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Shh......

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I don't what to leave this world without knowing love fully. You are loved. Fully.

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Sometimes it doesn't matter if the author intended for the blue curtains to have meaning. Sometimes the author grew up in a society where colours have learned associations and subconsciously applied those associations in the text. Sometimes a reader who grew up in the same society or who has studied a certain society is able to pick up upon those associations and it inhances the story. Sometimes recognising the associations that can be made (consciously or subconsciously) within a text will reveal a hidden layer of real world context about the author. Sometimes the curtains are just blue and sometimes the reason an author has chosen to use a goblin race as its evil doers is rooted in antisemitism. Do you see what I'm saying?

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Anne Carson, from “The Glass Essay”, Glass, Irony, and God

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Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

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"Angels in America:" Final denouement.

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The Farewell (2019)

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interpretation of a story

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yeah? yeah

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The Third Part of Night (Andrzej Żuławski, 1971)

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i love when academics are like this

from the translator's introduction in my copy of antigone... she's his blorbo.... <3

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nothing gives me more peace than knowing that love will come back to me in many ways and different forms. i may have no idea what the future holds for me but at least there will be love. & a lot of it

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Kaveh Akbar, from “Thirstiness is not Equal Division”, Calling a Wolf a Wolf 

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The train is coming. Naebo station, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Feb 2023

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The fact that the “Yoo Joonghyuk from the 0th turn was willing to go through 1864 regressions solely to see Kim Dokja again” notion is so popular kinda irks me because of how it 1) strips YJH of any nuance in his character by reducing him to a pining lovesick man 2) kinda disregards an arguably more heartfelt reading of the scene

To clarify, I’m not gonna argue that YJH did not consider KDJ in his decision to regress, he evidently did, but it drives me nuts when people act like that’s the only reason why YJH regressed.

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kdj and his sword being the unbroken faith has so much meaning and symbolism and says a lot about him

kdj is a selfish, self-loathing and exhuasted man who lived day to day in a world that has long since been ruined and even simply surviving was an arduous task. everyday, he slaved away at a corporation that was corrupted with nepotism and workplace harrassment. he was easily deemed lesser and disposible by a capitslist society who doesn't care that not everyone is equal because it wasn't profitable and that their souls are broken more and more by this money centric life. friendless, loveless and having practically no family, his only reason for living the last 13 years of his life was a free webnovel.

and yet despite all of this, kdj is so wondrously idealistic. he was, after all, a dreamer.

when the scenarios began, his world didnt change much. it was still a scummy capitalist system that only cared about lives as long as it was profitable and thereby worth something. now it was just faster in disposing of those it deemed useless or invalids. never caring for the intrinsic value a story or human life held. no, not much changed when the scenarios began. but what did change was that he found people and found a way to finally communicate with them.

kdj, the only reader of the story and knowing fully well how bad and difficult and downright awful things will be, still said he wanted to see the end of the scenarios. kdj still said, i will reach there with no sacrifices. i will reach there with all my companions.

kdj picked up his blade, the unwavering faith, and pointed it at enemies, at constellations, at the star stream, at companions and at yoo joonghyuk.

he swung his sword against them all, and it said, "i will reach the end of the scenarios with my companions."

he used his unbroken faith against yjh and as their swords clashed, his said, "i will reach the end of the scenarios with you."

because despite having little love for himself, kdj had this indomitable will and faith in his companions. an almost religious, unbelievable, and unwavering amount of faith. the blade in hands sings, "i believe in you."