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one-odd-ood · 12 days

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The sandwiches in the beginning of A Wrinkle in Time always sounded so delicious. There’s something magical about middle-of-the-night storm food. I guess that’s what Waffle House is for.

#liverwurst and cream cheese

#no liverwurst, add tomato

#a wrinkle in time #literary food

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see-arcane · 3 months

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After reading and watching several adaptations, I have come to the conclusion that Quincey gets much more respect than Jonathan. Yes he appears much less, but he gets his heroic sacrifice when he does instead of getting bastardised. Three times I have seen him be the one who kills Dracula without Jonathan. In two of those he has the kukri.

Also idk if vampire Quincey is underappreciated, there is a novel all about him.

And in this one Jonathan is revealed to have been a cowardly cheater all along.

You know. Sometimes I think I might be going too overindulgent with my Harker Horrors and lavishing of attention on my favorite special little haunted gothic heroine lad.

And then I get lovely reminders like these that not only am I not being indulgent, I have to actively burn every daydream of an inhibition I have as a writer to unfuck 126 years' worth of doing the whole cast dirty, but Jonathan Harker the absolute worst.

#in all ways but physical I am ripping the Harkers out of the hands of the directors and writers #who came before me #setting those hands on fire #and running into the sunset of self-gratifying undiluted literary junk food #if people get to wipe their rancid ice-cold take Barely Skimmed the Wikipedia (of the Movie) fanfiction of these characters on the world #I get to do whatever I damn well please #jonathan harker #I will torment the hell out of you buddy #but I refuse to gut your character while I do it #dracula #my writing #adaptation #spinoff #bastardization

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mothprincess · 1 year

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#my writing #poetry #poets on tumblr #serena crane #the orangery literary society #more thoughts #i almost threw this out but why not #i need to continue this with a 'fruit have feelings too iii'#i love writing metaphors for change/metamorphosis/wings/birth/death #but concepts like fruit/food/eating/swallowing/biting are equally fascinating

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lecoindecachou · 2 months

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The werewolves in the Mercyverse are like <3 lycanthropy is a metaphor for having periods but we're misogynists <333 we call revealing our existence to the world our Coming Out but we're homophobes <333

#mercyverse #mercy thompson series #patricia briggs #mercy thompson #i say this as if i haven't read the entire series + the spin-off and even the short stories #what can i say i like trashy books. it's like literary fast-food #still there's something so boring about supernatural societies having the exact same prejudices as our own

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galina · 1 year

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Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen, Rebecca May Johnson

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blueeyesfilledwithpassion · 5 months

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Your worst sin is that you have destroyed & betrayed yourself for nothing.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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gennsoup · 4 months

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But here in the soup it's cozy.

Erica Jong, Two More Scenes from the Lives of the Vegetables

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ultramarine-spirit · 1 year

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What you said in your previous post about manhwas reflecting the thinking of Korean autoreas is so true!! it's frustrating because people analyze it with their western mentality and throw so much hate without bothering to try to understand the story. There are many things that I have noticed in the manhwa that are very different from things in the west (for example, the FL is always compared to an angel or a fairy lol) but something that caught my attention is that in the west it is It is very common that when we talk about an 'empowered woman' it is a woman who is good at physical fights, with super powers or good at using weapons with sarcastic personalitys and other things, while in manhwas (there are women like that too, of course) but something they have that the americans movies don't usually show is that the women here are very good at studying. That surprised me (and I liked it) because it is not very common to see women who work hard in the studios and enjoy it in USA movies, but they do in manhwas. One of the few movies that reflects this is legally blonde (and it's one of the best movies out there) plus I have a great love for academically validated female characters, they are literally my favorites in any story so reading that Athy really enjoyed studying made me fall more in love with her. Also when FLs have to act cute in order to survive, fans often throw so much hate at them saying they are irritating or ridiculous but they don't take the time to think that there are many ways to be a great female character without always using weapons, I have a great hatred for the term "soft fl" it seems too misogynistic to me that they are thrown down for that reason but waiting for the manhwa community to realize that is going to take a long time.

Another thing I remember is that in the novel Athy had many modern thoughts that surprised me, like when they talked a little about Korean society and I could feel a criticism of this or the things she said when some men harassed her and Jennette or when some men Men said that she would be happier married to a prince instead of being the next empress and she was very upset by her. Also when in his debut he said "one thing I learned is that boys have to look like boys and ladies look like ladies" (this stuck with me because it made me think of oversexualizing young children but maybe I'm overanalyzing it) There are many interesting things in the wmmap novel that people take out of context.

