S, they/them, mid 20s. writer, singer, cellist, cryptid. lover of all things old, queer, olfactory, whimsical, gothic, and archival. ⊹ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ˖
current (eternal?) fixation: the franklin expedition & amc's "the terror"𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟
(poems, song lyrics, and other writings under my "scribbles" tag are my original works when specified, and are not to be copied or used in any capacity without my explicit, enthusiastic consent.) xoxo
name: scylla ( [skaɪˌlə], [sɪˌlːə], or [skɪˌlːə] are all fine!), or S
pronouns + gender things: they/them, nonbinary
age: mid-20s
hobbies + passions: learning, writing, composing + performing music, preservation + memory work, hiking, birdnoticing, engaging in reparative + trauma-informed practices, being a little weird + freaky, cooking, never losing my whimsy, getting by with a little help from my friends, smelling stuff
other fun intro things: pisces sun/aries moon/saggitarius rising, enneagram 9w1, ENFP
more goodies under the cut! xoxo
𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕤 + 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕤 (in no particular order)
books: crime and punishment (dostoevsky), mansfield park (jane austen), frankenstein (mary shelley), carmilla (joseph sheridan lefanu, edited by carmen maria machado), the hobbit + the lord of the rings trilogy (j.r.r. tolkien), cat's cradle (kurt vonnegut), the priory of the orange tree (samantha shannon)
bands/musical artists: broadcast, nine inch nails, gabriel kahane, portishead, cake, ethel cain, cindy lee, boygenius (and the lads, lucy/phoebe/julien, individually), indigo de souza, sidney gish, the beths, the buzzcocks, sam philips, fiona apple, the cure, siouxsie and the banshees, the smiths (not him. you know who i mean.), radiohead, iron & wine
composers (cellist and a mezzo here so this needs to be a different category - i'm the worst kind of sorry sir): mendelssohn, strozzi, brahms, hahn, shostakovich, elgar, caccini, korngold, dove, saint-saëns, mozart, berlioz
movies: der himmel über berlin (wings of desire), pride and prejudice 2005, twin peaks: fire walk with me, all that heaven allows, the seventh seal, princess mononoke, house, trick r treat, army of darkness, hereditary, the night of the hunter, i saw the tv glow, the death of stalin, seven samurai
tv shows: twin peaks, the terror, the x files, true detective s1, succession, over the garden wall, the pitt
games: anything that fromsoft has done, basically (but ESPECIALLY bloodborne), ttrpgs + horror games
𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤
(psst. i have a lot of these going on because my brain doesn't know how to shut the fuck up. if you're looking for a specific uploading schedule for any of my longer projects, you're not going to find one -- sorry to disappoint dsajlkfjdaslgjdf)
fanfic:
on ships and anchors: the terror, modern AU, goodcollins-focused. ongoing.
whitechapel wants us dead: the terror, Victorian-era rescue AU tied to jack the ripper. multiship. ongoing.
the moon, it sings: the terror, show canon, werewolf AU. multiship. ongoing.
out by the bearded barley: the terror, modern, witchy and whimsigoth-y girlnavy AU inspired by Practical Magic. multiship. ongoing.
upcoming - the worst kind of records, sir: the terror, modern AU... multiship.
upcoming - corps à corpse: the terror, modern fencing team + dark academia AU. mulitiship.
and there are more lil ficlets and things to check out on my ao3, if you feel inclined :)
essays:
upcoming - title TBD: essay series connecting core themes and characters in the terror to archival history, theory, and practices
original fiction:
more to add, stay tuned...
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤
the HMS Olfactory project: the terror-related fandom project involving the creation of fragrances profiles for each character, tying in character analysis, fandom input, and the history of fragrance. presented as a poster at Terror Camp 2025. (more sideblog content coming soon!)
i'll likely add to and edit this post a bunch, but ty if you read this! <3
You are my absolute hero for drawing chunky Ned!!! I adore the way you draw him in general, but then to give him lovehandles!!????? *chefs kiss* perfection!!!!
Listen I will ALWAYS be a “Ned is chunky under all his layers (before they get lead poisoning and starve obvi)” truther so thank you for indulging me
Let’s see if this gets flagged for nudity again lmao (Edit: ofc it did aggehrhhf)
old department i was in at my university removed me from their canva team. which resulted in the deletion of all of my projects and designs. i'm gonna fucking lose it
As this post is going gangbusters, and it's Pride, I'd like to point out that there's four days left to watch another free Orpheus & Eurydice, this time an immersive production which begins with us all as guests at their queer wedding. (You'll need knowledge of French or German to get it all, but if you know the story you'll be good)
Impresionante ceremonia de inauguración de la torre de Jesucristo de la Sagrada Familia:
La Sagrada Familia no es una iglesia. Es una promesa de 140 años que hoy alguien cumplió. Gaudí murió atropellado en 1926 sin verla terminada. Sus planos originales ardieron en la Guerra Civil. Todo lo que se ha construido desde entonces ha sido reconstrucción, interpretación, fe en una idea que nadie vivió completa.
Es asombroso, viendo como es el mundo hoy, que alguien empezara algo sabiendo que no lo vería acabado. Un genio, alguien que no sé si lo sabía, pero iba a trascender.
Absolutamente increíble. Lo que hoy ha hecho Barcelona se recordará mucho tiempo. La Sagrada Familia, Gaudí y los que durante 140 años han creído en ello, lo merecían.
attempting to kill two birds with one stone with this: WIP wednesday and being tagged in a "last line" tag game!
i've been revisiting (reviving?) a WIP that's a belated gift for a pal, set in a modern Fine Arts college AU @werewolfsone and i love to yap about...
never any pressure, but tagging: @bell-swamp-fitzjames @tanevthehimbo @13hemoglobin @maidward and @dundysoup (for either WIP Wednesday or the "last line" tag game - share the last line that you wrote, and tag folks to do the same)!
Fine arts AU my beloved! It is a huge ensemble AU and yet Dundy is over here being so main character. That's okay, you need that to survive in this cutthroat world. Love the implications of a messy, undefined and ongoing Thing between Jamie and Dunds, which will surely not cause any issues down the line! 😈
not a lot going on in this horror movie where some college kids are stuck in an endless road forever with scary people coming out of the woods if they stop driving except the realest behavior if you were stuck in an endless road forever with scary people coming out of the woods if you stop driving
old department i was in at my university removed me from their canva team. which resulted in the deletion of all of my projects and designs. i'm gonna fucking lose it
“It’s the most humane thing to do at that point. There’s a resistance on Crozier’s part because it offended some kind of moral precept that he had. That thinking is selfish. That’s a turning point, because in his mind, success was to bring as many people back alive as he could.” -Jared Harris
attempting to kill two birds with one stone with this: WIP wednesday and being tagged in a "last line" tag game!
i've been revisiting (reviving?) a WIP that's a belated gift for a pal, set in a modern Fine Arts college AU @werewolfsone and i love to yap about...
never any pressure, but tagging: @bell-swamp-fitzjames @tanevthehimbo @13hemoglobin @maidward and @dundysoup (for either WIP Wednesday or the "last line" tag game - share the last line that you wrote, and tag folks to do the same)!
