#OR IS IT CORRECT THOU

[bella-rose29]

deep analysis of a very obscure thing in lockwood and co (bc why not)

Omg ok (spoilers for episodes 2 and 3 of lockwood and co, and also the books)

So the song that plays when Lucy is holding the ring in episode 2, during the experiment, that she says is Annabel Ward and her lover’s song (“it’s their song”), is Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: Solveig’s Song. 

The version I listened to that made me go “oh okay this is the same song” (after playing it through my earphones in one ear and playing the episode in the other and desperately trying to get the timings to match up to see if there were differences in the singing) is by Edvard Grieg — Yvonne Kenny, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Kamirski. From what I could work out, the song starts in the episode from just before the singing starts. 

The story behind the song is as follows:

"The long-suffering Solveig is devoted to Peer and she sings the song just as he – once more – abandons her. As she sits at the spinning wheel, she sings that although the years may pass she knows that he will come back to her – and that he will find her waiting for him, just as she promised.”

Lyrics:

Perhaps both winter and spring will pass by And next summer and the whole year will expire But surely you will return to me, I am certain And I shall be waiting as I once promised. 

May god give you strength, wherever in the world you may go May god give you joy, if you before his footstool stand Here I shall wait until you come back And if you wait above, we’ll meet there again, my friend.

I did an initial analysis and stuff and then did further research, so I’ve rejigged the document I had before to make more sense here :D

Story of the whole play:

The title character, Peer Gynt, is based on a Norwegian folk hero who is a rogue and will be destroyed unless saved by the love of a woman. 

He is described as a lazy and arrogant peasant youth who leaves home to go in search of his fortune. He’s very confident that he’ll succeed, but he keeps having disasters on his journey. 

At one point, he goes to the wedding of a wealthy young woman (that he might have married), where he meets Solveig. She falls in love with him, so naturally his first thought is to abduct the bride from her own wedding and abandon Solveig. 

Then he has really cool and awesome adventures, going around the world and gaining wealth and fame from all his different exploits, but he is, at the middle of it all, deeply unhappy. Eventually, when he is old and disillusioned, he goes back to Norway, where Solveig awaits him, welcoming him home and redeeming him. 

Annabel and John Fairfax are sort of foils to Solveig and Peer respectively, in that they are what happens as a result of a different kind of abandonment (Annabel’s murder). 

Solveig is what Annabel would have been had she stayed alive and Fairfax had simply broken things off in a more traditional sense (i.e. if he hadn’t killed her), and while Peer is redeemed and saved by the love of a woman, Fairfax is destroyed by it, because he twisted the love into hate. 

Now for the parallels between Fairfax and Peer:

Peer is a peasant with little success in life -> in episode 3, as they get off the train, Lockwood notes how Fairfax “came from nothing”. 

Peer has a series of unfortunate disasters on his hunt for success -> Fairfax (in the books), before the Problem, spent his time drinking, gambling, and getting into show business, instead of going into the family business. In the show this does not seem to be the case, but it’s a nice parallel that includes the books!

Peer abandons Solveig to run off with the bride -> I interpreted this as Fairfax abandoning (murdering) Annabel for his own bride, which is his desire for success. In a way his bride is the Fairfax iron company, because he’s practically married to it. 

After the abduction, Peer has really successful and fantastical adventures, very different to the disasters that he had previously experienced before the kidnapping -> after Annabel, Lockwood again (Lucy says he has a hard-on for Fairfax which I think is hilarious) in episode 3 (just before talking about how Fairfax came form nothing) notes that Fairfax “succeeded in everything he’s tried. Publishing, show business - he didn’t even start smelting until he was in his thirties. Now look at him”. Fairfax by his own admission also worked in casinos, adding another job (or adventure) to his list. 

Peer gains wealth and fame -> Fairfax gains wealth and fame (just dropping in “miss Kingston got her hair done special” because I love it and it's vaguely related)

And this is where the similarities split off from one another:

Peer is deeply unhappy -> Fairfax seems to be perfectly fine with his situation. 

Peer comes back home old and disillusioned -> Fairfax in a way comes home, as he ends up back in Combe Carey Hall (although this is not where Annabel was killed, it is still one of his properties), and he is old, but he is not disillusioned. He says in episode 3 that he doesn’t regret buying the ring, he regrets “leaving it behind when I bricked her into that chimney” and that he “knew it was monstrous. But I couldn’t throw my whole life away for one mistake. Not then, not now.” He still isn’t willing to give up his life, because he is perfectly content where he is. 

