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[lindaseccaspina]

The Mazinaw Rock Collection... More on the Bon Echo Inn -- The Ouija Board Conversation

Photo- Collotype Reception room, Bon Echo Inn, near Pakenham, Ont., circa 1910Unknown / UnknownMP-0000.726.6   Flora MacDonald Denison, an Ontario-based inn owner said that The Bon Echo Inn had her favorite poet’s words etched forever into a granite cliff. Mac-Donald-Denison decided to model her quiet piece of paradise after the spiritual humanism and democratic idealism of her poet hero,…

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Okay, I lied. One last post before I take that much needed mental health break.

A post that I always swore - back before you could turn off reblogs and mute comments and basically make the lives of would be trolls very pointless, because you will never see what they say - I would never be stupid enough to make.

I leave you with my essay on…

Why Sparkly Vampires Make Perfect Sense, Stephanie Meyer Just Went About It All Wrong

Let's face it, humans don't always know what we're looking at. As an example, I was reading a book about poison use in royal courts. In the section on cures, in the subsection on unicorn horn (alicorn, for the technical term), it mentioned how the people who procured this rare substance were somewhat baffled by the fact that at the end of their lives the unicorn (which lived in such places as Africa, Persia, India, etc.) would migrate to the far north to die on the beaches of the arctic sea. Now, in their defense, it's very unlikely that any of these individuals would be well traveled enough to have even the opportunity to see both a live unicorn and a dead one. If they had, they might have had an easier time realizing 'these are two different animals!'. But the point still stands.

Humans don't always know what we're looking at.

Now, if you go through folk lore and mythology, you will, of course, find horrible blood sucking fiends that drain innocents of their life. Vampires. You will also find lots of entities which emit an ethereal luminescence or radiant glow, entities which possess powers beyond mortal understanding, who can be benign or terrible, and who are known to abscond with humans, although we're certain these humans are safe and happy on Olympus or under the green hill, not dead like they'd be with those blood suckers.

No one who had not seen both Apollo, God of the Sun, and the horrible vampire who chowed down on the neighbor two doors down would realize: they're the same entity.

To make it even harder for the poor mortals (and easier for the vampires!), vampires look different in different lighting conditions. After all, something that sparkles in the sunlight will also sparkle in the moonlight, the firelight, etc., it's just a matter of degrees. So some vampires would hang out in moonlit glens, for that 'fairy of the moonlight' feel, while others would set themselves up in temples with a many fires as they could manage. I mean, if you're going to call yourself Apollo, God of the Sun, you had better be all sparkle all of the time! Top all of this off with mind reading ability that lets traveling vampires fit into the local not-vampire-vampire mythos and yeah, the humans don't stand a chance.

It's great! Things are wonderful! Even if someone does see you devour a hapless victim and run screaming 'vampire' in the town, you can always just eat them next. No big deal. Only the stupid and careless are in real danger.

And then…

CALAMITY!

The head of the Roman Empire, that militant mass of well armed testosterone (and a bunch of less important people), converts to Christianity and proclaims there's only one god who is…not you.

Well shit.

Of course, if you're a lesser known vampire you can pass yourself off as an "Angel of the Lord" in a quick pinch, as long as you're talking to a peasant who's too illiterate to realize you're lacking in the eye and wing department (good news - this is most everyone), but you can't do that too often. And if everyone knows you as Apollo, God of the Sun?

Sucks to be you. You now have a bunch of very militant fundamentalists armed with sharp, pointy implements of destruction chasing after you with cries of 'demon' and 'false god'. Even with your supernatural speed, getting away from them is made far more difficult by the fact they can see you glittering from the other side of the market.

This is where vampires went nocturnal, since moonlight is less sparkle inducing than the sun. Then, since even that gets risky, they slowly moved into caves and cemeteries and the occasional creepy old castle that no sane person would enter without an explicit invitation to dinner, or for a real estate job. Something like that.

The next millennium was pretty dire. The millennium after that was…okay, also pretty dire, until suddenly, at the end of the twentieth century, a miracle! A remarkable shift brought about a change that would once again free vampires from their castles and cemeteries and allow them to walk safely among humans!

But they wouldn't go creeping off to the sun starved, water logged boonies of the Olympic rain forest. Oh hell no! They would go to the cities, to Soho, to Broadway, to places where they could strut proudly down the street to the envious stares of mortals and cries of "Damn, I wish I looked that good in body glitter!"

