#narrative.

[nachtsoklein]

making you the patron saint of something.

PATRON SAINT OF HEARTBREAK. not of comfort. not of condolences. there is a heart & there is a fissure, a fracture, something that starts to splinter & break open. you're the patron saint of the way a heart is rent open. the way it tears itself apart. patron saint of the rift. patron saint of the gash. when they say to " open your heart " to somebody, you are the patron saint of bleeding out.

[freundlichen]

making you the patron saint of something

[meistoshi]

they told you not to look down

you never had vertigos, but now, now you're on top of the world. everyone's under you. no more worries. no more problems. you're at the top, and it's great. you can help everyone from here. it's great.

the sun is scorching hot. the nights are the coldest. a gust of wind, you'd go down, down, down. an infinite fall.

but it's okay. because everyone will come to save you now if you fell, right?

. . . right . . . ?

the fall itself's not the thing that scares him, never has been. it's always what gets left above. if there's nothing above, if everything is down, down, down ...

oh, he could learn to embrace it.

oh, he could learn to love the fall.

oh, he could learn to crave it.

because it means there's another climb to be made. the pinnacle is breathtaking, it's everything he wants, has wanted, could ever want. but having it is only half as satisfactory as those last grueling steps to the top, no matter the prize.

the apotheosis is almost sobering.

everyone always told him he needs to slow down. now there's nowhere to go. so he's stopped. it's great.

there's a long way down. there's nowhere to go. there's only one way to go.

a nation has watched him purposefully leap off a very literal tower, in a fit of heroics, in a trajectory towards a very literal ground of, what was it, concrete ?? asphalt ?? he was caught then. a gust of wind, he'll be caught again. he's been caught at lower heights. someone's always caught him. if he doesn't fight the momentum of this infinite fall, he'll be caught again.

what's the harm in not watching his step, here, at the apex of everything ?? he made it here once.

& oh, he loves it here.

but the climb was heady, & the detox from it makes him ever - so easy ... to ... just ...

[pokemastoshi]

SATOSHI  AKIYOSHI  +  THE  JOURNEY.

red choral diamond spray, the mountain goats   //   endless summer, nate pritts   //   rain shadows, andy goldsworthy   //   the greek tragedy i’ll never write, elisabeth hewer, elisabethhewer   //   little fires everywhere, celeste ng   //   journey with dante, mahtem shiferraw   //    colorful orange magenta storm clouds at sunset, keith webber jr.   //   such a loser, garfunkel & oates   //   a game of thrones, george r. r. martin   //   road to hell ii, hadestown.

[swordince]

king & prince, father & son, randor & adam.

deerskin, robin mckinley // woodtangle, mary ruefle // heartburn, nora ephron // filmnoirsbian // war of the foxes (ii), richard siken // the father tamer, eileen granfors // vanishing acts, jodi picoult // giovanni’s room, james baldwin

[titleofpersonage-p01]

[muffinlevelchicanery]

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[mandersie]

Holy moly

[daincrediblegg]

OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.

[nachtsoklein]

Q. what chess piece represents you ??

A. WHITE KNIGHT. you  are  a  white  knight,  the  ideal  hero,  the  man  of  the  people.     as  the  only  type  of  piece  that  can  jump  over  others,  you  can  easily  get  yourself  in  or  out  of  a  situation  — always  catching  people  off  guard.     being  a  knight  doesn't  mean  you  have  to  be  sworn  to  the  crown,  your  first  love  is  for  the  people  around  you,  or  maybe  it's  for  yourself.     knights  are  known  to  be  eccentric  &  known  to  bend  the  rules  in  their  favor.     just  be  careful,  for  all  your  charisma,  there  is  a  limit  to  how  far  the  truth  will  get  you.     will  you  bend  your  morals  just  like  the  truth ??  or  will  you  stay  your  course,  upon  your  trusty  steed ??

[podcastwizard]

because here's the thing here's the thing the question was not "would you be more surprised to run into a fairy or a walrus" the question was "would you be more surprised to find a fairy or a walrus AT YOUR DOOR" and while no, i do not believe in fairies and would be surprised to know they EXIST i would NOT be surprised to find one at my door. HOWEVER, if a WALRUS shows up at my door i have to contend with the fact that a walrus somehow made it to my apartment specifically and knocked on my door for god knows what reason. i would be more surprised to know that a fairy EXISTS, of course, but NOT that they're at my door, do you get me?

[meistoshi]

Q. what tarot card are you ??

A. THE TOWER. where  is  the  line  between  awakening  &  self  destruction ??     is  it  thin ??     are  you  walking  toward  it ??     on  it ??     already  too  far  gone ??     there  is  nothing  more  disheartening  than  trying  to  find  yourself,  only  to  learn  that  you  detest  the  person  you've  been  looking  for.     can  i  tell  you  a  secret ??     you  are  allowed  to  love  yourself.     required  to,  even.     how  can  you  go  forward  without  it ??     make  no  mistake — it  is  not  easy.     but  it  is  essential.     you  will  get  there,  &  it  will  be  warm.     / number:  16   /   upright:  sudden  change,  upheaval,  chaos,  revelation,  awakening  /   reversed:  personal  transformation,  fear  of  change,  averting  disaster.

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

[swordince]

the five people you meet in heaven, mitch albom   //   the slippery slope, lemony snicket   //   the messenger: the story of joan of arc (1999)   //   mirrors, nikki giovanni   //   arthur miller   //   “snow and dirty rain”, crush, richard siken