#parker macmillan aesthetic

[shittykinaesthetics]

Shitty Parker MacMillan IIIII aesthetic: new option on that "would you fuck your clone" quiz that says "i would love to be given the option but unfortunately they are all dead"

[winteringart]

Firewalker with me friday

More Megan/Parker! I had this sketch and I wanted to do something with it but I couldn’t decide who, so I decided might as well be them.

Image ID: A copic marker illustration of New Megan Ito, an androgynous Japanese young adult with dark hair and an undercut wearing a pale gray leather jacket, kissing Parker Macmillan the First, a young man with pale grey skin and shoulder length light red-purple hair. He wears a blue and yellow Alaskan Immortals jersey and blue fingerless gloves. His hands are wrapped around Megan’s neck, while Megan tilts his head up with one hand, the other not visible. Megan has red nails. They stand in front of an orange, red, and pale yellow abstract background, meant to suggest fire.

[schloogywoog]

“Today is renewed, is reborn Each day, I am new, I am yours”

[dabidagoose]

12, 14, and 18 for the blaseball asks if you havent already!

12. favorite team aesthetic

Ok answering from a purely visual standpoint - and mostly going off of blaseball cares merch - I'm gonna have to go with the Hades Tigers. I just love the fiery motifs/aesthetic present with Hades and overall the visuals i see are just passionate and fiery and FIERCE. I also LOVE red and black in aesthetics so the tigers have got plenty of that. The tigers' jacket on blaseball cares is BEAUTIFUL.

14. favorite "minor" character (player who's rarely discussed)

Ok so a lot of them being minor can be attributed to them being a fairly new character but i absolutely ADORE scoobert toast. The name is just fantastic, the Scooby Doo memes are so fun, and I'm not sure what concept the worms decided for them (i haven't really checked wormscord in a while) but the space probe idea is SO cool as well as just. I love object heads. Object heads are so awesome. I really hope we went with the space probe idea though, especially after my recent 17776 stint i think it'd be so cool to have a space probe playing blaseball. Please space probe rights.

18. a headcanon you'll Always believe

Pretty much everything canon to the Blaseball musical about Sebastian telephone. I love him as a trans character, he's great with Conner, and Jessica's distant older sister arc was so compelling. Sometimes blaseball just gets to your head. There are consequences to fame. I'm sure parker macmillan would agree.

Also i think parker's head is a blaseball. Again, object head.

[weirdletter]

The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature, edited by Kevin Corstorphine and Laura R. Kremmel, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Cover design by Katrina Brown/Alamy Stock Photo, info: palgrave.com.

Offers a refreshing update on the genre of Horror Literature, particularly in light of timely theoretical discussions such as queer theory, feminist theory, and animal studies. Traverses time periods and geographical areas, covering topics ranging from medieval European horror to zombie fiction. Establishes the importance of the horror genre within the academy, which has been grossly overlooked and downplayed until recently. This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evolution of horror fiction, the recurrent themes that can be seen in horror, and ways of understanding horror through literary and cultural theory, the text analyses why horror is so compelling, and how we should interpret its presence in literature. Chapters explore historical horror aspects including ancient mythology, medieval writing, drama, chapbooks, the Gothic novel, and literary Modernism and trace themes such as vampires, children and animals in horror, deep dark forests, labyrinths, disability, and imperialism. Considering horror via postmodern theory, evolutionary psychology, postcolonial theory, and New Materialism, this handbook investigates issues of gender and sexuality, race, censorship and morality, environmental studies, and literary versus popular fiction.