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Fic Titles: Song Edition

Part I

Softly we tremble tonight - Cat and Mouse, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

We're so happy (we could die) - Blood & Glitter, Lord of the Lost

There′s no remedy for memory - Dark Paradise, Lana del Rey

Love is the warmest colour - Nara, alt-J

We gotta stop pretending who we are - Don't speak, No Doubt

A force more powerful than gravity - Satellite, Lena Meyer-Landrut

They turned to dust (all that I adored) - Things we lost in the fire, Bastille

Lose all sense of time - Coastline, Hollow Caves

Sometimes quiet is violent - Car Radio, Twenty One Pilots

I′ll show you mine (if you show me yours first) - Swing Life Away, Rise Against

So beautiful and wild - Tonight, Reamonn

See your face lit by starlight - Colorado Sunrise, 3OH!3

Misunderstandings and words unspoken - Don't waste my time, Victor Lundberg

When we stole the night - Another heart calls, The All-American Rejects

The way that we love (like it's forever) - Happy Ending, Mika

But it's home to me - Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day

Like memories of dying days - Savior, Rise Against

Electricity between both of us - Landfill, Daughter

I slept in last night's clothes and tomorrow′s dreams - Uma Thurman, Fall Out Boy

There'll be a riot (cause I know you) - Robbers, The 1975

All of your flaws and all of my flaws - Flaws, Bastille

Crossing all the lines - Girls Like Girls, Hayley Kiyoko

Misery's your master - She's the blade, Sugarcult

But we go where we want to - Lane Boy, Twenty One Pilots

Between the lines of fear and blame - How to save a life, The Fray

There's a heavy cloud inside my head - Lemon Tree, Fool's Garden

A very common crisis - Fluorescent Adolescent, Arctic Monkeys

Turn the light out, say goodnight - Fake Empire, The National

Let′s write a song that we can dance to - Jersey, Mayday Parade

There′s strangers everywhere - This isn't everything you are, Snow Patrol

More titles!

[befemininenow]

What’s left behind is a troubled past you hope to never look back. But hidden in the blindfolds is a bright future you look forward to live. For now in the middle, you hope to be free from those who want you hushed.

So I’m asking this Tumblr: Why are there still “sissy” blogs with unflagged content, but the moment someone uploads a caption, it’s flagged? Mind you, I’m not talking about the sissy blogs focused on feminization. No, I’m talking about those “sissy” blogs that post “fantasies” like r!pe, c^ckoldry, chastity, and such, while using slurs directed at race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, and even religion! Don’t even get me started with those TerRf blogs that promote hatred against trans people. That trash not even worth mentioning! 

Yet, as soon as you post a pic of someone in intimate clothing or two girls kissing, it’s “mature” or “sexual”. The worst part is that uplifting trans news and trans-affirming posts have been flagged or taken down! Some trans-related blogs have also been erased! Give me a f@ckin’ break!

Look as much as I’m not into that whole sissy thing, I don’t think ALL sissy stuff is bad. Some are about being in touch with femininity, and that’s fine. I shared a few of those posts in the past. Everyone has their “guilty pleasure”. I’m very off-topic with my rant, but the point of this caption is to leave all the stuff that damaged you in the past. If you accepted yourself, but are in the middle right now, don’t look back and don’t stay silent! Even with crappy “laws” and anti-trans rhetoric being more and more of a thing, conformity to stay quiet and cave in to hate is just as dangerous. This site is unfortunately becoming one of them.

P.S. The woman in the pic, whose pics have been used in captions up until now with this ridiculous flagging, goes by Nicole Meyer. You’re very welcome.

[brooklynislandgirl]

Top Five: Authors that make you go, 'Ew. No, thanks.' (For both Turtle, and Beth.)

Blanket Fort Asks || -

The Nurse Shark || Beth Riley I. Knut Hamsun ~ Gorgeous and lyrical writing, supporting the naturalist movement but also welcomed and supported the Na*i invasion of Norway. So there's that. II. Riley Kennedy ~ Because the writing is bad and he should feel bad. III. EL James ~Fifty shades of fan-fiction gone horribly wrong and she owes the BDSM community an apology. IV. Stephenie Meyer ~Inspiring ELJ is bad enough but grammar here is horrifyingly atrocious, writing is repetitious, incredibly flat/one dimensional characters...and both the baby scene, Jacob...and the name Renesmee. Plus I am offended on the behalf of the entire Garou Nation. V. Jean M. Auel ~ Now, let me explain. Clan of the Cave Bears was beautiful. The ones that followed were okay. Then she HAD to write The Land of the Painted Caves. No one has this kind of time or patience in their lives.

