A Seraphim of Grief and Radiant Love @zizterzeraph - Tumblr Blog

I’m gay. Okay. That all.

#me and and the person I made out with at the club tonight #the band ghost #nameless ghouls #shitghosting

Reopened my animal crossing game for the first time in a year and half. Immediately made Papa and all my tourists are Ghouls!

#active ghost possession in progress #the band ghost #papa v perpetua #nameless ghouls #skeletá #skeletour

Prediction for Ghovie ii: monsters unleashed:

There will be a fucking there, there.

#active ghost possession in progress #the band ghost #papa v perpetua #bat papa make brain go brrrrr #tobias forge #ghovie ii

lingenmustdie

I will smother you in riches 'til you choke on sordid mirth

#likes charge reblogs cast #always reblog Good Fortune Dapper Terzo #active ghost possession in progress #the band ghost #papa terzo #terzo emeritus #Terzo my Lugosian Lover #manifesting #keep it going!#Got some money back #gonna get some more #gonna list a few things for sale #but first resting because I am so sore

perpetooa

I really hope the ghovie II has a shot of Perpetua pathetically crawling into the floaty robe while the costume crew works at pit stop speed to harness him and put on his shiny gloves and the mitre and~

#active ghost possession in progress #show me how he gets into the robe rig #and let me borrow the veil #bat papa make brain go brrrrr #please bat papa i'm a sad tired little thing

zizterzeraph

Hello, does anyone understand how foundational this was for teen me? It's been more than 15 years since I first saw this, and it is still my absolute favorite music video.

Immensely.

I **Need** to find Wayne Static's Batman outfit.

NEED.

zizterzeraph

Just dropping of the screenshot haul

#batman beyond return of the joker #Batman #Batman Beyond #Static-X #rip wayne static #Kochi Fukuda #Mephisto Odyssey #Industrial #cyber goth #Youtube

jjangredpanda

#active ghost possession in progress #the band ghost #papa v perpetua #bat papa make brain go brrrrr #tobias forge #nameless ghouls #skeletá #Lacryma #This coming out the month after boyfriend's funeral: DEVESTATING #emotional damage

amytisou

I just realized I never shared my archive on tumblr… anyway here

250+ (for now!) Ghost video interviews, sorted by chronological order

Video interviews

I’m doing my best, I don’t have the exact date for some 😿😿

For now they’re all sorted for up to 2023. It’s still missing some data (length and such), but anyway, here’s the YT playlist for easier access.

I’ve been using @cityofmeliora’s archive to help me find the date of some interviews so thank you a bunch for that (sorry for the mention 💔)

cityofmeliora

yay this is awesome!! 🥳

i've got plans to make my own interview archive as well (with offline backups, tags, etc) but i will definitely be using this + directing people to this!!

#reblog for later browsing #reblog to share the love

dandysnob

🐊 #crocotill | 🎥 magersoft

#Till reminds me of Herman Munster #till lindemann #rammstein

depsidase

youremysunshine8

Ok I love this???

"baptise me in hot dog water"

Hot dog water - there's a Tumblr post out there I've seen saying hot dog water is the opposite of holy water, due to the fact that a single drop of it will contaminate what it touches. I assume this was partly inspired by this allusion but who knows for sure.

Also the the idea of holy water as inhuman and cleaning vs hot dog water as the remains of feeding someone - often a child - and entirely human. It may be dirty and I do not want it on me but God hot dog water has some memories. You will not wash away my sins. They're mine. Also, anyone can make hot dog water but holy water is refined, restricted (yes anyone can make it in an emergency but lay people are restricted from it)

"you and I both know"

Unlike baptism for babies, this one is done between two people who are both aware of what is happening. The one receiving the baptism gives the orders about what they want to happen. The giver and receiver are portrayed as equals. They are equally aware of their humanity.

"the holy stuff won't take"

Ooof heartbreaking, amazing line. Raises so many questions. What does it mean when the water "takes"? What has the receiver done that makes them unfit for holy water? Or, what has the holy water done that makes it to weak to help, to be a part of your life?

The poem as a whole - I love the lack of capitalization. It adds a sort of intimacy to the poem, and the statement from the speaker. The high words "baptise" and "holy" being offset by "take" and "hot dog". Also "hot dog water" vs "holy stuff." The cadence! I would lick it.

the-real-seebs

I love the serious analysis, and I think I find it persuasive.

This also sheds a lot of light on some plot points in Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

zwoelffarben

Not to turn this into another house full of chintz, but I'mma fuck this poem on the floor.

Meter

There are two readings of the poem's meter that I immediately identify, the first is how I'd want to read it, and the second is how a normal person would probably read it, but both make the same point.

In my interpretation (left), the first line is four wholely irregular feet: an iamb into a dibrach into two trochees; The second line is two trouches into a hanging stressed syllable; And the third line is three iambs.

In the more normal interpretation(right), the first line and second line are six trochees all together plus that hanging syllable in 'knowing' which transitions the poem to iambic trimeter.

And look at the interesting result of that laid bare:

In English poetry there's a tradition, all other things being equal, that iambs are considered the sophisticated foot with trochees often being contrasted as the vulgar or common foot.

The vulgar in specificity "hot dog water" is put in trochee, while the respectably vague "the holy stuff" is afforded iambs. Without the poet having thought of the stress things the pattern actively, this incapulation of the English poetic tradition is astounding. Especially when you consider the

Chiasmus

Chiasmus is a figure of rhetorical construction, in which two pairs of ideas are laid across each other, A B B A. It's one of the more popular figures of rhetoric and if you're looking for it you'll see it everywhere.

In the most literal sense, it's about repetition; but, you can apply it more liberally to ideas, thoughts, or in this case, parts of speech:

The nouns and verb pairs in the first and third lines crossover each other. They are in chiasmus. Structurally, the inversion makes the poem feel more solid, while still furthering emphasizing the contrast between the idea of hot dog water and the holy stuff.

Opening with a command and closing with a result.

zizterzeraph

These are the lyrics to Monsterance Clock

#i'm joking #the band ghost #active ghost possession in progress #bat papa make brain go brrrrr #nameless ghouls #tobias forge

nastylittleghouls

🌬️Steadily the east wind blows

#why are there 2 microphones #why is one anchored at crotch height #the band ghost #storm ghoul #nameless ghouls #skeletour

Hello, does anyone understand how foundational this was for teen me? It's been more than 15 years since I first saw this, and it is still my absolute favorite music video.

Immensely.

I **Need** to find Wayne Static's Batman outfit.

NEED.