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araekni · 3 months

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Saltburn (2023) dir. Emerald Fennell

Dianna Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

Ada Limón, Lies About Sea Creatures

Sharon Olds, in an interview with Sarah V. Schweig for BOMBLOG (archived by poetry.com)

Florence + The Machine, I'm Not Calling You a Liar

S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Richard Siken, Cover Story

Alfie (2004) dir. Charles Shyer

Sam Shepard, 'Tooth of Crime' from Seven Plays

Passenger, The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Charlie Smith, Liar

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raayllum · 8 months

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1x03 / 5x07

You called me a mage, and that felt right.

#tdp callum #mage boy #theme: identity #so proud of him #s1 #1x03 #arc 1 #arc 2 #multi #s5 #5x07 #it's like poetry it rhymes #callum #tdp #the dragon prince #mine #parallels

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seasunandstar · 4 months

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Keeping Things Whole

In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.

When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body's been.

We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole.

-- Mark Strand

#poetry #mark strand #theme: living #theme: self #theme: identity #theme: loneliness

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id4id-archive · 5 months

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IDENTITY 4 IDENTITY ARCHIVE ———

a blog archiving x4x terms

this blog runs on a queue, and I add terms as I see fit, please feel free to tag me in your coins that fit the x4x format

follow @/x4xarchive ! this blog is directly inspired, and my intention was to provide a blog that has a tagging system to navigate, as well as hopefully provide image id and plain text when I have the time

tagging navigation below cut

TAGGING SYSTEM ———

posts are tagged with a theme;

theme: media , theme: identity etc

elaborating upon those themes are specific identities and more narrow tags

id: bear , id: bpd , media: dc etc

extra tags: has id , has pt , no id , no pt

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the-eclectic-wonderer · 9 months

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The Barbie movie really said. Yes you will grow up and childhood wonder will vanish. Yes you will grow up and learn to hate yourself, your body, your awkwardness. Yes you will grow up and lose your confidence and certainty and sense of purpose. Yes you will grow up and the world will seem a bleaker, lonelier place every day, and society will seem bleaker and lonelier every day, and you won’t understand what went wrong in the span of just a few years, what took you from a happy and secure young girl to a sad, uncertain, scared grown woman.

And yet. You will learn to find beauty again. You will find joy in not having a purpose, in building a purpose for yourself. You will find beauty in connection, with the people and the world around you. You will learn to love signs of ageing as proof of a life well lived, of experience and happiness. You will take that little girl by the hand and tell her “I know, this isn’t what you thought it would be, but it’s real. Let me show you how beautiful it can be.”

#idk I’m just really really emotional about this movie #it hit me in my core #like I loved the political critique obviously but #the message about growing up and losing your sense of identity and purpose just resonated with me #I’ve been crying about this since I saw the movie lmao #and I haven’t really seen a lot of commentary on this theme #barbie #barbie movie

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lanternbats · 6 months

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I've been thinking about how much I actually dislike Damian becoming Batman as an adult and how I think it would be way more impactful for his character if he broke away from both of his parents and formed his own identity, which led me to "Well, who should become Batman then?" and well. What if nobody becomes Batman after Bruce steps down. The family carry on his mission, his message, but not his title, because Bruce helped them become something else, helped them become better than him. The goal was never to become the next Batman, it was for them to grow and learn and become their own people. Batman never dies, he is an eternal symbol, but one that they all wear instead of physically inhabit. I think as Bruce ages he should realise that Gotham doesn't need Batman, because now it has so much more than just Batman.

#bruce wayne #damian wayne #kit.posts #like at first gotham just has batman but now? it has batwomen batgirl nightwing red hood red robin spoiler oracle signal-#TO ONLY NAME. A FEW.#and then whatever damian wants to be #i know batman is a mantle they hand around but like the theme of identity and becoming who YOU'RE meant to be is one i really like #and i think it's more meaningful for batman to be retired because he's not needed now he has a family now gotham has protectors now #this is not a new thought but ya know i'm just thinking about it to distract from whatever the fuck the comics are doing right now

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somnimagus · 7 months

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My page for @kairizine. It was such a huge honor to be part of this wonderful book with everyone, I had so much fun!

[id in alt!]

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh kairi #kh xion #kh namine #i don't really feel proud of my own stuff usually but #i really think this is the drawing i'm most proud of from this past year!! it made me think 'oh maybe i can draw' haha #i'm still kinda bad with colors but something clicked with this one. and i feel like i got the sentimental feeling i wanted!#ooh but this project's about flower symbolism so ramble incoming:#protea symbolizes resilience transformation and diversity; hollyhock means 'please remember me.'#so my general theme was finding a sense of self.#these 3 have struggled with finding their own identity; they tend to get left behind both in-universe and in general plotwise #and naminé and xion both resemble kairi and were overshadowed by her memory. but i feel like all 3 have transformed into their own people #xion and naminé have their faces covered partially by hollyhock to show their wish to be remembered for who they are-#instead of the parts that they share with someone else #and the protea bouquets show how they each held on and resiliently grew into their own person despite it all #i put a little swervy path on the hill behind kairi to give that hopeful sense of growth and moving forward. it's a little hard to see #hopefully that makes sense! i really love symbolism but i think in visuals so i'm really bad with words #but gosh working with everyone on this project was so fun. it was like impossible not to get swept up by the team's hype for this zine #i need to hunt down everybody's work and rb it #ohh and everybody's flowers are so crisply drawn it's insane!! i think if i lined all these flowers and leaves i'd die haha #fan art #my art #project stuff

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pankiepoo · 1 month

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#ii #ii fan #fan ii #inanimate insanity #pankie art #lasso art #clarification: illustrating how fan's extreme love for ii defines his identity #to an unhealthy point #but also about how you are what you love #i love fan cuz he's such a love and identity themed character

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sexy-sapphic-sorcerer · 5 months

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BBC Merlin being about 'magic' for 7 minutes gay

#not to be all autistic about media analysis again but i think fandom tends to overlook the symbolic/metaphorical aspect of queer subtext #a show can be queer coded because two same sex characters have an intense relationship with homoerotic undertones #or it can be queer coded because it conveys themes of alienation. repressed identity. oppression. internalised shame #Merlin does both. several times over #gay ass wizard show #bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #magic is gay #magic as a metaphor #flashing #flashing lights #< thanks to photosensitive-despair for advising me to change the tags

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kaladinkholins · 3 months

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While theorising about the events to come in future seasons, I just keep going back to the question about who Mizu's parents really are.

So to try to figure it out, let's go over what we already know about Mizu's parentage and the white men. This info is from the flashback of Mizu as a baby in Episode 3, from the bounty hunters who came to kill Mizu in Episode 5, and from Fowler's reveals in Episode 8, assuming that everything he said is the truth.

Mizu must be someone important, as Fowler calls her Little Miss. It is capitalised in the Netflix official subtitles. This implies that Little Miss is something like a title, rather than just a nickname.

There is a bounty on Mizu's head with a sum few can resist. Whoever is trying to kill Mizu is rich and powerful.

Two men are sent to kill Mizu as a baby. They are Japanese. We know this because their swords are both katanas, and they're shocked when they see Mizu's blue eyes, discovering she's a "half-breed." Man #2 also calls her a "devil child" at the end of the flashback.

Man #2 is hesitant to kill her, as she's "only an infant," and ends up killing Man #1 to stop him from killing Mizu. Man #2 then gives Mizu to Mama, who is actually her maid.

Mama is paid to keep Mizu hidden. Mama does as told for years. We can infer that there was a steady stream of income going towards her, as she did as told until "the money ran out."

Skeffington and Routeley were the "worst" of the four white men, making their money from "selling Japan's unwanted daughters." Unwanted daughters like Mizu.

One of the white men "tried to burn Mizu alive as a baby."

One of the white men killed Mizu's mother ("Don't you want to know which one killed your mother?").

When bounty hunters came to the ranch to ambush Mizu, she asked them which white man they worked for. They only replied that the only white person they see is her. This could just be a way to avoid her question, or it could also imply that they do not work for a white man at all.

So from this, again assuming this is all true, let's go over some things:

The white men are NOT the ones who paid Mama to protect Mizu, as one of them had been responsible for trying to burn Mizu alive as a baby.

Mizu's mother was killed by one of the white men. She likely died protecting Mizu.

If it was the white father who tried to kill Mizu and her mother, then it's likely the mother's side who paid Mama to hide Mizu.

Mizu's mother must have been rich enough to afford servants.

Mizu's mother must have been someone powerful enough to have been in the shogun's inner circle, allowing contact between her and the white men.

Furthermore:

Mizu's mother should be someone tied to existing characters, to make the reveal of her identity more narratively significant.

So with all that said, let me dip my toes into wild theory-land for a bit and propose a new idea.

WHAT IF: Mizu's mother was a concubine or even the previous wife of the Shogun? And, considering how people have pointed out how similar Lady Itoh and Mizu look (credits to @roninzuzu in particular for her post on this), what if, maybe just maybe, Mizu's mother was also Lady Itoh's sister?

If this is true, then Mizu's connection to the shogunate would explain why and how Fowler knew so much about Mizu's past, especially regarding her maid taking care of her, etc. This is because Fowler is allied with the Shogun himself, as well as one of the shogun's closest advisors, Master Chiba. So if it were true that the previous wife/consort of the shogun gave birth to a blue-eyed baby, it would've been a big scandal that was certain to reach Master Chiba's ears, and he would have in turn informed Fowler about it.

