#the great albatross

[frippp]

I made a poster with a random selection of seabird courtship rituals!

how the heck did this post do so well?!? anyways as i said if it got popular i would slap it on redbubble i did that, thank you all for all the notes and comments! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/154720777?asc=u

[dizzybizz]

jay kinda day today

[queenlucythevaliant]

If I weren't so familiar with "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," I think I would be able to appreciate "The Albatross" off the new album a whole lot more. Like, "peace" is a top three song for me off folklore and I just love the conversation those two songs are having, the storytelling choice to use third person, some of the instrumentation. But she does the least interesting possible thing with the allusion.

It's super clear that Taylor hasn't actually read the Rime and is just going off the general cultural idea of what the albatross is supposed to represent. Given that the allusion is basically the entire premise of the song, this is really disappointing. Especially on an album called "The Tortured Poets Department."

[pinkheart22]

The Albatross / Last Letter to Your Lover

Ok.. ummm... WHAT!?

Is this in reference to this? If so then is this (TTPD) her Last Letter to her Lover?

In the film he plays "Laurence, a husband in the 1960s who is a successful but stern industrialist" "Laurence is condescending to Jennifer (his wife)."

Spoilers if you havent watched the film:

Jennifer and the other male lead Anthony exchange love letters. They start an affair. Anthony wants her to run away but she fears she will be an outcast to her friends and family. Jennifer goes to meet her lover at the train station, but unfortunately gets in a car accident, where she gets partial amnesia. 6 months later Laurence hides the last love letter Anthony sent her, to try and stop her from remembering the affair. Jennifer begins finding several letters from someone named "Boot" the pseudonym of Anthony and finds a postal box Laurence closed in her name and tells her the Anthony died in the crash. But he didn't and she bumps into him 4 years later where she remembers everything but decides to stay with Laurence for the sake of their daughter. Laurence was a liar, and she said she would leave if he mistreats her again. He threatens to ruin her reputation and make the court see her as an adulteress to keep sole custody of the daughter. She escapes with her daughter to Anthony but he is gone and is forced to go back to Laurence.

The LOVER Anthony signs his name as BOOT for “Boot” after William Boot, -- Like William Bowery??? WB??

So, first off we have she is an outcast to her friends and family, ( my friends from home don't know what to say, yoyok )

Decides to stay with Laurence but would leave again if mistreated ( i vowed not to fight anymore if we survived the great war, great war)

Ruin her reputation ( reputation album )

Go back to Laurence ( Cause cruelty, wins in the movies, the archer ) ( Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us, maroon ) ( I find myself running home to your sweet nothings, sweet nothing )

this is just a theory i dont know anything for sure. I'm just going based off of the films plot and the character of Laurence. I in no way know if any of this is like Taylors life or has anything to do with The Albatross cover

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

smirks. i updated this fic by making everyone a goofy asshole

[antiqueanimals]

The Child's Picture Scrap Book. Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations by John Gilbert, J. D. Watson, Wolf, Coleman, etc. 1865.

Internet Archive

[disabled-battlekukku]

Everyone says that Post-SGW Speedy is so much better and like

In appearance? Yeah, definitely, but personality? Backstory? Rivalry with Tails???? HE DOESN'T EVEN INTERACTS WITH TAILS!!!!!

Those are ALL of Speedy's appearances post-SGW:

Here are comparisons with his appearances pre-SGW:

SO much more personality! The amount of implied lore and his relationship with his father and people by just looking at how he acts around him and others in general! The way he and Jet foils Tails and Sonic's relationship! The fact that he ACTUALLY WANTED TO BEFRIEND TAILS AND WAS IMPLIED TO HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A CHARACTER ARC

Anyways i believe in pre-SGW Speedy supremacy

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

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[ailius-suffers-through-art]

Sometimes you just wanna shake your favs around like a broken gum ball machine for amusement.

Under the cut is a lil comic I made for the r/layton discord.

[cairsns]

The Great War, Midninights (2022) // The Albatros ?, The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

by Taylor Swift

[wouldvebeensweet]

“i vowed not to cry anymore if we survived the great war” “am i allowed to cry?” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

Pool Party! (E-2)

These birds are loosely grouped by their associations with water, and because I didn't want the family BR to get too big. Keep your eyes peeled- there may be someone here who got a little lost, but we don't discriminate here!

[echo-the-cat]

bird base was a great albatross

[cursedwithwords]

HP Next Gen Headcanons: Roxanne

Full name: Roxanne Alicia "Rox" Weasley

House: Gryffindor

Wand: spruce and dragon heartstring

Patronus: albatross

Profession: tattoo artist

Sexuality: bisexual

Image(picrew):

Bonus: The same age as James and Louis and the oldest of the three. High-key an anarchist. Gave herself her first piercing and her first tattoo. Pierced Louis' ears one summer after he lost a bet. Played as a Beater on the house team. Thrifts for her clothes so she can modify and personalize her wardrobe. Inherited all the freckles. Her best subject is Charms. Is closest to her mother but doesn't have the best relationship with either parent.

[ornithological]

everyday i daydream about going seawatching or on a pelagic in the pacific and southern oceans...so many tubenoses in those parts of the world

[theblackestofsuns]

"Little Albatrosses"

Human Diastrophism (2007)

Gilbert Hernandez

Fantagraphics Books