#the mountain between us

[invisible-pink-toast]

i never liked soulmates. i think it feels cheap, to some degree, if there is someone or something out there that picked you out and declared, “this is the one. there is only Them.” - i don’t want to love if it’s pre- determined or foretold or in any way guaranteed. i want a mystery. i want to be able to hope. i want to look at you and say, “i am choosing this on my own. i am the one who decides to love on purpose, and nobody told me to love you, and nobody taught me how, and that is the sublimity of it: i love you because we are not destined. i love the choice of you.”

no hate to canonically soulmate couples, some of my favourite fictional couples are, but honestly i love the idea that you find someone and care about them and decide to love them and make it work much more romantic then being 'destined' to be with 'the one'

also i wrote this poem down years ago and i cannot find it anywhere online if anyone knows the author please tell me!

#my post #tropes compilation #my edit #wildmoore #beauty and the beast #friends #yoi #victuuri #the lovebirds #the mountain between us #catradora #schitt's creek #nomanita #the good place #anti soulmates #not really but i'll tag it in case

[beyondthedustjacket]

BOOK AESTHETICS — BOOKS I’VE READ

Avalon High by Meg Cabot Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Dune by Frank Herbert Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin The Selection by Kiera Cass Seraphina by Rachel Hartman To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

#aesthetics #avalon high #meg cabot #cinderella is dead #kalynn bayron #dune #frank herbert #hatchet #gary paulsen #life of pi #yann martel #the mountain between us #charles martin #the selection series #kiera cass #seraphina #rachel hartman #to all the boys i've loved before #jenny han #wonder woman warbringer #leigh bardugo

[faesfairies]

list of my favourite otps → [4/∞] ben bass & alex martin

I think you’re wrong, Alex. I think we survived because we fell in love.

Up there it was just me and you. But the world is bigger than that— and the heart is just a muscle. Right?

#the mountain between us #ben bass #alex martin #ben x alex #filmedit #idris elba #idriselbaedit #kate winslet #katewinsletedit #themountainbetweenus #film #movies #otps #moodboards #aesthetic #2017

[imkenyaa]

WHAAATTTTTT

#idris elba #the mountain between us #fan fiction #reactions #Youtube

[phoenixwatchesmovies]

What I'm Watching 2023: February

And here we go... I hit the image limit this month! 😅

The Neverending Story

This movie traumatized me back when Disney Channel would play it every other weekend, and it continues to do so. It was good to come back to it after too many years.

Vertical Limit

I'm actually surprised I could find gifs for this, tbh, as I didn't think anyone remembered this movie. I liveblogged this one, with some commentary and observations. It was fun.

The Mountain Between Us

Different enough from the book to keep it feeling fresh, though it felt like something was missing. Don't get me wrong, it's good, it's just that so much of the book was internal, and that doesn't translate well to screen.

Along Came Polly

Another rewatch. Nice to know this one still makes me laugh.

Wolf Creek

Hoo boy, this was something else. It owes a lot to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and it was most certainly made in the mid 2000's, right at the start of the torture porn era of horror. Not to say it's terribly gory, just that it's graphic and very, VERY mean-spirited. A tough watch, but I'd watch it again before, say, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Scream 2

A near perfect sequel, if you ask me. I'm planning on ranting about the franchise in general once I'm finished with it, so that's all I'm saying for now.

The Lost Boys

Yep, rewatch. At this point, it doesn't take much before I'm waxing poetic about allegories and how this is a tragedy in disguise as a coming of age story, and I'm probably going to have a look at the sequels, so expect more about this later.

Evil Dead (2013)

HOLY FORKING SHIRT BALLS, THIS IS AWESOME. At first, I wasn't too sure I wanted to give this a shot, since remakes generally suck and I wasn't too keen on the level of gore I'd heard about. Thank the Dead Meat channel on YouTube for finally talking me into this, because this was one of the most fun viewing experiences I've had in a hot minute. Again, expect a franchise rant!

Scream 3

Can't poor Sidney catch a break?

The Princess Bride

Everybody knows this movie, and if they don't, they should. This is the greatest movie ever made, and I will hear no arguments to the contrary.

It (2017)

HELL FUCKIN YEAH, I ACTUALLY WATCHED IT, AND I'M STILL MAD ABOUT HOW MUCH I LIKED IT! AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO WATCH IT AGAIN SOMETIME!

Scream 4

What am I going to do with myself when I'm caught up with this franchise?

The Black Phone

Second time around, and I made Sis watch with me. (This would actually make a really good double feature with It Chapter One, tbh...) Solid all around, and I've enjoyed Scott Derrickson's work before, but Finney and Gwen are easily the strongest elements of the movie. I'd take bullets for these kids.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

By happy accident, I finally stumbled across the extended version! Which means I got a whole extra hour to cry about everything!

