#the thorn birds is my fav show ever so

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gay son (shogun 1980) or thot daughter (shōgun 2024)

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➸ karolina/kate: they/she, 19, nonbinary, lesbian, aroace, jewish ➸ @shortnsweetgf is my beloved wife ➸ body better stan forever ➸ talk to me about x-men ➸ part of the @goosecoven ➸ history major

i like a lot of stuff. here's what i might post about!

comics: x-men, young avengers, scarlet witch, captain marvel, avengers, thunderbolts, black widow, runaways, daredevil, fantastic four, spiderverse, ms. marvel, power pack, eternals music: taylor swift, maisie peters, xana, gracie abrams, lizzy mcalpine, dermot kennedy, chappell roan, billy joel, griff, sabrina carpenter, grace enger, noah kahan, mimi webb, ashe, em beihold, olivia rodrigo, elle coves, laufey, gretta ray, towa bird, hozier books: legendborn, caraval, once upon a broken heart, sorcery of thorns, little thieves, the priory of the orange tree, grishaverse, percy jackson, furyborn, keeper of the lost cities, heartstopper, shadowhunters, unseelie, effigies, villains tv shows and movies: x-men, x-men '97, x-men: the animated series, agents of shield, shadow & bone, heartstopper, marvel cinematic universe, 9-1-1, now you see me & now you see me 2, descendants, spiderverse, the boys

important tags:

#xmenposting: my x-men rambles #comicposting: my non x-men comic rambles #karolina.txt: my personal tag #*mine: my edits tag #fav: posts i want to bookmark #karolinacore: posts that remind me of myself #so high school post: best post i've ever made

[nataliescatorccio]

GIF MAKER APPRECIATION TAG

rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gif makers you love

so many absolutely wonderful people have tagged me (i have a whole tag for it on my blog where i go and sob about how many talented souls mentioned my name) and i am showing up incredibly late with no starbucks to speak of that people will be like ‘becca, this tag ended weeks ago go home’. but i would still like to show my appreciation even if, as always, i am late!

LINK A GIFSET...

link a gifset you’re really proud of: my grisha orders and powers set has been my pinned post for the past month for a reason and will probably continue to be so (also because it took me forever).

link a gifset where you tried something new: i feel like i very much have my style and stick to it, but (this set is a real throwback) i once tried this softer coloured (i wouldn’t go as far to say pastel cos i don’t really do pastels but) malia set and it was one of the most soothing and enjoyable things i’ve ever made.

link a gifset that features your favourite character or celebrity: i was trying to do a favourite character meme for yennefer (tho currently failing at maintaining it) but shoutout to this set!

link a gifset that you want more people to see: i want you all to see my latest inej set because i actually made something i like for once!!!

link a gifset you had fun making: i recently had a lot of fun doing darklina week, even though it was a challenge as creating content daily always is, but i really loved creating this darklina according to tumblr set because it was just a delight looking through tags and seeing the love, joy and humor of this fandom.

link a gifset you created as part of a meme, challenge or series: all i do right now is memes i don’t finish but my ladies meme has been fun and chill and i was really proud of this fatin set as i’d never giffed the wilds before!

link a gifset of yours that makes you smile: my witcher + troubled birds set, the one that started my obsession with troubled birds and i always giggle like an idiot at my own joke in the roach gif.

link a gifset you made for someone else: my entire 15k celebration was so much fun because i spent the time making things for other people. but this geralt & jaskier as shrek & donkey set for and inspired by @captain-james was one of my absolute favs.

TAG SOMEONE WHO...

tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs: @alina-starksov who got me into giffing and taught me how to make gifs many years ago! without her constant encouragement i would not be a gifmaker, so i guess you have her to blame.

tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs: there are so many people i follow who make beautiful vibrant gifs that make me yell, but @meliorn always impresses and has been an inspiration to me in her colouring skills for years, and the merlin goddesses @arthurpendragonns @ughmerlin and @merlinsprat constantly make my jaw hit the floor because i find that show so hard to work with!

tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs: i don’t follow many people who make pastel gifs because my own aesthetic has always fallen in with vibrancy, but @ballroomofmymindp makes stunning pastel gifs and her darklina appreciation series has totally made me fall in love with pastel!

tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love: as i’ve currently been obsessing over shadow and bone (as you might have noticed), some gems who have put a smile on my face and inspired me are: @the-darkling @aleksandr-morozova @zoya-nazyalenskys @benj-barnes @jemmablossom @starlless @hunterschafer @timothyolyphant @redbelles @time-turner @inej-ghafa @ffahey @hollywoods @jessiccachastain @emmaduerrewatson @ladystarks @dxrklina @reitvelds @jackarthurdavenport @sunbeamalina @genyazoyalina @alinastarkhov @djels @docmcfly @volcra @saint-aleksander @aleksander--morozova @barnesplots @niinazenik

tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets: arianna @seance changed the typography game. her use of fonts and effects is truly everything and constantly inspires me to get more creative with text!

tag someone who motivates you to step up your game: i’ve told her this many times but @anya-chalotra motivates me daily. i really believe ava took giffing to the next level, her creativity and talent have influenced tumblr as a whole so much and i am constantly seeing trends on my dash that come from her. she constantly inspires me, but also challenges me to try new things. just thank you for everything you do, you goddess, tumblr would not be the same without you.

tag someone you have taken inspiration from: there are so many creators who have inspired me, but shoutout to avia @lamberts who has come back to the witcher fandom with a bang and everything she has made just blows my mind with how cool, pretty and creative it is! her book snippets set is one of the most amazing sets i’ve seen (i really do not have the words to express how obsessed i am with it) and it inspired me to make this set for darklina week recently!

tag gifmakers who you admire and appreciate: so many, if i follow you i admire and appreciate you otherwise i wouldn’t have you on my dash! but here are some people i haven’t mentioned yet who inspire me daily and i really admire are: @captain-james @ivashkovadrian @montygreen @cherylblossom @lizzies @rue-bennett @yelenabelovas @olivia-rodrigos @shinylightblue @zavens @pietro-maximoff @gracechoi @minerva-marble @withered-rose-with-thorns @colins-bridgertons @forbescaroline @tonystarks @captainheroism @megtheestallions @anissagraces @eddiediaz @karlimorgenthau

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✨ Tag 9 people to learn more about their interests!

tagged by my fav @loulovehome thank you pu hope that this quells your curiosity! 

MUSIC

fav genre? not to be that person but i think i have a toe in most genres, i suppose my favorites have got to be anything taylor swift does, pop punk, r&b pop/new age r&b, and bluegrass

fav artist? again, not to be that person but i love so many artists! let’s do this based off of genre: taylor swift, 1D, 5sos, massive focus on ZAYN, the Avett brothers, and counting crows

fav song? fav song of all time (since i was young) is going to be come around by rhett miller but more currently i’d say you are in love by taylor swift and dRuNk by ZAYN

song currently stuck in your head? i have no idea how it got there but i have stressed out by 21 pilots stuck in my head??

5 fav lyrics? ok let’s do this kids. edit: this went in a “fav love song lyrics” way so sorry in advance.

1)  I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say / There is darkness all around us / I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me / And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin' (January Wedding - The Avett Brothers)

2)  Hands around my waist / You're counting up the hills across the sheets / And I'm a falling star / A glimmer lighting up these cotton streets / I admit I'm a bit of a fool for playing by the rules / But I've found my sweet escape when I'm alone with you (Disconnected - 5sos)

3)  This is the worthwhile fight / Love is a ruthless game / Unless you play it good and right / These are the hands of fate / You're my Achilles heel / This is the golden age of something good / And right and real (State of Grace - Taylor Swift) 

4)  What if I changed my mind / What if I said it's over / I been flying so long / Can't remember what it was like to be sober / What if I lost my lives? / What if I said "Game over"? / What if I forget my lies? / And I lose all my composure (Back to Life - ZAYN)

5)   I never said I was perfect / Or you don't deserve a good person to carry your baggage / I know a few girls that can handle it / I ain't that kind of chick, but I can call 'em for you if you want / I never said that you wasn't attractive / Your style and that beard, ooh, don't get me distracted / I'm tryna be patient, and patience takes practice / The fact is I'm leaving, so just let me have this (Jerome - Lizzo)

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? murder mystery and young love!

fav writer? jane austen, lisa jewell, and rick riordan (nostalgia ok?!)

fav book? the way i used to be my amber smith, rebecca by daphane du maurier, and then she was gone OR watching you (both by Lisa Jewell)

fav book series? i guess the whole percy jackson situations? i have everything RR every wrote, and i liked it all but i havent touched the older ones in ages

comfort book? not one specifically but the nancy drew books

perfect book to read on a rainy day? bird summons by leila aboulela

5 quotes from your fav book that you know by heart? i hope i can name five...

