#it’s SUCH a good book and such an interesting subject

[icycoldninja]

Hello! Can you do a dmc boys + V with a rich S/o? Perhaps the boys didn’t know that their s/o was rich when they first started dating but as time went on and the relationship becomes serious the s/o starts to spoil their boyfriends with all kinds of stuff related to the things they like because after the stuff they went through they definitely deserve it.

Aww yes, here you go and enjoy!

Sparda boys + V x Rich!Reader headcannons

¤ Dante ¤

-He was completely oblivious to your wealth (as you did a great job of hiding it) and didn't really give it much thought until one day, when his power went out.

-He groaned, suddenly remembering he had no money to pay the bills, but then, astoundingly, the lights flickered back on.

-Was it a miracle? No, even better, it was you. You had paid his bills and gotten him out of debt with Lady--how?! Then you revealed you were rich, and Dante's mind was blown.

-Even after this stunning revalation, Dante still didn't care. He was very thankful for all your help, but he honestly had no sentiments towards being rich. He still treated you the same.

-The only thing he'll ask you for is for you to buy him some pizza, maybe once every week or so. He's not greedy.

-If you decide to shower him with presents anyway, he'll gladly accept and immediately find a way to make it up to you, be it taking you somewhere nice or...something else. No do not read into that

■ Vergil ■

-Vergil never noticed, and never cared. He is far too MOTIVATED to trifle with mundane things such as wealth.

-But then you presented him with a rare copy of a book that was worth hundreds of dollars, and he had to question, how did you obtain the funds for such a thing?

-Thus, you revealed you were absolutely loaded with cash, and Vergil was, understably shocked.

-After thanking you, he went right back to not caring about wealth because now he has this interesting book to read.

-Still, he appreciates it when you gift him little gifts, regardless of what they may be. You could give him a pebble you found on the side of the road, and he'd still treasure it forever.

-To reward you for your generosity, Vergil will do his best to take good care of you, physically and otherwise.

□ Nero □

-Nero didn't think much of it either, cause he's not shallow, but one day, Nico's van broke down in the middle of the road and was assaulted by demons who ripped up the exterior. Repairs were going to be extremely expensive, but then you stepped in and promised to take care of it all.

-Nero had to wonder, where'd you get the funds for that? You sheepishly revealed your wealth and he just shrugged.

-After thanking you and all that, things proceeded as usual, with you and Nero splitting the bills for everything as you always do.

-Nero never asks for anything, regardless of how expensive it is, but you don't care. You shower him with gifts, love and affection because this sweet boy deserves it.

-You two end up leaving little treats 'n things for each other at a designated "drop off" spot somewhere in your house.

-Your gifts always seem to be well thought out and expertly made, proving that you don't just buy meaningless trinkets to appease him, you get him things that truly have value.

● V ●

-V noticed you always seemed to be impeccably dressed, but didn't dwell on the subject since it wasn't all that important. His current objective was to get to know you further.

-Then, as things progressed between you, he found himself constantly receiving little presents on his doorstep, usually wrapped in shimmering velvet bows. There was no name tag and no writing on it, so he had no idea who was doing this or why.

-One day, Griffon caught you placing a little gift box and, Griffon being Griffon, decided to rat you out.

-V then approached you the next day and expressed his appreciation, which led to a massive confession on both your parts. You explained you just wanted to give him the luxury he deserves, and he was very touched, but insisted you didn't need to do that.

-But of course, you don't listen, and continued to spoil him however possible, even if you have to break in at 3:00 A.M. and leave it on his kitchen table.

-Eventually you had him move in with you, where you can treat him like the lovely princess he is.

#Dmc #Dmc5 #devil may cry 5 #Devil may cry #Dmc dante #Dmc vergil #Dmc v #dmc nero #Dmc5 dante #Dmc5 vergil #Dmc5 Nero #Dmc5 v #Dante x reader #Vergil x reader #Nero x reader #V x reader #devil may cry dante x reader #devil may cry vergil x reader #devil may cry nero x reader #devil may cry v x reader #headcannons #Cute #kinda fluffy #Requested #thanks for requesting #icycoldninja writes

[s0nia246]

Day Dream in Pinkies senses au

Pinkies senses au created by @my-quirk-is-fred

Info on Day Dream

Subject: Day Dream

Interviewer: Twilight Sparkle

Date: [Redacted]

[Begin Log]

Day Dream: Twilight!

