Blogging From The Twilight Zone

Beast/Wolf Imagery in Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacts des Loups)

And my manager was like no!!!! If that happened, I would drive to find you guys in my truck and we could eat stuff from my wife's garden and I would make sure everyone I know survived!! I would carry you all on my shoulders away from the zombies!!

The idea that societal collapse exposes mankind’s true nature ignores one thing: society IS mankind. We make it, just by being around each other. Social mores and customs aren’t arbitrary rules inflicted on us by some unseen force, they’re our own behaviors and views. We say please and thank you because we want to be kind. We establish charities because we want to help others. We set up garbage cans because we want to be clean. We’re the ones setting the standards and frowning at the people who don’t rise to meet them. We’re the ones who are appalled by the cruelties in our history.

The problem with nearly every post-apocalypse story is that they take the worst behavior of people during a riot or a natural disaster, extrapolate it to all of humanity, and assume that situation never changes. But even the worst disasters end. Hurricane Katrina looters aren't still looting. And there were far more people helping than looting.

ghost man i dreamed about briefly a couple of days ago. he was incredibly mad his form vibrated when i tried to tell him to leave, then immediately switched to being happy and calm when i said "fuck it" and asked him to come closer. I asked if he could touch things, and he offered me one of his hands to play with. very sweet silent ghost.

He came off as a ghost that had become so angry and furious with no longer being able to be seen or interact with people that those emotions eventually made him able to manifest physically. But by then he wasn't even really aware of who he was anymore or where his anger started from. As he seemed bewildered when i touched him, happy but almost confused, as if what he had hoped for had also become a foreign concept over time.

Under the cut is some extra doodles of his expressions i remember.

Floral Brocade Silk 3-Piece Ensemble

c. 1860