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My new fandom is Rocky from Project Hail Mary. That’s it. Not the book. Not the other characters. Just Rocky.
#books#project hail mary#rocky#my new blorbo#although the book is really good too#amaze amaze amaze#cant wait for the movie
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i think ive expressed this sentiment before but i love chapter titles so much. i love chapter titles that follow a naming scheme. i love really long chapter titles that start with "in which". i love chapter titles that just plainly state something that sounds unremarkable & you can't tell why it's important until you read the chapter. i love chapter titles.
#tin kitchen in the garret#currently getting genuinely excited over titling chapters stuff like 'The Soup Incident' and 'The Company Bowling Party' lmao#in this fic i have just barely started drafting#it's about the vibe. we are going for like... idk what to call it. corporate sameness?#but ALSO theyre interesting because you go 'why is this important'#to find out you must read on...#unrelated to my thing but i have to mention some good chapter titles from books ive read here#the left hand of darkness has a couple really good ones#A Parade in Erhenrang. and Between Drumner and Dremegole#although i always say it Dremnegole in my head. thats what i thought it was until just now#Tactical Cactupi is a good one. thats from the mysterious benedict society#oh little women has some good ones too#Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful. i like that it's sort of poetic#oh and 'Amy's Valley of Humiliation' lmao. the very next one#im just pulling books off my shelf and looking at them now lol. a disappointing number of them have no chapter titles#I Coriander has some good ones actually. mostly theyre good as a set but theres one just called Toothmarks#i should reread that actually. weird book#a study in scarlet has some good expressive chapter titles
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This is about Hindley:
«After a short suspense it was opened by a tall, gaunt man, without neckerchief, and otherwise extremely slovenly; his features were lost in masses of shaggy hair that hung on his shoulders; and his eyes, too, were like a ghostly Catherine’s, with all their beauty annihilated».
And this is about Heathcliff:
«a tall man dressed in dark clothes, with dark face and hair. He leant against the side, and held his fingers on the latch, as if intending to open for himself. “Who can it be?” I thought. “Mr. Earnshaw?”»
Heathcliff is the character most often described as tall (and altogether big), with Hindley also being described as tall, as well as Linton, Heathcliff’s son, being said he was tall for his age (which is fitting).
I find so juicy that Heathcliff and Hindley look somewhat alike, at least structure-wise, enough to make Nelly think for one moment Heathcliff could have been him, and scratch the idea because no, that's not Hindley's voice. You resemble the man who destroyed you. It goes both ways. His child looks like his sister. One could think it was her child instead. A stranger will think the boy your son. You'll smile at the irony.
#«“And this young man is—” / “Not my son assuredly!”#Heathcliff smiled again as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.»#I didn't remember Hareton being described as tall and for now indeed I can't find any mention hinting he was particularly tall#I did find this one line highlighted and what can I say I adore it#“How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!” said by Cathy#I adore when little glimpses of the fact they were fond of each other show up#I also find this so funny: “the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me in some measure from my uncomfortable state”#Hilarious that everyone is so unlikeable Lockwood finds solace in Heathcliff’s presence. You must be the first lol#Of course it's in great part because of Heathcliff why they're like that#(although in Hareton's case it kinda seems he is mainly overall very jealous and tense; very reminiscent of kid Heathcliff)#Lockwood does notice something though. This is what he thinks when Heathcliff talks to Catherine:#“The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow”#So interesting that Heathcliff’s vitriol is so clear that it makes Lockwood reevaluate#Really the second Catherine is the person whose existence grates more on Heathcliff’s nerve ugh#Super interesting considering how she is otherwise relatively harmless. She's no Hindley and yet. It makes all the sense though in some way#Good for her tbh haha#God I love this book beyond words#Anyway. Back on my point. Elordi would have made a very good Hindley#I talk too much#Wuthering Heights#Hindley Earnshaw#Heathcliff
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“…injunctions to be slower to judge and quicker to forgive are good for maintaining relationships and improving mental health. Social media trains us to do the opposite. Judge quickly and publicly lest ye be judged for not judging whoever we are condemning today. Don’t forgive or your team will attack you as a traitor.”