~*~

The Wizard Behind The Screen || Turtle I. Marion Zimmer Bradley ~ I loved her Avalon series but she was despicable in real life, an accomplice to her husband, and just the whole thing is horrifying. II. Anne Rice ~ Some good books, very influential but the woman was an absolute c***. The way she treated fans, animals, etc. III. Orson Scott Card ~Bless poor little Ender and Alvin Maker, but his anti-same sex marriage, blatant homophobia is terribly off-putting and I can't support him or his beliefs. IV. She Who Will Not Be Named ~ Fuck her. She doesn't deserve her characters and I am totally suing to become legally responsible for Severus Snape, and we all know he truly belongs to me anyway. V. Woody Allen ~His films have become unwatchable for the Ick.

[wheelercore]

No way they put will and the DG behind the byer's rose dessign covered wall in s1 and then put a rose on the door of the creel home where inside theres the haunted attic and then dropped the word "mothergate" and then dressed robin as "rose weaver" and then dropped victor saying "angel" in the same season as Angela (Angel) dressed like karen and rose robin (who hair is done like virginia and karen) and then gave karen her pussy necklace and then shaped the gates to look like bonafide vaginas that births predators (UD monsters) aka mommy issues make you a sociopath joke in 80s slashers but literal and then as if that wasnt enough gave us michael meyers ted bundy freddy krueger name drops and if THAT wasnt enough they changed the rose covered urn in the wheeler home at the opening of the biggest portal yet. Rosemary wheeler i know youre so real what was your vagina gate doing in the nevada caves. Mother gate = pussy that makes you evil.

[evita-shelby]

to welcome @moral-terpitude's Quinn Meyer to the hunger games au we have going on, i have decided to dust off the simulator

Aveline and Rose belong to @justrainandcoffee, Nina Ferrante to @peakyswritings , Lucy WInters to @emotionalcadaver , Heaven La@call-sign-shark and @rysko's Juliusz Ferenz

the bloodbath

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Luca Changretta shoots an arrow into Tommy Shelby's head.

Matty (eva's tribute) runs away from the Cornucopia.

Isiah Jesus runs into the cornucopia and hides.

Nina Ferrante strangles Quinn Meyer after engaging in a fist fight.

Julisuz Ferenz runs away from the Cornucopia.

Arthur Shelby finds a bag full of explosives.

Esme Lee runs away from the Cornucopia.

John Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Michael Gray runs away from the Cornucopia.

Lizzie Stark and Lucy Winters fight for a bag. Lucy Winters strangles Lizzie Stark with the straps and runs.

Eva Smith runs away from the Cornucopia.

Heaven Lavey retrieves a trident from inside the cornucopia.

Jack Nelson takes a handful of throwing knives.

Rose Coldwell runs away with a lighter and some rope.

Polly Gray runs away from the Cornucopia.

Alfie Solomons runs away from the Cornucopia.

Gina Nelson runs away from the Cornucopia.

Finn Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Linda Shelby runs away from the Cornucopia.

Aveline Young runs away from the Cornucopia.

Johanna Mason finds a bag full of explosives.

day 1

Nina Ferrante begs for Finn Shelby to kill her. He refuses, keeping Nina Ferrante alive.

Aveline Young picks flowers.

Esme Lee strangles Matty (eva's tribute) with a rope.

Eva Smith tends to Lucy Winters's wounds.

Isiah Jesus and Johanna Mason split up to search for resources.

Luca Changretta steals from John Shelby while he isn't looking.

Julisuz Ferenz runs away from Rose Coldwell.

Heaven Lavey overpowers Linda Shelby, killing her.

Arthur Shelby makes a slingshot.

Alfie Solomons picks flowers.

Michael Gray discovers a cave.

Gina Nelson runs away from Polly Gray.

Jack Nelson fishes

night 1

Jack Nelson tries to sing himself to sleep.

Julisuz Ferenz goes to sleep.

Arthur Shelby tends to Gina Nelson's wounds.

Finn Shelby destroys Alfie Solomons's supplies while he is asleep.

Heaven Lavey receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Isiah Jesus passes out from exhaustion.

Lucy Winters is awoken by nightmares.

Michael Gray goes to sleep.

