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MCYT Recursive Exchange 2024
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2024-04-10
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[web weave] (obsession) why can't i leave

Summary:

quackity and schlatt and a home that mauls you

Notes:

for Marrow, who asked to see something about Schlatt and Quackity's relationship

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

A collage of images and text. On a grey background, a venn diagram of hunger and anger, both in red. Where the circles overlap is shaded blue and labeled obsession. A drawing of a cowering dog, in shades of grey. There is a single tear from it's red eye. The background is grey with a red circle behind the dog's head. Underlined, blue text: "Why can't I leave". At the end of the text is a pointer, shaped like a hand with the index finger extended. A drawing of a house in a field, halfway through being torn apart by a tornado. The sky is pink. Overlayed on this is text. In the upper right corner: "Every betrayal". In the bottom left corner: "begins with a small intimacy—measuring / your teeth against my teeth." A photography of a man and woman kissing that has been cut in half where their mouths meet and messily stitched together with red thread. Over this is text on the top and bottom: "The wound opens wide. / One abyss will lead to another." A picture of trees, where we can only see the trunks and the grass with a body of water. It stands in front of a building that is highlighted red. The color red is saturated, creating an omnious atmosphere. Over this image, mid-left, is white text: "Sometimes, home is not a home, but a claw / lodged inside you. A river you step into because / it holds light. You are waist deep, wading / in what mauls you" The word "light" is bold and red so that it's difficult to read. Finally, in the bottom right, is black text underlined red and in a white box: "Who will I be when I wake after enduring."

Sources (left to right, top to bottom)

wormbus-art (tumblr) | tapewormmart (tumblr) | screenshotsofdespair (tumblr) | "vengeful" - Richie Guzmán | "Do Not Bring Him Water" - Caitlin Scarano | “The Night There” from Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems - Mahmoud Darwish | "always together" - Franco Anselmi | "tension" - glaciallis (tumblr) | "love is not always song, but the swelling" - Athena Nassar | New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 - Czeslaw Miłosz

Notes:

hope you enjoyed!! quackity's relationship with schlatt is such a painful and important part of the scarecrow au, it was super exciting to work on something that focuses on them