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me: “sorry ): can’t come!! got so much to do at home”
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"I'M NOT AFRAID OF [DYING]. BECAUSE I HAVE THE MEMORY OF BEING ABLE TO MEET YOU!"
- PATAMON, DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI CONFESSION (2016)
Truest thing ever unfortunately
some plushies secretly like sitting on the floor on their side after you accidentally knock them off your bed. some plushies are like honestly it's okay if I'm just left here like this. It's fine
In your 20s, you'll feel like you're losing the race. It's important to understand that there is no race.
is the wicked powers actually coming out this year or did I dream that
The Family Tree is Actually Accurate
Hear me out. I am aware what CC has said about the inaccuracy of the family tree and I have read TLH. I still think that the original family tree is a real, accurate family tree. Why?
Well this series is from late 2000s - early 2010s. 15-20 years in the making. It expanded into various installments, prequels, sequels. Sort of like Marvel movies lol. It's just incredibly limiting as an author to adhere to some fun side lore you made 15 years ago without even knowing if you will publish those books or not. I doubt CC even had an outline of TLH when she made the map.
I think it's a big reason why I find James Herondale's character to be somewhat different in TLH from how he was in The Midnight Heir. I think the enchantment bracelet was definitely a thing but I also think him and Grace were supposed to have a more complex history than they ended up having.
Anyways I personally don't think this is a big issue. I just think the writing in these books are not as compelling as it was in her other series.
I don't mind Christopher Lightwood dying. I just think it should have been done earlier in the books and his death should have been a heavy weight on the characters' shoulder the rest of the books. Grace and Christopher should have had tension way earlier too and it should have been Christopher's death that compelled Grace to release her hold on James. I think this plot was not done because CC still wanted the James-Cordelia-Grace love triangle lol. That should have been a triangle of unrequited love and nothing more.
So I finally read Chain of Thorns
I know I am late to the party but I hadn't kept up with TSC series in a long time and recently got into it again. I read the Last Hours series because reading it was due and I... feel like I was hoodwinked.
Does anyone else think that the series was supposed to be much darker than it was and that some of the plot resolutions just felt like CC was trying to deliberately circumvent fan theories? I think she put herself in a corner with that original family tree but the thing is that when she wrote that she likely didn't think she would write a series about the characters mentioned in that tree 15 years later lol. I understand that as an author it is boring to be stuck in the same plot- her tastes probably changed overtime too- I know mine have lol. But it is a bit anticlimactic to read as a reader.
Also I have read a little too many arranged marriage historical romance novels lol. I expected a bit more angst from the main couple? They just miscommunicated and refused to resolve things. But the thing is where was the angst? Where was the yearning that Infernal Devices did? That Lord of Shadows did? God that was such a delicious book. Whatever happened here?
Also... Matthew? How does it make sense to not kill him? I have always felt that CC keeps stakes relatively low when it comes to the more beloved characters but she has subverted expectations before. The death of Livia is an example. That was absolutely brilliant and I am disappointed this series didn't pack the emotional punch it should have. Belial was also lame lol.
Also hear me out. This is an unpopular opinion but these books have too much romance. Cassandra Clare started as a fanfic writer and it shows lol. She cares so much about ships. So much. I just don't get it. Why do this much fanservice? In fact I think she has been doing it so much she kinda went overboard and now fans are disappointed. I also think she is tired of doing it that's why she decided to change things up here but that led to less than ideal reception.
Man I really hope The Wicked Powers have the gravitas to it that it deserves and isn't just page fillers with fan service moments between Kit and Livia's ghost or whatever and freaking Jace and Clary need to be everywhere. Lol it's annoying.
rereading Saving Raphael Santiago made me weep. Magnus having to physically restrain Raphael so he won't kill himself. Raphael closing his fingers over his Mother's cross even if it's burning his skin. Raphael praying over and over to a god he believes himself damned by, blood running from his mouth because it hurts him to utter the words. Raphael running over sacred ground until he can't hold himself up any longer. Raphael starving himself because he needs to make sure beyond a shadow of doubt that he can control himself around his family.
Raphael putting himself through all of this for months, just so he can stand in front of his Mother convincing her that he's anything but exactly what he is, because he knows it would hurt her too much to know the truth.
Raphael who likes to be so awfully cynical yet wounds himself over and over for the people he loves. Raphael who made sure to bring Simon to the Institute when he was on the verge of death. Raphael who would not turn on Magnus even if it cost him his own life. Raphael who started a war over Lily in Thule. what I love most about Raphael is that he is fucking there. he may insult you relentessly, but he will absolutely never fail you.
Those of you who get my newsletter will already have seen this but here's a snippet from the Matthew novella A Sea Change (some spoilers) — and Matthew on one of the endpapers for the novella book! Doesn't he look grownup?
It was a beautiful night. The promenade deck wended its way around the entirely of the Majestic like a necklace of polished wood and brass fittings. There were few out walking like Matthew, perhaps because it was cool and windy, but Shadowhunters were used to the cold. Besides, the wind blew the clouds away, exposing a sky so full of stars it looked as if a jeweler had hastily stuffed a drawer with handfuls of loose-cut diamonds. A year ago, Matthew would not have been able to enjoy the path the moonlight made across the water, or the sky afire with white flame. He would have been thinking about his last drink, or where he would find his next one. A frantic circle of pain and shame and longing: one he’d had to trudge invisibly, keeping his secrets from his friends, his family. Now the weight was off him. He felt light, and sometimes strangely at rest, like a windmill on a windless night. He no longer despised himself, but he did not know his purpose, either. If, he mused, one had to have a purpose at all. Was it not enough to be a Shadowhunter — one among many, but each sworn to protect humanity against demons? To keep peace among mundanes and Downworlders — warlocks, werewolves, the Fair Folk, and vampires? A year ago, he wasn’t sure he would have so quickly identified Miss Gwendolyn as a vampire, either. But then Matthew spent more time with Downworlders than most Shadowhunters did. Some he was friendly with, but he did not trick himself into thinking that meant they were not dangerous. And a vampire hiding out among humans was cause for concern. He’d noted the way Gwendolyn hadn’t eaten, and had drunk sparingly of the wine. The translucence of her fingernails. Her pallor, even under a layer of makeup. The veins at her temples — if those were visible, she was hungry. And there had been the odd behavior of Orville Cole. The way he’d stared at her worshipfully. Humans often fell under the spell of vampires, finding them impossible to resist. It was not the same as a thrall relationship, where the vampire fed from the human and in return promised them eternal life, but it was a use of vampire glamour forbidden by the Accords. Though Gwendolyn had seemed, if anything, annoyed at Cole’s attentions. Perhaps she’d enchanted him without meaning to and wished nothing more than to be rid of him. It was hard to say; Matthew did not get the sense she’d been a vampire very long. At that moment, lost in thought, Matthew collided with something solid. “Pardonnez-moi — oh. It’s you.” The young man from dinner, Sylvain Allard, had evolved out of the shadows. He wore a dark summer suit which blended with the night.
the desire to engage in my hobbies leaving my body as soon as I have the day off even though I was looking forward to it all week
The weakest becomes the strongest
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers STRANGER THINGS (—05X04 "the sorcerer")
FRAGILE EGO for Carcy Magazine, F/W 2024
Relatively, a man´s life is but an instant.
the hades chapter will always be my roman empire
one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become
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