#somewhere far beyond

[bugbart]

character concept: the archetypal damsel-in-distress got sick and tired of it and turned herself into a lich

[realmofblackmist]

Blind Guardian - ‘The Bard's Song – In the Forest‘

[sea-of-machines]

blind guardian wallpapers that go hard

[retroillustrates]

Have I said that I love @bugbart 's oc Runar?

Here he is with my boy Voyn Bellum whom I ought to update here on tumblr (the last update was 3 years ago lol)

[metalsongoftheday]

Monday, October 31: Blind Guardian, “Theatre of Pain”

Somewhere Far Beyond was a bridge album for Blind Guardian, making significant strides towards the band they would soon become while at least nodding to their thrash roots. Nonetheless, “Theatre of Pain” was arguably their most decisive break from the relentless slamming of old, leaning heavily on symphonic elements and emphasizing drama over riffs and aggression. Hansi Kürsch’s vocals breathed much more in between the spaces, which certainly must’ve been much easier on his throat, but he also sounded more in control and able to home in on his favorite fantasy literature.  At the same time, “Theatre of Pain” was still a bit amateurish, especially compared to subsequent albums, and the track perhaps veered too far towards symphonic metal. But it found Blind Guardian planting a stake in the ground, and was ultimately a preview of what was soon to come.

[empathhid]

[teler-of-gallifrey]

So glad I choose this album, it is very gender

[ilovefredjones]

[ID: 1. jet from hsmtmts. he says to kourtney, who’s off camera, ‘And I don't know if I'm to stay here without my sister.’

2. screenshot of lyrics on the blue background that read ‘Both: I can't lose you, try to see / Anna: Why can't you turn to me? / Elsa: I'm trying to tell you that’

3. jet says, ‘She's my best friend, which I don't tell many people.’

4. lyrics that read, ‘Both: I can't lose you, like before / Elsa: As much as I wish, I can't open that door / Anna: Why can't you open that door?’

5. looking down at the floor, jet says, ‘I mean, including her.’

6. lyrics that read, ‘Both: If you loved yourself the way I do / Then you'd see why I can't lose you!’ END ID]

elsa: what do you want, anna?

anna: this! just you and i talking and chatting, and taking up space…

tim fedelre, high school musical: the musical: the series / kristen anderson-lopez and robert lopez, frozen: the broadway musical

[aroaessidhe]

absolutely delighted and amazed at seeing people on here talk about Her Majesty’s Royal Coven like

the te/rf antagonist reminds me of JKR? she’s also a te/rf! crazy coincidence!

it has a chosen one AND four types of witch you can be, and all these blatant overused YA fantasy tropes 🙄 so unoriginal 🙄

somehow unable to come to the conclusion that maybe.....a book about a trans girl witch in the UK might, I don’t know, have certain worldbuilding and narrative choices that are deliberately comparible to certain other pieces of media,

[northern-passage]

*When the commentary about the lives of the poors is just entertainment for the richs is turning into a cash-grab reality TV show* Yeah sounds about right

particularly with squid game it frustrates me when people are like. "wow they missed the point!" when i don't think that's true at all. first of all the controversy over a squid game reality tv show is going to be huge for the marketing. it's the "all publicity is good publicity" mindset. because it got people talking about it. i'm talking about it, a lot of people on twitter are talking about it - people use controversy as a direct marketing campaign these days, moreso than actual advertisements, which is also really irritating and honestly insulting.

and i feel like squid game really got a shit treatment overall, with the way people used it as clickbait online (mr beast i'm looking at you) and it's really sad to me how horribly twisted the show has become, though it's hardly the only one. with media like that, it's not that people "missed the point," it honestly feels purposefully malicious to me. it reminds me of way back when the hunger games movies were coming out, and the way they were advertised as well. it's not that they "missed the point," it's that they don't care what the point is - or they are actively trying to diminish it. the fact that these corporations can take media like squid game or hunger games, stories that have critical narratives about classism and capitalism and racism and so thoroughly strip them of that is what really depresses me.

again it makes me feel... like what's the point of even making any kind of meaningful narrative when it just feels like the industry's expectation is for it to get snatched up by amazon or netflix and be completely neutered?

i try not to think like that, but it's frustrating. art is so important when it comes to criticizing our society and the harmful institutions that oppress and kill people every single day, and i hate seeing netflix and disney and amazon trying so hard to suppress that.

so. all of that to say. it's hard being a creative right now. but i don't want people reading this as like, a doom spiral- as corny as it sounds keep writing anyways because it's important no matter what. squid game is still a meaningful show, the hunger games books are still there, so despite everything i still think just creating art and supporting each other is the best thing we can do ✌️ peace and love

[bugbart]

somewhere far beyond: the webcomic!

hey all! I'm so happy someone suggested ComicFury, so Somewhere Far Beyond now has a webcomic host -> read it at somewherefarbeyond.thecomicseries.com

chapter one is still available as a PDF Download in my Ko-fi shop if that's more your thing!

it would mean a lot if y'all checked out my comic and shared it if you enjoy it, it's something i'm really proud of!

