Indigo, dear

Literature enthusiast|Knitter|She/they

[quantumshade]

can we stop pretending that anyone assigned female at birth has some mystical connection to womanhood or lesbianism. it’s such a conservative outlook on identity i can’t believe we have to even pretend to entertain it.

[halcyon-the-cleric]

Time to bring out an Ursula K Le Guin quote:

“But I didn't and still don't like making a cult of women's knowledge, preening ourselves on knowing things men don't know, women's deep irrational wisdom, women's instinctive knowledge of Nature, and so on. All that all too often merely reinforces the masculinist idea of women as primitive and inferior - women's knowledge as elementary, primitive, always down below at the dark roots, while men get to cultivate and own the flowers and crops that come up into the light. But why should women keep talking baby talk while men get to grow up? Why should women feel blindly while men get to think?”

[pg5-ish-deactivated20260526]

As Catedrais, (Playa de las Catedrales) one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, known as beach Augasantas in the area. Galicia, Spain.

[mervynbunter]

You said something in “Smith” which I hope I grasped, and there was a feeling almost of recognition. An odd feeling of grief overcame me when I read it. I cannot explain my feelings any clearer. It was like hearing a piece of music from way back, except that it was nearer poetry by Graves’ definition. Thank you very much for writing it.

Terry Pratchett, in a letter to J. R. R. Tolkien, 22 November 1967

Thank you very much for your letter. The first one that I have received with regard to Smith of Wootton Major. You evidently feel about the story very much as I do myself. I can hardly say more.

J. R. R. Tolkien, in reply to Pratchett’s letter, 24 November 1967

[thesetwoutes]

This is the first I've ever seen this and it makes me wonder if it's why Pratchett was always so conscientious about responding to letters from kids.

[vaspider]

If you were wondering: in November 1967, Terry Pratchett was 19 years old.

[rock-n-roll-fantasy]

And he did in fact say on at least one occasion that it was this that pushed him to always engage with his own fans in the same kind and conscientious manner.

[000l]

[shrewreadings]

like to charge, reblog to cast.

[succubusboyfriend]

practicing self care less out of self love and more for the sheer logical reasoning of it’d be kinda stupid of me to expect myself to be able to function without proper maintenance

[succubusboyfriend]

“oh i don’t deserve rest and relaxation, i haven’t done enough, i haven’t earned it” and my car’s breaks don’t deserve break fluid because they aren’t breaking well enough to earn it. that’s what you sound like!!!!!

[reasonsforhope]

If you do not schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you

[indigo-dear]

I just looked around your tumblr and looks like you like me have come out of a tumblr slow spell to just make go3 make sense.

just wanted to say you're not alone.

it makes no sense.

it was rushed and ooc and confusing and just not that good and they also killed our faves and gave us like figurines of them or sth.

and that I'm miserable too.

let's commiserate

Literally yes lmao

I'm on here everyday but I basically never post. But then I watched the finale, spent an hour debriefing with a friend, and still needed to process.

SO here we are, commiserating

[mwagneto]

the entire point that kept coming up over and over again is that even though crowley and aziraphale are there on earth, they don't actually have to like, do anything. coz humans just do everything on their own. like neither heaven nor hell have really any influence on what happens. and the afterlife has never been portrayed as unfair. like the show has never been a critique of either godly meddling or of the sorting of souls into hell vs heaven. the entire world was just fine chugging along on its own and none of the angels or demons or prophecised apocalypses affected it at all. adam even made life slightly nicer if anything. so did jesus 2. what exactly was the reason why all 8 billion people in this world deserved to die. and in what universe would either crowley or aziraphale be okay with their entire world beind destroyed. let alone with each other dying.

[avengersnewb]

also it was so undercooked. it was obviously bits and pieces taken from a 6 hours script and nothing made sense:

what happened to Wickber Street?

what happened to Nina and Maggie?

what on earth was that gangster and crowley losing Bentley?

why did he lose his miracles just like that?

why wouldn't Aziraphale have checked on him over YEARS?

why would Crowley just decide to go to heaven after making such a big deal about never going back?

what did him going achieve anyway?

what was the point of investigation in Hell? what even was the role of hell in this story??

what on earth was the point of Jesus and Harry the Fish?

How could Aziraphale and Crowley ever want a new universe to be created? why not bring everyone back?????? so it was like an abstract concept of humanity they were fond of not like the existing version of it ????

And what was the deal with the fucking human AU at the end? like...okay here are your gays, don't be mad?

could them meeting as humans be less meaningful???

AND WHY THERE WAS NO KISS???

NOT AS ANGELS? AND NOT AS HUMANS????

NO KISS?

NO I LOVE YOU?

Fucking hell to be honest.

fucking hell.

[indigo-dear]

OMG yes I thought about that too - Like there's this confrontation when Aziraphale returns to Soho and everything is closed off/under construction but then nothing comes of it?? I got super worried about Nina and Maggie (who I would have been ok with not seeing if we hadn't had shots of their shops), and was halfway expecting a storyline where Aziraphale is seen as an evil, uncaring landowner and he figures out a way to deal with the cosmic problems by reconnecting to his human community or smth

I'm also so disappointed by God (and even Satan cause he was basically useless). She's such an intriguing figure in the first two seasons and here she felt a lil flat and devoid of the whimsy that made this show fun (to me). There's no fun 'gotcha' moment about her.

