#Metaphorical Chewing

[steviebee77]

Do You Ruminate?

NO DOUBT SOME OF you tend to “ruminate” or mull over things of the past. Maybe you see a benefit to revisiting the past—doubling back, running the tape again. In the thinking sense, rumination is seen as something we should avoid in the interest of our mental health. Why fret over spilled milk? But I just want to chew on it, you might say, thinking of learning from your past. Maybe you remember…

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#Apostasy #Grace #Lamenting #Mental Anguish #Mercy #Metaphorical Chewing #Psalm 51 #Ruminating #Wretchedness

[o-wild-west-wind]

there’s something about how Stede crossing out DEAD and circling ALIVE on the wanted poster like the silly little lover he is manages to be, like…the heart and thesis of the show all in one.

it’s baffling. it’s goofy. it’s a bit sad. it’s optimistic, despite. it’s love in action. it’s earnest beyond belief.

and—quite literally—it’s choosing live.

#it’s foreshadowing it’s a parallel it’s a metaphor it’s got me chewing drywall again!! #there’s like. so much one could unpack here and I don’t have time rn but. I will be rotating it in my brain a while #if this has already been said I’m so sorry I’ve been gone a while and I’m the king of reliving epiphanies #anywho. did I mention this is a really good show yet— #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta

[short666bread]

#draco malfoy #harry potter #drarry #old unposted pafetic Draco sketch I found on my phone from before my iPad caught metaphorical fire #sorry so dead to the world blah blah personal issues I’ll probably make a boring autobio comic about it someday #I’ll be back whenever I can bring myself to spend money on an iPad #I’ve been chewing thru last straws like they’re trident gum and it’s 2013 #that’s when my pediatric dentist told me I was looking at a jaw arthritis riddled future if I didn’t chill the fuck out #happy birfday #TT

[sofipitch]

I can't stop thinking about how well they portrayed Louis in the show. I think the change in race also really helped solidify the "vampire with a human soul" part of his character. Bare with me for what I mean by this; a lot of readers of the book tend to "not get Louis" and this was especially true of the movie, even AR said where it just seems like Louis is being annoying and whiny, go be a fun vampire. But Louis main conflict is that becoming a vampire changed nothing about him internally. The issues he has, primarily a concern with consumption and damnation don't go away. Louis is afraid of sin and also his own desires for indulgence. To some readers this may seem abstract, but they are often clear metaphors for being gay or alcoholism, Louis is very concerned with regulation, and not because he has any issues with drinking blood but more with how he is judged. He is very concerned about being seen as a monster (see Babette and portrait painter scenes). His big fight with Paul is also about Paul telling Louis that their family wasn't being holy enough. You can quickly see how Paul saying that they need to change their entire lifestyle is a judgement on Louis, the head of the household. Louis also said that he didn't want to believe his brother could have been visited by saints, bc it would be proof his brother is somehow a better person than him. Louis's internal conflict is often easily summarized by his Catholic guilt, which again can be abstract to audiences who have never experienced internalized homophobia or just a large sense of shame/feeling you are being watched

Anyways, why is the change in race smart, it's another way we can see Louis continues to be human governed by human rules, despite being a vampire. We can see it very clearly in how he is treated by society in the show, he is still treated as "lesser". Lestat thinks Louis should be above such things because he is a vampire, and while being gay and being an alcoholic are to some degree things you can hide, Louis's race is not. The opera being the last scene in Ep 2 where the schism between Louis and Lestat begins to get worse, is also where Louis has to act like Lestat's valet in public. If they were both gay white men they could at least act as equals, friends business partners, whatever. But even Lestat "we are above society" has to go through with this act but is notably not upset by it while Louis is. So to audiences that didn't get his issues, Louis desire to basically just be "normal", not an alcoholic, not of a sexuality that would be remarked upon, (while both real these two in the books are not shown overtly and exist in Louis's fear of damnation, which is still fear of judgement by others, but it isn't something that has a scene of a random accosting him in the street, it's more a persistent fear in his head, in the show they showed both these more overtly in the confession scene and the police officers in their home) not of a race treated as inferior, not having to act up his masculinity, by mixing all of those together at least one should make you GET it. I think even Jacob Anderson said it in the podcast that Louis really just wants to have a domestic family life like anyone else, and in the book while it is glossed over Louis says the time he spent being happy was that domestic family life. He just wants to be loved and not judged

