#it’s a bit of a catch-22
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John, a bitter widower, finds himself to be the caretaker of a lighthouse— which the residents of the coastal town have nicknamed “White Star”, due to its luminosity and habitual scintillation.
#babylon 5#b5#for once it's not an incorrect quote#lighthouse au#source: @therighthandofvengeance#moodboard monday#babylon 5 moodboard#john sheridan#fyi: the dog in the top left image is a Great Pyrenees#aka: as stubborn as it is big and fluffy#the dog’s name is Beckett because sometimes its bark sounds like “Boims! Boims!”#when Susan (a lifeguard) introduces herself to John— Beckett takes to her immediately (thus immediately proving Ivanova’s trustworthiness)#but also:#the heiress taking her yacht out always gets John’s attention: Miss Mir#he wants to introduce himself but doesn’t want to meet a new person (especially when Beckett refuses to leave his side around her)#of course Beckett is only staying there because of a need to try to comfort John#but still#it’s a bit of a catch-22
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there's a lot of comparisons to be made between catch-22 and m*a*s*h, and i think those have a lot of merit, but the thing about catch-22 is that in addition to the dark humor and pointed social commentary, it's DEEPLY absurdist. and for this reason i would say the most apt popcultural comparison for catch-22 is not m*a*s*h, but rather... ace attorney
#i'm only on like page 100 because i've been reading little bits in between classes and assignments so take this with a grain of salt#mash is funny and wacky but i wouldn't call it absurdist. characters have normal names and backgrounds and act like normal weirdos#nothing wrong with that of course ^_^ absurdism is easier to do in written form too i think#way better suspension of disbelief because you're not looking at real humans occupying a 3d space#shebbz shoutz#catch 22#ace attorney#litblr
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Frankenstein's monster is taking refuge next to your home and has found the last three books you've read. He's learning about the world through reading them, believing them completely true. What's his view of life?
Example: Chip War, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Catch-22: Humans are brilliant, humans are stupid, but overall humans are ambitious beyond bounds
#english literature#frankenstein#thought experiment#im amused and a bit disappointed that his first view of the world was through christianity so take this#reading#chip war#shirley jackson#we have always lived in the castle#catch-22#catch 22
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unda has me suffering so i had to doodle.
#homestuck#hs#sollux captor#karkat vantas#undaverse#alternate universe#for context undas been writing an au OF au called 22 seconds earlier#where karkat gets to kankri just a bit faster so that kankri doesnt die#and because of how dangerous kankri is and what he could make karkat do#sollux has to remove karkat's ability to recall memories of the people he cares about#CATCH ME CRYING IN THE CORNER!!!!!!!!!#chris doodles#you can find this doc only in unda's discord server in the AU channel's pinned messages.#they actually have a couple of these supplemental docs that never get posted in the different fic channels.
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I try to do a fair number of ask games, posting questions and polls, and sending out asks to people across the community. I want people to feel comfortable interacting!
That said, it’s a lot of work and I’m wondering if it’s getting annoying. There’s plenty of other well-known blogs that do little and still have lots of interaction.
Wondering if I should take a break and let people come to me if they want instead for a while 🤔
I know some people are shy, but doing outreach IS work too. If nothing else, thank your friends who do it on a regular basis ����
#Bre bites#turning off anon means no more rude comments#but also some anons don’t come around anymore#catch 22#I dunno#thoughts?#I’ll even turn anon back on for a little bit
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someday they'll be a pride where there isn't discourse on my dash. i had hoped it would be this year but i guess there's always next year. tch its not like i care about infighting within the community preventing us from actually being able to fight the real and increasing threat of fascism. its whatever
#i mean its a bit of a catch 22. because by stating my hatred of discourse i am effectively posting discourse but whatever#my posts#queer
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George Clooney: war is hell and full of loss and tragedy, but the only way out is through it
Joseph Heller:
#i keep thinking that the series was an alright adaptation but then i remember the book#and although a bit rough and missing some bits the movie did a much better job#the show got the comedy to an extent but didnt understand the message of hope and tragedy#catch 22#personal
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nothing makes me feel more autistic than shadow of israphel
#*deep space noises*#the passion of a niche subject#the boiling feeling of ‘youre doing it wrong!!!’ u get sometimes#from a lived fear of being pushed to the side in favour of someone else because im too quiet and weird#……im so Normal abt it!#in all fairness to myself i do temper those p damn well i think#anyone who’s annoyed me- i just have to wait because they lose interest and stop posting abt soi after a bit#and again its niche and under the radar#its just a me problem of being to shy to interact#because i want to!#i love talking abt shadow of israphel with people!!#i just? get nervous that no one wants to hear it i guess??#a real catch 22
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I will never understand the hatred for filler episodes in shows. I want beach episodes, I want wacky hijinks that have no plot relevance, I want silly little episodes that focus on showing off more sides of a character’s personality! why are 10 episode seasons the norm now it isn’t enough!!!!
#for shows with longer episodes this is a bit more excusable#like shows where each episode is 45ish minutes dont really need filler eps because youll lose my attention#but giving me 10 episodes that are roughly 22 minutes long??#thats so BORING I can binge that way too quickly#I made this post with no specific show in mind but I started thinking about it while catching up on maws so
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saw a vaguely positive recommendation of Some Desperate Glory by emily tesh from a couple of lesbians best known to me for objectifying fictional men on twitter so i went out and bought it (because i am not financially responsible and i trust the taste of these lesbians) and then i read the entire thing in two days and frankly i think i might not be able to carry on living after this. it was. well it was really good. like it was just. well. it was really good.
