#parallelism

[shyjusticewarrior]

Didn't Doubt You

This parallel is my Roman empire

[llovelymoonn]

hanif abdurraqib \\ sara teasdale love songs

kofi

[hawkinadovecote]

On my experiences being the youngest

aroar - #6, unknown, ajr - turning out, taylor swift - soon you'll get better, paula hawkins - into the water, ethel cain - hard times, unknown, anne sexton from a letter to anne clarke written c. october 1964, halsey - graveyard, mccafferty - trees, unknown, unknown, michael cunningham - the hours, jodi picoult - my sister's keeper, unknown, alec benjamin - if i killed someone for you, jodi picoult - my sister's keeper, unknown

[letallthetrashraindown]

Anne Carson, “Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides” / George William Joy, “Sleeping Joan of Arc” / Andrei Tarkovsky / Anne Sexton / “Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian”, Il Sodoma / Caroline Walker Bynum, “The Holy Feast and the Holy Fast” / “St. Denis Picking up His Head”, 19th century Panthéon murals / Margaret Atwood, “Half Hanged Mary”

[dcookechild]

Though Rhaenyra could be charming, she was quick to anger and never forgot a slight.

Aegon II was two-and-twenty, quick to anger and slow to forgive.

[sweetmorninglamb]

et tu, brute?

1. david foster wallace, infinite jest 2. growrotten, a brief story about saying goodbye x 3. k. wright, judas 4. @demiiwhiffin x 5. @frenchtoastlesbian x 6. x 7. unknown 8. taylor swift, the archer 9. @demiiwhiffin x 10. x

[thegirlthatcriesacademia]

Time is nothing.

Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveller's Wife //Illustration by Lesley Imgart

[opbackgrounds]

Do you ever think about the fact that the final words for both Ace and the Going Merry are almost identical?

[pisoprano]

Thinking about the symmetry of Catwalker and Loveybug.

Yes, they’re both just a version of their civilian selves, but those versions have been pushed to extremes. For Catwalker, he’s the embodiment of perfection and doing what he’s told, but Adrien the civilian often pushes back against being controlled. For Loveybug, she the embodiment of daydreams and affection, but Marinette the civilian is often gets in her own way of fulfilling her romantic dreams.

But these two aren’t just mirroring their own civilian selves, they’re also mirroring their superhero partner. Like Ladybug, Catwalker is focused on the mission above all else and tries to be professional. Like Chat Noir, Loveybug wears her heart on her sleeve and indulges in grand romantic gestures at inappropriate moments.

And this new version of the heroes is simultaneously all their partner thinks they want, and yet not at all what they truly need. Catwalker can help her carry her burdens, but he can’t be the partner who knows Ladybug well enough to be her best friend. Loveybug can shower him with affection, but she can’t be the partner Chat Noir knows well enough to love him for the real him.

And even when you remove the partner they know from the equation and just have it be Catwalker and Loveybug, they still find themselves drawn to each other. Loveybug knows from prior experience that Catwalker is a total sweetheart and is exactly the sort of boy she’d drool over if she didn’t have Chat Noir and/or Adrien. Catwalker knows from prior experience that Loveybug is totally lovey-dovey and is exactly the sort of girl he’d want to have close to him if he didn’t have Ladybug and/or Marinette.

And both are internally screaming just being transformed like this. Catwalker is stressed over having to force himself to conform to a strict standard for Ladybug’s approval, but he thought that having this clean slate would let him be by her side after facing rejection. Loveybug is stressed that letting loose on her emotions so much will be lead to a mortifyingly embarrassing rejection, but she thought that having this clean slate would let her act on her feelings for once without having to worry about long term consequences.

And in our scenario where Catwalker and Loveybug have become partners, it’s only a matter of time before they both crack from pushing their identities to their limits (her from showing a boy more love than her comfort zone has ever allowed, him from restraining himself from reciprocating the love he desperately wants). And once those cracks finally show? Then they’ll be able to see—just a bit more fully—who their partner has been hiding under the mask all this time.

[devine-fem]

- Jon & Damian throughout the universe.

I know you, Faye Webster // Small Hands, Radical Face // Meteor Shower, Cavetown // Best Friend, Laufey // Promise, Laufey // The World is Ugly, My Chemical Romance // Too Close, Alex Clare // First Love/Late Spring, Mitski // Reflections, The Neighbourhood // Small Hands, Radical Face // No light, No light, Florence + The Machine // Capable of Love, Pinkpantheress // Forever, Charli XCX // Alexandra, The Army, The Navy

[lovingtheshow]

caught red-handed🤭

[shyjusticewarrior]

Batman #138 vs. Knight Terrors: Robin #2

[llovelymoonn]

clarice lispector why this world: a biography of clarice lispector \\ fernando pessoa i have more souls than one: i see boats moving (tr. jonathan griffin)

kofi

[mortallyluckyenemy]

[letallthetrashraindown]

This is my brother, and I need a shovel to love him

Steven Berkoff, The Fall of the House of Usher / Anne Carson, Antigonick / @taohun / Lindsey Drager, The Archive of Alternative Endings / Holly Warburton, Sisters / Jean Anouilh, Antigone (trans. Lewis Galantiere) / Zadie Smith, On Beauty / Emily Horne and Joey Comeau, A Softer World

[distinguisheddingus]

Some things will never change 🤫