I Feel Like He'd Say That. It's Such A Mood.

I feel like he'd say that. It's such a mood.

At long last I've done another Rafal drawing. Just a sketch this time, along with Rafal's characteristic, staggering apathy.

that’s enough emotions for a whole year. ciao

Fall Countdown Day 4: Aladdin

Aladdin looks sulky here, so I wonder if Kyma broke up with him. He looks scuffed, disheveled, and dirty too.

I doubt he’s sided with the School Master brothers, but could he have sided against Hook?

I also wonder what he’s gone through to look this way. It’s likely he’s gone through something of an ordeal because his photograph is literally the darkest one we’ve seen so far. Was he stuffed in the prison hold of a ship? Or, he could have been held prisoner for not cooperating, as compared to Kyma who actually looks well, and is dressed better.

My thought is that, maybe, Kyma is smart enough to cooperate to benefit herself, or to gain the enemy’s trust, assuming the students were actually kidnapped by Hook. There is a chance they went willingly. But, Aladdin resists authority more than she does, and it probably doesn’t work out in his favor.

Do Not Fear! My Return Is Nigh.

My hiatus from posting is over, and I'm back. To haunt you. No, not really. Hopefully, I will manage to do so in my writing though. I've got future projects all laid out, and tons of unwritten, draft outlines—if I ever finish them. No promises.

And, I've read Fall. And, well, I have a lot to say about it. It was incredible, but there were some things that irked me about it.

Also, as you can see above, I have made a gif that reminds me of Rafal! I had to make a gif of this scene because this actor looked just like Rafal from this angle. Plus, the red and gold color scheme of Fall’s cover is definitely present.

The source of the cinematography I used for the gif is the film Tale of Tales (2015). It's subversive and fairy-tale-like, but seems to lack a clear "moral." I feel like it lacks meaning set next to SGE, but I haven't analyzed it to the same, in-depth extent, so I can't say for sure. And, that's more of a surface judgement anyway. It's an exceptionally sensual, hedonistic movie from my point of reference. The film is rated R, by the way, so I wouldn't recommend it if you are sensitive to graphic imagery. I couldn't even watch some scenes. The visual juxtapositions are spectacular, and the costuming and sets are superb. It's fascinating, yet its ending is near-ambiguous and abrupt, and lies between satisfying and unsatisfying. I don't know how to define it because it's hard to define. Yes, it gave me Beasts and Beauty vibes, but it was more aimless and incoherent from my impression. The plot didn't culminate to a big, overarching point or revelation. It was closer to a movie capturing an anthology than a plot with subplots. I don't know.

Anyway, I may not post extremely frequently because I now have school. I will post some Fall content, and other, older posts I never had the chance to publish with reactions, thoughts, analyses, etc. Also, you can expect more fics, if I have the time. I will try not to disappoint.

Announcement

I will be taking a long hiatus, and will probably resume posting old leftover Rise thoughts and Fall thoughts during the later summer months. I have plans to work on writing projects, and don’t yet want to be exposed to anything in Fall that could contradict my own ideas either. I also plan to reread Rise before I read Fall. Nor do I want to be exposed to spoilers. Also, I don’t plan to read Fall for a while even though I pre-ordered it because I like to postpone my emotional ruin, so it can occur at a convenient time, haha. Preferably, when I don’t have to worry about exams.

Also, I will start tagging posts with "fall of the school for good and evil," "fotsge," and "fotsfgae" once I return, if the posts are about Fall.

Fall Bingo

A final collection of predictions. I haven't gotten my preordered book yet, but when I do, I will read it eventually, and fill this out.

Please do not comment any spoilers!

Headcanon: As a child, Rhian was loose-lipped. He eventually "grew out" of the habit. But, he used to be an open book, and was not entirely aware that others told him things in confidence. And, having no secrets to his own name, he sometimes accidentally revealed others'.

He was also a terrible gossip until Rafal practically bludgeoned the habit out of him, in a verbally intense lecture one day. When he was younger, he picked up the habit from the quibbling Good faculty whom he hung around with the majority of the time. And they say people who live in glass houses can't keep secrets.