LJ IDOL WHEEL OF CHAOS, WEEK 2

Jul. 9th, 2025 08:12 pm
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Ecco (here it is), from the Latin ecce or eccum, is about presenting a person, thing, or idea and inviting you to perceive it at the very moment it appears.


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It's coming.

The darkness.

A summer sunset.

End-of-the-day rays of sunlight filter through thick cloud and caress my face as I sit in the car with the windows down, filling me with a short lived feeling of warmth, before the cloud sweeps past, briefly blocking the dissipating light.

The golden, pink and peach splashes that painted the sky are slowly but surely evaporating.

The afternoon bleeding into evening.

Night waiting patiently around the corner to kill the last remains of the day.

In the still August air I light a cigarette, inhaling the toxins before breathing them back out and watching as the curling smoke poisoned the air around me.

Carbon monoxide mingling with oxygen and nitrogen.

Evening has always been my least favorite part of a day.

Something about it, and watching the sun dip below the horizon has always felt like a loss of hope.

It's always been intertwined with death.

(Ever since the day I learned what mortality is, as I witnessed a bird get shot and plummet, backlit by a setting sun when I was three. A hell of a first memory).

When I learned that the earth's natural state was darkness, that made sense to me.

It still does, literally and metaphorically.

Neither can exist without the other.

Both offer solace in their own ways, yet neither are completely safe.

There can be no light without darkness, no darkness without light.

That is something I have grown to recognize in everything.

Including myself.

Metaphorically, the darkness that dwells in my mind and my memories, my dark side so to speak, is something I can't escape from.

Those things are along for the ride with the light parts, whether I like it or not.

It's just that I'm tired now.

I grew tired of running from them and myself a long time ago, and chose awareness instead, because unlike some people I've known, I've never really mastered the art of denial.

I've always had a debilitating fear of void like spaces, and I can't sleep without some light.

On the other hand though, I love the night.

Everything feels magical, being awake and active during the night always feels like being part of another world.

At night, guards are let down, instincts are acted upon.

Everything is infinite.

Or feels it.

Until the sun rises, dawn melts into day and the light returns.

The same light that can be a smokescreen for me.

An illusion of comfort meant to render us unaware of the visible shadows and shady corners that lengthen steadily as the hour grows later and races towards the inevitable.

(When I remember how the bird dropped, a dead weight, the thing that stands out most in my mind's eye is the blazing sun at its hottest as it dipped closer to the horizon casting light on the way the bullet tore through the bird's body).


Despite my fear of those void like spaces, the sense of apprehension they bring, the dark of the night can be an ironically cathartic hiding place for those who are cognizant of thing they sometimes wish they weren't.

A dog barks in the distance, its haunting echo pulling me out of my thoughts.

With the sun's retreat, the street is beginning to come alive again since I wandered off into the maze that is my mind.

I cast a glance towards the sky, which is now devoid of color.

It's a moonless night.

(Just like the night I was born).

It's here.

"Now it's dark," I think and my eyes meet my own in the rear view mirror,

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non-fiction

I'm part Italian, so I was excited to see the prompt for this week. I wanted to tackle it both literally and re symbolism. This is a memory of me watching a sunset in someone's car during a seriously horrible time of my life.

"Now it's dark." is a quote from one of my favorite movies, Blue Velvet (1986), directed by the legendary David Lynch. It is a line repeated by an antagonist and its meaning is that of being comfortable with the darkness in yourself. This resonated with me from when I saw it. Obviously I refer to memories of trauma and PTSD here and that is how it resonated with me, whereas the movie antagonist definitely had some worse issues lol, but the point is the same.

I was indeed born on a moonless night. Forever envious of those born under a full moon!

079 - picspam; 25.02 - labyrinth

Jul. 6th, 2025 10:33 pm
aliensamba: bleach (e)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: film
Fandom: Labyrinth
Characters: Sarah Williams, Jareth
Prompt: Ticking Clock
Notes: 1 picspam for week 8 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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[personal profile] grimmrow
I've managed to reach Chapter 5 in my book. I've written about 15,000 words or more. I'm still writing at the moment but at least I know now I'm capable. I'm going to keep writing until it's ingrained in my soul. I'll be on chapter 6 in a little bit. I plan on reaching Chapter 30, I want a novel, not a novella.
aliensamba: yuuji from jujutsu kaisen (s)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: anime
Additional: team challenge (alpha)
Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen
Character: Geto Suguru
Prompt: Shower
Warnings: Spoiler warning for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 episode 5 ("Premature Death"). Slight nudity.
Notes: 1 picspam for week 8 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)

IT (Movies - Muschietti)

The Lost Boys (Movies)

Riverdale (TV 2017)

Scream (Movies)

Supernatural (TV 2005)


From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series )

Interview With The Vampire (TV 2022) )

IT (Movies - Muschietti) )

The Lost Boys (Movies) )

Riverdale (TV 2017) )

Scream (Movies) )

Supernatural (TV 2005) )
aliensamba: black clover (y)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: film
Additional: team challenge (alpha)
Fandom: Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Character: Louis de Pointe du Lac
Prompt: New Life
Notes: 2 gifs for week 8 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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aliensamba: ainosuke shindo (a)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: film
Fandom: The Chronicles of Riddick
Character: Richard B. Riddick
Prompt: Reluctant Hero
Lucky Color: green
Notes: 2 gifs for week 8 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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aliensamba: mikey from tokyo revengers (m)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: anime, tv series, film
Fandoms: Nodame Cantabile, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradaisu, Cells at Work (2024), The Lord of the Rings, Suzume
Characters: Noda Megumi, Chiaki Shinichi; Ashiya Mizuki, Sano Izumi, Nakatsu Shuichi; White Blood Cell;
Notes: 10 icons for "Hide and Seek" round 4 at Land of Art.


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074 - picspam; 25.02 - jujutsu kaisen

Jun. 29th, 2025 06:39 pm
aliensamba: nanami from jujutsu kaisen (t)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: anime
Additional: team alpha
Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen
Character:Gojo Satoru
Prompt: Glasses
Notes: 1 picspam for week 7 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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aliensamba: bleach (e)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: game
(Additional): team alpha
Fandom: Love and Deepspace
Characters/Pairings: Sylus (Qin Che), Miss Hunter
Prompt: Wedding
Warnings: Spoiler warning for upcoming event ("Witnessed by Deepspace" - July 3, 2025).
Notes: 2 gifs for week 7 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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072 - gifs; 25.02 - jujutsu kaisen

Jun. 29th, 2025 01:50 pm
aliensamba: nanami from jujutsu kaisen (t)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: anime
Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen
Characters: Gojo Satoru, Fushiguro Toji
Prompt: Injury
Lucky Color: green
Warnings: Graphic Violence, Fatal Injury, Blood, Spoilers for season 2 episode 3 ("Hidden Inventory 3").
Notes: 2 gifs for week 7 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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aliensamba: yuuji from jujutsu kaisen (s)
[personal profile] aliensamba
Medium: anime
Fandom: Natsume's Book of Friends
Character: Tama
Prompt: Dragon Egg
Notes: 3 icons for week 7 of Fortune Wheel at Fandom Empire.

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