It's a think on Tumblr to put together mock posters or screencaps for a made-up movie. I chose an "adaptation" of Mercedes Lackey's The Black Swan, which to be fair is sort of a trashy book (not that such a case has stopped me from reading it a good half-dozen times), but I do honestly think in the hands of the right screenwriter, it could actually ( Read more... )

And in the spring I shed my skin
And it blows away with the changing wind
-Florence and the Machine


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And God knows, God knows most wars are lost
Before they even start
And God knows, God knows you'll count the cost
With blood or with your heart
With your heart
-Thea Gilmore


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It's been a strange year even when you only think about all the artistic work that's been done. On my end, I've fannishly speculated and been completely twisted. My deviantART account was basically left for dead, even though it struggles along, and my pieces can now only be seen here.

( 2008 in perspective )

Missed me, missed me, now you've got to kiss me
If you miss me, mister, why do you keep leaving?
If you trick me, mister, I will make you suffer
And they'll get you, mister, put you in the slammer and forget
You, mister, then I think you'll miss me, won't you miss me?
-The Dresden Dolls


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Two little princesses dancing in a row
Spinning fast and freely on their little toes
Where the light will take them, no one ever knows
Two little princesses dancing in a row
-"Tin Man"


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And if I knew it then, somehow I'd remember
That trust, that openness, I will make true decisions
Walking straight ahead
Instead of following directions
Out of line to the left or right
In the arms of a lover
In the endless starry night
-Sleepthief


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In the shadows of tall buildings
Of fallen angels on the ceilings
Oily feathers in bronze and concrete
Faded colors, pieces left incomplete
The line moves slowly past the electric fence
Across the borders between continents
-Jump Little Children


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So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
In the dark
-Tom McRae


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Never afraid to burn
And I hate, and I hate, and I hate
And I hate disintegration
Watching us wither
Black winged roses
That safely changed their color
-Tori Amos


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