#tld father thomas

[donner-mathis-official]

Time to think about Molly because all of the characters in this game drive me insane with the little tidbits we get to know about them.

Ok so it’s pretty clearly hinted at that her husband was a terrible man that she didn’t want to marry (“I could have been something!”, really the whole conversation about his death), and directly stated that she very intentionally left him to die.

There are two things about her, though, that I really find fascinating. They’re more theory than outright, but I think I can back them up. Those are:

1) Molly tried to get out of the relationship as best she could with what she was given, long before the events of the game.

2) Molly knows that her murder spree is morally questionable, but has decided that even if it’s wrong, if she saves someone else from being hurt by a bad man, then it’s worth it.

Let’s start with the first one.

I firmly believe she talked to Father Thomas at some point about her relationship. He’s a religious leader, and, based on the fact that he was the one to gather people into the community centre, is probably a community leader as well. The type of person you go to when you need help. Molly says Father Thomas won’t help Astrid (indirectly but she has been roaming Pleasant Valley for a week post-first flare at time of our first entrance, so she must know he’s the only one there when she says “nobody there will help you”), and it tracks that he likely would not have helped her out of that relationship. Most Christian sects, to my knowledge, are against divorce to some degree, and we’ve seen that Father Thomas has no qualms with pushing his religious views onto others (making Astrid take the rosary). All of this together means it’s highly likely Molly tried to get out the “right” way first. She did everything she was supposed to, and still found herself stuck. Given that scenario, it’s obvious why, when the wolves gave her an out, she took it.

As for her knowing what she’s doing is wrong, I’d like to point to her asking if Mackenzie is one of the good ones. I absolutely love this line, because it says so much about who she is. It’s her offering Astrid something she was never given; a chance to get out. It’s her acknowledging that there are good men, and that she doesn’t want to kill them. That she only wants to kill the ones that will hurt people like she was hurt. Then following that up with “then I hope I never meet him”? This is probably my favorite exchange in Wintermute because it’s so short and direct yet says volumes. She wants Astrid to be happy and find her good one again. She would rather a risk a good man dying than a bad man going free. This isn’t just a revenge quest against any man she thinks is bad; it’s her trying, in her own way, to keep people safe and make the world better. This shows too, in her choice to leave Father Thomas alive. He’s a sitting duck, with no way of protecting himself. She could have killed him. She clearly holds contempt for him, and if you subscribe to the first theory I posited, he’s a large factor in why she had to stay in that horrible marriage. But she chose to leave Father Thomas alive, and I think that’s in no small part because she knows that those plane crash victims need him. That even if he screwed her over, he’s making the world better right now.

Anyways I love her and I think more women should kill people

[iron-fifty-nine]

Finally got to chapter 3 of Wintermute and y’all have GOT to be fucking me. Sasquatch is not in this game. Y’all can’t be serious. I’m genuinely considering going out of my way in the middle of wolf country to see if Bigfoot is real. Jesus fuck a man is dying and I’m off to cryptid hunt

[himawan-fm]

Save Our Soul

[tldsurvival]

Looks, like we’re going to Coastal highway, baby! Also, I hope this prompts her to either share why she’s going to Perseverance Mills or talk to Will and make up with him.

[ebaeschnbliah]

I666 - THE  NUMBER  OF  THE  BEAST - 666I

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It'a a funny thing to persue the path of a DEVILISH BEAST to finally find a sparklig RAINBOW in the end.  :))))

Not long ago I wrote abut the idea that in Sherlock BBC the City of London and England are used as metaphors for Sherlock's body (x). The 'red cross flag' of Saint George, who's the patron saint of England, provides a stunning connection between England, London, Georgia and even the old Kingdom of Jerusalem. Lions are displayed in the coat of arms of Engalnd, dragons in the coat of arms of London. Sherlock is called several times the 'dragon slayer', which leads not only back to Saint George but also into the realm of psychoanalysis and C.G.Jung. ( @sagestreet wrote a wonderful piece of work about this here and @shawleyleres here )

The idea that London/England could represents Sherlock's body awoke quite some time ago and was first triggered by this short piece of text in TEH (x):

Just put me back in London. I need to get to know the place again, breathe it in – feel every quiver of its beating heart.