[dracolizardlars]

I genuinely semi regularly fantasise about being in a band / a musician purely in the context of sharing the official lyrics for all my songs very publically to make A Point to every other musical artist

[miodiodavinci]

writing out my to-do list for the semester and feeling an overwhelming wave of terrified nausea like ohhhhh this is going to suck so so bad huh

[tenthhell]

I need y'all to know that Ori will take more than just your soul if you serve some purpose to her research or entertainment. She'll take every single piece of you, and no one can do a thing about it bc you signed paperwork.

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Crossover concept: Tails, Passive!Nightmare and Powder being a bullied big brain child trio

Recently, because of Nine being the angsty child he is along with his design (his tails that struck me as tentacles at first) reminding me a shitton of Nightmare as the actual first ever character I was full on invested in and afterwards stumbling upon some arcane content on my dash, an idea was born

Ignoring the logistics of how these theree could ever find themselves in the same space together (mainly that two of them end up ded later dow their lives or which world would they even have the possibily of meeting each other in the first place) i think that they would be the best trio of missfits as they're essentially the same;

Tails was bullied, shunned and harrased for his extra tail, being seen as a freak because of it. Nonetheless he's a kid genius capable of creating both helpful devices and deadly weapons as well as devising exeptional strategies and plans on the fly(pun intended).

Nightmare was also bullied and ostracized for his negative aura, being the "evil" oposite of his brother and the overall cold exterior of his personality. So as a coping mechanism, as well as a personal interest, he hid himself in books mainly discussing science(not really the correct word but bear with me here) and how the world works; not nescesarly techsavy but curiosity is still there.

And Powder was considered a burden because of her clumsiness and low self esteem, coupled with her gadgets not working properly. She was seen as nothing more than a inconvinient "jinx" by pretty much everyone to a certain degree, except her sister. But despite all that she's extremely smart, capable and proven to have something there in the inventor's skill tree.

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Just imagine Nightmare and Powder being absolutely amazed by Tails' technology that he built all on his own. Him helping and teaching Powder how to make proper explosives and her being more than overjoyed that the monkey bomb finally worked!!! Tails also making weapons for the other two to defend themselves with once they all return home, after he learns that both of them live in quite the hostile enviroments

Nightmare asking endless questions about how this and that works, how does Tails find the inspiration and materials to make all those gadgets, what is the science behind his ability to fly, if it's certainly safe to detonate that bomb here, what's up with all the silly drawings all over the granates and so on and so forth. Meanwhile the other two are buzzing with excitement while explaining every little detail behind the design choices and inner workings of their inventions

Powder accidentally breaking appart one of Tails' inventions and being set into a fit of panic, apologizingprofusely only to see Tails say it's all fine and either fix or build a new one depending on the damage done, within minutes. She swears she'll be more carefull and such thing won't happen again... exept it does. And the silly cycle continues. Powder also finally being able to sit in clean grass and watch the blue skies above, the smell of fresh air filling her lungs as she nearly chokes on it as she goes on, describing what the Undercity she lives in is like, with it's suffocating, polluted and overpopulated areas, unknowingly sending a shiver down the Tails' pine, because that sounds exactly what a world with Eggman taking over would end up looking like meanwhile Nightmare just silently wonders and imagines what such a dystopia world with dark skies and neon lights would look like

Just

Think abt them

I will probably add onto this in the future but just know this concept exists, I know theres someone else like me out there who would want to see these silly characters interact with each other (all before their traumatic turns of their past happened ofc)

[letsabandonthisworld]

Why Do You Stay?

i started watching the devil judge and kept asking myself why kim ga-on is staying at kang yo-han's house even after he gets better. it didn't let me go and so i wrote this and it got away from me oops. anyways here you go: kind of a character study on kim ga-on.