If this is the case, both the shogun and the white man would be trying to kill Mizu and her mother. The shogun would be trying to cover up the scandal, while the white man would be furious that she wanted to keep the baby at all, as the scandal likely ruined his business dealings in Japan and forced him to retreat back to London or wherever else he came from.

But then, if that is the case, then who would have been the one paying Mizu's maid to take care of her? I think it's Lady Itoh. If she and Mizu's mother had indeed been sisters, perhaps Lady Itoh went behind the shogun's back to protect her sister and her baby niece. Because maybe Lady Itoh knew that Mizu's mother had wanted to protect her no matter what happened. In such a case, what kept Mizu alive would thus have been love. Her mother's love. In this scenario, Mizu would have been brought into the world through the sheer strength of her mother's unconditional love. This would be a very poignant message that overturns everything Mizu believes about herself.

Moreover, Mizu having connections to the shogunate would inevitably lead to her wanting to discover the truth about her mother's identity. This would thus bring Mizu back to Edo palace, and would neatly tie Mizu and Akemi's storylines together again, letting them cross paths once more and work together to face the main plot-conflict.

TL;DR it's my crazy theory that Mizu's dead mom was the sister of Lady Itoh and the previous consort of Shogun Itoh. She had an affair with one of the white men, and against her better judgement and against what everyone else wants from her, she decided to keep Mizu. By making this decision, she risked and sacrificed everything for Mizu, out of love.

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai theory #I JUST WANT MIZU TO BE LOVED!!!#also i feel in my bones that the show is gonna be about motherhood #which would add up considering all the themes about otherness and heritage and identity and aaaaaaa #shut up haydar #fandom.rtf #cross posted on reddit

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chibigaia-art · 14 days

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sweet dreams in the post-apocalypse

#identity v #idv professor #luchino diruse #coa vii #cgart #coa vii theme my beloved ghhhh easily top 3 best themes #been watching the tournament with the server and its been so fun

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araekni · 4 months

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Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping

Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl who Soared over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

Charles Wright, The Fever Toy

Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

A. L. Kitselman

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Elie Weisel, The Gates of the Forest

Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories

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raayllum · 9 months

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Change

#callum x claudia #the dragon prince #tdp callum #tdp #rayllum #tdp claudia #knight sibs #'i would do anything for you' includes breaking out of brainwashing i think #theme: identity #arc 2 #parallels #s4 #s5 #mine

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seasunandstar · 4 months

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The Widow

How easily the ripe grain Leaves the husk At the simple turning of the planet

There is no season That requires us

Masters of forgetting Threading the eyeless rocks with A narrow light

In which ciphers wake and evil Gets itself the face of the norm And contrives cities

The Widow rises under our fingernails In this sky we were born we are born

And you weep wishing you were numbers You multiply you cannot be found You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us

You confide In images in things that can be Represented which is their dimension you Require them you say This Is real and you do not fall down and moan

Not seeing the irony in the air

Everything that does not need you is real

The Widow does not Hear you and your cry is numberless

This is the waking landscape Dream after dream after dream walking away through it Invisible invisible invisible

-- W.S. Merwin

#w.s. merwin #poetry #theme: what is invisible #theme: loneliness #theme: reality #theme: identity #theme: search for meaning

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otaku553 · 5 months

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Some more spy x family one piece crossover doodles :)

A fic may or may not be in progress…….

Edit: the fic is posted :)

#one piece #spy x family crossover #portgas d ace #revolutionary sabo #sabo #monkey d luffy #loid forger #yor forger #anya forger #ok so I chose the last name Brenner for ASL as a cover because they’re all very fire coded #thanks to the person that commented eclipse as a WISE codename for sabo it fits really well #ace’s assassin codename is fireball after the fireball lily. wanted something subtly flower themed but also fire related #Spider-Man pointing meme happens between ace and yor when they’re given a joint mission and see each other as assassins for the first time #lots of ideas on the dynamic between loid and sabo……#the ideological difference of sabo being willing to give up everything including spywork for his brothers #whereas loid has given up everything including his past and identity for spy work…. because he didn’t have a choice in it #because so much of his past was taken from him and not willingly given up so his motivation for being a spy is so strong….#sabo responds the only way he knows how to to loid’s animosity by yknow. being a little shit and a gremlin at him

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lucidloving · 7 months

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Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook" // Last Words of a Shooting Star— Mitski // Richard Siken, "Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light" // Julian Randall, "On the Night I Consider Coming Out to My Parents" // Helena Bonham Carter // @heavensghost

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