#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.

[woundgallery]

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

[snidy]

so-called free thinkers when they think theyre making original content and it turns out they just made yuri elf jayvik

[hickeygender]

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

[writersstareoutwindows]

LONG COURTNEY

The Girl Who Painted Death, MYTH: Side One

WHOEVER FELT MOVED TO SPEAK, MYTH: Side Two

[rosemarytales]

The Father

The Son

The Holy Spirit

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

huh...

[medievalthymes]

oh god she’s putting bee through saw traps again

[idreamofthemeparks]

Most versions of Tower of Terror: oooh it's a mystery what happened here... anything can happen in the Twilight Zone...

Tokyo Tower of Terror:

[pasdetrois]

Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, Vita Nostra (tr. Julia Meitov Hersey) • Mircea Suciu, Camouflage (2) • Agostino Arrivabene, Immutatio • Matthias Claudius, "Der Tod und Das Mädchen" • Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare • Dragan Bibin, Pull (edited) • Maria Kreyn, Angel's Back • Franz Wimmer, Death and the Maiden • Mel Chin, Bat and Dove • Ana Sanchez, Death and the Maiden

[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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