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It really is striking, the difference between book 1 and book 4 of earthsea; in many ways - the tone, the shape of the plot and how she tells the story, the language & turn of phrase, pacing etc - but the most glaring difference is how the women are written. It shows that decades passed between them. Book 1 women range from nice-stupid to malicious-stupid with the occasional evil-smart (but not too smart) and the story treats this as a sorta universal fact not worth discussing except in passing, to establish some worldbuilding ("witch magic is weak and evil and only men can be true enlightened wizards"). By book 4, most of the important characters are women, and - something I've found very rarely in cases of authors trying to fix past misogyny - it doesn't retroactively contradict the world established in book 1 ("ooh actually their society isn't that misogynistic there's plenty of women who can do xyz or be xyz it just wasn't relevant before~"), but explains *why* the generally accepted ideas of women are what they are, and you see that book 1 was the way it was because it was told entirely from the perspective of men. I just find it really neat how honest le Guin was about her past internalized misogyny and how she didn't try to fix it by denying it and doing a 180 in her storytelling, but wove her experience and her realizations into the world through characters who end up asking the same question she was - "why do I, a woman, always put men in the center?". She says all this much better than me in her essay ("earthsea revisioned") which is worth reading even if you haven't read the books btw

#earthsea #hear hear

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by Samuel Millan Jimenez

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My favorite Tolkien illustrations by Cor Blok in no particular order:

Bilbo and Gollum. Bilbo is the moon for some reason which is cool i guess

Smeagol and Deagol. I love the seaweed in the background, great attention to detail

Frodo serving Robin Hood-realness at his and Bilbo’s birthday party. Literally iconic

Isildur taking the ring from Sauron. Its great but I would like to see more of Sauron than just his hand, because I think he has the potential to look really cool

Pippin jumping into the bath at Crickhollow… no comment

Bilbo gives the Mithril coat to Frodo. Great poses, very stiff and awkward. I like it.

The fellowship. This one is a classic.

Gandalf and the balrog. Amazing

Boromir trying to take the ring from Frodo. I love the way he reaches for his sword, it looks very natural

Merry and Pippin and Treebeard. I like his legs and the fact that it looks like he’s wearing shorts.

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Thüringen, Germany by Gerard Kingma

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Baymax, protector of the •_•

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Something quick and fun.

I loved their parts of the movie so much :')

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Río Lasifashaj, Argentina by Deensel

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It's that time of the year again! Remember to leave out bread and absinthe for Victor Hugo and he will leave you 50 pages on a subject that is off-topic but that he is vaguely interested in. Be safe out there!

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Autumn vs. Spring by Damien Cyfka

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Happy Halloween to all the little wyrmlings!! I’m in university now so there’s been a loooong wait for the next comic, but here it is!

Patreon | Redbubble | Webtoon

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Water regularly 💦🎃🌕

Moonlit Conservatory, the fourth prompt for Drawtober!

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"Lichen Forest" Recently finished oil painting, 9x12" I love how surreal lichen are closeup :) Available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1594144513/lichen-forest-original-oil-painting-9x12

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Spooky spirits and a pair of ferrets. 

Print Available

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Good morning! Some lovely artwork from the official Studio Ghibli account over on Twitter, celebrating the re-broadcast of 1979's The Castle of Cagliostro on NTV in Japan. These pieces are by Takeshi Honda, Toshiyuki Inoue, and Akihiko Yamashita.

🔗 https://twitter.com/JP_GHIBLI/status/1654259611451416577

(Thanks @danielzelter)!

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