#but i say ostensibly

[etre-grantaire]

okay wait wait wait

so on Team Empathy we (ostensibly) have

Normal "I was kind of relieved to not have to hang out with Taylor anymore" Oak Swallows Garcia

and

Taylor "waits for Normal in a taxi for several hours" Swift

[quailsprout]

starlight

[cultivating-wildflowers]

STOP RECORDING YOURSELF PERFORMING ACTS OF CHARITY OR KINDNESS AND THEN POSTING THE VIDEOS FOR INTERNET CLOUT

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

This Fatal Kiss

spooky whimsical YA fantasy romance

a water nymph bound to the river where she drowned desperately wants to become human again, by gaining a freely-given kiss from a mortal

a brooding boy from the local town who exorcises meddlesome spirits is constantly trying to get rid of her - but after he messes up an exorcism she blackmails him into playing matchmaker for her

….but he also has a crush on the boy she chooses (who has secrets of his own)

bisexual MCs, developing polyamorous relationship

[anghraine]

I love that Elizabeth and Darcy are so ready to effectively tell each other they're full of shit. This happens a bunch of times, but I was re-reading their conversation at the Netherfield Ball and they're both kind of refreshingly Done.

[Darcy:] “Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?” [Elizabeth:] “Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together; and yet, for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged as that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible.” [Darcy:] “Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?” “Both,” replied Elizabeth archly; “for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the éclat of a proverb.” “This is no very striking resemblance of your own character, I am sure,” said he.

It's also pretty funny, because I suspect Darcy is thinking of this sort of thing in a later conversation at Rosings:

“You mean to frighten me, Mr Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me. But I will not be alarmed, though your sister does play so well. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.” “I shall not say that you are mistaken,” he replied, “because you could not really believe me to entertain any design of alarming you; and I have had the pleasure of your acquaintance long enough to know, that you find great enjoyment in occasionally professing opinions which, in fact, are not your own.”

[ariadne-mouse]

So I'm thinking again about Ludinus ostensibly using names of AoA things for more modern purposes (Cerberus Assembly, Malleus Factorum-> Malleus Key) and also the question of his age and whether he is/isn't from AoA times. Not because I think there is an answer yet & not to discuss what scenario is most likely (not here during joke hours) but because it's funny to think that if he isn't from AoA, he's naming his own stuff after things from the past he thinks are cool and wants to emulate, and if he is from AoA and had a role in the original names, he's like the person who names every dog they own Buddy

[bumblingbabooshka]

In 'vis a vis' Janeway doesn't mention B'Elanna in the list of people who're worried about Tom which implies that B'Elanna didn't report the fact that "Tom" grabbed her arm, called her a disappointment and broke up with her (as Janeway definitely would have mentioned it as evidence of him acting strange if she knew about it) which makes sense on several different fronts but also makes me scream and cry loud enough to break glass.

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

I imagine the underlying principle of being upset by the proposed TikTok ban is that hatred of government regulation trumps all other hatreds, which makes sense, but it's weird to see how many people apparently love TikTok now, after I thought we all agreed it was in fact the worst thing in the world and that it poisoned the internet and our species incurably

[shadystranger]

Im crazy about the way they framed this like sam was poisoning his mind

[dandelionjack]

hey im on anon bc I don’t want to be rude and barge into dms but Americans really don’t need shit explained to them via kids movies. Idk what the op of that post was thinking but regardless those tags were kind of rude especially given the situation. I know you probably didn’t mean to sound demeaning and I apologize if im coming off as overly defensive but it was uncalled for and inaccurate.

americans will see a burger and eat it

[agnesandhilda]

ego jinpachi's role as a shadowy mastermind/whether or not he's meant to be interpreted as someone who is tough but correct (about sports, competition, and the world more broadly) or a misanthropic creep trying to get these kids to live up to his unattainable ideals no matter the cost is one of the most interesting things early blue lock has going on imo

[scarlet--wiccan]

Need to find an Indian place w/ vegan dishes that are more exciting than what I already make at home.

[bonni]

don't really see why people dislike the term amatonormativity or consider it "useless." I have personally found the concept quite useful in examining why my ostensibly queer relationship made me feel like this

[sysig]

Promises promises (Patreon)

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tom & B'Elanna give off closeted gay vibes in that I think if you asked them to describe their ideal woman and man they would respectively describe a swimsuit model (bonus: who's Not Like Other Girls) and the lead in some sort of romantic novel. Nothing even close to a real person. The most generic you can get about straight romantic and sexual attraction.

[arohuacheng]

also hiiiiiii while i'm on the subject of "pei ming respects women actually" (<— that man provides for all his lovers when he's not there and is altogether very normal about things, just isn't interested in romantic relationships) can we talk about the whole "pei ming likes women who are softspoken and docile" thing. cause i know the narrative says it several times. but the most significant relationship that the narrative shows pei ming having in canon. is him and another fucking general in the middle of a war. somehow i don't associate xuan ji with words like softspoken or docile or even easygoing. and yet pei ming seems to have no problem hanging out with her... and very actively prefers her as a strong opponent rather than someone who gives up her own agency for his sake... my point here is that the narrative loves to just straight up fucking lie about pei ming. we're ostensibly in xie lian's head and i don't think he actually understands what's going on with pei ming sfjkgdf