#song of solomon

[frownyalfred]

I do find it interesting how many people have mentioned his kids being mad at him cause (as I said in a prev anon) Dick and Tim have canonically cheated before! Not hating just interesting to see how out of character certain moments in comics can feel. I like the idea of a mostly silent disapproval but each of them ultimately rooting for Bruce’s happiness over everything. Like they love Lois! Bruce made a huge mistake! But also that’s their dad…and any mistake he makes is just that. A mistake. It’s not a fault of his character

I was also mulling over how much you could compare and contrast Bruce and Clark by having Bruce be with Selina at the time

Like having him immediately tell Selina what happened, why it happened, and if it’s gonna happen again. Just like open communication especially when it involves the mission right

Obviously the differences in the two relationships too. Like Selina and Bruce are closer to a situationship but they have the ability to discuss this in a way that Clark doesn’t mostly cause he’s repressed (very ironic)

I am also a fan of Bruce almost siding with Lois in all of this?? Like everyone is kinda pitting them against each other but Bruce doesn’t think he’s in the right. There’s nothing to pit. He was wrong and she should be supported etc etc

Maybe I’ve been reading too many Mafia AUs but I get the feeling, outside of Clark, the batkids really don’t air their grievances with Bruce to the wider world! Maybe to their partners. But not to those outside of the family. They’ll be furious or upset with Bruce, they can fight, but they still close ranks at the end of the day.

#thoughts #bruce wayne #batman #dc #myfic #theresurrectionist #song of solomon #I promise I will stop talking about this fic soon #asks #anon #batfamily #clark kent #superbat #Superman #clois #Lois lane #tw infidelity

[facts-i-just-made-up]

The earliest mention of a gatekeeper comes from the Bible, in which King Solomon's guard would not open the gateway to his throne until those wishing to see him could name three of his songs.

#solomon #song of solomon #bible #religion #history #unreality

[many-sparrows]

People who read the Song of Songs and strip away all of the sexuality and pretend it's all intellectual and allegorical are so BORING. Look me in the eye and tell me there isn't something holy about two people desiring each other and finding a bodily union there in. Try to tell me that's not god-ordained come ON

#thinking abt how the whole song is being told by a woman #(a woman who is dark from working in the fields) #to other women!!!! #biblical feminism #(?!?!?) #autumn after dark #song of songs #song of solomon

[luckystarinsky]

“perhaps that's what all human relationships boil down to: would you save my life? or would you take it?”

— toni morrison, “song of solomon”

#toni morrison #song of solomon #franz kafka #bestquotes #spilledink #quote of the day #Charles bukowski #bukowski quotes #love quotes #literature #spilled words #tumblr quotes #Mahmoud Darwish #Jane Austen #Jane Eyre #Richard siken #dead poets society #poetry #quotes #Kafka

[artist-issues]

I have to make one more point, because I think it's very important.

The words used in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for the cure to her curse are: "Love's First Kiss" not "True Love's Kiss."

It's not "a kiss of love that is the most genuine from your one true soulmate." It's "the long-awaited culmination of giving your heart to someone for the first time."

In modern adaptations, like Once Upon a Time or (the much more forgivable) Enchanted, we change the phrasing so that it's all about this magical idea of soulmates. But in this first cartoon, it makes much more sense to be about a FIRST kiss, not just a kiss from "the most special" someone special.

Snow White is the youngest Disney Princess. Her young age is not hidden or matured like some of the other princesses--she is fourteen, she moves like a little girl, she's drawn with the baby-roundness of a little girl, and she's called "the little princess!" by the only character who is an example of a regular subject in the Kingdom: the Huntsman. So, one) she's very young.

And two) she's totally innocent and pure. Those two traits are all of what Snow White represents in the movie. That's what the Queen really doesn't have: innocent purity. The Queen doesn't want anyone to know she's a wicked witch consumed with herself; that's why all her magical wares are kept in secret catacombs. But like I've said before, Snow White hides nothing about herself--she doesn't need to--she's an open-hearted, innocent child who boldly and sweetly tells everyone that she's wishing for love and has found it in her Prince.

So she's 1) very young and 2) innocent and pure.

All of this makes the most sense for Love's First Kiss, not "True Love's Kiss," for the same reasons that her "being awoken by a kiss without consent" in this story is actually totally correct and right. (Because she already gave her consent when they met; she promised him her her heart by sending a kiss on a dove, and he promised his)

What I'm saying is, the story is about a little, innocent girl's first, pure experience with love. She wishes for love, has a longing for the idea of love, and is even promised love by the Prince but has to wait and wait and wait until that promise is fulfilled.