Contents: Foreword – Dawn Keetley Acknowledgments 1 Introduction – Kevin Corstorphine   Part I The Origins and Evolution of Literary Horror 2 Bhayānaka (Horror and the Horrific) in Indian Aesthetics – Dhananjay Singh 3 Horror in the Medieval North: The Troll – Ármann Jakobsson 4 The Horror Genre and Aspects of Native American Indian Literature – Joy Porter 5 Vampires, Shape-Shifters, and Sinister Light: Mistranslating Australian Aboriginal Horror in Theory and Literary Practice – Naomi Simone Borwein 6 Men, Women, and Landscape in American Horror Fiction – Dara Downey 7 Blood Flows Freely: The Horror of Classic Fairy Tales – Lorna Piatti-Farnell 8 Turning Dark Pages and Transacting with the Inner Self: Adolescents’ Perspectives of Reading Horror Texts – Phil Fitzsimmons 9 Horror and Damnation in Medieval Literature – Andrew J. Power 10 The Jacobean Theater of Horror – Tony Perrello 11 “A Mass of Unnatural and Repulsive Horrors”: Staging Horror in Nineteenth-Century English Theater – Sarah A. Winter 12 Horror in Gothic Chapbooks – Franz J. Potter 13 “We Stare and Tremble”: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Horror Novels – Natalie Neill 14 “The Horror! The Horror!”: Tracing Horror in Modernism from Conrad to Eliot – Matthias Stephan 15 Global Horror: Pale Horse, Pale Rider – David Punter   Part II Themes of Literary Horror 16 Vampires: Reflections in a Dark Mirror – Wendy Fall 17 Zombie Fictions – Anya Heise-von der Lippe 18 “You Don’t Think I’m Like Any Other Boy. That’s Why You’re Afraid”: Haunted/Haunting Children from The Turn of the Screw to Tales of Terror – Chloé Germaine Buckley 19 Discussing Dolls: Horror and the Human Double – Sandra Mills 20 “They Have Risen Once: They May Rise Again”: Animals in Horror Literature – Bernice M. Murphy 21 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Woods?: Deep Dark Forests and Literary Horror – Elizabeth Parker 22 Disability and Horror – Alan Gregory 23 Monstrous Machines and Devilish Devices – Gwyneth Peaty 24 “And Send Her Well-Dos’d to the Grave”: Literary Medical Horror – Laura R. Kremmel 25 Imperial Horror and Terrorism – Johan Höglund 26 Postmodern Literary Labyrinths: Spaces of Horror Reimagined – Katharine Cox   Part III Approaches to Literary Horror 27 Evolutionary Study of Horror Literature – Mathias Clasen 28 Transgressive Horror and Politics: The Splatterpunks and Extreme Horror – Aalya Ahmad 29 Boundary Crossing and Cultural Creation: Transgressive Horror and Politics of the 1990s – Coco d’Hont 30 “Maggot Maladies”: Origins of Horror as a Culturally Proscribed Entertainment – Sarah Cleary 31 The Mother of All Horrors: Medea’s Infanticide in African American Literature – Christina Dokou 32 Horror, Race, and Reality – Ordner W. Taylor III 33 Postcolonial Horror – Tabish Khair 34 Conceptualizing Varieties of Space in Horror Fiction – Andrew Hock Soon Ng 35 Toward an Acoustics of Literary Horror – Matt Foley 36 Hesitation Marks: The Fantastic and the Satirical in Postmodern Horror – Laura Findlay 37 “It’s Alive!” New Materialism and Literary Horror – Susan Yi Sencindiver 38 Horror “After Theory” – Lyle Enright Index

[helpersofindie-archive]

It’s 11:27 and the inbox is now open again! We closed the inbox on February 1st, and we’ve now had it closed for almost three weeks which has given us time to work through requests and get the inbox count down. We have gone from having 508 messages to 130 ( which is honestly amazing, that means we’ve managed to get through 378 asks). We now have 312 drafts instead of the original 370, and our current queue has 3 things in it. 

We’ve also accepted 11 new helpers into hoi, which is super exciting! They’re all super precious, so please give them a warm welcome! We’re all very happy to have them join the hoi team and I hope you all enjoy the resources they release on this blog!  While we have gotten the inbox count down to 130, we feel that we need a fresh start ( and a lot of the messages left now are old ones that no one has claimed ). Thus, we have decided to delete the inbox, so the inbox count is now at ZERO. A list with the deleted requests can be found below the cut. We ask that you do not resend the ones that weren’t aimed at a specific helper, BUT if you really want a request that you requested from someone you can resend it to someone else (or without a name).

