#chekhov rambles

[tanatola]

pathologic 3 announcement made me return to the classic game and finally play it properly! i think my favorite part of the bachelor's route is when he talks to maria kaina (or whoever's in her body at the time) and they explain that their planned Utopia isn’t even supposed to be a 'perfect' place but instead 'the mystical manifestation of a world inscrutable and inaccessible to men' going back to the original meaning of the word irl and instead of despairing Daniil fervently agrees that this kind of unimaginable leap is worth it, no matter where it actually leads

[daisysmalia]

Seeing as I doubt Buck and Tommy will talk before he seemingly calls him for help in the two parter… they’re going to be so, ‘You came?’/‘You called.’ Coded and that is like one of my fave romantic tropes/epitome of it.

[st-whalefall]

When is the Long Memory going to explode into shrapnel and Oscar “God’s Spear” Pine going to make his own weapon hmmmm?

When is Oscar “Deer Kindred” Pine gonna start growing antlers huh?

[tolstayas]

one thing about london russians is that they will attend a cultural event

[mr-craig]

My lastest BookTube video is a (somewhat belated) January reading wrap-up. If you want to hear me complain about almost everything I read at the start of the year, give it a watch. I also discuss a lesser-known Powell & Pressburger film, and some classic stadium prog.

[bizlybebo]

Williak dreamt of birds in s1 ep8 and wondered if he was part bird pigeon wisp

MOTHERFUCKER

[spoonietimelordy]

I promise I'll read the master and margarita this summer. I wish I had the time to do so sooner but I don't.

[antiv3nom]

SANJI GOT A RAID SUIT?????

[lonewolflink]

“Chekovs Somi” oh I can’t WAIT to find out what that’s about lol

🤫

[aturinfortheworse]

I have had ample opportunity this year to learn that all the self care in the world will not make you feel okay and capable if you're in a bad place emotionally.

I mean this in a good way, sort of.

There has been a lot of time in the past, particularly when I was depressed, when I felt like I just needed to get my shit together and then I would become a person who is capable of having their shit together. I thought I just needed to power onwards until my self-care produced enough energy and motivation to sustain itself.

Now I feel pretty confident that there is nothing that could be going on in your life that will make Being Sad not exhausting and demotivating. There is nothing you can do that will stop that being the case. Because the plain facts of my life are as good as they have ever been and I am so excited about everything that's going on and I have everything damn near nailed down: diet, exercise, socialisation, rest, love.

Grief and regret are still debilitating.

I am suddenly, miraculously, listless and forgetful and struggling to have a shower every three-ish days, never mind the rest of it.

Don't get me wrong: the other shit helps. It is good, it is worth the effort, it is the difference between pain and despair. Having already established a routine and a life that I is worth every second of effort. But it's helpful to be reminded that some of this shit is simply beyond my control.

[autumn-storms-and-coffee-rings]

i was going to work on this fic that i’ve been working on since may (which is embarrassing. it’s short. it’s not elaborate.)

but i had a inject-dye-into-my-elbow-joint MRI (arthrogram) today so typing is difficult.

i’m also struggling because i read a fic series about these two idiots and it left me despairing over my inability to tell a story that masterfully.

i’m telling, not showing. anton chekhov would be ashamed of me. i’m not sure how to break that bad habit. i know it’s stemming from rust, but that doesn’t help me remove the buildup.

(“don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” - anton chekhov. ((sort-of. this is a more modern translation of his the advice in a letter to his brother.)))

[stridingwriter]

is there anything more FUN to write than writing a character’s tragedy that they cause to themselves? 

[tolstayas]

the mire is a fucking insane story for many reasons of which this is not even in the top 10 but augh . you've heard of "author so misogynistic his male characters end up reading as gay" now get ready for the женский вопрос transmascification beam

[mr-craig]

My latest BookTube video is all about translation, and the challenges faced by translators and readers alike. I reflect on some translated books I read recently, including works by Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen.

(The title of the video is very clever and I deserve a medal.)

[generalenemybluebird]

gonna blame my fear of being truthful when telling someone what I'm anxious about on my being a theatre kid and therefore believing in chekhov's gun instead of my trauma

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC: obsession ramble

It’s not that I dislike obsessions, but I’d like to actually see them actually used more

The word obsession means: “an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind”

It has connotations of compulsivity and a loss of control

So if I’m told X character is obsessed with y, then I’m not actually shown the character being obsessed, it just feels… unsatisfying?

And a lot of the time we get told about it and then it’s never addressed again, or it gets treated more akin to a special interest

It’s Chekhov’s gun remaining unfired

Which is a shame because the works that do actually show the obsessive element of an obsession it feels like setup and payoff. It’s really cool and an interesting way to examine a character

And I get that takes extra work and isn’t always the story you want to tell, but it’s significantly less cool when it’s arbitrarily lumped in. It’s not a be all end all if it’s included and nothing is done with it, but it’s a bit like a nail not quite hammered into place: sticks out a bit and occasionally tears a small hole in your sweater(story)

Def not saying not to use it, but just food for thought on ways to use it I guess, or a way. Idk man I’ve definitely been overthinking this but people overthink every aspect of writing and tropes so that don’t make me special just sleep deprived