#joy not elitism

[bleakcinema]

On Loving Tolkien Responsibly and Leaving Room at the Table

I'm on a Tolkien tear and still thinking about the malleability of his world (IE: at the time of his death Tolkien still hadn't fully decided on his own world, as evident in the volume "The Fall of Gondolin" which contains two to three versions of the same history). It still bothers me that some people try so hard to be 'purists' of his work for one simple reason:

Tolkien himself wasn't a purist. Not in all things.

I've found that there's an urge to read his work as if it were a straightforward fantasy, written and plotted like one with an unswaying lore. I think too many people forget that Tolkien wrote Middle Earth like a man discovering it bit by bit rather than plotting with an intent to set in stone. This is fitting for a linguist and historian.

That isn't to say there isn't a firm-ish lore with a more-or-less immoveable timeline. That's taking the point too far. But then again, I think people who lose themselves in the detail are taking thing too far in the opposite direction. There are certainly fixed points in any discussion of Tolkien. However, I feel like there are too many people who forget that much was unspoken, undecided, or undocumented in the nigh on 727,045 years of Arda (according to the conversion rate Tolkien considered later in life....which is another point! Tolkien was still debating time conversions)!

Remember, we originally had Valian years which were around 9.5, then the Solar years, which were congruent to our years (which places it closer to 54,000), and THEN a new conversion method which was never fully worked out.

The main things to recall with Tolkien if you're not ready to plunge into the TEXTBOOK HISTORY of a beautiful realm...is hope. Hope, brotherhood, and courage. Keep that in your heart and you're doing okay. Maybe remember some names. Not all of them. That way lies madness.

My fellow Tolkien nerds would also do well to remember this when speaking to new, happy, enthusiastic fans rather than icing them out over how many more details you can obsess over. Delight in sharing the knowledge you have rather than crouching over it like a dragon sick Dwarf. Embrace those who come for the journey rather than judging where they left home behind. The world lies ahead and YOU determine whether it is a warm or unkind one. I'll leave you with a quote from Tolkien scholar, Tom Emanuel that brings me joy: "I mean this affectionately: eavesdropping on the Silmarillion fandom is like running into an esoteric band of Rosicrucians. We share many of the same foundational texts, but to be honest I haven't a clue what's going on here. The real loremasters of Middle-earth aren't the scholars or the self-appointed Tolkien Defenders. They're the 21-year-old transmasc sociology students hopped up on Panera Charged Lemonade and 50,000 words deep into a Dead Dove fic about the Sons of Curufinwë."

[k-wame]

IVÁN & JOEL ÉLITƎ Series 7 · EP03 · dir. Menna Fité

[redthemarten]

Pokemon was my first real fandom and it will forever hold a special place in my heart uwu therefore, I committed a little crossover again

[kogglyuffs]

this took a bit more effort than it should

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[mostbelovedaewwrestlertournament]

Most Beloved AEW Wrestler Tournament 2: Week 4/Month 1 Statistics Dump

28 Days complete, 127 to go

Total votes thus far: 216,012 (average of 99 votes per bracket, down from 104 last week)

The Ties

While yes, Dax Harwood and Angelico tied and that was fun and cool, it was nowhere near as fun and cool (and awe-inspiring) as that time voters of this tournament somehow coordinated over 24 hours to create a perfect Balance Of Bucks

The Crushing Defeats

For some reason we're unable to have just one unanimous victory and every time it happens, they happen in twos

The Top 20

Below are the stats for the top 20 frontrunners for days 22-28

The Undefeated

While our unvictorious have halved from 6 to 3, our undefeated have remained the same 5 from last week. I'm not one to assume results of brackets before (I've definitely been surprised a time or two), but I'd have to guess that the only way they'll be defeated is by going up against each other, so here are the dates of those matchups

The Midcard

Because I thought it was hilarious that all three Gunns are in this situation, here are the wrestlers who have the same number of bracket wins and losses; the perfect midcard

The Stock Market

Kenny Omega - 1 - 1 (=)

Orange Cassidy - 2 - 2 (=)

Kris Statlander - 3 - 3 (=)

Adam Page - 4 - 6 (2)

Wheeler Yuta - 5 - 5 (=)

Eddie Kingston - 6 - 9 (+3)

Jon Moxley - 7 - 4 (-3)

Swerve Strickland - 8 - 7 (-1)