We’d like to thank everyone for their patience during these 3 weeks, and also ask that you remain patient, since we still have a lot of requests in the drafts, and quite long to do lists. We hope everyone is having a good week and we’re excited that the inbox is now open once again.

remember, if you see your request in this list and would still like them to be done, then feel free to resend the request and hopefully one of the helpers will complete it for you! 

edit: only requests that were directed to specific helpers******

Hello! Could any of the helpers please make a gif hunt of Jonathan Hyde as Eldritch Palmer from the Strain? They can be normal and don't need any style. Thank you in advance!

Could someone familiar with wrestling do some rp icons of Randy Orton? More recent ones preferably. Thanks a million!

Can I request a manip of Ciara Baxendale and Grant Gustin? Thank you so much.

to anyone, I was wondering if someone could possibly make some 100x100 plain icons of tyler young in eyewitness? thanks if anyone can!

Hi! Could I request some icons of Ayase Haruka? If possible, from the movie "Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister)". If not, any role would be perfect! Thanks!

Hi helpers, happy holidays<3 I was wondering if I could have a crackship of Tyson Houseman and Evan Peters please?

hello helpers! is there a helper who'd be willing to possibly help me out and make some base icons of Melanie Tran? ;w; And if not, could you please direct me to where I might be able to find some? Any help is appreciated! <3

Hi guys, I was wondering if I could request some icons of Tanc Sade in his role in Gilmore Girls pretty please?

Hey! Can i please a crackship of Finlay MacMillan and Freya Tingley? Thanks!

hey can i request an aesthetic of m/m interracial couples from lottie if she doesn't feel way too busy? thank you

Hi! Can I please get a manip of Jeremy Irvine and Xavier Dolan please? Thank you in advance!!

Could I please get a lovelt mannip of cory michael smith and eiza gonzalez? <3 <3 <3

Can I please request Rahart Adams icons from Every Witch Way, Liar Liar Vampire, and Nowhere Boys? Preferably border-less 100x100 HQ/HD? Forgot to add border-less in. x.x

Hey Gillan! Can you make some circular icons of Mune from Mune Guardian of The Moon?

Dear Jay and smutty-gif-hunt-anon, Thank you for helping out with what I'd be too embarrassed to request!! Rock on!

Hello if possible could I get gif icons of James paxton of eyewitness. any style works who ever seems inspired to do this works. thank you. I'm easy to please. Thank you again for all your hard work.

Will you make some Faith Wladyka icons?from Blue Valentine? Only if you're up for it :)

Hi Jay! Since you're the resident wrestling related helper I was wondering if you could help me with something. Could you make me a manip of Taylor Swift with the Raw women's title, please? Something similar to when Charlotte visited Today after wrestlemania? I didn't see manips on your WID, but I thought I'd seen you do a manip request before. Thanks in advance for your time!

I don't know if my request was received before or after the inbox was deleted so my apologies if this is a duplicate. Can I please get some roleplay icons of (Tristan Milligan) Lyle Lettau from season 13/14 of Degrassi? Thanks! <3

could i request some Darby Stanchfield rp icons as her role from abby whelan in scandal? preferably 70x70 white a light grey psd thank you so much in advance and god i love this blog - the indie community salutes you

Good evening HOI, could I request a man up of Shin Hye-Jeong and Jessica Parker Kennedy please?

Hi, Lottie! May I request some RP icons of Ryan McCartan as Brad Majors in the TV version of Rocky Horror Picture Show in style "scarlett," please? Thank you so much!

Hey guys! I was wondering if you could please do a manip of Kacey Musgraves and Derek Theler of them and some party or award show? Thanks, love ya bye!

