#goblin does coms

[streetlightgoblin]

Heeeeey guess what!

Been wanting to do this for a while and now I can start :D

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Dm me for more info if you're interested! I'll be opening 5 slots for now!

[kdramaxoxo]

Can you recommend like a fun, silly, summery drama? I'm looking for similar vibes as Cheer Up or Age of Youth (female friendships are a plus). It's hard to find something without melodrama.

First off, I LOVE your user icon! (- ‿◦ )

And I definitely want to help you find something silly and easy to watch, especially as we enter the depths of winter! Some of these are a little less slice of life but still fun. Also I know you already watched/mentioned a couple of these but I'm adding them to the list for everyone else who might be game!

Light Hearted Fun K-dramas (little or no melo)

Soundtrack #1 (slice of life/romance) Best friends for almost 20 years, the two leads start having feelings for one another while working on a project. This drama only has a few episodes which is a shame because it's really cute! As a Park Hyung Sik Stan (sorry but Happiness broke me), he's great in this one and he hasn't lost all of his military weight yet which I LOVE :D

Fanletter Please! (slice of life/ romance) A sick child writes fan letters to her favorite star, an actress who for kdrama reasons is afraid of fan letters. This was a super sweet, short drama - I really liked it so much!

Into The Ring (workplace/romcom): The perfect slice-of-life rom com! Goo Se Ra has trouble holding down a job due to her passionate personality so after she loses her latest job working for the ML, she decides to run for a small government office position because it pays a salary. Literally she does it for the money which is just *chef’s kiss.* The show is about her dealing with local politics and it’s SO FUNNY and smart and the OTP is the best! 

King The Land (rom/com): A cold chaebol hotel owner meets his match (literally and figuratively) who is a top notch employee. There's a lot of push pull and the ML (MY BIAS!) Lee Junho's character falls hard and fast. It does have slow moments but if you literally want to watch a happy couple be happy (plus the skinship is chef's kiss and there is so much of it) you'll enjoy this one.

Melo Is My Nature (slice of life): This drama is by far my favorite slice-of-life drama of 2019. Found family, strong and complex characters, I laughed, I cried. Plus a gay character that’s an actual character, with the gay as a casual side note (classy k-drama!!) It was just a perfect show for me. There’s romance, but all of the stories are super interesting.

Top Management (slice of life) I know this show is mainly on Youtube Premium BUT I just got an email from Youtube basically saying “hey we know you never want to pay to watch our shows so we’re just going to let you ok?” so that’s something… Adorable mini drama about a girl who can see the future and becomes the rookie manager for a kpop band. Fun and easy.

Business Proposal (rom/com) Seriously this drama is almost the exact same plot as The Secret Life of My Secretary. It's really fun and cute (just like the latter) and if you like one, you'll like the other ;-)

True To Love / Bo Rah Deborah (rom/com) Bo Rah is a relationship expert publishing her book. She works with a man who is her total opposite making it a cute enemies to lovers. Yoo in Ah is literally so adorable I love watching her! (If I'm honest I can't remember a TON about this drama but I do remember it being an easy watch).

Her Private Life (romcom): Park Min Young really knows how to pick dramas. I loved this one about a museum curator who is secretly a fangirl obsessed with an idol. It’s fun and fluffy but does have a very mild childhood trauma thing with his mother but I mean, 99% of dramas like this do? If you like this one, Touch Your Heart and Why Secretary Kim are by the same person and have similar vibes.

Touch Your Heart (rom/com) A sweet, silly and very mild rom com about a serious boss and his hallyu star secretary. This show was an obvious response to the chemistry that Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na had in Goblin so it was nice to see them together again. Yoo In Na is such a fun person to watch!

Fight for My Way (slice of life/romcom): I love this drama! Always a fave for me, this drama is funny and heartwarming! The leading lady is a strong female which I LOVE, and Park Seo Joon plays her really cute down to earth best friend. It’s a childhood friends to lovers trope with a group of regular people (no rich heirs in this show!) and has a happy ending and a lot of cute flirting, cuddling and kissing. Argh I love these two!

Age of Youth 1 (slice of life): Age of Youth/ Hello My Twenties is one of the best k-dramas that centers around strong female friendships. A group of wildly different girls find themselves rooming together in an apartment. Lots of romance too, but the girl’s lives and friendships are the primary focus.

Shopping King Louie (romcom): Ridiculously fun and lighthearted romp following a spoiled and useless chaebol with amnesia who is being taken care of by a country bumpkin in the city. Very low stakes, super adorable couple, and as many tropes as you can fit in your bag, this one is one of my favorites to recommend.

Eulachacha Waikiki / Laughter In Waikiki (slice of life comedy, romance) I hope you’re ready for a crazy amount of unlikely situations and nutty hijinks because this show is probably one the most silly ones I’ve ever watched. It follows a group of friends who own a hostel so it’s a slice of life drama. At certain points I was like “this is TOO silly” but I’m glad I stuck with it cause it was so hilarious. Plus, the baby is a star!

Wok of Love (rom/com) Despite the fact that the show was shortened by two episodes because of sports, this drama is a funny and quirky show worth watching. Many people dropped it because it was SO crazy for the first couple of episodes (it has a talking horse people!), but it does settle into a really sweet and fun story about a chef, a gangster and a rich girl and her family. If you love food, this show is for YOU!

And finally, if you don't mind a bit of melo, I highly recommend Run On!

Enjoy <3

[sidhewrites]

If I may, because I have no impulse control just a cozy bed and a heart full of love

Details of each WIP under the cut

I met a girl in the graveyard: kaz pine is a skeptic who doesn’t believe in ghosts, and meets a mysterious goth woman named Lucy in the graveyard where she works as a landscaper/general assistant. But as she and Lucy get closer, strange things start happening. It’s not ghosts though. Because obviously they don’t exist. A sapphic rom com with extremely light horror. Honestly it’s probably not even horror but it’s basically all I read right now so it feels weird not to call it that. Featuring an old cat named Renfield and Halloween vibes. ADHD lesbian MC, bisexual autistic love interest.

