#thoughts please

[grand-line-shenanigans]

For those of us who cannot comprehend big numbers (me) I have done the math. FOUR FUCKING YEARS. SECUNIT WHAT THE FUCK.

[heretical-cogitations]

DO BLANGELS / SANGUINIUS DRINK HOT BLOOD LIKE MULLED WINE?

LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR LIL BLOODY WINE BUT IS THERE A HOT VERSION?

IS THERE A SANGRIA VERSION?!?

ARE THEY MAKING COCKTAILS?!

[james-spooky]

helloooo people in my phone if i made a substack would you guys read a weekly fictional newsletter 🤔

[shizzlesisntevenaword]

Rereading TCP and what do you suppose Cardan meant when he said that? It’s just that he can’t lie so this confuses me. We know that Cardan is already attracted to Jude at this point, but also, also, loathes her. He also loathes Locke and yet tolerates him and knows he’s just playing with her. So… why does he think they’re perfect for each other? Is it… is it simply because he, at this point, just hated them both for “hurting” him and so he thinks they might as well hurt each other?

[patroclus214]

Perhaps a hot take, but I hate the majority of queer TV and movies. Is it too much to ask for a gay show where we pretend that being gay is considered totally normal in our society, and they can be happy? Seeing rampant homophobia in TV shows frustrates me bc I know it exists. I go through it everyday. Don't get me wrong, I still think showing that can very important. But can I get a break from reality for a bit? Like give me a fanasty book where they just so happen to be gay. Give me a high school romance where everyone is chill and happy and gay together. I beg.

[renaultphile]

What a difference a letter makes

One of the great things about the re-read is going to be identifying all those differences between the 1953 and 1959 editions. Sometimes, it's large chunks, sometimes a sentence, or even just a word. But I didn't realise until now, it could be one letter.

Here is Ralph talking about Hazell in the 1953 edition:

"I told him that the next time he came up to me for a beating, that would be what he'd get. He could see I meant it. I was surprised when he turned up a couple of days later. I thought he was calling my bluff. Perhaps that's what he thought himself. I don't know. Anyway he'd left me no choice. I hate the whole business, I don't know when I've hated anything more, so I got down to it without wasting time."

In the 1959 edition, 'hate' becomes 'hated'. I read that as making a general statement of ambivalence about beating children into a specific reference to the Hazell 'business', removing with just one letter a whole fascinating hinterland of Ralph's psychological state.

Or maybe it was a typo.

[nicknellie]

Kinda really tempted to record and reupload my Julie-inspired piano composition but idk if there would be any point??