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The Unrequited Love Song of Darko Ivanic

This is a vignette from the story I'm writing...

"What is freedom, when I was born interned? My heart shackled for so long, I fell in love with my captor. I fell in love with the cruelty of my mistress. Now you say I'm free, but I have never been outside the walls and now I am lost. Like a bird meant to fly, you clipped my wings and now I carry on debilitated. A lame man walking through the desert: you are the mirage of an oasis. Every step closer i take reminds me of the ever-present distance between us. It is said that it is better to have loved and lost, but I never got to lose. I never had a chance, I was never in the race. You crippled me before it began. Now all I have are my sordid daydreams as I walk lucidly through a living nightmare. I will carry you with me eternally, and because of that I cannot die. I am the dragon no one can slay."

Fetch the Bolt Cutters: Fiona Apple's Album of Self-Liberation

After years of near radio static, Fiona Apple has begun to step out of the shadows. First, detailing small bits of past relationship tumult in journalistic interviews, then teasing her long-awaited fifth studio album. At long last, Fetch the Bolt Cutters has been delivered to us after a near decade's wait; boy, was it worth it.

Seeming to set the bar higher with every release, Fiona never has a problem filling her own shoes. Not only does she never disappoint, but she has the uncanny ability to maintain consistency: building upon her past repertoire like climbing to the top of a pyramid.

The foundation of this musical structure began 24 years ago with her debut album Tidal. With instant hits like Sleep to Dream and Criminal, the young singer resonated with the collective angst of other female musicians of the mid-90s, if not with a bit more sincerity. Over a decade later, you still hear her sultry classic Criminal featured in movies and shows (American Horror Story: Freak Show and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to name a few), being admired by a new generation of teens and young adults. Unbeknownst to this audience is the fact that the singer was only a teen herself when the song was composed: written in 45 minutes by the then 17-year-old genius.

For those of us who have been Fiona fans for years, her music has a lot to offer: from symphonic, classical-feeling piano compositions, to her robust soaring voice, to the righteous fury of her lyrics. The feeling that she's been on the receiving end of oppression is palpable. But it's not just a feeling, it's documented history. We can recall the backlash of her improvised VMA acceptance speech, as well as the recent recount of her relationship with Paul Thomas Anderson. With the little we know about her life, it can be surmised who and what certain songs are about.

Fiona's powerful and incredibly personal lyrics reach an audience of anyone who has experienced being at a hegemonic disadvantage. But one thing is certain: Fiona Apple is no victim. Even from the beginning, she has contrived strength from her circumstances and exhibited the inherent authenticity of her character. She'll keep moving forward, and there's no shortage of lyrical metaphor to indicate otherwise.

Her previous albums echoed a level of tongue-in-cheek resentment, but Fetch the Bolt Cutters is an expression of gleaned self-awareness as her historical cynicism morphs into a pragmatic c'est la vie. For even on her previous album (The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do) there's a lingering sense of sardonic acrimony. Now Fiona shows an attitude of appreciation, solidarity and letting go.

In the song relay, she delivers an important message: "Evil is a relay sport when the one who's burned turns to pass the torch". This is a very different message than her previously expressed vindictiveness. But hey, a person can change a lot over the course of eight years.

#fiona apple #fetch the bolt cutters #accolades

loumargi

Yegor Ostrov

thepsychmind

forgottencool

Marvel Romance Redux #1

Venn diagrams, or whatever

Being bisexual doesn't mean you're polyamorous. Being polyamorous doesn't mean you're slutty. I'm bisexual, polyamorous, and slutty, and that's cool too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#bisexual #polyamorous #sex positive #call it what you want #labels are arbitrary

Love Song of the Crow

When summer finally dies I carry her soul

My wings heavy with lachrymose dew

I bare the reputation of a dark omen

Perched on tombstones in quiet mourning

My murder. My family. All is tenderness.

My grace and benevolence is never seen.

