#this was good!

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

so! i just finished listening to fellow travelers (music by gregory spears/libretto by greg pierce. that’s a lot of greg) for the first time. and it was good! can’t say that there’s much of any music that’ll be stuck in my head or anything but it was still good music with a cool soundworld.

i liked the story a lot—i feel timothy SO HARD and was rooting for him the whole time. i get hawkins too but i still don’t like what he did. classic operatic story of love and betrayal and politics and religion. mary johnson was great and i love how she supported timothy no matter what and called hawkins out big time after what he did to timothy and stood by her values every step of the way.

so yeah. good opera! would recommend. now i need to read the novel.

(here’s a recording on spotify and here’s the libretto)

#opera tag #opera #fellow travelers #gregory spears #greg pierce #this was good! #lgbtqia+ #lavender scare

[benedictusantonius]

[2024|009] The Future (2023) written by Naomi Alderman

#the future #naomi alderman #books2024 #this was good!

[libraryleopard]

Adult historical romance set in early 19th-century England

A young woman who worked as an assistant for her recently-deceased astronomer father and aspires to become a recognized astronomer herself is hired by a widowed countess to translate a French scientific text and sparks fly between the two of them

In addition to romance, one lead grapples with historical sexism in scientific fields and exclusion from historically male academic spaces while the other recovers from her marriage to her abusive, domineering husband and tries to find her own passion and goals in life now that she’s a widow

Exploration of science vs. the arts and whether there’s truly a divide between the two

Embroidery and astronomy

In addition to the initial falling-in-love section of the romantic arc, the two women also have to navigate being in a long-term relationship that can’t be validated in the eyes of society and how to find satisfaction and community

Both characters have a lot of individual growth outside of the romance, which I liked

Lesbian main character, bisexual main character, F/F romance

#this was good! #first full-length sapphic historical romance i read #would definitely like to continue the series #also it's plenty sexy as well as having good character growth #i really wish there was an author's note though! #i want to know the inspirations for astronomy and embroidery stuff #the lady's guide to celestial mechanics #2022 reads #books #lulu speaks #lulu reads the lady's guide to celestial mechanics #feminine pursuits #lulu reads feminine pursuits #olivia waite

[strykingshot]

What type of symphony are you?

Coda: The Finale

You are what everyone has been waiting for all along -- the final passage which everyone had yearned for all their lives till alas you came through in the light from the darkness and gave them the beauty of both. Though many are afraid of you in secret, they hope to catch a glimpse of you, perhaps from behind a curtain, for you are the love behind the scenes that no one knew they were missing till they found they could not live without you. You deserve the recognition you yearn for, and though time seems only to flee or stop, your heart beats all the same. You are the fire that cannot die. You are the brilliance that, once one has felt it from you, they cannot forget.

Your song: The Firebird Suite Final Hymn by Stravinksy

Tagged by: @poeticphoenix @ofgeneticperfection

Tagging: @y4zoo @rikelusshinra @wclfstrife @txnichtgut @stellarisen and anyone else interested!!!

#This was good! #thanks for tagging me!

[mandycantdecide]

#seems like a good deal to me #boop #boopometer #april fools day

[corpish]

in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

#please watch!! #imo this ad does a really good job of storytelling from start to finish #tiktok #down syndrome #1k #5k #10k #15k #20k #30k #40k #50k #75k

[afeelgoodblog]

#wholesome #blessed #feel good

[antlerlad]

happy tdov my loves. don't let anyone else define your transness for you.

help trans women evacuate gaza

#tdov #trans day of visibility #tdov 2024 #comic #nonbinary #i havent done a little comic in a while. feels good

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave! #not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

[turtletoria]

Palestine will be free in our lifetime 🇵🇸🍉🕊️ Don't look away, and let's keep supporting Palestine in any way we can.

#palestine #free palestine #turtlearts #these are free to use for actions & etc.! I just ask that you use these in good faith and not for your own personal gain/profit or somethin #like that. ✌🏼

[scientia-rex]

Sometimes when people on the Internet are like "ADULTS CAN NEVER INTERACT WITH MINORS IT'S CREEPY" I remember how, at 12, back in 1997, I was on the Witchvox forums with people ranging from me to people in at least their 50s, and no one there was ever a creep to me, no one ever made me feel uncomfortable or asked for my personal info, and when I finally broke down after a particularly brutal day of bullying at school and posted about it they were the first adults I'd ever met in my entire life who told me the bullies were the problem and it was okay to be angry about it.

Kids need to interact with adults who will listen to them.

#I think it was a combination of good people and good mods

[libraryleopard]

Adult science fiction/fantasy novella (would probably have good crossover with a YA audience, though)

Retelling of “Sleeping Beauty” following Zinnia Gray, a folklore-obsessed young woman with a rare disease that will kill her by her 22nd birthday

On her 21st birthday, she pricks her finger on a spindle at a Sleeping Beauty-themed party and finds herself transported to a fairytale world where she must help a storybook princess with her curse

Fairytale multiverse!

Tongue-in-cheek story of subversion, but also a deeply angry exploration of female agency and defying fate

Lesbian side characters

#this was good! #worked really well as a novella i think #a full novel of the tongue-in-cheek exploration of fairytale archetypes might have gotten old #but i think this worked well as short #also spoilers: can't speak on the depiction of the protagonist's illness but she isn't completely cured via miracle at the end #also there was one meme reference that made me laugh #this was reallyyyyy different from alix e harrow's debut novel which impressed me #love it when authors have the range… #fractured fables #a spindle splintered #alix e harrow #lulu speaks #2022 reads #lulu reads #lulu reads fractured fables #lulu reads a spindle splintered

[brightlotusmoon]

#humans are a fun species #good for them #master splinter would approve #for the city #humans will always make gods out of the absurd

[bigwizardhat]

my cat stopping me from petting her

#my wife made this gif and it’s too good not to use

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#easter #good friday #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor