#charlotte recommends

[stardustscripted]

[raspamon]

making memes for a 20+ year old movie i randomly watched? yes

[arunneronthird]

my favorite type of anime is the kind where a characters life derails so painfully you go back to the first episodes and dont recognize them

[alex-s-shit]

Recommendation of the week.

[literallys-illiteracy]

can someone please recommend me some games like Milk Inside/Outside a bag of milk.

Just any story rich indie game, any genre honestly i just need to feel sad or existential.

most recently i ended up getting:

Hello Charlotte (ep 1/2)

Hazy Mind

It Was a Human

Outside the Door

In Stars and Time

Milk/Milk2

Refind Self

[philocalistherz]

⋅ʚ Aftersun: Are we happier in our memories than in reality?⋅ʚ

➴ January 23, 2025. ₊˚ෆ

While this is a transposition that has nothing to do with Seneca's entire statute, I firmly believe that Charlotte Wells's film is so multifaceted that it allows for opposing and complementary readings of its characters in equal measure.

────────────────────── ୨ৎ ─────────────────── The situations are pleasant, simplistic yet heartbreakingly human, with Calum's (Paul Mescal) tender witticisms and his father jokes concealing conflicts that slowly escalate into their reality. The film shows us, without much fuss or show, that time does not heal everything, that we are happiest in our memories because they sometimes fade for our sake. What are we but the pictures of our happy moments, or the silly dances in places where no one knew us? Aftersun is a subtle visual and narrative treatment of pain, but it does not completely erase it. Like time, the film navigates in our memories, in what we may have overlooked unintentionally or by force. We are Sophie in the past and in the present, sometimes also Calum, trying his best not to ruin the moment at the cost of our own peace.

It would be foolish to pretend that this coming-of-age film, full of emotional mirrors for the viewer, is a film of tissues and snot for the simple pleasure of appealing to our empathy.

Aftersun works on a micro level with vital elements such as nostalgia and loss in all its forms. Action, or the lack of it in the face of different situations, is also what makes Wells' work so special, for aren't we the ones who deform past events to the point of unconsciously changing them? the ones who miss not having noticed things we couldn't intervene in? The powerlessness of an isolated space like the present of the past, Sophie's position as a child not allowed to help her father, and Calum's willingness to keep everything to himself in order to make her happy.

The intimacy of the film goes beyond the superficial analysis of its subject, because visually it feels alive, with a pastel, almost dreamlike texture, and a camera that allows the characters to exist in silence, to be more than their careful dialogue. The lighting plays an important role in the expression of the characters' minds, like the clue that is removed by the first experience, which, from a spectator's point of view (like Sophie's), makes all the sense in the world. His narrative does not replace the aesthetic, but accompanies it, without in any way overlapping it.

One hour and forty-two minutes condense weeks of experience, years of pain and the innocence of two characters who are nothing more than ghosts to us and to themselves, and all that time is not enough to heal the emptiness Aftersun leaves in its viewers or to dry the escapist tears of those who say they never cry at the cinema. It's a film to live and relive, because your own memories will be there, and it will look more beautiful with every viewing, even if it hurts.

-ˋˏ philocalistherzˎˊ

[the-merry-otter]

Reading 1 star reviews of The Yellow Wallpaper to amuse myself, and I’m giggling at every one that is like “1/5 stars, they kept talking about the wallpaper” like my bestie in christ did you not read the title??

[isasapphicmess]

Just listened to the doctor and Puccini audio, Charley canonically draws eight and I thought that was cute <3

[killmeinmysleepwithachainsaw]

Playing around with the lasso tool, stylisation and trying to teach myself how basic lighting works

This was kind of fun

[leonardoeatscarrots]

"As I said at the start of this tale. One may contact a ghost if they touch something tied to them in life. But touching something tied to death is a whole other story." -The Peculiar Compendium of Victor Van Wolfe

Fanart for my buddy Robert of his OCs in a Pathologic AU

Ignore the fact that the costumes are from different games. I just picked my favorites of the two 😤

The best way to support me is to like and reblog!

