Out of every character in this series I love Marcilles relationship with these two the most :DDD
Romantically or platonically idgaf I love it
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the raven cycle is a series meant to be read multiple times. i love that i never stop discovering something new, that there’s always something else to make a greater meaning out of, there will always be a connection i missed in my previous read or i will make another one in my next read, i’m relearning my favourite characters, rediscovering the same world over and over but the magic never fades. the magic always stays. the love is always there and i always close the books convinced i could never care about anything the way i do about this world and these characters who are also my best friends and my family. no matter how many times i read it i’ll always go back to it excited for what i’ll discover again. nothing has enchanted me this much and nothing ever will
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I should be asleep
but can we just appreciate that the Animorphs finale shows how incredibly important 'soft power' is, politically?
if you're not familiar: soft power is making yourself appealing and interesting. it's what south Korea does! it puts a lot of money and effort, as a state, into k-pop and Korean food, and a whole lot more. as a result: if your country wanted to start shit with south Korea, you'd probably get really upset - you've got great feelings about south Korea! blackpink is amazing! you love Korean barbeque! you'd be protesting you'd be calling your representatives, you'd be fucking mad
this is on purpose.
hard power is militaristic. you don't want to fight a country with hard power, because they have nukes, or an itchy trigger finger, etc.
(i'm super simplifying this, i'm no expert)
Jake involves the civilians of the andalite home world. marco makes sure the military knows. they're hoping for some soft power - and it works. the military can't act first and tell the civilian population a propaganda version of what they did later. the civilians are watching.
this is soft power! this is diplomacy! and later in the postwar section- the andalite civilians coming over for tourism shit? that's more soft power! that's more normal andalites that think of earth as that charming planet with delicious food and isn't it funny how we balance on two legs? oh those juveniles were so brave!
this is an alternative to war, and i love it. i love how this was written, i love the context of soft vs hard power.
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Saw a review of Wheel of Time S2 that said they depart from books by pulling the characters in too many directions with not enough to do and I was like "Dude, there's nothing more Robert Jordan than pulling the characters in too many directions with not enough to do"
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oh to have someone at a masquerade ball eat their dance card after i sign it as the sole name so nobody else may dance with them for the whole night
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i offer you the most important thing about kagurabachi chapter 26
CHIBIHIRO DEBUT
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I'm halfway through The Hammer of Thor, so here are my thoughts that no one asked for!
• Alex is so slay
• AMIR IS SUCH A GREENFLAGG him and Samirah are so cuteeee
• Mr. Alderman deserves a trip to tarturus. :)
• Jack 🔛🔝
• BLITZSTONEEEEEEEE
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Mitsu - Blue Eye Samurai Fanart
Drew this when the series first came out but I forgot to post it 😭
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