#slinks back in

[inbabylontheywept]

a silly ode to the first mitochondria, with waaaay too many religious allusions

(the mormons put me in seminary for four years and now it's everyone's problem)

the garden was not made of trees the snake did not exist when Eve was formed inside the seas and then was set adrift

she drifted in the tidal pools prokaryote divine producing simple molecules acids and alkalines

but paradise can never last and every god must fall some swallowed by a cytoplast (entrapped by a cell wall)

what do you call the dead that rise? what name is there for this? an Eve that finds that eden lies inside of the abyss

the wall no longer trapped her in but locked the monsters out the freedom only she could win to swim, and grow, and sprout.

she tinkered with her molecules And in a twist of fate Created one of life's crown jewels Adenosine Triphosphate (1)

what was before a simple wall could bloom with organelles a garden grown from former falls a paradise in hell

a fortress swam inside the brine, a thriving little town where tiny citizens could shine and ride the ups and downs

a golgi apparatus strove to package safe proteins a lysome found a nice alcove and kept the whole cell clean

the centrioles rebuilt the walls whenever they grew weak and eve was known and loved by all as something quite unique:

the powerhouse of the first cell the mitochondria (2) the Jonah that became the whale the jesus of bacteria once eaten by a macrophage then made through death anew the founder of our current age the sprout from which we grew

(yeah, yeah - you try and use this line in a poem)

(gah. this paragraph killed the syllable counts. i was challented to fit the phrase "powerhouse of the cell" into it, and mitochondria had to fit somewhere. both of which were gonna be doozies. decided to put them back to back and break the scheme at the end.

[notbecauseofvictories]

I've seen that "the immortal loses their loved one but not their loved one's family; what if the immortal stayed close, followed them down the generations?" post a dozen times, and I understand it's intended to be sweet---but every single time I see it, all I can think is that it's straight-up the beginning of a horror story.

[slink-a-dink]

Really good image in my email tonight

[lesbiantvfish]

I’m too shy to post my aba fics. <- feels that I lack the ability to describe things enjoyably. So fan comic because I badly want to see interpretations of the time A.B.A finds Flament Nagel.

Long comic so under the read more

[revenantghost]

Anyway. Barnes and Noble may have leaked the first four Deluxe Edition covers:

[teehee-vibes]

Hello fnc nation,,, I come bearing offerings

[quixoticanarchy]

also it’s sort of funny how Manwë sends a messenger to be like “hey do NOT go into exile that will be BAD and end BADLY. oh except fëanor you’re exiled anyway bc of the oath. but yeah it’ll still end badly” like what did you expect him to do. obviously not mass murder, which fair, I also wouldn’t expect that per se, but “something rash bc he’s pretty short on options” should’ve been.. foreseeable? I know it’s said Manwë cannot understand evil but it seems he also cannot understand like. a cornered animal

[saltseashark]

famblies (found or otherwise)

[daily-hanamura]

[cobra-wives]

here’s to hoping YOUR dates don’t totally blow… you off. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about her 😔 (she’s a fictional character with very little canon information who I decided to project onto)

[warren-keplers-funk-band]

pov you accidentally engaged warren kepler in conversation during the si-5 beach episode

saw this trend and immediately thought of kepler. i simply could not resist

[lunaetis]

hellu hellu ! could you kindly LIKE and/or REBLOG this post if you’d be willing to interact with an independent MULTIMUSE BLOG featuring CANON CHARACTERS from various medias such as honkai: star rail, wuthering waves, fate series, final fantasy, tales of, pokemon & more ! run by a floof, awkward pupper named hina ? if you could help pass this around it’d be much appreciated, thank you !

[ RULES. | SELECTION. | REQUEST ONLY MUSES. ]

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I was once again reminded that I make up the majority of the copollo tag here on tumblr lmao

no but really look—

^from my copollo blog

my user is the third largest tag. and this blog keeps track of EVERY copollo post.

ALL OF THEM

HOW HAVE I DONE THIS LMAO

WILL THIS BE MY LEGACY

[sandsorghum]

hiromi the type to text u a dick pic (which he rarely does) and follow it up with a slutty joke about maslow:

And if you answer that it's anything besides the pinnacle of that pyramid he'll be sulky the rest of the day.

h: where is this on that maslow's hiearchy of needs?

y/n: well, this is a nice surprise. it's up there all right

y/n: or maybe the base of the pyramid? With the physiological necessities. Not sure if i can technically consider it sustenance though

y/n: every living being needs food water and air to survive - based on experience, this kinda gets in the way of that last one hmm?

h: [video attached]

y/n: jesus hiromi, aren't you at work??

h: yeah.

h: thanks for the reminder sweetheart

h: really helping my situation

y/n: keep the attitude up and you'll find out just how uninvested i am in providing a solution

h: you're only a good liar over text

h: no response?

h: nice to know i can shut you up too when im not in the room

y/n: [photo attachment]

h:{ ...is typing...}

h: {...is typing...}

h: {...is typing...}

y/n: i just remembered how to shut you up as well 💋

h: im sorry

h: im so so sorry

h: pls come over

h: rihgt now

h: rigght

h: RIHGT

h: ykwim im begging u please

[sarucane]

OFMD Spiral Parallels 22: Ed Leaves Stede

Intro: What I love most about how season 2 builds on season 1 of OFMD is the spiral narrative structure. Ground is repeatedly and explicitly re-trod from season 1 to season 2, but in season 2 everything goes deeper than season 1. Meanings are shuffled, emotions are stronger and truer, and transformation is showcased above everything. The first season plucks certain notes, then the second season plucks the same ones--but louder, and then it weaves them together to create a symphony.

---

While the big break-up of OFMD happens when Stede stands Ed up in S1E9, Ed actually breaks up with Stede twice. It's just that those break ups are smaller: both times, Ed is entirely serious about leaving, and both times, he's back within 25 minutes of screen time. This happens because Ed is bailing out to pre-emptively avoid rejection, trying to protect himself. Trouble is, he doesn't actually have a firm understanding of who "himself," is, or why he thinks he's unworthy of Stede's care. However, he does have a firm understanding of how much he cares about Stede, and that brings him right back both times.

When Ed leaves Stede to go with Jack, he does so because he thinks it's true to his "nature." Jack's carefully brought out some of the worst aspects of Ed, including his carelessness about pain and his desire to avoid meaningful relationships. Ed's insecurities about being "unlovable" transform Stede's earlier expressions of concern about Ed's behavior into a condemnation, justifying his departure. It was never going to last, he was never "right" (good enough) for Stede, so might as well break it off now.

In contrast, while what Ed feared before was his identity was too fixed, in season 2 he runs from Stede in the fear that his identity is too fluid.

Rather than deal with that and the uncertainty it creates in their relationship, Ed conjures a new identity out of thin air, and again uses that to justify the idea that he and Stede shouldn't be together.

Ed's identity issues are serious things that need to be dealt with, but him cutting off his relationship with Stede is really just a display of insecurity. He doesn't try to talk about what's happening, he just panics. He gets caught up in himself and his insecurities, and too scared to trust Stede to love "everything about him."

Until something knocks him out of this anxiety loop.

Because underneath all that insecurity, Ed does love Stede very deeply. And while Stede is confused Ed's departures, both times he forgives Ed easily.

Because when Ed comes back, it's as an expression of concern. And what that shows is that neither of these break-ups were about Stede or Ed's feelings for him. Stede knows a thing or two about insecurity and what it can drive people to do. Those lessons were hard to learn--but that knowledge, along with the confidence that Ed loves him (as demonstrated by how hard he works and how much he pays to get back to Stede) make it easy for him to forgive, and move forward.