#GENUINE TERROR

[saturn-sends-hugs]

YALL

by the little “made with memetic” thing???

TELL ME THATS NOT AN IMPERIAL TORTURE DROID???? LIKE???

[7central]

i am about to spend the next two months within 50miles ish of nyc working outdoors, this could be the end for me and my shitty lungs I fear

[cemeterything]

oh so when commander fitzjames lies about his identity it's ok, but when i, "cornelius hickey",

look man do you want a narrative foil or not

[fredoesque]

something morbidly funny about crozier leaving behind excess food supplies for the mutineers in ep 9 and then later burying jfj instead of eating him only for the mutineers to find (and presumably eat) him anyway. "i will not take away any chance for them to survive." <<should not have said this where the camera could hear you

[lemonadeslice]

🩸 🩸 🩸 // ❄️❄️❄️

i watched a scary boat show. i have been thinking about it for weeks.

[cheddar-baby]

if you're not going to contemporary art galleries you're literally missing out on the best life has to offer. Today i got to watch a caveman beat a guy to death with a rock in a wrestling ring.

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.09 the c, the c, the open c

[aurpiment]

I had a dream that I was watching The Terror again and it was… a bit different.

There was a plot where Francis Crozier was pregnant. Not by Fitzjames, no; they weren’t close like that. I think by someone who was 1) a casual hookup and 2) dead. He was confiding in Fitzjames about it, though, and complaining of breast soreness. Fitzjames asked him if he was sure he was pregnant and he said yes, that he recognized the symptoms from when he was younger, and then told a story about how his mother had helped him get an abortion when he was a teenager so he could pursue his then-incipient naval career.

Unfortunately, in the dream, I was watching this version of The Terror with my father and brother and they were confused. “But he’s a man! How is such a thing possible?”

“Transgender,” I explained impatiently, because it was obvious this was the direction the show had gone with the character, even though the actor playing him was still cisgender actor Jared Harris.

“But still, no way this would happen,” I added. “I mean, look at him. He’s GOT to be post-menopausal.”

[nativehueofresolution]

i think there's an interesting connective thread between sarah snook saying she thinks shiv just reads whatever's currently popular and got people talking ("everyone's reading this? all right, fine."), and alan ruck saying he thinks connor only reads books that are very old and considered classics - that way he doesn't have to decide if it has literary merit, because everyone else has already decided it's a seminal work. like, it takes them in the opposite direction when looking for materials, but in both cases they're being driven by a desire to not have to have original artistic tastes or opinions and just defer to someone else's judgements. which is just so telling?

shiv can be a bit of a black sheep politically, but she arrived there by just trying to define herself in opposition to her family; it's an indirect way of having someone else decide for you to keep trying to do the opposite of what's expected. it requires little in the way of genuine beliefs, which is why she flips very easily when it's convenient. connor meanwhile just wants any scrap of attention he can get, which is why he brings up random trivia or collects bizarre historical items. he likes to be able to just say or have something that gets people's attention, without having to provide any real explanation or show understanding. and i think it's interesting how that carries over into things like entertainment or art - the lack of self conception makes it hard to do things like pick up a random book you've never heard of because it looks interesting.

[pileofsith]

I made a holographic version of my sticker set, I love how they turned out!

a faux poster for a polar horror pastiche crossover: The Terror and The Thing

two different designs for the infamous 'All well' note from the lost Franklin Expedition.

You can get 'em here!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

[emoreooo]

oh, come on. everyone’s afraid of something.

[ms-bluejay]

so Brian David Gilbert—

[cemeterything]

I feel like The Terror and Black Sails have similar vibes (homoerotic men on boats) but I've never seen The Terror, would you recommend??

i wouldn't say the vibes are especially similar beyond surface level but if you liked black sails you will almost certainly like the terror because it also has devastating monologues that will forever raise your standards for storytelling, filthy sailor guys with every disease, a guilt riddled rage-fuelled captain who can't stop lying and alienating the people around him, strong and well written anticolonial themes, a cunty second in command who steals every scene he's in, schemes that go horrifically wrong with tragic consequences, homoeroticism, and boats.

[fredoesque]

crozier's little speech in ep 8 about not leaving anyone behind. marvelous scene fantastic work. jopson is incredibly moved to the point where it looks like he's having some kind of religious epiphany. meanwhile you can actively see dundy's soul leaving his body

[barryhbo]

goodsirs death mirroring stanley...killing themselves to kill the men, one wanting to be merciful the other almost vengeful. how stanley, who only really shows contempt for the men, grants them warmth as they die. and goodsir, who was such a compassionate and comforting figure, is killing these men as a kind of retaliation. if he's not leaving the camp alive neither are they. both ultimately failing as doctors to heal the men