Hey! I'd pretty please like to request plain static rp icons of Korean actor Jo Jung Suk if possible!

Hello! Could I please request an icon pack with Lily James in Downton Abbey using Blue's B6 style? Thank you so much! <3

This message is to anyone who has space on their todo. Culd i request some rp Icons of Keir O'Donnell on Wedding Crashers please ?

hey lovelies! I was wondering if someone was willing to do a manip of Emily Rudd and Matthew Daddario for me (sibling/friends vibes)? thank you in advance :)

hey there lovelies!! could i please request plain 100x100 rp icons made of christina masterson? thank you so much lovelies!

Hey there Samantha! Just wondering if you were up to making a gif icon hunt of recent Kat Mcnamara? Thank you! xxxxx

May I please request standard sized gif icons of Laura Vandervoort from the film Damage, please?? :333 Thank you, and Merry Christmas! <3

Thanks for being helpful and understand about my technical issues & letting me send my gif pack request here (Which admin would you like to complete the request? Anyone What is the url from the video? If it’s about a movie/tv show, tell me which the name of the movie/tv show+episode so we can find suitable download links.- skins 6x07 "alo" Who's the faceclaim?- holly earl as poppy champion Any specific PSD? Vibrant, Pale, Dark, or a link to one posted. " just 160x160 QUOTE text moodboard gifs

Hi Maxie! Could I request some icons of Taylor Dearden as Ophelia Mayer in Sweet/Vicious, in the mx17 style? Thank you!

Hello Ellen. Is it possible that I could het Dylan O'Brien gif icons in EL*013? Thank you in advance! :)

Hey Helpers! Is it possible I can get a twin Lin Miranda manip, one with short hair and one with long? Thanks!

May I request some Amy Nelson rp icons? [ underused face claim ] in any psd you want, I would appreciate it :D

Hello! Is it possible I could get roleplayable icons of Kalel Cullen? With a light psd and such?

Hello lovely helpers, can I please request for a manip picture of Elizabeth Olsen (brunette) with Evan Peters please? As a couple. Thank you so much. <3

Super random but can you pretty please make me some gifs of matthew daddario doing magic. Like instead of crackship gifs of him with another person , it would be of him and a faceless gif of magic aka gifs of wizard matthew daddario lol.

May I request a family template for Rachel Hilbert fc?

Hi, can i please request gif icons of Travis Fimmel in her role in Vikings (Ragnar)??? Thanks you very much. Oh, without border pls.

may i have a family template for sarah shahi? if you can, could her father be the one who's persian/iranian and her mother be the one who is spanish? but, if not, that's totally fine! thank you so much, helpers! xx

May I pretty please request a moodboard or aesthetic of Matthew Daddario and Cameron.Monaghan as Even x Isak from skam ?

Hello, there! First of all, I absolutely love your icons! I was just wondering if it was possible to ask for gifs/icons of Daniel Miller from Berlin Station? Thank you. Have a lovely day! :)

hey helpers! i'm currently working on creating a werewolf multimuse, and i want to have two packs represented- but for the life of me i can't think of pack names beyond the cliche "moonstone/bloodstone" kind of thing. so could you help me come up with names? if it helps, the packs are kind of opposites- good vs evil kind of thing. thanks so much!

Hello!! I was wondering if you guys could make me a manip of Tom Felton as Draco and Elle Fanning. As siblings.. Please and thank you! :3

Ayo! Can u make manip of Luke Hemmings and Dua Lipa, pls? Ty. ♡

Hi I was wondering if someone could make an Angelique Boyer gif hunt? I'm wanting to use her as a FC but realized there's hardly any gifs of her out there. I would appreciate it so much <33! Thank you to whoever decides to take it on.

Hi anyway! Can i request some Jun-ji hyun gif icons from The Legend of the Blue Sea please?

Would anyone be willing to make a gif hunt of Travis Fimmel in the the 2003 Tarzan, please?

