#a man of two faces

[evadneares]

Viet Thanh Nguyen

"The gap between imagining an emotion and feeling it is the distance between empathy and experience. The divide both writer and reader face as empathy brings them closers to others but cannot make them into those others. Empathy cannot turn a son into his father and mother, even if the son is also a father" (page 50-51).

#a man of two faces #viet thanh nguyen #writing #literature #creative writing #writers #writer things #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writers and poets #quotes #memoir #non fiction #autobiography #vietnam #vietnamese #the american dream is a lie

[larrywilmore]

New ep is up!

#larry wilmore #black on the air #the ringer #spotify #viet thanh nguyen #a man of two faces #refugees #immigrants #Vietnam #Spotify

[andiloop]

An audacious memoir from Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of ‘The Sympathizer’

Nguyen’s ‘A Man of Two Faces’ tackles war, colonization, death and more, but still manages to be playful

Review by Lisa Ko

#Lisa Ko #The Washington Post #Viet Thanh Nguyen #A Man of Two Faces #Literature

[mikakuna]

jason as a child looking to bruce with so much love and trust is extremely important to me

#look at his face in the last two ☹️ #that's his dad bro please look at them #both their smiles in the last one ARGH the agony is too much #bruce was jason's dad oh my god #he loved that man with his entire little heart #jason todd #red hood #batman #bruce wayne #dc comics #robin jason todd #second robin #batman comics

[bbqhooligan]

Drake L continues

sorry its so long, endless L, final notes:

#mypost #kendrick lamar #drake #k. #long post #the funniest thing ever is ive seen drake fans going ''EVERYONE BELIEVES KENDRICKS CLAIMS BUT NOT DRAKES'' and someone said #''their reputations are their own making...'' #LMAO. like yeah. between the two of them kendricks word is more trustworthy. he isnt the known liar teen liker two faced actor??? #anyway my king pulled off a single man cancel operation on someone who is famous for slippery slipping out and protecting his image #pinned that man down....

[hischiersjohnston]

HEARTSTOPPER S2 | 03. PROMISE

#yeah they're just good mates #the best of bros #just bros doing bro things

#heartstopper #heartstopperedit #heartstopper s2 #heartstopper spoilers #nick nelson #charlie spring #joe locke #kit connor #tv edit #lgbtq #osemanverse #nick and charlie #netflix #my gifs. #my edits. #i had to gif this bc the faces of the other two on the team are like are u for real man #1k #5k

[zombie-bait]

happiest girl in the whole entire world

thinking about my favourite kind-hearted eldritch horror trapped in the body of my favourite traumatized goth girl

(+ purple variant)

#nona the ninth spoilers #nona the ninth #the locked tomb fanart #the locked tomb #the locked tomb spoilers #harrowhark nonagesimus #tlt spoilers #tlt #alecto the first #nona tlt #nona the ninth fanart #Vague Pyrrha & Paul in the bg #I miss reading those books man #Fanart #digital art #Recommending them to literally everyone I meet #Cuz man tlt did a number on my brain #On Harrow’s brain too lmao #I love making Harrow look inconsistent in every piece of fanart I do #My excuse is that its a book and her face on the cover of HtN and NtN is very small ok #One day I’ll settle on a design I like #That day is not today (two weeks left of my semester and I’m losing it)

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC: Puppy Love

Waiting for my friend in the emergency room(they’re fine, we’ll not fine obviously but not actively dying) so might as well write on my phone

So if there are two things I’m adamant about it’s that Alfred should still be alive and that DC SHOULD GIVE JASON BACK HIS DOG

For those poor souls that do not know, Jason had a dog name, and this is 100% true, Dog. Jason is canonically bad at naming things so he named his dog Dog. And the storyline between him and her is actually really touching. He rescued her from a dog fighting ring where she was used to bait dogs. Jason earned her trust showed her kindness and she loves him for it and it makes me emotional. GIVE JASON BACK HIS DOG YOU MONSTERS

She’s not dead just got written out by giving her to someone, but still, that man loves and pampers Dog, gave her an engraved nameplate and everything

But consider Cujo, the ghost of a dog being trained to be a guard dog, put to death long before his time wanting the thing that made him happy in life: his toy. Danny finds him, bonds with him and helps him get back the thing he loves most, and Cujo loves Danny for it.

A story as old as time, a boy and his dog, or in Danny’s case a boy and his ghost dog.

So imagine this: Danny moved to Gotham with Cujo and things are going great, except for one thing.

Cujo has a little crush

Now normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but Cujo is a ghost. Aka he can walk through walls. So when Cujo wants to visit his lady friend, he just bolts right through the wall, and leads Danny on a merry chase.

Meanwhile Jason is confused to come home to his penthouse only to find Dog cuddled up with a smaller green dog that isn’t Beast Boy. The other dog is friendly and gets along with Dog, but it’s driving him crazy wondering how he got in without tripping an alarm. Then there’s a knock on the door

Jason opens the door to find an out of breath guy about his age with black hair, blue eyes and windswept hair that might have been intentional if it hadn’t been for a few leaves stuck in it.

And that’s how Jason met Danny

Cut to this happening a few more times and then turns into organizing little “dates” for their dogs and the while falling slowly in love with each other romcom style

That’s right, this has been a romcom about two dog owners falling in love because their dogs are literally obsessed with each other

Bonus: Danny giving Cujo “the Talk”

Danny, wagging his finger: Don’t make a rosemary’s baby, understand?

Cujo: Bark

Danny: ... good.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #writing prompt #dpxdc #Jason’s Dog #Dog named Dog #dead on main #I just want a cute Danny and Jason plot about them falling in love while organizing doggy play dates #which turn into unintentional double dates #don’t you tell me Jason wouldn’t set up a lady and the tramp moment for them #serving Dog and Cujo a plate of dog safe spaghetti and meatballs #meanwhile Danny who can’t cook out on a fake mustache and is playing music for them #and Jason just looking up from the two dogs eating by candlelight and seeing how the light flickers across Danny’s face #and realizing he wants to kiss this ridiculous man

[sticcmann]

I LOVE RENDERING

Ayyyyy

#gravity falls #Mabel pines #dipper pines #gravity falls fanart #I LOVE RENDERING HAIR #I LOVE HAIR #HAIR #WHAT #I LOVE THIS #man I cooked #this was a magma #ford pines #stanford pines #bipper #my character art has two faces confirmed

[potionpeddlerpatchy]

Crowned Prince Shouto who is so very much in love with you, even if it did take a while to come around after the arranged marriage occurred.

Crowned Prince Shouto whose brow creases and eyes twitch every time people in high court mock how plain you are under hushed breaths.

Crowned Prince Shouto who gets absolutely sloshed at a royal banquet to try and drown his anger when he hears a rumor going around that his marriage is unconsummated due to finding you so repulsive before storming off to find you.

Royal Advisor Izuku who rushes off to try and follow, only to hear a shriek coming from your room. When scrambling to investigate if you're okay he finds his master on his knees absolutely devouring your cunt while your receiving chamber door remains open a crack.

#and I mean the man would go at it till your crying out his name #cause he doesn't give two fucks about what it means to his decorum or repuatation #he's gotta prove a point to his people that he's lucky to have you every single day and night! #and Izuku understands the power play going on here #knows shouto ain't dumb and purposefully left that door open and purposefully took you in your receiving chamber instead of your bedroom #where there would be more privacy #the only thing now is #does Izuku stay and watch? or does he scamper away and try and forget how your face looked contorted in pleasure? #all he knows is he won't be able to meet you eye for a long while #and all I know is that those rumors stop after that night for SURE #i'm being bold on the dash today #thought has been running rampant in my mind for HOURS #so here we are #🔮.the peddler mumbles #shouto todoroki #shouto x reader #bnha shouto #shouto smut

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i saw them in the cookbook pages and Immediately thought of this meme:

#barnaby: this is so nice. just me and my buddy whipping up a tasty treat #wally: *having six simultaneous crises* #anyway. huh? #this was a pain to scribble and i Dont Know Why #i had to redraw barnaby's face literally five times #but im trying to Expand my skillset by attempting more backgrounds #or background adjacent things... Props! #im very proud of the counter & flower vase off to the side! #and uh. Filters! those as well. i wanted to make this look somewhat like its aged... #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #man. these two. squeezes them #halloween update made me love them all the more #name a better pair of best friendsssss you canttttttt #they are Top Tier and i hope they get torn apart one way or another #you see i live for the drama the pain the agony the devastation #i see my favorites and i want them to Hurt. #anyway thinking about them baking together melts my stony heart #theyre bonding 🥺 #oh man why is that emoji So Fucking Detailed on my laptop. its scaring me. kill it kill it kill it

[pachimation]

you ever joke about a ship to yourself and then, like, kinda like it? and then you joke about it to friends and it’s totally an ironic thing bc it’s not like you actually like this character and god forbid you actually like this ship. and then something happens but like it’s literally nothing (museum event) and then you take a couple screenshots or like record a cutscene (museum event!!!). and then maybe you wake up after working on ship art of them and like you’re wishing there’s more art for this ship and you’re polling ppl on instagram about what the widely agreed upon ship name is and then you’re like, aw FUCK.

anyway, ah FUCK. they’re actually kinda cute together ngl.