In a lot of ways vampirism should suit Louis, and the book IWTV often romanticizes Louis pouncing on his prey from dark corners of the street. And that is what fits Louis the best, the desire to be left alone to be himself

#vc #vampire chronicles #iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #i love him so much chewing on him like a piece of gum #a lot and i mean a LOT of readers don't get Louis bc he is kind of shrouded in metaphor #the stupidest analysis ive seen that lives in my head rent free is someone saying that louis doesn't hate lestat bc he's gay #but bc he kills ppl #what not paying attention in literature class does to a mfer

[yuridovewing]

okay so.

alderheart mouths off to a kittypet because he was being rude over him losing a toe. said kittypet jumps him for it, and sparkpelt rushes out to save him. you would think here that maybe alderheart has had some character development and maybe got the stick out of his ass and stops thinking that his sister breathes to spite him?

lmao of course not, he throws another hissy fit cause poor baby got emasculated.

“was she TRYING to rub it in???” she probably just doesnt want you to worry about her considering you got beat up.

how dare sparkpelt be concerned over her brother. what a selfish bitch. i bet shes only doing this for clout somehow. she CLEARLY concieved herself in squirrelflights womb alongside alderheart JUST to steal the spotlight and make him look like a pussy. what an inconsiderate bitch!

little side tangent, it’s quite interesting how sparkpelt was retconned into not wanting skyclan around and totally hating their guts and pushing for xenophobia and hatred when that 100% was not how she was in the first half of the arc. but alderheart’s own hatred for outsiders (in this case, kittypets) is consistent from book 1 to this very scene. and no one cares. because that’s “acceptable” xenophobia. its almost like the erins dont think xenophobia is all that bad actually and its kinda stupid to hone in on sparkpelt being twisted and bent into a strawman in this arc and act like shes the source of xenophobia when this whole damn series has a problem with xenophobia. sparkpelt’s xenophobia is only bad because it’s directed at the “wrong” group. and even then we’re supposed to gasp in horror with twigpaw as she gripes about how weird and bad skyclan is for the daylight warriors and leaders patrolling.

anyways back to alderheart’s tantrum. “we were so close!” oh, were you? this isnt new, youve been bitching about her being a selfish brat since book 1. you complain that she wouldnt understand your unique tortured soul, then you complain that she wants to help? and i guess the right thing to do would be letting you bite the dust. i honestly wish she did. itd be funny.

also the phone works both ways and she has a life. get a grip for fucks sake.

after this they admittedly have a nice moment where alderheart apologizes for being sensitive but it comes after spark is made to apologize for no good reason. so it hits weird. she reassures him about vague prophecy number 37384838. they have a nice chat about larksong.

and then because we need alderheart to have the ultimate w this chapter, a dog attacks sparkpelt and the medic with no training and no good fighting skills is able to epically save her life.

“omg alderheart that was so brave… youre the REAL hero…. youre so cool and awesome……….”

this would have been fine without this bullshit at the end to make alderheart win back his pride and get his sister back for emasculating him.

#this arc is a joke and i hate this dumbass protagonist i wish he died instead of leafpool #avos liveread #sparkpelt just. isnt allowed to be a character. shes a tool for her brother to twist and bend to look good. shes literally a dogs chew toy #metaphorically and literally

[nickyroethemarinebiologist]

Liking any piece of media is so exhausting because I can’t just like things normally. I need to consume its essence. I need to hold it gently in my hands and keep it close to my heart. I need to project it permanently into my brain. I need to give all the characters a hug and a high five. I need to bite them I need to put them in my pocket I need to throw them at the wall. I need to tuck them into bed and give them little kisses on the forehead. I need to throw them down the stairs. Do you understand.