Johanna Mason thinks about winning.

Luca Changretta cries himself to sleep.

Aveline Young climbs a tree to rest.

Rose Coldwell receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

John Shelby forces Nina Ferrante to kill Polly Gray or Eva Smith. She decides to kill Polly Gray.

Esme Lee questions her sanity.

day 2

Jack Nelson discovers a river.

Esme Lee sees smoke rising in the distance, but decides not to investigate.

Isiah Jesus receives an explosive from an unknown sponsor.

Aveline Young searches for firewood.

Nina Ferrante receives an explosive from an unknown sponsor.

Luca Changretta discovers a river.

Rose Coldwell attacks Arthur Shelby, but he manages to escape.

Lucy Winters steals from Eva Smith while she isn't looking.

Finn Shelby explores the arena.

Michael Gray explores the arena.

John Shelby, Julisuz Ferenz, and Johanna Mason hunt for other tributes.

Heaven Lavey discovers a cave.

Gina Nelson goes hunting.

Alfie Solomons collects fruit from a tree.

night 2

Johanna Mason thinks about winning.

Arthur Shelby and Gina Nelson huddle for warmth.

Michael Gray and John Shelby hold hands.

Luca Changretta is awoken by nightmares.

Eva Smith thinks about winning.

Esme Lee and Lucy Winters huddle for warmth.

Rose Coldwell lets Isiah Jesus into her shelter.

Heaven Lavey stays awake all night.

Julisuz Ferenz tries to sing himself to sleep.

Nina Ferrante tends to her wounds.

Aveline Young, Finn Shelby, and Jack Nelson cheerfully sing songs together.

Alfie Solomons tries to sing himself to sleep.

day 3

Heaven Lavey explores the arena.

Eva Smith begs for Gina Nelson to kill her. He refuses, keeping Eva Smith alive.

Alfie Solomons, Esme Lee, Aveline Young, and Johanna Mason raid Jack Nelson's camp while he is hunting.

Julisuz Ferenz picks flowers.

Lucy Winters tends to Isiah Jesus's wounds.

Rose Coldwell and Nina Ferrante work together for the day.

Luca Changretta questions his sanity.

John Shelby attacks Finn Shelby, but he manages to escape.

Arthur Shelby and Michael Gray hunt for other tributes.

night 3

Michael Gray stays awake all night.

Heaven Lavey and Lucy Winters tell stories about themselves to each other.

Finn Shelby is unable to start a fire and sleeps without warmth.

Rose Coldwell and Eva Smith tell stories about themselves to each other.

Gina Nelson passes out from exhaustion.

Alfie Solomons tries to sing himself to sleep.

Isiah Jesus and Johanna Mason huddle for warmth.

Julisuz Ferenz lets Aveline Young into his shelter.

Jack Nelson, Esme Lee, Nina Ferrante, Luca Changretta, and John Shelby sleep in shifts.

Arthur Shelby looks at the night sky.

day 4

Nina Ferrante practices her archery.

Lucy Winters receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Eva Smith and Gina Nelson work together for the day.

Julisuz Ferenz travels to higher ground.

Jack Nelson and Isiah Jesus threaten a double suicide. It fails and they die.

Alfie Solomons practices his archery.

Michael Gray scares Arthur Shelby off.

Heaven Lavey and Finn Shelby split up to search for resources.

Rose Coldwell and Johanna Mason work together to drown Aveline Young.

Esme Lee begs for Luca Changretta to kill her. He refuses, keeping Esme Lee alive.

John Shelby questions his sanity.

arena event

A fire spreads throughout the arena.

Julisuz Ferenz and Luca Changretta fail to find a safe spot and suffocate.

Heaven Lavey survives.

Nina Ferrante survives.

John Shelby and Esme Lee fail to find a safe spot and suffocate.

Lucy Winters falls to the ground, but kicks Rose Coldwell hard enough to then push her into the fire.

The fire catches up to Michael Gray, killing him.

Gina Nelson kills Eva Smith in order to utilize a body of water safely.

Johanna Mason survives.

A fireball strikes Arthur Shelby, killing him.

The fire catches up to Finn Shelby, killing him.

The fire catches up to Alfie Solomons, killing him.

night 4

Lucy Winters begs for Nina Ferrante to kill her. She refuses, keeping Lucy Winters alive.

Johanna Mason begs for Gina Nelson to kill her. He refuses, keeping Johanna Mason alive.

