#attwn

[stelly38]

Well, well, Miss Claythorne.

[meanest-big-lassie-out-city]

(full ATTWN spoilers ahead!)

so i was having a conversation about and then there were none and lombard in general a while ago. i thought it was so stupid that killing 21 africans was deemed as “less bad” by the narrative than, like, vera killing a kid. it was something i just took for granted as a doylist thing, a byproduct of the racism of the time…

…until i realised, suddenly, that the fact that it’s stupid is part of the point.

wargrave is inherently an unreliable narrator. he kills these people based on his own individual definition of justice. he’s a white man in the 30s— of course his definition of justice would cast the killing of africans as inherently less villainous than the killing of whites. it’s the same definition that casts marston with less guilt because he’s “naturally evil”, and the same definition that casts vera with more for the crime of being a Hysterical Woman.

even if you say these people DID deserve to die, the manner of their deaths is a power fantasy come to life. in spite of its commentary on the ineffectiveness of the justice system, and then there were none isn’t a cathartic story of killers being brought to justice. it’s just as much a critique on the the power that the justice system has over individual lives— a massacre committed by a man who has been taught by the system that he has the right to play god, to decide who is deserving, to decide who gets to live and die. that’s how i read it, anyway.

[parallelkozak]

"the wizard usually introduced herself as trutina the excellent, but it is important to note that no one ever had, except herself, ever used that title to address her. yet excellent was what trutina was, for she was one of the most renowned of magic-wielders of her time. it was not self-centeredness, but a way for her to express to others that she was someone of trustworthy standing and power." 🔸

[artificiallyalivecoolblog]

These 10 stupid things caused me stress this entire week, throw tomatoes at them please

[sscribbless]

[christopherballot]

hi attwn fandom are we alive or are we as dead as the house guests

Update: This was for the Ulysses MAP, and it has been completed! Check it out here! https://youtu.be/qy5ReSehRqw

[nvexe]

the whole thing might be a dream...

[samfodo]

Idan & Trutina and their Company