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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Movie Review [Contains spoilers]

Language: English Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: 13 April 2022 Rate: 3/5

The sole purpose of this movie was to wrap up some left-out plot in the previous movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. But I personally think that they wrap up only the big line of the movie and not the smallest but most memorable details.

Let’s start with the obvious changes in the movie. Some recurring characters returned, like Theseus Scamander who was first introduced in the second movie and Bunty Broadacre whom also introduced in the second movie. Leta Lestrange, who played by Zoe Kravitz doesn’t return to the movie, even though his half-brother Yusuf Kama, played by William Nadylam, returned to the film after being introduced in the second movie. There are also some new characters introduced, like Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks, an Ilvermorny professor who has been in correspondence with Newt since she was a big fan of his book. One big noticeable difference is the missing face of Johnny Depp, who played the villain Gellert Grindelwald in the first and second movie of the franchise. He was cut off by Warner Brothers since his allegations against ex-wife Amber Heard. His character, however, couldn’t be missing so he was replaced by another talented actor, Mads Mikkelsen.

I’m not saying that Mads Mikkelsen did a horrible job at continuing Johnny Depp’s character. I think he nailed that character and played it very well. But there are different vibes between how Depp carried that character and how Mikkelsen carried it. Depp’s portrayal of the character was eviller, the whole shebang of a very talented villain plotting his legacy into bigger and stronger. In the other hand, Mikkelsen’s portrayal of the character was more classic, going for a casual villain blending in the civilization. Fitting the standard of that time period with less eccentric moves and more down to earth but still lowkey evil although he kept it to himself and his followers. Probably the makeup also plays a difference. Depp’s characterization was given a complete white hair and different eye colors while Mikkelsen’s was going for a more natural, less eye-catching look with a streak of white hair and natural eyes. I also think the plot also affect the way both actor’s characterization was made up to be. In the first two movies played by Depp, Grindelwald was seen as this untouchable eccentric villain everyone fears. He was made to be seen and to be scared of and his look proves that, he stood out in the crowd by his look only. Without looking twice we know that Grindelwald is in fact, the villain of the story. In the third installments of the movie, Grindelwald was made to be idolized as he’s cheating his way to be the Supreme Mugwump. He’s going for that liked by the society and supported to have the highest power a witch or wizard could have. And in order to find followers in the politic game, he has to be likable and less scary. Mikkelsen’s look supported that, he’s more down to earth and blending in with the society at that time, making him look less scary and seen as equal to the society, with little to no difference.

Speaking of characters, people might also have seen that the main character Newt Scamander’s love interest, Tina Goldstein, was also missing. She was supposed to be “busy” while being promoted to be the Head Auror of the MACUSA, and only appears on the last minutes of the film, when the climax ended in epilogue. But the thing is, that was a very bad move. The first two movies has settled her as the center of attention, equal to Newt Scamander as the star of the movie, since she was his love interest. The sudden change was not it, she supposed to stay throughout the entire franchise. She drives the plot on the first two films with Newt, and I figured she also has to drive the plot in some kind of way in the third movie as well, not doing things like a forgotten side character. Although she doesn’t disappear completely, since the inside of Newt’s case was stuck a moving picture of her and the case was opened and closed constantly in the movie, but it was still not enough to fulfill the expectation that I have settled for her because of her position in the first two movies.

There are also some of missing emotional approach in the third movie. In the second movie, it was seen that Leta Lestrange, Newt’s older brother Theseus Scamander’s fiancée, was killed by Grindelwald’s blue fire. The Scamander Brothers, whom both loved Leta before (Newt in his Hogwarts years and Theseus later on), saw the events unfolded in front of their eyes. Theseus and Newt could be seen shook by the event, but quickly pull themselves together to save themselves in the second movie. But even though the Secrets of Dumbledore sets some times after the events in the second movie, there should be an explanation of what they did to tribute Leta for her selfless death, since they both are close with her, even both of them have had romantic relationship with Leta, add the fact that Leta alone is about to be a Scamander by marrying Theseus. In the third movie, the brothers didn’t seem to have some emotional turbulence by her death. Newt was her best friend, and Theseus is her fiancée on the time of her death. Even though Theseus probably had his emotions under wraps since he is an auror, but shouldn’t there be some kind of grief process he went through? Leta is his soon to be wife after all. Leta was mentioned once, in a short conversation between Newt and Theseus, but that was it.

Newt also looks like he went through some character development. His body language changes in front of Tina, straighter and not hunched forward. He was still as nervous to give a speech in Jacob’s and Queenie’s wedding, but the changes in his body language to be more open is more than enough to show his changes as Tina became more prominent in his life.

Dumbledore is one of the best crafted back story. He stays in this characterization we were served in the HP movie series, all the way through and through to the prequel, the Fantastic Beasts franchise. He wasn't seen as this holy person with little to no mistake even as the greatest wizard to ever be alive and the only wizard that's an equal to Grindelwald. Although it was a bit sketchy when the Qillin bowed to Dumbledore in the end (signing that he's the worthy one before going for Vicencia Santos after he refuses to take the role), he was still one of those morally gray character with a proper balance and back story. He has a rocky relationship with Aberforth, his younger brother, after Ariana Dumbledore's, their youngest sister, death in the duel between Albus and Gelert, the young love and ambitious but dangerous decisions he made with Grindelwald that leads into consequences in actions later shown in the series, he literally puts his students (Newt and Theseus) with their comrades (Lally and Bunty) and a muggle (Jacob) in danger to face Grindelwald for the greater good of the wizarding community. He was introduced with proper reasons of in some ways why he wasn't supposed to be fighting with Grindelwald, basically he was given a backstory that makes sense with his lifestyle and personalities in both franchise.

Next up, here comes the plot. I understand that the main purpose of this movie is to wrap up the story that has been laid out in the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and the Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald. It was planned to be the last movie in the franchise, making the whole thing became a trilogy, but it was said that the total movies for the series is going to be five movies. Later, it was cleared up by the studio that they’re going to make the fourth movie based on the critical response of the third movie. But the thing is, this wrapping up plot doesn’t give a lot. Its sole purpose was done, rather not smoothly but still acceptable, it’s a little rough on the edges. The timeline of the whole series was a little broken. There are no signs of the year they were set in. How many years it is after the event in the second movie for Newt and Theseus to recover from Leta Lestrange’s death (and for Theseus to see Lally)? It was a hanging question in the air.

And last but not least, the outfit in this movie was phenomenal. I’m not a fashion historian, but the clothes in this movie was great. I absolutely love Vicencia Santos and Lally Hicks’ wardrobe. Both women has amazing glamorous outfit. I think that the main part of that is the fact that Vicencia Santos supposedly belongs in the higher class of the magical society, as she’s the candidates for the Supreme Mugump and a Brazilian minister of magic, so she was given all the glory of the dresses. Lally Hicks’ dress was so beautiful, it perfectly reflects her grace in Charms and her skilled magical ability.

One of the most obvious wardrobe changes is Queenie Goldstein’s. She was seen with a lot of pink gowns and cute girly styles in the previous two movies, but when she was lured into following Grindelwald with a promise of a free world where she could marry Jacob without judgement, she was separated from both her sister and Jacob. Her wardrobe changes into a lot of darker color and a lot older and sharper style of dress, although her hair was still styled the same way that it was, showing that there is a part of her that doesn’t completely changes. It makes her looks a lot older and scarier, a reflection of Grindelwald as she is one of his followers. On the end though, in her wedding ceremony, her style gets back to normal, with big puffy dress with a sprinkle of pink.