#i mean every bit of this affectionately #but the only way i can express my love for things is by either biting screaming or holding it very gently #either physically or metaphorically #something in my brain is wired weird but that’s okay #I just need to. I just need to have a permanent projection of my favourite things tattooed into the front of my brain #i need to hold hands with my favourite guys #this is mostly about #ofmd #our flag means death #it’s making me bounce off the walls #like a ping pong ball #I’m chewing on glass #I’m eating the wallpaper #I’m screaming and yelling #I’m. aughhhhhhhhhh #I love it so much #my favourite ever #ever forever and ever more #it is making me ill it is making me unwell #I will never recover #never ever forever #and I love it #it’s so silly #and everyone in it is even sillier #love them for that #so so dearly #idk what this is really I’m just tired #missing the pirates again…. #my bad guys. can’t wait to see them again #ofmd s2

[opportunity-b]

Nope (2022) is actually a film about how show business eats people alive and spits them back out and I'm surprised no one seems to have noticed this? I'm not even being funny that's the actual plot

#nope 2022 #loved the film btw #might actually watch it again sometime #which from me is high praise #movies #but I haven't seen anyone in their mentioning of the film #talk about how it's a metaphor for the fame&fortune grind #like our shown victims are #the audience of a show and the ringmaster who set it up #and who also has a messed up past in show business #a reporter from TMZ who was screaming for his camera as he died #and an old crazy film-maker who was so obsessed with the perfect shot #that he died trying to get it AND his camera was destroyed #so the shot wasn't even saved #also THE MONSTER ONLY EATS YOU IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO IT #and it literally CHEWS YOU UP AND SPITS YOU OUT #THAT'S HOLLYWOOD BABY! #and the film guy #couldn't help but stare directly at it and get his shot #he looked into the abyss and the abyss fucking ate him

[ride-a-dromedary]

Feeling some kind of way about this exchange between Rath and Kagha post if you expose Kagha working under the Shadow Druids and convince her out of it.

Kagha: I see it on your face. You hate me. And I don't blame you.

Rath: I do not hate you. I am ashamed at how far I let your machinations spread.

Rath: I was blind not to see it. Too trusting. A fool.

Kagha: Not a fool. A friend. Would that I'd realised it...

#BG3 Musing #Rath #Kagha #it really is interesting that how Rath and Halsin talk to her changes (sans the Halsin chewing her out scene) if she's redeemed #and the way *she* talks is different #it's *significantly* softer even as they indicate that mercy is not for them to bestow - that is for silvanus to decide #and she's very remorseful - she even suggests that first herself #her remorse does not change what she's done but how she speaks of the refugees post the reveal is **far** kinder #and more in line with someone you can see would have perhaps been halsin's second - rath's friend #which makes people's complaints of 'well how did they not see it' to be moot - because she *wasn't like that always* #*that's* how they didn't see it at first #you are not immune to propaganda and all that #again not to sound like a broken record but this narrative with the shadow druids really is a good metaphorical example #of how...easy it can be to pluck at threads strategically and work at pre-existing weaknesses and flaws and emotions #to get people to fall in line with radicalized thinking and dangerous pitfalls #anyway there's probably more intelligent things to say about this but rath and kagha were friends and that's all you need to know #also rath blaming himself for the failures of others...seems familiar wonder who he trained under? (halsin)

[julesnichols]

Obsessed with the Machine looking at the absolute gremlin that is Root and going "that one, I want that one to be my interface"

#person of interest #poi #root #the machine #root x the machine #it's just SO funny. to me!!!! #they had to lock her in a cage to rehabilitate her!!! #and even then she is constantly trying to chew the metaphorical leash off at all times

[literaturezombie]

"I had a dream about you last night… I dreamt that you killed me. Shot me right through the skull."

"Good for you."

"It was good for me. It was just what the doctor ordered. Anyway it wasn’t like that. In my dream, I was standing. Just like this."

Our Flag Means Death S2 + Strangers by Ethel Cain + The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

#something something love as consumption cannibalism as the strongest metaphor for love #theyre giving dyke drama in the strongest way this season #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #ed/izzy #the locked tomb #theyre horrific theyre tragic theyre in love they despise each other they know everything about each other theyre strangers #im chewing on drywall #knowing someone by the smell of their rotting flesh #lz comp #comp

[steviebee77]

Do You Ruminate?

