‘Scio quid estis vos.’
Adam x Ronan (The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater)
eyes on the road
you can post literally anything anywhere and some harry potter fan will appear and be like OMG this is just like flerky parsons #maraudersera 😍😍 and half the time flerky parsons is like, a race purist who was mentioned in the books maybe twice offhand and never had a single line of dialogue or a physical description
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fanfic writers are so fucking awesome man. they write novel length fics that are sometimes even better than some published bestselling books written by professional writers. like fanfic writers are professional writers to me and they gift us their masterpieces for free. they give us something we can look forward to after a long day. something from which we can seek comfort when life is hard. something that can be our own little getaway. in a world of capitalism, despite everything, they give us all of these for free. like holy fuck. shout out to every fanfic writer. I wish all fanfic writers a very ‘I love you with all my heart and soul. I thank you from the bottom of my heart’
no you do not need to hold fictional characters "accountable". they are not real.
“Inside, they pretended they would dream, but they did not. They sprawled on the living room sofa and Adam studied the tattoo that covered Ronan's back: all the sharp edges that hooked wondrously and fearfully into each other.
'Unguibus et rostro,' Adam said.
Ronan put Adam's fingers to his mouth.
ohhh boy! I’m currently rereading dream thieves and i found a parallel i’d forgotten about— that scene in which Ronan dreams of Adam tracing his tattoo and speaking to him in latin— and i went just a little bit insane cuz it reminded me, of course, of the infamous kiss scene at the Barns……… i love them so bad😭😭😭
Maggie deleted this scene because when she read it back she realized how much Gansey’s desire to bend Ronan over the pool table was coming through
Everyone (rightfully) talking about Gansey but ignoring what a slut Ronan is in this. Acting like a proper seductress and shit. I bet he did the leg thing on the pool table to make his ass look better.
Going feral at this moment
ronan when adam was dating blue
for @yiiiiiiiikes25, for cruising altitude
and also for GRIP, in which they fist <3
need to string together my thoughts more on this but reeeeeally interesting to see the influx of media - severance, the substance, mickey 17 - centered on the idea of a double/expendable iteration of yourself.
the dehumanization of workers by the way of non-livable wages, unsafe working conditions, and identity based discrimination (and the current removal of dei initiatives), all drive a wedge between our personhood and the value we are prescribed as a member of the workforce. something something the effects of ai and deepfakes already putting people in danger, the way we live and present our lives online vs in reality, there’s a lot to unpack here. but it’s fascinating to see this trope so widely translated as a storytelling vehicle for these ideas, and that this is the story that people are interested in telling.
Good and Bad Hair, Bill Gaskins, 1997. Online now.
(This is a gift article)
Due process is a cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law. Without it, anyone can be arbitrarily deprived of life or liberty. Leaders who aspire to absolute power always begin by demonizing groups that lack the political power to resist, and that might be awkward for the political opposition to defend. They say someone is a criminal, and they dare you to defend the rights of criminals. They say someone is a deviant, and they dare you to defend the rights of deviants. They call someone a terrorist, and they dare you to defend the rights of terrorists. And if you believe none of these apply to you, another category might be “traitor,” the label that Trump and his advisers, including the far-right billionaire Elon Musk, like to give to anyone who opposes them.
I would add that as this article went up, the Trump administration released a statement explicitly saying that Khalil is not being accused of any illegal activities and is being targeted because of his speech.
long time no trc