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THE MAW WILL PUNISH YOU AT THE FEAST.

Trances of the Blast; “Woodtangle” - Mary Ruefle / Pan's Labyrinth (2006) / Eat Your Young - Hozier / Little Nightmares (2017) concept art / Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya / Hungering - Erin Slaughter.

#hi.....reblogging this at a time that isnt minutes away from midnight lol #* tbd. #behold what a girlthing makes when he's rushing to do smth for the anniversary

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THE MAW WILL PUNISH YOU AT THE FEAST.

Trances of the Blast; “Woodtangle” - Mary Ruefle / Pan's Labyrinth (2006) / Eat Your Young - Hozier / Little Nightmares (2017) concept art / Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya / Hungering - Erin Slaughter.

#literally rushed to post this before midnight; wanted to make smth for ln's 7th sososo bad #so! here we are #* ⸺ mine : playful oddities ! ) #* ⸺ the maw : are you hungry for another one ? ) #body horror/ #blood/ #jic

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happy birthday to the most special girl in the whole wide world btw

#* tbd. #SEVEN YEARS OF LITTLE NIGHTMARES........SEVEN YEARS OF GOING CRAZY ABOUT IT #six + these gays as a whole mean literally so much to me i could be sick about it #i'll spare y'all the thick of it but it's genuinely of such importance to me deciding to pre-prder ln1 in 2017 was #a pivotal moment for my brain chemistry #this game Did Smth to me #a game abt childhood trauma and cannibalism can be comfort game

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describe your muse as shittily as possible in the tags.

#what not having a little snack in the middle of the day does to a mf #alternatively: do you remember being 11 and fantasizing about smashing plates

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you... are the size of a flea.

stares up @ you with my unblinking autistic eyes

#fortrivmph #jesus christ is that a fucking gremlin

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happy halloween !! i wasn't around here today as much as i intended, but i hope you all had a fantastic day 🧡🎃 look at my daughter. do you love him

#* mobile #ive decided this thang is a he/him lesbian . dw about it

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Ways you can Support Palestine :

please note this is absolutely not an all-encompassing list, and to constantly check the status of aid or groups in how able they are to help Palestinian people at that moment; stay informed, stay current, listen to, uplift, and share Palestinian voices, and don't stay silent.

DO NOT TAG AS CURRENT EVENTS OR POLITICS TW/CW.

important information / helpful links

Decolonize Palestine

A Simple Guide to what's happening, by Al Jazeera

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

For US Citizens: USCPR - Ceasefire Now

For US Citizens: Action Network - Ceasefire Now - a video explaining how to use the site

Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List

how to donate

Palestine Children's Relief Fund

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Arab.org - a free, daily click-to-donate site that works with UNRWA

Doctors Without Borders

how to know what to boycott

The BDS movement

Boycott is/rael products list (2023, from adda247)

List of Companies that Posted Statements Supporting is/rael (gdoc, copied & pasted from som.yale.edu so as to not provide site traffic; updated 10/26/23)

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thank you for teaching me how to kill

#and while we're on that note . #* ⸺ rel; the lady : who knows what might look back ? )

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The story of our lighthouses and lightships. 1891. Cover detail.

Internet Archive

#* ⸺ aes : tell us / what have you seen ? )

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Let’s play Hide and Seek!

#* ⸺ six : a hungry child. ) #* twin chefs.

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ever since they approached her, six has watched the stranger's hands, not their face ; raised as if to say trust me, i don't claw or snatch or squeeze, trust me ! if there was one thing she'd learned about monsters in all of her short life, it was that they often do not lie. she wasn't worth it to them, and it was better like this.

yet six had also learned to never let herself settle into routine, as much as she longed for the simplicity of it, the privilege to have it at all. but there were always exceptions to the rules, and many of them weren't fair in the first place. so with her breath caught as a lump in her throat and hair stuck to her face from a cold sweat, six watches only their hands──

