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amicus-noctis · 4 months
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Вoth the russians and the french are depressed, the only difference is that the russians drink tea and the french drink coffee.
Is it also a coincidence that both of these authors have the same initials (A.C)? Or that they died almost at the same early age (44 for Chekhov and 46 for Camus)?
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rooster-bradshaw · 2 years
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rooster & coyote gone wild 🥴
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lookismaddict · 1 year
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lookism characters as mythological gods 👀 who would be who
OH SHEEEEEESH, I LOVE MYTHOLOGICAL GODS. ESP GREEK & ROMAN GODS ✨ AYO, YOU A REAL ONE FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION, TY JANN! 💜 I hope you don’t mind this analysis… 😅 (Took a long time to write because there was a lot of research LMAO, I'M SORRY THIS TOOK ME FOREVER TO ANSWER. 🙏🏽) BUT NOW, I CAN PROUDLY POST THIS. 🫡 💖
While matching each god to a Lookism character, I found this very fun because there are so many mythological gods and goddesses that can be associated with any of them. Especially when it comes to their appearances, symbols, and folklore. The depictions of these gods all tie to each of these selected Lookism characters:
Gun and Goo || Fujin & Raijin (Shintoism)
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First, let’s start off with Gun. There are many reasons why I see Gun as the Shinto god, Fujin, and here’s why:
Fujin [風神] is known to be the Shinto kami (god) of the wind. A deity that controls the winds of the Earth through his bag of air.
Due to his control of strong wind currents, he is connected to storms, especially powerful typhoons, that would cause the destruction of many trees and and homes. However, Fujin leaves most of the job to Raijin.
According to a Japanese legend from the 13th century, he managed to save Japan by sending storms to Mongol invaders who were trying to conquer Japan. Fujin’s winds were so ruthless, that the Mongol’s fleets were all destroyed in one storm.
Fujin and Gun are both forces to be reckoned with. Fujin’s destructive actions are similar to Gun’s, in which they both initiate both ruin and devastation. Since Fujin had wiped out over a thousand people for centuries, then it wouldn’t be a surprise if Gun’s future would eventually lead to the downfall of many more lives. This man had dealt with so many enemies (100+) all the way up to his current lifetime of about 20 years, that it wouldn’t even be a surprise if he so happens to murder even more people later on.
Also, since Fujin is associated with the use of harsh winds intermingled with water due to typhoons and storms, they are involved in a shared element. The nature element, water, represents them both in some way. Both Fujin and Gun are present whenever it rains. On days when there’s rain, Fujin’s winds are harsh during storms. Whereas, in Gun’s case, he is always present on days when the weather is rainy and gloomy. However, for Gun, he just appears when there’s rain to pass along the message of “the end” for people, especially when it comes to a person not being able to hold their position as Gun’s future successor. You could say, that the both of them also symbolize the presence of melancholy, since they both bring nothing but misfortune upon people during unpleasant weather. They play as the instigators of the end to peacefulness.
Fujin has an appearance of a true Oni, due to his mother Izanami giving birth to him when she reached the underworld. According to Gun’s background when he was still in Japan, many knew him as “Shiro Oni”. In the webtoon, the translation for his name was “White Ghost”. However, the word “Oni” actually meant ogre or demon in Japanese folklore. Of course, it wouldn’t be a surprise that many native Japanese residents would call him a demon due to his infamous yet terrifying background of nothing but merciless violence.
Not only was Fujin’s face alike from Gun’s, but also their attire. Apparently, Fujin usually wears leopard skin. And who else wore something leopard related? Gun Park. That leopard patterned long sleeved shirt really does say something about his fashion. He definitely must be Fujin, but in human form. Both of them really do share the same fashion sense. 💀
In addition to his face and attire, but Fujin only has four fingers on each hand. These four fingers represent the North, South, East, and West. In a way, this association of Gun as Fujin can be symbolic as well. Gun’s affiliation with the Four Major Crews can be shown through Fujin’s fingers since Gun, who had contributed to the establishment of these Four Major Crews, identified the strongest crews in South Korea. Each crew either coming from the North, South, East, and West of the Han River, which splits their territories into four different parts of South Korea.