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
#this quote from my book really resonated with me over the weekend#and was pretty relevant today too#although most of what I’ve seen has actually been pretty balanced for the internet#stop expecting perfection#embrace folks who are even starting to lean our direction but especially those we know are on our side even if they’re not perfect#god knows I’m not#but most of all#be quicker to forgive imperfections and slower to condemn people who are mostly good but mess up as humans do#some things are unforgivable but the list is a lot shorter than the internet wants us to believe#united we stand has never been more true#and the more we can unite on our side the better
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Does anyone know of any lefty YouTubers who experience/talk about psychosis & schizophrenia? We've got a module on it coming up in college and I'm not expecting it to be good so I wanna see what psychotic people & disability activists have to say about their experiences before we get to it lmao
#I wanna be able to be critical of what I'm gonna be taught lmao#psychology#psychiatry#anti-psychiatry#psychosis#txt#Also I'm not Just watching YouTube I promise#I'm working through an anti-psychiatry book right now (I don't agree with Absolutely Everything but it's made some really solid points)#(A lot of stuff that I can resonate with)#But YouTube is a good jumping off point lmao#Also articles#I want recommendations though bc there's a lot of stuff written about mental illness and a lot of it is not good#We're not actually Just learning about psychosis but I've got a reasonable grasp on other things and I tend to hear that psychotic people-#-get massively ignored in discussions about mental health so I wanna focus on what they have to say#Although if anyone has anything else to add about other mental health conditions (esp personality disorders) then I'd love to hear that too
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⚠️Spoilers for Shinrei tantei Yakumo - the lamenting doll file 03 and the epilogue⚠️
Here in case you missed it
I just read it and spontaneously wrote this.
Be careful if you haven't read it yet.
The file starts with where it left off the last time with them deciding to locate Mahiro's mother.
I kinda forgot about it since we haven't seen Isshin for a while, but this volume reminded me of how much Yakumo is influenced by Isshin. Be it the way they talk or sometimes even their mannerisms.
It's pretty much a given that they'll have to stay another night at the hotel but that would mean Haruka will have to stay in that creepy ass room again. Isshin really told Yakumo “accept the situation or sleep with her”😭😭😭
But sadly It's just like Gotou said, Their relationship label won't allow it smh
Gotou's snores and Isshin's bad posture are KILLING ME. My mom entered the room while I was having a fit of laughter I just looked crazy to her 😭
Isshin is so chill he doesn't care if you try to make him look bad. Rather his hilarious responses made Gotou look silly for complaining. Poor Gotou-san. Maybe I should learn from him... Unbotherement sure is powerful~
Anyways I guess that means Yakumo is the only one who sleeps normally hahaha
Just like I expected, Mahiro's death is weighing Hiromi down. kinda knew it from file 02, but hearing the details from Masae made me want to cry. No parent should ever go through this.
And so they split into two teams: team Gotou and Yakumo. and team Haruka and Isshin. All I'll say is that the latter team sure is a good match.
And then we have Gotou-san who not only has to put up with Yakumo's comments but also got a Salary cut too!! He suffered too much this trip. Imagine wanting to skip work only to get dragged all the way to a whole different prefecture. Still kinda his fault for ignoring Ishii smh.
Speaking of Ishii I'm happy he and Makoto were mentioned even though they didn't make an appearance. Isshin's mere presence made up for any other character's disappearance. Kaminaga-sensei is a genius for mentioning Eishin too. I think references like that will increase in the complete version. Knowing the future and the direction of your work sure makes a big difference. It was really interesting knowing that Eishin was the one taking care of Nao when Isshin's not around. Nao must really miss Isshin even if she doesn't show it on her face. I head canon afterwards Nao being overjoyed to see not only Isshin but Yakumo and Haruka too after his two-day disappearance.
The scene when that madman dragged Haruka gave me the chills. Kaminaga-sensei using TTCM as a reference sure was brutal I ended up imagining it. Haruka did her best till the very end but the situation was hopeless. She can't even resist. her mouth, legs and wrists were taped. And on top of that he had the audacity to slap her! How dare him! If that man wasn't charged with attempted murder after all this I'm throwing hands!
In the end the case was solved and we find out that Takahiro-kun was the one talking to Hiromi all along. It really broke my heart knowing that all this time he didn't even know he was dead and yet played along to try to comfort Hiromi who was mourning for her child. What a strong kid. He and Mahiro are.
The lamenting doll huh... makes sense.
In the epilogue we learn that Yakumo can't handle hot food which I thought was really cute.
Tbh his whole food preference was quite unexpected. First we learn that he has a sweet tooth (Which Haruka thought doesn't suit him at all lol) and then a similar situation to the one in the epilogue happened in vol. 7 iirc when Yakumo was (again) staring at the sake and when Haruka asked if he can't drink he stubbornally tries to only to spit it out. This man just can't be honest😂 I actually really respect men who don't drink or smoke so that's a flex~
Now some of my favorite Yakumo lines which for some reason all happen to be verbally abusing Gotou (Can't blame Haruka for laughing because c'mon how could you not?)