Willow Nightingale - 9 - 11 (+2)

Konosuke Takeshita - 10 - 12 (+2)

Toni Storm - 11 - 10 (-1)

Jay White - 12 - 8 (-4)

Chuck Taylor - 13 - 13 (=)

Julia Hart - 14 - 14 (=)

MJF - 15 - 18 (+3)

Mariah May - 16 - 15 (-1)

Samoa Joe - 17 - 17 (=)

Will Ospreay - 18 - 16 (-2)

Kota Ibushi - 19 - 19 (=)

Kyle O'Reilly - 20 - 20 (=)

Daniel Garcia - 21 - 22 (+1)

Matthew Jackson - 22 - 29 (+7)

Nyla Rose - 23 - 27 (+4)

Kazuchika Okada - 24 - 21 (-3)

Hook - 25 - 25 (=)

Kyle Fletcher - 26 - 26 (=)

Harley Cameron - 27 - 24 (-3)

Jamie Hayter - 28 - 23 (-5)

Kip Sabian - 29 - 33 (+4)

Queen Aminata - 30 - 30 (=)

Athena - 31 - 28 (-3)

Katsuyori Shibata - 32 - 31 (-1)

Nicholas Jackson - 33 - 47 (+14) MOST SPOTS UP

Hikaru Shida - 34 - 32 (-2)

Claudio Castagnoli - 35 - 37 (+2)

Christian Cage - 36 - 43 (+7)

Bryan Danielson - 37 - 35 (-2)

Evil Uno - 38 - 34 (-4)

Komander - 39 - 39 (=)

PAC - 40 - 38 (-2)

Brody King - 41 - 46 (+5)

Killswitch - 42 - 40 (-2)

Anthony Bowens - 43 - 48 (+5)

Buddy Matthews - 44 - 45 (+1)

Juice Robinson - 45 - 41 (-4)

Mark Briscoe - 46 - 36 (-10)

Danhausen - 47 - 44 (-3)

Riho - 48 - 42 (-6)

Jack Perry - 49 - 49 (=)

Powerhouse Hobbs - 50 - 54 (+4)

Emi Sakura - 51 - 50 (-1)

Mercedes Mone - 52 - 55 (+3)

Marina Shafir - 53 - 59 (+6)

Matt Menard - 54 - 64 (+10)

Lee Moriarty - 55 - 61 (+6)

Adam Cole - 56 - 63 (+7)

Darby Allin - 57 - 56 (-1)

Abadon - 58 - 57 (-1)

Isiah Kassidy - 59 - 51 (-8)

Mark Davis - 60 - 66 (+6)

Ruby Soho - 61 - 58 (-3)

Malakai Black - 62 - 65 (+3)

Hologram - 63 - 52 (-11)

Sting - 64 - 60 (-4)

Penelope Ford - 65 - 69 (+4)

The Beast Mortos - 66 - 68 (+2)

John Silver - 67 - 53 (-14) MOST SPOTS DOWN

Yuka Sakazaki - 68 - 62 (-6)

Thunder Rosa - 69 - 67 (-2)

Bandido - 70 - 71 (+1)

Anna Jay - 71 - 76 (+5)

Skye Blue - 72 - 72 (=)

Cope - 73 - 74 (+1)

Trent Beretta - 74 - 70 (-4)

Austin Gunn - 75 - 83 (+8)

Deonna Purrazzo - 76 - 73 (-3)

Red Velvet - 77 - 81 (+4)

Nick Wayne - 78 - 79 (+1)

Billy Gunn - 79 - 77 (-2)

Keith Lee - 79 - 87 (+8)

Dustin Rhodes - 81 - 75 (-6)

Leyla Hirsch - 81 - 88 (+7)

Lance Archer - 83 - 84 (+1)

Angelo Parker - 84 - 80 (-4)

Colten Gunn - 84 - 85 (+1)

Ricky Starks - 86 - 78 (-8)

Serpentico - 87 - 82 (-5)

Mr Brodie Lee - 88 - 93 (+5)

Shelton Benjamin - 89 - 86 (-3)

Matt Taven - 90 - 95 (+5)

Taya Valkyrie - 91 - 88 (-3)

Bryan Keith - 92 - 96 (+4)

Roderick Strong - 93 - 97 (+4)

Marq Quen - 94 - 90 (-4)

Dante Martin - 95 - 91 (-4)

Luther - 96 - 103 (+7)

