Latest Posts by beachedlifeindeath - Page 3
My contribution to the Lord of the Flies fandom (HI GUYS!!)
I'm actually so obsessed with this book I can't go a SECOND without thinking about it oh my GOSHHH!!! THANK YOU ELA TEACHER!
@lotftober2024 day 14: oc appreciation!!!
i.... have no lotf ocs... so enjoy my oc who canonically likes lotf in his modern/reincar versions!!!
I want to try Lunchly
@lotftober2024 day 13!! outfit swap!!
just choir boy ralph, nothin fancy :3
@lotftober2024 day 12!! pretend im bot super duper late!!!
here is jalph as scene kids :D my boyfriend is the one that suggested i do this for the cringe prompt snd i do not regret it
LOFTOBER DAY 10 HEADCANONS
OKAY SO I HAVE A TON OF HEADCANONS FOR THE LOTF BOYS, EVEN FOR THE ONES THAT I DIDNT DRAW @lotftober2024 I may even do the other boys for fun ^_^ but drawing the blood was so fun
Close ups and Jack without blood under the cut
DAY 9: FURSONA
TODAY IT'S JUST THESE FOOLS
@lotftober2024 day 11: graphic novel!!!
i want the graphic novel SO bad but it sold out where i was going to get ir 🙁
@lotftober2024 day 10: headcanons !!!
the drawing is just ralph doodling :))
im very tired so few headcanons written, but i have lots so feel free to ask and ill probably answer them later 😇 (i fell asleep before posting this at 11pm help)
- Jack
his parents spent very little time with him, mainly leaving him with the church or with tutors
his parents could only express how disappointed they were in the fact jack became a "savage", rather than "acting like an english boy", and didnt care much if at all about the long-lasting effects and trauma the island caused him
jack is the way he is because of his parents.
he has never had any siblings, nor even met any of his extended family, but will forever feel like his ability to lead is an expectation, and he has no other choice to be a leader, otherwise he has no purpose in the group (basically canon but some people choose to ignore it...)
ralph was his unintentional gay awakening (/silly)
post-island jack was terrified of seeing ralph again because he'll never escape the guilt of almost killing him
Simon
selective mutism
was raised by his grandparents
modern-y simon would wear long naturey themed skirts (notbsure how to describe it
anemic
listens to his friends yap happily, and could talk/write about how much he loves and enjoys all of them and how different their personalities and perspectives on things are
genuinely enjoyed choir
Ralph
poor boy is severely traumatized.
based on a fix i read, but hes overly observant and paranoid about his surroundings, and cant handle pigs, spears, being chased (even in sports or playtime), and being snuck up on
refused to eat meat for months after getting off the island in fear it was pork
has frequent nightmares about the night simon died
wants to be angry and hate jack, but hes unfortunately aware that they were just kids, he heard the men on the television say it, they were all just a bunch of silly kids that decided to play war
his parents were never strictly religious, so he never really went to church
his first time in the church mightve been visiting the funeral/s for simon, piggy, and the mulberry boy
he isnt much of an artist, but more healed post-island ralph that's more amended with jack doodles them both in little stick figures
Roger
awful awful parents
parents are also why he is the way that he is
ended up in some form of foster care after the island
was forced into choir because his mom wanted him to do something she could brag about, but his dad thought it was the stupidest thing, and that he dhould be preparing himself to join the silly army like he did
used to absolutely adore christmas
hated choir for a while because his dad did, until it became a safe space
now he genuinely enjoys it
he really likes animals
feels genuine guilt for what he did to piggy, and felt sick in the moment of him doing it
@lotftober2024 day 9: fursona !!!
i dont... draw furries... so im so sorry they look reallt weird.... and that simon looks vaguely asriel-y
when golding refers to jack as a little boy for the first time at the end of the novel i SOB i cannot take it. i could never EVER hate you jack merridew.
@lotftober2024 day 8: maurice!!!
silly goofy boy i love him ,, this is just maurice trying to make the littluns laugh & cheer them up:))
i am not prepared for tomorrow ive never drawn a furry in my life ...
@lotftober2024 Day 7: A View to a Death
im a day late (so sorry, i procrastinated </3), and i dont usually write and post it publicly, but i hope you enjoy ? :D
Ever since the news had been formally delivered, ever since the boys had been rescued from that island, a place that felt closer to Hell than anywhere else, they dreaded the concequences of their actions, the reality of their decisions. The ones with previously painted faces had been so confident and accepted that they were to live without true authority, that they could live without thinking of what they'd lost, and instead continue their version of adapting to the unfamiliar life they'd then lived, but now that they were on land, in a real society, there is no escape.
Like a cage stuffed of crows, the pews were filled with the black clothing of men and women in mourning, small children, fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and grandparents, all weeping for the loss of their family, their friends.
When it became time to do prayers, readings, speak to the families, the boys found themselves planted in their seats. The hunters, the boys that were previously one of the church's choir, felt the eyes of everyone and everything on them, even with the assumed protection of their guardians beside them, the felt the judgement, as if every living, breathing being had known just what they'd done to the two boys that were once one of them. Now that they were forced to revel in this reality, there were no more excuses, no self-proclaimed freedom, their fear of each other, the fear of the beast, turned into a fear of themselves, a fear of judgement, less of their peers, their family, but of the being above.
