PARADOX

Idk if I've really discovered anything with this, but I noticed something about the backgrounds and such with the new song and album.

They seem to be images rendered in colorblind setting. Specifically tritanopia, a blue-yellow colorblindness that is one of the rarest forms of colorblindness overall, caused by a complete absence of s-cones in the retinas (and bc of that it is classified as a dichromacy, where individuals have only two types of functioning color receptors instead of the usual three). In short, individuals with this condition have difficulty seeing blue and yellow hues.

Ya wanna know how I learned that there's different forms of colorblindness?

Halo.

I cannot for the fucking LIFE OF ME find the exact source for this, I keep bloody forgetting it, but I read somewhere that the Sangheli from Halo naturally have tritanopia, which is ironic because their blood is a very intense indigo/purple/blue. As well as many of their ships are various shades of dark purple inside and out. So I was like "huh, I've never heard of this, lemme look it up", and then I learned that there's seven different types of colorblindness. I know Ves is a Halo fan but there is a hilarious amount of references to it in the discography if you know what to look for, and I do because I love the franchise myself.

So uh, yeah, if I've connected any dots with this, who's eyes are we looking through? Is Sleep or Vessel tritanopic? Is this just how Arcadia looks?

that’s some damn tea

If extending a right to all people reduces your rights in any way?  That means that right has been dependent on the oppression of someone else.

It means you’ve been profiting from the subjugation of others in some way.  Are you good with that?

Wow this tea is SCALDING

(Okay, I am scheduling this for when the video is out, so by now everyone should have access to it)

About Caramel:

I don't ever want to hear anyone say anything again about how "it's not that serious" everytime someone goes out of their way to invade their privacy and put their whole identity on display in Sleep Token spaces.

About how people who go to the shows and sing and dance and have fun "are ruining it for everyone", because they want to just stand there and listen (why would you go then ????).

I don't care if we're being called over-protective for making sure new fans know not to spread their names and faces. "But he never said it explicitly-" IS THIS CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?

For everyone who's ever shouted their names on rituals, who brought merch and banners from their side projects, for everyone who thinks they're above "the gimmick", who said their identities are not that big of a deal (especially Vessel). Who insists on bringing up their names on ST exclusive spaces. Who insists on harassing the people around them, who have spread rumours about who or what could the songs be about. Who follow them around in the hopes of being noticed, and make it uncomfortable for everyone involved.

I hope they sleep with a guilty conscience and take a good look at themselves.

This guy has given so much out of himself to us, and all he asked in return was to respect him as a human being. Genuinely I don't think how much more direct he could get with it. And there's STILL people deliberately missing the point.

For someone who has lived and breathed music all his live, who *we know* dreamed of being where he is now, who has gone through so much and still came out the other side - that sure is a fucked up mentality to have. Imagine having your life dream turned over on you in such a cruel way.

And the fact that despite it all, he still chooses to dance along WITH us? For us? To endure all that pressure and stress, the injustice and bitterness so many of us listeners have brought him, for the ones who know better and understand? The fact that he still invites us to stick with hin through it all?? MY GOODNESS.

I'm so sorry this is how he's been feeling about it all, and I'm SO devastated to know a significant chunk of it has been caused by us - the very same people he sings for.

(and of course this is extended to the rest of the band, but this is very much HIM talking to us. Not as Vessel.)

Sometimes we forget that as much as this is music and a hobby and something that is part of our day, this is his job. This is his life.

If this doesn't make some people behave, then I genuinely don't know what will. I'm genuinely scared to see what else is coming. I just hope going forward we can shift this narrative together and do better. Remember,

Nothing lasts forever.

Okay, so, the alternating HV and FH symbols in the Caramel video were binary code, translating to “DAMOCLES”

And the image shown after the “code” was this sword hanging by a thread above a crown.

I’m speechless and sad is an understatement.

Put your fucking knight on a leash it keeps trying to duel mine

No, I let him out on purpose. He needs enrichment

Posting what I said after my initial listen to Caramel here because while I could write up an entire dissertation I'm saving it for my side server:

No one, absolutely no one should be afraid to answer their own door because they chose to follow their dreams of making music.

Honestly the best summary of Sleep Token I've seen so far:

We don’t talk enough about how violent Luke’s death is portrayed in the graphic novel vs the book, because I legit had to go back to find it in the book after seeing his death in the graphic novel and all it says is:

With difficulty, he stabbed himself.

It wasn't a deep cut, but Luke howled. His eyes glowed like lava. The throne room shook, throwing me off my feet.

An aura of energy surrounded Luke, growing brighter and brighter. I shut my eyes and felt a force like a nuclear explosion blister my skin and crack my lips.

It was silent for a long time.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Luke sprawled at the hearth. On the floor around him was a blackened circle of ash. Kronos's scythe had liquefied into molten metal and was trickling into the coals of the hearth, which now glowed like a blacksmith's furnace.

Luke's left side was bloody. His eyes were open—blue eyes, the way they used to be. His breath was a deep rattle. -The Last Olympian, pg. 337

And then Percy describes his hand as being “charred” when Luke reaches out for Annabeth (pg. 337) and then Percy again says he can “feel the heat of his skin like a fire” (pg. 338) and idk I never thought about it much until

THIS???

Like my GOD whoever illustrated that I’m going to need you to pay for my therapy bills bcus FUCK bro 😭

They’re scared because they know that the public is with Luigi.

They’re violating his rights because they need to maintain capitalism.

Keep talking about Luigi.

What the media won't show

It’s actually pretty nuts how there is no real mass media coverage of the protests that are happening all over the US. It demonstrates fairly conclusively that the unlawful activities at the White House aren’t just limited to Trump. There’s a lot of wealthy people in powerful positions in the US and around the world helping to support the dismantling of the US federal government.