#spent gladiator

[backofthebookshelf]

I know it's Annual This Year Day but I'd like to throw this one into the mix as well

[draculaugust]

“just stay alive. maybe spit some blood at the camera” -spent gladiator 2, the mountain goats

I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS LINE and what it means personally to me

so the context of this song is begging for someone to stay alive, a sort of reminder of the most important thing you need to do: stay alive. part one is a call to take any measures you have to to accomplish that, and part two is just. begging. stay alive. just stay alive.

the imagery of a gladiator in an arena nearly dead, struggling and competing and being slaughtered while other people just watch is horrifying and pretty damn relatable for folks dealing with suicidal ideation and stuff. these songs have helped me through that as a sort of reminder of the thing i need to do First.

but that’s where this line comes in.

it’s a punch, it’s a thrash, a call to that first part even in the darkest moment, that we have to Fight even just a little. give the audience what they want, give them a little reminder you’re alive and you’re still kicking even if they aren’t doing anything

so i guess this post is a reminder to be a mess. don’t pretend like you’re sprinting when you’re crawling. thrash a little on your way to the hospital. spit some blood at the camera.

[abinnana]

Like a fighter who’s been told it’s finally time for him to quit Shows up in shining colors and then stands there and gets hit.

[elijahwoodnot]

tmg aesthetics // transcendental youth

[blorbosrus]

[sunshades]

HIIII 🥑 for fanejoy and 🍉 (<- sorry.) + 🍊 for my best friend marcus ?

[oc asks]

HIII THANK U KISS KISS

🥑 What will they never back down about, even if it makes them seem bad? + 🦢

god. we've actually already had some silly moments of "hey you're nice why do you just hang around your brother when he's like that." which... is something without an answer to. they're basically the only thing in each other's worlds. of course she's sticking to him no matter what. i already know there's going to be a big disagreement if they ever end up meeting their father whom they have different levels of attachment to 💀... there's also the question of religion- i already discussed with dm that they won't really be happy if fane keeps following this revenge quest she and her brother have going on... this is definitely sustainable and will not end up with them both cracking under the slightest pressure. tunes for this topic

fun fact: their last name is elsinore! this is probably not an omen.

🍉 What will your OC take to the grave? + 🏺

(DEMURELY LOOKS AWAY AS TO NOT SHOW THE AUDIENCE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING STRANGE TO US ABOUT WATERMELONS) (DISCRETE COUGH) um anyway... feel like there's a lot of "simply wouldn't mention unless Asked because he's Shy" more than biiiig secrets he is just Reserved. but i think when we go back to his plane. on one hand he'll say it feels very weird to have so many people recognize him, especially given it'll be older people who recognize their still young unchanged friend. on the other i think it'll feel good to know there's people who've remembered him all through the years.

🍊 Does your OC have a prophecy surrounding them? If they don't, what would it be?

i feel like if he'd had a fun little prophecy biomom might've kept him just to see what would happen LOLLLL but he's remarkably Some Guy so far. i do think the tempest boys in general could make for a good prophecy. those four who separated by space may cross time to fight together... or something. "the unaging warrior of elven blood" is a very prophecy vibe he's got going on. the sunken reach-- his plane of origin-- hasn't been doing too well lately. maybe they might even see his return, together with the boys, as a good sign to help them against the coming winter...

[pityroad]

"Yes, it has been said I am not at my best, but I'm like someone limping away from a fight that she won by just a hair. I may even be playing dead just so that they don't try to find me. I'm going toward a land that I have defended but not even lived in yet. I am banged up and I can't see well and I'm stumbling too fast for someone so tired, but I am the one to live in the land now and I am the one to write the creed and when I wake up tomorrow, I will know that today was the day that I knew and felt all of the hard things, and that I was visited by many astounding pains but that I also realised the truth: It is finally time for a creed, and this will change everything."

— from Little Weirds, Jenny Slate

[parliamentrook]