Literature-and-screaming-blog - Gender Is Dead I Eated It

OK my thoughts on yr s3 because time passes inevitably. Will maybe update after ep 6

- I saw a post where someone said "Wilmon has to get together otherwise what was it all for?" And while I do respect this viewpoint, I am a suckered for tragedy, and the point of the story is that for some amount of time, whether it's forever or these tumultuous few months of their youth, it HAPPENED

- to wit, in cmbyn elio and Oliver do not get together, Oliver moves on and elio is still remembering and trying to move on and they both remember and even though it was just that summer they have both been changed by this and they are holding it in themselves. A love story does not have to be happy for it to be love

- if August and Sara have a happy ending I'll eat a shoe though

- August is such a fascinating character, I love how they brought in Erik being a traditionalist and an assailed in such stark contrast to who Wille is and how Wille sees his big brother

- I really hope the Erik thing gets a better conclusion in episode 6

- it almost feels like there are two many loose ends to tie up nicely so I am kinda worried about that

- the main thing I want is for Wille and Simon to have a conclusion though, no matter if it's good or bad. Also for Wille to be happy and not kronprins anymore bc happy and monarchy cannot coexist for this little ball of anxiety

will you ever sell stickers again? I would definitely buy some

https://6vcr.com/shop/

my international shop is finally open! there are new and old sticker designs, and – due to popular request – vertical wallpapers! hope you like it!

The showrunners of game of thrones, when asked by a director if there were any themes that they wanted to have appear in the episode he was directing, responded 'themes are for eighth grade book reports' and that's why I'm never going to trust any media they create from here on out

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

YOUR GOD IS DEAD, and you’re the unlucky soul tasked with figuring out who killed em. As sheriff, you are working to uncover the truth behind this tragedy before your parish’s rage boils over and makes the situation even worse. There’s someone or something on the loose that can kill a god, and it’s hard to know who to trust nowadays. You know you can rely on your horse, your gun, your faith, and your lawman’s intuition. Ride carefully, partner. There’s trouble afoot.

I’m super excited to announce that my new solo journaling game is now published - you can find it here! This game was made for the Hints & Hijinx Jam hosted by @pandiongames. If you’re interested, I encourage you to check out other entries - this system is super fun to play (and to write!).  WHO KILLED GOD? is a solo mystery game of divine catastrophe and small-town suspicion in a Weird West setting. This book has prompts and mechanics to help guide you, but it is up to you to follow the clues to wherever they lead, whether that’s to redemption or ruin. You play as your town’s sheriff, trying to find the party or parties responsible for the death of your god. You will explore various locations around town, meet with townsfolk, and attempt to gather evidence while getting yourself out of tricky predicaments and tight spots. At the end of the game, you’ll find out whether or not you were right.

*Mario Voice* Damn that's a thick toenail

Oh my goodness it blocked out so well! Leaves, leaves everywhere. :-D

(Mallorn Shawl, in Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering, Daisy colorway)

The pattern has the option to work a number of repeats to give a half-circle, or a crescent. I went for the crescent and highly recommend it: this thing stays put on my shoulders better than any shawl I have yet made.

poems I loved in december

Paruyr Sevak, "To Go Mad"

Anne Sexton, "December 18th"

Ted Hughes, "Lovesong"

Chris Abani, "Ritual is Journey"

Franz Wright, "Untitled"

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "A Prayer"

Willie Perdomo, "Maybe Under Some Other Sky"

Osip Mandelstam,'You took away all the oceans and all the room', (translated by Clarence Brown and W. S. Merwin)

Osip Mandelstam, "Tenderer than tender" transl. D. Smirnov-Sadovsky

Richard Siken, "Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out"

Michael Miller, "December"

Vladimir Mayakovsky, "A Cloud in Trousers"

Mohja Kahf, “Most Wanted”

Louise Glück, "Winter Recipes from the Collective"

Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Listen"

Fear, Czesław Miłosz, Robert Hass (translator)

Hope, Czesław Miłosz, Robert Hass (translator)

Charles Bukowski, "a vote for the gentle light"

Marina Tsvetaeva, "I Opened My Veins" (translated by Elaine Feinstein)

Listen man THIS ONE? I will butcher it. I promise you I will. I couldn't dance if everyone's lives depended on it. Like I can try to research how to describe dancing but I have six left feet and no sense of sensuality. I have rhythm but none of it is actually useful. It doesn't translate from mind to body, much less so to words.

Three years from now when you've forgotten about even asking for it it's gonna pop up on a recommended page covered in dust and even then it'll just be this

I promise a whole-hearted attempt but it's definitely gonna be a hot minute for me to figure it out.

Thank you so much for your ask/request, Little Bat 🦇🥰

whether youve played tears of the kingdom/breath of the wild or not, PLEASE help me out here. in fact the judgement of non players will probably make a big difference.

these guys are called "blue lizalfos" in game. but thats not blue. right. right??? they're purple, right???? a blue-heavy purple, sure, but distinctly purple??????

reblog for bigger sample size etc etc

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"