#Nona Paloma

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A lil something for everyone! :D Haven- A13, K6 Nona Paloma- A2, L2 Roka- F2, C8 Kittiwake Tern- F11, B9 Edmond Du Bogue- A24, D4

Ahh thank you for asking about my characters!!! Yippee!

I'm putting a readmore here cus there's a lot of them! Anyone who reads all of these you're my new bff now I am weeping and crying

Haven

a13. Does your OC have any phobias? If so, where did they come from?

Haven is terrified of getting wet and water! He's an undead guy who was mummified when we has first killed, and he's very afraid that he'll start to rot if he gets wet. He doesn't know how to swim and avoids boats and any sort of water at all costs.

k6. Does their paranormal aspect cause issues in daily life? If so, how do they feel about it?

Even within the fantasy world where he lives, Haven is "paranormal" in that he's undead, and looks like a desiccated corpse. This causes him issues in his daily life because the undead are generally feared and hated, so he's always hiding that, mostly by wearing clothes that hide the huge hole in his chest and a mask that hides his lack of eyes. He's got complicated feelings about his situation, but generally dislikes it. He's very aware that he's ugly and monstrous, and still trying to decide whether he is a monster or not, and generally struggles to accept his situation.

Nimona-Paloma Charrata aka Nona

a2. What alignment are they? Chaotic neutral, lawful evil, et cetera…

Nona is chaotic neutral! She generally acts this way due to being deeply and consistently out of touch with what is normal and acceptable, and what's going on in general. She is offputting and nosy and generally just does whatever she wants, in a way that's very childish and clueless.

l2. What do you consider the biggest themes in your character, if any?

Nona's whole concept is based around the idea of an NPC suddenly granted PC-style capabilities and agency. She spent her whole existence standing outside her house asking passersby to help her with tasks before suddenly acquiring magical powers and getting thrown into the life of an adventurer. Nona's main themes are being a fish out of water and needing to learn how exist as a person! It's tough to know how to be someone when you've never had to make any choices for yourself or interacted with anyone in a meaningful way.

Roka

f2. What’s their ideal home look like? Where is it?

Roka's ideal home is the one she currently lives in with her wife and daughter! After losing everyone she knew when her community was destroyed and a series of pretty traumatic events in the fallout of that, all she wants is her new start, and in this case, that looks like a little house with a few apple trees located in a small village.

c8. Is your OC more practical or ideal morally?

Roka is a deeply practical person. As a young woman, she was raised to be a priestess in a death cult and did things out of a deep sense of moral righteousness. When she realized her goddess wasn't real and her religion was a manipulation tactic to convince people to sacrifice each other, she fully threw all that out of the window. She became someone who twists her morals to achieve her goals, and is convinced that her goals justify her actions, even if those include being cruel or manipulative or violent.

Prof. Kittiwake Tern

f11. What are some of their favorite things to do for recreation?

Kittiwake Tern is a stuffy and proper man who's sense of fun has been generally shredded by years of being in academia (and being the pawn of a malevolent arctic being). In his free time, he likes to read books that would be impressive to people if anyone asked him what he was reading, and drink tea (if he's having a good day) or brandy (if he's having a bad one).

b9. What kind of humor does your OC like the most?

Kittiwake Tern does not approve of humor in general, though he does enjoy a well thought out play on words, or any sort of comedy that's appropriately literary.

Edmond Du Bogue

a24. What are some of your OC’s biggest personal obstacles?

Edmond wants to be a folk hero knight, but he's a sheltered 20 year old rich boy who's leaving the house for the first time. His biggest obstacles are that he has zero experience with "real life" (or anything else) and that it isn't much like all those novels he read growing up. He's working to get that experience, though sometime, he isn't sure he really wants it...

d4. Would they like to be immortal? Why, why not?

Edmond wouldn't particularly like being immortal. He's very concerned with his life and practical problems, and the idea of being immortal would absolutely stress him out to an impossible degree. Edmond is a very small fish who is just now realizing that he's in an ocean, not a pond, and the last thing he needs right now is for the scope of things to get bigger and more complicated.

