#tinta speaks

[graciliswindowsill]

Commemorating 10 days until autumn/fall equinox in a solarpunk way! Taking 2 hours of train and bus to plant lettuce, couve (kale maybe for you in other places), broccoli, radishes and cilantro/coriander in a communal garden that provide vegetables to a solidarity kitchen. The idea is to provide at least 1 full meal to people around the kitchen that need a meal that day and can't afford one.

Don't know if I already talked about this here. But even though is a Sunday and I come back very tired of this work, at the same time it really give energy back to me to keep doing the work that needs to be done now to make things better someway.

Maybe soon more news about these babies in the ground

[esuemmanuel]

He dejado de creer en las promesas hechas en esos momentos tan llenos de emoción y que nacen de una mente atolondrada por los sentimientos, también he dejado de darle valor a las palabras que me son escritas en la privacidad del secreto, buscando asegurarse de lo intangible y lo abstracto de mi pensamiento. Pero, si en algo creo todavía es en mi andar y en el camino que me he construido; en estas cuatro paredes transparentes al mundo, bajo este techo de tinta oscura y blanca vid... Y no importa cuántas cosas puedan venirme a decir ni a prometer, ya que, al final hablarán los hechos... y esos no se pueden fingir ni corromper con ilusiones insulsas ni emociones que pretenden quedarse sólo en el papel.

I have stopped believing in the promises made in those moments so full of emotion and that are born of a mind stunned by feelings, I have also stopped giving value to the words that are written to me in the privacy of secrecy, seeking to ensure the intangible and the abstract of my thought. But, if I still believe in something, it is in my walk and in the path I have built for myself; in these four walls transparent to the world, under this roof of dark ink and white vine... And no matter how many things they may come to tell me or promise me, since, in the end, the facts will speak... and those cannot be pretended nor corrupted with insipid illusions nor emotions that pretend to remain only on paper.

[keyblack]

Olá! Mais novidades fantásticas!!

(Hello! More fantastic news!!)

A brand-new set of Brazilian Portuguese subtitles has just been added to "Behind the Curtain," courtesy of the translation work from the very generous Heitor Gomes! Please check out his channel here!

Heitor actually supplied two separate translations for the song - a literal, word-for-word one, as well as one maintaining a Portuguese rhyme scheme! Currently only the literal translation is available on the video, however I've included the rhyme scheme version he wrote at the end of this post under the read-more - for those of you guys looking to do covers in Portuguese... Heitor's your guy!

YouTube has unfortunately removed the ability for viewers to contribute subtitles to videos, but if you speak another language and would like to see subtitles in that language added to Behind the Curtain, please feel free to contact me via my website (https://www.keyblack.net/contact) and let me know if you'd like to create a translation of the song! (((NOTE: Please do not submit them directly through the online form; I think non-English special characters get lost that way!)))

Watch "Behind the Curtain" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piry_2wpdi8

PT-BR LYRICS

Você guardou seu chapéu e viu as frases na parede Vamos te contar como você caiu nessa rede Da maior mente, o diretor controlando tudo sim Quem pensava que Abel era tolo, e que o sábio era Caim

São os grandes e maus doidões, o maior show que já viram Estamos lá embaixo, onde só os projetores brilham Um mundo em preto e branco, veja a mágica e o sonho acontecer E quando acabar, nós estaremos perto de ver Quem está atrás da cortina?

“Um lápis e um sonho”, assim iniciou sua jornada Mas ninguém viu quando a situação ficou escalada Toda alma, todo sonho, por um mão-furada Mas tudo isso não serve pra nada E ainda assim, você continua a descer Os tubos bombeando, a batida de seu coração Ou foi o que ele disse: Tudo pela “diversão” E as paredes viram papel, e a tinta começa a se espalhar Ah, é fácil a dor pros loucos racionalizar!

São os grandes e maus doidões, o maior show que já viste Estamos lá embaixo, onde a esperança não existe O único homem que viu o grande ego escondido por trás Foi quem levou a produção a cartaz Quem está atrás da cortina?

Pra que serve um herói sem um monstro pra derrotar? E ele é um homem que faz um acordo que outros tem que pagar? “Todo rascunho, todo desenho, toda cena,” “É so você na linha, então vale a pena!” Quase se matou pra que o criador roubasse a cena Agora, é facil de ver como é apaixonante Com todo esse sucesso e fama Mas você pensa que o preço devia ser alarmante Quando o que resta é um coração na lama! Oh!

São os grandes e maus doidões, o maior show que já viram Estamos lá embaixo, onde só os projetores brilham Um mundo em preto e branco, veja a mágica e o sonho acontecer E quando acabar, nós estaremos perto de ver

São os grandes e maus doidões, o maior show que já viram… Díficil adivinhar quem o herói da história vai ser… Um mundo em preto e branco, onde ninguém se importa com quem é você Seja homem, e admita que a cena você ajudou à escrever… Quem está atrás da cortina?

[harleiquina]

All TV series I've ever seen II

Let's see how many I remember from this time period.