• “You can say that because you've never heard it yourself. Compared to Gotou-san's snores, even a train would be quieter.”
• “A member of the police stating that he'll be driving under the influence? Japan is finished.”
• “I'm saying bears can't understand the taste of wine. What if someone made up a new proverb: bears and wine.”
• "I don't want to waste any more calories than this."
• "Well, that's not surprising. A bear with damaged taste buds such as Gotou-san will never understand."
Bye I'm using these irl.
I'll also add these two because I keep remembering these two exchanges and laughing:
1)
"I see. If you don't want to, it's fine. But please stop bringing cases to me from now on."
"This and that are a different story."
"No, it's the same thing. Ah, that's right. So that Gotou-san will stop bringing me cases, I'll be reporting to the police that you've been leaking investigation details to a civilian."
"What!? Don't joke with me! I'll get fired if you do that!" Gotou shouted in panic.
"Good then. That way I won't have to involve myself in cases that have nothing to do with me, and taxpayer money won't have to go into paying the incompetent Gotou-san; just like killing two birds with one stone."
"What did you say!?"
"Isn't that great? This way, Gotou-san can also play around to your heart's content. So it'll be more like killing three birds with one stone," said Yakumo, grinning as he looked at Gotou.
He really stabbed where it hurt. Having been commented like that, Gotou wouldn't have a way to refuse. "Fine. I'll help. Happy?"
Gotou lifted his heavy bottom up from the sofa reluctantly as he sighed. Yet Yakumo wasn't done with his counterattacks.
"Not really, it's fine even without Gotou-san helping."
"That wasn't what you said earlier!"
2)
"Sorry about that. Could you please tell me what I should do?" Gotou asked formally while swallowing his displeasure.
"You should know if you listened to the story"
"I'm asking because I don't know."
"You should have if you paid close attention to the whole story."
"Well I don't know!"
"Is that something to be proud about? Good grief.”
Too much Yakumo😂
Volume 11 is up next. I'm really really excited for this one because Unkai and Miyuki are one of the best antagonists I've ever read. I'll never forgive them for what they did to Yakumo but their back stories are very very well written and explains how they ended up that way. That last arc will wrap everything up. I remember reading the book description a while back but Laute's translations stopped at the time so I thought I'll never read it.
The day has finally come!!!
#I know I said I know longer post but I wanted to write something short like everyone in the comment section#I have too much to say tho so I just put it here#Writing this was really fun even though no one will read it#I'll do it again when vol. 11 comes out#My obsession with the Yakumo novel is back and I'm all ready for it~#I wanted to contribute to the fandom in some way so I forced a couple of my friends to read Yakumo and they actually liked it#Unsurprisingly because how could you not? hopefully the number of people who read Yakumo will increase~#Although tbh the main reason I did it was because I wanna yap to someone about my current no.1 hyperfixation#Also why do the illustrations in the reblog look so damn good? Where is that book I NEED it.#990 yen is quite ok-ish in my currency and I don't need to learn a whole different language for it#guess I'll save up~#I feel like I overdid it with the tags#Oh well#shinrei tantei yakumo#shinrei tantei yakumo translations#lamenting doll#saitou yakumo#yakumo saitou#manabu kaminaga
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Ok game time which 3 series would you just DIE to get a run on ? I'm talking full creative control, can be as a writer or an artist + plotter if that suits your vibe best
My 3 are
Suicide Squad
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern Corps/Green Lanterns
(in that order)
#last one may wiggle around but i think thats mostly it. others i would want to do but if were talking full runs then this would be my picks#there are other things id ofc want to do though. a wonder girl (cassie) mini in addition to the ww run probably some superman stuff too#although idk him as well i do love him. maybe a mini there or even a prestige format book if i go crazy#would love to do a quick something with cass cain too ofc (me and the rest of this site lol). could probably figure out a plot to smth#longer if i thought abt it but would love to guest write a standalone issue or two for an ongoing of hers#what else would i want to do.... the sui sq and wondy are rlly the big ones bc ive thought abt that the most. glc ive thought about too but#to a bit less of an extent. ooh there was that bleez mini i plotted out during lunch once last year. think i had some sketches laying around#for that too.#who else would i do.... those are rlly the main ones atm. books i would write vs books i would read are definitely different though. there#are some pitches i would throw out but wouldnt know how to write at all i just know it could be done good somehow. like ik nothing abt#aquaman but i think its possible a wonder woman/aquaman story could slap#OR NO A WONDER WOMAN & SUPERMAN ONE I WAS JUST TALKING ABT THAT. dont call it that though ofc they should get a duo name in the same vein as#world's finest. and ofc 72848274 issues of bro time. anyways <33333333#also a not abt the rankings sui sq is higher than wondy which may seem crazy from a wondy blogger but 1. i do love them and 2. they need me#so much more. this subject is such an egofest for me bc ofc i think i could do everything perfect but like they need a good run soooooo bad#whereas id LOVE to do wondy but ik they would survive without me. anyways yeah <3#anyways on a totally unrelated not at all adjacent topic.... my askbox is always open btw 😘#also idk if my green lantern corps book would be called glc. may just hit the green lanterns vol. 2 bc who is stopping me really
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speaking of favorites i loveee when black bolt stops everything to go kiss his wife. like absolutely fuck checking on anyone else or even ensuring they arent in danger anymore he's going to go say hi to his wife before any other course of action. crying pulling my hair out at how much he adores her.