The Evil Dead

I'll save most of my thoughts for a franchise rant, but I'm fairly certain this one is somewhere on my top ten horror list.

And because I can't help myself, our rewatch rewatches this month are:

Labyrinth

The Shining

A Nightmare On Elm Street

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Now, maybe I'll get around to The Last Of Us sometime in March...

#watch a thon 2023 #the neverending story #vertical limit #the mountain between us #along came polly #wolf creek #scream 2 #the lost boys #evil dead 2013 #scream 3 #the princess bride #it 2017 #scream 4 #the black phone #lord of the rings #the evil dead

[melodysbookhaven]

“Maybe piecing is continual. Maybe the glue takes time to dry. Maybe bones take time to mend. Maybe it’s okay that the mess I call me is in process. Maybe it’s a long, hard walk out of the crash site. Maybe the distance is different for each of us. Maybe love is bigger than my mess.”

― Charles Martin, The Mountain Between Us

#Charles Martin #the mountain between us #bookblr #bookish #book quotes #books #quotes #bookstagram #booktok

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

hm.

#oh... they're in different houses #wally and home are under one roof #the eye is under another... #Well Hey Now. The Fuck Are You Implying #my 'third party' theory is becoming less crackish by the second #the call is coming from inside the house. or is it from next door...? #hey marlo <3 bbg <3 what's your Deal #homebogging #wh speculation #welcome home speculation #*rattling cage bars* THE IMPLICATIONS!!! #are there two houses or three? and by house i mean. well. settings of a sort. i wonder... #there's Our World and then there's Home #so what's between Us? what's the bridge? what's off-set and what's in the spiral/eye pit? #where is the 'beyond the mountains and forests' that sally's monsters come from? what stands between above and below? #three houses.

[thelostgirl21]

One thing I really want to see happen in Season 4...

Valdo Marx: Nice to see you again, Joseph!

Jaskier: *Heavy sigh* That's -

Yarpen: *Stepping in front of him protectively.* Julian Alfred Pankratz to you, you dying sounding beached whale! Only his friends call him Joseph!

Jaskier: Ah, actually, that's Jaskier.

Yarpen: *Dismissively.* Yeah, I KNOW.

Jaskier: *Getting all teary eyed.* I know you do.

#The Witcher #Jaskier #Yarpen Zigrin #Their friendship is legendary #Valdo Marx #Their rivalry is a legendary #Does Valdo know Jaskier is a honorary member of a fierce dwarven mercenary company yet? #No but seriously I kind of headcanon that the reason Yarpen is so pissed at continuously being reminded that Jaskier's named #Julian Alfred Pankratz #Is because he noticed that Geralt and even Yennefer were calling him “Jaskier” #While Jaskier introduced himself to Yarpen using his whole freaking name! #Jaskier just wanted to be respectful and polite #Yarpen took it as a desire to put some emotional distance between them and imply he hadn't earned the right to call him by his #Chosen / preferred named #And then despite all they went through together on that mountain and claiming to be a friend #Jaskier still continues to insist on introducing himself using his full bloody name! #Like what does a dwarf have to do to get some familiarity and recognition of kinship from that bloody bard? #But then Jaskier puts his life on the line to help Yarpen's men... #And Yarpen realizes that Jaskier cares enough to take an arrow to the back (or to the lute at least) to keep them safe.. #He's not a warrior that revels in the rush of battle! #He's just a scared bard rushing headfirst into the fray just because he wants to help any injured dwarves #Even if that means potentially sacrificing himself... #So maybe human customs are weird... #Maybe Jaskier has been waiting for *HIM* to start calling him “Jaskier” and officially signal the start of a friendship... #Maybe that formal introduction wasn't a slight on Jaskier's part and that overgrown puppy of a bard has been waiting for Yarpen to finally #adopt him like an idiot! #And so Yarpen chooses to skip the formalities and go straight for “thank you JASKIER” to make it clear that he does consider him a friend.. #My Posts #My thoughts #In tags form

[babykittenteach]

and though I close my eyes

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #ed teach #animated gif #okay this almost did me in lol #still not an animator #okay so storytime at the start of january i made a 10 fave love songs list for goupchat and la vie en rose was on it #but so was just like heaven so between this and the last of us I had a good year for gay romance music #someone do some gay romance to ain't no mountain high enough or time after time #art i'm proud of

[lottieurl]

shaunajackie + solaris by stanisław lem (1/?)

