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dont-look-me-in-the-eye · 11 months

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it is in my nature.

a scorpion, not knowing how to swim, asked a frog to carry it across the river.

you know how this story ends, no?

it is in the frog’s nature to swim, and in the scorpion’s nature to sting.

it is mortal nature to die.

Do you ever wonder, if the scorpion wished it could change?

Do you wonder what it thought as it went down,

“please, please, I’m sorry, I can’t help it, I don’t wanna kill you,

I don’t wanna die.”

Stupid, stupid, stupid. If only the frog didn’t help.

Do it again.

a scorpion, not knowing how to swim, asked a frog to help it cross a stream.

no, no, no, it’s all the same.

again.

a scorpion, not knowing how to swim, asked a frog to help it cross a raging storm.

it ends the same way.

you will never be free.

again.

i cannot swim. I ask you to help me cross a raging river.

…

Stop it! Let me drown this time!

you kind, stupid frog. why must you help me across every time?

it is in my nature.

Why couldn’t it be in mine?

#the scorpion and the frog #the frog and the scorpion #ominous #the wheel of life #they’re stuck in a time looooooop #self sacrifice #tw death #it is in my nature #time loop #poetry

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reniadeb · 1 year

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one must imagine the scorpion tired

#philosophy #fable #the frog and the scorpion #meme #funny #memes #relatable #relatable memes #relatable meme #twitter #comedy #Sisyphus #Camus #emoji #emoji kitchen #emoji mashup

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stompandhollar · 8 months

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something something aziraphale and crowley are the scorpion and the frog, both simultaneously, and it’s just their nature and they’ll always cross the river and be doomed except that even though every universe begs them to sting and thrash and drown, there’s no universe in which they don’t make it to the bank, disembark from one another’s backs, embrace, and continue on hand in hand.

#the scorpion and the frog #the frog and the scorpion #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x arizaphale

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branddmc · 3 months

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Don't be either one.

Is the point, I think.

#the frog and the scorpion #inspiration #motivation #fables #kindness #awareness

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averwonders · 2 years

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" Once there was a flood in the forest. A frog was resting on the river bank. A scorpion stuck in the floods requested the Frog, "Please help me cross the river!" Thee frog asked, "What if you sting me?" The Scorpion replied, "Silly, if I sting you then we will both drown. Why would I kill myself? The Frog believed the Scorpion and let him hop on his back. They began to cross the river but as soon as they reached the middle of the river, the Scorpion stung the frog. The Frog asked, "Why did you do that?" The Scorpion said, "I am a Scorpion, stinging is what I do. It is in my nature." Some men are scorpions, dear. They never change, Badru. "

-Darlings, dir Jasmeet K. Reen (2022)

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thegayqueerhomosexual · 6 months

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a scorpion, not knowing how to swim, asked a frog to carry them across the river.

"of course!" the frog replied.

the scorpion hopped on the frog's back, except they were confused from this act of kindness

"why are you helping me? you do know I could kill you."

"are you only helping me because if I sting you I will drown?"

"well no actually", the frog said.

"I am helping you because I do not care if I die, scorpion."

the scorpion was shocked, how could this frog not care about their life?

"do you care if I die?"

"of course I do! why wouldn't I?" the frog said, as if it was considered normal to value a random life more than yours.

"so if I were to sting you, would you still want me to cross the river..?"

"yes I would." why was this frog so caring with a deadly and dangerous scorpion?

"this isn't how the story is supposed to be!" the scorpion cried

"well why shouldn't it? why shouldn't I care for you?"

"because I am the antagonist of the story! I should sting you, or you should throw me off!"

"if you did sting me though, it would be because of your nature my dear scorpion. I would still love you even if you stung me and swam away!"

"why would you love me frog? for I am your grim reaper, not your lover! we aren't even the same species, any sane animal would hate me!"

"I guess I must be insane"

now they were at the end of the river, actually they had been there for quite a while. neither had killed the other, neither wanted to, and neither needed to.

eventually the scorpion got off the frog's back, tired of arguing about not caring for the other because they were their demise.

"remember scorpion, I will carry you across any body of water, even the arctic ocean. even if you sting me, I will forever love you darling."

and with everything, the scorpion still stung the frog, and as the frog said they still loved that scorpion.

all because of one's nature.

