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[metamorphesque]

Emily Jungmin Yoon, "Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today" from A Cruelty Special to Our Species. 

[luthienne]

by the way your voice always matters in the fight against injustice. every single time you speak out against an injustice it matters. it sheds light on it. it empowers others to speak up. it matters

[luthienne]

if you are afraid to talk about palestine ask yourself why. will you be in danger? as palestinian people are? will an occupying army come into your house in the middle of the night and arrest you for mentioning the tragedy of palestine on social media? is it because you might be perceived as radical for asserting that an occupied people have a right to live free from oppression and death? is it because you feel you don’t know enough to speak out on the 60 days of relentless bombardment in 75 years of ethnic cleansing?

here are some resources to educate yourself:

- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Ilan Pappé

- The Question of Palestine, Edward Said

- Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics, Marc Lamont Hill & Mitchell Plitnick

- The Hundreds Years’ War on Palestine, Rashid Khalidi

- Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, Noura Erakat

- Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Davis

- Journal of an Ordinary Grief, Mahmoud Darwish

- Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, ed. Sumaya Awad & Brian Bean

what’s happening is wrong. it is unjust. and we are not powerless. this goes triple for usamericans. it is our weapons, our military aid, and our country’s unconditional support to the apartheid state of israel that is making this genocide a reality.

use your voice. speak the truth. it always matters.

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, "When Did It Happen?", Felicity

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

[i4219s]

1990, ne me laisse jamais partir.

[obnoxxiouschild]

fang runin did evolved, just in backwards!!!

love watching the poppy war reviews on youtube where they bash on rin saying that she didnt have any character development and she’s annoying. its almost like thats the point. its almost like maybe she is the villain of the story. ever stop and think abt that? how do people read the poppy war and not get the point that it’s a story about someone slowly spiraling into insanity. bcs yknow war can, and will drive u insane. if anything, literally everyone deteriorated by the end. does rf kuang needs to put war bad on her author’s note for u to get it?? with all the talks about wanting to have MCs that ✨aren’t like other MC✨ just proves that some of y’all arent actually ready for it. perhaps u’re just too accustomed to ur watered down YAs where the MC has got to be the hero. the poppy war is literally set in a world where people activates their magic by doing drugs, how do u think this will go down???

what grates me most about these bashing on poppy war trilogy is that these reviewers didnt get what rf kuang is trying to do with her characters. that they are complicated and they are on a war with enemies on every front. and that war is messy and the characters are practically children. of course their characterization wont be set in stone. they’re gonna change their mind, question their decision and beliefs throughout the series. their character development wont be linear. there will be set backs and inconsistency bcs THEY ARE CHILD SOLDIER IN THE FRONT LINE OF A WAR!!! im sorry that ur sorry ass cant see it, but thats how characters with depths are written. im sorry that ur fave characters are so one dimensional and arent interesting enough and their only personality trait is being snarky to the love interest.

dont get me wrong, u can totally dislike books or not enjoy it as much as other people do. i get that people have different taste. but when u want to criticize, at least give valid points without leaving the proper context.

but in terms of the poppy war and what ive seen abt the negative comments so far are dumb at best and honestly at this point just say tht you dont like asian-centric fantasy bcs most often than not the actual villain of the story are white colonizer and that doesnt sit right with u so u spun out garbage abt how its bad writing instead of admitting u’re lowkey racist lmao

[dancingwdinosaurs]

even more raven cycle art from the sketchbook!

[fairyfandommother]

‘Young Royals’ Season 2: An unhelpful guide to the first look at the upcoming season.

Image 1: Crown Prince Wilhelm at home, eating with his parents: Her Majesty, Queen Kristina of Sweden and The Prince Consort, Ludvig

It’s so sad that there are only placements for the three of them. It’s like even Erik’s ghost is gone now. Also very telling how Kristina and Ludvig are all smiles and Wilhelm looks rather uninterested and resigned. This is probably going to be the start of the season before Wille goes off to Hillerska for the new semester. A goodbye dinner even, given the fanfare (correct me if I’m wrong but the ‘family dinner’ we saw in Season 1 looked a lot less formal).

