#live burial

[gothicseverance]

It is the position of the self to be massively blocked off from something to which it ought normally to have access. This something can be its own past, the details of its family history; it can be the free air, when the self has been literally buried alive; it can be a lover; it can be just all the circumambient life, when the self is pinned in a death-like sleep.

—The Coherence of Gothic Conventions

[greekmythssexywoman]

Antigone: daughter of Oedipus. After disobeying order from her uncle the king and attempting to bury her brother he ordered her live burial but when her lover attempted to free her he found she had already hung herself

Echo: cursed by Hera to only be able to speak in echo, she falls in love with Narcissus. Unable to attract his attention, she can only watch as he falls in love with his reflection

[onlyhurtforaminute]

LIVE BURIAL-THE ORDEL OF PURIFICATION

[boitedeconcert]

Live Burial

Anarchy Brew Co., Newcastle, England. 28/01/23.

[starry-bi-sky]

jason and danny childhood friends au memes (mild spoilers)

[thesilicontribesman]

A Pagan Viking Grave, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh

This is a pagan Viking grave, from a Viking and native cemetery in Orkney.

A man, aged about 30, was buried in a large oval stone. lined pit. He was dressed and his various possessions were buried with him: farming tools; everyday objects; a set of bone gaming pieces: a drinking horn; and his warrior's gear.

The body was covered with planks taken from a boat, with their iron rivets still fixed to them. The grave was filled with sand. At some point the remains of an older woman were buried in the same grave.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Market based mistakes.

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[fu-cough]

quick doodle i did last night

[hyade]

chengxian’s orpheus and eurydice motifs are going to slowly drive me to the brink of insanity but i’m cool with it

[wangxianficrecs]

Looked so alive, turns out i'm not real by KatAnni

Looked so alive, turns out i'm not real

by KatAnni

M, 36k, Wangxian

Part of the MDZS Big Bang 2024

Summary: "Nothing leaves the Burial Mounds alive." Lan Wangji goes on a side mission night hunt with Wei Wuxian during the Sunshot Campaign, and finds out just how true that statement is. Inquiry rings through the room, and Wei Wuxian answers. This of course, has consequences. For the MDZS Big Bang 2024, Collab with Sweetlittlevampire Kay's comments: This story was meant for WIP Rec Week but it posted quicker than I was able to rec it! But it had me aboslutely hooked from the first chapter. Stunning writing and art! A story in which Wei Wuxian maybe doesn't really return from the Burial Mounds alive and Lan Wangji finds out during the Sunshot Campaign and I'm so hyped. Had some really strong cliffhangers in this story and the built-up to the happy ending was devastating. Featuring beautiful art by @sweetlittlevampire Excerpt: As if his strings were cut, Wei Ying crumbled to the ground, his head meeting the floor with a sickening sound, and Lan Wangji was on his feet immediately, Wangji clattering to the ground with a dissonant sound. “Wei Ying!” He sat next to the prone form, his hand shakily reaching for a shoulder, the other a wrist. So still. Not moving. No pulse. “Lan Zhan?” His voice was groggy, as if from far away. Lan Wangji was still holding his wrist, and tried to still his own heartbeat at the lack of one from Wei Ying. “What- Hey!” Wei Ying was on his feet within the next second, his hand withdrawn, and Lan Wangji stared up at him. “What did you do?!” His voice was suddenly sharp, accusing, unforgiving. The flute, that cursed black flute, was in his hands, pointed at Lan Wangji like a knife. Lan Wangji stared, unblinking, as realization seemed to dawn on Wei Ying, as his brows drew together. “You made me say that, with that song! How- Why-”

pov lan wangji, canon divergence, temporary character death, sunshot campaign, major character death, sentient burial mounds, hurt wei wuxian, hurt lan wangji, not actually unrequited love, wei wuxian's three months in the burial mounds, fix-it, somebody lives/not everybody dies

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[gothicseverance]

Buried first of all in the oppressive subterranean cavern, with the whole of the earth’s riches lying between them and the light of day, they are then buried individually in themselves, as unavailable to one another as the common sky is to them all.

—The Coherence of Gothic Conventions

[lovewanxian]

A-Yuan: I'd like to go to a haunted house like in one of your stories, Xian-gege

Wei Wuxian: What's wrong with the one we live in?

A-Yuan: What?

Wei Wuxian: Good night, A-Yuan!

[onlyhurtforaminute]

LIVE BURIAL-CONDEMNED TO THE BOATS

[tls123]

when you fail so hard to convince your brother to come home (you both cried btw) that it somehow turns into agreeing to put on a show to make everyone else think he defected (you won't be able to support/protect him any longer) and you literally have to take the deepest breath possible to steady yourself as you leave him to this hell he is trying to turn into a new home (without you!!!!) to go prepare for the fake fight:

[thesilicontribesman]

Corrimony Bronze Age Chambered Cairn, The Highlands, Scotland