Alessandro
@gothicnarcissus.bsky.social
He/him.
Photographer, linguist, amateur writer.
Photographer, linguist, amateur writer.
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Alessandro
@gothicnarcissus.bsky.social
· Jan 20
“Alright, too much real world bleakness for today. I think I’m gonna go listen to some music from my comfort TV show.”
My comfort TV show:
My comfort TV show:
Alyssa Grenfell: “The heart yearns for seeing yourself in deities. It’s just this visceral desire to have yourself personified in the majesty and the mystic.”
Me, writing a series of queer takes on Greek Mythology:
Me, writing a series of queer takes on Greek Mythology:
a military helicopter is taking off from a runway in a field .
ALT: a military helicopter is taking off from a runway in a field .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Alyssa Grenfell: “The heart yearns for seeing yourself in deities. It’s just this visceral desire to have yourself personified in the majesty and the mystic.”
Me, writing a series of queer takes on Greek Mythology:
Me, writing a series of queer takes on Greek Mythology:
Happy one year anniversary for those who celebrate. 💚
a woman is standing in front of a door holding a pink cup .
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a door holding a pink cup .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Happy one year anniversary for those who celebrate. 💚
I blame Heated Rivalry for my bad decisions, such as letting my flatmates rope me into going ice skating until I fell and bruised my hand.
Which means I can’t even keep reading the book or watch the series because, well…
Which means I can’t even keep reading the book or watch the series because, well…
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I blame Heated Rivalry for my bad decisions, such as letting my flatmates rope me into going ice skating until I fell and bruised my hand.
Which means I can’t even keep reading the book or watch the series because, well…
Which means I can’t even keep reading the book or watch the series because, well…
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
Introduce yourself with four concerts you've seen.
(In chronological order to try and be fair.)
Evanescence
Theatre of Tragedy
Emilie Simon
Sugababes
(In chronological order to try and be fair.)
Evanescence
Theatre of Tragedy
Emilie Simon
Sugababes
Introduce yourself with four concerts you've seen. Let's stop fucking about here. As with VA's, music is basically better when it's done by women
Madonna
Rihanna
Sugababes
Girls Aloud
Madonna
Rihanna
Sugababes
Girls Aloud
Introduce yourself with four concerts you've seen
The Smashing Pumpkins
Dolly Parton
Green Day
Mr Bungle
The Smashing Pumpkins
Dolly Parton
Green Day
Mr Bungle
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Introduce yourself with four concerts you've seen.
(In chronological order to try and be fair.)
Evanescence
Theatre of Tragedy
Emilie Simon
Sugababes
(In chronological order to try and be fair.)
Evanescence
Theatre of Tragedy
Emilie Simon
Sugababes
I’m a Gemini, the sign of duality.
So the part of me that would LOVE to see Betelgeuse’s huge ass supernova coexists with the one that would be bummed if Orion lost its shoulder.
So the part of me that would LOVE to see Betelgeuse’s huge ass supernova coexists with the one that would be bummed if Orion lost its shoulder.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’m a Gemini, the sign of duality.
So the part of me that would LOVE to see Betelgeuse’s huge ass supernova coexists with the one that would be bummed if Orion lost its shoulder.
So the part of me that would LOVE to see Betelgeuse’s huge ass supernova coexists with the one that would be bummed if Orion lost its shoulder.
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Dear USA,
this is a polite request that you keep you disgusting rapist criminal President out of our affairs in Europe. If you don't want to support your allies in their fight against Russian imperialism that's fine, but please now just stay completely out of what is no longer any of your business
this is a polite request that you keep you disgusting rapist criminal President out of our affairs in Europe. If you don't want to support your allies in their fight against Russian imperialism that's fine, but please now just stay completely out of what is no longer any of your business
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA,
this is a polite request that you keep you disgusting rapist criminal President out of our affairs in Europe. If you don't want to support your allies in their fight against Russian imperialism that's fine, but please now just stay completely out of what is no longer any of your business
this is a polite request that you keep you disgusting rapist criminal President out of our affairs in Europe. If you don't want to support your allies in their fight against Russian imperialism that's fine, but please now just stay completely out of what is no longer any of your business
When people call me “kid” trying to be dismissive but they remind me I don’t look my age.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
When people call me “kid” trying to be dismissive but they remind me I don’t look my age.
