Gothnitsa

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[agnes-nielsens]

they call me the information withholder for reasons i won't get into

[agpsoundsystem]

[that-one-idiot-11]

Just wait til they hear about the exploding trees

guys I know this one doesn't exactly make sense with canon but I actually don't give a single diggity dogging Hokey Pokey turn yourself around Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers hot Belgian waffles CRAP, because it's funny :)

Kinger is bigger because I like him

[cherryinthesun]

Tifa x Aerith - Romanze Larghetto

[lanimaluu]

[heroineimages]

Very pretty takes on our heroines.

[jame7t]

tumblr is like an abandoned space station & you all are the thing in the vents

[jame7t]

not me though. im girl with tanktop

[transmechanicus]

we are goig to GET you

[markadoo]

I don't believe in justice. That is, I don't think it's a moral good when evildoers suffer. And when people argue that in some particular instance we can reduce total suffering by inflicting suffering on evildoers, my instinct is to doubt them, because they probably wanted to inflict suffering on the evildoers in the first place.

[raineonline]

[markadoo]

i care whether they suffer or not. i prefer "not"

[localpubliclibrary]

If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

[knight-of-the-sad-figurine]

i think, we just hugely underestimate the meaning of names in 'goncharov'. like the majority of the lead characters come from other culture. of course their names are going to reflect their homesickness and assimilation and trust and power and- of course their names are deeply intertextual and require the context of russian literature. the very title of the film is the russian surname, that belonged to one of the prominent classical writers (actually, i don't think there is a significant connection between the figure of ivan goncharov and the film, because there were many other famous people under this surname, nevertheless) let's dwell on katya's case her full russian name is 'katerina', which is pretty similar to catherine. however! in russian culture there is an opposition between two versions of it: ekaterina vs katerina. whereas the first one belonged to the most famous russian empress and is considered 'high status', the second one is less formal, even somehow 'peasant'

the most famous owner of this name is the character of ostrovsky's dramatic piece 'the thunderstorm'. it explores the tragedwy of a faithful and truthful maiden in a provintial, hypocritical, illiterate and deeply rotten city. it is a story of her painful disappointment in her husband, falling into sin, finally confessing her adultery not out of repentance but out of shame and committing suicide by drowning in the volga river moreover, there are TWO russian books about TWO katerinas cheating on their husband, seeing quasi-folkish quasi-religious visions and later getting drowned in the volga river. they are of very different temper and level of sin, but still also 'ekaterina' comes from the greek 'eternally pure'. and 'katerina' is the same but without 'eternally'. by this sin she loses both purity and eternity and now remember the time symbolism and now remember how katya says to sofia: 'may it be the eternity of torment, but it will be eternity by your side' and now remember the russian katerina's deep connection with water and how she as a young girl was trying to escape from home in a boat AND NOW REMEMBER THE SCENE WITH THE BOAT FROM 'GONCHAROV' and now remember the juxtaposition between the shorter and seemingly less formal 'katya', which is a diminutive in russian, but is applied to the character in the context of her relation to goncharov. something that should be intimate becomes the facade and now remember how, on the other hand, during that one scene sofia calls katya 'ekaterina'. it is not her birthname. she will never be the same katerina. she just destroyed this version of herself. but somehow at the most confidential moment she gets called with a russian name. more status. more official. depicting her thirst for power and imitation of ekaterina the great (which also wasn't the empress's birth name). this name should be cried out by the cheering crowd, but it is whispered by sofia. and it is enough it is also important how this film is about escaping the prison of the narrative and failing at these attempts. by changing her name she tries to change the pattern of the character's and her own fate

and now remember how the first birth name of ekaterina the great was sofia

p.s. as a russian major probably going to write something more about it. don't know yet

[gothnitsa]

As a Russian lit major, I'll bite on this a little.

I have been out of the game on Russian Lit for a while and I frankly have never seen this "Goncharov" movie but from what is being described it seems that there is a lot of continuity between this and many other works of Russian literature.

For starters, the usage of similar or identical names for various characters to make a statement is actually very common, especially in the hay day of the later 19th century. Authors would often reuse the names of characters from other writers' works in order to comment on the themes and archetypes they represented, e.g. the recurring name "Liza" in the works of Karamzin, Dostoevsky and Chekhov. Now, purely off the top of my head, Yekaterina or Katerina are not the most common names in Russian lit and I can't personally recall any strong parallels though I'm certain I could look and find some more. it is funny that you mention water and the concept of rebirth as narratives involving women drowning and being reborn goes beyond just 19th century Russian lit. There are many folk traditions and stories that involve a similar practice, in particular, the story of Kostroma comes to mind.

The story of Kostroma and Kupalo of course revolving around a classic case of "accidental incest" where in a boy and a girl are seperated and then reunited without knowledge of each other and marry. In a bit of shock horror, the two then end themselves with the former —Kostroma— drowning herself and becoming a Rusalka. She is then, however, transformed alongside Kupalo into a flower.

So, in a nutshell, there is a very clear link in Russian literature between death by drowning and forbidden love that falls outside of what is considered acceptable. OP seems gay as hell so I imagine they would appreciate this reading.

I will have to familiarise myself with Goncharov studies so I can provide a more detailed reading but that is what I have for now.

[transgenderer]

employment is wire mother, grad school is cloth mother. how did i not realize this before

[capybaralovers]

[sarbithewizard]

"So, how's the wife?"

"Ah yes, the old ball and chain."

"That's a little rude, don't you think?"

I pull out a wedding photo from my wallet and you see me at the altar across from a chain chomp with a pink bow.

[kaijuno]

[tsunderebird]

[willemdaflutist]

[mush7221]

Harrowing Retail Transition

[mush7221]

Sofa Soulmates

[uncleromeo]

if you don't do anything else today,

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

white people CAN interact with this post. share it, spread it.

[tayasigerson]

They are lovely