#crossposting from fb

[knightsofeclipse]

I think it is such a mark of good writing how hard it is to pick and keep a favourite character. (It’s Reece, I’ve landed on Reece). That every new episode, ever clip compilation, every quote I see makes me go “ok but are they may favourite now?” Everyone has so much that is compelling and complex about them. And each new interaction draws from every previous one. Nothing is forgotten, everything is taken into account. I’m a writer, I understand how this process works. And I’m still so blown away every time how amazing Charlotte is at executing just everything. She’s so incredibly talented. 10/10, 5 stars, every glowing review in the book.

And I don’t see people talking about just how brilliant the writing is. The moment that just keeps getting me is Char getting Mia fired. I see lots about the Mialotte side of it, but no one’s really talking about everything that had to happen to lead up to it. The establishment of Char’s character as someone who is so trustworthy and honest — she would never do something so underhanded, especially not so openly — and how vocally against what she was doing she was up until that point. Whether or not her plan had been premeditated, all of the pieces were set up so that it could ONLY be Char who could take down Mia. And then Mia’s side of it, that it’s made so clear that Mia can see something is up with Char but she wants to believe Char is nothing like her. That Char wouldn’t manipulate her like that. Mia is blinded by her affections for Char and Char can see that. WE can see that. I feel like I’m not doing the scene justice in trying to impress upon everyone how nuanced and complex that interaction was. I feel like I’m just going to devolve into screaming from the rooftops “this is what good writing looks like!”

The storyline going on right now, everything surrounding Shibby and Roger, as well as what’s I’ve dubbed the “Charlotte Protection Squad” Siobhan showing up for Char alongside Marjorie and Mia — including the revelation that Mia and Shibby had a flirtation, even if it amounted to nothing — I think recontextualizes the conversation Siobhan and Sorscha had about “knowing what you like”. Shibby’s reaction to Sorscha asking “what is it that attracted you to the millionaire sixty year old” felt off at the time. Maybe I’m just too autistic but it felt unnecessarily defensive. Siobhan’s concession that maybe people can know what they like, her almost surprise at Sorscha insisting that clearly she “knows” she likes much older men, it just didn’t sound like someone who was sure. And I’ve seen this kind of situation before, where a scene doesn’t feel right initially but later episodes provide more insight into it. It’s giving foreshadowing — intentional or otherwise, it doesn’t really matter. Part of writing is rolling with things as they develop and then looking back and going “oh hey, I foreshadowed that”.

I could go on about how I felt like I was reading too much into Shibby’s character and her interactions with others and was just waiting to be proven wrong but every further interaction continues to align with how I interpreted her. And by go on I mean GO ON. But we’d be here all day — and probably night — and that’s a lot of quotes to pull…

A brief aside about my autism; storytelling and writing are my core special interests. They inform how I interact with every other special interest I’ve had. And The Nursery Nurse is my current special interest. I’m usually a silent lurker. It just means so much to me to feel safe enough to be able to break my silence and properly engage with a community like this. And although it may take some time to convince myself that anyone actually cares to hear what I have to say, it’s a really big step for me to even say it in the first place. Thank you all for creating a community like this, where everyone feels welcome. I feel like just being here makes me more of a person… if that makes sense.

I’ve changed my mind. I do have one more thing to say about Siobhan. I know why the fandom has latched onto her despite everything she’s said/done. And no, it’s not just because she’s hot — but, like, that helps. It’s because she’s a good villain. She’s a satisfying villain. She says and does horrible things, doesn’t pull her punches — for fear of “going too far” from a writing standpoint — and is always dispatched and put back in her place by the end of the episode. She’s beloved for the same reason Team Rocket is. She’s a fun character to play with and has an easily followed formula on how her interactions are handled. I’m just going to keep screaming it from the rooftops: ITS JUST GOOD WRITING. We like Shibby because she’s the right villain for the right job. Her level of villainy is on par with the rest of the stakes the series provides. And that’s such an overlooked part of creating a villain or any sort of conflict. It has to match with the level of intensity of the rest of the goings on. That is Siobhan’s place in the ecosystem.

And I may or may not be collecting evidence to suggest that Jodie has been the other spy the entire time. Like, from her first appearance the entire time. Totally prepared to be wrong on this, some maths just aren’t mathing for me though.

