#introspection. ⊱✧

[poemwav]

– Jamie Oliveira | from "Erosion"

[echoesoftheinfinite]

Part of the 'Wandering Echoes' collection.

[kavaleyre]

• The Hanged Man •

“Compared to what Falin went through? This is nothing.”

[oddberryshortcake]

Kalim’s profile is insane because so much of it is riddled with unspoken angst like

He hates eating alone because there’s safety in numbers

He hates curry because Jamil almost died eating poisoned curry meant for him

He’s great at poison recognition because he’s been poisoned so many times and for his and Jamil’s safety he had to learn how to detect it so no one dies

[aerequets]

this post was the catalyst for this comic, and i was also thinking of a desi song lyric (tere dil ke sheher mein ghar mera ho gaya / in the city of your heart, my home is made) and just... hmmm.... leaving your mark.... making a house into a home..... when the marks a child inevitably leaves behind (messes, scribbles, and in this case stickers) eventually fade away as they grow older and you're left with the memories stored in what hasn't been erased....

im not verbalizing it very well but catch my drift?

[enenkaydoodles]

Uncertain feelings in uncertain times after 5 months of being unemployed with no end in sight

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!

[star-struck09]

Do you think of me as often as I think of you?

[24kmagiic]

There's a nuanced scene in Sinners that I'd like to point out that may explain why Smoke didn't just throw Cornbread the money instead of placing it directly into his hand.

I'm barely old enough to remember the conversation my elders had about how exchanging money between races was a thing. Whether it was an actual written law or just a punishable social no-no, it was unacceptable to place money directly into the hands of white people.

For black people, we had to set the money on the counter so that they could pick it up, and for white people, they would purposely ignore our outstretched hand to place the money on the counter. A silent way to draw the line in the sand.

In the south, especially, it became an encoded social construct, long after the Jim Crow era, that a particular generation would still abide by these rules. My grandma would refuse to shop in places if the clerk refused to take money from her hand. Additionally, if she had to accept cash, she would demand that they place it in her hand. I've seen her and my mother refuse money if they didn't give the respect they demanded.

As a kid, I thought it was silly, but as an adult, I understand that it is a sign of respect or disrespect.

With all that in mind, no, Smoke wouldn't dare throw money at Cornbread because it was utterly disrespectful to do that during that era. Smoke was operating within the boundaries of their social customs, and as a black man, wouldn't dream of disrespecting another black man that way, accused vampire or not.

In today's society, think of the scene in ATL where Big Boi said "Oooh shit! That was so disrespectful. You done hit me in my mouth with some got damn money." Big Boi, also from the south, improvised that line, and I'm willing to bet cash that he was taught the same customs. That "oooh shit," was my exact reaction when I first saw that movie.

Additionally, I'd like to add that I appreciated the sentiment behind this interaction because you can see Smoke battling internally with whether to throw the money for self-preservation (no one would have blamed him) or to place it in Cornbread's hand.

Watching that scene, I thought of Cornbread's family and how Stack showed up to present a better way of life. I thought of how Cornbread was out there that night because he believed in Smoke and Stack's vision. And how he'll never return home to his family. And how Smoke, with all of this in his mind as well, saw past the threat of Cornbread potentially being a vampire and saw Cornbread (for the last time) as his friend.

So as a parting gesture, Smoke placed the money in his hand. Even if it meant going down with him.

[poemwav]

– Rupi Kaur

[minimalist-quotes]

In the end, people always have a way of revealing who they are. You just have to give them the space and time to do so. No mask can be worn forever.

[glitchgh0sty]

Guys- GUYS-,, *gesturing wildly* SSTP ODDS OF SURVIVAL CHAPTER 9!!?! I repeat,, there is an ODDS OF SURVIVAL chapter 9- [spoiler warning,, —be warned, 🫶òuó/j]

@sightseertrespasser, bro- I need to like,, calm down for a second- the way you write is just “✨MAGIC✨” and I need you to know that I am currently sat on the very edge of my seat-

[pardon the doodle quality- the characters themselves had my full and uncontested attention]

[echoesoftheinfinite]

Echoes, The Murmurs of Lost Souls

[miamaimania]

"Bjork" (1995) ◆ Blue-hour confessions on bedroom floor

[emmathe82nd]

I’m glad Dan has been through enough therapy to realize this now. I think it’s very important to understand this if you want to understand Dan and his character and why the hiatus happened and why WAD was so important and why he seems so much happier now that he’s sort of accepted that he doesn’t have to keep up this battle armor all the time of being cynical and sarcastic and negative. In this “new era” he can just vibe and be whimsical and happy and be accepted and loved by us.