#other characters I don't remember

[starlightstare]

Once again, doing my part in keeping the out fandom breathing by posting once a year. I forgot the other characters so I'm re-reading in hopes that I'll remember them.

[madamemiz]

sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

[tapeworrmart]

Watched that Black Mirror ep 🔌💽

[kaiserouo]

"Huh."

[murderofsomeone]

"Don't enjoy this private screening, this one doesn't have a meaning"

[iocaisaint]

I don't know how to explain but one thing I'll always love about Nesta is her accomplishments and how she's seen in the eyes of canon vs how they genuinely don't register to her (like not in a humble way she genuinely just never thinks about)

like she's able to circumvent a high lords glamour through pure strength of will

she then treks on a 4 day round trip through wolf country in the dead of winter to go get her sister back, simply because it wasn't right she was taken when the family has only benefitted from that

this leads into ACOMAF where Feyre thinks about asking Rhysand if he can force Nesta's hand if she doesn't agree to host (daemati powers) and then questions if he could even do it to Nesta

We've got literal gods talking about some Nesta "you're the one the wind whispered about" in ACOWAR

her having the King off Hybern scared as a human simply because she pointed a finger at him

Then there's the king slaying obviously

Then at some point between ACOFAS & ACOSF she manages to deal with her terror of bathtubs through pure exposure therapy and no outside help

Then there's the weapons she made

Not being able to be contained by Rhys at the height of her power (+ him admitting that she scares)

Kelpie slaying, dread trove, pure death etc.

Then there's the mother imbuing her power into Nesta's friendship bracelets? This one was genuinely crazy

Her managing those 10,000 steps that were difficult for even the bat boys on nothing but strong thighs and spite!

This is one I hate but the IC just throwing her at any single man (Helion & Eris) in Pyrthian to get what they want and it working

Holding the pass for Gwyn & Em, murdering Briallyn, stopping time, making a deal with a soup pot, having a one on one with the mother and saving Nyx, Feyre and Rhys in one morning

Then HOFAS she's calling up the dread trove through universes and slaying the wyrm, getting Gwydion and going down as saviour of another universe

This entire moment>>>>>> "Rhys nodded without looking at the warrior, and focused all his fury on Nesta. To her credit, the female stood stiff-backed, chin high. Imperious and unbending. Ember couldn't help but admire her.

Rhysand’s violet-blue eyes guttered into pure darkness at the challenge in Nesta’s expression, her stance. A predator recognizing a worthy opponent—and unsheathing its talons. His hands curled at his sides, as if invisible claws were forming."

Then we get into Nesta's pov and her only desires are to go home to her man, hang out with Emerie & Gwyn, get her hands on a pegasus, read smutty books and eat chocolate cake 😭

I may not like how her story went but I'll always appreciate that this part of her stayed the same

[sentientstump]

i should've collected my references more thoughtfully (now I can't find some of them Help-)

[secondbeatsongs]

going through some old logs, and I need you to understand just how truly unhinged early 2010s RP omegle was.

genuinely you could stay on there for hours with just one person, hashing out complex traumatic backstories, drawn-out love confessions, detailed action scenes...collaboratively describing graphic violence, past abuse, comfort, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort, any number of sex acts...and then one of you would be like, "oh haha it's 2AM! I have to sleep :(" and the other person would say, "omg saaaame. :( gnight!!!" and then you'd exit the chat and never speak to each other again, and this was. fine.

you could just spend an entire evening shoving your wretched, bleeding soul into a chat log with someone you'd never meet or learn the name of, achieve some form of emotional catharsis, and then go about your day or night like this was an average way to spend your time.

I'm really normal about this, actually

[just-posting-kalone]

Athena Cykes!!

[dilemmaed]

travnat come home the kids miss you

[heybiji]

[rainbyte]

Dreams your demons 💥

[lgbtlunaverse]

I know the problem is that I'm still on twitter but I can't take stupid yunmeng shuangjie discourse anymore. Someone will be like "it's so mean of wwx to swear to jc that they'd be brothers in the next life and would always be by each other's side and then completely drop him the moment he found someone new" and then someone else will go "actually wwx has a completely valid reason to never want to be around jc again because jc sucks and is evil and tortures people for fun" and the whole time the central premise everyone agrees on is that wwx apparently does not care for jc at all and I'm like. Did we read the same book.

[bennetsbonnet]

Criticising the characters in Pride and Prejudice because they don't perfectly live up to romantic ideals is like complaining that a book of soup recipes doesn't tell you how to split the atom.

Pride and Prejudice is not a romance. That is not what Jane Austen wrote. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners. It is far more of a social commentary than a love story. Are there romantic elements? Of course! But romance is far from the primary focus.

Reducing a story with the breadth and depth of Pride and Prejudice down to merely a romance not only undermines Jane Austen's genius in observing and successfully satirising the follies of human nature, her skill in balancing humour with dramatic elements and her talent in creating believable, relatable characters who leap off the page; but it also undermines the joy it has brought to the numerous readers who have loved the story for more than two centuries for far more varied reasons than simply its hero.

Why does Pride and Prejudice have such enduring appeal? For so many reasons beyond hysterical ladies suffering from The Vapours every time Mr Darcy is mentioned.

Personally, I enjoy seeing two flawed people overcome their personal shortcomings in order to live a happy life together, with plenty of hilarity from a cast of memorable and surprisingly relatable characters along the way. That's why, to me, it is so appealing. The characters are so layered that there is always something to be discovered on each and every re-read.

I am not a silly, hysterical woman reading it repeatedly to fill a void in my lonely, loveless life and pining for my own Mr Darcy. I enjoy the story for so many reasons and I am also fully aware that I will never find a man like Mr Darcy... because he is a fictional character from the nineteenth century written by an author born 250 years ago...

[stargazelasagna]

HAIIIII Julie n sally my beloved,, ,