Music of the Revolutionary Century: How Stands the Glass Around

The first tune in this series is possibly my favorite Revolutionary War tune (made known to me by Brandon F—he has a great video on it if you're interested), though to call it such would technically be a bit of a stretch. The song first appears, to our knowledge, in a 1729 opera called "The Patron," but earned the alternate name "General Wolfe's Song" when it was allegedly sung by General Wolfe the night before his death at the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years' War. Now, he probably didn't sing it, all things considered, but it's no question why it would have been associated with so morbid an event—it's a remarkably morbid song in itself. I find the last stanza particularly haunting:

'Tis but in vain I mean not to upbraid you, boys 'Tis but in vain For soldiers to complain Should next campaign Send us to Him that made us, boys We’re free from pain But should we remain A bottle and kind landlady Cures all again

The Druids do a suitably haunting version (the entire album is excellent but unfortunately only available on Youtube), which I choose specifically because I feel it's the most faithful to the actual context in which it would have been sung (I'm fond of John Townley's version, as well, but it's a little more upbeat). Here, stripping it down to the vocals and the churchly four-part harmony (the phrases feel a little more isolated, perhaps resigned, because they each cadence into themselves, whereas in Townley's version they lead harmonically into one another), it feels eerily evocative: four soldiers sitting around a fire in the chill night air, knowing that in the cold brightness of the morning they will march into the valley of blood and death... any significance they've ascribed to their own lives has been chipped away over time by their impassive, grueling reality, leaving them with only the nihilistic freedom of knowing they have nothing left to lose.

what if thistle had confronted senshi before the story started?

been replaying the Portal series I think this is where its heading

You gotta hand it to Fig. All of the Bad Kids were given foils this season and they got to decide how much they wanted to engage with that part of the plot. Gorgug only interacted with Mary Ann in passing despite them both being on the Owlbears. Fabian noped out of chatting up Ivy once she crossed a line with Mazey. Riz was so busy that he truly had no time to engage with Kipperlilly even though she's obsessed with him. Kristen interacted a bit with Buddy but spent way more time verbally sparring with Kipperlilly. And Adaine was somewhat interested in Oisin but never overtly acted on it.

But Fig?

She's in Ruben's WALLS. She's in his DREAMS. She's faking her alter emo's death. She's got the Fantasy FBI after her. She's SO SO tiny. No one is doing it like Fig's doing it.

tshirt that says NO LIVE ORGANISM CAN CONTINUE FOR LONG TO EXIST SANELY UNDER CONDITIONS OF ABSOLUTE REALITY

FNAF puppet and Michael Afton got beef,,

there has been more moments than i can count in the past seven months where i felt destroyed by all the death and carnage i've seen due to the colonialism and imperialism of the world. but there was something in particular about hind's death that made me think the world would stop turning bc how could anything continue given how gruesome and inhumane her death was? and yet, the world did not stop. and i thought we were once again left to remember her story only in our minds as she became another number, as her murderers went on killing unpunished, and as her mother grieved with rage when all she wanted was to keep her daughter warm and as safe as she could manage in this man-made hell on earth.

however, hind, a girl who only got to experience her kindergarten graduation, is now being immortalized in universities across the nation. her story did resonate to the masses and we will not let her be forgotten nor forgive those complicit in her death. real justice would be having hind alive, but these students are showing that they will stop the world and burn the status quo it upholds to the ground if it means her people can truly be liberated.

obsessed w these boneheads as of late :]

day 15: haunting ♡

(femslashfeb prompt list)

best friend with social anxiety

head disciple shen yuan and his two little shidis who for some reason keep sneaking into the beast tamer peak ⛰️🐉

Ignore the fact that Link has also been there for 100 years he actually has a good reason.

posting this with absolutely no context

Needless to say i am enjoying the ever loving FUCK out of The Fall of the House of Usher. I went from having a normal day to running around like a rabid dog and shaking my head as i tear apart my favorite chew toy

something something gman tommy something something gordon in stasis. you know how it is.

FNAF movie Mike is suspicious of Lefty…