"Which is better- to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?"

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[wacco-wizard-smashing]

I'm leaving the fandom.

Hi everyone! I've decided I'm leaving the fandom. To put it bluntly, I'm too old for this shit now. I've outgrown it. I outgrew it years ago. I had fun, though!

I have orphaned one of my fics on AO3 and deleted the other. I will not be posting the links to either of them anymore. I had the whole fic outlined, but I just don't want to write it anymore. Maybe someday it'll show up on AO3 under the orphaning account, who knows? But don't expect it.

I don't really know what to say to end this. Stay in school I guess?

Bye!

[misfiiree]

is this accurate yes or no

[wacco-wizard-smashing]

just seen the movie for the first time. here's my review:

roger not scary enough

[best-blurst-of-times]

[ironbite4]

Teachers have tried this and are amazed when their classes don’t go feral like in the book.  It’s almost as if the book was supposed to be satire and not a treaty on the nature of humanity.

[thedarkbutbeige]

[spaceshipoftheseus]

there’s a timeskip

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

after losing control of the signal fire there’s a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyone’s hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and they’re still just kind of chilling!!!!

IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH

AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because

THERE’S AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING

AND A PILOT’S CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA

BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM

HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN LORD OF THE FLIES EITHER YOU JUST HAVEN’T READ IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IF EVER AND DON’T REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE GODDAMN BOOK

[randomslasher]

[mayfriend-archive]

#tbf the dude wrote it to be a dick

yes. yes he did. i’m also gonna direct you to the real life ‘lord of the flies’ which occured in the 1960s, when six tongan schoolboys got stranded on a desert island for over a year before being rescued by an australian fisherman (who, it should be noted, later took on all six as crewmembers because the reason they were out in the first place was because they wanted to see the world, and named his ship the Ata after the island they were stranded on). nobody died. the only injuries that occurred were accidental, and when one of the boys broke his leg falling down a cliff, the others braced it and looked after him so well that it healed perfectly. if they argued, then they would literally go to opposite sides of the island until they’d cooled off. after leaving the island, they remained friends for the rest of their lives. here’s a photo of them as adults, with their rescuer (who is third from the left) and other members of his crew.

i read about this in rutger bregman’s human kind, a book i cannot recommend highly enough, but if you don’t want to go and read a whole book about the inherent goodness of humanity (which again, you really should) then the relevant excerpt can be found here.

[mayfriend-archive]

[antique-scarecrow]

ok WOW definitely consider reading the article, these boys–Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke and Mano–showed tremendous cooperation as well as the ability to share and farm scarce resources, and to care for each other in times of sickness and injury. Not only that, by the time they were finally rescued, “the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination.”

They were all between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time of the shipwreck. And from the very beginning they recognized the importance of co-operation and resource-sharing–starting with sharing rainwater equally while they were adrift for 8 days without food or fresh water.

And here is an interview with one of the survivors (Sione Totau, now 73 years old)

[best-blurst-of-times]

[ironbite4]

Teachers have tried this and are amazed when their classes don’t go feral like in the book.  It’s almost as if the book was supposed to be satire and not a treaty on the nature of humanity.

[thedarkbutbeige]

[spaceshipoftheseus]

there’s a timeskip

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

after losing control of the signal fire there’s a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyone’s hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and they’re still just kind of chilling!!!!

IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH

AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because

THERE’S AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING

AND A PILOT’S CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA

BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM

HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN LORD OF THE FLIES EITHER YOU JUST HAVEN’T READ IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IF EVER AND DON’T REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE GODDAMN BOOK

[randomslasher]

[mayfriend-archive]

#tbf the dude wrote it to be a dick

yes. yes he did. i’m also gonna direct you to the real life ‘lord of the flies’ which occured in the 1960s, when six tongan schoolboys got stranded on a desert island for over a year before being rescued by an australian fisherman (who, it should be noted, later took on all six as crewmembers because the reason they were out in the first place was because they wanted to see the world, and named his ship the Ata after the island they were stranded on). nobody died. the only injuries that occurred were accidental, and when one of the boys broke his leg falling down a cliff, the others braced it and looked after him so well that it healed perfectly. if they argued, then they would literally go to opposite sides of the island until they’d cooled off. after leaving the island, they remained friends for the rest of their lives. here’s a photo of them as adults, with their rescuer (who is third from the left) and other members of his crew.

i read about this in rutger bregman’s human kind, a book i cannot recommend highly enough, but if you don’t want to go and read a whole book about the inherent goodness of humanity (which again, you really should) then the relevant excerpt can be found here.

[mayfriend-archive]

[antique-scarecrow]

ok WOW definitely consider reading the article, these boys–Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke and Mano–showed tremendous cooperation as well as the ability to share and farm scarce resources, and to care for each other in times of sickness and injury. Not only that, by the time they were finally rescued, “the boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination.”

They were all between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time of the shipwreck. And from the very beginning they recognized the importance of co-operation and resource-sharing–starting with sharing rainwater equally while they were adrift for 8 days without food or fresh water.

And here is an interview with one of the survivors (Sione Totau, now 73 years old)

[lucklessghoul]

18: house of wolves

[wacco-wizard-smashing]

I'm leaving the fandom.

Hi everyone! I've decided I'm leaving the fandom. To put it bluntly, I'm too old for this shit now. I've outgrown it. I outgrew it years ago. I had fun, though!