Twilight Sparkle: Good evening, Day Dream. How are you doing?

Day Dream: I'm currently feeling a bit disoriented but otherwise okay, I guess....Why do I have to be in here?

Twilight Sparkle: ...It's ah...to help us with checkup. You'll have to be in the containment cell for a while.

Day Dream: Oh... okay.

Twilight Sparkle: Do you wanna talk about what happened to you during your time in the Everfree Forest?

Day Dream: Well, it's all a bit of a blur, to be honest. After I got to my old cave, I remember wandering the forest looking for things to journal, and then... everything just seemed to blend together. I lost track of time, and it felt like I was trapped in some sort of dream world.

Twilight Sparkle: A dream world, you say? Can you elaborate on that?

Day Dream: It's hard to explain. It was like being in a perpetual state of half-consciousness, where everything around me seemed surreal and fantastical. I saw things that couldn't possibly exist in the real world. Everything was made of candy, specifically gummy worms. Maybe my magic was going haywire or something.

Twilight Sparkle: Fascinating. And how did you eventually find your way out of this dream world?

Day Dream: It's hazy, but I remember hearing a voice calling out to me. It sounded familiar, like someone I knew. And then suddenly, I woke up in the forest, disoriented and confused. Then I found Spike, and he told me to come here.

Twilight Sparkle: Do you recall anything else about this voice? Are there any specific details that might help you identify its origin?Day Dream: Uh... It sounded like a lot of people were talking all at once. I heard Princess Celestia, Luna, you....pretty much everyone I know.

Twilight Sparkle: Interesting. It seems like your experience was quite....interesting. We'll need to investigate further to understand what caused it. Tell me if you remember anything else. For now, let's focus on getting you settled back in and ensuring you're feeling alright.

Day Dream: Okay. Also can you get my bag. I wanna read the book I found.Twilight Sparkle: I'll get write after the checkup.

[End Log]

Twilight Sparkle proceeded with the checkup, ensuring Day Dream was physically and magically stable after the peculiar experience in the Everfree Forest. Once everything was confirmed to be in order, Twilight retrieved Day Dream's bag and handed it to her.

"Here's your bag." Twilight placed the bag on the floor right next to Day.

"Thank you, Twilight." Day Dream smiled as she took her bag from her. She reached in and pulled out one of her many journals and a mysterious looking book that had an interesting looking cover.

"Your dinner will be ready soon," Twilight said before walking out of the room. She disappeared into the darkness outside the door before Day Dream could ask any questions.

(I suck at drawing horror XD)

#oc #oc tag #artwork #my ocs #au #pinkies senses au #mlp oc #Mlp #my little pony #my litte pony friendship is magic #My little pony oc #mlp infection au #mlp infected au

[hella1975]

‘oh you have a new interest? thank god you’re being normal about it and not spending all your money-’ SHUT UP. CLASSICS SECTION IN THE CHARITY SHOP DOWN THE ROAD

#okay oresteia was £8 online and i regret nothing #but the fact i was like yesss oresteia let’s go!!! and then blacked out in the classics section and somehow managed to bag the other two #and now i have antigone oedipus electra and the satyr plays…. girl… #£2 EACH FOR THOSE TWO BOOKS BTW!!! and the guy working the bookshop was rlly knowledgeable about it #he was like ‘are you studying or just interested’ that is a VERY SORE SUBJECT BEST FRIEND #but he was so sweet I was like nah im an econ student he was like ‘you will have such broad knowledge now with both!’ #like yea okay 😭 and then he kinda started mansplaining about astronomy of all things for a bit #and another man joined in and I was like i truly cannot tell if youse are talking to me like this bc im young or bc im a girl #but for the sake of a nice interaction im willfully ignoring the second option in favour of the first #<3333 #OH and the copy of the satyr plays is kinda worn which is my fave thing about 2nd hand books like I LOVE when u can tell they’ve been read #and I bought sticky notes bc im planning to fully sit and annotate these as if i actually am studying them #i feel like im at school again but in a good way this is so fun like i remember why I used to enjoy learning #and didn’t feel thick as shit all the time and drained of all joy. lol. lmao even #hella goes to uni

