#immortal swings

[mercenaryg]

So Don't Sleep just yet, little fighter, we're just getting started.

[bonnieisaway]

WHICH ONE OF YOU WAS IT THAT - I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF MY MUTUALS - WE HAD A REALLY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW SEVEN ALWAYS WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE KILL IN THE PAST, AND WE GOT ON THE TOPIC OF THE GIRL IN WHITE AND YOU SAID THAT YOU THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T MEAN FOR SEVEN TO DIE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE HEART NOTICBLY MORE THROUGH HIS CHEST/STOMACH AND I SAID I WASN'T SURE IF WE COULD REALLY GO OFF OF THAT BECAUSE WE HADN'T KNOWN MUCH OF HER CHARACTER NOR WHY SHE DID IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND REDISCUSS THIS BECAUSE SEASON FOUR SPOILER THING UNDER CUT

I WENT FUCKING FERAL WHEN THIS WAS SAID because like obviously the question is when the hell did that poison get put in him because I feel like , Seven wouldn't have taken it himself? Like he wanted to move on and he was willing to fight all of Xuanwu for the girl in white but I think he would've known he had to do that face on and that poison would only, inevitably, put them in more danger?

And I can't think of another shadow killer or the leader that would want this- EVERYONE wanted him dead, Green Phoenix presumably didn't care because evidently the shadow killers DIDN'T go after him last time or were afraid to, otherwise he would've used his plan earlier, the leader NEVER gets off his ass, and there would've been no point erasing his memories if he was wanted dead.

I feel like the logical conclusion here - at least I'm assuming between the moment he was stabbed and washed up nobody else saw him, and prior to the fight he hadn't seen anybody else who'd have done this nor discussed it - is that the girl in white had it on her blade, right? Like wasn't she also wanted dead? Seven was protecting her and that's the whole reason he was wanted dead, so killing him would've gotten her killed too and I feel like this shit is waaay too much to pull a sort of long-con to get him killed, but even if she WAS supposed to kill him as some sort of long hidden plan, maybe she might've loved him anyway and CHOSE this form of mercy? Because erasing his memories would effectively 'kill' him? Or was it that they both wanted this to end so badly but she chose the impulsive way out, getting herself killed and a merciful, forgetful end for Seven that had a fighting chance of letting him live on without her?

But also the symbolism when they show it confuses me.

So this eye was a new thing in season four and it ONLY ever really is shown around the leader of the shadow killers, when he's on his being-an-eldritch-horror shit, but my thing is WHAT purpose would he have to do that to Seven? Like yeah, he ordered him dead, but HOW would he even get that done and what reason would he have? Like, it was kind of presumed the leader had gone out on a limb and chosen SPECIFICALLY Seven for some unnamed reason, to a point that even Redtooth was fuckin annoyed about it (probably because to some degree Redtooth envied him but let's pack that away for another day) so I don't know WHY this eye is here

There's also a crow here which I would assume was ALSO for the leader's spybird if it wasn't for Blackbird's whip right next to it? But like, Blackbird doesn't seemingly have an unsettled score with Seven. He wanted him to die, yes, and he said "painfully at my hands," but that's like, how everyone dies to Blackbird. And their entire fight, there was nothing brought up about something in their past or between these two, everything was only about Blackbird's past and his tramua, which almost sounded like he felt like he needed to be this anti-hero killing Seven because of the order and would let Shimen take the reward.

There's also a really faint hand here? I don't know what else to attribute it to other than this hand:

back in season three, which this sequence was VERY much a long allegory about Seven's nature and that he's had a very, very short time to live the life he wanted and that he's basically being fucking dragged through life at this rate, though noticeably the hand here in season four has a red, glowy texture on it (aside from the rest of the texture near it) that's seeming to me either be blood or also another sort of imagery for the poison in him

but also there feels like there's a larger image here, too? It's really hard to make out because I can't really tell if it's just the shading , or a stylistic choice, but the bottom right is noticeably a different shade and has an outline and the inside has a wood-grain like texture? But I think also this might just be a sort of outline - given where it starts on Seven's shoulder - that's supposed to look like a gaseous, poison cloud coming from him. just AAAAAAAH oh my GOD there's so much to think about from this 20 seconds alone kill me

[damnable-bell]

Sharing one of my favorite Jonghyun clips, since it's been a long time since I've seen it subtitled and in good quality. This is from when he was a contestant on Immortal Songs 2 in 2011. For his last performance on the show, he decided to cover "Left-Handed" by Panic in his own unique style. The results are—well, you'll see. Nothing about it is boring.

