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If your aura was a candle, what would it smell like?

🌸 Floral

🌒 Musky

💀 Haunted

☕ Coffee-Scented Regret

Voting ended onJul 4, 2025

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Corporate Pride™ vs. Queer Macabre: Why Aesthetics Matter

Rainbow capitalism wants your money. Queer macabre wants your soul.

Let’s talk about the difference between a neon plastic Pride flag from Walmart and a lock of hair kept in a locket by a 19th-century ‘confirmed bachelor.’ One is a commodity. The other is a quiet rebellion, a language spoken in shadows.

Corporate Pride™ is a glass jar with a rainbow label—faceless, frictionless, safe. It’s a brand’s hollow apology for 11 months of silence. But Queer Macabre? It’s candle wax dripping like blood onto an altar. It’s Victorian mourning rings exchanged between “roommates.” It’s the witchy, wounded, wonderfully excessive art of surviving in a world that still flinches at our love.

At Spitewick, we don’t do performative glitter. Our IYKYK line is Pride for people who hex TERFs—black wax, gold sigils, and the scent of vengeance and vanilla. This isn’t allyship as a marketing strategy; it’s aesthetics as armor.

So tell me: Is your decor more ‘haunted speakeasy’ than ‘Target endcap’? Reblog if you’d rather burn a cathedral than buy a rainbow tote bag.

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**🔥 NEW CANDLE ALERT: HONEY & HELL FIRE 🔥**

100% beeswax. 0% chill. 10% extra spite (*compliments of the house*).

For when you want your altar, bathtub, or villain origin story to be *ethically sourced* but still kinda cursed. No fake scents, just pure wax and a silent promise to hex anyone who blows it out wrong.

**Light responsibly. (Or don’t. We’re not your mom.)**

[justcallmedom31]

These are so beautiful.

Credit goes to the wonderful artist: ChibiGreen

[tlirsgender]

Lowkey you can tell when a pride flag was made before or after their primary use shifted to Online. The way colors display digitally vs as a physical object etc. Also if you need ten different extremely specific shades of the same color that's wildly impractical. Remember when people were discoursing about that gayboy flag having a meaningful difference depending on if it was slightly more blue or greenish

[tlirsgender]

[ID: a reply from @darfichihrenhundstreicheln that reads, "A good pride flag is one that teenagers can make a bracelet out of with a basic variety pack of pony beads from their local craft store." /end ID]

You get it

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Queer Macabre – The Niche the Algorithm Forgot

(Or: Why Your Aesthetic Deserves More Than a Plastic Skeleton)

The internet loves boxes. Goth. Queer. Gamer. But what about those of us who live in the cobwebbed corners where these identities intersect? Queer macabre isn’t just a vibe—it’s a reclamation. A middle finger to the sanitized, algorithm-friendly versions of "spooky" and "Pride" that flood our feeds every October and June.

1. Corporate Goth vs. Queer Macabre

Hot Topic wants you to buy a mass-produced bat necklace. Rainbow capitalism wants you to think Pride is a $30 "Live Laugh Lesbian" sign. But queer macabre? It’s candle wax staining old love letters. It’s moths with trans-pride wings caught in your windowsill. It’s knowing the difference between haunted and hunted—because you’ve been both.

2. The Algorithm’s Blind Spot

TikTok serves you either cottagecore lesbians or straight guys reviewing horror movies. Instagram thinks you want rainbows or graveyards—never both. But we’re here, stitching our own haunted quilts from the scraps they ignore:

A bi vampire’s grocery list (garlic: no, blood: yes, gender: ¯_(ツ)_/¯)

A nonbinary warlock’s Yelp review of the underworld ("1 star, pronouns disrespected")

A candle that smells like burnt tax documents (because arson is a love language)

3. Spitewick’s Manifesto

We don’t make "merch." We make sacred objects for the unholy. Our IYKYK candles? They’re for the queers who:

Light fires to see their own shadows clearer

Collect bones but only ethically sourced

Know "coming out" can sound like a funeral dirge or a battle cry

The algorithm won’t bless this niche. Good. We don’t need its approval.

Reblog if your pride flag has bloodstains.

P.S. The next time you see a "spooky aesthetic" roundup with no queer cred? Throw a brick (metaphorically). Or just burn one of our candles. Same energy. 🔥

(Tag your additions: #QueerMacabre #SpitewickManifesto)

[depsidase]

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Also this doesn't save a damn dime. It WASTES all the money that has been spent to this point

[gleerant]

if you ever find yourself thinking “wow I scraped the bottom of the barrel with my energy with that and came out okay!” that’s the devil talking. you did not come out okay. you borrowed energy from the future. you will repay it if you don’t rest and replenish the borrowed energy first.

[gleerant]

this one took off quickly - are you guys ok

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

WIZARD PSA: Chronomancy might be weird and confusing, but one of the few solid rules of the discipline is keep your promises. Time is a library, and you don't want to meet the librarian.

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if you have met the librarian

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If you know, you know

Because we deserve more than flags slapped on a white label. We deserve to be celebrated, and honored, whether we are in the closet, or out of it.

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Whiterun in Wax: Welcome to Frost & Fire

If you've ever dreamed of stepping into Whiterun, you're not alone. With the Whiterun candles from Frost & fire, I didn't just ask what Whiterun would look like, I wanted to know how it would FEEL.

The Scent of Skyrim.

Whiterun isn't just a place, it's a world alive with the clang of smiths and the splendor of Dragonsreach. Dragonsblood and leather were my picks to bottle up this magic. It's like an adventure in every breath.

Why Frost & Fire?

Bringing Skyrim's essence into your living room wasn't just a quirky idea. It's about living a story. Lighting this cnalde is like opening those doors and diving headfirst into Whiterun's bustling, adventurous atmosphere.

Ready to transport your senses to Tamriel? Light the Whiterun candle, close your eyes and let the journey begin

Step into the dark, the defiant, and the truly unique—Spitewick crafts handcrafted gothic, LGBTQ+ pride, macabre, and gamer culture decor. E

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IYKYK Candles:  Lighting Up Pride Without the Rainbow-Wash

Raise your hand if you've seen enough "rainbow washed " pride products. 🙋‍ At Spitewick, that wasn’t the vibe. I birthed the IYKYK  line because pride deserves more than a mere splash of color

The Spitewick Story: Our Bi pride candle isn't just a pretty face. It’s built around "in jokes"  only the true insiders understand its a scent that whispers and celebrates every bi experience with every flicker.

Custom Pride, Your Way: Why Spitewick, you ask? Because we affirm individuality. Your scent is your story, and unlike the big brands, we don’t dictate it. After all,  who needs a generic candle when you can have one that truly speaks to you?

Why IYKYK Exists: Tired of pride being a seasonal trend? So was I. IYKYK represents  every day, not just the parade days. It’s a little nod to those who  stand proud and those who are still finding their voice.

See which insider scent calls your name because pride should be as unique as you.

Step into the dark, the defiant, and the truly unique—Spitewick crafts handcrafted gothic, LGBTQ+ pride, macabre, and gamer culture decor. E

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pick one

Grimoire Glow

Gloomspark

dead wicks

necroflame

Voting ended onJun 1, 2025

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THEY ARE DONE!! The Skyrim Inspired candles. Made to bring the scent of the holds into your home. From the Seedy underbelly of The Ragged Flagon to the shores of Solitude, the Scents of the Reach to the halls of the Mages Guild.

Which one are you most curious about?