Steph

Twenty-nine years old. Smashy skatey fun 🛼 Type 1 Diabetic 💉

[sustancy]

[kurt-accursedd]

I have caught something ever sincr Rammstein's concert in Tallinn

[ash-elizabeth-art]

A mouse and his tea, 2024

[astxrothinsolace]

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention this but rf kuang’s naming of Victorie in Babel is just genius??? Victorie is derived from the Latin word for ‘victory’, and at the end of the novel, she was the only one to survive the rebellion out of the three of them. Her name alone carries the implication that the revolution was successful despite her and Robin’s worries, as she rides out in ‘victory’. This is such a smooth and unnoticeable reassurance that the novel did not end on a cliff-hanger, but rather and strong and positive reaffirmation.

[silvermarig0lds]

rin 😄 and rin 😟

[allthingseurope]

Kinnoull Tower, Scotland (by michael)

[wolverxne]

[makingimages]

[polartss]

Haircut

Rin from The Poppy War by RF Kuang

[cikebabbler]

absolutely genius of rf kuang to elaborate on virtually nothing about speer's culture. the only things said about speer are "speerlies are mindless savages" and "speerlies are most definitely not mindless savages". there are no deep dives, no explanations of their way of life, nothing beyond the glimpses that disproves nikan's belief that they are nothing but a violent group. we saw that they had leaders that cared about their people and children. we saw that they are people who found joy in life. but that's really not much.

this emphasizes the horror of genocide. millenia of culture and history, individual lives filled with love, pain, and passion, just completely wiped away. there were only two surviving speerlies. one of them was too young when he was taken away, and probably doesn't remember much. the things he did remember was also probably buried under years of abuse and drugs people were plying him with. the other one didn't even know she was from speer until the last few months of her life, and there was really no one around to teach her about their culture. and if there was, life as she knows it was falling apart. learning about her dead people's culture probably didn't even cross her mind.

without saying any of these things and by intentionally leaving readers in the dark about what speer was truly like, rf kuang said so much about the horrors of genocide. by not saying anything, she said everything. she did the "show me, don't tell me" tip for writers and it was brilliant.

we will never learn most of speer's culture and history and that was the point.

[aquar-io]

[itslatingirl]

[centtury]

[schlarklezyaoi]

the idea that you need a large budget and good equipment to create a good series/movie is ridiculous. run into the woods with a gopro and pretend to be haunted by slenderman like a man.

[hellboys]

THE CROW dir. alex proyas

[thecreechercatalog]

Eric Draven + Red

The Crow (1994)

[wedgeantill]

The Crow (1994) dir. Alex Proyas