#falls excerpts

[mroddmod]

what cipher has done to my hands

[the-goldenratio]

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

[xoxo-rielle]

October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in aftermaths.

— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

[sakshinarula]

I feel like a galaxy when you look at me. No one has ever looked at my darkness with so much love.

-The Art Of Staying Lost, Sakshi Narula

[wordedarchive]

In October, any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.

Elizabeth G. Speare via wordedarchive

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Anakin’s love and marriage to Padmé wasn’t the issue of why he fell to the dark side. He was already being groomed by Palpatine in becoming his apprentice, and Padmé not being there wouldn’t have changed that. She just made it easier. Anakin was born a slave, which doesn’t leave him in the right headspace, and ever since Shmi died, Anakin became more unstable. Inevitably, he became more obsessed with control and wanting the power to stop the ones he loves from dying. Had Padmé not been in his life, Anakin still would have fallen due to Palpatine’s manipulations and topped with the Jedi’s mistreatment of Anakin. The Jedi and even OW failed Anakin in a way where Anakin came to a point where he doubts their faith in him, and he in return loses his trust him them. He says so himself in the ROTS novel. None of that had anything to do with Padmé.

But to insinuate that Anakin only cared for gaining “power” and essentially his “greed” is to blame for his actions, is super reductive understanding of his character. Yes, Anakin was greedy for control, and power. But not because he’s power hungry and wants to rule the galaxy. He only ever wanted more power to keep his loved ones safe, to assume control over what happens to him. (and this would’ve happened even if he and Padmé weren’t together.) saying that if Anakin “truly cared about saving his wife”, he would have told OW or any of the masters about his situation but didn’t because he was “greedy” is again, incorrect. Because Anakin DID go to the Jedi for advice. He talked to Yoda. Anakin put his faith into the Jedi but they didn’t exactly lead him down the path he needed.

Doubled with the fact that he knows the Council doesn’t trust him, and him not being sure he can trust them, (yes, including OW.) this led him to seeking answers in other and more dangerous places. Which was Palpatine. Whom Anakin is already vulnerable to and was being groomed by. Anakin’s fall to the darkside was due to his desperation and desire to save his wife, the love of his life. Not because he was greedy for more power and that he didn’t truly care about saving Padmé. That’s just a bad analysis of his character, intentions, and motivations. Anakin only became obsessed with the idea of “gaining power to rule and obtain authority” happened AFTER he fell. And that’s because the darkside plays with your sanity like that, makes you want and do things you normally wouldn’t do or want.

The main point is: Anakin’s fall doesn’t stem from his greed for wanting power because he seeks heroism, status, and authority. It was out of genuine love and desperation for his wife. Then again, his marriage to Padmé also isn’t to blame for his fall, because that was due to Anakin’s own fear of loss and abandonment. He would’ve fallen under any circumstance, with how unstable, vulnerable, and manipulated he was. That was the tragedy. He was always doomed to fall.

[aaabatteryy]

my friend let me borrow her copy of Journal 3, so I've been working on decoding it and just generally reading through it all day

but one thing I'd like to note is the page about the Gideon-Bot (or the Chubtron Loser-Droid One Thousand) and there's a small segment at the bottom of the page I'm near tears over.

"McGucket built it. I guess he'll invent stuff for anyone who will hang out with him. Still can't tell if he's a good guy or a bad guy."

HE'LL INVENT STUFF FOR ANYONE WHO HANGS OUT WITH HIM??

really brings to light about what exactly Fidds and Ford had, especially knowing what we do from the missing pages in The Book of Bill and the website (more specifically that one picture of them in college after proving Fidds' theory about the universe being a hologram). not only was Fidds sticking with Ford because he'd hang out with him and work along side him, but that they were friends. no wonder Fidds was willing to leave his wife and son (not looking at it from the pov of a fiddauthor shipper)

[russalki]

— Anne Carson, “The Fall of Rome: A Traveller’s Guide”, from Glass, Irony and God

[lucidloving]

Kirsten Robinson // Christine Riccio, Again, But Better // Lori Deschene // Maddison Vernon // Julissa Loaliza // @flowerais-archive

[fairydrowning]

I love the concept of growing into love more than falling in love at first sight. Like, love grows into your heart just as how a seed grows and bloom into a beautiful flower.

[nostalgella]

“Dear old world, you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”

— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

A moodboard inspired by Anne of Green Gables—for kindred spirits, nature lovers, and daydreamers.

[19silvermirrors]

Softly 😘

[averlym]

fairest of the fair

[mxcantorideriva]

His autistic swag....

[not-poignant]

Excerpt from chapter 16 of Constellations:

‘Also,’ Augus said, scowling at nothing, ‘you just know that whatever she did to him sexually wasn’t in the normal strata of incest. She wasn’t a regular paedophile, or whatever. It was all about control, and she’s the kind of sadist they write psychological case studies about. Whatever he described to you, saying it was sexual, and then people just imagine vanilla sexual bullshit but between a child and their aunt. Still gross, but it’s not enough. Whatever happened with Crielle would have been straight up torture.’ ‘We have to stop talking about this,’ Gwyn said abruptly. Because how had that not occurred to him? What the fuck? Of course, it wouldn’t have been her just nicely touching him all the time. Even that was bad enough. ‘We have to stop-’ ‘-Sure,’ Augus said, his green gaze worried and sharp. ‘Should we go home? Do you want to call Chelsea?’ ‘We can still keep walking around,’ Gwyn said. ‘I’m liking it. I just- I can’t…imagine these things like you can.’ ‘Of course,’ Augus said again. ‘I’m sorry.’ ‘Please don’t be sorry. Just…stay with me.’

[wordedarchive]

A pleasant September Sunday after all. Summer had faded to a distant memory almost beyond recall.

Haruki Murakami via wordedarchive