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“would you love me if i was a worm?” but in a gregor samsa kind of way

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made this last year. not quite sure why

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It's always bothered me that when people adapt Kafka's Metamorphosis they depict Gregor Samsa as a roach. Cockroaches do not undergo metamorphosis. They are born as nymphs which are just smaller wingless versions of the adult form.

Kafka writes that Gregor can only enjoy rotten food. Which also makes him not at all roach-like. Roaches strongly prefer fresh vegetables to rotten ones.

And, of course, he gets stuck on his back, not something roaches struggle with nearly as much as beetles.

That's why always imagined him as a beetle. Which implies that the man Gregor was a larvae for all his pre-bug life. I thought that was the whole point of the story... We're all grubs, but Gregor reached the next stage though sadly none of the grubs in his family could understand him.

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― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (translated by Joyce Crick)

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this is my favorite tweet of all time

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This absolutely sent me

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anyway its so nice to be able to hang out with you guys whenever i want for once. what should we do next. how about some karaoke

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yall ive had my Tumblr for 10 months already and im kinda shook wtf what am I doing with my life

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i love dandadan because like. it's a commentary on trauma and the importance of family. it's fucking full of history and classics references. it's got a literally-and-metaphorically strong female lead with a boy tacked on. it's about how hurt people hurt people, the exploited lower classes, and how war is a horrible thing that does nothing but ruin lives. it's a thriller; it's a romcom; it's a love letter to science fiction.

this entire package is delivered via fetch quest for some poor castrated mfer's balls.

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I'm good at everything except humility cuz I'm great at it!

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I’m going to turn off my camera while I change my shirt, Even though I’m quite a slut

Ash in the google hangout as soon as I join the call.

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people saying Polin's wedding was beautiful when Hyacinth literally asks why Colin looks so "vacant" and there's a sheer look of terror on Penelope's face during the whole thing. this wedding wasn't romantic it was just tense and not in a good way...

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One thing about the Euros is that the English still haven’t quite adjusted to the Queen dying so during the national anthem they keep singing “God Save The Quing” like there’s a non-binary monarch on the throne.