Girl split down the middle and re-sewn. Girl pulling stitches from the backs of her legs. Girl bleeding into plaster. Girl who cannot kneel in church. Girl tearing herself apart.
Molly McCully Brown, SELF PORTRAIT AS THE OTHER GIRL.
. . .
Memory Birth
Sol's first Memory cowers in the deepest darkest corner of her room. Hiding behind her black oak-wood desk and the never-ending clutter stacked upon it, Memory's dusty and tangled silken threads sit ready to be pulled apart at the seams when touched too hard. Memory is black and cold, desperately trying to cling to the warmth of truth.
Or maybe it's the heat of the dripping wax candles. It doesn't know. That's fine.
What it does know is that it's sad. And lonely. Black and cold.
There's mold seeping into its cracks, the moisture keeping it fed coming from its own tears. Memory can't stop the mold from spreading. Memory can't stop the sobbing. Mouth hanging open, its drool drips onto the floor in large puddles while it wails for its mother like a newborn.
Mother isn't here, not yet. But she knows Memory waits patiently for her. Memory needs Mother. Mother needs Memory. Sol needs Mother. Mother needs Sol.
They exist within the same plane and cannot be without the other. Sol needs Memory and its uncontrollable slobbering. Memory needs Mother to clean it up.
Mother needs Sol to keep Memory broken.
. . .
SOL SAINT-YVES . . . SILK
i can never win / with this body i live in
( ANDREW GARFIELD — PETER PARKER )
( POM KLEMENTIEFF — SALOMÉ SAINT-YVES )
( COURTNEY EATON — SEREN SAINT-YVES )
( TAYLOR RUSSEL — SIOBHAN SAINT-YVES )
( SOPHIE THATCHER — GWEN STACY )
( SAVANNAH SMITH — FELICIA HARDY )
( JACK CHAMPION — PETER PARKER )
& MORE AS DESCRIBED.
the (unfinished) soundtrack.
🕸️ welcome to THE ACT OF KNOWING, the love child of my hyperactive brain and marvel special interest.
🕸️ TAOK is inspired by aspects of RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE, most notably the dimitrescu's. the sons reflect each family member slightly as a way to pay homage. WITCH CREEK ROAD also plays as a muse for the three saint-yves sisters. THE METAMORPHOSIS and BLACK SWAN are overarching inspirations for this story as well. i've also been mused by SWAN LAKE and it's score, most notably tchaikovsky's op. 20 act ii no. 10 piece.
🕸️ very obviously, TAOK does not follow the mcu timeline or canon events at all. i've taken the creative liberty of focusing on comic plots as well as my own personal plot points. i'm hoping this makes TAOK a unique experience for everyone involved!! i like to call this universe earth 209 :)
🕸️ as many know, silk is a pre-existing marvel comic character. sol basically replaces her character but also has unique elements that set her apart from cindy moon. i've kept things such as her ethnicity & birth surname the same to pay homage to the original silk.
🕸️ sol has two faceclaims with the main one being han sohee due to the surplus of media available for her. i personally envision sol as shin ryujin mostly, especially when she is younger. sohee and ryujin look similar though so feel free to imagine her as either!! i enjoy the idea of sol looking more like sohee once she gets older.
🕸️ there is also a bigggg possibility TAOK will be apart of a verse depending if i want to act out the other plot lines i originally envisioned for sol!!
🕸️ petersol (silkspider?) is the main ship of TOAK, but that doesn't mean they won't experience other relationships as i feel it's an important aspect of life to feel for others and to learn from those experiences. they're very slowburn but they are fated to be together at some point !!
🕸️ TOAK is dedicated to neptwnes aresriot wsihlist loveclb huenskai sulliavenue girlcmplex thank u for the support <33