#theme: invisibility

[lucidloving]

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient // Waving Through a Window—Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen // Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart // @iimememe on Twitter // Alice Oseman, Radio Silence // Marie Howe, "The Landing"

[tethered-heartstrings]

"For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering."

The Death of Cato, Johann Carl Loth // Hannibal NBC "The Wrath of the Lamb" // The Death of Cato, Giovanni Battista Langetti // Hannibal NBC "Mizumono" // The Suicide of Cato, Johann Michael Rottmayr // Hannibal NBC "Mizumono" // The Death of Cato, Johann Carl Loth // Hannibal NBC "The Wrath of the Lamb" // The death of Cato of Utica, Roman school, 17h Century

[srapsodia]

quick doodles and i dont really have designs for these characters yet but i started listening to TAZ vs Dracula and it's SO much fun, im having a great time

[canisalbus]

I really appriciate how often Machete is depicted struggling and feeling like a burden, while still being loved and supported by Vasco. It gives the top tier angst of "i'm not good enough, I'm not worth it" but you frame it in such a way where it's clear that's just how he *feels* and is not how things really are, but also it's so nice to see someone who struggles quite often in a loving and unique relationship that suits them. The narrative of not being able to love or be loved unless you're consistently healthy is really tiring lol.

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[golyadkin]

Nothing but trouble since I met you

[hypnogogyc]

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

[dathen]

GET BOOPED!!

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Bury Your Gays

Horror

a scriptwriter in hollywood who’s getting attention & an Oscar nom after working in the industry for years, but is being pressured by algorithm-obsessed producers to kill off the queer characters in the season finale of the show he writes

and when he starts getting stalked by the monsters he wrote (based on traumas of his past) he has to figure out how to survive, along with his best friend and boyfriend

[lochnessliv]

Not to post ice cold takes 16 years too late but Gabe really did force Natalie into the harmony instead of the melody in her OWN SONG about how he takes up so much more space in their family

[vickyvicarious]

I had to tear down wrappings and ransack a number of boxes and drawers, but at last I managed to turn out what I sought; the box label called them lambswool pants, and lambswool vests. Then socks, a thick comforter, and then I went to the clothing place and got trousers, a lounge jacket, an overcoat and a slouch hat—a clerical sort of hat with the brim turned down. I began to feel a human being again, and my next thought was food.

I know this is like, a fairly common expression, but still... there's something to be said for the way Griffin doesn't feel human again till he is dressed.

His initial feeling of being a seeing man in a world of the blind, during his his invisible flight from his rooms, lasted only a few minutes. And then first he was struggling in the crowd, before he fairly quickly became prey on the run. The rest of his experience before he took shelter in the mall is pretty nightmarish.

He spends such a good chunk of the book described only as a stranger, and in a way that clearly reflects the testimonies of those who resented and didn't respect him. But also, for all that he is paranoid about being seen (being unseen) by them, he doesn't want to be identified or to socialize at all, so he never gives them a name. Mr. Marvel, of course, never knows him by any name either - he's the first person who (doesn't) see him for what he is right from the start of their acquaintance, and to him Griffin is only ever "the Voice" or "the Invisible Man."

We don't learn his name at all until chapter 17, when he identifies himself to Kemp. And even then, even after a whole back-and-forth repeating his name, he's still called either "the Voice" or "the Invisible Man", once "the Unseen", throughout the rest of that chapter. In chapter 18, he's described by name just once, when his reply to a final question of what else Kemp can get him indicates a surprising vulnerability/desire for comfort: "“Only bid me good-night,” said Griffin." Again, in chapter 19, Griffin is back to initially being only "the Invisible Man" when he's having his fit of temper. He gets his name back when sits down to eat and when he and Kemp are conversing about science. But when he begins describing his money trouble and how he robbed his father, he becomes "the Invisible Man" again at the close of the chapter. In chapter 20, it's mostly Griffin's story, but there's a little switch at the start of the chapter. Kemp takes "the Invisible Man's arm" to bring him away from the window when he's worried he'll see police approaching, and then puts himself "between Griffin and the nearest window" - when he feels more sure he's managing the situation, Griffin gets his name back. Again, at the end of chapter 21, he's back to his title while we see Kemp glancing out the window nervously and clearly distracted... his thoughts more on the help he sent for than on the story being confided to him.

With Kemp, the only person who knows his name, there is a clear pattern to call him by some title when he is afraid of his violence. At least so far. His name is only ever used when he is being more 'civilized'. Not even just whenever he is being open and vulnerable, because he does that a surprising amount throughout his story, but as Kemp's mind wanders, Griffin goes back to being titled once more.

When he's naked and totally invisible, Griffin himself feels like something outside of humanity. And while briefly freeing, this soon became a horrible feeling, something othering and scary. It's why his first instinct is to get clothes, before he even thinks about food. It's why he tries so hard to escape in the clothes he's stolen, before he's finally forced to abandon them. Sure, there's the practical reasons of not wanting to get sick and cold, and so on, but that's not the main drive. Except then he has to give that up in order to get away safely. And even when he does acquire clothes and money and his research and gets away somewhere safer (where the story begins), it's never enough. He's always othered to various degrees, which in general just keep increasing over time. By the time he gets to Kemp, his first request is no longer for clothes - something which again could just be put down to practicalities (he hasn't eaten in much longer this time, he's more used to running about naked and the weather is better) but also showcases much more of a willingness to leave them behind at the first sign of danger, in order to free himself to fight or flee. More certainty that he will need to. And he's right about that - after all, wearing clothes may make Griffin feel more human, but it's not the determining factor for Kemp here.

[moonchild-in-blue]

Guys let's make moodboards again 🥺

[slashingdisneypasta]

[jessmalia]

Thinking about “One single thread of gold tied me to you” vs. “In another life, you still would've turned my head” and invisible string and Timeless’ different takes on soulmate-ism and how much I prefer the latter’s version. It’s not that fate is pulling us towards each other, it’s us who are pushing ourselves together. We’re not together because the universe decided we would be, we’re together because we’re so uniquely suited for each other that there’s no scenario in which we wouldn’t end up by the other’s side. Timing didn’t make us soulmates, being perfect for each other did.

[sandwichhour]

Whiteboard doodls

[touhoutunes]

Title: eternal lily

Arrangement: nmk

Vocals: 橘花音 & A.Dokuga

Album: lily story 4

Circle: もぱた。

Original: Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon, Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess

[theangrycomet]

Ace should have had a burrowing superpower.

No- Seriously.

THAT should have been his second super power.

Have it where he generates a sort of destructive energy in/around his hands that breaks down the molecules of anything so that he can “Dig” through anything. The denser/harder the material the longer it takes.

This would not only be a great counter to Danger’s Egg Randomizer but would also let Rev’s GPS ability have an easy way to be regularly demonstrated.

Also it grants him an ability that’s ACTUALLY connected to Bugs and one of his Gags