Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 838
November 24, 2012
mirroir:
Eaux Profondes. Natasa Vojnovic in Alexander McQueen...
Eaux Profondes. Natasa Vojnovic in Alexander McQueen Spring 2008, photographed by Alix Malka for Numéro #94, June/July 2008.
WHY IS EVERYTHING I LOVE MCQUEEN?
Pilots call me ‘Starbuck’, you may refer to me as ‘God’.
LOVE...
Pilots call me ‘Starbuck’, you may refer to me as ‘God’.
LOVE HER SO MUCH.
odditiesoflife:
The Aokigahara Suicide Forest
The Aokigahara...
Skull of suicide victim.
A sign warning visitors to "please" not commit suicide.
Human skeleton sunk into a growing tree.
Another skull of suicide victim.
A blue jacket is all the remains of this suicide victim. Animals and morbid collectors will take bones from the dead.
The Aokigahara Suicide Forest
The Aokigahara forest has the unfortunate distinction as the world’s second most popular place to take one’s life. The first is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Since the 1950s, depressed Japanese citizens have wandered in, and at least 1000 of them haven’t wandered out. In 2002, 78 bodies were found within the forest, exceeding the previous record of 74 in 1998. In 2003, the rate climbed to 100, and in recent years, the local government has stopped publicizing the numbers in an attempt to downplay Aokigahara’s association with suicide. In 2004, 108 people killed themselves in the forest. In 2010, 247 people attempted suicide in the forest, 54 of whom completed the act.
Japanese spiritualists believe that the suicides committed in the forest have permeated Aokigahara’s trees, generating paranormal activity and preventing many who enter from escaping the forest’s depths. Complicating matters further is the common experience of compasses being rendered useless by the rich deposits of magnetic iron in the area’s volcanic soil.
Due to the vastness of the forest, desperate visitors are unlikely to encounter anyone once inside the so-called “Sea of Trees,” so the police have mounted signs reading “Your life is a precious gift from your parents,” and “Please consult the police before you decide to die!” on trees throughout the forest.
The place has long been associated with death. Ubasute, literally translates to ”abandoning an old woman.” Ubasute may have been practiced there into the 19th century, and the forest is reputedly haunted by the Yurei (angry spirits) of those left to die.
aliu0313 said: hmmm sci-fi and fantasy mostly. or any books you’ve read that you liked?
I...
aliu0313 said: hmmm sci-fi and fantasy mostly. or any books you’ve read that you liked?
I always struggle with book recs because I want to recommend EVERYTHING. Okay…
Some of my all-time favorites: Howl’s Moving Castle, Carter Beats the Devil, Dune, The Shipping News, A Song of Ice and Fire, American Gods
Books I always find myself talking about: Holly Black’s Curse Workers series, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (VERY DARK), The Lost City of Z (awesome nonfic)
For secondary world YA fantasy, try Megan Whalen Turner, Robin Hobb, Kristin Cashore, Rae Carson, Cinda Williams Chima, Maria V. Snyder, Garth Nix, Tamora Pierce, Sherwood Smith’s Crown Duel, also recent releases like Throne of Glass, Defiance, Grave Mercy
ftr, if people want recs, it always helps to know your reading mood. I go through phases: dark reads, comfort reads, romantic reads, etc.
hope this helps, and if you find something you love, let me know!! (I like recs, too :)
edens-paradise:
This song is not only perfect but perfect for...
This song is not only perfect but perfect for Dalina.
I mean, check out the lyrics:
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
When the curtain’s call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don’t want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don’t want to hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
They say it’s what you make
I say it’s up to fate
It’s woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can’t escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Also, have a look at another Imagine Dragons song, Bleeding Out. Matches them so much!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJEoxeW7JvQ&feature=related
I’m bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is bring you down
I’ll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes and I take it in
I’m bleeding out
I’m bleeding out for you
For you
When the day has come
That I’ve lost my way around
And the seasons stop
And hide beneath the ground
When the sky turns grey
And everything is screaming
I will reach inside
Just to fi nd my heart is beating
Oh you tell me to hold on
Oh you tell me to hold on
But innocence is gone
And what was right is wrong
Cause I’m bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is bring you down
I’ll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes and I take it in
I’m bleeding out
I’m bleeding out for you
For you
When the hour is nigh
And hopelessness is sinking in
And the wolves all cry
To fill the night with hollering
When your eyes are red
And emptiness is all you know
With the darkness fed
I will be your scarecrow
You tell me to hold on
Oh you tell me to hold on
But innocence is gone
And what was right is wrong
Cause I’m bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is bring you down
I’ll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes and I take it in
I’m bleeding out
I’m bleeding out for you
For you
Cause I’m bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is bring you down
I’ll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes and I take it in
I’m bleeding out
I’m bleeding out for you
For you
DALINA FOREVER
Yowza. That first verse. Saints and all…
hi! would you happen to have any book recommendations? i'm deprived of fiction since siege and storm can't come out fast enough... *dying of anticipation*
Hmm, gimme some guidance here. Other than Shadow and Bone (yay!), what do you like? Or what do you dislike?
ianbrooks:
Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson / Obvious State
High...
Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson / Obvious State
High quality giclée prints available at etsy. Distilling literary quotes from a handful of the masters down to a single graphic representation, Evan captures the raw concept of the sentence and makes it damn purty to look at as well.
(via: fab)
I am reblogging this as a mea culpa. If I had clicked on the link, I would have seen lots of quotes from lady writers. So, much love to Evan Robertson, and now I’m gonna go buy something he made.
themarysue:
nami64:
“a Witch is born out of the true hungers...
“a Witch is born out of the true hungers of her time (…) I am a child of the poisonous wind that copulated with the River on an oil-slick, garbage infested midnight. I turn about on my own parentage. I inoculate against those very biles that brought me to light. I am a serum born of venoms. I am the antibody of all Time.”
― Long After Midnight, Ray Bradburry
I’m helping, I swear.
ianbrooks:
Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson / Obvious State
High...
Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson / Obvious State
High quality giclée prints available at etsy. Distilling literary quotes from a handful of the masters down to a single graphic representation, Evan captures the raw concept of the sentence and makes it damn purty to look at as well.
(via: fab)
Love this. Still can’t help but notice: no ladies :(
November 23, 2012
eeespeon:
just a 3 minute doodle because i needed to blow off...
just a 3 minute doodle because i needed to blow off some steam
i shipped dalina so haaard ugh im cry
tbh when i first started it i was like “oh im gonna ship alina and mal obviously easy peasy”
but ha no
also i’m aware i probably made the darkling look to old so ignore that pls thank
He’s supposed to look early 20s so, fwiw, I think it works. Also, kind of in fanart heaven right now.
