#Loss of the Constant

[fridurwrites]

The Loss of the Constant - Chapter 8 (Ad Astra)

Gossan leans on the wall of the museum next to the door, waiting. Their patience is soon rewarded. Gabbro comes ambling up the path. They had a growth spurt in the last six months, always a bit of a late bloomer, and they now stand a full head above their mentor. The way Gossan looks at them has grown no less fond, no less proud. They step up to each other, and Gossan places a hand on Gabbro’s shoulder warmly. They’re one of the few adults in the crater that Gabbro doesn’t reflexively pull away from, even now, and Gossan refuses to compromise that with the hug they want to give their student. “There you are. How’re you feelin’?” “Not as nervous as I thought I would.” Gabbro says, smiling. “I think I might actually be ready for this.”

The final chapter of Loss of the Constant! Thank you for reading.

[oars]

[revvethasmythh]

I think it's inevitable that a certain group of people will take Orym's statement about not being able to put down the lens he see the world through as further proof that his perspective is subjective and therefore untrustworthy as it applies to the Vanguard, but imo it serves as a stronger indictment toward those who are able to view the Vanguard as anything other than awful and predatory and murderous. Other people have the luxury of being able to see this through another lens if they so want to--Orym cannot. Because once a group like this has murdered your family, for the sake of a practice run no less, a test, it is impossible to view the situation in any other way. He is walking proof of the harm that the Vanguard does. His loved ones have been deemed "necessary collateral damage." His lens is not one that can or should be set aside in the assessment of the Vanguard, because if they are willing to commit such heinous crimes and excuse them as necessary collateral for ends that are so uncertain, then they are fundamentally not an organization that can be reasoned with or even should be sympathized with

[introspectivememories]

buggy who turns to shanks one night after they've reunited and says softly, with indecipherable look in his eyes and says, "i'm not in love with you anymore." and shanks, shocked beyond belief, heart aching with a want he didn't even know he had, with a need he hadn't even realized was there, thinks quietly to himself, i didn't know you ever were

[many-sparrows]

Me, screaming and crying: "WHY DOES EVERYTHING KEEP CHANGING WHY IS EVERY MOMENT FULL OF LOSS IM SO TIRED"

God, dragging me around by my hair and banging me against walls: "IM SORRY BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CONSTANCY. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT FROM ONE MILLISECOND TO THE NEXT. BUT ALSO ALL THE ATOMS THAT EXIST HAVE ALWAYS EXISTSTED. EVERYTHING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. NONE OF IT IS LINEAR. I LOVE YOU AND I CANNOT PROTECT YOU FROM THIS"

[mrpsychokiller]

hey really sorry but could somebody give me like $20. my mom keeps wanting me to pay for take out everyday even though take out food is very expensive and now she wants me to buy dinner again tonight. i just need to make up for these expenses so i can keep buying food

ko-fi

[joyflameball]

What in the goddamn did they put in Don't Starve to weave so much grief throughout it. I know I've posted about this before but I can't shut up about it. There's so much grief permeating so much of it, so many characters. Grief in the loss of a loved one. Grief in the loss of home. Grief in the loss of yourself. I'm gonna throw up

[pratchettquotes]

Certainly he'd wanted to leave it behind, but that was the whole point. It would have been there. Even if he'd avoided it for the rest of his life, it would have still been a kind of anchor.

Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

[wizardyandcheesesammich]

please excuse me while I THROW MYSELF OUT OF A WINDOW

you and me

you and me

always

[fridurwrites]

The Loss of the Constant - Chapter 5 (The Quiet Shade)

CW: Self-harm, suicide attempt.