[gaypiratepropaganda]

ok here are the most important ones (to me)

The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Anne Yolen

this is a children's book in verse about Anne Bonny and Mary Read. responsible for my pirate obsession

Bloody Jack by LA Meyer

a young adult series about a girl who disguises herself as a boy, goes to sea, and becomes a pirate. these were the best thing ever invented to kid me but I haven't read them in a while so I don't know if they're actually like, good. I liked the atmosphere and the slightly antiquated way it was written. there are gay bits.

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates: From Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence to the present Time, with the remarkable Actions and Adventures of the two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny

or A General History of the Pyrates by "Captain Charles Johnson"

A good starting point. a lot of our pirate stories come from this book. it claims to be a true historical record, but I have my doubts. still fun though. I think this guy just wrote down every story he heard about pirates. it has illustrations.

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition by B.R. Burg

not super historical but it doesn't really claim to be. basically it's just this guy going. "so... pirates fucked, right? like, there's no way they didn't." and then he's correct. I mainly wanted this book as a teenager because I loved the cover and the title but now it's in my brain forever. look at Blackbeard. look at his gay little pose

Pirate Enlightenment or The Real Libertalia by David Graeber

this is the one I'm reading right now and I love it so far. it's about pirates in Madagascar and the real-life version of the pirate utopia from general history of pyrates (it isn't real but it kind of is but not.) I like the writer, he's written other good things. he's obsessed with the enlightenment for some reason but you can easily ignore that.

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, which is kind of like a magical realism type thing. I think it's kind of what pirates of the Caribbean is based on. this is where I knew Stede Bonnet from

Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb, three books that are part of a fantasy series. these pirates are dicks to each other a lot but they are gay and their ships are alive.

Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey is a queer sort of modern version of Peter Pan. captain hook is in there and he's like a leather guy. not literally pirates, but still.

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach is science fiction with queer pirates, a monkey god, and mushroom houses.

#iumblr #our flag means death #queer #pirate #if you have a library #you can go on their website and look up all the books with the subject “pirates” and read those. #Project Gutenberg is good for old books #and then another weird thing I do is #go to theanarchistarchive.org and search for pirates there #sometimes there are interesting things #ancient texts old articles fun ramblings #if you run out of books the queen anne's revenge archeology website is cool #and the pirate surgeon website #reference

[horse-time-babey]

also i am hoping to buy some G3 I Can Read and Phonics books to share with my neighbor’s kids who i have introduced to G3 and i need abt $20 to do that so if anyone would like to help me help these children read while also receiving a picture of their pony please message me :] you can find examples under the “#my art” tag

#mlp g3 #it’s crazy how my interest in G3 books has gone up since realizing they can benefit from them #but yeah those kids are the light of my life right now and they love playing ponies with me #and i want to be able to utilize that to also help them with their English work bc ela was always my favorite common core subject #they range in ages 4-11 and there are so many good books that will help them #with the G3 characters they now know and love!

[cliveguy]

my queer studies class has a collaborative media list where we put relevant material which means i now have a list that reccomends both tell me im worthless and our flag means death.

