#yes i was reading a picture book.
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Sometimes you visit Toronto, and decide to go to an art gallery with your partner. I had a lot of fun with them and my friends (they went to a video game tournament, long story).
#there was a lot more art but those were some of my favs#if anyone wants to know its the Arcturus Gallery on Gerrard St.#toronto ontario#yes i was reading a picture book.#kora
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it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...
#the picture of dorian gray#lit#this is a pointless text post#guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023#and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless#girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all#greatest (s)hits#book discourse
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Back then, the world censored Oscar Wilde's "The picture of Dorian Gray", now Netflix managed to censor it even MORE (and its horrible)
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I hate Netflix even more now.
What do you mean some people will will discover Dorian Grey with this show and believe Dorian and Basil were BROTHERS ????
Im going feral
#Wilde is doing triple axels in his coffin right now#like wtf#netflix#the portrait of dorian gray#oscar wilde#like wdym you made lovers into BROTHERS ???#what the actual hell#is it a bromance now or what#“they were friend” Have you read the book eyes closed ?#“they were friend” oh this sound a bit too much like aziracrow for me#yes i managed to put#good omens#in this#the picture of dorian gray
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RukiYui (+Mukami fam) scans from the Vandead Carnival Official Fanbook (*´ω`)♡
Spoilers for Ruki's route below!
#i've had this book for quite a while but for some reason i never read it until today#i figured i should share ruki's section with my fellow stans hehe#i included the “gift from mukamis” q&a and the christmas artwork as well b/c it would be a crime not to#love ruki's gift ideas. we know that he is capable of some lovely poetry. and a night entirely alone with him....hoooh boy. YES PLEASE#did my best with the scans but meh#it's pretty difficult to get as good pictures as i'd like from such large pages tbh#couldn't use my scanner either since that would damage the spine T_T#maybe i'll post some close-ups of ruki's poses and facial expressions sometime. we'll see#ruki x yui#ruki mukami#yui komori#vandead carnival#yuma mukami#kou mukami#azusa mukami#mine#diabolik lovers#i've got some tokutens lined up after this#i think you'll enjoy them (///ω///) so look forward to those (//∇//)
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˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚ 𝓻𝔂𝓾𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓶
there was an ache in my heart when i awoke in a strange, beautiful world that wasn’t my own. even as months turned to years, i still missed the familiar skies, the voice of loved ones and the home i had left behind. i wrote letters that went nowhere and whispered silent prayers that reached no one. it was like i was plucked from my own reality and placed in a world where i didn’t quite belong.
yet, as much as i longed for home, i was determined to learn in this new life. sumeru became my sanctuary and the akademiya, my solace. i learned their languages, customs, and secrets while sharing stories of the stars, landmarks, and beauty of my own world. the scholars listened, fascinated by the similarities and differences, but none more than al-haitham—a student assigned to guide me through this foreign land. he was a quiet presence. thoughtful and curious. he did not pity me.
and over time, he went from guide to peer to something more. over time, i wasn’t just seeking knowledge but also him. but what was the point? what was the point of falling for him if one day, i could just disappear—vanish back to my world, leaving him and teyvat behind? this could slip away at any moment. this might be as fleeting as a dream.
despite all reason, i still found myself loving him deeply. in a world that wasn’t my own, he had become my home.
𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: very slow burn, mutual pining, friends to lovers
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐔𝐒: 22.10.22 | playlist | genshinverse ryu
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐒: modern au | season of love
#is this an intro… or a drabble…#i got carried away#did i really just isekai myself into the genshinverse?#yes#don’t laugh at me please !!!!#be kind please !!!#i loved the academic rivals to lovers thing i had going on but that backstory belongs to my oc nahla (who i had for haitham before#i decided to self ship with him)#for my s/i i found myself daydreaming about this scenario and it’s probably a bit too ambitious for genshinverse but hey#the power of fiction lets me do whatever i want!#and our dynamics still stays the same ^^ i just changed my lore. i rlly tried to keep this intro as short as possible#but i think there is something so deeply romantic about falling for someone despite there being so many barriers and crossroads#if i wasnt clear enough we meet as students! i can picture him watching me curiously from behind his book when i first enrol at the akademi#he could be pragmatic at first but over time he brings me things that remind me of my home. perhaps books that could comfort me or#asking questions to allow me to talk about it#not knowing whether or not i'll suddenly go *blip* makes every moment so precious#nothing better than finding your beacon of light in an unfamiliar place#*he* fell first *i* fell harder me thinks#because i was never going to open myself to love but did it anyway#anyway who’s even reading this far i should have like a certain emoji for people to comment if they’ve reach this point#maybe 🌎#selfships#selfship moodboard#my selfships#genshin self insert#self insert
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I miss them so bad (Dick and Damian)
#ramblings of a lunatic#dc comics#damian wayne#dick grayson#ITS JUST NOT THE SAME MAN#idk i was reading nightwing must die (again...) bc i was in a funk and saw another post saying how fans exaggerate the closeness btwn them#and on the one hand i get it. there is a very rosy portrayal of their relationship you'll come across in fanon#and they weren't very close at the beginning of their relationship#but man. reading Nightwing must die again was like#YES they fight. damian instigates it and while dick tries to exercise patience he does fight back/lash out on occasion#but despite all that it's still emphasized how important the two are to each other#when dick is forced to picture a future where he's lost his way he pictures damian being the one to bring him back#not necessarily bc damian is his favorite person on the planet but bc he gave damian robin. for a lot of practical reasons-#-but also bc how far damians come is (i think at least based on this arc) a testament to dick that hes doing Something right#both as a hero/person#damian is more than just a burden saddled on him (although there's an element of that in their batman and robin run)#he's also a last remaining connection to bruce when he's gone (remembering where he comes from) AND he's training damian+#-his own way! with a dash of tough love and workaholic spirit inherited but also a lot of patience and focus on being More than the darkness#idc what ppl say nightwing must die makes sense for these two. its a retcon but one that works imo#that dick buried his head in the sand about how much damian meant/the responsibility he had to him bc it was a commitment he was afraid of#and how damian ultimately was a point of maturation for dick even if he went back to being Nightwing#they were SO goddamn close and now they're still close but only in ways that are implied#and their bond is deemphasized in comparison to each others bond w/ say bruce. which i think is a shame#it was a wrinkle! a fun wrinkle that the batfamily had that in some ways dick understood damian better than Bruce-#-even if he didn't feel like he could handle the responsibility of raising him full time#it kills me that bc of the n52 we never got the handover of the batman mantle (and damian) from dick to bruce#next nightwing writer...include a flashback to that moment AND have damian appear in the book in present....AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!#anyway. dick is damians brother but also damian a little bit imprinted on him like a baby duck and its rubbed off on dick#they're partners they're mentor mentee but most importantly they were batman and robin. and they were the greatest#NOT bc it was all peaches and roses but bc they cared for each other exponentially despite all that
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hi sorry yall really havent been able to escape these guys huh??? ;u; i saw a cute yume october prompt list and i knew i wanted to try some of them! the day 1 prompt is ‘first meeting’!
primotalii broke into the blueberry yogurt academy’s library in the middle of the night just to……. read…? okay man.