[nameless-is-nameless]

Nimona-Paloma Charrata, my aberrant mind sorcerer in some modern fashions!

She doesn’t know what’s going on but she’s doing her best.

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This is such a gorgeous piece thank you so much for drawing my girl!!! I just love the vibe of this while scene and the colors are so pretty ✨

My entry for the 2023 Potluck Secret Satan~! Nona belongs to @nameless-is-nameless

Normally don't do full landscapes, but felt rather motivated in the moment

[rosenkranz-isnt-dead]

of loving something that was not meant to be

the X files: s5e7 Emily // Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir // Paris Paloma - Labour // The Amazing Devil - Farewell Wanderlust // Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

[misterfeller]

the cryptic asks are fun :)

you'll never know who i am

mainly because we're not mutuals and i dont follow anyone, so i'm invisible to you

so uh

you can call me whatever you want

ohhh okay!!!! i thought you would be one of my mutuals. you kind of remind me of faggot mouse. i am okay with more cryptic asks this is so fun yay! deciding what to call you is going to be really hard bc i barely know anything about you. i have this stupid thing in my phone where it gives me cats and i name them. maybe you could look through them and see if any names feel like you. i would put screenshots of all the names here but there would be too many. i will copy and paste some for you. under the cut bc there are 5 million even with some taken out

