Sea Fever

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

- John Masefield

If i suddenly stop posting/post less for a few upcoming weeks, know that I am not dead (well, maybe...) but that I am in my month of finals ;'3c and trying desperately NOT to either go insane, fail, or die. I'll probably do all of these, in that order, but whatever. We keep rolling

now finally watching the passenger (2023). see you on the other side :-)

how has nobody already made a musical of the belgian antarctic expedition of 1897–1899.

literally come on just think about it. also read madhouse by julian s/ancton. you could have: 

pseudo greek chorus (a la little shop or hercules) of penguins, each a different species w/a diff. personality eg gentoo, adelie, emperor

related dream ballet of van mirlo pied pipering them to slaughter

modular movable climbable pack ice set so we can really have fun physicalizing the hard scales belly wiggles etc a la falsettos revival Cube

we both reached for the gun style humorous patter number where de gerlache is fielding criticism and frantically fundraising among a mob of belgian press

you could literally start in the prison with cook and amundsen and then when you start just as it looks like amundsen is going to leave—the walls peel away and the old men unstoop and THE AIR IS FULL OF HOPE IT'S 1897 SET SAIL BELGICA!!!

Ahoy shipmates 👀

I'm here to do a little promotion for a kickstarter that would, I think, be up the alley of some enjoyers of queer boat people and their kinky life lurking on my blog.

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Hope it gets a few more followers thanks to this post ♥

"objectively physically attractive but in possession of negative rizz" is one of my favorite character concepts. i think it's so great when there's an absurdly hot person who's just a complete fucking loser. the mood is unsalvageable the moment they open their mouth kind of deal. you get no bitches because you're so sucks.

Funny things I found out playing with language setting in Netflix while looking episode 15:

Chilchuck's scream sounds HAUNTED in brazilian portuguese. Give it a try if you can.

(You can hear it here)

In spanish dub, Senshi says: "tocó mis senos de hombre", which means "he touched my man boobs" in Spanish. And I think that's the best dub line one so far.

daddy's got to be honest kitten. i don't think we're finding the northwest passage

men invented maps they had to spread on tables so they could watch each other bend over hands flat arms outstretched

Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas (1957)

(Feat. Amundsen and Peary attempting to serve cunt, some mad lads being dicks to Tuunbaq's cousin, and the inspiration for my next tattoo)

Me, artists rendition because i don't post my face online.

Point I'm trying to make: I look like a Fitzier lovechild.

I will not take criticism to the contrary

she has that sadness in her eyes that you only see in alcoholic captains of doomed arctic expeditions

does throwing a stone at a tank

make a child a terrorist?

is terrorism about resisting oppression? is terrorism about demanding your birthright to live safely and peacefully in your homeland? is terrorism about hating the killers of your family, your friends and your people?

accusations of terrorism are often weaponized against those fighting for liberation and sovereignty and dignity. the french settlers called the algerians terrorists. the indian government calls the kashmiris terrorists. the pakistani army calls pashtun activists terrorists. the turkish government calls the kurds terrorists. apartheid south africa called nelson mandela a terrorist. americans called the vietcong and the black panthers terrorists. the israelis call the palestinians terrorists. all oppressive regimes are connected. all oppressed people are connected. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

I am once again at a loss for words. From @/ democracynow [@/ JoshuaPHill on X. 12/22/23.] [Image description: "Satellite imagery shows Israel's razing of Gaza agricultural land." A 'before' picture shows an aerial picture of lush green fields and areas of healthy crops, as well as the location of a greenhouse. An 'after,' photo shows an aerial view of a completely desolate land -there are no crops, no greenhouse, and no greenery.]

been seeing homies get deep into "the terror" and making me want to rewatch SO i spent two hours in the dead of night reading the wiki/the subreddit/other linked articles and like. one of those articles was deadass fucked up

there was a woman who spoke inuktitut who was writing a book containing a lot of inuit oral histories, and in nunavut she was able to hear passed-down recollections of when survivors from the franklin expedition were passing through

and like. i can't imagine being an inuit family/group, knowing that europeans exist but having never seen them, seeing 8-9 shambling, blue-skinned, cold-to-the-touch out-of-their-minds white men come wandering by. they invited the men inside their igloos for warmth, for food, to be hospitable. the men refused to eat, refused to speak, and when trade was offered, clutched their possessions close and refused to entertain the idea of trade. this was, offputting, to say the least. the group set them up in their own igloo, with their own fire, and left three whole seals for them to eat. and then they fled cause what the FUCK get out of there. they came back in a few days to check on the strangers. the three seals were completely untouched, while all of the men had killed and eaten each other

i mean. fuck dude. there are obviously pretty dark angles to view the franklin expedition from– honestly can't think of a good angle, it's pure colonialism and british exceptionalism– but that specific interaction, that inuit group who were living lives as normal until a dozen fucking walking dead showed up and did cannibalism. no wonder that story got passed down, i'd be shitting my pants if i saw that