The Butterfly of the Moment

"It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop." ~Vita Sackville-West

[throathole]

I really love when cats use their front legs to hold something in place while they use their back legs to kick the absolute shit out of it

[throathole]

Destruction. Annihilation, even

[ollie2point0]

the doctor told me aliens keep killing his companions so I asked how many companions he has and he says he just goes to earth and gets a new companion afterwards so i said it sounds like he's just feeding his companions to aliens and then he started crying

[animentality]

[hapalopus]

#we need simulated endurance hunting for people like shit that's actually enriching for humans as a species#i would be so down for that. use this body the way its supposed to be used (tags via @falconheaded)

Do you have any idea how much I'd pay for a treadmill with a built-in persistence hunting simulator?? I would get on that thing every day

[halcyonsynthesis]

I have always said that we need adult playgrounds and play structures. Like the ones we had in the 80s but much bigger. Gimme a floppy bridge to run across to get to the slides.

[calicohyde]

i hate when ppl act like the only reason to not like a "sad" ending is because you can't take it or whatever. personally as a tragedy enjoyer, i hate a poorly written ending. i hate an ending that is just kind of a bummer. i hate an ending that feels mean-spirited to the audience. i hate an ending that's redundant. i love a sad ending that is thematically consistent, poignant, and bespoke to the rest of its narrative.

[the-fallen-blue]

#if you've got to earn a happy ending you've got to earn a sad one too

[thebrakshow]

Every time I wash utensils I think about that post that’s like “why am I jacking off the silverware” or whatever

[thebrakshow]

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

when i tell you i have never felt so seen by a character in my life

[gyenies]

Whisper of the Heart (1995) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Spirited Away (2001)

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (2026)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 24

[spindriftsecret]

5 stars! This book had me in a chokehold, I listened for 8 hours straight!

[horrid-corvid]

Spoiler alert: he can and he did and would continue to do so

[queen-mihai]

It's Juneteenth yall. And I'm not letting this day go unmarked.

Black people fight for everybody. We stand in solidarity with women, lgbt people, poor people all over the world of every skin color and background. Every religion and nationality.

Today, stand with us. Be with us. Tell a black person you love them. Hug a black person (with consent). Ask that hot black girl out today. Make a black person smile. Black lives matter to everybody and you matter to us.

Stand with us on Juneteenth like we stand with you all year round, and I hope a happy Pride month continues for all of us

💝

[queen-mihai]

Obligatory self reblog because Tumblr doesn't ever let anybody see my stuff unless I literally post it repeatedly

[queen-mihai]

I'd love if you'd reblog this and keep it moving, with love

[beardedmrbean]

[stilltheturtlemoves]

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

[aizel-kon]

"The Knight and The Moth" German Cover

It was a great pleasure and honor to create an illustration for the German edition of The Knight and The Moth by @rmgillig.

I absolutely LOVE the book, so I wanted to create a cover worthy of it.

🌟Amazing frame was done by @alessandrafusi 🌟And a wonderful cover and edge design by @alexanderkopainski

P.S. I can't sell prints of this cover art too, unfortunately. But I will let you guys know if this changes.

[thebinarybookbinder]

Sometimes I forget I have a tumblr account and I should also share things here. So here’s one of my recent rebinds, The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig! It actually had signatures so I was able to sew my own endbands.

Originally I set out to do this all with inlays but for many reasons that was a complete failure and heat transfer vinyl does not have enough shades of blue, so I ordered a custom direct to film transfer which thankfully was a lot cheaper than actually buying a dtf printer.

Cover inspired by gothic windows, stained glass, and used the chapter header art for the moth and sword.

[morndas]

the knight and the moth said that belief can cradle you even as it strangles you. that holy water drowns and corrupts as easily as it cleanses. that the cathedral’s beauty is built on blood, bone, and fear. that vows mean nothing when wielded as chains. that the truest knightly virtue is the refusal to kneel to corruption; that honor is not found in obedience, but defiance. that both moth and man will burn themselves on false light because the darkness is unbearable. that salvation may come from the hands of the damned. that freedom can feel like heresy. that naming yourself is the loudest prayer you will ever speak. that the only divinity worth worshiping is love itself.

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for July, featuring Sybil, Rory and the gargoyle from THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH by Rachel Gillig!

This one is a symbolic interpretation of one of the scenes in the book where Sybil divines for Rory. The gargoyle dragging Sybil down, yet clinging to her desperately because he wishes to escape with her. Rory is gently pulling them both up, away from their old ties to the church, yet not forcing it. This art has been officially licensed and prints are available in both shops. (link in bio!)

[kingcatnine]

we need to instill a new storytelling rule of thumb into people called "show don't tweet" where we encourage them to put all pertinent canon information into the actual story and its official supplemental material instead of using reddit AMAs as lore dlcs