#lmao if you take one thing away from this it's that you should read Ursula K. LeGuin's the Dispossessed
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origami-butterfly · 1 year ago
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Prepare yourself for BOOK ASK DUMP
3. 4. 5. 9. 10. 17. 28. 30. 34. 44. 45. 46. 48.
Aaaaaaa that's a lot of questions! I'm honoured you take this much interest in what I read!
3. What is my preferred genre?
Fantasy, but I've been getting a taste for horror recently as well. I like most things though.
4. What is my least favourite genre?
Erotica.
5. What book do I think everyone should read?
I answered this on another one, so I have the same answer- Loveless by Alice Oseman. It would be nice for allos to learn about aro and ace experiences.
9. Do I have a favourite author?
Neil Gaiman... And I did like him before joining tumblr as well, that isn't the tumblr bias speaking. I also really like Ursula K Le Guin, but I haven't read much of her work.
10. What book am I reading right now?
I'm reading through a collection of short stories by HP Lovecraft, and the one I'm on is The Strange High House in the Mist.
17. Do I highlight my books?
Absolutely fucking not. For me, it feels so disrespectful to the book, and also there's always a chance I give my books away to either a charity shop, or a younger relative. I don't want someone else to see my brain splattered over their story. (I use post it notes when I want to annotate)
28. Is there a book that made me cry?
There's so many of them. I cried during my last reread of the Chronicles of Narnia, I cried reading Oblivion, by Anthony Horowitz, I cried reading American Gods, Anansi Boys and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman, I cried reading Jamie by LD Lapinski (it's a children's book, but I read it because it's about being an enby in the UK school system). I've also cried rereading Matilda because of nostalgia. I cried reading Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt (EXCELLENT book about being ace btw, highly reccomend), I cried reading Afterlove by Tanya Byrne... I think that's all, there may be more, but this is already too long lmao.
30. Is there a book that changed my life?
I said I can't think of any except the Bible when I was asked this before, and I meant it. I wish I had a better answer for you 😔
34. Do I read more than one book at a time?
Sort of. I have a book I keep in my school bag, that I read in school, and then I have one I keep by my bed that I read at home. It's just reaching the end of my summer holiday, so for the past month and a bit, I've been reading one at a time.
44. Did I read more as a child, or now?
Sadly, more as a child. I wish I could read more, but I have less time because of school and all the extra curricular I do. Also I got addicted to podcasts at some point, and I can't read and listen to different things at the same time :(((
45. Thoughts on separating the author from the work?
Depends. Is the author dead? Then it's easy to separate them. I don't really mind if some guy in the 19th century had awful beliefs, because he's no longer alive and can't use the money I use to buy the book for harming anyone. Is the author alive, and making an effort to harm people via money jk rowling then no, I won't separate them. If I got the book from a library? Fine, I can separate book from author, but I find if writers have shitty beliefs, it usually bleeds into their work, so a lot of it isn't worth reading anyway.
46. Bookshelf pic!!
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I hope you know I feel extremely self conscious sharing these 😅 and yeah, I know my shelves are a mess.
48. What book would I give someone if they wanted a glimpse into my psyche?
I'll give a different answer to when I was asked this before! Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt! The protagonist's ace experience (and some of the experiences of the other aces in the book) are very relatable to mine, as well as his thoughts on allosexuals. Seriously, where do they find the time for sexual attraction?
Ty for all your questions <333
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maeamian · 3 years ago
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This isn't really related to anything I just don't know where else to say it, but while researching that post I took a look at the list of fictional physicists, they've got a lot of the ones you'd expect, of the 35 listed about a dozen comic book people, all the ones you'd expect but some notable exceptions (except I don't care about them), a decent amount of book and movie characters including The Gate of Angels which is a book and not the name of any character in that book although the main character is one so partial credit on that answer, I guess. It also has Amy Wong which is true although I had entirely forgotten that it was, also, apparently McGuyver, which I guess makes sense cause like, in any of these situations all these characters have to do to earn their degree is have the author say that they did (looking at you Reed (noticeably absent from the list)).
Anyhow, that's all a bunch of trivia, there's a lot of people missing, like no one in the Disspossessed is on it even though half the characters in the book are physicists, which was my personal gripe but I'm a shameless partisan and won't apologize for it.
But that's not what this post is about either, it's another aside, no what has me scratching my head and writing posts about it on tumblr dot com is that of all the characters on the popular sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, there are exactly two. Unfortunately I watched that show for a while cause the girl I liked was into it and I wasn't really thinking critically about it or anything and then I started to and stopped liking it as much, although I also stopped liking it around the time we broke up so maybe I'm just justifying that to myself, the important point I watched enough of it to be able to say I have a fair sense of it, and I can tell you that many more than two of those characters are, in the fiction of the show, physicists, like half the main cast and another half of the supporting characters are cause they work in the physics department so it's a natural characteristic to give anyone who's in the space, as a character.
Anyhow, I haven't bothered to count, but I'd say by a quick glance at the list of Big Bang Theory Characters page you could probably add at least a dozen characters from that show who had at least recurring roles. A few real physicists did appear as themselves too, including at least one nobel prize winner, and how fictional they are is an open question since they were playing characters that was simultaneously them and also in a very real sense not them.
The important thing, the reason I've gathered us all here today, is that there are, in fact, exactly two big bangs on the list. And I know what you're thinking, okay sure, but there's only two main characters, to varying degrees, while there are other members of the main cast there are two principle characters who primarily drive the main plots of the episodes, it's ol' Bazinga and his friend. You'd be right to think that, but in fact ol' bazongo isn't even on the list, no the second character is, instead, a Sean Austin character from the final season who is only noteworthy enough to merit a mention on that list of big bang side characters alongside fellow guest star Kal Penn, who quite frankly I intuit from the character description is also a physicist, although I stopped watching at that point and refuse to do any more research on this topic.
Out of the entire set of fictional physicists contained in the big bang theory of which there are at least three in the main cast, the two that made the list of fictional physicists are like, the audience surrogate boring main character and some dude who didn't even merit his own entry on wikipedia dot com despite being played by the inimitable Sean Austin. It's wild I am fascinated by the person who composes a list of fictional physicists and includes those exact two characters from one of television's most patronizing sitcoms. Or is it two people one of whom is a shameless Sean Austin lover and the other of whom assumed someone else could add Dr. Bazoningers? I long to know but will not check the edit history to find out.
So what am I going to do about it? After all, I seem to be so invested in it, you might reasonably ask; it's pretty clear at this point that I am absolutely out of my gourd. And of course, dear reader, the answer is nothing. I am absolutely not going to do a thing with this information. I might go fix that Dispossessed thing, but on the other hand I absolutely might not, so if you go check up on it and notice that now there are more than 35 entries on the list and several of them are characters from Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed, then either that was me or someone took pity on me and did it for me, but if any more than two of them are big bang theory characters I want to be absolutely clear that I had nothing to do with that.
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rumblelibrary · 4 years ago
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Kinky stuff you said?
so... i have this idea
I know we all collectively as a fandom have decided that Andrea is a fluff ball lmao
but I'm rooting for him because...I don't know, like when he got angry when he found out about the letter and started to play the violin all annoyed and how he raised his voice and there is also the look that he gave Olga he gives me the feelings like~
Andrea spank me with that violin bow (we can buy a new one later)
Something like Teach me a lesson sweet boy
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Dancing the dance [Andrea Marowski x Reader]
Word count: 2k
Warnings: Smut (fingering, spanking, mentions of cheating)
Author’s note: Do I have to say something? I mean the request is amazing enough
It was just a day like any other in the little village, you opened your bookshop, a small little thing that your uncle run and you were proud to call it your precious jewel. 
You worked hard to keep it afloat, you went by bicycle to the bigger cities nearby to get the best books yourself or the classics, you were determined not to let it die on you, but it was every day harder.
It was almost the end of your day when you saw Mr Barnes come inside, he was a war veteran that suffered terrible injuries, but also an avid reader who would come even twice a week.
“Don’t you tell me you have already finished it, James”
You smiled at him and he shrugged, his playful smirk running over his lips. “I like this Agatha Christie author and her Belgian detective, what can I say?”
He was a player, you knew it and didn’t expect anything less from him, he is handsome and he knows it. But you never took him seriously and even less since a certain shipwrecked violinist made his way to your heart, but truth to be told, you indulged him. Sure, he was a passionate reader, but he loved to come and flirt with you and you need him and his coins to call it a day.
“Well, what’s next then?”
“I don’t know, you tell me, you’re the bookworm, aren’t you?”
His smirk was playful but you ignored it and smiled only moving away from the counter, making your away around the books to try the one you were meaning to offer him next. You always planned one in advance, or even two, just to make sure to give him enough attention but not too much.