1940 - 1970

1980 - 2000 (this post)

2010 - Now

1983 - V

Aliens have come to Earth but they are nice and willing to help us... or so they say.

Everybody remembers Diana eating rats, the dramatic face reveal of any reptilian, Freddy Krueger beeing a good guy (this time) and I'm sure Stephenie Meyers wish that Reneesme/Jacob had the same level of acceptance than "the child from the stars" (name given in Latinoamerica, don't know if it was also used in the original show) and whats-his-name.

Saw it on TV but we also bought the bootleg DVD because my mom and aunt never saw the ending of the show as kids.

1985 - Amazing Stories

I hardly remember anything (I was too young when it was played on TV) but I do remember beeing traumatized by Christopher Lloyd's severed (and reattached) head.

It was created by Spielberg, some stories land better than other ones. Maybe I should try and rewatch some?

1986 - Sledge Hammer

Is he sexist, violent, gun-lover and conservative AF? Yes... but he's also hilarious! This is satire people! Don't be like the NRA that gave somekind of award to this fictional character because they have the same level of comprehension than a brick.

Saw it on TV but it is also available on Youtube.

1986 - ALF

Alien finds himself on a typical american family house and chaos begins.

Do you live under a rock? Don't you know who ALF is? Just go watch it.

It was on TV when I was growing up, I'm pretty sure you can find it anywhere.

1989 - The Simpsons

I will keep on saying it, we argentineans speak in 3 languages: Spanish, Lunfardo (a Buenos Aires dialect but each province has their own as well) and Simpsons' quotes (latin spanish obviously, everyone agrees that it's the definitive Simpsons). Earlier seasons are better, we all know that... they kind of lose us when the original latin dubbers were replaced (it would seem that Disney brought them back but I hardly watch TV now, so I don't know)

1989 - Eureeka's castle.

I don't remember a THING about it but my family says that I was obsessed. It's a Muppet-style show of a young witch apprentice and her friends.

Upon further looking, it was co-written by R. L. Stine? So I didn't got into Goosebumps as a child but got this... who knows?

1989 - Agatha Christie's Poirot

I haven't watched everything just yet (it's been on for 20 years, people!) but I do like David Suchet's Hercules Poirot (my family disagrees because for them Poirot will always be Peter Ustinov). Hey, at least it's not Albert Finney!

1990 - Caloi en su tinta (Caloi in his own ink - Argentina)

It wasn't a series properly said... it didn't have a story to follow. Caloi was a very important artist in my country (his character Clemente became a staple in our comics just like Mafalda) and he had this TV show where he curated animations of all kinds, from all over the world. I remember seeing a stop-motion version of Barber of Sevilla and I think that I also saw Queen's Innuendo videoclip for the first time in here.

Some stories were funny, others melancholic, elegant or grotesque... but all of them were Art, with a capital A.

1990 - Twin Peaks

I don't understand the hype around this show. The only thing that I though was cool was to have a season and a half to find the killer.

Before someone tells me "you have to think how ground breaking it was in the time it came up" or "it's high end art, open your mind to it" trust me I can do that... it doesn't change the fact that I don't see why so many people like it so much.

I'll grant it a few points for showing us David Duchovny as a trans woman FBI agent that saves the day on the episode she shows up. I did like the character.

1993 - The Nanny

What would happen if instead of María taking care of Von Trapp's children in the Alps, we had a jewish it-girl from Flushing, Queens? That was Fran Drescher's pitch, the rest is history.

I got to confess I usually get bored with sit-coms but this is the only one that I can watch over and over again (and the final episode still brings single tear in my eye). Yeah, the whole plot of Fran trying to get pregnant was dragged for too long, but still it's like 3 or 4 episodes, no biggy (unless my memory fails, it's been a while).

1993 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

For whatever reason a alien (?) race decided that teenagers are the appropiate warriors so they choose 5 Angel Grove locals to kick Galactic-Witch Rita's ass. Monsters that grow size but still look like rubber suits, the Rangers use spandex but for whatever reason they release sparks when a blade touches them. Still sweet little 4 year old me loved this show.

I checked a few episodes on Youtube not too long ago and I was pleasently surprised by the fact that each monster represented a struggle the Rangers where having on their civilian life... so facing and defeating them actually helped these kids in their ordinary life. A nice message that I completely forgot while self-convincing myself that this show was a lot dumber than I remembered.

Oh! By the way when it was on TV I watched -maybe- up to season 2. When the movie came out I was shocked that Jason, Trini and Zack were not in it.

1993 - The X Files

The most recognizable tune ever, the OG monster-of-the-week format, a skeptic + a believer, some comedy, another bit of drama and , in ocassions, straight-up horror = one of the greatest TV shows ever made.

Regardless what people think I preffer Agent Dogget (there, I said it!!) to Mulder, but of course that sunflower-seed eater, porn aficionado, spooky guy will always be loved either way.

Of course I didn't watched on TV (my mom and aunt had that privilege, I was literally a baby) but I got the whole series on bootleg DVD.

1993 - Frasier

I only watched a few mixed up episodes and I have the first 4 seasons on bootleg DVD but it was my aunt who liked it the most.