The final parallel I want to note is between Annabel and Solveig. While one was murdered and the other neglected but still devoted and in love, both women wait for their old lover. In completely different ways, sure, because one is sitting at her spinning wheel hoping that he’ll come back and see that she’s the right one for him (cue “you belong with me”) and the other is bricked into a chimney as an angry Type Two ghost that kills people, but both are waiting. 

“She’s been wanting to see you for a very… long time, Mr Fairfax” Lucy says.

Annabel is devoted to Fairfax, and as she dances and sings along to the song, he abandons her (kills her). while waiting in that cavity in the wall, and her spirit is bound to the ring/necklace, she is waiting for him. 

We see in episode 3 that when Lucy lets Annabel out of the ring, throwing it in the air to set her ghost free, Annabel doesn't attack the agents, or even Ellie who is stood nearby. 

She goes straight for Fairfax, because she's been waiting for him. Her devotion to him may have changed into devotion for revenge over the years, but she was waiting for him nonetheless. In a way he did come back to her, even if it was unintentionally, and he ended up being greeted by her one last time. 

He is not saved by coming home and finding his version of Solveig, he is instead destroyed, because his version of Solveig was killed along with any love she might have had for him. 

#I spent hours on this and I'm not even sorry #if anyone has anything to add or correct me on then please let me know! #belle says stuff #lockwood and co #lockwood & co #episode 2 - Let Go of Me #episode 3 - Doubt Thou the Stars #Annabel Ward #John Fairfax

[quicktimeeventfull]

i am not posting the whole thing bc it sounds absolutely ridiculous in aggregate but i DID locate this death note/hamlet au i wrote absolutely ages ago with the dialogue in elizabethan english so i am sharing the good part(tm) now. ft. light as hamlet and L as ophelia, who is now a paramour sent to the prince as a gift

L knelt in front of Light. For a moment Light thought he was about to bow, but he did not; instead he lifted Light’s hand and raised his knuckles to his lips. Gently, he kissed them. “If my liege can trust my vulgar tongue,” he said, “my duke wants your favour. I myself do not. I want your hand.” He kissed it again, then rose on his knees, leaning towards Light, the heat of him close. He smelled somehow of metal and earth. He must have been looking through the garden for evidence of Light’s father’s killer; Light had asked him not to — he was already certain of who that was — but that meant very little to L. He traced a finger down Light’s arm. Light shivered, and did not pull away. “And your arms.” He touched Light’s throat, which quivered. “And your throat. And the nape of your neck.” A touch. “And your foolish hair.” He brushed it away from Lights cheek. “And your lips, which are no more honest than mine own.” He ran the back of his finger along Light’s lips.

#this re: L was a real thing i did not make it up #for various reasons they didn't care deeply about whether or not the relationship was homosexual. see: king james #the part that makes it sound stupid is primarily that light is using the thou/thy form and L is using you/your #which is correct bc thou is informal & light is a prince #but unfortunately it just sounds weird and stupid #why did you do this re: ophelia u may ask #bc i split ophelia into two parts #L as love; misa as political aspirations #this would make sense if i finished it. i promise. but i won't. #i also COULD NOT figure out if grammatically this should be 'my own' or 'mine own.'

[fairy-verse]

In the past the plans with Error being in a relationship was kinda up in the air, I think Blue or Fresh were mentioned? (I don't remember) what happened exactly to choose the sneaky/free spirit/blood hungry Ink as Error's companion?

That is quite simple, dearest anon, because Ink and Error’s relationship would be open and not restricted to just them. It is what works best when it comes to Ink because he is indeed such a free spirit and it is just not in his nature to settle down in one place for too long, but he wouldn’t wish for Error to feel abandoned and neglected, so he was the one to propose an open relationship, one where Error can find someone else he might love and cherish, too. Ink has a way of growing fond of anyone, so someone good enough for Error will surely gain his favour as well.

That someone might just be – and I quote from Error – an ‘annoying and persistent parasitic fairy who speaks in riddles and tongues and won’t leave me the fuck alone’. Fresh is a jester through and through, and although none knows from whence he came, it is clear that it is somewhere on the mainland, so he’s seen and experienced much and more. The island was just a new place for him to see, a new place to find another body and a new place where he would inevitably grow fond of a prickly ice queen who hates his riddles and throws insults at him.

Fresh: “Hehehe, mine bones once stolen tickles and pricks in pain and pleasure. What a proud and bewitching fairy thy queen of ice is.”

