#sorry for the delay!

[hedgehog-moss]

"rn I feel like reading about someone's quiet daily life, maybe a diary or letters, set in a place or context I don't know much about, without turmoil or tragedy" oh! do you have any recommendations for books like this?

This is one of my favourite types of books! Here are 30(ish) recs...

May Sarton's The House by the Sea or Plant Dreaming Deep

Gyrðir Elíasson's Suðurglugginn / La fenêtre au sud (not translated into English unfortunately!), also Bergsveinn Birgisson's Landslag er aldrei asnalegt / Du temps qu'il fait (exists in German too)

Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces, which iirc was originally written as journal entries and letters before being adapted into a book

Kenneth White's House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book

The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield

Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (do not read if you don't like flowers)

The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip (I've mentioned it before, it feels like this gif)

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, I keep recommending this one but it's so nice and I love snails

Epicurean Simplicity, Stephanie Mills

The Light in the Dark: A winter journal by Horatio Clare

The Letters of Rachel Henning

The letters of Tove Jansson, also The Summer Book and Fair Play

The diary of Sylvia Townsend Warner—here's an entry where she describes some big cats at the zoo. "Frank and forthcoming, flirtatious carnivores, [...] guttersnipishly loveable"

The Letters of Rachel Carson & Dorothy Freeman were very sweet and a little bit gay. I mostly remember from this long book I read years ago that Rachel Carson once described herself as "retiring into her shell like a periwinkle at low tide" and once apologised to Dorothy because she had run out of apple-themed stationery.

Jane Austen's letters (quoting the synopsis, "Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of "Little Matters," of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family")

Madame de Sévigné's letters because obviously, and from the same time period, the letters of the Princess Palatine, Louis XIV's sister-in-law. I read them a long time ago and mostly I remember that I enjoyed her priorities. There's a letter where she complains that she hasn't received the sausages she was promised, and then in the next paragraph, mentions the plot to assassinate the King of England and also, the Tartars are walking on Vienna currently.

Wait I found it:

R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September (quoting the author, "I wanted to write about simple, uncomplicated people doing normal things")

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett

Rules for Visiting, Jessica Francis Kane

The following aren't or aren't yet available in English, though some have already been translated in 5-6 languages:

ツバキ文具店 / La papeterie Tsubaki by ito Ogawa

半島へ / La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba

Giù la piazza non c'è nessuno, Dolores Prato (for a slightly more conceptual take on the "someone's everyday life" theme—I remember it as quite Proustian in its meticulousness, a bit like Nous les filles by Marie Rouanet which is much shorter and more lighthearted but shows the same extreme attention to childhood details)

Journal d'un homme heureux, Philippe Delerm, my favourite thing about this book is that the goodreads commenter who gave it the lowest rating complained that Delerm misidentified a wine as a grenache when actually it's a cabernet sauvignon. Important review!

Un automne à Kyôto, Corinne Atlan (I find her writing style so lovely)

oh and 西の魔女が死んだ / L’été de la sorcière by Kaho Nashiki —such a little Ghibli film of a book. There's a goodreads review that points out that Japanese slice-of-life films and books have "a certain way of describing small, everyday actions in a soothing, flawless manner that can either wear you out, or make you look at the world with a temporary glaze of calm contentment and introspective understanding [...]"

I'd be happy to get recommendations in this 'genre' as well :)

[regular-gnome]

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[milgram-tournament]

MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 1, Match 6 ALL KNOWING AND ALL AGONY vs. TEAR DROP

Propaganda for both options under the cut!

Propaganda for AKAA:

"AKAA is wonderful song with such bitter irony, bc that doesn't look like song someone who was voted inno… And we know more about Haruka! we see his mother! AND "MAKE MY DREAMU COME TRUE"??? NO I AM NOT CRYING YOU ARE CRYING (also I should say this is first song i heard and I love AKAA so, so much <3 let's do it <3)"

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1. It establishes so much of Haruka's character and backstory that was omitted from Weakness!! It helps shape Haruka's character so much and really helped with voting.