I have orphaned one of my fics on AO3 and deleted the other. I will not be posting the links to either of them anymore. I had the whole fic outlined, but I just don't want to write it anymore. Maybe someday it'll show up on AO3 under the orphaning account, who knows? But don't expect it.

I don't really know what to say to end this. Stay in school I guess?

Bye!

[wacco-wizard-smashing]

Quick addition;

First of all, thank you for all the kind words! I genuinely didn't know my blog and my writing had meant so much to people. It warms my heart, really.

Secondly, if anyone wants to privately message me, I'd be happy to provide an email or something with the rest of the stuff I had written out for fics. This fandom is small and I trust everyone here not to steal it or anything, haha. I also wouldn't necessarily be opposed to completing the fics alongside another writer and letting them publish it on their accounts. Again, just send me a message and we can talk about it!

Thank you again, you're all so sweet.

[well-offtovisityourmother-deact]

its literally so funny and cool to me that at the beginning of the new school term i see people who are obviously doing lord of the flies in english coming onto tumblr to join the fandom for a bit while theyre doing the book SHHSSNNS

[best-blurst-of-times]

[ironbite4]

Teachers have tried this and are amazed when their classes don’t go feral like in the book.  It’s almost as if the book was supposed to be satire and not a treaty on the nature of humanity.

[thedarkbutbeige]

[spaceshipoftheseus]

there’s a timeskip

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

THERE’S A TIMESKIP

after losing control of the signal fire there’s a FUCKING TIMESKIP and when the next chapter starts everyone’s hair is several inches longer and their clothes have rotted to shreds and they’re still just kind of chilling!!!!

IT TAKES THE TERRIBLE IMPERIALISM MIND-POISONED EXCESSIVELY BRITISH BOYS IN THE ACTUAL BOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMMIT A SINGLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL VIOLENCE, EVEN THE ONE (1) CHILD WRITTEN AS AN ACTUAL SOCIOPATH

AND then when they DO turn on each other it is because

THERE’S AN UNSPECIFIED WORLD WAR HAPPENING

AND A PILOT’S CORPSE CRASH LANDS ON THE ISLAND POST-DOGFIGHT AND THE CHILDREN MISTAKE THE PARACHUTE FOR A MONSTER AND SPIRAL INTO PARANOIA

BECAUSE CHILDREN INHERIT THE LEGACY AND TRAUMA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE ADULTS WAGING WAR AROUND THEM

HURR DURR IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN LIKE IN LORD OF THE FLIES -

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN LORD OF THE FLIES EITHER YOU JUST HAVEN’T READ IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IF EVER AND DON’T REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE GODDAMN BOOK

[randomslasher]

[pumpkinland]

alright i finished the matching icons for me & sam!! i actually drew these a lot faster than expected, like, i didnt expect to do them both tonight

again, these are made specifically for us so id prefer if no one else used them but i still wanted to post them!! 

i cant believe i dragged sam into my lotf bullshit. he hasnt even read it but hes basically roger

[edbaebae]

This tweet totally describes me

[mccall-me-maurice]

“He’s never gonna make it, all the poor people he’s forsaken.”

[kiwi-from-outer-space-deactivat]

I’ve been requested by the cutest and kindest Anon of all, to draw a friendly, smiling Jack, so I did, hope this version of him brings you joy :D  Seriously, Jack should smile more often, it looks good on him~ (at least, I’d melt if I saw him smile)  I’m gonna work on Piggy’s character design, and the next part of the comic with Flo, where she confronts Jack for breaking Piggy’s glasses, and also, she’s gonna be the only one who understands what Simon means when he says “the beast is only us”. 

[foragergnome]

meeting the families

[teddyreblogslotf]

O.,,,.OH 🥺🥺🥺

[kiwi-from-outer-space-deactivat]

i’m ready with general background practise!!! Next step is to design the important locations, and also the character designs!!! I wanna stay as true to the book descriptions as possible, even though when I first read the book, I might not have imagined everyone the way he is portrayed… For example, in the Hungarian translation, it is clearly stated that Roger has dark skin, I think I might have overlooked it, because I never imagined him with dark skin ^^”

The third picture is Maria Allebach, OC of @mccall-me-maurice (hope you like my version of her ^^) 

[kiwi-from-outer-space-deactivat]

Look, I brought you yet another Jack! This piece was my part of an art trade with the amazing @chasing-the-western-sun!!  (Hope you like it, I really enjoyed working on this piece!) By the way, the photo in the background was also made by me :D Simon’s character design is in progress, but I wanted to finish this first~ I’m actually head over heels for this boar cape headcanon, it really fits Jack’s personality in my opinion~ Also, I’ve been thinking about last name headcanons for the boys, the only one I’ve come up with until now is Roger’s last name, which is Dietz. I saw the ‘Roger Dietz’ name in the credits of one of the movies I’ve watched recently, I can’t recall which movie it was exactly though. I looked up if it has a meaning, and it actually does, it has German origins and means ‘people’s ruler’. Well, fitting for Roger, I think, so from now on, my headcanon last name for him will be this. 

[ctws-inactive2]

IM SCREAMING THIS IS SO GOOD OMG OMG OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH HOLY HELL

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, STUNNING

I love this omg

[carnage-marvin]

Lord of the flies - 1953