“What about…” you begun, your tongue sticking a little put as you’re focused, eyebrows furrowed as you read the titles.
“You’d look even more the part with glasses” he interrupted you and you chuckled 
“I know, I know, I should wear them but..”
“No, I mean that you’d look even more attractive with them on”
You kept quiet as he moved closer, his arm leaning against the shelf in front of you as you mumbled a thank you.
He stared at you following your every move, your hand picking a thin book and handing it to him.
“The Great Gatsby” he read out loud “Is it new?” “No, just American, it was published in 1925”
He nodded looking at it as he moved page after page, his lips pursed in concentration as you tried to move past him, but he just stood still and board in front of you.
“What do you do after work?”
“Oh, well I have some chores to do at home, study new purchases for the shop”
“You always do” he said closing the book with a loud snap making you jolt in your spot
“Let’s have a date night, we could dine at the tavern and you can tell me more about those orders you always have to do” he said taking a step forward as you mimicked him taking a step back.
“Y/N” he murmured “we are dancing this dance from a long time, don’t you think?”
“I don’t know what you mean”
You replied only as you tried to move past him
“You’re very attractive, still unmarried, incredibly tempting for every man in town, you should expect it”
The truth was that you weren’t completely far from anything love related, but Dr Mead advised you to keep your little ‘entanglement’ with Andrea s secret for the time being. Most people still didn’t get the difference of him being Polish and not German and it would only make your life harder for no reason. So you obliged, you closed the curtains at night when he sneaked into your room, you visited him often with the excuse of bringing him books, you pretend not to wish his touch on you every time of the day.
“I said I can’t already”
You took the chance to move past James and take the broom to clean.
He took a deep breath, gritting his teeth as his eyes travelled on you. He was patient, but not that patient, nevertheless you were a delicious eye candy to his eyes. He put his hand to his pocket still holding the book into the other one. He pulled out some coins and left them on the table, there was also a tip from you.
“I like this game Y/N” he said bluntly to you and he looked at the book “also. such a small book makes me think you want me to come back soon”
You looked at him, you matched his smirk, oh he loved to be kept on the edge, didn’t he?
“See you next week” you only said and he gave you a light military salutation to you saying something about being at your orders.
You smirked biting the inside of your cheek as you enjoyed the game for sure, or the dance as he called it, but you were realising how you had to probably tone it down. He was liking it a bit too much and going over the simple play, plus you were losing the plot of it since Andrea came into the picture.
After you closed the day, recorded all the sells and cleaned the shop you wrapped yourself up in a coat, taking an easy children book for Andrea to practice with. On your way out you noticed some scattered flowers on the ground, but you didn’t pay much attention to it.
You made your way to Ursula and Janet’s house, the violin being played out loud, a very dramatic and strong melody going off, almost violent.
As you knocked at the door Janet welcomed you quickly.
“Oh Y/N, please try to talk to him, at least you know German” she said and you looked at her confused “he went out for a walk and came back so angry, he shouted at poor Ursula, she is so bumped, I can’t look after the two of them” Janet said in her own way that made it sound almost funny, if not sarcastic.
You nodded taking off your coat and hat, you walked upstairs holding the book with you, the music getting louder as you took the stairs until his room, you got inside without knocking because it would be impossible for him to hear anyway. The first thing you noticed was his back wrapped in that white shirt and the pants kept up by his suspenders. You still remember vividly the first time you pulled those suspenders off his shoulders, it is still one of your favourite things to do as a prelude of what is about to come.
“Andrea” you called him as you closed the door behind your back, locking it just because you know how much Ursula likes to peak in.
He turned around suddenly, almost scaring you off as he held his violin in one hand and the thin bow into his other hand, his eyes on fire, jaw clenched and his back straight like a soldier.
“You bezwstydny” he shouted at you and you looked at him even more confused “schamlos” he said then in German.
“Shameless? Why?” You asked frowning, you had the luck to know German because your family immigrated to Cornwall before the WWI to join your uncle’s business, but that didn’t help when Andrea was so mad to decide not to tolerate any other language by his own like now.
“I saw you” he said spitting venom “You think funny?”
“But what?”
“You with that man in bookshop!” He growled putting down the violin because it was at serious risk of being thrown on the floor.
You parted your lips in shock as he said that, so those flowers were his? 
“Did you come to pick me up?”
He nodded but his lips pressed against each other in disgust.
“Andrea, don’t make that face, he is just a client acting up”
“You act up”
You looked at him shaking your head “you don’t understand” you said.
He raised his eyebrows.
“oh no, I do understand”
His voice was different, his accent thicker than ever, there was no trace of the usual sweet smile, almost mischievous, that he always had on his lips.
He sat down on the chair were Ursula watched him for nights on “on my lap”
You frowned “no”
He raised his eyebrows “I think you not understand” he said threateningly “Are you playing with two men?”
You shook your head vehemently “You know it is not like this” you stated “I want only you”
He didn’t seem impressed, he pursed his lips in disbelief and let out a sarcastic chuckle twirling the bow between his fingers.
“Then prove it”
His accent hitting you again, you loved it, but the way he said it, that didn’t feel comforting.
You stared at him, you didn’t want to argue with him, he was already too mad and to hold a conversation was to ask too much.
So you obliged leaving the book aside and making your way to his lap sitting on it.
“No this way” he said wiggling underneath you to make you stand up
“gebückt” he said in German waving the bow to you. Oh, so he wanted you bent over it?
You stood uncomfortable for a moment but then you nodded again, you needed to get past this crisis, no?
So you moved your dress a bit to make your way onto his lap, you wanted to ask what now but then you felt distinctively the way he pulled your skirts up.
“Andrea” you hissed at him but by now he held you in that position pushing your panties down, the cold air hitting your bum, your cheeks bringing from embarrassment.
“You like play, so you get to be punish like little kid”
You blushed even more if possible, you wiggled but he held you down firmly until you stopped struggling and settled in the position he wanted.
“Repeat numbers in English for me” he said and you whimpered as he smacked that bow onto your ass earning a gasp, your shoulders trembled inward as it was more painful than expected.
“Number?”
“One” you replied immediately, how much do you have to count, you wondered.
You whimpered as other two snaps to the stick followed very quick together
“Andrea, please stop” “If you wanted me to stop you’d not act to earn it” his words an hiss between his teeth “we begin again now, you didn’t count”
You groaned but another slap reduced you to a forced obedience “one”
He smirked widely as he twirled the bow in his hand, you could’t see him but you could ear the way it cut the air around.
You obeyed and counted all the three snaps that followed, your breath itching and your hands trying to reach out to the floor to gain some advantage in the positioning, which still felt too embarrassing, the constrictive exposure of your bottom making you feel uneasy.
Andrea saw that movement and he reached down with his free hand clasping onto your jaw making you look up like some animal in need to be tamed. Another whip hit you.
“Five” you groaned as now your position felt even more humiliating, you shivered as he chuckled
“Now you will be good during more strokes, if you manage to come to dziesięć then you’ll be free”
You groaned, how much is that? The confusion in you was showing as your body stiffened. The unknown scaring you, your core clenched shamelessly, your wetness revealing a pleasure that was evident, a dirtiness of your own that you didn’t expect to meet.
“Only five more”
He whispered and smacked your ass again, you whined squeezing your eyes
“Six”
Oh, to see you so obedient.
“You like to be a tease, don’t you? You love it, showing off like a whore to that man, to all the men, you sell them the whole experience for few coins? You make them believe they can fuck you?”
He smirked hitting your ass again, your hips buckling against his leg as you were looking for relief from that desire
“Seven”
“You love it, you love to be desired by many don’t you?”
“Eight”
“You want them to dream of you at night, to desire to fuck you and smack your ass like I am doing now, these skirts only making them dream more”
“Nine”
You were sobbing by now, his hand on your jaw making it hard to breathe and speak
“Who is a whore?” “I am”
“Who is my whore?
“I am”
He smirked, he was pleased giving you one last whip, the hair of the bow falling down as some of them broke, oh you know too well how much that will cost you, Andrea wasn’t one to easily ruin something like that.
“Ten!”
You almost shouted it, your thighs trembling and knees kept closing and parting trying to find some relief.
Andrea leaned down kissing the back of your neck as he gave you time to calm down, let the humiliation sink in.
