#feel free to pick these apart

[yeyinde]

omg i just saw a tag on one of your recent posts saying you could talk all day about how the cod boys smell and i’m begging you PLEASE do!! i’m a huge fan of perfumes and one of my favorite things to do for characters is to compile scents that i think would fit them the best. i’m super curious what your thoughts are and i would love to hear more!

thank you so much for this!! i had a lot of fun with it! 🖤

Ghost: dead leaves, pine, cedar, fall air, laurel, balsam, smoke, clove bud, black patchouli, mushroom caps, dampened black soil. he smells like a thick, dense Pacific Northwest forest after a heavy rainfall or a piece of driftwood washed up on the shore — Roja Parfums APEX or Tom Ford Costa Azzurra

Soap: amber, violet, magnolia, guaiac wood, pink pepper, earl grey tea, steamed milk, vanilla, grass, clover, sun-warmed cornfields, muguet, honeysuckle, acacia, ozone, meadow air, tree moss, oakmoss, fir balsam, lavender, and cumarin (which smells like freshly harvested hay). he smells like a field in the zenith of summer, maybe freshly cut grass; something sweet and rich — Dolce&Gabbana Intenso or Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb

Price: tobacco, agarwood, whiskey, resins, white musk, leather, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, suede, mysore sandalwood, vanilla husk, chamois accord, Alaskan cedarwood, tobacco leaf, black oak, cardamom, saffron threads, miel blanc. he smells like a pub that's always empty or an antique store; thick with smoke, and heavy with leather and tobacco — Tobacco Oud, Ombrè, or Tobacco Vanile by Tom Ford

Gaz: orange, Italian lemon zest, green apple, tonka beans, amber, woody vanilla, tuberose, iris, tiaré, paperwhite narcissus, night-blooming jasmine. he smells like the coast in the spring; sage and sea salt — Versace Eros or Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur

Alejandro: spicy (almost cola-clove-y), resinous, premium myrrh accord, frankincense, oud, myrrh, bergamot, neroli, patchouli. he smells a little bit like being on the balcony of a nightclub: fresh air cut with the thick tang of spice and smoke wafting through the open doors or the ocean on a humid summer night after a rainshower soaked the sand — Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio or Ralph Lauren Polo Earth

Rodolfo: strong coffee, streusel coffee cake, nutmeg, brown sugar, toasted almonds, cardamom, ambergris, cashmere wood, vanilla, saffron. he smells like a cafe in the morning, sweet and robust; or a bookstore —Byredo Vanille Antique or Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540

[queer-reader-07]

the fact that crowley stopped jim from jumping out the window the moment it was clear that jim was not just gabriel fucking with everyone is so personal to me. because:

“okay, i know you’re testing them, you said you were going to be testing them. you shouldn’t test them to destruction.”

crowley was never going to let him jump out that window, he just needed to push him far enough to be sure it wasn’t gabriel.

[deservedgrace]

i really don't like the "religion is a tool, some people use it for good, some people use it for bad" thing because it's so... passive and individualistic. the problem isn't the religion, it's the Bad People using religion in a Bad Way. it has no accountability for objectively bad structural and systemic issues. it has no empathy or nuance for cult members, who i'm not going to say are all uwu innocent or don't do legitimate harm but are often victims themselves, and a lot of people would do better if they knew better but like you don't just choose to join a cult one day you can't just choose to snap out of one either. like, jehovah's witness is not a neutral thing that some people use for good and some people use for bad. it's a cult. they use cult tactics to keep people trapped and dependent on them. there are doctrinal and structural and systemic issues that are harmful. i hate this idea that it's solely a personal, individual issue if someone gets sucked into a cult or high control religion. i hate the idea that individual people are pulling these beliefs out of thin air because they're Simply Just Bad People and not because some religions have actual systemic issues. of course there are people that just want to hurt others but some people legitimately believe this is the best way to be. and that doesn't absolve them of their harm but if we treat it like it's only an individual issue these cults and high control religions have free reign to continue doing harm.

[bookishdaze]

My too long theory post about Mae as Reverse Caesar? This is multiple theories, really...

My theories on Mae's origins have ranged from her just being a lone smart girl among feral humans, to her coming from an underground civilization living in a bunker (My personal favorite. I like Fallout, lol).

