this will contain spoilers for the manga up until the most recent chapter.
this started when watching the anime My friends told me about the person who made the instant brain cancer spell or whatever it was and that annoyed me so much that I decided to read the entire manga out of spite.
despite me starting out of spite I love this manga so much It has so many fascinating writing decisions and I just need a place to gash about it.
spoilers begin after the break
so the first thing I want to talk about is simple. it is the genius decision of the repeated line the brimmed caps use of making the world remember who the real witches are. I'd love this line so much because it plays a lot of our cultural understanding of what a witch is as classically witches are have big brimmed hats and so the lack of that in a witch show immediately feels off but the brimmed cap using this line and using this logic of being the real witches could be dismissed in another piece of media with where everyone's got like the same thing but it uses our cultural understanding to strengthen the brimmed hats arguments Because of course I know what a witch is It's someone who as a flies on a broom has a black cat right these classic depictions and associating that with this initially presented as evil but obviously like it's the whole question of the story if they're the bad guys or if the magic council is in the wrong But this primes us to have the debate ourselves
the second thing I want talk about is what the author did with Custas because he is the most interesting character in the series. I love that even after Coco made him the flying and gave them to him he still turns to the brimmed and gets his legs healed even then I think he still uses the quote to fly around. I love how tragic his relationship with his father is during the beginnings of the festival with him having to continuously make his father forget the past amount of time (I can't remember exactly time frame is). I love that even after turning to the brimmed caps he is still absolutely a good person at his heart he saves all of the people living in the slums that got left behind. I appreciate how mad he is at Coco and Tartah and how he feels betrayed while still being their friend in some way wanting them to do better in his eyes.
Hey if you See This can you reblog this or comment on this with a character you headcanon as aromantic, asexual, or both. It can be canon it can be founded on absolutely nothing I just need more aroace stuff on here #yay
“Classic Literature is just a bunch of boring old white guys?”
First of all, how dare you! Genuinely HATE this take because it’s not even close to being true.
For Pride Month, I present to you a short list of recommended (by me!) queer classic literature.
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) - Oscar Wilde
You already knew this book was going to be on this list.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic novel about a beautiful, young man who remains forever youthful and leads a life of self-indulgence, whereas a portrait of him ages and reflects his sins. The original manuscript of the novel had 500 words deleted by the editor prior to publication including Basil's confession that he felt a "romance of feeling" towards Dorian and had never before loved a woman. So while the novel is not explicitly queer, the intention is definitely there. Also, Oscar Wilde himself was sent to prison for 2 years for "gross indecency with men". So....subtext is everything.
2. Giovanni's Room (1956) - James Baldwin
There's no subtext in Giovanni's Room. James Baldwin was an openly queer man and had relationships with both men and women. The main character in his novel does the same. David is a gay (or bi?) man who struggles with his sexual identity, outright denying it at times. He is engaged to a woman, but spends the majority of the book trying to come to terms with the fact that he is actually in love with Giovanni, a man he is having a sexual affair with. Very poignant novel about homosexuality, repression, and internalized homophobia in mid-century Paris.
3. The Well of Loneliness (1928) - Radclyffe Hall
When a book gets banned, I immediately have to read it. The Well of Loneliness was banned from publication in the UK for being "obscene" and only allowed to be published in the US after years in court. There is nothing sexually explicit in the book, but a novel about a butch lesbian written by a butch lesbian in 1928 is going to cause a little social panic. It's also a beautiful book. The main character, Stephen (a woman) falls in love with a nurse named Mary and though they start a happy relationship, they have to navigate the social rejections of their families, friends, and wider community.
4. Goodbye to Berlin (1934) - Christopher Isherwood
The inspiration to one of the greatest musicals of all time, Cabaret. And also semi-autobiographical as it was based on Isherwood's time in Berlin. Isherwood was a gay, American writer who spent much of his 20s exploring queer spaces in Berlin before the rise of the Nazi party in Germany. One of these spaces is the avant-garde, gender bending Kit Kat Club. Ultimately, Isherwood has to flee Germany when Hitler gains power, and we're left with a sad ambiguity about what happens to all of the friends he made in Germany.
I know it's not the same, but I also love when\n These books just kind of show queer characters Living and existing.\n In another wise, separate setting ala the lesbians , in the count of monte cristo , who just fuck off the french country side to paint.
I feel so old when i see people tag Aurora posts as "aurora comic" or "comic aurora". Back in my day it was comicaurora with no space and aurora webcomic because we had to specify
People are talking about how reading Dungeon Meshi gives them an internal monologue Senshi for eating properly I think we all need to adopt an internal monologue Chilchuck at work. Like the boat is literally sinking and he's just watching it happen because he's on his lunch break.
#keep senshi in your heart to eat well #chilchuck in your heart to maintain boundaries #laios in your heart to stay passionate #marcille in your heart to speak your mind #and izutsumi to be kbity [X]
throughout history there have been many wise men from great philosophers to mathematicians and generals they all have one thin in common though. they fucked around and found out
so each mistake you make only serves to make you more likely to write a book
This is my favourite game. Every part of it sucks, but each part sucks in a way that gestures toward something that would be awesome were it not actively being undermined by every other part. It cannot be improved upon because everything that's terrible about its load-bearing. Did I mention it's the best game ever made?
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