#like . Books

[vincentaureliuslin]

what should i do today

[mermaidtablet]

I'm never getting rid of my old tv, it's literally impossible to update the apps and therefore amazon can't spit out seventy billion ads while I'm trying to watch wheel of time

[kiwiwioui]

Sometimes I forget my hyperfixations are not unique, and more often than not super popular, and so when I see or hear it offhandedly mentioned I get whiplash from

“YOU LIKE IT TOO?!” :DD

And then I remember, that literally anyone who hasn’t lived under a rock knows what it is, and it doesn’t mean they enjoy it like I do.

[shady-elf]

Alt-right angsty teens who ended up as socialist trans girls actually just transitioned from Slytherin to Hufflepuff.

[delicatefury]

Oh! Update on the Christmas presents!

My older niece seemed really interested in One Piece. We had to do a crash course in how to read manga, but once she realized it was a pirate adventure she started to get into it. We’ll see when she finishes Volume 1. The other book ended up being The Secret of Platform 13. I remembered enjoying it when I was her age but it’s wrapped up in the “weird British books” period, where I inexplicably kept finding very, very odd British children’s literature without trying when I went to the library. I liked the weird surreality of the books, but she might not.

Younger niece was ecstatic about her painting. Full on tackle-hugged and everything. Elder nephew liked his legos so much, he made grandpa help him put them together Christmas morning. Younger nephew was overjoyed at the stuffed lion (which was a relief, having gone after my little sister, who gave him a plush Mario).

BIL’s gift worked out better than expected. Because not only did he need a better controller for the Switch (he is very, very tall and joycons are very small), my big sister got him the Disney platformer collection (Aladdin, Jungle Book, and Lion King). So he’ll be able to enjoy it much better.

Younger sister was really happy with her decanter set (LOVE those Macy sales), older sister liked the kitschy Santa stuff, younger brother was pleased to get Doestoevsky books that matched his collection and bewildered I also got him kitchen stuff (i get gift happy when I have good income. Sue me). Dad liked that his new Christmas village building is vintage. More so that it means it’s really well made. And his little claymation sheep. Mom loved her new snow globe. Younger sister’s boyfriend liked the gin.

While I really loved my own Christmas presents, nothing beats putting that look of surprised happiness on someone else’s face. That look that says “you know me and what I like and need.”

[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[stemmmm]

bad youtube clickbait thumbnail that reads "I think I just had a therapy session with a DEMON???"

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[carefulzombie]

gf fandom in 2016: if you so much as hint - even jokingly! - about the nature of ford and bill’s relationship being anything other than platonic (and even then you NEED to give a disclaimer that bill is manipulating him!) then you support abusive relationships

gf fandom in 2024:

[starridge]

puppet hour was brutal

[lesbxdyke]

I could think of no better way to share the news than this!

So when I was 17, my cat went missing and I'd given up hope of ever seeing him again.

Until on Monday, 27th of May, 2024, my friend sent me a FB post asking 'isn't that your mother?' about the person named on the microchip.

Here he is! 16 years old, and found safe, twelve whole years after he went missing!

Yesterday (Tuesday the 28th of May, 2024) I went to the rescue that had him, and I reclaimed my boy, renaming him Artie! (He'd originally been called 'Cat' because my mother and I couldn't decide on a name)

He's home safe with me now, currently inhabiting my bathroom and purring up a storm every time someone goes in there!

I'll be doing slow introductions between him and my current cat to give them the best possible chance of living in harmony!

Here's some pictures of Artie once we let him out of the carrier:

[malkmori]

Uhh... I'm just gonna put it here..

[eggsistential-breakdown]

Okay, but hear me out -- what if his parents weren't usually red and blue?

[ered]

Here’s my take on the whole audio books vs. reading:

Oral tradition of storytelling predates written ones by millennias, and honestly, which one you like is just a personal preference.

The actual difference is

when listening, you have no idea how to write characters’ names

when reading, you have no idea how to pronounce characters’ names

hope this helps!

[s0up1ta]

toxic yaoi or something idk i haven't watched gravity falls