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koifishhies · 12 days ago

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I finished The Song of Achilles today. I've been delaying getting to the end of it for a few months now, for obvious reasons but… ho.ly.fuck.

It's not that I didn't know how it ended. Not the details, but I knew the broad strokes. The armour, Hector, the infamous rage of Achilles. Even Pyrrhus and the tombstone. I knew. But there's just something so much more intimate about a book.

I'm not going to say I wailed and sobbed or anything, I didn't even put the book down. But from chapter thirty on I was just sitting there, quietly weeping as I flipped the pages. It wasn't one single climax moment of intense pain, but a drawn-out aching, each new sentence starting a fresh wave over and over again. But I didn't really stop reading. If I paused it was to blink the tears away so I could see again.

If there's any part I could say really did me in, though, it was, without a doubt: I am made of memories.

It's been so long since a book has done that to me. Again, there's something so intimate about a book. 'Cause you're the one imagining it all, you know? No two people will imagine it quite the same, even if they're reading the same words. You're delving into these characters' minds, but you're also letting them into yours. And everything feels so much more raw and human, that way.

There's also something to be said about the nature of ancient myths like this. These are stories that have lived on for literal thousands of years… because people cared about them so much. Saw themselves in them, saw their world in them, or even found it in their heart to empathize with a world they didn't know at all. Loved them and hated them and debated and cried over them. Even if the characters are fictional, it's a testament to our love for life and our fellow humans that we've let them live for so long; because at the end of the day, every story is a story of people. In this way stories become the epitome of us as humans; our love letter to life, no matter how often the damn thing hurts us.

I am far from the first person to cry over this story, but I am also far from the last. And there is just something so comforting about that, you know? Makes it feel a little less lonely to be alive.

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cronchy-baguette · 3 months ago

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pink goes good (well) with green

#character design #character art #digital illustration #character designer #wicked #gelphie #glinda #elphaba #they deserve to be happy so bad #blue version and glassesless version attached #glinda would giggle as elphaba spins her #yes the flowers are pink ranunculi #aka the same flower that glinda puts in elphie's hair #also these were lowkey my favorite uniforms from them and i think they should have worn them more

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valtsv · 1 year ago

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anyone who thinks dostoevsky's writing is dry and humourless is missing out on passages like this

#🐉#i dont think my version is the most common translation because its worded a bit differently #(but still gets the same point across)#however im glad because this bit makes me howl every time i remember it

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letmetellyouaboutmyfeels · 2 days ago

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#LAST VERSION HAD A TYPO AND THE TEXTS WEREN'T THE SAME SIZE #NOBODY LOOK AT ME #buddie #911 abc #911 spoilers

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glass-rose-paperweight · 2 months ago

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Possibly controversial opinion: Captain Kirk (the TOS version) is not a playboy or a skirt chaser - he is a male femme fatale

#idk what the male version would be called but I want it to have the same alliteration as femme fatale #star trek #star trek the original series #star trek tos #captain kirk #james kirk #james t kirk #captain james t kirk

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lilbreadbun · 4 months ago

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And then I noticed that jinx’s balloon she flies in on has bunny ears painted on it. And markings on the side to match her little goggles

Pain. Suffering even

#arcane #arcane spoilers #arcane jinx #isha arcane #a lot of people were complaining that isha barely gets a mention in act 3 #but like #she's the catalyst for basically everything jinx does in this act #she inspires jinx to become the version of herself that she believed in #and for jinx to make the sacrifice she did in the end #in the same way that isha did #with a smile on her face #like isha is all over this act #without the show shoving it in your face or trying to exploit her death in a cheap way #also jinx not to criticize but when did u have the time for all that #like the end is nigh but also lemme get a fun little accent piece on my war balloon

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chloesimaginationthings · 7 months ago

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Scott Cawthon’s version of FNAF security breach..

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thefishywizard · 11 months ago

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Guardian swap au for 4/13 ^ ^

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bacchuschucklefuck · 7 months ago

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typical tavern scene

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #adaine abernant #kristen applebees #figueroth faeth #gorgug thistlespring #got my version of this in lol. I feel like this is mandatory if u draw fh art #trying to remember whats on the menu at a typical swensen's. its been years since I last was at one #tho I am so absolutely unfamiliar with like elmville level of town scenery. just immediately drew from my own experience lmao #I used to think malls are the same everywhere.... but then I hear from my US friends and. wow they sure are not #mm. good day to reminisce a little bit. but I am now sleepy #not a lot to say abt this I think most of this is pretty straightforward. I did use this to test out some overlays in SAI2 #that I never really touched. the talisman on fig's guitar case takes from the house protection talisman you'd put on the front door #and also I think kristen slipping while fully sat down is very funny and special. she means so much to me #okay. alright. I should really go to sleep. and tomorrow I should take my dang walk... see the sun #have a good night lads! enjoy ice cream