Overall, the movie’s CGI was good. Teddy and Pickett, Newt’s niffler and bowtruckle pocket pet became a more prominent character in the story, saving Theseus and Newt escapes from the Erkstag jail and the giant Manticore. The CGI for Qillin was also great, with the detailed scales on the creature’s back.

I personally think that there’s a chance of this movie to be better. They have a great cast and crew team, so there’s a wide space to grow the movie and to explore further. The plot has so much potential that the screenplay writers maybe missed out on some. I definitely think if they reconsider confirmed canons in the previous 8 Harry Potter movies and make them make sense and connected (Fantastic Beasts is a prequel to the Harry Potter series after all), the plot will have a great sense of direction. The plot as a whole is going in a direction that’s leading to the fall of Grindelwald, with the same beat as Harry Potter movies, as the time went on it gets darker and darker with lots of suspense. What I think makes Harry Potter movies was preserved really well is the exploration of the character’s emotion, which the Fantastic Beasts series missed out on. And in the HP series as well, it was obvious about the passage of time the golden trio went through, a new movie or a new book, it has been a summer passed by after the event in the previous instalment. They were in a new grade. The plot falls in a timeline where people could follow and not just trying to be puzzled with a lot of different moments in different time and place. By the amount of time and places in the second movie, you'll think that this movie would make it clear how much the time passes by after the events in the previous movie.

And, so that’s my hot takes on the movie. I didn’t expect much of it after watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald but there was still hope for the movie. The cinematography was beautiful and so I gave them a point. So is the wardrobe section. They did absolutely amazing job at developing the world around the characters, but probably not much on the plot of the whole movie. And maybe not so much of the characters’ sudden disappearances or a characters’ unknown impact to the people who are close to them. Maybe that’s a little downfall of the Wizarding World story, they completely missed out on what they did in the Harry Potter series, showing impacts and character developments. I’m not mad about the cast changing, it’s completely okay, it doesn’t come out bad, it comes out as a totally new character but at the same time portraying the same one. On overall rating, the worldbuilding was fire but the plot maybe not as much except somethings that was properly built that the things around them got taken care last and less.

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LAN, MAN, dan WAN Internet

LAN (Local Area Network)

Hubungan antar komputer pada area tertentu.

Source: https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ZKZVZMWRtuJgsIDkK5wqbgHaE2?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

Dengan menggunakan computer client dan computer server yang saling terhubung.

Komputer akan bisa berbagi file dengan komputer lainnya di dalam jaringan menggunakan sambungan, yang dapat berupa kabel UTP, Router, atau Wi-Fi

Contoh: Warnet

Catatan: sambungan bersifat lokal dan tidak dipergunakan untuk sambungan terbuka.

Keuntungan LAN

Biaya operasional yang kecil, tanpa harus menggunakan jasa penyedia layanan internet.

Koneksi dan transfer data lebih cepat karena tidak menggunakan internet.

Lepas dari ketergantungan jasa penyedia layanan internet.

Jasa penyedia setup koneksi LAN dan internet mudah ditemukan

Kekurangan LAN

Keterbatasan cakupan wilayah penggunaan

Koneksi antar komputer tidak maksimal

Memberikan halangan ketika kebutuhan komputer lebih banyak

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

Hubungan antar komputer seperti LAN dengan jangkauan daerah yang lebih besar.

Source: https://www.clipartkey.com/mpngs/m/313-3136924_network-clipart-lan-network-wan-diagram-in-computer.png

Memiliki satu atau dua kabel saja

Cakupan berkisar pada 10 km - 50 km

Dua koneksi MAN adalah wireless dan kabel fiber optik

Penggabungan LAN dapat menjadi MAN

Contoh: Perbankan/Jaringan bank online

Fungsi MAN

Menghubungkan komputer dengan perangkat lain sehingga bisa melakukan komunikasi.

Meliputi banyak wilayah

Karakteristik MAN

Mencakup area yang cukup luas (10 km - 50 km)

Tidak dimiliki organisasi tertentu

Jaringan kecepatan tinggi untuk sumber daya daerah

Cakupan koneksi lebih besar dari LAN

Hanya memiliki satu atau dua kabel tanpa adanya elemen switching untuk output

WAN (Wide Area Network)

Jaringan komputer yang mencakup area yang besar, yang tidak memungkinkan dijangkau LAN ataupun MAN.

Source: https://ik.imagekit.io/virlobkq2gc/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pengertian-jaringan-WAN-768x571.webp

Luas cakupan berupa antar kota sampai antar negara.

Dapat mengakses bandwidth meski dari jarak jauh.

Bekerja melalui data link pada layer OSI dan physical.

Hasil pengembangan yang membutuhkan kabel serat optik (fiber optic), kabel telepon, atau satelit.

Contoh: Perusahaan besar profesional

Perangkat WAN

Router

CSU/DSU

Modem

Communication Server

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Multiplexer

Antena

Fungsi WAN

Mempermudah komunikasi

Mengintegrasikan LAN & MAN

Mengurangi biaya operasional

Mendukung operasional perusahaan

Kelebihan WAN

Digunakan untuk transmisi data dengan workstation

Memperoleh informasi secara real time

Wilayah jangkauan sangat luas

Dapat diakses dari jarak jauh

Infrastruktur perusahaan dapat berpusat

Meningkatkan keamanan transmisi data

Bandwidth yang digunakan sangat besar

Dapat mengirim pesan dan file dalam ukuran yang besar dengan cepat jika terhubung koneksi internet

Kekurangan WAN

Biaya maintenance yang tinggi

Konfigurasi pengaturan yang rumit

Wajib menggunakan firewall agar tidak terganggu

Berpotensi mengenai serangan hacker atau kejahatan cyber lainnya

Sumber: baktikominfo.id qwords.com wikipedia.org gudangssi.id

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Novels

The Princess's Power Scarlet Griselda Fanning adalah putri kerajaan Vilancia. Hidupnya seperti kebanyakan putri kerajaan lainnya. Sampai ketika ia bertemu dengan sepupunya, Rudy Magnus Scotby, kehidupannya berubah. Ia menemukan kekuatan tersendiri dalam tubuhnya. Seseorang berkata bahwa kekuatannya sendiri datang seperti dibangkitkan. Bukan ditumbuhkan. Siapakah pemberi kekuatan kepada Scarlet? Apa saja yang Scarlet lakukan dengan sepupunya, Rudy? Apakah Scarlet berhasil selamat dalam perang melawan musuhnya dan perang membangkitkan kekuatannya?

folklore-taylor swift: the novel Passed down like folk songs, a complicated love story being told over the years. From mouth to mouth, from written letters, and from grandmas stories in front of a trickling fireplace at cozy nights at the cabin. Years have passed, but the story still fresh as it was just got out of the burning oven. As sweet as it is sounds like about love, there are always bitter taste hidden like a needle in a hay. He might never be the 1 for her, but because of the exile he put her, she found comfort in an old cardigan and found an invisible string tied her to someone she never thought would be something big for her. The epiphany she got makes her stronger than ever, most beautiful like a mirrorball, forgetting the illicit affairs and left it on august. Her tears might be ricocheted, but she showed them this is her trying to fight all the hoax and mad woman in the lake. Swear she wouldn't find peace anywhere before, but she finally found it on the peak of seven. Making her the last great american dynasty for the people after her, the story of Rebekah 'Betty' West Harkness.