It just feels thrown together and random. I was too confused by the choices made in the script to enjoy the cute human couple at the end. These two had not pined and denied themselves for thousands of years. We didn't even get a good conflict resolution moment......... im making myself madder sorry (v happy for those who loved it! I didn't hate every minute either, and I get that it was done under shit restraints, but I'm a bit disappointed & angry)

[actual-changeling]

things i loved about the finale (that aren't related to the ending)

MICHAEL. just michael. everything about them from start to finish

crowley being willing to give up the bentley to protect aziraphale's bookshop and then still not living in it

muriel and their character development

THE COSTUMES AND OUTFITS

the way michael killed sandalphon and uriel, i love how they're burned into the wall with their wings out

the metatron showing up for like 10 seconds just to be immediately murdered. queenshit. amazing. you can never make me hate michael

crowley and his lil plant he carries around at the beginning

aziraphale and muriel cosplaying as demons (surprisingly well!)

saraqael knowing exactly what's going on but also really not giving a fuck

jesus getting adopted by a random guy he meets and spreading happiness with pizza

michael slowly ripping apart the book of life after realizing the entire universe is working as intended and needs to be burned down

also michael not giving a single shit about what aziraphale was saying. he tried and failed.

crowley's hair. his anger. getting drunk and staying drunk. not forgiving aziraphale the second he is back. refusing to play their 6k years long game. being honest and blunt. not backing down. finding joy in the small things.

the nightingale

[indigo-dear]

Ok yes and thank you!!

But also, this is confirming my impression that I liked watching the finale a lot at the beginning, and my enjoyment of it lessened gradually as it went on... cause most of these great bits are near the beginning.

I have so many criticisms and things that I don't understand but I did like most of these things (also, the classic little overlays of the cards and such)

[mwagneto]

you're genuinely trying to fucking tell me that crowley, who repeatedly begged aziraphale over and over and over to run away with him so they could be safe, and each time when aziraphale turned him down just chose to stay and die on earth instead (because there's no point to anything if aziraphale is gone), crowley who completely broke down when aziraphale was discorporated even though it was only his physical body, crowley who spent thousands of years showing up to save aziraphale in the strange little 5d chess of damsel and knight they'd been playing, would be alright with damning aziraphale to nonexistence. himself is one thing but you're fucking telling me that when offered a choice between the continuation of an imperfect world, or killing every single person in the universe, including aziraphale, he'd choose the latter? are you actually fucking serious?

[nerdmutant]

[lizardsfromspace]

Queerbaiting is real but not like. Common to the extent it's portrayed. Sherlock is a pretty unambiguous example: the teases basically were the show, and once they moved to outright mocking the fandom and the idea the show got worse. But once you get to shows with prominent queer characters and relationships...it's kinda hard to wrap my head around how it's different from any other ship or any other romantic thread that doesn't play out, in most cases. It's like when "bury my gays" went from criticizing how shows will kill off one of their very few, or sole, queer characters for shock value to calling it homophobic when a work that's queer-character-heavy or outright queernorm kills off anyone. Like the intent just isn't there

[sistersorrow]

A lot of terms get adopted by people who understand that a thing is commonly considered bad, but never learned *why* it's bad, so they conclude it must be bad in every possible context

Others aren't doing this, but rather coopting existing terms to add weight to their criticism of a work cause just disliking a plot point is nothing, but accusing it of being bigoted adds a moral dimension

[academia-lucifer]

@academia-lucifer

[boundwithpurple]

as always eimear mcbride is the only one who has ever really understood why fanfic is good

[scarlettohairdye]

This is probably a little too much nuance, but whenever I see a "all borders are violence" post (a political position I generally agree with!) I always add a little asterisk that says "*but the border checks that keep you from bringing homegrown produce into big agricultural areas to avoid the transmission of parasites and invasive species are actually fine and if we were more vigilant about that kind of thing maybe we wouldn't have spotted lanternflies in the states."

That doesn't work as well as a slogan, though

[bisquid]

Things borders should be for:

Biosecurity

Customs management (you do not want people importing a bunch of stuff that doesn't meet your country's safety standards, for example)

Things like that one lake in Europe where three national borders coincide and they built an island specifically so you can run between countries for fun

Things borders shouldn't be for:

Policing who can and can't come into a country

[ziggyplayedd]

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015

[sandersstudies]

Almost all of these are about variety. Humans need stimulation! We need enrichment! We literally cannot do the same thing every day!

The other day I was feeling miserable, so I hopped on a bus and rode it all the way back to where I’d started, and my brain, which had finally had some proper stimulation via new environments, was suddenly ready to go again!

This is why taking walks/drives and trying new hobbies are good for you! Don’t turn yourself into a sad zoo animal! You need some pumpkins to roll around in your enclosure!

[yippeeepenid]

ITS BACK!!!!!

god i fucking love the quote “dont turn yourself into a sad zoo animal” it has really inspired me!

[pulchrasilva]

Ursula k le guin will literally see a dichotomy and say "anyone gonna write a novel set on the point where that line gets blurry" and not even wait for an answer