#im fully obsessed

[pebblepier]

Im so feral about hucklerobby, would you know guys...

[siamesedreamgirl]

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[saltysalmonkid]

Alright time for my hourly refresh of the nandermo tag on ao3

[badgirlcovenrep]

I haven't seen anyone analyze the song Raelle sang in ep.6 so I just had to.

Disclaimer: the English major in me REALLY came out during this analysis so watch out for some ridiculously in depth thoughts

I hadn't heard that song before the episode so I initially thought it might have been made for the show, but after Googling I eventually found out it's "The book of love" by Peter Gabriel.

The first two parts is what we actually hear her sing on the show.

The "book of love" is a pretty interesting expression to start with. It's a surprisingly difficult thing to interpret for just being the title of the song, and it could mean a whole multitude of things. In my interpretation I like to think it means the way we are taught to love by the people around us, how we see them love each other and feel them love us. In moments like that, those people are reading the book of love to us.

I specially like how it's described as being full of "charts and facts and figures", like maybe as we grow we collect all these things about love, about how to love, how to "read" those books to other people. Like the way our parents loved each other and loved us will affect how we form relationships and love other people. And then it's also full of "instructions for dancing", which could be referencing flirtation, or the very act of a relationship to someone else as well.

The fact it calls this book "long and boring", and allude to it being so heavy "no one can lift the damn thing" at the very first verses really reminds me of the impatience of youth, and being too young to understand the importance of any of this (of the book itself) at first. It's very reminiscent of Raelle, who I can see as not being someone who has quite grown enough to be placid with her feelings, to say the least. And she specially hadn't before she met Scylla.

But when she was with Scylla she let herself be "read" this book of love. When she finishes with "you can read me anything" I just can't help but think of how Raelle was so hurt and heartbroken after (supposedly) losing her mother, how she didn't think she'd ever have - or even want - something like Scylla ever again but she just couldn't help it when it came to her.

Raelle couldn't help but fall in love with her, and what she'd been too impatient and sad to understand at first, what she thought was "long and boring", transformed itself through Scylla.

The rest of the song plays over the credits at the end of the episode (as we sit there trying to figure out wtf just happened). I think it just mostly reinforces what I already said, but it also deserves a mention for saying the book of love (love itself) created music, because that is adorable and very interesting for a show where music itself is their power and how witches can even do their work. It also alludes to how love (and raylla's love specially) can give you so much pain and be so incredible at the same time, when it says the songs that are written in this book can be transcendental or really dumb.

Again, a reference to being too young to understand, and I love the connotation that we can only learn from the book from the people who are meant to teach us. The "flowers and heart-shaped boxes", alluding to the gifts and mementos of a relationship, which we know Raylla have a few of... the battle charm, the S in Raelle's hand, now the picture.

And to finish off with that last verse, I will just have to leave you with the mental image of southern romantic gentlewoman Raelle singing this song and thinking about marrying Scylla, even when she knows she shouldn't, because she just can't help but love her still.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

[coffeeinthelibrary]

Ok so I just binged Kissing In The Rain (by Shipwrecked) and MY LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

I had never even CONSIDERED what happens between actors after an onscreen kiss and the YouTube series IS THE MOST HEARTWARMING EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER OF MY LIFE.

I don't care if you have ever watched Shipwrecked or Tin Can Bros, go watch Kissing in the Rain it is beyond amazing.

Also each episode is maximum 4 minutes so even if you're busy you can watch like one episode a day because it takes no time at all.

Warning: if you're really against watching people kiss, dont watch it as there is a LOT of kissing but personally I think its adorable.

[likearecordscratch]

right where you left me is an INSTANT fave omg it’s so damn good im OBSESSED. i’m listening to it on repeat. it’s. so. fucking. GOOD.

[fuzzylop]

the handmaiden really made the japanese erotica symbolize the male gaze and the imposed performance that female sexuality becomes under it and then... ripped them to shreds huh.... destroyed the whole library mm..... mr chan wook's massive brain.... he earned men their rights back ....

[human-timelord]

Born to watch 9-1-1, forced to work instead