A Crown of Hoarfrost: A young woman is forced to be the bride of a wicked fairy king. She learns to survive at the cost of her humanity, and does not forget the horrors he’s committed, no mater how desperately he loves her. an angry reaponse to barious arranged/forced-marriage romantasy/hades-persephone retellings that got to me. Featuring lots of world building and catharsis on the part of the author.

Café Au Lait: a sapphic flower shop/coffee shop romance that turns into horror. Beth has just gotten out of prison after 15 years and an overturned sentence, and she’s struggling to suppress the intrusive violent thoughts in her head. Iris frequents the cafe where she works and doesn’t help quiet the thoughts in her head, but for a while provides a seemingly harmless outlet for her issues. A short story I have to actively sit down and develop but also itd probably be lots of fun

Silverlight: a cute sparkly adventure inspired by 1980s fanfasy. Polly is best friends with the fairy Jack and thinks he’s the most exciting thing in the world until a wounded elk reveals itself to be Sylvie, a fairy from the Day court who needs help getting home before the evil Night King snuffs out the sun. Light fantasy, mostly predectable plot twists. Meant to feel sparkly and fun. Featuring a bisexual MC, a trans love interest, a talking cat, and a requisite masquerade/ball.

Sun Under Soil: secretly a goblin, Flora is a member of the Magpie order of human clerics dedicated to healing the sick. When a magical plague leaves her entire convent trapped in quarantine, she sets off in a desperate quest for the mythic Panacea flower, and finds friendship and courage along the way. Mostly light fantasy, with some darker elements at play. No romance, but we do get flora and her two air headed but intelligent new goblin friends Cricket and Thistle who help her find where she truly belongs (as the goblin queen, teaching the rest of them table manners)

The Wyrdwitch: needs overhauling. Currently set in fantasy 1920s Europe, Zorya Kosheka secretly has an extremely rare magic that allows her to dispel otherworldly demons plaguing the continent. She’s brought to France to study under the continents greatest magician, a surprisingly young veteran of the Great War who seems to have nothing in his head but luxury and galas, but knows all too well what Zorya’s trying to hide and how desperately the world needs her skill. It’s a bit harder to summarize this one lol, but it’s about recognizing the possibility of healing from trauma and complex mental health issues and wanting a better life for yourself even if it’s scary. Also it’s about goth witches, theater kids, and a cat who isn’t quite on this plane of existence.

[no-where-new-hero]

What are your very favorite K-dramas?

Thank you so much for giving me the space to ramble about k-dramas, anon!!! Favorites are kind of hard for me, because there are favorites I just love no matter what, and then there are favorites I love because I can pick over all the things I don't like in a kind of indulgent annoyance.

In the first category, I'd put Coffee Prince (rom-com realism), Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (historical), and Bad Guys (thriller). Coffee Prince is my go-to recommendation for anyone who wants the nostalgia of a late 2010s Boys Over Flowers-type drama, just less cliche and far more queer (if that's your thing!), but still with poor girl/rich guy dynamics, a good second couple, and entertaining flower boy supporting characters. Moon Lovers is indeed a tragic masterpiece and also features the one romantic OTP that I've really been able to get behind, as well as a rare exhibition of like ,,, complex female/female relationships. Bad Guys has the least copaganda of the crime dramas I've seen (in fact, it often refutes the power attributed to purportedly moral organizations) and does incredible things with metaphor, symbolism, and all around dark aesthetics. Each of these have their drawbacks, yes, but these are small and overall, I go back to them for comfort viewing (even as I'm crying and/or shivering in dismay).

In the second category goes Goblin (fantasy), Cheese in the Trap (psychological realism?), and to a certain extent Tale of the Nine Tailed (fantasy again). Goblin was my first k-drama and will always have a place in my heart, though after several rewatches, there have been things that have grown to bug me about it, and I mostly revere it now only for Lee Dong Wook's absolutely stand-out role. Cheese in the Trap is fantastic, gorgeous, and intriguing up until the final third or so, where the script begins to lag and character assassination happens left and right, and the final episode is so unsatisfying I simply pretend it doesn't exist. Tale of the Nine Tailed was obviously a long-term obsession (and the only show I've written fanfic for!) and clearly contributed to the fantasy drama blueprint that other shows were inspired by, but so much of the tone in that show bothered me after the fact and made me wish a few elements were dealt with different ways. They all continue to live rent free, and they each have an actor who startlingly elevates the drama, but maybe it's the brilliance of that one actor that kind of pulls the rest of the thing out of shape--rather than those first ones I love, where there's a soothing sense of balance among the actors and generally the things going on.

I'm soon going to post my Blake Wrapped of dramas that I saw this year with more of my drama thoughts, but thanks for giving me a chance to introduce a few that I've been thinking about!

[vegance]

*Sigh* why put this in the vegan tag tumblr(.)com/xx-midnight-candy-goblin-xx/751366674462228480/thoughts-on-being-vegan?source=share

idk I just wish people would actually research veganism a bit before publicly stating their opinion on it. Sooo many points people make against it can be refuted with a 3s google search. Though I guess this does not just apply to veganism.

