Among the river rats and the leaves.
For example. I was huge among the lichen,
and the waterfall couldn’t get enough
of me. And the gravestones?
I was hugely popular with the gravestones.
Also with the meat liquefying
beneath. I’d say to the carrion birds,
I’d say, “Are you an eagle? I can’t see
so well.” That made them laugh until we
were screaming. Eagle. Imagine.
The vultures loved me so much they’d
feed
me the first morsel. From their delicate
talons, which is what I called them:
such delicate talons. They loved me so deeply
they’d visit in pairs. One to feed me.
One to cover my eyes with its velvety wings.
Which were heavy as theater curtains. Which I was
sure to remark on. “Why can’t I see what I’m eating?”
I’d say. And the wings would pull me into
the great bird’s chest. And I’d feel the nail
inside my mouth.
What pals I was with all the scavengers!
And the dead things too. What pals.
As for the living, the fox would not be outdone.
We’d sit on the cliff’s edge and watch the river
like a movie and I’d say, “I think last night…”
and the fox would put his paw on top of mine
and say, “Forget it. It’s done.” I mean,
we had fun. You haven’t lived until a fox
has whispered something the ferns told him
in your one good ear. I mean truly.
You have not lived.
Side note -
The barrels themselves, even after burning/charring, aren’t waterproof, but they are water resistent. In addition to adding smoky bourbony flavors the charring helps the wood absorb some of the liquid being stored in it, causing the wood to swell, which does make the barrel waterproof. However, they are not airtight. A whisky or bourbon barrel can lose 8-10% of total volume in the first year, and up to 60% in an 18 year bourbon. This is from a combination of evaporative loss and loss to the barrel. Evaporative loss is often referred to as “The Angel’s Share” and affects the alcohol content of the liquid in the barrel, because water evaporates out leaving alcohol behind, while the distillate lost to the barrel is often called “The Devil’s Cut”, and generally does not affect the alcohol content of the distillate, as both alcohol and water soak into the wood.
related to the previous post but i hate where film discussions try and “solve” the endings to a movie, rather than like, actually interpreting what the film is trying to say with that ending.
for like a popular example, all those ppl solving whether cobb is still dreaming at the end of inception.. its not about if he’s still in a dream or not, the point is he no longer cares if he is!! people focus entirely on whether the top is still spinning but ignore that moments before cobb walks away from it!
i guess its part of this era of wiki fandom where everything has to be explained, but explained as like, a real thing that happened that can be catagorized and explained in canon, rather than a piece of art that is created with a meaning/message by its creator.
it’s not a question of whether the events of inception were real or not, its a question of if it isn’t, if it was all still a dream, does it matter?
i think nerd fandom is about treating media like a literal account of events. worlds are interpreted as if they contain a coherent history and not analysed as if they were written by somebody with a purpose.
not to sound conspiratorial but hm it does benefit The Powers That Be if your engagement with media is in this matter because then you LOVE sequels and side stories and side stories to side stories. we used to have the star wars expanded universe, now we have the marvel cinematic universe. both serve the same kind of fan: the archivist-historian who always needs the story to continue.
yeah you’re right, it eliminates the author and their intent. while i think there is something enjoyable about engaging with media in that matter, it has this result of justifying bad-writing in universe. to the point were people just stop engaging with media as something that you can outright say is bad and wrong. they will try and explain why a certain characters contradictory actions actually make sense in the larger universe when the real answer is just “the writer hates women” or “the writer just sucks.”
this justification done to make something make sense in canon, slowly becomes “what do you mean plot hole? it actually makes sense if X Y Z!” because they’re essentially viewing the narrative as if its a real thing, something that can’t “not make sense” or be “wrong”
just found out that stoats hunt twice the size of them like rabbits by aggressively and eccentrically dancing around it with their little slinky rigatoni bodies so it can confuse the absolute fuck out of its prey until it can get close enough to jump on its back like some shadow of the colossus shit and take it down
oh my god its called the weasel war dance and they just go off the shits apeshit little animals
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