Accidentally started rereading Northanger Abbey, and was sudden reminded all over again that Jane Austen is, in fact, fucking hilarious.
NA is her parody/satire of Gothic novels at the time, and she starts the book by choosing violence-- she describes the "tragedy" of the main character, Catherine Morland, a girl Determined to be a Heroine even though ALL ODDS are against her: she has a sane father who doesn't lock up his daughters, a healthy mother who didn't die in childbirth, no preternatural talent for music or drawing through which to reveal her Deepest Soul, and-- most shockingly of all-- absolutely zero love interests for whom she can wander the hills mourning their starcrossed fates until she wastes away from the sheer Sentimentality of it all.
But don't worry! She's got this FIGURED OUT. She KNOWS why she has not yet found her TRUE LOVE:
There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no—not even a baronet. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door—not one young man whose origin was unknown. Her father had no ward, and the squire of the parish no children.
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
(SPOILER: She is introduced to a mysterious young man who lives in an ABBEY, which everyone knows means he has a DEEPLY MYSTERIOUS SECRET PAST and is maybe a TRAGIC HERO or even a ROMANTIC MONSTER and either way this is IT this is Catherine's TIME TO SHINE she is going to get a good grade in DOOMED LOVE, a thing that is normal to want and--)
(...meanwhile Henry Tilney-- an ordinary guy who never expected "get cast as the Hero in some Grand Gothic Romance" to show up on his bingo card-- starts wondering when exactly he started finding Catherine's attempts to locate bloody daggers in his linen closet charming.)
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D-23.Jan.2018
Takahiko Hayashi 林孝彦 2019
pigment acrylic ink on paper/ original emulsion base
image size: 42.2x28.0cm (Japanese Gampi paper)
paper size: 54.0x39.3cm (Hahnemuhle5761)
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Secret Neighbor kids (redraw)
This new version is better than the old one from 2021 lol.
I haven't drawn on paper in a long time.
Old version from 2021.
(They look terrible. TwT)
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I have not the least doubt that if His Majesty intends to treat and come to some sort of arrangement with these people, some personage of authority and rank ought now to be sent, and if he could but come before the closing of this Parliament, the affairs of the Princess and other matters might be satisfactorily adjusted. Should the said personage come before St. John's Day, he might assist, as I believe, at the King's approaching marriage and the coronation of the new queen, which is to be celebrated with great solemnity and pomp, the King intending, as I am told, to perform wonders, for he has already ordered a large ship to be built, like the Bucentaur of Venice, to bring the lady from Greenwich to this city, and commanded other things for the occasion.—London, 19 of May 1536.
Eustace Chapuys to Monseigneur de Granvelle.
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D-23.Oct.2023 Takahiko Hayashi
66x51cm pen drawing, collage on Sukijimai Gampi paper
林孝彦 Takahiko Hayashi 2023
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Another great part about Murder in the Diogenes Club would be any sort of investigation segment in there, because not being able to talk makes everything a lot funnier, and could even be used for a case gimmick where you have to have conversations on paper, and therefore use those papers as court evidence.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMY GOD UR SO RIGJT. THAT WOULD BE SO FUN i wouldve imaginedeither “ok the club is On Hold until investigation is over fine u can talk in here” or “just go talk to ppl outside” but honest 2 god that’s way better especially bc its Funnier.
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@damnedrainbows asked:
Emily holds what she’s made against her, shy as she approaches the woman who has been looking after her for all of these years. A maternal touch she’d never understood until recently, and suddenly why Lilith has always felt like more than a mentor makes sense. “Happy Mother’s Day. I um…tried to grow some carnations, but they didn’t want to bloom for me. Heh, I don’t have the best green thumb I guess. S-so to substitute…I made this one.”
Hesitant baby blue fingers reach out to her Mother, holding a crumpled little delicate pink….paper flower. She was no idea the weight that such a gift will carry. (shhh pretend it’s still Sunday)
"Emily!" It was always an enthusiastic greeting, Lilith casting aside absolutely everything to rush to the girl, a frantic energy lacing her speeding gait. Her hands reached out to take her daughter's, but instead, she was met with paper flower.
It surprised her. The crumpled flower was gingerly unfolded and turned to face the Queen more pointedly, gently rotated as she took it in. The reaction with her stunned expression could potentially draw worry - until her expression fell into a sentimental pinch.
It was disbelief giving way into fondness. Even when they were separated?
"Incredible." Lilith breathed, thumbing the dog-eared end of a pink petal. "It just came to your mind to make it, didn't it?" It's too easy to go out and purchase a flower, it takes time and dedication to make one at home from something other than a seed.
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