The Travelers’ Song has no words. It’s been a part of Hearthian culture since before the Hearthians had a name for themselves. A melody echoing in the dark. A simple promise. If you can hear this, it says, then you are not alone.  It was Esker’s idea to adopt it as the Venture’s unofficial code. Gneiss, though not officially a part of the Venture, had volunteered even then to produce an instrument for each outgoing astronaut as soon as possible. With Esker, they painstakingly sit down and compose a part of the melody for each new player. After their first launch, Esker traditionally teaches the new astronaut their part on the Attlerock, and on the rare occasion they’re all together the pieces twist and combine into the most beautiful arrangement. Gossan hopes it never stops evolving, even long after the founders are all gone. Tadpoles learn it by heart as they grow, simply from hearing it as a lullaby. Every Hearthian that has ever been a Hearthian has known the song, somewhere in their heart, and whether or not they have the same reverence for it that the astronauts do they carry it with them wherever they go. For Gabbro, there’s a wooden flute mostly-finished in Gneiss’ workshop. It’s a simple design with a hidden depth to its sound, a versatile instrument that fits Gabbro’s personality so well. Gossan refuses to imagine a world where Gabbro never receives it.

[thereigning-lorelai]

seriously starting to get annoyed by people equating sad and tragic endings with meaningfulness. happy and/or hopeful endings don’t mean less. they’re not silly or less impactful. i'm just really tired of people telling me that the tragic ending is more romantic or beautiful or interesting or that the main character needs to "learn" something from the loss of a loved one.

[underscore-jude]

the ballad of jane doe, ride the cyclone // generation loss: the social experiments // harrison bergeron, kurt vonnegut // midsommar, dir. ari aster // innocent, taylor swift // the truman show, dir. peter weir // catching fire, suzanne collins // 1984, dir. michael radford

[browntrait]

hi besties. death/grief tw below

my uncle passed away overnight last night, and i just found out a couple hrs ago. im kind of in shock, i just saw him a couple weeks ago at a small family thing and he had the biggest smile on his face bc he was abt to go back home to trinidad for the first time in 10 yrs and now he’s gone.. im so sad for my cousins n auntie rn and my whole family is heartbroken so, i will probably be mia the next week or so as we say our goodbyes. ily all n appreciate ur kindness sm these days ❤️

[bildads-shoes]

I think it's fair to say that Crowley used to be more carefree. He seemed to smile a little more readily back in Eden, there seemed to be less of a mask at the Flood, and our beloved Bildad seemed a little sillier and softer than present day Crowley. So I've been thinking about how this gradual transformation might have happened.

I wonder he started off having fun with humans, spreading mischief when he had to and lending a hand when he could be subtle about it. I wonder if at the start it was a break from the loneliness of 'his side', befriending all these lovely little humans, the shortness of their lifespans giving their lives a sort of beautiful intensity in stark contrast to the millennia of stagnancy in Hell. I wonder if, at the start, Crowley spent much of his time laughing, connecting, happy.

Maybe it started to get heavier as the number of connections severed by human mortality mounted. Maybe he was dragged down to Hell too many times after too many not-quite-subtle-enough acts of kindness. Maybe as the generations went by, the cost of loving this brilliant, painful, beautiful world started to tip the scales in the wrong direction.

Crowley loves the world. He loved all of creation so deeply right from The Beginning and never stopped. But the world can only love him back in the briefest of stints before adding another pound to the unfathomable weight of grief he now bears. Grief that no being could possibly prepare for, let alone one who is unlikely to have encountered death save for the long past Great War.

It's not hard to understand that someone would be less carefree after 6000 years of that.

[buryam-soul]

Someone. Anyone. Help me out here. What is Keqing and Charlotte's ship name?? The Lantern Rite cutscene took me off guard, like

Keqing turned towards her without Charlotte needing to say anything. There were. 2 (two) flashes here before she said she ran out of film. Then we cut back to them later and then

Keqing was the one speaking to her here, and she smiled like that

And then Charlotte took even more photos of her.... How many photos do you need, bud....

Bonus:

🏳‍🌈?

[coruscanti-arabi]

Me, explaining to absolutely anyone who will listen that the Rebellion always rhymes, specifically the parallels between Ezra and Luke, and Sabine and Leia - two sets of siblings who lose everything in a war that they never asked to fight at the age of 19/20.

Star Wars always echoes, like a broken fracture from a cacophony of stories that all end the same, in the destruction of worlds by the Empire.