Heaven Lavey sees a fire, but stays hidden.

the feast

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families.

Heaven Lavey falls into a frozen lake and drowns.

Gina Nelson decides not to go to The Feast.

Johanna Mason stabs Nina Ferrante while her back is turned.

Lucy Winters decides not to go to The Feast.

day 5

Lucy Winters questions her sanity.

Gina Nelson and Johanna Mason work together for the day.

night 5

Lucy Winters passes out from exhaustion.

Johanna Mason falls into a pit and dies.

Gina Nelson dies from hypothermia.

The winner is Lucy Winters from District 12!

[deebormzone]

I admit, I'm in a bit of a slump.

Work's hard. I got no motivation to work on my big projects, or to start new ones.

Games are hard too. UFO 50 is what it is, and in Metaphor a wolf bit me and I died, which dampened my enthusiasm.

Lately, the most reliable option I've had is a nice, straightforward simulation of the entire history of the world: Sid Meyer's Civilization. It's very relaxing, since it's turn-based and playable with mouse only.

I hate the Māori empire and here's why.

There are 78 different leaders in Civ 6 and the game spawns Kupe of the Māori right next to me every single time.

Here he is. Right now he hates me because I threw car batteries into the ocean.

Now the Māori are usually no threat at all. They have a special gameplay style, which lets them settle cities across the ocean from turn one. It's a cool concept, but CIv 6 includes a revolutionary Loyalty system, in which your citizens can decide they don't like you any more and simply join another player.

This means Kupe settles on distant shores far from his capital, and his new cities swiftly join the empires they're built near, leaving him with nothing.

Here in 1500 AD, his capital city is this crappy shack on the bottom edge of the map.

By comparison, here is the beautiful pinnacle of humanity, Stirling, capital of Scotland.

We have towering monuments

and we can see the flow of magic through the ground in the form of ley lines. The shadow man told me if I do the correct hand gestures I can channel this force for myself, and it's working out great. I built a golf course next to it.

In short, the Māori are inconsequential here. So what's the problem?

The problem is that their national anthem is "yelling at you"

The game alternates the theme song of every country you've discovered. That means once the Māori are here - in basically every game - I'm going to get yelled at for the next three thousand years.

This is true even if they occupy one tiny city on the map and are basically not even playing the game.

The real issue is their theme is actually pretty good.

Beautiful.

But this lulls me into a false sense of security before I get yelled at again at 2:05.

This might be the only vocal national anthem in the game. That's the real issue. I'm just a cave creature, and if I hear a human voice I curl up like a dead spider.

Really though, this theme song would be improved with the introduction of some gentler instruments, such as our own: the noble bagpipes.

Also look at this cool tooth I found

[positivelybeastly]

🎥 - What’s your favorite tv show/movie?

Ohhhh, this is fucking trickyyyyyy.

Okay, so favourite movie is easier, because I have two. First, is Princess Mononoke. I adore everything about it, from the fucking spine tinglingly beautiful score to the gorgeously clean animation, the intense themes of vengeance, the cycle of violence, moral ambiguity, what cost a life, social ostracisation, the march of progress, all of it, it's just, so fucking good.

My second choice would be Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Again, an absolute fucking stormer of a score by James Horner - seriously, Battle in the Mutara Nebula is fucking lush, I even have a special Mondo vinyl copy of the soundtrack that I got given by my best friend - but more than that, it's the single best performance William Shatner has ever given (yes, including Airplane II!) as a tired, worn down, absolutely wrecked Kirk; the themes of ageing, mortality, legacy, creation, revenge, the consumption of the human soul; the effects work, all of it done on practical models; and my favourite dialogue exchange in all of fiction.

This is one of the core thesis statements for how I write Hank.

As for favourite TV show . . . god, fuck.

Fuck.

I have no idea.

Maybe Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? But I also really love Sharpe? And Strange New Worlds? And revival Doctor Who, especially series 4 with David Tennant and Catherine Tate? Hell, maybe it's Andor? I can't choose.

[scritchingandscratchingonpaper]

Rough morning doodles for a scene in something I'm plotting out...

