#can you forgive her?

[howifeltabouthim]

When I saw him the other night he was just as handsome as ever;—the same look, half wild and half tame, like an animal you cannot catch, but which you think would love you so if you could catch him.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

#elusive #handsome #out of reach #description #figurative language #the thrill of the chase #romance novel hero #romance novel tropes #burgo fitzgerald #reunited #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #classics #wild #anthony trollope #can you forgive her?

[supervettesixpack]

* average finally posts about pet shop boys again?!???!??!!!

* real!!!!

#pet shop boys #can you forgive her? #go west #art #fanart #silly activities #digital art #neil tennant #chris lowe

[the-final-sentence]

But as they have all forgiven her, including even Lady Midlothian herself, I hope that they who have followed her story to its close will not be less generous.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

#lit #prose #submission #Can You Forgive Her? #Anthony Trollope

[dsmsw]

Seeing this image recently made me think…

…whenever I see Elf on the Shelf…my brain immediately takes me to a place of wanting to harm it….

…with Krampus in the K(c)orner, I feel like it is trying too hard and I would get rid of it quickly (maybe regift it to a Elf on the Shelf fan)….

…but Neil & Chris doing random crap in my house…I could get behind that.

#pet shop boys #neil tennant #chris lowe #can you forgive her? #new holiday tradition? #I already have too many ideas for what they might do

[tubbytarchia]

Pearl and Cleo as requested via commission (Thank you so much!)

+ a little bonus

#pearlescentmoon #zombiecleo #trafficblr #not intended to be shippy but view as you wish(?)!! #This moment tugged so much at my heartstrings but like. so does Pearl in general in Double Life poor gal #and then Cleo burnt her bridge house down with intent to kill her dog but its okay we forgive Cleo because. It's Cleo. They can do that #my hands are really good I know. I do just draw blobs in the vague shapes of hands and I dont realize it until I've already finished it #commission #tubby art

[babydarkstar]

i just. i just…FUCK. i just really want harrowhark to go sicko mode when she realizes john has the power to resurrect whoever he wants he just chooses not to and even after learning about his own blood daughter he still doesn’t resurrect her he just makes her a construct. i would be alecto-levels of grief-stricken-enraged if my childhood nemesis/guard dog/whipping girl/codependent lesbian situationship that i lobotomized over/suicide-pact soulmate/only friend was suddenly here but not here haunting her own dead body and the only reason she’s present is because she was made into a fascist killing machine for a man with a power kink, and she’s not even happy about it but she’s going through the motions because all she knows of love is to be useful. (forever your sword.) and if i was harrow and i died and then came back to myself after switching bodies with the human cage holding the earth’s soul and realized all of this, i think i too would be accompanying the earth’s soul on her shoulder to go kill a man with eclipse-eyes and criminal levels of nonchalance. y’know. the one who guarded g1deon but not me, lord. the one who was so sure i had never seen that which lies insensate and with stilled mind, lord, who did not realize i was a lock and there was a key in the shape of a girl, lord. the one who looked me dead in the eye and told me i could never have my cavalier back, lord. the cavalier who came back haunted and empty and incomplete by your hand, lord.

i’m so team ‘harrowhark saves gideon for real this time not because she wants her cav but because she wants her other half’ i might lose my mind about it

#the locked tomb #griddlehark #im going crazy if im being honest #like sorry if this doesnt make sense im losing my mind #also i think so much about kiriona’s jealousy when alecto swears her fealty to harrow #and so many people talk about how theres a chance harrow chooses alecto over kiri/gideon #and yeah. she probably will choose alecto. but not as a supplement to gideon #bc once harrow realized the price to pay she never wanted it to happen to gideon #which is why she was so so upset she literally threw up every day for like a month about it #and lobotomized to stop the soul-bleed from being finalized. #she couldnt swallow one more soul as sacrifice for her own life #let alone gideon?????? she said it all in the pool scene ok. and then the iron fence scene #‘i can’t conceive of a universe without you’ #something something abt making gideons life miserable bc she wished she was dead #and would mever forgive herself for it #etc etc etc #ultimately i think harrow wants gideon. not as a cav or a servant. just as herself #one can dream

[itsdefinitely]

um mmm umm umm c can you maybe possibly perhaps draw grace/steph/ruth . like as a ship ,,. ..

"ruth has two hands for a reason!" -ruth, probably

#id in alt text #grace chasity #stephanie lauter #ruth fleming #nerdy prudes must die #hatchetfield #today i learned that grace's last name is chasity and not chastity and all the references to chastity are technically puns #i genuinely thought her name was chastity #and just accepted that #anyway. i realize now that this is the second time i've been asked to draw a ship and i just drew them holding hands #forgive me i swear i can draw them in other ways #but boy jerry and girl jeri are getting to me. hand holding is as far as they get before they start to be SINFUL #sorry for making that about the jeri/rys but you know. #actually im NOT sorry this is a jeri/ry post now

[winterprince601]

love it when characters come back from the dead. it's just the piece of media admitting it can't do without them. trapped in the narrative? baby, the narrative's trapped in here with ME.

