no idea if it's my hormones, what I've seen in the news lately, the weight of living the past few years, or just because it's Judi Dench...but this impromptu performance really made me cry for a good ten minutes, no kidding.
I know it’s basically because your country is disorganised and hostile to democratic process, and coincidentally also actually an empire of many smaller countries badly stitched together, but I swear it feels like Americans are voting constantly. Every other week, there’s something important and political you’re voting about, and I’m always here like, “didn’t you just do that?? I swear you just had a big vote about something and you’ve already got another one?”
News of Caesar's death breaks like a storm.
Octavius' face twists with rage and pain.
Dimly, you recall a seer warned
How far he'd go if he were not restrained:
The Tiber red with blood at his command,
Your hands forever stained by what you do,
The brick of Rome's great temples turned to sand,
And then to marble, city born anew.
Now, if ever, turn aside those wars,
Bring out his better nature. But your heart
Grieves when he grieves, soars as his heart soars,
Resigns yourself to play your bloody part.
Villain or hero matters not to love.
You'll leave the judgment to the gods above.
ive been listening to john sinclair: demon hunter and so i just picture raphael running around with a gun most of the time tbh which is endlessly entertaining
(its really good though i recommend!)
TITLES IN ORDER:
1. Sonnet 18 (2019)
2: Blueming (2022)
3: The Eighth Sense (2023)
4: Absolute Zero (2023)
5: Love Class 2 (2023)
6: Bon Appetit (2023)
7: Stay Still (2023)
8: Love Mate (2023)
9: My Personal Weatherman (2023)
10. Sing My Crush (2023)
11. One Room Angel (2023)
12: Moonlight Chicken (2023)
Hi, for your new event, can I ask for affection with Rengoku Kyōjurō?
SHONEN SONNETS
In shadows cast by demons' might,
Rengoku stands, a fiery light.
Flame Hashira, fierce and bold,
Yet love's warmth within him stirs, untold.
In shadows cast by demons' dread,
A Flame Hashira's heart is led.
Kyōjurō fights, a fiery quest,
Yet in your gaze, he finds his rest.
Knowing each encounter might be the last,
He holds you close, his love so vast.
In the face of danger, demons' cruel plight,
Kyōjurō fights on, guided by love's light.
In the dance of flames, his love does swell,
A silent tale, no words to tell.
Each moment shared, a precious chore,
For he knows not when demons may roar.
In crimson flames, his spirit yearns,
For you, the one for whom he truly burns.
In every glance, a promise untold,
Affection blooms, a flame to hold.
Do you every think about how Jonathan “Shakespeare lover” Harker could have proposed to Mina using a sonnet he wrote with Lucy “Shakespeare Lover” Westenra? Do you Ever think about how he could have taken her to the cemetery or graveyard where their parents could have been buried if their parents were buried in the same place and done the proposal after taking her on a date chaperoned by Mr. Hawkins who knows that Jonathan is going to propose so he leaves them alone so Jonathan can have some privacy to do it. Do you ever think about how it could have been sunset (or cloudy, about to rain when no one else but them would propose) and Jonathan starts out saying this sonnet to Mina who knows that this is going to end in the proposal and her excitement feeds Jonathan’s so he gets stronger with every verse, more assured with every quartet only to get to the couplet at the end and he falters on the last line. The line that goes like “Dear Wilhelmina, will you marry me?” But he gets stuck on the “will”. Her heart is pounding; his heart is aching. He knows that he has to say “you marry me” but he wants to say the “will” which makes it eleven syllables instead of ten thus, ruining the sonnet. But then, Mina who knows him, knows where this is going, has been waiting for this moment for so long. She sees him on his knee holding a ring given to Jonathan by Lucy for the purpose of proposing to Mina. She says “you marry me” in a feeble voice and Jonathan whispers “yes” in confirmation that that is the rest of the line, and yes he wants to marry her. Mina jumps up and practically shouts yes herself. Thus Mina is the one who technically proposes to Jonathan because she finished the question. They hug. Falling into the grass laughing like the young twenty something’s they are not knowing how this proposal is going to be tested. Does this cross anyone else’s minds?