#(sorry to hijack your post)

[meltedbrains]

Although the author describes the curtains as blue this is actually a metaphor, the curtains are actually yellow but 'blue' because the window was left open in the rain and they are now wet. This is of course pathetic fallacy, the rain is a reflection of the unnamed narrators mental state after the death of their parents. Much like the once bright and cheerful yellow curtains the protagonist is now mournful and soaked from the rain; their world has become muted and they feel irrevocably changed by recent events. We know this because several characters comment on the yellow curtains, likening them to the sun, buttercups, sunflowers and other yellow objects.

In the same way that the curtains hang over the window they hang over the protagonist and the narrative alike. Over the course of the book the protagonist describes the curtains as several different shades of blue, this inconsistency highlights their unreliability and mental state.

Even after the curtains are physically removed and stored out of sight they are still clearly weighing on their mind and although the protagonist talks about them less other characters frequently comment on their absence. During this period the author goes out of their way to highlight other blue items in the environment from the ocean blue china tea set that 'makes a broken puddle on the floor, daring me to dip my feet in the sharp edges' to the powder blue car of their childhood friend 'a taunting reminder of lost dreams'.

It is only at the end of the book, when they have moved through their grief and melancholia, that anything is described with a colour other than blue and when they find the old curtains they are able to see them as 'a lustrous and inviting yellow, like a sunrise promising a new day'.

Not “Only my reading of canon is correct” or “Interpretations are subjective and all valid” but a secret third thing, “More than one interpretation can be valid but there’s a reason your English teacher had you cite quotes and examples in your papers, you have to have a strong argument that your interpretation is actually supported by the text or it is just wrong and I’m fine with telling you it’s wrong, actually.”

[remxedmoon]

HAPPY (kinda late oops) BIRTHDAY MIWA!!!!!!!! ignore the other two LOOK AT HER!!!! IT’S MIRABELLE MSUNDAY!!!!

greyscale versions + my very normal color ramblings below!

ok full disclosure i already had this post drafted before realizing that mira’s birthday was coming up. i kinda debated just posting the mira doodles on their own but!!! i want to talk about my craft/general color headcanons still. and the mira art is part of that!! so be warned. also, this is going to reference my post about my craft headcanons a lot so like. read that if you so desire.

i personally think that mira’s healing craft is some form of creative craft, since the game describes her holding her palms up when she uses it (iirc anyways). this doesn’t really have an effect on anything, but it’s why i decided to color it yellow!

(also i ended up making mira’s scissors craft a lot more orange than i initially planned but that’s ok!!! i think both of her crafts would be pretty Orange. just thought i’d mention that since it’s a bit different from my first post)

i already explained sif’s craft in my last post so now i get to talk about the change god!!!!!! this is like. probably the most out there in terms of my color headcanons? but i have a reason for that. since the change god is, well, a deity, i thought it would be fitting for their design to match the colors of the 3 craft types (red, blue, and yellow)! this was a little hard to work around given that i also try to give my vaugarde designs warmer color palettes, but i think it worked out!

i also gave them a few slightly different palettes, since i think it’ll make sense for the change god’s colors to be variable. they never look the same, so why would their palette look the same? + i’m indecisive and liked all of these palettes lol

sorry for the ramble! i really like talking about character design and i’m not. very succinct. thanks for reading all this (if you did, perfectly fine if you didn’t!), here’s the greyscale versions as promised!!!

[stormyoceans]

I can absolutely talk about bottom Fadel. He would be so overwhelmed at first, trying to hide his face and his noises, not sure whether to push Style away bc it's all just too much or pull him closer bc it's also just so good until Style grabs him by the neck and makes him look into his eyes and murmurs how good Fadel is and just to let go and with a shuddering breath Fadel would finally relax into it. Afterwards Fadel would be shivering all over and clinging to Style who holds him and pets his back, dropping small kisses wherever he can reach and whispering how much he loves Fadel. Yeah... I can totally talk about that.

