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I do find it fascinating that Northanger Abbey is Austen’s book that is most about other books (which is probably why I love it, honestly), and her hero is someone who LOVES words and loves interpreting them.

Henry Tilney goes on pendantic rants on the meaning of words, he manages to clear up a misunderstanding about words (and books) between Eleanor and Catherine, he makes a lot of observations on the different genres of writing that appear in the book (gothic novels and letters come to mind). He’s also a hero who by profession puts words together every week that everyone in his immediate surroundings has to hear— and someone professionally trained in the art of interpretation of very specific words in specific books.

I love the cleverness of having a hero trained in the interpretation of books then read as metaphor with heroine who has to learn how exactly to interpret gothic novels (as exaggerations and metaphors for commonplace problems) in order to mature.

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Eurasian siskin/grönsiska. Värmland, Sweden (April 27, 2024).

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CIARÁN HINDS in In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)

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Roe deer/rådjur. Värmland, Sweden (April 18, 2021).

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Mountain hare/skogshare. Värmland, Sweden (April 18, 2021).

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Beautiful scene in Scotland. Ca. 1920s. Source.

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love shakespeare. did a hamlet run tonight, looked someone dead in the eye to say “am i a coward?” during a speech and the fucker shrugged and nodded

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small details/ things I ADORE in much ado about nothing, more specifically about beatrice and benedick because im insane abt them:

Beatrice and benedicks first interaction being basically her telling him to shut up

Beatrice telling benedick it's a great happiness to women that benedick won't love anyone cuz women won't have to deal with him as a husband 😭 I also like the irony in this considering that she's the one who marries him

benedick telling Don pedro not to talk about beatrice despite him being the one who went on a massive rant about her and then proceeds to talk about her more

also the fact that in that speech he says 'I would not marry her' but the conversation had nothing to do with marriage like I think ur the only one thinking of marrying her buddy

the way that act 2 scene 3 starts with benedick saying that he will never change his mind about hating love and then 5 minutes when he thinks beatrice has a crush on him he's like 😍😍😍😍

Beatrice wanting to eat claudio's heart in the market place like yes girl go insane

benedick asking how beatrice is after asking her how her cousin is, I just think it's cute how he cares about her

benedick saying that he loves beatrice against his will cuz like hmmm idk u seemed pretty willing earlier buddy

THE FACT THAT THEIR BACK AND FORTH BANTER DOESN'T STOP!!! like it could've just been that after they confess they're just completely lovey dovey but they continue playfully insulting eachother and I think that's important!!!

like they don't lose their sense of identity because they're in love

how benedick is like after hero and claudio have their reunited moment and benedick is like idgaf about that where is beatrice, they're like two animals at the shelter that say do not separate

also the fact that Beatrice's name means the one who blesses and benedick's means the one who is blessed 😢❤️ she's his blessing that's so cute

the way that benedick was married for a whole 5 seconds and was already like to Don Pedro if ur sad just get a wife they're great

Beatrice just casually denying Don Pedro in marriage that's so slay of her

the cupid imagery used throughout is also so cool to me

claudio is just a worse romeo and that's just funny to me he's just a little bitch

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i am vertical, sylvia plath

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source 

Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Sissinghurst, Weald of Kent, England.

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Mágica niebla by [Paturo]

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— Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

[text ID: Outside it is warm and blue and April.]

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The Walled Garden and Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland.

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