#unanchored ship

[acrossthewavesoftime]

I was tagged by @unanchored-ship, thank you!

Favorite Ships

I am not really very much interested in classical fandom 'shipping', I have to say. I occasionally do enjoy fictional relationships in the media I consume, but I would say that 'shipping' is too big a word.

My profile picture also informs me to type out "HMS Preston" for some reason. ;-)

Last Song

Come Here, Fellow Servant, from the afterpiece play High Life Below the Stairs (1759) by James Townley. As I understand, while the words survive, the original melody did not; this is a modern arrangement of what the song may have sounded like.

The play satirises the social hierarchies of the time, with the servants belowstairs trying to mimic the dissipated manner of living of their sybaritic, back-stabbing employers. The song is sung at the servants' secret house party, to which they invite a few aristocratic types interested in the delightful novelty of having to do with commoners. The song, composed by party guest Sir Harry, is sung by Kitty, an upwardly mobile maidservant who thinks highly of herself because she received an education and speaks French.

While perhaps some of the portrayals of characters or critique of contemporary issues in the play do not withstand the test of time (Kitty's belief in her education for instance would certainly carry a positive connotation nowadays), its core message, namely that thoughtlessly emulating someone just because they're considered to be rich and famous holds up poignantly well.

Last Film

Der Bestatter - Der Film. A Swiss comedy based on a 7-season series of the same name. Luc, an ex-policeman-turned-funeral-director-turned-Costa-Rican-beach-bar-owner and his friends, the two police officers Anna Maria and Dörig, ex-apprentice and now successful goth funeral director Fabio, his quasi surrogate mother Erika and Semmelweiß, the somewhat strange coroner have to band together one last time as a holiday stay at a remote hotel to celebrate Erika's birthday is unexpectededly interrupted when the hotel director dies under highly suspicious circumstances.

I can only warmly recommend both the series and the film; not only are the murder cases Luc and his friends solve gripping and often overarching an entire season, giving the storylines ample time to develop, Der Bestatter also deals very touchingly with topics such as loss, grief, death, terminal illness and facing past mistakes while never taking itself too seriously.

Currently Reading

The Spite of Fortune by Kishandra Fulford, a biography about Louisa Carolina Colleton Graves, an 18th/19th century noblewoman with a rather eventful life story. I am reading it not so much for her as for the information on her husband's family, the Graves'. While the author evidently poured a lot of effort into the book, some of her judginess against the physical appearance of some of the people featured in her book, a total lack of foot- or endnotes and the occasional spelling and grammar mistakes sadly don't sit quite right with me. With the right editor, she could have told Louisa Carolina Colleton Graves' fascinating, and also somewhat tragic, story a lot more effectively.

Currently Craving

Spring, a new pleated skirt, and a walk. Maybe some chocolate, too.

@clove-pinks, @professorlehnsherr-almashy and @my-deer-friend, would you like to join in? If anybody else wants to share their list, consider yourself tagged by me.

[unanchored-ship]

so uh

merry christmas

texas

[bucket-puns]

Quick af doodles of Ishmael and queequeg because Everytime I happen to think about anything Abt the prequod MFS n Ishmael I start becoming a sickly widow.

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

Grandma's Boy

((Bonus wip))

[ameliathornromance]

“You’re okay,” you reassured. “We’ll be okay, I promise.”

Leaning over the edge of the boat, your Orc Boyfriend said in a gruff voice, “Orcs were not made for water travel.”

All you could do was rub his back. “We haven’t even set off yet…” you mumbled just low enough that your partner couldn’t hear.

The two of you had decided to go and explore the wider world. It was a tough and scary decision for you both to make. You both had never ventured beyond your homeland, and your Orc had never faced the prospect of being separated from his caravan.

When he had first announced his intent to travel with you, the whole Caravan had erupted with disapproval. He had silenced them all with barks of reassurance... Although you weren’t exactly sure how he did it, given the yelling and shouting.

