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[applestruda]

*falls through the ceiling and comes crashing to the ground*

SECRET LIFER DESIGNS BUT THEY ALL HAVE PERSONALIZED LIKE, BOOK HOLSTERS FOR THEIR TASKS THAT THEY GET EACH SESSION

[thegoatsongs]

Mina Harker's comments about The New Woman in Dracula have generated much discussion. Among her comments, she says: "Some of the “New Women” writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. But I suppose the New Woman won’t condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too! There’s some consolation in that."

The topic of women proposing gets explored in another Stoker novel, The Man or The Gates Of Life (1905)

The main character is a young woman, Stephen Norman. She's very outspoken about women's right to make choices, including proposing to men. Her foil is her Auntie, who is a conventional woman. Here, Stephen claims to her Auntie that if a woman isn't married to the man she wants, it's her own fault.

"Her fault? My dear, what if no man asks her?" This seemed to her own mind a poser. "Still her own fault! Why doesn’t she ask him?" Her aunt’s lorgnon was dropped in horrified amazement. Stephen went on impassively. "Certainly! Why shouldn’t she? Marriage is a union. As it is in the eye of the law a civil contract, either party to it should be at liberty to originate the matter. If a woman is not free to think of a man in all ways, how is she to judge of the suitability of their union? And if she is free in theory, why not free to undertake if necessary the initiative in a matter so momentous to herself?" The old lady actually groaned and wrung her hands; she was horrified at such sentiments. They were daring enough to think; but to put them in words! . . . "Oh, my dear, my dear!" she moaned, "be careful what you say. Some one might hear you who would not understand, as I do, that you are talking theory." Stephen’s habit of thought stood to her here. She saw that her aunt was distressed, and as she did not wish to pain her unduly, was willing to divert the immediate channel of her fear. She took the hand which lay in her lap and held it firmly whilst she smiled in the loving old eyes. "Of course, Auntie dear, it is theory. But still it is a theory which I hold very strongly!"

Stephen asks her Auntie why she never married (she didn't love any of her suitors, so she refused them) and if she was ever in love with a man:

"And why did you refuse them?" The tone was wheedling, and the elder woman loved to hear it. Wheedling is the courtship, by the young of the old. "Because, my dear, I didn’t love them." "But tell me, Auntie, was there never any one that you did love?" "Ah! my dear, that is a different matter. That is the real tragedy of a woman’s life." In flooding reminiscent thought she forgot her remonstrating; her voice became full of natural pathos: "To love; and be helpless! To wait, and wait, and wait; with your heart all aflame! To hope, and hope; till time seems to have passed away, and all the world to stand still on your hopeless misery! To know that a word might open up Heaven; and yet to have to remain mute! To keep back the glances that could enlighten; to modulate the tones that might betray! To see all you hoped for passing away . . . to another! . . . " Stephen bent over and kissed her, then standing up said: "I understand! Isn’t it wrong, Auntie, that there should be such tragedies? Should not that glance be given? Why should that tone be checked? Why should one be mute when a single word might, would, avert the tragedy? Is it not possible, Auntie, that there is something wrong in our social system when such things can happen; and can happen so often? "Some day women must learn their own strength, as well as they have learned their own weakness. They are taught this latter from their cradles up; but no one ever seems to teach them wherein their power lies. They have to learn this for themselves."

Stephen may have too progressive ideas, but she's still very gentle with her Auntie even while she's disagreeing, because she sees her Auntie is too scared that Stephen might get in trouble for her ideas:

"Why should good women’s lives be wrecked for a convention? Why in the blind following of some society fetish should life lose its charm, its possibilities? Why should love eat its heart out, in vain? The time will come when women will not be afraid to speak to men, as they should speak, as free and equal. Surely if a woman is to be the equal and lifelong companion of a man, the closest to him—nay, the only one really close to him: the mother of his children—she should be free at the very outset to show her inclination to him just as he would to her. Don’t be frightened, Auntie dear; your eyes are paining me! . . . There! perhaps I said too much. But after all it is only theory. Take for your comfort, Auntie dear, that I am free an heart-whole. You need not fear for me; I can see what your dear eyes tell me."

This all puts Mina's comments into perspective. Aside, Mina is an etiquette schoolteacher. And even at the start, she gradually breaks more conventions, however reluctantly, like when she chooses to let Jonathan hold her arm as they walk, over obeying to convention.

[firewasabeast]

Oh my god scrolling through 911’s instagram is actually enjoyable now 😭 they’ve filtered out so much these past few weeks. I just successfully scrolled through the comments from their latest post without cringing once! That’s a win, baby!

[zlkzin0]

Fruit half of vege

[myobsessionsspace]

Long time best friends who have acted together and served in the military together, Lee DongWook and Gong Yoo on a trip to Jeju for Dong Wook’s show ‘Wook Talk’

Dong Wook and Gong Yoo have not only acted in popular k-drama Goblin they also shared a period of their mandatory military service together. Gong Yoo in a superior rank to Gong Yoo, having enlisted and completed his service a bit earlier than Dongsaeng Dong Wook.

The two have maintains a years long close friendship with many good natures jokes and speculation most recently after Dong Wook was interviewed saying that ‘he was to lazy to date anymore’

[neon-witch-ritual]

Does anyone remember MirrorMask ?