The older boys, especially the bigguns, watched the reactions of everyone around them uncomfortably. Unlike the littluns, they knew of their actions, any previous justification felt like childish nonsense in comparison to pain and guilt they now felt.
They robbed the world of its children, as well as themselves of their own innocence. Inside them, forever will the beast reside.
I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING AT MY EMAIL RIGHT NOW
WHOOOOOOO LET THEM DO THIS
I just had a dream about a lord of the flies cookbook… now that would be interesting
Call me Simon cause i’m gay and wicked 💥💥
there’s a lotf fandom?!
I had no idea! And I am more than happy to join!
here are some drawings I made!
every day i wonder .. whydid they do That
DAY 5: mulberry boy :(
Ohoy! I just remembered that it turns out that you can post your own pictures on tmblr, and not just admire other people's!
I have pictures for all the previous five days, but I didn't think of posting them here before. I'll post them later :}
giving him a gold star and a hug rn
Day 6: childhood
Being from a religious family, it was as natural that the son of the town priest had gotten the roll of chapter chorister. Jack came home tell his father the good news. He eagerly knocked on the door to his father study.
"Enter." Signaled a raspy voice
Jack entered silently with a shy expression on his face.
"What do you want Jack?"
"I just wanted to tell you father that I've been chosen as chapter chorister-"
Jacks father cut him off.
"Is that it?" He said annoyed.
"Yes."
"What's special about that? That's an expectation not an achievement. Now don't waste my time any further; "
"But-"
"Leave."
Jack obediently left the study wondering, what did he do to make his dad disappointed. He had listened to him, obeyed him, and never questioned him once. What was the point of trying to impress him if time and time again he was ignored. The more he did, the more he got hurt. Jack made the conclusion that there wasn't any point to trying to impress him any longer.
I went with writing today because I don't have my sketchbook on me 💔 I have a head canon that Jack grew up with an emotionally abusive father, it just seems to make sense if you look at his behavior
@lotftober2024
tw-ing for bruises and a wee bit of blood...
but !! @lotftober2024 day 6!! childhood...!! i have many headcanons for roger and why hes the way he is... in short, his parents suck (giving him the black eye ashamedly made me think of travis phelps from sally face
DAY 5: THE BOY WITH THE BLUEBERRY BIRTHMARK
Please someone take my phone away from me.
@lotftober2024
@lotftober2024 day 4: Underrated Character
Bill appeared like 15 counted times in the book but he had such a silly personality in every single one of those appearances fr 😛
The image in the right are literally some dumb bill sketches I made in political science class cause whynot 🐴
@lotftober2024 day 5: mulberry boy :3
OH MY GOD ???
day 4: underrated character
the BIRD from chapter 1 ! ( vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry) yeah that guy.
@lotftober2024
I don’t think I’ve ever seen art of this little dude so I gotta show him some love cuz he’s seen some shit
RIP Jack Merridew you would have loved Mean Girls
WILFRED !??!!?
Yay @lotftober2024 Day 4
this just might be the best lotf fic ive ever read actually
even more chapters omg what's this
like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins (13088 words) by MultishipperBish Chapters: 15/? Fandom: Lord of the Flies - William Golding Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jack Merridew/Ralph, Jack Merridew & Ralph, Jack Merridew & Roger, Ralph & Samneric (Lord of the Flies) Characters: Jack Merridew, Ralph (Lord of the Flies), Samneric (Lord of the Flies), Jack Merridew’s Father, Ralph's Mother (Lord of the Flies), Roger (Lord of the Flies), Original Male Character(s), Henry (Lord of the Flies), Maurice (Lord of the Flies), Bill (Lord of the Flies) Additional Tags: 1950s, Angst, Canonical Character Death, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Catholic Guilt, Childhood Trauma, Mental Health Issues, Post-Island, Post-Canon, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Character Analysis, Canon-Typical Violence, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity, Original Character(s), Rivalry, Everyone Needs A Hug, Nightmares, Awkward Conversations, (followed by awkward hugs), Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Period-Typical Homophobia, 13 year olds are the meanest people in the world, Military Funeral, you guys don't understand i'm insane about them, no beta we die like mulberry kid, and Simon, and piggy, rip kings, Panic Attacks Summary: “It was inside of them to begin with,” he says eventually. “It’s inside of all of us. Grownups go to war, children turn into beasts.” “We went to war.” “Grownups were children once.” Jack places the edge of his palm over his forehead and laughs. “You always know what to say, huh, Chief?”
@lotftober2024 day 4: underrated character !!! i just did the boy from chapter 10(?), wilfred :3! and get gets a silly little hug from jack because he deserves it and i feel bad..
originally, i was going to do jack as a teehee since the version of jack that seems to be most popular is the mischaracterization that hes heartless, evil, and batshit insane.... and then i was gonna do maurice, but he already has his own prompt...
gay people and that one book they read in middle school that they can never let go of