With all the 'fiery, burning, inflammable and blazing' ideas going round lately, a connectdion to DEVIL and HELLwasn't that far off. What's more, the number 666, which is two times mentioned in TST, refused stubbornly to go out of my head ever since I heard it. My first interpretation of the 'number of the beast' is included in a post about Rosie as the 'Elephant in the room' (x). Recently @sagestreet wrote another stunning piece of work about that topic here.

And now .... onto some new ideas and new connections. What might come to the light of day if one mingles some of the above mentioned themes into a pot, stirring it thoroughly and with passion?

SHERLOCK * LONDON * ENGLAND * FIRE&HEAT * DEVIL&HELL * 666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST * LITTLE ROSIE * APPLES&ROSES

Results under the cut ....

The Great Fire of London in 1666

This fiery hell swept through the central parts of London for three days. From Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches, St Paul's Cathedral and most of the buildings of the City authorities. Hell indeed.  But not hellish enough ...

Plague had killed over 68,000 people in the previous two years. Although Charles II had returned to Whitehall in February 1666, London remained unsafe, with death carts still commonplace. What worried inhabitants most was the strong east wind. This, combined with the dry, dusty air, was known to be particularly effective in carrying plague. Thus by September 1666, all that was required was a spark. ( x x )

The anniversary of the Great Fire

2016: To mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London a 120m long model of the 17th century London skyline is burned to ashes on the Thames between Blackriears and Waterloo Bridge.

Fire-projections on the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.  ( x  Video x )

King Charles II of Engalnd

Charles was one of the most popular and beloved kings of England, known as the Merry Monarch. His father - King Charles I - had been executed at the climax of the English Civil War. After a lost battle Charles II fled to the continent where he spent the next 9 years in exile. Oliver Cromwell became dictator of Engand, Scotland and Ireland. (x)

Musgrave Ritual and two kings named Charles

Charles I and Charles II ... appear in ACDs story of 'The Musgrave Ritual'. The riddle, Sherlock Holmes has to solve, starts with these lines:

Whose was it? ....  His who is gone.   (Charles I)

Who shall have it?.... He who will come.   (Charles II)

In the story the words refer to the golden crown of King Charles I, that had been left behind when Charles II had to flee the country. Since that day the crown had been guarded by generations of Musgraves. But eventually the true meaning of the riddle got lost ....

Real history: When Charles II was on the run from Cromwell's men, he found shelter at Moseley Old Hall (north Wolverhampton, West Midlands). Owner of that estate back then was Thomas Whitgreave. Only some hours after the king's arrival (cold and wet, disguised in workman's clothing, ill-fitting shoes and with bleeding feet) parlamentarians knocked at the door and the king had to hide in the priest hole. Successfully. After a further two days of rest Charles II contiuned his flight to the coast and then to the continent.

I wouldn't be much surprised if ACD knew about that historical event. What if he took the names 'Moseley Old Hall' and 'Whitgreave' ... mingled them a little bit and thus created 'MUSGRAVE'?  :))) 

Sir Isaak Newton 

Mathematician, astronomer, theologian and natural philosopher (today that's a physicist). One of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In short: a genius.  (x)

Solar System and Gravity

He removed the last doubts about the validity of the heliocentric model of the Solar System (the one Sherlock 'deleted'). Newton used the Latin word gravitas (weight) for the effect that would become known as gravity and defined the law of universal gravitation.

And what Sherlock once 'deleted', because it wasn't important then,  suddenly becomes of supreme importance in TAB:

HOLMES: This is a matter of supreme importance .... The obliquity of the ecliptic. I have to understand it.    (TAB)

And 'gravity' reminds me also of somthing longsnowsmoon5 posted months ago:

Big G ... is the universal Gravitational Constant and part of the equation which calculates the Escape Velocity ... tha's the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body. (x)

The Apple Incident

Newton himself often (and obviously differently) told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree. Newton's assistant, John Conduitt, also described that famous event in a letter:

In the year 1666 he retired again from Cambridge to his mother in Lincolnshire. Whilst he was pensively meandering in a garden it came into his thought that the power of gravity (which brought an apple from a tree to the ground) ..... (x)

Apples are also a very important topic in Sherlock BBC

A bowl with red apples can be seen in the living room of 221b. Jim carves his I.O.U. in one of those. Beside Eurus (at the end of TLD) another bowl of red apples is located. At Appledore a single apple appears as a piece of art. Rosies room is decorated with an apple tree and red apples. John has a green apple for breakfast. A bowl of pomgranates turns up in Morocco. But those don't belong to the same family as apples. Definitely related to apples though are .... roses. I wrote more about apples and their symbolism here.