Diamante - 97 - 100 (+3)

Darius Martin - 98 - 92 (-6)

Bobby Lashley - 99 - 94 (-5)

Kiera Hogan - 100 - 106 (+6)

Johnny TV - 101 - 101 (=)

AR Fox - 102 - 98 (-4)

Leila Grey - 103 - 99 (-4)

Big Bill - 104 - 107 (+3)

Max Caster - 105 - 113 (+8)

Ricochet - 106 - 110 (+4)

Alex Reynolds - 107 - 104 (-3)

The Butcher - 108 - 112 (+4)

Brian Cage - 109 - 102 (-7)

Lio Rush - 110 - 105 (-5)

Cash Wheeler - 111 - 111 (=)

Angelico - 112 - 116 (+4)

Dax Harwood - 113 - 115 (+2)

Rey Fenix - 114 - 114 (=)

Colt Cabana - 115 - 117 (+2)

Mercedes Martinez - 116 - 120 (+4)

Dr Britt Baker DMD - 117 - 108 (-9)

Tay Melo - 118 - 118 (=)

Brandon Cutler - 119 - 121 (+2)

Wardlow - 119 - 109 (-10)

Mike Bennett - 121 - 123 (+2)

Matt Sydal - 122 - 122 (=)

Scorpio Sky - 123 - 119 (-4)

Jeff Jarrett - 124 - 125 (+1)

Lee Johnson - 125 - 124 (-1)

Jay Lethal - 126 - 127 (+1)

Action Andretti - 127 - 130 (+3)

The Blade - 128 - 126 (-2)

Toa Liona - 129 - 128 (-1)

Dralistico - 130 - 129 (-1)

Griff Garrison - 131 - 134 (+3)

Peter Avalon - 132 - 133 (+1)

Ortiz - 133 - 138 (+5)

Michael Nakazawa - 134 - 140 (+6)

Chris Jericho - 135 - 131 (-4)

Rush - 136 - 135 (-1)

Sammy Guevara - 137 - 132 (-5)

Dutch - 138 - 136 (-2)

Bishop Kaun - 139 - 141 (+2)

Josh Woods - 140 - 137 (-3)

Vincent - 141 - 139 (-2)

Preston Vance - 142 - 144 (+2)

Tony Nese - 143 - 143 (=)

Paul Wight - 144 - 145 (+1)

Shawn Dean - 145 - 148 (+3)

Kamille - 146 - 147 (+1)

Saraya - 147 - 142 (-5)

Madison Rayne - 148 - 146 (-2)

Ariya Daivari - 149 - 149 (=)

Miro - 150 - 152 (+2)

Satnam Singh - 151 - 150 (-1)

Aaron Solo - 152 - 151 (-1)

Anthony Ogogo - 153 - 154 (+1)

Rebel - 154 - 153 (-1)

Nick Comoroto - 155 - 156 (+1)

Serena Deeb - 156 - 155 (-1)

MONTH DIFFERENCES

Now, since it has been a month (and change) since the tournament started, some changes in the roster have occurred. This will not affect the tournament, but they will be noted cause I feel like noting them

LOST:

Malakai Black

Miro

Ricky Starks

GAINED:

Megan Bayne

And finally, everyone's favourite part:

TAGS OF THE WEEK

@nylarose for summoning the forces politely

@dykecassidy for getting a good grade in tags

@fatal-3nvy for pitching a 2000s teen coming of age movie opening

@sendhook for staying on brand

@chuckstaylors for breaking it down for us

@lavosse for doing commentary of commentary

@himbos-hotline and @unseenbox for racing to the joke

@sumeriandeathsquad who stuck by a commitment and reblogged this bracket 12 times

@sarahcakes613 for learning a valuable lesson about tumblr

[simplegenius042]

Music Monday, WIP Word Train, Top 5 songs on repeat & OC Picrew

Tagged by @direwombat @inafieldofdaisies @josephseedismyfather and @noodlecupcakes

Tagging @imogenkol @socially-awkward-skeleton @adelaidedrubman @josephslittledeputy @raresvtm @cassietrn @g0dspeeed @aceghosts @voidika @cloudofbutterflies92 @derelictheretic @icecutioner @shallow-gravy @strangefable @statichvm @carlosoliveiraa @wrathfulrook @starsandskies @ladyoriza @la-grosse-patate @thewanderer-000 @omen-speaker @alypink @shellibisshe @skoll-sun-eater @afarcryfrommymain @strafethesesinners @turbo-virgins @florbelles @minilev @justasmolbard @yokobai and @seedsplease + anyone else who'd like to join.