"Jackal headed man eyes moist and hungry, blood soaked muzzle, something peeled off a cave painting made of a blood smear for primitive violence and yellowed teeth gnawing on bone- lungs full of gravedirt, mouth full of rotten carrion juices- hot animal breath on the back of his neck, teeth ghosting, heavy carnal heat and stench of death-"

Synesthesia Nightmare for Rust, first encounter with a ghoul (Cecil Meyer)

[patema-introverted]

Watched The Host (2016) for the first time and I have some thoughts:

This soundtrack deserves a better movie

In concept it's.... not built for a visual medium. In the hands of a really really good author (not meyer) it could be interesting but. I assume the story was supposed to be Wanderer discovering the good in humans and their inherent worth despite their flaws? Which is fine and all but if I'm not in her head then I'm still coming from this as a human who already believes that so... Now I get to hear not enough of her thoughts on the matter and just sort of watch her stare at normal people being normal in a post-apocalyptic cave sanctuary.

I couldn't tell the male leads apart so I felt nothing for either of them. They barely had any personality to distinguish them and they were both conventionally attractive white guys. So if the movie was banking on the romance angle it failed hard.

Wanderer and Melanie had more chemistry than either of them with either of the boys. If it had been an enemies-to-lovers story with them the movie wouldn't have been good but I would have felt something positive while watching it.

In conclusion it's a really annoying movie that just makes me want to listen to Imagine Dragons

[ao3gobi17]

If Meyer had actually got away with Spider what would he have done if Spider told people about the zip tie and the gun?

He'd be banking on Spider not doing that, being embarrassed about his 'Stockholm syndrome' once he'd had a lil bit of time of see the light. But if it happened, then Meyer would try to deny it. He might say he took the gun for protection/to stop Q and co using it against them, but he'd say he didn't point it at Spider, Spider must have misinterpreted. He'd have a harder time with the zip tie.. would he have the foresight to throw out the other ties from the car so Spider's accusation would look fake later? Also depending on how much time had passed Spider might still have marks on his ankles. But I think Meyer either way would just deny, deny, deny and accuse Spider of being confused and traumatised and mixing stuff up.

If Delgado or whatever police interviewing him then told him it was okay if he'd done that, he was trying to rescue Spider, then there's also a chance he'd cave and admit it. I'm not sure if any charges could be pursued, probably not, honestly, if he could argue that Spider's life was in danger! He'd probably try to get them on board to convince Spider not to tell the press. <3

[djhamaradio]

Favorite documentary films of all time

To say I love documentaries is an understatement. check these movies below:

1. The blues according to lightning Hopkins - les blank

2. Lake of fire - Tony Kay

3. You see me laughing - Mandy Stein

4. Buena Vista Social Club - Wim Wenders

5. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robinhood hills

6. Only the dead see the end of war - Michael Ware & Bill Guttentag

7. Control Room - Jehane Noujaim

8. When we where kings - Leon Gast

9. Grey Gardens - Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer

10. Shoah - Claude Lanzmann

11. Sans Soleil - Chris Marker

12. Grizzly man - Werner Herzog

13. Man on wire - James Marsh

14. Kooyanisqatis - Godfrey Reggio

16. The Fog of War - Errol Morris

17. The look of Silence- Joshua Oppenheimer

18. I am your negro - Raoul Peck

19. Exterminate all brutes - Raul Peck

20. Concerning Violence - Goran Olsson

21. The Black Power Mixtape - Goran Olsson

22. The Century of Self - Adam Curtis

23. Hypernormalization - Adam Curtis

24. Cave of forgotten dreams - Werner Herzog

[mitz-prompts]

prompt: cal, adam, and will were triplets

canon-typical content warnings for The Path

to be fair this isn't really a prompt so much as a fully formed idea in my head.

will, adam, and cal were all brenda's children (bear with me) but they were taken away from her because the father thought she was a bad mother (like in canon in The Path)

the father joins Meyerism, can't afford to support the children himself. goes to steve meyer for guidance.

steve, who i am taking many liberties with here because i barely know the guy, comes up with a divinely inspired reason that "the three boys must be separated as a test of faith. one to be raised by a poor man, one to be raised by a rich man, and one to be raised by us, and taught the way of our movement. and when they are grown, we will see which of them is prepared for the garden" or, look, some bullshit like that.

so will is raised by a boat mechanic, and adam is raised by his father, and cal is raised by steve. and none of them know about each other.

brenda probably tries to tell cal the truth on her deathbed but we all know how well that worked out (for those who don't - cal refused to see her, and therefore missed the message that she's sorry for letting him be abused by steve meyer for years. and sarah, who was supposed to pass the message along, chose to exclude that part because she believed brenda was lying.)

and steve dies too, before he has the chance to say final words to Cal, i guess.