The Deconstruction of Light

In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton conducted a famous experiment that has been widely considered as a landmark discovery in the study of optics and color theory. Using a glass prism, Newton deconstructed a white beam of light through a prism, resulting in a full colour spectrum. He thus discovered that white light is an amalgamation of different wavelengths of colour. 

Artificially generated for the first time ... in 1666 ... by using a PRISM ...

Newtons prism experiment on Youtube (x)

During setlock S4 director Benjamin Caron posted these two PRISMA pics (bottom corner right) on Instagram.   (Source @constancecream   x  x ) 

The ship and the well? Pirate Sherlock and drowned Redbeard?

Benjamin Caron also made this statement:  (x)

I666 ... the same year London (Sherlock?) was ravaged by a massive fire (love?), the colors of the rainbow have been artificially generated for the first time by Newton, the man who confirmed the heliocentric model of the Solar System ... (Eurus is described as an incandescent mind beyond Newton)

666 - the number of the beast - baby Rosie, who is called the elephant in the womb/room and - according to Mary - had 'a little 666 on her forhead when she was born'.

666 - the number of the beast - plays on the radio immediately before 221b is hit by a massive explosion, caused by something that is called 'Patience Grenade' .... which sounds very much like 'Passions Greande'.

666 - the number of the beast - how high are the chances that the number of 'the beast' is the number of BURNING LOVE ... of LOVE & RAINBOWS .....

Or everything is just .... coincidence .... :)))))

I leave you to your own deductions.:))))  Thanks @callie-ariane for the scripts.

December, 2017

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[miacat03]

10/01/17 Narrative Week 3

List of known fairy tales:

⦁ Snow white ⦁ The little mermaid ⦁ princess and the pea ⦁ rumple stiltskin ⦁ cinderella ⦁ swan princess ⦁ Spirited Away ⦁ Porco Rosso ⦁ Wolf children ⦁ Edward Scissorhands ⦁ Pans Labyrinth

What is a fairy tale?

The Encyclopedia Britannica describes a fairy tale as: ‘a wonder tale involving marvellous elements and occurrences, though not necessarily about fairies.’

⦁ This could be used to describe animation also ⦁ Fairytales end 'Happily' = Justice is served/closure ⦁ fairytales have been censored over the years to protect children ⦁ they are 'romanticised' ⦁ The morals were disliked of old fairytales, children should focus on the here and now' Lucy Sprague Mitchell author of the little engine that could ⦁ Fairy tales have been 'cleaned up' for today's children; disturbing pyschological messages removed. ⦁ fairy tales originially NOT MEAN'T FOR KIDS, earliest FOLKTALES were shared among adults and they had serious meanings and important ritualistic elements. ⦁ the clear POLARITY between good and evil acted as a warning of what might happen if you strayed from the righteous path. ⦁ can make links to mythology and religion, however we are less connected to those as we are not 'gods' for example so they appear less realistic and apply less to our lives.

⦁ Despite fairy tales being 'wonderful' and magical they are about EVERYMAN and EVERYWOMAN. Characters are RARELY NAMED. ⦁ Initiative, bravery,pateience can help 'every' one overcome giants,beasts and witches.

⦁ In modern fairy tales good and bad may be less 'clear cut' ⦁ modern writers may suggest that the danger is in ourselves and its not just about sticking 'to the path'

⦁ Animation is the ideal medium for fairy tales? ⦁ shapeshifting is one of fairy tales most dominant 'wonder' characteristics. ⦁ METAMORPHOSIS: Transformation ⦁ Animation uses the ease of metamorphosis e.g a face turns into a frying pan. ⦁ Disney was among the first (Zipes, 2011) ‘to realize how the fairy-tale genre might be enriched by film in unimaginable ways, and how film might be enriched by the fairy tale.’

