#tragicomic

[howifeltabouthim]

. . . Phineas hardly knew whether the absurdity of the movement or the tragedy of the feeling struck him the more forcibly.

Anthony Trollope, from Phineas Redux

[absolutelynotclassicusernam-blog]

Putting out a request...

Hey, guys. Any Candle Wasters fans out there? If so, will you please help me? I have been working hard over the past few months to archive as much YouTube content as possible before the Big December Purge, but every time I've tried to archive literary webseries, I've been overwhelmed by the sheer amount there is. I've managed to confirm that Pemberley Digital is archived on the Wayback Machine, but The Candle Wasters do not seem to be. Does anyone know any archive of them that already exists, or any archivist with a strong stomach for all the work there is to do who can create one, or help me create one? I do not want these incredible series to disappear, but realistically, I do not think I am physically capable of saving them on my own.

[augustineconfessing]

To celebrate completing my latin intensive midterm, I had the first beer I ever liked, two shots of tequila with bugs in it, and then I spilt my 10 dollar cocktail that had really been looking forward to finishing.

Heuuuu!

[reecesullivanmusic]

The Ballad of Justin Carrier

Back in the year of ‘23

I woke to find a friend of mine was gone

Around the bend, behind the veil

Out into the next life had moved on

.

But it always seemed to me that where he was

Was right where he belonged

So, I’d like to think he’s alright now

And I’d like to say goodbye to him in song

.

I still cannot believe that he was shot

And it makes me wonder why it had to be

He was a dude I liked a lot

He would call you out right there on the spot, you see?

He was always a good ol’ boy to me

. 

Perhaps it’s through his kids he’ll be coming through

Or perhaps in ways, I know not how

Perhaps it is that no one fills his shoes

.

Even though I’m alive and well, I know

That my time is coming, too

Perhaps in years; perhaps tonight

Perhaps it is now friend I see you soon

.

I still cannot believe that he got shot

And it makes me wonder why things have to be 

He was a dude I like a lot

He’d call you out right there on the spot, you see?

He was always a good ol’ boy to me

. . . Yes, he was always a good ol’ friend, indeed 

[kilzag]

[wammypilled]

One thing about Mello is that he'll go "ha ha!"

[jshinoya]

[canisalbus]

The nosebleed comic is so specifically funny to me because like. When I finally got to sleep with my long distance partner, i woke them up after I had a nightmare, and as they groggily rolled over to hug me they accidentally elbowed me. Hard. In the nose. Now I am hugging them and crying and bleeding on the shirt I just gave them don't worry about it

.

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

random LUO FUMENG gifs from EPISODE 31 that didnt manage to pull me out of my depression hole but are still very pretty uwu

[gringolet]

kind of obsessed w this bit about gawain from the introduction to the 1970 Pauline Matarasso translation of the vulgate grail quest. like yeah wow got em in one

[saltedcoffeee]

since david has confirmed he recognized xander from the start and if we assume the same for xander does that mean they were just acting out their fan meets hero fantasy this whole time

[wawa-evg]

Sketch

[thecandlewasters]

Kia ora koutou,

After 4 years of being on hiatus we wanted to officially acknowledge that our filmmaking collective has disbanded.

We are so proud of all the work we made, and we loved sharing it with you all. Your gifs, analysis, letters, writing, art, and comments made us feel so lucky. Creating these stories was such a special time in our lives and we can’t thank you enough for being a part of it. We could not have made our 5 webseries in 5 years without your awhi, love, and support. We will be forever grateful for the support of our Kickstarters which allowed us to continue making series, and never forget our fandles or flamangoes.

While as a collective we have gone our separate ways, we are all continuing to be creative folks and if you follow our various social media you will see what we get up to next.

Claris - @/clariskate on instagram Elsie - @/littlebollinger on instagram Minnie - @minniegraced most places Robbie - @robbienicol on instagram Sally - @/salazar.bollinger on instagram

We will continue to post as The Candle Wasters from time to time — NMTD turns 10 next year and we’ll be sure to acknowledge that!

Finally, we are releasing several videos from our YouTube Drafts as part of the final updates to the Kickstarters for Lovely Little Losers and Bright Summer Night. You will see these on your feed. After that, we will not be releasing any further original content on YouTube as The Candle Wasters, though there will be other updates from us as individuals from time to time. For more details on the Kickstarter, please see the Final Updates on each Kickstarter.

Thank you all for joining us on this journey! 

Lots of love, ngā mihi, Claris, Elsie, Minnie, Robbie, and Sally EDIT: What's NMTDaily? CLICK HERE FOR INFO

[crimeronan]

horrible thought: luz and hunter are cuddling and she accidentally taps her arm glyph while its facing hunter and he gets knocked out. and hes Literally Fine, its just One Sleep Blast, arguably Good For Him. but luz immediately Shatters at the Fucking Seams.

because shes an irredeemable murderer and she will hurt literally everyone in her life and she committed one murder cause shes VIOLENT and BLOODTHIRSTY and she LOVES MURDER and now she will commit SO MANY MURDERS. and what if hunter NEVER WAKES UP

now darius raine and eberwolf are crowded in luz's room while she tries to explain how shes UNCONTROLLABLE and EVIL and she just ATTACKED HUNTER UNPROVOKED (hunter is taking a very comfy looking nap) and they NEED TO KILL HER RIGHT NOW. AND/OR CUT HER ARM OFF.