[stardustscripted]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is more than just a story of struggle—it’s a searing testament to the experience of womanhood in a world that feels both suffocating and indifferent. Through the journey of Esther Greenwood, Plath lays bare the emotional landscape of a young woman who is vibrant, intelligent, and ambitious yet overwhelmed by a society that constantly attempts to box her into roles she can’t bear. Esther’s voice feels like a whisper of every woman who has ever been told to smile when her heart is breaking, to aspire only as far as others allow, and to fit a mold that feels so fundamentally wrong.

The bell jar becomes a haunting metaphor not only for depression but for the stifling effect of societal expectations on women. Esther wants to live fully, to explore, to create, to breathe in a way that feels true to herself. Yet the weight of traditional expectations—marriage, family, a carefully prescribed life path—presses down on her like thick glass, trapping her in a bubble where she feels unseen and unheard. Her breakdown isn’t just personal; it’s a revolt against a world that refuses to see her as whole. She’s not just fighting for her mind; she’s fighting for the right to be her own person in a world that denies her that right.

Plath’s portrayal of Esther resonates as an anthem of female empowerment, one that doesn't rely on rosy resolutions but instead validates the reality of women who struggle against invisible shackles. There’s a courage in Esther’s story—a courage to admit fragility, to voice feelings society often ignores or shames, and to refuse to simply “get better” and go along with the life she’s been given. Esther’s journey is not about fitting in or following a predefined path; it’s about the lonely, often painful journey of discovering who she truly is beneath the weight of others’ expectations.

The power of The Bell Jar lies in its vulnerability, its defiance, and its quiet rage against a world that sees women as little more than what they can offer others. It’s a reminder that sometimes, survival itself is a powerful act of rebellion. For every woman who has felt trapped, every woman who has questioned her place, every woman who has struggled to reconcile who she is with who she’s told to be, The Bell Jar is both a mirror and a call to break free. It tells us that our pain, our stories, and our voices matter��that they have power, even if the world tries to silence them.

[gloryosarosa]

She is so autistic I swear to God she is me

[bookwormbeat]

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

[stackofsnakes]

Bit of a shame that short stories don't get more appreciation than they do. You'd think with the recent boom of short form content, short stories would have something of a renaissance, but i haven't seen much of that yet. Instead there's an app that summarizes books for you. Fucking imagine!

Anyway, i could be a miserable shit about it, but i could also hand out recommendations.

Both, There Will Come Soft Rains and All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury left deep impressions in me, you may have read this one if school but i'm not american, so...

The Yellow Wallpaper by C. P. Gilman, if you wanna dive into repression from 130 years ago that is still relevant today,

There's Liking What You See: A Dokumentary by Ted Chiang, an interesting story to consider, Division by Zero, which made me sad and Tower of Babylon, which made me feel inexplicably claustrophobic, tho i don't think you'll have the same reaction to that last one.

Also Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a classic and be read by everybody at some point.

There's some German stories of which i don't know whether they have been translated, but i keep my eyes peeled and report ba

Anyway, feel free to hit back with recommendations, especially of non-english origin, mine are somewhat generic anyway and more aimed at starters and i'd love to see some stories from y'all's cultures.

[skys-archive]

Does anyone know some comic/web comics or manga with physically disabled characters, especially main characters or strong supporting roles?

For example I really relate to Kakashi from Naruto due to my chronic fatigue, and I know FMA has many disabled characters and I plan on reading and/or watching it. I like fantasy but I'd also love some more realistic world ones, like Saiki k being a pretty good allegory for disability. (Even though that's technically still fantasy lol)

I'm really loving to hear any of these with disability, whether it can be read that way but isn't canon or invisible disabilities or whatever. I'd especially love to see mobility aid users, like Charlotte Webber from spiderverse comics (she uses forearm crutches! Like me! And a wheelchair when she's not fighting crime!) or various characters from FMA.

I don't really read webcomics usually so I don't know any of thos examples but I'd love to hear some of those too.

I'd also be interested in fanfics that take non disabled characters in canon and write them as disabled.

Anyway yeah please I want to read disability representation and I prefer to get my media visually or from world building I already know