#jon snow #presumably #because we all talk about him like he's just in the next room #wei wuxian #obviously #shen qingqiu #clearly #you know what? #catelyn stark #lady stoneheart #also - grrm really said you can pry her from her cold dead hands #meta #shitpost #asoiaf meta #i hope that's a forgivable tag i swear i was thinking largely of jon #sherlock #gandalf #etc.

[loveourfuture-c]

“I’m quite serious that color rather suits you”

“You are not a spinster”

He was trying to FLIRT with her!!!!!! I’m going to be sick.

#Colin 😭 #he was clueless #all he knew was that he missed her #can may 16th be now please #bridgerton #polin #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #how could you be mad at him!! no wonder she forgives him immediately #sorry watched that clip again and lost #my mind

[navree]

"that you could be so cruel" ok correct me if i'm wrong but does penelope featherington not run a gossip rag that exist solely to publish unsubstantiated rumors about women she doesn't like for various reasons that have profoundly negative repercussions on those women (didn't the publication of marina's pregnancy lead to marina almost dying in her quest to terminate said pregnancy??????) and has in fact used that same rag to put not just colin's entire family but also specifically colin's sister, her best friend, through a significant amount of grief and strife that came as a direct result of that rag?

but colin's the cruel one? because she happened to eavesdrop on a conversation where he said he doesn't wanna date her? that's cruelty but all the other stuff isn't?

#personal #bridgerton #anti penelope featherington #i'm gonna be honest i skim the absolute fuck out of this show whenever i force myself to watch it #but from what i remember that is literally what penelope does as lady whistledown #but yeah sure a guy who'd never shown any interest in her continuing to not show interest is the worst thing ever done to a human woman #like girl fix yourself!!! #it's you you're the problem! #(also typing that just led me to a horrible realization that at some low point for penelope in the show) #(we're gonna get a vitamin string quartet cover of antihero by taylor swift) #anyway eloise should be allowed to slap girlie across the face once an episode until she begs forgiveness #i'm only interested in that and if jonathan bailey's character has more sad scenes i can use in gifsets about louis philippe of france

[treasureplcnet]

btw i love revenge stories i dont think anyone should ever move on peacefully. a bit obsessed with the way weissman went to the synagogue and rabbi and asks, "my choices killed a child. would god take mercy on someone like me?" and the rabbi says "it's not god's mercy you should look for. its the child's" and like you think that would spur this man into charitable activities and to maybe look out for orphans but instead he goes on a 24 hour revenge bender that ultimately ends in two revenge killings and his own death. what's better than righteous anger and wrath and love twisting someone into the worst but also a truer version of themselves <3

#like im not even reaching here. (sort of am. whatever) #rabbi goldstein essentially goes 'think of esther. you need to be a man she would take mercy on. be someone she can forgive' #and it takes all of 10 minutes for karl weissman to decide yeah ok what i need is double homicide #do i think esther would have wanted revenge in her name. dunno. maybe. #she is 11 and very much the victim of this story. maybe she would have wanted karl to just live. kids are cruel and kind in that way #but to be fair this is esther 'fuck with me and you'll hang like a dog' jankovsky #so im willing to believe she was rooting for him #also the immediate choice to make elias suffer by shooting his leg (? maybe arm) before actually killing him #i dont know. the deliberate cruelty right after he visits the synagogue. an act of defiance. giving himself up after its done. it gets me #i love . I LOVE REVENGE :) GREATEST PLOT POINT EVER!!!!!!!! #sorry everyone about the bodies thoughts. i have no idea how long this is going to last #bodies netflix #karl weissman

[howifeltabouthim]

Come to me . . . and comfort me. Come to me, for I want you sorely.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

#sexy #comfort #i need you #i want you #solace #fanfic inspo #romance novel inspo #beseeching #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #dialogue #anthony trollope #classics #can you forgive her?

[demonzoro]

i love thinking abt reiju and sanji in parallel to each other in their fucked up sibling dynamic. i always write the tension between sanji's humanity/monstrosity as intrinsic extremes in HIM that he's capable of simultaneously. but for reiju it's like. the monstrosity is the only intrinsic extreme she has. her understanding of humanity takes the form of her little brother. her understanding of humanity is forever tied up in her understanding of her brother. do you get how fucked up that is. she's incapable of knowing what's morally right unless it's directly related to sanji/communicated to her through sanji's wellbeing in some way. she doesn't free sanji bc it's morally the right thing to do - she frees him because sanji is miserable. can you imagine being capable of having the lightbulb moment of 'This Is Wrong' only in relation to the subject that you're perpetuating a cycle of violence towards. you free him from that and you'll never have a point of reference to what's right ever again. and doing so is the right thing to do. what the FUCK. she was like twelve years old btw