One-Shots

Her Brother Her grief of losing loving brother.

Lady of Heir When the lady of heir from a conglomerate family hit her 20′s.

Back To December I'd go back in time and change it but I can't. A Harry Styles Fic

Twisted Games When an ex of his becomes the main character. A Harry Styles Fic

Happy 4 U Twisted Games Part 2 - I've been trynna be the bigger person but it's hard when I've been feeling so small A Harry Styles Fic

Ever Since New York Things started in a place. And for Harry, it was New York. A Harry Styles Fic - Playlist Fic Challenge

My Life

The One Where I Got Positive...of COVID-19

Book Reviews

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Album Reviews

Lover - Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)

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Lover (Album) Review

Artist: Taylor Swift Tracklist: 18 songs, 1 hr 1 min Release date: August 23, 2019

Lover - Taylor Swift

Lover brought "the old Taylor" back from the dead, hopefully not a zombie version of the old Taylor. Far comparison from her 2017's reputation album, Lover brought back happy dance pop melody she left on reputation. Each song in Lover gave away the vibe you felt once looking at the album's cover art. Pink, pastel, pop, bubblegum, love, but also at the same time it felt like flipping throught someone's personal diary, like the whole Taylor's discography. The topics in Taylor's songwriting also has spread wider than expected after the backlash she recieved during her and Kanye's phone call convo. Beside songs about love, like the title track Lover, and about her personal struggle, like the 5th track The Archer, Taylor touched the topic of politics for the first time in her songwriting career. Songs like You Need To Calm Down and Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince showcases Ms. Swift's public interest in political news, after years of "hiding" it from the public.

Lover also have its own live performance movie, City of Lover Concert. The live concert was held secretly in L'Olympia Theater in Paris on September 2019 with Swifties from 37 countries secretly invited. She performed 8 songs in the show, including the singles off of Lover; ME!, Lover, You Need To Calm Down, and The Man. The movie was available on ABC on demand, and on Hulu and Disney+ for a limited time. The performance was released on May 18, 2020.

Track 1 - I Forgot That You Existed 📄 The opening track of Lover became the flipping moment from reputation to Lover era. Many theories points to Ms. Swift's ex-boyfriend, Calvin Harris. as the subject of the song. But I like to see it as forgetting her lowest era (but nevertheless her best era), forgetting her mistakes and moving on, forgetting her past. Picking up the good off of the old Taylor and step into the new Taylor, who has learned from a lot of experiences. The melody was a happy go-around bubblegum pop, basically saying goodbye to dark melody of reputation.

Track 2 - Cruel Summer 🔆 The fandom's favorite. Catchy beat and amazing lyrcis as usual. There's nothing much to say about this perfection of a masterpiece. Honestly, I can't wait to see people screaming this song in the next Taylor Swift concert. The pain is real in this song to scream about.

Track 3 - Lover 💞 Absolute. Melody. Of. A. Disney. Love. The melody??? The Lyrics??? This is what love sounds like in my opinion. It's sweet, slow, meaningful in its own way. The beat drops are the best thing ever happened to this song as when I played it acoustically, I kinda miss the beats, but this song was perfect in every way of playing it. Love sounds peaceful. And the simplicity in the metaphors and similes this song brought, such as lyrics like "We could let our friends crash in the living room" and "We could let the Christmas light up 'till January" showcases how Love could be so simple yet so beautiful. I could absolutely see this song played during weddings in the future.

Track 4 - The Man 🕴 Far from the topic of romantic love like the previous two tracks, the topic of The Man was the double standard in society, specifically in the music industry. Ms. Swift compares the same action both men and women did and compares the reaction it caused. This fourth single off of Lover also accompanied by a music video, where Taylor played both the men character and the women character. The song alone proves how much of sexual differences between men and women in the eyes of society.

Track 5 - The Archer 🏹 Ms. Swift's album's track 5's are famous for their vulnerability and a heartfelt lyrics, and this song was no exception. The Archer covers to Taylor's insecurities in her relationship. The minimal instrument of this song and the showcase of Taylor's voice makes the song beautiful and emotional.

Track 6 - I Think He Knows 💭 The bubbly, teenage metaphor song brought the audience (and Taylor) back to their teenage years. Or in my case, the 17-ish teenage I saw on movies. This song, in my view, came across as a song that explains teenage crush to the hottest guy in school. Or someone in the footbal team. Either way, this song brought Taylor back to her teenage years, crushing to the guy everyone has a crush on. It was so bubbly and it was so fun to listen during my recess time.

Track 7 - Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince 👸🤴 The 7th track off of Lover album brought Taylor's political view. This, doesn't come explicitly of course. Taylor uses the same metaphors she used in the previous track, American teenage years. She brought back the "good girl" impression she built around her during 2006-2009 eras, Taylor Swift (debut album) and Fearless, to use as a metaphor of American politics she stood up publicly after years of silence in politics. The melody of the song was a little dark for the Lover vibe who gave away pop-ier songs, drastically changing from reputation and not an 80's pop vibe from 1989, but it's still a Lover-like song specifically because of the lyrics and the insturments built for the track. Miss Americana also used as the title of her 2020's documentary, Miss Americana.

Track 8 - Paper Rings 💍 Paper Rings brought bubblegum pop. Paper Rings draws Ms. Swift's commitment to her lover, in paper rings, because anything is not important as long as they were together. This song actually reminded me of 2012 Red's Stay Stay Stay. I have no idea how it got there, but it is. It's cute and basically describes happy giddy giggly relationship.

Track 9 - Cornelia Street 🚊 Someone said Cornelia Street was the happy ending of All Too Well, and I could totally see that happening. Cornelia Street also uses the same chords in All Too Well, making me really thought that Taylor was really planning it all (I need confirmation ma'am). Cornelia Street was one of my favorites off of Lover album, and the fact that it was solo written just make this song sounds even more personal to Taylor.

Track 10 - Death By A Thousand Cuts 🔪 If Taylor ever be in a happy relationship, what kind of song she would do? This song. Yes. A freaking gut wrenching break-up song. Taylor, how? DBATC (Death By A Thousand Cuts) tells a story of haven't-moving-on person. Taylor is something else, right now I'm somehow convinced Taylor has a variant in other timeline who wrote this for now-Taylor. This song brought back the "old Taylor", or young Taylor, who wrote songs from other people's experience. YES, TAYLOR STILL HAS THAT SKILL IN HER.

Track 11 - London Boy 💂 The bubbly London Boy song was one of the simplest song Taylor ever release. It has no hard metaphors (I'm sorry Taylor, I hate to break it to you, but the metaphors you use for folklore and evermore are something else out of the dictionary), it's simple and the melody was a fun bop. The Idris Elba's interview sample in the beginning of the song sometimes made me expecting the song to be played if I watch the original interview.

