#labyrinthinepaths

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@all-mirrors tagged me to list 5 songs I actually listen to (thank you!). Although I’m not sure if ‘actually’ is meant to convey unusual songs, or any songs that I listen to regularly? So I went with the latter. Here they are:

1. Sinnerman - Nina Simone

2. Nocturne Op.9, No.2 in E-Flat Major - Chopin (but specifically with violin)

3. Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright cover (sorry Leonard)

4. Mondo Bongo - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana cover (sorry Lead Belly)

I’m tagging new mutuals/mutuals who I don’t know very well @blackhyena , @labyrinthinepaths , @eiqhties , @pollen , @cnnrp and anyone else who sees this and wants to participate (but no pressure!).

[vera-simik]

1 &8!

Thanks for asking! :D

1. A selfie

(I think there's a bit of green in this one too - I'm not sure if it's because I couldn't get ALL of that water nymph make up off... or because it's just my normal "slightly dead" complexion 😄)

8. A photo with green in it

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(from THIS ask game) (feel free to send more)

[mumfordness]

you/your content made me want to rewatch merlin and i'm not sure i'm emotionally ready for that tbh

i know D: i wasn’t ready, the first episodes got me all emotional but then you get scenes like:

and you know you’ll be okay<3

[yennefre-archive]

happy brithday!! :)

thank you gwen! ❤️

[literaetures]

@labyrinthinepaths replied to your post “you know how “ha ha merlin can’t keep a secret to save his life” was a...”

it's hilarious how his most ridiculous lies are easily believed because of this. my favourite ones are him spending all of his free time in taverns, coincidentally every time something unusual happens, and that one witch needing dresses as payment.

i l o v e the tavern joke

mainly because i love that gaius just relied on the same excuse over and over and over and arthur just. kept believing him. that’s the future king of camelot for you

[rubashev]

sunscreen, driving board & sunglasses? ☀️

thanks for the ask!

sunscreen - when was the last time you pulled an all-nighter and why?

don’t laugh but... last night actually, because I’m taking a summer class and the coursework is just the kind of time-consuming busy work that always takes hours longer than I expect it to. I made it through though, and was able to enjoy the hazy early morning suburban stillness that comes before the world wakes up, which almost makes the exhaustion worth it.

diving board - what’s the biggest risk you want to take this summer?

nothing too wild honestly but I really want to get out and socialize more! I tend to be naturally reserved so it’s a step outside of my comfort zone but I’ve been checking out meetup groups and etc.

also really more of a fall/winter thing but at the end of August I’ll be flying out for a semester abroad in Moscow, so there’s that! 

sunglasses - what are some books you want to read over the summer, and what books have you already read?

honestly I’ve been a great deal less prolific of a reader than I normally am while I adjust to new summer routines (things should settle a bit in the next few weeks). The most recent book I’ve finished was Nobokov’s Lolita which.. I’d wind up talking about for too long if I tried to put all my thoughts about it down, so I’ll resist the urge. After seeing it heavily recommended I’m about halfway through Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian but I’m having a terribly hard time getting into it, so I’ve set it aside for a while. I’ll come back to it in a week or two and decide whether I just wasn’t in the mood at the time or if I just genuinely don’t like it as a book.

I’m too chaotic to have an organized next-to read list, but I really want to read some more Russian lit before travels abroad, so I’ve just started Crime and Punishment and I want to read The Master and Margarita as well! (light summer reads I know, hah) Some other books I want to read at some point soon: Jeff Vandermeer’s Authority (Annihilation was fantastic, I finished it in a night), Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, and if I’m feeling especially motivated I might finally tackle House of Leaves when I’ve got the whole summer to pore over it. I always have a pile of historical nonfiction I want to read as well, but I’ve been meaning to read A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal and In the Garden of Beasts for a while now

[aethelfleds]

labyrinthinepaths replied to your post: are you telling me that in the middle ages people...

as someone raised catholic i just audibly gasped at the grape juice & saltines thing once a year

And it wasn’t even an entire saltine either. They just handed out pieces of saltines and sips of grape juice in teeny plastic cups. I wanna say we did it around Easter. The preacher would say some words, everyone would eat the cracker & drink the juice, and 7 year old me would be like “that’s it?!?!!”

[blackhyena]

tagged by @bloodtasted thankyouuuuuuuuu 😚😚😚😚

Rules: Make a new post and spell out your URL with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL. 