#REIJU. YOU ARE SO. #i think it's a reiju kind of night #pacing around this room thinking abt reiju (and sanji) #it's like you can't analyse her character without sanji #but it wld be most satisfying for her chara to exist without him #for BOTH their charas imo. #like she can never really apologise to him in a way that matters #bc i think she wld still do it all again. she wld look out for herself #and in turn i don't think sanji has any obligation to forgive her #but is the only one in the world who understands why she's do it again #SIBLINGS. #✨ #vinsmoke reiju #sanji

[masonjarcollector]

Not to be melodramatic but "you've got to get better, you're all that I've got"/"I've got to get better, I'm all that I've got" might be one of the most beautifully raw and heartwrenching lyrics I've ever heard sung before. Like. Shoot, man. I really am all that I've got.

#no joke this is motivating me to get some self care #And some past self forgiveness #no matter what I want or what I wish would have happen I'm all that I've got. And I have to get better. For myself. #Also can I just say Caiden vibes #Like her Bad Day episode/chapter #(and Dmitri vibes but for a spoiler-y reason) #But yeah this is so THC-core you have not even a clue #(I'm rambling about my original stuff by the way pay no mind) #I'm just super emotional about TMM #Imagining a TMM themed tattoo and it'll either be about Inertia or Maybe Man or 2085 #AJR #The Maybe Man #TMM #aaaaaa! #trying to think of other songs that made me this emotional but head is empty only full of 2085

[arson-09]

tonights acotar thoughts are with the Illyrian women and how rhysand has utterly failed them despite his supposed efforts

Hes ‘allowed’ them to become warriors if they wish. But thats not even the bare minimum. from my memory he acknowledges that he doesnt enforce the wing clipping laws (smooth move) so that’s basically useless and as to be expected of a man, he misses the point of feminism and equality laws. WHERE are the laws and protections for women in marriages?? if the illyrian are so ‘brutal’ and ‘backwards’ the assumption can be made that divorce isn’t a thing unless the man requests it. No women requested divorces and probably no such thing as no fault divorces. As well as forced marriages (which also brings up the consent age) Adding on, what about abortions and other pre natal and natal laws and protections? again, assuming women arent allowed to have abortions or simply any bodily autonomy, where are those decrees rhysand? Im not even getting into the potential of LGBTQ+ illyrians and their rights (Logically there are LGBTQ+ illyrians but ofc sjm wouldn’t mention them)

He makes such a fuss about it being a womans choice (a hypocrite as we see in acosf) yet unless a woman is able too or wants to fight he doesnt seem to care. Which is also a major flaw of sjms writing, women only gain their independence if they can kick ass and fuck as they want. Which is of course valid but thats a very shallow way to view feminism and equality. The whole point is that a woman can choose, wether its to be a warrior or a stay at home mother, but theres nothing done for those women who want that lifestyle.

This has influenced me in my fic writing a lot to where a this topic has become a major focal point in my fic somewhat by accident. I think that logically there would be a rebellion from mostly illyrian women against rhysand, hes promised them so much yet has delivered so little.

#acotar #a court of thorns and roses #anti rhysand #anti night court #anti inner circle #im not anti feyre but im disappointed in her character #sjm #sjm critical #an acotar thought exercise if you will #In my fic i have it planned that a prominent female illyrian revolts against rhysand lol #She along with her mates (yes mates) leads a large group of illyrian men women and lgbtq+ out to the spring court with tams help #Shes such a fun character to develop along with her mates and if i can work with my adhd i will hopefully be able to write about them in my #fic i ran out of characters fuck you tumblr let me yap #its late so forgive me for any grammer errors or mistagging #rhysand #this is also a genuine criticism guys i know how yall rhysie fans like to tussel

[allthebestnamesweretaken]

Some noteworthy quotes from the few episodes Josephine had taken over Clarkes body:

“You don’t get it. If Bellamy knows that Clarke is dead then all of this is for nothing. You may as well just kill us all now” - Murphy to Josephine

“The people you care about are in trouble. I guess you just care about her more” - Josephine to Bellamy

“I’m not losing her again” - Bellamy to Octavia

“Clarke I need you” - Bellamy to Clarke

“I’m not letting you go. You’re a fighter, now get up and fight” - Bellamy to Clarke

And I’m supposed to think they’re platonic????

#bellamy x clarke #the 100 #bellarke #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #enemies to lovers #platonic my ass #JRoth I will never forgive you #still not over the fact they didn’t kiss after he saved her #can we take a second and acknowledge how Bellamy looked in this episode #you could see the pain in his eyes man #HE LOVES HER #SHE LOVES HIM #THEY LOVE EACH OTHER GUYS #he was literally willing to kill everyone in that compound to avenge her #also Octavia had the same smile when they hugged that she did with their hug from season 2 #omg now I’m thinking about the hug from season 2 #they mean so much to me