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xxvii; she/they; PL/ENG | mostly talking to myself about my writing

[opentanie]

penta [she/they] is the name, and shitpost is the game.

Multifandom. Writing. I can't be bothered to make more than one blog in here, I'm too lazy.

Might post dd:dne content, although rather sfw. Eventual content warnings: incest, age gap, (psychological) abuse. Just a gothic literature girlie through and through.

[machakizi]

I had the wonderful opportunity to commission viria to draw my babies, Fenris and Bethany. She’s an absolute joy to work with and does amazing work. I can’t thank her enough for this perfection.

[irlxmamis-blog]

[canidaefello]

He’s so smooth with it 💕 🥰

[typinggently]

Vladimir Nabokov, Humbert's Poem from ch.25 of Lolita. I invite you to enjoy Jeremy Irons’ reading of it. [version 1 of this post]

A little farewell to one of the most interesting dynamics on the show, which never got the closure it deserved. (Of course this poem takes place after Humbert lost Dolores, hence the constant jumping between seasons. There's a rhythm to that, at least for the most part.)

Note on the french:

Alfred Appel Jr translates it as following in the Annotated Lolita:

The other night, a cold air [pun with melody, draft, wind] from the opera forced me to take to my bed / Broken note -- he who puts his trust in it is quite foolish! / It is snowing, the decor collapses, Lolita! / Lolita, what have I done with your life?

I find it incredibly interesting how Homelander's appeal to Misty "You're supposed to worship me, love me, and me alone" mirrors his speech to Annie: "Loving, dutiful main squeeze Starlight, worshipping me and me alone". It felt cheap to add the subtitles here, since I already did that earlier because I feel the 'he's like Jesus or something' moment is something not everyone is as obsessed with as me. Anyhow: Yes, he sounds remorseful, the commentary also highlights how it's (as almost everything Nabokov does) a parody and reference - to french poetry, in this case. So 1) we can wonder how earnest that moment in Humbert's poem is, since his regret turns into violence (or memories of violence) right after. For Homelander, I find it interesting to take it at face value and marvel in how he CAN'T admit to what he did to Annie (and others). Not in English, anyways. He doesn't have the words to say it, hence it's in French. You get it.

But since I'm rambling anyways: names. Homelander/John/fucking nothing - the games Humbert plays with Dolores' name, how he tries to own her via 'Lolita'. Etc.

[ziyuanyuan1113]

When Daeron said Aerion was a glad child, this was all I could imagine, still a menace but it was probably cuter when he was little

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[despazito]

[realflaminglily]

Remember! "Autistic sense of justice" remains one of the worst named symptoms in the entire fucking world! Autism is not the Disease That Makes You Morally Good, if anything, it's the Disease That Gives You Very Strong Convictions In The Morals You Have, Without Pre-Defining Those Morals For You.

[yeahsoapy]

Sansa in Kings Landing

[cnladies]

CHEN YIHAN / ESTELLE CHEN 陈意涵 | hanfu photoshoot

Chen Yihan: more photos here hanfu photoshoot: more photos here

[rrodenth]

I made this a while ago, i figured fandom people would appreciate it

[maegoorskeep]

2/6

Alys of house Harroway, second wife of Maegor Targaryen.

I have so many headcanons so…. Here are some :

— Alys fell in love with Maegor when she saw him jousting in Riverrun for the first time when she was 15.

— They met for the first time in Harrenhal when the Prince was searching for the Giant of the Trident in 31 AC.

— She’s the first love of Maegor Targaryen and he was quite obsessed with her and the bright color of her hair.

— Alys was a very fervent woman. She loved to prey her gods. One of these prayer became true when her prince kissed her under a poplar near the Gods Eye.

— During their exile, Alys fell in love with Tyanna of the Tower. She trusted her with her life.

— Alys had many miscarriages in Pentos, which she hid from Maegor. Every baby had wings and scales.

— Once queen, she was the true Hand of the King. She would write letters in his name, which Maegor appreciated.

— The death of her last child and the betrayal of her lover broke Alys. She had no fight in her to refute Tyanna’s lies.

