Carmen Maria Machado, from "Meat Eater No. 5" [ID'd]
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it's interesting that the word "shining" is used in utena and akio's conversation about childhood, in contrast to utena and anthy's "someday, together, we'll shine" being linked to their promise to have tea together in ten years, when they're both adults. they understand what he doesn't -- that the future can be better and brighter than the past. life doesn't only get worse as time goes on, and neither do people, because growing up is part of growing as a person. it's especially interesting considering that akio is literally just wrong here. stars actually become brighter as they age, not dimmer.
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Take it easy!
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i don't like the term "mating crisis", i prefer "spinster epidemic"
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craziest rollercoaster of emotions in just 12 minutes 😀
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It’s so fascinating to know that this is the version where Jean lived because you can see the parts where his life could have ended in his flashbacks and in the current narrative. Like if Abby left the pills, if Jean made it back to Evermore, if Wymack didn’t threaten Tetsuji to back off, and so on. Nora is really dragging this boy forward to a happy ending
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Wisława Szymborska, “Children of Our Age”, View with a Grain of Sand (trans. Stanisław Barańczak & Clare Cavanagh)
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not a fan of when people claim that akio and anthy don't "really" love each other. like idk man have you considered that love and abuse are not mutually exclusive polar opposites and that this may be a pretty significant part of the show's themes. you can abuse someone because you love them, and you can love someone despite their abuse. this in fact happens often. would be nice if it was as simple as "bad people don't feel love because love is inherently good" like some people make it out to be but it's not
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