Hoop for Episode 12 of Season 2 of @thesiltverses . Probably my very favorite scene of the entire show, delivered by one of my favorite voice actors. I could not stop thinking about doing something for this scene.
"In the emptiness around us, black and twisted shapes have risen from the waves. They hang there, lifted high into the air, the white chemical froth dripping from their flanks.
Gulls, bloodily impaled upon black tendrils that have burst forth from the flesh of blinking cod. Crocus flowers swell and blossom from the wounds of predator and prey alike.
The waters of the channel have become a memorial garden - and a frozen act of vengeance.
In time, we pass the colossal form of a dead whale, raised up high above us, floating on a thousand slender black spines that emanates from below.
Paige does not wake. She keeps on babbling.
I whisper words of comfort that she cannot possibly hear, and I keep my trembling hand upon the tiller.
We keep ploughing on, through the dark and polluted waters - my prophet and me."
Hayward is the single funniest fucker in this podcast I swear. Carpenter's bafflement at Hayward coming to her defense at the end of S3EP1 as she was ready to die and enthusiastically calling her "an old friend" when like. The last time Carpenter saw Hayward he'd been handcuffed by Paige screaming at Carpenter that he'd hunt her down to the ends of the earth. Their interactions prior to that from her perspective where being detained and interrogated by him, and him talking her ear off about his failing marriage (which yes was an act and also actually him talking about his relationship to his job, but Carpenter thinks he's a cringe fail divorced policeman). This is the man who saves her at her lowest. This same fucking guy who was a cop hunting her in S1.
rating silt verses characters based on how flexible i think they are
carpenter: can touch her toes without bending her knees but thats it. her bones click and crunch for 40 minutes after. 4/10
faulkner: legs flexible enough to curl up in the passenger seat to sleep while carpenter drives, but his spine is like every other vertebra fused together. definitely embarrassed about it. 2/10 purely for pillbug imitation ability
paige: did pilates or yoga or something while she had her job, but only infrequently. can almost put her hands flat on the floor while standing with straight knees. almost. 7/10
hayward: has never stretched in his life 1/10
raine: has tried to establish a stretching routine many times and so far has achieved no more than a week of consistency. this endeavour has granted them clicky shoulders and the ability to JUST BARELY put their forehead on their knees when they sit down with straight legs. 8/10
shrue: has attended maybe 2 mandatory wellness/networking sessions involving yoga or pilates and considered them both a waste of time. 3/10
greve, roemont, mason: too old to stretch without dust and dead skin falling off 1/10
acantha: surprisingly lithe considering how much she has to do and how old she is, but doesnt have time to properly stretch. 5/10
brother wharfing: has too many wounds and illnesses to do anything. 1/10
mercer and gage: always crouching and squeezing through gaps. very flexible but only in certain joints. 7/10
sister thurrocks: wants to be more flexible but forgets to stretch. 3/10
devreaux: self explanatory 1/10
sebastian: could sit down with straight legs and touch his toes, but nothing more. too busy to stretch anyways. 3/10
nana glass: shockingly flexible for her age and lifestyle. shes where carpenter gets it from. 7/10
vaughn: naturally flexible but doesnt care to put in any effort to cultivate it. 4/10
stanton: old man. 1/10
charity: puts in some effort. good for her. 7/10
charity's boyfriend: nah. 2/10
daggler: thinks stretching is for girls. despite sexism not seemig to factor hugely in the universe of tsv daggler has invesnted misogyny. 1/10