Music for The Silver Chronicles, Life, Despair & Monsters and an Original Work. WIP Train for The UnTitledverse and A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore and a Picrew for my The Silver Chronicles OCs in addition to my top 5 most repeated songs on the music app I use. Listen below the cut:

"Some Nights" is a song I can associate with Alexander Khaos, especially post the events of my Ain't It A Joy? WIP, perhaps Alexander's being reflective in Hope County at St. Francis or even in New Eden post-Collapse. Alexander, much like Jacob, knows how your worst, most dehumanizing moments can fundamentally change a person. One thing is clear; although Alexander is a little homesick for his family, he does not miss Wellington Wells at all. Listen below:

"Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck Some nights, I call it a draw Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle Some nights, I wish they'd just fall off But I still wake up, I still see your ghost Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh ("Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh!") What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights, I don't know anymore

Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh

This is it, boys ("Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh!") This is war What are we waiting for? Why don't we break the rules already? I was never one to believe the hype ("Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh!") Save that for the black and white Try twice as hard and I'm half as liked But here they come again to jack my style

That's alright ("That's alright!") I found a martyr in my bed tonight She stops my bones from wondering just who I am, who I am, who I am Oh, who am I?

Well, some nights, I wish that this all would end 'Cause I could use some friends for a change And some nights, I'm scared you'll forget me again Some nights, I always win ("I always win!") But I still wake up, I still see your ghost Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh ("Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh!") What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights, I don't know ("Oh, come on!")

So this is it? I sold my soul for this Washed my hands of that for this? I miss my mom and dad for this? ("Oh, come on!") No, when I see stars, when I see stars, that's all they are ("Oh, come on!") When I hear songs, they sound like a swan, so come on Oh, come on, oh, come on, oh, come on

Well, that is it guys ("Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh!") That is all Five minutes in and I'm bored again Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands This one is not for the folks at home ("Oh-oh, oh whoa, oh whoa, oh-oh!") Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go Who the fuck wants to die alone All dried up in the desert sun?

My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she called love And then I look into my nephew's eyes Man, you wouldn't believe The most amazing things That can come from Some terrible nights!"

Life, Despair & Monsters is a series that explores morally grey/dark grey characters and how these morals change as pressure and time force them to adapt. The protagonists begin with fairly selfish goals; whether it be individually personal or collectively out for revenge against Malvolio and his meddling into their lives (especially with a few like Sonya, Jennifer, Hatter, Guenevere and Haoyu, plus some others), while the antagonists often have a benevolent goal (Sir Enigma Malvolio & the Ruins of the Midnight Rise) or even believe what they're doing is for the best (the Court King and Ion), even if their methods and/or understanding is severely flawed, amoral and sometimes even depraved. None of the protagonists want to be present there, but they are put into a circumstance that pushes them to make some capacity to change for the betterment of others, even if it doesn't entirely benefit themselves. All of them have done at least one wrong or another, or are even outright wrong in some one way or another, but they are still people in some way, just broken by circumstances beyond their control, even if some of them had inflicted this on themselves:

"Welcome to the room of people Who have rooms of people that they loved one day, docked away Just because we check the guns at the door Doesn't mean our brains will change from hand grenades

You'll never know the psychopath sitting next to you You'll never know the murderer sitting next to you You think, "How'd I get here, sitting next to you?" But after all I've said, please don't forget

All my friends are heathens, take it slow Wait for them to ask you who you know Please, don't make any sudden moves You don't know the half of the abuse

We don't deal with outsiders very well They say newcomers have a certain smell Yeah, trust issues, not to mention They sayin'' they can smell your intentions

You'll never know the freak show sitting next to you You'll have some weird people sitting next to you You'll think, "How did I get here, sitting next to you?" But after all I've said, please don't forget ("Watch it!") Watch it!"

