wanting to be liked is fatal

she/her

[cillianmurphy]

here is a carrd for BLM 

here is a carrd for the crisis happening right now in Yemen

here is a carrd for Hong Kong

here is a carrd for Palestine.

here is a carrd for trans rights 

here is a carrd for the terror bill in Philippines. 

here is a carrd with various donation links (for Syria, BLM etc)

here is a carrd for LGBT+ rights

this post is constantly being updated - please send an ask if you find more!

[andherhands]

is cuddling actually comfortable??? ive only read about it. where do the arms go?????

[andherhands]

nvm it is

[andherhands]

had a brief two seconds of "hey maybe everything will be ok" and then i didnt

[andherhands]

this thought's making a comeback

[cithaerons]

the “dark academia” thing is hilarious because it manages to be both elitist and anti-intellectual. jerking off to pictures of ivy leagues and men in suits while claiming that quotes from the movie troy are in fact from the iliad. nice job, y’all. 

[this-andthisandthis]

Excerpt about Patroclus and Achilles, from Circe, by Madeline Miller . . aka The moment I rose up from the ashes and then Madeline Miller shot me dead… again

[dwergas-deactivated20180817]

I know none of you will reblog this because you only care about your pretty-boy celebrities and your contrived “discourse”, but I just undid Dracula’s curse

[andherhands]

assumes dracula isnt a pretty-boy celebrity

[metamorphesque]

"Because to be moved by something made by someone who has done something bad would mean that a bad person possesses the capacity to connect to us; that they haven’t, somehow, forfeited their humanity."

Richard Ayoade

[reginalds-deactivated20210314]

…having Hamlet and the Ghost communicating in sign language—one might describe it almost as their “private” language—also served to produce the (in my experience, unique) effect of putting the father-and-son pair in a sort of psycho-spiritual bubble, contra mundum; a bubble that excluded all others and highlighted Hamlet’s isolation. The relationship between father and son portrayed in most productions comes across as distant, severe and (on Hamlet’s part) rather worshipful, even awestruck. In this production the father/son relationship is portrayed as having been loving and paternally intimate, which makes Hamlet’s reaction to his father’s tale of murder all the more harrowing. [x] [x]

[odysseiarex]

#but the only thing is you’d have to know the play first #which seems a little exclusionary #good reasoning though

if i recall correctly, hamlet spoke the ghost’s lines aloud to the audience (you can see his mouth moving in the 3rd gif there). the other time the ghost appears, the closet scene, hamlet didn’t translate but the ghost’s message was conveyed through emotion just as well. there was also a nice moment in the same scene where hamlet tried to speak to his mother through signing — the private language of their family unit — and she refused to recognize it.

the actor playing hamlet’s father is deaf, and has been working with the oregon shakespeare festival for several years now, signing in all his roles. obviously i haven’t seen everything he’s been in, but from what i have seen i can tell you that through a combination of body language and actors translating, the meaning is clear even without spoken language.

edit: the actor’s name is howie seago

[raisel-the-riveter]

I saw Howie Seago at Ashland and he was terrific, some lines are spoken by the scene partner as in this gifset, and others are left un-interpreted if the meaning is fairly clear or can be extrapolated from context. I love the idea of Gertrude refusing to sign as an indicator that she is totally over the idea of her + Hamlet Sr. + Hamlet Jr. as a family unit.

[levianity]

THIS IS THE PRODUCTION OF HAMLET THAT I KEEP TALKING ABOUT. I wrote my application essay to Columbia on it. I love this concept of Deaf Ghost so much and Howie Seago is an amazing person. I got to talk with him a little bit one afternoon when I caught him after a show and he is just a delightful person.

[andherhands]

this blog is hard because i want to upkeep the pretentiously pleasing attitude of seeing something cool and being calm like 😌hey guys✨this is really nice huh?

but in my heart and soul i see a woman dressed in dark academia clothing and i lose my fucking marbles my brain fizzes out

i see a fucking AWESOME art piece and the urge i have to reblog it and say HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT is stronger than man's pull to god

[vacants]

light. (by cosmos+george)

[english-idylls]

From Homer’s Odyssey.

[andherhands]

feeling gross, someone sacrifice me

[company]

when kafka said "all the love in the world is useless when there is total lack of understanding" and when richard siken said “if you love me, you don’t love me in a way I understand.”

[beautifulscreaminglady]

anne carson

[company]

[lovesickbrat]

[thesesummersonspoet]

V.E. Schwab’s advice on creating memorable characters.

[doebunnybooks]

this has changed me character creation entirely

[most-chaotic-academic]

are you bored by listening to the same 3 songs and 2 classical music pieces over and over again?

are you looking for a perfect playlists to accompany you during your yearning/studying/reading oscar wilde sessions?

oh boy, do i have playlists for you! all great, all aesthetic, all very dark academia.

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[ you said i killed you. haunt me, then ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SG2cOUfK1zOzhJeLNjtiL?si=2B1RYtTQTamzzqJsfzYGfw

this is my go-to dark academia playlist (and my go-to playlist in general). makes you feel like you’re a character from a contemporary dark academia novel. the songs include e.g. “perfect places” by lorde, “from eden” by hozier, “achilles come down” by gang of youths and “boris” by lo-fang.

[ and all i loved, i loved alone ] 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gCawRg08cMnqitFeJjjLP?si=MCTxuOqKQGGox9zDXtMvjg

this playlist fills my musical school kid heart with joy, because it’s full of classical music! i like to listen to it while i’m studying/reading/just chilling and trying to forget that i have a physical form. you can find some lovely composers here, like debussy, tchaikovsky, schubert and liszt.

[ i will love you if i never see you again, and i will love you if i see you every tuesday ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7okHgt0X2YsDHUcu7MwdU8?si=jzP9SXCqTju8B1GUo13WPQ

this banging lemony snicket quote can only mean one thing - love songs! this songs make you yearn for a romance. the titles on this lovely playlist include “jackie and wilson” by hozier, “mystery of love” by sufjan stevens and “ophelia” by the lumineers.

[ beautiful girls ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2E48ADp0UMHPs9FVAK5XXL?si=_2VYJCdgSkOyUyZs6zf4Fg

oh, what’s that? you’re in love with your straight best friend and want to listen to some cool wlw titles? i got you covered, my friend. on this playlist you can find e.g. “someone tell the boys” by samia, “girls” by girl in red, “sofia” by clairo and “she” by dodie. let the yearning begin!

[ zeus can go pee his pants ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jmbUuU0NLoWoHZs3NJiXN?si=bRmZlnkpTPq0xtb1bgJWVw

this is my go-to for those days when i’m just done with this world and want to listen to some cool guitar and screams. the titles include “poor boy” by the regrettes, “arabella” by arctic monkeys and “daft pretty boys” by bad suns.

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holy hell, this post is long. have fun with the playlists! < 3

[andherhands]

*back cracks after getting up* you know what, hozier was right: i am also free and young and can feel none of it