#language and love

[th1rdt3chnician]

who up hating pop psychology

[pencildragons]

bro i LOVE indigenous fusion music i love it when indigenous people take traditional practices and language and apply them in new cool ways i love the slow decay and decolonisation of the modern music industry

[shisasan]

From February 16 to 17, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

[that1geek06]

"English isn't my-"

Hush now my friend, and let me read the absolute beauty of a fic that you have bestowed this world and humiliated the first English speakers with

[bluberimufim]

I love that opera sits in this limbo where it's extremely well-known but not really beyond a surface level recognition, so you get commercials for makeup or whatever to the tune of the I Hate Women So Much It's Unreal aria

[dowdicus]

Sign/Signified

I’ve been thinking, Lately– I never wrote you a poem. It’s strange to me. I usually write my lovers poems. But I’ll admit I kept you at arm’s length.

I think being friends with you Has made me feel closer to you. And I feel the kind of love I want to feel: Not the terrifying, heart-palpitating Need Of a new relationship, But I admire you. I think you are everything I want to be.

It’s challenging, Writing a poem for someone. You may love some tiny, offhand detail about their person, And they’ll say, “that’s not me.” And then you must reconcile [them] with them. And I’ll always wonder If I love [you] or you.

And now I’ve written a poem for you— Or maybe for [you]— And though I'm not sure the difference is clear, I’ve forgotten what I intended to say, Having gotten lost in sweet memories Of happy smiles on your face.

[ruhaniya]

"for you, i would" is such a gentle and sweet love language like no maybe i wouldn't usually do this but i would love to do it if it would make you happy.

[catgoboom]

recharge ⚡️⚡️⚡️🔋

redraw of an old, old art 😬

[mimimar]

(open pages for better image quality)

the moment I heard elphaba's delivery of "there's a girl i know..." in i'm not that girl i knew i had to draw this comic, i strongly recommend listening to it while you read for the full experience!

this comic is a companion to this piece (which was inspired by glinda's delivery of the same line in the i'm not that girl reprise).

pages 1-4 are from elphie's pov, pages 5-8 are from glinda's.

prints of individual pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

flower meanings in order of appearance:

[deloveusion]

nothing beats the intimacy of being silly together

[caruccio]

Museum dates where she stares at the art and I stare at her.

[bibbysstuff]

Cuteness Aggression

[ciil]

he is touching vik’s lil mole above his lip :3

[shisasan]

16 April, 1939 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

[meirimerens]

it is so funny to me how i started learning english on my own age 10 because the manga i was reading was turning so so so bad i went to fan content to cope with how shit it was. and 15 years later this pays off as my boss tells me i'm an essential asset in the team as the only fluent english-speaker.