Track 12 - Soon You'll Get Better (feat. The Chicks) ☁ This is by far the most heartbreaking song. The song was written by Taylor about her parent got diagnosed by cancer. The Chicks (then Dixie Chicks) also featured in the background voice of the song. I personally think SYGB sang beautifully by Taylor alone, but The Chicks does give some different touch to the song.

Track 13 - False God 🛐 False God was Taylor Swift's first jazz-inspired song. The song compares Taylor's and Joe's relationship to something greater then themselves. There's nothing much about this song, it's just....False God.

Track 14 - You Need To Calm Down 😌 You Need To Calm Down was the second single off of the album. The song brought up the theme of self-love and LGBTQ rights/acceptance in the second verse. She called out haters, in a more chill, laid-back way.

Track 15 - Afterglow ✨ Afterglow was also one of my favorites. The song was slow and chill, enjoyable. The song brought up the topic of Taylor blaming all the things happening between the relationship as her fault.

Track 16 - ME! (feat, Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) 🎊 ME! was the first single from Lover. It picks up theme of self-love. This song goes back to Taylor's bubble pop she has. Not the kind of pop in 1989, but the generic pop she held during the whole Lover. I personally thought this song described Lover the best, and I see nothing wrong in the song, except the lyrics wasn't so....Taylor with similes and metaphor. This song is basically Lover's Shake It Off. Perfect lead single, and a fun music video too.

Track 17 - It's Nice To Have A Friend 🏫 It's Nice To Have A Friend is an underrated song. The song wasn't as famous as Cruel Summer, because the song itself wasn't an up-beat song like ME! or Cruel Summer. The whole song is basically a poem (as said by Ms. Swift herself) with melody in the background. The whole song themed as a high-school crush, with lyrics like "School bell rings, walk me home" and "Sun sinks down, no curfew". It's Nice To Have A Friend paints the picture of a high-school date, just like Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince, with no metaphors it hides. Simply just a song about a high-school love, picking up the theme of Paper Ring's relationship with younger subject.

Track 18 - Daylight 🌅 Picking up the theme left from I Forgot That You Existed. I like to think this is the continuation from I Forgot That You Existed. The first track of Lover told the audience about how she forgets her worst, while Daylight picks up the theme of letting go and moving on. A perfect closing track for Lover. And the most highlighted lyrics in Daylight was the lyrics differences between Red from her 2012's RED. In Red, she wrote "Loving him was red" implaying love was a dangerous game, while in Daylight she wrote "It's [love] golden like daylight" marking the change of her perspective for love. The song also ended with voicenote-like audio outro. The voice note came from a phone and it was such a big move because Taylor has a thing about phone because of her feud with Kanye West in the phone and from reputation line "I'm sorry the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!" A perfect ending for the whole Lover album, "You are what you love".

That's all of my opinion for each song on Lover. Each song define what love is, the different kind of love. The whole album filled with a lot of different stories, just like flipping someone's diary. And, as an extra, here's my personal rank for Lover:

#1 Cornelia Street #2 Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince #3 Afterglow #4 Daylight #5 Lover #6 The Archer #7 Paper Rings #8 The Man #9 Cruel Summer #10 Death by a Thousand Cuts #11 I Think He Knows #12 London Boy #13 Soon You'll Get Better (feat. The Chicks) #14 You Need To Calm Down #15 ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) #16 I Forgot That You Existed #17 It’s Nice to Have a Friend #18 False God

Lover is not just another pop album. It touches where Taylor's heart is, aligning with the Lover's deluxe set, her diary. It felt personal, but also as the same time everyone could relate to some if not all songs. Lover aren't meant for romantic love specifically. It was meant for everything you love, your childhood memories, your family and friends, your interests, or yourself. Everything you enjoy and you care, even if you started loving who you are, you are still a Lover.

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Back to December

I’d go back in time and change it, but I can’t

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The cold breeze of fall hit her skin. She was waiting on a park bench, cheeks flushed red from the coldness, eyes wild waiting for someone. He was very important to her, no, he is very important to her. Still until now. When she heard the sound of a footstep walking towards her, she turned around to find a green-eyed boy she adored so much, too late for the description, but her heart felt warm looking at his bright green eyes.

“Hey,” he smiled a little. “Hello,” she smiled, her heart aches, knowing she could have that smile to be a little brighter if she didn’t act selfishly. Knowing she could have that smile to be shown to her and hers only.

It has been a long 11 months since they last saw each other. Which, unfortunately, the moment she called it off was the last time they met eyes to eyes. Not through the screen of her phone or her Instagram, he stalked a little too much when he has time. Even though it killed both of them slowly, it’s still addicting.

“How were Gem and Anne?” she asked softly. “They are good.”

A short simple answer. Almost cold, but the warming tone in his voice burn it down.

The last time she met Gem and Anne was when she somehow dared to go to Holmes Chapel in January. After she just broke their baby boy’s heart in cold weather. She walked around the town, she wanted to stop by their house, to tell them sorry about the break-up. But she hesitated. She ended up walking in and out of the places they went to when he brings her back to Cheshire to introduce her properly to his family. It hurts when she walked through the doors, replaying back their memories here.

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He was as excited as a kid when they started their walk through Holmes Chapel. showing her the bakery he used to work, his school, the park he used to visit every day, every corner of his favorite places around his hometown. And her, giggling when she could see his eyes glistening with excitement and nerves.

“Wanna get that bread, pretty girl?” she turned around when his voice came from behind her.

He was standing behind the cashier counter, wearing his apron, and making a flirty face. She erupted into a fit of giggles. She tiptoed in front of the counter and kissed him. “This bread is nice enough.”

“No making out in the bakery please,” Barbara suddenly came up behind him, shoving his legs jokingly with a broom. She laughed.

“Okay, okay, sorry, back to the question. Which one? I’m seriously asking,” he laughed.

“You,” she answered cheekily. He almost ran out of the counter to jump on her for a koala hug. They both laughed before walking out of the bakery with warm bread in their hands and their unoccupied hand tangled with each other.

Their next stop was his school, they can’t get in the school because it was locked, but they still could enter the garden. He excitedly pointing out his favorite places, telling different stories of his favorite places.

“I love this place, it’s my favorite,” he guided her towards one of the benches laid in the yard.

“There’s this boy in my class…” he rambled on his schooldays. He was like telling stories to his mom. And she doesn’t mind, she thought it was endearing and cute.

By the time they finished their bread and their agenda of driving around the hometown, it’s already sunset. They drive back home to Anne and Gemma, who already prepared dinner.

“Mum, if we got married someday, will you let us?” he suddenly asked in-between eating and the sound of spoons and forks hitting the plate. She almost choked on her food of the sudden question.

She wanted to give him a questioning look before he gave her an excited look. She immediately softens on the view in front of her. She smiled at him before they all back to their food after Anne returned the question with “Of course I will, who says I won’t?”.

///

“How are you doing?” that was clearly the stupidest question.

“I’m good, new album coming, new movie coming, some plans with others, how are you?” he answered, this time a longer answer. How she missed that British accent and that deep voice.

“I’m…great as well,” she hesitates before answering. Lie. It was a lie. She is far from okay, now that he was standing in front of her, it makes a simple okay to describe her state is so far out of reach.

“The weather’s…nice,” he said awkwardly. “I like your scarf.”

“Thanks, yours nice as well,” she nodded.

“Lauren gave it to me for my birthday.”

A lump formed in her throat.

