#addendum II to no baptism

[whatsnewalycat]

Three poems by Olivia Gatwood from her book Life of the Party: No Baptism, Addendum to No Baptism, and Addendum II to No Baptism

“Another rule to good storytelling is that no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.”

#tw csa #poetry #olivia gatwood #life of the party #no baptism #addendum to no baptism #addendum ii to no baptism #fuck me up #poems that never fail to make me bawl

[ratasum]

"no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. you must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed." - Life of the Party, "Addendum II to No Baptism" by Olivia Gatwood

Infiltrator Leyya, Asuran Specter

Possessed by a creature that had been sealed within the cursed dagger she carries, Leyya had once been a friendly, light-hearted, amicable young woman, often seen hanging around her childhood best friend Zojja. But desperation and anger fueled her to take a different path, and now she struggles to retain control despite the thing that claws at her sternum and slams into her ribs, threatening to break free if she ever lets down her guard.

All for a best friend she was madly in love with but too afraid to ever say it out loud.

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #gw2 oc #gw2 asura #gw2 fan submission #infiltrator leyya

[addictedtostorytelling]

lucy knight: there was never any other way for this to end

aeschylus, the oresteia (adapted by robert icke) // er episode 05x01 “a day for knight” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family” // john darnielle, wolf in white van //  joanna newsom, “waltz of the 101st lightborne” // er episode 05x01 “a day for knight” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family” // @the2headedcalf // er episode 05x14 “the storm” pt. i // er episode 06x22 “may day” // @belovedofaforbiddengod // er episode 05x11 “the domino heart” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family” // @filmnoirsbian // anton chekhov, qtd. in chekhov: the silent voice of freedom (ed. valentine t. bill) // er episode 05x07 “hazed and confused” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family” // jean anouilh, antigone (trans. by zander teller) // er episode 06x09 “how the finch stole christmas” + er episode 06x18 “match made in heaven” //  jean anouilh, antigone (trans. by lewis galantière) // er episode 06x13 “be still my heart” // er script for episode 06x14 “all in the family” (posted on @thekelliemartin’s instagram) // er episode 05x08 “the good fight” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family” // richard siken, “the worm king’s lullaby” // olivia gatwood, “addendum ii to no baptism” // er episode 05x01 “a day for knight” + er episode 06x14 “all in the family”        

#nbc er #er #eredit #lucy knight #kellie martin #** #my gifs #ep06x14 #web weaving #dmp

[phagocytics]

addendum II to no baptism

#2023 #digital #anoes 2010 #a nightmare on elm street #Nancy Holbrook #a nightmare on elm street 2010 #anoes remake

[k0r1nn4]

"(...)no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed."

'Addendum II To No Baptism' from Life of the Party | Olivia Gatwood

#morute #girlhood #creepy cute #coquette #angelcore #angel #angelic #dollete #nicole dollanganger #dollcore #porcelain

[cvrpusdelicti]

“No one wants a half remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.”

― Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party, 'Addendum II to No Baptism'

#dark academia #writing #literature #olivia gatwood

[arghwhatever]

(...) no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.

Life of the Party, 'Addendum II to No Baptism' by Olivia Gatwood

[fantasiesandfolklore]

V: The Phoenix Queen — Relta’s Reign [Worldbuildng Part II]

The following contains some events and legal changes that occurred under Queen Relta’s reign.

Arranged marriages were abolished in the third year of Relta’s reign

Relta’s spouse, in sub-verses where she has one, is not the king/monarch of Lunaura. They serve as a councilor and ambassador, but do not have equal footing to Relta. In return, she does not have the same power as her spouse in their kingdom.

Trade with the kingdom that once belonged to King Theodore flourished after Relta won what is known as the “Lunarian War” in the first three years of her reign. They are now a great ally to Lunauz, with their new king’s heir, a young woman, serving as an ambassador in Relta’s court and as a foreign emissary in the Queen’s Council.

The matrilineal line is now the predominant one for the royal family, with the eldest child of any gender identity being allowed to be monarch when they come of age and their parent resigns. The only addendum is that they must wish to have an heir or heirs, the decision being made upon them hitting puberty.

”Baptisms” of the royal family became optional, as to allow for possible future dynasties to not be forced to follow the old laws.

Non-polytheistic belief systems are officially put on the books as legal, and recognized in the judicial system.

The approval rating of the monarch determines if their heir will become their successor, or if a different highly ranked aristocrat or politician in general will train their eldest child to become the heir. This is to prevent inbreeding to maintain bloodlines and to account for the public opinion.

There is an annual tour by the monarch(s) and their heir throughout the kingdom, particularly through the farther away towns where their faces may not be known. It is to familiarize the peasantry with their rulers, and to let them know they’re cared for. Relta enacts this as a law in the tenth year of her reign, after a lover of hers made her with child (by both their choices).

The monarch, if unwed, is allowed to take multiple aristocratic lovers. Sex with multiple people of “grand pedigree” is desired as to produce the most healthy heir possible. Marriage is optional for the monarch, and only done if both parties are in love. This is enacted in the fifth year of Relta’s reign.

The lovers of the monarch are required to be well-educated and politically aligned with the monarch above all else, as they have a privileged status being the monarch’s lover and having their ear during vulnerable moments. If a lover is deemed unfit to council the monarch, the affair is terminated with compensation given to the lover for their services. This was enacted in the eighth year of Relta’s reign.

A sibling’s offspring may be chosen as heir to the monarch if the monarch wishes for it and the sibling shares at least one blood parent with the monarch. This was enacted in the thirtieth year of Relta’s reign, when her younger half-sister’s eldest son turned fifteen and showed promise as an heir, being a beloved court member and charismatic with the intelligence and wit to back it. Relta’s heir, her sister’s child, is also the heir to her sister’s husband’s kingdom, so their second child became the heir to the husband’s kingdom - a better fit overall for both kingdoms If compared to real medieval kingdoms, her half-sister married into the French Valois dynasty.

The primary allies of Lunaruz include kingdoms comparable to medieval: France, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, Russia, and Scandinavia.

The Vatican is not allowed to send missionaries or emissaries to Lunaruz, as trying to convert someone is illegal. Relta enacts this in her twentieth year of her reign. Other religious parties are also not allowed to send missionaries seeking to convert.

A high priest/ess/ex is chosen from the royal family’s younger children to perform religious rites upon their thirtieth year. Relta chose one of her lover’s sister’s children as her high priestess, due to her being extremely devout to Lord Ares and Queen Macha. The position is optional, and the chosen child is given a choice upon them coming of age.

Religion is not mandatory in Lunaruz, but the mixture of influences the evolution of the kingdom up to modern times. Modern Lunaruz is legally secular, and no longer has a high priest/ess/ex, but the language, mythology/folklore, and overall culture is heavily influenced by the formerly present poly and monotheistic religions practiced. Separation of church and state is heavily enforced though.

The royal bard and royal jester are often also advisors and ambassadors to the people of the kingdom. Relta makes this official rather than tradition in her first year. The selection of the royal bard and jester is done by the common folk, and the last contenders are chosen by the Monarch’s Council.

Aliens, such as Asgardians, are welcomed in Lunaruz with open arms as long as they don’t wish to conquer the kingdom or enforce their will. If it is a peaceful visit, they’re welcomed and given a seat for an emissary in the Monarch’s Council depending on the duration of the visit. Intimate relations and breeding between humanoid aliens and Lunaruzians is allowed, but discouraged for risks of genetic incompatibility. The lifegiver’s status is prioritized. One of Relta’s successors down the line married an Asgardian emissary, and created the Great Lunaruzian-Asgardian Alliance around three hundred years after Relta’s reign ended.

Lunaruz has a great number of refugees, and developed a program to help aid them in adjusting to the society and getting on their feet. Relta “perfected” the program during her course of her reign.

#V: phoenix queen #muse: Relta #headcanon: Relta #headcanons: Relta #Historical fantasy rp #historical rp #fantasy rp #Incest tw #Pregnancy tw

[weltonboys]

addendum II to no baptism - olivia gatwood

#mine #addendum II to no baptism #olivia gatwood #words words words #dark academia #light academia #soft academia #dark academic #academia #dark academia aesthetic #books #poetry

[magdalenafemme]

"you must / know the width of the knife and how / it ruined you, name the organs it kissed"

 - “addendum II to no baptism” from “life of the party” by olivia gatwood

#addendum II to no baptism #queue feel something holy in her touch #poetry #poems #poets #poetry quotes #poem quotes #quote #lit #literature #quotes #olivia gatwood #life of the party #olivia gatwood quotes #life of the party quotes

[withthemoonlight]

Another rule to good story telling is that no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.

Addendum II To No Baptism from Life of the Party | Olivia Gatwood

#quote #Life of the Party #Olivia Gatwood #Addendum II To No Baptism

[pirate-ghost]

— Addendum II to no baptism by Olivia Gatwood

#black sails #blacksailsedit #captain flint #james flint #john silver #silverflint #my posts

[luthienne]

a compilation on memory, part two (part one here)

—can't stop returning to this scene of leaving, / can't stop pausing this scene, thinking I've left something out again,

Chen Chen, from When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities; “Poem in Noisy Mouthfuls”

Mary Ruefle, “Deconstruction”

(…) no one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.

Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party, ‘Addendum II to No Baptism’

—so here we are again, one handedly fingering / the puckered edges of the exit wounds / memory leaves behind,

Carl Phillips, from Wild is the Wind: Poems; “Givingly”

You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together / to make a creature that will do what I say / or love me back.

Richard Siken, from Crush

Naomi Shihab Nye, from “The Tent”

But perhaps it is a way of understanding the unthinkable. If a story haunts us, we keep telling it to ourselves, replaying it in silence while we shower, while we walk down streets, or in our moments of insomnia.

Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water: A Memoir

...memory is an act of imagination, you never tell the same story twice, not even to yourself.

Michael Burkard, as featured in Mary Ruefle’s On Imagination

Valeria Luiselli, Faces in the Crowd (tr. Christina MacSweeney)

I told my version – faithful and invented, accurate and misremembered, shuffled in time.

Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Sarah Kay, No Matter the Wreckage; “Sliver”

I think this means / there was no night. / The night was in my head.

Louise Glück, from Averno; “Landscape”

#on memory #on storytelling #compilation #the great wound #this got super long and the spirit of it transformed into something else so i've broken it into two compilations. part three forthcoming <3 #long post

[veraynes-blog]

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Ingmar Bergman, from a letter to Liv Ullmann // Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party, ‘Addendum II to No Baptism’ // Ada Limon, The Good Fight, ‘Bright Dead Things’ // Hannibal, 2x13 Mizumono // Yves Olade, Bloodsport // Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena // Natalie Sharp, Molar Concentration // Marina Tsvetaeva, Poem of the End // D. E. Chaudron, Your Body, An Altar // Hannibal, 3x09 ...And the Woman Clothed with the Sun // Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son // Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles // Mads Mikkelsen, Cannes 2018 interview // Keaton Henson, Alright // Hannibal, 3x13, The Wrath of the Lamb // Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. 

#hannibal #hannigram #web weaving #poetry #will/hannibal #hannibal lecter #will graham

[bipercabeth]

[...] Another rule  to good storytelling is that no one wants  a half-remembered tragedy. You must  know the width of the knife and how  it ruined you, name the organs it kissed. 

[...] Sometimes, the writer in me  wants to remember just so I can give  you a story. 

— Olivia Gatwood, Addendum II to No Baptism

#olivia gatwood #words #this poem fucking RUINED me i need to get it out #along with a few others that i can't find on here

[cumbiazevran]

Rowan and Charlie quotes pls and thank 🥺🥺🥺

Anything for you, Kani, my beloved.

🎭 Rowan Hawke 🎭

“Enduring things is what you do best. Gritting your teeth and bearing them.” Human Acts, Han Kang.

“In the dark times, will there also be singing? / Yes, there will be singing. / About the dark times.“ Bertolt Brecht, Motto

“I say: ‘this are the brown hands of my father, and I could never deny them. [...] in the home in my heart shaped like all the places I can no longer visit, whose names will always be written in Spanish, just like the edges of the hands of my father.” Alastor St. Laurens, These Are The Hands Of My Father

The entirety of “I’m not a religious person but” by Chen Chen

“I was your only friend.” The Social Network script / “Nobody tells you how to get over a friend.” Tumblr post by inkskinned

“The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On” by Franny Choi

“Living is an art, not a science.” Benjamin Alire Saenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

‘Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools; and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise man. […] ‘better a witty fool than a foolish wit.’ Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare.

⛈ Charlie Hawke ⛈

“Chorus: You would become the wretchedest of women. / Medea: Then let it be.” Medea, Euripides, tr. Oliver Tapin.

“We were never perfect. / Yet, the journey we make together is perfect on this earth who was / once a star and made the same mistakes as humans.“ Joy Harjo, A Map to the Next World

“Whether you come as a lover or an executioner, I am ready to receive you.” Agustín Gómez-Arcos, the carnivorous lamb

“Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.” Richard Siken.

“Can I leave heaven once in there? If not is it just a fancy prison? explain how if I cannot leave it isn’t a prison.” yahoo answers.

“I am half afraid to hope for what I long for.” Emily Dickinson.

“We are, I am, you are, / by cowardice or courage” Diving Into The Wreck, Adrienne Rich

“I don’t think Narcissus fell in love with his reflection. I think he was torn with the horror of seeing himself for everything he was—” On Fear, Alastor St. Laurens

“No one wants a half-remembered tragedy. You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed.” Olivia Gatwood, Life Of The Party, ‘Addendum II to No Baptism’

#da2 #rowan hawke #charlie hawke #kani my beloved #i did all i could find