"You really think the universe still wants anything, from any of us?"
"Don't you?"
"Ah, I try not to think too hard."
"So it would seem. Know this monkie, you and I are not so different. We both fight for what we think is right—that pursuit only leads to one thing."
"Hmmhm. To destiny, right?"
"No. To pain."
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I’ve been thinking about embroidery as catchall for “stifling useless upper-class feminine activity”* because of Catherine, Called Birdy. So I thought it was kind of funny when I got to the end of The Long Winter and Laura—who generally likes to romp and be outside, who seems bummed out that she’s not allowed to do all the farm work that a boy would do, who doesn’t want to wear a corset—gets a bunch of embroidery silks for late Christmas and is totally jazzed about it. Like obviously that is a totally unremarkable set of preferences for a person to have, and the gender politics of these books are complicated to say the least, but it’s such a Trope that I had to laugh a little.
*Not a bad trope, IMO, but you can tell when an author has put some thought into it and when they’re just cribbing from other authors.
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i'm only kinda sorry but if i'm reading fanfic and the writer puts faith in a dress without a Very Good Reason (ex. the mayor made her wear it, she's trying to impress buffy, she's a bridesmaid in somebody's wedding) i am taken out of it so quickly. that tiny detail bugs me so much what are you even doing?? faith hates dresses!!!! free her!!!!!
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also i know we are all losing our minds over the way mohk looks at day, but i also think this ep esp and a lil bit of ep 4 made me so hyper aware of the way mohk touches day, how touch factors into their relationship and how mohk is almost trying to find a way to differentiate between touch that is like functional i guess?? part of his job as a caretaker and touch that is affectionate and bc he wants to touch as you would want to touch someone you have feelings for, not just bc he has to in order to help day. it’s the way before, and don’t quote me on this bc i don’t have a great memory, it’s just the vibe im left with, mohk was always close to day physically but never touched him as much as he does now. but now, esp on that date after august didn’t show up bc it was a date, he has his hand on his back and on his knee and slides it up his arm and these are all things the camera frames and focuses on so we can see that mohk is introducing touch that isn’t purely functional. and that’s hard for him to kind of wordlessly try to convey to day in this tentative kind of way, it is for anyone with feelings really to start crossing that line, but it’s bc the line was already crossed day one for them that it feels harder for mohk to convey that this is different. this isn’t just them walking around with their arms linked, this is him touching day bc he wants day to know he’s there and feel his presence and be reassured but also just bc he wants to touch day. simple as that. and after august’s introduction and how much focus there was on him touching day, it also feels very much like mohk wants day to know that it is him there.
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The more we get closer to the end the more I believe we are getting a sequel manga at some point. That or the last chapters gonna have a lot more pages.
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