#mordancy

[funnyao3]

“You have a terribly roguish accent.” His eyelashes flutter. He points accusingly at Oliver with his cigarette. “In your youth, did you slaughter chickens?”

“No.” It’s a terrible misconception he frequently encounters.

- Legerdemain by mordancy

[im-getting-help]

back at tumblr again to tell everyone that Mordancy uploaded a new fic!!!

Vampiric cattonquick

[mylovelookup]

ART DUMP

Hello! Dropping some art (sketches, doodles, etc etc) inspired by fics I recently read or I'm currently reading.

This modern love wastes away - by hellotte (@hellotte)

Mutually Assured Destruction - by Rhaegang (@rhaegang)

(inspired by The Shed.)

Mate - by Mordancy (@vamqira ily)

Come Sail Away - by whointheheck

No Man Can Take The Sea - by sad_pense_trop (@metropoliswhite)

Times New Roman Firing Squad - by whimsicalwaves (@whimsicalwavess)

(Ollie in a suit!)

New Chemistry - by lemoncaprisun

(the aftermath!)

divine, improvise by moi

I couldn't tag some of the authors because I couldn't find their urls on here, sorry! 😭 if anyone knows their urls you're welcome to tag them!

[baltsurn]

cattonquick fic recs

personal tracker turned rec list! will be continuously updating as there are many others i haven’t looked into yet.

these authors have other saltburn fics too (do check them out), however listed are only the ones i’ve read/i’m reading (i intend to exhaust their other stuff after, of course). teen/mature/explicit.

★ short and filthy:

quick bump to get your day started iykwim. they���re delicious. i loved them all.

- bring your hunger by sandpapersnowman

- why don’t you figure my heart out by quickcatton

- come into my bedroom by hellotte

- the way you use your body by enaidmora

- you get me so high by queerxqueen

★ masterful multi-chapters/also my current reads*:

- any fic from mordancy (rated T, M) + consider the hairpin turn* by rodentsofdisbelief

sly, artsy, disquieting. A24-coded stuff. movie-accurate characterization by these two authors, in my opinion.

- none tell us not by follieaune

if this isn’t one of the greatest GOT!verse fics then idk what is.

- you’re almost home/you’re home* by leiflitter

the go-to. my feel-good fic. this is required reading for bachelor of arts in cattonquick.

- enter night* by rhaegang

incubus oliver? INCUBUS OLIVER. tags made me jump in right away.

- what is past is prologue by justalilguyoops

horrific in the best way (positive). this is everything i initially looked for. gives me palpitations.

★ collections:

- oxford days by theythinktheyknow (rated M, E)

quaint and charming. underrated.

★ to-read (pls. reco to include):

- topographia oxonia by orestes

- dead doesn’t mean gone by island_in_the_shadows

- miserable by bonechocolate

- maneater by nythak

- carpe diem by counnt

[superconductivebean]

now that i saved them im in wait for just the perfect opportunity to use words like vagary or sanctimonous or adage or anon or nonplussed or— *gets dragged away*

#1308

urgent news i can lose constant(=vpnless) access to discord soon so im in a rush to save everything i have in my private word hoardery

turned out i hoarded the entire section of Rare English Words what am i even going to do with them, i have no idea

[slashfuhrer]

Aaaand I've done an audio version of Season's Greetings by mordancy! Had great fun recording it (and a lot of grief editing it), so hope the Saltburn nerds will enjoy listening to it! (my accents are all over the place though don't mind them) Version on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CnejFDBCcPSjsheqlmtJCxX6HlqkkCLY/view?usp=sharing Thanks to @im-getting-help for the fic rec Also thanks @thirstyvampyr for the quickstart rec, I checked it out and really enjoyed it but decided against recording it because it has a lot of dialogue from the film and I didn't want to ruin the famed sounds of "will you behave, Farleigh?" by redoing it in my own voice :D I am thinking about recording something else involving quickstart though

[kmesons]

one of the first instances in which we hear the inevitable leitmotif in the guy who didn't like musicals is during the scene where emma and paul are walking through the audience, commenting on how it is an "alleyway lined with tons of shrubs." but why is it playing here? emma and paul have a number of previous scenes together, including the beanies "think about the implications" scene, which would seem like a more fitting place to put it, at first glance.

to me, this is foreshadowing. the characters' ignorance of the audience is played for laughs in this scene, and it's evident that the audience isn't a part of the story at this point. emma and paul don't know about the audience, and this isn't anything abnormal; they're characters. they aren't supposed to know. but what happens when inevitable, the song, actually plays at the end of the show? emma becomes aware of the audience. she knows she's on a stage, being watched by people who will not and cannot help her. paul, too, is now aware of this previously imperceptible audience. he's part of the hive. he's performing for them. the inevitable motif plays as emma and paul walk through the audience in this scene, seemingly unable to perceive them, because the hive, or pokey, is emphasising the ironic nature of this scene.

and when you think further about it, this theme of the inevitable leitmotif's usage follows throughout the entirety of the guy who didn't like musicals. another scene in which it plays is when emma warns paul before he leaves: "if those things get you, they're gonna make you sing, and dance .... so don't you let 'em."—"emma? there comes a time in every man's life when he has to draw a line in the sand. and I? will never. be in a musical," (not exact quote). the inevitable leitmotif plays softly in the background as emma says her line because it is tragically ironic. emma is giving paul an ultimatum: don't die. don't give in. of course, this is the exact opposite of what happens. apotheosis is paul's inescapable fate. emma's words are accompanied by the inevitable leitmotif here as a way of the universe (pokey, maybe) laughing at her.

