Can We Talk About Chapter 9

Rust Cohle in The Long Bright Day

I think human consciousness was a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law.

It’s #ThirstyThursday… What #MonsterEnergy flavor should we choose today? (at Monster Energy)

King Hastur when he realizes that Kit is in love with Jade and wants to break off her engagement with Graydon: 😡

King Hastur when he realizes this means his son has a chance with Elora Danan, the True Empress:

When I hear somebody talking about something I really really like

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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, based on the Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, is located in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort.  The attraction was designed by Imagineer Tony Baxter and ride design engineer Bill Watkins. The concept came from Baxter’s work on fellow Imagineer Marc Davis’s concept for the Western River Expedition, a western-themed pavilion at the Magic Kingdom, designed to look like an enormous plateau and contain many rides, including a runaway mine train roller coaster. However, because the pavilion as a whole, was deemed too expensive in light of the 1973 construction and opening of Pirates of the Caribbean, Baxter proposed severing the mine train and building it as a separate attraction. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad project was put on hold again in 1974 as resources and personnel were being diverted to work on constructing Space Mountain in Tomorrowland, but this delay may have ultimately produced a smoother ride as the use of computers in attraction design was just beginning when the project was resumed. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was one of the first Disney rides to utilize computer-aided design. The attraction first opened at Disneyland in 1979, with the Magic Kingdom’s larger version in Florida opening in 1980.

The story goes: During the Gold Rush in the late 1800’s, gold was discovered in Big Thunder Mountain and boomtowns sprung up nearby.  A Mine Train system was established to transport the ore, but what the settlers didn’t count on was that Big Thunder was sacred ground for local Indian tribes. The spirit of Big Thunder was not pleased with the gold being removed from the mountain and the towns and mining company suffered accidents from flooding. The trains themselves began operating on their own, possessed by mischievous spirits. Though the towns promptly became abandoned, adventurous visitors still arrived to ride the haunted trains. Source: http://disney.wikia.com/

lumity’s first kiss

The meaning of this video hit me today. Notice how Regina showers Emma and Henry in a spray of butterflies. If you’re familiar with the symbolism of the butterfly,  oh my god.

Yes we ask know is stands for change but it’s deeper than that. In addition to change,  which we know regina did for Henry AND Emma according to this video, butterflies represent:  belief, the bond between souls, choice in destiny and undying love.

1) Magic The butterfly has a special meaning in magic. It’s the power of believing. It’s very obvious this is Henry, with the heart of the truest believer. It also could be related to Emma being the first to believe that Regina was trying to change.

2) Spiritual This was so beatiful. Butterflies spiritually mean the choice to change. To choose our own path rather than what’s laid out for us. Choose our destiny.

Anyone remember S4, where Regina told Emma that they were going to beat fate? Remember Adam and Eddy saying there is one who is right for you, wrong for you and then the one you “choose”?

3). Soul I’m just going to paste it here.

“ Interestingly, in many cultures the butterfly is associated with the soul - further linking our animal symbolism of faith with the butterfly.

In Greek myth, Psyche (which literally translates to mean “soul”) is represented in the form of a butterfly. Befittingly, Psyche is forever linked with love as she and Eros (the Greek god of love, also known in Roman myth as Cupid) shared an endlessly passionate bond”

Yeah. Eros was true love embodied. Who on this show is the physical manifestation of romantic love, if not the child of true love herself.

Who would regina hedge a deep bond with, other than the woman who she constantly shares magic with, the woman who told her “they don’t understand me like you do…. it makes us unique and special”

4) Love The Chinese animal symbol Butterfly represents love. Chinese legend has it that the Butterfly symbolizes an undying bond between lovers.

I’m gonna go on a limb here and say they don’t mean Henry for that bond.