A psicologyst with a radio TV show has to live with his dad and his brother visits very often.

You might recognize them as Sideshow Bob and his brother as well.

1994 - Friends

Watched it on cable when I had it, mixed up as usual but still... for whatever reason sitcoms bore me... and this is not the exception. Again, I don't understand the hype.

1995 - Xena: Warrior princess

Ancient Greece, a female warrior... my (probably by the time we got it in Argentina) 6 year-old self loved this show. Until certain fling with Hercules... I didn't liked romance then (or now, but I'm a little more tolerant as an adult) and it ruined the show for me.

Yes, now I see certain undertones that my youngself didn't. I get it. Leave me alone!

1995 - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Yeah... I didn't liked Hercules but I watched a few episodes either way. I always liked a good fight on TV.

1996 - Sabrina, the teenage witch

Who didn't wanted to have magical powers growing up becuse of her?

I can't really tell how many season I've watched because, as I said, in Argentina you were lucky if the TV channels bought more than 2 season to repeat on end. Still... I didn't quite liked it as much once she left for collage. Kinda lost its magic *wink, wink*

1996 - Millenium

The year 2000 was upon us and the promise of the end of the world, so Chris Carter decided to play a little bit with it.

Frank Black is a retired agent that has a peculiar way of getting into the mind of the criminals (the audience is the only one that knows that he can see what the criminals see... live) so he is called over an over again to help on different cases.

It ended too soon (got cancelled I believe) but it has its final episode in season 9 of The X Files (if I'm not mistaken). It deals a lot with religion (mostly Christianity) and its a lot darker than Mulder & Scully's adventures (with the exception of that one episode where 4 demons get together in a coffe shop -desguised as old men- and tell their latest works done).

1997 - Meego

I got to be honest with you... I hardly remember anything from this TV show. It was basically ALF but with a human playing an alien instead of a puppet. Still we remember it fondly at home so I guess it was good enough?

1998 - Charmed

Argentina beeing Argentina, I saw a few seasons... maybe... I do remember that I liked more the original 3 sisters.

It's fun... sometimes cheesy... as any tv or film of that time.

1998 - Will & Grace

As I said, sitcoms end up becoming boring and repetitive. But that doesn't take away that sometimes jokes are good... some are very 90, but ah, well...

2000 - Dark Angel

Maybe I saw 2 season on TV but I was obsessed.

Typical supersoldiers experiments developed this superhuman creatures that got tired of beeing an experiment and broke out the facility when they were children, so now as grown ups live in our society. The lead Max (Jessica Alba) has a job as a courrier but every now and then steals, that's how she meets Logan a journalist with vigilante tendencies that needs someone to do the dirty work.

2000 - CSI (later known as Las Vegas)

Have I ever watched a show just to laugh at it? Yes, and it was called CSI, the original (I saw a lot of Miami as well).

I had a few glimpses here and there from this procedural that were the definition of Deus-ex-machina and later I decided to give it a shot just to see if, within this universe, it made sense. And nope.

If one of mom's doctors dissed House for his nearly-impossible diagnosis... I'm pretty sure some forensics did the same with Grissom's team.

Side note I really love Ted Danson, that guy is awesome.

2001 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

At first I thought it was a yet another The Brain + Person that explains him like many others... but Goren and Eames are the best detective duo. PERIOD.

You get to see them investigating (so Goren, mostly, doesn't know everything off the bat... he does go to the library, kids) and Eames is not just a blank space for the audience to jump in and have Goren explain everything to her. My favourite moments are when she can add up to his theory by just having the female side of things.

Goren isn't the typical I-only-think kind of detective (like, let's say Poirot) he can -and will- get into dangerous situations when needed.

You have to watch for D'onofrio's performance.

I like Jeff Goldblum as well... but his season was kinda... meh

2002 - Los Simuladores (The Pretenders - Argentina)

What if there was a group of people to solve any kind of situations? And what if this situations are quite basic, borderline stupid, like meeting the in-laws, giving a hard exam at the end of the year and such?

This is it, that's the plot.

This was a huge hit back in the day but it took me a decade (almost) to watch because if you knew argentinean tv and film as I do... you wouldn't believe that there are actually some good ideas burried very very deep in the mud.

2002 - Monk

A detective with OCD is soooo good at his job but cannot be a detective again because of it (it got worse once his wife died in a attack). Fun and wholesome... maybe it did dragged for too long.

And no matter what... we are Sharona stans in this house!

2002 - CSI Miami.

Just like CSI I watched it just to make fun of it (and because in cable they will put all CSIs together in one afternoon so it was easier to compare them).

At least this one didn't take itself too seriously!

2003 - Tru Calling

Med student has a weird ability where dead people can reach her and make her repeat the day to try and save their lives.

It ended too soon on a great cliffhanger that we will never see resolved. Damn it!

2004 - Lost

We all know Lost... it started great... and it ended.

Luckily for me the TV channel where I was watching it stopped after season 4 and I never bothered to try and catch up again.

2004 - House MD

Sherlock Holmes goes to med school and instead of solving crimes, he solves impossible diagnostics.