SO. no one knows. until Hannibal fucking Lecter sees Cal Roberts on the news and is like. "mmm, let's put a pin in this whole season 2 arc and the tension and the lying, because Will, holy shit, you have a doppleganger and this is way more interesting than whatever the fuck we were supposed to be dancing around right now"

AND WILL WATCHES THE CLIP. of cal roberts arguing with professor neill. (aka cal defending meyerism on live television, despite the fact that he's currently in the midst of recovering his suppressed memories about meyerism's founder Steve sexually abusing him for a decade of his childhood)

Will watches the clip and he can tell, immediately, that Cal Roberts is a fucking mess. A basket case. Suffering and lying and paying lip service to something he's afraid that he still believes in despite everything.

Will watches this clip, with all his empathy sensors activated, and Will says, "Absolutely the fuck not. nope. not opening that can of worms."

hannibal tries to reason with him, because hannibal is completely flummoxed that Will doesn't want to drop everything and go with Hannibal to meet his long lost twin.

But Will says no. Because his life is already fucked enough and he doesn't want to open this door. He can't accept it. This isn't his kind of crazy.

anyway, Will lasts for about 48 hours before caving because he feels Cal Roberts' anguish in his chest and he can't sleep. what else is new.

anyway so hannigram go on a road trip, abandoning S2B entirely

and blah blah blah, confronting Cal, getting into the cult, tracking down steve's journals and doing detective work together. they find out about Adam.

and then, i don't know. codependent brotherly love endgame. save cal from himself, save will because he's always at his best when he's concerned with the welfare of others. and will gets to see hannibal in action as a selfless psychiatrist for once instead of the manipulative bastard he's always been around Will

and i think hannibal would be really really good with cal and adam, that's all

if he wanted to be (which in this case i think he does? because he likes seeing will around them, giving will a family in a new and unconventional way.) (edited)

and uhhh. it doesn't hurt that hannibal is like "oh, there's three of you now? :3c"

[arlothia]

Random fun questions to answer, then tag your buddies!

Thanks for the tag, @clonemedickix! And I love your little comic at the bottom!! hahaha!

Questions:

1. What is your personality type? (Enneagram or Meyers-Briggs or DISC or whatever you like!)

I'd never heard of the last one, so I'll just give the first two:

Enneagram: I'm mostly a 9 with some strong 2, 6, and 7 tendencies

And this actually reminds me that the song "Nine" by Sleeping At Last based off of the Enneagram Type Nine. Judging by the gut punch I got when I first listened to this and the sob fest I had, it's no surprise to me I'm a 9 🙃 (I question how small 5 is since I love researching things...)

Meyers-Briggs: ESFJ-T

2. What car would you like to own, if money were no issue?

I actually really like my minivan - it can hold a lot of people and a lot of stuff. I'd just have it tricked out with a good radio and AC/heater system - I want to be able to have cold air on my face and hot air at my feet if I feel like it!

3. Describe your high school self in five words?

"Teacher's Pet" (I was literally voted this my Sophomore year!), smart, geeky, friendly.

4. What environment is your favorite and makes you feel most at home? A coffee shop, a forest, the Swiss mountains, home with friends, etc?

Home. Gotta be home. Especially if I'm in my own personal cave (i.e. my room) where it can be dark and cool and I can get away from the evil sun (can you tell I'm writing this in summer? :P )

5. Describe your perspective on life in five words?

Overall positive, difficult, worthwhile, discovery.

6. Which traits would make up the ideal best friend for you and why?

Listens (because I've had too many people interrupt me in my life), is okay with casual silence or not constant interaction (because even though I'm an extrovert even I need a break sometimes), has similar interests (so we can talk about and enjoy the same things), also has different interests (so we can both learn about new things and have the joy of telling the other about things we love)

7. What is something in life that you get a disproportionate delight from?

PIGS!!!!

LOOK AT THEM THEY'RE FREAKING ADORABLE!!!!!!

I don't know why, but ever since I was about 8-ish I've just loved pigs! I collect everything pig-related (it's a go-to gift for me if people don't know what to get me for birthday/Christmas) and I have a massive collection of stuffed animals, figurines, piggy banks, and anything with a pig likeness on it! I also love irl pigs, both alive and on my plate. Just...

PIGS!!!! 🐷

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And this is where tag games go to die, so if you see this, consider yourself tagged!!