#um.txt #i actually never finished tell me im worthless i liked it and its very interesting for a book to be tackling current uk transphobia #but the actual writing was a bit ehhhhhhh so idk. maybe ill pick it back up i was like halfway thru #also it isnt just a queer studies class its like a specific area but i wont say so i dont doxx myself #safe to say. ofmd is like. well i could give a very bad review of it through the lense of this subject lol #someone also put good omens which is also hysterical but at LEAST a little more relevant

[batemanofficial]

hello upper middle class northern usamerican tumblr user. i want to play a game. you will notice that you are in a super america convenience store in rural kentucky - you have three minutes to purchase a snack and drink of your choice and make normal small talk with the cashier. however, if you use the word "cryptid" or generally make reference to appalachia and its inhabitants as "wild", uncivilized, or lacking restraint around alcoholic beverages during your time here, i will personally tie you to the chassis of a four wheeler and tip it into the river. live or die. make your choice

#speak friend and enter #i can appreciate mothman as much as the next guy but can we stop treating appalachia like it's the subject of a richard attenborough doc #i come from a long line of hillbillies and i like to think i've got a good sense of humor about it but sometimes i am tested #like. this is not a lawless land with a moonshine still in every holler and nameless voices in the woods!! this is a normal town!! #idk maybe i'm reading too much into it but i'm just tired of the cultural fetishization of appalachia by people who aren't from here #and who don't know anything about it. like yeah you know mothman and what hooch is and that's all well and good #but do you know what the opioid epidemic really is. do you know about the structural injustices that keep people like mcconnell in power #i'm not saying you have to apply dialectical political analysis to every issue that occurs in the region to be able to have an opinion #but also like. i'm tired of people looking at places like where i grew up and making them into things they aren't #like. on the one hand we have ''ooh spooky hills!! run if you hear the trees whisper your name'' #and on the other we've got ''isn't appalachia so depressing...so hashtag ethel cain core...shame it's got no value beyond aesthetics'' #and on yet another hand we have ''i - a person with no ties to the region - am going to take up the cause of every social issue #occurring across the entire appalachian region so the world will see just how bad these poor hill people have it. i am very smart'' #and like. it's frustrating #i'm not saying you should never speak about appalachia if something we have is interesting to you #nor am i implying that i want to gatekeep discussion of the region's issues to the community bc that won't accomplish anything #i'm just saying that like any place it's complex. it's got its good things and it's got its bad things. #and you shouldn't isolate the good from the bad or vice versa - especially if you don't know the context in which those things happen. #and for the love of god dont let your own ignorance cause you to boil down those issues into a reductive and inaccurate set of stereotypes #learn about us from us. not from tiktok not from movies and for christ's sake not from hillbilly elegy. i hate that fucking book #anyway that got weirdly serious but i mean it. putting appalachia as a talking point up on the shelf until y'all can speak intelligently #ok to rb

[sadrockandwaltzes]

ASPBO Good and Evil Dichotomy

People like A Separate Peace better than Peace Breaks Out, but why is that?

Well here's my two cents. The first book takes place during the war, but before the boys are due to go. They are children holding onto what's left of their childhood before they die in battle or come out changed. Finny is the representation for all that is good and pure in the world; namely childhood purity and innocence. He implicitly trusts everyone and more importantly Gene, who kind of representatives the world. The tragedy in that book is that Gene's purity and the goodness in the world (Finny) is tainted and then destroyed by his own hand. Just as the world and these boys should have been able to live out their lives peacefully and happily, something always comes in and destroys it. Usually as a side effect of something else, like greed. Gene was so caught up in jealousy and his problems that he unknowingly destroyed what he thought was an indestructible force. He took Finny for granted and didn't realize the harm he was capable of until it was too late. The novel ends with Finny telling Gene that he forgives him and Gene forgiving himself; similar to the story of Pandora's Box where even after all the demons, there is still hope. He may have destroyed the peace, but that doesn't mean he took all the Finny out of the world.

