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The Smell of Blood - Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill - Ireland
Translator: Ciaran Carson (Irish)
I wake up, and my hands are sticky
With the smell of blood.
And though there’s not a smudge nor blot
In eyeshot, nor any soul
That I know missing (I’ve counted them, each one,
And they’re all present and correct),
Still, it seems my hands are sticky
With the smell of blood.
I swear my hands are sticky
With the smell of blood.
I’ve rummaged underneath the mattress,
In cubbyholes, behind doors,
For fear the body of a rotting king or courtier—
Polonius behind the arras—
Might lurk behind this smell of blood
That’s sticking to my hands.
Hell’s freezing over with sour water
And icy cataracts pour from the tap.
My hands are hacked, the skin is all volcanic
Cracks from this eternal pumice-stone,
And I don’t know how many bars of Sunlight soap
Have shrunk into exhausted slivers
Since I’m stuck forever with this stink of blood
That’s on my hands.
#the smell of blood#Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill#ireland#poem#poetry#poems from around the world#translation: Irish
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MAG76: The Smell of Blood
watercolor & ink // kofi
#my art#a statement a day#tma#the magnus archives#melanie king#tma art#inktober#inktober 2022#war ghosts#horror art#blood#melanie#mag76#the smell of blood
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Round One Part Four - Match 29
Barring any of the post-apocalypse statements, I think this is our very first actual main character statement giver episode! I will say that Cheating Death is a very interesting take on the "gambling with death" trope.
MAG 076 - The Smell of Blood | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Melanie King, regarding her further research into war ghosts. Statement recorded direct from subject.
MAG 029 - Cheating Death | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Nathaniel Thorp, regarding his own mortality.
#the magnus archives#the magnus tournament#tma#mag 076#mag 76#mag 076 the smell of blood#mag 76 the smell of blood#the smell of blood#melanie king#the slaughter#slaughter#mag 029#mag 29#mag 029 cheating death#mag 29 cheating death#cheating death#nathaniel thorp#the end#end#round one#round one part four
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He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us.
— Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband
#and you ask me why enemies to lovers is my downfall#enemies to lovers#dark academia#quotes#oscar wilde#drarry#achilles and patroclus#henry and bunny#this trope is the color of fire#the smell of blood#and the intensity that puts the sun to shame#what is love if not a fire that burns you both?
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Got the Solar Flare boys on the brain so here's a fun fact
All four of them have major scars from when Splinter first rescued them. Even after all this time the scars have barely faded away. These scars will be hidden under some kind of accessory.
So lets go through them in no particular order.
First is Leo. He has a burn scar over his upper left thigh and much larger burn scars covering his shoulders and collar bone. He also have some much smaller slash marks on the inside of his right arm. The only reason his neck and head weren't badly burned was because he pulled his head into his shell when the fire broke out. The burns were third degree.
Next is Donnie sporting three massive slash marks on the back of his shell, around the middle. These were severe because they went in DEEP. Nearly took the little turtle's life. Also caused some nerve damage and severe back pain for the lovely turtle even nowadays. He also has small slash marks on his upper thighs, one on the right and three on the left.
Next is Raph with some large burn scars on the back of shell (though not as bad as Leo's) a small but jagged scar on the right side of his head that caused some hearing damage later on but the most noticable is the scar on his chest, right at the center top of his plastron. Splinter doesnt actually know how that scar got there, what caused a piece of Raph's plastron to go missing or what caused the permanant cracks surrounding the scar to form.
Lastly there is Mikey who somehow got the least injured with only two scars. One was from a piece of shrapnel slicing across his right shoulder. While the cut was shallow it was the later infection that nearly did him in. Next is the mark on his left elbow. This was actually the result of his elbow being dislocated and then broken by [REDACTED] to try and force Splinter's surrender. Obviously that didn't happen or else the boys wouldn't be alive.
And the extra fun part of this is that everything I just described happened when the turtles were BABIES. (Leo and Raph were two, Donnie was one and Mikey was a few months old) the only reason they even SURVIVED is because they are mutants and because Splinter saved them.
Do with that what you will :)
#tmnt: solar flare#after...everything its understandable that Splinter would be insanely protective#all he could do at the time was carry four heavily injured crying turtles away#try to find somewhere safe to patch their wounds and hope they would be too young to remember any of this#the only problem is thst Mikey remebered everything#the fire#his brothers screaming#the smell of blood#those weeks he and his brothers spent tittering on the edge of life and death#he remembers all of it#thats why he became the team medic#so they would never be that helpless again#anyways enjoy#:) :) :)
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GOD CANT STOP ME, WE ARE COMING.
I DONT NEED GOD, BECAUSE I AM HIM.
