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Posing in Bondage - Japanese Breakfast / Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater / Oil and Water - Arcane / Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire / Descending Figure - Louise Glück /
#web weaving#lyrics#japanese breakfast#adansey#the raven cycle#blue lily lily blue#adam parrish#gansey#caitvi#piltovers finest#caitlyn kiramman#vi#vi arcane#arcane#the wicked years#gregory maguire#wicked the life and times of the wicked witch of the west#descending figure#louise glück
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Louise Glück, Descending Figure; from ‘Descending Figure’
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I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
Eden Robinson Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted / Jesse Burton The Miniaturist / Ron Hicks Stendhal Syndrome / Trista Mateer / Louise Glück Epithalamium from "Descending Figure" / Ron Hicks Warmth of the Sun / Mitski I Will / unknown / Ron Hicks The Embrace / unknown
i. Eden Robinson Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted [ "You can put your strength down. I'm sitting here with you at your kitchen table. You don't need to say anything. ]
ii. Jesse Burton The Miniaturist [ You are sunlight though a window, which I stand in, warmed. ]
iii. Ron Hicks Stendhal Syndrome [ A woman lovingly looks down at a man who's laying on her lap. They sit on a sill together. The woman is wearing a white dress and has a red jacket draped over her crossed legs. The man wears a business suit and has one foot over his knee. ]
iv. Trista Mateer [ "In this space right here that we have made for each other, you can say anything and I will not abandon you. Unwrap the worst things you have done. Watch me hold them up to the light and not even flinch." ]
v. Louise Gluck Epithalamium [ "'Here is my hand,' he said. 'Here is my hand that will not harm you.'" ]
vi. Ron Hicks Warmth of the Sun [ A man and a woman lay in a field. The woman wears a white dress. The man has a white shirt and tan pants. The man leans over the woman's stomach, resting his head on his arm. They hold hands over her body. They look at each other lovingly. ]
vii. Mitski I Will [ I will wash your hair at night / And dry it off with care / I will see your body bare / And still I will live here ]
viii. [ A man and a woman sit in a field. They both wear dark clothing. The man's face is not visible. The woman looks over her shoulder towards the audience. ]
ix. Ron Hicks The Embrace [ A man and a woman kiss in front of a balcony. They both wear dark clothing. They cling to each other's bodies. Behind them, two birds press their beaks together. ]
x. [ "it gets better, i think. maybe just for a day. maybe just for a song. but there's something there to hold on to. ]
#eden robinson#writing prompts for the broken hearted#jesse burton#the miniaturist#ron hicks#stendhal syndrome#trista mateer#louise gluck#epithalamium#descending figure#warmth of the sun#mitski#i will#the embrace#art#artwork#painting#ron hicks painting#ron hicks art#web weave#poetry#web weaving#poem#academia#on love#love web weave#love poem#love painting
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envy / is a dance, too [...]
Louise Glück, from “Tango’’ in Descending Figure
#louise glück#tango#descending figure#poetry#lit#extracts#poem excerpt#glück#fleetling extracts#envy#jealousy
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jason todd falling in love with someone from the perspective of the other batfamily members has got to be the funniest thing ever, because he's not going to tell them anything about his personal life so easily, which is going to lead them to greatly misunderstand everything. so while jason’s giggling and kicking his feet while imagining his future wedding with his crush, his family is immediately calling john constantine to exorcise the demon that is clearly possessing him.
#dc comics#dc universe#dcu#batman#red hood#jason todd#jason peter todd#jason was never the angry robin#batfamily#batfam#jason once smiled at bruce and the entire family has descended into chaos trying to figure out what's wrong with him#tim has gone into extreme detective mode and has multiple theories#it’s either he’s possessed or he’s dying from a terminal disease so he’s finally getting his affairs in order#meanwhile jason asked out his crush and is meticulously planning his outfit for their date#hopeless romantic jason todd#it’s not that hard to figure out that jason’s in love but when the bats all come together their smartness just cancels out#they all share just a single braincell#jason todd prompt#jason todd headcanon#jason todd hc#this could be any of jason’s love interests btw#batfamily headcanons#batfam hcs#batfamily hcs#it’s all good because jason thinks it’s funny#jason started giggling while he was on the phone talking to someone and it was the most horrifying thing his siblings have ever seen#that’s the moment they find out that everything is fine and jason just has a crush#nobody ever wants to witness their sibling flirt#lovestruck jason todd#the gotham newspapers are entertaining everyone with the wayne family hijinks
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No one told me Geoffrey of Monmouth was this entertaining.