Gotta give it to Hugh Laurie for beeing a lovable a-hole the whole time.

It did lasted too long for me, I didn't watch the final seasons but I did watched a few mixed up episodes in cable so I kinda know what happens after, lets say... season 4? (the final one I've watched, maybe).

2004 - CSI New York

Same as the others. Just watched for Gary Sinise and Edward Furlong's guest appearence.

2004 - Miss Marple

I was never a fan of Miss Marple in writting... but on TV she is less annoying.

How come she is never suspicious? She's always around when a crime happens!

2005 - Invasion

Does anybody else remembers this TV show set after the Katrina hurricane that, apparently, also uncovered a race of aliens living underwater that have a body-snatching way of taking over the world? It's only 1 season, got cancelled I believe and I watched it on TV at 6 or 7 AM while getting ready to go to school. Ah, old times!

2005 - Mosca & Smith (Argentina)

(Mosca can be translated as "Fly" -the bug- but in this case is the character's Last Name so I'll leave it as it is)

Buddy cop with two overly eccentric characters. A silly comedy with some really in-depth meta humor of argentinean justice system. Some jokes are in poor taste... and I think it got raunchier in it's second season (I didn't watched it because one of the leads was replaced and the 2nd actor didn't had the same punch)

2005 - Bones

A forensic anthropologyst helps the FBI to solve crimes.

This is the BrainTM taken to an extreme. Dr. Temperance Brennan just can't be good at eeeeeverything. This kinda changed as seasons passed but still... who says smart people is always entirely clueless about how to be a normal human? And why so egocentric? (Most truly smart people are usually super-humble because they know that there is a lot more to learn).

In any case, it is fun. Watched on TV (earlier seasons) and continued on bootleg DVD.

2006 - Ugly Betty

The main reason why I didn't listed Betty, la fea in here it's because it is a telenovela (soap opera) everybody in Latinoamérica watched it. Some things are not so good (maybe I'll write about it one day) but overall it had a good story.

Those dubious things got changed in the U.S version... and it changed the whole story. It was easier to create something new than trying to bring people on board using a name that is well beloved to a certain ethnicity... just saying.

2007 - El Hombre que volvió de la muerte (The man that came back from Death -Argentina)

Think of a mash up of The Count of Montecristo and V for Vendetta.

It was a remake of a TV show done in the 60s... 70s? By Narciso Ibañez Menta, a Spanish actor that was naturalized as argentinean and was our very own mix of Boris Karloff (with his love for make up) and Vincent Price (he did a lot of Edgan Allan Poe stories as well). The original story was about Elmer Van Hess, who was subject to different experiments. The lab caughts on fire, he's inside and survives. For whatever reason his organs end up being given to other people so he embarks on a quest to retrieve them.

The remake also had Elmer Van Hess who was a happy fool about to get married, his boss and associates set him up and ends up in prision for fraud. Not happy with that, his boss strikes a deal with a Doctor so Elmer can be his human guinea pig (in order to do so, he asks other inmates to torture him while in prision so his only escape would be to go with the Doctor). He's experimented on as results he gets superhuman strenght and, of course, the chemicals affect his brain turning him into a very dark and blood-lust creature. The lab is set on fire, everybody thinks he died but he comes back 10 years later ready to take revenge on all of them. He was very cruel and his idea of revenge was very Saw-like... but deep down he's still in love with his almost-wife and she's the only one that can sort of ease him in the worst moments.

For an argentinean fiction it was very good.

2008 - Fringe

The X Files but even crazier? You got it.

Mom and I did got lost after season 4... but we still have the bootleg DVDs, it's just that we should start all over again and we don't have a lot of time 😝

2008 - The Mentalist

A guy is so good at reading people that decides to ripp them off saying that he's a medium. He got the wrong guy, this guy kills his family so now it's personal!

Patrick Jane's quirks might be amusing in the early episodes but after a while you, just like everyone else on the show, will want to punch him in the face.

From my little corner of the Earth I scream: Justice for Cho!! He also deserved a happy ending!

2009 - Doll House

A bunch of people got their memories wiped and now they receive other memories (fabricated sometimes) to take on dangerous tasks.

Dubious consent galore... but overall the premise was engaging. It lasted 3 seasons, the third one included a time-jump... the end didn't quite landed for me but... meh! It's entertaining at least.

2009 - Flashfoward

The entire world fainted at the same time. Everybody had visions of the future... so now some things need to be prevented for whatever reason.

Only one season, got cancelled. I don't remember a thing except the tribute to one of Jorge Luis Borges stories (El Jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan/ The garden of paths that bifurcate) and another to David Bowie's song Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. That's all I remember, I swear.

2009 - Modern Family

Sitcom that broke some barriers on what a typical family looks like. It's fun...but yeah, it also bored me.

Note to everybody: not all latinos sound like Sofía Vergara... not even Sofía Vergara sounds like Sofía Vergara the whole time.

