#mythopoetic

[sunthroughdarkclouds]

Watching the day slowly bloom into night. That’s how it always seemed to me: not the fading of a withered flower, but the opening of some dark, rich blossom, with unexpected hues and heavy scents.

-Patricia McKillip

[the-wilderless]

Might come hang out here a bit more often

I just took another swing at mastodon and it’s the literal worst—I can’t even search for common terms, discoverability is nil, need people’s exact names AND servers to find them,,, the only “good” thing I can find about any of it is “Twitter People Use It As A Backup”

But I’d rather foster a backup that isn’t worse in every conceivable way, so

Let’s see if I can kick off some tumblr shit

[constant-projection]

[moonshynecybin]

i have this wish-fulfilment fantasy theory that if and when marc wins his 9th vale will feel none of the things he thought he would feel (rage resentment revulsion etc) and that’ll lead to some sort of epiphany where he realises that if it had to be anyone it may as well have been marc, and that’ll kickstart the rosquez reconciliation late 2025/early 2026. i’m thinking a summer wedding where they make use of the break. ofc valentino’s quirky legacy stuff wrt marc (ie him getting rid of everything that ties marc to him) makes this a bit problematic but if it were something like number of titles where he knows he could do nothing about it cause it’s not just a helmet he can throw out, i think that’d help

this year is the tenth anniversary of sepang, the year of vale's 46th birthday, and the year that marc could possibly equal vale's nine career motogp world titles. SOMETHING is gonna happen and idk if it will be positive but the numbers do not lie so it will undoubtedly be insane. summer wedding or ritualistic murder you choose which

[wanderrealms]

Page 117 of The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip. Prince Morgon still refuses to the call to adventure.

[eyeoftheheart]

Myths are public dreams; dreams are private myths.   By finding your own dream and following it through, it will lead you to the myth-world in which you live. But just as in dream, the subject and object, though they seem to be separate, are really the same.    ~ Joseph Campbell

The true power of myth lies in its ability to speak the language of the soul, weaving timeless truths into the fabric of our innermost being. Myth holds its power in being the soul’s native tongue, where the ineffable finds its voice and the eternal unveils its mysteries. Myths frequently depict heroes or seekers undergoing trials, death, and resurrection. This mirrors the process of spiritual rebirth: the shedding of the old self and the emergence of a renewed, awakened identity.

Spiritual rebirth often involves a metaphorical death—a loss of ego, attachments, or ignorance—followed by a resurrection into a higher state of consciousness.

Through myth, we relive the timeless tale of shedding illusions and being reborn into truth. It whispers the eternal promise of renewal, where the soul casts off its shadowed garments and awakens to its luminous essence of divine light.

[judgeitbyitscover]

Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner

Cover art by Thomas Canty

William Morrow, July 1990 (top) and Tor Fantasy, November 1991 (bottom)

A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens the desire of the powerful Queen of Elfland, he finds that words are not enough to keep him from his fate. As the Queen sweeps him far from the people he has known and loved into her realm of magic, opulence—and captivity—he learns at last what it is to be truly human. When he returns to his home with the Queen’s parting gift, his great task will be to seek out the girl he loved and wronged, and offer her at last the tongue that cannot lie.

[halogen2]

somebody buy me roses

somebody make sure i get out of bed today

somebody be my baby

somebody see that i don't get in my own way

[otherworldseekers]

By the way, I enjoy making things for other people. So this is an open invitation if you'd like me to ever make you something with your blorbos.

I don't promise that I will definitely make something or that I will do it right away or that it will be good. But sometimes I get the creative urge but am not feeling inspired by my own blorbos and sometimes it just feels nice to do something for someone else. I'll happily take requests as well. Just dm me your character data or we can arrange a meeting in game for me to save your data if you can't.

[sunthroughdarkclouds]

You can weave your life so long--only so long, and then a thing in the world out of your control will tug at one vital thread and leave you patternless and subdued.

- Patricia McKillip

[sammbag]

‘Nuther old sketchbook find, the Fates with a distinctly Borges/Marquez-inspired spin. My style has improved since this, but I still am after this exact vibe in everything I draw

[matriarchalfemininity]

It’s wild that we’re still having to hand-hold people as we explain what adjectives are when it comes to ‘toxic masculinity’ and also it wasn’t invented by woke feminists, it was invented by the mythopoetic men’s movement, which unlike the modern ‘mAnOsPhErE’ was a men’s movement that was actually empowering towards men and respectful towards women.

[dashiellqvverty]

everytime i see ppl say that ‘fight club is satirizing/criticizing toxic masculinity, Actually’ i am like. PLEASE put on your big boy thinking caps and watch it again

[jambeast]

I feel it really says something revealing about these people that they see the main way to accurately understand the real world is from Literary Analysis.

[a3i3a]

Adult woman who makes her boyfriend kiss a gold safety pin so she can pin it to her undershirt and finger it when she gets sad at work

[wanderrealms]

The world needs more mythopoetic fantasy. Or at least my bookshelf does.