forget about a tbr my ao3 marked for later is out of control

kel & peter & katniss & arya & paks & kitay are my aromantic bitches

[may12324]

Gideon the Ninth is trending? Here, have a compilation of art I have done

[liesmyth]

they’re so fucking insane for this

[ronniekins1238]

literally every time I think of Gideon being the saddest girl in the world I tear up

[addamii]

Pyrrha Dve, everyone. She is the moment.

Available as a print here :)

[liesmyth]

yes yes “Ianthe thinks she’s the main character” this, “she thinks it’s a romcom” that, but I’d actually unironically Would read The Tridentarius Cut of tlt. imagine it.

it’s called The Prince Ascendant or something in that vein. gripping political space opera with a dash of romance to make you swoon and some smut and blood to spice it up. the cover is Ianthe holding her rapier in one hand, Babs’s half-chewed heart in the other. the blurb says “she could eat you alive and you WILL say thank you”. Ianthe autographs all copies whether you want it or not

[ronniekins1238]

someone please write this

[arianwells]

Ulyu Xe, pearl diver.

[eleann]

Normalize only talking about Rin-Venka-Kitay because I dont forgive that asian Draco Malfoy guy

[ronniekins1238]

literally they are the golden trio main characters and nezha is the asshole side villain who can't hold a candle to them

[cryptotheism]

i'll be honest, i thought that the lesbian undertones were one of the things the writers accidentally put in without realizing how gay it is, but after hearing the oroginal creators were poly? it's GOTTA be intentional.

Well no, the original editing team was Scorsese's in-house team. Recoloring for the 1996 remaster was outsourced to a team of period film specialists at a French university, who were in the infamous polyamorous throuple.

That said, the original cut is a fascinating little beast. The exploration of female bisexuality is explored far more, and very intentionally imo. Its an interesting play on the femme fatale, and the bohemian female mafioso archetypes that are combined with kind of shocking vulnerability, especially for the time. But it was 1973, and it was a little more acceptable to explore female queerness in film because, you know, two insane Russian chicks having an insanely homoerotic conversation while buying apples is pretty hot.

At the same time, I think the dynamic between Andrey and Goncharov is a bit of a Naruto situation. Not to say that Scorsese DIDN'T intended it to be a bit gay, but I think in attempting to be like "hey having a psychosexual rivalry with another dude is insecure and kinda gay" he kinda accidentally knocked a whole bowl of queer theory into the film. Hence the anchovy scene.

[thebellekeys]

The whitest review of Babel I've possibly ever read like holy shit, I'm actually surprised this isn't satire. Lmfao.

Tell me you've missed the entire point of the book and are ignoring the history of colonized nations and the reasons for the necessity of radicalism and violence among oppressed people without telling me that, I guess.

Woe to the upper middle class first world Letitias of the world! Your tears are noted.

[maeirys]

The Reverend Daughter - Gideon Nav

Harrow the Ninth - Gideon the Ninth

Nona the Ninth - Kiriona Gaia the First

[ronniekins1238]

Peter Pettigrew Redemption

as much as I love marauders fics I feel like I always hate how peter's depicted. like no hate, I blame JKR for writing a character that's central to the plot and supposed to be part of a super smart tight knit friend group but is also written as dumb and cowardly and generally kind of a dick. but then fics kind of go along with this and I'm always left wondering why the marauders would have him as one of their closest friends. also usually he isn't very fleshed out and his main character trait is being awkward/hungry/jealous. it's pretty well established that becoming an animagus is incredibly difficult and I think it's very unlikely anyone who wasn't a very skilled wizard could have accomplished it at fifteen, even with help from friends. besides that it does take some stealth and skill (and lack of any morals) to be a double agent, betray your friends, and then kill twelve people with one spell. also honestly the marauders aren't depicted as the kindest or most inclusive friend group and I don't think they would include Peter in all their schemes if he wasn't contributing something both socially as well as with magic and ideas. anyways I think Peter kind of has to be smarter than the Hogwarts teachers believe him to be and must at least at one point believe in the marauder's ideals of revolution and loyalty and pranks.

that's all the real stuff I have to say but personally I think Peter is James best friend before Hogwarts and comes off as sky and meek but is actually the mind behind a lot of their pranks. I think he's bad at standardized tests doesn't like class so he doesn't participate, leading teachers to think he's stupid, but he excels at magic when he's not constrained by rules or in the spotlight of a classroom. I think as the years go on and first James and Sirius get closer, then Sirius and remus, and eventually James and lily, Peter starts to feel left out and (as a lot of fics express) that he doesn't fit in with his friends. Also in my head his home life is stressful (he has more financial struggles/family responsibilities/his family's political views don't align) and this leads him to have a different view on the war than his friends. obviously there's a big difference between feeling left out and having different views and being a monster who betrays your closest friends, but I think those are some of the seeds which lead him down a very dark path.

anyways I love love love the marauders and everyone who writes about them but this just bugs me

[ronniekins1238]

also semi separate issue but I do have a bigger problem with depictions of Peter as the only fat character and also a glutton who's main interest is food. and also while I see him as aroace I think some depictions of him (as aroace) use this as a reason for his being left out or bitter and that feels icky

[ronniekins1238]

Peter Pettigrew Redemption

as much as I love marauders fics I feel like I always hate how peter's depicted. like no hate, I blame JKR for writing a character that's central to the plot and supposed to be part of a super smart tight knit friend group but is also written as dumb and cowardly and generally kind of a dick. but then fics kind of go along with this and I'm always left wondering why the marauders would have him as one of their closest friends. also usually he isn't very fleshed out and his main character trait is being awkward/hungry/jealous. it's pretty well established that becoming an animagus is incredibly difficult and I think it's very unlikely anyone who wasn't a very skilled wizard could have accomplished it at fifteen, even with help from friends. besides that it does take some stealth and skill (and lack of any morals) to be a double agent, betray your friends, and then kill twelve people with one spell. also honestly the marauders aren't depicted as the kindest or most inclusive friend group and I don't think they would include Peter in all their schemes if he wasn't contributing something both socially as well as with magic and ideas. anyways I think Peter kind of has to be smarter than the Hogwarts teachers believe him to be and must at least at one point believe in the marauder's ideals of revolution and loyalty and pranks.

that's all the real stuff I have to say but personally I think Peter is James best friend before Hogwarts and comes off as sky and meek but is actually the mind behind a lot of their pranks. I think he's bad at standardized tests doesn't like class so he doesn't participate, leading teachers to think he's stupid, but he excels at magic when he's not constrained by rules or in the spotlight of a classroom. I think as the years go on and first James and Sirius get closer, then Sirius and remus, and eventually James and lily, Peter starts to feel left out and (as a lot of fics express) that he doesn't fit in with his friends. Also in my head his home life is stressful (he has more financial struggles/family responsibilities/his family's political views don't align) and this leads him to have a different view on the war than his friends. obviously there's a big difference between feeling left out and having different views and being a monster who betrays your closest friends, but I think those are some of the seeds which lead him down a very dark path.

anyways I love love love the marauders and everyone who writes about them but this just bugs me