NO DOUBT SOME OF you tend to “ruminate” or mull over things of the past. Maybe you see a benefit to revisiting the past—doubling back, running the tape again. In the thinking sense, rumination is seen as something we should avoid in the interest of our mental health. Why fret over spilled milk? But I just want to chew on it, you might say, thinking of learning from your past. Maybe you remember…

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#Apostasy #Grace #Lamenting #Mental Anguish #Mercy #Metaphorical Chewing #Psalm 51 #Ruminating #Wretchedness

[fishbloc]

ok i think its just imposter syndrome more than anything... and the feeling of peer pressure. my art is fine (visibly shaking)

#ive been rereading the nice asks a few anons sent me over and over again as an anchor #along with chewing the ears off of friends and despite its not a 100% articulation of the struggle they do sorta get it #i know i shouldnt apologize but it is a struggle. i feel like kinger from digital circus in terms of stability #also i think my heart condition flaring up again this week is making me more anxious in general ahwejaa #ANYWAY. i will continue my nuanced dd art and if i get anxious about it again thats on god #烤鱼 #reminding myself: its ok to be different it doesnt matter how batshit crazy and metaphorical your art is

[utilitycaster]

Do you know that apparently counting words (of every CR PC) is a thing now on youtube and twitter and people are outraged that a certain character is now top of the list?

So first off this is a links/screenshots or it may have happened but I'm not spending more time on it scenario - I love a stupid argument but you gotta give me sources - but also like...if it is happening? That's great. It's like the old folklore about how if you throw rice at a vampire they have to count all the grains so you can escape. Honestly if this is happening this is a golden opportunity to fuck with people. Ask how they're getting these counts - is someone doing this manually? That's wasting time they could be spending writing the world's worst fanfic or something. Tell them they should write a python script. If they've wrote one? Critique their code. Ask them if they're counting in character words only or out of character and how they judge this because some classes have way more complicated combat descriptions. Act really offended about how much Matt talks and see how long you can string it out before people realize you're making fun of them. Send them a clip that cuts to a rickroll in the middle. This is a golden opportunity to fuck with people. Don't get mad. Get hilarious.

#answered #Anonymous #maybe it's bc i just spent thanksgiving with my family but like the art of fucking with people is not one to be understated #this is also btw where the bully stick metaphor came from. let them chew on the bull penis bone and enjoy your dinner. #like there's things worth getting mad about; there's hills worth dying on #there's also hills where you should cover them with banana peels and run away cackling the whole time #anyway nonrebloggable until there's hard evidence

[dnangelic]

the hollow nonviolence but nevertheless heavily palpable longing and empty vastness of daisuke's heart. post

#*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT. #full sincerity i do not mean this in an edgy oooh my cute moeblob's darkness(tm) his hidden evil side way #because this is dark's loneliness too. this is dark's wanting TOO #but dark's is daisuke's is dark's is daisuke's and they're both #the epitome of leroux's erik's description + christine's waved away loneliness too #a heart that could hold the entire empire of the world but has to content itself with a cellar #a child who's never taken seriously or properly respected despite his stubborn independent streak #or even the canon quote itself- it's enormous but empty. completely vacant. dark. there's nothing but a black pillar (themselves) #and 'nothing to satisfy someone-' i knoooow dai looks the way he does but oh my gooooodh -drags my hands down my face- #he's restless he's restless it's not blood guts violence edgy that his emptiness brings him #it's the heart of a thief someone who STEALS which is also why i abstain from too much hunger metaphor #because they DON'T want to devour they don't want to chew and swallow they want to KEEP!!! #they want to shelter and house and have something anything someone anyone they want to take care of it #BUT THE CURSE!!!! #what they do eat of is their own sin and fall; the apple. the fairy tale candy. the fairy table feast. the pomegranate #and once daisuke starts there's NOTHING left for him except to become the devil even if he's the innocent cherub!! #HE CAN'T RESIST THOSE TEMPTATIONS he can't resist the demands of his desires compassionate or not!!! #anyways i got sidetracked but i just think muses who ever see daisuke's heart #is it gentle? yes. is it warm? no. but it's a chill that makes a shared fireplace or someone's touch and blood warmer #it's lonely it's heavy it's grandiose and noble there are rooms waiting for you to walk in and spread light #candlelight starlight azumano's mock-gaslit lanterns!!! #everybody looks up 2 a rebel but nobody knows how isolating it is not just for dark as sb who decided to betray #and was therefore cast out alone left to bear enormous immense burdens all by himself ostracized and wounded #but for daisuke too caught in the shadow of dark's wings #u kno? ok. thats all