Anyway, impulsively sharing this right before bed so I can pretend the internet doesn’t exist for the next 8 hours and come back less anxious about the mortifying ordeal of being known™️. That’s being a bit over dramatic… I’ll sleep now…

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

i think what it boils down to is that if it was some rando here who commented that shit on that post, i would have a very strong, quite visceral reaction to it. along the lines of "uh no dumbass, if your anticapitalism relies on antisemitic dogwhistles (or excusing and handwaving away of said dogwhistles) then it's not actually very good at all. bringin in israel for good measure as well when it was literally not about that at all. it really sounds like youve done little to no work at all in deconstructing your own antisemitic biases" but bc shes my friend on fb i feel like i have to be gentler and nicer than that. when really that is the gist of what im trying to say. it keeps turning into 3 miles long paragraphs. ive been trying to respond this comment for like 4 days

[ask-mobile-iterator-project]

Intro Post

still on indefinite hiatus whoops.

This blog focuses on my Rain World OCs involved in the "Mobile Iterator Project" AU. ^_^

The “Mobile Iterator Project” (MIP) is a project created and directed by an Ancient named "No Cost Too Great" (NCTG) with the stated goal of supporting standard iterators in their productivity, maintenance, and longevity, so that they can operate at maximum efficiency, even after the inevitable mass ascension. ‘MIP Units’—iterators under the project—are created puppet-first in the "MIP Development Center" and later assigned to Local Groups, where their structures are built to support the Iterators around them. Uniquely, their personalities are heavily based around singular, specific Architects (Ancients) who donate their memories and qualia. The exception to this is TWR. In total, there are 99 MIP Units, with IDs ranging from 01 to 99.

(This AU strays pretty far from the themes and canon of both Vanilla Rain World and Downpour, so please keep that in mind!)

⚠️Importantly, here are some warnings for sensitive content that may appear in the posts:

depictions of trauma and mental illness

heavy themes of manipulation (including memory manipulation)

depictions of emotional abuse

dehumanization

depictions of dissociation

identity struggles

medical malpractice/abuse, experimentation

child endangerment

generally dark themes

violence, physical abuse

infrequent body horror

When sensitive content comes up, I will leave a warning before the cut and tag as "sensitive content"!

Characters:

Starlight Symphony (SLS) she/her, [bio]

Frosted Briar (FB) she/they, [bio]

Glimmering Seafoam In Sunlight (GSIS) she/her, [bio]

Thorns Without Roses (TWR) she/they, [bio]

Perpetual Umbra (PU) they/them, [bio]

Legacy Of Famine (LOF) she/any, [bio]

*These are not all of the characters, just the main 6 that are open to receiving asks.

How it works:

Please specify who you are asking the question to, for example: (to SLS), (to SLS and FB), (to any), (to all), (to admin)

If you don’t specify, I’ll just pick myself. Though, sometimes, I might have another character answer too, if I think it might be interesting.

For admin asks, my friend’s overseer might want to add stuff too, so don’t be surprised if she shows up. For simplicity's sake, assume all admin asks are addressed to potentially both of us.

Additionally, I might add commentary sometimes, which I’ll tag with #admin commentary. My friend might do that too sometimes, so #overseer commentary for her.

I’ll do my best to answer your asks, with varying art quality, though I won’t answer all of them. Jade might answer some of them too, primarily the ones regarding, FB, as she knows them way better than I do.

We will sign off at the end of each post, denoting who handled the “broadcast” (ask.)

[Broadcast handled by admin], [Broadcast handled by overseer], [Broadcast handled by admin and overseer]

There is a light roleplaying/interactive element: The in-universe framing device for the questions is broadcasts being sent to the iterators, hence the ask button’s title. There may also be some occasional meta shenanigans.

I will be answering some questions from curiouscat rather than tumblr, and I will crosspost to twitter, too. This is probably too much work, but whatever. The askblog will be the main source of my attention, though, so posts will come here first.

Boundaries/Rules:

Please don’t ask questions related to your own OCs, because I don’t know them.

Please try to break up multiple questions into separate asks.

Nothing NSFW or suggestive.