Ink: “Haha! I like your funny words!”

Error does not yet realise the doom he’s about to experience once Ink and Fresh become just as close to each other as they are with him, and their japes and ridiculous jests will drive him up the wall! But… the heart grows fonder.

#aufairyverse #utmv #ask for the fairy #i like your funny words magic man #fairy!error #error sans #fairy!ink #ink sans #fairy!fresh #fresh sans #note: just go completely wild with Fresh' speech pattern #thine thou thy thee doesn't have to be used grammatically correct because he's a wild card in these medieval times dear gods #canon #yes this is canon fite me

[queermania]

the thing is that i would rather read a wall of shitty takes from people who are just having fun and vibing than read a single post i agree with that even sniffs in the direction of being miserable and taking fandom too seriously

#dont get me wrong shitty takes annoy the heck out of me #but there is just something so unpleasant about people being pedantic and holier than thou #i am here to have a good time not a correct time #mp

[in-omni-scientia]

Every time you and Authority speak with each other there's an Energy... Chemistry, on might say. Ever considered just asking the guy out? (Empathy would probably be cool about it)

ENCYCLOPEDIA — 'Cool about it'? Well, they *have* said before they would support us no matter what we did, but I'd like to draw attention to the fact they've previously shown distress at the prospect of losing us to someone else. AUTHORITY — Sure, whatever, but are we just going to ignore the fact Suggestion exists too? That'd be fucked up to do that to him. COMPOSURE — You guys are boring. I could totally whip up something, anon, just give me some time to gather some inspo. VOLITION — I think maybe we should be taking into account the fact I just *don't* feel that way first and foremost?? No confessions are going to be happening. Not sorry. AUTHORITY — No, the *biggest* fucking issue is that you take fifty goddamn morale damage every time he even LOOKS at you. That's not fucking good to build a relationship on. Manage *that* first before you even consider a FRIENDSHIP, fuckwit. By the way, have you ever considered that in your shit-ass relationship with Empathy, you don't-- VOLITION — No. PERCEPTION — Okay. But, what if-- VOLITION — Nope. ENCYCLOPEDIA — That would be an interesting theoretical to ponder, though. If Au-- VOLITION — My verdict is final, dammit. ENCYCLOPEDIA — Okay.

COMPOSURE [Legendary: Failure] — O, Authority! How, the nonpareil! In time we hate that which we often fear – and fear the flutter of our pages when ye wert near, sir-reverence, we didst… Fie upon’t, foh! Our maltreatments leave a foul taste in our mouth.

VOLITION — What are you doing. AUTHORITY — Oh, for fuck's sake.

COMPOSURE — O me, I cry your worships mercy! Beseech you, sovereign, give’s pardon. What our contempts doth often hurl from us, we wish it ours again… the prevailing prejudices, by revolution lowering, does become the opposite of itself. Byrlady…

VOLITION — ...Hey, wait. Didn't we hear someone-- ENCYCLOPEDIA — What does 'byrlady' mean, Composure?

COMPOSURE — I knoweth not!!!! ⠀⠀Y’wrest’d us from the clammy grips of death with absolute celerity, my lord, and with this hast wrest from us our grip on our wanton feelings. Alack, we do regret our decadence, ‘tis dishonourable to hurt th’heart of sweet Empathy--

VOLITION — Keep Empathy's name out of your fucking mouth. ENCYCLOPEDIA — Also, would you do us the service of not referring to us as a collective, in this instance? I am not regretting any decadence right now for I have not participated in it.

COMPOSURE — --but mine aching heart balance the feather of austerity. ⠀⠀E’en so! The possibility we are doom’d to belove more than beloved oft agnize I, the arm of your companion’s body ye art. But my lungs ‘chill not contain this blaze no longer… thou art the greatest soldier of the world, the heart where mine thoughts did kindle. Made from fire and air, you and I, the other elements left to baser life, and your continued breath alone fans my flame. ⠀⠀Prithee, allow me to be the armourer of your steely heart. I ask no more. In fine, for the love of Love and her soft hours, let’s not confound the time with conference harsh. ⠀⠀Come, sir, come, I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love...

PERCEPTION — Where did that spotlight come from? No, wait, where did those paper roses come from...? COMPOSURE — Thank you, thank you! Oh, you've been such a beautiful audience! PERCEPTION — Wait, Poseur dON'T-- ⠀⠀Oof... COMPOSURE — fffffffffff AUTHORITY — Just because I share a name doesn't mean I'm gonna catch you when you swoon, dickhead! COMPOSURE — You're a *shit* acting partner! AUTHORITY — You're a *shit* skill!

