#TM Book

[ovisghost]

WHOS THAT

[sky-scribbles]

My agent, two years ago, completely unsuspecting of her danger: so pitch your book idea to me! Is it an introduction to what it means to be asexual and aromantic?

Me: well yes, but also no? I want to unpack how western society gives the message that having a single, monogamous, romantic and sexual relationship is not just the default state, but the only way for anyone to be happy

Her: ... go on

Me: The way people are led to think that getting a romantic partner will be their shield against ever being lonely. That everything in their life will get better once they have a partner.

Me: Also how men, in particular, are taught that nurturing physical touch is only acceptable and not 'unmanly' in a relationship with a woman, so they have to get a partner or never have gentle touch

Her: ...

Me: Oh and also the way anything non-normative is treated when it comes to sex? Did you know that in the UK, penetrative sex is basically the only kind of sex that counts as 'ordinary and complete' sex under the law?

Me: And. also. it's weird how we put all this emotional weight onto one person. A romantic partner is supposed to share your home, your finances, childcare, emotional support, a sexual relationship, they're meant to be your first port of call for everything, they're meant to be the person who provides your happiness.

Me: and I think about that all the time. because being aro, I have to share that weight among multiple friends and loved ones. I have to invest in more social connections.

Me: so really the book is about how much we limit ourelves when we think that sexual and romantic relationships are the only way to be happy

Me: and about how aroace people are social connectors.

Her: ...

Me: and also I might use Sherlock Holmes and Watson to explain what a QPP can look like. so there's that

(edit: people were asking for a link, so here it is! It's only in pre-order right now and there's no preview available yet; I'll try to update once they've sorted that.)

[nenoname]

edited the boyz crazy flashback! yes i made him shorter than flashback!stan too lol

(cursed flashback stans for comparison)

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

The fact Jon and Theon didn’t like each other is kind of interesting, a lot of authors would’ve made them very close because what they have in common, i.e. trauma bonding about Theon quite obviously wanting to be a Stark, but is actually their hostage, and Jon wanting to be a ‘proper’ Stark but instead being a bastard Snow, but instead they both favour Robb as a brother despite being quite obviously jealous of him and his position as Ned’s heir. They both parallel each other when Jon dreams of being in the Stark cypts and thinking it’s not his place, and Theon going down to the cypts in adwd and thinking the exact same thing.

You could argue it’s more to do with their personalities not being compatible, but Theon and Robb are very different also. I think it’s more to do with the fact that both being at the bottom of the family hierarchy, or more accurately outside it, is what makes them resent each other.

Like from Theon’s perspective he he may think to himself ‘I may not be part of the family but at least I’m not a bastard’ but then he will see Jon and Robb behave like brothers, Ned treating Jon with affection, Jon getting a Direwolf, even if it is the ‘runt’. Whereas Jon may think ‘I may be a bastard but at least I am Ned Stark’s son, and Robb’s, Arya’s, Bran’s, etc brother’ but then he’ll see Theon being treated fairly by Catelyn, Robb and Theon’s friendship, and Theon being allowed to be part of the formal greetings of the King, and being allowed to sit a the high tables when they feast, and all this leading them to resent each other.

It is true that love him or hate him Theon is an asshole and downright mean a lot of the time, so some would assume that, if Theon being the elder had been kinder to Jon, then Jon would’ve liked him, but I don’t know, Jon may be kind, but he is also proud and I don’t know if his pride would’ve ever allowed him to like Theon Greyjoy.

[cozylittleartblog]

me omw to scare mormons out of a wendys!! 🍂🖤🍟

ootd from like 2 weeks ago and yes that really happened

[the-fatal-impact]

Nobody:

Me after finding The Poetry Book under Lord Hans Capon bed:

[randomfandomss]

Me @ Jacopo Lomeli every 2 seconds in the Conclave book...

[kawoid]

• choosen one •

[wittymumbledon]

well that didn't last long - back to bills i guess HJDDHJD (I saw this post on twitter and my mind immediately went to billford so we are here now)

(also - testing out a quicker, simpler colouring style cause that might come in handy fairly soon ✨)

anyway yeah - have some billtlejuice, fellas <3

[justanotherfanfolks]

Unfortunately for everyone, I love Book 1.

[raayllum]

Don’t follow me, and don’t look for me. I don’t think you’ll find me, anyway.

[ovisghost]

so the karaoke night went good i think

[theoutcastrogue]

So who invented science fiction, anyway?

Dream blunt rotation, sci-fi edition (dead people only): Lucian of Samosata, Cyrano de Bergerac, Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Alexander Bogdanov, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick (if there's only one of those in the rotation, it's fine, just don't get surrounded by them), Ursula Le Guin, Douglas Adams

First of all, that's a dumb question. Literary genres aren't "invented" by single individuals. Nothing exists in a vacuum, there's no virgin birth in art, and culture is a conversation.

