and if the stars were falling

18+ | she/her | desi | aro and bi | i write

[androgynous-bhajipav]

intro post

deleted prev intro post because it was old and ugly.

basics: cora or winter. she/her. adult. tech bro by day, writer by night.

I post/reblog: fandom stuff (mainly byler and bridgerton. occasionally project hail mary, dps, dbda, skam and everything else) and random stuff.

everything else below the cut :)

tags I use here:

#cora answers asks -> I answer asks

#cora rambles -> I ramble

#to read -> long posts/rec lists for later

#for future reference/use -> useful shit

#[fandom/character name] -> stuff about that fandom/character

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stuff I love:

music -> most genres. currently big on jazz and metal. my favourite band of all time is fleetwood mac. the band that introduced me to music is queen. don't have a language preference when it comes to the lyrics... if I vibe with it, I vibe with it.

films/tv -> the great mouse detective is my favourite animated film and I WILL yap about it. and then.. old desi films which are character-driven. new sci-fi films which are plot-driven. foreign language films with subtitles. guilty pleasure trash on netflix. just... things that are stuck in time and kinda eerie and a little bit gay and very layered. the queen's gambit and asoue are probably my favourite tv shows of all time. anything by mike flanagan on netflix is also pretty up there. my comfort show is and will always be derry girls.

books -> I could read anything with One Big Exception - self help books. my usual genres are sci-fi and just... books set in big cities. the city should feel like it's as much of a... character as the Actual characters ykwim? my friend used to say that most of the books on my shelf have the vibe of the world we knew by frank sinatra so there's that.

that's all :)

[chiarrara]

why was messi lowkey serving saddam hussein hiding spot

[muffinlance]

Watching movies with small children is an EXPERIENCE, like tiny human, you have NO sense of story progression

Which is to say we put on the first How to Train Your Dragon

And at the dramatic "first flight" scene, two-year-old shouted "HIM FALL" and started SOBBING. She straight up thought that movie had murdered Hiccup and Toothless halfway through. Had to get double parental hugs and a constant stream of reassurances until they figured that whole flying thing out

All movies could be horror movies if your brain hasn't equipped Plot Armor to the protagonists

Anyway five-year-old is pleased to report that he "liked the part where the big dragon exploded"

[esmeralda-anistasia]

#Welcome to the action adventure genre my children#Five year old was VIBRATING through the climax like straight up legs kicking fists clenched#Had to be held by Spouse until we figured out he wasn't afraid#He was experiencing baby's first blood lust#Kid wanted that dragon DEAD and it HAPPENED and he was VIOLENTLY SATISFIED

[aworsening]

i was an isolated child

last words of a shooting star - mitski / interlude - jeremy lipking / beast monster thing (love isn't love enough) - car seat headrest / untitled - franz wright / twilight: new moon (2009) / teen idle - marina and the diamonds / my year of rest and relaxation - ottessa moshfegh / morning sun - edward hopper / look who's inside again - bo burnham / a girl ago - lucie brock-broido

[androgynous-bhajipav]

IM MARATHI TOO

OMG YAYYY :))

[blackqueerblog]

So answer is yes we do want an Indian Cinderella next

[daniel-oneiroi]

fuck yeah I mean can you IMAGINE the dresses?! just anarkali style alone

i mean

any of these

could easily fit the profile

[pumpkinminette]

Fuck yeah i want an Indian Cinderella

[angel-starbeam]

Yes.

[datfearlessfangirl]

YES GIVE ME THAT DIVERSITY.

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

UNIRONICALLY GIVE ME INDIAN CINDERELLA

[rmftjin]

Um yes please?

[yulecogs]

We read Chinese Cinderella at school. I know it’s not Indian but it’s still another culture

[gdcee]

Actually, the Cinderella story is very old and has hundreds, even thousands of variations across various cultures and time periods.

The story of Rhodopis is considered to be one of the earliest variants of Cinderella and comes from Ancient Greece. The tale of Ye Xian, aka the Chinese Cinderella, dates from around 860 AD.

There is a Japanese Cinderella story that dates from the 13th century. There’s a Vietnamese variant, an Iranian variant, and a whole bunch that pop up in One Thousand and One Nights. Like seriously, it’s all over the place. I wouldn’t be surprised if there actually was an Indian variant of Cinderella but I just haven’t heard of it.

[sayalieeee]

tell me you r marathi w/o telling me you r marathi

-picking up the call saying ha bol na

(reblog and continue my dearest marathi baddies - @ishqdigallivichnoentry @saniisinsane @oldersiblingcurse @immortal-bcz-i-have-plot-armour and whoever i missed)

[somerabbitholes]

some essays to fill your time

Just a bunch of things I've read recently.

The Authoritarian Roots of India's Democracy by Tripurdaman Singh

Why is Everything So Ugly?

Casual Viewing by Will Tavlin

“You are Next”: Unmarried Urban Women in India and the “Marriage Talk” by Shilpa Phadke

Crossing Days by Thomas Dai

Inside the Indian Manosphere by Lhendup Bhatia

Optimism and Desperation by Camilla Grudova

Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College by James Walsh

Blunt-Force Ethnic Credibility by Som-Mai Nguyen

When My Authentic is Your Exotic by Soniah Kamal

The discontent of Russia by Joy Neumeyer

On anti-political projects by Kat Rosenfield

'Correcting' historical wrongs is a slippery slope by Manu Pillai

[adderall-juice]

me when they call my name at mcdonals (i am approaching the counter)

[blogspede]

here you go sir

[adderall-juice]

thank you

[oneheadtoanother]

[tachyon-log]

(USAmerican trying to imagine a societal environment) Okay, so picture a highway,

[fishmech]

inability to correctly perceive 3d objects is in fact far more dangerous when someone is driving a car next to you then when they're like, sending emails to you.

[bunniope]

can we focus on the gnome for a second

[bunniope]

wait sorry i was not wearing my glasses. that is a cat

[ladyofspoons]

these are the people i have to share a highway with

[fyterx]

[iloverobinbyckley]

no shit sherlock it’s why it’s been so ass lately

[zealotarchaeologist]

i stepped on the scale today and it said “bat”

it took me a few seconds to realize it meant the battery was out, but before i realized that i just said “i am not a bat” out loud

[mousegirlheart]

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

not naming names but some of you are so creative and talented it's an honor to have you in my phone

[evilvillain123456789]

For this game of dodgeball, I will be specifically targeting the gayest and most autistic among you to eliminate. 

[mtfoss]

Okay so normal rules then

[reluctantbylerblog]

frankly I think a more convincing argument can be made for aromantic mike than for mike being in love with el. I'm dead serious. anyone who thinks mike was "obviously in love with eleven" are confusing intention with execution. you won't catch me saying I don't think they intended for mike to be in love with el. what you will catch me saying is that they did such a poor job of convincing me of that, that I genuinely think an aromantic mike reading makes more sense, and I say that as a gay mike truther!

[rpfofficial]

it's crazy how february-june didn't happen

[androgynous-bhajipav]

Thanks for the megaspam, comrade @trogocytotrans ... glad you like my product :)