#wtw s2

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

Hope is a thing with claws that burrows in the chest and digs and digs and digs and never lets you rest.

i finally finished the Roimata fic i've been thinking about for 7 years, and i finished this 4+ year old wip to go with it. season 2 has some really strong visuals for an entirely aural media and Hester's description of her body being "reclaimed by nature" always stuck with me.

[hopemushrooms]

I haven't listened to season 2 of Within The Wires in a while, but would it be significant that Roimata Mangakāhia means "tears shed" in Te Reo Maori?

[glacierhousebi]

Within the Wires S2 has me FEELING THINGS, so naturally I made playlists:

“framing is everything,” says the woman whose plagiarism is an art form - who throws parties and throws plates - who plummets like icarus and is dashed upon the rocks of low tide.

called upon to analyze, she wonders: at what point is the feeling of betrayal justified? what waits at the intersection of resentment and adoration? why did she give no warning of the turn of the tides?

[starryrogue]

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

answer some questions and i'll give you a wtw painting and something i think you need to hear.

i made a within the wires personality quiz! let me know what you got in the tags :)

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

me every single year without fail: maybe this season will connect to season 2 in some tangible way

within the wires every single year without fail: [does not connect to season 2 in any tangible way]

me: by talos this can’t be happening

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Rating: Gen Relationships: Claudia Atieno/Roimata Mangakāhia Characters: Claudia Atieno, Roimata Mangakāhia, Cassandra Reza Tags: Season/Series 02, Character Study, Developing Relationship, Denial of Feelings, Slice of Life

Summary: Claudia Atieno has never got homesick or lovesick in her life. She is absolutely positive of this fact, and is determined to keep it that way.

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

I always wanted her to jump, to plunge. To risk pain or embarrassment, to feel bodily the glory of this rare nature. To paint something truly epic - busy, tall, complex, masterful - to make more astonishing what was already astonishing. To freefall into a the vastness that contains both wildness and tranquility.

continuing the tradition of practicing tears and lighting styles on roimata. and a companion piece, because i don’t draw claudia enough.

[id: two digital paintings depicting Roimata and Claudia from Within the Wires. in the first painting, Roimata is seen from the shoulders up and stands facing the viewer. she is a Māori woman with medium brown skin, brown eyes, and dark hair in short, greying curls. she is crying, with her mouth open as if speaking and trying to smile. she is wearing a dark pink top and the dark cord of a necklace can be seen around her neck. she is backlit by a sunset over the calm ocean where the sun is obscured by her head.

in the second painting, Claudia is seen from the chest up and stands facing away from the viewer. she is an Tanzanian woman with dark skin and dark hair, which is braided and then tied into a larger braid down her back. she is wearing a jade-coloured dress with a fancy, slightly irredescent pattern, and gold teardrop-shaped earrings that blow in the wind. the backdrop is the stormy sea, with huge waves crashing dramatically and dark clouds stretching across the sky. droplets of water can be seen blowing off Claudia’s face and catching the light to the left. /end id]