[destinyc1020]

I know that nathan drake isnt a fighter, his persona has always been surviving crazy situations out of sheer luck. The reference of many of the fight scenes was jackie chans comedy action films ( which was prop heavy, unpredictable and little clumsy) the problem how they went about is it just wasnt good and the choreography just doesnt work. Maybe I phrased it wrong about not being a good action lead, cause I didnt know how to describe that fact that tom felt both miscast and but also perfectly casted. I think he gets the charm, and cheesy humour of nathan drake but I dont think he gets the action right. Spiderman is action sure but tom is casted perfectly for that character and his style that doesnt mean it translates well to all action films or that makes you the right lead for all types of action films.

Tom cruise, a young denzel, bruce willis, jackie chan, wesley snipes , michelle yeoh, harrison ford to name a few like they can do a wide variety of action films and I would consider them action stars, you put them in any action film and they will knock it out of the park. From silly to serious types. Im not dissing tom at all hes definitely got natural charm and I think musicals rom com are his thing and of course spiderman.

Think of ryan reynolds is great in deadpool and the absurdist over the top violence/ action but I cant picture him in doing john wick, big trouble in little china, or bloodsport. Or timothee is good in dunes ( sci fi action) ballet esque intricate call and response knife fights but I cant see him anything outside of that in terms of action. (Timmy also proves just b/c an actors does most of their own stunts and is a lead in action/scifi in this case doesnt automatically make you an action star though hes perfectly casted as paul ngl)

Similarly with tom weve seen him do spiderman (lets not bring up nwh fight choreography with green goblin b/c it was alright and you can clearly see punches not land)but could he do die hard or james bond, mission impossible or police story esque type film Im being honest probs not.

Okay, fair enough Anon. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree!

BTW, I think you can be an action star for a particular genre of action, but maybe not for others? Just like I don't think Will Smith or Bruce Willis could do Peter Parker/Spider-man action either. It doesn't make them any LESS of an action star.

I would say the same about Tom? Just cuz he might not be a James Bond or Die Hard type, it doesn't mean he's NOT a good action star.

I think there are different genres of action films tbh. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Re: Your last paragraph....

Idk Anon! We haven't seen that yet! We really don't know for sure! Tom might be able to do it! 😁

[nuclearforest]

1- How good and dilfy is briar's dad to have so much fae pussy?

2- How often does she write to her siblings, and how is she able to send the letters?

3- Whats going on with Briar having clipped wings?

4-did Briar ever use that advice from Sabine? Is that how she earned so many pups?

5- headcanons for briarett as first time parents

HELL YEAH HOMIEEEE ty I'm gonna write so much shit

And please y'all: go show Rotten @rotten-hearts-sharp-teeth some love for Barrett because he needs his time to shine.

1. Briar actually has 2 dads and 2 moms. Polyamory isn't all that weird in fae circles (primarily elven and fairy) because they're tasty little morsels and if one parent is snapped up like the snack they are, you gotta hope for some additional stability. If anything, it's the norm.

That said, out of Briar's fathers (tentatively named Georgiy and Roman), Georgiy is definitely DILFy. Her folks were all part of a flood of fae that fled Eastern Europe in the human world around 1917 in the upheaval of WWI and the Russian Revolution. They were kids at the time, but they settled in a pocket of fae in what was largely predator territory. Georgiy may only have about average human strength, but he's a tough old man and carries it with him well after the parent poly unit moves much closer to the fairy capital in fae Scotland, a much safer place.

2. Briar wants to be where the people are. And as a result, she's gotta deal with writing to a world with a much lower state of technology but much greater magic. (Really, the difference is large in part to being unable to handle raw iron.)

To send it, she describes it as "sealing it with a kiss" because the letter will always find its recipient. In reality, there are little gremlin creatures that live in the machines at post offices and steal anything that smells like a fae letter. They move back and forth between worlds with ease and all they want in pay are paper scraps to eat. Before post office sorting machines, the critters would dig through piles of mail by hand.

3. Most fairies are not born winged as they cannot actually fly. That would be pixies, the much smaller variant. But when a fairy does have wings, it has been historically tracked to the ability to bear children for creatures outside the fae race.

It's a bit of a showy defense mechanism like "if you can't beat them-- breed them." Tooth faries, for example, are crosses between fairies and goblins. Orc and troll crosses would be the most common and would usually result in political marriages and children that keep some level of peace and prevent too many fae snacks. When a fairy does breed, the children often take most of the non-fairy genetics as dominant. There's a prevailing theory in the fae world that most lost their wings following excessive breeding with humans.

Now that said! Being born with wings puts a proverbial target on your back. "The winged are destined to leave" and "The winged will be cursed with love for other species." All good and fair things to be wary of, but the fae court can and will take winged fairies to raise if they want to marry them off in the future.

So when Briar was born, her parents panicked and immediately docked her wings to save her some the same fate. But then she went to the human world and decided to shack up with a werewolf, so there's that.

4. Lmao folks will only learn about Sabine's not so motherly advice on how to blow your werewolf when Rotten finishes her stories and I can publish. The short answer, though, is yes. And Briar does get pretty good at sucking Barrett's soul clean out.

5. Ohhh ty for this one. The first baby is a learning curve for both of them! Fortunately Briar's mothers and her younger sister come by to help Briar recover from a werepup birth. Barrett may be feeling awfully cramped in his home, but Briar needs it because the baby was MASSIVE. Takes after dad.

They're both really good parents though. The baby is almost always in somebody's hold and baby wearing is common in the house.

The most tender moments are feeding baby. Barrett takes a centuries old watch position and Briar gets to relax during the process. Since Barrett is very instinctually guided, the learning curve isn't that hard to master. Sometimes, if he's in charge of getting the baby settled after a feeding, he will joke "you're welcome" to the baby after a big burp.

He's also extremely good at taking care of both her and baby. The most tender of holds for bathtime. No request is too far. Is always ready to cuddle up.

Thinks everything is going great until baby #2 comes right on the heels of the first. Breeding kink went a little too hard. And no, Briar may know better on the timing as a Dr but can't really help herself either.

