#richard faulkner

[thermodynamic-comedian]

tsv was huge for casual trans rep and i'm not kidding like. yeah this guy is trans but more importantly he's a religious fanatic and a greek tragedy waiting to happen. yeah this girl is trans but more importantly she's the widow of wounds, doomed to repeat the cycle of violence she's trying to end. yeah this politician is non-binary but more importantly they're defined to their core by their deep, potent sense of loneliness. et cetera

[twink-with-an-agenda]

Nothing but the silliest memes for MY prophet <33

[rageclownz]

Richard Faulkner family guy death pose ☹️

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

Oh, Richard...

[gentlemean]

I present to you: The Whitegull River Symphony.

A classical symphony in four movements, inspired by @thesiltverses! The most recent episode swept me away in a river of creative inspiration, and I couldn't help but follow this stream to whatever murky depths it wanted to take me.

Creative thoughts and details beneath the cut.

The Whitegull River Symphony is written in f-Minor for a full symphonic orchestra. My rendition was created in FLStudio, using Spitfire's BBC-Symphonic-Orchestra plugin, as I am just one mediocre violinist without an entire orchestra at hand.

First Movement: River Angels, Allegro Assai

The first movement is dominated by the steady rhythm of the celli and violae, who act as the slow waves of our murky river. Among these waves, the faithful have prepared a sacrifice. Their hopeful prayers flick aross the water in the first half of the movement, and are answered by the scutteling, chittering spawn of the river in the second half.

Second Movement: Pilgrimage of the Prophet, Adagio

In the second movement, we focus entirely on our favorite little prophet (whose brilliant performance inspired me to make this. The existence of this symphony is your fault, @sassylich). He marches on through the silt with slow steps, while the clarinet plays his theme. His little schemes behind the scenes are played by the string section, the obvious warning signs are announced by the horns. Nevertheless: In the end, everyone is playing his tune.

Third Movement: The Withermark, Andante

And here we go, the river's might is unleashed. The angels of the river god approach unstoppably, drawn here by the prophet: His clarinet is setting the tune for the overwhelming wrath of the trawlerman. Nothing can stand in its way, but after the tides have calmed, new life can grow in their wake.

Fourth Movement: Katabasis, Allegro Assai

Katabasis, the descent into the depths. Nothing escapes the greedy maw of the Trawlerman, nobody can float above, untouched. All the instruments we've hear so far return, desceding into the roiling depths of the bassline. This is not a comforting or hopeful ending, this is an apocalypse.

[petewentzssilkpress]

She went back to the fucking gulch to tell him she loves him and he BETRAYED HER. She found him with the dead bodies at his feet and immediately moved to help him hide the evidence of what he'd done and he LIED and BETRAYED HER. She begged him as her BROTHER not to do this and he looked into her EYES and BETRAYED HER.

[mildlyinconsiderateghost]

drew some visions in my head while relistening to the silt verses

[somecleverreference]

Diversity Win!! the cult feeding you to crabs offers gender-affirming healthcare options

[finalgirlart]

the grip the well by the crane wives has on me is immense

[spacemancharisma]

boy wonder

[excaliburarts]

Spoilers be warned

Spoilers for Chapter 45 of the Silt Verses

CW drowned body rip

“Bear me downriver, Trawler-man.

And when the river rises,

On that great day when the river rises,

I will find my peace in silt and water.

I will rise in the currents, made anew.”

The Silt Verses

Chapter II: And Next of Dark Deceit

Dudes that final episode HURT. I don’t think I can move on, I don’t think I’ve ever consumed media as beautifully written and crafted as tsv.

Saw someone on here comment that they hadn’t seen any art of drowned Faulkner as gruesome as described by Carpenter. So here ya go, bloated face, river lice, crabs and all haha.

Don’t ask about the reference images I had to view for this, they don’t call it horror for nothing.

[thermodynamic-comedian]

the silt verses is a very cool podcast for many reasons but also because your first impression of a character is true, but not the full story. faulkner is a sweet optimistic young man, but he's also a religious fanatic and a liar willing to betray and kill others for his own power and legacy. carpenter is a mean but strong old woman sick of everyone's shit, but she's also a character that deeply and fully cares about others and is allowed moments of weakness. shrue is a spineless bureaucrat that makes others do the dirty work on their behalf, but they're also someone with the anger and bitterness and social isolation needed to be easily radicalized.

gives the characters a really genuine sort of three dimensionality to them, that nothing is actually fully a facade, just an aspect of them that they want others to see. the best lies have a fraction of the truth in them etc etc

[the-land-of-dreams]

faulkners because i miss him

[3y3-see-you]

if I had a nickel for every trans silt verses character who had a father that accepted their transition but was a bad father in other ways and they reunited in time for the beginning of closure to happen only for the father to be killed by godly forces…

[ok2scream]

cleaned this one up.. they deserve a boring midwest road trip

[petewentzssilkpress]

I feel a little bit sick