Lastly a ship song for the main couple of An Old Ballad of Chance and Ember Hearts Original Trilogy; Jade Smith and Jasmine Rafiq. For the first story, it's mostly the two (a) exploring beautiful multiverse, and (b) reconciling with the fact that, despite their soulmate marks fading away (after the system was abolished in Wing And Horns), they still love each other and don't require those marks to define that fact for them, renewing their declaration of love to each other. The second story has them come across strife in the form of Rouske; while Jade and Jasmine explore the multiverse and see nothing but beauty and wonder, Rouske explores it and can only see the pain and suffering, believing it's better off gone altogether. Which leads to an altercation with Rouske that causes Jasmine's death, leading Jade to becoming devastated and the rest of her journey is basically the five stages of grief. In the third and final work, the plot is basically Jade dies and is making her journey through the afterlife, searching to reunite with Jasmine so they both can make their way to the Wheel of Reincarnation together. "Waiting For Love" I think encapsulates that journey quite well I think. Enjoy listening:

"Where there's a will, there's a way, kind of beautiful And every night has its day, so magical And if there's love in this life, there's no obstacle That can't be defeated

For every tyrant, a tear for the vulnerable In every lost soul, the bones of a miracle For every dreamer, a dream we're unstoppable With something to believe in

Monday left me broken Tuesday, I was through with hoping Wednesday, my empty arms were open Thursday, waiting for love, waiting for love

Thank the stars it's Friday I'm burning like a fire gone wild on Saturday Guess I won't be coming to church on Sunday I'll be waiting for love, waiting for love To come around

We are one of a kind, irreplaceable How did I get so blind and so cynical? If there's love in this life, we're unstoppable No, we can't be defeated

Monday left me broken Tuesday, I was through with hoping Wednesday, my empty arms were open Thursday, waiting for love, waiting for love

Thank the stars it's Friday I'm burning like a fire gone wild on Saturday Guess I won't be coming to church on Sunday I'll be waiting for love, waiting for love To come around!"

A little late to the party, but here's my participation in the WIP Train Word game.

rules: for each letter of the word you're given, share an excerpt from a wip that starts with that letter.

Words I was given: FEAR and FIRE. Word I'm gonna give y'all (should you choose to accept): HOPE.

Gonna do FEAR for WIPs from The UnTitledverse series (Mario: Mother's Boy, The Tale of Mario Emmet, the Classroom of the Elite segment of my little What If? series and Chapter 2 of my Jurassic World: Before The Storm fic) and FIRE for the A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series (The Waters Of Life Flow).

F - Further as the kitchen, the dishes, the books and everything that was once Molly’s was swallowed with her.

Abigail wailed as she fell. Wailed for her to return. Wailed out into the darkness that consumed everything that made the kitchen Molly’s.

And then the fall stopped.

E - Everyone else were more afraid than anything else. Except for Mario, who seemed apologetic rather than enthusiastic.

A - As Ayanokoji began to depart from his desk, he paused. Horikita heard him let out a sigh, and much to her confusion, dropped his bag on top of his desk.

"What are you-?" Horikita wanted to question, but Ayanokoji soon interrupted her.

"Accepting my fate," he disclosed, not with much emotion, but certainly not his regular monotone.

Horikita blinked at him, shaking her head in confusion, "Huh?"

R - Regret.

That is what overcame me when I followed Lisa off the ramp of the ferry.

Once I stood on sturdier ground, the unforgiving heat swept over me quickly.

F - Fear grasped Alph and Amata, the latter of whom hugged Alph closely to her as he weakly tried to push her away, eyes wet from the thought of his failure to protect Amata and find his dad, all the while surrounded by dirty and vile vultures of human beings, who grinned with eager anticipation to reach satisfaction.

I - "I-I think this is it!" she stated aloud, relief and joy flowing out of the laugh she let out. Alph focused forward, really missing his glasses, but through his blurry vision, he could see a mass of metal welded together to form a gate. There was also a robot out the front of it, the corpse of a giant insect full of charred holes only a few feet away from it.

R - Ress' resting spot just happened to be where she needed to get said fresh air.

Ress didn't immediately acknowledge Amata, though the younger of the two wasn't foolish to believe she just didn't hear the vaultie.

Amata exhaled into the cold air as she pretended to admire the morning sky, although a morning sky was better than no sky in her opinion.

"Rough sleep?" Ress inquired from where she laid on the table, head tilted towards Amata's direction.

E - "Ergo," the Arcane Urias narrowed his blazing orange-red eyes on the shaking, frail human before him, "Your usefulness as a follower can no longer considered acceptable, Blackhall."

Without hearing any further excuses from the failure before him, the Arcane Urias gave his apprentice a nod; approved permission to end their acolyte's life.