Gun has the same personality trait as Fujin as well. Fujin is described to be the brother who is less spontaneous in personality, compared to Raijin. He is also unenthusiastic whenever he is met with some sort of issue that he has to deal with and he is more “laidback”, not taking things too seriously against enemies. This is probably due to how aware he is of his own powerful strength. The same goes with Gun. His personality when dealing with those who are against him is also like this as well, with a hint of arrogance, knowing that he can defeat anybody on his own.
Now, let’s talk about Goo as Raijin:
Raijin [雷神] is the Shinto kami of thunder, lightning, and storms. Often times, he’s seen alongside his brother, Fujin. They both mostly appear together as a pair, like Gun and Goo whenever they show up in certain scenes. (However, the only difference compared to Fujin and Raijin is that Gun and Goo aren’t brothers.)
To clarify, Raijin is responsible for the creations of storms, not Fujin. Fujin is only responsible for strong wind currents, so he leaves the work of thunder clouds and lightning to his brother, Raijin.
Raijin’s personality is one of the distinctive factors that many people use to distinguish between Raijin and Fujin. Similarly, with Gun and Goo too. The difference in personalities in each pair are quite the same indeed. Just like Raijin’s personality, Goo’s is very chaotic and he can be mischievous with trickery. Even though Raijin is known as a trickster, he either does good or bad. He produces good in the form of rainfall for crops or he creates storms that destroys both the living and non-living.
Just like Goo, he’s a character that brings good and bad in his own way. In a unique way, he gives people opportunities to help fulfill their own ambitions, by becoming one of his “secret friends”. For example, Goo used to beat up bullies to earn money. In a way, he somehow benefited others, such as that one event when Goo saved his cousin, Vasco, and Jace from school bullies. His encounter with Vasco had led Vasco to become stronger than he was before. In addition to these “good” occurrences, Goo offered Samuel Seo a new chance of power after being rejected by Gun, in which Samuel took him on his offer then became one of Goo’s so called “secret friends”. Another instance of this is when Goo recruited Logan Lee as another one of his “secret friends” too. Logan wanted to get stronger since his goal is to get back at the original Daniel Park, so this event was like Goo opening up a new beneficial start for Logan.
Although this was the case for some people, Goo also managed to cause distruction wherever he goes. Returning to the subject of the bullies, he did beat them up pretty badly. He even found it amusing to see them suffer. With almost every person that he had fought against, he had this maniacal enjoyment that he found in defeating others. It was as if he had fun beating up others just for the sake of his own amusement. Along with his chaotic mind, he took his destructiveness with him, just like Raijin. According to that one chapter when Sinu got a phone call from one of his old friends, his friend mentioned through the phone that he should be careful of someone named “Joon Goo” who had completely wiped out their whole entire crew. Which quickly indicated and foreshadowed, that Goo would eventually cause trouble for Big Deal.
Sinu Han || Heracles/Hercules (Greco-Roman Mythology)
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There are some reasons why I believe that Sinu Han should be Heracles:
Even though Heracles was known as a demi-god (only a mortal), he became the god of heroes and the divine protector of mankind when he died. (This is completely unrelated to Sinu in comparison, but just wanted to address that Heracles isn’t a god when he completed his heroic deeds.)
As a defender for all, Heracles acts like a public servant. Throughout most of his lifetime, he protects civilians who are in dire need of help. Just like Heracles, Sinu Han’s mindset is similar. For about 10 years, he protected a street in Gangseo, in which he had dedicated himself to serve as the defender for the women who loved that street. It was his home. Even Heracles loved Greece and had thrown himself into dangerous situations just to defend his home.
Heracles rescued so many beings in need. A special being that he rescued was Prometheus. No matter how bad he may be as a titan to the gods, he was willing to set Prometheus free due to how he had helped humanity for giving them fire. Sinu Han's character is similar to Heracles since he is the type of person to set someone free, regardless if they have done something bad in the past. What matters is how good of a person's character is, and how they contribute to serving others. I can see Sinu letting someone go if they changed for the better, and by giving them another chance to redeem themself. For instance, even though this hasn't been directly approved by Sinu (but by Jake), Lineman used to be a character who caused trouble and lied to others, thinking that he was a big-shot. However, he changed by being accepted by Jake Kim into Big Deal and if Jake approves of these people who he have gained as his friends (or followers), then Sinu approved of them for being good people and they eventually became members of Big Deal. (Hence, believing in Jake's jurisdiction in finding good in others.)
