#sophia rambles

[sophia-and-emmie]

Percy is 7 years older than Sophie. Nico was 9 when Percy was 14. This means that Nico is older than Sophie by 2 years. [NO we’re not going to say ‘bUt he wAs ALReADy OldEr BEcAuSe oF LOTus cASinO’] Fitz and Nico are the same age...

[tabithachrysanthemumscarlet]

unrelated side note but im working on a video essay on sara teasdale, super excited to share it one day :)

[evilfaggotyuri]

Hey Crozier buddy, can we uh… talk…?

[kirnet]

ok. ok

[iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife]

Live Franklin reaction.

[ihaveforgortoomany]

The Isle of the Dead painting by Böcklin in R1999

(Ignore the watermarks I cant get rid of them)

Back with another "Reverse 1999 really likes making obscure references to paintings" and this one features in the special EP for 1.9 'Reasons' performed by Dead Marbles.

(Fun fact: I am not an art history major lol, the Oath of Horatii painting was for a French Revolution essay, and a saw a YT short for the Seventh Plague from Hell painting)

(Credit to YT georgieegames for offhandedly mentioning the painting when reacting to the EP, also I recognise the painting from Signalis ... And Im realising the pipeline of doomed yuri again heh)

Heres the full shot from the EP. For this painting is harder to discern the intention of its inclusion since the original painter never gave a clear explanation to the painting. What we do know about the painting is its multiple versions, the one above is the 1880s one, other variations include a white and black photograph version with each version showing the walls growing as the figure in the boat gets closer.

(For the EP there are flowers present (maybe roses from the thorns but I cannot see them clearly)

The interpretation most go by is that the figure on the boat is Charon and that they are travelling towards death on the River Styx or River Acheron. The Manus or the Aperion followers that left the island with Sophia are depicted here (you can see the outfit under the cloak in certain closeup shots).

Honestly Arcana is an omen of death at this point, her presence ends in the death, torment and destruction of others.

Alright this part will be tricky to explain and again I am not an art major.

One of the few things Böcklin said about the painting was that it was reminicent of a dream. He was part of the Symbolist Movement that focused "on the use of abstract and metaphorical language and images to represent the absolute truth" (Hypercritic). Freud was also writing similar ideas at the same time. This idea of searching to depict the absolute truth in abstract ways could link to Sophia's search and vengeance in the phenomenal world, seeking a truth that 37 or Aperion could not give her.

The composition does create a feeling of confusion and lack of direction, while the Manus are all heading towards Arcana and Sophia, only Arcana is left assured in heading towards the dark abyss behind her. The whole EP is Sophia's resolve and aftermath of learning the futilty of the teachings she tried to follow: now as part of the Manus having to seek a new path that she may be necessarily be sure of but must follow through regardless.

This is the general idea I got from the painting, its fun to do these (the only one I havent been able to do is the painting in the scene between Constantine and Druvis in Book 3/4 since the painting is too faded and AI has fucked up google search)

[deyaluv]

spoilers for loch henry from the new season of black mirror ...

im seeing a lot of ppl saying pia's death was simply a callback to the earlier pub discussion where they were talking about how the countryside was dangerous and whatnot... i mean, yeah, but also... this person who was obsessed with exploiting people's horrific deaths for monetary gain, who even sexualized a literal murderer - she ends up dying in one of the most unremarkable, stupid ways anyone could die! tripping and hitting her head on a rock! something she was warned about earlier!

the whole episode was making fun of these true crime fans and content creators who exploit and sexualize victims and murderers, so i think pia's death has a lot more to do with those people's real lives than what you see on the surface. these ppl glom on to stuff thats interesting, lucrative, or even disgusting - but in real life they live unremarkable lives and will likely have unremarkable deaths.

[vertin-is-the-frog-guys]

why am i the only one serving cunt here

[lynsstrange]

Unpopular opinion probably, but Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus is one of my favorite tracks from the whole album. It’s like the 1 but in the trenches. Like still being in the midst of heartbreak while wondering what could have been and having these revelations about someone who claimed to love you so deeply. Not wistful retrospect like in the 1, just a desperation for closure.

[killrbeetle]

The penguin finale spoilers!!

I HATE YOU PENGUIN 3000 YOU KILLED MY GOAT VICTOR I LOVE YOU MY LATINO KING YOU DID NOT DESERVE TO DIEEEE

also CATWOMAN AND SOPHIA MEET UP WHEN MY GOATS!!! AHHHHH I was wondering the whole time if they’re going to address the fact they are half-sisters!! AHHHHHHHH

[sophia-and-emmie]

"Trust the process"

The process betrayed my trust.

"A good looking piece of art, process, you promised"

[baldandgay]

It's very unfair that I can't have other party members romance each other In my main game where my Tav is in a romance with Karlach I should legally be allowed to have Gale and Astarion and Shadowheart and Lae'zel romance each other like why? let me do it damn it

[beezonia]

welcome once again to bee thinks and cries over anton, sophia & katia

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just think about it anton waited how ever many years for her to come back, he let himself practically to rot waiting for sophia to someday come back to him

and when “sophia” supposedly comes it’s not even her, it’s his granddaughter who came to tell him that sophia is dead and that he’s been blind to the truth this whole time

no wonder he goes out with a fit of rage! Anton has only just found out the woman who he loved, still loves has gone left him alone.

only for his granddaughter to tell him sophia never stopped thinking about him, she told their story because she never fell out of love

and his heart begins to heal once he reads the letter, the only thing, apart from the memories that were left of sophia

but I’m sure he sees Sophia in katia every day and it hurts that she’s not there with them to celebrate this new bond between grandchild and grandparent

but they make the most of the memories they have of her, even though she’s not there with them she lives on in their hearts

this is so jumbled but take my thoughts anyway

[darkroomalleycat]

i feel like half the people complaining about alex morgan being left off the olympic roster haven’t even been watching the national team lately. she hasn’t been playing her best and in my opinion all the other forwards picked over her have been playing better. i hate it when people complain saying “you can’t take her off, she’s the face of the team!” well maybe we need to start highlighting the younger players that frankly deserve the attention more

i don’t want this post to sound like i’m hating on alex morgan. i grew up worshipping her and i fell in love with soccer watching the old USWNT. but i just feel like she’s isn’t at her best anymore and it’s time to let these other great forwards like rodman and swanson shine.

[anonymergremlin]

Sweet reminder from my thesis.

Sophia is not only LoP's version of the Blue fairy. She also shares many traits with her. The blue hair is one, especially since it is described as 'dark blue' in the book and what hair color does she have at the end of 'Rise of P'? Dark blue. Also the hairstyle and length of the hair is really similar at this point. Another thing is that her dress seems to be a more elegant version of the Blue Fairy's dress/gown. And... I know it is a reference to a famous statue... The way she holds P in the 'Rise of P'-Ending, is similar to when the blue Fairy carried Pinocchio to her bed.