#The Lamb and The Lion

[wiltking]

finished The Same Breath by gregory ashe. i liked it. a lot. it's about a wildlife vet and a career grifter who asks him for help in finding his missing brother. but their amateur investigation quickly becomes more confusing and dangerous than either of them expected.

this book has place. maybe it stood out to me because i haven't felt that in a few of the recent books i've read, but even then it felt exceptional. this is Utah. and there is no way to forget it. along with the scenery and architecture, i loved the frequent inclusion of local plants as a means of location flavor, and how the geography had a weight and a presence in the story. i took so many such quotes:

it was a great way to tie the characters to their environment, and you all already know how much i love nature. you could really feel the love the author must have for it too.

as for the characters - they are deeply flawed. and they make mistakes. often. were they my favorite characters ever? no. was i ever bored by them? never. is their relationship healthy? god no. does it compel? yes. i liked how their relationship wasn't straightforward. i liked how Tean was allowed by the narrative to still have feelings for his previous longtime lover, and to struggle with moving on. i liked how Jem was often out of control and making messy mistakes in his fear and grief.

i liked how, despite the book being on the longer side, there was still a lot said without saying anything. the weight of the absence of clarity, giving only enough to infer on your own the more gruesome details that make up the pain sitting heavy in these characters.

the mystery was also good. i was never sure where it would go next, and i enjoyed the part Tean's wildlife vet experience got to play. the pacing was great, i really enjoyed the length, and i only have a handful of minor complaints (like characters saying they hadn't eaten dinner, when it previously showed them having said dinner). otherwise it did feel quite polished and well put together. the story gets bleak, and heavy, and these two have so much work to do on their mental health. but i was moved, and i laughed (a lot, actually). the dialogue held charm and lent a lot to characterization on its own, and i'm really interested in seeing how their relationship will progress in the next book.

[aqua-regia009]

Una and the Lion (Detail) from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, 1880. Oil on canvas — Briton Riviere (British, 1840-1920)

[supermassivebutthole]

things in the twilight script that made me laugh

[souvenir116]

my generational talents

[donutfloats]

Goat and Lion! Nari boutta make some… Coats? Gubs?

[oddishblossom]

When an arsonist meets a firefighter (5/?)

PROMARE (2019) — 5 Year Anniversary (May 24, 2024)

[dirtytransmasc]

Eywa's fleecy little lamb — the blood sacrifice of Her chosen one

[rampantram]

The bishops and their love interests~💕

Though, for Shamura and Sozonius, I kind of see the former as asexual, and the both of them as more sapiosexual, not to mention Shamura's off and on memory loss, so.....a very complicated little "will they, won't they" these two have got going on.

[littlelionhorses]

(More reposts from my old account)

[scrimbly-mc-scrombly-iii]

some video essays I thought were really good/interesting (tagging the fandoms and movies involved)

The Postmodern Horror of TikTok’s Encanto Discourse

How the Music Spoils Sweeny Todd (and why that’s a good thing!)

The Lion King 1 1/2: Judaism, White Pride, and Paranoia

Monsters University and Disability

The Trans Boy Meets World Episode

The Queer Subtext of American Psyco

Women are Meat | Silence of the Lambs is a a movie about Womanhood

The anti-establishment undertones of Horrible Histories

The Internet Folklore of Creepypastas

Unpacking Moral Orel | An Under-appreciated Masterpiece

How Doki Doki Literiture Club Perfected Psychological Horror

Puss in Boots and the Three Villain Types

Images that Make You Kill Yourself

Issac Higgintoot: lost in adaptation (note: this one is about BBC Ghosts btw.)

Did FNAF Ever Have a Good Story?

[cudlycorncornsworthcoberson]

OH! @neon-virus I forgot to finish and show you this! I outfit swapped both our lambs and nari’s! 👹👹

[wellhellothereem]

Here is a few follower form doodles I did!!! :D ALso some follower forms that are not in the game but AM PRAYING they are in because I wanna see more mythical and folklore forms :']

[lambment]

So I completely missed your drawing of white lion narinder and the goat (shits majestic excellent work) and I was wondering what your thoughts on their relationship would be vis a vis the lamb and the one who waits/narinder’s relationship shifted slightly to the left? I imagine the lion to be more magnanimous and performatively regal than standard narinder. There’s also the shift in the goat’s idiosyncrasies in comparison to the lamb (limited for us to interpret given player character positioning).

You always have really fun characterization and relationship thoughts so genuinely interested to hear your thoughts if you have any.

Last fun thing, yknow how the one who waits has blackened skeletal hands? What if the white lion has golden skeletal hands/claws? The aesthetics…Pluto/Hades as the god of Wealth, jewels and gold, and the god of Death.

damn im eating this analysis up btw, I at least imagine the white lion, like you said, to be more showy in their benevolence, to counter Narinder in his more arrogant and caculated show of power.

at first I'd like to believe the Goat, upon revival (if it mirrors the lambs beheading at the beginning), to be entirely enraptured by them. quickly as they get to know eachother, the goat realizes the lion is lowkey an idiot in their neediness for attention lmfao (they were worshipped as a god I cant blame em). with his attendants long past being impressed with him and finally having a new target, I think the lion would grow more liberal with the theatrics of trying to wow the very increasingly unimpressed goat. the veil of awe for goatbert would be quickly shaken.

(from the silly pov) Im imagining the lion getting frantic with their displays of power as the plot of the game moves on and we visit him more, to the point its no longer majestic and just gaudy.

like "yes worship me and be wowed, I am your all powerful god."

the lion does a fucking kickflip, while the goats over here like

"can we please get back to the revenge plot." a very tired coworker

needy for attention + benevolent + jovial + (and dont get me wrong) still majestic

the goat is only truly impressed when the Lion is less concerned about how others view him/showy with his power and gets back to being serious

extrovert Lion vs Introvert Narinder LOL

In love with the way you cooked on the gold aesthetic aspect. Narinder overall is pretty aescetic imo, the most showy part of him is his veil, meanwhile his siblings have drip (tragic) whether thats because he's a prisoner or not. the Lion would absolutley double down on displays of grandeur with fineries and jewels. somewhat content with being imprisioned if he continues to be given gifts, I think the goat would take advantage of his craving for worship and convince him to join his revenge plot to escape.

I want to humble him. im going to make the goat and lion kith.

[donutfloats]

Playing around more with Goat-verse Narinder, saw a couple posts suggesting that he should be a white lion for symbolism reasons and I LOVE that

[piskikone]

As above so below c piskikone social media and store

You are NOT allowed to use, copy or trace my art. Thank you

[animalbabypolls]

Winners Branch Rescue Round Pt.1

One of these cuties gets a chance to come back into the winners branch to compete