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Melancholy: The Inception

Melancholy: The Inception

I see a man kneeling and in front of him was an opened casket, behind him was a girl with red hair. That aunt Nevaeh that Keith calls. And the man… it was Zaetron Alderhaw. This is the story behind the earring? “Have you sent the letter?” His tone… it’s so deep and austere but when I look into those bronze eyes of his, all I can see is melancholy. Why? Why is he this affected by my death? Isn’t it that he only looks to me as his tool? A puppet he’s just using? Then why am I seeing this side of his? Why do I feel like there’s something more I do not know?
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Melancholy of the Sea

Melancholy of the Sea

The screeching of the door and the smell of my grandmother filled my nose and I couldn’t help but to smile and hug myself. I put down my bag and placed the candle above the bedside table and lied on the bed. With the help of the dim light, I saw how the room stayed, how it used to be. Its smell musky and the creamy-white color of the wall made me feel like I am really home. It’s been a long day for me and tiredness puts me in a deep slumber.
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Empire of Desires - Tales Fantasy World of Passion 1

Empire of Desires - Tales Fantasy World of Passion 1

When we were going to paint, we were going to see it all together; or he listened, as in a dream, to the improvisations, even being extravagant from his eloquent guitar. So, it was in this way that as our intimacy grew, I was able to enter with less reservations, even with their spirits, in which the allies were there, the most bitter marks in which I perceived the uselessness with all attempts to cheer a mind whose darkness, as if it were an inherent positive quality, was poured over everyone. Even though this was the affairs of the moral universe between the forces of the physical in an incessant radiation of melancholy energy. In that whenever I had the pleasure of bringing it to fruition
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Paperwork and Hearthbeats

Paperwork and Hearthbeats

“What are you thinking for the stormy aesthetic?” Harper asked curiously, holding up the deep winter swatches which include the colours: midnight, olive, expresso, silver, grey, charcoal, mocha, wine, brick red, ruby, Boysen berry, fuschia, magenta, mustard, honey, Ocea, dark green, forest, jungle, royal purple, mulberry, purple, royal blue, Aegean, and ceru lean. Knox snatched the swatches from her hand, spreading them across the desk like he was dealing a winning hand in a high-stakes game. His parrot green eyes darted over then, his lips moving silently as he processed each colour. “Stormy aesthetic,” he repeated, tasting the words. "Aye, it's got tae feel heavy. Atmospheric. No' just dar
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BOUGHT BY CRUELEST ALPHA

BOUGHT BY CRUELEST ALPHA

I bang on a pot with a spoon, singing a off-key nursery rhyme at the top of my lungs. It is a war of aesthetics. A battle for his soul fought with color and sound. My creations are not good. They are not beautiful. But they are true. They are real. They are us. And their sheer, mundane, clashing joy is a dissonance the Muse cannot tolerate. It feeds on refined sorrow, not on messy, loud happiness. The clash of our creations—his dark perfection, my bright chaos—creates a psychic static that shakes the workshop. The Muse flickers, its beautiful form destabilizing. It cannot process this. It cannot consume this.
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Malignant Sadness

Malignant Sadness

Her hair was straight black, eyes were dark, and figure a perfect glass hour. “Being beautiful is fearsome, upsetting, and tiring. It’s excruciating,” she whined. “I never wanted attention, all I want is peace. Can you just make me ugly, Levi?” I was expecting that she would laugh after what she had said, but she didn’t. Her eyes were begging. For what? To be ugly? Her emotions couldn’t hide at her innocent face, but as I gazed intently into her eyes, there was a flicker of emotion I couldn’t identify yet.
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FORBIDDEN CURRICULUM

FORBIDDEN CURRICULUM

While some bold ones were actually sleeping. Rabbit, however, looked one blink away from collapsing face-first onto his desk. Noah’s eyes narrowed slightly. “…and Wilde uses aestheticism not merely as philosophy,” he continued evenly, voice smooth as he resumed pacing slowly across the front of the room, “but as a shield. Dorian’s obsession with beauty becomes an excuse to separate himself from consequence.” Rabbit’s head dipped again. This time lower. A strand of white hair slipped across his face as he blinked heavily. His pink eyes were surrounded by a sea of pale red.
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Euphoria

Euphoria

“Come on, it’s in the middle of a highway. It’s like a bad omen for the cars who pass by here. It’s like this mural is greeting them like they’re going to die from their journey.” Vernon chuckled and lowered his gaze at me. “Departure doesn’t always mean death, you know that.” I shook my head. “That’s absurd. This is a very sad mural in the middle of the road.” “But it’s still beautiful, isn’t it?” I hesitated then admitted, “Yes-- but still sad.” “Well, there’s this movie called Melancholia. And I quote, “Because of sadness, there is cinema. Because of sadness, there is poetry. Because of sadness, there is music.”
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caraluna
I'm so inlove with this book. It's like a work of art. I'm inlove with the way you put up words and the story is also so unique--not the typical teen romance drama. I'm looking forward to what happens next??
kiwifrog
ill be honest - this is one of the only books worthy of reading on this app. the poetic, detailed lines really hit me. and the characters? the plot? i may have came here for vernon, but this goes so much deeper than regular ‘kpop fanfics’ and i truly love it. thank you for writing this
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Claimed By The Billionaire Ex

Claimed By The Billionaire Ex

I asked. He squinted at my wheel, head tilted. “Why your work so ugly?” Aurora made a choking sound as she tried and failed to cover her laugh. I placed a hand over my heart. “First of all,” I said gravely, “my work is not ugly. You just don’t have the artistic eyes to see how good it is.” Alex frowned, confusion written on his face.“What’s atistic eyes?” “It’s seeing beyond what’s there,” I told him smoothly. “Understanding the soul of the art.”
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The ÆSTHETIC

The ÆSTHETIC

My self-esteem was relativly good but in that moment it dissipated and i found myself wondering what did she have that i didn't? Visions of her smug gorgeous face started swimming in the reflection of the mirror. I punched the mirror and watched it shatter into pieces, I wanted it to stop anf to also feel something more than the emotional pain I was feeling. The shattering mirror was a vivid display of my current life. Everything was broken and i would never be able to fix it no matter how hard i would try or will it. The pain from the little shards didn’t even register. I was at a loss.
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Tumblr’s got this weirdly poetic underbelly where aesthetic depression thrives, like a digital garden of melancholic roses. If you’re hunting for those beautifully sad quotes, start by searching tags like #aesthetic depression, #sad quotes, or #Tumblr poetry. The platform’s algorithm loves to surface vintage reblogs with faded Polaroid backgrounds and cursive fonts—those are gold mines.

I’ve also stumbled on niche blogs dedicated to ‘soft apocalypse’ vibes, where every post feels like a whispered secret from a ghost. Don’t skip the comment sections either; sometimes the real gems are buried in replies, where people add their own heartache to the original post. It’s like a collective sigh in text form.

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