CLIMBING THE WALLS OF MY OFFICE AND SPINNING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ON THE CEILING BECAUSE YES YES YES ABSOLUTELY YES TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID YOU GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's just the way fadel looks so overwhelmed every time style touches him. every time he's not the one initiating physical contact and taking charge of the direction it takes. and yet at the same time he almost looks in pain with how hard he tries not to show it, as if there's something wrong in being on the receiving end of pleasure, in feeling that pleasure and letting it wash over him, pulling him under. even jerking off seems like a perfunctory act just to scratch an itch and be done with it as quickly as possible

style, tho. style is all about pleasure and fun and feeling good. he’s also more observant than anyone gives him credit for. so when fadel bites his lip so hard to the point he draws blood just to prevent himself from making any noises while style sucks him off, of course style notices. he also decides right there and then that that simply won’t do

the next time style presses fadel down onto the mattress, he takes his time. he sucks and bites on fadel’s nipples until fadel starts squirming under him, telling him to just get on with it already. style looks at fadel’s flushed face and heaving chest, at the way he’s already rock hard and leaking through his underwear, and wonders if he could make fadel come just by playing with his pecs, but that will have to wait. he finally moves lower, kissing his way down to the wet spot on fadel’s underwear and mouthing at it. fadel barks out his name, half a warning half a plead, voice strained and legs trembling

style frees him from the underwear, slicks his fingers with lube, and presses gently at fadel’s entrance with one. fadel seems to relax for a second, but the furrow between his brows is back as soon as he realizes that style has no intention to hurry. style tries to distract him with kisses, the rhythm of his finger inside fadel excruciately slow on purpose. he adds another, and he knows he has found fadel’s prostate when fadel jolts away from the kiss and his hands close around style’s arms as if to push him away. style shushes him, his free hand coming up to hold fadel’s head. he hits the same spot with his fingers again, and fadel’s grips on his arm tightens. fadel’s eyes are blown wide and his teeth are sinking into his lower lip

style places a kiss on fadel’s temple and starts talking, his fingers massaging the same spot inside fadel again and again. “it’s okay to let go, you know. you don’t always have to be strong and keep your guard up, at least not with me. im here. i’ve got you. let me hear you. let me take care of you.” for the first time, fadel throws his head back and comes with a loud cry

ANYWAY. sorry for this mess, i guess i got kinda inspired by what you wrote ;;;;;;; THE POINT IS THAT STYLE WOULD LOVE TO TURN FADEL INTO A PLIANT SOBBING MESS AND TELL HIM HOW GOOD HE IS AND FADEL NOT ONLY WOULD LET HIM BUT ALSO COME TO LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK

[timetravellingkitty]

I'm not listening to a white person on what's racist or insensitive to brown people. read orientalism by edward said before talking to me or my son ever again

[artificialac1d]

completely despondent

[saturnniidae]

Ideal hijack dynamic is them both judging each other on first impression thinking 'wow, this guys hot weird. Thank fuck I'm the normal one here' but in reality they're both freaks.

[goat-goth]

Also look out for people condemning voting blue on the basis of Biden supporting genocide. That he does is true and it sucks but Trump will not be better. In fact, he will be much worse.

Can't vote for Biden and his vicious and cruel destruction of title ix. Really embarrassing that Dems have mainly left it to the right to try to defend it, and it's not like I can vote for them because they also hate women just in different ways. Shat on by the left, shat on by the right, women are in an awful situation

i'm posting this so we can all deconstruct what a far right psyop ask looks like.

on first read, this looks like someone who wishes they could be confident in voting blue but they're bummed by the democrats in office. targets title ix for their ire but doesn't really explain, perhaps assuming i'm out of touch and will just react instead of doing my due diligence (bad bet: i'm an attorney). uses over the top dramatic language like "vicious." they equate the left and right as being identical and indicates they won't be voting for either, with the implication that i shouldn't either, but goes on to blame the dems specifically for...something.

look at the very specific way they've couched this sentence:

Really embarrassing that Dems have mainly left it to the right to try to defend it,

i'm not meant to fight them on this. i'm meant to be embarrassed to be voting blue in november, i'm meant to blame democrats for abandoning some law, and i'm meant to recognize the right as upholding it.

title ix, if you didn't know, bans sex-based discrimination in schools and education. when someone tells you about democrats destroying title ix, that someone is a TERF.

and TERFs largely have aligned with the conservative hard right. I'll link a few articles at the bottom with detailed explainers, but for right here it's enough to say that TERFs want the far right to win because the far right is voting with them on their single issue, which is the destruction of trans rights and the ouster of trans and gnc women from public spaces. TERFs have marched with the Proud Boys. TERFs have partnered with anti-lgbtq groups to advance their anti-trans agenda. they will throw every other issue under the bus repeatedly if their anti-trans agenda wins.

and, importantly, the far right recognizes that TERFs are a tool they can use to destablize the left. the far right knows that as long as they will align with TERFs on this single issue, which they will because they too want to enforce the gender binary and traditional gender roles, TERFs will vote for and with them regardless of every single other issue. not only that, but the far right knows TERFs are a modern movement that's gained traction in social media spaces over the last several years, and they are relying on TERFs to send asks like this one to infiltrate spaces like tumblr and twitter and tiktok to encourage would-be blue voters not to vote because they want the far right to win.

this is a psyop. this is, whether formalized or not, a psychological operation intended to discourage voting in and among the left.

don't fall prey. vote blue in november.