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Happy 4 U

[Twisted Games part 2] – I've been trying to be the bigger person, but it's hard when I've been feeling so small

Word count: 1.3k TW: None

I heard your new single on the record store today. The same store we used to go every Friday night to find new albums. And we would play them and dance in the kitchen and it ended up like those rom-coms we used to watch all the time simply because it was your choice and I don’t have the heart to say no and erase the excitement off your face.

That new single. I read about it this morning. You worked with her, y/n, for the new single. And I must say you guys are a perfect team. Both so talented and I can clearly see why you fell in love with her in a snap the moment you met her. I couldn’t blame her. She is prettier than me, cute, smart, talented. A perfect package for you.

I bought her vinyl album on the record store. And I played the first vinyl and dance all by myself, reminiscing all the dances we had during our in – love state. I still could hear your voice singing all the words, even though we didn’t speak for some time now, two months? You have moved on for two months and I still remember the days where we used to be the perfect couple. What an ironic comparison. You forgot about me while I thread around the small pieces of you around my house.

I store the groceries I bought earlier while humming to her album. I wonder what’s going to be like for her next record. Is it going to be filled with love songs for you? Is it going to remind me of how I used to be the one in her place? Is it going to stop me from moving on? Is it going to remind me of you chose her over me? I’m pretty sure it’s going to be epic, but I don’t know if I wanted to listen to the lyrics properly.

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I thought a couple months was enough for me to cleared up my head and feeling like myself again. Enjoying myself again. But apparently not. I thought a little shopping will be good for me to enjoy myself again. But I think the universe hates me for that. Because when I thought you were in LA with her, you were with her in London. I don’t know if this is a sign I should move on and finds someone new, or it’s a sign that I couldn’t be over with you even if I tried.

We met. Or I saw you in the street. I was trying to treat myself well after all the things I went through since you slam the door out of my life. And you were here with her. When I tried to move on. You hold her hands while walking down the street with her.

She looks gorgeous as ever, I’m 100% there are paps somewhere following you guys but it looks like she doesn’t really care much, because if she got snapped pic, she looks absolutely like a model. I watched you pass by from the other side of the road and gone on the turning around the block. I really feel like having a breakdown. We were as fine as you were with her, why did you choose her when we were perfectly fine?

I was lying when I said I didn’t count the calendar, wasn’t I? I counted them. It has been almost 5 months. A hundred and fifty days without you. Twenty-one weeks without you. We didn’t talk for those days. We used to talk all the time just because for the hell of it. Now we didn’t even say goodbye. You just walk away. Leaving me hanging for God knows how long.

If I looked at the facts that are in front of me, you look happy. You look happier. You smile more. When you talked about her your face lit up. When she looks at you, you’re blushing. When you looked at her, you look so in love. And if it’s my choice, I wouldn’t trade it for my own happiness. I want you to be happy, and if she made you happy, then it’s okay. I would trade anything to see that smile. Life treats you so good with her, aren’t they?

I walked through a store, trying to hold my composure. I was feeling pretty and myself for the first time in months and I tried to make the most of it. I took a quick break from my work and go to the New Bond Street. Buying the things I’ve been eyeing for so long. Draining my bank account, I know. But it happens for the first time in months and I deserve some happiness for myself.

The soft bell rang from the door. You walk in with her hand-in-hand. I push myself behind a tall hanger of dress display I’ve been looking through. Hoping you wouldn’t see me, because if you do I don’t know how long I could hold back the tears. And to my luck, you walk closer with her towards me. Please don’t say anything, act like you don’t know me. I prayed quietly but your voice broke me again.

“Olivia.”

God, Harry, why can’t you just shut up and act like we’re strangers? You made it so hard than you already had to move on for once.

“Harry? What are you doing?” Her voice chirped from behind you. She sounds so sweet, no wonder you fell head over heels for her. “Oh my God, hi Liv!”

She doesn’t mention the fact that I am her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. Even though I know she knew about that. We met again when I was dating him during our last reunion, anyways.

“Hi, y/n!” I tried to be as bubbly as possible, offering a warm hug.

“You look different than when we last met!”

Of course. I cried over your man moving on from me. I look drained out of life. But it’s not the perfect time to be overly emotional and cried over my ex-boyfriend who moved on with her.

“Treatin’ myself good, am I right?” I laughed.

“As you should. It’s around time for lunch, do you want to come and grab some food?” she asked.

I don’t mind getting food with you, you were fun since the very first day we met when we were younger, but I can’t look at your man.

“Sure. Do you have anything else to do before we go out?” I asked.

“I don’t think so, do you?” she looks over, checking.

“No, nothing. We can go now,” I nodded.

We ended up going together. Harry letting us have our girl’s lunch, or he’s just trying to get away from me. Either way I’m thankful he left us alone. I don’t have to pretend getting along with him when I’m in front of y/n.

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Twisted Games

when an ex of his becomes the main character.

Word Count: 1.2k TW: None Read next: Happy 4 U (part 2 of Twisted Games)

How long has it been since we saw each other? No more than two weeks. I haven’t been checking the calendar like I used to for so long, I have forgotten what day it is, I lost count when I’m just alone in my apartment. Drowning in my ocean of tears while you pretty sure bathing in the sun of happiness out there somewhere.

Today was one of those days. When it hurts so bad. When everything started to come back and the memories started to become clearer the second time moves. How you dropped my hand and letting me drown slowly again. And the slow-burning process of it doesn’t help much. Mourning your prettiest dimple smile, curly hair, shiny eyes, and pink lips.

It’s almost 3 PM and I’m still curling in my bed with my comforter cocooning my body. Just tossing around across the bed since 10 AM this morning. My head kept replaying those memories of how you laugh, how you talk to me, how you lit up when I come over to the studio to bring you the lunch you purposefully left so you can have an excuse that I have to the studio. Or the time you stressed out so much that you cried to me when you arrived in my house from the studio. And I hold you tight and give you reassurance everything went great and nothing is hardly your fault. And then you giggle when I told you a cheesy joke to lighten the mood. It used to be the sweetest memory, now it’s already rotten and consuming me from the inside.

I bit the inside of my cheek when I’m opening Instagram's explore page. What if I saw you with someone else? Standing beside her like you used to be with me, looking at her with those pretty green eyes I adore so much, and that person I thought will be mine for the rest of my life.

And my horror came to life. Everywhere I went on the internet flooded with pictures of you. And another girl. And you smile widely giggling with her. I can’t stop myself, and I went to Google to search up about you and her.

As the search term of your name loaded, my mind drifts away a year ago, when everything started.

I knew you were out of my league. I’m not as pretty as anyone you ever dated, not as smart as you, you’re way too high to reach yet you smiled at me, saying it’s all false and I’m higher than I think I am. You said that we’re just two people in love, no one out of anyone’s league, we were made to be perfect to each other. Nothing else. Such a lie. Sweetest lie I ever heard.

I know it’s not going to end up great in the middle of an altar saying I do. I knew everything will go downhill the moment you “declared” your will to be all mine. It’s a sweet and hurtful lie, and for the whole year into us, I questioned myself every day, will this be the day it all ended? The answer was always no, not yet. And even if it was temporary, I’m good with it. It’s fine. For a while, I could be yours and you could be mine and it’s enough for me. More than enough.