Boys - Robots in Disguise

Lost Kitten - Metric

Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash

Corporate Cannibal - Grace Jones

Kerosene! - Yves Tumor

Human - Goldfrapp

Your Love Is Killing Me - Sharon Van Etten

Exhumed - Zola Jesus

Napule Canta E More - Donatella Viggiano (sound of the summer btw)

Alterlife - Rina Sawayama

tagging @bimbogollum @summerhauntings @horsegirlonmain @softwarmdirt @gablehood @fennel-flower @inyourroomalbumversion @girlfop @courbet-nft @labyrinthinepaths xx

[vera-simik]

if you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? have you ever thought about this before? could you describe the house?

To be entirely honest, this isn't something I'd casually think of (it reminds me way too much of my English classes in high school & the stress this kind of questions was tightly connected to 😅). It send my brain into such an overdrive that I can almost feel it short-circuiting 😅

And so I don't have a clear idea of this (imaginary) house.

I certainly wouldn't want it to be in a big city (well, maaaaybe in the suburbs). I don't know why, but I guess it's because of my experiences with my university city. Big cities are good only for a visit 😄 I'd prefer living in a small town/a village (in the mountains perhaps) - but I'd still like my house to be a bit... aside (I don’t know, perhaps it's my inner witch talking?).

I can totally imagine it in the middle of a big garden with a lot of old trees (so I could have some privacy). Slightly creepy pond in the back would be a nice addition 😄

There HAS to be a terrace or balcony or both, I don't make the rules.

The house itself doesn't have to be huge, in fact, I'd be happy with some sort of cottage. It'd be nice if the interior smelled of wood. And there needs to be at least one fireplace. And bedrooms in the attic.

Also, inside has to be a complete opposite of minimalism. It must be colorful and warm and... I don't know how to describe it better - everyone who comes in must know that I'm basically a crow in the human body 😄

And also, an important addition, I want it to habe such kind of vibes that everyone who comes in feels nice and welcomed.

[theqveenofthorns]

I was tagged by @princess-of-water-lilies and @virgo-notvirgin - thank you both! 🌹

Rules: Name ten favorite characters from ten different things (books, tv, film, etc.) then tag ten people.

i. Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful) ii. Anne Boleyn (The Tudors) iii. Margaery Tyrell (Game of Thrones) iv. Morgana Pendragon (Merlin) v. Evelyn Carnahan (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns) vi. Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray) vii. Hannibal Lecter (the books, the films and the TV show) viii. Lucy Westenra (NBC’s Dracula) ix. Magdalene DeFoe (Repo! the Genetic Opera) x. Marguerite Krux (The Lost World)

Tagging: @drum-cu-naluci @conqueresses @sofiaavanitis @vivalcli @jeanoflochiel @cathymerteuil @lady-crowned-with-stars @labyrinthinepaths @mordred and @katherynparr

[tree-woven]

my ‘new’ main blog is @labyrinthinepaths, as i can’t access my old one anymore!

[dol--blathanna]

I was tagged by @labyrinthinepaths , thank you!!! I've only gotten around to filling this out now - I've finally uploaded an essay that was kicking my butt (and unfortunately I still have 3 more to do) so now I’ve finally got some time to do this!

last song: October by the Crane Wives (which was my most played song of 2020 lol)

last movie: Wolfwalkers! it's a really cute animated film by Cartoon Saloon (secret of the kells, song of the sea, the breadwinner) it's so pretty and lovely, give it a watch if you haven't seen it!

currently watching: this is embarrassing, but I'm FINALLY finishing Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. For context, I started it years ago, but whenever it got too intense I'd stop, leave it for ages, forget everything that happened, and then have to start all over again...and when there are 64 episodes that takes a long time ahaha

currently reading: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee as a fictional book I'm reading, (I'm enjoying it so far!) and Illness and Healing Among the Sakhalin Ainu by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney as a non-fictional book I'm reading. It's very interesting! You could also include a bunch of UN reports and scientific papers on development, disaster management and human rights I guess ahaha

currently craving: mmmm....French onion soup....also not having to do a bunch of essays lol

I'm tagging any of my followers who'd like to participate!!

[rubashev]

Happy birthday!! :)

I’ve been offline all day so I’m just seeing this now, but thank you!!

[feytouched]

macaroon?

macaroon: when was the first time you fell in love with a place?

i fall in love with places over and over again. at 7, with the swiss alps. at 12, with the forests of lithuania. at 16, with the desolation of iceland. at 17, when i returned home for the first time after leaving for university and wept at how it felt like a chunk of myself finally being put back into place. at 18, with the heartwrenching, unexplainable familiarity of norfolk and london. at 21, with the atmosphere and culture of copenhagen. now in the present, with how vilnius feels more like home than i ever could have predicted. in a way, they are all first times.

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