#tsv 36

[susie-dreemurr]

Episode 36… the mcs got a break but at what cost…

[tsvwords]

We love and we pity them in equal measure, Sebastian. These poor forlorn creatures, these ghosts who rest for a night within our walls, before drifting on.

They drop their bags at reception, tired and weak, their eyes haunted by the road that lies behind them, and a smile only rises upon their lips when they talk about their destinations.

Dear Francine. Dear Devereaux.

We can change the name of the motel, we can spruce her up and apply a fresh lick of paint to make her feel like something new - but it’s the travellers who look just as tired and unhappy as they did last year.

You and I, we know their journeys will never lead them to anything but despair, but we love them for persevering.

How cruel would it be, to rob them of their hope by letting them drift on to that destination?

There was never a god under the bed. There was never anything to be frightened of here.

The only deity that feeds in this place is the Rapture herself, and she bestows wondrous blessings upon all who are delivered to her.

You’ve always been her priest, although you did not know it.

— Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust.

[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.

[justconstantly]

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

who let these people get away with this

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[tsvwords]

I didn’t buy this place at all. I stole it.

It was late midwinter, the year before last; I was travelling along the highway. No money, no food, no job. I was drifting. I was thinking about turning around, going home, begging for forgiveness. I needed a miracle.

And then I found it. The sign still flashing - Amicus, Amicus. Friend, Friend. Like it was exactly what I needed.

Lights were out, everything locked up. The key was under the doormat. The bedsheets were in the closet. I walked the corridors, I explored the rooms. It was empty. Completely abandoned. A refuge, right when I needed it.

Amicus had already left.

I never even met him. I only know he existed because the other motel owners on the highway told me this belonged to another guy years back. People didn’t seem to really care that I’d taken over - they were just happy to see the lights were back on.

And soon enough travellers started stopping by again. I stopped surviving and I started living here.

This place saved me. But…I never trusted it with my whole heart. I didn’t change the wallpaper, and I didn’t move the clocks.

You don’t want to look too close at a miracle, do you? Because maybe it’s not a miracle at all.

Maybe it’s the last trick that - that’s being played on you before you get the bad ending that you really deserve.

— Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust.

[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* 👁👄👁🔪

[mintytea-exe]

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