he is your boss. he is someone you were sent to spy on. you are always budding heads, on different sides, never ending arguments. you can't place him, he is escaping your grip. you see the person he is portraying to the public, another one to his colleagues and another one to you. but you want to know what's behind the mask, you want to expose him, find the skeletons he keeps locked away in his closet, the blood on his hands.

because you are sure there is some. and if you weren't sure before, you are now when he nearly shoots a man without batting an eye and when he smashes someone's car and when he is sentencing someone to be flogged on live television.

but there is something else that pulls you to him. you want to understand how he thinks, what drives him. and so you talk, you seek out his company, his opinions, his secrets.

until you are standing in his office late at night and he has you under his thumb. he caught you, he knows what you're doing. but you are not scared and you know he is not surprised. you ask him how he could be so cruel and he is lying to your face and you hate him. so then why do you jump in front of him when you hear the ticking noise? why do you cover him with your own body when the explosion hits and you feel the glass cutting into your skin? why do you not regret a single thing even if you were to die here? and why does he carry you outside to safety?

it's nothing.

anyone would do the same.

but when you wake up he is there beside you. he gives you a warm bed to sleep on and treats your wounds oh so gently and suddenly you find yourself doubting the image you had of him in your mind. because now he is wearing pajamas and his hair is in his face and he is asking you questions and touching your skin and he is smiling.

and you are in this empty house that is filled with nothing but memories and you are slowly painting a new picture of him. a picture that is sadder than you ever thought it'd be. a picture of a lonely boy who grew up hated by his own father because he was afraid of him. he saw himself in this child and couldn't bear it. so he ignored him and when that did not work, he beat him.

and you are standing in his room, cold and dark, in the basement, and you are holding a picture of his brother in your hands. his brother that is wearing your face. and you don't know how to feel about that but you don't like the idea of him looking at you and seeing someone else.

and you wonder why he let's you stay, why he let's you see this part of himself, why he is letting you into his world.

but then you are hearing these stories about him - about a deranged and twisted child - about his acts of hatred and anger. and again a new picture begins to take form. this time a cruel picture, of someone heartless and unrecognizable. so you start digging into those stories. you need to know the truth. you need to know if he is truly a monster like you've been told.

and you confront him. and yes he gets angry and he hurts you but he also starts crying. he opens up to you and tells you his secrets. the stories he has kept hidden and the sorrows he has dealt with on his own. and you feel closer to him.

and then he is taking you to an event, to meet people with you by his side. and he is giving you a suit and a watch and suddenly you can't meet his eyes and you can't undress in front of him. your skin feels warm and his gaze has a weight to it that wasn't there before. and you drive his car and he holds your waist and you realise you like being on display like this if it is next to him. you like the stares and the whispers and you like feeling powerful. but then he changes again and you see his mask of insanity slip back. he laughs at people and he scolds you and he almost kills you both on the way home because you would not answer him.

and you ask yourself why he lets you stay, why you haven't left yet.

but you started bonding with his niece who is actually incredibly smart and witty and it saddens you how much of him you see in her. how she grew up to hate him and yet they are so alike. and you started playing with the weird old street cat that keeps wandering around the house. he brought her in, you learn, and it startles you but somehow you are not surprised. that he would see this cat and pick her up, give her a place to stay and keep her belly full even though he pretends he doesn't care - you try not to think of the apparent parallel to your own situation. and you think maybe he brought her in not only as a companion for his niece but maybe for himself too.

because you realise deep down he is simply lonely. you look at him and see yourself reflected. you know the loneliness, the hate, the anger. and so you keep looking at him, noting every detail, every interaction, every new information. it's for work, you tell yourself, you are supposed to figure out who he is.

but then sometimes you make him dinner because he doesn't sleep well. and he only ever eats by himself and he never cooks and he really should take better care of himself. and maybe next time you could eat together.

next time?

why are you still here? your wounds have healed and you are back to work.

why hasn't he asked you to leave yet?

but you are still looking for answers and that is the reason you stay. because here in this house you can search for more and you can talk to people who know him. and didn't someone say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer? because that's what you are, enemies, right? at least that's how it started. but you've begun to hope that you might be on the same side. you started caring about his opinions, you tested his limits because you don't want to cross them again, you choose your words carefully this time because you don't want to hurt him again.

you've started awaiting his arrival home. you don't know when it happened but at some point you aren't able to sleep before he comes back home. you need to know that he is here with you, that he is safe.

at one point you started calling this house your home.

at one point you decided to stay and he never asked why. because then you would ask why he let you stay.

and maybe you are both not ready to hear the answer.