People, especially games, get eldritch madness wrong a lot and it’s really such a shame.
An ant doesn’t start babbling when they see a circuit board. They find it strange, to them it is a landscape of strange angles and humming monoliths. They may be scared, but that is not madness.
Madness comes when the ant, for a moment, can see as a human does.
It understands those markings are words, symbols with meaning, like a pheromone but infinitely more complex. It can travel unimaginable distances, to lands unlike anything it has seen before. It knows of mirth, embarrassment, love, concepts unimaginable before this moment, and then…
It’s an ant again.
Echoes of things it cannot comprehend swirl around its mind. It cannot make use of this knowledge, but it still remembers. How is it supposed to return to its life? The more the ant saw the harder it is for it to forget. It needs to see it again, understand again. It will do anything to show others, to show itself, nothing else in this tiny world matters.
This is madness.
This one was a request. Loved this scene!
You Are Not Wasting Time; It Was Given To You As A Gift, Freely and Generously; Is Rain Wasted Because It Falls On Gardens, Grass, Disgruntled Birds, and Umbrellas All The Same?
I recently had surgery, and at the time I came home, I had both my cat and one of my grandma's cats staying with me.
- Within hours of surgery, I wake up from a nap to my cat gently sniffing at my incisions with great alarm.
- I was not allowed to shower the first day after surgery, and the cats, seeing that The Large Cat is not observing its cleaning ritual, decided I must be gravely disabled and compensated by licking all the exposed skin on my arms, face, and legs.
- I currently have to sleep with a pillow over my abdomen because my cat insists on climbing on top of me and covering my incisions with her body while I sleep (which is very sweet but not exactly comfortable without the pillow). She also lays across me facing my bedroom door, presumably on guard for attackers who may try to harm me while I'm sleeping and injured.
That's love. 🐈⬛🐈❤️
bel2s. and fruk
my favorite part of deltarune was when kris said it was krising time and then krised all over the place
quick lil hollyleaf
let him cook
two birds on a wire
[id: four greyscale sketches of c!wilbur and c!tommy. the first is of wilbur speaking to tommy, both frowning. they’re in pogtopia, and wilbur’s back is facing the viewer. the lyrics “i believe it all” are written above them. in the second picture, wilbur is leaning against the ravine wall and sobbing, while tommy watches, concerned, in the background. the text above them reads “there’s nothing i won’t understand.” the third image shows tommy standing in front of the button, gripping wilbur’s coat and looking up at him pleadingly. wilbur’s head is tilted to the side and his eyes are squeezed shut. the text, next to tommy, reads “i’ll believe it all.” the last picture shows tommy, wearing armor and battle-worn, staring at wilbur. wilbur is turning to walk away, one hand on a stone wall. he’s turning back to look at tommy with a smile. the lyrics read “i won’t let go of your hand.” end id]