#anagrammatica

[leonardcohenofficial]

10 :D

my favourite piece of clothing i own: currently it's this pair of pants from samantha pleet which are so comfortable and really unique i love wearing these as often as i can get away with lol

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

what are your thoughts on the yeerk cannibalism that replaces kandrona rays ? it comes up for the first (and only?) time in 16-the warning, w joe bob fenestre and esplin 9466 lesser, and as far as i know (i'm rereadjng tho so truly..how far DO i know) never again appears ?? any thoughts ?

I think it’s a shame this plot wasn’t explored further. The kids’ destruction of the Kandrona has a HUGE impact on the Yeerks’ invasion of Earth, but we see the effects more in the background than as main plots…except for 16. In all human history, it’s the foot soldiers and civilians who suffer the most in war, while the leaders are granted (or can take) certain privileges, and while Applegate explores many, many aspects of war over the course of the series, this is one that’s fairly overlooked. 

The destruction of the Kandrona makes me think of American policy towards North Korea. There are very, very, very good reasons that North Korea has just about every sanction known to man imposed on them. Overall, the world is probably a lot safer because North Korea is so disabled politically/technologically/economically/etc, and we’re arguably preventing a lot of death and destruction by imposing such harsh restrictions on North Korea. That being said…it’s the people *in* North Korea who suffer the most because of all those sanctions. 

To use another example of people who (unlike the vast majority of North Koreans,) like the Yeerks, do pretty reprehensible things to others, poor and middle-class white people in the South faced near starvation, destruction of property, and chaos and panic during the Civil War and its aftermath. (Though it should go without saying that the treatment and conditions of current and former slaves, and really anyone who *wasn’t* white were much worse.) The goal of the Union Army wasn’t ‘let’s hurt the middle/lower class farmers and merchants,’ but that was one of the biggest repercussions of their war efforts (taking out railroads, stopping the shipment of supplies, etc.) 

Of course Esplin Lesser doesn’t suffer overly much for the destruction of the Kandrona–he’s well connected, has a lot of resources, and, if he needed to, could wield considerable political clout. It’s the same reason the Yeerks decided to take control of America and not, say, Fiji: they needed to get at the people with the most money and the most power first, because if they didn’t then it would be relatively easy for the Americans to crush Yeerks (and, by proxy, the Fijians) if they ever got wind of the Yeerks’ plan. We even see Jake use the same tactics in #54, when he essentially sends the Hork Bajir and the Auxiliary Animorphs to die. Like I said, I’d like to see this power imbalance explored further, though given how much is packed in to the series already I understand why certain things get overlooked. 

[sonar-taxlaw]

anagrammatica replied to your post: okay to do list for today! -shower (v important)...

wait listen holy moly do party time and rat sitting overlap bc I love rats

yes!!!! ash  ( @sufjanstevenswiki ) is going to be away so i’m taking care of their rats so the rats will be arriving when they do!! 

[ifiwereabotcouldidothis]

Coworker: So is your boyfriend older or younger than you?

Me: older...

Coworker: What's that face, are you gonna say he's 20 years older than you?

Me: yes...

Coworker 2: Oh my god. Is he married?

Me: yes...

Coworker 3: Oh my god Jordan

Me: But I'm also dating his wife!

Coworkers: Oh mY gOD

[ifiwereabotcouldidothis]

anagrammatica replied to your post:I figured out why i can’t relax and enjoy myself....

anyway i was like yikes

Huh thats an interesting way to think of it. I’m just pissed because people have been telling me to fake it till i make it, who knew that giving no value to negative thoughts is the same thing as bottling it up and shoving it down. I’ve been doing this for years and i’m pissed that i was steered wrong.

[tianamulan]

@anagrammatica flat ears and fast twitchy tail means the cats unhappy. but yea letting the cat pet itself is one of the best things to do !! certified tip from jackson galaxy the cat whisperer

thank you so much i’m in need of a cat whisperer. that’s great info for unhappy cat, thanks. and that’s good to know for the petting itself thing. i kinda tried like behind the ears and stuff cuz dogs usually like that but i don’t think this cat likes it lol.

[fiftysevenacademics]

steffiluwho replied to your post “I just watched “The Witch”. A really good movie! ”

Husband and I watched the other night. He saw it in theater and loved it. I really enjoyed it too. Puritan folk lore and religious beliefs fascinates

shredsandpatches replied to your post: “I just watched “The Witch”. A really good movie! ”

I totally need to watch that. I'm not usually into horror movies but I've heard its period setting is really accurate!

anagrammatica replied to your post: “I just watched “The Witch”. A really good movie! ”

!!! isn't it good? what did you like about it?

It is very period accurate. The costumes even looked like they might have been sewn by hand. I’ve read a bit about witchcraft beliefs in the seventeenth century and the movie is like something straight out of a book or something. It’s just like what you read about. The language is spot on. And it really gives a good feeling for what it must have been like for people who came here from England in the early years. Their worldview is thoroughly fleshed out-- you get a vivid sense of how real and urgent their belief in God, Lucifer, heaven, hell, sin, etc. were, and the belief in witchcraft fits right in. The scariness doesn’t come from so much from conventional horror movie gimmicks and sheer gruesomeness, although there is some of that. The scariness comes from immersing yourself in the characters’ fear for their immortal souls while trying to hold their families together and survive in this lonely, isolated, terrifying environment. You also don’t see many films that deal with the high child and infant mortality rate of the time. I think this is a must-see for anyone interested in the early modern era, colonial America, and beliefs about witchcraft. The afterword at the end says that the story is based on a careful reading of many folktales, trials, and even novels of the era. Much of the dialogue is taken directly from those sources, they say.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

anagrammatica replied to your post:faking it is a show about two girls who pretend to...

there are actual gays on it tho and an intersex character which is p cool? but also like…the creators only made it gay im p sure bc ppl were like YO THATS?? A FUCKED UP CONCEPT?? and they were like ‘shit uh we were Being Serious the Whole Time, look, real Gays ™’

That makes sense too. In a fucked up sort of way