No “magic” asks (like turning the characters into different things)

You can send items if you want, though

Please keep in mind that Frosted Briar is, for all intents and purposes, basically a child.

Rules may change as things go along and we figure stuff out!

Non-Ask Posts:

Occasionally, I may post content related to backstories and worldbuilding and stuff unrelated to asks. This will be tagged with #mip logs.

Tags:

#silly: for silly stuff

#angst: for angsty stuff

#dubiously canon: usually used in tandem with silly, but for anything that has questionable characterization

#sensitive content: content that may be triggering or upsetting

#mip worldbuilding: asks/posts related to worldbuilding

#mip lore: asks/posts related to lore!

#mip ask: in-universe asks for the ocs.

#admin ask: asks directed towards the admin/overseers

#guest appearance: asks where characters outside of the main 6 appear.

#mip logs: non-ask posts that build upon the lore/worldbuilding

#ooc: update posts, rule posts, etc.

#meta: hehe

#admin commentary: commentary from the admin (luna)

#overseer commentary: commentary from the overseer (jade or clover)

#overseer assistance: for when the overseers help with the process

#fanart: reblogs of fanart!! :D

#admin art: reblogs of luna’s, jade's or clover's art of the characters

#luna art, #jade art, #clover art: self-explanatory

#old: from the sls ask blog, consider it non-canon

#mobile iterator project, #rw mip au: self-explanatory

post is tagged with most of these

Main Admin: Luna, @mewguca

Overseer: Jade, @fauxbia

Overseer: Clover, @cloverlady

Thank you for reading!

For additional information on my OC usage permissions, please read my carrd

[positivelypuntastic]

[ 🐍 x 🎹 ]

(Belated) Happy Birthday, my Ibara Saegusa! Salute 🫡 Sorry it took me a bit to come up with your birthday greeting. I still haven't fully recovered from all the tiredness that hit once we got back home 😭 But better late than never still, right?

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE ❤ It's another year of celebrating you and how much you've changed me for good ❤ No words can express how much your presence and how much Enstars has made me who I am today. Thank you for your love, your support, your being a sexy bitch who I want to both slap and [redacted] simultaneously -- really, thank you for everything.

Always remember that in spite of the past you went through and the hardships you encountered, you absolutely deserve to be loved, appreciated, and cared for. You're more than just a viper -- you're an irreplaceable part in my life and in all the lives you've touched. Thank you for being born and thank you for your constant presence in my life. I love you so much. Happy Birthday, my skinny bitch, my idol, my Vice President/Deputy Director, my businessman, but most of all, my Ibara. I love you so much. ❤

Art by: Lizalyn Mayormita (FB)

Crossposted to: TWT | Bluesky | FB

Am I really making my Tumblr comeback with an Ibara birthday post? We'll see HAHAHAHAH;ALKJSF;LKASJDF

[stinkybreath]

hello

do you trust me to recommend you some books

I read ~170 this year and here’s reviews of my top ten, written for fb and crossposted under the cut in case you’re interested

1: Camp Concentration by Thomas Disch

-I know it’s not obvious from the way I conduct myself here, but I have a very large vocabulary. I was a kid who read the dictionary and also any thesaurus I had access to. So, that said, consider how much it means to me personally that this book taught me 30-50 new words. This isn’t a huge part of the reason I loved this book, but it is a very impressive fact about it that I think will grab the attention of people who might otherwise not read it. This book changed the way I read, the way I think about literature, and the way I evaluate what I have previously read. It’s offensive to me that I lived 30 years as an avid reader and culture sponge without hearing about this book. I cannot recommend it enough. I give it top spot on this list for a very good reason. I’d like to avoid spoiling any of the plot because while I called the twist easily, discovery of each point was so delightful that I want you to have that same experience.

2: Cockatiel x Chameleon by Bavitz

-You all have plenty of experience with me recommending works of fiction published online in formats that deter most readers. This is a normal Najwa activity. I know how it sounds and I know, therefore, that this plea will go more or less unheard, but I BEG you. Look past the fact this was published on AO3. This is one of the most remarkable books I’ve read, period. I mentioned in my worst of how much it bothers me that most writers can’t plausibly write about the internet. This book is the FUCKING ZENITH of writing about being online. It is the absolute peak and I will be shocked if I ever encounter another work that overtakes it. This is a book about people who are so strange they are barely human, but in ways that will be instantly familiar, intimately true, to those of us who grew up on the internet. There is violence and abuse and love and beauty and Chatroulette. There is art and gore and exploration of identity and apocalypse. There is fucking POSTING.

