mrsaito57 - Tumblr blog

[mrsaito57]

Folks act like "maybe the author isn't the final authority about what their work means" is some wanky post-modern nonsense and not a simple recognition that a lot of authors are perfectly prepared to bullshit about their own work. Like, leaving big-name popular media aside, I have personally encountered authors being actively disingenuous about their own work for all of the following reasons:

A true answer wouldn't fit the image they've cultivated.

They've decided they like the explanation the readers/viewers have come up with better than what they actually had in mind.

Something that was originally intended as a standalone work ended up growing into a franchise or series, and now they're pretending that was the plan all along for some reason.

They don't want to admit that the bit you're asking about is genuinely just a plot hole.

The real answer gets into some shit they don't care to discuss, so they've prepared a cover story to explain away the parts they don't want to talk about.

Their politics have changed since they wrote it, but they don't want to acknowledge that, so they're constantly trying to re-interpret everything they've ever written to be perfectly consistent with whatever their positions are this week.

They wrote it decades ago and they honestly don't remember what they were thinking at the time, so they're just making shit up; sometimes they also don't remember what shit they made up the last time, so the answer is different every time they're asked.

The work in question is at least partly autobiographical and they can't tell the truth without confessing to a crime in the process.

Most of the good bits are plagiarised and they don't really understand it themselves.

They're lying to you on purpose, for evil reasons.

[mrsaito57]

that temptation to unLike just so's you can reLike

[mrsaito57]

DAY 1 - I have yoinked a challenge from @kckatie to post ten books that I love. One book per day - no exceptions, no reviews, just the covers. The idea is to promote good books, encourage reading and create a wonderful reading list. (I'm actually going to follow their lead and post a baker's dozen — I'm also gonna post them in the order I discovered them.)

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

there's literally been. a total of 8 indigenous people killed by the police forces in canada since august 29th. over two weeks. across several provinces. one of them, hoss lightning, a cree man, was shot by the rcmp after he called them for fucking help. the other was a mi'kmaw man in new brunswick who called because he was threatening to hurt himself. they fucking tased him & then shot him. this is literally so fucking unacceptable. nobody's talking about this unless they're native. FUCK reconciliation. we need ACTION.

[mrsaito57]

When her post addresses "you":

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

reblog to kiss prev's inner thighs

[mrsaito57]

I think the first step towards the life you want is often to just say yes to more things. Accept that coffee invitation from your coworker even if it seems awkward. Sign up for that free class at the library that you're not sure you'll like. Join that club. Book that tour. Say yes to as many things as you can and kill the part of your brain that gut-reacts with a no.

[mrsaito57]

Reblog to give prev forehead kiss

[mrsaito57]

[mrsaito57]

✨reblog if you are a massive nerd or if you have a breeding kink✨

[mrsaito57]

thinking about sitting somewhere far far far away with a nice breeze reading a book, no pain no worries no stress 🥲