#ag*

[magical-dying-human]

this!

this is why I actually love Caroline

she doesn't get enough love despite how her books are actually so good and she's honestly a wonderful character overall

just spent the afternoon reading through caroline’s books. i’m obsessed. cannot get over her doing all that insane shit in her frilly little dresses. 💕

as a child, i *loved* wearing fancy (hand-me-down) dresses while getting absolutely covered in mud on the playground, so it makes me feel very seen to read about her having an insane little adventure and then get to the illustrations, which are giving fashionable girly-girl. it’s strange but also wonderful to me.

also, her mom is a total badass.

additionally, i really love the lack of disdain caroline has for more traditional feminine activities, despite wanted to break from that mold (with her wanting to be a ship captain). i feel like a lot of modern historical fiction revolves around characters who not only want to go against the grain of what their society deems “ladylike”, but actively disparage others for not doing so, and dismiss those “ladylike” activities as useless. that’s not generally an issue that i’ve seen a ton of from ag, but it sneaks in every now and then.

like. caroline hates baking day, but she doesn’t think it’s dumb, it just doesn’t come easy to her, and it’s frustrating! she understands the importance of helping her family with the garden, even when she’d rather be at the shipyard, because she knows they all need that food. she also genuinely enjoys sewing and embroidery; i can definitely see an older caroline, captain of her own vessel, continuing to embroider in her free time. whenever others disparage her for not being ladylike, she does the mental equivalent just giving them a weird look and then moving on. she really just thinks to herself like “damn. they are being rude as hell and need to mind their business. whatever.”

i think her books also do a pretty good job of being a power fantasy for kids (in that she gets to do cool, important things) without making the adults around caroline seem totally incompetent. whenever she’s trusted to do an important or dangerous thing, they honestly do not have any other good options, and she is genuinely critical in helping them get through whatever is going on, without it seeming contrived. i also liked that part of her stories because it felt pretty in line with what i know of the roles children played in their families at the time.

also, i love her character traits on full display in her last book. (spoilers) upon catching a thief stealing food from her aunt and uncle’s farm, her first instinct is to chase after him at full speed with a pitchfork. and upon catching him and listening to him explain how hungry he is, her first instinct is to get food for him and his family. daring and compassion. it sums her up pretty well, i think.

anyway. conclusion: i lub her.

[profeminist]

Sometimes the trash takes itself out

Trump fans stop pretending you care about girls challenge

[franthonyofficial]

(x)

[czarinakanaeva]

[botanyshitposts]

in an odd place as a zillenial in ag where I’m generally anti-consumption, would like to be able to own and fix my own stuff etc but I also work with old farmers so I’ll be like ‘hey can we throw this thing away?’ and they’ll be like ‘NOOOOOOOOOO those are the truck balls from the first model T we need those!!!’ and it’ll look like this

[obriengf]

Dylan O'Brien & Andrew Garfield at the Toronto International Film Festival - September 7th, 2024.

[yourlocalsaiko]

This is the last batch so far from @rntztx on tiktok that i treat as gospel

[strawberri-draws]

People seem to like my AG sketches so I thought I’d post the other page haha <3

[samantha-and-nellie]

everyone please appreciate my favorite exchange from the comments of the samantha movie

[ag-piers]

00100010 01010011 01110111 01100101 01100101 01110100 00100000 01000100 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101101 01110011 00100010

[caroline-draws-stuff]

Julie Albright 🌸☀️

[nicki-flemings-curls]

[eightw]

would a cute mitsumi with snow in her hair help

[franthonyofficial]

📸: thesadpunk_

[futuristicsaladparadise]

Ivy and Kavi are ready for Halloween

I made Kavi’s clown costume. Ivy’s Pooh onesie is Disney ILY.