#like. on one hand i do like them splitting up for those few years. although timeline wise probably only like four months but still#but also i love love love how despite every inconsistency between writers over the years. everyone agrees blackagar really loves medusa#like just nothing else matters over her and no matter WHAT she is top priority#like even when theyre split up u can just. tell he adores and respects her so so much#i very rarely like actually geniunely care for ships but im fully invested in these two. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH!!!!!#in a world where comic book couples go through phases of hating each other then getting back together. black bolt prevails as Ultimate Wife#i was gonna put wifeguy but i ran out of space. hes a good wife too though#blackagar boltagon#medusalith amaquelin#whatever im not tagging the others this post aint about them#undescribed
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Gods, I love obnoxiously describing fanfiction. Bc what the hell am I supposed to say when someone I know will not take it well asks me what I'm reading? "Haha yeah it's actually crack treated seriously time travel fix-it for this fandom that you'd already get an anneurysm about, little to say about fanfiction"???
No. I'll say "The work I'm reading is a study about dealing with regrets of something you mended but still feel guilty for and working through feeling isolated in your experiences. It's about reconciling the people you thought were perfect as a child with what you know now is only a facade as you grow up and see behind the naivety of youth. It also takes upon a subject of fatum, and trying to redefy your destiny."
Is it a lie? No. Is it the truth? Technically. And that's enough for me.
#really it goes for books to#bc how the fuck would I explain svsss to my aunt#although you can't get too into it#they might try to read it themselves#and it's not good#ao3#reading fanfiction#fanfiction#fanfiction reader#reading
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Oh my GOD I would have LOVED Dragonsong as a kid. Why didn't I read it back then???? Why???
Oh my god her hand got infected. POOR THING.
#amber reads pern#dragonriders of pern#oh no I'm probably going to finish it tonight lol#and I don't have the other ones yet#might have to get them online sigh#I've been scrounging a bit but I've been too busy to really hunt#lol this is not a Deep Book but I am having a good time#although Menolly sure isn't
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THE BEST OF PRIORITY: TUCHANKA (PART 2)
Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard, Lt. James Vega, EDI, Urdnot Wrex, and Dr. Mordin Solus With: Urdnot Bakara And a Special Guest Appearance by: Kalros, Mother of All Thresher Maws I MADE A MISTAKE! I made a mistake... big picture made of little pictures- too many variables. Can't hide behind statistics... can't ignore new data- my responsibility. Need to go- running out of time. Not your work, not your cure- not your decision. Had to be me- someone else might have gotten it wrong... Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition (2021)
#mira makes gifs ✨#sophie shepard#james vega#EDI#urdnot wrex#mordin solus#mass effect#mass effect 3#me3#mass effect legendary edition#dailygaming#i'm gonna continue the rambles in the part 2 gifset but one of the things i adore about tuchanka is the scenic shots#there are literally so many gorgeous ones that about half of part two is scenic shots because holy fuck tuchanka is beautiful#the kalros reaper ones especially? like those are so cool i had to include at LEAST a few of them bc that fight is awesome#and when the cure disperses?? literally the prettiest scene in the game#EDI and james have really cute dialogue together too!! i adored their moments towards the end of the mission#although i did say i was gonna give thoughts on mordin in sur'kesh and i think it boils down to him being an okay?? character in my book#like mordin definitely isn't one of my favorites but i will respect that he's definitely a very complex character and he's interesting imo#especially in terms of how he's written and his motivations/how he sort of grows and evolves over both ME2 and ME3#like the quote i subquoted the post with is the one you get when you try to stall him from going up into the tower#(so it's not from soph's canon- but i love the scene so i used it anyways)#and one of the things i really like is that you can see the switch from mordin in ME2 who argues that what he did was RIGHT#versus mordin in ME3 who is starting to see what was wrong in the context of all the new information he has#and for me- seeing a character who can grow to recognize that they're flawed and made mistakes- i can respect the HELL outta that#even if mordin isn't my favorite character in the trilogy i'm gonna give him massive props for his character growth arc#because it's always interesting to see someone grow and recognize their mistakes and find a way to be a better person#to own their mistakes and fix the shit that they fucked up#i don't think i'd ever choose the option to not cure the genophage but mordin will always get props from me for his character arc tbh#i'll stop rambling now! have a good day wherever you are <3
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shonda rhimes save me..... shonda rhimes...... save me shonda rhimes!!!