⦁ Fairy tales have always been subject t change depending on their audience (Disney wanted to draw on as big an audience as possible) hence the censorship of fairy tales and emphasis on romance and dreams 'magically' coming true ⦁ Disney version is so overwhelming, everyone seems to know their versions of fairy tales. ⦁ Scholars noted that fairy tale format begins with disintegration of a family unit and ends with the creation of another Olrik identified so-called ‘Epic Laws’, including: ⦁ The Law of Threes – ‘three is the maximum number of men and objects that occur in traditional narrative’ ⦁ The Law of Repetition – actions in folk tales are typically repeated 3 times ⦁ The Law of Contrast- Other people should be antithetical tot he her; if the hero is generous, other characters should be stingy to contradict him. ⦁ The Law of Patterning- Situations and events are told and re-tld in 'as similar manner as possible' ⦁ the plot concentrates on a leading character and don't branch off into sub-plots.

⦁ Constants and variables ⦁ Only 31 things can happen in a fairy tale ⦁ But... ⦁ morphology means : the study of forms, it doesn't matter if its a dragon or a whirlwind if it has the same effect. e.g a villain, a magical object, a hero ⦁ before Propp, fairy tales were categorised according to type, animal,fantastical etc. ⦁ But there were weaknesses with this system, some tales belonged in more than one category. the system didn't illuminate the underlying structure of the fairy tale. ⦁ Propp argued that fairy tales had a particular structure' and although many details were VARIABLE, there were also SET ELEMENTS or CONSTANTS

⦁ Basic plot will have 'STATIC ELEMENTS and VARIABLE ELEMENTS' If the quest is a basic plot, then we can say the static is that it will always involve a journey. A variable would be the destination. (Thomas,2012: 118)

Propp's Characters:

⦁ The Villain ⦁ The Donor ⦁ THe Helper ⦁ The Princess and her Father (who function as a single agent) ⦁ The Dispatcher ⦁ The Hero ⦁ The False Hero

⦁ The villain makes an appearance twice, first he appears suddenly, second appearance is as a person wh has been sought out. ⦁ Propp says the donor is encountered accidently , the donor provides the hero with a magical object. Not necessarily willing to or benevolent. They can demand a reward or price.

⦁ The Magical Helper is introduced as a gift.

⦁ The dispatcher (similar to the herald) Sends the hero on his/her journey, ⦁ The hero, ⦁ The false hero (assumes role of hero but unable to complete task) ⦁ as well as the princess are introduced into the initial situation

⦁ An initial situation is follwed by any of 31 functions ⦁ Preparation, Complication, Struggle, Return. Transference/Donation/ Recognition (or difficult task)

PREPARATION

⦁ One of the members of a family absents himself from home. ⦁ An interdiction is addressed to the hero. ⦁ The interdiction is violated.           The villain makes an attempt at reconaissance. ⦁ The villain receives information about his victim.

⦁ The villain attempts to deceive his victim. ⦁ The victim submits to deception.

COMPLICATION Function 8 Extremely important- where the real story begins: ⦁ The villain causes harm or injury to a member of a family. ⦁ One member of a family either lacks something or desires to have something.

⦁ First 7 functions prepare the way for function 8

Function 9 = Misfortune or lack is made known; the hero is approached with a request or command; he is allowed to go or he is dispatched.

Heroes come in two types:

Seeker heroes Victim-heroes

A girl is kidnapped and disappears: hero goes in search of her. He is the hero, not the girl.

A girl is cast out or banished: we follow her narrative thread. She is the hero.

⦁ Example: Ana from frozen is a seeker hero, Snow White is a Victim Hero

Definition of 'The hero in a fairy tale' ⦁ Directly suffers from the action of the villain in the complication (victim hero) ⦁ Also the personwho is supplied with a magical agent or helper ⦁ Or agrees to liquidate (remove or solve) the misfortune or lack of another person (seeker hero)

10. The seeker agrees to or decides upon counteraction. (Only appears in tales with hero-seekers.)

TRANSFERENCE OR DONATION:

11. The hero leaves home. (At this point the donor enters the tale.)

12. The hero is tested, interrogated, attacked, etc, which prepares the way for his receiving either a magical agent (object/animal) or helper (magical person).