2.THE VOCALS OH MY GOD. This song really lets the voice of Haruka's VA shine!! It has some really nice growls but also has that soft part in the bridge!!

Overall it's just really good I love Haruka Sakurai

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Propaganda for AKAA:

Definitely one of the most hype songs from T2

The vocals are Banging

Absolutely love the taxidermy symbolism

Haruka is a sad little puppy

Everyone stand for the Mommy Issues Athem 🫡

Propaganda for TEAR DROP:

"yuno kashiki enthusiast here anyways tear drop propaganda WE BALL

let's start off with the lyrics! holy fuck, i'm so glad yuno finally got to say what she's wanted to say!!

and she fully shows the fact that she does compensated dating through the lyrics ("the wanted wanting the wanted")

and even if it sounds like she's scolding the audience for the song, she's also scolding her clients! they only perceive her as a certain type of character and deciding that's all she is. She's upset that we decided based on how "naïve" she looked instead of her actual crime (to be honest, I could write a whole analysis into why her murder is perfect for her character anywa) and she doesn't care what will happen to her, she needs her opinions heard

also kinda rap section?? banger fr

THE VISUALS!! GOOD LORD THE VISUALS!!! THEY ARE SO BANGER!!! they're really pretty and gosh i literally don't know what to say, the scene where vampire is in the background and it transitions to yuno sitting on her bed... the pink tinted glasses (YES FUCK I LOVE THAT MAN!!!!) THE COAT!! THOSE INBETWREN SCENES i'm obbing

AND THE INSTRUMENTAL!! PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU ALL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUMRNTAL OF HER SONG THERES SO MANY SMALL DETAILS!! SIRENS, TEAR DROPS RAHHH THE CLAPS/CLICKING TJE TECHNO PIANO GUITAR??? THE INSTRIMENTS I CANT NAME I THINK THEY ALL HAVE SOME READON OF BEING IN THE SONG AND I WILL FIND OUT IN AN ANAKYSIS POST I JUDT LOVE IT AUEUEU

literally tear drop is the banger ever i listen to this shit religiously thank you for listening to my tear drop propaganda"

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-Yuno’s voice. Enough said. -The imagery in the MV is brilliantly used, and doesn’t shy away from the horrors of Yuno’s line of work. -Vampire cameo!!! -Almost Lo-Fi vibes to the instrumental?? I can’t really explain it but it’s a vibe and I’m 100% here for it,

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"For teardrop: The pink aesthetic in the MV as a whole makes it super nice to look at :D"

[crabsnpersimmons]

Who has the other pair of his shoes. I don’t believe you can buy a red and black pair

good question! i hadn't thought about it until you asked so here's the answer i came up with:

he got them at a discount at the thrift store

the cashier just saw his excitement and couldn't bear to charge him the full price

they aren't even the same style of slides, this silly guy just marches to the beat of his own drum

[jojosito]

could you draw cu alter having a sexy/happy halloween? 👉👈

It's not Halloween anymore but I still have candies left so that's my excuse :•)

Thanks for the request! 💖

[surely-sims]

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[suenitos]

ROUND 3 of minecraft but my friend is tournament! bee and horse put up a good fight, but sadly have been eliminated :( now it's time to vote who gets to go to the finals against axolotl!

ROUND 1/4 results

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[saradika]

Could you pleaseee do some star wars headers inspired by the Andor scene? I just love how magical this looks and I feel like the colors could make for a good header or maybe even dividers ✨

ahh sure! 🩵💫 This scene in Andor was so beautiful - I made a few based on that episode!:

[Free] Masterlist Headers & Dividers!

Please consider liking or reblogging if you use 💕

[your-fav-has-hemorrhoids]

day 2 of asking for reigen. please...

Arataka Reigen from Mob Psycho 100 has hemorrhoids!

[super-paper]

"what's afo gonna do next bc there's no way he's getting to Tomura now--" I feel like the real question should be "what's our favorite self-saboteur gonna do next" bc I have this sneaking suspicion that he's about to make everyone miserable (including himself) on purpose lmao,,.