Although he may be a well-known mythological hero, many do not know how much he had suffered. There was a time when Heracles was enslaved, and he was bought by the Lydian Queen Omphale. She made him do many things as a slave, such as forcing him to wear women's clothing (to humiliate him) and spun wool to help her and her maidens. Omphale did fall in love with Heracles, but eventually she set him free (and they got married). Alike from Sinu Han's situation, Mitsuki Soma was head over heels for Sinu, that she wanted him for herself. Treated like a slave, Sinu had to endure hardships of being her "lover". Manipulated and controlled by Mitsuki due to a mystery drug that made him forget his memories, Mitsuki made him stick by her side, in which she made him shower together. Sinu's identity and memories were twisted by her, which gave Mitsuki the power to successfully manipulate him for a long time (until Jake Kim had to rescue Sinu from The Workers).
Jake Kim || Balder (Norse Mythology)
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This is why Jake Kim can be seen as Balder:
Balder is known to be not just the Norse god of light, joy, and summer. Jake Kim usually brought light and joy to people's lives, especially during his middle school days when he'd start getting himself involved with Big Deal. He had made a lot of friends and allies along the way, which would influence (I'll ignore Balder's death, and will be focusing more on his personal aspects, features, and his background that are similar to Jake's.)
Like Balder, Jake Kim shares handsome features and is a very attractive man. He has a bright smile just like Balder, and he has fair hair. In Norse mythology, it was said that Balder was so noble and handsome, that light shines down on his body in which flowers would bow down before him as he passes by.
Also he is the representation for the themes of justice, beauty, hope, and sacrifice. During the Jake Kim Arc, he sacrificed himself, especially for Big Deal who sought for the rescue of Big Deal's Former No. 1, Sinu Han.
(Side Note: I didn't want to associate Jake Kim with Eros because even though he's good-looking and is strongly related to the idea of "love" and "Romanticism", Eros is usually described as mischievous and unsympathetic due to him shooting arrows at people regardless of how they think/feel. It is the complete opposite to Jake's personality, in which he is considerate and kind towards others.)
Samuel Seo || Mercury (Roman Mythology)
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Let me explain why I see Samuel as Hermes:
Mercury is well-known for being the messenger god AND the god of commerce. Alike from Samuel, Samuel specializes in business-related work and he manages finances really well. At one point, he was very close with Eugene and Samuel acted like a messenger to Eugene, since he reports to him about what goes on in the affiliates when Samuel used to be president for some of the affiliates.
Mercury had a dependent role in managing the gods. Just like Mercury, Samuel as well. He was close with the higher-ups of the Workers (especially Eugene) in which he was positioned by him to manage the 3rd and 4th affiliate of Workers. Both of their roles is to keep the gods or Workers
Even though Mercury’s role might seem “helpful” at first, do not be fooled by Hermes’s appearance, because he isn’t who he seems to be. Just like Samuel when he was first introduced in the Lookism series, we didn’t quite expect him to turn out the way that we know him now.
Mercury favors the ambitious, so he supports those who are willing to reach their goals, no matter how wicked they are. Going off by his “work smarter, not harder" ideology, Samuel is quite the ambitious man. He’s willing to reach higher things, in order to accomplish his dream as someone who’s powerful. Or, as he likes to refer to himself someday as a “King”. (As mentioned to Jake.)
As a god who defends tricksters and thieves, Hermes likes toying with others. He even favors cleverness and amusement. During the Workers (3 Affiliates) Arc, Samuel's behavior is shown as one who likes toying with others, initiating the start to Johan's rage when he found out that the Workers' Third Affiliate used to sell drugs to Pungsan, which was the God Dog cult that was ran by the former church pastor.