“Andrea” Ursula’s voice rang from behind the door “Are you quite alright? Dinner is almost ready”
“I am! Y/N and I need a moment” he said, his voice completely different and far from the dark threatening voice that poured over you a second before “We will be down in ten!” As he spoke he touched over your wet slit, how shamelessly you were patching his pants with all that excitement, so slowly began playing with you, you winced biting on the fabric of his tailored cloths trying to hold back any sound while those skilled violist fingers kept scissoring inside of you. “We haven’t done yet”
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0gasstationcoffee · 3 years ago
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LWA rewatch episode 21
No lie I was very excited for this one. Probably my favorite episode
·      YALL
·      YAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL
·      IM SO READY
·      GIVE ME MAMA BEAR CHARIOT
·      Lol Andrew asking if Frank has a way to get in touch with Luna Nova
·      I wonder if it’s because Frank and Lotte are friends? Andrew probably deduced that Frank had a way to talk to her
·      Oh and here’s Frank dropping his knowledge about witches, probably learned from Lotte
·      Okay so this whole thing with the anger over whether or not a goal counted, considering how passionate people are about sports this is honestly very realistic
·      OMG lmao when Frank is showing Andrew the anger over the game on his phone, one of the tweets says “piece of shit game, piece of shit referee”
·      There is more cursing in this than I remembered I love it
·      LET THE CHARACTERS SAY FUCK
·      Croix’s fucking Emotion App lol
·      Lmao Ursula’s like WAIT you brought Diana back AND got the fifth word????
·      And Akko’s just “yeah I was surprised too” lmao
·      WE AT THE SIXTH WORD NOW MUTHAFUCKAS
·      Lyonne. Finally one I can spell
·      Ursula looks so sad talking about Lyonne : (
·      “The most important word of them all.” But Ursula we still have the last word!!!!
·      Aww Akko’s looking up the word and can’t find it
·      These quotes she did find are pretty cool tho
·      Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. I love that one
·      “Of course when you start looking for [the words] that’s when they’re impossible to find. Yeah Akko the words come to you naturally! You don’t have to waste time looking them up
·      Akko says pain in the butt and H&B show up lol
·      Yeah they’ve lost all the malice in their voices tho Akko is right to be defensive the whole time
·      Akko being offended when they make a crack about her being in the library lol
·      Hey maybe now that Akko brought Diana back y’all won’t be so mean????
·      EVEN CROIX MAKES A COMMENT ABOUT AKKO IN THE LIBRARY LMAO
·      “Is it really so weird for people to see me in here??” Poor Akko baby they don’t know how hard you try
·      Croix’s mouth twitch when she heard “Lyonne”
·      I know Croix is gonna do it but CROIX DON’T DO IT DON’T MENTION WAGANDEA
·      AND DON’T HURT AKKO
·      STAY AWAY FROM HER
·      Croix did it she mentioned Wagandea goddammit
·      “Chariot once climbed up the tree and there she discovered the sixth word.” I mean I guess that is sort of what happened
·      So the passage that we can properly see when Akko looks up Wagandea talks about how no one has ever been able to climb to the top but on the next page where you can’t really read it clearly, it talks about how the pollen causes an allergic reaction to witches
·      OOOOOOF this scene with Akko wanting to go to Wagandea and Ursula saying no
·      “The pollen is extremely poisonous to witches and if you touch it, the damages are irreversible.” OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH
·      “I didn’t tell you because I knew you would want to see it right away.” Yeah that tracks. But also you can’t really blame Akko
·      “Wait who told you about Wagandea?” THERE’S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WOULD HAVE URSULA LOVE
·      Ursula talking about how long the pollen lasts then tries to make Akko feel better by saying it normally only lasts a month and Akko should wait
·      I bet Ursula hoped Akko wouldn’t solve the fifth word so fast because it happened just in time for Wagandea to start spreading its pollen
·      “If I go now, I could get there before the pollen spreads.” Baby is so desperate to see Chariot she’s willing to put herself in actual danger this poor angel
·      Oof Ursula putting her foot down with Akko. I mean she had to do it, Akko keeps talking about putting herself in harm’s way
·      Very much like a kid who keeps pestering their mom and then the mom finally raises their voice and the kid is just like FINE
·      Akko’s so upset oh honey
·      Aw of course she’s mad at Ursula and saying these things, she just wants to vent
·      “I can’t believe what a worrywart Professor Ursula is. She’s way too timid and doesn’t take any risks. Why is she so lame?” AKKO YOU DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT YOUR MOTHER AND MY LOVE LIKE THAT
·      Also Akko you have never been more wrong in the entire show and that’s saying something
·      I mean she’s just mad because she thinks Ursula is in the way of her meeting Chariot which…the irony
·      Lotte is a friend that we all need in our lives. “Don’t say things like that, she’s just concerned about you Akko.”
·      LMFAO and now Akko is so right, with her luck the Wagandea pollen would hang around for like a decade
·      “With me, if something can go wrong it will go wrong.” Aw babe…she right tho
·      OOp here’s Diana!
·      “They say if a witch touches the pollen, she will lose her magic power AND the ability to fly forever.” So here they make it seem like you lose both but in the show, Chariot only loses her ability to fly. They also say the effects are incurable which makes Croix’s vow to find a cure very sweet but also is it even possible?
·      Aww Diana is hiding her concern for Akko by using her logic on why Akko shouldn’t go
·      “So don’t you think you should listen to Professor Ursula?” Yes Diana go off girl we all should!!!!
·      Lotte: her tone sounded kind of harsh but I also think she was a little concerned for you Akko. Lmao Lotte I adore you
·      Sucy: that’s nice. Even Sucy is willing to admit it, is this why the two of them go to Diana when they can’t find Akko? Cuz they’ve seen first hand that Diana cares?
·      CROIX STOP CAUSING TROUBLE AKKO WAS GONNA LET IT GO
·      I know Croix is trying to go back to Wagandea with Chariot and Akko but she’s gonna be the one to regret the most out of all of them. And they all fucking regret it big time
·      CROIX YOU LYING LIAR WHO LIES THERE IS NOT ANY TIME BEFORE THE POLLEN RELEASES
·      At the very least, why would you want to risk your powers by going to the Wagandea tree?
·      “Professor Ursula can be a little disorganized. She might be confused about the timing of it.” CROIX IMMA
·      “I would gladly take you to Wagandea.” This show man. This show
·      I’m so fucking tense
·      THE PICTURE
·      YALL KNOW WHAT PICTURE
·      The flashback!
·      Ursula’s just sitting in her office staring at the picture my baby
·      She has Alcor keeping a watch on Akko to let her know when she’s in trouble I LOVE THIS MILF
·      I like that young Chariot didn’t wear glasses and young Croix did and then in adulthood they switched
·      BUT BACK TO ALCOR URGENTLY GIVING URSULA THE MESSAGE THAT AKKO IS IN TROUBLE
·      MAMA BEAR CHARIOT
·      “Croix took Akko?!” GO SAVE YOUR CUB
·      Oh Croix asking why Akko is collecting the words and what she’ll wish for when she gets the world altering magic is interesting
·      “I hadn’t thought about it much, it’s too confusing.” Aww the way she said that make Akko seem like she’s sad she’s not smarter and that hurts
·      That being said, they’re sitting on roombas in the ley line and I can’t cope
·      She’s only getting the words to meet Chariot, it makes this whole reveal so fucking emotional
·      That’s all Croix needs to know in order to devastate both Chariot and Akko. You can see the plan forming in her head
·      “You really like Chariot that much?” Croix so did you at one point. And underneath it all, still do as is evidenced fairly soon
·      “Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll meet her soon.” “I will?” “Definitely.” CROIXXXXXXX
·      That fucking Wagandea tree is massive how did ANYONE think they could climb it
·      CROIX STOP MAKING AKKO DOUBT URSULA AND GO BACK TO YOUR NOODLES
·      “I have to wonder if there’s some reason she didn’t want you to climb up the tree.” CUZ OF THE HIGHLY TOXIC POLLEN CROIX
·      Oh right the pollen buds at the bottom of the tree don’t look ready but that’s because the tree starts spreading it’s pollen from the top iirc
·      “There are a few things I don’t quite understand about Ursula.” CROIX SHUT YOUR MOUTH DON’T DO THEM LIKE THIS
·      Akko’s so concerned “What do you mean?”
·      “I can’t recall any student by the name of Ursula.” Croix stop please!!!
·      Akko trying to justify it’s just cuz she didn’t leave much of an impression, especially compared to Chariot is both sad and kind of hysterical
·      CROIX TELLING AKKO TO BE CAREFUL AROUND URSULA IM ABOUT TO JUMP IN MY TV BITCH
·      “Ursula might be hiding something from you, something very important to you.” Poor Akko you can see how uncomfortable the thought is because she does trust Ursula so much. It’s all heartbreaking
·      Akko defending Ursula :’) “I’m sure it was just because she was worried about me because it’s dangerous here, she knows I can be a little reckless.”