[kingofsalmonids]

EVERYONE, YOUR KING APOLOGIZES FOR THE DELAY. LET THE COMPETITION BEGIN AGAIN!

ROUND 5!

LOYAL SALMON BY @jikigo

COMPLETELY ORIGINAL JOKE BY ANONYMOUS SUBMISSION

[theresawritesstuff]

Sherlolly and kiss #26 (I'm craving a little hurt/comfort/angst lol)

(…as an apology)

Molly let herself into her flat, her bag dropping by the door after a long day at work.

Sherlock was in the kitchen, already plating up some takeaway.

"Hey." She dragged herself up into a barstool, digging in hungrily.

Her brow quirked as she registered a vase of flowers artfully arranged on the countertop. Even more unusual was the bakery box beside it.

"What're those?" she asked, mouth full, gesturing with her fork between bites.

"Your favorites, I believe," he answered with a smirk.

"Yeah, but what's the occasion?"

His expression fell slightly at the question.

"What?" Molly wondered, wiping a bit of sauce from her lip with a napkin.

Sherlock shook his head, taking a bite of his own food instead of answering.

She picked the card out of the flowers, opening it up.

Here's to a year of saying it like we mean it.

I love you, Molly.

Happy Anniversary - Sherlock 

"Oh…" Her hand flew to her mouth.

She forgot.

How could she have forgotten?

"Sherlock–"

"It's fine," he told her unconvincingly. "We never officially declared this date as the official start of, well, us. I just thought…"

Molly rounded the counter into the kitchen to wrap her arms around his torso, standing on her tiptoes to place a slow, tender kiss to his lips.

"I'm sorry," she whispered. "It's been a crazy week at work. I should have remembered."

"Well triple homicides do take a lot of focus," he replied softly.

"Still…" she sighed. "These are lovely. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Happy anniversary."

"Happy anniversary."

"Is there any way I can make it up to you?"

Sherlock hummed, holding her closer as he considered it.

"Got any samples left from the Baldwin case?"

"Two, as a matter of fact," she chuckled. "All yours."

"Perfect." He kissed the top of her head, snatching up the bakery box. "Now, I believe these are traditionally eaten without pants."

Molly smiled, shaking her head as she followed him to the couch.

[boydholbrookfanpage]

Update: Good news and bad news. The good news is that I will have about double the amount of gif icons of Clement Mansell for the gif pack, thanks to @boydholbrook-fan - Thank you, Kamila! <333 She has allowed me to edit some of her gifs to provide y'all with more Boyd content, which is awesome! I only have access to so much, but I did also manage to find and gif three more clips from the show that I didn't have access to until now! So about double what I had been attempting to get made. The bad news is that...

1) I had to save about 100 under a .webp format and then change them all to .gif before I could edit them and it's taking me A LOT longer than I thought. And 2) on top of that, my body hates me rn. I might be going to the doc's on Monday, if they can fit me in. Tests will determine if I have to have surgery or not, but I'll need to get checked out first. I'll be alright, either way, but until things get sorted out, I'm sort of in pain. I've got some pain meds, but it's not helpin' a whole lot. But no worries. It's nothin' too serious. I may just need my reproductive parts taken out, which I'm totally okay with. I already had two kids and am happy to get them yoinked outta me. Lol! Just... I'd appreciate it if my system didn't kick my ass so damn hard. Lol!

All that bein' said, I apologize for the delay with the gif icons. I was aiming for Monday night, but it may be more like Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how I'm feeling. Possibly later, but I'm really tryin' to get them done asap.

Thanks for your patience! But hey, y'all will have a good 250+ gif icons of Clement Mansell so that'll be awesome! I'll even use some for my own muse, eventually.

Take care and much love! And a HUGE thanks again to Kamila for allowing me to edit some of her amazing gifs!

-BHFP

[thomas-mvller]

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[maggierobertsimp]

Anniversary stream ❤️

[jaylienpotter]

My own Marauderstober ! A prompt a day for the month of October! If you use any of these, please tag me with the day/name of the prompt and I'll reblog! Happy spooky season! 👻🦇

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If you have any questions, leave an ask! ✨