James Lee || Shiva “The Destroyer” (Hindu Mythology)
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Here is why I believe James Lee should be Shiva:
Shiva is mainly known as "The Destroyer" and "The Creator" of worlds, in Hindu mythology. He even represents time as well. James Lee was known to be the man who ended the First Generation by defeating all of the First Generation Kings, which fits his character of being "The Destroyer". Consequently, causing the spark of a new generation, which is the emergence of the Second Generation. In this case, being "The Creator" does suit him because he is literally the catalyst to a new generation of fighters. You can also say, that he manipulates time if he were to be Shiva in this context.
Shiva also represents goodness, benevolence, and is said to be "The Protector". In a way, James Lee shows signs of "good" nature and benevolence, in which he acts as a guide to Daniel Park, in finding the secret to his two bodies. And even though James Lee isn't known as "The Protector", he did protect Charles Choi in the past. By aiding him as the company's head for an entertainment agency, he protected Charles' business by supporting him through this method.
This Hindu god is also named the "Lord of the Dance" or Nataraja, according to a Hindu artwork called, "Shiva Nataraja". From the statue, it depicts Shiva dancing in a halo of fire (which represents time), and Shiva stepping on a dwarf with one foot (which is a creature that represents illusion, who leads men astray from the actual truth). Metaphorically, this relates to James Lee because James Lee had the urge to find out the truth about the secret of the two bodies, and is willing to do anything to achieve his goal. Even if it meant betraying Charles Choi, by allying himself with The Workers, specifically Eugene.
Canonically confirming from the Webtoon, it is known that James Lee has a huge penis. Well, so does Shiva. In Hinduism, Shiva is associated with lingas, or phallic symbols, which represents fertility. 🍆
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thingsphoenix21 · 11 months
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Hephaestus: Did Dite just told me that she loved me for the first time?
Dionysus *eating popcorn*: Yeah she did.
Hephaestus:And did I do finger guns as a reply.
Dionysus: Yeah you did. I have in picture
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shugthedug · 6 months
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and here’s the cracked: I sent the Barthes wrestling essay to my partner to read before we watched all the mission impossibles before mi7 came out so that he would understand the role I think Tom Cruise The Movie Star has as their thematic and emotional centre. The escalation of physical stunts and their prominence in the MI movies and the leaning into the narrative of ‘the audience and me against the world’ is a change in Tom Cruises career that was intentional (if forced) and his method of filmmaking evolved to account for it. It has led to a type of performance that is incredibly self aware and effective (culminating at its most powerful, I think, in top gun maverick) where his presence is the signifier of an entire body of meaning and myth onscreen. His recent films have built themselves around this understanding and the audience is a part of this construction. We trust him to embody the characteristics of the myth we have built with him, the stunts hold emotional weight because we need him to do the impossible: he is the reconciling element of the spectacle as well as being the spectacle itself. At its most simple and reductive: there’s something of wile e. coyote in Ethan Hunt (you cannot believe how complimentary I mean that to be) and the movies work because they know this is implicit in our understanding of them and tom cruise never creates a discord by chafing against it. We access the deepest human experiences through actors because they make them manageable for us, and I think tom cruise performs this in a very classic sense that has been drifted from since the 70s - in that way he is the last true movie star. His recent performances certainly align themselves closer to silent film and the golden age of Hollywood, where constructing a ‘realistic’ character was less important than an audience being able to rely on an actor to fulfil the unspoken code of their presence. I love that he embraces this and works with it, because in doing that he’s building something separate and new, and he might be the only figure who can.
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if you're still doing the gifs game, how about carlos lowering his gun after shooting the guy in the shoulder in 4x06 i think?
Thank you so much for the ask, @mooshkat!
I think this is the moment you're talking about, but please let me know if you were thinking of something else:
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(I should really stop being surprised when I encounter a heavily backlit scene on this show, right?)
Unedited Gif Game
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oh-surprise-its-me · 6 months
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This is fully inspired by @aki-draws-things saying Chris is Icarus in a story David makes up ( Ron is the sun he’s in love with. I took it one step farther and made Tom the moon.)
When Chris first got the urge to fly David said his wings would melt. It was too dangerous. The sun would hurt him even if he didn’t mean to. Chris knows he still has to try.