Eventually, the Caravan warmed up to the idea. They even offered to escort you both to the docs, but you both declined.

A whole encampment of Orcs suddenly appearing at the docs? People would assume they were trying to plunder a ship and then everything would go to Hell.

If it were only you and your Orc, people would stare yes, but there wouldn’t be as nearly as much panic. And you would let them stare.

What business was it of other people what you and your Orc did together? You were not being forced to go along with him.

The boat eventually unanchored... And you both were off.

Your Orc Boyfriend effortlessly bounced back from his sickness, insisting it was because of his diet, but you saw through his deception. The two of you watched as the land got further and further away from the boat.

As the land turned into a mere strip of green from the horizon, your Orc wrapped his arms around your waist from behind. He placed his head on top of your own.

A heavy sigh escaped him, causing you to look up. Placing your hands on top of his muscular forearms. “And there it goes,” he said, a note of finality rang through his tone.

You give his arm a squeeze. “And there it goes.” You echoed.

The both of you were due to begin a whole new adventure in the wider world... Who knew what excitement was waiting for you out there?

Patreon

[opalite-illusions]

@lil-als I finally finished sorry it took so long

@unanchored-ship I’ll finish urs by the end of this week

Here are my sketches 🙂‍↕️

[unanchored-ship]

WAIT THIS IS SO POOKIE WHAT

idea stolen from @ruzqtx i am a plagiarist 😔 jk no check their santiana post out it’s very sigma she alamoes a lot

santa anna multiverse when

⬆️ ruzqtx

⬇️ formulaireone

i didn’t like the hideous negative space in my drawing so i put that levántense meme there

uniform stolen from olivier martinez’s santa anna idk how you insane napoleonic fans /pos deal with drawing the same 5 uniforms i can’t stay consistent

[coquette2004]

hi!! I'm glad you had fun with my ask, Charles would definitely be great at a sleepover, and you are certainly allowed and even encouraged to tag more people to take part! :3

OMG thank you so much you're so sweet 💘!!

I'm going to tag @unanchored-ship, @acrossthewavesoftime @basket-lily and @defensivelee for this now xxx.

[msachillelaurosfunnels]

Requested by @unanchored-ship

[imfeelingkindacuntytoday]

HUZZAH

OUR STAR FOR TODAY — FREDERICK THE GREAT

THIS IS FOR YOU @unanchored-ship SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT AND I STILL HAVE NO REGRETS

[unanchored-ship]

God Bless them all for bullying him

The King of Hearts Not Winning a Surprising Amount of People's Hearts

So I actually still haven't found a definitive source about said nickname, but you may be able to put that to just me not being able to snoop through ALL the letters because I'm in FILTHY AMERICA 🤬🤬. Or I may just be really bad at finding shit, who knows. You know what I HAVE found plenty of, though (¬‿¬)?

There are these neat little things called satire poems, and in these satire poems, you are supposed to just generally be mean to some rich politicians, which is fun and I support it :3👍 they unironically are kinda good sometimes. There is actually a satire poem from around 1688 called "The King of Hearts" that has nothing to do with Shrewsbury ┐(︶▽︶)┌. HOWEVER -- whenever Shrewsbury is brought up, without fail these writers reference his missing eye just to make sure you know he's THAT bitch. He's THAT girl. And they do this pretty often, so here I have gathered all the times I can find that they have mentioned him this way, in order (⌒▽⌒)☆

We're starting off kinda weak though because I cannot for the life of me find where this line comes from, or even the title of the poem itself, which sucks O.o but oh well, I'll include it nonetheless. I do know it's from a 1689 poem and that it is a comparison between Shrewsbury and his coworker (ew) Nottingham.

The one (as far as words may fit him) wise, The other's head not overcharged with eyes[...]

From here it's easy claps (b ᵔ▽ᵔ)b for most of the rest of these we have the entire poem.

So, from 1690, which gives us the first of the two favorable mentions of him in this entire compilation, from "The Comparison between the Two Secretaries," lines 40-41:

Shrewsbury the young, the wise, the brave, the good, More high in his own merit than his blood[...]

