Sam

Annoying Argie and robb stark stan. 22. Trans guy. Multifandom.

[wisecrow14]

since i started learn crochet this year, i have start to hear the first book of shadowhunters because i wanted something fun and light to read while i crochet long repeated rows, and i have to comment that: is not good in execution BUT there are a lot of interesting ideas going around even if just the first book IMO

[wisecrow14]

starting to read the blank wall by Elisabeth Sansay Holding, and its so good already, but im having a hard time guessing if there are social critique that is intentional by the author or the author is just completely unaware like her main character

[wisecrow14]

"Her husband and her children did not consider her beyond criticism. She belonged to them; whatever she did affected them; their pride, their good name in the world lay in her hands. They would give her love, protection, even a sort of homage, but in return for that she must be what they wanted and needed her to be."

[kuv8sh5]

captain and his princess

[runraerun]

how it feels watching Star Trek for the first time.

[wisecrow14]

@this-world-of-beautiful-monsters

[wisecrow14]

starting to read the blank wall by Elisabeth Sansay Holding, and its so good already, but im having a hard time guessing if there are social critique that is intentional by the author or the author is just completely unaware like her main character

[kaibabasonicos]

Priest Seto's headpiece looks similar to the Khepresh, known as the "war crown" that pharaohs would wear during military operations. However, it became the default crown during Akenaten's reign (Tutankhamun's father).

Even the earlier design in the Tablet of Lost Memories resembles the artistic depictions of the crown in the Amarna period (Akhenaten's time), just with additional decorations.

Takahashi based Atem's backstory on the life of Tutankhamun, yet his priest is the one wearing the royal crown characteristic of the ruler of his time. Atem's father wears something closer to the Khat:

In the first flashback Kaiba has of his past life in chapter 229 of the first edition, the design also resembles the attire Akhenaten chose to be depicted with (guy was remarkable for altering the whole aesthetics of royal depictions in his time):

This creative choice certainly foreshadows priest Seto's eventual ascend to pharaoh after Atem seals himself and Zorc in the puzzle, but if Seto is the one wearing the pharaoh crown, then what do we make out of Atem's own crown that's different from that of his father?

At first I assumed it was related to the winged sun disk, a symbol directly related to the god Horus and his victory over Set, except the sun disk is replaced with an eye (also alluring to the eye of Horus symbol) and without the cobras representing the wadjet:

But it also has a striking resemblance to the Vulture Crown, worn by women and especially by queens (female pharaohs wear the proper pharaoh crowns), specifically in the first flashback Kaiba and Yamiyu have during their battle city duel in chapter 257 where Atem's crown design sports a bird (falcon?) head on top of the eye. The regular crown just has the wings turned upwards, but in the earlier depiction the resemblance is even more striking as Atem's hair seems to emulate the wings turned downwards:

So Prideship have matching king and queen crowns? haha

But wait, there's more!

Following symbolism in ancient Egyptian art, three things stand out in the Tablet of Lost Memories: dimension, position, and gesture.

1. Two opposite figures together, such as two character with complete opposite philosophies of life like Atem's ideals of unity and Kaiba's individualistic values who wear king and queen crowns, or two characters with narrative ties to the gods Horus and Set known to represent each side of Egypt (upper and lower) which they even go to war with each other for:

The phenomenon of duality pervades Egyptian culture and is at the heart of the essential differences between two parts of a given pair, Egyptian thought may stress their complementary nature as way of expressing the essential unity of existence through the alignment and harmonization of opposites. Thus, while duality can symbolize opposite forces or conditions, it may just as well suggest the exact opposite in stressing different aspects of a single, united whole.

2. The two figures depicted each with a foot forward and a raised arm with an open palm:

A foot forward is reserved as a symbol of authority and power, so when a figure with a "lower rank" is represented before a god or the pharaoh, only the powerful figure will have the foot forward (even in depictions of king and queen together, only the king has his foot forward). In the Tablet of Lost Memories however, both figures have their foot forward, symbolizing perhaps that their power is shared?

On the other hand (lol), there is a wide variety of hand gestures coded into ancient Egyptian art, each with their own meaning depending on context and figures depicted. While this specific hand gesture in the Tablet of Lost Memories could even be interpreted as a hostile gesture, it is also gesture for worship, devotion or protection:

The basic attitude of praise or supplication which is frequently seen in representation of Egyptians before their king or before the gods involves the holding up of one or both arms to about shoulder level with the palm facing toward the object of praise and the thumb shown below the hand.

3. And lastly, the equal size of the two figures. Priest Seto (and subsequently, Kaiba) is taller than Atem for quite a lot, yet the figures in the tablet are roughly the same height:

While the relative size of objects is rarely of symbolic significance in modern works of art using visual perspective, in ancient Egyptian art the opposite is true. In Egyptian sculpture and two-dimensional works, differences of scale rarely reflect visual reality. As in many other ancient cultures, the size of objects and figures is more often a result of the principle of relative importance, and hierarchic scaling - showing gods and kings depicted larger than lesser beings - was used from the earliest dynastic period.

