#BlogPosting

[vryfmi]

i like that the more times you reread The Hollow Boy, the deeper and more complex the answer to “why did Lucy leave L&Co but kept the skull?” gets.

at first it's because skull confirmed Lucy’s talent and she says so herself in TCS. then it's because she knew she couldn't hurt it or bring it to its doom with her talent unlike Lockwood and others.

but ultimately the answer is that she was afraid that her actions would lead to Lockwood's untimely death, but it was Lucy who was rapidly approaching the other side, as her talent grew stronger as well as her connection to ghosts and the world of the dead. and, thinking that skull's the only one who understands being in two worlds at once, she, ironically, chose her companion to be the most life desiring character in the series, who didn't let her spiral during those months apart from L&Co.

[gawrkin]

So here's a thing I brainstorm about from time to time but my recent post about giants got me going again:

You know how Morgan, Nimue, Sebile, etc. are referred to as "Fairy Queens"? (With Morgan being famously called Morgan le Fay meaning Morgan the Fairy) And how the supernatural "Fairy Queen" archetype is replete across folklore - Aine, Una, Titania, Mab?

Well, for a long time, I concieved something very similar for Queen Guinevere. Because despite being normally portrayed as mundane lady, Guinevere does have supernatural potential. The catch being that, in Welsh lore, Guinevere is a giantess.

And my thought was "Does this mean Guinevere is a Giant Queen or Ogre* Queen?" which led to "WAIT, this makes Guinevere really special in her own way because rarely is there ever a "Queen of the Giants" as a character type"

With that in mind, Guinevere - alongside similar female characters like Britomart, Olwen and Gwen's own daughter, Melora- have a unique way to be granted the mystical without needing to be in the same category as Morgan or Elaine of Corbenic.

So yeah, what would you say to "Ogre Queen Guinevere" or "Gwenhwyfar Gawres"?

(*The word "Ogre" is sometimes used as a synonym for giants in Medieval French. Of note, the kingdom of King Arthur is called "Logres", which is called the "Land of Ogres" in Chretien de Troyes' Perceval. So this has even more synergy with Giantess!Gwen because it would mean Guinevere is "Queen of the Land of Ogres")

[bunnylouisegrimes]

Guys I was on the verge of crying today...but once I was finally able to treat my (bruised and blue) big toe and finally escape the hell that can be my hospital floor, I just buried myself in Patrick's big strong arms and he made everything so much better 😭😭😭

I just...I love him so much 😭💘 He was pissed at the situation and joked about how a big strong man like him should've carried a heavy scale and not little five foot me all by myself. He kissed me on the forehead and told me how much he loves me and only me...this man istg 😢😢😢

[vampirefucking]

going into a heat (1995) watch entirely convinced of the idea that hanna and mccauley are homoerotic and codependent. can't wait to have my premonition proven right

[redstairs]

Me, a few months ago:

"I am going to make a tumblr to showcase my rogue trader art and writing!"

Top posts: MEMES

[guardiantempest]

Just learned about Enigma of Sepia. It's a gacha game except all the characters are blatant genderbends; major emphasis on blatant.

It's so blatant at what it's trying to do that I can't help but admire the trainwreck. This is probably from the same company that made that incredibly cheap crossover anime mobile game. The only difference witj this is that it has 3D graphics so the production value is a little higher than normal. At least they're being realistic by making the game a turn-based one. Making a Zenless-like would kill them.

Hehe. Enigma of Sepia has the same initials as the term End of Service. It's only a matter of time.

EDIT: From what I've seen on YouTube this game is another auto-battler. Wow, this game really is bad.

[cozmo-system]

new year old shit

[nightclawduke]

I have not been very active lately, mostly because I got sick and IRL shit getting a bit worse than usual. At least I still had time to draw sometimes, play online with my friends and spend time with them... forgetting for a while about my problems :') I made this little drawing here :) I hope I can be as active as I used to be last months. I've been thinking a lot about my forgotten projects and if I have ever improved at all, but at least I will try to slowly make time for things I like. Well, hope anyone who reads this had good holydays. Under the cut there's a cringe pixel art I made last year's December.

[kiubai]

Your boy has got himself a phone interview lined up for this Wednesday. I don't even remember what position I applied for, but they emailed me to set it up and I'm taking it. Made a bit of money doing a side quest today, and I'm actually gonna write for this game I've been working on. I won't say things are looking up, it's better to wait and see. But maybe something will finally change.

[vryfmi]

soft worldbuilding in L&Co is so special to me especially how telling talents are:

Sight is associated with with people who look after others, who are always at the look out for danger, the ones who constantly see death and are tied to it no matter what (kipps (with talent and then with goggles), lockwood, skull (in life))

Listening is the warning sign, the haunting before haunting ever began, it gets into one's head and makes you trapped in there with voices of times long passed (lucy, kat)

Touch, in the world where one touch kills, is the most high risk, a conscious decision to put yourself into one's shoes and feel what they felt, ache with empathy all alone in a world of constant pain (lucy)

and having a bit of every talent makes one less vulnerable to psychic effects, but that means that you are fully submerged into haunting, into the past, once you are confronted by it, and in this profession it's constantly there and around you (george, holly, flo)

[davidsunrise]

Bit odd of a practice to spend 10-15 mins to let bus passengers do a tim hortons run. I'm not being a hater but this definitely didn't happen last time i was on this route.

[vampirefucking]

once again thinking of the shot of vincent and neil holding hands

[myactualblogisabbs]

What I have worked so tirelessly on the last couple of weeks @.@

[guardiantempest]

I'm still using my 11-year old laptop I got in 2012. There's no way I can play Palworld despite anticipating it since the first trailer in 2021. All I can do is just admire from a distance.

[cowgirlass]

I love The Binding of Issac soundtrack so much. Some head banging worthy tracks, especially Fundamentum, Kave Diluvii, and Periculum.