·      So at least when Croix starts bad mouthing Ursula, Akko switches her position back to Ursula’s side
·      AKKO BE CAREFUL
·      Ursula rushing to Akko!!!!!!!!! “Akko where are you!” my heart
·      Croix’s fucking roombas dammit
·      Chariot on her knees in front of Croix, Croix saying this seems familiar. Insert gif of ken jeong going “ha GAY”
·      Okay back to serious
·      “Do you remember when we first came to this forest?” This flashback is gonna be full of pain
·      Young Croix: I swear to the nine old witches, I will open the seal on the grand triskelion. I will be the greatest witch ever
·      Young Chariot: And I swear it too! I want to entertain the world and put a smile on everyone’s face. I’ll help them forget all their sadness
·      And that’s what does it, isn’t it? Croix wants to do it so she can be known as the greatest witch in the world. Chariot wants to do it out of the goodness of her heart and make people happy.
·      I am also very curious and upset when I think about what made Chariot this way. What made this young girl so focused on making sure so one else was sad. How sad was she exactly that she was hellbent that no one else should ever be sad?
·      WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARIOT YALL
·      Also if the grand triskelion is supposed to be a big secret that only the nine old witches know about, how does basically everyone know about it?
·      Okay continuing on
·      The Shiny Rod literally came down from the stars
·      I mean it came from the big dipper so obviously it was going to Chariot lol but still FROM THE STARS
·      I guess that makes sense, didn’t Ygdrasil’s branches connect all the stars in the heavens?
·      Woodward: It’s been quite a long time since the wand of the seven stars chose a new owner.
·      So Woodward DOESN’T choose who the rod goes to?
·      Oh man young Croix just in disbelief and her heart must already be overcome with bitterness if she can’t even touch the Rod
·      Yup those green eyes are now green with jealousy
·      And Chariot looks so guilty
·      OOP AND NOW WE’RE BACK
·      This fucking Roomba keeps knocking Chariot on her ass lmao
·      Chariot is dropping truth bombs!!!!
·      Chariot: Even if you try to stop Akko you won’t get the grand triskelion. But you should already know that. OOO shots fired good job Chariot!!!
·      Croix: it seems the rod chose the wrong person, just like last time. Croix it’s your hubris getting in the way!!!!!!! Chariot and Akko were chosen for very specific and similar reasons, maybe look at that
·      Croix: Do you know the reason I keep interfering? It’s because Akko is your last chance for your dream. LEAVE AKKO ALONE
·      AKKO PLEASE DON’T DIE
·      SHE KEEPS SLIPPING
·      She looks at the never ending path still in front of her and still vows not to give up
·      NO THE POLLEN
·      Are Croix’s cubes actively trying to kill Akko?????
·      THEY ARE
·      CROIX YOUR VENDETTA AGAINST YOUR EX GIRLFRIEND SHOULD NOT INCLUDE HER CHILD
·      Straight up if Akko actually did die because of Croix’s plans, no matter how remorseful Croix was in the end I really think Chariot would have destroyed her
·      Akko literally would have been crushed to death by Croix’s machine if Chariot hadn’t saved her
·      Oh this is heartbreaking
·      Oh no
·      Chariot just….she just wants to protect Akko
·      And all Akko wants is to meet Chariot and she wants it so much that she’s willing to basically die for it
·      Akko just slaps her hand away because she still thinks Ursula is trying to stop her from meeting Chariot which SHE IS but not how you think Akko!
·      Their red eyes are shimmering
·      They’re both about to start crying trying to get the other one to listen
·      I’m about to start crying because I AM listening
·      Croix’s about to start crying because I’m gonna punch her in the nose
·      Chariot’s face omg it’s so sad
·      She’s watching this young girl who she adores just absolutely tearing herself up over the chance to meet her
·      It’s killing her and me
·      Oh god Chariot’s desperate plea “Croix please move!” She’s not even fighting anymore she just wants to get to Akko
·      Croix creates a giant monster that just eats Chariot
·      How many times does Chariot get eaten on this show
·      Dirty answers only
·      OH WHEN SHE COMES BACK OUT SHE HAS HER RED HAIR
·      Which makes sense cuz she was knocked out BUT HER RED HAIR IM LOVE
·      SHE’S FALLING
·      HELP
·      Alright I’m gonna try and catch these flashbacks from when adult Chariot is falling because it clearly shows young Chariot also fell off Wagandea too
·      So first picture is of young Chariot climbing and the pollen buds looking mighty big
·      Second picture is of the pollen spreading and young Chariot still on the tree
·      Third picture is of young Chariot falling just like she is now. Did she maybe jump off the tree to avoid the pollen?
·      And all the while we have young Croix yelling Chariot’s name, begging her to wake up
·      AND IT FADES INTO ADULT CROIX FLYING AFTER CHARIOT YELLING AT HER TO WAKE UP AGAIN
·      Croix does sound fucking scared
·      Good god Chariot was seconds away from dying
·      Also the MUSIC playing during this scene, killing me
·      Yeah Croix looked a little shaken
·      She’s warning Chariot to stay away because the pollen is spreading CROIX NOW YOU DECIDE TO SHOW YOU CARE A LITTLE BIT??
·      Also lol that’s her daughter up there Chariot’s not leaving
·      “I will protect Akko!” DAMN RIGHT THERE’S MY MAMA BEAR
·      Also the way she said that so out of breath she really did have the wind knocked out of her
·      Oof Croix is not happy Chariot is going back up the Wagandea tree
·      She cancelled her robots from attacking thank goodness
·      Akko baby gosh why couldn’t you have seen what just happened
·      She must be so high up now
·      She’s in the exact same position as young Chariot was in the first picture
·      Makes sense why Chariot knew exactly what the pollen status of Wagandea was
·      Akko’s so tired but she’s not giving up
·      OH THE POLLEN ON TOP
·      SHE’S BEING SURROUNDED BY THE POLLEN HOW DID SHE END UP NOT AFFECTED BY IT
·      OH WELL I’LL TAKE IT SHE MUST HAVE FALLEN OFF RIGHT BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE HIT HER
·      SHE’S FALLING AHHHHHHHHH
·      GOD THE PARALLELS
·      SHE’S FALLING
·      “It’s all over.” BABY GIRL MY HEART IS HURTING
·      CHARIOT FOR THE SAVE GO PROTECT
·      Everything about this is destroying me
·      Chariot yelling “AKKO!” in absolute terror
·      The way she so desperately says “Please don’t take her future away, I beg you!”
·      AND OF COURSE SHE’S JUST…SHE’S JUST FLYING THROUGH THE POLLEN AND BLOCKING AKKO FROM IT TO PROTECT HER I CANNOT
·      CHARIOT LOVES AKKO SO MUCH
·      And of course the music brings it all together and I hurt
·      She was going SO FAST to get to Akko in time that it starts tearing at her clothes and hurting her face HOLY SHIT
·      They crash on the ground MY BABIES
·      This is the most heartwarming scene I have ever seen in my life
·      Akko wakes up and is still in Ursula’s arms because she was trying to protect Akko from the crash
·      I just…I love Chariot/Ursula so much
·      The first thing Ursula does upon waking up is asking Akko if she’s all right : ))))))
·      Akko apologizing for the terrible things she said and that Ursula still came to save her
·      Oh god she looks at Akko crying and flashes back to herself crying and apologizing to Croix for being picked for the Shiny Rod over her
·      And Croix just hugs her! She tried to comfort her but over time her resentment must have built and built
·      Both Chariot and Akko being so emotional and having so many parallels is killing me
·      But now I’m confused, when exactly does the memory of Chariot climbing the Wagandea tree take place? They make it seem like it happens after Chariot is chosen for the Rod but before she apologized to Croix because of it. She does have the Rod when she’s climbing but what exactly is the timeline?
·      AKKO AND URSULA HUGGING EXACTLY HOW THEY WILL HUG IN THE FUTURE WHEN AKKO KNOWS WHO SHE IS
·      IM CRYING TOO. EVERYONE’S CRYING
·      Ursula worrying she’s been pushing her dreams onto Akko and apologizing, such a motherly worry
·      “I didn’t mean to say such mean things to you! You’ve always been there to help me Professor, you’ve always been by my side! So that’s why, what I really want to say is…Thank you.”
·      MY HEART IS BEING TAPED BACK TOGETHER
·      THE SIXTH WORD HAS ACTIVATEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
·      WAIT SO DO THEY UNLOCK THE LAST TWO WORDS TOGETHER OR AM I FORGETTING HOW THE SEVENTH WORD PLAYS OUT????
·      I DON’T CARE I’LL SEE IT EVENTUALLY THIS SCENE IS SO SWEET
·      The magic is healing Ursula???????????????????? I do not remember this!!!!
·      “Akko, you really are growing into a fine person.” MY BABIES
·      WELL MY BABY AND MY BABY’S BABY WHOMST IS ALSO MY BABY
·      Croix with her giant ass rod
·      Wait so how do Ursula and Akko get out of the forest then? Did they walk and Ursula said it was because she was too tired to fly or had the pollen not kicked in yet?