[spastuetheobsessedphylosopher]

"Oh you're stalling on posting the new 'some thoughts' post because you have so many ideas to write about and it's kind of dizzying" no I'm not shut up

(While we're on that topic, I will end up separating that post into a few smaller ones bc. I cannot organize my mind otherwise)

ANYWAY. Been watching a bunch of GenLoss edits and I really like how people are connecting the storyline to the lyrics of the songs they use. I don't know how to edit so you're getting a tumblr post from me. Yay.

It's gonna be long. Sorry? Not really.

This song is a popular Spanish camp song about the Civil War. I couldn't find any clues of its origin (apart from the fact that it's most likely based on a real letter someone found), but it was incredibly popular in Spain in the 70s and 80s, and is still very well known to this day. It's mostly spread through summer camps (back in those years, mainly by the Boy Scouts), and that's how I learned it myself. Because of this, lyrics vary depending on who you ask. I'm using the most complete lyrics I could find, some of which I didn't even know existed until now. I will do my best to translate it, and then we can do some fun analysis!

Here we go:

Caminando por el bosque, (Walking through the forest,)

entre flores vi que había (between flowers I found)

una carta ensangrentada (a blood-stained letter)

de cuarenta años hacía. (dated forty years ago.)

Era de un paracaidista (It was from a paratrooper)

de la octava compañía (from the eighth troop)

que escribía a su mamá, (who was writing to his mom,)

y la carta así decía: (and the letter went as follows:)

"Madre anoche en las trincheras ("Mother, last night in the trenches)

entre el fuego y la metralla (between fire and shrapnel)

vi al enemigo correr; (I saw the enemy running;)

la noche estaba cerrada. (the night was dark.)

Apunté con mi fusil (I aimed with my gun)

y, al tiempo que disparaba, (and, as I was shooting,)

una luz iluminó (a light illuminated)

el rostro que yo mataba. (the face I was killing.)

Clavó su mirada en mí (They pinned their gaze on me)

con sus ojos ya vacíos. (with their already empty eyes.)

Madre, ¿sabe a quién maté? (Mother, ¿do you know who I killed?)

¿A qué soldado enemigo? (¿Which enemy soldier?)

Era mi amigo José, (It was my friend José,)

compañero de la escuela, (my school classmate,)

con quien tanto yo jugué (with whom I always played pretend)

a soldados y a trincheras. (as soldiers in trenches.)

Hoy el juego era verdad, (Today the game was real)

y a mi amigo ya le entierran. (and my friend is being buried.)

Madre, yo quiero morir, (Mother, I want to die,)

ya estoy harto de esta guerra. (I've had enough of this war.)

Y si te vuelvo a escribir, (And if I write to you again,)

tal vez sea desde el cielo, (it might be from the heavens,)

donde encontraré a José (where I will find José)

y jugaremos de nuevo. (and we will play again together.)

Dos claveles en el agua (Two carnations in the water)

no se pueden marchitar; (cannot wither;)

dos amigos que se quieren (two friends who love each other)

no se pueden olvidar. (cannot forget each other.)

Si mi sangre fuera tinta (If my blood was ink)

y mi corazón tintero, (and my heart an inkwell)

con la sangre de mis venas (with the blood in my veins)

escribiría 'Te quiero'." (I would write 'I love you'.")

I don't think I need to explain how much I love this song or why. There's so much to talk about here, and if my translations were understandable, then I'm sure you've caught onto a lot of it already, but let's begin!

The first stanza was the reason I thought of making this song analysis, as it speaks of finding this lost, old, bloody letter in the middle of the woods. Ranboo's first little clue into what GenLoss was going to be presented the idea of a box full of tapes being found in the middle of the forest. It was said the tapes looked new, but they still give the connotation of an older time period, and while the box wasn't necessarily bloody, the content of the tapes sure turned out to be!

There's not too much I need to point out in the second stanza, except for the fact that it tells us this letter was intended for the paratrooper's mother. This is brought up throughout the rest of the song, as the paratrooper continuously talks to her specifically in narrating these horrid events. Ranboo mentioned in his post-finale stream that the flashing of the mask during the death scene represented all of the memories GL!Ranboo had prior to the experiments being brought back. I imagine our hero thought of many things in this short period of time, but (specially based on how wholesome Ranboo's relationship with his mom seems to be) I think it probable that he mostly felt like he wanted to go home to his family. I think it's fair to assume that this was mixed with all of the guilt they had been carrying throughout the last episode. He wished to die for more than one reason, but one of those reasons was probably the fact that they couldn't face their family after committing all those atrocities even if they somehow found a way out. Because of this, I like to imagine in the context of GenLoss, the song exposes Ranboo's last thoughts before his death, all his memories having returned and him wishing more than anything to go home to his family, but feeling oppressed by his guilt, before they finally accept death as their fate.

Stanza number 3 and 4 reflect the whole situation with GL!Ranboo's vision being altered. In yesterday's stream, when asked about the mask's control, Ranboo explained (or at least this is how I understood it) that the mask wasn't really forcing any actions, just presenting a different reality so that our hero thought he was doing what was right. Stanza three reflects that, with it being a dark night full of disorienting noises where the soldier can only make out the faintest details of reality, and assumes he can see the enemy and consequently shoots, he is acting according to the reality presented to him, not the full truth. Stanza four represents shutting off the mask, shining a light on reality and making the soldier realize what he has done. In stanza number 5, the guilt pours in slowly.

