#reading it for the first time

[dimsilver]

“Why should we always want a light? He chose darkness for us, darkness of the womb and of the stable, darkness in the garden, darkness on the cross and in the grave. Why do I demand certainty? That is not faith. Why do I want to understand? How can I understand this great web of sin and ugliness and love and suffering and joy and life and death when I don’t understand the little tangle of good and evil that is myself?…Why did I despair? What do I want? If it is him I want he is here, not only love in light illuming all that he has made but love in darkness dying for it.”

Elizabeth Goudge, The Dean’s Watch

#reading it for the first time #it’s so good

[bigquestionmark]

“there seemed to him to be something tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance” is so satosugu coded its insane

#the picture of dorian gray #reading it for the first time #cant believe it invented homosexuality #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #satosugu #satoru gojo #suguru geto

[nestofsalt]

Resurrect ONE woman with dark magic and she turns into a cursed beast and all of a sudden you can't be trusted to do resurrections anymore.

#dungeon meshi #reading it for the first time

[witchering10123]

K I'm reading poppy war for the first time (please don't spoil it I just want to throw out an idea) and in at the part where rin and kitay are on holiday and they're talking about the puppet show and the trifecta and whatnot

and they're talking about shamans and cike and I was like...

is jiang the gatekeeper?

cause I mean... it would explain a lot, but also I'm not really sure, but again I don't want someone to tell me I just want to throw out the idea and feel vindicated when if I'm right

#the poppy war #reading it for the first time #DONT spoil please #i just want to throw out an idea #poppy war spoilers #tagging just in case #i have a feeling im right but idkkkkkk #rin #jiang #kitay #also are rin and nehza going to get together #like i feel like theyre going to do a rivals to lovers moment but also #nehza and rin need to apologise to each other #nehza more than rin but like #apologies will be necessary if they do end up together #we dont want no toxic relationship please and thank you

[a-bookworms-book-thoughts]

me, knowing they’re going to die at the end: yeah I Really Don’t like how part four is called The End

#reading it for the first time #they both die at the end #tbdate

[may-darling]

Battle of the Labyrinth truly shows why the big three should keep their oath of celibacy huh

#pjo #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo series #the big three #Greek mythology #the battle of the labyrinth #the battle of the labyrinth spoilers #reading it for the first time #truly it’s fascinating but also terrifying #how his powers grow #my posts

[mylifeisactuallyamess]

If you need me, I’ll be in here.

#getting my fix #reading it for the first time #got lotr soundtrack on #the silmarillion

[shoomlah]

I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed You fascinate me so

You Fascinate Me So, Blossom Dearie

#good omens #gomens #good omens s2 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #my art #made with stolen time over the course of two extremely busy months but I'm so glad its done #Aziraphale's reading a first folio obviously #cones of dunshire voice: it's about the DETAILS #extremely excited to introduce everyone to this song about DEEPLY YEARNING for someone who annoys the hell out of you #its a banger

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

#marcille donato #falin touden #farcille #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #tw blood #tw body horror #tw gore #as a normal farcille fan this revival has been on my mind since i first read it and getting to watch it is like yippee!! #like messy revivals are everything - the consequences that will haunt u for the rest of the time they are alive #the initial hopeful moments where it all seemed well but quickly descend to That not being the case - losing not only the bit of evidence #evidence that your dream may work out but also someone you deeply care about in the process… marcille my Beloved #ofc wholly thruout the journey - at the forefront of it - getting falin back was the most crucial point but so wuickly :(( it was lost #on the other end its crazy to think about the compoments of falin now - human - dragon (dungeon) - marcille’s magic and desperation #the food the crew cooked (digested) - she is made of many parts!! #also i did not realize how medical it feels to draw smth like this. i dont usually explore the inner parts or use a lot of blood #in my work so rendering everything and looking up refs it felt quite magical (?) #ruporas art

[gibbarts]

o to have a beautiful chimera lover ; farcille

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #farcille #falin touden #marcille donato #falin x marcille #falin dungeon meshi #marcille dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #sapphic #illustration #gibbarts #gibbarts art tag #my art tag #my art #i actually made marcille's ears rounded this time (read: im a fool for the first time around) #wlw art

[lovelyplot]

Reading/Listening to an audio book for the first time. Wasn't sure if I'd like it or not.

But I'm a little over an hour in now and I'm kind of enjoying It 😂

#reading it for the first time

[stil-lindigo]

ARTISTS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 - On the 6th and 9th of March, I'll be doing art requests on stream with other notable artists to raise money for Operation Olive Branch and the PCRF.

I'm incredibly lucky to be counting quite a few big names in the roster, including known Jesus and Odysseus enthusiast @wolfythewitch, the extraordinary fanartist @denimcatfish, and the incredibly talented @troubledminnesotan, as well as Lilypichu from OfflineTV.

You'll be able to watch the streams on the day of the event either on my twitch channel here, or via the links provided by the artists below.

Lilypichu

Cuptoast

Akairosu_

Sevvanto

Wolfythewitch

#we're all gonna be doing an aggie.io board together and taking requests #sort of like drawfee's charity streams if any of y'all know them #its my first time organising a fundraising event like this and i hope it all goes well #the stream on the 6th is gonna double as a practise stream for me since i wanna check if everything will work fine #fingers crossed!! #im honestly so lucky that these people agreed to this so short notice as well... #i promised wolfy id read the odyssey and the epic of gilgamesh so y'all better donate #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #free west bank #donations #pcrf #operation olive branch #donations for palestine #fundraiser #lilypichu #cuptoast #crumb #offlinetv #shamelessly trying to get as many eyes to see this as possible

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

#the picture of dorian gray #lit #this is a pointless text post #guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023 #and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless #girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all #greatest (s)hits #book discourse

[everydaylouie]

yotsuba goes to the ranch

#blender #3d #yotsuba #been reading it for the first time...it's SO good

[hinata-boke]

sanji-kun!!

#my art #one piece #sanji #whos this???? #i actually got possessed to draw this i was supposed to be studying #first 'real' time drawing op! not including scribbles in the margins of my notes!!! #my friend was scared for me to read op bc she thought i might hate sanji bc hes annoying lol #he is annoying but hes also my fav i think so that worked out

[aarchimedes]

for context: I read the hobbit first over the course of two years when I was like 13, but I'm only now starting to read lotr. having a blast tho!

anyways, reblog if you feel like it 🙌🏻

#lord of the rings #the hobbit #lotr #hobbit #yeah guys idk i just feel like most people read it really young #but jolkein is really wordy and idk how y'all got through that at 8 yo #my attention span could neverrrrrr #obviously not as wordy as like. les mis. but you know what i mean. #lots and lots of context all the time. love that for his worldbuilding not so much for my hold on the plot #and yes i have watched the movies #i didn't completely miss the cultural zeitgeist #yay first time making a poll! if you vote or read my tags this far you are a gem 🫶🏻 #edit: i realize i spelled tolkien wrong. i feel like this proves my point #but also i feel like thats something you spell with your heart and not your mind