#simple transfer

[wishchip106]

fully just ranted to myself in the mirror for twenty minutes about Charles Xavier i can’t be normal about this guy

[kyistell]

*sigh* The voices won

Never thought I'd get to the point of no return and make HP fanart but HERE WE ARE!!

Ahem, anyway, here's the quad, debated on whether or not I wanted to draw Marcus as well but decided not to soooo...yeah...enjoy?

[pilkypills]

So like.. who was going to inherit Lordship of Moria after Balin passed away? He was already really old when they retook it. He had no children (was supposed to have a son but that idea was scrapped) and that probably didn’t change in the 60 years between the hobbit and lotr. Dwalin? But Dwalin didn’t go with him as evidenced by the fact that he outlives the rest of the company, so I’m doubtful. Gimli is also a contender since he is the son of his first cousin but given how little he knew of Moria’s status when the fellowship showed up at the west gate it doesn’t seem he took any real interest while the settlement was being rebuilt.

It would be highly unusual but I’d like to posit that it’s entirely possible that he could have chosen Ori to be his heir. Ori is one of two company members we know for a fact accompanied Balin and the one trusted to complete the book of Mazarbul. He was brilliant and worked under Balin as an apprentice for many years (his importance to Moria is emphasized in the Return to Moria video game which is very heartwarming and cute to me). He has a similar skill set to Balin and followed him willingly.

Balin also more than likely rankled a few feathers with his decision to retake Moria in the first place so I can imagine it would have been entirely within his diplomat’s personality to find a way to pass his title on to his former apprentice rather than a distant relative. It might not even have been that difficult. Ori already has status within Erebor. An old claim to the line of Durin could be dug up (if anyone can find out how distantly related he is it’d be him and Balin). I feel like it’s very possible.

(Oin, the eldest first cousin of Balin is of course also on the table but by movie canon he would also have been quite old. He also does not seem to have any children of his own so my point circles back around.)

[themanwhomadeamonster]

The 1999 combat theme and its foreshadowing because the autism got to me and I spent too long trying to figure out this soundtrack

Jumping off from @brokenjardaantech's WITW music analysis post here - go check it out, it's very insightful and lays the foundations for what I'm about to talk about! And thanks to @theterribletenno for the burst of inspiration by giving me a massive oh shit realisation in the most chilling way possible LOL

Spoilers under the read-more; TL;DR at the end :'^D

To preface, the soundtrack is structured in an ABC structure with bridges between A and B, as well as another between B and C that borrows from A. The key starts in Cm, briefly modulating to Gm in section B then back to Cm during the second bridge, and settling on Em for section C. In-game for WITW you most likely will only hear up to the first bridge since the Technocyte fight only goes for around a minute long

Sections A, the bridges and partially C feature genre similarities to grunge rock with fuzzy guitar chugging, whammy bar, and palm muting, while the drums are notably sharp snares (except for the first bridge, which are clean bass kicks that gradually distort transitioning into section B's style). Musically, it sounds like a typical fighting soundtrack meant to hype you up - the melody is confident and likes to push and pull its rhythm. But in section C it notably become emptier in its layering while keeping the distorted drums, placing emphasis on the lyrics (which I'll get to below lol). Heavier syncopation and polyrhythms are also introduced.

Section B however is the main outlier. This section is where it most strongly resembles industrial rock: rhythmic synth layers begin to accompany the melody (a pedal point line that plays every semiquaver/sixteenth note), synth drums replace acoustics and the guitars drop the fuzz that is characteristic of grunge and steadily strum every quaver/eighth note. Compared to the push and pull rhythm of section A, this section is steadier, less chaotic than the other sections, it wants you to focus on this section.

Notably, the lead guitar introduces a familiar leitmotif: This is What You Are (which @brokenjardaantech goes more in depth regarding its use in WITW). Here, though, its second chord becomes flattened (Dm -> D♭m) and introduces a diminished, dissonant sound. To me this was the first hint that the song may actually be about Arthur's downfall. This is What You Are is a musical leitmotif that recurs in moments of vulnerability, especially when someone is at risk of losing their sense of self, their identity and what they are. It plays during The Second Dream when we discover the Operator, during the New War when Eidolon!Lotus just lost herself to Ballas and can't recognise the Tenno, and in WITW during the Vessel "fight" when the Tenno is forced out of their Warframe.

I was prompted to actually dig more into the lyrics because I saw @theterribletenno bring up something really interesting

In this specific song, the leitmotif is diminished, it's corrupted. "Surrender to the corruption" - this is what Arthur is afraid of. I brought up earlier that section B had a genre shift. The contrast of the music is important, it's highlighting something, and together with the musicality of the leitmotif, it's making a sense of urgency and danger. The leitmotif is a warning to Arthur.

Section B sings these lyrics:

Break it, break it, Break it open!

Compared to the desperation in the other lines, these two lines are sung mockingly. The Infested are trying to break Arthur, and are succeeding. Their voice is becoming his. But there are actually two vocal lines in this section - you can also hear muted backing vocals in a much less aggressive and lethargic tone warning that "Disillusion". Arthur is trying so hard to keep his own voice and stay clear-minded but it's being drowned out and he's nearing his breaking point, and Albrecht, based on the Codex Fragments you find, is well aware of this.