You all are super talented and super awesome. i was wondering if any of you helpers could possibly do a manip or aesthetic of david gandy and helen owen as a power couple. Whichever would be easier. It's for a story i am currently writing.

Hello, can I please request icons of model and actress Nicole Fox? For whomever reads this I know her movies can be potentially triggering, so if you aren't comfortable with those, that's completely fine (frankly I'm just glad you're reading this). She was also in s13 of ANTM. If there's anything problematic about her, I am not aware, but please let me know. Thank you very much and have a great day x

Hi! I was wondering if any of you would be willing to do a family template for Romanian Actress Madalina Ghenea.

can i please request herman tømmeraas gif icons? thank you in advanced !

may i please request icons for maxence danet-fauvel?? Thank you!!!!

Could you please make some static rp icons of Ben Barns from By The Gun? Thank you!

Sorry, ignore my last message. Could I please request crackships of Britt Robertson and Jeff Goldblum from around Jurassic Park and The Lost World era? Thank you!

hey babes! i love all the manips you all do, so i was wondering if i could request a romantic-y manip of alec lightwood and max ehrich? preferably from under the dome for max, but really anything is fine for him! thank you so much

hello helpers! would someone be willing to make plain 100x100 icons of tom austen in his role as jasper frost from the royals?

I hope I'm not bothering any of you. I hope you all have a great holiday season. I was wondering if anyone would do a manip of Jessica Lowndes and David Labrava as a couple. You all do amazing work and should get more credit for all the hard work you guys put in. You are all talented.

Hey! I was hoping one of you would have the time to help me out with something. I've got all the human icons I need for my muse, but I'm seriously lacking in phoenix icons. I know there's Fawkes in Harry Potter, but I was hoping there would be manga/anime and/or other movies/shows with phoenixes in them that I could get icons from? Or if there are any icons/gifs out there already? Anything would help, please and thank you.

Hello is it possible to get Henrik Holm RP icons in G15 from his role as Even in SKAM?

do you guys make rp icons of animes and mangas? If yes can I ask for rp icons of Sarada Uchiha please? With a tiny white and grey border?

happy 2017 helpers ! hope you all are well c: i was wondering if i could possibly request a manip of seola from cosmic girls and hyungwon from monsta x ? please and thank you so much !

Hi there, can I please request a gif hunt of Jonas Nay from his role in Deutschland 83?

If possible could I get some Icons of the French Model Johan Akan the 3d scan for Nyx Ulric of Final Fantasy XV Kingsglaive? Please and thank you

Hello lovely helpers, can I please request for crackship gifs of Lily Collins with Evan Peters? They relationship is similar of Rosie and Alex's relationship in Love, Rosie. Thank you. <333

I lovely helpers! I was wondering if I could please request a manip of David Giuntoli as an X-Wing pilot from Star Wars? Thank you for your time <3

Hi :) Could you please do some Brent Antonello icons from the tv show Hit the Floor? I'd love that.

Hey helpers! Can I request a manip of Freddie Highmore as a Blue Lantern (or a green lantern if it's easier)?

Good morning helpers! Can I ask for a manip of Hunter Parrish and Robbie Amell please?

Can I have a manip of Kristine Froseth and Evan Peters? I'd like it if it was done mid-90's Polaroid style with using Evan's AHS Season 1 resources.

Hello helpers can someone make a manip of Zach Roerig and Matt lanter as best friend please?

hi, could i possibly get crackship gifs of america ferrera with long hair and chris (the guy) from the tv show skam? thank you in advance xx

Hey guys. I was wondering if any of you would do a manip of Rhiannon Fish and Scott Eastwood as a couple.

hello ! first of all, i'd like to thank all of u for putting in time to make resources for the indie community ! u guys are awesome ! secondly, i'd like to ask if any of you would be willing to make a manip of herman tømmeraas and ariana grande as friends ? thank u in advance !