Still mentions his eye though, as well as his chronic illness, in lines 45-47:

Like one-eyed Hannibal, terror to old Rome, Like him, by Hanno fettered too at home[...]

Also from 1690, we have "The Female Nine," lines 96-97:

'Twas no loose thought (she has too much honor) That brought the one-eyed Earl upon her.

1691 gave us the "Tunbridge Satire," lines 49-50:

But who can follow on her footsteps' trace As she leads the blind earl from place to place?

I doubt he needed someone to lead him, but we know these lampooners just be saying shit (￣ヘ￣)

From 1692 we have my personal favorite, "The False Favourite's Downfall" which gave us these iconic lines, 41-43:

The peer with one eye Does as oft with her lie, As Portland with him I raised so high.

Sodomy mentioned ☆(>ᴗ•)!

We jump to 1708 from here, to "A New Ballad," which is a little bit more nice to him, though still kinda mean Σ(O_O) like ooh even this blind IDIOT can see what is about to happen. Anyway, lines 120-123:

He but one eye had in his head, But with that one he saw These priests might bring about his ears A thing we call club-law.

And at last from 1714 we have not a line but the title of a poem entirely about him, following his lieutenancy in Ireland, which he SUCKED at.

"Polyphemus's Farewel: or, A Long Adieu to Ireland's Eye."

I'm sure I missed a few, especially between 1692 and 1708, but this is what I could find for nowwwww (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[defensivelee]

random questions :3

tagged by the very kind @marquisevonobst thank u ily

ೃ⁀➷ hiii hi here’s just a random question form ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav color: it changes a lot, rn it's orange.,,

: ̗̀➛ how long have u been on tumblr for: since 2017 but i only got rlly active around 2021

: ̗̀➛ wheres a place u always wanted to travel to: less obvious answer besides Het Loo would be el DF

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav clothing brand(s): i don't wear clothes i'm a creature

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav singer/band(s): MASA Works Design, of course, also PEPOYO + Maretu were rlly life changing for me tbh

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur current phone lockscreen: Mary II !!

: ̗̀➛ most recent/current hyperfixation: Duke of Shrewsbury and ISIS

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur relationship status: single forever hell yea

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur dream job: pimp?? i dunno i'm scared

: ̗̀➛ outside of tumblr, fav social app: does wechat count ? i would say twitter but i come out of there always feeling worse than i did before

: ̗̀➛ do u have pets: kind of

: ̗̀➛ if u do have pets, what kind/how many: bay quarter horse

: ̗̀➛ do u prefer tea or coffee: coffeeeee

: ̗̀➛ whats ur fav ice cream flavor: mint chocolate chip

: ̗̀➛ tag at least three other tumblr accounts

@basket-lily @cloudboundcritters @unanchored-ship :3c no pressure !!

[parker-d-bloodrose]

Honestly the funniest thing about the meta for Sea of Thieves is that almost no ship uses a fucking anchor to stop. They just all raise their sails up and let their momentum come to a natural stop. Its fucking insane and it's because the goddamn game doesn't accurately simulate the potential drift of an unanchored ship. Plus, raising the anchor takes valuable time that could be used in PVP to escape from a potentially slower ship.

[asfateentertwines]

idk if you like this ship, but Nocorro headcanons?

Hi sorry for the delay, I went on a Nocorro tail spin for this

Neteyam hides his feelings for Spider when they're young because he is worried about his moms feelings but has always been gentle with him and secretly enjoyed his company

They got along but just weren't overly close

Spider always was jealous of Neteyam for being everything he couldn't be - Na'vi, loved, strong, respected, etc. But always admired him just as much

Their relationship would start secret - on the downlow for the sake of their own anxieties - and would start due to their common denominator - Lo'ak

As his big brother and his best friend respectively, they always seemed to be the ones at the end of his messes. For Neteyam, it was cleaning them up or talking him out of it and for Spider, it was tagging along before inevitably just trying to keep them both alive