1)  “The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.” “I am no traveller, you are my world.” (both are My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier)

2)  “And I’m terrified he’ll see through the tough iceberg layer, and he’ll discover not a soft, sweet girl, but an ugly fucking disaster underneath.” (The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith)

3)  "I cannot make speeches, Emma," he soon resumed; and in a tone of such sincere, decided, intelligible tenderness as was tolerably convincing. "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it. Bear with the truths I would tell you now, dearest Emma, as well as you have borne with them. The manner, perhaps, may have as little to recommend them. God knows, I have been a very indifferent lover. But you understand me. Yes, you see, you understand my feelings and will return them if you can. At present, I ask only to hear, once to hear your voice.” (Emma by Jane Austen) (sorry for the length, the shortened versions were not cutting it for me)

4)  “Read, read, read. That's all I can say.” (The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene)

5)  “...amazing how boring you can get away with being when you’re pretty. No one seems to notice. When you’re pretty everyone just assumes you must have a great life. People are so short-sighted, sometimes. People are so stupid. I have a dark past and I have dark thoughts. I do dark things and I scare myself sometimes.” (Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell)

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary (im a very judgmental reader) | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fav tv/movie genre? i like dramedies, mockumentaries, and procedurals 

fav movie? ive got a massive list on my phone but ill pick Doob (No Bed of Roses) and 3-Iron as my favs for today

comfort movie? 2000s romcoms, im talking clueless, 13 going on 30, how to loe a guy in ten days, ten things i hate abt you, legally blonde

movie you watch every year? mamma mia and all listed in prev question

fav tv show? too many, currently im rewatching arrested development

comfort tv show? new girl

most rewatched tv show? new girl

ultimate otp? shawn and jules from psych (ultimate bc ive been watching since diapers literally)

5 fav characters? winston bishop, stiles stilinski, bellamy blake, clarke griffin, lydia martin

tv shows or movies | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

super fun even though it took me an hour lmao, I'm tagging @technosoot @hometothecanyonmoon @sassylilnoodle @sushiniall @rosegold-thorns no pressure and sorry if youve already been tagged!

edit: i somehow managed to forget what i consider to be one of the greatest opening verses ever???? so bonus lyrics:

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog / Where no one notices the contrast of white on white / And in between the moon and you / The angels get a better view / Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right (Round Here - Counting Crows)

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Thoughts on Muppet Fairy Tales part 4: (last one)

Bella Thorn, the Sleeping Beauty:

Yes, I know it’s a story, but the fact that Big Mean Carl is married to Mean Mama is hilarious to me, since I hc him as aro/ace (how can he not be?)

WHY IS WALLEYE PIKE HERE?!?!😂😂😂 AS IN THE MUPPIRATE, THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER! MY FISH BOY IS IN THIS STORY? WHY?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also I read Walleye’s rhyming prophesy in his voice and I’m proud of it

And he gets eaten....big surprise

Just sitting here how a monster and a bunny-bear hybrid thing could create a rat (which is our girl, Yolanda btw!)

What the fu-Camilla is Maleficent?....ok...giving Piggy a break

I love how Camilla’s yelling (squawking) just confused everybody

#goodparenting by Carl. Makes me wonder how good he is with kids irl

“as young Yolanda grew up, for she turned out to be modest, good-natured, and an excellent gnawer, and everyone who saw her was bound to fall for her”-cuz she a QUEEN

Apparently, Yolanda is having a quinceñera....I had no idea she was Hispanic (prolly not)

So...Camilla let Yolanda prick her finger and it says here that she “let loose a creepy cackle and disappeared”.....how the hell does a chicken cackle? What does that sound like?