#primotalii infodump time#YES!!!!! GOD YES I KNOW YOU ALL WERE WAITING FOR THIS /j#he didn’t have a formal education so he tries to learn stuff on his own…he likes books with pictures bc he had to teach himself how to read#shadow milk (before corruption) helped him Properly Learn after it came up in convo like. 3 weeks in knowing eachother. they hung out with#eachother in the library sm and they were both doing their own ‘studies’ AND ALL THAT TIME PRIMO COULDNT FUCKING READ?????????#LIKE WHAT. WAS HE DOING. ?????? (trying his best 😭)#primo in general has a very unbreakable spirit like he’s not one to give up on things! which is why he never mentioned it to SMC#i love him sm he’s so silly#he lits grew up in the woods like he doesn’t care for social standards at all. he just does what he wants! which is why he broke into the#library in the first place bc he didn’t KNOW the library is an open access place in the daytime#okay i’m done i prommy#shadow milk cookie#oc: primotalii#oc x canon#cookie run kingdom#crk fanart#mystuff#HOOLY SHIT MR YAPS A LOT#sbksdkfbf sowwy i’m at a hall party rn and i’m a biiiiit bored#OKAY OKAY BYYEEEEE LOVE YALL!!!!!#shadowtalii#blueberry milk cookie
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I am unreasonably upset about the fact that I've been forced to accept that Gabriel was a Gerald.
For context, in An Inspector Calls, Gerald Croft is engaged to Sheila Birling when he meets a homeless, struggling Eva Smith in a bar, and essentially in return for a home and money he shows her affection (ahem), then gets rid of her once he no longer has a use for her. Now, obviously this isn't a direct translation, but the essentials are - a Gerald is a character who uses another character, in return for something they need, usually masking the fact that they're using them with affection and love.
And against my will I've had to accept that this is exactly what Gabriel does to Nathalie.
Did I want to think he had potential to be better? Did I think he genuinely cared for Nathalie?? Hell, did I just really really want somebody to care about Nathalie???
Probably all of the above but the point is: he's Gerald. And I cannot - I literally can't unsee it now. Their whole dynamic in S3 is like “oh boohoo I'm sorry I wish you didn't have to use the peacock Miraculous and kill yourself over it but uh I need to use your powers” “yeah no that's fine I'm all good”. Which, given the "Gerald" theorem, I'm assuming leads to the fact that what Nathalie needed, above all, was someone to care about her - and Gabriel came along, as Sheila Birling puts it, "like a fairytale prince", and was so caring and gentle and... Yeah. She fell for him. And. Yeah he genuinely did seem to care like twice. But so did Gerald. Gerald actually admits that he did care for Eva, just not the way that she cared for him, and, uh, not enough to not just dispose of her. So he discards her anyway when she stops being useful.
Leading me neatly to my point.
He starts using the peacock Miraculous the second it's fixed, the slimy bastard, HOWEVER. It runs way deeper than that. Assuming I'm right (which I almost DEFINITELY am), then Gabriel only needed Nathalie while she was useful. She didn't stop being useful in season three - she's still scheming for him, helping him with plan after plan. It's only partway through season 5 that she officially servers ties with him, and starts to actively hinder him.
Nathalie stops being useful when she fails as Safari. And I reckon that's when Gabriel and Tomoe decided she had to go.
(It's painfully, I-was-ugly-crying-over-it obvious in Conformation that Gabriel is fully prepared to let Nathalie die - in the original storyboard, her alliance was encouraging her to sleep, and he's very obviously prepared for this moment - I've made a separate post about it that I'll link if I can find it. However, onto the next bit)
With all of this, there's one thing that sticks out to me - Nathalie didn't see any of it until it was already too late. There could be many reasons for this. But you know who would have seen through it? Whose parents were all loving and perfect until she married the wrong man? Emilie. Emilie, who left behind those videos, which on the surface look innocent, but when you look deeper look like a (love confession???????) AHEM a warning. I reckon Emilie noticed what was going on and realised that Nathalie wouldn't see through Gabriel, so she left those videos addressed to Nathalie (not Gabriel, which surely they should have been - they were about him, after all - unless they were there...) as a warning. I don't think the videos were supposed to be about helping Gabriel, I think Emilie was warning Nathalie to get the fuck out of that house, and to take Adrien with her. Because Emilie knew it'd end like this.
Yes I'm still mad ok give me a break.