a kiss without the moustache is like an egg without salt

agate

al crane

alabaster

alberta

aldebaran

alexandra vondude

alfie

alma

andromeda

aphid

arnold babatunji

arthur

aziraphale

baas kwaadwillig

bat masterson

bcos

beach ball

bebop

betty

beverly

big audrey

big louise

billy brown

billy the phantom bellboy

birdie

blubbert

blynken

bobby

bobo botn

bora karaca

bruce bunyip

cab calloway

captain buffalo birnbaum

carl azuz

cassiopeia

catskills

catsup

chase

chick the cherub

chicken nancy

chris harrington

clarinda quackenboss

clive montague

colonel ken krenwinkle

copper

cordelia

crowley

d'artagnan

dandelion

darlin companion

davy

davy jones

dawn

deady bye bye

dinner

dionne

dirty bobby

doris

dot

dr. charlotte

electric larry

elizabeth van vreemdeling

elizatryst

erlking

eunice

fancy

fats waller

flapsur

flop

flossie

floyd

flying saucer

ford

found

francine

francis

frankanon

frosted mini spooners

fuffy

ganymede

gee wilikers

gizmodgery

gladys

gloopy

gnash

go to bed

good

goopy bloppy drippy sparkly

gradene

gwendolyn marshrat

hammersmith odeon

harold boonstangle

her majesty

hergeschleimer

hootenanny

horatius birnbaum

hot dog supper

ichabod

iggy birnbaum

irving

japonica

jason

jaws

juno

jurgen leitner

k spar

kitty nebelstreif

leitmotif

little bunny foo foo

live at the beeb

lola

louis

lullabye

mab

magic

maple leaf rag

marlon

mary

matches

maurice

melvin

meowy

milk

millicent

minnie the moocher

molly o'malley

moly b. denum

molybdenum

monkberry moon delight

mr bloodvessel

mr moon

mr moonlight

mr. plumbean

mrs. wimpydimple

ms. magistra

muffin man

nash

neddie wentworthstein

nick bluegum

nod

odds bodkins

nick bluegum

nod

odds bodkins

opal

orion

orthoclase feldspar

pajama

paloma

pearl

peppernut

percy "thrills" thrillington

peterkins

pickled pepper

pierre

pizza pie

plagioclase feldspar

pleistocene

polly pocket

potassium feldspar

povitica

prairiedog birnbaum

presyncope

prime meridian

professor tag

rex the wonder horse

ricky

rip van winkle

roberta

roger van tussenvuxel

ronnie wolfspit

rural

sadie

sally

samuel klugarsh

sandor eucalyptus

sargent caleb

satin spar

scarecrow

seamus finn

serutan yob

shangri-la

sheridan

sholmos bunyip

sinister

smokey joe

sorghum

space station level 7

sparkle

spookhuizen

sporty

stella octangula

steve craft

strega nona

suzie bunny boo boo

sweetie

syncope

the baritone buckaroo

thine

time machine

topsy

tough bananas

uncle borgel

valentine

wah watusi

wallace

wanda

weer

wendell

whorlygig

wicked anabella

wing ding

winnifred

wolluf

woofy davis

woopty doo

wynken

yggdrasil birnbaum

zaphod beeblebrox

zooxanthellae

[thisliminalspacedaydreams]

Le Mange Dieu et le Dévoreur de Mondes - greenvlvetcouch & ThisLiminalSpace // Nona Limmen // A Car Crash for Two - Gia Ford // Shame - Katie Maria // Strangers - Ethel Cain // Cocoon - cathedral // Paris Paloma - notre dame

[chuusyfucker]

Nona Paloma

[theglasscat]

tagged by @megerrific for what songs i have on repeat

This is the deranged playlist I've had on for weeks straight. It's three parts anxiety and two parts the end of Nona the Ninth

Swan Upon Leda by Hozier

Lady, What Do You Do All Day? by Peggy Seeger

Labour by Paloma Paris

100 Years by Florence + the Machine

Sometimes I listen to Chant I and Chant II from Hadestown here

Eat Your Young by Hozier

Through Me (The Flood) by Hozier

Hello Earth by Kate Bush

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth by Neko Case

Dream Girl Evil by Florence + the Machine

Heaven is Here by Florence + the Machine

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nono!!!! nona-paloma!!!!! small fry!!!!! junior!!!!! hairy maclary!!!!!!

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Failure and Fear for the oc ask game! For all of them 👀

Thank you anon you just made my day!!!!! Okay!!! Here we go

failure: What's your OC's greatest failure? Have they been able to move past it? Does anyone else know about it?

Haven: Honestly, Haven doesn't have one Great Failure to look back on. He's only been alive for a year, and has spent a lot of that time running around and putting out fires. I think he has a lot of little failures, like anyone (normal bad choices, or choices that seemed good but weren't) but he tries not to dwell on them!

Roka: As a child/young adult, Roka was raised to become a priestess for her village's cult. She sacrificed her best friend to her goddess, only to later learn that her goddess wasn't real at all, just an undead fairy taking advantage of the credulous villagers. She has NOT moved on, and has bent her whole life to getting revenge on this fae creature that wronged her. The whole DnD party, Haven included, knows about this, but she's pretty cagey about it to everyone else.

Nona-Paloma: After a disastrous battle in the faewild, her adventuring party struck a deal with some unseelie fae in order to not get fully murdered. They all tried to be careful, but got bamboozled by wording, and accidentally traded away the life of their cleric. Nona isn't the type to get stuck though, she's moved on from feeling bad and into the "trying to fix it" phase. She's bad at secrets so she'll tell anyone who asks what happened.

fear: What is your OC's greatest fear? What do they do when confronted with it? Are they open with their fear, or do they hide it away?

Haven: He's is afraid of so so so many things. He's afraid of being alone, afraid of water and boats, afraid of dying again, afraid of his friends getting hurt. More than anything though, he's afraid he won't be able to succeed on his quest to save the person who's body he inadvertently stole. He tries to hide all this but is terrible at it.

Roka: Roka's whole being is focused on vengeance, I don't think she really has space to be afraid anymore. The worst possible thing already happened to her, she was tricked into murdering her best friend and saw her whole civilization get destroyed. Under it all, she might be a little afraid that her wife, Maebe, hates her for running off on her murder quest, but she doesn't think about that too much.

Nona-Paloma: Despite being an adventurer, Nona's fears are mostly little mundane things, like spooky dolls and heights and getting brutally murdered. She sort of coasts through life and doesn't let much get to her.

[nameless-is-nameless]

Dnd characters in fun outfits part 3!