Another thing I've noticed is that in the East it's more typical to see this kind of "sunshine" girls who are sweet and cheerful, very kind, literally the kind of people that everyone loves and in manhwas they get so much hate, it's hateful. It's also not common to see this type of girls in the west and if they are, they are always hated. Ruby from How to get my husband on my side is truly one of the strongest female characters out there and is always looked down on just because she is softer compared to the other girlboss leads. Athanasia is a character who seems to be on the lookout for between these two terms but he still gets criticized for not having acted in a more "evil" way it's funny because the scene of Athy facing the nobles and then Anastascius screamed more power to me than many scenes I've seen in movies or series.

I just want to clarify that I love my villainous girls, medea and roxana are really amazing and I enjoyed women who do morally bad things, marianne, Cosette, soleia, I love them all. But I genuinely hate how they look down on 'soft fl'

The thing is, there are a lot of things in the novels/manhwas that I feel are critical or stereotypical of them that more western minded people take too much out of context and it's too frustrating, some people have a hard time understanding which does not have to be from their point of view.

sorry for all the rant lmao, i didn't mean to make it so long, it's just that this is one of my big problems with the manhwa community 😭

Have a good day!

Don't worry for the rant, anon! I think similarly to you as well.

I'm in the position that, while I live in a country that geographically and politically could be considered "the west" (what a long conversation that is lmfao), my culture doesn't perfectly align with "western" values and ideas. So when I see people sending hate towards manhwa, I notice how they often analyze them exclusively from their personal point of view and own biases, not realizing that asian media is very different from western media. I don't know if this is a problem of media literacy or it's that people think less of asian media as a whole. Hopefully it's the former.

But yes, most manhwas reflect korean values! Shocking, I know. Perhaps people get blinded by the western settings, but even if the characters "don't look" asian, they were made by an asian author, so obviously they reflect asian ideas and values. In that sense, they are asian characters. A similar discourse happens with anime and danmei/xianxia novels.

I think western readers have an easier time liking "girlboss" FLs and revenge fantasy stories because those are more common on this side of the world. But they struggle with more nuanced stories where the FL is not perfect, she does not solve everything with schemes or being a badass, is "weak", or (heaven forbid!) is able to forgive a family that hurt her in the past. This is the main criticism Athy gets, the fact that she was able to love Claude. I truly don't understand how people decide to even read WMMAP if they are so opposed to that idea, because that's the heart of WMMAP's story. Family holds a much bigger importance on the east compared to the west's individualistic idiosyncrasy, so of course most asian stories that touch the topic of family won't end in "if your family wronged you, fuck them". From where I'm from, family is also regarded as very important, so I can understand why a lot of manhwas are about rebuilding family relationships, not destroying them. And even then, you have plenty of revenge fantasies with cartoonishly evil families, so if that's what you prefer, you can read those.

Specifically korean media, it often touches topics like, generational trauma, misogyny, capitalism, etc. As you said, WMMAP addresses these things too in some way or another. I didn't think manhwa was particularly subtle as a medium (I know it's kinda ironic coming from me, but these are very simple stories, not Dostoevsky novels), but if people have trouble understanding the point of Parasite and Squid Game, then no wonder they can't pick up on these themes.

I'm not saying asian media or manhwas are above negative criticism. They have plenty of issues of their own. But if you are going to criticize something, you have to truly understand it, and reading anything disregarding cultural context or the own internal biases you may hold is at best foolish and at worst very ignorant. Western readers often have this mentality that all stories have to cater to them, when it's obvious that manhwas were made thinking of a korean public first and foremost.

(I dislike when people say Athy should have been more "evil". The whole point of her character is how her kindness and willingness to be empathetic with others and try to build honest relationships was what saved everyone. Villainesses AUs are fun, but when people truly say that Athy's character is weak because she chooses to feel love instead of hatred, because she is selfless instead of selfish- Why are you even reading WMMAP? And even then, she is far from "soft" and has plenty of "badass moments"...)

(News to me that Ruby gets hate, I thought she was the new manhwa darling. I stopped reading that series, but to me she was the best part of it by far. I think she is one of the only few good portrayals of a victim of physical abuse and ED in all manhwa. I have always disliked how those traits are just brushed aside as little things to endear the FL to the reader, but are never treated with the seriousness they deserve).