#Not a direct translation obviously#(although I hate the fact that my brain has AUTOMATICALLY made the links between the peacock Miraculous and Emilie and... yeah#as in#it fits better than it should as an allegory)#Anyway yeah my mad evening ramblings™#This began as an angry rant and became a theory#But yeah it's so so obvious I've said it before but it's SO glaringly obvious that Nathalie is desperate for any kind of affection#“girl what were YOU doing at the devil's sacrement -” I am also desperate for affection!!!! Shut up I'm talking!!!!!#It's really really obvious like I'd guess#(given that she seems to live with the Agrestes and has a... past certainly)#there's no family in the picture#And yeah so I'm tired now if you have questions ask them I'll elaborate#Just remember that I'm so fucking obsessed with An Inspector Calls that it's genuinely a plot point in one of my books#So the comparison makes sense ok???? Let me go to bed#(read found-family fanfic and cry)#miraculous ladybug#miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir#nathalie sancoeur#gabriel agreste#emilie agreste#adrien agreste#miraculous#an inspector calls#gerald croft#Yes I'm tagging this with AIC and Gerald ok I want a bunch of GCSE students to look up the tag and be confused out of their fucking minds#Voilà i guess#Oh yeah there's problems with this bc Emilie tells Nathalie to stop Gabe#but there's nothing saying she didn't then add “oh and if you can't then get the hell outta there babes”#“with OUR little prince” (????? That line is still so confusing what does it MEAN)#Oh ig I should tag this with eminath bc of the last bit
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#one thing i want to say#that i cannot say out loud#so i will whisper it quietly to myself here#every time someone comments on how well my son talks#or how he knows so many words#or how he is a chatter box#and how it’s so surprising for his age#I always say oh yeah he just really likes to read#but what i want to say is that#i did this#i sat down with him when he didn’t know what a book was and read to him#and we went through picture books and i pointed out pictures to him and said the words slowly#and i read him little stories off my phone when he was basically a potato and didn’t understand a thing i was saying#and i got down at eye level and showed him what shape my mouth is when i say certain words#and i repeated myself a billion times#and it’s now to the point where we read at least 4 books a night#and he has his favorites and he picks them out every night to be read to him#and I’ve spent many many nights reading one book over and over again 12 times in a row#I’m extremely proud of him but I’m extremely proud of myself because I didn’t have to do any of that#but I knew it would help him in the long run#and seeing him so chatty and excited to read means the fucking world to me#so yes#he is smart and likes reading because I fucking did this.#and the people in my life I feel forget that he is the way he is now because of my impact on him#and they don’t say it to me ever so I’ll say it to myself#I’m doing a really fucking great job with my kid
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An eclectic little birthday haul (sponsored by my mom <3)
#bec posts#from Instagram#books#booklr#bookblr#book haul#book photography#Cahokia jazz#being heroes being villains#catelyn Winona#the bone harp#Victoria Goddard#braiding sweetgrass#84 charing cross road#Cahokia jazz is possibly my fave book I’ve read so far this year#yes it’s damaged I borrowed it long enough for pictures but it’s getting replaced#Catelyn is on tumblr as caffeine-witchcraft and you’ve absolutely read some of her contributions to the tumblr folklore genre#Victoria!!! I still have to read this and am excited to read something non-nine worlds#I had no idea until I unwrapped it if I was going to get the special oops-no spine title edition or not lol#I need to reread braiding sweetgrass and wanted a copy#you have NO idea how long I spent trying to figure out what edition of 84 charing cross I wanted lmao#I wanted one with a picture of the bookshop on the cover but I also wanted Duchess of Bloomsbury street and could cannot find a matching se#eventually figured out there’s some copies that stealthily have BOTH but don’t say so lol sob#did some sleuthing and settled on this one#book photo
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i was rereading my curation project from my museology class and now i kind of want to do a tumblr poll tournament for classic australian childrens picture books but idk if thats too niche :( i just want wombat stew sweep :(
