"On the whole I am inclined to think that a witch should not kiss. Perhaps it is the not being kissed that makes her a witch; perhaps the source of her power is the breath of loneliness around her." - Emma Donoghue

S., 22, Italian. Kate is my internet handle and you can call me that. People scare me so I'll probably never talk to you even if I think you're cool, and if I do it'll be very awkward. English is my second language; I apologize for any mistakes.

Things I am interested in and will post about include: ladies who make music, fairy tales, fierce women, languages, girls with red hair and freckles, mermaids, animated movies, history. If you stay here for long (by which I mean "more than five seconds") you're probably also bound to witness some fandom squeeing, mainly about Pokémon and lots of tv shows.


when you say goodbye, my lungs ache filled with water — lovesongs for selkiesDOWNLOAD (or listen on 8tracks if the download link stops working) the kissing gate - kíla; (instrumental) sealwoman/yundah - mary mclaughlin; torn between sea mists and solid land / nights when I’ve ached for a human hand / I’ll come to you while the moon shines bright / but I must go free with the first streak of light the maiden and the selkie - heather dale; lord, long have I loved you / as a selkie on the foam / I would gladly go and wed ye / and be lady of your home / but I cannot go into the ocean / I cannot go into the sea / I would drown beneath the waves, love / if I went along with thee swim with me - noe venable; but nothing’s quite the same / bottom of the sea / nothing’s quite the same / since I asked him to swim with me saltwater queen - the battle of land and sea; ship wrecked / bloody open sea / you whisper and cry in harmonies / for your saltwater queen the selkie - iona leigh; she said I’d like to see the land / my feet have only felt wet sand / but when seven years and one day is done / back to the ocean I’ll return / his honour and word he gave her true / as clear as waters crystal blue / back to the sea I’ll let you go / for my heart it does love you so seal jubilee - bat for lashes; the seals, they cried in jubilee / the sharks, they howled along with me / and birds, they flew into the wind / the whale, he roamed in the lonely sea / and I dived into you, I dived into you you brought me up - méav; you brought me up and out of the water / you brought me up to forget / I had ever been, I could ever breathe / in the water under your heart the great selkie - cécile corbel; for he came on night to her bed feet / and a grumbly guest, I’m sure was he / saying, here am I, thy bairn’s father / although I be not comely / I am a man upon the land / I am a silkie on the sea / and when I’m far and far frae land / my home it is in sule skerry sea people - emilíana torrini; when I look into your eyes / I can breathe in water / like you / when you say goodbye / my lungs ache filled with water / cause I will always love you

when you say goodbye, my lungs ache filled with water — lovesongs for selkies
DOWNLOAD (or listen on 8tracks if the download link stops working)

the kissing gate - kíla; (instrumental)

sealwoman/yundah - mary mclaughlin; torn between sea mists and solid land / nights when I’ve ached for a human hand / I’ll come to you while the moon shines bright / but I must go free with the first streak of light

the maiden and the selkie - heather dale; lord, long have I loved you / as a selkie on the foam / I would gladly go and wed ye / and be lady of your home / but I cannot go into the ocean / I cannot go into the sea / I would drown beneath the waves, love / if I went along with thee

swim with me - noe venable; but nothing’s quite the same / bottom of the sea / nothing’s quite the same / since I asked him to swim with me

saltwater queen - the battle of land and sea; ship wrecked / bloody open sea / you whisper and cry in harmonies / for your saltwater queen

the selkie - iona leigh; she said I’d like to see the land / my feet have only felt wet sand / but when seven years and one day is done / back to the ocean I’ll return / his honour and word he gave her true / as clear as waters crystal blue / back to the sea I’ll let you go / for my heart it does love you so

seal jubilee - bat for lashes; the seals, they cried in jubilee / the sharks, they howled along with me / and birds, they flew into the wind / the whale, he roamed in the lonely sea / and I dived into you, I dived into you

you brought me up - méav; you brought me up and out of the water / you brought me up to forget / I had ever been, I could ever breathe / in the water under your heart

the great selkie - cécile corbel; for he came on night to her bed feet / and a grumbly guest, I’m sure was he / saying, here am I, thy bairn’s father / although I be not comely / I am a man upon the land / I am a silkie on the sea / and when I’m far and far frae land / my home it is in sule skerry

sea people - emilíana torrini; when I look into your eyes / I can breathe in water / like you / when you say goodbye / my lungs ache filled with water / cause I will always love you



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