#overlapping‚ encasing her; floating between me and her‚ and having no will‚ no consciousness—indeed‚ no life of her own.

[tamaharu]

ive inherited a copy of lolita from my parents (i.e. i stole it from the library in our basement and started treating it like its mine) with the 1989 vintage international cover and i think its actually not that bad. better than the 50th anniversary one with the lips anyway imo (which is the cover for the library ebook vers ive checked out).

like i think any cover that incorporates the "only convincing love story of our generation" quote anywhere kind of sucks on principle, and the fact that it features a photo of a girl at all really goes against nabakovs instructions, but compared to other covers that break those two rules, the haziness of the photo creates a really evocative atmosphere i feel matches the book more or less.

[obsessioncollector]

What I had madly possessed was not she, but my own creation, another, fanciful Lolita—perhaps, more real than Lolita; overlapping, encasing her; floating between me and her, and having no will, no consciousness—indeed, no life of her own. The child knew nothing. I had done nothing to her. And nothing prevented me from repeating a performance that affected her as little as if she were a photographic image rippling upon a screen and I a humble hunchback abusing myself in the dark. 

Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

[elegiaclilies]

The conjurer had poured milk, molasses, foaming champagne into a young lady's white new purse; and lo, the purse was intact. Thus had I delicately constructed my ignoble, ardent, sinful dream; and Lolita was safe—and I was safe. What I had madly possessed was not she, but my own creation, another fanciful Lolita—perhaps, more real than Lolita; overlapping, encasing her; floating between me and her, and having no will, no consciousness—indeed, no life of her own.

 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Excerpt from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

[cleowriteshitsometimes]

01. INTRODUCTION: hey, i’m cleo! my friends call me ‘c,’ but i answer to either-or.  I’m eighteen, my pronouns are she/her, and i’m of the est.  i’m a sagittarius((: 

02. WHO ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN VAIN GLORY?: I’ve been thoroughly enjoying all of the biographies thus far and a few have already caught my eye in particular.  I’m still keeping my options open because I know the lovely admins will only be posting more characters that’ll capture my heart.  As of right now, Mia and Victoria are particularly interesting because I actually am going to school to be a journalist so that’s awesome that I have the choice between two cut-throat journalists.  I also really enjoyed Aiden’s biography and I love playing snakes so he’s interesting. 

03. FAVORITE CHARACTER TYPES:  I love the career-forward types, the ones that will do anything in order to be successful because there’s always a conflict between head and heart and it’s always fun.  I also love the ones that are very much in touch with their sexuality because I feel like we live in a society where that’s frowned upon (mostly for women) and whenever I play a character who’s more sexually aware, especially a woman, I feel like I can kind of enlighten other players who might be a little more closed off to those topics.  I do love playing the asshole characters too, because they’re the best.

04. FAVORITE FACECLAIMS: Okay ugh. My absolute favorite faceclaims to play are Phoebe Tonkin, Zoe Kravitz, Margot Robbie, Caitlin Stasey, Cillian Murphy, Sebastian Stan, and Charles Michael Davis.  I’m not really picky as far as FCs to play against goes, but I don’t really like playing against faceclaims that don’t have the best gifs suitable for roleplaying.

05. CREATE A MINI PLAYLIST THAT DESCRIBES YOU OR A PREVIOUS CHARACTER YOU’VE PLAYED:  therapy - khalid // wild thoughts - dj khaled ft. rihanna and bryson tiller // willy wonka - russ ft. paulina and jafe // blem - drake // lost without u - robin thicke // flex - mad cobra // cola - lana del rey // quickie - miguel // dang! - mac miller ft. anderson .paak // warm - majid jordan // wanna love you girl - robin thicke // juicy sweatsuits - blackbear ft. juicy j // on & on - erykah badu // let’s go - khalid // electric relaxation - a tribe called quest // big poppa - the notorious b.i.g 

06. FLUFF, SMUT, OR ANGST: honestly, i love writing anything so all of the above are more than welcome.  angst of any sort is fun, whether it be like romantic angst or between rivals or what ever it may be. 

07. GRAB THE NEAREST BOOK. TURN TO PAGE 63. WHAT’S THE 16TH LINE ON THE PAGE? “What I had madly possessed was not she, but my own creation, another fanciful Lolita—perhaps, more real than Lolita; overlapping, encasing her; floating between me and her, and having no will, no consciousness—indeed, no life of her own." - lolita, vladimir nabokov

08. ( WRITE ONE QUESTION HERE WHICH THE NEXT PERSON MUST ANSWER AND REPLACE WITH ANOTHER QUESTION. ) To answer your question Bumble, I have not seen any musicals, but my favorite Disney movie is probably Moana or Howl’s Moving Castle. My question to the next person is this: who are you seeing in concert next, and if you aren’t attending any, who do you want to see in concert? (not that anyone asked, but i’m seeing khalid!!!)