Hello, can I please request a romantic "instagram-post like" manip of Zendaya and Cristiano Ronaldo? Thank you!

hi there! i hope you're all having a lovely day! could i please request gabi demartino gif icons?

Hey helpers! Can I request a (romantic) manip of Keahu Kahuanui (preferably with facial hair) and Nick Jonas? Thanks!

Hi, can I please request rp icons of Vika Bronova?

Hi guys, I was wondering if you could help me with a url for a Lord of the Rings elf original character, I'm using Emilia Clarke, primarily in her role and Daenarys Targaryen? thnx

Hi Helpers! I would like to know if any of you could do somes gif icons or icons of Trè Samuels, if is not a trouble. Thank you very much in advance <3

Hello! Could you guys suggest first and surname's for Naressa Valdez? ( I'm not sure if this counts as two asks? ) Thank you so much!

Hello, may I please request plain ( with pixel texture) gif icons of Jan Lisiecki ? Thanks in advance !

hello dearies! can i request some plain icons (bases, to be clear) of spencer macpherson in american gothic please?

could you please give me some ronan lynch urls? tysm, i love your blog!!

Could someone pretty please make a manip of Eva Green and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, by any chance? Thank you

hi love, can you do some gif icons of ryan gosling with beard and some from crazy stupid love? tysm <3

Hello can someone please make me some crackship gifs where it looks like Matthew Daddario has super powers.

hi i'd love some simple rp icons of alex steele in her role as tori santamaria in degrassi please <3

Oops! Sorry, I didn't realize there was a form! I recently changed my mind, though, and was wanting just plain RP icons (Robby Benson from The Chosen). Is that doable? Ahh sorry and thank you!

Can I pleeaaasseee get 100 x 100 black and white light textured rp icons of Amandaschronicles/Amanda Mckenna? It would mean so much to me! Thank you sm for all you guys do!

Could I please request some rp icons of Rodrigo Santoro? Thank you!

May I have an aesthetic (or a moodboard which ever you'd like to make) of Kristine Froseth and Evan Peters (AHS season one resources pls) as heads of a mafia known as the Gemini Mafia pls?

hello, could i request icons of Çağatay Ulusoy in a plain style, please? hope you guys have a great day and thanks for all that you do!! ♥

Can I please request some gif icons or a gif hunt, I'm not sure which is easier/preferred, of Raúl Esparza, please?

Hi! I was wondering if it was possible for someone to do a manip of Lady Marian (BBC Robin Hood) and Prince Arthur (BBC Merlin) ? Thank you. :)

Hello, yes! If you're still dong manila, can I have one of Katey Sagal (as Gemma Teller) and Norman Reedus. Preferably as a couple.

Is there any chance you could do a faceless gif hunt of a couple with a blonde female and a male who has dark skin? Thank you so much in advance!

can i request a manip of ryan potter and keiynan lonsdale?

can i please get a dominic sherwood x ashley moore manip? thank you

Hello helpers! I was hoping someone would be able to make regular, 100x100 RP icons of Morgan Lily! I would be much appreciated! Thank you for all of your help!

I'm not sure If you are still doing manipulations but if you are could I please request one of Matt Ryan and Marie Avgeropolous. Thank you. You guys are flawless.

hello! hope you're all doing well! i would like to request icons of Sophie Stuckey (from any and all ages, please). I did put in a request before, but i'm not sure if that's been done (and i haven't seen them) or rejected or forgotten about? so if anyone could make them or direct me to them or .. anything else? that'd be greatly appreciated. <3

Hi helpers! I was wondering if I could ask one of you lovelies to make a family template for Alex Brooke? Thank you so much!

could i ask for billy cranston from mighty morphin power rangers (David yost) icons? thank you thank you thank you :)

hey lizzie! thanks for opening your requests again. could i please request some icons of daniel sharman in the style L6? thanks so much!

hi lizzie!!! hope you're having a brilliant day! could i please ask you for some icons of jeremy irvine in the style L7? thanks so much!

hi hello lizzie! hope this isn't too much of a bother, but would it be possible for me to request some icons of Sean O'Pry in L7? thank you x10000 !!!!

lizzie could you pls make rp icons in L7 of chris wood as jake riley? :)

hey lizzie, could i please get rp icons of ivana baquero as eretria in L1?

could i please request gif icons of bellies during various stages of pregnancy? in short, gif icons of pregnant bellies? nothing fancy style-wise, but maybe a light texture, since i think those look best! thank you so much to whoever takes this up! (and another thank you to the rest of you, since you guys help the community so much!)