·      See I truly don’t understand how we can have episodes like this, a dynamic like this between Akko and Chariot, and there are still SO FEW FICS where this mother/daughter or big sister/little sister, mentor/mentee whatever you like this sweet dynamic as are the focus. This relationship is the heart of the show. I like Charoix and Diakko (and hell even stories pairing Akko with some of the other teens) as much as the next person but this relationship is so overlooked in so many fics and it makes me sad because these two are the heart of Little Witch Academia
·      And to no one’s surprise, my favorite dynamic is when they act like mother/daughter. Sort of like a Gilmore Girls one because they’re so close in age and Akko can talk to Chariot about anything
·      God I love this episode
·      AND OMG I DIDN’T REALIZE THE NEXT EPISODE WAS THE FUCKING EPISODE OH MY GODS
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CARAVAL thoughts:
FULL VIDEO HERE.
Confession: I DNFed caraval about 2 years ago. I even included this book in a video called “reading 5 star reviews of books I hate” (either screen record and insert the clip from that vid or link in the cards skip to like 6:40 or both)
 Chapter 1
We open with letters that our main character Scarlett has written to the caraval master Legend
She really wants him to come to her island but he hasn’t 
She finally gets one back with three tickets for her Tella and her fiancé 
Chapter 2
Scarlett’s feelings came in colors “urgent red of burning coals, frenzied yellow of a flapping bird’s feathers” 
She goes to tell her sister Tella and finds her making out with a dude lol 
Julian is his name 
The edges of the paper “blazed a shimmery gold, the color of magic and wishes and promises of the things to come”
Tella hates the count Scarlett is betrothed to but Scarlett wants to leave their home so bad she doesn’t care who she ends up with 
“Gods teeth!” Is the expletive…
The prize of caraval is one wish 
They have to leave the isle within 3 days which would be impossible before getting married 
Tella’s lips “shifted from broken to unbreakable” NO
Last time they left Scarlett’s dad did something terrible to her
Julian offers to smuggle them to the island for caraval on his sailor ship (pirate ship??)
“Goldenrod desire lit up inside her”
Wishes were about as real as unicorns
Their dad shows up with gloves “the shade of bruises” 
Tella accuses Scarlett of hooking up with Julian RUDE!!!!
And Julian agrees!
Ohh because the dad beats the other sister so they’re trying to protect each other by accusing each other 
Her marriage is 10 days away
Chapter 3
Her fathers perfume smelled like the color of his gloves 
Julian decides to take them off the isle for free after witnessing this 
Tella says if she leaves she will never return 
“Her world was a grand game board, and her father believed this marriage would be his penultimate move”
“More than your sisters face will bleed” is their dad assaulting them?? Did I just gloss over that when reading this the first time??
“Weather worn white archways” loved 
Governor dragna sounds like judge frollo 
Their mom disappeared 7 years ago - abandoned them 
They have priests and piety and the devil but they don’t use the BC AD calendar instead going by seasons and rulers...why
Chapter 4
She felt the lie from childhood “sneaking into her slippers and moving between her toes” no you didn’t
“A broken dock like a massive tongue jutted out to stones that reminded Scarlett if uneven teeth” 
It was nights like these she could smell the moon - I wrote taste at first and taste fits better imo
A friend tried to help them escape once and the governor drowned him for it, Tella didn’t know about this 
She meets Julian here at midnight and barters all 3 tickets to keep him from helping Tella escape 
Julian and Tella ambush her and knock her out 
Chapter 5
“A pock marked moon winked in the glass”
She has a dream about their nana telling them how legend got his name 
First of all, legend is a bad dumb name and you should feel bad about it, Stephanie Garber. Caraval is also a bad name. 
He was in love with a woman named Annalise and would perform at a coronation to earn her fathers respect, but he needed a witch to grant him a wish of talent 
He had to choose between fame and love
So his name is legend because his magic is legendary? How tf did John legend not sue over this?
“Behind her a cloud drifted over the moon, covering all but two tiny points of light, which hovered behind her silver hair like devil’s horns” love this visual 
I’m calling it now, we’re getting this flashback because somehow, the dragna sisters are related to Annalise or remind legend of Annalise and this is why Tella gets taken 
Chapter 6
She wakes up in a rowboat with Julian after 2 days which is always a good way to pass the 2 days journey it takes without having to make anything happen lol I respect it 
Julian calls her crimson instead of Scarlett - hated it then hate it now 
Trees “rose toward the sky like massive emeralds” and the waterfall “streamed down like melted peacock feathers” no it didn’t because that makes no sense 
Legends private island is called the island of dreams in Spanish 
Tella has set up a kidnapping so Scarlett can go back without getting In trouble
“The image of a purple fire breathing dragon came to mind, coating her vision with ashy shades of anxiety”
I remember stopping very shortly after this and now I remember why - I can do purple prose but DAMN 
Their mom had “vanished taking nothing with her, she disappeared like a broken star leaving the world untouched, save for the missing bits of light but no one would ever see again” Good purple prose 
We get some backstory on how her Nana was more involved after her mother left, and we get to hear again about how great her stories are, even though we just spent a chapter getting that first hand from a flashback
She barters with herself to stay only one day and then go home for her wedding 
There’s a hole in the boat so they swim but she didn’t take her dresses off so she starts to drown
“You deserve this” because of Phillippe, like hands the water pressed her down down down 
Julian saved her and cuts off her dress which she finds very intense 
Chapter 7
So much description of the snowy frosting sand pick one
I get that it’s a magical island but every descriptor up until the sand made it sound like a tropical paradise, and then suddenly the sand is snow and there’s ice and snow on the trees which were just giant emeralds so I’m confused
Because being wet and cold is more scary 
“ The snow on the rooftops rested like dust on abandoned storybooks“
A very diagon alley sitch where there are magical stores but none are open...because it’s caraval guys. They’re at the games 
They go into a clock shop where there are clothes waiting along with food roses and a note from legend 
They change and she sees awful scars on his hot muscly back 
Her dress is lame despite every YA trope about the heroine having a princess moment, that’s fun: just kidding it changed colors and shape to fit her perfect 
And Julian’s outfit is super hot 
He stole a pocket watch 
Scarlett was a pretty girl but she tried to hide it, her eyes were too honest, no one noticed girls in ugly clothes 
“Scarlet wondered if she had found a way to escape her fathers deadly games only to become a well costumed piece on a new game board” no shit Scarlett you came to the island for the game…
Also you were in such a hurry to find Tella and get into the game before it was too late and now you’re waxing poetic about how hot Julian is and how you’re hot but you don’t wanna be 
Chapter 8
“Sage shaded colors of suspicion” I really hate this device she’s using. I’ve used it to describe the colors my mind reading characters see in people's minds. But it’s like twice a book, maybe, to express extreme emotion. Not every time your feelings change. 
Some guy comes in and offers them a portal into caraval and Scarlett is like “sure thing” and Julian is like “ummm dumdum” and he leaves 
The guys like “oh you just gonna listen to that random guy?” And I’m like as opposed to you, another random guy?
He wants her voice okay Ursula 
“A passionate sky made of melting lemons and burning peaches” or say yellows and oranges…
“Until the door was no more” love this, sounds very fairy tale 
She leaves and it's like night already, she only has til midnight 
Scarlett and Julian get in by him pretending to be the count, her fiancé 
They take the path of the players, not the watchers
Chapter 9
“A panicked Vermillion moved inside of her chest as she thought of how specific legends letter had been”
Julian admits he’s played caraval before and Scarlett is like *gasp* but HELLO how did you think he knew all the shit he knew?
He keeps calling her crimson like every time he speaks to her, annoying 
“Julian’s smile turned seductive, all shameless curves and immoral promises” 
Chapter 10
“Soft golden lights licked her arms with gentle kisses of warmth”
I’m very bored when this house is supposed to be EVERYTHING
The guy who was giving them the rules says, “don’t let your eyes or feelings trick you” And then jumps off the balcony and Scarlet freaks out… He just told you not to trust what you see
Scarlett is the most annoying person
Their instructions are to get to the end by sunrise or they’ll be locked out in the streets, but she’s wasting time wanting to look for her sister - and Julian is telling her that her sister is probably staying at the same place and she doesn’t believe him despite the fact that he’s already done this game before, just trust him???
“A searing green door watched Scarlet like a glowing eye”
This just made me figure out why I don’t like that she’s using colors as an emotional device, because the main character is named after a color, and so it’s just way too many color descriptors
Julian got trapped outside noooo
Chapter 11
But it’s fine because she tells the innkeeper they’re guests of legend - which they are - and he’s let in. Great. Glad there are no stakes. They also used legends name to get the boat to the inn for free. 