VOLITION — ...Uh. So. What's with the EModS? COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] — Ooh, want an encore with even older Suresne, do we? Of course I will give that to you. Khm, khm... ⠀⠀Lufast ðū mē? Ðū mē scýedest mid frēondsċipe hæfdest, ic eomge-feall-en-- ENCYCLOPEDIA — Quit that. I can accept plagiarising from creative works, but academic texts are where I draw the line. COMPOSURE — Uh. Isn't plagiarising from academic texts all you do, though...?

#contains: txt #author/s: me #contains: answers #skillsposting #ooc: if you noticed any mistakes in the elizabethan and old english portions of this text #then please email me at [email protected]! #ok but seriously there is genuinely no way that old english is correct MINIMUM I couldn't work out how you were supposed to order sentences #<- guy who isn't a linguist and can't even comprehend SVO or whatever shit beyond 'john caught the ball' #btw the old english is *supposed* to be something like #'do you love me?' (loveth thou me?) #'you have tempted me with friendship' (you me tempted with friendship have) <- main part im iffy on #'i have fallen--' (i am fallen) #AND BY THE WAY 70% OF THE EModE IS LIFTED FROM ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (THE PLAY) #after that rhetoric blog sent the ask abt the portfolio to drama (even if it was bait) im sooo . nervous erhhm

[helga-grinduil]

I WAS SO FOCUSED ON EDA'S REACTION THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED THE EPISODE I COMPLETELY MISSED LILITH'S FACE

LILITH PLEASE

#AND THE SOUND SHE MAKES #lilith: *correct reaction to learning that you've been basically living in the same house with a local jesus this entire time* #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #o titan where art thou #lilith clawthorne

[makingshortstorieslong]

hey hey thee thee (1)

I liketh (2) not thy girlfriend!

(no way, no way!)

Methinks thou need'st a new one

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I could be thy girlfriend!

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I know thou dost like me!

(no way, no way!)

Thou know'st 'tis no secret

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I would be thy girlfriend!

(1) yeah it should be thou but c'mon thee sounds better here

(2) honestly idk if this should be like or if liketh is acceptable but I refuse to look anything up at this moment

#there remain 2 points upon which I am unclear but which I refuse to look up #numero uno is the 'I liketh not' of the first line correct or should it be 'I like not'? I think the -th ending is for 3rd person but I can #shake the feeling that I've heard it in first person - but that might just be from people making a mockery of Early Modern English? #but anyway I liked how it sounded better with that extr syllable #y numero dos ought it be 'hey thee' or 'hey thou'. Because I prefer the sound of 'thee' but like. I really don't know. If I'm just yelling #at someone what case is that? OH WAIT I can compare it to other languages okay #I've been trying to compare it third person in English but that doesn't work for this scenario really #uhhhh anyway. Hmmm. In the other language versions of this song. I believe it's 'hey tu' and 'hey du'. Not 'hey te' and 'hey dich'. Or ti #or dir. so okay well. I am still not changing it but I'll add a footnote #goodnight everyone. This is what I was singing in the shower tonight and I just needed to share it

[ayliffe]

op has just reblogged that post like “ok. i get it. it should be ‘tis thee. can the english lesson be over now” and i’m sitting here literally vibrating because NO you were right the first time, it’s just nobody on this site has a proper understanding of english grammar

#TWITCHES AGGRESSIVELY #like yes obviously there’s no ‘correct’ english grammar. descriptivism over prescriptivism and all that. but they would have said ‘tis thou #TO 👏 BE 👏 DOESN’T 👏 TAKE 👏 AN 👏 OBJECT

[daddieslittlescrewup]

do u think will would ever bottom????

Well, he let me eat 'im out, an' one time I saw my mama finger 'im, so maybe? Probably depends on the person er how drunk he is.

#the walking dead #twd #merle dixon #ask merle #it was an accident lol #he walked in on them doing it when he was little and saw *way* too much XD #but Merle is 100% correct #Will *would* bottom but it would *heavily* depend on the person or he'd need to be blackout drunk #ah internalised homophobia thou art a heartless bitch :)

[juniperberries-canisroot]

I was doing the DawnGuard quest Bolstering the Ranks and Gunmar was closest at HoneyStand Cave near Ivarstead. We kill the bear outside, kill the three bears inside (even thou the quest only acknowledges a particular one that needs to be killed, forget the others) and when I left Vorstag wasn't following me. He didn't come with me back outside the cave. I went back in to find his DEAD BODY.

