#liturature

[moxrglory]

“but how could you live and have no story to tell?”- Fyodor Dostoevsky

[vbdulrvhmvn]

رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا

Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us

Surah At-Tahrim -8

[stardustanddiamonds]

Young Donna Tartt. You’re welcome.

[sassy-girl-666]

[ethereal-w0lf]

I love reading classic literature That’s actually good. Because what do you mean throughout history people got to experience this amazing book?

[misscryptidart]

me, age 13: "Haha Ray Bradburys "The Veldt" is such a cool story. I guess its a good thing we'll never invent a technology that substitutes real life connections and experiences for the sake of convenience that will ultimately come at the cost of our literal lives lol"

me, current age, suffering in the GenAI boom:

[calliopehasafuckedupmind]

I am quite literally begging people to make UNLIKABLE FEMALE CHARACTERS!

No, I don't want a second Mother Teresa

I want a bitch

I want a female character that I can bash and hate and be fascinated by! If you make all your female characters just copies of Mother Teresa or just plain "good girls", I will scream

Not all women are good, some of the nastiest people I meant were women! By acting like women can't be bad or evil or unlikable, your playing into misogynistic representation of women in literature and media! I'm a woman, but I'm also a really nasty and sometimes mean and rude person.

I'm greedy as hell, selfish and utterly self serving

I'll be a bitch to someone just because

Thats what being a person means!

LET YOUR FEMALE CHARACTERS BE COMPLEX IN A GOOD WAY!

And no, I don't want just a rude bitch girl

I want reasons for why their bitchs,

Explanations for their actions and personalitys

BUT DON'T LET IT JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS

I want females with depth

That we can hate but still anknowledge are complex!!

Please, let your female characters be as diverse in their personalites as your male characters!!

[raven-inred]

i think one of the most amazing things i have ever experienced is literature's ability to inflict emotion. it is truly a gift that some writers have the ability to make you feel so deeply simply through words on paper. i have experienced this time after time (most notably with of mice and men), and it never fails to impress me. i feel as if the sorrow inflicted in literature is more agonizing than that of visual media, and the happiness is much more powerful. the aptitude authors have to be able to describe a visual scene with as much vibrancy as they do is incredible nonetheless, but the ability to convey raw emotion in such a way is truly admirable. it just touches my heart and soul more effectively, especially when it comes to humour and sarcasm in dialogue. the elegance some writers have when describing emotion in a character is truly beautiful, and when a writer can do it well, it is their greatest tool.