Stanza number 6 has two main things I would like to point out. First of all, we never find out if this friend of the soldier's was supposed to be of the enemy's side or not. There are many ways to relate this with GenLoss. We could talk about blurred lines, or about not really figuring out who the enemy is supposed to be. I like the idea that it represents the fact that while, inside the game there's the hero and the villain, reality makes no distinction inside the cast. No matter who you decide José represents in this allegory, the fact is the same. Whatever role they play, the truth is they were all people GL!Ranboo was friends with in real life. Sides don't matter. Our decisions didn't either. The other thing I can draw a parallel with is that GenLoss originally presents itself as a video game, and playing video games with these other characters is what GL!Ranboo did before he was sucked into these experiments.

We continue developing this point in the seventh stanza. 'Today the game was real, and my friend is being buried'. Today, I wasn't just killing my friend on a video game, this isn't just any 'Game Over' screen. This is the truth, and their blood is on my hands. Once again we are circling back to GL!Ranboo's guilt. But the best lines are the ones that follow immediately (and the reason I thought about this song in the first place). 'Mother, I want to die, I've had enough of this war'. Our soldier, our hero, has given up fighting. The cruelty of his fate has sank so deep into them, they don't have another escape but death. And I want to point out as well that where our soldier was most likely to die in battle if he didn't commit suicide, GL!Ranboo would've eventually died in the show if we had chosen not to kill them. Their fate was almost completely inevitable.

The eighth stanza reinforces this death wish. To the soldier, death is seen as a way to go back to simpler times, and I think GL!Ranboo might've thought that as well. With all their past memories flashing before him seconds before death, maybe he thought the mercy of death would present itself in the shape of getting to see his friends again, with no threats looming over them this time.

Stanza number 9 is the hope that he will be forgiven. That, just like they protected him in the game, GL!Ranboo's friends will receive them with open arms when death comes for them. That throughout everything they went through, a part of them recognized Ranboo as a friend who was just as trapped as they were. Ranboo hopes that, even though he was responsible for their deaths, their blood won't be on his hands forever, and their bonds haven't been ruined completely.

And the last stanza represents the love he held for these people, and how they would sacrifice themselves for their friends in a heartbeat. He already did, for Charlie, killing himself and his chances of escaping in the process. Ranboo died for them, and it may be the one thing they don't regret, even though in the end it doesn't even matter.

Yeah, hope all that made sense and hope you feel the same pain I do. Love you byeee.

(The song is called 'Madre, anoche en las trincheras' for anyone who's curious)

[bloom-s-cipher-goldenrod]

It's been a while since I started posting things here so I wanted to make this to introduce myself

Hi

my name's Bloom Cipher 888 you can call me Bloom Cipher or just Bloom (I'm a cis woman by the way), I'm Mexican (speak Spanish and English, but still learning the last one :v), currently I'm finishing the high school, I'm 17, favorite color purple :v, I'm a bit perfectionist, i like reading comics, videogames and drawing (also still learning) and here in this blog are some of my drawings, i draw what i feel like most of the times and usually are fan art of my favorites things. Some of my favorites things are Oswald The Lucky rabbit, gravity falls, Steven Universe, Epic Mickey, Zelda, Cuphead, Sky cotl, Undertale, I'm the grim reaper, Sweet Home (webtoons), etc (may be i forgot or didn't add some of them)

I have some OCs but I'm currently not posting about them but I'm working on them :v

I haven't post all my OCs yet, but here are my OCs' names

Bloom S. Cipher Goldenrod (we're not the same person, we only have almost the same name and she a bit like me :v)

Ámbar Universe Goldenrod

Oswin Laith Rowe (it's meant to look androgynous)

Cupsona

Tinta Palette

May be some day I'll post more OCs

(I'll edit this when i know what else i can add or if I need to change something)

[pokebloggingnetwork]

@autistictrainer

CHARACTER:

Name: Ille Pronouns/Terms of Address: they/them Age: Earl 20's as of this writing Occupation: Travelling trainer. Might make it a full-time thing. Pokémon: Umbreon (male) Current Region: North Unova Preferred Type: Dark or Fire Appearance/Distinguishing Traits: Long red hair, grey eyes, sort of scrawny-looking

MOD: 

Name/Nickname: Ellis/Ille/Tintas Follows From: @.YesIHaveThoughts Pronouns/Terms of Address: they/them, ink/inks or tintas/tintself Main: @yesihavethoughts Adult or Minor?: Adult Comfortable with Adults/Minors Interacting?: Adults, yes. Minors, be careful. I get anxious talking to a minor in case I say the wrong thing. Other: I have Autism, first and foremost, let's just get that out of the way. I prefer to keep Pokémon IRL stuff on my Pokémon IRL account, though I will post about the games on main as well (though it veers more towards TMC and BATIM/DR than anything else). I'm still learning how to run two accounts at once so Ille may miss several days of posting and suddenly speak up again with no context given.