ON THE OTHER SIDE Peace Breaks out starts from the point of view of one of those boys who went to war and came out changed, but the war is finally over. During the war it was easy to know one's enemy and assume that the war represented all the evil in the world, but then he meets Wexford, a child whose goal is to take control of everyone and cause mayhem. He represents the inherent evil in human beings, and he's so insidious that his maliciousness touches the hearts of all those around him and causes death and destruction, often without lifting a finger. Where Finny who was never given a last name represented childhood innocence, Wexford who only has a last name is the darker mature adult world. Finny possessed the quality of something immortal, while Wexford possesses something that cycles through hosts and places, never truly dying because it will always be reborn. Wexford rejects childhood in every way he can- he dresses in a grey suit (kids wear many colored suits but not gray according to 40s fashion history sites), he drinks alcohol and smokes, he is able to appear older than he is, and often frequents bars. The one thing that he, as hate instead of Finny's love can't understand, is romance and sex. He likes the idea of being in control, and unless all of the power in a relationship was with him, he can't stand the idea of being vulnerable or known by another. Gene was the accidental adult who killed his childhood, but here is a boy who purposely poses as an adult and plots to kill his childhood so that he can complete his transformation into something with all of the power in society. Finny didn't care about that- he was content to share his wins and losses and his entire heart with one person and make that his entire world. But where Finny, who is sunny and innocent is happy as himself, Gene and Wexford (and adulthood as a whole) recognize that there is a gaping hole in them, an unmissable hole. The older they get, the more distant their dreams and the nice illusions about the world fade away, and they're left to walk into the dark, full of trepidation and fear because they are aware that there really are monsters. This bothers Gene though, and he hides into himself not trusting anyone. Wexford instead decides to become the worst monster he can, so that all the other ones will be nothing compared to him. Gene is a follower where Wexford is a leader. (Actually I read a review on here that Wex was like a mix of Gene and Finny. Maybe this is what they meant. Gene saw god in Finny, Wex sees god in himself. He's Gene if Gene was a narcissist with Finny's confidence)Anyway, Pete realizes that evil is everywhere and cannot be killed, so he resigns himself to living in a world of monsters pretty much. So both stories share overlap, but there's plenty that's different. They're both cautionary tales. But one is about recognizing the evil in oneself and the other is about recognizing the evil in the world.

#Spoilers #peace breaks out #a separate peace #Pbo #asp #Finny is the best and Wexford is the worst #I wonder if Knowles really did sit down and go 'today I'm going to write Finny's complete opposite #they're both the subject character that the plot revolves around vs the more reserved main characters #Man though those bar scenes cracked me up #Wex is such a loser. Like ok he's evil and a killer but you can't tell me you didn't laugh #I'm just imagining him as Envy or one of the sins from Fullmetal Alchemist #If Finny was a redhead they'd really be reverse doppelgangers #but instead it just adds to the evil redhead propaganda #sorry Pete but Wexford was easily the most interesting/entertaining character in the book. Loved that guy #Finny was kinda eh #maybe I just like awful characters better than supposedly good ones #GENE MY BOY #Wexford would have ruined his life

[astrxealis]

I ADORE GEN INFORMATION AND HISTORY STUFF SOOO MUCH ... and etc etc etc and and and :(( <3 god i love the plethora of information ik and. etc.

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #hey guys wna know some random facts about the chinese dynasties and types of sharks and stoat fun facts #and the roman empire and everything about greek and roman and egyptian and norse mythology #even a bit of scandinavian mythology and hawaiian myths and philosophers like aristotle and his nicomachean ethics #and edgar allan poe's works as well as lois lowry and neil gaiman and shakespeare oh god shakespeare and the bible and christianity and #world history filipino history american and french and british revolutions and wars and history and the founding of the united states and #IDK OKAY i just reaaally love random information and HISTORY so goddamn much. i am such a nerd. i love being this geek that i am. #mythology in general is probably one of my biggest special interests though. oh my god. #RIGHT WAIT I REALLY LOVE ROCKS AS WELL AND i adore all subjects in school actually and and and. i love knowledge so much. #ASTRONOMYYYYYJRBWJGWSUGDJSBFKSBFK wait okay i'll be normal (lie) for a second again #mythology. it's insane i learned about hawaiian mythology in this minecraft server uhhh for this. yeah. #i miss that tbh! no longer into the fandom/book series for probably aha obvious reasons but it's nostalgic to me still #ANYWAY RIGHT BACK ON TRACK okay egyptian mythology and norse i rmbr i memorized some hieroglyphics and uhh runes? before #god bless rick riordan's books for starting my obsession with different kinds of mythologies tbh #yk one reason why my eyesight probably started sucking more was bcs i read so much of the mythology book by edith hamilton on a road trip #upwards to a norther part of the philippines and good gods it was a bumpy ride! i still remember that moment vividly though #and. i'm tired of typing now. goodbye.