The hallways in the inn “smelled like the end of the night, sweat and fading fire smoke mixed with lingering breath from words whose ghosts still haunted the air” no
Julian was “poison in an attractive bottle”
Their rooms are actually one room oops
Chapter 12
“But legend saw all during caraval”
She got a message from legend: it’s a key with tella’s name on it 
Lmao tella is having sex behind that door for sure 
“She felt five different shades of berry colored foolish” this is so stupid 
Every time something happens between tella and scar, we get a whole expository moment about how this is related to their mother or their father or the relationship between the sisters… We know. we can tell. we are not stupid.
“Warmth licking her cheek” this metaphor is too specific to keep using it
Some tattooed dude finds her - Dante - and is like “sleep in my room”
He asks her out but she declines because the count 
Damn her dress has transformed to be like see through which is why he was into her lmao 
She has a dream that legend is a creep lol
Chapter 13
Scarlett totally changes her tune re: enjoying herself 
She passes tella’s room and finds a wreck 
“Feathers covered the carnage as if a rebel Angel had gone mad” this is so dumb 
The key she got with tella’s name was a clue, that other people also got 
A pregnant girl offers to help scarlet, and a man steals scarlets favorite earrings from her mother 
Then the pregnant girl steals that stuff 
She realizes there’s a postcard in tella’s room that isn’t hers
Chapter 14
Tella only loved mermaids, and the postcard is of a castle, which was Scarlett’s thing 
The castle is a place on the isle that Julian recognizes 
Dante shows up and Julian is like hell nah 
Dante won last time Julian was here and it cost him a lot
“Shops wrapped in colors like a birthday presents, cerulean blue apricot orange saffron yellow primrose pink while the canals remained midnight dark” SHUT UP dude
This woman got like a color wheel or a color dictionary for her birthday the year she wrote this book 
Time moves fast in the castle 
What’s really annoying about this book is Stephanie Garber spends a lot of time talking about things that are boring, and one sentence on something like hummingbird-sized elephants and tigers
There’s a kissing tent and she’s like fuck yeah let’s go there
You’re engaged
Julian sees where she’s looking and is like yeah??
A tingle of periwinkle curiosity
Chapter 15
She goes into the tent of a half naked dude who could tell her fortune 
This is all very boring 
He has incense that makes people tell the truth and she admits Julian is the hottest guy ever 
She asks what’s the man she will marry really like? 
He’s not a good person 
She’s covered in only pictures he can see instead of pictures only he can see…
She had 2 questions but the way she asked used them up so she doesn’t get to ask about tella 
Chapter 16
He tells her to follow the boy with the heart made of black...obviously Dante, she thinks Julian 
She walks into a potion tent and finds an elixir of protectio
She mentions her father and feels “anise and lavender and rotting plums”
She describe the woman who works in the potion tent as having “bottle green” eyes, but this entire paragraph has the word bottle in it like 1 million times because shes describing a tent full of potions...all these colorful words you’ve used and this is where you use “bottle green”
I don’t mind the descriptor, my own eyes are bottle green, it’s very vivid, but badly placed 
She chases Julian to a decrepit garden with a fountain, and sees a glass button
She also saw a glass button in tella’s room...is this how legend spies on her? Is this where tella is being kept?
“Dreary yellow hopelessness” infected her
She sees the symbol of caraval inside the fountain and touches it, revealing a staircase 
Someone screamed as hot and bright as fire 
It’s madness tunnels 
The inn “smells of laughter and boasts laced with sweetened ale” this doesn’t make seeeeeennnnnnnnse
She finds Julian, but it’s actually Dante and he’s mean to her and she cries but it makes her mad at Julian?????? Stupid 
Chapter 17
Julian finally shows up, super bloody but he just had a head wound
She cleans him up and is getting super horny lol 
He got her earrings back!!!!!
The fire dies sending up a plume of smoke “the color of things better said in whispers” 
She tells him about the tunnels and he says legend treats his prisoners like guests 
Julian’s eyes are the color of “caramel and liquid amber lust”
He almost kisses her and then seems to wake up, leaves and “disappointment wraps around her in cool shades of forget me not blue” STOP
Chapter 18
She wakes up to white roses with red tips 
Julian is supposed to meet her but doesn’t 
A girl shows up “pretty as a watercolor and dressed as bold as a trumpet” DUDE
“Oh poor you, here you are on a magical island, and all you can think of is what you don’t have” get her!
Dante shows up and she realizes he has a black heart tattoo which DUH SCARLETT
chapter 19
The night is “brittle, crisp like the first bite of a chilled apple, smelling just as sweet with hints of burnt sugar weaving through the charcoal night air” THIS IS GOOD PURPLE PROSE! I can taste this!!!!!!!
She’s chasing Dante and finds a cider seller who’s drink will help her see things more clearly, the price is her last lie 
She drinks it and loses the color in her vision 
The game is constantly working against you?????? How?! You’ve stumbled across tons of clues without any work and there are no believable stakes to this game, this drink is the first time you’ve had a struggle…
Iko holds a journal that’s brownish green, “the color of forgotten memories, abandoned dreams, and bitter gossip”
Even in black and white we get this heavy handed color shit 
She realizes anything in color is important
She also sees the red roses on a carousel and the red cravat on a mans neck 
He makes her feel perilous shades of silky black - is Stephanie Garner an artist? Does she have synesthesia or something?? What is with this device!!!!
She looks in Iko’s book and sees pictures of her, the special guest
Sour shades of yellow green made her stomach roil with trepidation - HUH????
She’s like “why would he make the game about me?” You’ve been begging him to bring you caraval your entire life, why do you think? 
I think I remember the nana saying annelise had blonde hair, and so does tella...are they related to her? Is she nana? 
Iko tells her the notebook also holds all the true stories of caraval
Iko will give her the notebook if Scarlett will buy 2 dresses because the changing dress bothers her (??)
Iko takes her to a dress shop where the dresses are “the color of late night laughter, early morning sunshine, and waves crashing around ankles” 
The dresses cost nightmares or secrets or fears
She owes her worst fear and greatest desire, or she can pay 2 days of her life per dress 
It works but her greatest desire isn’t to find her sister, so she pays with 2 days of her life, not at the end of her life but at the end of caraval 
“Panic came in hemlock green, the color of poison and terror” 
“Something acidic and moldy and burnt bubbled up in Scarlett’s throat - the taste of death” like this 
Scarlett’s body dies but her mind will exist in a dream world 
Chapter 20
Dante finds her and drags her into the inn 
Julian hits Dante because he won’t let her go hell yeah
She tells him what happened 
Julian tried to give Scarlett a day of his life by having her drink his blood from his finger and she’s like “I wanna fuck this duuuude”
“His voice is so gentle, made of gentle” I liked this 
Then he drinks her blood from her finger, and the world shatters into a million shards of colored glass 
He lays down with her and holds her while she dies
Chapter 21
Death was the color purple.
She sees tella in the dream world, and tella has a huge dark book that swallows her and Scarlett 
They see young nana in a house similar to the one they entered at caraval, entwined with a young man
Her grandma is Anneliese DUH
Then she’s at the funeral of the woman who died at caraval before
Rosa was in love with legend and he rejected her so she killed herself 
Dante was rosa’s fiancée 
Legend is julian?!?!?
Loved This entire chapter but then it means nothing because none of this is real it’s all part of the game so it’s not really story development
Chapter 22
They both wake up 
Scarlett tries to convince herself the game is messing with her 
Then she remembers what the dream people said about legend loving to make girls fall for him 
She has a grey streak in her hair now 
Her dad is there!
She finally puts it together - her nana is anneliese 
“She could see the sting of her rejection in shades of stormy blue ghosting over his heart like sad morning mist” roll my eyes
But then she remembers that he gave a day of his life for her and is like why would he do that if he was legend 
 Now she’s changed her mind, so she goes after Julian to find him leaving Dante’s room and walking into tella’s 
She goes in after him to hide from her dad but the room is empty 
She finds another secret staircase like the fountain 
She trips over Dante’s dead body and finds Julian standing over it 
Chapter 23
Julian grabs her and is like “I didn't kill him, we were working together” 
He shows her a white rose tattoo he has, Rosa was his sister!!