#personally im not a fan of 'super badass FLs that solve everything by just being girlbosses' cuz i feel like the author is trying to pander #to readers that like to self insert or live their fantasies through the FL. and its cool if thats your thing but its not mine #another extremely funny thing is how people lose their shit at pseudo incest manhwa (aka adopted siblings not raised together fall in love)#(and to be clear. i also dont like the trope but that's not my point) when-#pseudo incest and straight up incest are part of the western literary canon. a VERY prominent part if i might add #my point is that you may dislike the trope. that's fair. but often those criticisms read as 'eww this gross korean manhwa is so disgusting'#which... idk guys you might wanna think a little about how you interact with foreign media and how your biases might be affected by racism #just food for thought #anyways that's why i dont care about 'manhwa fandom'. i just wanna talk about wmmap with wmmap fans #wmmap #wmmap meta

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unladyboss · 8 months

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PURE CONNECTION: SYD AND CARMY FIRST KISS

Ok so apparently Syd and Carmy already had their first kiss. I am trying to contain myself and the screaming that wants to come out here

I came across this post of gifs by @cinemagal and the one after the fire suppression gif was magical. (See below) I think this scene is the one where Marcus is showing them the different desserts and he named one Sydney. I have to go back and see when Carmy did this move. Was it when he showed them the Sydney donut?

You know how Carmy sort of licks his lips as if they're dry? It's always so fast, you just think 'there he goes again licking his lips'.

Well this time if you look at the gif, it's a mwah kiss and Sydney felt it! His lips went MWAH!

You can tell by her expression, that she felt something! The gif is everything!

For context I tried licking my lips to see if a mwah came out unintentionally. My dears you have to INTENTIONALLY do a mwah, to get a mwah. Matter if fact it kinda hurts to do that stuff he did with his lips. I don't know if it's because my lips are way bigger or what but believe me, it took some effort.

I tried for a frame by frame photo shoot and I hope I got the essence of it. I can't believe they did that right in front our faces. I did the frame by frame because of Syd's expression

This is WILD! Syd's expression got me!

I saw this!

I can't believe this happened and I missed it

It's a kiss!

He did a mwah kiss and Sydney felt it!

Wow! I looked at the scene again and there seems to be no rhyme or reason for him to have done that or her to have that expression. They were already praising Marcus for mom's honey bun, then that happened.

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brownsugar4hersoul · 2 months

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“April Fools' is the only day to take people seriously.”

| Criss Jami |, Healology

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qbdatabase · 5 months

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Butter Honey Pig Bread by Frencesca Ekwuyasi Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress or check it out for free from the Queer Liberation Library!

#Butter Honey Pig Bread #Frencesca Ekwuyasi #bookblr #black rep #daily book #lesbian #mental health rep #queer rep #wlw #adult books #book club #female protagonist #fiction #food #lgbtqia #literary fiction #queer books #Queer Liberation Library

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elle-rph · 3 months

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“Secured the bag.” As I’m buckling in my fast food like the passenger princess she is.

#muse #text quotes #musings #literary quotes #silly text #lit #literature #silly post #feelings #foodie #food #relatable #tumblr girls

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thegoldenavenger · 7 months

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Okay............ I am now a subscriber to the "Shang qinghua wrote pidw and since everything LOVES shen qingqiu in pidw including his self insert Gary stu protagonist AND his own love interest mirrors shen qingqiu (AND cucumber bro; one one hand mistreated and cold, left to survive on his own, with a lucky meeting creating an unlikely misunderstood ally at once incredibly loyal and unable to be trusted and on the other hand a noble/well-to-do son, isolated from family and connections except through niche interactions, incredibly dense and/or prone to misunderstanding social interaction)

AND since cucumber loves all the bits of pidw that airplane actually wanted to write originally (the beasts, the character depth, the plot threads) and also Shang qinghua's beloved son— therefore: cucumberplane" mindset

It is really uhh really something that everyone in pidw turns to shen qingqiu like a sunflower, even when Luo binghe is also right there... it's really something that shen qingqiu falls over himself to be immersed in pdiw's flora and fauna.

it's really something that cucumber died thinking about the wasted potential of airplane's magnus opus and airplane died reading cucumber's review and comparing him to a wife

Ugh. UGH I can't believe I'm having emotions about this.