NAVIGATION:

Nothing yet, though I will make a pinned post for them eventually.

OPTIONAL, ADD AS NECESSARY:

Account Does RP?: No. All interactions are first-person.

[ochoislas]

PARA NICOLAI, A MUCHOS MILES DE KILÓMETROS

La teoría que cruza las montañas de tu mente desde que tenías seis         y fuiste a México y la Abu te mostró         los árboles y las nubes corriendo                                           por el horizonte, cruza esta noche (nubes por ahora) el Pacífico, remontando al Ecuador: caballos, hombres, centauros, peregrinos, mujeres con hatos, niños; refugiados... o los héroes cerriles de tal mitología llevando sus pesados altares mundo venidero adentro.                       En mi mano, un torcido caracol que creí cornucopia vana, se agita... algo asoma de él y tienta mi palma con delicadas pinzas, molesto. Entre las postreras tintas de ocaso los astros tornan. Oteo buscando la Cruz del Sur, y se me brinda... ¡chis! una estrella fugaz.                   El vasto mundo y sus pugnas quedan muy lejos, noticias guiñan de la radio y se extinguen, tú y tu vida estáis medio mundo distante, y a la luz del día.                                                  Aquí el resalsero que sujeta el arrecife habla sin parar, tomando aliento sólo para emitir las palabras siguientes de su saga. Los grillos rompen —ajenos al machamartillo— a celebrar la noche. Sobre el oscuro océano, el coral, los continentes, van los jinetes, su poder sentido, no penetrado, su albedrío remoto.

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FOR NICOLAI, MANY THOUSAND MILES AWAY

The procession that has been crossing the mountains of your mind since you were six          and went to Mexico and Grandma showed you          the trees or clouds moving                                    along the horizon traverses (clouds for now) this evening the Pacific, up towards the Equator—horses, men, centaurs, pilgrims, women with bundles, children; refugees—or the wild heroes of a mythology bearing its heavy altars into the next of its worlds.                            In my hand, a spiral shell I'd thought an empty cornucopia stirs—something looks out of it and searches my palm with delicate probing claws, annoyed. Among the last stains of sundown the stars return. I look about for the Southern Cross, and am given—whist! a shooting star.                 The great world and its wars are a long way off, news wavers over the radio and goes out, you and your life are half a world distant, and in daylight.                                           Here the surf the reef holds back speaks without ceasing, drawing breath only to utter the next words of its rune. Crickets begin—deaf to that great insistence— to praise the night. Above the dark ocean, over coral, over continents the riders move, their power felt but not understood, their will remote.

Denise Levertov

di-versión©ochoislas

[charlottehuff]

Tinc un dubte existencial molt específic...

Quants euros deu "perdre" Barcelona en anots de flor robats per ciutadans durant obres?

Perque nomès jo, ja en tinc 4 a casa, que vale, un es vell dels que treien, pero els altres no. I se de bona tinta que el meu pare en te 2 o 3 també... I l'ultim cop que en vaig agafar (sense demanar permís) un, erem 3 amics i en en vam agafar un cada un...

Pero es que com volen que la gent no les agafi, amb lo precioses que son!

En definitiva, que tinc curiositat, creieu que quan fan obres ja conten amb un percentatge extra de rajoles que desapareixeran, o les conten amb els possibles trencaments? En fí, moltes preguntes...

(And for any non catalan speaking people, I am wondering about the amount of stolen street paving tiles Barcelona has to deal with)

[flaritas]

Terbuka

Kita sering mendengar anjuran, ajakan, maupun acuan untuk menjadi terbuka.

Auntie Anne Beiler salah satunya, pendiri Auntie Anne’s pretzel ini, kue khas Eropa yang juga menjadi camilan ‘kekinian’ di sini Jakarta, Indonesia, pernah berkata, “There is a dark side to silence that comes when being silent causes us to build strongholds. We think it will protect us. The longer we’re silent, the stronger the walls of defense and isolation.”

(Atau, ada sisi gelap dari ketertutupan kita, terutama yang makin membawa atau membuat kita menjadi mendirikan tembok besar penghalang maupun benteng pertahanan. Kitanya mengira itu semua akan melindungi, padahal makin lama kita menutup diri, maka kian sukar ditembus serta diruntuhkanlah dinding-dinding menjauhkan dan mempertahankan diri itu.)

Beliau juga mengatakan, “The way to a happy heart is to be open and real. Start your journey today by breaking your silence and speaking the truth,” jalan menuju hati yang lapang ialah mau menjadi terbuka serta apa adanya saja. Mulailah perjalanan harimu dengan menghentikan sikap tertutupmu, serta mulailah menyatakan apa yang benar.

Bisa saja menyajikan sejumlah pendapat mengenai keterbukaan, namun alangkah lebih baiknya untuk mulai benar-benar belajar terjun ke lapangan.

Saya mengerti, sukar benar untuk terbuka, atau bersikap apa adanya.

Entah karena takut anggapan orang.

