Turned her brain

'She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain’ | Films, tv, people, books and other stuff I love

[brightonstudios]

Okay maybe today wasn’t that terrible

[aliveaudiencegang]

BBC Merlin (2008-2012)

holding their face in your hands

[takofukkatsumi]

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

[gatabella]

Grace Kelly by Richard Avedon, 1955

[urgetocreate]

Elena Wuest (German b.1977), Still Water Ritual, 2026, Oil on canvas

[landsccape]

[jodielandons]

NCUTI GATWA as KEN | Barbie (2023)

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo | free choice

[virtuousflower]

“smultronställe (n.) lit. “place of wild strawberries”; a special place discovered, treasured, returned to for solace and relaxation; a personal idyll free from stress or sadness.”

— probably my favorite swedish word (via oiseauperdu)

[thesoldiersminute]

Eva Green as Vesper Lynd Casino Royale (2006) dir. Martin Campbell

[honeyluvsw]

moth pngs ! free to use! credit not needed but appreciated :)

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 4.09 Lancelot du Lac

[bethanyactually]

I used to read a hundred books a year or more, easy. And then a few years ago, I just…stopped. I spent three or four years reading almost nothing but fanfic and meta, partly thanks to depression and partly thanks to life circumstances, but also just because FANFIC IS AMAZING and it’s FREE. 

Eventually I did start reading books again, and I’m happy about it, but honestly? Who cares if what I was reading for a long time wasn’t published by a paid author? Reading fanfic brings me joy, a very specific kind of joy that I can’t always get from books, and allows me to share that joy directly with the authors! That’s amazing, and something you rarely get with books. All of which is to say:

If you’re the kind of person who used to read so many books and now you read nothing but fanfic, you should feel ZERO shame about this.

If you’re only reading poetry, or only short stories, or only fanfic, you’re still reading stories. Even if all you’re reading is twitter or tumblr, you’re still reading stories.

Even if you’re reading nothing at all, I still don’t think you should be ashamed. 

You love stories, and you will read more when you have the spoons to do so. And in the meantime, stories come in other forms, and right now maybe you’re getting your stories from TV or movies—enjoying them, thinking about them, dissecting them with like-minded fans, writing meta about them—or maybe you’re writing your own stories in your head. Those are all good and valid ways of experiencing stories! And when you find that you need more than that, maybe you will read books again eventually. 

In the meantime, it’s totally okay that you’re not reading books, for whatever reason. It’s not shameful. <3

[bethanyactually]

I’d like to add: if you only read graphic novels or kid lit or cheap paperback romances or vintage travel memoirs, you’re still reading, and that’s great! Don’t let anyone shame you into thinking you’re not ~really~ reading unless it’s all weighty biographies and dense classic novels.

Is it good for your brain to be challenged by something new or different or thinky once in a while? Absolutely, and if you feel up to a challenge, go for it! Enjoy expanding your mind, and take pride in every page you read. Read with a friend for extra encouragement, maybe! If you’re reading what feels like the literary equivalent of meal replacement shakes or fast food now—you’re still reading. You can absolutely think critically about whatever you’re reading now. You might be amazed at what you can discover by just thinking deeply or talking with friends about the media you consume, even if it seems shallow or easy.

You cannot shame yourself into reading ‘better’ books. That’s not how shame works. Just focus on enjoying the things you do read. Maybe someday that will open up new pathways in your brain so that you’ll want to read other things. But it’s not shameful if you don’t. <3

[the-tenth-arcanum]

my hot take is that tumblr should have a bookmark function as well as likes

[truelovedotcom]

youthful decadence by casey childs, 2012, oil on linen

[asystolle]

BEFORE SUNRISE (1995) dir. Richard Linklater

[keyfili]

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE / faceless 2019 • dir. Céline Sciamma

[bellamysgriffin]

get to know me meme >> Favorite Movies [44/?] About Time

And in the end I think I've learned the final lesson from my travels in time. And I've even gone one step further than my father did. The truth is I now don't travel back at all, not even for the day. I just try to live every day as if I've deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it, as it were the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life. We're all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is our best to relish this remarkable ride.