— Maegor watched the entire torture of Alys in hope it would make him unlove her. It only made him crazier.

— The killing of the Harroway and of Alys herself were done by Maegor’s hand himself, angered by the betrayal of the love of his life.

[bebemoon]

"nightmare bitch"

[tomatatoro]

[ao3commentoftheday]

memes are fun and relatable and all that, but don't let them discourage you. all of that stuff that doesn't make it into the final product is part of how the final product gets made

[heartofstanding]

Writing historical fiction means silencing the voice of the snobby histfic reader (who I'm intimately familiar, being a bitchy and snobby histfic reader myself) in the back of your head going "um, there's no evidence for this" and "I'm about to nitpick the evidence for this into oblivion" and "don't. defame. the. dead" that would make you second-guess a lot of things you want to write.

Historical accuracy is rarely a simple, objective measure for a story in the first place.

Sometimes... what people claim is "historical fact" or "historically accurate"... is not historical fact or historically accurate.

At all.

Sometimes the "historically inaccurate" or "least likely" option is the version of events you want to tell - not because you think it's what really happened but because you find it the most interesting option.

Or it's the option that fits the story you want to tell best. Or it's the option that makes you happiest or the most comfortable. Whatever.

"Most likely" and "least likely" arguments about historical mysteries or lacunae are nearly always subjective.

Just because something is deemed "most likely" does not mean it actually happened. Just because something is deemed "least likely" doesn't meant it could never have happened.

Claims of historical accuracy have often been weaponised to reinforce a view of the past as primarily cis, straight, white and male.

The people who are loudly and stridently arguing that it's inaccurate (and stupid and wrong and ridiculous) to depict the Historical Figure as queer, trans, not-white etc. aren't worth listening to.

Even if they're right. If they are, there'll be other people saying it without the vitriol. And you only have to listen to the other people if being factually correct matters to you.

You'll never make the people who know enough to nitpick your choices into oblivion happy unless your story perfectly complies with their preferred version of events. Write for yourself, not for them.

Don't defame the dead generally means "your depictions of my faves are bad and you should feel bad, this is a moral outrage" and has been used to critique a whole range of characterisations and plot choices the reader doesn't like.

This includes representing a historical figure as trans, as queer, as disabled, as non-white. It is not defamatory to represent a historical figure as trans, queer, disabled, non-white, etc.

Even if you don't have the evidence to prove it.

Even if it's part of a depiction of The Historical Figure as evil. There's nothing "defamatory" about being disabled, about being queer, trans, etc.

It may mean that you, the author, are using harmful tropes that perpetuate racism, transphobia, homophobia etc. But it may not. You can write the Evil Gay Villain or you can write a villain who is also gay.

There's a difference between depicting a character who might espouse horrible viewpoints and the narrative approving of it.

For the vast majority of historical fiction? The Historical Figure and everyone who ever knew them or knew people who knew them have been dead for centuries. They are well past caring or being harmed by a novel.

It's worthwhile to think about what it means to depict The Historical Figure in whatever way you're considering but don't get caught up in "Only Positive Depictions/Only Historically Evidenced Depictions Allowed" games.

Sometimes what the story is exploring is more important than whether The Historical Figure is "defamed" or their depiction can be declared historically accurate.

Less "is the dead being defamed" and more "are the characters complex? are their actions understandable? Do the antagonists feel like they could have been a real human and not an monstrous villain? Do the protagonists feel like shining perfect angels or human beings?"

Because at the end of the day: the characters of historical fiction were human. They weren't goodies and baddies in a cartoon designed to teach children morals.

All historical fiction is, inevitably, historically inaccurate. It cannot hope to be an entirely faithful and accurate recreation of a historical moment for which only fragmentary evidence remains.

Fuck the historical accuracy police. Fuck the don't defame the dead police.

[lomakes]

Queen of Ferelden

[byjove]

my knight dismissed me as his squire for shrieking “DIVA DOWN!” when he was unhorsed on the battlefield

[urdnotflexthejedibard]

@ Loras Tyrell