#life imitates art etc

[ahsteria]

kom ombo temple (47 BCE) / subway hands (2021, 2023) / persepolis, iran (330 BCE)

#insp by brunetteg1rl #mine #star #isn’t it lovely to witness the oldest human urge for intimacy #life imitates art etc

[jewishbarbies]

I hope all you fucks who bullied kit connor into coming out don’t enjoy season 2, because that shit’s about you.

#g talks #life imitates art etc #I hope all of you are deeply uncomfortable #because fuck every single one of you biphobic shitstains #heartstopper #heartstopper season 2 #heartstopper s2 #kit connor #mine #/mobile #/okay to reblog

[yearofrestandrelaxing]

watching the white lotus while crying about money problems has me lol’ing

#life imitates art etc

[visions--of--collisions]

hobie's art style drifting into miles' when it has so much fukcing room Right There is the funniest thing in the world i'm sorry,, ,

#spiderverse #punkflower #🎸🌻 #hobie x miles #hobie brown #miles morales #literal microcosm of their relationship. god bless #art imitates life imitates art etc

[buckleydiazmp4]

WAIT i know exactly what this reminds me of

#life imitates art etc etc #911 #911 spoilers #buddie #911 abc #tommy kinard

[usermarquez]

marc márquez as the dying saint sebastian (1789) by françois-xavier fabre

#HI OKAY IM STILL HERE #thinking about this #life imitates art etc etc #marc as art marc as art…… #nadya.txt #marc marquez #bynadya

[haloiisms]

loser siblings in every universe

#life imitates art imitates life etc. #succession #jeremy strong #sarah snook #kieran culkin #emmys #michael.txt

[firstkanaphans]

I need everyone who didn’t watch the Hidden Agenda special episode to know that Boom coincidentally also lost his wallet on the way to Chiang Khan because I’ve been laughing about it for a month

#when art imitates life etc #hidden agenda #boom tharatorn

[miamierre]

#life imitates art etc etc

[transexualpirate]

so funny how the first few posts on the abed nadir tag are the exact same as the first few posts on the troy barnes tag

#abed nadir #troy barnes #they r always together #life imitates art etc etc #mine #not to be taken seriously #community #trobed #community tv #i said i was gonna go to sleep i didnt lie i just failed. badly.

[ingravinoveritas]

Hot Priest Harry Watling is bisexual and nothing will convince me otherwise...

#david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #inside man #harry watling #also art imitating life #i know you can't tell a person's sexuality from how they stand/talk/etc. #but no straight man grasps a milk carton like that #or crosses his legs LIKE THAT #i couldn't take him seriously in the police interview scene after this #i'm just saying #bi-est bisexual to ever bi #also gratuitous arse shot FTW #honestly if he keeps wearing those jeans i will watch him watch paint dry #there's something slutty in the state of Denmark #and it's David Tennant #gif by me

[mystical-one]

i just popped in to say that next time you need something to draw you should draw bob handing george a glowing ancient gemstone

where did he find it.......

#i saw this ask in the middle of discord movie night so i ended up staying up until almost 5am thinking about this. unreal #anyway had a BLAST drawing this i think its the best thing ive ever created. big fan of this ask #bob dylan #george harrison #emi's meandering doodles #also sorry for making bob such a manlet i couldnt help it art imitates life etc

[hotcinnamonsunset]

tumblr is my diary etc etc yet another sappy post in blue iridescent gel pen

not to post more wedding pics but the photographer sent over her shots and ohhhhhh i’m in love okay

#wedding posting #still kinda !!!!! about the fact that this all happened #baby SB that joined tumblr over a decade ago simply would not believe me #fyi i specially requested the one where i’m posing like the statue in the fountain thats how most of my own pics are life imitating art etc

[joshman-theandroid]

rest easy, fight easy

An introspective; the revolution from Josh's point of view.

word count: 1,296

[I wrote this in less than an hour i'm so tired. After noticing a trend where fics set in the pascifist rev usually end with North "seeing the truth about peace and letting go of her evil ways" or... something similar, I thought to do the same with Josh and the violent rev.

Clearly, a few things are different from canon. Like the fact that Josh is still alive post violent revolution, as he should be.]

Josh has always avoided human attention. He's spent the last few years running from it and dreading it. From his personal experience, it never brings anything good. With their attention comes the possibility of anger and violence. With their attention also comes the possibility of dismissal and being treated like nothing more than an object. Josh isn't sure yet which is worse yet; hatred or indifference.

When he'd found Jericho, it had taken a while to get used to the absence of human presence. The sanctuary Jericho offered had surprised him too; he's not used to things working out in his favor like that. And as the years pass on, Josh holds the peace he's discovered in a special place in his heart.

So when Markus arrives, Josh sees him as some sort of omen; an indicator of worse to come. His very presence threatens the steady life Josh has carved for himself. That's why he is uneasy the first time they meet. There's an ansty look in his eye Josh has mostly seen in North and a few of the newer androids around. It wouldn't have been enough cause for worry; afterall the new ones always arrived with hope in their hearts but this one kept speaking about vague uncertainties like freedom and finally being alive.

He's too hopeful—not like the flitting hope one feels on a quiet day but a hope that burns cities if it should ever fail. His type of hope is dangerous.

Unsurprisingly, North takes an instant liking to the new android. After the successful mission to recover spare parts, she stands taller, with more purpose. It reminds him of how she'd been when she'd first arrived; energy charged and her fingers itching for a change she could create before the helplessness had set in. Simon remains the same sturdy, unchanging figure he's always been but Josh can see he trusts Markus more than he's ever trusted anyone else. He cares for him in that silent way of his.