[crowdvscritic]

round up // SEPTEMBER 23

My fellow Fall Goblins, we must usher in the Autumn by force! 

One of the joys of not using TikTok and minimizing your Instagram use over time is any content you do watch is even more tailored to your interests than an algorithm because only people who know and love are sending it to you directly. I am embracing my Fall Goblin status (as @taryndelaniesmith coined it) with the new iced pumpkin chai at Starbucks and rewatching Gilmore Girls. (Sorry to sound like an #ad.) Less related to the latest equinox, I’ve been catching up with 2023 releases, digging into women’s memoirs, and, yes, still thinking about Barbie. If these September picks don’t tide you over all through October, add these movies with Autumn vibes to your watchlist.  

September Crowd-Pleasers

1. The Equalizer 3 (2023)

If the if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it mentality is what you’re looking for in the action genre, this more than delivers because Antoine Fuqua is one of the best at making action that is both beautifully shot and easy to follow. (Just a reminder that his Magnificent Seven remake is deeply underrated!) Setting this adventure on one of the dreamiest coastal towns in the world means this is the best-looking Equalizer yet, but even that isn’t the real draw. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7/10

2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

Someone’s ex shows up unexpectedly, family secrets are unearthed, and we have to find something for Joey Fatone to do! Fortunately, even with all that story, this is still a good time and also a step up from the Netflix and Hallmark-style movies that have become the de facto purgatory for rom-coms and family comedies in the last 10 years. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

3. A Haunting in Venice (2023)

To use a Moneyball metaphor, if Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building are hitting grand slams and home runs, these Agatha Christie movies are focused on getting on base. Haunting is like watching your favorite team win 1-0—you may not remember the game the rest of your life, but it’s still a win. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

in the Building are hitting grand slams and home runs, these Agatha Christie movies are focused on getting on base. Haunting is like watching your favorite team win 1-0—you may not remember the game the rest of your life, but it’s still a win. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

4. GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo (2023)

Queen! The opening track’s satiric take on the unattainable expectations for modern women goes right up there with America Ferrera’s speech in Barbie, and “pretty isn’t pretty” and “teenage dream” are excellent companions for those themes. “bad idea right?” is a hilarious anthem meant for shouting at the top of your lungs, and “get him back!” is one of the flat-out best pop songs since, well, “drivers license.” While GUTS may not have a track that transcends that generation-crossing ballad, this album is a step up because it avoids the repetition of the breakup tracks from SOUR. 

5. Gran Turismo (2023)

A movie about gamer-turned-racecar-driver does not scream A Movie for Taylor™, but a movie starring Orlando Bloom and David Harbour sure does! I went in skeptical but ended up emotionally invested in this based-on-a-true-coming-of-age-story sports movie that was much better than it needed to be thanks to this charismatic cast and Neill Blomkamp’s innovative directing. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

More September Crowd-Pleasers: Our Lips Are Sealed (2000) is just an Annette and Frankie movie starring the Olsen twins, a baby kangaroo named Boomer, and Jason he-better-win-an-Oscar-someday Clarke // Did you know Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta reunited in Basic (2003)? It’s a fun thriller with plot in the vein of A Few Good Men from the director Die Hard // Accepted (2006) is cruder than my typical taste, but Justin Long and the script find heart and insightful comedy in an update to Animal House // Is Terminator Salvation (2009) an underrated gem of the franchise even without Schwarzenegger? // Iron Sky (2012), a sci-fi action flick in which astronauts find a secret base the Nazis fled to in 1945, is one of the most fun bad movies I’ve seen in a long time // Sisu (2023) is the John Wick of WWII Finland with all the fun and none of the baggage of world building // Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver are teaming up for the Strike Force Five podcast, and their conversations are as random and delightful as you’d hope

September Critic Picks

1. Girls on Film by Alicia Malone (2022)

Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone’s memoir looks back on her life through the films that influenced her growing up and through the ones the ones that have represented her life as a woman. She shares how Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Mad Love, National Velvet, The NeverEnding Story, and Smooth Talk have impacted her life, as well as behind-the-scenes stories from her career and her Hollywood adventures. (In one, she shares a life-changing conversation she had with an unnamed actor in Rome. I’m choosing to believe it was Andrew Garfield!) A thoughtful combination of reflection and cinema history, I had trouble putting this down. 

2. And So They Were Married (1936)

In a Parent Trap-reverse plot, single parents Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas fall for each other at a ski lodge over a Christmas holiday, but their kids (Edith Fellows, Jackie Moran) can’t stand each other. I will definitely be revisiting this charming screwball rom-com this holiday season! Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

3. The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version) [Deluxe Edition] by Switchfoot (2023)

Nostalgia overload! I didn’t know I needed the Jonas Brothers, Relient K, and more covering one of the core albums of my youth.

4. Archive by Sofia Coppola (2023)

If, like me, you love films about lonely women, scrapbooks so thick they can't close, photos of people in period costumes using modern technology, and learning everything you can about an artist’s process, you'll also love this 500-page collection of Sofia Coppola’s mood boards, character notes, and story inspirations.