I like this one because they have this great graph that specifically points out the link between TERFism, the far right, and disinformation attempts like the ask above.

[twiafom]

panacea / never enough time for a drifter

draw stuff that would make you of 5 years ago ask "is this a joke". god i wish it were. i'm not laughing

[sickficideas]

Okay okay okay imagine Lucifer taking care of a sick/injured reader

During the big battle in the finale an angel is going for an unsuspecting Lucifer

Reader saving him but getting hurt in the process

Lucifer absolutely demolishing the angel who did that

Lucifer trying to heal reader (he has healing powers in my head) but not being able to because the wound was caused by an angelic weapon

Lucifer having to let it heal on its own

Reader being out of it because of fever

Lucifer gently dapping readers head with a cold rag

Just AAAAAGH Lucifer being soft and caring and feeling guilty

I am going insane over this apple man

listen anon i am not a X Reader guy personally so I'm substituting the reader for Alastor in my brain as I'm reading this but regardless it is delicious...I think Lucifer would be a great caretaker 🥺

And I Loveeee the idea of him with healing powers that don't work on angelic weapon injuries, like it's a punishment from heaven after he fell...I think A Lot about Alastor's injury from the finale...it's taking forever for him to heal and Charlie specifically is very concerned but Lucifer is like he's fine he's an evil demon Charlie!!! but secretly feeling really bad that he can't heal him 😔😔

[booksrockmyface]

I got all my relevant news on TikTok from people who were living the issues. And I think that being able to get pushed through so many people's For You Pages scares everyone in power. Both sides (and there really shouldn't be two sides) want us as ignorant as they can get us so it all continues. Remember that book bans have already been happening for the last few years with abandon. Many people have stated we are in the midst of a massive literacy crisis that seems to only be getting worse. Now they ban an app that has helped connect people across the world and helped us all to learn what we want in easy little videos. All those people are still around in other apps.

It's not about the data mining, it's about control.

And I am so scared for my country. The next several months will set the stage for how the world sees the USA and how they can either mirror us or be better.

I think this TikTok ban is going to be the thing to radicalize me bc wdym the US’s top priority for the last five years has been banning a foreign social media app that doesn’t steal any more of your data than Meta, but not gun control or women’s rights to their bodies or the economy crisis or global warming or homelessness or world hunger or literally any fucking thing that actually matters?

[eddtollett]

i appreciate that every artist in the asoiaf fandom has a unique vision for the cast and it is truly lovely to see so many interpretations of the same characters

and if i see one i don't particularly like, i can do this fun thing called minding my own business where i go hmm not for me and i keep scrolling because i'm not entitled enough to think that every single artist owes me an interpretation i personally approve of. 10/10 would recommend

[i-am-church-the-cat]

Okay so sorry for this ask. I just had this random thought blurb and wanted to share with someone. But like imagine:

Lando decides to suggest to Oscar that it would be funny if they get married in Vegas. Cause like that would be hilarious. Except Oscar looks him dead in the eye and says “I can’t, I’m already married” before walking away.

So of course Lando has a major freak out trying to figure out who he married and ropes the whole grid in the search. There is a strong rumor it’s Daniel (which Daniel started cause it’s funny). There is also the rumor that is Taylor Swift (that’s Este trying to annoy Nando). And of course there are suggestions of Fred, Liam, and even Arthur (which Pierre and Charles’s shut down right away because they would have to kill him).

And everyone keeps asking Logan if he knows and he just keeps laughing it off. But he’s also it’s a sad laugh because he’s a little sad to thing that nobody thinks he could be worthy of Oscar, even if he agrees.

And of course this pisses Oscar off. Because his husband is the sweetest man around. Because who the fuck cares if he is having a bad season when he is always there to make sure Oscar does things like eat breakfast or makes sure he isn’t too hard on himself.

So when the grid decides to do a group breakfast the morning after in Vegas (to compare horror stories). Oscar marks the shit out of Logan as they show up with their wedding rings.

Anon, never apologize for being the smartest motherfucker in the room. As a secretly married loscar truther, I am in love with this. And you’re always welcome to come in my messages or my ask box with stuff like this.

