#til london

[t6fs]

what's your heart's desire ?

[the-ashenstreaked-doctor]

Fallen leaves realize they are no friend of autumn

[helpimstuckposting]

Haha… ha… ha

[ghost-toast]

I think Mizu should be allowed to start the great fire of London also

[thegreatyin]

And thus, with the passing of 24 hours, Caeru's ambition truly comes to an end. Major Nemesis spoilers below the cut- we're talking endgame ambition business here. Mostly on a character RP front.

The Doomed Scientist made quite a few... choice decisions, in the end. Killing Cups once and for all, recording his story as one of grief-

And sparing what little remained of Mr Mirrors, leaving it free to roam Parabola as it sees fit.

Some of them, he can explain. Others, he's still left to feel... discontent.

Cups needed to die. That much was certain from the start. It was a tyrant, as all Masters are, and complicit in the bargaining and eventual destruction of four (potentially five) cities, as all Masters are. It was an obstacle. A murderer. A petty monster that felt no remorse even on its deathbed, and it went out of its way to ruin multiple lives just because it felt owed its own sick and twisted idea of revenge.

It killed his first love. It looked him in the eyes and he knew what it had done and he knew from the start it was going to die.

Perhaps, in the end, it knew too. And yet it still pleaded, and wanted to live, and-

It made a bargain.

A bargain Caeru didn't take.

Not because he didn't want to. Gods, he wanted to. He wanted it. He wanted it more than anything else in the world. To have Greylu back, to give him the gift of life, of love, to show him the wonders of the Neath and the beauty of the correspondence and all of the people Caeru has met and loved and found home with along the way-

But. He couldn't.

Because Cups was a monster. And no matter what, it deserved to die. And he could not, in good conscience, allow it to live.

Even if sparing it meant everything he's ever wanted.

So he's left here, now. With a bloodied traveling coat, and a bloodsoaked knife, and a favor finally fulfilled.

And nothing to live for. No resurrected lover, no charming visits to Helicon, no slow dances in the living room, no memories to rebuild and lives to live and he won't live again-

Nothing. All he has is a coat born of obligation, not to his love, but to people he's never even met. To lives he's never even touched. To a paramour, still alive, with hair of rose-pink, who doesn't even remember her own brother's existence.

Cups didn't die for Caeru's sake. Cups died for the sake of all who wanted it dead. For the revenger's court, and the ghost screaming in his ear, and the reckoning that will not be postponed indefinitely.

And Caeru, who acted as a tool to carry out their wills? Who all but betrayed his own lover, just to satisfy a cause he never knew existed?

All Caeru is left with, is regret. Regret-

-And grief.

[archie-gray]

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[icantalk710]

I got so carried away at this Passion Pit show--second time after their 2013 NYC show!--that I'll be such a sleepyhead tomorrow as I take a walk to work with my voice shot but I'll be alriiiiiight be aaaallright 🎶🔥😌🔥🎶

(Also maybe it was my ears being shot some but I didn't think I was so audible singing while hearing this back 😅 not sorry tho)

[cherry-pop-soda]

okay but does anyone listen to bronski beat and does anyone GET IT. they released an album, completely unashamedly gay, in the 80s, during the AIDS crisis, during a time of insanely rampant homophobia and over the top conservatism. they released an album with the age of consent for homosexual activity in every european country listed on the sleeve and the phone number for a legal advice hotline for queer people etched into the grooves of the vinyl. they released an album with the opening track dedicated to a hate crime victim, featuring vocals from an openly gay choir. they released an album with songs about homophobic violence, the dangers of following the bible too closely, about leaving behind everything you know and starting over, about homophobic family and homophobic bullying. they wrote about being gay and being proud of it and knowing that there is nothing wrong with who you are. in the face of all the hatred going on in the 80s they released an album that was in-your-face gay and fuck-you queer, and i love them for it.

(see original tags for a lot more commentary)

[yz]

Canary Wharf Station, Frobisher Passage. London, February 2024.

Shot with Fujifilm X-T20 with XF 23mm f/2.0 lens.

[warriorprincesstramp]

btw everyone STOPPPP talking about I saw the tv glow until I can watch it and have a violently cathartic experience THANK you!

[the-curious-wordsmith]

I'M SO FECKING STUPID.

I threw Walraven into the "crisis of faith" pit before even making significant progress in ANY of the actual main storylines in The Silver Tree so now I can just imagine him dragging himself through the Official Mission and Covert Mission like "I am still a totally devout Christian I swear the weird dreams haven't gotten to me I'm fine I am not tired out of my mind".

[t6fs]

this was not unprecidented but its so goddamn funny. goodbye scrimshander!!!!!!!!!!!

[greaseonmymouth]

til ære for Carl Mørck i min wip der prøver at holde op med at ryge og derfor konstant tygger på läkeroler med salmiaksmag har jeg købt en 2-pak med hjem

[fingertipsmp3]

🕯️ Prayer circle for the mooncat polish I just ordered not to explode in transit or when I get it or while using it or just in general 🕯️

[fluentisonus]

going to london to see turner paintings :)

[thegreatyin]

merry christmas to you too, spices :)