#yellowjacketsedit #96yellowjackets #yellowjacketsource #shaunajackie #part 1 cause i decided it looks better as its own thing but i have like 5 more quotes to use lmao #i spent way too much time deciding on placement of the text so let me just rant abt it #the idea is. first you see space around them and between them. TIME between them #and mountains both because of the space they remind you of #and in the show you immediately think of the hills and the snow #like that IS the reason #then they are close in the memory shauna sees but theres already a wall between them #jeff is what they are talking about #jackie is forced to stay with shauna in those memories jackie who was clinging to shauna so hard before it all fell apart #and then the last one is.. quite obvious i think. noose around her neck #she cant leave she made her entire life revolve around jackie built her life on her memory #i am being so incredibly normal whos gonna give me an award for being SO NORMAL #shaunajackie solaris #yellowjackets blogging

[bonefall]

Have you thought about collabing with the creators of Clangen?

It would be cool? But from what I know, Clangen really tries to stick close to canon, moreso than I do. They wouldn't be looking to add my clan culture expansions or spirituality overhauls.

So like, sure, if they/a mod maker approached me with an idea or request. Otherwise I'm not sure what we'd collaborate about?

#I want to translate the name file into Clanmew at some point #But another large difference between BB and Clangen is ecological accuracy #Which is something I very intentionally set out to fix #Clangen takes place in a bizarro world mix of the us and uk like canon #The United Statedoms of Englerica #And more specifically canon takes place in the... California/Appalachia/Pennines. #Mostly Appalachia but they mentioned a 'Mountain Vole' in DOTC which is from Cali-fucken-Fornia iirc #Unless it was an accident and they meant ALPINE vole or pygmy vole... #Digressing please do not take any of this as a dig or insult about the ecology stuff. I 10000% understand why they don't do what I do #More than anyone in the world I understand why they would not be super obsessed with ecology #There's absolutely no replacement for coyotes in England. And there is no Gar. #So you can't even do The Garfield Joke if you do what I do #I reintroduced boars so there would be some accurate danger that isn't just offleash dogs #I'm proud of the research I do but it is a lot of work! Work they're already doing on coding a workable game. #Bone babble

[frankenbridez]

lil thankies 4 @goldenshrine ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡

please get my joke (shaking a cup like squidwart in the cardboard box)

#artz #gifties 🎁 #references used for some of these ofc =^_^= #i either make mountain the standard white boy faded hairecut or my beautiful ji.m hens.on pupp.et prince. there is no in between 💭 #mari's like 'CMON WE GOTTA HELP THEM LOOK AT MANNY'S NECK ITS GONNA BE HURT IN THE MORNING WE GOTTA GIVE THEM A PILLOW AND BANKY AND-'

[yuelun]

For those who hadn't caught on yet or don't follow me across blogs: despite some time constraints, I've been relentlessly poked from numerous angles now in terms of meta, and I knew I'd be back on Kafka eventually, but apparently that time is, well, now. Will I run 3 blogs at once? Yes. Will I succeed? I don't know, stay tuned. I just know that I haven't been able to avoid the continuous, neverending Kafka brainrot given to me.

#[ ooc. ] wherever her spirit may be among the countless grains of sand and specks of dust between the harbor and the mountains… #[ i wish i was exaggerating; but it's pretty much continuous. ] #[ i'm thriving in the best of ways. ] #[ have i caught up on the game? no. but we don't let things stop us over here. ]

[daisyachain]

The nature of time is that (culturally) Christian Euro/Anglo colonial consumers (hereafter white ‘people’) fetishize the idea of being ‘close to nature’ or ‘primitive’ or ‘savage’ and latch on to the idea that there are groups of people in the world who are somehow bestial or who have some kind of special powers from holding animist beliefs/beliefs that acknowledge the body as opposed to the Christian belief that the body is a kind of useless appendage to a person. We see this across decades from the 19thC to today in the racist fetishization of indigenous people across the globe, particularly residents of the Americas, Australasia, and southern/eastern Africa.

White consumers use a warped conception of other cultures to live out the fantasies that the Christian soul/body stuff engenders. You keep getting told that your emotions and physical sensations are the devil’s work? You want to get in touch with those physical sensations, but you don’t want it to interfere with your worldview? Simply project them on to a convenient group of people with slightly different conventions from you. Imagine how cool it would be to be 100% physical sensation (especially those pesky violent and/or sexual urges) and no mental burden, then unleash that in a way that causes millions of deaths worldwide via the dehumanization of entire nations of people just trying to live their lives. White consumers love a Proud Warrior Race Guy.

Flash forward to the 2010s, it’s generally considered impolite to spread the same propaganda that justified the genocide and dispossession of many different groups of people. However white culture hasn’t changed that much and normal human activities still need to be explained away to maintain the veneer of white intellectualism that has been used to justify white violence for years and years. You can’t just stomp around and clap your hands and dance badly, you’ve got to project it somewhere else.

