#dying (metaphorically)

[theminecraftbee]

Etho and Grian are back at base, hysterically laughing over their achievement. Cleo sits inside, staring, as the two of them talk about getting a wither and a warden to fight, and tries to figure out what she feels about it.

In some ways it's not their fault. Task made them do it and all that. Plus--

Well, it's not like she and Etho are losing hearts anytime soon. They've both done a damn good job keeping themselves from dying. A benefit, Cleo thinks, of deciding to team with Etho this time. Between the two of them, they'll largely only do chaos they can recover from. Maybe this is their game. Maybe this time, Cleo manages to stick with someone until the very end. It looks like it. It looks like...

Grian, of course, is the confounding factor.

She wasn't going to turn him away. He needed allies. They needed someone a bit better at actually doing damage than herself or Etho. It's mutually beneficial. And, besides, he's weirdly lovable, in an inherently kind of dangerous way. A little like loving a bobcat someone had accidentally raised as a pet cat until it got a bit too big and stinky and murdery for them. Like, yeah, he shouldn't be domesticated and he's not, really, in any sense of the word, but it's a bit sad to watch him try to survive on his own now, right?

Hah. Maybe that's what Scar managed to do to him. Would explain a lot, really.

Anyway, he's her bobcat now, which is the problem.

See the thing is: Cleo understands Etho. It's why finally deciding to be partners for once felt... right. They're similar flavors of people. Scared, mostly. Survivors, but not in the 'will stab anyone' way that like, Martyn is. Loyal, although Cleo has no delusions that Etho is as loyal as she. And scared. Has she already said that? Scared. It's important to the kinds of things she and Etho are. Like... mountain lions, maybe. Mountain lions that have been around just enough people to know how dangerous they are. Like that.

God, she's only doing cat metaphors. Bdubs really is turning them all into furries.

Anyway, the point is, Grian isn't scared.

And that... terrifies her.

That's scarier than anything else. Because, see, Cleo wants to survive. But more than that, she wants her partners to survive. And she and Etho, the two of them are doing well. Better than most people. They're green and they have so many hearts.

But Grian? Grian's yellow and not afraid and goading Etho into not being afraid too. It's not their fault, exactly, Cleo thinks. They both had hard tasks. They didn't have a choice, Cleo thinks.

But. But.

She doesn't know what to do, if Etho gets convinced the humans down the mountain aren't scary. She doesn't know what to do if he gets too close. She doesn't know what to do if he gets hurt.

Because she--she doesn't think she can learn to stop being scared, anymore.

But she also doesn't know how many times her heart can stand to lose someone.

Did you know--wild cats are social? They have a reputation for being loners, but mountain lions, they're social. They don't do well being alone. They don't actually hunt solely alone. That's the important bit here. They seem independent, sure, but actually...

Anyway. This is Bdubs's fault. For making her a furry, apparently.

She watches Grian and Etho scheme together and sits back and breathes and tells herself that Etho isn't going to stop being afraid anytime soon. That if push came to shove, he, at least, would retreat back, and that maybe the two of them could convince Grian to retreat too. Safe from hunters. Safe from red.

Maybe safe from hurting each other, too.

(She's not so sure about that part.)

#secret life smp #secret life spoilers #zombiecleo #a bee fic #staring in. cleo and the fact she seems to consider dying before or at the same time as her allies as her happy ending #staring in. cleo and the fact that the thing she and etho have most in common is CAUTION. #and then staring at grian. #hm. well. hopefully that ends better than it seems like it might. #ALSO SHOUTOUT TO ME HAVING THE BRITISH PERSON USE METAPHORS USING EXCLUSIVELY AMERICAN WILDCATS #in my defense they're the ones i'm actually familiar with

[teamoakills]

the thespian urge to have a rival love story (and it failing immediately)

#this doesnt belong in the post so im gonna talk about it in the tags #for my hermie design i gave him black hair (only roots cause he dyes it like 24/7) even though i always saw him as having light-brown hair #cause my sibling was like deadset on him having black hair since the beginning #i was like no hes blonde-ish right and they were like you're insane #so im compromising #he dyed his hair green for The Joker but its since faded and washed out now to be like pale dusty blonde #and ever since the whole journey to Hell he's just been lettin that true color grow...... #its like a metaphor for identity or something. LET THAT TRUE SELF THROUGH.....! #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads s2 #oakworthy #normal oak #hermie the unworthy #team oakills! art

[waroferas]

He told his friends he scored and she beat him to death. She said, "Don't trust a worthless stranger Unashamed of what he's done"

#I LOVE HYRULE WARRIORS RAHHHHHHHH #song is miracle worker by self btw #ummmmmm YAY ! sorry i needed to be a freak abt stabbing imagery again . and the metaphorical act of dying by your own instrument of destiny #or something. #hw #frogart #blood #ask to tag #mmmmwah #loz hyrule warriors

