The Yellow Brick Road Ends Here

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[glorianas]

[lenfanttterrible]

[thatkindoffeminist]

[kiwinning]

[sensoryoverloadistry]

The Grad Student Shuffle- Christ Fleming

[throesofincreasingwonder]

[catherinebunnington]

when you see something that needs to be done and you think “someone should take care of that” just remember that you’re someone

[creekfiend]

you ever meet someone and it's just like oh wow this person needs a visit from the divorce fairy

[tetsuooooooooooo]

divorce fairy

[reticent-vampire]

The Vampire Lestat | new teaser

[mhevarujta]

"I like to jokingly say that this book is three novellas in a trench coat because it is each of their stories. I structure my books before I write them; first, I structure the book narratively, which is the order in which the reader experiences it, then I shift it to chronological order in order to write it. That means I don’t actually write the book in the order that the reader experiences — I write the book in the order that the characters experience it. I built all three women in chronological order and then found the intersections in their timelines in order to maintain clarity of voice between them. I also like to create a headline for each of my characters; the way I broke it down for Sabine, Charlotte and Alice is that Alice lives in her head, Charlotte lives in her heart and Sabine lives in her hunger. Those become the driving forces for each character in terms of how they navigate the world. Charlotte was the most internal, the most romantic, the most emotional and emotive. Alice was the most neurotic, the most anxious, the most self-aware. Sabine was the hungry, insatiable, and really self-actualized character."  

V.E. Schwab for B&N Reads

[good-nurse-gremlin]

In fact all of them love the saga but some people cof cof Daniel will never admit it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[crabstronaut]

Day 4, no.928 - Smoliv!

sad wet beast. i love you.

[moniquill]

[reasonablywittyatbest]

Scrolled past this agakn and just can't get over how much I love it. We need to make things beautiful again and this is such a wonderful example. The beadwork on the wires of a utitarian object, contrasted with the grey concrete.

[kaashina]

maomao and her dedication to never discovering anything about jinshi's personal life

fake idgafer final boss

[itsgarbageboy]

maomao is my favorite "not like other girls" style protagonist bc for one shes a girls girl through and through. to the bone. and two she's just a weird little freak. absolute lunatic. they have the whole "omg she's actually beautiful and everyone falls for her when she's all made up" trope but the punchline is that she does not fucking want to look like that. she actively puts dirt on her face every day bc she does not want to be perceived as attractive (mostly out of fear of being used for sex work though at the same time she has the utmost respect for women who do sex work like she grew up in a brothel those are her sisters). she's Sherlock level smart and solves every mystery so fast but goes "well thats none of my business. anyway back to testing poisons on myself" she has the 2nd most powerful guy in the nation head over heels in love with her and is like "man this guy is weird around me what's his deal. I guess he's fine though because he gives me rare medicines and has no dick" fucking ICON i love her. also she once slapped someone so hard they fell on the floor. 10/10

[dreamworksoverdisney]

Maomao: Not to worry. I have a permit.

Court lady: This just says, "Maomao can do what she wants" with master Jinshi signature.

[krmna]

[smolhours]

can't get enough of maomao being a million times softer when she's with xiaolan like that's her baby sister fr 😭 and she looks so happy being a big sis jfhsjhs they're so adorable 😭

that's the xiaolan effect for ya!

[bubblyernie]

Leyendecker drawing but make it Louis and Lestat >:)

art tag // commission info

[neo--queen--serenity]

It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.

HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.

They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.

They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).

Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.

The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.

Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.

The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.

[kaashina]

im holleringgggg maomao is judging shisui so hard when this is all her

these girls are having an autistic-off

[realistimagination]

Some days I'm like who the fuck am I? I've had the luxury of seeing Fall Out Boy 3x, Vision Video 3x, and Eddie Izzard perform a one woman Shakespeare show. Like I have whole ass moments of existential crisis in being my ancestors wildest dreams. Other days I feel unworthy of the luxury of being in a bar ordering a glass of water. Yet others I tell myself I deserve a treat.

[realistimagination]

Some days I'm like who the fuck am I? I've had the luxury of seeing Fall Out Boy 3x, Vision Video 3x, and Eddie Izzard perform a one woman Shakespeare show. Like I have whole ass moments of existential crisis in being my ancestors wildest dreams. Other days I feel unworthy of the luxury of being in a bar ordering a glass of water. Yet others I tell myself I deserve a treat.