnants of ancient weapons and armour; the shapes of people who once lived forever preserved in ash and pumice.

~

It's the start of the industrial revolution, and rumours start spreading of an eclectic man and his steamrail full of exotic animals from across the globe. He’s a travelling zoo, of sorts, appearing in the strangest of places (as long as there's a railway line, he'll be there), areas it logically shouldn't be able to reach. He’s got all sorts of animals, from dolphins and turtles to strange, mysterious beasts. Where does he keep them all when they're not on the train? Some say he doesn't exist. others insist he does, that he lives underneath a mountain no one dares to visit. It's an active volcano, they say, dangerous to go near. If anyone dared to explore they might stumble upon the largest, most diverse collection of animals they've ever seen, and, most bizarrely, a large steam locomotive that runs on its own railway track, seemingly on a loop through the volcano itself. The tunnel is so dark the train disappears into it entirely. a young exploration group decide to find out for themselves, years later, and at first they think there's nothing there, until one of them stumbles upon the obvious remnants of a railway line, no longer in use but not so old that it's started to break down. Maybe he did exist after all...

~

In the late 1800s, a small fishing community establishes itself by the mountain. Electricity is new, and with the new machines and motors available to them the community quickly grows into a small village. Something is wrong, though. The rocks embedded in the mountain appear to resemble a skull more and more by the day, water streaming from one eye socket as though it’s crying. Underground passages and tunnels are found by the new residents, all leading to strange chambers. There's something in the water. A young man, one of the first in the village, disappears for a month, and when he returns, he's changed. He insists the ocean speaks to him, to everyone through him. He fishes for hours, days, weeks on end. When his madness begins infecting others, most gain the sense to stay away from him, but not everyone does. There's something in the water.

By the mid 1920s, the small fishing village is still standing, although most of the residents from four decades ago have since left. A young woman, traveling alone in her tiny fishing boat, docks at the village in need of repairs. What was meant to be a one night stay turns into days, then weeks, then months, as she begins to notice strange happenings in the village. A local artist has locked himself in his house, gone mad from something he found in the ocean. A scientist is experimenting with strange materials, and sometimes at night strange noises come from her house. There's something in the water. An older man speaks in tongues, driven mad by the sea. There's something in the water. The young fisher sees him occasionally, staring through her, unseeing. She's begun dreaming of ancient monsters in the depths of the water below her, reaching their long arms out and crushing her and everyone else. When she looks into the sea she can't see anything. It’s just inky blackness.

(No one knows how the village gets destroyed. One day it's here, and the next it's turned to rubble, razed to the ground by forces beyond human perception. It appears no one survived, but strangely, there's no trace of the small fishing boat the young woman had arrived in, nor of her body, and if anyone stopped for long enough in the wrecked city they might hear mumbling at night from underground, the mad ramblings of a man who has seen too much.)

~

Magic mountain row thrives in the early 2000s. They’ve beaten the Y2K bug (it really wasn't that much of a problem, anyway), business is booming at all the independent stores, and the local economy is better than ever. It doesn’t matter that not many people want to live here because new tech keeps Big Ron busy, and Willie Jr is old enough to start working at his father's shop, preparing himself to take over the business. The safe storage containers are always a little open, but nothing ever really goes missing, because no new people means everyone knows everyone. A young boy visits his neighbours for the last time before he leaves with his family; his dad's got a better job somewhere far away and they have to leave now, and besides it’s safer not to live by a barely-dormant volcano (it’s not as cool, though). His new neighbourhood has a lot more kids his age, but he can't help but miss the eccentric nature of his old neighbours. He returns to his childhood home twenty years later to find it empty. Most of magic mountain row is empty now, actually. There are a few places still open: Big Ron refuses to close up shop because Willie Jr, who has taken over the business now that his father's passed, still needs his help from time to time. Anyone still living here is merely clinging to a past they remember so fondly they can't adapt for the future. They're happy, though. They’re happy to remain here until it's their time to go.