WHOOO! STRANGEPORK IS MENTIONED IN THE STORY LET’S GOOOO

ANOTHER WHOOOO! RIZZO’S HERE!

Ooh yay! Fozzie’s in here!

I wonder how Carl really felt about spooning with Mean Mama? He probably hated every minute of it

Aaand just like the others, they get married after knowing each other for two seconds

Clueless Trades a Turtle:

The fact that Clueless has his own story, man. He deserves this moment

I know Clueless is lazy, but he’s getting tired of taking out his turtle?....IT’S A TURTLE

Me, after reading Clueless is gonna marry his neighbor, Dorothy: Lmao look at Clueless pretending to be straight

“She was the type that’d stand near a ketchup bottle and wait for an earthquake”-BRUH😂😂😂

“Those two turtles disturb our best sleep every morning with their inaudible movements and inconvenient need to eat”-honestly, Dorothy just hates turtles

Oh god no. Animal and Clueless are in the same story....this can’t go well

*after reading that Animal’s clearly gonna eat the turtles and Clueless trades them anyway* OH NO I WAS RIGHT

“Husband, chill”-I dunno why, but I like that phrase. It’s the same as “Honey, calm the f down”

Clueless be turning into Zoot at the end of the story. Fell asleep in seconds

No turtles were harmed in the making of this story.....I hope

Pepe and Polly:

The illustration to this one looks VERY promising....cuz I see three of my fav muppets

Of course Waldorf and Statler are in here. Of course! Who else as the parents in this story

“We’re not eating our kids. This isn’t Game of Thrones...”- *WHEEZE*

Damn Waldorf. You’re so dark

According to Waldorf, Pepe misbehaves like crazy (facts) and Polly is apparently the stupid one (excuse you, Polly’s smart)

Also, since Pepe “gets paddled more than a canoe”, why am I imagining he’d like it?

“I dunno. He kinda grows on you”

“So do warts”

And this is why I love W and S. SAVAGE

I like how Statler has some consious and cares for Pepe and Polly. It’s sweet

Awww. Now I’m picturing Polly giving himself a self-pity hug🥺🥺🥺🥺

Ah, the classic insult. “You failed at raising a Tomagachi, how the hell are you gonna take care of a pet?”

Waldorf, you suck at excuses

“Polly always wanted a cracker”—No kidding, sherlock

OBJECTION! In this story, Polly says he lost his other claw while spinning a wheel on the game show “The Price Is Right”, but in the encyclopedia, Polly lost his other claw in a fight. SO HIS TESTIMONY IS FALSE! (I’ve been watching too much Ace Attorney)

Sam is in here? Okay. Makes sense. He IS a bird

There is a vending machine in the forest.....okay

DEADLY’S IN ANOTHER STORY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WHOOOOHOOO! I mean, he’s the witch, but SCREW IT!

I love how crackers are Polly’s weakness. The minute someone mentions “cracker”, he’s in

“I’m going to have to cook?!?”- Mood

Polly knew Deadly’s British but gumbo (which Deadly’s planning to make using Pepe) is Cajun. See? What a smart boy!

Of course Pepe used the candy cane as his finger (tail) method! Cuz he clever

DEADLY SINGING “Les Poisson” IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER READ!

👏👏👏👏Polly, once again, shows he’s smarter than W and S say he is! Poor Deadly, though

Polly is honestly such a mood in this book

Pretty cool that Sam came back for these two!

Aww, how nice! They’re getting revenge on those geezers by buying their own place and making noise!

Ah, poor Deadly....again. But hey! Nice reference to the other book he was in!