#the frog and the scorpion

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nctrnm · 11 months

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NctrnmFM(nctrnm.com): "The Scorpion" by sao kzu, Kiabits.

#Spotify #The Scorpion #sao kzu #Kiabits #The Frog and The Scorpion #Music #Audio #NP

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moliathh · 10 months

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the scorpion and the frog

#hellsing #alutegra #i need period drama hellsing #the clothes might be historically inaccurate because i just shove every reference up together #did not have the time to differentiate between victorian or ewardian or regency something something #alucard hellsing #integra hellsing #the scorpion and the frog is my favourite fable #there are so many ways to interpret it more than just a cautionary tale #personally i see it as a tragic romance #all of my otps follow the same damn trope everytime #someone who believed that it is in their nature that they are unlovable #and someone who trusted them regardless even fully aware of their destructive nature #but as fairytales mostly go isnt true love can break the spell #so i think there are several ways that the tale of the scorpion and the frog can be retold #the scorpion and the frog

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samijey · 2 months

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"Why?!"

#bayley #wweedit #wwe smackdown #wwe #damage ctrl #stuff i made #because she's the scorpion and you're the frog bby

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winchestress · 1 year

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#spnedit #deanedit #spncreatorsdaily #supernatural #dean winchester #the scorpion and the frog #13x08

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thestuffedalligator · 1 year

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I made a spiderverse OC.

Little Webbed Riding Hood, the Spider-Woman from a Shrek/Into the Woods style fairy tale universe.

#marvel #into the spider verse #spidersona #kind of #not really #more #spider verse oc #watercolours #villains include kingpin cole #the scorpion and the frog #kraven the huntsman #and black cat in boots

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littlefridayhoney · 9 months

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S.COUPS and Jeonghan in [GOING SEVENTEEN] 돈't Lie Ⅲ & the fable of the scorpion and the frog (extended ver.)

#if u open the top of my head all you will find inside my skull are svt brain worms actually #i was inspired by that succession post abt shiv roy and the fable of the scorpion and the frog. immediately thought to myself #'oh hey kpop group svt is every version of the fable of the scorpion and the frog depending on which dont lie episode ur watching'#going seventeen #gose #seventeen #svt #jeonghan #s.coups #choi seungcheol #yoon jeonghan #dino was hilarious this episode btw its even funnier when you rewatch it knowing what the results are #mine mine mine

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frootbyethefoot · 3 months

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the scorpion lives

[ID: two digital drawings of gonta gokuhara, and kokichi oma from danganronpa v3: killing harmony. kokichi is on his tippy toes, covering his mouth with his hand and whispering to gonta. gonta is staring down at kokichi, shocked by what he's saying. the background is bright red. kokichi is bright purple, while gonta is bright pink.

the second drawing shows a bright purple scorpion, sitting on top of a bright pink frog. the background is pure black. END ID]

#drv3 #v3 #danganronpa #danganronpa v3 #kokichi oma #gonta gokuhara #joeys art #image described #eyestrain #based on a version of the scorpion and the frog i SWEAR i read at some point #couldn't find it if my life depended on it #but essentially the scorpion stings the frog and lives #leaving the frog to die #its not a 1:1 parallel #but i got this idea in my head before i finished chapter 4 #and i knew i had to draw it #thriving rn i have so much i wanna draw

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kabutoden · 4 months

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i love how u draw vriska!! shes the itsy bitsy spider...

YEAH!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! SHES 13 AND SHES SO ITSY BITSY AND BAD

#smthing smthing conceptualizing characters as other characters #she spider… it in her nature… scorpion and frog moment or smthing idk #im a scorpio btw. i used to not like vriska at all but i was 13 back then #like literally 13 also. “why is she so mean if it were me I would simply not be mean” <13 year old character analysis #now that im an adult i look at her and terezi and i go yeah typical middle school girl behavior #vriska serket #vriska

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scorpion-flower · 9 months

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The weird thing about Rachel Zegler playing Snow White, isn't her not being white. It's her talking as if she hates the older thing.

Also, someone please tell her (and Gal Gadot who also missed the memo) that falling in love doesn't make you any less of a powerful woman. Mulan fell in love, Tiana fell in love, Esmeralda fell in love. And they are feminist icons.

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jadafitch · 6 months

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