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i find it so interesting when people take adam’s analysis of gansey as fact when it’s clearly shown that there are parts of gansey that adam doesn’t know yet, and that sometimes both his idolization and resentment alters his assessment of him:

an example is adam saying to blue in trb that gansey is friends with ronan because “it makes him feel better about being gansey” which is such an interesting take that he says with such certainty. it definitely has some truth to it but also comes from adams at the time lack of understanding of ronan and jealousy of their friendship. gansey is friends with ronan because ronan is fiercely loyal and honest, which adam doesn’t really understand yet, so he states what he understands of it as fact.

another one is gansey on fire, which ronan clearly tells us that adam has never seen because gansey significantly calms down when he’s with adam. adam talks a lot about ganseys innocence and ignorance, especially when it comes to more of the darker things they deal with (whelk, kavinsky, greenmantle) but he has no idea that gansey himself can be just as wild (like he has no idea gansey watched ronan punch kavinsky at the substance party and threw a molotov cocktail at kavinsky car) so when adam describes gansey, especially at the start, he still thinks of gansey as this innocent magnanimous person because that is all he sees

taking adam’s perception of gansey at face value as fact really dilutes their relationship and their characters and i think is where a lot of mischaracterization of gansey comes from. gansey isn’t just the innocent golden boy, and adam is not a perfect narrator, especially when it comes to his view of gansey (but is also seen with blue and ronan too) — i think as their friendships deepens he gains better understanding but it’s important to remember for both of their characterizations!

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If this picture ain’t them I don’t know what is. They SERVE OK

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Cardan’s tail lives rent free in my mind.

For one thing, he can’t control it. He tries to hide his true emotions but his tail betrays him and reveals them, thus he keeps it hidden.

When Jude kidnaps Cardan and he exclaims he has a tail “Would you like to see it!” He’s not just being nervous and funny, he’s showing that he’s going to be completely truthful with her.

The tail is described as thin and mostly hairless except for a tuft of hair at the end. You know who else has a thin mostly hairless tail with a tuft of hair at the end? A lion! And Cardan’s tail behaves like it belongs to a cat.

For instance, the first time Jude and Cardan are intimiate, she describes pulling down his pants and

My dude, tail curled up against the body is a sign of vulnerability. And though my man had the initiative and experience, he felt vulnerable against Jude. In his mind he was exposing his feelings to this powerful woman that seemed to not be hurt by anyone or anything. In a later chapter he is hurt when she acts as though that intimate moment meant nothing to her.

The second time they’re intimate, Jude describes the tail as

Lashing back and forth is an aggresive move. It is done when hunting and ready to pounce. My girl had Cardan going. That man was ready to attack.

Then when they’re getting down to business, the tail

Baby, that’s possessivness. That tail is saying what Cardan is screaming inside, MINE! That’s his woman. The tail wrapping around another being is also done when the pair is bonded. It means they have accepted you as part of them. Jude isn’t just his woman, his wife; she has become a part of him.

Also, in question of if the tail wags from side to side when he sees Jude, it probably doesn’t. That’s dog tail behavior. Cardan’s tail probably shoots straight up in the air with the tuft end in a hook like a cat’s does when it sees it’s favorite people and friends.

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In an ideal communist feminist society. Men will no longer be privileged. As such, they wouldn't grow up to be so annoying. As a result, I wouldn't have a reason to be a misandrist anymore. Though, perhaps I could still do it for the love of the game.

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UNDERRATED DUO!!

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Piece. 18th century. Credit line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/224339

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imagine if they gendered you from birth and then assigned you a list of interests and personality traits even if that felt horrifically untrue for you and you hated when people did that for as long as you could remember but every time you complained about it people got confused

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Lorde for Document Journal (May 2025)

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booty shorts that say ASK ME ABOUT THE BOOK I'M READING on the ass

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ok but...is this not declan

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[ianthe voice] let's do cocaine together!

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fuck my stupid baka life is really the greatest phrase known to man

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I really get it now

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