Hello! I have been unable to find any resources of Maeda Goki. He's a sadly underrated FC. If you know of some that already exist, could you link me please? And if not, could you please make some plain (no texture/border) icons of him from any role? Thanks for your help!

Hi Lia, could I possibly re-request the Toby Regbo as young Jaime Lannister aesthetic I asked for, if you'd like to do it?

can you make some icons of dean and renee kissing on total divas plkease??

I'm not sure if you've answered this but I I use Marie Avgeropolous as an fc and I know Olivia Steele-Falcone played young Octavia in The 100 but I don't know if she has enough films to create an icon pack.I know you have a gif pack form but I didn't see one for icons. Is it possible for anyone to do these for me, I would much appreciate it. Or if you have already done them can you link me? Many thanks in advance. You guys have been fabulous so far.

Is it possible for someone to make some PNGs? I need some supernatural creatures/scared/crying PNGs but I can't really find any. A mix of those would be great but just scared/crying PNGs are absolutely cool too.

hello! I was wondering if i could please request some icons of Tahlena Chikami? Possibly base icons? Or at least very little editing? I'd really like to use her as an fc, but she has almost no resources that i could find. thank you for your consideration and your time!!

would anyone be willing to make a manip (preferably a selfie) of cody saintgnue and ashley moore? :)

Could someone possibly make a manip of Jon Hamm and Michelle Forbes? They are married in my roleplay so possibly something of them cuddling or anything would be fine. Just a picture of them together would be amazing all together.

hey there lovely helpers!! i was hoping i could please request some 100x100 plain rp icons be made of ming na wen in joy luck club? thank you so much!!

Hello! If icon requests are open, may I please request plain 100x100 icons of Lulu Antariksa as Rowan in t@gged? It's on go90 :)

[performinganimalrights]

Miles Greenberg, LEPIDOPTEROPHOBIA (2020)

Our complex relationships with non-human animals materialises uniquely in Miles Greenberg’s duration performance Lepidopterophobia. The concentrated glass box brings a meeting of two species, a mammal human and insect butterflies, for a set time of five hours. Greenberg’s phobia of butterflies is confronted in laser focus, and at real time. His vulnerabilities are exposed, his spotlit, centered, semi nude body heightens his physical reactions to his phobia, as well as willing to meet his fear under a microscopic scrutiny. As Greeberg confronts his phobia by exposing his vulnerabilities through a performative lens, he draws a traumatic experience, clearly for himself and the audience. His endurance within this, as well as his past performances such as Pneumotherapy II (2020) and Hæmotherapy I (2019), point to a therapy and, as previously mentioned, an exorcism (Dinsdale, 2020). This ritualistic manifestation and trauma exposure speak to my work in performing trauma through the lens of animal rights. Box of Shadows asks the audience to witness and translate trauma, via sharing an experience – Lepidopterophobia invites the audience to the same. Although Box of Shadows is centered on the non-human animal, both pieces centre on sharing the human experience which in trauma therapy preconditions the construction of sensing a ‘meaningful world’ (Herman, 2015).