GOD THIS IS VERY FUNNY AND SAD. MY POOR BABY.

love the concept that either luz Immediately calls raine when she's out of her depth the same way she calls eda in canon, OR that fiddlesticks was spying on her & runs to get raine. who conveniently happens to be doing anarchist shenanigans with the squad.

eber sitting on luz's shoulder to ground her. darius examining hunter and checking his pulse and his breathing like "he's Literally Fine." raine kneeling in front of luz looking at her arm and pretending they've never seen the glyphs before all like, what are these? what happened??

luz is like i didn't MEAN to put hunter to sleep & raine, who doesn't know a TON about the glyphs, is like "....is it dangerous?? we'll find a way to wake him up, luz, it'll be okay"

and luz is like no he'll wake up by himself it's just sleep. but i COULD kill him. i'm GONNA kill him. just like i killed-

raine: okay! let's not finish that sentence.

luz: you care about the kingdom, don't you?? if you care about everyone here then you KNOW you should kill me, i'm a Monster D:

raine: how about this, though. how about Nobody dies. and nobody gets killed. and you let me take care of all this. and you go visit the human world for a little while.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Had to break it to my sister (twelve years older than me) that she herself is an early millennial/late Gen X, that our brother is a Millennial as well, and that those "twenty-something interns" she sees at work are not Millennials (derogatory).

[crowsongcaws]

Double Life Thoughts with Desert Duo (Grian/Scar) and Tragicomics (Jimmy/Scar): Everyone already knows about the whole thing with Grian essentially cheating on Scar with Big B in Double Life, and I'm not sure if anyone else has thought about this, but I'm far too lazy to go searching for similar posts. So, let's remember that Big B was, before the events of Secret Life, known for Cookie Castle, which he built in 3rd Life. You can see this with all the fanart of him wearing cookie related stuff or holding cookies. Anyways, when Scar "confronts" Grian about the secret soulmate thing, he gives Grian cookies, which has this barely concealed meaning of saying that he knows who Grian's secret soulmate is without explicitly saying so. Even with this sign clear as day, Grian denies even knowing what Scar is talking about and even looks away from him as he says it. So there Grian is, someone who is (at least in fanon) widely accepted to barely blink and stare into people's souls, actually backing down and looking away, and that's all the confession Scar really needs. So now imagine when Scar was baking these cookies. Obviously it's a bit of a stretch, but imagine Scar scavenging for the materials to make those cookies, taking the time to hide away from danger to bake them, rolling the dough so the cookies come out in nice, mostly round shapes rather than edible lumps. He bakes it fresh for Grian, he wraps it up nicely to present it, he gives them to Grian while they're still vaguely warm, and the only thing Grian can seemingly manage to do is to sound mildly annoyed for whatever reason (poor food source/useless to sell/generally just useless item to have in a death game).

So Scar is left to wander off and stew in his hurt, betrayal, grief, denial, and anger. The prior events happen after the water bucket clutch event, so as he's walking around, he realizes he hasn't seen his horse since the night before. He decides to investigate his first suspects, the Ranchers, because it would make sense that they'd be pissed at him after he not only burned down their ranch in episode 2 but also left them to die in episode 4 (again, water bucket clutch event. Jellies got prioritized over Ranchers). He confronts Jimmy and Tango in his usual charismatic way, except it's very clear that he isn't feeling well, and he eventually lets them in on what's been happening between himself and Grian. Jimmy and Tango are quick to empathize with him, and Tango briefly leaves the conversation to retrieve the horse that, as it turns out, he actually did steal from Scar. While Tango's gone, Jimmy asks if Scar still has extra cookies on hand, explaining that he and Tango had been craving something sweet and hadn't really had the time to go looking for the resources to make it themselves. Scar says he does, but he's hesitant to hand them over, reasoning that the cookies have probably gone stale by then, that they're definitely cold, that he had barely found the right ingredients to make them anyways, so they would probably taste off or unpleasant. Jimmy laughs it off and says he barely has room to be picky in a death game anyways, but when he bites into the cookie, his eyes go wide and he immediately starts loudly rambling about how good it is and how Scar clearly has some sort of talent with cooking outside of the games to have made such good cookies with such little resources or opportunity. And, of course, Scar isn't over Grian. He's only barely managed to accept what's happened, but the way that Jimmy looks at him, the way that Jimmy seems absolutely overjoyed over such a miniscule thing that wasn't even meant for him, Scar gets the feeling that his heart isn't going to start and stop beating because of Grian. At least, not after this.