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🎵I grew up on the corner of normal and tragedy

Dreaming of bright lights and energy

There was silver and gold on the path laid in front of me

But the shadows seemed more interesting

Oh, in the quiet you can hear them cry

Oh, in the quiet you can hear them die 🎶

Echo Black - Dawn

I love how he looks so vulnerable, but with Peter there always has to be some kind of darker twist. Love this about the lyrics as well.

I know, this is not a Peter picture, but it's what I picture Peter to be sometimes.

And boy, what a man. What a darn expressive face.

#teen wolf #peter hale #ian bohen #this man though #vulnerability #and darkness #the Peter Hale blend

reading the physical manga hits different in this scene specifically bc you feel like in the same way denji shouldn't open the door, you shouldn't turn the page. but you just can't help to turn the page. and then

#feels like a heavier choice. like reading it digital just doesn't have the same impact ig #idk #if you get it you get it ......#but this is such a great scene. the build up is insane. the tension. the door at the end of the hallway. the clear line that separates light #and darkness #anywya i don't wanna keep reading .

Born with the dawn's first light To young devoted parents Questioned the mystery of existence Under the night sky On top of the highest mountain Lit a fire to leave a mark Decorated the candles and diyas For safety, love and hope When in the bright white room Yelled and cried for help The warm glow of fairy lights Gave rise to understandings

Yet only on the darkest days With the lights switched off And the dark grey skies Laying on the cold hard floor Remembered that God may exist No time for its justifications Prayed for empty nothingness Silence, vacuum, no senses Prayed to it for the end This is what divine meant The vast, unending void Let's submerge in God

#a void named god #light #and darkness #life is light #god is death #original writing #writing #original content #spilled ink #poetry #my poem #my poems #original poetry #poems #original poem #spilled thoughts #god

When I do analysis here I’m usually working at a very 101 level. Always in good faith, of course. But I’m intentionally kind of ethically mute about it and just focused on what a text is doing at the most basic level. Let’s ditch that approach for a minute to address the elephant in every room.

If you’ve found yourself wondering why audiences these days frequently demand childish indulgence under the guise of ‘darkness and maturity’ and deride more honest writing as ‘actually childish,’ Michael Moorcock explains the phenomenon (while making another point).

Excerpt from “Epic Pooh” by Michael Moorcock

It’s been an ongoing issue in the fantasy genre since at least Tolkien (though more fairly we can point to the resurgence in his popularity midcentury). Adults want to be comforted and indulged, so children are the only audience who can be taken seriously if you want to write anything ethically or stylistically interesting. This has a perverse effect where the more honest a text is, the more childish it’s judged to be. That effect is compounded by the very real decline in literacy and attention spans leading to increased technical/stylistic simplification of the text regardless of audience level. And that’s why it seems to be getting much worse all at once.

It’s also worth noting that since Moorecock last revised this essay, the juvenile expectations of the audience have been entrenched even further by the decline of YA into a category almost designed to kill off the stronger children’s fantasies. So now we’ve got a fight on all sides as children’s lit is also increasingly degraded. We’ve almost completely substituted the juvenile fantasy of self seriousness and self importance for anything of either literary or ethical interest (One Piece will be the last man standing here, as a bastion of artistic integrity and ethical rigor, and yes I’m taking bets).

#fantasy #literary analysis #to be clear a lot of the stuff people complain about is actually elementary level #it’s just that ‘adult’ materials are even less mature #we’re in the weeds now #go read the Elric saga and the dark is rising #for actual depth and maturity #and darkness #which does not mean what anyone thinks it means #genre writing #literacy

Treasure

So, here's something a star of this community has done for me (and dare I say, I'm blown away by it)...

Please, shower @stardryad with the accolades they deserve ❤️ Look at how wonderful this is... OMG!!!

Warning: Angsty

I am not a creature of darkness. I am a creature of light: I feed on it, I breathe it, I am the very epitome of brilliance.

These halls were full of luminescence once and I’ve consumed every flicker of it; they speak of the gold I sleep on, but how dull the never-changing metal is compared to the living radiance I’ve captured and snuffed out.

Deep and plentiful were the riches of Erebor; behold the treasure of Thrór: his most valued possessions, his most sacred legacy, his most cherished gems.

Yes, I am a creature of light and I’ve set a blessed future ablaze.

@lathalea @fizzyxcustard @middleearthpixie @linasofia @legolasbadass @xxbyimm @kibleedibleedoo @bitter-sweet-farmgirl @thewarriorandtheking @lordoftherazzles @mathelaw @shrimpsthings