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[2014-11-12 20:59:57 +0000 UTC]
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# Statistics
Favourites: 8526; Deviations: 12; Watchers: 33
Watching: 6; Pageviews: 22293; Comments Made: 5239; Friends: 6
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Kazu Kibuishi, Hayao Miyazaki, Shaun Tan, Brian Froud, Yuumei (Wenqing Yan), Mike MignolaFavorite movies: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, Jurassic Park, WALL-E, Finding Nemo, Nim's Island, The Blues Brothers, Black Panther
Favorite TV shows: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Steven Universe, MASH*, Doctor Who, Sherlock*, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Planet Earth, Prehistoric Park
Favorite bands / musical artists: David Bowie, Queen, Lord Huron, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pink Floyd, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Joe Hisaishi, Murray Gold, Aurora, Brunuhville, Igor's Jazz Cowboys
Favorite books: The Hobbit, Flight anthologies, The Golden Compass, Airborn, Skybreaker, The Last Dragon Chronicles, Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Hogfather, Land of Lost Borders
Favorite writers: JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Hayao Miyazaki, Douglas Adams, Steven Moffat*, Shaun Tan, Philip Pullman, Kate Harris
Tools of the Trade: Pencil and eraser
# About me
Hi! My name's Mattias. I'm an aspiring writer from Vancouver. Please excuse the lack of actual writing in my gallery, I'm working on that :PFavourite directors: Steven Spielberg, Hayao Miyazaki, Wes Anderson, Taika Waititi, Denis Villeneuve, Jim Henson, Guillermo del Toro, Mel Brooks
Favourite webcomics/comic strips: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, Copper by Kazu Kibuishi, The Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew, The Meek by Der-shing Helmer, The Far Side by Gary Larson, xkcd by Randall Munroe, Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, Peanuts by Charles M Schulz, The Adventures of Tintin by HergΓ©*, Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Favourite songs/musical pieces (list in constant flux): "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, "Welcome to Paradise" (from the Aether mod) by Emile van Krieken, "Cowboy in the Jungle" by Jimmy Buffett, "Concerning Hobbits" (from Lord of the Rings) by Howard Shore, "I Am The Doctor" (from Doctor Who) by Murray Gold, "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop, "In Dreams" (from Lord of the Rings) by Howard Shore, "The Gael" by Dougie Maclean, "Guardians of the Woods" by Brunuhville, "R.E.D." by A Tribe Called Red, feat. Narcy and Yasiin Bey, "Meet Me in The Woods" by Lord Huron, "The Man Who Lives Forever" by Lord Huron, "Thirteen" (from Doctor Who) by Segun Akinola, "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2, "Beautiful Day" by U2, "Who Are You" by The Who, "Fireflies" by Owl City, Tron: Legacy OST by Daft Punk
Miscellaneous interests: Stories, movies, comics, reading, speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, cartoons/animated TV shows, animation, music, soundtracks, musicals, classical music, electronic music, electro swing, Celtic music, rock & roll, blues, soul, disco, R&B, 60s/70s/80s music, the 80s, science, nature, environmentalism, palaeontology, outer space, dinosaurs, zoology, biology, speculative biology, evolution, xenobiology, geography, languages, drawing, maps, cultures, mythology, history, world-building, adventure stories, cheesy pulp fiction, magic, mysticism, occultism, Gothicism, light horror, the paranormal, mystery, conspiracies, steampunk, solarpunk, dieselpunk, the Victorian Era, colonialism/decolonization, gender and sexuality, spectrums, First Nations cultures, Celtic cultures, African cultures, East Asian cultures, Middle Eastern cultures, Muslim history, Japan, Japanese pop culture, anthropology
*it's complicated
# Comments
Comments: 278
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Thank you for the fav on Victory (I Hear the People Sing)
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Thanks for favoring Fly, Skyborn. Bless you.Β
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You're welcome!
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You're welcome! I really like your gallery
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Thanks! I was glad to see you faved a bit of my writing, too. Means a lot.
