#word blur

[fandom-trash-goblin]

i beg you to love me, say that i'm enough, but you tell me— why are you like this? i think there's something wrong with you.

for @shestrying

thanks to @acelania for finding the unknowns!

in image / desperation sits heavy on my tongue, tumblr user tullipsink / mary oliver, ‘north country’ / virginia woolf, letter to violet dickinson / in image / blythe baird, from if my body could speak / Alice in Bed: A Play' by Susan Sontag (link in comment) / lynee rae perkins, criss cross / elena ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay' (trans. Ann Goldstein) / rainer maria rilke, from rilke’s book of hours / in image/ in image

[weltonboys]

i don’t know why i bite

unknown / tusk - fleetwood mac / gods country - ethel cain / foreword to homer’s odyssey - emily wilson / isles of dogs (2018) / summer sons - lee mandelo / the dream thieves - maggie steifvater/ bite the hand - boygenius

[stil-lindigo]

the gods of harrier dubois.

[ you exceed the divine, faithless, oh faithless. don't you know a turned back can be two things? i'll never ask which you are - a dismissal, or an invitation to follow.]

prints (all proceeds go towards purchasing e-sims for Gazans and helping re-locate Palestinian refugees)

[knifearo]

i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a binary i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as a sliding scale of "less" to "more" i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the only two options i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as significantly different things i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as all encompassing i hate the concept of platonic and romantic as the two halves of a shallow concept of love that doesn't actually encompass anything at all i think we need to overhaul every popular conception about "types" of love so we can talk about things that are real and true for once

[sonic-vacation]

Sound Blur

The use of words that when repeated turn into other words, can be like match-cuts slowly blurring in transition. This is particularly interesting when it comes to words that link for meaning, and are from similar families, but in different regions. Saying the words flora, flori, and fleur, link into one another creating a navigationally themed transition, of semantic commonality but differentiation in regional use. A bit like going on a journey in the head, where a train has the same meaning with a sound blurring it together, but with the several shades of the differences experienced during the journey. 

I am interested in using when words link in terms of sounds, but are from other regions, and unrelated when it comes to having a shared semantic meaning. Instead, these words not all of a romance family, or sounding the same but distinctly different, can be linked and blurred to suggest relationships based on those differences. 

Acoustically, I want to explore object based parallels of this, more so. What sounds like one thing but is another, or transitions within a repeat to become another. 

Overlapping: 

Popcorn - fireworks - explosions - tapping hydrophonic pickup underwater  

Different actions, but blurring together: 

Rubber gloves being out on - a balloon being tied - something being slapped - a rubber hair tie being snapped around a ponytail 

[azaisya]

@just-another-linguist and @melestasflight both requested Fingon which was v exciting. Fingon is one of the characters that really stuck with me the first time I read the Silm, but I’ve never actually drawn him. In my mind this is like a Valinor-era Fingon!

[taxinealkaloids]

harrianthe + sewing (variations on a theme)

[riverswater]

are we me, or are we you?

1.+10. She Is Beauty We Are World Class, Louis Tomlinson / 2. x by @nicholaschmidt / 3. Married Love, Kuan Tao-Sheng / 4. Two Figures on a Bed, Pepijn Simon / 5.+9. Hannibal 3x06, Dolce / 6. Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka / 7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë / 8. Never let go, Evan M. Cohen / 11. We Are All Flesh, Berlinde De Bruyckere

[kth1]

[batbabydamian]

so, Batman #147… rambling about the difference in how Zdarsky portrays the two current Robins

this is a fantastic run for Tim, and very much written like a return to form of what plenty consider the best dynamic duo, but even more so "the best Robin". once Damian's introduced in this run, Zdarsky really makes sure you still know that lol

1. "We don't need anyone else" VS "I need my family"

#147 clearly exemplifies the contrast, so i'll go through it first. Damian, having fallen for Zurr's lie and accepted him as the real Bruce, goes so far as to say in the very first page "We don't need anyone else." it's cold colors, machinery, and hollow declarations of "father and son" for these two.

towards the ending, Tim has deduced where the real Bruce is hiding and brings him food expecting Bruce's knack for self-neglect. it's all warmth, sunshine, and mutual understanding - also a cute back and forth of "Batman and Robin" between them. on top of this, where Damian isolates Batman & Robin from family, Tim is the one to remind Bruce about "helping each other." Bruce heartily agrees with "I need my family" for a weighty end.

along with this parallel, from #138 Tim makes it clear that even in opposition, he's only ever trying to help Bruce. Damian was still on the wrong side with Zurr-induced-Bruce here at the time too 😭

