#narrative.

[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 ??

[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]

[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.

[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?

[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 

[nachtsoklein]

Q. what's your role in the tragic play ??

A. SWEET SUPPORTING CHARACTER. i  wanna  be  your  grandma  so  bad,  please  let  me  pinch  your  face  &  knit  you  a  sweater.     you're  most  likely  the  best  friend  of  the  protagonist,  &  there's  some  possible  overlap  between  you  &  the  narrator.     you're  sweet  &  try  very  hard  to  be  selfless.     you  watch  the  ones  you  love  descend  into  darkness,  &  make  every  effort  to  help  them  through  it  all.     it's  not  enough.     you  keep  trying  to  make  it  enough.     you  provide  comic  relief,  a  listening  ear,  a  hug,  advice —   any  method  of  support  you  can  think  of.     your  own  personal  tragedy  isn't  documented.     sometimes  you  wish  it  was,  even  though  you're  the  one  who  ensures  it  is  not.     you  want  people  to  care  for  you  the  way  you  do  for  others.     but  you  refuse  to  ask  for  it,  so  you  wait  for  others  to  read  between  the  lines.     they  usually  don't.     at  least  you're  the  one  who  gets  to  survive  the  tragedy.     no  matter  how  many  times  you  beg  to  trade  places,  it  is  always  you  at  the  end,  sitting  at  someone  else's  grave.

[solrites]

tag dump.

[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.

[mag200]

one thing about orpheus and eurydice is you guys are all like “i’m different i wouldnt turn to look at her” because you are all familiar with the story of orpheus and eurydice. but orpheus wasnt familiar with the story because he was in it 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