#'here's how aeneas's descendant brutus settled britain and his buddy wrestled all the giants. which there were a lot of'#'here's king lear'#'this is the story of king arthur a totally real and historical figure who definitely conquered large sections of europe'#*cites source*#footnote: yeah the source he's citing mentions NONE of this#this is delightful
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King Magnifico Backstory Part 3
Part 2
Princess Maroula, my mistress, the Keeper of the Wishing Stars, who granted both you and your father life, needs your aid. There is a quest that only one such as you can fulfill. A dangerous quest but a necessary one for the good of all people within the EverRealm. She has done what she can herself, but her gaze is stretched thin by her obligations. We ask that you leave as soon as possible, if you are willing to come and aid us.”
And the princess, always kind of heart, and remembering the conversation in the garden all those years ago was willing
But her father was not
“How dare your mistress ask this dangerous task of my daughter! She knows the perils that exist in that realm, that befell me. She did nothing to aid me in my troubles, why should she ask to place my daughter in peril now?”
“The Blue Lady is young, in the way of her people, she had only recently taken over this charge when your misfortunes befell you, and she has sorrowed over them ever since. She granted you your daughter in part as penance for that failure. But still she has her duties, and she has foreseen a threat that only as deeply linked to Wishes as Maroula is can combat. Would you see an entire realm suffer for what was done to you?”
Maroula knew the anger born from his past heartache, which her father usually tried to keep under control, beginning to rise, and tried to sooth him
“Father, I am willing to go. You and Mother have taught me well in both the use of magic and the need to be generous in helping others. Please, let me go and help the Lady. How can I call myself a princess of Rosas and not do so?”
“No Maroula!” The King cried, his fear for his daughter and anger getting the best of him. “I won’t allow it! What right has this fairy to grant my greatest wish, give our happiness tangibility and then take it away!”
“She’s not taking me away Father, she’s only asking that I—“
“Enough!”
The king turned and dismissed the messenger coldly from his sight, demanding that it never return, for his daughter would not be going to the other realm, now or ever.
“That choice is the Princess Maroula’s.” The messenger said as it left, unfazed by the king’s anger. “She is a woman grown now, able to make her own choices, even if they are not what you would choose for her. If she wishes to go, then she may go”
“Then I shall insure she cannot!”
And with that, the king used his magics to open up a room, deep deep beneath the castle, a room he wove about with his spells and enchantments, where he was sure no star’s light could find his daughter.
“I don’t wish to leave you here Maroula, but I must keep you safe, at all costs. Let that other place deal with its own problems. You will stay here until you’ve learned to see sense”
And so the king left his daughter crying in the dark, as his gentle queen cried in the palace above, torn between supporting her husband in keeping their daughter safe from unknown danger, and supporting her daughter’s generous wish to help
What neither realized, is that there was one small opening within the dungeon, a keyhole that the king had failed to account for, a keyhole through which a single thin strain of starlight came through and found the weeping princess. The princess beheld the light, and taking the power within her, she wished upon the star
And the star answered
But what came after for Princess Maroula is a story for another time…
The king and queen sought day and night for their daughter, but even with all his powers, either the power of the Lady of the Wishing Stars was greater, or Maroula was using her own to avoid her father’s search. Even his wishing her back did nothing. And so the king and queen fell into despair, knowing their daughter was lost forever.
Is this the thanks I get for granting everyone else’s wishes all these years? To have my own daughter run from me? I’ve cared for her from the day she was born, given her everything and and she still decides to defy and disrespect me with this rebellion?!”
At last, the king, letting his anger over this perceived betrayal overcome his grief, decided that they could no longer go on as they had, and so he crafted a spell that would enable them to move forward
He asked his wife to give to him her wish for their daughter’s return, gifting it to him to hold onto until it could be granted. And as Amaya gave him her wish, trusting that one day it would come true—the memory of her daughter left her entirely, along with the grief of her loss. Letting her forget without the weight of regret…
From then on, the king utilized this spell whenever it came time to grant his people’s wishes, holding on to them in perpetuity, instead of granting them on sight. Having lost the love of his daughter, he tried to substitute it with the love he felt imbibed in each wish as he guarded them, keeping them safe as he couldn’t protect her. Each person who gave him their wish forgot it, and so Magnifico intended to ensure that not only would no unworthy wish be granted, but no wish would lead to the heartbreak he had suffered
Despite his anger at his daughter, over the years he took many other apprentices, seeking to fill the void she had left, even granting their and their families wishes when he usually would have declined to—but none of them ever filled the place of his beloved Maroula.