2. Tim's independence as both a hero and partner

Tim is written as the ideal Robin to Bruce's Batman, and has made Robin its own independent hero on equal footing rather than a sidekick - it's made in statements by both Tim and Bruce, and through the entire narrative. he takes initiative and tries to foresee what would ultimately help Bruce. beyond being great partners, there's many bits showing their emotional connection ("i'm scared of being lost, but i'm more scared of losing you, Bruce" hit me like a bag of bricks). tbh this almost could be a Batman and Robin run lol

added the first panel from #126 of Tim declaring he's his own hero outside of Bruce, proven plenty especially in his backups in #131-134!! the other panels are a few highlights from #128, #130, and #135 of the partnership between Tim and Bruce

granted it's Zurr, but Damian is mostly seen following orders and given pensive looking panels when there's something concerning. While Tim continued to represent Batman's ideals during his own solo quest to find Bruce, Damian doesn't question or take action against "Bruce's" sudden shift in ethics

Batman #134 Backup - Tim showing support toward Toyman VS Batman #146 - Zurr and Damian confront Harley as she pleads about her change of heart

another kiinda parallel in #147 is Bruce acknowledging Tim's hard work to become Robin compared to Damian who's out here going Batman and Robin/Father and Son. i don't think it's an intended parallel but just the state of continuing to show Tim in a better light - Tim put in the effort "to become the second-best Robin" while Damian is Robin because..."son." supposedly less effort on his part too, because LOA.

second pic is from Batman/Catwoman The Gotham War: Scorched Earth, felt fitting to add since Tim mentions needing to "know everything" in both. and the humble brag. which ofc Tim believes Dick is the best!! but also. jic we didn't know Tim is the best current Robin sdfgh

3. Damian's blind loyalty as "Bruce's son"

there's a weight to the Robin title when regarding Tim, whereas Damian's "Robin" role is excess and counterintuitive. he's delegated to desperate sidekick to Bruce, as well as becoming an obstacle to the family. being Robin only seems significant to Damian in how it ties himself to his father, and his single Robin quality is a loyalty that's been written to an extreme fault. the only positive angle i could see this in is Zdarsky aiming to put Damian in a sympathetic light in how far Damian was willing to fall to stay by his father's side, hence, fooled by that nightmare story/confession. the problem with this is that we have not seen a single emotional connection between the two in this run, so why should we care about that relationship.

also, Damian constantly bringing up his position as Bruce's son just makes him look entitled? since Bruce rightfully expressed his claim of having the others as his sons too (with the unfortunate exclusion of his daughter)! so it's like a "lol you're not that special" vibe when looking at it from the outside?? ykw concerning #138, Damian saying "You're the one trying to destroy my father" also could have been in contrast to Tim saying "We'll help our dad" at the end.

Zdarsky seems to believe the only meaningful part of Damian being Robin is he's the son of Bruce, and not a single nod to any noble aspect Damian's achieved beyond that. we're constantly reminded of Tim's greatest hits as Robin, from taking on the mantle to pull Bruce out of darkness (#135, #138), mastermind a whole takedown (Gotham War: Scorched Earth), and always being on the same wavelength with Bruce etc. the entire run sings Tim's praise, and it's deserved!! my problem is how it's in stark contrast to Damian's portrayal of being the other Robin who's only special because he believes he's the greatest son and wants to be at Bruce's side.

so all this to say, if your fav is Tim YOU'RE EATING WELL!! personally as a chronic enjoyer of things, this has been an entertaining run! as a chronic enjoyer of Damian, it's definitely not for many of his fans at this point in time.

i did like this part!! his grin!!

[kitkatriel]

The difference between Chronos Jonathan/CJ and Harmonia

I got bored and just like

Yes this is related to my Omori inspired au

[orpheuslament]

Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg & Norman Snider

[gentlespriting]

ᖭི༏ᖫྀ last night's journal entry + cold soba w heart-shaped ice ᖭི༏ᖫྀ

[petrichara]

There comes a moment, a few years forward. Precision of memory fails. The exact cadence of their voice, light of their eyes, the way they made their tea. You catch yourself in the midst of a story; you don’t know the next words. They’re not here to ask. Immortalised in grief, they are myth and memory.

[brianskangs]

(230908) YOUNG K x NOTHING BUT

[gildalilli]

I transcribed Aziraphale's previous diary entry to the best of my ability! Unintelligable/out of focus words will be marked with ___.

And so we left the ___ this morning, her brother ___ ___ released (by me) from ___ ___. She was by all accounts ___ ___ to see him. It appears she was not a cant___, he was not her brother and they [fled?] together for France, leaving ___ ___ behind them. I told Crowley all about the matter over a glass of claret, but he did not appear to be as surprised as I had expected.

edit yall can stop telling me a copy exists on neil's tumblr and amazon I know now!!