And then when you came with me to my high school’s reunion, you met her. One of my classmates from my homeroom. She’s prettier than me. With her hair falling like domino cards. And she’s lovely as well. The moment you guys’ eyes met; I know I won’t have you much longer. But I never mentioned it because I’m scared if we’ll be over sooner than it was meant to be. You and her were just friends. Or so you said.

y/n y/l/n and Harry Styles, the new Hollywood power couple, spotted walking in the park after going on a lunch date.

For all articles it could pop up, why did this title have to come first on the list? I sighed, holding back my tears. The more I scrolled, the more I cried, and my chest now a lot more hurting. It hurts so bad looking at you so happy with a new person.

You and her chatted with each other a lot since your first met with her. You said you were just friends because you liked the same band. I was concerned, you disappear every weekend, you forgot our anniversary and my birthday, you forgot our dates we set up a few weeks prior. Your mind was somewhere else while your body was still mine for my lips to kiss and desperately to pull you back to me. I have no courage to say a word because I know once I did it, you’ll drift away further and out of my reach.

Well, clearly we aren’t together anymore when I mentioned her name once in a diner, you snapped at me saying that I had no trust in you. We went to sleep still angry at each other, and for me, sad, and you slept on the couch.

And it happens every night after that. Until two weeks ago we called it quits. It wasn’t good for my mental health and the relationship has gone toxic. Left me a crying mess on my bed.

And now you already laughing with her like nothing of our relationship left a numb feeling in you. Like our relationship doesn’t matter anymore because you already have her. I thought the feelings are mutual, but apparently, I’m just a stupid girl blindly believing your stupid words. I know we’re not supposed to be so attached to our ex, but you left me hanging and hurt for the bliss and worst we used to share.

I scrolled mindlessly through Google once again. I’m still curious and craving news about how are you doing right now while I’m weeping into my pillow. I blocked your number the moment we called quits, and I doubt you spare your ex time to call. It hurts, even more, to think that’s who I am for you.

///

It’s been four months since our break-up.

I knew you recently had an interview with Entertainment Weekly, so that’s where I went. Your pretty face that wasn’t mine anymore filled the top of the article of your interview with the magazine. I smiled a bit at your face and moving on to the article.

You showed her off, aren’t you? You told everyone you were working with her for your next project, as well. And you were so glad to work with an amazingly sweet person like her. It hurts, to be honest, talking about her like that. But I won’t say you lie; she is amazing. But it still hurts you to act as if nothing had happened between you and me. She has nothing to do with this, and you might haven’t cheated on me, but you still backstab me and whatever we are.

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Syalma's Ultimate Album List #1

I listen to quite some music and there are some albums that wasn’t my cup of tea at all. I may like the lead single or one of the album tracks, but when I get to the first track to listen to it as a whole, I get another taste and decided to just listen to one of my favorite song. On the other end of the spectrum, there are also albums that are bops from the first track down the very last second of the last track of the album. I know that there are some artists that have put out more than one album and their other albums are the same bop as the ones I mentioned here, but I chose the one that has the most unskipable songs in my personal opinion. Feel free to tell me what’s your favorites out of all this list or your own personal favorites! So, here’s that kind of albums in my Spotify’s library that you can enjoy too!

1. Ashlyn by Ashe

Ashe’s real name is Ashlyn Rae Wilson, where the name of the album came from. The album spins around folk-pop, with the storytelling about breakups, young love, divorce, love, family, and about her life to this point of her now. The whole aesthetic of this album was immaculate, both visually and verbally by the sound of the songs she included in the album. It’s totally worth spending your time listening to this album of masterpieces.

2. Cherry Blossom by The Vamps Bops. From. The. Top. To. The. Bottom. This album sounds a little different than what they have released previously. Since their short hiatus, looks like they upped their game for this album’s lyricism and music. They also included wider variation of genre, a sprinkle of country, EDM, acoustic pop, you name it. The overall theme of this album was about love with style.

3. Confetti by Little Mix Confetti was the last album by Little Mix as a four-piece girl band. This album produced bops such as Confetti and Sweet Melody. The album spins around love, breakup, friendship, and women empowerment. The sound of this album screams Little Mix genre of pop. They have their own genre and no one can tell me otherwise.

4. folklore & evermore by Taylor Swift Everyone’s going to come at me for this, but please wait while I give the explanation. I put these two together because I see them as one continuous album, also the fact that they’re sisters. The album was one big storyline in different side of the story. One came from the folk tales and one was what was real in front of the main character’s eyes. These albums are the peak of Taylor’s songwriting, giving back to her country roots as she talks about it in her live performance film ‘folklore: the long pond studio session’. I think it’s worth to listen to the very last second with the tracklist as they are without shuffling the album, because they made this big chain of stories that you have to read chapter by chapter in order so you won’t miss out on anything, moreover the plot twist.

5. FOUR by One Direction It has been 7 years since this masterpiece Grammy lost has released. This album became the bridge between Midnight Memories and Made in the AM. You can hear the transition between the sound of Midnight Memories to the sound of MITAM. The album was also a lot more personal for the band, because most songs was written by themselves, unlike Up All Night and Take Me Home album released in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

6. Heartbreak Weather by Niall Horan Whoever tell Niall he released an album in the worst time possible should eat this album as whole because Niall gave what everyone needed on the weirdest time. As the title says, this album talks about heartbreak, with love song like Black and White. Niall cleans up his country vibe in Flicker and went full pop with his second album. I enjoyed the album from the first track to the last and this album is just how heartbreak sounds like in the most masterpiece sound possible.

7. PRISM by Katy Perry As Katy reach stardom with her second album Teenage Dreams, a bubblegum pop album about life as teens, PRISM produced a darker lyrics album. It’s about Katy’s process of divorce from her then-husband Russel Brand, about self-empowerment, insecurities, everything included in a romantic relationships. Katy was planned to have a darker record but the record ended up with dance-inspired sound. The lyrics a lot more mature rather than Teenage Dream’s lyrics, given to the two’s different aesthetic theme.

8. The Good Times and The Bad Ones by Why Don’t We TGTATBO is the second album by American band, Why Don’t We. This album sounds different than their first album, 8 Letters. The album includes a lot more mature lyrics and bolder sounds, as this album became their try in doing the behind the scene process themselves.

9. Walls by Louis Tomlinson I have an unhealthy obsession with both the album and the artist. The 12 track-ed album filled with previously unreleased songs sung in his world tour, with Two Of Us served as the official lead single off of the album. The songwriting in the album was straight to the point, telling the stories of what the songs are about. The concept of the album circled around Louis’ personal life, about his relationships and family, about his relationship with his career path. The album was tender and fragile at the same time as it is inspiring. Louis shaped the album that way somehow and it works perfectly and I couldn’t think about anything that could be a good mix of emotional and beautiful songwriting. Although the word walls kind of reminds me of that brick wall in One Direction’s History music video….

10. You Signed Up For This by Maisie Peters The brand-new fresh finds in record store’s YSUFT by Miss Maisie Peters. With 14 tracks included in the album, released under Ed Sheeran’s A Gingerbread Man Records, and the hit song Psycho and John Hughes Movie, Maisie delivers a certified bop album. YSUFT circled around the theme of young adult relationships, breakups, moving on, life as teen going on adult. It’s a mix of nostalgia, hurt, upset, madness, happiness, ironic, every emotion available in the era where your age was awkward enough to counts where you actually belong in the society norms. From track 1 to 14, it just endless bops that I could never get enough talking about. Mazzie really signed up for this.