Quote with your art on fire 🔥
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Quote with your art on fire 🔥
I can’t believe I’ve just closed three research tabs I’ve had on for over three months because I finally go to the point in the fanfiction I needed that research for.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I can’t believe I’ve just closed three research tabs I’ve had on for over three months because I finally go to the point in the fanfiction I needed that research for.
QRP with your flower art 🌸🌷🌺
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
QRP with your flower art 🌸🌷🌺
Today Billie Eilish be like:
a woman wearing a scarf is driving a car and looking out the window .
ALT: a woman wearing a scarf is driving a car and looking out the window .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today Billie Eilish be like:
I’ve just realised I’m slowly building a vocabulary in a language I don’t even know just because I’ve been listening to so much music in it.
That, and tracing analogies with another related language I don’t even know but I’ve built a small vocabulaty in just from listening to music.
That, and tracing analogies with another related language I don’t even know but I’ve built a small vocabulaty in just from listening to music.
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’ve just realised I’m slowly building a vocabulary in a language I don’t even know just because I’ve been listening to so much music in it.
That, and tracing analogies with another related language I don’t even know but I’ve built a small vocabulaty in just from listening to music.
That, and tracing analogies with another related language I don’t even know but I’ve built a small vocabulaty in just from listening to music.
I honestly had a hard time even grasping how this method is supposed to work at all. It feels so completely alien to what’s been my reading experience my entire life.
Someone posted about this (& ofc it's lost to my feed) but this makes sense why so many adults I know struggle to read text books, why many people jump to visuals to understand things (articles especially), & how some mass media distorts people's understanding via disingenuous imagery
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I honestly had a hard time even grasping how this method is supposed to work at all. It feels so completely alien to what’s been my reading experience my entire life.
I think Western Culture’s biggest failure was putting three dogs up in the sky (technically four, since Canes Venatici are two for one) and not a single cat.
Like, look at those tails: do they look like bears to you, Ptolemy?!
Like, look at those tails: do they look like bears to you, Ptolemy?!
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I think Western Culture’s biggest failure was putting three dogs up in the sky (technically four, since Canes Venatici are two for one) and not a single cat.
Like, look at those tails: do they look like bears to you, Ptolemy?!
Like, look at those tails: do they look like bears to you, Ptolemy?!
I just plucked, plucked, plucked my flatmate’s anxiety except, instead of pushing it down for Mother Earth to recycle for the highest good of all, I sent it to our bitchy downstairs neighbour.
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I just plucked, plucked, plucked my flatmate’s anxiety except, instead of pushing it down for Mother Earth to recycle for the highest good of all, I sent it to our bitchy downstairs neighbour.
Going to the grocery, taking off my headphones and hearing they were playing Golden on the radio has single-handedly made my day. 👑
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Going to the grocery, taking off my headphones and hearing they were playing Golden on the radio has single-handedly made my day. 👑
Quote your purple art 💜
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Quote your purple art 💜
The tea enthusiast in me is very happy today. 💚
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The tea enthusiast in me is very happy today. 💚
Fit check for my Addams era.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Fit check for my Addams era.
My flatmates are hosting a Halloween dinner tonight.
Bets are open on how many Gen Zs won’t get my reference when I try cover up the fact I couldn’t be bothered with picking a costume.
Bets are open on how many Gen Zs won’t get my reference when I try cover up the fact I couldn’t be bothered with picking a costume.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My flatmates are hosting a Halloween dinner tonight.
Bets are open on how many Gen Zs won’t get my reference when I try cover up the fact I couldn’t be bothered with picking a costume.
Bets are open on how many Gen Zs won’t get my reference when I try cover up the fact I couldn’t be bothered with picking a costume.
Here’s today’s music truth for you: post-Anneke The Gathering are underrated AF.
Weightless
YouTube video by The Gathering - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here’s today’s music truth for you: post-Anneke The Gathering are underrated AF.
Why did I get a newsletter from Grainger? Did one of my straight flatmates put my email into a straight guys stuff newsletter as a prank?
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why did I get a newsletter from Grainger? Did one of my straight flatmates put my email into a straight guys stuff newsletter as a prank?
Let me tell you, if the Sugababes had managed to release The Lost Tapes back in 2014, they would have goldened the Honmoon, ushered in a new era of pop excellence, and the world wouldn’t be overrun with demons now.
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Let me tell you, if the Sugababes had managed to release The Lost Tapes back in 2014, they would have goldened the Honmoon, ushered in a new era of pop excellence, and the world wouldn’t be overrun with demons now.
QRP with your dark art 🖤
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
QRP with your dark art 🖤