Some picrews for my holy trinity of Seedfuckers Far Cry 5 OCs (Deputy Silva Omar, Nadi Sinclair, Alexander Khaos) from The Silver Chronicles in addition to Paul Yellowjack.

SILVA OMAR (SILVA'S HOPE, LA ÚLTIMA EN PIE & OLD DUSK [FC5 & FCND])

NADI SINCLAIR (SILVA'S HOPE, OLD DUSK & CALL TO ARMS [FC5, FCND & COD: MW])

ALEXANDER KHAOS (SILVA'S HOPE, OLD DUSK & AIN'T IT A JOY? [FC5, FCND & WE HAPPY FEW])

PAUL YELLOWJACK (LA ÚLTIMA EN PIE & OLD DUSK [FCND])

And lastly my top 5 most repeated song from the music app I use. I don't have the ability to share it through the app, so I'll just use YouTube links of the songs so you can listen to them yourself. Listen below:

"Genghis Khan" - Miike Snow

"This Comes From Inside" - The Living Tombstone

"Love Me Like You Do" - Ellie Goulding

"Stargazing" - Myles Smith

"Ten Thousand Times Before" - Twelve Titans Music

[the-kipsabian]

[imunbreakabledude]

seeing people be like "wow dichen lachman played so many different characters/versions of herself this episode--" okay nice nice cool for you that you're just finding out. some of us knew she was that kinda bitch since 2009!

[flowering-darkness]

In a turn of events that probably surprises no-one, I am once again having a Reborn moment

[730spitz]

Random late night post, but random thought anyone else despise the like gladiator type shit of aew and wwe, like people fuckin suck because like if you love aew and some WWE fan knows you're getting shit on. And the other way around and yet it's mostly WWE fans, it doesn't help Tony Khan has made his tweets, but even then it's odd when you're like an avid watcher of both and other promotions. I watch aew, wwe, tna, roh, and sometimes tune into random shit in Japan various promotions. It's always weird being on the sidelines of people hating on them bc even if aew has it's moments so does WWE, I feel neither are free of criticism but also neither are 24/7 deserving of constant hate and criticism when both companies have good talent. Idk just let me be happy and watch my shit, I didn't fucking ask for your 5 paragraph long message on why aew eats shit, from someone who doesn't even fucking watches it. Literally why can't we just fuck off, and just mind our own shit. Literally both are not free of criticism, and some WWE fans piss me off so badly because they keep acting like the company is holy and does no wrong, and every storyline is good. But honestly they complain more than aew. Aew fans do but not like WWE. And I'm not saying EVERY fan is like this, it's mostly other platforms having this shit, I don't see it really here and stuff rarely I do.

[d3adring3r]

Paldean Wooper hatches from an egg

Nurse Joy: We will have to give him some shots.

Rika: Fuck yeah pour 'em, it's his birthday.

[coquelicoq]

oooooh the dads are fightinggggg

[tomatoluvr69]

Sure I’m glad (mostly) that YA is the booming juggernaut it is today because it’s cool that 14 year olds can have stories for them. Sure. More books is always better. That’s fun— thoughts on book influencer culture and grown-ups and literature as soulless and ever-churning product aside. It’s cool to walk into any tiny neighborhood library branch and see a dedicated space for teenagers. When I was a young teenager there were a couple of small shelves in between adult audiobooks and the biographical section where you walked in and your choices were either Twilight, Eragon, or some candy-pink Sex And The City-lite dishy little book like the one that has got some reason come rushing unbidden to the forefront of my memory this morning called “Vegan Virgin Valentine” which I never wound up reading but was always compelled by through a mixture of intrigue and condescension. The YA landscape pre-Hunger Games mania was like…here’s a super scandalous book about anorexia or teen pregnancy written in verse. Or a pandering Book For Boys about combat or fart humor. Or a twilight knock-off about a girl who has sex with a ghost. So while any glimpse of the bloated realm of teen publishing makes me feel exhausted on account of the feverish adult fans who populate it it’s probably full of important stories for teenagers. But like truly Kids These Days have no idea what it’s like to have your only option be called “The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things” (real) or “Everlost: Soulfyre Book 3” (fabricated poorly for effect)

[maranull]

i missed her

[noctis-ibis]

Aw man, Napola will be on German television in a few days and I won't be able to watch it...

[pinkit]

Yeja YES!!!!!