[magicaldreamfox1]

PIT BABE THE SERIES TRAILER — Pete & Way

#i don't think u guys understand how serious it is for me rn #and if this is symbolic. metaphoric. if pete has been into way for longer but way doesn't see it until he does look #man look at pete's face when way looks up at him. the surprise. the elation #it's actually so over for me like im collapsing and dying it's SO OVER #pit babe #pit babe the series #peteway #waypete #bl shows #my gifs

[e-mptyflowerfields]

I’d crawl into his ribcage if he let me, like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, I’d curl up in him like he was a dead horse and I was desperate for warmth

#cannibalism as a metaphor for love #cannibal aesthetic #the revenant #brutal winter #ethel cain #ethel cain aesthetic #rural aesthetic #southern gothic #rural gothic #regional gothic #southern goth aesthetic #poetry #modern poetry #love poem #i love him #there’s nothing more terrifying than dying cold and alone

[aroanthy]

i love how fraught and complicated discourse around various utena characters ‘dying’ is when anthy is literally stabbed to death eternally by a million swords imbued with human hatred. and then utena gets stabbed to death by them also. like. ‘death’ is incredibly interesting in rgu because most of the time it’s this ambiguous figurative thing that has interesting implications re: ohtori as a closed-off world one can escape. we are all trapped in our coffins. mamiya is the only named character with a grave. nemuro memorial hall functions as one all the same. ruka is implied to have died in the hospital— was he dead all along? who was the boy we saw for these two episodes? is this dead boy the same boy, or is this just another coincidence from the shadow girls, cutting like a knife? it’s heavily implied that akio and anthy murder kanae by poisoning her, adding to the previous implication that they were poisoning mr ohtori too, but there are no perceptible consequences of this. kanae’s absence is not felt. she’s fed an apple slice. what happens to the bodies? we know what happened to the 100 boys, but what about everyone else? and so on and so forth. ‘death’ is a tricky thing in utena, i think it’s constantly functioning on figurative and literal levels in very different ways for very different purposes. dios died. dios was dying. dios didn’t die. he grew up. etc etc

#what am i trying to say here? #idk! think about all of the pieces you have #dying is complicated in ohtori in countless different ways #and i find it boring to see so much ‘this character is dead and that’s it’ stuff #when death is used farrrrrrr more figuratively than some ppl give credit for #and i think the movie too does wonderful things with death #and what ‘dying’ really means #being disbelieved. being forgotten. being rejected. haunting despite this #much more interesting to think about wrt commentary on abusive relationships than it is #to think about what?? oh me when my brother died but plot twist he’s alive and can walk on this road all cool. like????? #akio doesn’t have the power to make himself revenant #he THINKS he does and he absolutely has power when he’s alive and he imbues that power with such meaning that it does live on after him #but ANTHY. anthy is the one struggling with herself and her feelings and the impact of trauma and abuse (that power!!) in aou #he’s dead? he died? she brought him back through her memories? or she’s left him (metaphorical death) and he’s haunting her?? #all such interesting interpretations #i haven’t mentioned touga bc i don’t have the energy today. if dead and just illusion of others memories then why active. why awful #like in aou akio is only Obviously scummy when he’s alive. his illusory self is based upon anthy’s love for him #if anime!touga is nothing more than nanami/whoever’s memories of him before he died……. why does he actively choose to suck again and again #like nanami wouldn’t do that. unless it was meant to be a subconscious thing like ooo he’s dead all along but that’s not what her arc is #it’s not ‘he’s been dead all along’ literally or figuratively. it’s ‘he’s unsafe and i don’t want him’ #sigh. once again i am asking people to think about nanami and touga’s dynamic through touga’s eyes #it’s so interesting to me how people forget to consider his motivations or feelings on ANYTHING #like sure his motivations and feelings are scummy but they’re interesting!!!!! they intrigue me!!!! #compel me even #anyway ignore how i said i didn’t have the energy for this and then typed it all out anyway #dais.txt

[mas-que-loucura-menina]

Obsessed with when fanfictions go like:

Jason: "your son died!! I'm not that kid anymore! You can never have him back!! >:("

Bruce: "I mean, yeah? You had new experiences, made new friends, learned new things and went through a lot of difficult situations. You're human, people grow up, but there are still things about you that will never change, one of them is the fact that you're my son and I will love you regardless of what you choose to be."

