#i need to reread it... i have a copy

[panicbones]

im glad that the song brutus by the buttress is so popular bcuz it tickles my specific obsession w the play julius caeser

[fluctuating-fixations]

Trying to recommend people Kiss of the Spider Woman but being like “ok so it’s a love story kind of like it’s about love but it’s debatably unrequited but also they fuck and they would never actually interact if they weren’t cell mates and even though adaptions of it kind of simplify their relationship to an enemies to friends to lovers type thing but it’s actually a secret third thing in the novel and play kind of like they don’t hate each other in the novel but they’re also like annoyed with each other sometimes before they grow to care about each other but also-“ is so difficult but also like it speaks to how Manuel Puig wrote one of the most beautiful and unique relationships in literary history and idk even just in fiction in general I’ve never seen a relationship like theirs before or since

[ofliterarynature]

An eclectic little birthday haul (sponsored by my mom <3)

[wundrousarts]

Going to do a Nevermoor series reread in June + July + August ? if anyone else also wants to do a reread around that time, could be fun to have more of the fandom prepping for Silverborn

Did initially make a roadmap plan to split the books up into weeks on top of already being months, so that people could focus on specific parts and discuss each week….. but between the fact that I messed it up the first time, Silverborn kept getting delayed as I planned it, and I’m actually really bad at keeping to stuff like that (looking at you, Silverborn Countdown Challenge…) I’m deciding to just go for it at whatever pace happens.

[camellia-thea]

i slipped and thought too hard about devil's minion. sorry. it will happen again.

[c0rpsedemon]

why have i seen an uptick of rose of versailles in the wild lately . not complaining but like . huh.

[zhongrin]

productive day today!!! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[chadsuke]

Books Read in 2024:

Little Mushroom: Judgement Day by Shisi (2022)

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2021)

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2022)

The Musician and the Monster by Jenya Keefe (2019)

A Deceptive Alliance by Sydney Blackburn (2018)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (2012)

Claimed by the Orc Prince by Lionel Hart (2022)

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (2021)

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish Vol. 2 by Xue Shan Fei Hu (2024)

[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]

[shoshiwrites]

so was anyone going to remind me joe rantz helped design the B-17 or was i just supposed to encounter that on the internet archive myself

[yagi-toshi]

Agata’s expression and Sabu patting his shoulder are killing me

[boyfridged]

also that scene in utrh when bludhaven is blowing up in the background and bruce wants to go to check on dick, and jason yells: "no! you're not leaving! not now! not this time!" not this time?

[lilydvoratrelundar]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HICCUP HORRENDOUS HADDOCK THE THIRD

[gentil-minou]

OMG THE HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE BOOK!!! OBSESSED... my fave Welsh magician

RIGHT AND HE'S SO FREAKING PATHETIC I LOVE HIM.

Movie Howl is a fearsome terrifying wizard that can turn into a scary bird and also has some smooth moves.

Book Howl is Just Some Guy (TM) who graduated college with a degree he didn't know what to do with and was like I'm gonna avoid my responsibilities and go into this magic dimension and then avoid some more until he met a lady mean enough to scare him into love and like actually do things and be responsible (gross).

I love him so much it's my fave book of all time

[watchyourdigits]

I am re-reading Night Letter and am realizing I didn't do nearly enough research into scar tissue as I should have 💀 I spent hours researching lavender marriages and U.S. Army dog tags from the 1950s (as well as ranks and dismissals and such) instead of researching one of the defining characteristics of the main character, aka his severe facial scarring.

Anyway here I am retconning his scars - they are hypertrophic NOT keloid. That is entirely on me because I didn't know what the fuck the term was for it and assumed that if they were raised then they HAD to be keloids. I'm so sorry for this. Like deeply.

For those who don't know the difference, I don't recommend looking up pics unless you're okay with seeing mild medical g*re. Brief description of the aforementioned scar types:

Keloid: raised, shiny, firm & rubbery in texture with no distinct pattern. Caused by an excess of collagen deposits during the healing process. These scars invasively extend PAST the area of the original wound and do not regress over time. Hard to treat. Can form over months to years after an injury. More common in black folks and other melanated people who have a family history of keloid scarring.

Hypertrophic: raised, but not to the degree of keloids, and can also be different colors and usually have a distinct wavy pattern due to collagen deposits. Also caused by an excess of collagen, but not to the extent of keloids. These scars do NOT extend past the area of the original wound, typically do not recur, and CAN regress over time. Typically appear within a month of two of an injury and do not continue to progress (typically begin to regress actually).

I'm attaching an image below the cut comparing the two.

Left is keloid, right is hypertrophic. You'll see the difference. It's easy to confuse them because they're similar in depiction, but this is a good visual example of exactly HOW they are different. Raised scars =/= keloids!!! Do NOT be a fool like me!!!!

[vulpinesaint]

it's me and all the women in literature described in despondent unhappiness in a marriage that they don't hate but don't enjoy as they should and who feel as if they're not the way a woman should be and who yearn to be free of their husband and children not because they despise them but because they're not for a husband and children and who can't say that they're miserable but who feel a numb kind of despair in all that disconnectedness and disconnectedness and disconnectedness. they are just like me for real

[lizziestudieshistory]

My knee is still killing me, period pain has kicked in, and I've just had to spend £400 I don't have... Such a dire situation calls for one thing!

(She'll make everything okay)