Josh starts to wonder if the problem is him. Is there something they can all see that he can't? He decides then to give Markus a chance to prove himself—and he does. The mission at Stratford goes better than Josh had expected but they have to leave Simon behind. A part of Josh feels guilty; if Simon is captured they'll be discovered. But he knows his guilt would be stronger if he'd let Simon be killed, even if he wasn't the one behind the trigger.

Beyond the guilt, Josh starts to get a taste of the future Markus envisions and he allows himself a moment to want it too. He imagines a world with androids living alongside humans. He imagines a world where android intelligence is accepted as a legitimate form of life. Not necessarily equal, but unique in its own right. He imagines until he starts to think that maybe attracting human attention isn't so bad.

And as the revolution furthers itself and this dream is closer to being a reality, Josh starts to trust Markus more.

But all that changes when Jericho goes down. To Josh, this is proof that he was right all along. They had spoken up about what they wanted and they'd gotten attacked in return.

Angered and hurt, Markus decides he has had enough. He gathers them together——the oddly matched team of four that have become Jericho's co-leaders and he seeks their counsel. Josh can sense that Markus isn't really asking for their advice; he wants to know if they're in agreement. He plans to wage a war and needs to know if they're on his side. North definitely is and while Simon is mildly wary, he isn't against the idea either.

Josh disagrees with them all, firmly stating that he's sure they humans will listen if they choose non-confrontation and once again, he feels like the outsider, the one with the problem. Maybe he just doesn't care enough for the well-being of the other androids. Their kind are being dismantled and deactivated all across the country and here he is, worried about his own moralities and letting fear grip him. He admits to himself that he doubts the humans will actually listen or that if they do it would be too late.

But the very thought of taking lives, of having blood on his hands makes his mouth sour. He's seen what violence can do and he refuses to become that creature; seeking a taste of blood for nothing more than selfish satisfaction.

But he's outnumbered. Not only by the other three but by the greater population of Jericho —— or at least what remains of it from the raid. As Markus announces his plan, Josh can't help but feel like they're headed in the direction of a catastrophe. He wants to scream for everyone to stop.

Stop with the madness, you'll get us all killed.

But he doesn't say anything. For a brief second, Markus glances in his direction and he wonders if he's heard his thoughts.

They gather a few miles away from the last remaining camp that morning. They are bloodied and bone weary from all the fighting. They've lost some of their people but which each new liberated camp, they've gained a hundred more. And each of them are torn between anger, sadness and joy of being freed. Anger wins over eventually, and this anger becomes the fuel to drive them towards the next camp.

Standing on the fringe of the Capitol Park camp, Josh hears North whisper two words and Markus repeat them back to her; "Freedom or death."

Suddenly, he realizes that his definition of freedom is different from the one the other androids seek. He can suddenly see the world North wants; a world far away from the same people who hurt her. She's willing to die for a world where androids can live as androids with no influence from another species.

She seeks freedom from humanity and he seeks freedom from the violence that makes up an aspect of humanity. And neither of them are wrong or somehow worse than the other.

He isn't the problem, he realizes. In fact, none of them are the problem either. They'd all been dealt a bad deal by life the moment they were created and now they seek their freedom differently. And while it's unfortunate that he has to go down a path he doesn't want to, a part of him still hopes that it's possible for androids and humans to live side by side.

This is a fight for the future of a species; it's not selfish satisfaction.

He keeps that thought in his mind throughout to ease the burn of each human life he takes and each android that dies in the battle.

At the end of it all, after all the androids have been freed from the camps and victory is declared, Josh wanders away from the noise and activity. He needs a moment to think.

There's blood on his clothes and face; some of it blue but most of it red. Today he's done something he said he'd never do. He's become the creature he's wanted to be free from and the thought torments him.

He supposes he should be grateful though. The revolution is successful, at least for now. It might not have been in the way he wanted but there are hundreds of androids wandering around Detroit without being told how to live. He should be grateful but instead feels guilt.

Was it worth it? he thinks. After all that, will it make a difference?

Josh doesn't know. He doesn't know. And the not knowing angers him.

He clenches his fists against the overwhelming guilt that threatens to choke him. Tears well up in his eyes and he silently let's them fall.

Detroit is eerily quiet in a way it's never been. It's missing the loud honking noises, chattering of humans and that gentle hum that is an indicator of life. Josh stands in the middle of a street that used to be packed with automated vehicles and pedestrians. Snow falls heavily and somewhere in the distance, the sun rises gently on a new world.

I listened to this song the whole time I was writing

#maybe I'm projecting a bit in some parts #based on personal introspections #but art imitates life etc etc #dbh josh #detroit become human #dbh fanfic #dbh #dbh simon #dbh markus #dbh north #post rev josh

[deathshallbenomore]

that was very logan roy of him tbh

#life imitates art etc etc

[livingincolorsagain]

Remember that post about Sam and Bucky accidentally conditioning their cats to wait for kisses before every meal? Well, I’ve accidentally conditioned my cat to wait for pets before eating, and I’ve only just realised.

This morning I was in a bit of a hurry so I filled up her plate and went on to make my coffee and breakfast and she stood in the middle of the kitchen watching me move around and I was like why are you staring at me, I already put your food. Then as I was passing her I petted her cute little head, and she immediately went to eat.

I’m gonna cry.

#a rambles #life imitates art etc etc