#honkai star rail #sampo koski #caelus #hsr mc #samcae #is that it??? is that the ship name???? #thats what ppl on insta told me like i’m nost asking ppl publicly on twit #ANYWAY I HATE SAMPO I HATE HIS DUMB FACE #caelus im sorry bby i keep shipping you with him but i like your complete and utter dislike of this man #that one fourth wall breaking cutscene had me like hmmm on samcae but the museum scene #caelus just annoyedly staring sampo for like several seconds was so good #*sigh*​ #*shoves the two of them into the Machine* #my art

[vaguely-concerned]

patented 'not that I care that much or anything so there's no need to dwell on it too too much ahaha *sweats nervously* but tain would you pls consider not murdering my mom (and the mother of your child) for absolutely no reason whatsoever? no pressure tho of course you know best! :)' smile

(it's so dark but also so funny that when tain keeps on Hinting Ominously, garak's reaction seems... slightly exasperated? more than anything, under all the tension fsdjafsl. this exact conversation has definitely happened multiple times over the last thirty years, lending horror an edge of 'oh this again huh' ennui and hilarity. 'I should have killed your mother before you were born'/'so you've told me, many times'. I think it's the turnaround time from 'I've missed you, Elim' to this that drives it from straightforward psychological horror sneaking dread to still that but also kind of hilarious. it really took tain less than five minutes to go there didn't it. wow. well, actually. I think maybe the real horror part is that garak still loves him and doesn't know how to stop. somewhere in there is a five year old whose heart is a desperate stupid little moth and his father is a ruinous forest fire in the night, brighter and closer than any star. of course it burns you to touch it that's just what love is, right. *spots a smiling julian bashir in the loading bay holding a box of chocolates out of the corner of his mind and experiences something harrowing and existential he simply cannot unpack right in this moment thank you* right???)

#the tain household is a very very dark comedy if you squint at it just right. also a tragedy and a horror of course #star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #elim garak #garashir #yeah it got in there I just can't help myself. in my defense that's all right there in the ep lol #his expressions and body language in this whole scene. a gold mine #he's so still and controlled most of the time (in the 'don't eat me' way) and there are moments where he suddenly looks much much younger #you just know he looked at tain exactly like this when he was five when he was fifteen when he was twenty five #and also the half light half dark lighting across his face doing its thing -- man what a good two parter this is

[bruciemilf]

Peter B admitting to Miles that the non stop tragedies and losses shaping their stories are hard, harsh, and , knowing they can do something about it, cruel even. Then saying the GOOD aspects essentially outshine them. But that's not true. That's a classic toxic positivity line, used to justify shitty, unequal politics. " But at least we have this one good thing" WE CAN HAVE THAT GOOD THING AND NOTHING ELSE. WE AREN'T MADE TO BE IN PAIN, AND PAIN SHOULDN'T MAKE A HERO.

What Miguel doesn't understand is they don't owe the world suffering.

#GRRR THIS MOVIE #atsv #astv spoilers #across the spider verse spoilers #miguel o'hara #across the spiderverse #peter b parker #dont get me wrong i loved peter b the entire movie and i loved this line specifically because it shows how deeply helpless every #hero truly is. he needs to find meaning and hope in everything because if he doesn't. then all he'll have is the truth. #and ik the therapy scene is played for laughs but therapist spider man showed not only how desensitised they've become to personal loss #but other's as well. i mean. it takes something in someond to look a 15 year old in the face and say 'your dad has to die for character #development and continuation sorry' #mann idk i saw this movie literally two hours ago i may be a stupid bitch so dont take this TOO seriously #text #text post

[meirimerens]

who up scrubbing and oiling their creature

#burakhovsky #burakovsky #daniil dankovsky #artemy burakh #pathologic #pathologic 2 #third snakovsky apparition ever... first two times was with the petermander... but now... he's finally here #my art #snakeniil #snakovsky #i have no idea name for minotauresque burakh. well he can just hang out #as but men they wash each other's hair and help each other shave their faces... as creatures they partake in horn & scales keratin care #who up scrubbing and oiling and rubbing their horn rn... #why are you as a man scrubbing and oiling and rubbing another man's horn etc i can keep going for days

[browsethestacks]

Bat Fight

Art by Dan Hipp

#Comics #DC Comics #Batman #Rogues #Joker #Two-Face #Harley Quinn #Poison Ivy #Man-Bat #Clayface #Bane #Killer Croc #Scarecrow #Mr Freeze #Batman Family #Art #DC