And as the years passed, his anger over her loss, the heartbreak of his past, and his frustration over watching everyone’s wishes be granted but his own began to harden the king’s heart, and a darkness grew beneath his pristine exterior, waiting for the day until he felt threatened enough in his power and control to break loose…
#my art#and that’s a wrap for the backstory!#definitely intend to do a wish sequel idea where Asha and Starboy try to figure out what happened to Maroula#anyway both of Magnifico’s song just gave me dad energy right off the bat#both protective energy in At All Costs (along with an almost addictied to the wishes vibe?#which I also kind of tried to hint at with him feeling the love that comes from granting a wish and mistaking that forhis ‘parents’ love#and later hoarding them)#and of course a narcissistic dad in This is the Thanks I get#so I knew I had to give him a daughter for Asha to remind him of#also the dark bunny messenger is from the Fairy with the Torquise Hair in Pinocchio having black bunny servants!#cuz that’s Blue’s mom in the DisneyVerse#king magnifico#disney wish#wish 2023#magnifico x amaya#the blue fairy#Maroula#disneyverse#canon descendants#Disney ocs#disney descendants#disney#wish movie#disney headcanons#queen amaya#villain backstory#disney villains
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same energy
#not to descendants-post on main but#soriku#malvie#descendants#parallels#i guess#ofc we cant forget that riku and mal both had maleficent as a toxic parental figure...#and purple hair...#athena rambles#kingdom hearts#kh
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i changed up some things from my og design but ye-purple cotillion mal(before dragon dress)
#i prefer the fluff of the og but i couldnt figure out how to art so i just went with flowy instead of fluff#disney descendants#mal descendants#rewrite#my art#art#rewrite Mal
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jay not asking coach about letting lonnie onto the team bc he doesn’t want to do anything coach might disagree with…….
#‘coach trusts me…’ like what if i cried#man i wish they made more of a thing of jay being TEAM CAPTAIN#<- i’ve made a post before abt how easily he gives it up & jay not liking positions of power etc etc#but i do think he treats the role like it could be taken away at any moment#coach TRUSTS him. holy shit coach trusts him#the first positive adult figure in his life trusts him to take care of the team#train them and critique them and lead them to victory#and coach probably wouldn’t have cared abt lonnie being on the team#but jay is sooooo hesitant to ask#coming from the ‘if you want it take it and if you can’t take it break it’ guy#like this is the one thing he doesn’t want to risk breaking…….#and then obviously he gives it up!!!!!#he gives up the thing coach TRUSTED HIM WITH bc it was the only way to let lonnie on the team#& mr ‘my only dislike is women being unhappy’ was like I CANNOT REST UNTIL LONNIE IS ON THE TEAM#it’s suchhhhh a sweet gesture not only from a hashtag feminism standpoint#but also character wise for jay#like this precious thing that coach has trusted him with but didn’t really want that much anyway…..#it’s going to mean more to lonnie if she had it. even though it means everything to jay#oh it makes me crazy#damn my mum was right. i think too deeply about things#im like i analyse things a normal amount and then i’m writing essays about 1 line from descendants 2#I AM UNWELL#anyway. jesus christ#descendants#jay son of jafar#EDIT i’m not finished actually#do you think jay fears the repercussions? what would happen if he went against coach’s word?#bc sure. he knows coach is nice. he knows auradon isn’t like the isle#but. ‘you don’t want to be at my house at dinner time’…….#he is still scared of his dad. you know. he can never get the lamp he can never do anything right
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Okay I'm bored, time to see if I can figure out what the Auradon/Isle television shows/channels translate out to in terms of what they'd be in our world.
Toddlers Without Tiaras: Easy one, Toddlers & Tiaras (which makes me wonder what Toddlers Without Tiaras would be like. Is it like a beauty competition but only non-royals compete?)
Auradon’s Classiest Home Videos: America's Funniest Home Videos
Big Bling Theory: Big Bang Theory
Auradon’s Ninja Warriors: American Ninja Warriors
Palaces and Coronations: I don't know
Trading Carpets: Trading Spaces
Stranger thingamabobs: I...don't know. Stranger Things maybe?
My Fair Lady: This one stumped me
Chipped: Chopped maybe?
The Prince Is Right: The Price Is Right
Aurora The Explorer: Dora The Explorer
The Young And The Crownless: The Young and The Restless
Little Dwarves, Big Giants: ...no idea
The Great Auradon Bake Off: The Great British Bake Off
Get Down With The Ballgown: Say Yes To The Dress
Real Princesses Of Charmingsville: Real Housewives of [Insert City Here]
How I Met Your Fairy Godmother: How I Met Your Mother
Known Auradon Tv Channel(s):
AAC: ABC?
ABS: CBS?
NAC: NBC?
WDA: no idea
Good Deeds: no idea
Fairy Planet: Animal Planet
Courtesy Central: Comedy Central
Kindness: no idea
Bipidity: no idea
Magic Network: no idea
National Enchantment: National Geographic
Princess Broadcasting: PBS
Known Isle Tv Channel(s):
Evil Isle: no idea
Known Isle Tv Show(s):
Judge Frollo: Judge Judy
Wharf Watch: no idea
Cruella de Vil’s Coat Club: Probably one of the HSN channels
Skin Deep With Mother Gothel: no idea
#disney's descendants#trying to figure out how the channels would translate to in our world#purely out of boredom#not because I'm trying to make sure to have background info for fics
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100 years later do you think Ras would still be around? That he’s only person who MIGHT (100 years is a Long time after all) remember Jason?
Otherwise I imagine that whoever has taken up the mantle(s) has to deal with a teenager who’s claiming to been Robin (which, pfff, yeah RIGHT. They’d remember a Robin like that in the stories) and then they have to deal with the worlds most homicidal teenager whos gotta grapple with the fact that he’s not even remembered enough to be passed down in stories.
Nah I don't think ra's would be around I know he's already lived for 600 years bit for some reason in my head I just think something would happen to him and he'd stay dead for good
I am struggling to figure out as well how Jason would react to finding out hes completely alone in the universe like would he react in anger and if so who would he direct it at would he go after the descendents of his family or would he have to actually face his feelings and the source of his emotions so many thoughts
#ask#anon#also thinking about this au alot to day#so a lot of contradicting thoughts#like i cant figure out#if i prefer all of the bat descendants to be in the game#or for it to be like that one jlu episode#were its like there are no heroes in the future#if i want jason to be overwhelmingly angry#or overcome with sadness#or a mix of both#if i want the descendants to know who he is#or for them to know nothing about jason#or their whole hero past#so many choices
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Scrapbooking OP Charas Day 3- Brook!!! I didn’t have any good stickers of him so I just decided to print some pics. 🥹Seeing his silly smile in the rain djjdjdjdj
#scrapbook#not writing#Brook#insert Descendants of the Sun YOU ARE MY EVERRRYTHINNGGG#Hes so everything to me#When my commission is finished…#might change the blog design for him#NOT YET THOUGH IM NOT GONNA BE A BAD WIFE TO CROC#honestly I must sound insane to everyone#my blog is literally about Croc yet I post mostly about Brook and I have like 4 figures of Ace at my house
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sunlight / pools in their throats.
Louise Glück, from ‘‘Happiness’’ in Descending Figure
#louise glück#happiness#descending figure#extracts#lit#poetry#sunlight#glück#poem excerpt#fleetling extracts
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i just dont get the insistence that silver has to be the child or descendant of some other already existing character in general really ... like surely shadow amy and sonic arent the only hedgehogs that exist in the present? silver could just be some random guy you know. also i honestly think his whole deal is more interesting if hes not anyone special or related to anyone special. and hes just some random kid who was born into a shitty situation and one day decided hes had enough and hes gonna do something about it
#i dont WANT silver to be the son of shadow or the descendant of sonic or whatever i want him to just be some random guy#also i think its so wild when people not only say that shadow is his biological dad#but also that the other parent is another member of the already existing game cast. as if theyre gonna be living that long..#and peoples choice for the other parent is always some character that would never marry or have kids with shadow in a million years#maybe even never get married or have kids in general#like ive seen people have sonic be the other parent which just feels weird and out of character#but ive also seen people have rouge be the other parent. whihc is jsut straight up repulsive to me. absolutely not#sorry for being a hater (not sorry for bieng a hater about sh/adouge actually if sh/adouge has zero haters i am no longer alive)#but i do think aus where shadow in the future is a mentor or guardian figure to silver can be interesting#im just not into the idea of shadow being silvers dad. especially not his biological dad because it makes no sense
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THERE'S A CONNECTION HERE SOMEWHERE I CAN FEEL IT
#WHERE IS IT THO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#barbatos. solomon. nightbringer. mc. michael. the agreement. angel's trial. celestial realm. adam. “our time”. solomon's past.#solomon's 'you reduced me to this'. little d's & barb as no 8. the gates to the celestial realm. the need for the pacts in order to return.#they're all connected somehow but idk how yet#i'm either gonna figure this out or i'm gonna go crazy. the only two options atm#time to bust out the flash cards and treat this as if i were a detective about to solve the biggest murder of their career i guess#mel's descend into madness
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