[badolmen]

If you ever leave tags or comments on something I’ve written please know I take a screenshot and save them to remind myself that sharing what is meaningful to me allows others to find meaning in it as well <3

A collection from recent weeks under cut in case anyone’s curious

Edit: More!!!

Edit 2: MOARRRR

#ra speaks #personal #writing motivation #feel good stuff #*blows a kiss* for everyone kind and gentle in this world that can be cruel and harsh but make the choice not to be. #the Mona Lisa is a transmasc vampire story really resonating w the dash tonight. may I interest you in transfem King Arthur? #/j. mostly. #I should write a book of classical characters/art subjects but I write them queer #I got so many ideas guys my transmasc Achilles would slay (his enemies) #anyways I sleep now field work tomorrow :) I’m not tagging and queueing anything in my drafts until tumblr fixes their horrific UI update #which none of you would know bc my queue is still 950+ strong but like. it annoys me.

[mood2you]

JOMPBPC September 4 Frustrating Character

I haven't read this and I'm kind of afraid to try. I have not heard the best things about the characters, only the writing. I like this design of it being copper, you always seen gold. I had a late start today (it's still the weekend, right?) so it was nice to sit down and just arrange this without thinking too hard, I listened to a Jack Edwards video while I worked.

#i was gonna snap another Woman no. 17 pic but I better--oh what a good challenge though! trying to fit one book into different prompts #and always take an interesting picture of the same subject #books #JOMPBPC #the name of the wind

[winter-summer-and-inbetween]

So i don’t remember when it was but there was this one post that got some folks, myself included, very confused about one of the recognized memes/gifs that’s used in reactions

This is the one in question, I think its been seen by most. What the confusing issue was, though, was the fact that she is holding a cupcake instead of a cup/mug

I remember being so confused and going “but!! I *swear* she had a mug” but staring at this “good for her” shows that it is in fact a cupcake

But for anyone who was confused, we aren’t completely incorrect in thinking she had a cup

In this other photoset from the same show, we have the classic “rich person doesnt know the cost of normal things” when thinking a banana costs $10. As you can see: there’s the cup!!! She has it here!

Both recognized images/gifs have her holding something, so I would argue that our brains assumed it was the same thing in each one since they both have the same actress, set location, and the character keeps the nearly exact same look/pose. Looking at both with a glance it makes sense for our minds to simplify what we know and assume to be there, hence thinking “good for her” has a cup.

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk

#reaction memes #good for her #arrested development #explaination #long post #i was subjected to a nearly full day of only watching this show and saw the banana scene #and it all clicked for me #so enjoy a random post out of no where from yours truly #i still feel as though i lost braincells by sitting through 18 episodes back to back #I couldn’t even tune it out to read my book or look at anything on my phone #it was a slow train wreck the entire time with just enough to be interesting to have to look #but god are the characters dumb

[crescentmp3]

ehehe...

#terrible day otherwise for unmentioned reasons but i got to learn italian some more! #my favoritest little book ever i am enjoying it so much. its very fun #personally i hate that i can't simply take the book and feed it into my brain and then i just know. but its alright #some of the words and the irregular verbs' conjugations do mess me up but its alright! im having fun #also i can make simple sentences very easily now! i don't know nearly enough conversational phrases though. #i hope to learn more day-to-day speech once im done with this book and its 500+ pages but for now i think im on a good path #its very fun! the different rules are very fascinating to me even if they get confusing at first #i love that you conjugate verbs according to subject/object i love it. i love the different ways to say ''the'' i love that you can form - #- the same sentence in many ways i love that the general order for sentences can be broken without changing much of anything i love it. #it is very interesting to me #i also really enjoy that there are three different state pronouns go into! #io me mi tu te ti lei le la etc... my bestest friends #''bestest friends''<-they mess me up and force me to think for a second #nonetheless i am having a lot of fun. i wish i had super-speed so i could learn all of this instantly #oh i do have to go back to check vocabularies though... very unfortunate that i can't keep all the words in my head at all times #🌙rambling