Chris falls. The sun catches him though. He’s set back on the ground.
He watches that night as the sun sets. The moon comes up and he waves. The moon has comforted him every late night he’s ever had. Been there for everything. It practically twinkles at him.
Chris keeps making plans.
One day he meets a man named Tom. He’s gorgeous, Chris ends up loving him but he can’t help but think of the sun and the moon still.
Tom always leaves at night, says he has things to take care of. Chris could be concerned if Tom wasn’t so dedicated to loving him.
During the night one day he finds man in the woods looking like he crashed there. His skin is hot to the touch. Chris brings him home to heal him. He stays up most of the night talking with the man called Ron. Right before morning Ron says he has to leave. He’ll be back soon though. Chris watches him go. He can’t wait to tell Tom about him.
Tom is excited, he tells Chris that if he wants he’s welcome to love Ron during the night, Tom has him during the day.
Chris wakes one day to the sky being covered, it’s what some would call a dark day. Chris in talking to some of the people in the village knows it’s just when the sun is covered by the moon.
Suddenly Tom and Ron are in front of him. He gasps. They grab him. He holds onto them both. He’s never seen them together but they have talked about each other before.
“What are you doing here?”
Tom brushes a kiss across Chris’s cheek. “Sunny here wanted to see you today. We decided to make a deal with the clouds. We can see you at the same time those days.”
Chris blinks, that’s insane. “You’re saying that you’re the sun and the moon.”
Ron nods. He brushes a hand down Chris’s arm, “are you disappointed?” Chris has never shaken his head faster. “I’ve been in love with you two since I was a child. Dreamed of the day I’d be able to see you in person.”
They smile at him. It’s overwhelming to be looked at with such love.
“Join us? Become the eclipse? Become the thing that brings us together. Live in our house.”
Chris grabs them into a hug, “how could I say anything but yes.” He runs that day to tell David. He’s so happy for him.
David who’s found his own love in the underworld, a dark man but a dedicated to his love of David.
Chris packs his few things that night and leaves with them. He lives in their mansion, it’s a gorgeous combination of their personalities. Chris eventually becomes immortal and joins them for eternity. David sends them a small god one day. A child. That someone threw down into the underworld.
They protect the child. Watch him grow until he’s his own god. Watch him fall in love with Hermes, Javy has always been a wonderful person. He’s a young god himself.
They keep doing their jobs. Chris pulls them together a few times a year. The humans eventually declare it a celebration. Chris agrees wholeheartedly that it should be celebration. He loves his gods. Wouldn’t change a thing.
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briefbestiary · 11 months
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A monkey-like aquatic demon, Wuzhiqi was both powerful and disastrous, making the flooding in his area even worse by kicking up waves.
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waitmyturtles · 1 year
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(Please forgive me if any of this has already been written — I haven’t gone through all the reviews on the tag yet!) I have ZERO BUSINESS commenting on Midnight Museum, considering I only began watching from episode 5 ONLY for the guest stars, but since friends are puzzling over the plot, and it’s as confusing to me as I’m seeing in the reviews, I just want to say:
1) There is clearly a mishmash of religious/spiritual commentary happening here. I know far too little about the influence of Hinduism on the history of the Thai cultural spectrum, but give me an ashram and castes (and spiritual figures keeping people out of religious spaces for their castes), and I’ll say that’s a commentary on gatekeeping in sub-continentally-influenced regions.
2) Couple that with a burning at the stake. Could this have been a reference to the American Salem Witch Trials? I feel like that’s a REALLY specific American reference in a Thai show. The Spanish Inquisition also had burnings at stakes. So maybe that’s a reference as well?
3) In trying to parse Khatha and Chan/Dome’s situation, what’s really coming to my mind by way of comparison is Achilles and Patroclus. Achilles and Patroclus of the Iliad were… what, exactly? Certainly companions. Maybe friends? Likely lovers — likely lovers, as was common during the time of Homer, when subordinate male soldiers served as… what, exactly — companions, friends, lovers, to more powerful soldiers.
It’s foggy. It’s assumed, but our assumptions in modern times do not account for the unspoken cultures that were assumed for Homer’s time. History can be foggy…. as is being portrayed in Midnight Museum.