3: Serious Weakness by Porpentine

-Charity Heartscape Porpentine is one of our greatest living authors, opinions of snide Twitter users notwithstanding. I am an evangelist for her Twine game poetry because it is so singular and so affecting. Even a decade on, I can play through Their Angelical Understanding and feel freshly stabbed in the gut. Imagine the thrill I felt when she posted about her completed novel. I would (strongly) recommend this even to people who (somehow) bounced off her games, because her prose style is very distinct from the voice those are in (yet still recognizable). This is an incredibly violent, sick, stomach-turning, difficult, ugly, terrifying book. It’s also ultimately asking the reader a question about love and compassion. If you are sensitive to any trigger in written word about any violent action one person can do to another, skip this book, but if you feel like you have the strength, give her the nine bucks or whatever that she’s asking and devour it like I did. A hook for you: our protagonist has a chance meeting with an embodiment of pain. What follows includes torture, gender, climate disaster, and Columbine. Gorgeous. This book almost convinced me to start doing video essays so I could explain to people the incredible factors at play in it.

4: Negative Space by BR Yeager

-I have been trying to read this book for free for so long that I broke my streak and paid actual money for it. It was one of the better purchases I made all year. Thanks to finally reading some Stephen King this year I now have the requisite foundation to see how heavily his style inspired Yeager in this book, but I would die on the hill defending my position that Yeager does King better than King ever did. There is evil seeping out between the lines of this book. Have you ever had a nightmare that made you feel doomed the entire next day? Have you ever felt you were trapped in your shitty, dying home town? Have you ever been seduced by the excitement of activities that you know might actually kill you? Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and looked at your own dark reflection? Go back to the deepest point of your teenage depression here.

5: We Who Are About to by Joanna Russ

-One of the shortest entries on this list and so one of the easiest sells, but it is just as full of meaning as any other that made the cut. There is so much implied and unsaid about this protagonist. She feels whole, like this is the last chunk of chapters in a series centered on her, but she represents something universal. She is one member of a group from a crash-landed spaceship, a group small enough in numbers that there’s no way for humanity to last on this planet more than one more generation. Any attempts to do even that are so plainly cruel and self-deluding that she wants no part of them, but the others with her don’t see it the same way. Her story is womanhood under patriarchy, it is life and death, it is self-determination. Brutal. I read this at the airport and cried in public.

6: Carrie by Stephen King

-As much as I hate to say it, I gotta hand it to Uncle Steve (or really to Tabitha). This book very nearly justifies the rest of his career on its own. I thought had picked up most of it from cultural osmosis, but there was a truly shocking depth that I couldn’t have found without experiencing it firsthand. Maybe it’s funny to use this word here, but this book is humanist and compassionate and sincere in a way that King never finds again, particularly with the women he writes. Carrie is so vivid that I felt a protective instinct for her throughout the book even though I knew she was about to discover her own power. She reflects parts of me about as well as Lindqvist did in Little Star, which is the work of art that is THE most personal to me. A classic for a fucking reason.

7: The Doloriad by Missouri Williams

-This year, lots of the books that I read had strange echoes of each other. In this, I can pick out shades of Carrie, of Camp Concentration, of We Who Are About To, and even of Serious Weakness. Rarely if ever are these references by each author, but it has enriched my experience by having unofficial interlocking intertexts for all of them. This book has been very divisive with reviewers, and I understand why, because it is cruel and the prose is extremely stylistic. This is somewhat experimental and fully literary and sincerely philosophical. I get it. Not for everyone. But it was for me. A clan of inbreds at the end of the world with their eyes on their scapegoat, nonverbal and disabled Dolores. It shocked me and it challenged me and I loved it.