In section C, while the layering is less intense it's noticeably more heavily syncopated and polyrhythmic, and introduces new (accompanying) echoing and dissonant synth layers reflecting the confusion and disorientation that Arthur begins to feel (these synth layers are actually introduced in the second bridge, but are more easily heard in section C). Section B and C also keep the synth/distorted drums that section A and both bridges lack (at most it's a reverb in those sections); the industrial sound of the song becoming associated with the increasing influence of the Infested over his humanity.

So I tried deciphering more lyrics for each section; I haven't figured all of it out and most of it could very well be wrong because of how heavily clipped the vocal line intentionally is so I don't want to make anymore assumptions than I need to, but I can understand enough of it to realise that the song is foreshadowing Arthur's corruption to the Infested. In green are the lyrics I'm confident are correct:

A:

Sting it, sting it, sting it! Sting it, sting it, sting it in the flesh!

Bridge:

I don't understand! It brings more disease!

B:

Break it, break it, Break it open! (Disillusion)

Bridge:

Sting it, sting it! Sting it in the flesh!

C:

Who's dreaming? Who's the [???] It's a vision[?]!

TL;DR: the grunge/industrial genre hybrid represents Arthur's humanity/Infested respectively, and the song becomes increasingly industrial as the song progresses, most noticeably through the increasing distortion of the drum sound. Section A sets the stage, section B serves as a warning to Arthur that he's losing his sense of identity as the Infestation drowns out his "voice" while a dissonant version of This is What You Are plays, and section C is him experiencing confusion and disorientation as the Infestation continues to corrupt him.

[mantisgodsdomain]

Some theorizing on the internal mechanics of Sadnesses, as penned by a professor of fleshcraft as the edge of the frozen time creeps ever closer. Written in relation to continued experiments regarding suffusing the physical characteristics of a Sadness upon a person for purpose of imbuing resistance or immunity to time stop. On Sadnesses, perceptions, and the impact of the mind upon a formation of pure Craft.

ALTERNATIVELY: We put our bug in Vaugarde and we let her commit unethical experiments as the time stop that will inevitably freeze her life in its tracks creeps ever closer, and she handles it in a normal and healthy way, and only a few people die in the process.

[angiestown]

I'm starting to seriously consider getting into makeup at least for special events but currently my experience with makeup is like. I was probably gifted a claire's makeup palette or two as a kid that I never opened and I watch doll customizing videos where they draw makeup onto the dolls

I guess are there any cheap brands that are good? or alternatively cheap brands that are very bad that I should stay away from? maybe some youtubers who do good tutorials?

I still really hate the idea of having stuff on my face, so I'm really only interested in like fun obviously-wearing-makeup looks to make my eyes and eyebrows less plain. maybe some dark lipstick too idk. I really don't want to cake my face in stuff to like contour it or anything

[wonder-worker]

"At least one of the sources of this account clearly felt that a queen's funeral should have been more splendid, regardless of the fact that she had retired from court and was not the mother of the king. However, there is no real evidence that the desire expressed in Elizabeth Woodville's will for a humble ceremony was not genuine. Despite her status she was still a prize for the religious house in which she was buried. In earlier centuries there had been bitter competition between houses for the bodies of men of such dubious reputation as Henry II's heir (the young king Henry) and King John. Had Elizabeth omitted the request for a humble burial, the clergy at Windsor would probably have permitted the heralds to organize the grander funeral they expected. The consequence of that stipulation was that, in stark contrast to her daughter's funeral, the mourners were all people who had actually known her. Elizabeth Woodville's status as a widow meant that she could choose a funeral which was a ritual for a woman, not a queen."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503"

[johnconstantinekissesmen]

not happy with how my 'meeting' w my potential new store manager went and i cant figure out if im being an ass about this

[howlinghound11]

Presenting:

My very first AU: Welcome Home Scooby AU

Lmao i already gushed about it on the original post but it's still so funny to me, imagining the neighbors in like classic scooby doo hijinks lol

I just had to draw the gang all together and make it all pretty!

Here's the original post btw! (I forgot to link it) also the full colors are in the notes of that post

[fridayyy-13th]

just about ready to throttle my brother how are y’all doing this morning

[theladyfae]

nothing to me will ever be more iconic than my beloved mutual managing to get me so invested in a (rarepair) ship for a media i had no previous interaction with that i was actively making my own headcanons abt their potential relationship dynamic and making song associations and engaging in others’ brainrot for months before i ever even considered getting in to said media. and now a year later i’m finally writing fic for them but still know next to nothing abt what they’re like in canon cause i still haven’t made it to that part of the story, the memories of the shared delusion are genuinely the only thing keeping me going.

[reidfaulkner]

Learning Blender for work, it's pretty fun.

Rig made by Christoph Schoch.

[hannie-dul-set]

just formatted my masterlists into a gdoc and jesus christ that took over an hour 😭😭😭

[lr31o]

i'm 24 and i'm learning guitar for the first time

[sunjoys]

this year's t-shirt design for my brother's christmas gift. big fan of it personally

[retiredcultistredux]

Wait are you guys the only 3 here? where is everyone else! I need to get rid of these lollipops somehow... - Lollipop anon

((also if you need a refresher of what's been going on you can always read from the start of this blog here: https://retiredcultistredux.tumblr.com/tagged/story/chrono))