She asks why he had been acting weird and he basically says he didn’t want to have feelings for her because that wasn’t why he had come to caraval 
Scarlett is like let’s get this fucker back, but she hears her dad’s footsteps in the tunnel  
Chapter 24
They start running, and they hide in a weird alcove from her dad that starts to squish them
She realizes it’s feeding off their fear so they relax and it lets them out
They end up in the sand tunnel and Scarlett is like how could you know I was going to caraval if you were already at our island when I got my tickets 
Julian explains that legend is punishing the descendants of anneliese and he invited her to caraval to stop the wedding
Legend had never responded until she signed her full name on the last letter, mentioning her wedding 
Julian is the fucking count dude calling it 
“His steady gaze reached out to the broken parts of her like a caress, a type of touch that moved through damaged flesh, past fractured bones and into a person's wounded soul.” WOW
Scarlett hears tella’s voice and almost runs straight off a cliff
“Tella loved danger the same way candle wicks loved to burn. It never seemed to scare her that some of the things she lusted for might consume her like a flame” Christ 
Julian knew tella would be taken during caraval 
Chapter 25
She had to find tella before legend consumed her like a flame burning a candle” you just used a candle metaphor like one page ago my dude. 
She gives herself one minute to cry and scream and Julian hears her so he barges in, worried 
He apologizes and she gives him the grace I’ve been waiting for as soon as he said he knew what would happen to tella: he had to avenge his sister. Everything they’re both doing is for their sisters, she should be more understanding 
Julian is “all kinds of tragic and lovely”
The box was “flat black, the color of failure and funerals” shut UP
Like if you wanna use the color device to describe your protagonists feelings stop being so fucking flowery with every single color in the book it is soooooooooooooooo distracting
It’s the other dress Scarlett has bought but now it’s white
Chapter 26
There’s a note in the box from legend that makes “invisible spiders crawl over her skin” ok 
She thinks the dress is the 5th clue - the buttons on the dress reminds her of the buttons leading to the hat store 
Chapter 27
They go to the top hat place and Julian is like “this is all wrong” 
Iko appears looking like “a teardrop the moon had cried” love it
She tells them not to go into the hat shop 
Let me guess, despite both of these omens Scarlett is still gonna go in 
“Scarlett had an emerald green premonition that she would make a discovery inside” sure why tf not gotta keep the story moving somehow 
She sees the store owner and was like LEGEND and he’s like nah dude I’m just wearing a hat 
But he is the guy that was wearing the red cravat and eyepatch from the day her vision went gray 
He is the count!!!!!
Chapter 28
Nicholas Darcy 
And her dad is there!!!!!!!!!!
Julian gets her out but the count chases her and they get on a boat 
She sees her dad and he looks afraid but she blames it on the rain 
They row to the castle and Julian convinces her to get inside to hide from the lightning 
And they argue about if she’s still planning marrying the count and she’s torn which hurts him 
He says “are you sure you want this?” Before kissing her and like is it a consent thing or is it him asking if he’s what she wants either way I love it 
“The boy who had saved her from drowning in more ways than one” explain…
They kiss and “every touch created colors she had never seen” that’s so anticlimactic 
Chapter 29
The stones fall through the hourglass like “drops of falling rose petals” that makes no sense but we have to include it because...
She finally realizes the roses that have been EVERYWHERE are part of the game duh 
She takes Julian to the fountain where the tunnel entrance is
She feels ochre shades of uneasy
Only NOW she’s giving pause at the idea of winning because she could wish them safe...shoulda been your goal all along. Should have been equally as important as finding tella since if you find her you win the wish….I’m signing heavily atm 
The governor and the count are there!!!!! 
Swear to god if Julian dies I’m going to fucking riot 
She wants to split up but Julian is like fuck no 
The count catches up to her and the governor pulls her by her hair up the stairs 
He punches her in the stomach to warn Julian and she gets back up, with the count trying to protect Scarlett
“A slick mud colored feeling coated Scarlett’s insides” because the governor is holding a knife to Julian’s throat
He cuts Julian’s face NOOOOOO
The governor takes Julian to his room and let’s the count sleep in Scarlett’s room because “he’s already paid for her, he can enjoy her a few days early”
Scarlett stands up to her dad!!!! And then she remembers tella’s words: what if the count is worse?
Scarlett tells the count if she makes her dad stop, she’ll be a good wife but if he doesn’t she will never be his obedient wife 
“Do you really want a bride who will only sleep with you because someone will be tortured if she doesn’t?” YES
Chapter 30
The count is like “listen I am NOT like your dad I’m sorry” and she’s like yeah but you’re not Julian 
The count starts undressing and Scarlett aims a poker at his eyeball lmao 
She finally remembers the elixir of protection in that dress from the tent and soaks the count 
The count is like “you’re playing into legends hands” and Scarlett is like “nah he did me a favor by getting rid of you”
Chapter 31
Julian’s cut isn’t that deep thank god but he’s still woozy 
“He tasted like midnight and wind”
Leap of faith - roses - it’s Rosa!!!!! She has to ask how Rosa died and Julian says she jumped off a balcony 
They decide to sneak out using the tunnels to go search all the balconies
Chapter 32
The town during the day looks like a “faded memory”
She hears music from the rose colored carousel 
The musician has been asking for coins the whole time but nothing else cost money
They jump onto the moving carousel and end up in the roses where Scarlett finds the caraval symbol
They have to jump, Julian gives her coordinates to a boat in case they get separated but they run out of time and she has to go in 
She lands in a river and lands at a staircase guarded with statues that are definitely frozen people 
Legend is there ofc 
Chapter 33
She’s a little star struck by legend 
His laugh is a rich spicy sound that echoes until he snaps his fingers 
Homeboy is mad 
Julian ends up there, dry, and...he’s working with legend...NOOOOOOO
Dante and Valentina were also part of the game 
Rosa was not his sister...DUDE
She clutches his pocket watch and legend opens it - Julian’s voice comes out apologizing for betraying her 
He does love her HE IS ENCHANTED!!!!!
LEGEND STABS JULIAN?!?!?!?!?!?
Oh fuck he is spitting blood oh fuck oh no 
Scarlett you got him killed you dumdum 
Chapter 34
I’m FUCKING FURIOUS 
she remembers that she gets one wish, and she wants to use it to bring Julian back and I swear to goooooddddddd if he doesn’t come back I’m gonna throw myself out the window 
Legend is gone, leaving a funeral invitation for tella set for tomorrow this guy is a MONSTER
Chapter 35
She ends up on a huge rooftop way high up 
“The air felt soft and poisonous” 
Tella is there feeling like “softness and sunlight and seeds for growing dreams”
We just used soft a sentence ago!!!!
Tella is like “you’re confused, the game is playing tricks on you”
Scarlett tells her about their grandmas history with legend 
She shows tella the invitation and it now says it’s to a party not a funeral
Chapter 36
Tella has met a boy that’s not legend...it’s a guy she met right before she got taken for the game…
She’s engaged to him??
Scarlett is like maybe tella is right and this is all part of it...Scarlett DUDE 
Scarlett has a bitter yellow puddle of dread in her stomach 
If Daniel is Dante or Julian I’m gonna scream 
Chapter 37
It’s legend of course 
Duh 
He tries to convince tella to tie Scarlett up you better NOT
TELLA
YOU DUMB BITCH
legend dares Scarlett to walk to the edge of the balcony to prove she loves her sister, so that he can feign worry to tella
They tie her up 
The governor and the count show up FUCK
finally legend admits to tella who he is and she just breaks poor baby 
Tella backs up to the ledge and says if the governor or the count touch Scarlett she’ll kill herself!!!!!!!
“Silver slippers sliding” toward the balcony 
Scarlett breaks free but tella FUCKING JUMPS
Chapter 38
So now who is Scarlett gonna use her wish on?!
Her father looks like “a dragon with no fire and broken wings”
The governor slaps Jovan and legend is like imma fuck you UP 
The governor killed Dante!!!!!!
She blackmails her dad with Philippe’s death 
She remembers her wish...but who does she use it on?! 
Which oof, oof, OOF
Tella is a brat lmao 
Legend won’t give her the wish!!!!!
He’s...fading?? 
Scarlett goes to give tella her blood 
She wishes her impossible wish but it doesn’t work
Chapter 39
She goes back up to get tella’s stuff and finds a caraval box with a letter inside from tella to legend that she didn’t know about 
Chapter 40
She goes to see legend and finds out he’s actually some dude named Caspar…that was why he couldn’t grant her wish 
There’s a stack of letter between tella and legend that basically illustrate that tella was willing to die for legend to get them to caraval 
Tella is alive?!?!?!?!?!?
This was all a fucking game?!
Her impossible wish came true, but she had actually died 
Tella orchestrated their dad getting to caraval so he could see her die, and so he would leave Scarlett alone 
Chapter 41
So Julian is not really dead, but tella wanted anyone who made Scarlett love them to be taken out, that way she wouldn’t get hurt by someone who was just pretending 
So she somehow warps this into meaning that Julian didn’t actually love her? Go...ask him??????? The fuck 
God poor Scarlett…
So people can die in caraval, but when the game is over, they come back...so there were no fuckin stakes except for tella’s death
Chapter 42
They go to legends party in the forest and Scarlett sees Julian 
Iko is there like go talk to Julian dumdum 
“Shades of the rich ruby love she’d felt mixed with deep indigo hurt turning everything just a little bit violet” I don’t care I want them to kiss Stephanie 
Julian is so hurt that she thinks she doesn’t know him
He’s related to legend…
Rosa dying changed his opinion of legend 
He tried to leave the game right before this caraval 
Legend is his brother!!!!!!!!!
