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A healthy reminder:

On this blog, we DO NOT, under ANY circumstance, fat-shame or speak ill of Elvis Presley! Elvis was a beautiful man, fat or slim. He had his flaws as far as certain subjects go, but on this page, we love and respect him, no matter what. To some of you, I come across as the adult, Blaxican, Non-binary Pennsylvanian version of Lilo Pelekai, but this is MY blog and it just isn't cool to fat-shame anyone.

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Girl Happy is one of my favorite Elvis movies. I'm hoping Elvis feels bonita because he looks bonita. I do not own this video. I got it off of Instagram, but I forgot where I got it from.

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I want this to be a legit film!

This is the best idea in the history of film.

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This morning, I found out that Elvis named one of his dogs, Michael Edward, after his character from It Happened at The World's Fair.

I wonder how that went. I bet Elvis was like, "Goddamn it, Michael Edward! I told you not to pee on the carpet!"

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Someone in the Graceland Insiders Facebook group posted this, and I hope they get enough signatures and donations to help.

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These are AI renderings for my oc, Roman Wolfson. I will NOT be using these as icons for him, but it's the gist of his appearance. Sometimes, he will wear flannel, but he'll usually be a fashion icon. His personality is basically Elvis Presley if he were cast as the Big Bad Wolf in what would be the 60's version of The Tenth Kingdom, and wore very convincing wolf ears, and took the role too seriously.

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Mine are: Being in my bra and underwear in public, being back in school, pregnancy, and cows.

rb with your most common recurring theme in your nightmares. mine is pregnancy

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Disclaimer: This video isn't mine. It's from @velvetprvsley on their TikTok, which was uploaded onto Instagram by someone else. This is the video I talked about where he burped during the recording. It was cute. I don't remember the exact time in the video it happens, but it does.

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Whoever said baking soda and vinegar is a good substitute for eggs is a motherfucking liar and owes me restitution! They made two of my batches of cupcakes taste sour. I had to use the original recipe for the third batch. Unless I'm missing something, then I understand why they taste bad. If not, I want restitution from the liar!

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Here are some memes of Elvis I found on Google that don't make fun of him.

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I feel like this would happen to me.

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100 Vocabulary Words for Gothic Fiction | For Writers

Hello Writers! I've put together a list of 100 words to help you expand your vocabulary for writing gothic fiction in October. I categorized the words for easy reference. I did some research using thesauruses and dictionaries to compile this list for you. I hope you find it helpful! 👻🎃

Atmospheric Words

Tenebrous - dark and gloomy

Oppressive - overwhelming and unpleasantly powerful

Ominous - suggesting evil or harm is imminent

Eerie - strange and frightening

Uncanny - mysterious and unsettling

Nefarious - wicked or criminal

Malevolent - having evil intentions

Sinister - giving the impression of evil

Melancholy - deep sadness

Lugubrious - mournful or dismal

Sombre - dark and gloomy

Dreary - dull and depressing

Desolate - empty and lonely

Bleak - cold and depressing

Dank - unpleasantly damp and cold

Character Descriptions

Pallid - abnormally pale

Gaunt - thin and bony

Haggard - looking exhausted and unwell

Cadaverous - corpse-like

Wan - pale and sickly

Spectral - ghost-like

Enigmatic - mysterious and difficult to understand

Brooding - appearing darkly thoughtful

Tortured - suffering mentally or physically

Macabre - disturbing due to focus on death or injury

Architectural Features

Gothic - relating to medieval style architecture

Dilapidated - in a state of disrepair

Decrepit - worn out or ruined due to age

Crumbling - breaking into small fragments

Decaying - rotting or decomposing

Ramshackle - in a state of severe disrepair

Crypt - underground room or vault

Turret - small tower on a building

Parapet - low protective wall along the edge of a roof

Buttress - structure built against a wall for support

Supernatural Elements

Apparition - ghost or spirit

Phantasm - figment of the imagination

Specter - ghost or phantom

Wraith - ghost or spirit

Revenant - person who returns as a spirit after death

Ethereal - extremely delicate and light

Otherworldly - belonging to an imaginary or spiritual world

Paranormal - beyond normal explanation

Preternatural - beyond what is normal in nature

Occult - supernatural or magical

Emotions and States of Mind

Dread - great fear or apprehension

Foreboding - fearful apprehension

Trepidation - fear or anxiety about something that may happen

Anguish - severe mental or physical pain

Despair - complete loss of hope

Melancholia - deep and long-lasting sadness

Hysteria - exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion

Delirium - state of confusion and hallucination

Madness - state of severe mental illness

Obsession - persistent disturbing preoccupation with an idea or feeling

Gothic Settings

Moor - area of open, uncultivated upland

Wasteland - barren or desolate area

Labyrinth - complex maze-like structure

Catacomb - underground cemetery

Dungeon - dark underground prison

Mausoleum - building housing a tomb or tombs

Sepulcher - small room or monument where a dead person is laid

Necropolis - large cemetery, especially an ancient one

Citadel - fortress that commands a city

Monastery - building occupied by a community of monks

Weather and Natural Phenomena

Tempest - violent windy storm

Miasma - unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor

Fog - thick cloud of tiny water droplets

Mist - cloud of tiny water droplets in the air near ground level

Gloom - partial or total darkness

Twilight - soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon

Umbra - the fully shaded inner region of a shadow

Penumbra - the partially shaded outer region of a shadow

Crepuscular - resembling twilight; dim

Tenebrous - dark, shadowy, or obscure

Literary Devices and Narrative Elements

Foreshadowing - warning or indication of a future event

Omen - event regarded as a portent of good or evil

Portent - sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen

Harbinger - person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

Presage - sign or warning that something will happen

Doppelganger - look-alike or double of a living person

Grotesque - comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

Gothic double - character representing the duality of human nature

Unreliable narrator - narrator whose credibility is compromised

Frame narrative - story within a story

Liminal Spaces and Concepts

Threshold - strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway

Liminal - occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold

Betwixt - in between

Interstitial - of, forming, or occupying interstices (small spaces between things)

Twilight zone - undefined or intermediate area between two distinct states

Purgatory - place or state of temporary suffering or expiation

Netherworld - imaginary subterranean world of the dead

Abyss - deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

Void - completely empty space

Chthonic - concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld

Miscellaneous Gothic Terms

Sublime - of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire awe

Ineffable - too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Eldritch - weird and sinister or ghostly

Atavistic - relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating the presence of a divinity

Happy writing, and Happy October! 📜🕯️- Rin T.

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The possessive look in Cary Elwes' eyes is mine when I look at that vampire bust of Elvis.

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These pictures are not mine, but the gothic aesthetic driving me crazy. He looks vampiric and that’s beautiful to me.

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The Polar Express is real!

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