Overall, my favorite story in here! And interesting seeing them as friends when I hc they’re really rivals

[dillydedalus]

what i read in july

THAT’S MORE LIKE IT aka i’m finally out of the (relative) reading slump for good & my bro james joyce was there

men explain things to me, rebecca solnit the original mansplaining essay is great, and still scarily relevant; the others in this collection (most on feminist issues) are also quite good; some aspects are a bit dated & problematic so be aware of that. 2.5/5

erschlagt die armen!, shumona sinha (tr. from french, not available in english) short but very impactful novella about a young french woman, originally from india, who works as an interpreter in the asylum system and becomes more & more broken by this system of inhumane bureaucracy and suffering, until she snaps and hits a migrant over the head with a wine bottle. full of alienation and misery and beautiful but disturbing language - the title translates to ‘beat the poor to death’ so like. yeah. 3.5/5

fire & blood: a history of the targaryen family I, george r r martin look, it’s a 700-page-long fake history book about a fictional ruling dynasty in a fictional world, and i’m just That Obsessed & Desperate about asoiaf (and i don’t even care about the targs That Much). anyway, now i know more about the targs than any ruling family from, you know, real history, which is like, whatever. this is pretty enjoyable if you are That Obsessed, although i will say that some bits are much better than others (there are some dry dull years even in everyone’s fav overly dramatic dragon-riding incest-loving family) and the misogyny really is. a lot. too much. way too much. BUT i did really like Good Best Queen Alysanne (her husband king joe harris is alright too i guess) and i found my new westerosi otp, cregan stark/aly blackwood, who both have Big Dick Energy off the fucking charts. 3.5/5 (+0.5 points for cregan and aly’s combined BDE)

the old drift, namwali serpell hugely ambitious sprawling postcolonial nation-building novel about zambia, told thru three generations of three families, as well as a chorus of mosquitoes (consistently the best & smartest parts). there is A LOT going on, in terms of characters, of plot points, of references to history (the zambian space programme) and literature (finally my knowledge of heart of darkness paid off) and thematically, and honestly it was a bit too much, a bit too tangled & fragmented & drifty, and in the end i probably admire this book more than i liked it, but serpell’s writing is incredibly smart and funny and full of electrical sparks 3.5/5

a severed head, iris murdoch the original love dodecahedron (not that i counted). iris murdoch is fucking WILD and i love her for it. this is a strange darkly funny little farce about some rich well-educated londoners and their bizarre & rather convoluted love lives. not as grandiosely wild as the sea the sea, but fun nevertheless. 3/5

midnight in chernobyl, adam higginbotham jumping on the hype bandwagon caused by the hbo series (very weird to call the current fascination with chernobyl a hype bandwagon but you know). interesting & well-written & accessible (tho the science is still totally beyond me) & gets you to care about the people involved. lots of human failure, lots of human greatness, set against the background of the almost eldritch threat of radioactivity (look up the elephant foot & see if you don’t get chills), and acute radiation syndrome which is THE MOST TERRIFYING THING ON EARTH . 3.5/5

normal people, sally rooney honestly this is incredibly engrossing & absorbing once you get used to how rooney completely ignores ‘show don’t tell’ (it works!), i pretty much read the whole thing in one slow workday (boss makes a dollar, i make a dime so i read books on my phone on company time, also i genuinely had nothing to do). i also think rooney is really good at precisely capturing the ~millenial experience in a way that feels very true, especially the transition from school to uni. BUT i really disliked the ending, the book never engages with the political themes it introduces (esp. class and gender) as deeply as it could and the bdsm stuff never really gets TIED UP LOL. so overall idk: 3.5/5

störfall: nachrichten eines tages, christa wolf quiet reflective undramatic little book narrated by a woman waiting to hear about the outcome of her brother’s brain surgery on the day of the catastrophe at chernobyl - throughout the day she puts down her thoughts about her brother and the events unfolding at chernobyl, as well as the double uncertainty she is trying to cope with. really interesting to read such an immediate reaction to chernobyl (the book came out less than a year after chernobyl). 2.5/5

the man in the high castle, philip k dick it was fine? quick & entertaining alternative history where the axis powers win the war, some interesting bits of worldbuilding (like the draining of the mediterranean which was apparently a real idea in the early 20th century?) but overall it’s just felt a bit disjointed & unsatisfying to me. 2.5/5

fugitive pieces, anne michaels very poetic & thoughtful novel about the holocaust, grief, remembrance & the difference between history and memory, intergenerational trauma, love, geology and the weather. i’m not sure how much this comes together as a novel, but it is absolutely beautifully written (the author is a poet as well) and very affective. 3.5/5