Like Box of Shadows Greenberg’s piece places a human body in a box, a limited space. Both are positioned to bring the human and non-animals together. Although Greenberg shares the physical space with butterflies, both performances are focused on what the non-human symbolises, such as the butterfly representing and triggering fear and death (Greenberg, 2020), thus bringing the focus on us, the human-animal. Lepidopterophobia unfolds Greenbergs vulnerability through a performative exorcism (Greenberg, 2020). His tensed body, both open in an active sitting pose, yet closed through his crossed arms, and slow purposeful movements. He smiles through obivous discomfort and repulsion. The absurdity of his phobia and, more so, his saturated participation in it, fascinates me as a human study. The complications of the aesthetic beauty of the butterfly and the physical harmlessness of them in their agency, intertwines with the affect these animals have on Greenberg: subjective, yet ‘incredibly real’, fear, disgust and thoughts of death (Greenberg, 2020). This affect and disgust exposes a captivating perspective of the ontology of human and non-human species, scrutinized in a limited, captive space. (Douglas, 1966; Hurley 2010). This interspecies relationship, based on phobia, centralises the narrative on the human performer, probing what other species mean to us; as a collective other and a specific species other (Braidotti, 2009), such as the insect family holding cultural connotations, as well as biological reactions from many human animals, in the form of phobia, fear and disgust.

Greenberg’s Lepidopterophobia asks questions of fear, biology, rationale and therapy. From an animal rights lens the questions turn towards the non-human in the space. Box of Shadows centres the non-human animal in the space, through their absence. Controlling and containing a non-human for human use, from food to entertainment, opposes an animal liberation theory (Francione & Anna Charlton 2017). Greenberg’s performance begins with him entering the glass box and releasing butterflies from translucent pencil cases. The journey, from birth to death, of these beings remains a mystery and not a point of focus within the performance. Greenberg confronts his vulnerabilities via taking dominion over a vulnerable species; human and non-human vulnerabilities collide. Yet Greenberg’s human supremacy dictates that the butterflies present have no choice in their exposure, and he does. The non-humans remain tools of human realisation (Cull, 2015; Haraway, 2004).

The question of sentience and agency of the non-human other becomes further granular when thinking about insects; whether they suffer and if it is moral importance (Linzey, 2013). Abolitionists take the cautionary approach; if there’s a chance, even minute, it should be avoided if it can. As an animal rights activist, I ask if Greenberg’s confrontation of phobia needs the participation of butterflies in this context. I would implore him to seek alternatives. Some of them may not be as aesthetically appealing such as exposing himself to butterflies in a purpose build ecosystem where butterflies are captive, yet live their full lives within their umwelt (Agamben, 2004), or better yet under a bush where many butteflies visit, free-living (wild). Abolitionist Gary Francione highlights that these minor inconvienences does not mean “ignoring important moral principles” (Francione & Anna Charlton 2017). Through Lepidopterophobia’s captive set the butterflies merely become props, which animal rights activists would argue is a large reason non-humans are used systematically for their bodies, while being denied agency and dignity to live their lives unconfined.

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Braidotti, R. (2009) Animals, Anomalies, and Inorganic Others. PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 124 (2), pp. 526-532.

Dinsdale, E., 2020. Miles Greenberg, mentee of Marina Abramović, on televising his nightmare. [online] Dazed. Available at: <https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/51350/1/miles-greenberg-marina-abramovic-institute-takes-over-sky-interview> [Accessed 3 February 2021].

Douglas, M. (2002) Purity and danger: an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo. London: Routledge.

Gary L. Francione and Anna Charlton (2017) ADVOCATE FOR ANIMALS!: An Abolitionist Vegan Handbook: Exempla Press.

Haraway, D.J. (2004) The companion species manifesto. 2. pr. ed. Chicago, Ill: Prickly Paradigm Press.

Herman, J.L. (2015) Trauma and recovery: the aftermath of violence - from domestic abuse to political terror. 2015th ed. New York: BasicBooks.

Hurley, E. (2010) Theatre & feeling. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Parker-Starbuck, J. and Orozco, L. (2015) Performing Animality. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

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Ugh, I really like Parker in this but less so Megan. This was going to be for the marriage/divorce zine for the @blaseballzinejam but I ran out of time.