Like I had this very weird memory of this film and for a LONG time I couldn't find absolutely anything about it. I remembered the scene in the circus with the ambulance, the dark daughter look and- I think I always thought it was something Alice related (eating at a table, weird imagery, fantasy etc.), and then the final scene with the painted door/window on the roof

BUT THEN-

This lovely person did a video essay

And ALL the memories came flooding back (and of course Neil G was involved in this story)

And I have no idea if anyone else remembers this film

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

ermm what is this? another ART post with COLOUR??? ermmm erm okay take it huntress nation...

[eggcats]

I decided it would be really funny, if the reason Husk knows getting Vox to like you is the key to surviving Alastor, is because when Alastor first took his soul, Vox HATED him

Because Alastor saw this sad wet pathetic cat man drunk in the alley behind his casino and was like "you can't take care of yourself so I will" and then decided to gamble with him to win his soul

Except, that is also essentially how Alastor met VOX, and so when Alastor comes home one day like "look what I got!" and Vox learns what happened, he's like, "I will NOT be replaced," and just hates Husk on sight

(Vox, mentally, "What's so good about HIM that he takes HIS soul?? Is MY soul not good enough?!?!")

Neither Husk nor Alastor knows this, tho, so to them, it's just Vox deciding to hate someone randomly - meanwhile, in the background, Vox is singing Jolene while sharpening a knife

(The idea of being attracted to the creepy cannibalistic fuck who took his soul is so out of left field that Husk, who generally is good at reading people, doesn't realize that's Vox's issue with him - so the entire time he's standing there like🧍‍♂️trying desperately to not do ANYTHING that'll piss Vox off more).

(Alastor also has no idea, because not only is finding someone OTHER than his picture box so absurd it's not even to be considered, he's very bad at picking up on social cues and it never comes up to Rosie for her to tell him the issue - Alastor just thinks Vox hates cats the same way he hates dogs, and is like, oh okay makes sense moving on).

Vox eventually gets over it (kinda) when Alastor is like, dear, did you just want me to rip apart his soul on my broadcast? Did YOU want to do it this time? And basically just offers to absolutely end Husk's (after)life for him, no questions asked.

Vox decides to let Husk live so that Husk knows that he's only alive because VOX said so, as a "don't even THINK of trying to take my man, you hussy" warning. (Once again, neither Alastor nor Husk have ANY idea about this, lmao).

So now Husk is like - step 1 to not being murdered is to get Vox to decide to not kill you. Okay, no further questions.

Meanwhile Vox is just watching Husk like "I am always fucking vigilant" and constantly scaring the fur off of that poor cat man.

(Vox only relents when Husk is basically tossed at Angel like a Pokémon and he sees that Husk definitely is interested in Angel and is like, good. Stay away from my husband).

[txxty]

do you even understand how BADLY i need mike to have a mental breakdown in s5.

like i need him sobbing so bad that he cant even speak a full sentence without sobbing even worse

[mentations]

[thelostgirl21]

Anya zoning out, after Joey decides that Hugh Skinner would be the best co-star to be stuck in a lift with for 24 hours.

[constanzel]

When people ask me, why do you like TOS Captain Kirk? Shatner's acting is so over the top and dramatic.... it's ridiculous.

Well... let's see....

I mean, I-

Certainly don't care-

For ANY kinds-

Of overly dramatic-

Acting.... that would just be ridiculous. Who enjoys entertainment??

[cowboylikeheath]

[RELATED] heath ledger’s diary when preparing for “the joker”.

[firewasabeast]

You ever scroll and see a take so bad and off course that you’re sitting there like this 😬 for an extended period of time wondering how that person could possibly be watching the same show as you?

[isjasz]

(scrolling down the asks box and holyshit I swear some of them are from like. A year ago or more. Jas wtf are you doing)(I WILL be trying to answer them all tho I am determined YOU CAN'T STOP ME)

(but also sorry if I had to not answer some asks either bc it's a drawing request or idk I think there were some weird ones? I appreciate most of them sm tho ty for all the kind words!! And it's so fun answering questions :D)

[myobsessionsspace]

It’s a matter of culture

In Thailand a person younger, by a year below their birth year or more must refer to the person older than then (who they are close with as friends, siblings etc) as ‘Phi’ [pee] and the younger person is referring to as Nong [like long with an n]. Same year close friends etc just use each others names with no prefix, khun [kun] which also is used as a title like mr/ms etc

Thai is mainly a gender neutral language and phi/nong is gender neutral.

A more in depth explanation

Mew & Tul have been dating for at least two years (they’ve never shared exactly when they started dating) it may be three.

Yet with Mew being born in 1991 and Tul being born in 1992, Mew is the Phi and Tul is the Nong. Tul still (at least in a public setting) still refers to Mew as Phi Mew/Phi [P’Mew or Pee].

Mew could refer to Tul and does (in public) as Tul, Nong Tul or Nong.

They aren’t siblings, though siblings can refer to each other as Phi/Nong.

Mew in the past as have others, when talking about how close they are with someone has said ‘we’re phi/nong’ to denote their closeness. It can be translated to mean like ‘we’re practically/as close as brothers/siblings’ but it’s a cultural understanding to cultural terminology.

Mew & Tul call each other Phi & Nong and are very much a romantic couple, not siblings and they don’t see each other as siblings.