5. Good Reads

If you’re still thinking about Barbie, these are great companion pieces for digging into the ideas it’s exploring: 

“The Good Christian Girl: A Fable,” ChristianityToday.com (2010) 

“Single Christian Women Are Much More Than Their Wombs,” ChristianityToday.com (2023) 

“Men Are Lost. Here’s a Map Out of the Wilderness,” WashingtonPost.com (2023)

“Barbie Affirms the Goodness of Women's Embodiment,” KatelynBeaty.substack.com (2023)

"In the Beginning, There Was Barbie,” vox.com (2023)

And only tangentially related to Barbie, this piece:

“The Real Lesson From the Lizzo Saga: Don’t Deify Celebrities,” WashingtonPost.com (2023)

More September Critic Picks: The Big Short (2015) is the platonic ideal of an Adam McKay issues movie // Can we get more old school pop records like The Dip Delivers by The Dip (2019), please? // Before Forrest Gump, there was Being There (1979), which is a slow-burn comedy only someone as stellar as Peter Sellers could pull off // Hanna (2011) makes me wish more directors like Joe Wright were tackling action thrillers starring Saoirse Ronan-caliber actresses

Also in September…

My two takeaways from Dumb Money (2023) are that

Money is, well, dumb

We have not figured out how to make movies about the Internet yet

This comedy feels like scrolling through the Internet: always entertaining, needlessly profane, and featuring TikTok dances even when I’m not looking for them. Read my full review for ZekeFilm.

Photo credits: Alicia Malone, Switchfoot, Sofia Coppola. IMDb.com.

[burningvelvet]

here’s some of my favorite poetry related to the themes of spring, nature, death, growth, resurgence, etc. — i usually don’t like nature writing, but i do love these specific themes dearly, and these are some of the best poems i’ve ever read:

Spring by Christina Rossetti (1862) from her collection Goblin Market and Other Poems:

1

Frost-locked all the winter,

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

What shall make their sap ascend

That they may put forth shoots?

Tips of tender green,

Leaf, or blade, or sheath;

Telling of the hidden life

That breaks forth underneath,

Life nursed in its grave by Death.

2

Blows the thaw-wind pleasantly,

Drips the soaking rain,

By fits looks down the waking sun:

Young grass springs on the plain;

Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees;

Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,

Swollen with sap, put forth their shoots;

Curled-headed ferns sprout in the lane;

Birds sing and pair again.

3

There is no time like Spring,

When life’s alive in everything,

Before new nestlings sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their journey back

Along the trackless track, –

God guides their wing,

He spreads their table that they nothing lack, –

Before the daisy grows a common flower,

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

4

There is no time like Spring,

Like Spring that passes by;

There is no life like Spring-life born to die, –

Piercing the sod,

Clothing the uncouth clod,

Hatched in the nest,

Fledged on the windy bough,

Strong on the wing:

There is no time like Spring that passes by,

Now newly born, and now

Hastening to die.

Excerpt from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman (1855) from his collection Leaves of Grass:

6

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; 
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.

I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.

Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, 
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, 
Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?

Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.

Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, 
And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, 
Growing among black folks as among white, 
Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same.

And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.

Tenderly will I use you curling grass, 
It may be you transpire from the breasts of young men, 
It may be if I had known them I would have loved them, 
It may be you are from old people, or from offspring taken soon out of their mothers' laps, 
And here you are the mothers' laps.

This grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, 
Darker than the colorless beards of old men, 
Dark to come from under the faint red roofs of mouths.

O I perceive after all so many uttering tongues, 
And I perceive they do not come from the roofs of mouths for nothing.

I wish I could translate the hints about the dead young men and women, 
And the hints about old men and mothers, and the offspring taken soon out of their laps.

What do you think has become of the young and old men? 
And what do you think has become of the women and children?

They are alive and well somewhere, 
The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, 
And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, 
And ceas'd the moment life appear'd.

All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, 
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

Excerpt from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto the Third (1816) by Lord Byron:

XXX

There have been tears and breaking hearts for thee,

And mine were nothing, had I such to give;

But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree,

Which living waves where thou didst cease to live,

And saw around me the wide field revive

With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring

Come forth her work of gladness to contrive,

With all her reckless birds upon the wing,

I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.

XXXI

I turn'd to thee, to thousands, of whom each

And one as all a ghastly gap did make

In his own kind and kindred, whom to teach

Forgetfulness were mercy for their sake;

The Archangel's trump, not Glory's, must awake

Those whom they thirst for; though the sound of Fame

May for a moment soothe, it cannot slake

The fever of vain longing, and the name

So honour'd but assumes a stronger, bitterer claim.

XXXII

They mourn, but smile at length; and smiling, mourn:

The tree will wither long before it fall;

The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn;

The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall

In massy hoariness; the ruin'd wall

Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone;

The bars survive the captive they enthrall;

The day drags through though storms keep out the sun;

And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on:

XXXIII

Even as a broken mirror, which the glass

In every fragment multiplies; and makes

A thousand images of one that was,

The same, and still the more, the more it breaks;

And thus the heart will do which not forsakes,

Living in shatter'd guise, and still, and cold,

And bloodless, with its sleepless sorrow aches,

Yet withers on till all without is old,

Showing no visible sign, for such things are untold.

XXXIV

There is a very life in our despair,

Vitality of poison, — a quick root

Which feeds these deadly branches; for it were

As nothing did we die; but Life will suit

Itself to Sorrow's most detested fruit,

Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore,

All ashes to the taste: Did man compute

Existence by enjoyment, and count o'er

Such hours 'gainst years of life, — say, would he name threescore?

To the Young Who Want to Die (1986) by Gwendolyn Brooks from her collection The Near-Johannesburg Boy:

Sit down. Inhale. Exhale.

The gun will wait. The lake will wait.

The tall gall in the small seductive vial

will wait will wait:

will wait a week: will wait through April.

You do not have to die this certain day.

Death will abide, will pamper your postponement.

I assure you death will wait. Death has

a lot of time. Death can

attend to you tomorrow. Or next week. Death is

just down the street; is most obliging neighbor;

can meet you any moment.

You need not die today.

Stay here--through pout or pain or peskyness.

Stay here. See what the news is going to be tomorrow.

Graves grow no green that you can use.

Remember, green's your color. You are Spring.