Soooo that's all I have for this list! There will be more list as time goes on but for now, give these masterpieces a listen!

Love, Syalma x

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thefantasydiary · 4 years ago

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Sejarah Perkembangan Islam di Indonesia

Masuknya Islam ke Indonesia

a) Teori Mekah

· Langsung dari Mekah atau Arab

· Terjadi pada abad pertama Hijriah/abad 7 Masehi

· Memiliki misi dagang dan motivasi dakwah

· Jalur perdagangan Indonesia – Arab dimulai jauh sebelum Masehi

b) Teori Gujarat

· Berasal dari Gujarat, India

· Terjadi pada abad ke-7 Hijriah/abad 13 Masehi

· Orang-orang Arab sudah bermukim di Gujarat & Malabar di awal Hijriah

· Masuk Islam bukan dari orang Arab, melainkan ada perantara masyarakat Gujarat

c) Teori Cina

· Berasal dari pedagang Cina

· Islam sampai di Cina abad ke-7 Masehi

· Pada masa Dinasti Tang (618 – 960) di Guanzhou, Kanton, Zhang-zhao, dan pesisir Cina selatan, terdapat permukiman Islam

· Dibuktikan oleh Raden Patah dari Bintoro Demak merupakan keturunan Cina dari ibunya yang berasal dari Campa, Cina.

· Bukti lain adalah masjid tua dengan arsitektur Cina atau Tiongkok dan catatan pedagang dan pelaut Cina tentang pelabuhan di Gresik

Perkembangan Islam di Indonesia

a) Wali Songo

1. Sunan Maulana Malik Ibrahim

Syekh Maghribi

Diduga berasal dari Persia dan berkedudukan di Gresik.

2. Sunan Ampel

Raden Rahmat Berkedudukan di Ampel, Surabaya.

3. Sunan Bonang

Raden Maulana Makhdum Ibrahim

Putra Sunan Ampel (Raden Rahmat), tinggal di Bonang, dekat Tuban.

4. Sunan Giri

Prabu Satmata atau Sultan Abdul Fakih atau Raden Paku Berkedudukan di Bukit Giri, dekat Gresik.

5. Sunan Drajat

Syariffudin

Putra Sunan Ampel, berkedudukan di Drajat, dekat Sedayu, Surabaya.

6. Sunan Gunung Jati

Syarif Hidayatullah atau Syeikh Nurullah

Berasal dari Pasai, utara Aceh, berkedudukan di Gunung Jati, Cirebon.

7. Sunan Kudus

Ja��far Sodiq

Bergelar Sunan Ngandung di Jipang Panolan, berkedudukan di Kudus.

8. Sunan Kalijaga

Raden Mas Syahid

Putra Tumenggung Wilatikta, Bupati Tuban. Berkedudukan di Kadilangu, dekat Demak

9. Sunan Muria

Raden Umar Said

Putra Sunan Kalijaga, berkedudukan di Gunung Muria, Kudus.

b) Cara-Cara Berdakwah

1. Perdagangan

2. Perkawinan

3. Pendidikan

4. Hubungan Sosial

5. Kesenian

c) Kerajaan Islam Nusantara

1. Kerajaan Samudera Pasai

Letak: Pesisir timur laut Aceh, Lhokseumawe (sekarang Aceh Utara)

· Kerajaan Islam pertama di Indonesia

· Diperkirakan berdiri di awal/pertengahan abad 13 M

· Buktinya adanya nisan kubur granit asal Samudera Pasai, Sultan Malik Al-Saleh (raja pertama Samudera Pasai)

· Tahun 1521 ditaklukan Portugis, kemudian mundur dan di bawah Kerajaan Aceh.

· Berakhir tahun 1542 M

2. Kerajaan Aceh

Lerak: sekarang Kabupaten Aceh besar

· Seluruh Aceh berada di bawah naungan Aceh besar berpusat di Kutaraja.

· Sultan pertamanya (dan pendiri) adalah Sultan Ali Mughayat Syah (1514-1528)

· Meluaskan kekuasaan ke Pidie dan Pasai dengan bekerja sama dengan Portugis.

· Peletak dasar kebesaran Kerajaan Aceh adalah Sulatan Alauddin Riayat Syah (bergelar Al-Qahar)

· Berada di puncak kekuasaan pada masa pemerintahan Iskandar Muda.

3. Kerajaan Demak

Letak: Kabupaten Demak, Jawa Tengah

· Kerajaan Islam pertama dan terbesar di pesisir utara Jawa

· Sebelumnya merupakan kadipaten Kerajaan Majapahit

· Pelopor penyebaran Islam di Pulau Jawa dan Nusantara

· Didirikan Raden Patah tahun 1478 M

· Menang melawan Majapahit dibawah pimpinan Girindra Wardhana dan Prabu Udara sampai tahun 1518 M

· Permusuhan Demak dan Portugis (karena kegagalan penyerangan Pati Unus di tahun 1512) merugikan Portugis dan Bandar Malaka karena tidak ada lagi perdagangan barang ke Malaka.

· Berakhir pada tahun 1568 M dan Joko Tingkir memindahkan pusat pemerintahan Demak ke Pajang dan mendirikan Kerajaan Pajang,

4. Kerajaan Pajang

Letak: sekarang daerah Kartasura

· Kerajaan Islam pertama di pedalaman Pulau Jawa.

· Pendirinya adalah Jaka Tingkir (bergelar Sultan Hadiwijaya)

· Kedudukannya disahkan Sunan Giri dan pengakuan adipate Jaka Tengah dan Jawa Timur.

· Demak menjadi kadipaten dipimpin oleh Arya Pangiri, putra Sunan Prawoto.

· Ki Ageng Pemanahan menjadi bupati Mataram (Kota Gede, Yogyakarta) sebagai imbalan atas keberhasilannya menumpas Aria Penangsang.

· Sutawijaya, anak Ki Ageng Pemanahan, diangkat menjadi anak oleh Hadiwijaya dan menjadi bupati Mataram ketika Ki Ageng Pemanahan wafat pada tahun 1575 M. Sutawijaya dikenal dengan Panembahan Senopati.

· Perang besar terjadi pada tahun 1582 M antara Mataram dan Pajang karena Sutawijaya merasa tidak cukup dengan menjadi bupati dan berambisi menjadi raja seluruh jawa.

· Pajang menderita kekalahan dan Sultan Hadiwijaya menderita sakit dan wafat, sehingga terjadi perebutan kekuasaan.

· Pangeran Pangiri (menantu Hadiwijaya, bupati Demak) menyerang Pajang untuk tahta, namun ditantang bangsawan Pajang yang bekerja dengan Sutawijaya, sehingga akhirnya kalah dan diusir.

· Pangeran Benowo (putra Hadiwijaya) menyerahkan tahta kepada Sutawijaya yang memindahkan pusat pemerintahannya ke Mataram dan Pangeran Benowo diangkat menjadi bupati Pajang.

5. Kerajaan Mataram Islam

Letak: Tenggara kota Yogyakarta (Kota Gede)

· Berdiri tahun 1568 dan raja pertamanya adalah Sutawijaya “Senapati Ingalaga Sayidin Panatagama”.