american innovations, rivka galchen short collection of bizarre & often funny short stories about neurotic women whose furniture flies away, or who grow an extra breast, or who are maybe too occupied with financial details. very vague & very precise at once, which seems to be the thing with these sort of collections. 3/5

fool’s assassin (fitz & the fool #1), robin hobb YAASS i’m back in the realm of the elderlings!!! i thought this was one of the weaker installments in the series - i still enjoyed it a lot, and Feelings were had, but it just doesn’t quite fit together pacing-wise & some of the characterisation struck me as off (can i get some nuance for shun & lant please?) and tbh fitz is at peak Selfcentred Dumbass Levels & it drove me up the fucking wall. molly, nettle & bee deserve better. still, completely HYPE for the rest of the trilogy. 3.5/5

JAMES JOYCE JULY

note: i decided not to read dubliners bc it’s my least fav of joyce’s major works & too bleak & repetitive for my mood right now AND while i planned not to reread finnegans wake bc……. it’s finnegans wake…. i kinda do want to read it now (but i also. really don’t.) so idk yet.

a portrait of the artist as a young man, james joyce y’all. i read this book at least once a year between the ages of 15 and 19, it’s beyond formative, it is burnt into my brain, and reading it now several years later it is still everything, soaring and searing (that searing clarity of truth, thanks burgess) and poetic and dirty, and stephen is baby, and a pretentious self-important little prick and i love him & i am him (or was him as only a pretentious self-important teenage girl reading joyce can be him - because this truly is a book that should be read in your late teens when you feel everything as intensely and world-endingly and severely as my boy stephen does and every new experience feels like the world changing). anyway i love this book & i love stephen dedalus, bird-like, hawk-like, knife-blade, aloof, alienated, severe and stern, a poet-priest-prophet if he could ever get over himself, baby baby baby. 5/5

exiles, james joyce well. there’s a reason joyce is known as a novelist. this is….. a failed experiment, maybe. a fairly boring play about an adulterous love-square and uh… love beyond morality and possession maybe??? about how much it would suck for joyce to return to ireland??? and tbh it’s not terribly interesting. 2/5

travesties, tom stoppard a wild funny irreverent & smart antic comedy inspired by the fact that during ww1, james joyce, lenin, and dadaist tristan tzara were all in neutral zurich, more or less simultaneously; they probably never met, but in this play they do, as dadaist poetry, socialist art critique, and a james joyce high on his own genius & in desperate need of some cash while writing ulysses, AND the importance of being earnest (joyce is putting on a production of it) all collide in the memories of henry carr, who played algernon & later sued joyce over money (tru facts). not my fav stoppard (that’s arcadia) but it’s funny & fizzy & smart & combines many many things that i love. 4/5 

ulysses, james joyce look i’m not really going to tell y’all anything new about ulysses, but it really has everything, it’s warm & human(e) & cerebral & difficult & funny & sad & healing & i always get a lot out of it even tho there’s bits (a lot of them) i’ll never wrap my head around. ultimate affirmation of humanity or whatever. also stephen dedalus is baby. 5/5

dedalus, chris mccabe the fact that this book (sequel to ulysses about what stephen dedalus might have done the next day) exists and was published ON MY BIRTHDAY is proof that the universe loves me. 

anyway this is very very good, very very clever, extremely good at stephen (less good at bloom but his parts are still good), engages w/ ulysses, portrait & hamlet (& others) very cleverly & does some cool meta and experimental shit. y’all it has stephen talking to a contemporary therapist about how he’s stuck in joyce’s text which is all about joyce & very little about whoever stephen is when he’s not joyce’s alter ego/affectionate but slightly amused look at younger self and ithaca is an interview w/ the author about how his relationship to his dad influenced his response to ulysses and I’M INTO IT. the oxen of the sun chapter replaces the whole ‘gestation of english prose’ w/ just slightly rewriting the first pages of about 10 novels published between ulysses and now & it does lolita w/ “bloom, thorn of stephen’s sleep, light in his eyes. his sire, his son’ and i lit. screamed. anyway i don’t want to give this 5 stars (yet) bc i think some of the experimental stuff ended up a bit gimmicky & didn’t add that much to the text but fuck. that’s my boy & i want to reread it right now. 4.5/5 ALSO it’s a crime no literary weirdo woman has written ‘a portrait of the artist’s sister’ about delia ‘dilly’ dedalus, shadow of stephen’s mind, quick far & daring, teaching herself french from a 3rd hand primer while her father drinks the nonexistent family fortune away and her older brother is getting drunk on a beach & starting fights w/ soldiers bc he’s a smartarse

