#i haven't read the book

[sheylin66]

Some Jeff doodles for practice ^^

[leet911]

You know for a show called "Affair", there's been surprisingly little cheating thus far

[slothinginorbit]

Is it only me who thinks tantai jin and ye bingchang is different sides of a medallion? Both were seen lesser and discriminated against and (possibly) abused*. Both were klnot liked by their family to begin with. Both want more power to save themselves and also ensure they won't be trampled on. But they their methods are different. TTJ is looking for power himself while YBC thinks she can only attain it by being nest to a powerful man.

One has no love thread, the other has two. And it is very interesting to watch their interactions and feelings, how they regard the people around them. While TTJ is seen as heartless and a monster he only takes actions towards people who harmed him, he has a sense of loyalty to people who helped him. And even if he doesn't have a love thread initially he starts to grow feelings (with help of course). YBC wasnt born 'heartless' and she even stole anothers thread so people would love her. But even with the love people showed her she remains closed towards them, only acting the part. She will throw away anyone if she thinks they are of no use to her anymore - and that includes her husband.

Both are constantly scheming and always have masks on. But their masks are very different. TTJ is hiding behind indifference and sometimes he uses peoples misperceptions of him and even elaborates on them. On the other hand YBC is playing the weak but lovely, pure hearted maiden always acting according what she thinks men would like.

It is so interesting to watch their similarities and how they contrast each other. How their lives take different paths despite that. How their past has shaped their future.

*I dont remember if the show mentione she was abused but it is possible since she grew up with ye xiwu.

[just2bubbly]

About to see Red White And Royal Blue and find out if the hype is well deserved

[pbaintthetb]

I’m actually really enjoying teh adaptation on ITV of “why didn’t they ask evans” starring Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton

some of the BBC ones have been so so, but this is good vibes. 

[sowlmates]

gotta give it to the percy jackson fans, you really do love your main character. for other franchises, fans usually place the #1 blorbo title on a specific side character. but in percy jackson you really love your percy jackson

[wow-its-christophe]

Friend: Okay, why do the characters in Lord Of The Flies have deprecating nicknames?

Me: [Deadpan] Because God hates them?

[kiirous]

Yesterday, my mother bought a Harry Potter quiz. It has 500 questions, I think. I'm not a fan. I haven't even read the books (except for volume one, but that was years ago). And yet, surprisingly, I could answer quite a few questions, which my mother was confused about.

The answer is simple: Fanfiction. I've been reading a lot of "Harry Potter characters read the books" fanfiction. The most entertaining way to read the books.

[eyes-of-nine]

pls assume i'm thinking about this moment 24/7 all week every week

[lazylittledragon]

i said that gale and cyra have disaster romcom energy and now it's all i can think about

[cerealdog]

Aka the frankenstein's monster au no one asked for

[shwinlsol]

I apparently have an affinity for drawing grizzled old men and their psychopathic exes

[egophiliac]

ENG PLAYERS I BESEECH YOU

I have been informed that you guys are getting part 4 of episode 7 tomorrow, which means we are FINALLY going to get the official romanization of Revaan's name, somebody please tell me because I need to know what it is.

like, yes, it's probably just Revan/Levan, but look, I'm sitting here with my finger over the button of all these Laverne and Shirley jokes and just waiting for the opportunity to deploy them --

[blondie-drawings]

Good lord this tomb is full of shitposts 😳😳 pt 1/pt 2

[oldwitchsleep]

picture this. you're sitting in bed all tucked up ready for your husband to join you. you have your pjs on all cosy. ipad is out you're doing some mindless scrolling before turning in for the night. hubby comes in looking fine as hell and and looks at you with his beautiful eyes and is like hey the geriatric journalist we have staying in our house bullying us is bringing up some stuff for me. do you mind if i read my daughters journal that you've taken away from me for my own good <3 and you have to be like. oh sure honey bun. of course baby. anything for you <3 meanwhile alarm bells are blaring the ipad screen is shattering in your grip because his daughter reeeeeally didn't like you and oops you kiiiind of sort of killed her and he doesn't actually remember that so ha ha oh dear what to do!

[ffcrazy15]

There's this way of doing female-ness in Christianity that I call "pastel flower journal Christianity." I've got nothing against pastel flower journals per se, but for some reason people believe it's the end all and be all of female spirituality, and I think it's a real disservice towards young Christian women.

One of these days I'd like to start a prayer-and-reading group or something for young women, but there would be no floral themes or over-focus on how "God thinks you're beautiful even if the world doesn't" (a true statement, but it's wayyyyy too often the focus in women's spiritual reading). Instead we would be reading:

Seneca's Letters from a Stoic

Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning

Sheed's A Map of Life

Portions of Pieper's book on leisure

Kreeft's Three Philosophies of Life

Guardini's The Lord (or something similar)

Therese's Story of a Soul

and some select portions of the Nicomachean Ethics.

(Also they're all getting the porn talk. I don't know why we give the porn talk to young men but not young women. There's this idea that women don't use porn and they only need the talk about "guarding their heart." Bullshit. There's porn on the YA shelves of Barnes and Nobles and before that there were bodice rippers. Young women need the porn talk too.)

Every young woman needs to be getting a basic grounding in virtue ethics, logic, natural law, scholastic philosophy and Biblical hermeneutics if they're going to get by in today's spiritual landscape. Enough faffery and emotionalism in young women's spiritual education! Give them real food to chew on, not pasty sentimentalism!