#ceci says stuff#id also prefer to do it with someone who lives in australia#like yes these were the books i read when i was a kid but like theres some i never encountered until later in life#and kids living in australia would have a different relationship to the books#i just really love the drawings and my mum would also do the little voices and shit and idk. i just have a fondness for them !#they just hit in a way US picture books did not
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this post has been interrupted by a shepherd's crook coming out and yanking me away from the keyboard
#claws back on stage i'll just say#yes! I support multiple interpretations and that is often the goal of the writing and I LOVE SEEING THEM!!#i read LOTS of different takes on characters and love them but also#there is something called reading comprehension and about 50% of people TRYING TO MAKE LORE PREDICTIONS#DO NOT HAVE READING COMPREHENSION#and i think a HUUUUUUGE PART OF IT is that they have not played other video games and do not read other books#if you don't consume stories as an artform - or understand the medium - you are missing out on a huge component#you can't answer “what are the writers trying to do” “how is that thematically consistent with the story so far”#especially if you do not!!! make an effort!!! to actually catch up on the lore you're trying to make red strings with!#you're missing half the picture#and so i roll my eyes and let the shepherd's crook take me away#fandom critical#if you think this is about you? no it's not#i have spent my entire day on twitter and youtube
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge
October 15, 2023 - Black Books
#jompbpc#black books#am I late? yes#is this out of sequence? also yes#book stack#eotv#the starless sea#the ten thousand doors of january#king of scars#the golden enclaves#dracula#the picture of dorian gray#booklr#mypics#books#bookblr#read#books and plants
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It seems that lanky Leroux Erik and Gerard’s Greek God figure Erik are the most popular ones used in fan content.
But I would like to open your mind to the thickness of Musical Erik. Not skinny, not shredded. But He’s a big, strong boy. Got nice broad shoulders. He’s a teddy bear. He knows how to cook a hearty meal. He gives great hugs.
#poto#phantom of the opera#erik/christine#erik x christine#christine x erik#Christine cuddles into his big chest and likes to rub his tummy#Ramin is my favorite Phantom interpretation#but I imagine the Phantom in my head to be rather husky#yes that picture of Killian Donnelly as the Phantom reading a book has me weak in the knees#also big chest… big cock#Christine’s gonna have a good time
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I need book recs ;-; brain needs noise to make art
Books i like:
- fiction stuffs like becky chambers wayfinder series, murderbot diaries, house in the cerulean sea, remarkably bright creatures , hunters unlucky
- non fiction science shit like zoologists guide to the galaxy, the blind watchmaker, the selfish gene, mary roach's books
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#yes i tried to read gideon the ninth#i didnt get it u guys im so sorry#book recs#also six of crows#and uhh the brendan sanderson books#i have a hard time picturing the world and understanding the world building#i just dont think my brain is wired for those books idk
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I just finished Equal Rites!! 🥳 and the cinder block that is The Count of Monte Cristo. While I do have books queued up to finish next (Red Side Story & Don Quixote are first), I find my 2024 book list running short... What should I add to it?
feel free to make yr case as to yr choice if u wish, or to state support for multiple! I am nothing if not suggestible...
#The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan/Declan Gunn is on my list too#but I don't have a copy of that yet so I've left it off#also on the list: Le Cid‚ Les Fourberies de Scapin‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ The Three Musketeers#NO-ONE suggest De Cape et de Crocs. why do u think I'm reading < all those for#yes these options are wild. can u tell I've struggled w finishing books since high school#I actually do have facing translations of the Song of Roland & of Beowulf if that sways anyone#Cyrano de Bergerac is also obviously on this list as I haven't read it cover to cover yet (I'm a fanatical extract & passage girlie)#but it's a play not a novel or epic. so I've left it out#poll#books#ceci je l'ai fait#vignettes de ma vie#Les Misérables#Mort#Picnic at Hanging Rock#the Kalevala#Beowulf#the Song of Roland#Skulduggery Pleasant#also u r allowed to reblog this if u wish to invoke propaganda idm#dw anon who told me abt Life. I'm still trying to source that for my watch list#also Edmond. which is apparently called Cyrano My Beloved in English. which is just awful lol
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