#gail rambles

[gail-v-gail]

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[accursedgale]

Kinda fucked up how Mario had beat up his crush bc she was in the wrong place and at the wrong time

And then in the next game he has to kill his brother bc of some bullshit prophecy he had no say in

Nintendo really didn’t need to do that to him ya know???

EDIT:

OH AND HE ALSO HAD TO WATCH A FRIEND KILL THEMSELVES TO SAVE ANOTHER FRIEND IN FRONT OF HIS EYES IN THE MOST RECENT GAME IN THE PAPER MARIO FRANCHISE

Nintendo leave him alone please

[thebluetint]

hi there i’m gail!

welcome to my blog

About my blog

•it’s mainly twilight shitposting

•there’s the occasional taylor swift post tho

•feel free to send me random asks

• my spotify

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DNI: TERF, NSFW, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-BLM, or any smeyer apologists

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side blogs

@walkcorneliastagain - taylor swift

@spencerreidstie - criminal minds

@maresgf - red queen

[rhetowreck-blog]

Leigh Bardugo: the frick man????

I didn’t like Shadow and Bone. Shadow and Bone sucked. I wasn’t paying attention for about half the book, and the other half I’ve forgotten. 

Now, I’m sitting here with Bardugo’s second series in my hands. Same universe, same worldbuilding, even some of the same characters. So why am I crying?!

Shadow and Bone never really caught my attention even while I was reading it. It was so utterly unremarkable as a book that I just... yanno, put it down eventually. I got bored. Even now, the only things that really come to mind were the magic deer (which were cool) and the fact that Alina had some sort of light powers. Go figure. Oh, also the Darkling. 

What kind of name is “The Darkling”? It’s like... I’d more easily think of a rubber duck painted with Vantablack. I have the same issues with Marissa Meyer’s Renegades villain Ace Anarchy. Sounds like a laundry detergent brand. But I digress. 

In contrast, while reading Six of Crows and now Crooked Kingdom, I’m blown away by the absolute genius that went into it. Bardugo uses words the way they were never meant to be used, and pushes the limits of their meanings. 

Bardugo sings words into the shape of a violin bow with which to mercilessly play her reader’s heartstrings. She twists and turns the characters and precariously yanks the carpet under their feet at any second, in a tragic dance that keeps both character and reader off their feet and onto their toes, only to fall over entirely at the next moment. It’s addicting and mesmerizing. So how did it happen?

I’ll confess, I need to reread Shadow and Bone. Maybe she was always pretty good. I was just bored. 

Leigh Bardugo is quickly becoming one of my favourite writers and an example of how writers can mature past their first books into something great. Here’s something i’ve heard many places to an aspiring novelist: Your first book is going to suck. Shadow and Bone was her debut novel. Case in point. And i hated it. Alina and the Darkling were awkward, stilted, and I never really fully understood what was going on at any given moment. Every new chapter, I was like “Oh, they killed a deer. That’s fun. Wait, why is there mind control-- flipflipflipflipflipflip-- ohhhhh... I still don’t get it.” Part of that was my fault for not paying attention, but I still think that there was some issues there. 

As she gets more practice, her writing is only going to become more formidable. Crooked Kingdom is her best work yet. I can’t wait to see more.

[gail-v-gail]

kya: its time to take a break

lin: yes chief

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[gail-v-gail]

One thing always leads to another

Two drinks in, I think Im your lover

Three more days, three times the trouble

Tell me one thing I dont need

What is forever for?

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bg is a random internet photo

really happy with this one !

[gail-v-gail]

Opal: look what I found Aunt Lin, I had no idea you and Kya were so close

Lin: Oh yeah, me and Kya go way back

Opal: aww cute

Lin: and if you think youre taking this photo back to air temple island, youve got another thing comin

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[gail-v-gail]

“Fifty yuans says they’re in bed together by sundown" - Su

scene from Eyes on the Water by @charaie-ao3

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told myself id make a Quick comic panel of this CUTE ass scene, so of course it took me days : )