one of the things that annoys me so bad right now is seeing letterboxd reviews about Lisa Frankenstein being like "she's such a horrible character", "those people didn't deserve to be killed" blah blah blah
SHUT UP
it's a horror romance!! a girl keeps a reanimated dead guy in her closet and falls in love with him! what did you think was going to happen? it's SUPPOSED to be fucked up and weird and that's part of its charm. quit being boring, let female characters (esp in horror) be messy and chaotic and morally gray.
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forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.
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my dad and I just finished listening to a fascinating (and really pretty alarming) podcast about American literacy education recently—Sold a Story by Emily Hanford—and it got me wondering what my peers’ experience was, so here's my first poll! This pertains to people who learned to read in the U.S. specifically, so even if one of the other options matches your experience, I'd politely ask you to refrain from picking one (presumably you guys have better school districts than we do anyway).
(the most horrifying part out of the entire thing was the fact that dubbya was the one to realize something was wrong. even a broken clock, I guess...?)
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Hey writeblr I have a question!
So I often see posts in the same vein as this one here:
Things along the lines of "oh my characters are always changing the story, they're the ones that are really in charge."
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I recognize the vast majority of votes will be for gen x, millennial, and gen z, but I'm trying to be thorough
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Lots of “rip to Jonathon Harker but I’m different” posts going around the Dracula daily tag. I’m here to say that I’m NOT different and if I was in a foreign country where everybody was on their knees crying begging me not to go visit a haunted castle I would in fact visit that haunted castle even faster. YES I would regret it YES I would get killed by vampires YES my curiosity is my fatal flaw but at least I wouldn’t have to live through the whole train ride back across Europe second-guessing whether the locals where gaslighting me or not
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brought my long-suffering tabletop warlock Kalus with me when I started my BG3 playthrough and he's having a great time. making lots of new friends. sticking worms in his brain. the usual.
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hey so riddle me this guys:
how is that people on twitter (the nastiest, evil, cesspool of negativity site), have a healthier and distant appreciation and respect for Michael Sheen and David Tennant's real life partners/wives, whereas on tumblr (what I thought was a genuine safe space full of like-minded individuals), is actually full of the most disrespectful, jealous fueled, and hateful people, regarding Anna and Georgia (most of the hate I see is towards Anna but on occasion Georgia gets some of the same treatment) why tumblr?
WHY??
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Some horrifying revelations have caused me to make this poll. Get chatty in the tags, as always! Especially curious if you read generally; if you read a lot and don't use your library I'd love to know why and what you use instead.
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