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dearest-lady-disdain

bold words for a man who has been killing people for eleven episodes straight

ucanbanything

Thank you for the wonderful ride, Alice!

siopea

bethanydelleman

My child is reading Calvin and Hobbes, the most beloved comic from my childhood, and he has asked more than once if Hobbes is real or not. I told him that he should pay attention and decide for himself. He just showed me a panel where Hobbes threw Calvin in a rain barrel, and said Hobbes must be real because why would Calvin do that to himself. He's decided that Hobbes is real if only Calvin can see him but turns into a stuffed animal when anyone else looks at him, which is exactly what I decided when I was a kid.

I love the overall ambiguity of Calvin and Hobbes. A lot of the time, when you flash to another character's perspective, it's clear that Calvin just has a very active imagination, but sometimes even the other characters are perplexed. How did Calvin's dreaded bicycle end up in his closet? Did he really drag it all the way up the stairs to scare himself? Sometimes Calvin does things with Hobbes that hardly seem physically possible for him to do by himself. The lines between real and imaginary can be blurred and I think that's one of the really fun things about the comic.

sakana-no-yama

walletpoetry

Watching BBC Merlin genuinely feels like you’re constantly out of gems

maudlin-madeline

forgive this guy he's only more than a thousand years old

fartsy-artsy

Merlin s5 basically

bennetsbonnet

The reason Mr Darcy is an iconic literary character whose appeal has endured for more than two centuries is not because he's somehow simultaneously both a brooding, Byronic romantic hero and a poor socially awkward shy boy who's too nervous to talk to his crush.

The reason Mr Darcy has enduring appeal is because he transforms from a rich, conceited and utterly unpleasant snob into the best version of himself after a thorough rebuke from the heroine. Instead of resenting Elizabeth when she tells him how much she dislikes him, he realises that she was correct, that he cannot stand the person he has become either. Darcy listens, learns and grows as a person following her reproach of him. For all this, he expects absolutely nothing in return for it from her. Not her love, or her approval, or her thanks. Nothing.

Mr Darcy's character arc is a beautiful example of redemption; of a man turning into the best version of himself he possibly can be out of love not just for the heroine but for his fellow human beings... because being a better person is the right thing to do.

yokowan

dont store a knife with the point facing down, it damages the blade. no, dont do that either. when you store it with the point facing up you might accidentally hurt yourself when you try to grab it. dont store a knife at all actually. your blade must never leave your hand, always ready, ruthless and waiting. you know deep down that ever since you learned the stench of blood you will never be able to cast it aside. or just get a sheath for it i guess.

hopeful-recoveryy

Local library worker here begging you to take out any and all LGBTQ+ related content from your local library!

Public libraries purchase and display books based on popularity and demand. The more queer material taken out, the more inclined public libraries are to add more queer material.

This is also a reminder that libraries often carry DVDs and TV shows if you don’t want to physically read a book.

It can feel paralyzing for many queer folks this pride month. Little things like this give hope.

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official library post

seizesthegay

I refuse to see Katherine Plumber or Sarah Jacobs as "just a love interest." I refuse to believe that when you look at the two of the most developed characters in newsies, all you see is "jacks love interest." Katherine and Sarah both are complex characters and should not be reduced to that.