Image 2: Crown Prince Wilhelm shares a glance with his ex-lover, Simon Eriksson (guys they never even explicitly said they were together so they weren’t even boyfriends idt 😭)

This is their official return to Hillerska, I think. The students (maybe it’s the choir) are all lined up for a welcome ritual for the Crown Prince’s arrival. Simon is gonna try his best to avoid this boy. I just know it. And Wilhelm is gonna be devastated. He’s probably gonna be like “Simon” all happy and breathless and he’s gonna be met with a “Your Highness”. WRING ME AND HANG ME OUT TO DRY I’M GOING INSANE

Image 3: Crown Prince Wilhelm frowning in focus (is that Henry right there?? I spy a redhead) while August, The Asshole of Arnås smiles in the blurred foreground.

This image does not sit right with me. What the fuck are you smiling about you weasel? I can’t believe Lisa casted Malte as this dickhead because his cute baby face is working so hard to curb my enthusiasm at the prospect of him getting beat up. It’s also quite strange that he seems to be the only one smiling in this frame?? Like literally everybody else is just… not paying attention or mad as fuck.

Fuck you, August.

Images 4 and 5: (ltr) Madison McCoy, Felice Ehrenchrona, Sara Eriksson, Stella, and Frederika. Sara Eriksson and August, The Asshole of Arnas.

First of all, Nikita with her natural hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s go!!!!! Represent for the curly girls!!! This is such a huge deal for me as a black female fan of the show and I’m sure for Felice as a character. It represents her breaking out of that mold her mother put her in before to conform to conventional beauty standards. Love that she’s embracing her hair. Anywho… I put these images in a cluster because to me it seems like it happens either in the same scene or set around the same time (given Sara’s wardrobe). It’s probably the same first day as they’re all still in uniform. I doubt Felice would take very kindly to Sara and August conversing given what she knows but she also doesn’t know that Sara knows, Sara and August, The Asshole, don’t know that Felice knows. So, I’m thinking Sara and August are speaking away from the group (perhaps after they’ve left or walked off). August, The Asshole, looks teed off so I’m assuming this is a confrontation of sorts where he accuses Sara of spilling the beans to Wille and she has to convince him that she didn’t. Wouldn’t it be just great if Felice saw this little exchange and confronted Sara about it and Sara confesses what happened to Felice?? Wouldn’t y’al just love to see Sara face some consequences?? 🤭

Fuck both Sara and August tbh

Image 6: Felice Ehrencrona and Crown Prince Wilhelm share a quiet moment.

Wille looks so sad. Simon probably rejected him (as he should, let’s get one thing straight 😭), and Felice being the Best Friend Ever is rightfully trying to cheer Wille up. Wille had to make a lot of hard decisions last season, and those decisions hurt a lot of people, himself included. I hate what he did but it’s a messy situation all around and there’s really not much anyone can do about it. I believe in Wilmon Supremacy. Also, can I say that I love their friendship? I’m so happy that Felice, The Popular Rich Girl, is just.. so nice?? All hail.

Images 7 and 8: Simon Eriksson with best friends Ayub and Rosh + Crown Prince Wilhelm pining after Simon Eriksson in a classroom full of people.

I have TWO (2) theories about this set of photos. Given Simon’s wardrobe, I think it’s safe to say these scenes are probably close together (Omar was right, what is this kid wearing lmaooo). This is obviously during the week back (or even further in the semester) since the kids are back to regular clothing. My theories are more so with the order of these scenes.

Theory 1: Rosh and Ayub talk to Simon prior to the classroom scene where he tells them he’s gonna ignore Wille and they either stick by his decision or try to dig deeper into why he’s making said decision before he actually goes and ignores Wille in class ORRRRRRR

Theory 2: Simon ignores Wille in class and then tells Rosh and Ayub about it and they talk. I’m more inclined to believe this one because it makes more sense for him to meet up with his friends after school than it does for him to meet them before (assuming this is all the same day since he’s wearing the same clothes).

Let me also just take a moment to comment on Wilhelm’s very in-your-face staring here… like… he’s so obvious about it? And like, good for him?? Everyone else seems to be looking down at their books so maybe it’s a read aloud or a follow along but Wille’s not even trying to look like he’s paying attention. Also, how much do you wanna bet he kicked someone out of their seat to be able to sit with Simon? How many eyebrows do you think that raised? You go, Wille. Fight for your man.

Image 9: Crown Prince Wilhelm and Simon Eriksson, with their team, during rowing team training (?)