8: The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories by Sam Pink

-These short stories did the exact opposite of the thing that pissed me off about The Florida Project. These are about people who are varying degrees of sympathetic but the same degree of desperately, penny-scrapingly working poor. The easy pull quote is “unflinching,” because it turns an eye on very ugly parts of real life for so many of us. I think people who grew up middle class will find some voyeuristic, prurient pleasure in these stories, but they’re not written for you. They’re written for us, the people who have lived this way.

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 9

-I don’t need to tell you how great this book is, because the whole of booktok has told you this all year. Instead, what I will say is that it is much stranger and less tidy than you’re imagining when you hear the blurb. It’s a short read and it is one of the few times I haven’t regretted following booktok’s advice.

Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis 10

-This barely squeaked onto this year’s best of, because I started it before 2022 ended and finished it early in the new year. As I read it, especially in the first 20% of the book, I was confused as to how it ended up on my TBR. But toward the end, and throughout the year as I’ve continued to think about it, I understand more instinctively than intellectually that this is a remarkable work. A short synopsis: in the 80s in the UK, there is an epidemic of suicide, but only by adults. The teens left behind forge their own path.

[paperbunny]

YT Creators Covering S2

This is crossposted to FB

I am the kind of viewer who, when I really like (or sometimes hate) something I love watching and listening to commentary and analysis. Unfortunately a lot of creators default to pretty minimal comments and/or overdramatic reactions. Not my cupperty, in this particular instance.

Long story short I have consumed TREMENDOUS amounts of react/review content for this season now and I wanted to share my favorite and some others I've liked. #1 is #1, the rest are in no particular order. Please let me know if there's anyone I should check out! This isn't by any means an exhaustive list of the creator's I've watched, just the ones that popped out either from content or enjoyability.

Doctorcannonvo - This creator is far and away the best I've listened to for GO so far. They make the effort to insert text comments and to actually discuss the material analytically. They do miss some of the finer connections that fans notice but that's far outweighed by the thoughtful commentary and knowledge of narrative structure. I'm very sad that there's not more overlap in shows I like and their content but I may end up watching more anyway because I really enjoy the channel.

Sesskasays - While not heavy on commentary, this creator is really engaged while watching and follows the show enough to make good connections to the story as it progresses.

Jerzey Boyz - These two are so pleasant to watch because they don't always understand what is going on (they got really confused about the s1 baby swap) but always seem to be having a great time. They engage with the story and react delightfully. Good questions get asked, thoughts are shared, things are predicted.

Phil and Hannah - This is a father and daughter from the UK and it seems to be a brand new channel. I really liked the level of engagement in the story they had. They seem to have a lot of British pop culture knowledge that allows them to make connections to in-show references that I never would have caught at all.

Just Some Bodi's Opinion - Very cute reactions, emotionally engaged and fun to watch. Mainly reactive but still enjoyable.

Larissa Zeeuwe - The creator and a friend react to the show. Very engaged in story and emotional arcs. Super cathartic since they are really into it, not much analysis but they do discuss the narrative.

[ashsomethingart]

Updates for Tumblr 9/25/23

So, about eight months ago, my INstagram got nuked; And at the time I was basically crossposting everything from Instagram to Tumbr. I promptly created a new instagram, but totally forgot to re-link Tumblr to the new account, so you guys have been sorely missing out on my newest art updates, for which I wanted to apologize. I've been finding recently, however, that crossposting gets almost no visibility on any site. FB hates third party links, and whenever I post directly on any site I seem to get more visibility, so little by little I'm considering relocating back to Tumblr to get my work out there, for real. Not just half-assed crossposting, but direct posting and text blogging right here for the world to see. I don't have a terribly large following on here, and I'm gonna have to stick to the more SFW art that I create, so I don't accidentally get my art account nuked, but I'm hopeful that it will go well once I get into the swing of it. Anyway, life has been crazy lately. I'm currently in the middle of a nearly 2-month long apartments search, and very near the end of my 60-day notice, so whatever happens it won't be immediate, but I whether or not I intend to migrate back to here permanently, I'm going to be scheduling a bunch of art posts coming up soon, for things that missed this platform!

[travelingmocha]

Instagram no longer crossposts my photos to Tumblr. And Buffer doesn’t support Tumblr. So, I don’t know if I’ll be adding new posts here. But you can find my other accounts via my About Me page: https://about.me/travelingmocha.

