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in the club begging strangers for forgiveness and proving incapable of articulating what for when asked

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The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

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Shout out to characters who want to be used. Shout out to characters who are so desperate to be worth something that they'll endure anything. Shout out to characters who build their entire self worth around being useful, being a tool. Shout out to characters who don't care how they are treated, as long as someone pays them any attention at all

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fictional character discourse would be more fun if we all internalized the fact that characters are narrative tools, not people. once we have that basic fact down, we can start talking about what story the author is trying to tell using these characters, whether they’re successful, whether the story itself is successful and by what means we are measuring success—which are all really fun and interesting things to discuss! but we simply cannot get to that point unless we first accept that fictional characters simply do not have thoughts, feelings, opinions, or any agency on their own. a fictional character has more in common with the fictional chair theyre sitting on than with a real person

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Cumming is so fun #dontkillyourself

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How would you feel about someone making a podfic from your fic (with credit + link ofc)

Oh, I would be delighted!!! I‘ve never had one of my fics turned into a podfic but I love and support the idea 100% ❤️ just let me know what fic and send me the link when you post it so I can link it and let readers know!

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they say you can't pour from an empty cup but i've been doing it my whole life and aside from all of these mysterious ailments it's working out great for me

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Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

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Riccardo Albiero.

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your freak-of-nature boyfriend that we locked up in a high security lab is loose in the fucking facility send help before he kills us all

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'many scratched doors,' 1994 in sigalit landau - gabriele horn + ruth ronen (2008)

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all things strawberry 🍓

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imagine you're frolicking in a field, prancing through long grass, singing "falalalala~", occasionally picking a flower. etc, etc. but a guy in the same field is watching you, about 20 paces away. he lowers his opera glasses (which he was using to watch you) and starts clutching his head and screaming with blind rage because of how much you're pissing him off. that's what it's like to be on the internet.

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hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

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continuing on despite it all

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on usefulness. on becoming both the blade and the lamb

tumblr user @/divorcefemme // Anaïs Nin // tumblr user @/willowcrowned // Mitski, “I Don’t Smoke” // Lilith Kerr, "bite back" (from unloving the knife)

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Sidney Sime (British,1865–1941) - Wild Beast Wood