But besides the lovers bit (ship ship ship), here’s what I think are the important parts:
a) Patroclus was adopted by Achilles’s father. They were raised in the same family — but it’s not clear if they were raised as brothers, per se, or more like supportive friends/companions. Some theorize that Patroclus was kind of like a servant-friend to Achilles (even though Patroclus was older than Achilles — so that may indicate a kind of caste-or-class-like difference there, too).
b) It’s often written that Achilles allowed Patroclus to die. Patroclus asked Achilles to enter the Trojan War. Achilles consented. After Patroclus defied an order from Achilles, Patroclus was killed.
It was Patroclus who defied an order — but at least, when I read and learned about the Iliad in college, it was taught that his death was attributed to Achilles.
c) As we all know, Achilles also had a “weak leg,” but Patroclus, of course, didn’t heal Achilles’s tendon. I think the healing parable there is just Patroclus’s companionship to Achilles, who was known as a totally fearsome warrior.
In the show, we are told that Khatha was the one who killed Chan. But we don’t see Khatha lighting the fire. We just see Chan cursing Khatha.
I’m not sure we can trust history here. And I don’t know how to put this all together. (And I have almost no idea of why Ton/Nanon came back, which was why I watched this episode in the first place, dammit.)
But the last thing I’ll say is:
4) There is a goddess in Hinduism named Devi. Devi is often referred to as “The Mother.” Many have called her “The One.” What Devi represents is the “oneness” of the world — that while there are countless practices, countless deities, countless ways of being, that Devi represents that we are all ultimately As One. Wikipedia has Devi down as representative of “ultimate truth and supreme power.”
I’ll say again that I have really no idea what’s happening with the plot. But I wonder if awllllll of these spiritual references are beginning to coalesce under that figure known as The One (and hell, I might tell a whole bunch of Indian aunties that a Thai show might be serving GUN ATTHAPHAN as an avatar of Devi—those home shrines could look a whole lot different).
The One is making Khatha face… something. Truth? Foggy history? The theme of the show is The Witch’s Game, and Anthikka has referenced a Creator in previous episodes, so maybe truth seeking is all a game to her and her god. What I’m honestly wondering about this show is whether or not it is a huge, confusing, macro commentary on the crazy-ass diversity of religion/spirituality/mythology, and how it can lead to the perception of various realities, as it were, when in fact — we are all just One Humanity, One Truth, and we are possibly fucking each other over by way of our selfish preferences (as Khatha wanted Chan all to himself) (but then Khatha let Chan go) (so Chan dies) (and Khatha is to blame).
I…. I just feel like there might be a simpler way to explain all of this in a drama, but who am I to be critical? At least the acting is great, even if Gun has to play like, five or six roles!
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mythandral · 1 year
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32. “How am I supposed to focus when you’re looking at me like that?” for the pairing of your choosing :3c
“Would you care to train with me, my friend?”
It was a brisk afternoon in Camp Dragonhead, and after a surprisingly efficient morning Myth had already returned with no further tasks for the day. He had been staying at the camp for a better part of a week, but this was the first time he’d had any chance to spend time during the day with its commander. So Myth was all too happy for the invitation, and gave an enthusiastic nod in response to Haurchefant’s request. 
“Splendid!” Haurchefant replied and beamed at him warmly, prompting a coy smile from the Duskwight in return.
This was the first time they had sparred together, as busy as the Warrior of Light found himself nowadays, and Myth was curious to see how the knight would fare. Haurchefant’s weapon of choice was a standard sword and shield, but Myth’s was far more unusual, a staff split into three segments connected by chains- a traditional weapon of his hometown and their dance-like style of combat. Haurchefant had seen him in action a couple of times, but seeing it first hand was something else altogether.
The first bout was almost over before it began, a well practised swing of the staff disarming the knight’s sword immediately. Haurchefant quickly retrieved it, demeanour as cheery as ever but with a fresh glint of determination in his eye.