~

In the not-so-distant future, a dense city is formed on the mountain. It started out as a smaller town, with traditional architecture and shrines dotted around the place, but as technology advanced and society progressed it grew and evolved into towering skyscrapers, holographic billboards, a rail system that winds through buildings and above streets. Elements of the past still remain - lush gardens lined with cherry blossom trees, the old shrines and temples still standing, a mark of the city's history and longevity. The city stands the longest, weathers the strongest storms, grows and evolves and changes, but all must come to an end, eventually. A rumbling in the earth, a once-dormant volcano waking from its slumber. They have the tech to know it's coming, now, so they all flee before it can hit. Only one man stays behind. This is his city. This is his home. He built this entire place from the ground up, and he’s not going to leave it behind. He makes his way to one of the shrines. Praying to his goddess, he leaves her one final offering, and when the ash settles all trace of him is gone.

~

The apocalypse happens in a future beyond our reckoning. A city lies, abandoned by most, on top of the ruins of civilisations that came before. Once a lively hub of activity and tech and innovation, the city has become a ghost town, occupied only by the artificial intelligences that had driven humanity out. They wander aimlessly, mimicking the behaviours of the humans they used to watch and help, protecting the inner core of their city that keeps everything, including themselves, alive. The humans reside elsewhere, in a bunker resembling the old world, with more vegetation and life than the city had despite being hidden underground. The city’s architects reassure everyone that they’ll be able to return someday soon. The one who designed the robots, a man more cyber than human by this point, just needs to fix a few issues with their programming. He doesn’t want to destroy them but he might have to. His partner, who designed most of the city, will need to commence repairs before anyone can live in the city again. So they leave, vowing to fix the city so that everyone can return to society. No one knows they will never return.

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

《山河令》 WORD OF HONOR (2021) | Episode 14, getting bullied by the changming shan sword immortal

“One of you has no respect for seniors and the other doesn’t love juniors. What is the point of this fight?”

[robinsceramics]

two little guys waiting to be glazed and fired!!

image description: two porcelain sculptures with green tulip plants painted on them. The sculpture on the left is a wizard with a single big eye looking up with a blush. The one on the right is a simple bunny with closed eyes and yellow, purple, and pink tulip bulbs.

[tls123]

WORD OF HONOR  —  episode thirty-four

[hallowpen]

If I have to see one more interfan on twitter complain about Thai content not having English subtitles available immediately...

"It's unprofessional" "It's inconsiderate" 🙄🙄🙄please...

"Think of your artists and how this will affect their popularity" so you'll disallow your support of Thai artists because of a language barrier? got it

"I can no longer support your content" because you didn't get what you wanted exactly when you wanted it? bye!

If it's a requirement for all Thai media to have English subs, then make it a requirement for you to learn Thai in order to access that media. Let's be fair!

Heaven forbid you have to wait for something! (whether it be subs or the uploading of content for free on youtube)

The only thing this is affecting is YOU. Check your entitlement and be more understanding of the people who work so hard to include you. English subtitles are a curtesy, not an obligation.

Trust we won't miss you if you leave.

[anotherlimb]

The story of the boy who became very small and climbed into a shell and followed the twists and turns growing smaller and smaller following and following until he reached the very heart of the shell and lay down to dream. He dreamed a very beautiful woman was lifting the shell to her ear to listen to the roar of the ocean which was his own heart rising to the surface from out of the depths as if she were calling him forth from out of the depths and he woke and he climbed and climbed and twisted and turned and searched until he found the bridge that led to the woman’s own inner ear and he was drawn into the folds of this ear until he was entirely inside her and started to grow and grow until he was her and gently placed the shell unto the sand and turned toward the ocean and smiled.

Galen Wade : June 8, 2024 : this came to me very swiftly today and I thought I’d try a thing and share it here : sometimes I just do words