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Have you seen this? I thought you might like the video. It has a really cool aesthetic.
youtu.be/fbb1V988q90
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Oh wow - that was beautiful
I love the way the forest entity was portrayed, how it was both helpful and dangerous, how it literally drew blood from the kid to save his life. There was something really visceral about the kind of healing magic it used - I liked that it had to involve blood. It feels like old, real magic, if that makes sense. The entity reminded me a little bit of Dream from The Sandman, both in character design and in being almost above normal morality. I wonder if it's the same entity from "The Yawning Grave"?Β
I want to listen to more Radical Face now
EDIT: I am now officially hooked on "Always Gold"Β Β
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Yesss if you liked it, I'm calling this mission accomplished!Β
Yeah, you're right-- the fact that she bit him and took blood really adds to the story and the magic.Β Kind of a magic-with-a-price feel, rather than something sterile and shiny.Β I love her design too, the antlers and the bioluminescent eyes are so beautiful and unsettling.
& I must thank you for mentioning Yawning Grave.Β I had heard it before but never really paid close attention to the lyrics, which I now love.Β I can't help but wonder if that is related to Meet Me in the Woods, like maybe Yawning Grave is narrated by one of the things in the woods?Β Definitely could be the being from Midnight.
I love Always Gold!Β That one is brilliant and a beautiful depiction of brotherhood.Β 
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All I know is, "Yawning Grave" must be related to "Frozen Pines", because the one leads so perfectly into the other that they're practically one song. I think "Yawning Grave" is about someone who invokes the wrath of some ancient primal force and vanishes, presumably meeting some dark fate, and then "Frozen Pines" is about that person's friend trying to find them and figure out what happened. I think the "Meet Me In The Woods" connection holds too - in fact, I'm pretty sure all the songs on Strange Trails are connected in one way or another. I think that in some ways, all Lord Huron's songs might be connected, because you get things like the World Ender being mentioned in "Secret of Life" on Vide Noir hinting at a greater interconnected story behind the albums. Maybe we'll find out more once that Vide Noir movie comes out.
"Along the Road" was strange - not what I was expecting, what with all the creaking like a wooden ship or an old house, but haunting and beautiful in its own way. Still need to listen to a whole bunch of others - what with the whole quarantine thing I guess I haven't got much else to do rn
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I'm gonna have to start paying more attention to Lord Huron's lyrics.Β 
I love those creaking noises.Β Weird to say but when I listen it's like I feel them in my chest?Β It feels like longing or something, idkΒ
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Yes, pay attention to the lyrics! Not just because of the lore, even, but because they're just so goodΒ Β They tell such great stories, you know? And they're so loaded with feeling. "The Birds Are Singing At Night" really gets to me especially - it touches on themes of friendship and mortality and legends living on after death and just the incredible scale of nature. Like... "when we're dead and gone/will the mountains remember/or just carry on/moving as slow as the forest grows/and turn our bones into dust/an untold legend is lighting up". Just... that we're so small and brief, but the universe is so vast and beautiful and powerful. It gets me right in the soulΒ Β
Gah, I'm looking forward to the movie so much! I hope the release isn't too affected by the coronavirus - like, hopefully they end up releasing it online or something? I just desperately need it in my lifeΒ Β
I think I might need to give "Along the Road" a couple more listens. I don't really know what to make of it right now, but I think I like it? I'm really liking this kind of music right now, kind of folk/indie/acoustic-leaning stuff. I hope that makes sense my brain is tired
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Yesss I love narrative lyrics so much!Β Songs that tell a story are moving in ways that like, breakup lyrics aren't.Β I really love the way that one connects humanity to nature, the way it implies we live on in nature even after we're gone.Β Lord Huron really does have some gorgeous ideas in their lyrics.
I haven't heard much about the movie?Β But I do hope it comes out soon.Β I'd really enjoy seeing how their ideas play out in a different medium like that.
Lol yeah it makes sense!Β I absolutely love folksy music!
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You're welcome!
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You're very welcome
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Thanks for the fave! I have a twitter if you'd like to see more.
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I don't really use Twitter, but thanks! And also you're welcome for the fave Β
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A belated thank you on "Songs That Sound Like Space" and "Carpe Diem!"
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A belated "you're welcome"
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Thank you for the favorite, but can I ask why you favorited that piece?
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Because I found it extremely relatable. I feel like I'm constantly split in terms of energy, and trying to put everything I've got into anything can just be exhausting. The idea that I can get by on 5% is a nice thought.
And you're welcome!
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You're welcome! Thank you for your favourites
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You're very welcome!
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You're welcome! And thank you for the fave
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Hey again and thank you for Favouriting! Here's the Djinn again, in case you want to ask her a question.
Thanks again and catch you about!
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Thanks for the 
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You're welcome
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