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Oh lord someone teach me how to not be the most awkward person you've ever met

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rb if you think asexual people are cool

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jane eyre is a book i like a lot but also have intense feelings about bc i don’t interpret Rochester as a ‘sweet good guy hiding behind an intimidating shell’ and i dislike adaptations and retellings which try to soften him or make him out to be an aggrieved victim of society. the entire point of the novel imo is that Jane, in grasping her autonomy and personhood, decides to put her personal happiness and passion over expectations of ‘perfect moral womanhood’.

she rejects the virtuous, religious suitor who wants to devote their lives to missionary work and chooses Rochester, the man who treats her like an intellectual equal and who shares her dark sense of humor and fascination with wild things.

Rochester is not a good, upright guy. While he should be commended for not consigning his wife to an asylum where she’d be tortured and abused, he keeps her shut up in a dark attic cell and freely admits he married her primarily for her money and that he never tried to understand her as a person even before her mental illness.

The loss of his hand and the burn scars inflicted on him during the climax are absolutely supposed to carry moral judgment. He lied to and manipulated Jane, imprisoned his wife (who he hates), and just because he comes to see Jane as an equal, it doesn’t mean he suddenly believes men and women should share the same rights and privileges. He is still very much a man of his time and culture. But the point is that Jane’s life is so narrow and so limited that the only real way for her to experience some joy and freedom is to embrace Rochester, even if he’s a bastard. He loves her and she loves him.

Being with him will probably not make her a better person, but it will bring her pleasure, and it will be her choice, not something coerced or demanded of her. It complicates the ending of the book. Rochester’s a beast. But Jane is no angel either, and only by accepting this does she find peace with herself.

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Okay girl there is no proof this man even likes you we need to stop freaking out

HELP is it normal to feel like you're having a panic attack at the fact that someone might be hitting on you (even if you do kind of like them) ???

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I do NOT need a man in my life what's actually wrong with me 😭 I cannot be this girl

HELP is it normal to feel like you're having a panic attack at the fact that someone might be hitting on you (even if you do kind of like them) ???

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Your goal should be to get weirder with age and im not kidding. Become that odd estranged extended family member that owns a whacky home wherein a powerful magical item is kept that is the catalyst for the story of a children's adventure novel protagonist

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HELP is it normal to feel like you're having a panic attack at the fact that someone might be hitting on you (even if you do kind of like them) ???

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its me boy im the seventh cool textile hobby you wanna pick up speaking to you inside your brain listen to me boy you DO have time for me you wanna do me so bad

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watch out when listening to new music! it will sound like the month and year you discovered it in probably forever

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Hey guys you should all go follow my friends crochet account on Instagram! They're really talented and we're trying to build them a following so they can take commissions sometime in the future. Their handle is @jaxshandmadecreations on Instagram.

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I hate Nazis

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warm baked goods are insane. something so beautiful and almost maddening about absolutely tearing into them when they’re fresh. feeling warm all over after. I really do get vampires for real

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Just reached 50,000 words!!!

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Important writing question:

A friend and I are working on a fantasy book (plans to be a three part series) and are stuck on some wordings.

So the main place that the main characters are from is not religious- like religion isn't a major thing and there aren't any beliefs in God's or anything. So I'm struggling to figure out what they can say in exchange for "oh my god." In some places that just feels like the right thing to be said, but saying God doesn't make sense given the circumstances.

Any idea on what they can say without making it something cliche and cringe?

Any and all suggestions are welcome