#the crane wives tongue & teeth

[crustaceousfaggot]

Crane Wives songs will be like *folk guitar intro* ooowoahhhhhhhh ooowaoahhhhh. I am a wolf in the river. I am worried that I'm too volatile to ever be in a stable relationship. *guitar interlude with some percussion now* ooowoahhhhhhhh ooowaoahhhhh. There is ash in my hair. I am so tired all the time. I think I'm a bad person.

[i-eat-mold]

WHAT UP FOLKS!!! TOOK A WEEK BUT ITS HERE!!!1

Honestly it doesn’t even look that good but it’s my first official ish animation slash animatic so I can’t complain. Love the crane wives and also I appreciate comments questions critics punches punchlines and kisses in the mouth

The audio is a little off sync which is killing me but I refuse to fix it

[icapturedthecastle]

I will only break your pretty things I will only wring you dry of everything

[ezramatis]

benji is tongues and teeth and silas is curses no i will not elaborate

edit: nick is little soldiers and daphne is ribs

[skyenish]

Tongues and Teeth | Scarabia duo animatic 🐍☀️|

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Because loving eachother is the worst thing they could do

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These lyrics fit them so well, and I want to point out that, as always, the lyrics can fit both Jamil and Kalim (though the first bit is undoubtedly Jamil)

The fact that Kalim never meant to hurt Jamil, that he loved him so dearly and saw him as the only person he could ever trust. He meant so well, thought they were best friends, and at one point in their lives they were, but as the song says, Jamil isn’t a vessel for Kalim’s “good intent”. The way Jamil sees the world and Kalim is fascinating, because it’s actually quite skewed from reality! Both Jamil and Kalim have this, though they’re kinda on opposite ends of the spectrum. When Jamil said that every night he prayed that Kalim would just disappear, that really stuck with me. That desperation, that anger, those emotions he’s been bottling up for so so so long. Its a really powerful line!

The fact that even after everything that happened in book 4, even after all the hurt they’ve caused eachother, even after knowing how much Jamil hates him, Kalim still wants Jamil around. He still wants to be his friend, his equal. He still wants him as his vice-housewarden. Kalim is fine with Jamil, even whilst knowing the horrible things he’s done and how he feels about Kalim. Partly because he blames himself, partly because he thinks Jamil can get better. The only person he was ever able to trust betrayed him and he’s all alone, and yet Kalim shows so much strength. Kalim is so incredibly strong, for enduring everything he has and still managing to smile, for still going and for hoping that things will eventually get better.

I’ve already ranted about these two a lot, so I don’t really know what else to say without repeating things over and over again or making this too cluttered and disorganized, but these two and their dynamic will always live rent free in my heart. They’re so complex, and I could honestly talk for hours on end about them!

[comet-soda-lite]

Crane Wives concert was rad as hell btw. Hit after hit all night, and I'm not just talking about the music. Like, immediately so many more people than I thought there would be (hype!!), insanely good Grian cosplayer, life series merch here and there, literally the coolest and most fashionable people all throughout the crowd, lots of queer vibes, people bringing their plushies along, beautiful opening act, two people fainted(?) (not rad), I briefly made accidental eye contact with literally one of the most attractive people I've ever seen (and they were masked too, extra rad), silly fun crowd/band interactions, band promises to come back to Toronto sometime in the future (let's gooo!!!!), the very last three songs were the ones I was most excited to hear live so it was insane hype one after the other right at the end for me, and then finally the whole crowd singing Chappell Roan on the way out. Just pristine vibes the whole experience from start to finish.

[go-to-the-mirror]

the thing about tongues & teeth is that i barely ever think about it from the singer's perspective, it's always the other, always the victim, but god look at it. think about it. i'm a monster and i have blood on my hands and i'm going to hurt anyone who gets close but get close anyway, please. ignore the risks. i'm telling you not to but i need you to know that i need you.

[fallenrain40]

I'VE GROWN A MOUTH SO SHARP AND CRUEL IT'S ALL THAT I CAN GIVE TO YOU, MY DEAR

[purplespacekitty]

I've gotten good at leaning on metaphors I've gotten good at living on someone else's page

I cut my teeth on secondhand sentiments You can't trust a single thing I say

The crows in the garden are laughing at my expense Drowning out all the lies that I might have told instead

I keep my closet free of skeletons 'Cause I'm much better at digging graves

But I always dig up bones in your sympathy I can't trust a single thing you say

I light torches in my sleep I have gasoline in my veins I am always burning, burning, burning

And I know that you mean so well But I am not a vessel for your good intent

I've grown a mouth so sharp and cruel It's all that I can give to you, my dear

Don't look too hard, 'cause you won't like the scars he left in me

I'm afraid Is this a bunker or a shallow grave?

Send me anywhere, take me out I'm the well they're gonna drag you down

I am a falling axe I am a sharpened knife I am a poison asp I am a risk to your life I am a swinging bat Tumbling dynamite I am the beast at your back You better run for your life

I will only break your pretty things I will only wring you dry of everything

You gotta know that this won't last Desperation will erase the fact I'm keeping all Of the answers in my cigarette box

I've gotten good at making up metaphors I've gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape And all these words are sweet and meaningless

My darling, the devil knows my name

But if you're fine with that You can be mine like that

"Metaphor", “Tongues and Teeth", “The Garden”, “The Wolf", “Hollow Moon” and “The Well” by The Crane Wives

Sometimes I wonder if The Crane Wives have watched Deep Space Nine...

[rayisgolden]

still keep forgetting tumblr exists

[izel-scribbles]

saw the crane wives live last night. i just became exponentially more gayer and transer

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

I will poison all your happy thoughts

I will love you like the ashes in my cigarette box

And if you're fine with that

You can be mine

If you're fine with that

You can be mine, oh

[foxritz]

I wanted to draw something simple with Lamb and Narinder, but my brain keeps shouting Tongues & Teeth animatic and refuses to let me focus on anything else.

I have a couple other sketches but this is the only sequence I have completed so far.

Will update as I go because I am too impatient to wait until I have the full thing to share it.

[artemx746]

tongues and teeth aromantic coded never ask me to explain

[karamazovanon]

not pictured: razumikhin yelling at him

[eternalgirlscout]

it's fucked up when you find a song that is perfectly suited to a character but that character is from a show that was cancelled after two seasons and sucked for both of them and nobody else on earth got incomprehensible brainworms about it. because it was bad.