Second, there's no single rigid definition of science fiction. That stuff is loose and fluid and in the eye of the beholder. And depending on how you choose to define it, even The Epic of Gilgamesh can be considered a sci-fi story.

Third, for most intents and purposes, it's Mary Shelley. Science fiction as a genre begins with Frankenstein, that's not complicated at all.

Fourth, before Frankenstein, there are TONS of stories with elements we recognise now as belonging or at least adjacent to science fiction, but they're incidental to the narrative so nobody cares. Lucian wrote about inhabited planets and space battles in the 2nd century. But it was a satirical story, and if it took place in a land of magic mountains instead, it wouldn't make a lick of difference. Scores of people wrote utopias and/or adventures set on the moon, the sun, the stars. So what. It could have been on an imaginary island or the Fairy Realm, and nothing would change. All it says is "we set the stage Elsewhere".

Notable exception to the Fourth: Kepler's Somnium. That story is set (via dream) on the moon, and couldn't have been set anywhere else, because the whole point is to explain how the earth would look when viewed from the moon. That was what Kepler (that's the astronomer, not some random dude) wrote first and what he cared about, the rest is just a narrative framework added later. So it's not really science fiction because it's not really fiction in the first place, it's science with frills.

More exceptions to the Fourth: there are tales written in the late 18th / early 19th century that are, by now, recongisably science fiction. But they weren't novels, they were poems and one instance of prose-poetry, and they didn't make a genre. Frankenstein did that.

Fifth, mayhaps the correct word isn't "invent". It's "kickstart".

[l6sadi]

Something I really like about the original Lupin III manga (1967-1969), and which was unfortunately lost in the later releases like the aizouban volumes and the english translation localization of Tokyopop, is the way Monkey Punch decides to organize the chapters. Although the manga has arcs/stories of one or two parts, the manga is divided into "Series" in which, depending on these, each chapter shares a common topic.

The versions that can currently be read have the chapters out of order, but there is nothing to worry about, since these stand on their own episodically and in some cases, the chapters that were originally two parts were converted into a single chapter, so you can just jump to any chapter of any series that catches your attention here.

Some examples of these are:

(The following chapter names mentioned here are from the Tokyopop edition which can be fully read on Mangadex)

Rat Clan Series: Set of chapters in which Lupin and his gang face the Rat/Nezumi clan.

•Chapter 69 - “Straight Flush”

•Chapter 31 - “You Dirty Rats”

•Chapter 70 - “The Rat Clan and The Sea”

•Chapter 71 - “To Old Acquaintance Being Shot”

All Cast Series: Several chapters in which the whole gang (Goemon, Fujiko, Jigen and Lupin) works together.

•Chapter 56 - “Triple Play”

•Chapter 57 - “The World on a String”

•Chapter 58 - “Camera Tricks”

•Chapter 59 - “Medal of Dishonor”

•Chapter 60 - “High Art”

Young Man series: Series of chapters focused mostly on young adolescents or young adults getting involved in the world of crime. (My favorite).

•Chapter 36 - “Tough Love”

•Chapter 67 - “To Live and Die in Japan”

•Chapter 73 - “The Think System”

Psychodelic Series: Chapters focused on, as the title implies, stories with psychedelic elements such as hypnosis or alusinations.

•Chapter 48 - “The Dream Sequence”

•Chapter 51 - “What the Skull Wants”

•Chapter 61 - “Death and Duality”

•Chapter 62 - “Double your Guns”

•Chapter 52 - “The Mind is a Mansion”

And FINNALLY.

The Confession Series: Chapters totally focused on Lupin's past and his relationship with his fucked up family.

•Chapter 37 - “Lupin The Third Vs. Arsene Lupin”

•Chapter 38 - “Inheritance”

•Chapter 39 - “Prodigy”

•Chapter 40 - “A Chip Off the Gold Block”

If this description or the plot of any of these characters sounds familiar to you, it is It is because these chapters were the total inspiration for the “Lupin Zero” mini-series, also highly recommended.

please share this or i'll die. <\3

[warblingandwriting]

I hate when I've read a book that I like enough to buy, but then the cover is terrible. I mean, look at this shit:

It's not the worst I've seen, but it makes the book look like some kind of romcom, it's completely dissonant with the tone, and I hate it.

Meanwhile, look at the Japanese (original) cover for the same novel:

Beautiful, stunning, evocative. Also way more representative of what the actual novel is like to read. The conformity of the tower with odd bits popping and poking out of it, straining against it. This is interesting, I would pick this up off the shelf, whereas with the (North American) cover it has I only read the book because I heard a review that I thought sounded interesting (ironically from someone who didn't even like the book).

I just want to come to the end of the era of minimalist and photograph covers and go back to legit cover art... please