#the stronger

[balthazar-sketti]

[cosmonautroger]

Britt Ekland, Marianne Faithfull, The Stronger, 1971

[raevulsix]

Spoilers.

The Bad Batch, S2 Ep 8

Joining a Cause.

He will return.

[miss-faithless]

MARIANNE FAITHFULL and BRITT EKLAND rehearsing in Britt's flat for their parts in August Strindberg's powerful drama "The Stronger" in which both are in love with the same man, one his wife, the other his mistress, 14th April 1971.

[whisperthatruns]

The Stronger

With me, life becomes sweeter, so she loses some of the ability to defend herself. Yet even this gives her a forlorn sense of satisfaction. I know it by the distracted half-smile on her face. People believe love can do so much! As when they talk incessantly about the weather: they sound as if they’re waiting for something incredible to come their way. Nestled against me, isn’t she a moron of joy. She loves to tell stories because they’re already finished by the start of the telling. Her favorites are driven by longing; she reads and reads, fear rising. But it often appears to me as if she’s taking elaborate pains to hurt herself more accurately. Deep in my heart, these things just don’t interest me: the indiscriminate effects of time. How the worst can happen. So many things will lie unrealized, that’s the math. The way she links things together only brings out the violence. Some of our perfect nights you can’t put into words. And certain kinds of defeat, they just keep you talking through your hat.

Sandra Lim, The Curious Thing: Poems (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021)

[studiorat]

The Stronger

As part of the @writeblrsummerfest Summerfest Swap, a little desktop cast study for @piyawrites WIP: The Stronger, a YA SFF adventure with strange powers, an interdimensional war, and other shenanigans. Check it out!

I hope you like it!

[druzydabbles]

Finally getting these done ahhhhh

Quill’s 4k Reviews: The Stronger by @sunlight-and-starskies

➼ wip summary: Cassie Brymer has thought for her entire life that she was the only one with her unique powers. That is, until she meets Max, a boy with similar abilities. When the two of them are forced on the run by a shady organization willing to go to every length to capture them and other powerful teenagers, their collective doom seems inevitable. Now, The Stronger are faced with a choice: do they stay and fight, or do they run for the rest of their lives?

➼ more info: Intro Post | WIP Page | Comic Sans Powerpoint

➼ quill’s review: GLOW. GLOWY GLOW GLOW QUILL LOVES GLOWY THINGS AND THIS WIP’S VIBES ARE JUST GORGEOUSLY GLOWY. But on actual review things, CHARACTERS. I just. I am in Such Love with these characters. Yes, I’m supremely biased towards the amazing idiot-genius James because he is my FAVE, but seriously. All of this cast is just marvelously relatable and entertaining and just!! SUCH A FUN GROUP TO FOLLOW. The banter and the dialogue!! So wonderful! The absolutely SHENANIGANS these kids get into! BRILLIANT but also oh no all sorts of trouble.

And then! The description of this writing style is just BEAUTIFUL. I can fall right into the character’s perspective, feeling the energy and power, coursing with that emotion and seeing perfectly the environment and atmosphere! On the other hand, the quick pace to the action scenes are so much fun and so fitting, and I love how fluidly it switches!

➼ quill’s rating: Heyhey Piya can you give me some time travelling powers so I can go into the future to read this finished book??? Quill WANTS.