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soranker · 8 months ago

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98 lovemail doodles >_<

#trigun #meryl stryfe #milly thompson #nicholas d wolfwood #i was able to convince my friend to start 98 after we got back from AX HAHA and so i wanted to doodle the gang again ^_^#it's so funny how i always draw trimax ww super grumpy but then my 98ww is always such a goofy goober BAHAHA #trimax ww is still pookie to me tho dont get it twisted!!! ^_^#but yeah it's fun to decide how i want to differentiate between the different versions of ww #also i love 98 meryl so much she is so let me speak to the manager core (heart eyes)#and the color palette for vash i referenced from the lost july episode bc I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH THE COLORS IN THE PLANT STATION SCENES #idk what it is abt it but it tickles my brain. so pretty T__T #man im fr that type of artist who is posting different versions of the same drawings on different platforms LOL #but yall on tumblr and ig get it better imo hehe. when i post on twitter im like fucket whatever #i usually dont post on tumblr/ig until a day or two later so by then i make a couple of changes/finish stuff/color stuff #so here u go enjoy the colored versions of these doodles HAHA

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stygmatus · 2 months ago

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hi guys I’m here to make all of Jayce Talis’ dreams come true :)

#Jayvik #vikjayce #arcane #Jayce Talis #viktor arcane #my art #eyestrain//#LUCKY JAYCE #I love this trope I keep seeing both versions of Jayce with V #and I wanted to give my Latino king the same treatment #I am crazy but I am free.gif

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underwaterwasteland · 3 months ago

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My piece for the @tltfashionzine!

#there are like 25 different versions of this with slightly different font styling/sizing. still don't know if this was the best direction lo #also fun fact i did a majority of this piece the same week all of my uni assignments were due lmao #so there are definitly details i wish id gotten more time to finesse #but all in all im still pretty happy with how it came out!#tlt #tlt fanart #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #my art

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aubeezz · 10 months ago

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Happy pride guys

#biggest struggle with art rn jfkdmcmfmfm #regardless my lamb will be inconsistent forever bc I just wanna keep making different versions and I get in a LOOP #at least narinder is the same </3 #my art #colt #cult of the lamb #Narinder #Lamb

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silosbears · 9 days ago

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i think alphonse would still experience depersonalization and dysmorphia even after getting his body back

#alphonse elric #obviously hes glad about having it back #but there's this unease at the back of his mind #because hes been put into a new body that is drastically different from the one he was in for years for a second time #and that body isnt the one he lost. it had changed so much since he was 10 and i dont even think he could recognize himself for a while #i also think thats why he got the exact same haircut he had as a kid. to feel more like that younger and more familiar version of himself.#anyway i think he would still feel like he lost another part of himself by gaining everything back #even if he hated every second of being in that armor and even if all he ever wanted was to be normal again #he still spent 5 years in that body. long enough to begrudgingly become used to it #and for his body to change instantly into an unrecognizable version of himself #i dont think he had an easy time adjusting to being so different physically #even beyond the fact that he had to spend months/years physically recovering #oughhh its such a weird and complex feeling to miss something that made him miserable #just because that familiarity is more comforting than all of the pain and overstimulation of gaining his senses back #and being a completely different person physically #i also think hed have trouble sleeping for a while and start Thinking About Things He Shouldn't at night again #this is one of those things #fma #fullmetal alchemist #fma fanart #fmab fanart #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma art #fmab #fma brotherhood

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gludgenbell · 2 months ago

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Hi I'm still alive btw have some disciple ver. bingyuan

found little binghe in the woodshed with a ruined hand :(

#I am Gludgenbell and you'll never see me draw the same design twice apparently #literally the next drawing to finish is a different version of shen yuan #also I am a believer that sy would totally heal people left and right if he found out how to do it #he's a protector hes a mother hes a defender #yes I did read sy qian cao fics again and I think theyre RIGHT HE WOULD HEAL YOU #if you happen to be a problematic man in pidw anyway #okay real tag time lol #art #my art #<- i always forget this tag smh #digital art #svsss #scum villian self saving system #bingyuan #luo binghe #shen yuan

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composeregg · 5 months ago

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edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

#egg speaks #writing #polls #my writing #egg writes #my polls #poetry #time loops #listen I want to run this again #time loop poll #<- check that tag on my blog for the original 10 option version lmao #unreality #you know I didn't think I'd get fed up with people making isat jokes about this #I thought it'd be like oh hey neat same hat #we both like the same game #but people keep going “oh this is JUST an ISAT reference”#as if it's not a genuine work of creativity I did myself. it feels a bit devaluing #“op you played isat” yes but that came after the original!!!!!#I KNOW it's not meant like that but I want people to engage in my work as its own thing. you can make jokes about similar media!!!#but this is it's own thing!!!!#I want people to like it for what it is. I want people to enjoy it outside of other media. I want it to stand on its own #I'm flattered someone said it was good enough that they think it could be narration from the game and read just as well!!!!#but like. idk. all the other medias popping up (pmmm. orv. higurashi. etc) aren't people calling it a /reference/#if I wanted it to be an ISAT reference I would have tagged it originally. I would have targeted it toward ISAT fans more intentionally.#I love fanworks but this was an ode to time loops alone. I wanted people to think. to have to CHOOSE. I wanted PARTICIPATION #time loops as a narrative and as horror and as a group activity via polls on tumblr. also s/o to the person who said 40 hr work week so tru

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