(it's important to note that inevitable cuts off as soon as paul says "never" in his line during this exchange. this is because, well, his line isn't ironic. he will never be in a musical. at this, this form of him won't.)

the inevitable leitmotif plays in the final moments of the exchange between paul and general john macnamara, beginning right after macnamara asks paul if he likes coffee and ending right after paul answers "no, sir," to macnamara's question about whether he likes musicals. in this scene, paul's most recognisable traits are exhibited. he likes coffee and doesn't like musicals, the irony here being that these very traits are what made him susceptible to the hive in the first place. his penchant for coffee is what led him to meet emma, and wanting her was what led to his end. he doesn't like musicals, but is afraid that he could like them, a fear the hive easily preys on.

it sneakily plays while emma says "if we get through this, I would love to just see a nice—SILENT—movie with you. but in case we don't... kiss me?" the mordancy of using inevitable here is evident.

the inevitable motif is utilised not only as a signal of inevitability and futility, but also to convey irony—comedic irony, for pokey/the hivemind—in the guy who didn't like musicals. it's a genius device of foreshadowing for paul and emma's eventual fate, because the audience doesn't know that it's used as such until the story is re-told (i.e., we watch tgwdlm again), which is what is implied could be occurring in-universe.

[justalilguyoops]

I’m curious do you have any saltburn fic recs?

YES!

A Cure For Loneliness by @como-llorai-por-un-chocmans

and god would set us asunder (but your sacrilege will save me) by @nutteu

Maneater by @nythtak-blog

it leaves me cold by @kukfitta

the animal hospital by mordancy (unsure if they have a tumblr/what their tumblr is!!)

Sharper through Suffering by Blue_Dahlia (also unsure if they have a tumblr/what it is!!)

these are some I can think of immediately!! there are so so many good cattonquick writers out there ; ;

[im-getting-help]

*does a happy little dance cause mordancy posted a new chapter of Pierced*

[bastardvughter]

Kind of ironic,

Kind of erotic,

She hides within her chambers,

Flesh dampened with sweat and hands that could bite,

Her stomach growls while chained to her malnourished heart,

Every chip of a nail sharpens the teeth,

O’ sway to the hymns of misanthropy,

She grinds her knees raw for succor,

Guzzling down her blubbers,

At least her back can hit that arch,

This is not for her own arousal,

Not for yours either,

But a pornographic mordancy,

To acknowledge reality is to enter a maddening spiral

[icantspellthings]

Honestly this fic might have the most realistic (to the film) characterisation of felix I've seen so far

[mylovelookup]

Go read The Doll by mordancy on AO3 👇🏻

Bonus vid:

[igbeh]

ao3 user mordancy coming in clutch with some great squicky saltburn fics

i also really like the heart that fed by nightcalling

i haven't gone thru the tag in entirety but im about halfway thru and these are my favs rn . ppl that write fic i love u. i love u. i love u.

[waterarks]

words.

week of 060724 ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

facetious (adj.)

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. | a facetious remark | synonymous: flippant, pert.

pert (adj.)

i. saucily free and forward; flippantly cocky and assured. | ii. being trim and chic. | iii. piquantly stimulating | a pert little hat; a pert retort that irritated the teacher | synonymous: animated, jaunty, vivacious.

acrimony (n.)

anger and bitterness; harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feeling. | she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again | synonymous: vitriol, mordancy, asperity.

awry (adv. or adj.)

off the correct or expected course; in a turned or twisted position or direction. | their plans went awry | synonymous: amiss, askew, oblique.

terse ( adj.)

i. using few words; devoid of superfluity | ii. smoothly elegant | a terse summary; he dismissed me with a terse “no” | synonymous: short, brusque; crisp, polished.

superfluity (n.)

i. something unnecessary or superfluous | ii. immoderate and especially luxurious living, habits, or desires | spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities | synonymous: excess, surplus, overkill.

vacuity (n.)

i. empty space | ii. something (such as an idea) that is vacuous or inane; lack of thought or intelligence | full of excitement, I listened to my first student sermon - only to be taken aback by its vacuity. | synonymous: empty-headedness, dim-witted, stupidity.

- ☼

[positivelyhomestuck]

We’re now up on Spotify! Makin’ the social media rounds slowly but surely.

E01, in addition to a basic intro of the podcast itself, we talk about the events and characters in Act 1 and Act 2.

[im-getting-help]

Hi, hello, it's me again informing you guys that Mordancy uploaded a new oneshot :)