That's why the song is "Someday" My Prince Will Come. That's why the title of the kiss stresses being her FIRST, not her TRUEST. It's this idea, not if soulmates, but of waiting until the time is right for love.

It's in Song of Solomon. "Do not awaken love until it pleases." In our modern age, we just run around getting as much "experience" with love as we can. With all of that stupid "experience" comes the added need to figure out which experience is the best and truest one: hence, we change the phrase to "True Love's" Kiss.

But classical fairy tales and the Bible knew better. It's not about figuring it out for yourself. It's about waiting patiently and purely until the time is right, not forcing it, and trusting the other person until the commitment is fulfilled. In fact, I hate to even say it, but the Queen convinces Snow White to bite into an apple that is poisoned by telling her it will fulfill her wish—which is for true love—and which, if it had been true, would have been a shortcut to getting her Prince to come.

Anyway, the point is, Snow White is wishing for the One she loves; The Prince has One heart tenderly beating only for her.

Only him fulfilling his promise and carrying her to this suspiciously heaven-like castle can wake her from her sleep.

It's all about a trust placed, a promise fulfilled, a patience rewarded, a purity purifying--not a worth proven.

Love's First Kiss is way better than True Love's Kiss. It's the first kiss that should be the truest, because it was patiently waited for.

#Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs #Snow White #Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 #Snow White 2024 #Snow White 1937 #Disney #True Love's Kiss #Love's First Kiss #Song of Solomon #Real Disney #waiting

[derangedrhythms]

Her passions were narrow but deep.

Toni Morrison, from 'Song of Solomon'

#toni morrison #song of solomon #prose #passion #dr

[mioritic]

The Song of Songs, translated by Ariel and Chana Bloch

#tanakh #song of songs #song of solomon #jewish #yidishkeyt #poetry

[j-amatus]

REFLECTIONS based on THE SONG OF SONGS pt. 1/8

#digital art #lgbt art #queer art #trans artist #trans art #song of songs #song of solomon #digital painting #procreate

[chaoticsoft]

Toni Morrison, 1974.

Photographer: Waring Abbott

#toni morrison #beloved #sula #song of solomon #jazz #love #home #paradise #tar baby #the bluest eye #american literature #african american literature #black history month #literature

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Toni Morrison #Song of Solomon #quote #lit #books #words

[fluoresensitive]

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison

#🦢 #toni morrison #lit #song of solomon #i need to sit DOWWWNNBB

[frownyalfred]

i feel like the main question isnt whether or not clark would cheat on lois, because right now we're talking abt a scenario in which it happened

No. the question is, if clark slept with bruce before letting lois find out about the soul mate bond, would he tell lois? would bruce try to convince him to NOT tell lois? would bruce, knowing how much its tearing clark apart, try to have clark keep their affair on the DL?

Good questions. I don’t think Bruce would try to convince him not to tell Lois. If they were married, I think he would EXPECT Clark to want to tell Lois. The question might be instead, what would Clark want? I think Bruce would defer to him when push came to shove, unless his choice threatened them somehow.

But I think Bruce would spare Lois as much detail and hurt as possible. He’s still a gentleman, underneath everything. He wouldn’t lie to her if he was asked. But he would keep it from her if Clark asked, I think?

#bruce wayne #batman #dc #myfic #theresurrectionist #song of Solomon #clois #Lois lane #Superman #Clark kent #tw infidelity

[overly-dramatic-artist]

May he kiss me with kisses of his mouth, for thy love is sweeter than wine

#had to improvise casita’s kitchen bc there was no way i was going to do all that amazing detail #encanto oc #bruno my beloved #encanto #mandys drawings #wdihtbm #Angela Morales Estrada #bruno madrigal x oc #Bruno madrigal #artists of tumblr #song of solomon #angel morales estrada

[spoonietimelordy]

Did Chib' take some inspiration there?

@rowanthestrange @rearranging-deck-chairs

#song of solomon #I can't even read anything without doctor who jumping in front of me

[lokiscarlip]

Slashy Jesus/John the Baptist Poem

So, @one-coming-is-enough! I see you've been reblogging a ton of You/Judas slashy art. I want to offer up a poem that one of my most devout followers, @mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea, wrote years ago for a Bible as Lit class that wound up in their poetry thesis manuscript for grad school. It's in the style of Rumi and Song of Songs, if you will, and I think you'll like it. It's you and John the Baptist. I think you'll dig.

#good omens rp #a wild Loki appears #mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea #poetry #poem #Rumi #Song of Songs #Song of Solomon #slashy #Jesus #John the Baptist #Jesus x John the Baptist

[derangedrhythms]

morbid pleasure

Toni Morrison, from 'Song of Solomon'

#toni morrison #song of solomon #prose #fragments #morbid