#misc #even lqg!!! who is DEAD #is soft for sqq......#like bro. airplane bro. BROO.#is it gay for the manifestation of your literary pursuits to fall in love with the reviewer #who hate reads your novel and criticizes harshly because he can see the potential underneath your desperate attempts to pander for survival?#?????????#fellas?????#also??? both of their preoccupation woth food.#both dying because of food.#both bonding with their love interest's because of food.#ugh. grossss.#:/

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jedusaur · 1 year

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good things this week:

my BOY my GUY my MAN Joey Daccord had to step up and play two games for the Kraken this week and he did SO GOOD Y'ALL! it was unexpected on two levels, first that it would be him getting the callup instead of Driedger and second that he would actually get the start over Jones, and he made the absolute most of the opportunity—one of the postgame talking heads was a bit of an ass about the first one because he let in four, but Hakstol understood the circumstances (one extremely weird double bounce no goalie could have done anything about, two 6-on-5 situations our guys were not defending well) and sang his praises, and we won anyway. then the second one we lost in a shootout, but the only one he let in during regulation was a rebound off a killer initial save and then he went absolute beast mode in OT, just unbelievable. there's always gonna be a Mike Smith-shaped hole in my soul, but Daccord obviously idolized the guy when he was at Arizona State and plays so much like him that watching him really feels a little like coming home <3

really enjoyed this week's Ted Lasso ep, especially (spoiler warning) the part where Jamie sees Roy and Keeley leaving in two different directions and it's set up to make you think he's gonna go after Keeley to hit on her now that she's single again but instead HE GOES AFTER ROY to ineptly attempt empathy and hugs <333

listened to Debby Friday's debut album four times yesterday and three times so far today, I am so so so so into it

after some disappointing incidents with NHL pride nights, something cool happened with my local junior league team, the Thunderbirds—they didn't have an official pride night planned this season, so the fans just... made one happen themselves! the T-Birds have the only out gay player in the WHL, Luke Prokop, and EVERY SINGLE PLAYER used rainbow stick tape during warmups for this UNOFFICIAL pride night in support of their teammate, AND some of them kept the tape during the game. which, listen, I use Pride tape myself, but only on parts of the stick I don't have to handle the puck with, because real talk it is some crappy-ass tape, and any serious hockey player would know that just from touching it, so these guys were basically saying that supporting their teammate was more important to them than being good at hockey, and I just have a whole lot of feelings okay

Dallas has a goalie named Jake Oettinger whose nickname is Otter and he has lil cartoon otters painted on his goalie mask, which delighted both rocket bae and my mom (both big otter fans)

I started explaining what was going on during a Kraken game to Steph and she was like "I understood the goalie interference part" I'm so proud <3

I cut my hair and it feels very nice to not have all that shagginess on my neck

got two of the other Lammy-nominated anthologies from the library and they're both so impressive! (also both extremely different from each other and from Xenocultivars, doesn't really seem fair to compare us all tbh, but I guess that's just how it goes with awards)

rearranged my room to bring in a comfy chair and in the process found the fucking laptop I was 100% convinced must have gotten stuck in with rocket bae's stuff in storage because I had looked absolutely everywhere, including the place it actually was at least 3 times *eyeroll* but it has been found, hallelujah

made salted millionaire's shortbread and I'm gonna go bring some to a few local friends sometime this weekend, love sharing food with my people :)

#good things #life #hockey #joey daccord #mike smith #kraken #ted lasso #fandom #debby friday #t-birds #luke prokop #queer #jake oettinger #rocket bae #steph #speculatively queer #lambda literary awards #books #food

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manicdreams · 10 months

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No one is birthed from crystal coves,

we are born from wombs

which makes

our imperfections

inevitable.

An unbroken cycle

Being imperfect is monolithic.

Imbedded into all of us.

#poetry #writing #poet #creative writing #writer #poems #original #food for thought #literary arts #mine #my poerty

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thegospelaccordingtolaura · 1 year

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"There is all the difference between fancying a certain wood as fit for fairies, and really frightening ourselves until we walk a mile rather than pass a house we told ourselves is haunted. Behind all these things is the fact that beauty and terror are very real things and related to the spiritual world; and to touch them all, even in doubt or fancy, is to stir the deep things of the soul."

- G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man (Chapter V: Man and Mythologies), 1925.

#literature #mythology #poetry #food for thought #quote #literary quotes #bookquote

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