#the terror theme

[sansculottides]

pisses me off to no end when people on reddit or whatever complain that the show wouldve been better off without the tuunbaq.....did we watch the same show? the tuunbaq is everything, it held everything together. the tuunbaq is the main transformative element of the terror. the tuunbaq elevates the text beyond mere historical fact and lets it say something about the expedition's broader context of imperialism. it hunted the british men who were trampling on its home as a mere stopover, a side casualty, to finding the northwest passage (for, you know, "trade with china" after britain beat china into submission after the imperialist opium war). silna couldnt complete a proper ritual with it because of the british men - just as british colonizers have historically intruded and disrupted the practice of indigenous culture. and in the end the tuunbaq dies, after all the injuries it's taken from the british over the course of 10 episodes and finally chokes to death on the worst of them. because there's no escaping the reality of colonial history, and there is especially no fantastical escape for the colonizer. there's no proper way for us to move forward otherwise.

good historical fiction doesnt have to limit itself to accuracy - it needs empathy to draw out meanings in history using literary craft. thats what the tuunbaq means to me.... if you wanted a straight depiction of historical record, just go watch a documentary.. TUUNBAQ DENIERS DNI

[valtsv]

had a terribly romantic nightmare where i was a corpse reanimated by sentient worms and tried to get back to my lover/best friend who regretfully killed me again at my request to release me from my torment and ensure they didn't meet the same fate. woke up feeling nauseously upset.

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Tracey Emin, from the series Exorcism Of The Last Painting I Ever Made, 1996

[octdoodles]

I like the posters in the tower of terror gift shop but they always stand out to me as very modern art styles so i wanted to try my hand at making a poster that's based in 1930s art! I also wanted to have carolyn in a pretty red dress like the posters but since strapless dresses weren't super popular yet i went for this halter gown based on one seen in The Women (1939)

plus a changing portrait variety because haunted mansion shouldn't get all the fun

[kenobihater]

1917 - sam mendes & krysty wilson-cairns / go to the limits of your longing - rainer maria rilke

[electroniccollectiondonut]

how to watch tv if you liked the terror:

everything you watched before The Terror

The Terror (fundamentally alters you)

nonfiction shows and movies about the polar regions

the entire filmography of your favorite cold boy

The Terror again

shows and movies that pull apart your skull and reach in to permanently rearrange your synapses the same way The Terror does

shows and movies that take place on boats

The Terror several more times

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

huh...

[copperphysics106]

Anyone know a doctor I can see that helps you forget about Solving so you don't have to think about em anymore lol

[medievalthymes]

oh god she’s putting bee through saw traps again

[kneel-to-seto-kaiba]

It was all a ruse, you pathetic little ant. For, you see, I, Seto Kaiba, was the mastermind the entire time!! Every single thing that's happened to you over the last 24 hours was orchestrated by me… and my insane mind! Yes, it was all me.

The whole thing cost me $750,000, and over eight months of planning, just to lead you right here into the palm of my hands!

But why ask you all the trite details when I already know every detail from my network of cyber rats! Yes, you might have thought those were regular rats you fool. Wrong.

He brings up a hologram map, showing a server building from the US.

Next, I’ll lead a KaibaCorp satellite on a trajectory to come crashing down into this building in approximately one hour. Then, the dark cosmic energy released from the satellite in the explosion will activate these powerful cards!

Onscreen, powerful cards appear. They look cool.

Now try and stop me!! Hahaha!!

[saints-who-never-existed]

Today I'm thinking about the degree to which a person is responsible for the loyalty they inspire in others.

To be more specific, I'm continuing my rewatch and thinking about the degree to which Franklin is responsible for the loyalty he has inspired in poor wee David Young.

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Young's death is a foregone conclusion, one that's been years in the making to the point where he thinks nothing of his gruesome symptoms, yes. But his lionisation of Franklin is also a not-insignificant factor in Young neglecting to speak up about his failing health.

"I didn't want to disappoint Sir John..."

Then, as he continues to decline, Young relinquishes any semblance of bodily autonomy he ever had. He's terrified at the thought of being cut open and examined, begs for Goodsir to promise to refrain from doing so. But again, his loyalty to Franklin wins out - he trusts completely that whatever Franklin orders must be for the good of the crew.

"If Sir John orders it I will do it..."

And even as death rapidly approaches, Young isn't entirely free in his own mind either. He's an extremely vulnerable young man, little more than a child really. He's 3000 miles from home. He's dying and there isn't a thing anyone can do to stop it. He's even separated from his fellow Terrors now, friends who clearly cared for his well-being and could have been at least a small comfort to him as he passed.

Young is so so frightened and he can't even fully admit to and confront that fact because of Franklin.

"And don't tell Sir John I was afraid..."

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I'm not sure yet what my point is really.

Young's loyalty and devotion to Franklin serves to make his death just that more desperate and traumatic than it otherwise would have been and it just feels like there ought to be consequences for that somehow. It feels like someone ought to pay for the tragedy of it all...

[nomilkinmyteaplease]

Wedding Band rehearsals

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[brittlebutch]

btw Still thinking about the moment where Tula first realizes she's literally, mechanically unable to keep up with / catch Jaysohn when he bolts and runs his full speed. That revelation that she's not fast enough to stop him, or get alongside him, much less get in front of him to protect him if he needed it. The dread terror of it. :(

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Mary Jo bang

[queenoftheimps]

Idle thought, but watching The Terror and reading all the analyses of its themes around hubris/colonialism/greed and how it leads to desperation under tragedy makes me think someone could probably make a pretty fascinating series about the Donner Party