#this was an AWFUL discovery

[amehwriter]

Checking the ao3 tag and seeing that Ridoc/Sawyer isn't one of the top ships. How have i stumbled upon a fandom that cares for its canon.

Is this what its like to have a rarepair...?

[sstvar]

so who was going to tell me that the guitar riff you hear in the theme “johnny’s grave” (during the chat in the oil fields) is also the opening to the theme that plays when you visit V’s grave in the temperance ending.

[daincrediblegg]

I think what’s really just utterly compelling and really kindof beautiful about the whole James Fitzjames DNA confirmation is just how beautiful this intersection between history and the artistic mirror that we hold up to it coming together to celebrate this discovery is in a way breathing some life and even peace back into this person.

Like… I feel like a lot of the time we as a culture when we hear about the discovery of new artifacts, remains, remnants of history in any form, we have enough distance to it to accept the mysteries that we will never be able to reconcile about them. Like digging up folks who perished in pompeii, we may never know who exactly they were, what kinds of people they were. Who they loved, what they loved doing will remain as intangible to us as what they looked like. And it becomes harder with so many of those pieces missing to look at those bones and have any sense of certainty who they really were.

But we DO know James Fitzjames. In SO many ways. We know him because there isn’t just copious historical documentation on his life, the things he wrote, the things he did in his life the ramifications on the people he loved when he was lost, but also this weird little show that inexplicably gives us both a window into the unimaginable circumstances that led to his death alongside that of over a hundred other men, but also a mirror through which so many of us have been able to empathize deeply with the weight of those circumstances.

In that way we do really know who he was. And now he’s not merely a single jaw in an unprecedented pile of bones anymore, he has an IDENTITY again. And it’s taken so long and so many generations but we FOUND him. We had a tangible historical grasp on him already and it feels so much more personal now that we know exactly where he died. To know a rough time frame in which he perished. To know that circumstantially he was probably one of the first consumed in what was easily one of the most dire survival situations of his century- perhaps even ours. It’s closure and peace and relief for an individual that is still so cared for even though there are centuries between the time when he died and us and the circumstances in which we live. And from this information there is STILL more we can piece together for so many of the other individuals who were with him.

And we have all of that, all because of something as simple as a DNA test. That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever fucking seen.

[canisalbus]

Looking at your art summary your art has gotten a softness to it that it didnt have before (said positively). I hope this is, in part, because life has been kinder to you than it was before, if only because you deserve a good, kind life. I hope the new year greets you like an old friend.

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[dostoyevsky-official]

unbelievably annoying but it clears up the persistent issue with social media: most of your interlocutors are not doing the immense "work" of reading the guardian article you link

[velvetjune]

“The cell and the poster. I was eleven years old the first time I saw behind the poster. They told me I imagined it. I’ve been trying to pull it down ever since. Will you help?” — Jesse Faden (Control)

[davey-in-a-minivan]

finding out that st jane is the patron of forgotten people certainly is making me feel a way about jane gonzalez!!

[add1ctedt0you]

What's your version of Jiang Cheng Gives Up? *chinhands*

Hiii! My version of jc gives up is very boring: he gives up on wwx and their shared past and moves on.

An overexposure to yunmeng bros reconciliations has brought me to one conclusion: I don't necessarily need them to reconcile. (Not because: 'jc/wwx is so toxic!' or 'jc/wwx deserves better than that selfish asshole!'. Like, I always roll my eyes. They are two horrible human - fictional- beings who deserve each other!).

But imo, post-canon jc has two priorities:

Jin ling

Himself

First point: he needs to be there for jl. Not only politically! But emotionally too. jl is going through a rough time jc too experienced: a loved ones betrayal. jc knows what it does to you. And listen, one of the things I love about jc is how he is trying his best. Always. In particular when it comes to people he loves. ('but he did a lot of things wrong', thank fuck! He is a traumatized character who behaves like a traumatized character. This scene explains so much about jc imo: jc knows that not having an adult in your life who believes in you is shit. So he tries to give space - in his way- to jl, while fighting his urge to protect him, because the last time every one of his family member was on a battlefield, they died.) So yeah, he is going to try being there for jl, in his imperfect way. And that brings me to point two.

jc has to recalibrate himself, to be there for jl: what he thought were truths, are revealed to be lies. All his life was a lie.