Here's one that came to mind recently. It's not my main theory for her, (I still think she's just from some colony of smart humans) but it's my most "creative" and "crazy" one, but if people are allowed their crazy astronaut theories, THEN I'M ALLOWED THIS ONE 🤪

I'm gonna be calling her Mae/Nova for this.

Feel free to poke holes in this theory by the way, hehe.

This theory came to me after watching the new trailer, where we hear her being called "Nova," and we also get a shot of her riding on horseback with Raka. It reminded me a lot of Nova from War riding with Maurice.

So I thought, 'Huh, we're getting another blonde girl named Nova riding on horseback with an orangutan in the exact same way. It almost looks like the characters and plot for KOTPOTA could be a reworked version of what a plot could look like for a direct War sequel following a grown up Cornelius with Nova and Maurice and ohhhhhh-'

*puts on tinfoil hat* So my weird train of thought led me to this wacky theory: Mae/Nova is a human that was taken in by Raka as a child, and he has been raising and taking care of her. Just like Maurice did for Nova. She's kinda like Tarzan.

At first I had thought Raka met Mae/Nova because she was separated from her human colony and he was helping her get back home before they ran into Noa.

I also thought that maybe they come from a place where humans and apes already coexist, and I honestly still think either of these is the case tbh, but this part of a recent article made me think otherwise.

The "rabbit-in-headlights" bit makes me doubt she comes from a place where there are intelligent humans. (It's still possible she could be. I'll get to that later). To me this sounds like she's smarter, but still has some "animal" behaviors.

As for why Raka took her in, it can totally just be coincidence that we have another friendly orangutan who adopted a young girl.

Or maybe it became some sort of, ehh, tradition? Him wearing a necklace with Caesar's symbol and talking about how apes and humans used to live side by side makes him sound like a religious person. Maybe somewhere along the line, it became custom for those who follow his faith to "adopt a Nova" to raise and take care of, like Maurice did.

There is a difference, though. Raka could have been taking care of Mae/Nova, but he still sees her as an...well, an animal. A very smart animal that he feels a responsibility towards. I know him viewing her as an animal sounds pretty harsh, but keep in mind that humans have regressed to be like animals at this point.

And there's also this scene where he just....tosses her some food. It's no different from the way humans toss a friendly animal some food, really.

"But why does she seem frightened by the apes at the fireplace if she's been raised by Raka?"

I think she's scared of Noa here.

Orangutans are actually solitary creatures (I googled, lol), so it's very possible that it's just been her and Raka, and any newcomer makes her nervous.

Ok ok ok, so he's a guy who has taken in an animal that shows signs of intelligence and has taken it upon himself to nurture and care for this animal because his personal beliefs tell him that in doing so, he could potentially make the world a better place.

Like Will did with Caesar.

"So she's reverse Caesar." Yeah. That's pretty much what I've been trying to get at with all my rambling. Yay, parallels!

And we know Will cared for Caesar, but he always saw him as an animal. A very smart animal, but an animal nonetheless. He had him on a leash, and as much as he didn't want to, he still took him to the primate shelter. It wasn't Will being cruel, he just treated Caesar the way any human would have treated an animal, no matter how close they are.

Of course, like Caesar, Mae/Nova is gonna go through some changes. She's a young girl growing into adulthood. She'll have "needs and wants," as this article states.

Those needs and wants could be many things. To be regarded as equal. No longer wanting to feel inferior. And if she truly is some lone smart girl among a world of feral humans, she's also gonna feel really really lonely. (Think about it. If she does not come from a colony of smart humans and she truly is the only one, that's tragic. I'd be depressed, man).

So she'll also want friendship and companionship. To have a friend or anyone she can relate with. She'll most likely find this with Noa, since the article says, "...there are far more parallels and commonalities between the two of them than they might have originally imagined."

Okay, one question came to mind when coming up with this theory.

Why is she smarter than other humans? I got a few theories.

Theory 1. She could still be someone who grew up in a colony of intelligent humans, whether it be a colony in an underground bunker or anywhere else. It doesn't matter. But something terrible may have happened, like her colony was killed off, or she was separated from them as a little girl. Then Raka found her and took her in. Like Tarzan!

Theory 2. This one and the third one won't be as satisfying to fans, I assume. But maybe Raka noticed a lone child that was smarter than most, and he decided to take her in and help her intelligence grow.