I can imagine Oscar being so smug at that breakfast. It’s his ring around Logan’s finger, it’s his marks on Logan’s body, it’s him who gets to keep bringing waffles for Logan to devour in record speed.

And I think the reason no one suspected it could be Logan Oscar was married to is because they would’ve known, right? Surely they wouldn’t have been able to keep it a secret for 9 months?

(Well, Alex and George had known pretty quickly who it was but they weren’t going to spoil the surprise.)

But even now with them both declaring themselves to each other for all of them to see, they barely act any different. Small touches, leaned in whispers, pressed as close together as two people could in opposite chairs, but still completely level-headed.

And finally Lando snaps and is like “How? How are you two so calm around each other? If I had a partner on the grid, I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off of them.”

Oscar shrugs and Logan laughs awkwardly and even now they’re like twin planets - always together but never crashing.

“We’ve been together for a long time,” Oscar answers which, they would hope so for the youngest married couple on the grid. “And most of that time it’s had to be a secret. I guess we’re just used to it.”

“Plus, neither of us are big on PDA.” A rather ironic thing for Logan to say while covered in bite marks and red-purple hickies. “We like to keep our private life private.”

And suddenly Lando feels bad because maybe they had never planned on coming out to them, or at least not so soon, but Lando had practically forced their hand because of his little goose hunt. But Logan smiles understandingly at him and is quick to reassure.

“Don’t worry, we were planning to tell people on the grid sooner rather than later, probably when my contract extension was announced, if it’s ever decided.”

Oscar makes a face at that but doesn’t interrupt.

“We just chose now because…” And suddenly Logan gets this look on his face, something pained and almost embarrassed. Oscar tangles their left hands together to stop him in his tracks, proudly displaying their matching rings before continuing.

“None of you thought I could have the honor of being married to Logan - hurtful, by the way, I’m obviously a catch - so I wanted to show everyone who I belonged to.”

Logan blushes a light pink, but he’s smiling. Oscar feels a bit of relief as Logan lays his head on his shoulder, allowing him to turn his nose into the gel-less waves of his blond hair.

The rest of their drivers start to clamor their excuses - you’re too good at hiding it, we thought Logan was dating that Instagram model, actually you’re right you aren’t good enough for my junior Williams driver but you make him happy so I guess it’s okay (this one is of course from George who is met with a lot of boos and biscuit throwing) - but it doesn’t really matter.

Who cares what any of them thought? At the end of the day, Oscar is the one sitting here with Logan Sargeant’s hand intertwined with his, he’s the one that will get to go back with him to their shared apartment, bundle his Florida boy up against the cruel English winter, and indulge in the domestic bliss of being with someone he truly loved.

When one had that, who cared about anything else?

[vangoghs-other-ear]

I love the enthusiasm! It is really cool that Persian uses او for everyone without having to worry about gender! However, saying that Persian only has one pronoun is not true from a grammatical point of view! او is something we call a third person singular pronoun. That means it refers to one person who is not the person speaking, nor the person being spoken to. Third person singular pronouns belong to a class of pronouns called 'personal pronouns' which are short words we can use to refer to ourselves or other people instead of saying that person's name every time. In English, the personal pronouns are I/me, you, she/he/it/one, we, and they.

This post has a great breakdown of the personal pronouns in Persian. There are also other types of pronouns! Reflexive pronouns (myself, ourselves, yourself etc), interrogative pronouns (what, which, who, whom, whose), demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those), possessive pronouns (ours, mine, theirs etc) and even more! It would be very very hard for a language to have one word that meant all of these things!

Transphobe: Pronouns are useless, blah blah blah.

Me: Of course they are! Mother fucker! I speak Persian!

We only have one pronoun, “او,” which you can pronounce like the “oo” in “moon.” That means I use “they/them” for your transphobic ass all the time!

Additionally, we can use “این,” pronounce like the "in" In Berlin. which means “it,” if you are nearby.

We can even omit the pronoun completely. For example, we can say “رفت,” which means someone left, and as you can see, it’s just one word.

We can write poems, and no one knows the gender of our lovers. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s pretty neat.

[cantgetworsethanthistbh]

S*fty identical dad's au aka the world's most confusing family bc he'll shape shift into an amalgamation of stan and ford just to mess with people

YES LMFAOOO or he'll shapeshift as one twin and claim that he just married the other, then the real twin will have to hear about how he claimed he married his own sibling when he never did that.

