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[autoclav3d]

@modernbutch

lol

[drinkinggblood]

fight club study

[emotional-mess-in-distress]

More Xanvid yuri

[omtai]

Find me at the club googling the etymology of the word “club”

[yantarnii]

believix babygirl 💐✨

[bookwyrminspiration]

How do you think Amy was affected by being the only living human to know of the elves?

-🦢 anon

We've seen a little of how it affected her--for example, she'd mentioned keeping an eye out in the news for happenings that might be Lost Cities related. I'd imagine she's also constantly wondering if what she knows (history) is the truth, and comparing her home to the cleanliness, crime-free (mostly), vibrant Lost Cities. That she's more critical and questioning as a whole

I think for her this is also very tied to being the only one to remember Sophie, which is even more impactful. Not only is she keeping elves/ogres/etc. secret from everyone, including her parents (who she has a good relationship with). She has to live with the fact her parents don't remember they had another daughter, that said daughter is in constant danger--they don't even remember their own kidnapping.

So any emotional turmoil Amy has from her parents being taken and tortured while she lived alone with strangers she has to deal with on her own--or to reach back out to the elven world, but she's not supposed to have a lot of contact.

She lives playing a role that is both her and slightly not. Responding to a different name, with different friends, and a family that will never be what it used to. Acting like it's all she's ever known.

I imagine the immersion means she loses herself in it sometimes, but other times she wonders if everything's okay with Sophie. If the elves are at war, and if it'll reach her world. What she can do if it does

She's in a position of immense powerlessness, and she knows it. She tries to overcome it, but the world is so much bigger than before now, and she can only do so much. That has to take its toll, even if its worth it to remember who she is

[hollow-ground-underneath]

🎶 i've got no strings - to hold me down - to make me fret or make me frown - i had strings - but now i'm free -

There are no strings on me. 🎶

[burningvelvet]

Sense you are my resident Byron expert, I was wondering if you've read Byron: The Flawed Angel by Phyllis Grosskurth. I haven't read it yet but a friend of mine recommended it.

I personally am reading Wildly Romantic by Catherine M Andronik. Haven't finished but I've liked what I've read so far

I don't think I've read the whole thing but I would firmly categorize it in the section of pop history Byron books (and therefore probably not entirely trustworthy to accurately assess a historical figure). From what I remember of it, I think the below quotation summarizes my thoughts.

From John Clubbe's 2002 article Byron in Our Time, published in The Byron Journal:

"What does Byron have to offer us in the new century? On the evidence of biographies that have appeared in recent years, SexPower--that is, predation, prowess, performance, deviations, titillations--would seem the compelling draw. Full-length lives--Phyllis Grosskurth's Byron: The Flawed Angel (1997), Benita Eisler's Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame (1999) and now Fiona MacCarthy's Byron: Life and Legend (2002)--rival each other in degrees of luridness and in the copious detail, some of it undocumented or mere surmise, in which they itemize and analyze Byron's amours with old and young, male and female, kith and kin. The authors' obsession with Byron's sex life seems more financially than intellectually driven; oddly, it is conjoined with censorious dislike of their subject. Even including sex, these books tell us little we did not know before. Why, except for sex, we should be interested in Byron today is beyond these authors' ability to grasp. Neglected when not forgotten completely in the three biographies are Byron's impressive feats as a writer, feats that for nearly two centuries have fired the hearts and souls of countless readers and shaped imaginative and political life in Britain, Europe, America, Japan, and elsewhere."

As an alternative to her book I recommend the books and resources that I list here in these posts:

https://www.tumblr.com/burningvelvet/698853736137768960/here-are-a-lot-of-the-biographical-sources-ive

https://www.tumblr.com/burningvelvet/716180738717925376/i-love-the-romantics-esp-2nd-gen-and-was

[popsicle-stick]

big fan of that point in traditional british and irish music where they run out of words and break into a fiddle reel. ye olde beat droppe

[haddi-your-only-buddy]

BEAN

I LOBEEE BEAANNNNN🤍🤍sayyyyy hiii from my sideee🐱🐱

[sidereous]

Decided I'd do some quick doodles of OCs I haven't given much attention or just haven't done anything with

[cassiuspr]

Cassius.

What the actual fuck

Hm? Ojh. Yyyyeah.

My bad ;)

–Cassius

[xx-karlmarx-xx]

[nat-reads-books]

Book: Blood and Water by MJE Clubb

Rating: 4/5

Callie and Ava, Seelie and Unseelie, Life and Death. A world where opposites entwine and link together in more ways than one!

Blood and Water is a classic fairytale fantasy. Based both in our world and the world of the Fae, the chapters jump between our main characters: Callie and Ava. Callie, battling with grief over the loss of her parents, is forced to move across the world to a little town in Scotland by the name of Peebles. Her chapters follow her battles with depression whilst trying to settle into a new place entirely out of her comfort zone.

Ava on the other hand, can't remember anything about her life, not even her name. ‘Ava’ was given to her by a river spirit by the name of Bodach, who pulled her from the watery depths and saved her from certain death. Both Bodach and his companion, an anthropomorphic fox called Reynard, promise to help Ava traverse the Otherworld, navigate dealings with the seelie and unseelie fae alike, find her memories, and return home. Wherever that may be.

There are some really nice elements that have been added to the book that just elevate Blood and Water as a story. Clubb has created two mixtapes that were mentioned by Callie in the story, that can be listened to by the reader, making the reader feel closer to Callie as a character. The author has also included a warning page at the beginning for readers so they can know what sort of themes they are going to read about, and so they can avoid it if there's something that is particularly triggering for them. In addition to this list, there is also a list of hotline phone numbers for readers if they are struggling which is another lovely touch.

When reading this book, Bodach's life story particularly reminded me of Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away. He is also a river spirit who has had his name stolen from him and needs it back for his freedom. Not to worry though, Blood and Water is still its own story with its own outcome, it's just a fun parallel.

There are a few spelling and grammatical errors in this book, but overall it doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the story. Full of drama, action, and a sweet love story, this is a book I would definitely recommend to fantasy loving friends!

[perrylane]

Letting Nostalgia Win

[encyclop3dia]

im so happy.... the kids this week (at the golf camp im a counselor at) are so nice...... no one has been hit with a club yet (we have gone 2 days so far!) and that's a record :)