13. The hero reacts to the actions of the future donor (passes or fails a test, does or does not render a service, etc).

14. The hero acquires the use of a magical agent.

15. The hero is transferred, delivered or led to the whereabouts of an object of search (often located in another kingdom).

STRUGGLE:

16. The hero and the villain join in direct combat.

17. The hero is branded.

18. The villain is defeated.

19. The initial misfortune or lack is liquidated.

Even  if the misfortune is resolved there are still 12 more functions left, heroes gain answers, solve problems (are presented with knowledge to do so) at a much earlier point in the story than expected. The hero still has to return home in a fairy tale convention.  In case of a banished hero there is no guarantee a welcome home. Once home any false heroes have to be overthrown and villains punished.

RETURN

20. The hero returns.

21. The hero is pursued.

22. Rescue of the hero from pursuit.

RECOGNITION OR DIFFICULT TASK 23. The hero, unrecognised, arrives home or in another country.

24. A false hero presents unfounded claims.

25. A difficult task is proposed to the hero.

26. The task is resolved.

27. The hero is recognised.

28. The false hero or villain is exposed.

29. The hero is given a new appearance.

30. The villain is punished. 31. The hero is married and ascends the throne.

[donner-mathis-official]

Swap AU make my pea-sized brain ping around my head like one of those brick breaker games.

Mathis was on a flight to Great Bear to visit his son in prison. He booked a flight with Archer Remote Transport, flying with a serious woman named Molly who doesn’t seem to particularly like him. Their plane goes down, and he finds himself in a quiet apocalypse.

Molly is a pilot who hunts in her spare time. After her husband died in mysterious circumstances, she’s generally regarded with suspicion by the people around her, and it weighs heavily on her.

Astrid is a doctor in the small town of Thompson’s Crossing. Shes taken over the community centre as a clinic. She would go out and search for crash survivors, but the people here need all her attention.

Mackenzie is a convict who recently got transferred to Blackrock. After one of his guys, a stern man named Jeremiah, got sent here, he got himself sent up to break him out. By the time he reached the prison, that had already happened, so he started searching the island for someone who could get them off it.

Heller takes Jeremiah’s position almost exactly.

Jace takes Methuselah’s position, but isn’t quite as cryptic about it and instead speaks in scientific terms that leave Mathis like “please have mercy I got a C in high school physics”.

Lilith Barker takes Jace’s place, ensuring that Donner doesn’t escape. She was climbing Blackrock mountain when the first flare happened, and when she saw from above what was happening, she rushed down to try to help.

Vachon takes Hobbs’s place but isn’t as obviously dead meat after his cutscene though. Hobbs is the guy who they mentioned got shot with arrows (who is Leclerc in canon).

Mackenzie, in spite of being a convict, isn’t actually a bad guy. He’s exceedingly practical, but he cares for his people, and when he learns Mathis is trying to get to Blackrock, he immediately agrees to help him. Then a faction conflict happens in Blackrock because some dudes are like “hey fuck you and fuck this guy from solitary you’re not the boss of me”. So Mackenzie wrestles with that and keeps them in line while Mathis goes to do all the quests.

The warden and Father Thomas sort of swap places except the warden ends up more in Molly’s position. He went off the deep end a bit with the fire and brimstone and most people stopped attending his services, which he resents them for. He kills the convicts because “it’s the will of the Lord”. Just fully cuckoo bananas with the religion.

Grey Mother is Mackenzie’s other henchman because I think epic gun grandma should get to commit crime and also hang out with Mackenzie more. It’s part of why in this AU, Donner does actually escape; because Lily gets distracted by her mom being there.

Methuselah goes where Grey Mother does. He has the player go look for buffer memories instead so they can write down the story of Milton because he doesn’t want it to die. They need to go to the farmhouse to get the key to the office, not the lockbox.

Father Thomas isn’t locked up (because in this AU, the convicts didn’t murder everyone bc the staff weren’t as horrible to them) but he is completely useless in sorting out the conflict in the prison. Just like “oh no, please don’t— oh no you’re doing it anyways :(“