As they got into the swing of things, Myth found Haurchefant was staring at him with what he could only describe as hunger - and not just for the fight. Their first few rounds after that went much as expected, hard fought but tidy victories for the Duskwight as they slowly grew used to each other’s fighting style. The other man’s focus hadn’t wavered the entire time, and Myth could feel steely eyes paying particularly close attention not to the weapon in his hand but the body of its wielder. Myth knew the heat he could feel on his cheeks was barely attributable to the combat.
The next bout started out much as the rest. Haurchefant had adjusted to Myth’s opener, the quick disarm no longer a viable option, but still Myth had the upper hand as they continued with a couple of his flourishes almost finding purchase. If anything, this only increased the intensity of the knight’s gaze, and Myth found himself helplessly drawn to it. So much so that he didn’t spot the shield coming to swipe at his staff as it spun, sending its segments bouncing off the unyielding metal with a chaos that almost sent him reeling. Though that left him open, Haurchefant paused to let him readjust, implicitly claiming victory for the round. One point for him.
The reprieve was not to last, Haurchefant eager to continue now cracks had started to show in the other man. He was laying it on thick now, unwavering eye contact accompanied by an unapologetic smile, and most aggravatingly it was working.
“How am I supposed to focus when you’re looking at me like that?” Myth sighed, visibly flustered.
Haurchefant grinned at him brazenly. “Precisely!” he exclaimed, “I stand little hope of besting you on a level playing field, we both know that - so this is all part of my strategy,” he punctuated with a thrust of his blade, which Myth was at least able to parry cleanly.
Myth looked at him with humoured disdain, “I would like to see how far that gets you on the battlefield.”
“You have missed the point, my friend! One should tailor their tactics to their opponent - and dare I say it seems to be working,” Haurchefant pointed out, closing off with an exaggerated wink. Myth rolled his eyes at him with matching dramaticism, but quickly snapped back to focus when a swing from the other man nearly caught him unawares. His position would be untenable if they carried on like this, but it was not too hard to think of a solution.
“You know, I learnt to fight like this blindfolded. Perhaps I should wear one and we’ll see how far that ‘strategy’ gets you.”
Myth’s eyes narrowed when Haurchefant’s widened, the bite of his lip conveying that he wasn’t now thinking about their combat at all. It provided the perfect opportunity, and Myth would have been remiss not to take it. A precise lash of his weapon saw the bottom segment take Haurchefant’s ankle out from under him, sending him sprawling on his arse. 
“Who’s distracted now?” he asked drily. 
He was met with laughter from the floor, as Haurchefant beckoned the other man to join him.
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callsign-daydream · 7 months
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Rooster: You know that sound that a fork makes in the garbage disposal? That’s the sound that my brain makes all the time.
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mmmthornton · 1 year
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Disco Elysium: You are in a world on the edge of the end. The revolution has been fought and lost. There is a hole in existence itself that is getting bigger. If you tune in, you can hear the sigh of creatures as they fade into extinction. They hate you for what you've done. They love you for having tried. There is nothing you can do. There is still work to do. You are all going to die. You have to find the truth behind one man's death. It is pointless, and it is necessary. Some shit-for-brains take on Tumblr.com: Its so stupid how Americans think they can relate to this story lol cultural appropriation much?
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rooster-bradshaw · 2 years
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MILES TELLER photographed by François Berthier, 2019
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death-and-flowers · 2 years
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Dionysus: And then they said "put your hands in the air", and I started dancing. Dionysus: It wasn't until they pulled their gun out that I realized it wasn't that kind of party.
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vasconacho · 2 months
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yloiseconeillants · 1 year
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For the ship meme ask: Yloise and Stephanivien? (Asking bc giving Yloise access to guns in any way sounds hilarious >:D)
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the file name is 'solidarity' and i'm pretty sure it was just about being tits out in ishgard but you know what. they're friends. yloise is a friend of the haillenarte kids and she does have an obnoxious crush on laniaitte but like, there could be space here for like. yloise and steph to be metamours (via artoirel?). i don't see him as being into women at all lmao.
anyway I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT YLOISE IS A LEVEL 50 MACHINIST but i'm gonna go ahead and say that giving yloise a gun is Not Something I Have Thought About because she has so many friends with guns (and knife-guns).
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