#wordsthatfit

[girlinaswing]

3. Phantasmagoria...on my cupboard: (n) A sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream. "...the thunder and grace of equestrian dance, the siren call of the calliope, the colorful nonsense of clowns and jugglers, the barely contained menace of big-toothed predators, the scream-inducing phantasmagoria- what child could resist such a menagerie of charm?..." –The Colonel and the Bee by Patrick Canning. It's always a pleasure to come across a new word in a new book...but, when the word fits right in with its meaning, when its sound in your head paints a story very similar to what it should... that's just so... satisfying. #writingwhereIshouldnt #wordstuckinmyhead #wordsthatfit #learningnewwordsisfun #readingisfun (at Dr. PSIMS & RF) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCCGcpHlxGywpYDN3nolwsqUwoSW9aWjFt_TA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6zr2dbvqyf5e

[girlwithshitusername]

"When you left you took so much more with you than you think. You took her light, her air, her ability to trust. She became such a dark person after you left. She feared nothing but love. She knew the worst place she could be in was in someone’s arms. She began to put walls up until she was completely surrounded

She wasn’t like that before. Don’t you remember?

She used to just look up at you and smile. She’d lay her elbow on the center console to be closer to you. You’d just look over with those fucking eyes of yours. Every time you did that you drew her in more.

Do you know what she used to think about as she would lie in bed awake? The two of you, mostly you. She’d think about the way your lips moved when you said certain words, the way you’d roll your eyes at her in the most delicate way. Nothing you did ever seemed poisonous, even the bad things.

It all seemed like it was just a step on the staircase to complete euphoria. She never stopped talking about you, but nobody asked her to stop. They were dumbfounded by how fond she was of you. No one understand how much she loved you, not even you.

So that’s what you left behind;

A girl who believed love couldn’t be a fairytale, because fairytales weren’t as lovely as you.”

[arethouyetliving]

My new life in comics

Some friends of mine have been really great at opening my horizons when it comes to comic books in the last year and I found myself having a bit of a revelation just now. 

Before Geoff and James came around to cajole me, I liked the scene but was kind of scared off by the dude culture. I knew a tiny bit of the comic book universe but I was intimidated by the vastness of it and I wasn't into the spandex-y unrealistic depictions of women or the super slick art that I'd seen before that just made everything seem cheap and insincere. I'd found some graphic novels on my own but suddenly, I had Brian K. Vaughn, and Hawkguy, and Matt Fraction, Ex Machina, and David Mazzucchelli, and Kyle Baker in my life. 

I've learned about the importance for colorists, the power of great collaboration, the awesomeness of variant covers and that you could start a pull list at a shop. And that comic book shops should be welcoming and friendly and if they're not then they're an unfortunate outlier. 

And I think most importantly, I finally found a way to connect with my older brother, who, though awesome, was always a little distant. We never really found a way into each others lives since he stopped pawning off all the girly X-Men trading cards on me when I was 10. (I think I still have the one where Cyclops Marries Jean Grey). The Marvel movies were doing pretty well but now we finally have something in common. 

So here I am--desperate to read Saga and Young Avengers, and I'm following all these great new artists and writers on Twitter, and reading about new books that are coming out, finding articles about the most feminist cover art of the past year and getting pumped about the DC Con in the Spring. (Part of me kinda wants to cosplay as Kate Bishop, just a little bit) And for just a moment I stopped and realized just how different my view of the world has become. 

Let's just say, I'm liking this new landscape a lot.