" how's your husband"

stan: husband? i aint got no husband. gdi no ok you dont get it. that isnt my brother husband. he just looks like my twin but thats because hes my twins son and also my son now, but not because either of us are related to him. that is my brother's son, but that wasnt my brother husband. that was just my son

"....ok"

the whole town is extremely confused about this family. like ok so one brother is married to the other brother, but he isnt. and he also married his son. but his son is also his brother??? then whos whos father and whos whos husband??? id this family really THAT incestious (yes but also no)

[thefloatingwriter]

dayne #1 beetee torture-rer.... do you have any ships for him minus nuts & volts..

beetee and wiress are basically soulmates, bonded for life type shit, but i do have some various other relationships with him, mostly relating to ocs.

i will definitely earn the title of #1 beetee torturer after this because none of these are very shippy… there’s a lot of angst…

warnings for graphic descriptions and mentions of forced prostitution and all of the weird shit capitol citizens do with the victors

Paris Sanford:

read this post for more information of paris, and more info about her relationship with beetee, but in short, she’s the victor of the 39th hunger games, is from D1, and is commonly sold with beetee. i say with because it was common in the earlier days after their victories (40th-52nd ish) for them to be forced to have s*x together for the entertainment of capitol citizens. voyeurism basically. it still happens sometimes, but it’s not as common anymore, as they both have “normal” buyers (basically ones who only/typically buy them over any other victor) that don’t want to see that more than they want to actually have s*x with them.

they were never together romantically (with their consent at least, the capitol does what the capitol does) but both had considered it at least once as it really had felt like they were the only one who understand what the other was going through. it completely fell through as soon as they both realized they basically have nothing in common and that they were too intertwined in each other’s trauma to ever be more than friends.

Various Other Victors:

other than paris, other victors beetee has been forced to be with include Stella Moana Fairchild (41st; D4), Everley “Eve” Peterson (35th; D9), and Venia “Venus” Ripley (44th; D2).

Capitol Citizens:

— Virginia Albatross:

beetee’s first buyer way back in the day. age 54 at the time of the 40th hunger games, 71 when she died. she very much had a parasocial relationship with him, believing they would be together romantically if only the capitol and district divide wasn't there. it’s considered one of the worst first appointments a victor ever had to go on.

she continued routinely buying him, at least once a year, until she died of a stroke during the 57th hunger games. beetee bought himself a cake to celebrate.

— Medea Floreana:

age 32 at the 47th games, now age 60, daughter of the previous minister of treasury, wife of a current gamemaker. she’s actually one of the nicer ones beetee has met, and he doesn’t mind her as much as he minds some of his other buyers. her appointments are usually a little easier, as there usually a day (at a party or social event that her husband couldn’t attend due to his work) and then only one night. the floreana’s are also one of the only families he’s ever met in the capitol who genuinely love each other.

— Aurelia Faaborg:

age 22 at the time of the 44th hunger games, now age 53. continuously bought beetee multiple times during the 44th to 50th games, before she got married and stopped buying him.

during the 58th games, the female tribute for D3 was named Aurelia Taaffe, and beetee couldn’t have a conversation or even look at her without sending himself into a panic attack. thankfully, he didn’t have to mentor that year, but he was required to be in the capitol, so he locked himself out of three’s apartment until she died.

— Other Capitol Citizens:

Diona Waltonsen — age 43 as of the 46th hunger games, now 72.

Folia Brightly — age 36 as of the 42nd hunger games, now 69.

Alaia Albrecht — age 62 as of the 41st hunger games, died during the 48th hunger games after an accident in her skin dying surgery.

Priscilla Odalia Fernsby — age 48 as of the 40th hunger games, now 83.

[kittydoggie]

Thank you for saying this because it gives me an excuse to agree and go "yes, and-" about it.

Treating art as anything other than a learned skill diminishes both the art and the artist. What people who see art as a "god-given" talent or somesuch want are either:

To be excused from trying and failing. This is stupid, it's perfectly moral to be bad at any skill, much less one notorious for being a timesink and a resource hog. You don't need to be excused from it like jury duty or something, I'm not judging you.

To be excused from paying those with skill for their labor. They may have no skill in art, but they're a perfectly capable mental gymnast, rationalizing that using a "talent" isn't the same as normal labor. In fact, it's the duty of an artist to create!

If art was divine or magical in some way, then why can't I file my taxes as a church?

the talk about art as something divine and mystical runs completely counter to reality: anyone can do it if they wanted to. its not a super power, its a skill. like handling a knife or power tools. anyone can do it.