Pren belongs to @chopshajen and Nona-Paloma is mine!

[jacknosabeleer]

22 books i want to read in 2022

Thanks @pawprintedpages for the tag! I hope you enjoy Doce cuentos peregrinos, it's really a fantastic collection! I'll tag @world-of-lit , @sciogli-lingua , and @quatregats (no pressure, only if you want to!)

These are all from my to-read list on Libby haha so we'll see how many I get through!! I am super thankful for my library <333

Una novela criminal, Jorge Volpi

La sospecha de Sofía, Paloma Sánchez Garnica

La perra, Pilar Quintana

El sistema del tacto, Alejandro Costamagna

Entre los rotos, Alaide Ventura Medina

La granja, Joanne Ramos

La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, Rosa Montero

República luminosa, Andrés Barba

Hecho en Saturno, Rita Indiana (I have this one checked out right now!)

Magnetizado, Carlos Busqued

Space Invaders, Nona Fernández Silanes

El cuerpo en que nací, Guadalupe Nettel

Mañana tendremos otros nombres, Patricio Pron

Después del invierno, Guadalupe Nettel

El país de Toó, Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Un baile de máscaras, Sergio Ramírez

Yo tuve un sueño, Juan Pablo Villalobos

El amante alemán, Julián Martínez Gómez

Domingo de revolución, Wendy Guerra

Todos se van, Wendy Guerra

El salvaje, Guillermo Arraiga

La vida mentirosa de los adultos, Elena Ferrante

[via-palermo]

O racismo nem tão oculto da Vogue Brasil

Autora: Elizabet Letielas Ano da publicação: 2016

Todo começo de ano a revista Vogue Brasil produz o seu famoso baile de máscaras, considerado sempre uma festa pré-carnaval, exclusivo para elite brasileira. No início deste ano não foi diferente, o baile de gala foi anunciado e seu tema era “Pop África”.

A proposta já parece estranha quando a revista, durante os doze meses do ano de 2015, só colocou duas negras em suas capas, sendo elas Glória Maria na capa de abril, em comemoração aos 50 anos da Rede Globo acompanhada de Fernanda Montenegro, Glória Pires, Renata Vasconcellos, Grazi Massafera, Paolla Oliveira, Malu Mader, Angélica, Thiago Jannuzzi e Camila Pitanga, que até poderia ser incluída como negra na capa, mas ela foi totalmente embranquecida, assim como Fernanda Montenegro foi totalmente rejuvenescida.

A segunda negra na capa da revista foi Naomi Campbell, em outubro, também acompanhada, desta vez por Riccardo Tisci, da Givenchy, e pela também modelo Mariacarla Boscono. Se você considera Kim Kardashian negra, podemos fechar em três capas. Mas antes aconselhamos a ler um pouco sobre colorismo e também a dar uma olhada na capa de junho de 2015 da revista e refletir o quanto Kim usa e abusa da afroconveniência.

Padrões de beleza à parte, já era de se esperar certo racismo de uma festa africana elaborada por uma revista que embranquece — o máximo que pode — pessoas em suas páginas. A festa, exclusiva para uma maioria esmagadora branca que domina a moda brasileira, justamente por seus convidados, se tornou uma celebração ao racismo e não à África.

A consultora criativa Maria Antonieta Ferraz, uma das convidadas, apostou no Blackface para noite do baile. O Blackface era uma prática teatral popular do século XIX, típica de quadros cômicos, na qual atores brancos pintavam seus rostos com carvão para representar personagens negros.

A atriz Thaila Ayala e a Paloma Bernardi aderiram ao black power. Sophia Abrahão, Eliana, Camila Queiroz, Grazi Massafera, Val Marchiori e Giovana Ewbank usaram penas na cabeça como enfeites. Luiza Possi foi de turbante. Carol Nakamura foi de rainha africana. Rafa Brites usou brincos redondos feitos à mão, que lembram alargadores africanos, e seu top cobria seu pescoço todo, referência às mulheres girafas de algumas tribos da África. Camila Coelho fez uma suposta trança raiz e usou um Dashiki, tradicional traje africano, geralmente usado por noivos.

