#the paper palace

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[eunoiakt]

“Just so we are clear,” he says, “I will never love anyone the way I love you.”

[andreabadgley]

I’m not sure yet about this book. It grated at the beginning, but it has succeeded at pulling me in, and at potentially changing my mind about the protagonist. I’m still reading and will read til the end, so it’s doing something right.

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Paper Palace | Author: Miranda Cowley Heller | Publisher: Riverhead Books (2021)

[btsbabe7]

Spending my evenings in my car with the windows down during sunset just enjoying summer’s breeze and the scent of a good book.

It’s been such a vibe 😌📖

[theresalikesbooks]

Book Review | The Paper Palace

Title: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Pages: 400 Genres: contemporary, literary fiction Publisher: Riverhead Books (July 6th, 2021) Summary “This house, this place, knows all my secrets.”  It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at “The Paper Palace”–the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life.…

[fictaddict]

What the heck happened at the end of The Paper Palace? After reading so many chapters about whether Elle will choose Jonas or stay with Peter, the story doesn’t really resolve until the last couple pages, or the last few minutes in book-time. It seemed like Elle wasn’t sure who she wanted either, which was fascinating in the beginning, but then started to drag. By the end of the book, Elle’s indecision worked against the idea that she and Jonas were fated to be together

[krittec]

why is netflix spearheaded by absolute morons who decide to cancel their shows that actually do well?

Shadow and Bone + the spin off that would’ve been INCREDIBLY successful, Six of Crows

and now Dead Boy Detectives.

it’s just WEIRD like what is their business plan? Whatever happened to letting shows grow to their max potential instead of cancelling it before it even has a chance to breathe.

[idliketobeatree]

many many problems within crystal and edwin's friendship could have been avoided if she took one long, hard look at him and said relax, i'm not jolene, you don't have to compete with me. not gonna take your man just because i can

[kuramirocket]

I'm almost finished playing PM: TTYD on switch and I was thinking, you know how in the game the Shadow Queen offers Mario to become her servant? I was thinking of what would make Mario say yes. And ofc, my brain automatically jumps to what I would argue is Mario's greatest weakness - Luigi.

When the Shadow Queen is awakened we can see shadow hands extending all over the places you visit - Rogueport, Petalburg, etc.

When she possesses Peach everything becomes dark and the ground trembles. Afterwards, during the battle one of the Shadow Queen's ability is to use shadow hands to drag Mario into the shadows and attack him. And ofc, we then see her attack the audience with those same shadow hands and basically drain/eat/kill them to restore her full health and power.

Following this, the Shadow Queen will ask again if you will serve her.

Mario's partners, ofc, refuse. However, what if this is the moment the Shadow Queen maliciously smiles and turns to look at Mario. His partners may have responded, but he most certainly hasn't. So, she asks him once more, if he won't serve her, otherwise, her cruel smile growing all the more crueler and knowing, his little brother will pay the price. Cue the Shadow Queen revealing that she has captured Luigi much to Mario's shock and horror.

Having possessed Princess Peach, the Shadow Queen has access to all of her memories and this, ofc, includes the loving and tight bond between the twin brothers. When the Shadow Queen regained her full power and health after attacking the audience she asked how she would 'punish' Mario and his allies for fighting against her. And what better punishment then to use the person Mario loves most.

In the game when the Crystal Stars fly off, the first location is Rougeport where Luigi is shown to be cheering for his big bro.

So, my thinking is what if when the Shadow Queen awakened, through her shadow abilities she is able to somehow see or sense where each and every resident is located and that includes our favorite green plumber. Thus, using her shadow hands she drags Luigi through the shadows to the Palace of Shadow where they all are.

Now, going back to the what if scenario. The Shadow Queen can use the same abilities she used to drain the audience on Luigi, the only thing Luigi able to say before being attacked, looking right at Mario is, 'I'm sorry.' And there is nothing Mario can do about it because at this point the Shadow Queen is impervious to all attacks. The situation had already been grim and dire, but now even more so. Mario's partners had already questioned what they were going to do. The situation is desperate and hopeless. The Shadow Queen knows this and she will use it to her advantage to manipulate and force Mario to bend to her will. So, she tortures Luigi in front of Mario stating she will release him and let him live if only he accepts to serve her.

All yells for Mario to not listen to her, that she's tricking him, fall on deaf ears as the only thing he can see, hear and focus on is Luigi's agonized cries as his life is slowly drained from him. Mario knows that if Luigi were able to speak, he too would also yell at him to keep fighting and forget about him, that he wasn't important compared to Princess Peach and everyone else. Yet, that isn't true, Mario thinks. Luigi is important. He's his precious little brother. He can't keep watching. He can't let his little brother die.

And so he steps forward and surrenders.

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This is now a fanfiction!!! Be warned it will be a Mario/Luigi fic! Read it here!

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Rita Moreno

[eunoiakt]

“Stay. If he loves you he'll wait. I did. I have.”

[ghost-husbands]

When Charles goes feral the moment someone enters Crystal's personal space.

Hello, did you see the way he just pushed himself between her and Twitchy Ritchie when the latter approached her with a lighter. Charles' quiet, "Go on, try it, mate" just had me.

I also just really loved the way Charles just no problem slammed the guy on the table, watched him fall and pinned him there while Crystal threatened him.

That's the kind of he-loves-her I dig. The whole 'Touch her and you die', yep.

[bowserphobia]

Shadow Queen - for the Paper Mario Zine.

[digitaloffshoot]

not quite golf

[bloomingbluebell]

i don't think difficulty and challenge should be a litmus test for whether or not a game is "good"

first of all, how good a game is entirely depends on the person. like a game that one person hates might be a game that someone else loves

second of all, remember the animal crossing craze when acnh came out? i don't think that's an especially challenging game, but it's still beloved. games that aren't challenging can be beloved

third of all, maybe those of us who suck at games maybe want a game that's easy for once? 🤷🏼