──until her sharp gaze is redirected to a bag at their side. she'd seen it earlier, or at least, she made a note of it somewhere in the back of her mind. a distant thing, now her sole focus, like it was something waiting to lurch out and bite her. she almost breathes out when they reveal its contents, emphasis on almost. while nothing screamed hurt to them, something else came to mind in it's place ;

bait.

they're a stubborn little thing, too much so, too much for a frame as gaunt as hers to hold. hooded head jerks up to look not directly at them, but instead the open air behind them, thin digits fisting in the front of her coat. if she ran now, she could escape into the night, find solace in the shadows. remember, in the light, everyone can see you.

yet six can't will her willowy legs to break into a sprint, let alone take one small step, as if they were anchored in place by ... something. she doesn't want to think much about what the stranger has asked her, in that too - kind voice of theirs that she wants to call cruel, but what wells up and tumbles from her lips is spilling out like blood before she can think : “ you will. ”

there is something about this child that micah can not place on what it is they can sense a strong link to, even when they just met her in the cold, dead night. the sharp silence, cutting cautiousness, all of this from a girl who seems to know so much more about surviving than living. micah wants to see their child self, find if it's anything they can relate to her, yet, their bruised body forces them to remember the stars and darkness and their forming love for them. micah's hands has been raised since meeting the girl, not wanting her to firmly believe they are a threat.

“ ...did someone or something hurt you? ” micah asks her this, then. they do not expect much details, just a someone or something, because it at least gives them a solid idea of what or who could be responsible for her injuries so they can handle them effectively. but either she answers or not, they slowly lean over to their bag that rests near their feet and open it, reveal the medical supplies. “ if you can let me patch you up, i'd be grateful. unless you know how to do it, then you're welcome to use them on your own, ” they offer, their voice soft, trying to hold her lonely aching.

“ i only wish to help you. ”

#starmore #oh okay okay okay okay [weeps openly #* ⸺ ic : an escaped child threatens everything. ) #* verse / tbt.

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up here, where the sun shines through the maw's main entrance, she can breathe in the ocean breeze awaiting her, even if only for a moment. it's freshness stings in er lungs, already having grown so accustomed to the maw's insulated air, heavy with the stench of metal and the blood of those before her, but it's a reminder ; a reminder that she's so close ─── that she's not going to die down there, not in the dark nor on their cutting boards, she's going to make it.

but as hopeful of a reminder it is, it is also one of caution. she can't afford to fail now, and six was far too young when she first learned that anything could happen, that monsters were relentless.

each step taken is slow and mindful. mindful of the guests marching below her, of how easy it'd be to slip on the damp metal, of how hard the impact would be if she fell. but once she's followed the maw's livestock to a creaky old stairway, none of this is what causes her to come to a halt, frozen like a spooked deer. when you've experienced as much as six has, you learn to know what being watched feels like. and when she slowly lifts her head to meet whatever's spotted her, she can't help but feel as if she already knew what she would see.

the blurry shape of a woman, one she thinks she dreamed about before. and so, still ever - so - still, six takes a breath, and holds it. waiting.

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Overseeing the group of Guests climing into the Maw had become a yearly practice for the Lady. Not one she is particularly enthusiastic about － she'd rather the Maw return under the surface as soon as possible － yet absolutely necessary.

Normally it would go by rather slowly: uneventful was the right term to describe it. Rightfully so, even if it comes as a detriment to the spending of her precious time.

Until a faraway golden twinkle catches her eye.

#lurxof--thxmaw #HIII sorry this took so long </3 #also that works perfectly fine for me! no worries #i also dk what im doing just vibes #* ⸺ ic : an escaped child threatens everything. ) #* verse / ln1. #* q.

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🐚 .  LET LAGOONA DRAW YOUR MUSE. ( accepting ! )

#Æ!!!!!!!!!!Æ!A!!!!!!! #THISIS EVERYTHING 2 ME #* ⸺ saved : little lost things. ) #6!...66

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i'm too tired to delve into it right now, it's been a long past few weeks, so i'll elaborate more on this in a proper nicer post later but something you need to know is that i am so adamant that six's name is reflective of how the cyclical nature of the maw functions, i'm of the firm belief that there have been many women brought to the maw by Something who eventually rose to the position of governess and this further compacted for me by the portrait in the lady's quarters of five geisha together.

