There is something grotesque in having my own evils save my life.
- Sophocles, Elektra (Translation by Anne Carson)
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“My mother forbade us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say. Where did she get this idea? Perhaps from a bad translation. The dead, after all, do not walk backwards but they do walk behind us. They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.”
— Anne Carson, “On Walking Backwards”, in Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
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on tragic heroes and the people who'd follow them anywhere.
tumblr textpost// Anne Carson, An Oresteia// Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles// Victor Hugo, Les Miserables// William Shakespeare, Hamlet// Anne Carson, An Oresteia
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“please let me care for you, let me love you despite your flaws.”
[this was initially meant to be a part of a more general spencelle textpost collection, but i felt it deserved its own post 🫶🏻 i swear these two and there soft, doomed by the narrative, relationship keep me up at night]
credits — anne carson, euripides
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Downton Abbey + text posts [63/?]
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I am
So
Fucking
Hyped
For
Midnight
Like holy fuck this album is gonna be so damn good I'm already fucking screaming
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Ella of Frell would never survive in this day and age
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A FIRE JUST WAITING FOR FUEL
G/LITTER
the font of teriyaki. american malls. the destruction to the land and lifestyles of subsistence farmers caused by the shrimp industry in bangladesh due to the core interfering with the periphery. children’s lunchboxes sold on depop as Y2K handbags. ani difranco.
the font of 20 percent more. years and years (hbo) voice if we keep going at this rate where will be in a year? 20? 200?
1 billion melons. [link textpost]
plastic. we don’t know how long it takes polystyrene to decompose.
FROM THE ΠΟΛΙΣ TO THE POLICE
machineries of empire. another cog on the gear on the clock. the rise and fall of empires built on bones. whats your favorite kind of transmission tower? do the street sewer plates get painted rainbows for pride? is that an electric butterfly?
σκηνή. screens.
surveillance. cameras. big data. panopticons. censorship. parasitic states.
dithering. information capital clutter dithering information standardized tests class the economy of facts and and and and and another billion dollar donation to count the number of homeless people instead of giving them homes
what can we do to get you on the news. sylvan esso.
how is a greek chorus like a lawyer. anne carson.
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20 questions
Tagged by my beloved fellow chriseva shipper @reivenesque
Name: Alyssa
Nickname[s]: Alice, Satan (i kid you not)
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Hogwarts house: Slytherin through and through
Height: 5′2 haha I know I’m a midget
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Orientation: Single *sigh*
Favorite Fruit: Raspberries
Favorite Season: Late autumn/Winter
Favorite Book: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson levine
Favorite Song: I Will Never Die by Delta Rae
Favorite flower: Peonies if I really hav to choose but I’m not much of a flower person. If you get me dried roses tho ily
Favorite Scent: Freshly baked cookies, the air after a storm, orange blossom flavored stuff
Favorite Colors: Deep red
Favorite animals: Dogs are the purest but have you seen bats? Super fluffy tiny bats? so cute
Favorite Beverage: White chocolate milk
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa? Coffee (dark as night and sweet as sin)
Favorite Movie: The entire LotR saga
Favorite band/artist: Bring Me The Horizon
Favorite Characters: Eva Kviig Mohn, Chris Schistad (currently), Bucky Barnes, Lagertha Lothbrok, Stiles Stilinski, Peter Pan (OUAT), Blair & Chuck, Jamie & Claire, Natasha Romanov, Draco Malfoy, Anakin Skywalker, Aragorn
Blanket Number: 1(sometimes not even that many haha i’m too hot *hot damn*)
Average sleep hours: Too much? Like 8-10? I’m a granny in spirit and I need my sleep or I’m a zombie during the day.
Dream Trip: Iceland (+ the rest of Scandinavia)
Last thing I googled: ...the weather
Blog created at: a lifetime ago
How many blogs I follow: 372
Follower number: 2 857
What do I usually post: Funny textposts, anything related to my favorite TV shows and movies, witchy stuff and writing stuff
Do I get asks regularly: Nah not really :/
I tag @bathshebaa @malfoygasmic @noyellie
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Carson - 2 Years • Irish, Italian, Greek & Filipino ♥️ Submission by: Stacey B. DM FOR A INSTANT FEATURE . . . . FOLLOW @BEAUTIFULMIXEDKIDS ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ✔️LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ✔DM PHOTO-TAG #BeautifulMixedKids ✔Email:
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Downton Abbey + text posts [49/?]
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Downton Abbey + text posts [22/?]
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Carson - 1.7 Month • African American & Mexican ♥️ @molinapat DM FOR A INSTANT FEATURE . . . . FOLLOW @BEAUTIFULMIXEDKIDS ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ✔️LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ✔DM PHOTO-TAG #BeautifulMixedKids ✔Email:
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