Looooot of assumptions here but they’re all in uniform and we know they’re on the team so let’s assume this is canon.

There’s so much going on here. Simon is like… all up in Wille’s space. One hand around his waist (check the mirror) and another on his side. Obviously this is a team building exercise and it could mean absolutely nothing but the significance of Simon being the one to have direct physical contact with Wille is pretty telling iykwim. This picture also seems kind of strange to me as I don’t think it belongs to the rest of the cluster which I’m guessing is the first, or even second, episode of the new season. This picture is singular in arrangement. There’s no partner. I’m guessing it happens a little later on (3 or 4 maybe) and after Wilmon have had some sort of development. A talk maybe? Cleared the air at least. Established some necessary boundaries.

Also notice who is very strategically missing from this shot? The captain of the team. I hope he got expelled. 🫶🏽🫦

Anyways, this makes zero sense but it’s just the initial vibe that I’m getting from this set of photos. I’M SO EXCITED FOR WHAT’S TO COME!! Also, @ that one Netflix France employee that leaked the season was coming out in November, I hope you don’t get fired 😭😭

[all-things-breathing]

the raven cycle spoilers

losing my mind as the narrative deconstructs around gansey because he's the one who created it in the first place. there's this boy who thinks he's special and collects special people, only to eventually realize that he's the only one who isn't special and he's the one that's been collected by the special people around him. how is he supposed to live with that now. to live knowing his destiny was actually just to survive all along, that his friends love him because they choose to, not because there is a greater calling he can offer them as it's discovered they each already have a calling apart from him? the strangest thing about this boy is his capacity to love the strangeness around him, and for a long time he believed he was a part of that strangeness. but the strangeness allowed him to be a guest in their world, a companion. and all along he thought he was the captain, the pilot, the mapmaker. but he was a stowaway all along, led by a current he saw and did not understand. his girlfriend is half-tree. his best friend is a dream thief. his other best friend is a bond with the magic of the universe. his other best friend is a ghost. his life was saved because his love echoed ahead of him, not because he was mystic and fated to accomplish his childhood dreams. do you think he ever looks at the people around him and feels like he didn't belong? when, once upon a time, he looked at the people around him and laughed because he thought they wouldn't believe all the magic he was a part of? do you think he feels ordinary? do you think there's a bitter aftertaste in his mouth? do you think there's a hollowness when he looks at a map of the interstate and knows that there aren't any clues left waiting for him? do you think he grieves for the person he thought he was supposed to be? do you think he holds on to his friends all the more fiercely because they're the closest to otherness he'll ever get again? do you think he went a little mad and hopes that some teenagers try to bring him back to life in a few thousand years? he died once and he thought it was the worst thing that ever happened to him. but maybe the worst thing to happen to him was nothing, and having to watch things happen to everyone else around him.

[vexheart]

pov: you come home after a long day to your little cottage on the edge of the forest and rest in your own cosy safe space ✨

[fearlastyear]

the stories i care about most are always “two characters are wounded in similar ways which gives them the unique ability to reach each other” or “one character is wounded in a way no one in her life understands, so no one can reach her before it’s too late” 

[fearlastyear]

[eternalbulletproof]

family

[mygsupremacy]

hello ???

[mimibtsghost]

BIGHIT’S ARTISTS FROM SHORTEST TO TALLEST 

(Jimin looks so happy to not be the shortest. Also, look at everyone’s shoes then look at Jungkook’s. BTW Yoongi convinced BigHit and everyone that he is taller than Jimin when he declared himself that Jimin is taller by 1cm)

[joonlights-remade]

things king namjoon said at the grammys:

"it's always been in korean actually. it's all korean babe" when asked if there'd be any english in the album

"my ears are itching because, you know, somebody's hating right now like on twitter, or anywhere. but you know, we have our fans and they purple us and with that we can get everything we want"

"I really hope we get a nomination next year. should I say it in english?"

"the rehearsal - it was a bit out of order"

"I mean it's their rule that you can't perform if you're not nominated. but they told us like 2 weeks ago that we have to perform"

just shaded grammys in general we love to see it

and of course last year's "we'll be back"

[st-pam]

Some cliche Autumn themed watercolour drawings haha

[6thlovelanguage-deactivated2020]

Jenny Slate, Little Weirds