#the opposite of icarus

[andromedaexists]

When Hozier said "If the wind turns, if I hit a squall \ Allow the ground to find its brutal way to me \ If I should fall on that day \ I only pray, don't fall away from me" and when STARSET said "Fell out of the air and you broke your wings \ Like you're doing every other time \ Made a new pair \ Out of broken things to give it all another try \ And you climb right up to the highest peaks \ And reach out to the edge of the world you seek \ Afraid of heights so you don't believe \ You could ever be good enough" and when Kyle Stibbs said "I'll be lesser than dirt to you \ Isn't it thе opposite of Icarus where wе find our meaning?" and when Bastille said "Look who's digging their own grave \ That is what they all say; you'll drink yourself to death \ Look who makes their own bed, lies right down within it \ And what will you have left?" and when Ripto said "So, Apollo, bring me back \ To the place I was before I met you \ And Icarus, lead the way \ To where I need to go" i felt that

[normal-about-charcters]

i have a fanfic/universe rewrite in my head of a transformers series and if I ever hunker down and work on it these two will be irrevocably linked together in my head for it

[hoshizoralone]

happy halloween from the kid icarus halloween party (pit picked everyone’s costumes)

[apollos-boyfriend]

shoutout to apollo for near-perfectly predicting my parents’ divorce almost down to who would be living in what continent. all i’m saying is manifestation works and if he wanted to he would y’all

[silverskye13]

One of these days I'm going to make a lyric comic for Helsknight to Opposite of Icarus by Kyle Stibbs. One of these days.....

[scruncheduppaper]

i love stanford pines can we please get an amen in the chat

[boydykedevo]

thinking.

[shiftperception]

ok I take it back. ‘median system’ is extremely similar to my guys’ setup. ‘mono consciousness’ too i think(if the following is what it means) cause when im using them more as psychological devices than ocs you get the memory backlog, you get the memory backlog, everyone gets the memory backlog. “switching” is just imagining from another character’s pov so it’s the same consciousness all the way down. and they are still characters as much as i love to put them at the pixar inside out control panel in my mind, so it’d be counterintuitive to write in one of them not having the memories on purpose.

[raptorrobot]

my icarus headcannon? short and silly as it is; Icarus has waxy skin. extreme traction. Sticks to things when it's hot, whether or not he wants to

oh i LOVE this one. he overheats easily too so this happens Often i think

[ivoryjades]

Not a twst post WOW but I gotta post SOMETHING on here 💀

[the-jesus-pill]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate your blog, I'm a trans woman living in TN and am surrounded by bigots and zealots. But your posts really make me feel like I'm not crazy for not being religious, for leaving the faith, because so much of even the LGBTQIA+ community here is religious and I just... it hurts.

But anyway, thank you :)

Thank you for your message! It really sucks to be living in such a hostile environment. I hope you stay safe and can either move to a better place or see your home transform to be more open minded.

You are NOT alone and you are NOT crazy, there are many of us here, both queer and otherwise, who have left the faith and discovered life is much lighter, much happier without fearing eternal punishment or thinking god is breathing down our necks.

I think there's a shift happening where more people realize they don't need religion to be happy or fulfilled.

Either way you have a community here online who stand by you and support you 💖

Wishing you all the best!

[yourheartinyourmouth]

the crew of the Red Hot renaming themselves to The Wurst is exactly like martin crieff naming his company Icarus Removals

[its-captain-sir]

Have you watched the newest ep of d20? If so thoughts? Because I Have Thoughts and omg I loved it soooo much

YESSSS I JUST FINISHED IT there soooooo much interesting stuff going on here. it's all slowly starting to come together.......

[cornybunbun]

Spotify gave me a song that is giving me potential Sebaciel fanfic vibes:

Gun to my head I'll see no evil in tossing my agency into the void I have no need for making decisions Free me with servitude and watch me rejoice, yeah I know you don't wanna turn me to your puppet But what if I just always dance around on your string I can put you in your place by being your servant I order you now play your role I'll be lesser than dirt to you Isn't it the opposite of Icarus where we find our meaning?

[apollos-boyfriend]

finally read company and private life because of the talks spawned from its recent licensing reveal and not only do i not understand the people saying they wish it was yuri/yaoi and “not a straight couple” because if it was, the whole premise of the story wouldn’t work, but it is also. explicitly queer. both of the love interests are very overtly and explicitly bi/pan.

[astriiformes]

It's definitely... interesting to look at the evolution of the type of characters whose narratives hit me the hardest, because there's a very real shift over time that corresponds pretty glaringly my own life experiences.

When I was younger (high school and into early college) I had a tendency to latch onto bright, eccentric genius characters, not just for their positive traits but also because I was awkward and often lonely and struggled socially, and felt like I could project that onto them easily while still feeling good about myself. There were very real reasons beyond just wanting to feel smart, but I still tied a lot of weighty mental importance and self-identity to characters like the Doctor, and Newt Geiszler, and Ford Pines, in ways that absolutely influenced things like my future career goals and college choices

--and as someone who ultimately fell short of that brilliant academic archetype, in the long run I think it did a lot of damage. I won't say that seeing myself in those characters was exclusively a bad thing (it helped me figure out I was autistic, for one thing, as well as recognize elements of my personality that are also very real during a formative period), but I do have sort of an awkward relationship with how I used to feel about them vs how I feel about them now.

There wasn't a huge transitional phase. I think the main character I can point to as a sort of pivot point might be Percy de Rolo, who still fits the brilliant eccentric archetype but is much more glaringly mentally ill and ultimately ends up on a very different path than he started on by the end of his story. That smug desire to be the smartest person in the room is very much still there, but it wasn't the main reason I latched onto him. And I don't think it's coincidental my biggest CR1 phase hit after I dropped out of school the second time.

Since then, my favorite characters have been...... different. There's Fjord, who picked the wrong patron, totally ruined his life for a bit, and then slowly rebuilt his self-esteem with the guidance of a friend, a new god, and a better calling. Hunter, who was driving himself to the point of a complete breakdown trying to live up to unreasonable standards, and Lilith who made questionable life choices that put her in a similar position prior to a full-on midlife crisis in her 40s. Harrow, who's brilliant and powerful but also completely broken for it and would have been better off if she didn't feel like she had to constantly apologize for existing. And now I'm having a lot of feelings about Andreas, who starts out as a university drop-out going through a total career shift and is clearly somewhat insecure about it who then.... well..... [gestures]

Even when I do like smart or particularly gifted characters, it's for totally different reasons. I like Raine because they're awkward and anxious but still willing to stand up for what's right, and have had a real impact on how I think about my gender and helped reignite my love of performing music. When I first read Gideon the Ninth, I spent a good chunk of the book thinking about how my younger self would have latched onto Palamedes instantly, whereas with my experiences now I almost felt wary to, before ultimately deciding I actually liked him because he was kind, had a strong moral compass, and deeply loved someone who was chronically ill.

And it's not like it's more virtuous to like characters for the reasons I do now, but for me, personally it's certainly healthier to have my preferred archetype be "people who have tried and failed (but aren't giving up)," and it's been a bit of a trip watching that shift happen when for so long I felt so differently.