Through this, we can infer the two figures are depicted as complementary sides of a greater whole, equal in power and devoted to each other ♡

Also let's just take a moment to appreciate how natural the tablet looks next to other depictions of king and queen facing each other:

In the depiction of Amenhotep I and his queen Ahmose-Nefertari the two are represented the same size, while in the depiction of Tutankhamun and his queen Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun is represented with the same hand gesture Seto and Atem are making to each other (he's even holding a staff like Seto!).

Interpreting ancient Egyptian art isn't as straight-forward as matching a single meaning to an element in the piece, though, context and historical background matter and can change every small aspect of the final interpretation. For example, the meaning of the Tablet of Lost Memories was implied at first to be a depiction of Atem and Priest Seto's battle, a hostile interpretation that can be drawn using the same symbols I analyzed here. And yet, we already know the meaning of the tablet, because it was told to us directly in chapter 263:

The tablet contains a poem by the grief-stricken Priest Seto to his late historian will say they were friend, the pharaoh Atem:

We can also attribute this symbolism to random coincidences and the alteration of ancient Egyptian designs to (borderline orientalist - those pants 😭) mistakes instead of creative choices...

But should we? Even if a special illustrator was brought in for chapter 13 where the characters visit an ancient Egypt exposition, wouldn't mr Takahashi have become at least a bit familiar with ancient Egyptian art?

Up to you!

👉 Source of the quotes used in the analysis:

Symbol & Magic in Ancient Egyptian Art by Richard H. Wilkinson

As an extra:

The brazier with fire isn't something typically depicted in ancient Egyptian art (not with the fire, at least) but this is one of the many things we can attribute to Takahashi's creative choices.

A brazier like this can be interpreted as a ritual offering and the smoke of the offering would go up to the gods - who are depicted at the top above Blue Eyes and Dark Magician - but it also can have a double hostile meaning:

The formula of burning offerings was among the ritual of making offerings to a divine being deity, king, or blesses dead, its purpose was shown in two parts: The first: offerings to the gods or to the deceased in order to provide them with symbolic food, and the offerings were not left until they were completely burned (...) And when these offerings are exposed to fire, thick smoke with a distinctive smell rises from them, and thus this rising smoke represents a symbol of the entire sacrifice going to the gods or the deceased without burning the entire sacrifice. It also confirms the distance of the gods from humans, as the gods are far in the sky where smoke rises.

The second: a sacrifice that is burnt in order to complete the ritual of annihilation of enemies, which symbolizes these burnt sacrifices, as burning or annihilating them leads to the complete disposal of their evils, as the ancient Egyptian saw in the fire the ability to purify in a general way and expel evil spirits and drive away enemies, and many texts expressed the idea of torturing enemies and burning them in fire. Over time, the idea of revenge on the enemies by slaughtering them combined with the idea of offering the burnt offering as a symbol of the annihilation of these enemies completely, so the burnt sacrifices became a symbol of the enemies who are annihilated by slaughter or burning, which represents a complete victory.

We also find yet again the Horus-Set relation:

Finding the basin designated for burning and containing coal in some of the sacrificial chapels confirms the actual practice of the ritual, but there is no evidence of the actual steps that take place during the sacrifice and the rituals accompanying it. According to the aforementioned list, it requires to perform the ritual to bring geese and goat as symbols of the god Seth, and it was presented as an offering to the god Horus as a symbol of his victory over the god Seth. In the temples of the late period, the wȝḥʿḫwas referred to as a festival in which animals and offerings were burned in front of the deity, as they were symbols of the enemies.

Either mr Takahashi just thought a brazier with actual fire, nowhere depicted in ancient Egyptian art, would look cool as hell and this is just another incredible coincidence or, you know, we can allow ourselves to be delulu.

👉 Source of the quotes for the extras:

Brazier in Ancient Egypt by Naglaa Fathy Ahmed Shehab

[wisecrow14]

This is the only moment that i will be a hater but i hate the jacaerys/robb comparison so much, i hate it

[wisecrow14]

I changed my username from MidNight1404 to WiseCrow14 btw

[wisecrow14]

lestat taking gabriella to a public park, omg he miss louis so bad

[wisecrow14]

salamander is literally the latam character that doesnt have an official nationality but it just a mix of everything that its related to latam kinda sounds idk if racist or xenophobic to me ngl

[wisecrow14]

Something that i noticed the vampire lestat suffers is that there is not pause from the narrator's voice unlike the first two seasons, like, when we were with louis and daniel there was a break from an outsider unreliable narrator, not everything is said right to the face like is happening with lestat, and i think that causes a dissonance and also a burn-out to have so much information being spilled non-stop

[angelscatalogue]

// mention of child abuse and major transphobia& racism. Photo evidence of said abuse as well.

