it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...
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Hello i'm back after 3000 years to rant about cynonari bc cyno's second story quest had me FEELING THINGS and i need an outlet. Not that they haven't been rotting my brain consistently for almost two years but this quest... it's just. So much
The way cyrus tells cyno to invite tighnari along for dinner out of nowhere like he's just part of the family, the camping trip with 4 people (not counting paimon since she's basically one of the traveler's limbs) and only 3 tents (i thought tighnari and collei might share a tent but tighnari was alone in his tent when he woke up after cyno had already left so.....), tighnari's one track mind about catching up with cyno the moment he realizes the situation, not even hesitating about following him to the desert which is the bane of his existence, and then glueing himself to his side, cyno saying he's more than just the general mahamatra or a vessel for a god and tighnari smiling so proudly and saying "exactly", the story of hermanubis confirming that he was a tighnarian which makes their lives historicaly intertwined and gives off big soulmate energy, and then cyno looking at tighnari with a little smile after hearing it and saying "i like this story", their little hideout at the akademiya where they used to go to to chat and watch the sunset..... and then there's this
A fam. Family. Ttadition. A family tradition. Family. I'm foaming at the mouth this is too much
Also.
Look at this face of pure fond exhasperation he keeps giving cyno and tell me this isn't love.
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day 25/266 of posting cute pictures of logie bear 🥺💙
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Elevator pics more like photographer Obi-Wan elevator my beloved
sometimes i like to zone out and imagine life-as-a-house-eyeliner-anakin becoming A Problem for mid-thirties-fomer-punk obi-wan. like obi-wan has a career, a mortgage, and a divorce now!! he doesn't have the time or energy to satisfy a pretty demanding young thing. unfortunately for him, anakin does not accept "my evening will be spent at home with wine and a book" as an acceptable reason to turn him down. "i like wine, i like books," he says, "you can read while [unbelievably redacted]" good luck obi-wan lmao
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