#tsv 36

[douglasfeiffel]

Guy who has only had juice trying any other food: tastes pretty juicy

[sunset-unbound]

Genuinely, I'm taking longer to get over chapter 36 than the other episodes. The Silt Verses has tragedy, it has pain and horrible things, but at least we have catharsis.

In the end of S1, we thought it was over, and though Carpenter's presumed-death wasn't in her great moment of screaming against her former god, we still had a sense of finality. Of work being done.

Even smaller characters, like Dennis and Sister Thurrocks had strong, lasting impact in shaping the narrative and their deaths came with a punch.

But then we get to chapter 36 and we get softness. We have two people who grasp desperately for little hopes while trying to stay on the fence because they know that good things don't last.

Is there anything crueler than a god of hope?

Everything is cut short for them, before anything impactful and true change happens. They're left at the edge of happiness and then die with a whimper. There's no finality or great catharsis, it just feels unfair.

You could say the ending is ambiguous, but if you're Sebastian you know you lost. And you'll spend every day doubting this miracle, waiting for the catch, for the other shoe to fall. You won't be able to hear Dev's soft reassurances that it's okay and believe him. Any prospect of anything getting better is soured by your cynicism.

This is just what life already was for Seb. He just has even more reason to believe he is right.

[tsvwords]

Every once in a while, even in the dark, in spite of everything around us - you can still stretch your fingers out and touch something beautiful.

— Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust.

[siltslut]

the best thing tsv 36 did was have approximately one line implying the existence of aardvarks in this universe. nothing else after that but they do exist. do they have their own gods? is there a god of aardvarks? where are they boy. your universe only has two countries boy. give me aardvark lore boy.

[justconstantly]

I know I overuse these shitty reaction images but tsv 36 got me like

who let these people get away with this

[soyoudneverguess]

SPOILERS THE SILT VERSES 36

This is a little bit of a live blog

HEART BROKEN HOLY FUCK

RELATIONSHIP ENDED WITH THE JOY OF HAYWARD AND CARPENTER FUCKING AROUND, RELATIONSHIP STARTED WITH THE TRAGEDY OF SEB AND DEV MY LOVES MY DARLINGS MY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MEAN MEAN MEAN YOU MOTHERFUCKERS ARE SO MEAN CANT THEY JUST BE HAPPY CANT THEY AKNDKDNFKEBDUEHFBKDLXNDHDJDBEJDBDJDNEBEBDNNDKDNDJDBDNDNDKKDKDKFKRKRBRJSJBDHDIEBJ DE IEKRJJDHJEE DE

Anyways, happiness is fleeting but “hold on Dev, I’m coming” for a man you’ve known for days who’ve you loved almost upon first sight.

HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY SHIT HES ALIVE SEB IS SO POWERFUL SEB SEB SEB SEB SEB YOU FUCKING DID IT OH MY GOD MY LOVE DEV DEV DEV DEV DEV YOU MET A MAN AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND HE WENT INTO HELL FOR YOU AND SAVED YOUR SISTER AND AND AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR BOTH OF US

Oh bitch. Oh you fucking bitch. I’m. I. Yeah. It truly was too good to be real.

[theboombutton]

Sebastian, Seb, had lived under the Rapture-And-Bliss for some time. Months at the least - maybe years.

I wonder if the fact that his hope for the future was tied up with the hotel is what protected him for so long. It only took pains to restrain him when a source of hope entered his life that was NOT the hotel. That might, even, have threatened to pull him away from it.

[arlecchinos-enlightened]

NOOOOOO THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY!!! I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE BUT YOU GAVE ME SO MUCH HOPE!! LOOK AT THIS!

I was gonna make a cutesie little post, I was gonna be all like "okay guys I gotta go stay in motels acting strange and haunted until I get to date a pretty boy" but NO! YOU HAVE TO GO AND DO THIS TO ME!

that is NOT a happy ending :(

[pensivespacepirate]

I Am in Eskew - Episode 30: The Boy Who Saw Cracks In The World // The Silt Verses - Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust

[dissolving-mansion]

Chapter 36 of TSV made me truly appreciate Paige's despair. Like yas girl believe in nothing

[bi-rex]

I forget this is a FUCKING horror podcast.

[douglasfeiffel]

I’m surprised it took this many episodes for people to fuck nasty in this show

[mindthewitch]

Carpenter and Hayward: *making guitar noises and bickering*👨‍🎤👩‍🎤🎸✨️

Devereaux and Sebastian: *literally being consumed by a sentient hotel* 👁👄👁🔪

[tsvwords]

Hope built this place, after all. It’s soaked into the bones, the foundations of this motel. It isn’t about which way the rooms face, Sebastian. It never was.

A hotel is a, a venue, a squatting place for tourists. A motel is something sacred.

A bastion to hope, along the endless road. A traveller’s shrine, a stopping-place of comfort and relief in a world of uncertainty. A place where we can dream of journey’s end and our final destination.

Motels are cathedrals to hope.

— Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust.

[mintytea-exe]

hey guys, half way through chapter 36 right now. nothing bad will happen right?

[regicidal-defenestration]

Does anyone else think about David Ward in Oh God Oh Fuck Oh No Where Am I This Time Why Does This Keep Happening To Me does anyone else remember when the TSV team did that anyway

When I arrive at the office, I am informed that, to thank me for all my hard work, I am being sent on an all expenses paid holiday abroad, leaving in ten minutes. It's odd, because I don't ever remember working here. Not in the sense that the place is unfamiliar, but that for the past five months I have been splitting my time between reading books and doing the crossword, and nobody seems to have noticed yet.

Or, the one where David wins a work trip to the Peninsula