my body screams when it parts from yours

[doing-it-for-debussy]

a compilation of some of my favourite composer quotes:

“Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.”  - Igor Stravinsky

“I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.” - Edvard Grieg 

“Never look at the trombones. It only encourages them.” - Richard Strauss

“He’d be better off shovelling snow than scribbling on manuscript paper.” - Richard Strauss on Schoenberg

“I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.” - Ludvig van Beethoven

“I have written a chorale both sober and suitable. In it I have put everything I know about boredom. I dedicate this to those who do not like me.” - Erik Satie

“ Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.” - Gioacchino Rossini

“What a good thing this isn’t music.” - Gioacchino Rossini on Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique 

“Oh how wonderful, really wonderful opera would be if there were no singers!” - Gioacchino Rossini

“In opera there is always too much singing.” - Claude Debussy

“Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!” - Johann Sebastian Bach

“Listening to the 5th Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.” - Aaron Copland 

“The audience expected something big, something colossal, but they were served instead with some agitated water in a saucer.” - Louis Schnieder on Debussy’s La Mer

“He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child.” - Clara Schumann on Liszt 

“What a giftless bastard!” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on Brahms

“Handel is only fourth rate. He is not even interesting.” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“Bach on the wrong notes” -  Sergei Prokofiev on Stravinsky 

And, saving the best for last…

“Lick my ass up and down” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Feel free to add more! (Also please don’t think that I agree with all of these, I am a huge fan of Symphonie Fantastique and La Mer!!)

[queencate]

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara attend the Premiere of “Carol” during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France.

[fuckitfireeverything]

#hades pulling persephone into the underworld on may 17 2015 in cannes france (via xjehan)

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

hey I saw the bi woman using butch/femme post you reblogged and I just wanted to let you know that bi woman can't use butch/femme. Butch/femme is more than a label, it's part of lesbian culture. An aspect of it is being yourself and dressing and acting how you like But Not For Men, only for other lesbians. It's all about the complete exclusion of men. If bi woman are attracted to men, how can they be part of this culture?

Butch and femme identities have existed since a time when differentiating between lesbians and bi women wouldn't have been as crucial and common as simply making it known you were a woman interested in other women.

They are not part of a lesbian culture. They're part of the culture of women who love women.

That is our link and our solidarity. That we are women who love women. Cis women, trans women, lesbians, bi women, pan women, we are all unitied in our love and in our struggle.

When queer bars and groups faced violence and oppression in the past, do you think police and homophobes stopped and said "all the bisexual women here may leave. We'll only assault the lesbians." Do you think that'd happen now?

Get a grip. Bi and lesbian history is intrinsically and irrevocably intertwined.

On a personal note, the bi community is precious to me because I identified as bi for years before I realized I'm a lesbian, and my bi community supported me every step of the way and celebrated me when I came out as a lesbian. I don't identify as bi anymore of course, but that identity was an important stepping stone that will always be a part of me. Many others have gone through the same journey. Others start out identifying as lesbians, then realize they're bi. Do their butch or femme identities suddenly disappear? Does some lisence get revoked?

For reasons like this, the bi and lesbian communities are again, linked on a fundamental level that can't be separated.

I appreciate and understand that you see butch and femme as identities which exist to deny the involvement of men.

However, for me, these identities exist to focus on the involvement of women.

That includes bi women.

You're so focused on a bisexual woman's attraction to men that you forget her love for women.

You need to learn your own history.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

When I made this post, I didn’t expect it to get so many notes, but I’m glad it did because many many people were quick to add that these terms aren’t even exclusive to women. In fact they’ve been used historically and to this day in ball culture, led by Black and Latino members of the community.

I ended my answer challenging anon to learn their history, and I wasn’t mocking them. It was a genuine suggestion.

Then I ended up reading and learning about that history myself. I know I’m not making any revelations here as a white person who has once again learned yet another iconic part of our community was founded by people of color, but I wanted to share this addition so other people who don’t know can get reading.

Thank you! There is always more to know, and it’s our responsibility to seek out that knowledge and commit to upholding its truth.

[little-miss-rasputin-pageant]

i recently found out that George Lucas orginally wanted Toshiro Mifune to play the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars movie because he was such of fan of the Akira Kurosawa films that he starred in and now i haven't been able to stop thinking about an alternate universe where old Obi-Wan looks like this

and young Obi-Wan looks like this

you're welcome

[pratzwrites]

Pieces, Redux

after so many years and delays and everything that is life and adulting

IT IS HERE

[pratzwrites]

Hi. Hope you're having a lovely day! Just wondering you don't happen to have a copy or know someone who has a copy of 'The Beauty of Nottingham and the Beast of Sherwood'?

Hi frienger.

The writer is rewriting that story for possible publication, so to honor her decision I’d decline your request to distribute any copy of it. Hope you understand and take care.

[pratzwrites]

actually i forgot how many vauseman fics you had! i remember reading all of them years ago wow, i just sent the message about pieces, but i would love to re read all of them. if possible please allow me access on livejournal. my name is brittana2120 on there. if you could give me access it would mean everything.

Hope this is not too late and hope to see you tomorrow @ AO3!

[pratzwrites]

hi you haven’t been on in a while but i’m begging you to republish pieces😩😩 i need to re read it for my sanity. if not i understand, but it’s quite honestly one of the best things i’ve ever read, fan fiction or published.

Tomorrow!

[pratzwrites]

I'm anxiously waiting for you to post your oitnb on ao3. I've been hoping for almost 3 years to read your work and I'm so excited

Has it been that long? O__o Oh my, I feel bad and I know I sound like I’m half-assing or delaying its re-uploading but it’s there on AO3 now. Just a click away!

[bubbleflexe]

Miss You 💙 #GetWellSoonWendy

[leaderirene]

😛

[theseulgis]

she’s not willing to let you live

[1st-1]

Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, shot from Cassini during its flyby of Jupiter

[pratzwrites]

i've heard so much about how great your oitnb fic is. how can i find it?

Hello frienger! In a few days I’m going to republish some of my old fics, starting with Pieces, on my AO3 handle. Happily looking forward to meeting you there!

[freewillandphysics]

So Captain Marvel is really out here married to 007, huh?

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[kryptonlivess]

WHERE WAS THE FUCKING RED DAUGHTER POSTER WITH THIS SUIT? LOOK AT THE BLOOD RED CAPE, THE PANTS, THE KAZNIAN SYMBOL AND THE BELT? WE WERE ROBBED IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE WHEN IT CAME TO RED DAUGHTER- HER STORYLINE, HER CONCLUSION, HER SUIT, AND NOW HER POSTER

[onodera-kosaki]

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Kimi no Na wa - なんでもないや (Nandemonaiya)

Cover by Mone Kamishiraishi (Mitsuha’s voice)