#babel an arcane history spoilers

[charlilil]

I finished Babel last week and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. So, here’s an animatic about Griffin. MAJOR SPOILERS HERE!!

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[kimbapisnotsushi]

(major babel spoilers)

you’re telling me that the whole reason ramy died was because he was defending robin????

#FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK MY HEART #ROBIN WAS GOING TO DEFEND VICTOIRE AND RAMY WAS GOING TO DEFEND HIM #ARE YOU SHITTING ME RIGHT NOW #ramy loved robin and robin loved ramy and they could have been SO MUCH MORE #babel spoilers #babel an arcane history spoilers #babel #babel an arcane history #rf kuang

[konfizry]

babel an arcane history is amazing imo mostly for its clever and fascinating hard magic system that sends my dumb little heart racing as someone who has a passing interest in translation it just opens up this whole new canvas of curiosity and wonder, and so like the protag finds himself musing about words and their meaning and the like, and like wow man the possibilities brought about by being able to shape the world so easily like all you need is to be somewhat smart about words and their connotations and etymology. knowledge is what gives you power!!! not only that but, speech as a tool that bends reality!!! and then around page 400

shit starts hitting the fan so the shady big brother character goes "alright kiddo party's over, now take this gun." and then everyone has guns I love it

#this is gross misrepresentation of what actually happens in the book #(the fancy translation magic is used for violence and domination all throughout the book it's kind of the point #I'm just being silly and also appreciative of griffin and his Real Ass Gun) #babel an arcane history #kontxt #babel an arcane history spoilers #also guns are not fun times :))))))

[kindlespark]

my brother's keeper (poem from here)

#babel #griffin lovell #robin swift #my art #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #babel an arcane history #drawing this made me cry btw #babel spoilers

[i-wish-i-were-softer]

Griffin's similarities with Lovell make me sick. He sounds like his father more often than not. It's almost like he looked upto his father at some point of his life. But that's the point right? The world needed both their qualities at the end. The world needed both Lovell's self centred, logical mind and Griffin's violence and Robin had to carry both their qualities in his softer heart to carry on. The process of Lovell leaving a mark on Griffin and then Griffin leaving a mark on Robin is almost prophetic. Robin almost transformed info Griffin in his last days. It's a complete cycle.

#babel #babel an arcane history #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #griffin lovell #robin swift #Richard lovell #babel spoilers

[starfallkaz]

Babel Spoilers!!!

Been thinking a lot about Letty Price and her inability to comprehend how the act of Robin, Victoire and Ramy standing up and joining a resistance against Babel was so integral to their identities and experiences as POC and scholars in Britain.

How could they hate and do this to a nation that gave them so much? That gave them literature and translation, education and funding and the ability to expand their minds. How could they turn their backs on that?

She could not conceive that they had been given these opportunities, but at every turn they were disrespected and mistreated for who they were. Given rewards and treats and opportunities with the consolation that yes “you are lesser than” but don’t worry we can beat the ethnic out of you. And to hang that over you, it is only natural to form a twisted sense of self-worth contingent on the whily and abusive whims of their oppressor. The constant need to prove that they were worthy of acknowledgment, of this position. The anger and twisted gratuity for the opportunity, but injustice in being used for their minds and their abilities by an empire refusing to acknowledge them as humans, let alone equals. Stolen bodies and stolen lands.

And Letty, her only framework of suffering was the coddling of a girl in an upperclass white family and the restrictions of conservative social constructs. That while hindering and discouraging, were not a question of life and death or of humanity, but of simple opportunity and intelligence. And looking through these eyes, how could she comprehend such a thing?

#I’m still furious #god I hate that white girl #actually rot #letty price #Babel #babel spoilers #babel an arcane history #babel rf kuang #rf kuang #Rebecca Kuang #letty price can DIE #an arcane history #robin x ramy #victoire desgraves #ramy mirza #ouch #overthinking #babel or the necessity of violence

[bookwyrminspiration]

the visceral reaction I am having even several days later. these six words hurt in a way I will never recover from

#babel rf kuang #babel an arcane history #babel or the necessity of violence #there are so many horrible things that happen to undeserving innocent people #but these six words. encompass so much #(significant spoilers ahead mutuals) #everything to do with robin's name. it being taken from him with the creation of 'robin' #and returned to him upon robin's death...I am unwell #he's leaving 'robin' behind now. all the grief and pain that came with it #he's free of it #he has his name now #GOD I am so fucking unwell about these six words #unironically my breaking point

[showsandshowtunes]

if there's one thing rf kuang is gonna do,

#i saw it and i was like WOAH rebecca!!!!! #yellowface #yellowface spoilers #rf kuang #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #babel an arcane history

[paper-ish]

the moment between lightning and thunder

happy belated birthday to my stupid babel sons robin and ramy :’)

#babel an arcane history #books #ish draws #always forget to post twitter stuff here #robin swift #ramiz rafi mirza #robinramy #babel rf kuang #babel spoilers #babel or the necessity of violence #rebecca kuang #rebecca f kuang #letitia wright #babel #babel fan art

[wishesofeternity]

"This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances which demanded it."

- R.F Kuang, "Babel, or the Necessity of Violence"

#babel #babel an arcane history #babel or the necessity of violence #babel spoilers #rf kuang #books #words #colonialism #queue #mine #important

[liveandbreathemusicals]

#so I’ve been reading Babel lately… #babel spoilers #Babel #r.f. kuang #babel an arcane history #dark academia books

[belle-keys]

you want me to learn a language? the very thing that killed robin swift???

#babel spoilers #babel #babel an arcane history #rf kuang #dark academia #poc dark academia #dark academia books #robin swift #bilingual #langblr #book blog

[eenvrouw]

Nothing hurts like this

Babel by R F Kuang

#babel an arcane history #babel spoilers #rf kuang #babel rf kuang #robin swift #griffin lovell #ramy mirza

[i-wish-i-were-softer]

So my friend recently finished Babel and they said creating homoerotic tension between robin and ramy only to kill them afterwards was a weak move.

What does that even mean? If you wanted to a read a happy queer novel why did you choose Babel? Why are you looking for a fairytale ending in a book that deals with heavy topics like colonialism, racism, sexism, poverty, slavery, war and whatnot. Death was always upon them. Being gay doesn't magically give characters plot armour. War doesn't care about anyone's sexuality.

#and this is not only about Babel #I've seen this take on so many other media #authors are not obligated to explore the queer chemistry between characters everytime they introduce one #babel #babel an arcane history #babel spoilers #ramiz rafi mirza #ramy #robin swift #babel rf kuang

[starfallkaz]

oh the parallels of Robin and Rin only being able to find peace in death, and the silence of it all. After all they did and all that was done to them. Those moments of silence before it all ended. Seeing how Victoire survived and thrived, and the strength of her being able to care out that space for herself —to choose to live. But then seeing how Nezha wasn’t given that choice, to choose life. To even begin to want life. How it was thrust upon him, a weighted legacy inherited. Thinking about Nezha shouldering that burden, slowly standing up, and continuing on.

#I’m actually in pain #cried so much I vomited in my mouth a lil bit #rinezha #bring in the fanfics #fang runin #fang runin i am looking at you #Babel #an arcane history #rf kuang #Rebecca Kuang #yin Nezha #rin x Nezha #the poppy war #the burning god #the burning god spoilers

[xxadiaa]

babel sketches from last year that i’ll never finish

#babel or the necessity of violence #babel an arcane history #robin swift #ramiz rafi mirza #letitia price #victoire desgraves #this book destroyed me #and always will #thanks ms rf kuang #xxadiaa art #babel spoilers