Theory 3. She started off as an unintelligent feral girl, but being raised by an ape allowed her to slowly gain her intelligence back. I actually like this one. For starters, it's similar to the Planet of the Apes novel from 1963, where one of the astronauts became feral and unintelligent because of spending too much time in a cage with feral humans at a zoo, and Nova actually gained the ability to speak and became intelligent after spending a year or two in space with Ulysse, the protagonist.

Theory 4. She's like Megamind where she was launched into space from an alien planet as a baby while her homeworld burned all around her and she crash landed onto Earth. THERE'S YOUR ASTRONAUT THEORY.

I'm kidding. That was a joke. I know April Fool's was two days ago.

As for her name, we've gotten three so far. Mae, Nova, and Echo. I like to think of her name as a sort of symbol or indicator of her character growth, where I assume she'll gain the ability to speak at the end, or will have grown into herself as a person.

She'll start off as Nova. A common generic name given to all humans, given to her by Raka.

Then Echo. A more unique name given to her by Noa, but still not her own.

Then, finally, Mae. Her true unique name that she was either born with, or she picks out for herself.

Aaaaand I think that's it. I'm done. I know that was long, but I wanted to gather all of my thoughts and theories on Mae/Nova somewhere before I watch the movie in a month. Whatever her story is, I cannot wait to see it unfold. Now it's time for me to SLEEP.

[blood-injections]

Just took like a three hour nap if it can be called a nap if it started at 9 pm and its past twelve now. Anyway I had a dream that gabe saporta and mikey way were djing a set well gabe was djing mikey was standing there picking the songs and this was in the middle of the woods btw and the dance floor looked like one of those videos of scene kids dancing under a bridge yknow and i was sitting on like a fancy red velvet sofa to the side of the clearing having a deeply philosophical conversation with pete wentz. The whole thing also had the vibe that this thing was happening after some big disaster like a volcano erupting or bomb going off. I just casually dreamed up a postapocalyptic gabe mikey and pete run woods club also the set list was like that set gerard djed whenever like we all should have been crying

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

i think some of takeuchis art is really good and some of it is bad. is that an acceptable stance or is having a non-dichotomous opinion considered passé/wishy washy

[revelisms]

just came to say your writing vocabulary scratches my brain in the best ways. the way you put words together is divine, and i always save your work for when i can be fully devoted to pouring over every little word choice you make

okay bye xxx

Genuinely emotional agh, thank you so much 🖤 I sometimes get a bit self-conscious of writing the more flowery-worded/poetry-esque things, but it really is where my writing feels most at home, so it's so lovely to hear this.

[isfjmel-phleg]

No, I don't know what the various stickers mean for cars on campus. I've never had to memorize the system. I don't have a car.

"You don't have a car?!"

I don't like it when this subject has to come up, because variations of that are always the response--people are shocked and act like it's some kind of personal failing, so to stave off further interrogation, I add: "It's complicated."

It's not really complicated, he says. It's either...

No avoiding admitting the other shocking truth now. No, it is complicated, I insist. I can't drive, for complicated reasons.

And finally he decided to back off, but why was it necessary to argue with me about a fact of my existence and why do so many of the things I say to this man have to be put under a microscope and justified.

[daze-spilledink]

Every single time Neteyam’s song cord plays is a gut punch to my heart.

The first time I noticed it being played Is when The Sullys are flying away from the Omatikaya. And like Neteyam says, “I want to go home.”

The second time I noticed the songcord motiv was when Neytiri threatens spider. “A son for a son”

In “From darkness to light” The melody seems as if it’s right there. “Like a word about to be spoken” but never quite heard.

I notice the repeating motif of Neteyam’s song cord in so many songs. But unfortunately I do not have the time or the skills to analyze the the sound track.

I have heard from a lot of Avatar fans the general opinion seems to be that they reused too much of the old soundtrack but, personally I don’t think that is the case. The reason why the old sound melodies stand out to us so much is because we are used to them and the old sounds being used in the emotionally charged scenes probably didn’t help.

Personally I think the new sound track was absolutely wonderful, and I’m a bit in love.