[itwoodbeprefect]

flashbacks to dialogue that happened less than a minute ago are annoying and a little insulting for obvious reasons, unless it's in bad buddy episode 5 [2/4] and pat is having entirely serious sepia toned flashbacks to fifty seconds ago while almost shoving a set of drumsticks he hasn't even paid for yet up his nose. then it's brilliant and world changing

#don't mind me i'm just chewing glass today #when the architecture band starts playing at freshy day and ink says to pat hey isn't that the song you two played that christmas? #it's like yeah... but that's a maddeningly casual way to refer to an event that in the context of the series wide metaphor #is really more like their parents caught them making out in a closet. and then pran got sent to boarding school over it #and NOW pran is up there on stage playing that same song again. looking right at pat when he announces it. but plaYING IT with WAI #and not intentionally. not in a mean sort of way. because pran doesn't know #he doesn't KNOW that pat's been shoving drumsticks up his nose while being struck cold by Love Signs #because how could he. all he knows is that very recently pat was sighing in relief that pran isn't his rival for ink. because pat likes ink #pran does NOT know that in the (very short. more than fifty seconds but still very short) meantime #pat has tried to figure out if ink might like him back. pat has in the process accidentally figured out that HE might like pran #AND pat has tried to confess his feelings to ink only for her to go. very kindly. are you sure you like me that way? i don't think you do #(because he's the wrONG SIBLING. she likes the OTHER SIBLING. which is hilarious but a different thing to go insane over) #and it's like. pran doesn't know!!! pran is just having a day like any other. pran has Known forever #he doesn't KNOW that when they're standing there surrounded by guitars (it's essentially a gay bar. don't even get me started) #(because that's a joke but it's also not. not really. it is but it's not. you know) #!! that when they're standing there surrounded by guitars. pat is suddenly going OH. in sepia toned flashbacks to fifty seconds ago #when they were ALSO standing there surrounded by guitars btw. which is the point. nothing has changed but maybe everything has #it's the same thing it was fifty seconds ago but maybe it's not. maybe pat suddenly hears the music that's been playing forever #and maybe this is way too many fucking tags. i don't even think this is the glass i was chewing originally #* #bad buddy #bad buddy the series

[jabberwockprince]

"prince did you get into another piece of media about cannibals and toxic yaoi" and WHAT ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE WHEN EATING AND CONSUMING IS A SIGN OF CARE!!! OR LOVE!! OR OBSESSION!!!!! OR ATTRACTION!!!!! ROMANTIC OR PLATONIC!!!! OR JEALOUSY!!! I LOVE WHEN THAT ENDLESS HUNGER IN THE BLACK ABYSS THAT IS YOUR STOMACH HAS A NAME AND A FACE AND A BODY YOU CAN TEAR APART WITH YOUR TEETH AND HANDS!!! PUT THAT FUCKING PIECE OF FLESH IN YOUR MOUTH NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!

okay im normal now, everyone carry on

#consider this the gunshots to keep rent low. sick and tired of keeping my love for shitty people in awful relationships in discord #cannibalism. cannibalism. god cannibalism as a metaphor for love. or like. not just love. ANYTHING #anything strong enough towards someone OR YOURSELF. I DONT THINK WE EXPLORE AUTOCANNIBALISM ENOUGH. that it makes you just wanna. chew #i dont like seeing gore but i love thinking about this. i JUST GET SO SCARED SEEING GORE OR SCARY BODY STUFF. BUT MAN. MAN......... #BEGGING everyone to send me toxic yaoi media with cannibalism as a metaphor for love/yearning/desire/obsession #i expect 90 asks in my askbox by morning with different media that have that stuff thanks