Or directly from these links...

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TravelingMocha/ 

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/travelingmocha/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/travelingmocha 

[misslisamiray]

I know I just reblogged this the other day, but it bears repeating because I am off from work the next three days, and THAT means:

I have several Rick and Morty things to work on. Getting the next few chapters of my fic typed + at least one posted. Putting that playlist in... some kind of order. Hopefully getting some things so I can finally start my Rick cosplay. Possibly Secret Fourth Thing?

I've been saying since I finished watching Revolutionary Girl Utena last year that I was going to try dyeing my hair the same shade of pink as Utena's, and It. Is. Time. Wish me luck as this is the first time I've ever done a pastel color. 😅

It has been entirely too long since I baked a cake because it's an anime character's birthday, AND I happen to not be working on Spike Spiegel's b-day (June 26th). I *might* also be finally getting my two Bebop fics that are on ff dot net crossposted to Ao3. That is definitely happening at some point; it's just TBD if it'll be for Spike's birthday.

I'll be able to sit and write out all my thoughts and feels on the Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders graphic novel & things I hope to see in future volumes. Note to self: I need to make two versions of said rambling - one for Tumblr where I can be as spoilery as I want so long as I tag it appropriately, and one for everything else... where the best I can do is nest stuff in the comments and hope that's not the FIRST thing FB/Twitter/etc shows people. 🙃

Someone please tell me this is not also the week to start a new Tenchi AMV. Unless, of course, you'd prefer to remind me that it's been 3 years since my last one, and almost two since I made any AMVs at all...

no i will not make separate blogs for my fandoms, everyone who follows me must experience ALL my insanity

[netpen-info]

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[ur-humble-overlord]

tiktok and instagram reels and tumblr live and whatever other short form videos have fucking ruined blog content. im sorry. im sorry! if i see another "you should know this! read caption" bitch make a BLOG POST stop filming NOTHING and make me expand a caption that barely fucking works on insta and fb

fb is the WORST because 90% of the time it lets you "crosspost" from insta but comments etc live on insta anyway so you have to be transported to another app. trash. TRASH!

just fucking write out what you have to say! im so sick of everyone being like "here's a video" bitch my phone is on silent and im not turning it up just MAKE WORDS in an EASILY CONSUMABLE FORMAT stupit

[misangela]

Wow, I've not been over here for 2 years! SORRY! Once they stopped crossposting from WP to Tumblr, I guess that was that. I still hate FB and I still have to be there to admin several client pages. I started a Substack, but not sure what to do with it now that SS is full of fucking Nazis. Sigh.

SO.

Here are the 2023 and new 2024 Reading lists if you'd like to pop over and peruse. I'll see about finding a crossposter again.

[dee-the-red-witch]

Day 3, we're.at 2% and slowly climbing which is, well, not bad, but not great either. I'd tag folks to help but I'm trying to wait on that. So just, please, boost this around wherever you can? I've got almost no presence on fb and zero on reddit, so crossposts to either would also really help from folks more active there.

So, it's time. New gcs fund just got put up, and here's the cover video for it. If you can help, even if it's just spreading the word, please do. I don't have a ton of time, and, well, there's a long way to go. Here's the link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trans-health-support-denices-gcs/cl/o

[arctic-hands]

I meant it when I said it's fucking hilarious that ableds couldn't stand living two years the way disabled and sick people are forced to live our entire lives. I BEGGED for most of my school years to have access to a webcam and just do my learning virtually, and was told it wasn't feasible. So instead I was forced to go school every day in pain, severely sick from Crohn's, immunocompromised and constantly getting sick because parents would send their kids to school with colds or the flu, and I was forced to go to school while contagious because I had already used up my sick days by the time cold season came around.

But the VERY MOMENT ableds were at risk of contagion the world ground to a halt and offered virtually learning. And you all were so self entitled that you couldn't be happy with it. Things had changed and you couldn't stand it. You were inconvenienced, and so you complained the things that were enacted for YOUR protection. And now those protections are gone and people are still dying.

I was forced out of school for being too sick to attend. I was ruining their precious attendance records and Truancy was breathing down my neck. It seemed better to just drop out than risk arrest.

