[miss-galaxy-turtle]

Jew here with a friendly reminder that:

Criticizing Isreal ≠ antisemetic

Supporting Palestine ≠ antisemitic

Believing in the Free Palestine cause ≠ antisemitic

BUT ALSO

A random ass Jew just living their life oceans away has nothing to do with the Isreal-Palestine conflict

Palestinian Jews exist

Jews that support Palestine exist (I am one of them)

Calling out ACTUAL antisemitism ≠ supporting Isreal

[booktimeisthebesttime]

reading the scythe trilogy (currently on The Toll) and i’m not going to lie,,,,,, i’m still not sold on rowan and contra’s romance

[loftwingsuarus]

Actually I never leave the scythe tag.

The thing is that I can understand why the author chose to make it romantic. Usually (amatonormative) people use romance to define their most important relationship. But a lot of the shippy-stuff from the first two books does come off as annoying and juvenile. Even up til the end of the second book, my reaction to the romance was "why are you hooking up in the steel ocean elevator? What?"

I think it works better in the first two books as a platonic relationship? Citra/ Rowan caring about each other despite being adversaries in the first book can work platonically. The way they try to protect one another works platonically. Lucifer and Anya working in tandem and yet apart works platonically. With the basis being "we're both together in this emotionally scarring apprenticeship / murder situation, that only you can understand my perspective in", it is sort of rational for them to have a real connection. Arguably they do have one of the most important relationships in the book. It does affect their decisions, plus they're so obviously narrative foils.

I really thought the main problem was the pacing. A lot of the awkward teenage hormones in the first book could've been replaced with foreshadowing, character development, their shared insights on the scythedom, or, like, anything else. If the goal was to end the series with them together, then it could still be accomplished that way.

I liked the parts where Citra saved his life by socking him in the face, or the second conclave with the neck-snapping, or when they both go out of their way to secretly meet, or their banter when they started their apprenticeship. If anything, I think those moments would've a better basis for later romantic development. Implying that they chose to do those things based on pre-existing romance takes away from it.

I still would've assumed that they care enough about each other to make the choices that they did, even if they didn't suffer from Heterosexuality. They both strive to be morally good individuals, and they see that in one another. The way it was developed is positively eye-rolling, but as far as matches go, it's not horrendous. The most annoying thing is that it doesn't do their characters any justice. In any situation besides romance, they get good character moments, dialogue, and personal insights.

Sorry I wrote an essay in your notes

[booktimeisthebesttime]

after finishing The Toll, i definitely agree with you. my biggest problem with the whole citra/rowan thing was the fact that it would have been perfectly acceptable for them to remain as friends. they had virtually no chemistry in Scythe in terms of a romantic relationship. i think many of their actions throughout both thunderhead and the toll would have made sense still had they just remained platonic or at least later developed into a romance (not right off the bat).

[booktimeisthebesttime]

reading the scythe trilogy (currently on The Toll) and i’m not going to lie,,,,,, i’m still not sold on rowan and citra’s romance

[booktimeisthebesttime]

i am DEVASTATED about geonu being eliminated. no one talk to me for the next year please and thank you. 

[booktimeisthebesttime]

Raymond Chestnut is the best character in The Umbrella Academy. Change my mind. Oh wait, you can’t

[asexualslikememestoo]

[booktimeisthebesttime]

The way I literally hate AP Exams to my core. It’s cool though. I’m fine. This is fine. Everything is fine. 

[booktimeisthebesttime]

Thoughts during Isolation

The white noise of the mind,

Are the thoughts that drown out all of the other kind,

Ever present and ever there,

The thoughts that no one is to share;

The white noise of the mind,

The noise so unkind,

Defeaning in the quiet of isolation,

Jumbling in times of true desperation,

The thoughts that need liberation.

The ticking of the clock,

As people rush to overstock,

Thoughts on the nearing presence of doom,

Their white noise only brings about gloom;

It's the quiet that brings the clarity,

The quiet that shows those with intrepidity,

The ones that liberate as we pray,

The ones that know how to ward doom away,

The ones whose minds deserve to be thanked today.

[booktimeisthebesttime]

Was rereading Crooked Kingdom and I came upon this gem. 

“She smiled then, her eyes red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again.” (Chap 37. Kaz)

my boy Kaz is whipped whipped

[booktimeisthebesttime]

so i just finished the Magisterium series and i have mixed feelings about it. overall, i think that it was good even though there are parts about it that i will never get over just because.... anyways stan alastair hunt who is legitimately the best dad.

anyways x2 aaron deserved better

anyways x3 stan master rufus, a king

[booktimeisthebesttime]

ahem...

I LOVE SIMON WESTWOOD AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE SIMON WESTWOOD. 

thank you for your time

anyways i just finished supernova and i’m in a book funk. 

[booktimeisthebesttime]

hi yes it’s me !

i’m here to profess my love for yuzuru hanyu

that’s all

thanks

[skate-the-onion]

In celebration of 500 followers, here is ‘The Giffable Shoma, Volume I.’ Thanks everyone!

[kittyprincessofcats]

Everyone who's saying "But Nathan deserved to win!" is missing the point spectacularly. Yes, he deserved to win, but not with a difference of * 44 points *. 44. That's how big of a difference the judges say there was. They gave Yuzu +1s and +2s on flawless jumps. They gave him lower PCs than Nathan.

That is not justified and you all very well know it.

[booktimeisthebesttime]

will i ever get over the Otoñal step sequence?

the answer is no.

[turtleedition]

I swear these spot the difference is getting harder and harder.

[booktimeisthebesttime]

Wow hi it’s me again here to profess my undying love for Yuzuru Hanyu