[matineaux-deactivated20260222]

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

[hi-im-ryn]

[levvli]

[Image ID: Tags reading "we're scattered long before we're ash" /.End ID]

[levvli]

do we think faulkner's family ever went to hungry hoagies while carpenter worked there

[halotrope]

Can’t get this scene out of my head…like…the layers…ough…

[tiamat-ish]

they are on my mind constantly

[ztpx]

The river rises

[catwyk]

"oh, bury me not..." and his voice failed there. So we took no heed of his dying prayer. In a narrow grave, just six-by-three, we buried him there on the lone prairie

i started this in august and only just got round to finishing it because i hate backgrounds. closeups below the cut. please look. there are so many details please i worked so hard pl

and a speedpaint that condenses 35k strokes into 30 seconds

[knock-kneed]

I have to admit it, he looks the part. Like a prophet of the river.

FAULKNER YES.

[terra-toma]

“She’s not the only survivor, Faulkner.”

Still haven’t gotten over Carpenter reminding Faulkner that his life is worth something too, outside of being a member of the faith. Just. She means himmmmm. Ahhh.

[qc-wiggles]

my fav liar i meannnnnn enlightened prophet of the river!

[rosenkranz-does-things]

Whenever I listen to Brother by Bitter Ruin I picture a TSV animatic that could've been. but I don't know how to do animatics and neither do I have any patience to learn, so I drew this instead

[tellybox]

v cartoony person torn in half under cut

[localechoes]

relistening to tsv. remember s1 carpenter n faulkner :')

[unbloodiedmartyr]

Wouldnt it just be truly fucking awful if it was only people out here, and nothing else?

anyways this is like my favourite carpenter monologue of all time it destroys me. so yk i had to draw it. ALSO you can BET i used @catwyk 's incredible parish designs and @valtsv 's leech halo for faulkner. because i gotta steal their smartypants ideas

[froopa-coopa]

2 sketches from a while ago / when I first started listening

[froopa-coopa]

silt verses animatic because this story will forever haunt me

[hezekiahwakely]

While his trans identity is not a major factor to his story arc in the text, Faulkner being a trans man is integral to his overaching character as someone desperate to be taken seriously and infuriated at being perpetually infantilized and humored by those around him. His desperate need for others to see him as he sees himself (not so much a man at the time we know him in the podcast, but as a prophet) parallels the trans experience of public perception and rejection. But in his desperation and reliance on the opinions of others to form and reinforce his identity, he consequently slides down the path of lies and self-delusion that trans people are often accused of when choosing to live as their true gender. In this essay I will

[fayzart136]

The secret water where your reflection went wrong.