There's so way this man died to 3 bears. He has legendary ebony armour and a weapon, along with healing potions that he does actually use. There's no way with the help of me, Gunmar and my one Dremora Lord that he died by bear attack.

I must have accidentally hit him with my 400+ damage axe in the fight. Unfortunately for me my last save before his death was aaaaaaall the way back at Castle Volikhar before dropping Serana back off. The only reason I didn't loose more progress was cause I thought 'maybe I should make a hard numbered save' just before entering cause I wanted to loot the castle for the special items like the BoneHawk rings. I never realized there was a door blocking off that area thou so I couldn't take them, just random blood stained jugs and goblets. The door required a key so I couldn't go there.

I also had to redo the vampires attack on Fort DawnGuard and I lost my Bone Hawk items cause right after I was banished I was shooting them down with spells. I don't even use the bonehawk items (you can't craft the cool looking rings which is so stupid imo) I just wanted their items.

#oof #Skyrim #Elder Scrolls #Elder Scrolls V #tes #tesv #Skyrim Switch #Skyrim Shenanigans #the lengths I go to so that no follower dies in my party #but the beauty of Skyrim is that if you did it once you can do it again #NO CONSOLE COMMANDS NO MODS #cant Console Command a Switch which is a console so the name is very misleading #cant you only CC a PC? PC isnt a console its a PC #therefore the term console command is a bit not correct #unless you can CC on PS and Xbox #dont think you can thou #not sure

[sat-in-a-rat-trap]

off the top of my head, the only times luz has ever used the light glyph in combat is when shes fighting eda

#and its bcuz she doesnt wanna hurt eda im gonna cry #in the intruder and o titan where art thou #pls correct me if im wrong btw #anyways i was thinking of luz and her light motif and this came to mind

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

i hate people who act high and mighty about not liking mainstream media. and i personally do not like a lot of mainstream media btw.

#hating superhero movies is not a personality trait <3 #like yes they are oversaturated and often suck. it doesn't make you holier than thou to hate it though!!!! #myevilposts #i am one pretentious fuck! i love intellectual film criticism! but it's not like having 'correct opinions' about movies #makes you a good person.

[mainfaggot]

it's so hard to be a lesbian in this household

#im out to my little sister and she has enough of a conscience to not out me but shes also Such a cishet 'ally' #in that she just wants to seem politically correct but she only really tolerates me #like any mention of an actual development in my romantic/sex life would set her off on a rant about how thats 'weird' #shes religious in a way where she doesn't want to have sex before marriage and i respect that and dont find it weird bc im also muslim so #i get where its coming from / why / how that can be beneficial to some people #but for me personally i dont think so lol #at the same time I'm not one for casual hookups (clearly) (because im so single so consistently) #and like if anything im so tame so the fact that she reacts with negative judgement and a holier than thou attitude #when we talk about our love lives is so uncomfortable #like tolerating is not the same as accepting #z.post

[venranae]

How do I tell all of my lrl and online friends and family that i feel isolated, alienated and left out BUT that i'm aware its my own fault without making them mad asking for a friend

#the way i lost entire friend groups several times bc of this but it was because my feelings were actually correct so now i am scared #scared that i will be correct again #like hey why am i sitting in the back of the car? why are you passive aggressive #why is everyone touching me with gloves #why are people saying i am trying to manipulate them or play holier than thou #ive heard this from friends and literal blood family #so is it true? #is it just my mistake again?

[mildhigh]

I love seeing misinfo or just simple innocent mistakes in posts with thousands of notes and reblogs turned off. Cowardice reigns

#im joking. the last sentence is a joke. do whatever thou wilt #but it is funny when the reason the reblogs are turned off are so obvious. yeah you forgot the word for tongs thus making comedy #but why did you have to turn reblogs off after you were corrected. let it fly. its endearing #faust speaks 🍄

[bard-of-beasts]

No way one of my friends unknowingly pulled up to school with ONE PIECE MINTS. I actually love this and I never even knew these existed. So minty it made my tongue numb but still pretty cool, wanted to keep the case but didn’t sadly. Anyways fueled my hyperfixation so it made my day and thought others would like it too!

#one piece #I think this is a vintage thing? #vintage #plz correct me if I’m wrong #looks cool asf thou #apparently there was a cream soda flavor too? #mad jealous of this friend now lmao #the fucking image desc is covering the mint ugh