[permanentreverie]

6/11/28!! for the asks

6) 3 characters that inspire you: Jo March in Little Women, Anne Shirley in AOGG, Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton

11) 3 books that you would recommend everyone to read: oooh that's a hard one, since I don't truly believe in the 'books to read before you die' since everyone has different tastes, but I'd recommend If You Could See The Sun by Jandy Nelson, The Giver by Louis Lowry, and Animal Farm by George Orwell (special mentions are Pachinko by Min-Jin Lee, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleed Hosseini, and My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell)

28) 3 things you love cooking/baking: chicken soup, stir fry, and cookies <3

3 things asks

#i have SO MANY books id recommend to a lot of people but to EVERYONE?? thats hard cause I know at least someone will #find cault with one of the books i recommend #ill give you the sun is just. beautifully written about love and grief and the sibling bond #the giver i think is an incredible social commentary and really eye-opening #and animal farm i think is an important read in the theme of communism. which I think a lot of people think is good. its NOT. and that book #explains it perfectly #the little prince <3 nothing can go wrong when you read it. happy crying. #pachinko and a thousand splendid suns are just such interesting historical fictions #and my dark vanessa. i WANT people to read it. but I dont want people to misinterpret it. because YES i know the subject matter #but I want to study that book in a book club. I want to dissect it in the way its written and what it tells us and how it portrays its #characters and the trauma and the ptsd and the abuse. its such a brilliant read #but i understand its also a very difficult read and people are not always for that #answered asks #sara tag

[themthistles]

every time i'm reminded of how incredibly irritating and exhausting it is when people view representation as some list of boxes to check off

#saw someone say they won't watch ofmd because 'there are no female characters' #which first of all blatantly untrue #there are plenty of unique and interesting women on the show (jackie mary nana evelyn) #but beyond that are you seriously not even giving it a chance JUST for that reason #like plenty of people talked about how diverse media is often subjected to more scrutiny somehow #but really if you see a tv show with all black cast and no main queer characters and you say then i won't watch how is that helping anyone #if you see a book with several prominent trans characters but none of them nonbinary and you say well then it's not good enough #how is that helping anyone #do you want a good story or do you want a list #do you want meaningful representation or do you want shallow ~rep~ that's there specifically to be advertised as such #*i have to clarify that person said it in a very bitchy way like 'yikes oof i didn't know it was BAD' #i'm not talking about people who just don't want to watch/read something i'm talking about people who have to make a problem out of it

[non-un-topo]

The cis male ability to mansplain a subject I myself brought up astounds me. Like I actually want to study them under a microscope. My guy, I brought it up. Why are you explaining it back to me?

#anyway went to dinner with my partner's fam. actually had a good time but their father is still their father. #the waiter did his best not to even acknowledge my existence. talked to my partner's dad exclusively even though there were five of us. #he also retold the story of agamemnon (something to do w the wine we picked) and i perked up like !!!!! yes i've read it!!! #i kept coming in like yeah that's right!! but the man did not even look at me once. he was even standing so he was turned away from me. #but to explain the mansplain thing sdfghfdss.... i mentioned i was reading the name of the rose #and FIL bulldozed anything i was going to say about it and started explaining it to me as if i'd never read it? or heard of umberto eco? #my guy i literally just brought it up. #i've been noticing this shit happening a lot more lately. got serious woman-in-her-20s syndrome. #i'm simultaneously a 15 year old girl and a ghost. whoa the tiny little woman has heard of this extremely famous greek tragedy?? noooo #oh my god and she likes to read?? and she likes history too?? no she doesn't she's wrong let me explain her own interest to her. #sometimes i sit there and i honestly want to scream. like would you like to know what i know??? for once?? because i actually know things. #anyway i know exactly why cis men do this i know all the cogs. and i have no patience for it. #in good news my partner and i managed to steal a few moments alone at a book store and i bought a few history books #whose subjects would absolutely pop my sexist FIL's mind like a grape. i'm fucking pissed off. okay. i'm good i'm done.