#like do you ever read a book and immediately go . i NEED to get high with an english major and a bisexual bioethicist RIGHT now#so we can have a DISCUSSION . about this book.#it's like. okay when i read catch 22 i NEEDED to lie on the floor of a high school hallway and stare into the fluorescent bulbs afterwards#(didn't get to. but it was what i NEEDED.)#when i finished little brother i needed to go wander around the basement of a home hardware.#and when i finished regeneration i needed to sit quietly and hold it in my hands like it was an EXTREMELY fragile bit of lead crystal#and when i finished enders game i needed to like. go write a novel that i had yet to conceptualize. again i didnt do this. but i needed to.#when i finished a marvellous light i needed to hug my kitty cat gently!#and now having finished this i need to smoke a fat blunt with an english major and a bioethicist.#to be clear i know those examples don't make sense and are a frankly hilarious bunch of books to have chosen.#but . Well. They were the ones i thought of.#it's just like!!!!! okay!!! so a computer cannot be held accountable and must therefore never make a management decision!!!!!!#so what does a computer that is smart enough to KNOW THAT#do when it is presented with a management decision???? HUH?#WHAT DOES IT DO???????????#there's so much good SHIT in that book! there's so much!!#it's like that. You get it.#like it's a book about omnipotent AI but the AI is neither a hero nor a villain. it's not a character at all.#even when it IS personified that personification is done with a lot of complexity#and a REALLY gorgeous distinction between literal personification -- creating a person to serve as an interface --#and the assignment of a person to serve as an agent --#and even that latter category isn't treated simply. because of course an AI cannot assign a person to serve its will.#because it doesn't have a will.#OR DOES IT. etc. this question we will of course debate eternally. this is how they get you. BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.#AND THE AI STUFF LITERALLY ISN'T EVEN THE CENTRAL QUESTION OF THE PLOT!!!!!!!!#like it IS a book about AI but it's. actually not really.#the question is not 'does AI exist' or 'is AI right or wrong'#but rather 'what do the possibilities presented by AI force us to confront about the nature of ourselves and our desires?'#and the plot isn't about the AI. it's about that nature of ourselves.#it's about cults! it's about misogyny! it's about rape culture! it's about eugenics! it's about the creeping realization
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Three updates in one month
Feeling a lot more energized to keep writing!
#(I might be a little proud after the dismal pace of updates last year.)#It was a weird year.#The best motivation to write is to WRITE!#It's a bit of a catch 22 but it works.
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I often talk about how 'Girl With The Pearl Earring' is one of Neri's favourite reads from growing up. There's a theme of in earlier times, woman having hair long and not tied up / covered in some way could be seen as loose and scandalous as showing your ankles.
It resonates with Neri's views about should she ever trust someone enough to call them her partner / lover / whathaveyou though - not only in physically and metaphorically 'letting one's hair down' - what it means to her as an expression of trust ans vulnerability, to be able to show anything beyond this 'professional, hard working, dependence no damsel in distress' kind of image she's constantly projecting and holding onto for herself.
It might seem like such a simple thing to anyone else, taking your hair down, taking clothes off, as bare and casual as the day you were born. For Neri; it's a lifelong offering. No pretense, no elaborate covers on the book. With all the best qualities, all the worst - scrapes, scars, occasional hypocrisies.
It's something you hold dear to protect; and it's something you can't take back once it's been seen.
#🌻 muntalk#🌻 musing#I really enjoyed this text in highschool - scandalous affairs subtext aside#It's also an interesting catch 22 like. Treating women like the barest bit of skin is a blinking light of loose morals#But also that kind of. Sacredness of waiting for the right person. The right momemt#idk I think about these things a lot.#Just love my Neri man
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When you can tell Alan Arkin's wife wrote the book...
Source: https://archive.org/details/crazyeights0000dana/page/104/mode/2up
#i was trying to look up information on catch-22 the movie on internet archive and found this#also depresses me a bit how much the 1970 movie gets shit on#c'mon people it's not THAT bad#anyway this is a young adult novel written by barbara dana who was arkin's wife at the time#she has quite a few ya novels on internet archive including one about joan of arc who she happened to play onstage#barbara dana#alan arkin
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Why must I be 22 next week I don’t wanna be 22 yet
#bits of banter#literally. this time next week I’ll be 22#WHY#I don’t wanna#I refuse#the passage of time shall not catch up to me today!!#edit; this isn’t me plugging my bday. I’m just. astounded. I. why
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I really was expecting, when Peter Bartlett's character realized Oliver fell in love with one of his actors, that his actual first guess would be Charles. It felt like such a conspicuous absence for them to not even do the joke. I want to know if there was a conversation about it
#omitb spoilers#like was it *too* obvious a joke to spend screen time on.#I can get behind that reasoning. but they’ve hit a bit of a catch 22 at this point.
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i’m always open to chatting or answering questions or talking abt my wips/fics via my askbox but i’m in my last semester before obtaining my bachelor’s degree + i’m already in the process of pre-registering for my grad school classes. i need to take some time to focus on schoolwork and balancing my full time job ☺️ i am NOT leaving!!! i am NOT abandoning this blog!!!! i just spend a lot of time juggling attending class, working on assignments, whilst working 42-50hrs/week!!!!
#unfortunately i need money to survive#and a degree is mighty helpful in obtaining that#but also requires money?????#bit of a catch 22#love u always#mwah now spam my askbox pls <3
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