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tag game

thanks to @squishyethan for the tag, it feels nice knowing that someone is thinking of a small lil blog such as ourselves :,)  nicknames:  A: Athena  V: Venus

gender: A: female… I wanna make this funny somehow but just yeah  V: Female

star sign: A: cancer… 69 gang  V: virgo crew all the way 

height: A: 5′0  V: 5′2 ;)

time:  A: it’s funny bc y'all will see the different times we did this hahah, currently 2:12 pm V: 3:47

birthday:  A: july 13th yeee V: September 20th

fav bands:  A: LANY, silversun pickups, the drums, crystal castles, rhcp, incubus… the list goes on yo  V: Gorillaz, Brockhampton, Summer Salt, LANY, Tame Impala

fav solo artists:  A: this is such a fucked question bc theres frank ocean, lana, the weeknd… as of rn i’ll roll w the weeknd lol V: The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Toro y Moi, and Daniel Ceasar

song stuck in my head:  A: brockhampton - sweet  V: I’m always in the mood to listen to Brockhampton - Face last movie i watched:  A: I think it was lady bird w V? such a good movie guys 10/10 would recommend  V: Coco, EVERYONE GO WATCH IT RN IT'S SO GOOD I CRY EVERYTIME

last show i watched:  A: the challenge vs stars on mtv… lol 

V: Seinfeld lol, one of my fav shows (im an old lady on the inside idc)

when did i create this blog:  A: we’re like… a few weeks old? close to a month 

V: what she said

last thing i googled:  A: oh god… it’s fredericks lingerie AHHAHA  V: Apple volume meme LMAO u can see the difference right there lol

do i have any other blogs:  A: I love secrets dont you… lol 

V: ye but its for all my marvel, dc geek stuff do i get asks:  A: here and there! I love talking to people so feel free to slide in… 

V: WE LOVE EVERYONE SO HEY

why i chose my url:  A: MORE SECRETS AHAHA V: Because we wanted to be anonymous but hey here we are lol following: 72

followers: 45 (and we LOVE you guys) 

average hours of sleep:  A: every morning I wake up w a text from my mom saying “do you ever sleep?” hahah but I mean… AVERAGE at least 6-7 hours  V: 5-6 hours honestly which I regret every morning

lucky number:  A: 13

instruments:  A: oh god I wish, I wanna learn the keyboard soon then pick up some string instruments… I feel like a vegetable  V: Bass im learning and I can slightly play the drums

what am i wearing:  A: HAHAHA oh shit still in my pjs… a black shirt that says “good vibes” and some j crew pj pants  V: Yellow sweater and dark blue jeans

dream job:  A: I would love if I was a genius of some sort and my brain just collected ideas and I was some boss ass CEO but… i’m gunna go w a mid wife or something in a medical field  V: I have so many, I wanted to be an air force pilot, then a marine biologist , but now its film because thats me all the way bb

dream trip:  A: there’s literally a list for me, like hawaii, iceland, norway, amsterdam… but something I find myself thinking about constantly is the pyramids in egypt, and zion utah  V: Svalbard, Norway. I want to see the Northern Lights so bad

fav food:  A: garlic bread… bread V: sandwiches; dude why did I have to think about this lol. I like to call myself 625 sometimes (if you get that reference you’re tight)

nationality:  A: scottish and mexican… weird I know  V: what she said. fav song rn:  A: psychotic opera - small leaks sink ships, OR roses thorn - TOKiMONSTA V: Brockhampton - GOLD OKAY SICK WE TAG:  @fiftyshadesofhissingdolans @grizzlygrayson @monochromedolan @peachyethan @jiminycricky @navylukes @rockstardolan @lovin-the-dolans @profanitydolan @majesticdolans sorry if you’ve been tagged already or just dont wanna do it or YEAH, you guys are sick :)))