But wait! There’s a community of people considered ‘tribal’ and ‘savage’, considered violent and bestial, who were never colonized! It’s…the Norse. Fetishizing early medieval North Sea raiders can’t be cultural appropriation, see, they’re white! It’s not offensive to replace an entire culture with white (male) ideas of what’s cool if that culture is totally unassociated with colonizer stereotypes and is in fact a culture of colonizers!

And that’s my theory on why there are so many Norse-inspired folk bands/video games/tv shows/memes/literally anything in the 2010s. VSaga not counted because that manga has been running since 2003 and is actually well-researched and comes out of a culture with a similar but distinct tradition of racism. The Euro storytelling tendencies of needing some kind of violent avatar have taken on ye anciente Norseman now that people care a little bit about the gallons of blood used to sketch other ethnic stereotypes. Done and dusted. Except the other side is that the fetishization of early medieval Norse culture is literally just white supremacist 101 and a lot of artists don’t step around that nearly as carefully as they should

#it’s the old saw about rammstein being constantly talked up by American nazis because they can’t speak German and having to write a song #called ‘links 2 3 4’. asscreed/the northman/vikings tv/wardruna/god of war/whatever are fairly harmless cosplay activities #but taken together it’s like. where is the line between condescending cosplay fetishization (not great but whatever) and the sort of #idealization/valorization/historical erasure that plays into white supremacist rhetoric #after all—look at where we get a lot of pop culture viking imagery from: it’s Wagner #kelsey rambles #this is a long bad post about me having Spotify as blocked on my work computer and playing some faun and then letting the radio take away #praying and wikipedia-ing that it doesn’t take me to some dogshit nazi band along the way #which YouTube recs have done repeatedly. it’s a fucking cesspool out there in the metal/neofolk world #I also keep thinking back to Faun (neofolk forerunner) saying explicitly that they use central/south asian melodies and tonalities #the whole medieval folk aesthetic thing is a cobbled-together vibe that was created by 19thC romantics and 20thC fantasy writers #i just feel like there should be more of an…acknowledgement of artifice to ward off the nazis #I like neofolk music. I love vinland saga. I enjoy mountain scenery and stories of sea raiders. #would love to be able to enjoy it without looking over my shoulder all the time

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#there's something really beautiful about experiencing the weather patterns of a new place #where i live now. its not like where i grew up. not like the foothills of Appalachia but its more familiar than the Chihuahuan desert was #when i go home to ohio everythings so green. so green. unimaginably green and the towns are in the woods. the hills roll #and trees billow deciduous and packed so tightly the treeline is like a wall of plant matter. here there are trees but they are tall and #evergreen. patchy in places like shrubs in the desert. the grass grows green but also pale tan and dead. houses are routed in valleys #between mountains. they're made of wood and not stucco but they still look strange and the landscape is crumpled together tall. and there's #water. it rains. days can be dreary and gray with drizzle. i forgot what thats like. when a single low stratus cloud blocks out thewhole sk #and fog clings to the trees. my school bus used to drive by a lake where thr fog was so thick i didnt kno how the driver could see the road #but somehow i forgot how much joy suspended water vapor gives me living in a place where when it rains it pours so hard the streets flood #and the greedy ground drinks the landscape dry. but there are new things as well. here smoke rolls up over thr mountains and gets stuck in #the valleys so that the weather forcast reads: Smoke for days on end. im used to tornado warnings and heat warnings and dust storm warnings #but ive never expected Smoke as a type of weather. and im sure there's more to experience. ive only been here like 3 weeks. its not as gree #as home. the storms dont seem to get quite so violent. the woods are so full of bears that its an active threat. but its not the desert #and while ill miss the shapes of desert plants and little lizards. when i look up at the pine and spruce trees i feel like i can breathe a #little easier. well see how i feel once the long cold winter sets in haha #but i dunno. part of me still longs for a violent thunderstorm. one where u can feel the temperature drop and u csn feel it building all da #one that bends the trees and smells like ozone. it was never like that in thr southwest and im not sure that happens here #but maybe thats just a desire for chaos and violence as a product of my pathological internal control. i cant be spontaneous so let nature #bring the fear to me. some of my favorite memories are watching lightning strikes #so it goes i suppose #unrelated #listen. is it fucked up to have ohio nostalgia? maybe so. but in my defense i grew up in the pretty part of ohio lol

[talyayet474]

Kate Winslet 

#kate winslet #celebrity #actress #icons #fashion sexsi hot #sexy celebrities #mountain between us #cinemetography #vanity fair #model #fashion model #fashionstyle #beautiful woman #hot sexy girl