#it's just!

[canongf-archive]

i haven't posted a whole lot of f/o content lately and honestly! it's because! i think i am falling for this real life man. i've posted a tiny bit about him! i've posted that i have a crush! but when we're together, when we talk and we laugh and i look him in the eyes, it feels like a much bigger deal than just a crush. we spent halloween together and it feels like something shifted. it feels like i am falling. and i know that this is a self ship blog and most people follow me for self ship content so i haven't wanted to post too much abt him! but you're also my friends and i wanted to share with you! 💗

[septembersghost]

You definitely get that operatic feeling listening to the instrumentals

when my mom and i were in the theatre, where it hit me *hard* that it hadn't quite yet at home because surround sound is simply so different in its expanse, is when they're leaving russwood, and elvis is getting shoved in the car, and there's that breathtaking shot of the firework reflected above his face

(credit to op! because tumblr wouldn't bring this up in my search for some reason. and that gifset is gorgeous)

the first times i saw this, i was so focused on the performance of trouble and the visuals and the hectic things happening, but the score is this dramatic, dark chorus utilizing heartbreak hotel (which is the melody they used to link elvis and gladys), and its like an emotional punch. it's foreshadowing through that music. (they did this often - toxic las vegas being a standout example). the way they took these existing songs, reworked them into intricate instrumentals and added the choirs or laid in the central vocals when necessary works in this tremendous way. i love scores in general because they do establish mood and themes and characters, it's why the best film/television scores are memorable, but this is a bit of a unique case since they were doing adaptations of songs the audience is/might be already familiar with, songs residing in the central subject's catalog and easy to hear in his own voice. suspicious minds, cotton candy land, heartbreak hotel, can't help falling in love, unchained melody, etc, they figured out how to literally reorchestrate them, to make them into leitmotifs and character associations, to layer them into the visuals in a way that's propulsive but not obtrusive, where you're surrounded by this music which was always calling to and coming from within him, and it's simply a heartbeat of that world. it does function like an opera or a grand musical even though it's technically not one. it's so cool to me, it's like a magic trick and i love the effectiveness and beauty of it so much.

i've thought a lot about how elvis would probably really love and be affected by this, given his own feelings/admiration for opera, and his specific pride in it's now or never and those inspirations. again, as with those formative and everlasting gospel influences, it functions as a lovely tribute as well.

[saltyfilmmajor]

thinking about how my ex expected me to watch all their standup comedy but couldn’t make the effort to read any of the fanfic i made

[whiteshipnightjar]

Zoozve, my beloved

[camping-with-monsters]

For those of you who weren’t able to get 100% of the total solar eclipse today… I gotchu <3

[wizardpotions]

Christmas as a cultural icon is starting to get really dystopian in a climate sense, december has historically been a time of year in which there would be snow in a significant portion of europe and north america, and the fact that its not even icy this time of year and all the christmas songs and decorations reference a time of year that will likely never exist in the same way again in my life time is so strange.

[tothechaos]

this is what every tiktok screenshot looks like to me

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[bonesandthebees]

one of the most infuriating things about becoming an adult is when you realize that it actually is 10x easier to solve problems by making a phone call vs literally any other communication method

[malwarechips]

yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

[necromimetics]

can’t stop thinking about my friend’s cishet partner who said last night that he doesn’t think anyone is the same gender. god-tier take.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[cemeterything]

it's such a bummer that losing control of your emotions only makes the entire situation worse in really embarrassing personal ways. losing control of my emotions should give me pyrokinesis.

[butchdonne]

what studying literature feels like

[bob-artist]

Bittern at the grocery store