[zmarylou]

how much effort does your muse put into their costume for halloween parties and other dress-up events? do they have any go-to costumes?

"Tá de brincadeira? Depois do Natal, o Halloween é meu segundo feriado favorito! Eu sempre me fantasiava antes de vir pra cá, e nunca perdi o hábito. Eu e meus irmãos fazíamos uma competição de qual fantasia era a melhor…" Mary suspirou, sentindo a distância do tempo. Dezessete anos sem ir para casa ou ter contato com ninguém de sua família; ela sentia muita falta de todos. "Eu me esforço bastante no Halloween, mas talvez para fantasias que não sejam tão convencionais. Minhas últimas três fantasias foram Dobby, Shrek e Goblin."

[streetlightgoblin]

First commission! Thank you so much @izzy1089

You were so nice to work with and Wishbone was amazing to draw!

Thank you again!

[trigilis]

I just reblogged this, but I actually need to go back and add your tags, OP, because they are so good!!

#just kidding i don't know what linguists call that tenor. or any tenors. i'm not totally positive what a tenor even is#but i can't let that stop me from writing a jokey post on tumblr dot com#register is a very interesting area of linguistics that i know very little about#so i'm probably revealing the depths of my vast ignorance here to all the sociolinguists who surely hang on my every word#but i've always thought of the formal/informal pronoun thing as being about two things: intimacy-distance & rudeness-politeness#and of course you can usually tell from context whether a formal pronoun is meant to indicate distance or politeness#(plus distance and politeness are related to each other (to various degrees depending on culture))#but it seems like it would be cool to have a built-in alignment chart of sorts just for pronoun combos#instead of prep jock nerd goth...why not try intimate self-effacing polite superior?#the goblin emperor#pronouns#register#sociolinguistics#my posts#f#anyway i know i said i wasn't going to reread the goblin emperor...but guess what. lol#and i edited my tags on that earlier post but fyi the language DOES distinguish between plural and formal singular pronouns#i had said i thought it used the same pronouns for plural and formal but i just wasn't paying close enough attention#so anyway i just reread the part where maia is talking to setheris in formal first and informal second#and you can see setheris going ohhh shit. oh shit oh shit oh shit#i'm in biiiiiig trouble#you sure are dude. that's the Time to Grovel signal#it's interesting because at the very beginning of the book when i first saw the formal first used i just thought it was the royal we#because i knew the main character was supposed to be royalty#but then EVERYONE was doing it. so it's not the royal we it's just the formal we#however. this does make me realize that the way the royal we would function in a language that retains the t-v distinction#is the same way i'm describing here. it's just reserving that particular tone (i'm better than you and am displeased with you)#for royalty only. which makes sense given royalty's whole deal

what i like especially about the pronouns in the goblin emperor is that this language doesn't just have the T-V distinction (aka informal vs. formal second-person pronouns, in this case 'thou' vs. 'you'), it also has informal and formal first-person pronouns. having BOTH of these distinctions in the same language lets you fine-tune your tone by mixing and matching. with only one axis of formality, when you use informal pronouns, are you being familiar in an intimate way, or in an insolent or dismissive way? when you use formal pronouns, are you being polite or standoffish? you can't tell just from the pronouns; there's ambiguity. but a language where you can use a formal first-person pronoun in the same sentence as an informal second-person pronoun allows you to distance yourself (via the formal first) while also being familiar (via the informal second), thereby achieving the conversational tenor known to linguists as Fuck Thee Specifically.

[libidomechanica]

Dear Philosophy; but while

A Kelly lune sequence

               Stanza I

But into see his turne, I’ll be. ’Re lost tell. Alas!

               Stanza II

Which wreath, to quite reckon’d; but bid my breaths and their eye.

               Stanza III

Heavy, heart, then foremost, with a twenty scorn broken.

               Stanza IV

I had all repayre. It is the was from which this den.

               Stanza V

Go, hardest Ruth. A junction, I by there no mother!

               Stanza VI

To follow he died. My hear, mix’d, and adorne her break.

               Stanza VII

To the sigh the rampart. Tame, and so, nor portal fire.

               Stanza VIII

And blaws of our brain? For a most roads that Pat’s a joy!

               Stanza IX

Parker House waves had been out of marble of all it.

               Stanza X

Juan went in a wall, all thinks? And down old which he love!

               Stanza XI

Have no well. With nerves above made an hour was smaller.

               Stanza XII

By a tear out off a less. Than was sabres glared lips!

               Stanza XIII

In a negative organ in them he sun’s lot; thought!

               Stanza XIV

Have drawn breaking against all who; tomb. His night it death.

               Stanza XV

Without aim, raking. The very nation; with his hide.

               Stanza XVI

Caught to his quality. Great George’s cal to passion.

               Stanza XVII

Had nothing proud of me: so Juan’s child, he all be thee!

               Stanza XVIII

Of Zoe’s child is when, in from on the promised. He short?

               Stanza XIX

I knows his own a little. Sweet; myriads of either!

               Stanza XX

Thy voice within a twist and the noblest this track me.

               Stanza XXI

And gazed, had sent. My rid of high and she yard look’d round.

               Stanza XXII

Your own kindest Ruth. Their pay, and dropped within the fire!

               Stanza XXIII

Has evince ages did lye, doe make a good. By Jove!

               Stanza XXIV

What pass’d his female poor Heaven reach. We undoing!

               Stanza XXV

Here we quite away! Of float up up up to a ring.

               Stanza XXVI

All eat&see the goblin bed. Rush, like their own spaniel.

               Stanza XXVII

I want though the sun dies! Which light in cloisters did reare.

               Stanza XXVIII

An imaginary. But fighting then wore in beams.

               Stanza XXIX

Even wit name by Virtues over the devil war.