Que a Vogue Brasil e as outras diversas revistas de moda que circulam pelo Brasil impõem um padrão de moda europeu, isso é fato. E esse padrão vai muito além da mulher magra e alta. Ele determina o cabelo liso como o melhor cabelo e, é claro, é preciso que ele seja loiro e apele branca é ditada como “a pele mais bonita.” Essas são as normas que praticamente todas as mulheres citadas acima seguem.

Nenhuma delas é negra. Elas “brincaram” de ser por um dia. É nesta apropriação cultural que entra o racismo do baile. Apropriação cultural pode ser definida como uma cultura dominante, que “adota” elementos de outra cultura, geralmente menor.

Um black power, penas, o pescoço das mulheres girafas, a trança raiz, o Dashiki, carregar um bebê negro nas costas (sim, teve isso também) e pintar o rosto para ser negro, nada disso é fantasia. A Vogue Brasil implorou para que seus convidados fossem racistas com esse tema.

De Reinaldo Lourenço a Valetino, nem sequer os estilistas eram africanos. Do top 21 das mais elegantes do baile, feito pela própria Vogue, só Taís Araújo é negra. Isto é quase tão contraditório quanto a coleção inspirada na África de 2015 da Valentino, que desfilou 81 looks com modelos brancas e 8 looks com modelos negras.

Um mês depois da catástrofe do baile, a modelo Jourdan Dunn, eleita duas vezes a modelo do ano na Inglaterra, foi capa da revista. Depois de Naomi Campbell, Jourdan foi a primeira modelo negra a desfilar para a Prada. Isto em 2008. De forma irônica, ao fazer suas típicas 30 perguntas à modelo, na vigésima nona pergunta eles a questionaram: “Existem muitas marcas que fazem homenagens à herança cultural da África, mas que usam pouquíssimas modelos negras em seus desfiles e campanhas. [Assim como a própria revista quis fazer homenagem à herança cultural da África com uma elite totalmente branca] As grifes têm a chance de mudar o jogo e fazer algo revolucionário, mas não aproveitam. [Bem como as revistas de moda] O que você acha disso?”

A modelo resumiu, em sua resposta, o que realmente acontece no mundo da moda: “Sinto que eles querem abraçar a nossa cultura, mas não querem nos incluir neste processo. Querem fazer algo só sobre eles. Espero que isso pare de ser assim.”

Em defesa da Vogue Brasil

Se a revista acertou no baile, foi quando colocou Fafá de Belém e Carlinhos Brown como atrações musicais e elegeu Tais Araújo e Gloria Maria como rainhas da noite. Ao que tudo indica, a Vogue Brasil está se esforçando para quebrar a imagem que ficou do baile de janeiro e de uma longa história de opressão que as revistas de moda são acusadas.

Se a capa do mês de fevereiro foi uma das modelos negras mais influentes da atualidade, a de março foi a capixaba Ari Westphal, que mesmo tendo suas sardas totalmente apagadas, manteve seu cabelo enrolado.

Já na próxima edição deste ano, a capa é de Naomi Campbell e o conteúdo promete se dividir entre outras onze negras brasileiras que se destacam na arte e nos negócios, como Maju Coutinho, Marina Silva, Zica Assis e Alcione. A capa de maio é de comemoração aos 41 anos da revista e está disponível desde o dia 29/04.

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Brands that are NOT testing their products on animals.

It is important to know which companies are cruelty- free and to buy their products. We are living in world where money rules  and till now it was not easy to find eco options that will not cost us a small fortune. Even few years ago choice of those products was poor and quality was not measured by their price tag. I am so happy that now going to store I can actually buy cruelty- free products without sacrificing half of my paycheck.

Below is the list of the companies which are offering products that we all want to use.

