theballadoftory

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turned 19 today and will be spending the next year of my life living off of the horrifying fear of being nothing but wasted potential and never achieving my dreams, hbu?

#birthday #artists on tumblr #send help #relatable?

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Nicole W. Lee, from "Even the Dust"

#I dread growing up #I also dread staying young

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going through something so profound and scarring that I can’t even find the words to write a song about it

#songwriter #writers on tumblr #female writers #writers block #do not make out with your friends #I already have written multiple

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

#i have nothing to add #just this

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Everytime I watch one of the dune movies I have an out of body experience where some mysterious astral being encourages me to follow my dreams

#I always feel so inspired #I don’t know what they put in them #dune part two #dune movie #dune 2024 #literally so epic #denis villeneuve

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source

#this is so cute #i love this

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Kiss Of Judas (Detail) - Giotto / Strangers - Ethel Cain

#everyone shut up #Ethel Cain and Judas

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power couple

#bestie made saltburn fanart #i can’t stop thinking about it #this movie owns me

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Verse 1 of an original song called Anne Boleyn

Think I lost my head

Existence detaching

I slept in your bed

your cats, man, they’re scratching

You say we’re all wrong

limbs twisted, no bone

no saving, wounds gaping

Say I should’ve known

Chorus:

Guess there’s no we, just you and me

Guess you never let me in

you keep a distance, your resistance

I’m not your friend, I’m Anne Boleyn

I guess safety is your fortress

Guess you think loving is a sin

You wouldn’t like me if I was worthless

I’m not your friend, I’m Anne Boleyn

#songwriter #song #poetry #female writers #writers on tumblr #my writing #anne boleyn #my music #poetry and poems

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-Writeblr Introduction-

Welcome to my little corner of the world, I’m happy you’ve made it here 🫧

My name is Tory (she/her), I’m 19 years old and I make many different kinds of art including;

-poems

-songs

-stories

All my art revolves around the central themes of what it’s like to be a (teenage) girl in this world, how I experience life, platonic and romantic relationships and if not that then something utterly and completely outlandish like being a dog or or accidentally killing your lover at a bar

If that’s something you’re interested in then feel free to stick around 🐚

I mainly made this account so I can have a place where I can put all my art without having to make too much of a fuss about it

I currently have two WIP’s both of which don’t necessarily fall into the dark academia genre but do very much feel like they should

1. Stars burn up (working title)

A story about two academic rivals, who are quietly alienated at their elite boarding school, being forced to work on a project together. They find a secret passageway to a treacherous and magical alley along the way that could put both of them in great danger 🪐

2. Whispers of the bastards

A story about a girl being recruited into a group of spies in a city full of thieves and criminals figuring out that the machinations of said town are much more deliberate than she could have ever imagined and having to decide if she wants to profit from it or tear it all down ⚔️

I make it a point to write about flawed and interesting people that are barely anything like your usual fantasy heroes and I write stories that reflect and comment on modern societal issues. At the same time I’m a huge sucker for romance and I don’t think I will ever write anything without it.

I also have an AO3 account called theetherealnemesis where I write fanfiction, if you care to read a sample of my writing. Right now I only have an unfinished fanfic about house of the dragon on there but I do really like what I’ve written so far and plan to continue it.

This really is an account for people who like art, writing specifically, and everyone is welcome here

My other interests include:

-politics

-history

-concerts

-greek mythology

Movies/shows📽️:

Promising young woman, Saltburn, Ballad of Songbirds and snakes, Bottoms, the statistical probability of love at first sight, Howls moving castle, candy jar/ Percy Jackson, The Rookie, Brooklyn 99, Modern family, one piece live action, heart break high, fleabag

Singer/Songwriters🎶:

Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Ethel Cain, Sabrina Carpenter, Sufjan Stevens, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Quinnie

Books📚:

Percy Jackson, Six of crows, a good girls guide to murder, Cruel Prince, All the bad apples, Enchanté, Aphrodite made me do it, Legendborn, Dearly, poetry by Sappho and Emily Dickinson

I also have a TikTok account under the same @ as here where I post all kinds of stuff

Hope you have fun here

#writerscommunity #writeblr #writeblr intro #writeblr introduction #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #ao3 writer #female writers #singer #songwriter #wip #work in progress #dark academia

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They call me loud

A wretched woman

Say I don’t ever hold my tongue

Still I bite it, in your presence, it’s a habit that’s begun

My greatest enemy is conflict

My biggest dream is to be tall

But in my quest for bigger people

I have crumbled, I must fall

When the blood spills from my lips

Instead of words, their righteous place

You’ll know it’s useless, know I’m careless

For myself, my hastened pace

I won’t fight you

know there’s no way to

I feel your words, your daunting hurt

like a dead man’s ripped up shirt

There are essays in my mind

And there are letters on my lips

but all I do is swallow

bear this burden on my hips.

#poetry #writerscommunity #poets on tumblr #writers and poets #biting my tongue #womanhood #dark art #I wrote this because I never say what I want to say

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I never stop thinking about the last days of Judas Iscariot

Stephen Adly Guirgis from The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005)