If anyone would like to share any thing they noticed from the sound track feel free to dm me, I’m always open to talk about avatar. :D

Also if you guys want to listen to the soundtrack I recommend “Avatar: The Way of Water (Original score)” over “Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” the first one has 32 songs while the second has 22

[yeyinde]

where do you think price would live? like hypothetically if he did have a home base somewhere where do you think that would be and what would it look like

i kind of h/c him as living somewhere in either Liverpool or London. but more so Liverpool. this is mainly due to a tweet between Barry and Samuel where he said that Price's favourite team was Liverpool and Ghost's favourite football team was Everton, so i've always had this funny little idea that they both live somewhere around Liverpool and watch football together. i mean, Barry is from Liverpool! so, it's def just the actor having a laugh, but i thought it was cute.

i think he would prefer somewhere close to the city so he can get to an airstrip as soon as he needs to. i also just have this weird idea that a man like Price might get too agitated by solitude, and would need the bustle of noise that comes with living in a city. an effortless distraction. plus i can't see him deciding to live away from everything, if that makes sense.

it would be very modest, but already fit for a family. i don't think he likes to spend on stuff that's not important—barring, of course, good scotch and Maduro cigars. i usually write him as living by the Liverpool docks and used this as inspo for a fic i'm currently writing.

[amatres]

the is the last of the end of act three i will make yall look at, but i just found these parts of the talk with minagho so interesting

[sev-wildfang]

i think what characterizes the so called "leftist" party of my country (Links Wien if you want a candid name drop) more than anything else is the performative polishing of commemorative plaques made for holocaust victims while keeping ironclad silence about the genocide(s) currently happening - with the excuse given that its "not a local matter, therefore we dont have to concern ourselves with it". these people, as well intentioned as they are in other matters, are willing to come up with excuses to break solidarity in in favor of gathering power. the dont meaningfully challenge the rightwing, frontex concept of a "fortress europe"; it seems like they just want more comfortable seats at the cannons.

ADDENDUM: it strikes me as thoroughly twisted to keep invoking the (categorically silent) ghosts of the people murdered on ones own soil, by ones own ancestors, for ones own profits, to performatively prostrate oneself before them to ask forgiveness as a response to an ongoing genocide.

"Never Forget" in germany and austria isnt a promise (and i encourage you to not trust it from my mouth either!) but a threat - it does not mean "we will never let this happen again". it means "Your only worth here is as a memory. Your only worth is when you can no longer speak or act."

but once again i encourage you to get your actual wisdoms about this from people in palestine first and foremost.

[moomeecore]

Lol why do you defend bpd Seek help fr

bpd?? like. like borderline personality disorder? like, the mental disorder? that people have??? "defend bpd"???? DEFEND it?? from what??? abelism??? misinformation?? this ask is kinda mind boggling dude. like wow.

just so u know i am getting help for my multiple mental disorders :) that i have. ik that's not what u meant by "seeking help" but what does that rlly reflect other than ur lack of knowledge on mental health issues? wow i definetly trust you to be super educated on mental disorders considering you used "seek help" as an insult. ur rlly winning me over here.

here's a genuine question for you: have you tried seeking... i don't know... a reputable source on bpd? information on what it actually is, what it actually means to have bpd? or is ur only source of information that's led you to this conclusion.. reddit posts, listsicles abt "how to spot a borderline/narcissist/sociopath uwu" & ur own personal conclusions made from meeting one person w bpd one time ever.

[bastardsofravenkroft-blog]

so glad were finally calling out g*rlgerard

its really good to see ppl more widely considering the ways this fandom exists! from several different angles and not just "oh ray is hot too"

the way everyone clamors around that person has been weird to me for a while tbh, theres a whole lot that i dislike abt that person but i havent written abt it too too much on here because i got sick of getting death threats and being called stupid by grown ass adults for pointing out their hypocrisy

id love to chat more abt this honestly <3 the ecosystem is fascinating even though its p gross at times

[an-alien-or-sutin]

here. is this anything

[blackcatanna]

ONCE AGAIN, THE SEXY CHURCH APARTMENT HAS GIVEN ME A GREAT BOUNTY!

My Dad came over today and we finally cleaned out the sexy mezzanine in my bedroom ('twas very sexy but also very dusty, now is just sexi B) ). This involved getting down a load of MYSTERIOUS ITEMS and testing them to see if they were TREASURE!

All of the items worked! Even the remote control for the MASSIVE TV and some battery powered fairy lights! We also found two good lamps and a rug that shall adorn The Hole :D