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Infierno V, o la muerte y el renacimiento de un poeta

    La larga trenza de una mujer, señal de sensualidad e impudicia para los medievales, ha sido atada a la rama de un árbol, y su dueña desnuda pende de ella, los ojos clavados en el suelo. Junto a ella en la misma rama, dos hombres cabeza abajo, colgados del pene, se miran cara a cara. A sus pies otra mujer, también desnuda, es forzada por un demonio de pelaje azul a mirarse en un espejo; y cerca de allí un tercer hombre, sentado en posición incómoda, intenta alejar sin conseguirlo al monstruo que lo masturba.     Estas no son imágenes del canto V del Infierno, que trata del círculo segundo, donde se castiga la lujuria; son, en cambio, los castigos de los pecadores carnales en el Juicio final de Giotto di Bondone, parte de la sobrecogedora decoración de la Capella degli Scrovegni, en Padua. Si algo no falta en las visiones medievales del infierno, ya sea pictóricas o escritas, es la metódica violación del cuerpo lujurioso. Por poner otro ejemplo un poco más tétrico, en el Passus octavo de la Visio Tungdali, los religiosos que cometieron pecados de la carne son devorados por Aquerón, una bestia capaz de tragarse a 9.000 de un solo bocado; y una vez en su interior, los pecadores son atacados por ratas, perros, serpientes y otros depredadores que los devoran por segunda vez. Luego sus cuerpos se reconstituyen para que se reanude la tortura.     El contrapasso de los lujuriosos de Dante no puede ser más diferente. Un viento perpetuo los arrastra en círculo. Nada de sangre, tortura genital, demonios ni monstruos; sólo una tormenta sin fin en la que los pecadores a veces lucen tironeados sin remedio, pero otras parecen volar, y se le antojan al poeta bellos y casi libres, como grullas o estorninos.     Virgilio describe a estos condenados como aquellos que la ragion sommettono al talento [que permiten que la razón sea sometida por el deseo]. Ese verso es la clave de su castigo. De la misma manera que en vida se dejaron llevar por sus pasiones como si no tuvieran otra alternativa, en el infierno son impelidos por una tormenta que los priva de la posibilidad de hacer otra cosa. La carencia de voluntad que argumentaron se ha hecho concreta e inexorable después de su muerte.     Este castigo, como subraya Barolini, revela que lo que Dante quiere explorar de la lujuria, a diferencia de la gran mayoría de sus contemporáneos, no son sus detalles morbosos sino las sutilezas de su psicología. Más que el cuerpo del pecador carnal, lo que le interesa al autor de la Comedia es el mecanismo de su alma.     Y le interesa porque es el suyo propio, o mejor, lo fue en su juventud. Toda su producción poética anterior, que trata de su amor por Beatrice, está llena de motivos heredados del movimiento conocido como dolce stil novo [dulce estilo nuevo]; y el más importante de ellos es la idea del amor como una fuerza despiadada e inapelable, que toma posesión del poeta, destruye su libre albedrío, y lo convierte simultáneamente en un alma noble y un juguete de la pasión. En un soneto de Guido Cavalcanti, por ejemplo, el mejor amigo de Dante en sus años de formación, el Amor —así, con mayúscula— lo arrastra a una planicie repleta de enamorados que le dicen: “fatto se’ di tal servente / che mai non dé sperare altro che morte” [te has convertido en siervo de un amo tal / que lo único que te cabe esperar es la muerte]. Y en 1306, apenas dos años antes de comenzar la Comedia, Dante le envió a Cino da Pistoia unos versos sobre Beatrice que parecen pronunciados por uno de los pecadores de este canto:  

Io sono stato con amore insieme de la circulazion del sol mia nona, e so com’egli affrena e come sprona e come sotto lui si ride e geme.

Chi ragione o virtù contra gli sprieme fa come que’ che ‘n la tempesta sona.

[Yo he sido compañero del amor / desde mi año número nueve, / y sé cómo maneja el freno y las espuelas / y cómo bajo él se ríe y gime. / Quien le opone la razón o la virtud / pretende tocar música en una tormenta.]