It's my thought that Lo'ak is the one that considers Spider's humanity the least and sees him the most as just Spider, even moreso than Kiri, and so he accidentally gets him hurt a fair amount - hence, Neteyam has to patch him up

This time is where they bond a lot - venting, mocking one another, but also eventually devolving into the fear, insecurity, etc they each feel

They would be the couple that goes through all of the 'new' stuff (i.e the awkward and honeymoon phases) by themselves while no one knows yet about their relationship so that by the time they get together publicly, everyone thinks of them as the old married couple of sorts

They equal one another out in a lot of ways and meet one another's insecurities - each is everything the other wants with the added consequences they didn't see coming

While it takes vulnerability that neither is prepared for, they come to be the same space for one another they each need and become a big part in one another's healing

They're both emotional protectors to the other as no one ever filled the roles for them and for once, they both get to be someone's priority

Its the story of the oldest son and forgotten child

They're two sides of the same beat up coin

Neteyam is protective and takes after his mom in being a guardian but is more reserved and takes social cues into account - he is aware of his mates vulnerability and protects in a lot like how his parents do - meanwhile, Spider is just fucking feral

It takes a long time to teach Spider that he can't just go in like he has nothing to lose - there's a lot of self-worth arguments

However, this comes to head with neither being sure where they stand to announce the relationship. I imagine it wouldn't come out until it had to

in canon, this is the RDA capturing Spider

The RDA taking Spider is what ends with their relationship becoming public

Neteyam has to see his parents as mortal and imperfect while Spider is faced with the doubts on his self-worth and position in the family

Neither knows how to proceed but they fight like hell with something more to fight for than the original canon offers

Neteyam loses it when Spider is taken, he goes feral, fighting with all of Neytiri's spirit, and relies heavily on his parents and the childish belief that they can somehow fix it

I don't think he would realize there's no fixing it until they're with the Metkayina and Ao'nung is courting him

He would lose it, acting more and more like Lo'ak while being lost in his own internal whirlpool of self-doubts and questioning

If war didn't make him grow up then this does

He doesn't think he'll get Spider back until he sees him on the deck but at this point, he's just blindly following Jake - he's unanchored and confused and it is still Lo'ak who ultimately is the reason Spider comes home

As for his fate, I think Spider would have been closer to him. Neteyam would have grabbed him on instinct and been ducking lower to guard the more vulnerable of the two and missed the shot

Them getting home is like recovering from a breakup though

Spider spent the months more convinced than ever that he is unwanted and left astray

But he is also more aware of the emotional manipulation and more at peace with his dynamic with the Sullys so Quaritch doesn't have as much success with him

Despite his doubts festering, it's a sort of resignation that the things they felt for him isn't enough - not that they don't exist

Neteyam would have given him hope that he is a part of the family and made him feel something worth cherishing

Then the RDA comes and it's the resignation that everything is over and he's not going home

He's a lot more grim here

But the upside is that Nocorro is a lot of healing

They're with the Metkayina and helping one another remember their value - Spider in the family and Neteyam as his own person

They both need to be reminded that they're worthy of loving and that's what the months following ATWOW is filled with

Consequently, it's also how the duo become legitimate threats to the RDA

The protective rage they both feel with what was taken from them means they're ruthless - they become a lot more empowered to protect their homes and focus on building some place safe for their family

Ultimately they are a very love and family driven couple with the other slowly becoming their other half, they operate like an extension of themselves with a level of understanding no one else would have

Post-war would take a long time for them to settle but I think they both have similar desires again in just having a loving, safe place for their family to grow and to heal together

Honestly this couple is just very soft and very old married couple, like think the gays from The Last of Us that die together bro

[unanchored-ship]

AHAHAHHAHA FOUND YOU BESTIE!!!!

AGUSTIN DE ITURBIDE!! (Did I cook?) ☹️

[opalite-illusions]

@unanchored-ship here you go! I actually kinda like this one

TW: Bright colors and gore