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A few days ago I saw a post on tiktok referring to Levi's ending and how the worst thing to have happened to him was the fact that in the end he [simply] survived.

It is not that I do not understand where said perspective comes from. Nor do I totally disagree with it by seeing it in a black white type of way. Nevertheless do I personally have a different view on the way Levi's ending was made out to be. For me saying the only way for Levi to find finite peace would've been in death, (to which mentioned view refers to) is just not correct. His character was written and created with so many different facets and layers. With so much depth and detail in order to create a complex and actually shaped character. Throughout the story Levi was always portrayed as someone who not only cares about those around him, but puts others before himself without ever hesitating. He has been portrayed as s character with developement. He saw his own duties and tasks as a priority. And the way he trusted people. The platonic relationships between him and other characters were often really detailed and complex to underline the character that Isayama wanted to create through him. Rather than potential romance, there was a much bigger picture enhanced with his character. The beauty in friendship and platonic relationships.

I've seen people discuss how his character would've deserved / 'needed' some form of love interest in the sense of a relationship with someone in the end. For me this presumes that a persons only way to live a fulfilling and fortunate life requires some form of romantic love, which in general is problematic to me. As well as that it just doesn't make sense with Levi. In many cases would I not totally disagree. There have been speculations and up to one's own interpretation there might've been hints regarding romantic relationships and feelings throughout Levi's character (never directly though, might be important to mention here). In my opinion this whole concept of the happy end wife husband thing collides with the way Levi's character was portrayed and written.

In conclusion I think that Levi has been in the position of losing those close to him so often, his ending was perfect in the way that the cycle and perhaps almost his only-survivor curse was broken and in a concept full of chaos he could finally find the stability to hold on to. Finding peace in having lost so much and having fought so much that rather than having nothing left, he in fact has left the result that was only possible due to his losses - which fit his character perfectly.

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On Tuesday, 20th August, 2024, Tahereh Mafi announced a the beginning of a spin-off series based in the Shatter Me verse.

I took a deep breathe and cried a little. I grew up with the Shatter Me series, I've read it back to front and front to back. It's my literal coming of age series. I cannot...

A new spin-off series coming soon in April of 2025.

I've been speculating! What are we likely to see?

According to Tahereh Mafi, the book will start off 10 years after the events of the last book.

Are we going to get a Kenji and Nazaree story? Are we going to get a little Aaron or a little Juliette? What about James Anderson????

Omg the speculations!!!!

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Thinking about JB and Jude lately…

JB, who was Jude’s first friend. JB, who carried Jude to the college hospital when he witnessed him having an episode in their dorm.

JB, who shouted and made a scene in that same hospital until a doctor finally saw Jude - and that doctor was Andy, the only physician Jude ever allowed to care for him for the rest of life.

JB, who helped Jude move into the apartment he shared with Willem on Lispenard St. JB, who brought along his friend Richard to help that day. Richard, who later sold Jude his beautiful apartment on Green Street that Jude loved so much. Richard, who secretly looked after him more than Jude ever imagined, who at one point saved his life, and at another point reminded him his birthday was worth celebrating, when Jude himself had forgotten and his world was bleak.

JB, who envied his life, his looks, his career, his relationship (even his limp!). JB, who saw him as competition, rather than someone to pity. JB, who thought he was beautiful, who thought killing something small and adorable was worth it if it meant looking like Jude.

JB, who brought him to parties, who showered him with laughter and provocations.

JB, who asked too many questions and wanted all the answers but got none of them. JB, who then asked Harold to back off from asking all the questions and wanting all the answers as well.

JB, who captured his life in galleries, on canvas, on film. The good and the bad.

JB, who’s art invaded and celebrated and decorated. JB, who’s art froze Willem in time for him.

JB, who was Jude’s last friend. JB, who Jude resented, who Jude hated, who Jude never forgave, who Jude wanted dead.

JB, who found him at last, who put away his suits, who handed out his letters.

JB, who outlived his friends, who was left alone, with his pictures, and his paintings, and his pain.