I feel like I talk about this clip a lot, both because it was one of the first performances I saw from Jonghyun, and because it represents so many of the things that he was (and still is) to me: dorky, brave, and stubbornly committed to being himself—a genuine iconoclast in an industry that does everything it can to hammer out non-conformity.

Bonus:

[brother-emperors]

The Art of Dreams: Reflections and Representations

The Tomb of Caterina della Ratta and the Iconography of the Reclining Reader in Renaissance Sepulcharl Art, Yonni Ascher

Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture, Harriet I Flower

okay so just. play connect the dots with me for a second. Girolamo Basso della Rovere is Giuliano della Rovere's (Pope Julius II) cousin. Ascanio Sforza was a long time rival, and later ex-enemy of Giiuliano's. this kind of familial mirroring in the tombs, the way that Ascanio is being subsumed into a matching visual with someone of della Rovere's family is. interesting. because it goes well beyond the expected patron-client relationship between the pope and his cardinals. like, these were companion monuments.

there's also a kind of tragic romantic violence to it, given Ascanio's persistent loyalty to his family and Milan, and Ludovico's plans to have Ascanio's body brought back to Milan in the event of his death and interred in the same chapel as Beatrice d'Este.

[todderwodders]

My durge and Gortash’s relationship is like. Two horrible little best friends who put an amazing amount of trust in each other despite their positions and generally horrible personalities making it more or less impossible. They’ve known each other carnally and robbed a few supposedly unrobable places. It ain’t true but it is love.

[flippythegodzilla]

So got two fight scenes done on the latest chapter of the city of immortals… I got maybe two- three tops more to go? Also I’m realizing this chapter is going to be very bloody and messy….

Anyway to my followers question… do you have… maybe any websites that can… show me different words to use to describe fighting… I look at what I have and I’m getting annoyed saying thrust, lunges, step forward… I need some variety!

[peachyninjago]

@howuart man guess he doesnt like the new fit huh

(click for quality :] still figuring out my redesign for him but ive come to realize the more floof the better)

edit: oh yeah theres the no lighting/shading ver too

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

The true symbol of infinity is the full circle. It is also the symbol of fulfillment. And fulfillment is man's goal. Only in fulfillment will he find reality. Aye, we must go full swing. Home - where is it if not everywhere and nowhere at the same time? When he is in possession of his soul, then will man be fully alive, caring nothing for immortality and knowing nothing of death. To begin wholly afresh may mean coming alive at last!

from The Books in My Life by Henry Miller 

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | aloy 41/?

large vertical version below the cut if anyone's interested in it :)

[erabundus]

creature  is  his  default  state  of  being.

[eclectic-ways]

❝ I went on enfolded on all sides by the first breath, the first thrill, of early spring... and gradually gaining force with every step, with every movement forwards, a glad tremour sprang up and grew, all uncomprehended within me... it drew me on, it hastened me, and so strong was the flood of gladness within me, that I stood still at last and with questioning eyes looked round me, as I would seek some outer cause of my mood of rapture.... ❞

— Ivan Turgenev | Enough

[mercenaryg]

So fight the fight to free your future and then Be Yourself with no regrets.

[eldritchships]

Mutual posting about their big DC boy reminded me of mine 💕 I don't talk about him as much as Jason but they're a package deal in my mind

He's such a lil stinker. Jason and Nikki's relationship takes a while to develop but Nikki and Etrigan just speedrun that whole pining process ahdjshd. AND they get the bonus of being overtly fire and ice coded :]

[scorchedhearth]

im charmed. intrigued, even, by your snippet of nile. now i have to bump tog up the reading list

i do recommend it! the movie is pretty good and so are the comics, although they're quite different in plot and tone so don't expect to take away the same thing from both, they're best enjoyed as two different takes on the same concept, aka badass immortal warriors which, let's be real. what else do you need to make a story cool af

[mumble-muse]

up at 2am thinking about all the work i don't have time to do✌️

[whats-in-a-sentence]

It took a few days for Niobe to get into the routine.

"Incarnations of Immortality: With a Tangled Skein" - Piers Anthony