Takut dianggap buruk ataupun terlalu sok baik dan suci, ketahuan kelemahan, ketidaksanggupan, memperburuk situasi ataupun hubungan—yang padahal mungkin belum tentu seperti itu karena hanya opini pribadi atau pemikiran sendiri, serta terkadang beberapa hal perlu diutarakan atau konfrontasi demi perbaikan.

Mungkin juga ada hal-hal penyebab kita masing-masing menutup ataupun mengurung diri, tidak mau terbuka apa adanya dengan orang lain.

Apa lagi sih sebenarnya yang perlu kita sembunyikan, dan tutup-tutupi?

Misalnya saya.

Segenap rambut di kepala sudah rontok.

Satu gigi bagian depan sebelah atas satu tanggal. Kalau di deretan geraham mungkin bisa disembunyikan dan tidak terlihat.

Segores tinta tato tergurat di bibir, perut, maupun paha saya.

Sepuluh tahun pernah hidup menutupi dan menyembunyikan dosa—padahal “sampah” makin ditutupi, disembunyikan makin busuk serta mempengaruhi “sekitarnya”.

Sekarang pun masih ada proses-proses pembentukan dan perubahan karakter supaya benar, terutama dalam area ketulusan hati dan kekudusan pikiran.

Semoga ini bukan ‘bahasa-bahasa langit’ yang tidak membumi ataupun bahasan sementara saja.

Yang penting, saya hanya mengajak, beranilah terbuka. Memang berisiko, tapi layak untuk dijalani.

“Satan builds his strongholds in the secrets of our lives and reinforces them by silence. When we break our silence, we break the stronghold.” (Dr. Dobbins)

[graciliswindowsill]

Started Janus Descending just now and wait, KEPLER?? in another space exploration life threatening job of giving orders???

I'm still in the prologues but if Hera is the computer too I'll not be surprised

[esuemmanuel]

Cuando quieras que tu amor me hable al oído, tócate el corazón con las manos bañadas de la tinta de tu alma y escríbeme.

When you want your love to speak in my ear, touch your heart with your hands bathed in the ink of your soul and write to me.

[tinta--branca]

Tumblr looking at my list of fears like

[bonneblog]

Aquela foto básica antes de estragar o desenho :') Finalmente um LineArt bom! Estive cansada emocionalmente esses dias e agora, livre de um pequeno peso nas costas..tudo parece literalmente mais leve..mais belo, e o que é mais leve e belo do que um cavaleiro de Peixes e suas rosas? Erik e suas companheiras as Rosas Diabólicas! That basic photo before I mess up the whole drawing :') Finally a good LineArt! I've been tired emotionally those days and now, free of a little weight on my back...everything feels lliterally a bit lighter..more beautiful, and what is more light and beautiful than a Pisces saint and his roses? Erik and his friends the Demon Roses!

[hesagentlelman]

Okay so I decided to do a batboys fancast:

Dick Grayson:

I think Brenton is doing his role of Grayson very well. I mean, having Dick's body is almost surrealist, so I think Brenton is close enough to Dick's features and body tipe and he also have his charisma. Brenton's tanned skin also helps bring him closer to Dick's Romanian roots. So I think he is perfect in his role.

Jason Tood:

So I see many fancast were Mathew D'addario is chosen to play Jason and I actually like Jasen Ackles better but in the case they are all in the same movie and knowing that Jensen is in his 40s I will chose Mathew too. He has similar face features and body tipe and he has experience playing sassy badass characters lol.

Tim Drake:

Ok so even if I like the little guy who is playing Tim on Tintas, I would like an older version for a film or something like that and I think Timothee Chalamet is completely perfect for this role. They look so similar and Timothee is an amazing young actor so I think he will do this role amazingly.

Damian Wayne:

Ok so with no dudes, Aidan Gallagher will play Damian Wayne perfectly, they look similar and Aidan has experience playing five who is also so much like Damian. I know Damian is Arabian but I don't know any actor of this age who is Arabian and also speak English fluently. So for me Aidan is perfect for playing Damie

*Bonus*

Roy Harper:

I know he's not a batboy but I'm so in to Red hood and then outlaws comics and I also have the perfect fancast for Roy. So I recently see Captain fantastic and I was amazed by George Mackay role and skills in acting and I think he will be perfect for playing Roy Harper.

What do you think?

[zu-is-here]

Boa tarde! Zuchii like you are, i'm fine and i saw that you liked the song ^^, i recommend you to see more of his songs are amazing.

And I didn't tell you but I have a channel ^^ yey and I posted a video yesterday = ^ = that I would like you to watch and speak your opinion .

https://youtu.be/ygUOqkz5JXU

And I'm going to show you how Lust and the horror he said he was going to show were.

The little human is the boy in my video = ^ =.

Dream =Sonho

Nightmare=Pesadelo

Ink= Tinta

Bom dia Yan! (Did you change your blog's name?) Note to self, thank you <3

And thanks for the link! These bois are good *^*

Oh that reminds me of Cross calling Nightmare "Señor Pesadilla" in Undernovela (Underverse Xtra)! XD Btw, in Russian "a dream" has two different words: "сон" [son] for a dream when you're sleeping, and "мечта" [mechta] when you want / are dreaming about something <3