    Y los dos versos siguientes de ese soneto declaran con todas sus letras que no hay libre albedrío que valga cuando el amor se interpone en el camino.     De ahí deriva el poder lírico de Infierno V. Cuando Dante escribe con la voz de Francesca que amor a nullo amato amar perdona, esa voz suena no sólo auténtica, sino también irresistible, porque hasta hace poco fue la del poeta mismo que la escribe. En el círculo de la lujuria Dante se enfrenta a sí mismo, al poeta enamorado de Beatrice, y se descubre condenado.     Pero la sutileza del canto no termina ahí. El objetivo de Dante no es sólo que el lector entienda, sino que sienta, que viva el conflicto que lo desgarra. Su solución es pedirle a Francesca que relate el inicio de su pasión por su cuñado; y la anécdota resultante, como era inevitable, es literaria.     Los dos estaban leyendo un romance provenzal que trataba de uno de los temas preferidos del amor cortés: el adulterio de Guinivere, esposa del rey Arturo, con Lancelot, el mejor y más casto de los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda. Paolo y Francesca estaban solos leyendo el mismo volumen. Cuando el caballero le dio el primer beso ilícito a la reina, ambos levantaron los ojos al mismo tiempo y se encontraron sin esperarlo con la mirada del otro. Tanto ese libro como su autor, dice Francesca, fueron nuestra celestina. Ese día no leímos más.     La historia de Francesca es la de un conjuro literario que logra plenamente su efecto. El beso de los dos personajes en el libro se convierte en el de los dos cuñados, se transfiere a la realidad. Pero a ese nivel debe añadírsele otro, porque Francesca y Paolo son a su vez personajes de otro libro, la Comedia; y su historia es tan dulce y seductora, la anima una mezcla tan bien calculada de inocencia y sensualidad, que la tentación de rendírsele, de justificar ese beso y con él la idea de que a la pasión no hay voluntad que se le oponga, es prácticamente irresistible. De esta manera, Infierno V es la máquina perfecta para comunicar al lector la seducción tanto del amor cortés como de la literatura que lo celebra y acaso lo posibilita. Infierno V nos fuerza a identificarnos con Francesca al punto que casi olvidamos que estamos en el infierno.     Los románticos se rindieron con total deleite a ese olvido. Para ellos Infierno V era un canto adolorido por la suerte de Francesca, y por extensión ofendido con la crueldad de la autoridad divina, que la castigó a pesar de la belleza innegable de su historia y la pureza de su amor, porque no por adúltero dejaba de ser casto. Pero esa lectura se queda en el nivel de la condenada; cae por entero —y esa caída acaso sea perdonable— en la trampa preparada con maestría por el poeta.     Es clave, tanto para el personaje-escritor como para el lector, que no olviden que, a pesar de la poesía innegable que contiene la historia de Francesca, en el fondo es una historia de perdición. Paolo y su amada parecen volar como palomas cuando el poeta los llama, pero es un viento justiciero el que los arrastra, y están en el infierno.     Las opiniones informadas y bien argumentadas sobre este canto son muy numerosas. La mía es que el problema con el cual Dante ha luchado hasta el punto de causar el desgarramiento que escenifica Infierno V, en un último análisis, es una cuestión no sólo sentimental y poética, sino también filosófica. Dante ama, siempre ha amado a Beatrice, pero en su madurez ya no siente que ese amor sea como él lo vivió en un momento, como lo habría descrito Cavalcanti: una pasión devoradora que lo priva de toda libertad, una esfera lírica de alucinada pero estrecha belleza. Esa jaula dorada se le ha quedado pequeña. Dante intuye que su amor no es una prisión, sino la clave de su libertad; y entonces comprende que es necesario deshacerse de una vez por todas de esa idea juvenil, según la cual amar como él ama es perder por completo el control de uno mismo. Su solución es retratar el amor estilnovista en toda su belleza en este canto, para luego poder dejarlo atrás; el peregrino ha de buscar otros horizontes.     En Infierno V, en otras palabras, el lector asiste al momento en que Dante deja de ser un joven poeta lírico y se convierte en el autor de la Comedia.