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Pride and Prejudice (1995) + Text Posts (6/?)

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The more this trends, the more it will fuck off the TERFs. Get it to number one. Force them to play it on the radio. Listen up, keep listening. Play it on repeat. Make it happen.

I fucking love Kate Nash

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Philip Pullman:

'Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the roses?'

'"Defend it", Lyra said. "Die defending it."'

When readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone, in the ruins of a deserted city. Pantalaimon had run from her – part of himself – in search of her imagination, which he believed she had lost. Lyra travelled across the world from her Oxford home in search of her dæmon. And Malcolm, loyal Malcolm, too journeyed far from home, towards the Silk Roads in search of Lyra.

In The Rose Field, their quests converge in the most dangerous, breathtaking and world-changing ways. They must take help from spies and thieves, gryphons and witches, old friends and new, learning all the while the depth and surprising truths of the alethiometer. All around them, the world is aflame – made terrifying by fear, power and greed.

As they move East, towards the red building that will reunite them and give them answers – on Dust, on the special roses, on imagination – so too does the Magisterium, at war against all that Lyra holds dear.

Marking thirty years since the world was first introduced to Pullman’s remarkable heroine Lyra Belacqua in Northern Lights, The Rose Field is the culmination of the cultural phenomenon of The Book of Dust and His Dark Materials.

The Book of Dust Volume Three: The Rose Field is out 23rd October 2025. Pre-order now: https://linktr.ee/PP.BOD3

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From the very beginning of the show, we had all these discussions with her wardrobe and fabrics and colours as I came in knowing what colours suited me, as Dafne and what colours I felt were Lyra. For all of season one it was her vitality and her colour was red. Whereas colder tones came into season two after (spoiler) the death of Roger where we investigated blues and greens, those colder tones. Season three was all of those elements and shades combined - she’s wearing everything she’s been through. It was a way of, for me, finding that when you grow up you don’t stop being the things you were, you add onto them.

Dafne Keen as Lyra Silvertongue in HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019–2022)

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The “ooh I don’t mean to complain but that isn’t very much” was how I knew THIS was going to be ma gal

AIMEE LOU WOOD in THE WHITE LOTUS

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not now sweetie, mommy is watching how the massive girlbossification of female characters has led to the belief that weak and vulnerable female characters are badly written characters because apparently every woman needs to be outspoken and witty and snarky and brave in order to be considered “complex” and have any value in a piece of media!!

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Darcy’s introduction in Pride and Prejudice is really ‘what if you had just had the worst month of your life because your ex-bestie tried to lover boy scam your baby sister out of her share of your dad’s life insurance and your friend dragged you to a shitty party in a dive bar in the neighbourhood where he’d just signed a short term lease, and you decided to let your bad mood show because you were never going to see any of the assholes in this stupid shitty bar EVER again. And your friend ended up making out with a girl he’d just met there while you were stuck talking to her sister who was less cute and then her mother appeared and started trying to matchmake and started saying how if she was twenty years younger she’d clime you like a redwood and ooooh is that a black Amex, guess the next round is on you hahhahahahaha, while her other sister (how many fucking sisters does she have?!) flashed an obviously fake ID at the bar and ordered six vodka-diet red bulls and no one in her family except the less-cute sister even tried to stop her. And you went home and consoled yourself that you would never see any of these people again but then you met them over and over again because they live next door and your friend and the cute sister keep meeting up to make out but not actually date and then. You fall in love with the less-cute sister because it turns out she’s really witty and charismatic but she already knows and remembers and resents the fact that on a day when you were in a shitty mood you called her mid out loud in a dive bar.’

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Will Artemis be returning any time soon? She has been missed around here

Hello anon, how wonderful to hear from you!

Hmmm, a difficult question to answer. Because I don’t know, honestly! Artemis is a stubborn creature who will be written when she wants to be, and will not NOT be written when she demands to be.

These days, she’s a lot less demanding. More quiet. It’s nice, sort of. Truthfully, I miss her too, but I’m glad that she’s at peace and happy doing whatever she wants at the moment. And I think that’s partly why, she’s had some very happy (if sometimes bittersweet) things written and she is happier sticking with those than going back and unearthing more traumatic events.

I can’t blame her entirely, though. I’ve been working on an original novel with a hope of maybe getting published (a big maybe, but a gal can dream), so I’ve been busy, and my writing style has changed a bit, too. So it’s difficult for me to get back into my Artemis voice and frame of mind.

That being said, I do have stories left unwritten or unfinished. Particularly the From The Vaults series I would like to finish as I’m aware that it’s request-based and I’m leaving some people hanging (if you’re one of those people, I can only apologise). As for when, I’m not sure yet! And the others… we will see. I have not currently got plans to return to This Shadowed Land (angst-heavy, makes me sad) which is the other big project, and she’s not bugging me about the other shorts, so possibly not. But, there is a short story in the recesses of my brain that I’ve always told myself will be the last Artemis story I ever write and publish. The fact that I’ve not written or published it yet means that on some level, neither of us is quite ready to say goodbye.

So, I wouldn’t hold your breath, but I’m not saying never, either. Sorry to not give you a more straight answer, but knowing Artemis, if did give you a yes or no, she’d immediately do the opposite, anyway!

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I don’t like any scene where Liam’s voice cracks. Let’s go for something a little more comforting.

An open door, a pair of open arms. Holding her, safe. A low voice, a rumble like thunder, harmless.

And a tag for @drinkyoursoupbitch and @eternalchaoschocolaterain!

Thank you for the tag @thecreelhouse ily 🥺❤️

last line tag game ⊹ ࣪ ˖

Rule: Post the last line you wrote and tag as many people as their are words.

No pressure 🥺❤️

“ It’s not a cult, Eddie.” You sniffed, rolling your eyes, “If it were a cult, I’d have converted you by now. ”

Tagging: @melodymunson @writhingg @nostalgicmermaaiid @dem0batz @jozstankovich @somnambulic-thing @hellfirenacht @theold-ultraviolence @frombeyondthegravez @jo-harrington @sweatyfuntrash @wolfsteax @itsthecherryontop @offensiuncula @gggoldfinch @thefiasco-onyourblock @writinginthetwilight @lexr86 @mothmans-left-buttcheek @rxqueenotd and YOU 🫵🏼

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clear day, bright haze

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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

mblockk

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“All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.” - Watership Down

Final version - I hope it'll print wel for the exhibition at work! Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback, I hope you enjoy the end result! <3

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We all have stories to tell. Here's a little bit about how I do it!

With technology and Artificial Inteligence advancing in the creative field, it's quite important to cherish authenticity and our human touch.

Are you writer, reader, artist? Let me know your tips!

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Edinburgh by francesmehardie

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DERRY GIRLS 3.08 | The Haunting