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nixscriptum

sunnidawn

bonding

coquette-club

homoquartz

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

piratedgender

themisally

lianne-blop

“Let's start with a love story.

Or maybe it's another horror story. It seems like the difference is mostly in where the ending comes.” ― Holly Black, The Lost Sisters

sunnidawn

I think the most beautiful thing about Jude is that she is well within her right to literally hate almost every single person/thing in her life, and yet she vehemently doesn't.

She loves Elfhame, she loves her sisters, she loves madoc, she loves the rest of her family, and she loves Cardan. She's always depicted as calculative and cold, and while that is true to an extent, for her circumstances, she is also incredibly kind and forgiving.

sweetvillainjude

this absolutely insane art from the queen herself frostbite studios & she’s illustrating a whole book??? we’ve never been so back

sunnidawn

I don’t think we as a society talk enough about Cardan proudly and happily being in love with Jude, as implied by Nicasia in Qon

sunnidawn

I think the most beautiful thing about Jude is that she is well within her right to literally hate almost every single person/thing in her life, and yet she vehemently doesn't.

She loves Elfhame, she loves her sisters, she loves madoc, she loves the rest of her family, and she loves Cardan. She's always depicted as calculative and cold, and while that is true to an extent, for her circumstances, she is also incredibly kind and forgiving.