#cotl#cult of the lamb#cotl lamb#my art#smells blood really inspired me to this#also devilman crybaby#literally i was watching it while i was draw this
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Fragile | Happy birthday to Horrortale ★
[1/16] horrortalecomic by sour-apple-studios
#blood tw#zu art#horror!sans#horrortale#badsansuary#undertale#undertale au#utmv#I believe Horror is kinesthetic#he's sensitive to smells and tastes and it's important to him to touch; to feel with his bones#he tests things for hardness and softness; sharpness and dullness; strength and fragility#he gets excited by the thought alone of crushing something with a light pressure#or even breaking someone with a hard one :)
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blood animals
#ask to tag#blood#blood painting#creatures#i get a lot of nosebleeds i thought id give blood painting a try#it was weird i never feel sick or weird at all from the sight of blood#and i didnt really while painting this but i felt kinda like i was going to feel sick?#if that makes sense#so im prob not gonna do this again unfortunately#idk if it was the smell or the texture of it as it clotted#ive gotten sick at the sight of blood exactly once before when id accidentally squeezed a bunch of blood out of a blister#got super nauseous and p much expirienced all the symptoms of a panic attack minus any actual feeling of anxiety or panic#just the physical stuff#weird
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beware coming back from your business trip early
chu hua when she saw the nanny
#ts4#s#*soju save#aha.... yea#smiles#funniest part is she randomly developed the fear of getting cheated on soon as she walked in the house#she smelt her perfume in the air like a shark smells blood#*chu hua gen
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tfw your wife comes home w two extra legs, a tail, and a vague aroma of Puddle
#bg3#lae'zel#shadowheart#shadowzel#bg3 fanart#you can't tell me wereheart/shadowolf wouldn't smell DAMP#is it wine? the blood of her enemies? the collateral damage from chasing a bird?#WHO KNOWS
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hi!! 🩷 i've been playing skyrim so much just for comfort and all i can think of is former mercenary könig who now has a farm and a huge house where you have a personal library and a garden and an alchemy table because you're his pretty mage wife <3
or könig who's still a mercenary, this huge scary nord who always has war paint all over his face even with a hood on, only uses two-handed weapons etc. and you're possibly just a mage who needs to explore a bunch of ruins so you have to spend most of your money to hire him and all of your courage to even talk to him about the job in the first place.
SHUT UP I LOVE SKYRIM
Ugh he def proposed to you under the auroras or when you were enjoying a rest at some secret grotto. Held an awkward “I want to spend the rest of my life with you” speech right after you emerged from a stream with nothing on (König stole a glance or two from the banks after promising he wouldn’t look, the big pervert)
He’ll carry anything you give him, and loves it when you make him a homecooked meal <3 Poses as a rough Nord but is always happy to arrive home after adventuring, sleep and fuck you on a cozy comfy bed that has a soft straw mattress with some mountain flowers tucked in it.
Is a bit skeptical about your magic and potions tho, König never understood those things and you dabbling with them makes him think you’re some sort of witch, soon luring him into a trap with your enchanting eyes :/ That’s why it took months before he finally threw caution to the wind and rutted you in the hot springs near Kynesgrove...
He just couldn’t take it anymore, his flirty little mage being such a tease :( Do you even know how many times he had to fap himself to sleep under the furs? ...While you slept soundly not a few feet away, unsuspecting and sweet? Always walked ahead of him so that he had a hard time keeping an eye for the bandits because your ass was swaying right there under his nose >:(
Paws itching to touch you, he especially hated when you sought out a tavern and started to chat with townsfolk or flirt with men to hear rumours. Either cheeky or far too innocent to be travelling with someone like him, you proposed that you pay for single room only and sleep in the same bed to save costs.
Sometimes snuggling closer for some body heat, you didn't get intimidated by the obvious boner soon swelling between you. You even dared to comment on how hairy he was, and fell asleep with a soft smile on your face, pressed snug against his chest. In the morning, you cupped his ass and he had to get a little gruff, warn you that he’ll fuck you until the bed breaks if you’re not careful (that finally got you to your senses, but only for a few days)
He always wanted to build you a proper house, a manor even, steal you away from all the diplomatic nonsense and dangers, he even put some coin to the side so he could someday offer you a safe, happy life away from all this. You could have your own chickens and leeks, he could make you a little alchemy lab too, you’d look so cute perched on some bench with your nose in a book <3 So imagine how his heart soared when you whispered 'yes' to his proposal, König was sure you’d just vaguely tease him about it as per usual!
#JESUS think about how good König would look in Daedric or Wolf armor#which brings to mind#König is probably a member of the Companions#who knows maybe even a werewolf#guards are trying to hint you this by commenting on how your follower smells like a wet dog#what if this guy worships Hircine under the moons while naked and covered in someone else’s blood...#mm yeah just think about it#skyrim meets könig
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rewatching rvb for the millionth time. and i know as a fandom we grovel and groan about bgc or whatever, but it can be SO unbelievably funny.
#red vs blue#rvb#blood gulch chronicles#what the fuck does vic need a crockpot for anyway#and why does he have a mysterybox full of mayonnaise#who is running this army?!?!?!?!?#and the fact church is receptive to crockpot recipes. if only they had the fucking appliance#tucker smells like mayonnaise 😭😭😭
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more doodles from the stobin angstverse
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Redemption Round One - Match Four
I did genuinely think The Smell of Blood would do better, given that it's a Melanie statement. I also voted Parting in Round One. The Smell of Blood had 89 votes and Parting had 57 votes.
MAG 076 - The Smell of Blood | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Melanie King, regarding her further research into war ghosts. Statement recorded direct from subject.
MAG 194 - Parting | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Considerations of observation. Recorded by The Archivist in Situ.
#magnus archives#the magnus tournament#tma#mag 076#mag 76#mag 076 the smell of blood#mag 76 the smell of blood#the smell of blood#melanie king#the slaughter#slaughter#mag 194#mag 194 parting#parting#the eye#eye#redemption round one
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do you think hannibal can smell when will is ovulating
#sorry#but like can he smell low blood sugar too#hannibal#nbc hannibal#hannibal nbc#will graham#hannibal lecter#not hornyposting im just thinking
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I am unironically proud of this
(ppssssst- my commissions r open btw)
#he's so so smelly#man smells of death#my art#creepypasta fandom#digital art#creepypasta#creepypasta fanart#jeff the killer x y/n#jeff the killer fanart#jeffery woods#jeff the killer#blood tw#blood
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