Hello. I was putting off making this post but my deities have made it a point for me to finally reach out for help in this situation. I am an 18 year old indigenous transgender individual who is stuck in a racist and transphobic environment where I am abused both psychologically and physically. Back in April, I was struck in the eye so hard by my mother after telling her I was simply not comfortable with comments of my weight. A month later, she tried to make me hit her to start another fight and called me a "spic" and a "mutt" both times.

I was going to move in with my older brother, but my sister in law has proven to be an issue both politically and emotionally wise. Spreading lies about me to my own mother and grandmother so that simply won't be a safe environment to move into either.

I just need help financially. My mother has started to refuse to pay for my essentials like food and shower needs so I am truly alone right now. Anything would help.

https://cash.app/$zggles

( evidence of abuse beneath the cut off )

[wisecrow14]

suicide attempt mention

Ok, yesterday i almost kill myself, and now my family is trying to convince me to leave testoterone bc they think that was the cause of being so suicidal HAHAHAH

[fm-doll]

@karinweek day 2: BITE

This is wasted breath.

[wisecrow14]

sometimes i remember how my mom made start to go to shave my armpits, legs and crotch with wax when i was 11-12, and idk...i just remembered hate it but then just get used to it

[wisecrow14]

Wanting to watch iwtv s3 rn but i cant find it in any pirate site and its not in amazon prime rn

[dreamspacewanderer]

At the end of the day, who really are you if everything you know about yourself stems from the life of a person you're pretending to live as?

Edit with typed out text under the read more!

My name is Muto Yugi.

I like games. I like my friends. I like burgers. I have a grandpa at home who loves me.

My name is Muto Yugi.

I go to school everyday with my friends. I wake up at 5AM so I have time to do my hair.

My name is Muto Yugi.

I meet them everyday. We play games together.

My name is Yugi Muto.

I don't like the taste of burgers. I don't like eating.

My name is Yugi Muto.

I wake up at 1AM everyday. I sneak out through the window. There is this guard in my home that I don't know.

My name is Yugi Muto.

He grabs my arms and keeps me trapped in my home. He claims he's "worried" and that "I'm injured" but HES LYING!! HE WANTS TO TRAP ME INSIDE!!

My name is Yugi Muto.

The guard is wrinkled and says my name like he knows me. He's lying. It's a trick.

My name is Yugi.

My friends look at me funny. I don't like looking at them.

My name is Yugi?

I don't brush my hair. I don't wash my face. I don't go to school. Everyone is WATCHING ME at school. I don't know ANYONE AT SCHOOL.

My name is Yugi?

WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING I'M ACTING DIFFERENTLY??!! I'M NORMAL!!

MY NAME IS YUGI??

I don't know what school is I don't know who you are stop looking at me STOP LOOKING AT ME ST-

MY NAME IS-

I seem to fall asleep for days at a time I'm dressed my face is washed my hair is brushed I'm fed. It is my captive doing it. They're forcing me here. They're keeping me here against my will. I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape I have to escape-

I DON'T THINK MY NAY NAME IS YUGI.

I don't recogniz recognise--I don't think I'm me wh--

Move eec each limb--the reflection isn't me

I don't know who I a--y myself. Please someon-

I DON'T THINK MY NAME IS YUGI

THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THAT'S NOT ME THA-

Sometimes when I wake up I'm a new version of me I haven't met and I don't remember where I am and I think. Like. I belonged somewhere far far away and got trapped here as a form of c o s m i c p u n i s h m e n t. Like. A sinner taken to the slaughter. And I stop sleeping and suddenly I realise these people I call my family are people I don't know OR love. But that's cruel right. And I wake up not remembering days. Weeks at a time. And suddenly the house I thought was mine feels like a prison and when I look in the mirror my face it changes every time and I feel sick and have to look away because that's not me.

And I begin fearing that I don't recognise myself in any of my memories and I dont recognise the friends the me I see in my memories fought so hard to get and I realise that I REPLACED HIM. I AM THE REPLACEMENT. And so I try to gamble my life away and I fill "my" body with meds and caffeine and I pity the "ME" I replaced so much that I run around and s l a u g h t e r everyone who ever hurt him because he deserves to rest in peace. Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually dead and this is my afterlife but haha.

That has to be a lie right. Right. Please. Tell me I'm right. Who the fuck am I now? Him? M-

Why can't anyone just give me an answer.

To who I am. To why I am.

It's dark.

I'm scared.

My name isnt Muto Yugi.

But if that's not me..

Then who am I?