               Stanza XXX

All the woods. Within the pen you, if youth words A. Storm?

               Stanza XXXI

It was thou like sleeping out of oath, for sleep, the game.

               Stanza XXXII

So weltringe-feed the say or sleeping. Came, and saw lang!

               Stanza XXXIII

And never of honor’s most in truth by. And with thing?

               Stanza XXXIV

You might and opening tree, most accept some Christ’s strayt.

               Stanza XXXV

Do pain, know none are brother, breath and the beau ideal.

               Stanza XXXVI

But none as yet too. As they construction their content.

               Stanza XXXVII

Be vnto blooms that her eye! Of more as every contact.

               Stanza XXXVIII

Sad songs throats. A chuckle of carelesse, now my vow!

               Stanza XXXIX

Dry as were the hunger them brown best. I am mad!

               Stanza XL

A long handsomeness and, but then the next they ho!

               Stanza XLI

You who had peril all unimpair’d? But chirps again.

               Stanza XLII

Yet, yet still more dream— ghost! And ball came scuffing high woods.

               Stanza XLIII

Distance greatly this knock under your eccho ring. Sires.

               Stanza XLIV

—Know between to thy dost road. The bowre the soft-dying.

               Stanza XLV

Moment which Nature’s no faster, and gnaw, he was kill’d?

               Stanza XLVI

Sometimes conjecture. They her eye peep’d on, and victual.

               Stanza XLVII

Take in this long comming debate abate. On where wrist.

               Stanza XLVIII

What day on what therefore. She’d such happy, for later.

               Stanza XLIX

On the scenes to shown, a taper in. That spicy nest.

               Stanza L

She bends sympathy? And let used anythings helm best.

               Stanza LI

To reduce men! But her sweetly should not my art’s raine.

               Stanza LII

In one for my dream’d, a gust—now was shone, this. And queens.

               Stanza LIII

Juan to deck, the despair’d? He is, now I choose; her wo?

               Stanza LIV

Just and death. Night—for though her meaning cheek grow vaster.

               Stanza LV

I have began to walk one, where was overhaile.

               Stanza LVI

But some part? Amidst, which Rousseau point, who lonely, laid.

               Stanza LVII

To nerves were are lone ! I had face, unto the welcome.

               Stanza LVIII

Your flashes the hope. And when the mood;—that make their those.

               Stanza LIX

Long again. Shouting if he which wander, or would lake.

               Stanza LX

Is ever lee. The made fire was perplex—varied me?

               Stanza LXI

For largest garden. On liking caged. Don Juan a reed.

               Stanza LXII

A sight her like a cream, some ye for port-hand air, taste!

               Stanza LXIII

Sooner shoulder: her Dearie! Could come thy Will. His suits me.

               Stanza LXIV

Tear of crown lambs loue it all its curst in they do stuff.

               Stanza LXV

Each Medes, one enough. A pretty fell their heart is She?

               Stanza LXVI

Tomb. When I then shepherd stoop and shape from either too.

               Stanza LXVII

You soars and say—’Ah! Subtract to ever a convinced.

               Stanza LXVIII

For to the night. Her air, who put once of all repayre.

               Stanza LXIX

Was good and I’ll tak when natiue moisture, this sympathy?

               Stanza LXX

Alas! Each Medes, sieges, too, down upon his Rome keep.

               Stanza LXXI

Also, I find now if the branching. A glance peasants!

               Stanza LXXII

Men’s cald vp to beat! Lieutenant- Colonely, laid.

               Stanza LXXIII

I can’t but feel now is clay. And he summons and feet.

               Stanza LXXIV

And the ring wind maid. Till as divide into herself.

               Stanza LXXV

But faint, and days. For him like Etna, some vnto the dead.

               Stanza LXXVI

We threw. But Juan worms.— For oh, here wasted chant could son?

               Stanza LXXVII

Like the glory: with his between whose see no wretch’s knife.

               Stanza LXXVIII

Poured in time it they may spie. Hole I can’t but inters.

               Stanza LXXIX

Their face. His secure in startles and disquiet on.

               Stanza LXXX

Talk. Asks, do young made it should wines; and roll’d weepe. Have plums.

               Stanza LXXXI

That bayonets were aloft, sometimes shall the boy bore.

               Stanza LXXXII

Was here they might. There was small till bright and a kennel.

               Stanza LXXXIII

A water. As crest; the powers: being blood report.

               Stanza LXXXIV

The watch a who vain. The five bonds of verdantly grants.

               Stanza LXXXV

Where that all shine image, disdained so the pair. And, stars.

               Stanza LXXXVI

No, not stay’d, would wince, see, still repose: as most. Of light?

               Stanza LXXXVII

And radiant Tartar. I did enrich, the ills like field.

               Stanza LXXXVIII

Ten like Solitude nor love the woods and Lady A.

               Stanza LXXXIX

At wine his strongbow’s talk for shall makes him the cuckoo!

               Stanza XC

The eagernes mee. Sweetly sleep with hail, who beside.

               Stanza XCI

And sheets inclination. Witness was mansions: despatch.

               Stanza XCII

’Er says the volume inversation? Unto a lake.

               Stanza XCIII

Where want. All its his names I proud ocean, vast and place.

               Stanza XCIV

So love it; smiling dose of Time heroes. In dun, glide!

               Stanza XCV

Stella, who fought in Paris! Will I sought stuck in break.

               Stanza XCVI

Was more. He little birds loud thy sinner from the sky.

               Stanza XCVII

Angle to sit brave strong. And fragranted, and look’d seal.

[the-official-account]

I told a friend that Sasha says "Yeah!" behind Ben's characters so much she's like the moral support of a street-rap crew and......well

I'm MC Hamid and I'm here to say:

LOLOMG ain't going away

trying to steal our damsel in distress (Who..?)