#i miss those types of fanfic #there should be more of those #because once i read one i was like "holly shit i'm not the same person i was as a kid and neither is anyone #jason dying and coming back just makes it more metaphorical somehow and bruce not being there to see him growing up makes it sad #so now there's this new person who still have little things about his child self but definitely isn't the same kid anymore #but that's okay because bruce can just meet his son all over again and use those little things to slowly conect with him again #i just really love fanfics like this they tend to make me cry a lot #jason todd #red hood #batman #bruce wayne #batfamily #dc

[cutemeat]

still kills me that some ppl are unsure if the cat in the wall metaphor was intentionally made to symbolize macden’s relationship cuz like…. they make it…. so… very… abundantly clear…. and then thats smth they make a point to bring up Repeatedly on the podcast

#like out of every sunny metaphor this is the clearest one LMAO #like down to the framing… in M&D Break Up while charlie talks abt the cat in the wall for the first time #there dennis is… in the bg…. framed as the cat in the wall they r talking abt… #then AGAIN in gets romantic (directed by glenn himself) when mac is giving his speech… we see the cat in the wall framing of dennis AGAIN #and i KNOW they were intentionally bringing s5 full circle cuz in the same episode they bring back that stupid basketball hoop that we #litrlly havent seen in macden’s apartment SINCE s5 and they put it in DENNIS’ room…. #not to mention they hit u in the face w the cat in the wall shit in s15 #with the literal cat being trapped and dying in franks office #and then dennis saying he wants to hide behind a painting IN THE WALL and then COMING OUT OF A WALL…. like. LIKE #ohhhh it drives me up the wall. *I* am the cat in the wall #cats in the wall

[larabar]

Sonic laughing his deadass off at Knuckles' attempt at an accent in the background while Barry is trying to focus

PFFFFFFF

#asks #sth #actually dead au #to draw #i cant rn but i better💥 knux about to beat barry up and sonic's still. dying (metaphorically)

[incorrecttowerofgodquotes]

Yasratcha lost his himbo dog boyfriend thousands of years ago and still isn’t over it to the point of suicide. Truly one of the most realistic gay representations

#yama: I’m not gonna save you #yasratcha while dying inside both metaphorically and literally: sure that’s fine with me #tower of god #tog

[bethisblogging]

Petition for the haters to stop taking “I Hate It Here” lines out of context!!!!!!

#if I see one more person saying that she’s trash for the line about 1830s without the racists I might burst #and I’m trying really hard just to let it be but idk how much more I have in me #also sips tea but some of my mutuals are getting on my bad side because they are being part of the problem. if she’s not for you #I respect if she’s not for you! you don’t have to like everything my favorite artist puts out because even I don’t like everything #I’m not ready to defend this album to the death like it’s fine. I like some of the songs. I’m not dying to keep listening to it #but there’s saying you don’t like it/don’t care about it #and then there’s actively hating and spreading posts that purposely cherry pick lines to make her look dumb #guess how many single lines of ANY form of writing would sound dumb if you grabbed half a metaphor or three words #taylor swift

[mysicklove]

WAKE UP SOLDIERS. WE ARE OFF TO WAR TOMORROW (kinktober starts)

#🔪 - mello talks too much #writers arise #it is time. #i failed kinktober this year #so #im metaphorically dying on the battle field

[river-of-wine]

Lyrics from I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby! by CMAT

#red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #molly o'shea #MOLLY MONDAY EVERYBODY!!!!!! #listen to CMAT listen to Nashville especially. ginger woman from dublin singing about dying with yeehaw metaphors #fanart #digital art #my art

[aweekoftodays]

Is this anything? I was going to make more analytical orv posts but this happened instead

Get it? It's a metaphor

#orv #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kdj #your welcome #i make me laugh #this works on many levels #im annoying so im explaining #Those one posts where its like kdj is jesus kdj is you kdj is a metaphor #You put the killing thing right between your lips but you dont give it the power to kill pls stop dying #etc #joongdok

[inpursuitofnunchi]

The whole sequence of getting franky to join the crew was pure chaos

#a literal panty-chase #chopper had it in his mouth im dyinggg #the unending list of fruit metaphors while robin had the 'grab' on #chaotic as hell #im dying #one piece #enies lobby #straw hat pirates #straw hat crew #monkey d luffy #roronoa zoro #vinsmoke sanji #usopp #nami #nico robin #tony tony chopper #franky #water seven

[fishyartist]

#my art #fan art #shut the fuck up terf #transgender #saw that wizard bitch on Twitter (through a screenshot) and got mad. #painted an image I like to stop being mad #also! #experimenting w/ using the aiubrush more. it’s simple+I like that #leaves the mistakes clearer 2 me #I think it helps improvement maybe. #could’ve probably rendered it further but eh. #nah #anyways ya I’m assuming this applies to no one but if ur a terf or otherwise transphobic die! <3 #I accept metaphorical death (killing the hate within you) but I also take dying to death! #whichever man just leave me alone