#* ⸺ ooc : welcome to appled bee's ) #this is also why despite knowing tarsier debunked this theory #i still consider six and the lady to -- symbolically speaking -- be like mother and daughter (derogatory) in a sense #again not literally at all; the lady is like a stranger she knows somehow to her #but like.....narratively.....something something wretched mirrors i am all you could've been or might be #something something sometimes you are a girl and there is a woman who resents and wants to consume you #something something the evil queen wanting to eat snow white's heart . it's quicker and easier to eat your young #whatever . blows up

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smth abt little nightmares that i barely see anyone pointing is Six relationship with sound in general, she’s attracted to melody and lullabies, hums to herself when she’s hungry, her only comfort in the hunter’s shack and in the tower is her music box, she gets distressed when exposed to loud noises, flinches when mono  yells at her, blocks her ears and retreats when you jump in the piano/play inharmonic notes

Six will run at any threat no matter how many, she has outran hundreds of leeches, guests and bullies EVEN when you think she’s cornered, she always find a way out and the only moment when she DOESN’T runs even when she can is the one where she’s overwhelmed by sounds in which she blocks her ears and curls down

#yes!!!YES!!! #SHE'S AUTISTIC I TELL YOU #* ⸺ study : a feeling for meat. )

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post - game, six develops an aversion to the sounds and smell of waves crashing, metal clanging / grinding, and sea salt, as well as scocophobia. her mind ticks over with the mechanical white noise of the maw's engines and other complex inner - workings when she's idle or absentminded, and anything too harsh and sudden brings her right back to the moment, as does the feeling of being watched, 'makes her skin itch. beaches on the other hand tend to make her anxious and uncomfortable, even if the feeling of sand beneath her feet is grounding and helps to root her in the present whenever she has to be near one. [ she's drawn to the water's edge, despite herself ; what she's taken from the lady pulling in the direction of its home like a magnet ⸺ or maybe the ruins of the maw itself calling to her. ]

also worth noting, six gets antsy about people watching her eat, both due to feeling vulnerable when hungry and for fear that it could be used against her in some way [ not too farfetched, in her defense, the janitor did bait her out with food before. ] shortly after finding her way back to the surface, once all she's been through has had time to sink in and process, she forms a habit of hoarding food ; her hideaways tend to have stashes somewhere, empty pillowcases stuffed full stale treats and little packs of dried meat beneath floorboards, anything she can find when scavenging.

#* ⸺ headcanon : so many keys / yet none to unlock your cage ! ) #this is just scratching the surface of how the maw changed her and how the events of the series as a whole have #impacted her #but ! baby steps

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#tags ^_^ ; #* ⸺ ooc : welcome to appled bee's ) #* ⸺ self promo : true colors. ) #* ⸺ promo : march of the guests. ) #* ⸺ inbox : prison toys. ) #* ⸺ mine : playful oddities ! ) #* ⸺ headcanon : so many keys / yet none to unlock your cage ! ) #* ⸺ ic : an escaped child threatens everything. ) #* ⸺ study : a feeling for meat. ) #* ⸺ aes : tell us / what have you seen ? ) #* ⸺ music box : six's song. ) #* ⸺ six : a hungry child. ) #* ⸺ the maw : are you hungry for another one ? ) #* ⸺ pale city : something on the air. ) #* ⸺ rel; mono : hold tight / and we'll be just fine ! ) #* ⸺ rel; the lady : who knows what might look back ? ) #* ⸺ rel; rk : kindness will be your undoing ! ) #* ⸺ rel; rcg : beneath the waves. ) #* ⸺ rel; the thin man : lost in transmission. ) #* ⸺ saved : little lost things. ) #* ⸺ crack : i'm twelve / let the madness consume me ! )