half agony, half hope.

emma. 1996. bi. hapa. striving to be someone who'd make carrie fisher proud.

[midnights-dragon]

[pirenas]

Laufey eating Jollibee after her concert in Manila

[regardstosoulandromance]

saw the odyssey last night and was charmed and shocked to find out that they have amazing chemistry

[regardstosoulandromance]

the five rumors about andy sachs that were wrong, and the one that was right - a Mirandy Week day five

The rumors about Andy Sachs have been greatly exaggerated

read here on ao3

[dzerzhinskaya]

has anyone heard of books? getting really into books this year #nichehobby

[lacetulle]

Manish Malhotra | Fall/Winter 2026 Couture

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[regardstosoulandromance]

since we’ve no place to go - a fic for Mirandy Week day four

Miranda usually didn't hire Alphas, but when Andrea Sachs stood in her office that first day with her messy hair and big speech about work ethic, Miranda had been intrigued. She'd hired her, only noting when Andrea had gone that she smelled like honey and lavender.

Or, despite Miranda and Andy becoming stranded by a snow storm, things... heat up.

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[ovid]

actually, that sex scene is load-bearing

[regardstosoulandromance]

Always On My Mind - a fic for Mirandy Week day three

Hell, Miranda Priestly decided, was Starbucks on a Monday morning. The week was already off to a horrific start. First her towncar had gotten a flat on the way to Elias-Clarke, then she'd gotten a car that the entire building had lost power, trapping both her at the bottom and her pair of assistants on Runway's floor. Emily had called in a tizzy, breathless as she ran down the stairs to meet her.

"Don't bother," Miranda had huffed, "I'll get my own coffee since you'll probably will have spilled it all and let it have gone cold by the time you finally arrive."

read here on ao3

[regardstosoulandromance]

there is so much fic to be read for mirandy week im so excited to get off work and dig in

[tomatinart]

Mirandy week day 1: Royal AU

[sayspeaknow]

[regardstosoulandromance]

very confused by the twt bl*ntaway shippers because I keep seeing tweets where they post some clip from the odyssey press tour and are like “you can tell emily is her lover from this” and then the video is anne being like “im so lucky to have met my soulmate adam and we love and support each other so much and it’s really special to have a family together which is how penelope and odysseus feel about one another”

[regardstosoulandromance]

chicken noodle soup - a fic for Mirandy Week day two

When Miranda is uncharacteristically absent from Runway, Amari worries. Luckily Andy has it covered.

read here on ao3

[soreheadinamblemood]

[bootyshorts-with-this-on-the-ass]

Booty shorts with “it’s plot exposition, it has to go somewhere” on the ass

[regardstosoulandromance]

pick your favorite from my top 10 favorite movies!*

you’ve got mail (1998)

hello, dolly! (1969)

the devil wears prada (2006)

paddington (2014)

10 things I hate about you (1999)

the broken hearts gallery (2020)

emma (2020)

cinderella (1997)

the princess diaries (2001)

rear window (1954)

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Remaining time: 2 days 2 hours

*not including Christmas movies and only one nora ephron movie. tagged by @caspianxth !! tagging whoever wants to!