My cries are not a hex

But a love spell for you, my swan

At the right hand of Venus

Unparalleled Beauty

But few know the crimson color

Of the fingers your feathers rest beneath

With love comes vengeance

You beat your wings

Against the skulls of her enemies

Like forlorn rage beats in a man's chest

Like the gladiators in the coliseum

You wear blood pearls on white down

A claret jeweled tiara

And hiss along with the war drums

It is I, my love, who carry them

Infantile spirits behind the misty veil

And rock them to eternal sleep

Cooing a meloncholy lullaby

It is I who is perceived to be malevolent

A harvester of souls among scortched crops

For you to usher in new ones

In a gory ceramony of creation

I shed tears for you, but your song

Is a battle cry, not a sonnet

And love spells cast by death birds

Go unnoticed by swans

#autumn #death #love #vengeance

Theia

Where will I be when anxiety takes hold?

It takes and takes and I never give enough.

My bones, muscles are kindle for flames

Getting on my nerves, gasoline combusting

A forest misfire of synapses.

Will the night walk girl escape the stalker?

What will mitigate the killer's hunger?

Another bloodport sacrifice

Dousing the fire of doe-eyed innocence

Let me unzip the flesh from my fingertips

And pick them clean like a vulture on a bone

The tension seething in my chest

Like maggots on a corpse

But I thought I had escaped.

It blindsided me with new demands:

A smile at a familiar stranger

A striptease for the judges

And thoughts milling like a beehive

I'm never enough

They're never enough

Nothing is enough to keep me from boredom

Hop that airplane to a new place:

A blank canvas to paint the same picture

And new obligations like cement shoes

As you jump the bridge's edge

Just surrender to the blanket of icey water

And evaporate yourself into misty brilliance:

A denim blue aura

Another ghost of suicide

An eternal eulogy

song sung by seriphim above and below

Resting your head on the breast

Of a blue-green mother who dies with you

You are fragmented light from a prism that

Abysmal blackness absorbs

But Black holes and supernovas are sisters

And red Giants don't care about your feelings

#anxiety #mental health #nihilism #entropy #cosmos

lluviagf

kategecko

Frenchie & Kimiko | The Boys Season 1

I'm Frenchie

TGIF

It’s true. This is a fun take on the poster for the 1983 slasher flick, ‘The Final Terror’ (aka ‘Carnivore’, aka ‘Campsite Massacre’). Source

Some people have too much time on their hands and use it to do astrological analyses of their cats’ personalities (it’s me, I’m some people.)

(From top to bottom)

Berry: Taurus ♉ (I know her birthday) *Very loyal *Spry/takes good care of herself, but still pretty self-indulgent *Possessive, but in a cute way *Introverted, but will be charming to get what she wants *Loves comfort *Slow and steady wins the race *Generally calm & mild, but has a wicked temper when provoked

Daisy: Aries ♈ (I have a general idea) *Bold & confident

*Tenacious & ambitious *Has a hard time delaying gratification & acts out when bored *Loves being the center of attention *Short-tempered & competitive (but in a good-natured way) *Forgives, but doesn’t forget *Very optimistic & loves most creatures

Baby Girl: Aquarius ♒ (total shot in the dark) *Aloof, but will open up if she trusts you *Uniquely talented & very perceptive *Temperamental & unpredictable * Holds grudges, but eventually forgives *Dislikes idiocy & disagreeable situations *Timid but abrupt, introverted but energetic *Wants to be my best friend, because most of them do

Rocko: Sagittarius ♐ (another guess) *EXTROVERTED! & Resilient *Forthcoming to a fault *Will be undiplomatic for the sake of humor/charm and doesn’t care if it offends you *Magnanimous & flexible, thus fitting in with any person or situation *NEEDS to be free & outside most of the time; has hella FOMO *Short temper, but quickly forgets *When he’s embarrassed, it literally never happened