#ok brimsley narration you have charmed meeeeee happy pride month <3#it's not as good as the scene in the show. i loveeee that first brimsley and reynolds scene in the show#not because they're having gay sex although i think it's awesome that shonda put gay sex in bridgerton#i love the way those guys fucking talk to each other.... genuinely one of the top parts of queen charlotte is the way charlotte and george#communicate through brimsley and reynolds be it knowlingly or unknowingly#they're like charlotte and george's parallels and mirrors it's so awesomeeeeee oh my god#also the inherent tragedy of loving someone who has already devoted their existence to someone else...#and someone else who can't love them back too.... and your only hope to be loved back is with a person in the same situation as you#but then of course. you can never really have each other because you're already not the most important person in their life#i wonder if there ever could have been a time where reynolds might have wanted to give up his devotion to george to be with brimsley#which would have been tragic because brimsley would NEVER give up charlotte. and it's sooo delicious!#anyway i love the way they talk when they're arguing about charlotte and george....#literally shonda you are the genius of our generation!!!!!!!!!!!!!#i'm choosing to imagine all the things wrong with this book are julia quinn's fault seeing as my queen would never betray me#(ignoring all the betrayals)
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you see the problem with .me reading is that.meataphors
#if u tell me that there's one ill find it too hard#ill like go into the history of hex codes+ the history of numbers if u tell me that the color of something matters#and then the real importance is like pink is the color of love or something#the owl looked down? trauma caused by religion. (i say while reading books for fifth graders)#i grasp at everything entirely too much really#i tell someone about my fave book series and it sounds like a monumental criticism of society and its like dogs having fun#fox (vulpes vulpes) on the internet for the first time#its also a problem with me writing#ill write something like ''the fox jumps. the wolf squeaks. the owl dies'' and its actually about (i hit the limit i cant explain)#there IS an explanation actually. fhat would like x10 the length of the tags though#huff. i mean these arent good examples although they all have happened. but these arent my best interpretations since i was tired
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So far the pride and prejudice adaptations I've seen are:
Pride and prejudice 1940
Pride and prejudice 1995
Pride and prejudice 2005
Pride and prejudice and zombies
Bride and prejudice
The Lizzie Bennett Diaries
Bridget Jones's Diaries
Fire Island
Lost in Austen
Austenland
Death Comes to Pemberley
But it's NOT ENOUGH
#pride and prejudice#my post i guess#Give me a good adaptation of p&p and you'll make me happy#Although not all of these are good but it's too late to go in depth over all of these#Let me just tell you that ppz is not a great movie but the book was nice#P&P 1940 was nice but quite different from the novel#B&P has bangers like no life without wife#And ive just seen fire island and it's So Freaking Clever and Good i loved that#I didnt really like DCTP#Cant remember much about lost in austen other than ive watched it the 1st time on youtube with subs bc it was there once#And obvs i love austenland#Conflicted about this post being a draft or a published one but it's one am and we do not make rash decisions *hits post anyway*
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"In Xenophon of Ephesus' romance novel, the Ephesiaca, two boys about the same age fall in love, but one takes on the role of 'lover' and must undertake to rescue the other from the clutches of an older man by abducting him at swordpoint from the latter's home, having had to sell all his belongings and take sail to get there."
damn the ancient greeks wrote some choice yaoi
#taken from same-sex unions in premodern europe by john boswell#really good book that i recommend although i feel a bit too dumb to fully make use of the knowledge in it#there's a lot about the ways in which specific latin and (ancient) greek words are translated and what they actually mean in context#that completely goes over my head as someone who has never studied either#this book is liberally referenced in pretty much every queer history text i've picked up though so i really wanted to read it lmao
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special kind of ow: finding out about a book because the author has died 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
#writing this down because i cant remember my kindle logins:#katarina west - absolute truth for beginners#i wish i knew abt it when i could've reached out although i probably was too young#like if i read it now and its really good i will feel pretty sad djkdksldös#but i do want to read it omfg i wasnt expecting a gay book like this to exist#also its hashtag inspirational to see a finnish author publish in english
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