#in case this wasn't clear

[rookfeatherrambles]

Note to self: write horror fic where Jon is an academic student brought to a remote island by the Lukas family to get practical field experience but they and the fishing village they run is real fucked up. I'm talking people walking into the sea and not coming back. I'm talking pets and birds and fish washing up on the beach. I'm talking a town that smells like fish on a good day, and shit and viscera on a bad one. Fishermen hauling up fucked up fish that make you sick to eat. People still eat them anyway.

Jon has to eat dinner with the Lukas family, in person, every night. He can't go outside after dark. They have rulrs, you see...

Also There's a murderer on the loose, mauling people like some kind of wild animal. The inhabitants say the island is cursed.

Jon is a skeptic and doesn't believe anything that's happening is anything more than coincidence, rumors and sheer bad luck. Even when he stumbled across a dude getting eaten alive.

Also Peter is there! :)

Inspirations: The game Dredge, the Monstrous Heart book series by Claire McKenna, the movies The Lighthouse and The King Tide. And Lovecraft. Loooooots of Lovecraft.

[spaceoutdreamer]

"Do you think she knows y-" She does. She knows I love her. She is reminded every single day of our lives together. She uses that fact against me every opportunity she gets.

[jkvjimin]

one time for the present, two time for the past ♪

JIMIN, TAEHYUNG & JUNGKOOK

[bonezoid]

cowboy curly thangs

[katcreatesthings]

The most insane lines delivered within Remedy's history of games. (From Alan Wake 2's "Night Springs" DLC)

[booksandpaperss]

i had to

[acethedbdgamer]

spreading the word

[iztea]

putting that hyper intelligence to good use

[annabelle--cane]

crazy to me that you always have to say "ethical non monogamy" instead of just "non monogamy" otherwise everyone thinks you're talking about cheating. from now on unless I hear people specify that they're ethically monogamous I'm going to assume they're against no fault divorce and think partners always have a right to go through each others' phones to check for flirty text messages.

[wellwatersurprise]

my middle school horse girl phase carried me thru this. thanks past me. anyway cowboy destiel anyone?

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just for fun :)

[murkycran]

Alastor, Vox, and Smiles

Sooo I noticed in Episode 2 when we're introduced to Vox's character for the first time he spends a considerable amount of time forcibly putting on a smile when around other people.

For the cameras

Then for Velvette

And then when trying to calm Valentino down

Now that we have confirmation that Vox and Alastor used to be friends* because of the torn photo, Alastor's speech to Charlie about smiling to put up a facade for various reasons just highlights the similarities between Alastor and Vox. Almost like they have the same philosophy and tactics when it comes to manipulating those around them, huh?

(*I say "friends" because you don't just have pictures taken with mere "acquaintances", tear the so-called acquaintance out of the picture when mad, and then keep the torn photo for years and years. Vox didn't even throw away the torn part, the whole point of tearing someone out of a picture is to get rid of them and he straight up kept Alastor's torn half of the picture lol. And I don't think they were ever business partners because Alastor said "no" to "joining Vox's team". Plus, I highly doubt Vox would be as vehemently pissed off at Alastor if they were just acquaintances... So I feel like they were at the very least friends. Maybe even more than friends...)

Alastor is undoubtedly better than Vox at maintaining the facade, but still... I just think it's interesting that they share such a similar philosophy for interacting with others. Add to it that Alastor clearly knows how to press Vox's buttons (heh) so well that he can send him into a blackout and it's just more and more evident that they used to be close at one point. Close enough for Alastor to teach Vox some of his tricks for manipulation or Vox to pick up the same habits.

[smile-files]

won't you please forgive me for the crime of being human? (DEATH WILL BE YOUR PUNISHMENT)

(objectober 2024 day 2: finalist)

[captain-astors]

The Crown Prince

[why-the-heck-not]

reading these two side by side (the og one in finnish, the other translated to french) and it's a very space-demanding reading situation

[shoreline-system]

Really urging you to try and unpack the capitalist and ableist ideas of doing enough to justify your existence actually.

Like, yes, we live in an unfair system where you need to afford to live. On a practical level, that is the situation many people find themselves in.

But fundamentally, you don't have to earn the right to exist. You have nothing to prove to anyone before you're allowed to exist in this world guilt-free. Your right to life does not depend on your productivity or you "living up to your potential", it is fundamental and unchangeable. You deserve to be here.

Don't let the guilt of falling short of some arbitrary and ever-changing (and likely unobtainable) goal wear you down. You have nothing to prove, and you deserve to be here.

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