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— Sunrise, by Louise Glück

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To be loved is to be known; to be seen.

Excerpts Sources:

Is it okay to say this? - Trista Masteer // Blasted - Sarah Kane // Reassurances to Hades - Kristina Haynes // The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - T.J. Reid // My Mother/Madame Edwarda/The Dead Man - Georges Bataille //"The Last Poem in the Book," These Days (Alfred A. Knopf, 1989); Over and over again - Frederick Seidel // My Mother/Madame Edwarda/The Dead Man - Georges Bataille // Adult Children of Emotionaly Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson // She Satisfies A Fear with the Rhetoric of Tears - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz // My Life Is Pathetic! - Heather Havrilesky

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Impromptu decision 2025 vers: Hair Dyes

Absolutely in love ❤️

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In the name of self-respect, some bridges need to be burned.

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Arturo Ripstein - The Place Without Limits (1978)

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this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability

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feel however you want to feel abt madoc, but i will never stop LOVING his relationship with jude. their relationship is my second favorite in the whole series.

these deleted scenes from madocs pov are some of my fav bonus content!

Him thinking that jude were just a silly girl in love with cardan, when she was just the opposite, (love that he knew that she liked him tho it’s funny)

it’s so in character for him to imagine himself as her savior that forgives her and allows her at his side again. and even after she poisoned him and he questioned if she intended to actually kill him, he still wants her as his daughter. he still worked hard to get her back from the undersea to be at his side again.

But madocs complexity, also the confirmation that madoc was proud of jude and wanted her back on his side, but also wanted to show her who’s boss,😭😭 like i love him

but i HATE how he just keeps on underestimating her. so glad that she beats him time and time again at every turn. jude will forever be my favorite, she’s so funny for kicking his ass at his own game.

and i adore how he’s all like “I’m so much older than better than her, there’s a reason IM the grand general!! I’ll show her!!” And then she absolutely confounds him with the knowledge that SHES running the kingdom.

He became HER grand general. Madoc once said how he detested being the greenbriars dog, but then his daughter became the boss of him … like that’s so pathetic no wonder his crashout was so violent

anyway i love when evil men have daughters that put them in their place it’s always just too good.

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in the meantime: study, journal, read more books, sit in silence, listen to music, take walks, take the stairs, do more things alone, do more things with friends, take notice of the small wonders of the world, create a sacred space in your mind

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You know, I think if Jude had found a cute mortal man during her exile who was down to teach her mortal things (I.e “what do you mean you don't have a regular doctor? Where have you been getting your check ups?”) it would be very fun because…

1) That’s just an adorable dynamic. Doesn't have to be romantic or anything like that.

2) Cardan would have an aneurysm and I just enjoy the idea of him storming into the mortal world to be like “that is literally my WIFE??? Is this why you wont come home??? A MAN?!”

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Everything is a reminder of him

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Madoc looking at his 4 children

His adopted son, Oak with a excellent kill count. His foster daughters Jude (he wish he was there for her first kill for the bonding experience) and Taryn (he's so proud of her for killing her husband, so efficiently too).

And then there's his biological daughter Vivi... carrying Red Cap blood but has never killed anybody(My personal headcanon is that Vivi has accidentally run over a annoying fae in the mortal world but has not told Madoc because he'll cry from joy and that's not something she wants).

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i should be queen of everything after this

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Official art of Oak and Wren from the tour makes me want to cry

(From @nayxreads on Instagram)

(From Holly Black's page)

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Cardan using the ring he stole from Jude to marry her:

Oak discretely proposing to Wren by slipping his ring onto her finger to make it look like they were already proposed:

Greenbriar men 🤝 proposing/marrying their significant others in chaotic ways using tricks the Roach taught them

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no one:

Cardan introducing Oak: that’s my nephew, who’s also my foster brother in law, and at the same time he’s my late best friend’s half brother but he’s also my successor and my bestie