That's my favorite jc's speech. It's visceral, it's painfully honest. He is literally saying to us his state of mind: he is feeling guilty, wronged and confused.

'who am I?' hits hard, because who you are when you have built your life on lies?! Should he feel guilty?! wwx has made this huge sacrifice for him, but he has hurt him too: what should he feel?!

So, because I interpret jc as someone who overthinks, I want him to lose his mind over his doubts and start a journey of healing (or, what realistically someone without therapy can manage).

I want him to look at Lotus Pier, his home, and think: 'dang, what I have managed is incredible'. I what him to realize: 'what wwx made for me was an huge sacrifice, but my feelings are valid too'. I want him to be, not happy, but satisfied, when thinking about his life. And I don't need him and wwx to reconcile, because I like the bittersweet taste their broken relationship leaves in his mouth.

So, my jc gives up is: he learns to live with himself and jl, peacefully.

[ohgaylor]

who is gonna tell her the gay pride makes me me to seeds of allyship pipeline is maybe a lil jarring?

[groundrunner100]

Reblog your grievances, I’m VERY interested to hear your thoughts & viewpoints.

Finally: Do NOT hold back. Let it rip.

[soiiguessthiisiisathiing]

MOTHER 3 FANS I MUST ASK

How do you pronounce Claus??! Cause apparently I’ve been pronouncing his name differently from most people I have seen play/talk about the game…

[fierceyetflawed]

in my humble (and absolutely correct) opinion no one gets real human emotions like bleachers' songs do. grief, feeling lost, deep true love, wanting to be free - you name it.

and one of the songs that keeps hitting me is ordinary heaven. i have never heard or seen anyone get what marriage or love is like that. feeling sooo fucking grateful to just watch your partner be. just the opportunity of getting to witness them in their element. the disbelief there that this is my life?? she's dancing in our house and I just get to be here? how fucking lucky am I? but also the inner voice that heyyy you better not fuck this up you, better not forget how lucky you are to get to be here. you were scared to even wish for times like this and now that you're here you better not take this for granted.

and thennn jack hits you with the quote from rodney mullen and first of all sonically the way those overlapping vocals sit they just grab your attention in the most gentle way and it's crazy how that outro summarises everything he has said in this album so precisely. and to top that off you have the lore of how jack got to meet his childhood hero via the love of his life and that added connection brings you back to the idea of having this ordinary heaven with your partner and how lucky you are to be in this position!

so fucking genius.

[moonchild-in-blue]

23, 63, 73? 💖

Helloooo, thank you for the questions!! 💙

Give me a number from 1-100 and I'll give you the corresponding song on my wrapped playlist 🎶💫

23 - Dial Tone by Catch Your Breath

63 - Mine by Sleep Token

73 - 21 Gun Salute by Catch Your Breath

[wayti-blog]

Sway

Child of mankind Of yesterwynde Sway away the woe in us A grateful soul never needed much Emanate the heavens Through your touch

Sway over the mountaintops Soar over the swaying crops Adorn your garden with A perfect day Sway over the discontent Ghost stories in a tent Your house lands on the witch See yourself

It has begun to snow again In this perfect village, home The birds have flown, the birds have known Where you rest your worn out wings

Sway over the mountaintops Soar over the swaying crops Adorn your garden with A perfect day Sway over the discontent Ghost stories in a tent Your house lands on the witch See yourself

Some stories heal And some will scar

The big reveal Awaits in awe The big reveal Awaits us all The big reveal The big reveal Awaits us all The big reveal Awaits us all

Sway over the mountaintops Sway away, sway away Over the mountaintops Sway away

Nightwish - Sway (lyrics)

[shimmeringshel1]

oh my

[a-typical]

“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos