#but its only fleeting

[deathfavor]

@furiaei​ said: knock knock, local menace here with a meta question for either serpent or earl: is there anything that genuinely makes them happy? anything that sparks joy? comfort food, music, books, poems, series, animal etc.? or do you think that they are rather immersed with everything else about and around them to the degree that they hardly make or find the time for these things anymore?

🥺🙏 thank you for the meta question. as a treat i shall answer not one but BOTH. I’ll follow this post up with Earl’s <3 

  True happiness is something that remains elusive to Serpent. Not to say she doesn’t enjoy things or find some happiness in them. She does. Not sustainably though, despite her years of trying to pursue it. But for smaller bursts of happiness, her snakes are a big source of joy. As much as they’re also tied to her past, she treasures her snakes. She also enjoys finding other snakes. Especially wild ones. If she sees one, there’s a high probability of her stopping to talk to them unless she’s doing something important or in a rush.

   But other than that, performing genuinely does make her happy. Whether it’s a magic show, performing with her snakes, acrobatic feats (specifically aerial hoops, but aerial silks too), she really really enjoys performing. She likes that it makes people happy and smile; it has become bound so tightly to that association that she enjoys doing it, even if its just herself in the recreation room or other area to practice. Especially for kids. Most of the time she doesn’t get to - that’s not how she was ever marketed to the public. But sometimes when she sees sad kids or kids crying, she’ll do a small trick for them to make them smile. Thanks to her stardom in Eastside and on social media, despite the fangs and scales and eyes, most people assume that’s just part of her ‘gig’, a signature style, rather than assuming she’s a Sinner. She hates seeing people sad and unhappy. Although sometimes it leads to a crowd of children, even her mere appearance can. Especially those that recognize her from social media OR the elite who’ve been to parties she’s been at. (Sorry chief..)

   There’s definitely no comfort food though. She went from scourging scraps before being sold and eating things she quite literally never dreamed of. At first it was all neat! But now it just rings hollow (although performative food she can find fun). Serpent isn’t big on reading, truth be told, but there are pieces of art that she likes to see. Especially mythical-themed pieces. (Although she’d also probably like looking at cute, silly, or fluffy art for characters in media she’s watched. Even though she knows its fictional and no ‘real’ happiness gained, she likes happy stories.) Other things that make her happy tend to be smaller, more day to day things too. Warm, fuzzy blankets, holidays (if only because people tend to be happy), movie nights, or listening to people talk about what makes them happy. Although admittedly she also has fun trying new types of fashion as well when given the chance.

   Some of these things are more easier said than done, especially being in the MBCC, like the guards trying to stop her from performing, or freely seeing people smile, but since a lot of hers are smaller in reality, they aren’t too hard for her to achieve. She tries to immerse herself, Serpent will give MOST things a chance unless it triggers a bad memory or association for her, so she does try to immerse herself in the world. But most commonly she’ll turn back towards snakes for her happiness, or spending time around those she likes. 

#furiaei #so its a yes but no all in one GHJHFG #serpent collecting things that Spark Joy like birds getting shiny items #bittersweet of 'you're happy? im happy!' #but its only fleeting #she just like all us tho when it comes to fanart just kicks her feet giggling #᛭ — [HEADCANON] bleak reality is never far away [SERPENT]

[drdemonprince]

people who are obsessed with passing are gonna be the death of our community i swear

#i understand how and why so many succumb to that temptation and of course i get it ive been there but its POISON #listening to a podcast where a trans guy says getting maamed on the phone bc hes nice means he “failed” #is soooo .... ugh #my dude that happens to so many cis gay men are you kidding me #are you really about to study how to be mean on the phone rather than just correct somebody #or just like not define your existence by fleeting interactions w strangers #if you define yourself only by passing at all times youre gonna turn into a sad hudsons guide esque husk of yourself #fuck passing 2024 i am so over it #it truly is a never ending chase for cis validation and its bad for us!!!!!

[winglesshopeful]

so as far as im concerned nothing past kotet exists to me

#swtor #there is no reason to spend 3 expansions having our character build up an entire third superpower in the galaxy- #-only to then force you to choose to bend knee to either the corrupt republic that tried to assassinate you- #-or the empire that is run by sith lords lol #like 'i know weve made you into a major leader that is on the same level as the empress and chancellor but fuck you be subservient again' #there is literally nothing that can convince me that any character would give up the eternal alliance to play lapdog again #dark side would enjoy the power that comes with the eternal fleet and light side would see there's more good to be done with the alliance #its stupid and forced and only serves to force players to backtrack character progression for no reason #swtor kotfe #swtor kotet

[ofthecaravel]

Typical Frozen Light Listening Experience

#its the only medium where i can handle listening to dannys voice #ill watch interviews with the sound off because i cannot handle how his voice makes me feel lol #gvf #greta van fleet #danny wagner #sam kiszka #jake kiszka #josh kiszka #myart #greta van art

[redbean-nom]

the contrast between elsbeth's tribe (nightsister... commoners? peasants? villagers?) fighting grievous vs talzin's clan (nightsister royalty) is so funny like.

elsbeth's clan: probably-Mother Selena dueling grievous with two fire sickles that melt/short out when hit by lightsabers (grievous didn't even split his arms! it's literally a leisurely spar for him). approximately three archers in the background. one single unit of B1s and B2s plus possibly a handful of commando droids. elsbeth hiding in a tree and falling out.

talzin's clan: Mother Talzin voodooing Dooku from the castle basement and then levitating in a giant electric sphere and zapping the entire droid army for like five minutes straight. Ventress dueling four-arms grievous for equally long. An entire army of archers casually force-speed/force-jumping over entire trees. Grievous' full fleet, a bomber squad, a unit of commando droids, magnaguards, state of the art experimental tanks, more regular tanks, and a full army of B1s/B2s. Daka long-distance-necromancing the entire clan and resurrecting every single dead nightsister in the entire region. Talzin finally not-surrending by turning herself into a force ghost and then promptly going to start a cult to revive herself/the dead nightsisters.

#star wars #tote #sw tote #morgan elsbeth #selena elsbeth #asajj ventress #mother talzin #the names are so funny too #like there's selena elsbeth and then Talzin Opress #its as if grievous destroyed talzins castle and then was like. hey. while we're here we should stop by the convenience store #and steamroll the dollar tree nightsister village #i wonder what happened to the rancor rider nightsister clan from the 1998 comic #they seem like one of the other powerful ones and they do have rancors and somewhat of a slave army #plus like. ros lai (i think thats her name) is still alive and probably became the Mother if the old lady died #and she is like. fully 100% force sensitive with magic and a lightsaber #if she managed to rebuild the clan after quinlan exploded everything then her clan would probably also be one of the most grievous-resistan #though it seems like talzins clan was *the* definitive Necromancy Clan so they wouldnt be able to rely on the dead army #and anyways i dont think they do those pod things either? #but they do have battle rancors #definitely wouldn't survive an all-out attack from grievous' full fleet/army #but if he showed up there later after having burned most of his resources to talzin's clan they at least have a chance of #him deciding its too much effort to hunt them too #especially when talzins clan were the only particular offenders

[grasstimes]

This is a Spotify link

Pretend that I know how to link properly to my ISAT playlist

This is more of a “songs that make me think of ISAT as a whole because I do not have enough songs to make separate character playlists” (isa bindle here).

#the sounds are important to me #in stars and time #someone you’d admire is an Isa song #but that’s my only one =[ #ALSO IGNORE THAT ITS MOSTLY FLEET FOXES SONGS (it will continue to happen) #there’s some sloops and isaloops in there if you know where to look <3 #absolutely drawing Nothing! right now so music instead

[licantropa]

Happy Holidays!!

#Mianite #I’d like to apologize for the tag essay you don’t gotta read all that idk what happened #you know its interesting how red has called jordan ‘skipper Sparklez’ implying that he places them on the same level #especially since both of them have messed with capsize’s ship. but jordan places himself on the same level as capsize #because theyre both captains (which stops being true since capsize demotes him to boatswain) #and capsize makes Tom a captain meaning she places him on the same level as herself (Tom is a captain because he owns a ship btw) #(which btw is why capsize was like ‘you’re leaving my crew?’ to Jordan when he got the ss jerry but technically since he says the ship is #‘for capsize’s fleet’ it belongs to her) #I think the issue with Jordan and Capsize is that he doesn’t actually like her as an individual but as an idea #that idea being ‘having a teammate’ because it’s just been him up until that point. #arguably jordan doesn’t really care about capsizes feelings on things examples of this are #her saying no to getting married but he like ignores that and continues on with the idea that they’re together/ going to get married. #him throwing gold at her and assuming that was all it took to get a date out of her instead of asking (like everyone’s given her gold he #ain’t special) and the ss jerry which was made to impressive her but it’s in a color he likes and also he named it #also him stepping over capsizes boundaries and kissing her #me personally I will not write them having a positive relationship because Jordan’s ruined it for himself truly #I think we as a society need to put more blame on Jordan when it comes to capsizes death by the way #like while he wasn’t the only one in the room BUT he was the only one capable #Tucker was stuck in a hole Tom was being a bitch in the background Red was paralyzed in fear #and when Capsize gets threatened you know what he says? ‘Skipper you gonna do something’ (something along those lines anyways I don’t fully #remember) like he let Furia fucking villain monologue are you serious??? #also it’s way more interesting that they don’t get along #or maybe i just like issues idk #feel free to disagree ofc

[botanicalbasil]

I got a lyre for Christmas so now you guys have to listen to me struggle through Mykonos >:•)c

#fleet foxes #mykonos #lyre #lyre cover #music #okay it doesnt sound great but its only been 3 days ok :'•)

[ardate]

Your top 3 songs of this year?

Those are always so difficult but, nonetheless. Here's three songs I discovered this year that throttled me (/pos). We're going crescendo, starting off strong and ending with my most favoritest of this year.

Greta Van Fleet - Stardust Chords A friend has bestowed upon me the grand gift of the discovery of Greta Van Fleet via their album The Battle at Garden's Gate. It is, undoubtedly, an album that works extremely well as a unit, and its power is such that it convinced even my friends who aren't into listening to full albums that this one was worth the trouble. Musically, there is a lot of inspirations from classic rock of the 70s, obvious to those well acquainted with that genre, but of course much modernized to end up with an incredibly clean and refined sonority in the end that truly elevates it to new heights. Stardust Chords is for me one of the brightest highlights of this incredible piece of art, with those soaring vocals that grip your bones and send you ascending with them. -

Këkht Aräkh - Wanderer Is there any surprise? The ukrainian songwriter shook everyone with his sudden inclusion of rap-like diction and rhythm within his new song, clearly apparent in his music video that mixes classic rap moves within traditional BM aesthetic - and all of it, song and video, enshrined within his usual romantic melancholy as he sings about love and loneliness, as always. And it is masterful, and deeply moving. -

Les Chants de Nihil - Clarté de la Pluie Of course, I already rambled about this one in past posts: this is my absolute favourite discovery of this year. I had explored their discography in the past ('Là où nous étions les rois' being my fav song of theirs for a bunch of years now), but somehow had never taken the time to check out that particular album, and. What a punch in the chest. This album (namely, La Liberté Guidant le Fer) is a unique masterpiece that works at its best as a Whole, but still, I cherrypick this specific song because it carries itself strongly on its own. It sweeps you into the wet streets of an unknown city, under pouring rain - and as the singer, overtaken with old age, screams about his upcoming end and his willingness to meet it in peace, you're left with your heart bleeding through your chest.

BONUS (More like I originally wrote this one for the first of the list and then remembered about Greta Van Fleet but didn't want to delete all my good writing talking about this cool band so i'm giving it to you here):

Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow Discovered this band in february of this year with the release of their newest album, Sheol, but if I had to share one song it'd be this one - Acid Mist Tomorrow, introduction to the album of the same name from 2011. It's also an excellent introduction to the band as a whole, I believe, because of its concentration of their signature sounds - the sudden, brutal, heavy metal phases, intercut with soft and tender light guitar adorned with voice samples, only for it to start and stop and start again, like a pulsating energy. If you're not shy in the face of experimental sounds, you might appreciate Hypno5e's grandiose and complex artistry.

#hypno5e #kekht arakh #les chants de nihil #greta van fleet #black metal #music #asks #mine #god. i rambled didnt i #who the hell will even read this random music infodump. this kinda post pertains to basically only its writers doesnt it #i just. love music so much man. i'm so so normal about music #and LOOK there isnt only metal!!! *points at greta van fleet* #and there's ONLY two black metal bands. i'm regular #ok but i poured my soul in this holy shit hbHGBHGB #if you read through this whole thing you get that double sim relationships improvement check thing with me #TYSM for this ask anon this is everything to me. yall blessed me with those asks <3

[phantom-of-notre-dame]

Sweeney Todd if Anthony and Johanna were a sapphic couple.

#that's it. that's the post. #sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street #i'm watching the 2014 concert but i have been thinking of this for years #yes i would like to play mrs. lovett one day and if i had the vocal range i'd be johanna but being anthony seems so fun to me #on a separate note this concert is SO fun staging wise #i could make it its own separate post cause i'm only at pirelli but OMG it's so good

[brad-bakshi-loves-bugs]

my biggest theory for brad is that, even when the rest of mq inevitably realizes what's going on with him and try to help (namely david for obvious reasons, dana because she's so far one of the few good people in the office, and cw because him and brad have been shown to have a closer friendship than most), he's not even going to realize it.

because brad is clearly used to being seen as the bad guy, an evil person, so the idea that anyone might show him compassion isn't even on his radar. he's not looking for help, so he doesn't expect to receive it, so when he does receive it he never even notices. people tend to not notice the completely unexpected, after all.

it's going to be little things, too. his coworkers making more of an effort to talk to him casually. maybe carol even organizes some office parties and morale-boosting days like therapy dog visits. (my dad's office brings therapy dogs in a couple times a month just to hang out and destress the employees. mythic quest isn't a great place to work, but maybe as people start to become more self aware they'll try to be better.) dana brings him lunch every day, and every day brad gets annoyed because he doesn't eat lunch, but sometimes it's his favorite food or something he's craving in that moment and he can't help but nibble at it. sometimes he doesnt even hate himself or make himself sick after he does, either.

it'll be david bringing him chinese takeout half the times he visits brad's apartment and showing brad all of his favorite shows and movies. most of them are romcoms, and brad isn't a fan, but david pays attention to what he seems to like (dark comedy and slasher films, of course) and makes an effort to watch more of brad's favorite genres. david hates horror and slasher movies, but he asks jo to keep him up to date on new ones being released and give him recommendations. jo, of course, does it because she KNOWS david hates it, so she always recommends the goriest, scariest ones, because she knows david will be squeamish over it. she doesnt know that brad is even watching them, and especially not that he's enjoying all of her indirect recommendations. she doesnt need to know.

brad isn't ignorant. he can tell when the mood shifts in a room, when he's receiving more attention than before. but it isn't for several months before he realizes what's going on, and at first everything comes crashing down around him and he breaks because he never wanted this. never wanted to be exposed and vulnerable without even realizing it. he never wanted people to see him as someone worth saving.

but his coworkers don't give him much of a choice but to go along with it. hell, even ian has stopped speaking over him and shutting him down as often as he used to, because ian can clearly see brad's worth to the company and he'd really like to avoid another casino fiasco, thank you very much. he knows that brad dying might be a bit harsher of a blow to the company than him taking a day off out of spite. well, probably, at least.

so, as horrified and disgusted and weak and patronized as brad felt when he first discovered the new dynamic his coworkers had with him, he can't help but start to enjoy it. he finally feels heard, and he's getting more of what he wants when he wants it. poppy hasn't called him a soulless money-suck in a long time (although part of him thought it was a pretty cool title), and david's stopped pestering him about donating more to charity. and brad's still, well, somewhat of a sociopath, so he takes advantage of how much more lenient everyone now is with him.

everyone else thinks brad is coming around to having people give a shit about him. in reality, he's fully embraced being able to get away with pretty much anything. because he's brad bakshi, and he needs to have some greater, nefarious purpose to accept help or compassion. and taking advantage of others is an easy justification for why he would ever accept help (or. well. acceptance). that's his excuse, anyway.

it'll be a long time before he admits that he actually sort of enjoyed the new attention, appreciated the sympathy the others now extend toward him.

but he will never, never admit that they've saved his life, no matter how many times they do.

#mythic quest #brad bakshi #we are fleeting we are feeling #wafwaf #fanfiction #david brittlesbee #dana mythic quest #ian grimm #poppy li #cw longbottom #headcanon #carol mythic quest #look okay I know this is a long one #but hear me out #brad is the opposite of naive however. people don't tend to notice things they aren't looking for #and he's certainly not looking for sympathy #this is all based in part because a couple weeks ago I went to a psych ward on a 1013 (meaning I was a risk to myself) #and my parents told my extended family and im on vacation with said family rn and I've noticed a dynamic shift since we arrived #and its not BAD but the only reason I've noticed is because I know they know about what happened and I know they love me #so like. I expected this #brad on the other hand would NOT #so im playing around with that difference and what brad would do in shoes similar to mine that just don't quite fit #im happy with this though #tay rambles

[sinners-go-to-drink-the-wine]

they’re all passenger seat princesses 

#i know the dune buggy guys are probably only ones that can drive them #but its still fitting #josh kiszka #jake kiszka #sam kiszka #gvf #greta van fleet

[swordsmans]

dunno what i was channeling at four in the morning but i'd like to do it again please

[text under cut]

theyre a representation of what haunts them the most—luffy is haunted by loneliness, ASL (he will never feel the absolute certainty of someone always being there again, perfectly encapsulated by childhood ASL); zoro is haunted by duty, kuina (motivations for being the best + self/kuina vs. other/captain [see speech] also worth of self as self); nami is haunted by the inability to overcome her own trauma, herself (distrust, fear, insecurity)

THESE VOIDS ARE FILLED BY THE OTHER TWO

parallel between zoro and nami as the first two companions vs. luffy growing up with two brothers (zoro in his right hand, nami in his left); theyre all an essential piece missing for the other(s)

zoro needed purpose (luffy) and someone to love/care for him as himself (nami); nami needed trust (luffy) and strength (zoro); luffy needed someone to ground him (zoro) and someone to guide him (nami)

THEY ARE THE SUN MOON AND STARS

on the sunny (after everything) zoro/luffy rush for nami

nami grasps for them, hands outstretched, but they’re already reaching back for her—and they fall there together, the three of them each with their hearts tucked between them, sobbing and clinging to each other, too

#apparently i was beautiful mind-ing in the outline doc last night #bury your albatross is actually romance dawn propaganda #not zoluna in a romantic sense just like. THEM. you know #maybe ill actually make some progress tonight #im counting this as my wip wednesday because i posted two fics this week #even though its tuesday (how is it only tuesday jesus god) #it's not perfect obvs because this is literally just NOTES #not even a draft just word salad straight ripped from the outline #but i like the direction it's going and there are good images here #sorry literally all i do is talk about my fics lmao Time Is Fleeting And Art Keeps Us Alive #gyro.odt

[enigmaticcattic]

I fear the day when the Daycare Attendant x Reader tag(s) on ao3 stop updating for months 😔

#seeing fandoms I used to be in #when most activity is only by 1-2 people #and discord servers are all dead #and the ao3 tags for it basically never update anymore #I am once again reminded of the passage of time and impermanence of this world and its fleeting interests #anyways wjdhhdhfhg #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf moon #fnaf sun #fnaf eclipse #fnaf dca fandom #dcamu #dcamv

[thewindbandit]

You're lgbtq+ right? Is it okay if I ask what labels you use? Sorry if that's more personal I was just curious

You're all good! I usually just call myself queer/gay/trans as general terms but here are more specific labels I currently identify with~

Omniromantic and somewhere on the aromantic spectrum (maybe demiromantic?)

Aegosexual

Transmasc and on the nonbinary spectrum (he/they pronouns)

#wheeee #i only learned about aegosexual fairly recently #it's on the asexual spectrum #im like 99% sure im on the aro spectrum but i dont know where lol #demi seems to fit but also i sometimes have very fleeting crushes? maybe?? #or maybe its just aesthetic attraction #idk feelings are confusing #// #aris answers #asks #get to know me #lgbtq

[nintendont2502]

Just remembered bushrangers were like. A Thing not even 200 years ago

Why the fuck does no one talk about that?? Why is that not like a Thing in our pop culture??

#seriously ned kelly only died like 143 years ago thats still pretty damn recent compared to other countries #but NO when we learn aussie history its always just 'The First Fleet :) The First Fleet again! gold rush! youll neber guess what its the #fuckign First Fleet again!' #and then we never touch aussie history again (unless you get really unlucky in modern history atar #tbf like. i get why #there really isnt much so you wouldnt be able to do a full highschool curriculum for it #and its. pretty damn boring so i wouldnt want to make a bunch of primary school kids sit through the history of federation or whatever1 #but stiill #we had god damn BUSHRANGERS and no one talks abt them?? #there isnt any media about them?? #these could be our cowboy equivalents get on this shit abc #we talk a big game abt promoting aussie stories and supporting the aussie media industry and then just. completely ignore this fascinating #shit and instead make the 59th show set in Melbourne #australia really needs to get a more distinct pop culture i stg were so americanised #like. its there but its mostly because we have a far lower budget i feel like #cleverman is probably conceptually the most interesting aussje show i can think of but studying iit in class ruined me #me.txt