Now there are kids just as vulnerable as me who cannot attend school because they're too much at risk from #covid and the virtual options and the mask mandates are now gone. They have to sacrifice their educations to save their lives, because YOU were too selfish and privileged to realize how relatively good you had it for two years.

[kamek]

thinkin bout path crossroads

[stinkybreath]

I’m proud of how this turned out so I’m crossposting from fb but I respect you so I’m putting it under the cut. Here’s 5 of the absolute worst bullshit I put myself through consuming in 2023 in my lifelong pursuit of cultural literacy. Individual explanations underneath each for those who are interested in me being a hater 🫶

I have tried really hard to develop my critical perspective this year so I do have actual thoughts about these but I did me best to make them entertaining as well.

The Stand - This year I embarked on an effort to read more Stephen King because I really like the Ranged Touch guys and I wanted to better engage with their show Just King Things. I read Carrie first (more on that in another post), which really set me up for such monumental disappointment when it came to this fucking book. Jesus Christ. I have scarcely read a better selling or more beloved work of popular fiction, and I have also separately scarcely read a more offensive and poorly constructed work of popular fiction. I don’t even know how to begin addressing the headache it gave me, but I was pissed off almost the entire time I read it. Caveat here that, like everyone else, I did love the “no great loss” section both on its own merits and as a cute little Vonnegut nod.

Goodnight Beautiful - I read a lot of shitty thrillers because they get miscategorized as horror very commonly- and while I don’t think genre boundaries are hard and fast I do think that these are very distinct groups- but they’re almost as satisfying so I guess I’ll take it while I’m here. But my lord. This is one of the shittiest shitty thrillers I’ve ever managed to make myself finish. I have brain problems that make it difficult for me to distinguish between characters when there’s a lot of action or time weirdness or whatever whatever, but based on reviews that I trust, it was so poorly done that even normal people couldn’t follow what was happening until the author took the reader by the hand and shoveled the answers directly into their mouth.

Stolen Tongues - for YEARS I’ve been hearing people rave about how unique and effective and just good this book is. My experience, however…

1)author can’t turn a phrase to save their life *vine boom*

2) this has such an extended ‘nlog breasting boobily’ description of the girlfriend that I think I literally gagged *vine boom*

3) racist. *vine boom vine boom vine boom*

No One Is Talking About This - one of my biggest pet peeves is the way most people (authors, journalists, thought leaders, your parents, congresspeople) talk about the internet. It is broad, with both the lack of specificity and the extremity that implies. The way someone talks about the internet can tell you so much about their perspective that they must not know how revealing it is or they’d be more embarrassed about how they sound (again, more on this in another post). This book is a great example- it’s inauthentic to the core. There are some readers who clearly interpreted this as funny glibness but the particular way Lockwood takes internet haterism ad absurdum lets me know she’s never had one single internet argument with someone. It pissed me off so royally that I nearly sent this author an email except I’m not convinced she understands how to open those.

The Vile Thing We Created - the only book on this list that I did not finish and yet felt qualified to speak on anyway. Suckered again by booktok! There was sufficient hype for this book that I let myself get excited, I even spent a few of my actual dollars to get the ebook for convenience. I am really enthusiastic about engaging with themes of the horror of parenthood, good or bad, because I find them an interesting reflection of social ideas about parents. However. Let me just excerpt some of this dreck so you can feel the full force of the normie milennial local cringe that is baked in to every sentence:

Lola was elbow-deep in her fifteenth batch of macaron batter for that week. Spring orders were in full swing, as were an ocean of orders for baby shower treats. It never failed. She never refused the business. Quite the opposite. Macarons meant time. Time meant money. She easily brought in an extra twelve-hundred dollars a week during baby shower season. Music floated into the kitchen from the living room record player. Depending on her mood, Lola’s extensive vinyl collection met her every need. While baking, she usually threw on some David Bowie, Foreigner, something along those dramatically-opposite lines. Today, Louis Armstrong’s “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” danced in the air, trumpet notes accompanying Lola’s bopping around the kitchen.

……….yeah. You can see why I ragequit at 15%. It’s also really fucking weird about the dialogue of the black characters.