LOLOMG is not impressed (what he said)

we're stronger, we're quicker (yeah!)

hang in there like a sticker

Hide your girl, or our rouge will nick her (heh.)

but that doesn't mean we aren't vulnerable (Yeah!)

liddol baby dragon is emotional (...yeah?)

Grizzop!

You're nothing short of immoral (hey now)

Artemis is immortal

My Goddess will yeet you into a portal (PSYCHIC DAMAGE)(Mate.)

This goblin only got 20 years to go

but treat me like an animal I'll chew off your toes (Now I don't judge)

better watch out before I shoot you in the knees-! ( that i can get with)

LOLOMG WILL NOT BE BEAT!!

(WHOO!)

Sasha proceeds to fall onto the floor, dancing , IDK Azu yet but I assume she'd continue beatboxing for a while as Sasha spins faster and faster, before falling silent as sahas pushes off of a twriling handstand, into the air does some flips, sticking the landing. She's the b-boy but nobody really new it. she's really upset that everyone's quiet because she thinks she actually did quite good, you know, she'a proud of that, but all silence is awkward silence.

[ordinarytalk]

I just got back from watching Venom

1) It is a horror-themed rom-com and I will fight anyone who tells me otherwise

2) It would have been even better if they leaned more into the rom-com bits and less into the action. We get it, Venom’s a big tongue man who can shoot ooze and jump real good. Let’s hear more of Venom and Eddie bickering and slowly realizing they like this other idiot.

3) Seriously, they went from I-need-to-get-rid-of-this-parasite/you’re-just-my-ride to perfect duo of the century in like...three scenes. Stretch it out a little.

4) That said, the bits where they were finally together and fighting as a team were the hands-down best of the movie. I can’t wait for the sequel, ‘cause we’ll get that dynamic from the beginning. Show me Venom nagging Eddie about his laundry! Show me Eddie and Venom fighting for the TV remote! Show me!

5) Anne had like, no personality, but I still ship her, Eddie, and Venom as a polyamorous OT3.

6) WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE INTO THE SPIDERVERSE CLIP IN THE CREDITS?! I mean, yeah, yeah, Carnage whatever, he’s a sucky villain, bleh, MILES MORALES WAS THERE AND NO ONE TOLD ME?!

[kdramaxoxo]

Can I pretty pretty ask for more cheesy, self-aware romantic comedies like Business Proposal. I've been into plotty dramas lately but sugar and cotton candy plots like that do so well for the soul.

Give us our fluff!

Fluffy and Trope-y Workplace Rom Coms

The Secret Life Of My Secretary: This drama is actually the closest I've seen to A Business Proposal. In fact at first I thought A busines Proposal was copying the plot lol. A CEO chaebol loses his ability to recognize faces and needs his secretary to help him navigate his new reality. The two mains are the most adorable dummies and the side characters are awesome! You’ll laugh a LOT at all of the dorks and I plan on rewatching this soon just to chill and enjoy.

Touch Your Heart: A sweet, silly and very mild rom com about a serious boss and his hallyu star secretary. This show was an obvious response to the chemistry that Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na had in Goblin so it was nice to see them together again. Yoo In Na is such a fun person to watch!

Her Private Life: Park Min Young really knows how to pick dramas. I loved this one about a museum curator who is secretly a fangirl obsessed with an idol. It’s fun and fluffy but does have a very mild childhood trauma thing with his mother but I mean, 99% of dramas like this do? If you like this one, Touch Your Heart and Why Secretary Kim are by the same person and have similar vibes.

Go Ho’s Starry Night: I’m not sure how much “work” is really getting done in this reverse harem style romcom about a girl who works in an advertising firm. Cute, short episodes but very trope-y and super inappropriate workplace antics. Who cares though, it’s super fun fluff nonsense! 

Introverted Boss A rom com about a super introverted boss who at a PR company (who hides behind a friendly and charismatic figure head and friend) and a sassy go getting secretary who (of course) brings him out of his shell. There are a lot of workplace antics, including retreats! Is this the best show ever? Absolutely not. Is it cute though? Yes!

Shopping King Louie (Yes this is on almost every list I make) Ridiculously fun and lighthearted romp following a spoiled and useless chaebol with amnesia who is being taken care of by a country bumpkin in the city. Very low stakes, super adorable couple, and as many tropes as you can fit in your bag, this one is one of my favorites to recommend - plus they DO work together!

Jealousy Incarnate: I’m not sure if this is 100% a workplace drama but a large amount of it takes place at a television station. The leads chemistry was magical (the kiss!!) but there’s a better second lead (of course there is) and the bickering did drive me a little nuts. However, Gong Hyo Jin is always perfect in rom coms!

Into The Ring: This one is a little more plotty than you're asking for but I swear you will fall in LOVE with the leads! Seo Gong Myung is a hard nosed civil servant who ends up working with Goo Se Ra, one of my favorite ladies in a K-drama ever. She’s passionately ethical and into civil ordinance complaints (you read that right) which drives Gong Myung crazy, but like, in a “I’m definitely going to fall for you” type of way. This is a hilarious and heartfelt slice of life and I loved it.

Why Secretary Kim / What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim: I was prepared to hate this drama’s premise: Boss in love with secretary. YUCK. BUT they turned all of the tropes on their heads and this show was a joy to watch! There’s a bit of kdrama childhood trauma but overall it’s a very easy watch with great chemistry (some people even though it was boring because they get together and a bunch of episodes are just them happy together which I personally loved)

And of course A Business Proposal: A wealthy woman asks her friend to go on a blind date with a stern CEO in her stead. He basically falls for her and there are a lot of hijinks around the identity mixup. It’s very cute and the second couple is FIRE!! 

Enjoy!