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i am. god's little transgression. mistake. i am god's mary magdalene, his whore his prophetess. i am his doubting thomas fingering those bloody nail shaped holes. am i judas, do i betray him because he didn't love me enough i am his babylon soldier babylon conqueror I am his golden stubborn egyptian his thundering voice ten commandments and subjection to a whole feminine race. i am god's sure arrow, saul's jealousy, i am his lost sheep his lost coin his foolish virgin look at me i am his last supper not the temptation turn stones to bread no i am his take my body and drink my blood i am his resurrection his coming again his apocalypse his doom rider. look at me i am all his love and world wiping anger his destruction and his new world new creation i am his ascension and glory his war and victory his little devil all his transgressions and all his sins.

"god's sin" by Harriet

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fatima aamer bilal, from i mother it the absence of her, iii. i am not a person that can be loved for a very long time excerpt from moony moonless sky.

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And to be saved, you bleed and bleed out; and yet he never answers you.

you live in a house of god; praying on your knees; and wonder why he never saves you.

on being unloved by god

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i want KamranHazan / HazanKamran!!

5 books(?), 3 already out, and i see what Tahereh might wanna do with Kamran next BUT for the love of GOOOD, i love KamranHazan i ship HazanKamran so deeply, my favorite part of the series is the two of them talking.

I want that.

TWK series quotes here-WHOLE LOOONG POST BTW:

NOW back to KamranHazan because i simply NEED more of them.

♥♥.

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"How does one arrive at the decision to kill God?" is such a raw fucking line holy shit

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OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY-

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Front of the special cover of 'In the lives of Puppets' by TJ Klune for Dazzling bookshop

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I am obsessed with the way that 'home' has such a heavy emphasis in TJ Klune's books. It's finding a home or creating a home and having that home be your found family.

The House in the Cerulean Sea had that titular house in the sea but it became Linus's home with his magical family.

Under the Whispering Door had its tea shop where Wallace found a place to be.

In the Lives of Puppets has literal tree houses and an odd little family of robots and their human.

Green Creek found home in a pack and I could go on.

Each book is just so full of home and family and I love it.

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LILITH

By Nikki Marmery

📖 BOOK REVIEW:

Amazing new release! Beautifully divine.

A triumphantly feminist retelling of ancient creation myths in the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North. Lyrically rendered, this epic U.S. debut tells the story of the woman known as Adam's first wife and her fall from Paradise and quest for revenge.

Before Eve, there was Lilith. Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah, God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world, and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

If this is not the best book of 2023, I don't know what is. A bold retelling of our origin story. Lilith's story is finally told and finally heard!

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Have you read Lilith yet?!!!!

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“Name one hero who was happy.”

“I’m going to be the first.” He took my palm and held it to his. “Swear it.”

“Why me?”

“Because you’re the reason. Swear it.”

“I swear it,” I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.

“I feel like I could eat the world raw.”

And I'm curled up here, the pain hitting my very soul. I do not think I can survive this agony. I can't gods!

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The Song of Achilles

My heart feels sliced clean in half. I have never read anything as heartbreaking as this. I am currently shedding tears as I write this. The Story of Achilles and Patroclus. I want to rage at the gods! The grief rose from the pages to swallow me whole. I drowned in Achilles grief. I knew he'd die but still, like Patroclus, anything but his death, anything but that. The gods do not fight fair! Why do all good things have to die young?

Their love was pure till death, till the Underworld claimed them. It was them against the world. Ten years of bloodshed and pain, –soulmates. The tragedy of their romance tears me apart.

I have not read the story of Achilles from this angle, gods the tragedy of it kills me. The beauty of it, the fragility and the brevity of it. Sweet, fleeting!

I'll need a week to recover from this pain. What am I saying, I cannot recover from this book. Never.

It is not enough for me that they find peace in the Underworld, it not enough. The helplessness of my rage is almost amusing but damn. Their love is pure. Even the Fates, the wishes of the gods could not withstand it. A love for eternity, a love made for always and forever.

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My favorite moments and quotes from "Fourth Wing" <333

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So we all agree we're getting dragon tattoos right?

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Y'all 🥺😭😭😭 here are some memes because I'm so obsessed!!!!!!