He couldn’t leave Scarlett because she loved her sister like Julian loved his brother 
He stayed because of Scarlett despite how it hurt him to lie to her 
Yaaaaaay they kiss yay omg 
Epilogue
Tella is dancing drunk at the party and is dancing with a new guy who dances her to the edge of the party...then he’s gone?
He dropped something into her pocket...a coin with a note…
From legend!!!!!
You can see your mom soon if you keep up your end of the bargain!!!!!
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Impromptu post, thoughts during 5.05
I'm so pissed I literally lost an earring at some point today and just realized. So I ripped my dorm room apart looking for it (no luck of course) and now it's 9:30 so I already missed half of the new episode of Jane the Virgin. Also my earrings are from Tiffany's, they were a Christmas gift a couple years ago & I can't afford to replace it😭 whatever you guys don't care about this, I'm so tired but I refuse to fall asleep at 9:30pm because I'll wake up at like 5am. So I decided to watch a random episode of Call The Midwife and share my thoughts.
Ok I'm going with 5.05, since we just saw 6.05 lol, idk If there's any logic but just go with it alright
ah the old credits, I really like the new ones though. Especially the color
"We were moving from a time of guessing.." I love how the show explains & shows that times are changing
The health report! Littt
"I feel a drumroll is in order" Shelagh is so precious!! 💖 I love her Scottish accent && side note I still wish they would mention one day how she got London. It literally does not matter at all but we know next to nothing about her past and im curious ?! More of Shelagh’s past pls
WAIT ONE OF MY FAV SHELAGH LINES IS COMING
"Patrick Turner, GP License to Practice Medicine and Secret Agent Shelagh Turnova save Poplar from ill health and disease!" I LOVE ITTTT😂 ONE OF HER BEST LINES EVER DONT @ ME, her laugh at the end is priceless ah! Shelagh is lowkey funny af she just rarely gets to opportunity and again Laura Main is an actual gem 😍
KEEP FIT
Trixie looking so good😍 i need her to whip my ass back in to shape. i havent worked out in like 3 months yikes
but seriously is this really my train of thoughts if i dont mention how perfect Helen George is?
yea its fuccking cancer, cigs are no joke
lol did they really not notice Tim reading Freud?
Also why did Shelagh ever think smoking cigarettes was a good idea after she freaking had tb? i forgive her though shes my bby💕
phyllis! my mother and hero
oh yea this lady cant read
forgot she was a ex-prostitute
vi and fred doing jumping jacks im dead, theyre a cute couple
Where did frankincense come from??
lol violet didnt wanna give up the bathroom door "we may be married but i still have my dignity"
Mrs Dooly? Is that her name (idk)
I can so see Shelagh delivering her baby herself like this lady did, but obviously she’d know what’s happening. You think Shelagh is going to freak out while giving birth though? hmm  
"I do like a milky brew" WHY IS THAT FUNNY😂😂 I like the Delia & Sister MJ interaction
PHYLLIS TRYING TO RIDE A BIKE IS SYMBOLISM FOR ME TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS SEMESTER #barelymanaging
does laying on a door really help a messed up back?
Those awful sleeves on Delia's uniform *cringe*
"I am not trusted with medical emergencies" I TRUST YOU SISTER MJ💕 lowkey hope the delivery sister MJ is involved in is Shelagh's
If I had to deliver my own baby I'd be freaking the fuck out too, like I'm not Dr Quinn
The Nonnatus Fam all at the table makes me happy😭
Sister Winifred rolling her eyes in the back 😂😂😂
"I'll be washing my hair and reading magazines from now on" yo sister Winifred is growing on me tbh?? Wow lol
"Ive always assumed the results of the male organ to be more rewarding than the organ itself" 😂😭 love sister MJ
Everyone in the convent shook😂 again sister W has the best reactions 😂 dick jokes are 100x funnier when they're made in a convent & 1000x funnier when they're made by a nun
Shelagh's "percussion" on Tim's back I'm dead lmfaoo
I don't remember if she has post partum ?
Fred taking over the shop😂 I miss when Fred used to scam though😭
"I'm missing my monthlys" "monthly whats?" Oh Fred cmon 😂
Tim snatching those cigarettes
Barbara trying to measure this lady😂😂 she's so awkward, love it
She leaves her baby outside smh
"Gosh James knows how to show a chap a nice time"  ANOTHER GREAT SHELAGH LINE😂 give my bby more great lines 😭😂
I LOVE CHEEKY SHELAGH, I LOVE SHELAGH ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN SHE HAS NO LINES OR IS CRYING AND SAD (WHICH IS TOO OFTEN & WE NEEDA CUT THAT OUT)
Laura Main and Helen George calmly ruined me, I never was like this? How did I end up literally crying every week for fictional characters ??
Shelagh and Patrick's faces were so smug just now I love it
Yikes those lungs
Reminds me of all the gross anti smoking commercials. Also Patrick is shook but I'm not too surprised
I love that Phyllis is so understanding and doesn't judge any patient  💕
"You have the rest of your life to get the hang of it" I NEEDED THAT TOO PHYLLIS THANKS
LMAO FRED "Because hell will freeze over first"
so yes post partum??
Phyllis is annoyed bc she wants to work on her Spanish and babs is taking too long with the dishes 😂😂te querio mucho phyllis
Tim sparking up lol 🚬
Here comes trouble
I wanna rip Patrick's index finger off. Remember that time he wagged his finger and Shelagh and I was ready TO FREAKING FLIP
but yea wtf you knew this would happen Tim
Shelagh's just like "Tim no" I love u Shelagh but what does that do lmao your husband is exploding
"You'll what, light it for me!?" BOYYYY ARE YOU BRAVE KID
If I responded like that my parents would've flipped, there most likely would've been a chancla coming at me  😭😂
But seriously Patrick should know better not to smoke lol
What does Roxanne mean this isn't real??
Aw cute Patrick and Tim moment, and a year later they're getting drunk off one beer and throwing darts into the wall😂
I want to see more of Phyllis with babies aww
Also not really related but I hope Phyllis has some good lines defending the pill when it comes back up. Remember when she had babs shook when she told the story of the soldier she spent a weekend away with😏 imagine her telling the other nurses?
Used to hang out at a Jazz club Patrick?? lol interesting  
damn get that radium treatment man
"The real magic is keeping on when all you want to do is run" Phyllis Fucking Crane spilling the tea as always. How did I not like her once upon a time??
Could Shelagh get any cuter eating biscuits? No she could not
lol biscuits aren't just for fainters!! Ah I don't miss sister Ursula 🙃
that's not your mother😐 (I knew where she was going though but you know I'm gonna say it anyway)
More Shelagh and Phyllis interaction yes pls
How much is a shilling? #ignorantamerican
Fred hiding from the costumers 😂😂
Yes Vi! Defend ur man & kick this rude ass lady out
Lol now Patrick telling other people to quit smoking. Don Draper tried man, it's gonna take u a while 😭
I'm here for the Phyllis and Sister W dynamic (more now that Phyllis is teaching her how to drive 😂)
Ah I love going back to old episodes when I know what happens in the future, also I notice things I didn't notice before and make connections and yea, you catch my drift lmao
"We don't choose to be unloved by those who should love us"💔
we truly don't deserve Phyllis. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HER MOTHER AND IM CRYING
"Shame will keep us in all kinds of prisons if we let it" 😭😭😭
Patrick has a puppy face rn
Wait they went this long without naming the baby??
omg speaking of that, I really want to know what the gender of baby Turner is going to be and what it will be named😭😭
Vi is precious lol & Fred lifting her is cute. Patrick never lifts Shelagh😂
Aw speaking of my bbys💕💕
So precious it’s almost strange Turner family moment
Why do so many people hate that couch? Like it doesn't bother me or maybe I don't care enough about the background?
Angela has grown so much in a year wow, she looks a lot younger here
lol Shelagh and Patrick are like "um wtf psychology??" 😂
Wait Angela made a noise😂 when will she actually speak??
Haha Shelagh you're going to need new dresses but you don't know yet 😭😂💕 I still can't believe she's having a baby. I Love it.
"You're my world" lol that was so cute but also I still think Tim is too perfect of a child?? what teenager is so pleasant with his parents all the time 😂 plus he's always with them and his baby sister? #givetimalife2k17aka1962
Aww all the cute concluding moments & Vanessa Redgrave saying something profound and we are done.  
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