· Mencapai puncak kebeserannya pada masa pemerintahan Sultan Agung Hanyakrakusuma.

6. Kerajaan Banjar

Letak: Kuin Utara (sekarang Banjarmasin)

· Berdiri tahun 1526 M dengan Sultan Suriansyah (Raden Samudra) sebagai sultan pertama.

· Jika dilihat dengan peta sekarang, Kerjaan Banjar hampir menguasai seluruh pulau Kalimantan.

· Runtuh pada tahun 1905 M melawan Belanda dengan raja terakhir Sultan Muhammad Seman (1862 – 1905 M) di pertempuran melawan Belanda di Puruk Cahu.

· Note: Keraton di Kuin dihancurkan di Belanda kemudian dipindahkan ke Martapura.

7. Kerajaan Gowa-Tallo

Letak: Sulawesi Selatan

· Tahun 1605, Sultan Alaudin masuk islam dan kerajaan Gowa resmi menjadi kerajaan Islam.

· Mencapai puncak kejayaan di abad 16 – 17 Masehi.

· Sultan Hasanuddin, Raja Gowa XVI, tidak mudah tunduk kepada Belanda sehingga terjadi konflik perdagangan.

· Konflik itu kemudian pecah menjadi perang terbuka sampai benteng Somba Opu hancur dan Gowa mengalami kemunduran.

8. Kerajaan Ternate

Letak: Sampalu (Pulau Ternate)

· Sultan Marhum/Gapi Baguna adalah Raja Ternate yang pertama masuk islam.

· Portugis awalnya mendirikan benteng Sao Paulo dengan alasan melindungi Ternate dari Tidore yang bersekutu dengan Spanyol, namun mereka mulai ikut campur dengan monopoli perdagangan, angkuh, kasar, dan ikut campur masalah internal kerajaan.

· Sultan Khairun menolak Portugis di Ternate sehingga Portugis membunuhnya karena khawatir akan terusir.

· Sultan Baabullah (putra Sultan Khairun) akhirnya mengusir Portugis dari Ternate dan menjadi puncak kejayaan Ternate

· Setelah Sultan Baabullah wafat, Ternate melemah dan akhirnya runtuh karena pemberontakan dan konflik internal kerajaan dan Belanda yang perlahan-lahan menghancurkan Ternate dengan kontrak monopoli VOC.

9. Kerajaan Tidore

Letak: Kota Tidore, Maluku Utara

· Raja pertamanya adalah Syahdati/Muhammad Naqal yang naik tahta sekitar tahun 1081 M, namun yang masuk Islam adalah sultan ke-9, Cirililiati dan putranya.

· Awalnya Ternate-Tidore tidak memiliki konflik sampai bangsa asing memecah keduanya pada tahun 1512 M.

· 1529 M, Portugis dan Ternate melawan Tidore dan Spanyol yang berakhir Ternate mengalami kekalahan sehingga Portugis menguasai dagang Maluku.

· Tahun 1575 M, Ternate-Tidore menyatu dan mengusir Portugis ke Ambon.

· Puncak kejayaannya adalah Sultan Nuku yang berhasil mengadu-domba Belanda dan Inggris hingga Belanda terusir dari Tidore.

Peranan Umat Islam di Indonesia

a) Masa Penjajahan

1. Perlawanan Kerajaan Demak terhadap Portugis (1512 – 1513 M)

Dipimpin Pangeran Adipati Unus

2. Perang Padri (1821 – 1837 M)

Dipimpin Tuanku Imam Bonjol, melawan Belanda

3. Perang Aceh (1873 – 1912 M)

Dipimpin Tuanku Umar dan Cut Nyak Dien, melawan Belanda

4. Perang Diponegoro (1582 – 1830 M)

Antara Belanda dan Pangeran Diponegoro

5. Perlawanan Rakyat Maluku terhadap Portugis

Dipimpin Sultan Hairun

b) Masa Perang Kemerdekaan

1. Syarikat Islam (SI)

2. Jami’atul Khair

3. Muhamaddiyah

4. Perserikatan Ulama

5. Al-Irsyad dan Partai Arab Indonesia

6. Sumatera Tawalib

7. Persatuan Islam (Persis)

8. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)

9. Majelis Islam A’la Indonesia (MIAI)

c) Masa Pembangunan

1. Politik

- Menyumbangkan aspirasi politik

- Memberi dukungan mencapai Indonesia aman dan damai

- Memperjuangkan dan memberantas gerakan komunis Indonesia

2. Bidang Organisasi Massa

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index 🌹

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[Eng]: written in English [Ind]: written in Bahasa Indonesia

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Novels

When 5k words of life outside the box is not enough

folklore-taylor swift: the novelPassed down like folk songs, a complicated love story being told over the years. From mouth to mouth, from written letters, and from grandmas stories in front of a trickling fireplace at cozy nights at the cabin. Years have passed, but the story still fresh as it was just got out of the burning oven. As sweet as it is sounds like about love, there are always bitter taste hidden like a needle in a hay. He might never be the 1 for her, but because of the exile he put her, she found comfort in an old cardigan and found an invisible string tied her to someone she never thought would be something big for her. The epiphany she got makes her stronger than ever, most beautiful like a mirrorball, forgetting the illicit affairs and left it on august. Her tears might be ricocheted, but she showed them this is her trying to fight all the hoax and mad woman in the lake. Swear she wouldn't find peace anywhere before, but she finally found it on the peak of seven. Making her the last great american dynasty for the people after her, the story of Rebekah 'Betty' West Harkness.

One-Shots

Fictional world is my second home, my head is the airport, and the plane is...my laptop and my fingers.

Her BrotherHer grief of losing loving brother.

Lady of HeirWhen the lady of heir from a conglomerate family hit her 20′s.

Back To DecemberI'd go back in time and change it but I can't. A Harry Styles Fic

Twisted GamesWhen an ex of his becomes the main character. A Harry Styles Fic

Happy 4 UTwisted Games Part 2 - I've been trynna be the bigger person but it's hard when I've been feeling so small A Harry Styles Fic

Ever Since New York Things started in a place. And for Harry, it was New York. A Harry Styles Fic - Playlist Fic Challenge

My Life

It's not crazy, but I feel like I just need to tell you something in my normal, not exciting life in the most exciting way I could do. Write it.

The One Where I Got Positive...of COVID-19

Book Reviews

My obsession with books and its smell, captured in a long line of writing.

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Movie Reviews

I love good visual storylines from time to time, grab that popcorn and we got the cinema (Harry's House reference, tehee)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Album Reviews

It isn't something if a pop music didn't get included in this.

Lover - Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)

Beauty and the Blogger

Introducing my new series: Beauty and the Blogger! Here, I will post my beauty routines in my daily life. Stay tune!

Note: #myschoolassignments is obviously, my school assignments ❤

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Happy 4 U

[Twisted Games part 2] – I've been trying to be the bigger person, but it's hard when I've been feeling so small

Word count: 1.3k TW: None

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“Olivia.”

God, Harry, why can’t you just shut up and act like we’re strangers? You made it so hard than you already had to move on for once.

“Harry? What are you doing?” Her voice chirped from behind you. She sounds so sweet, no wonder you fell head over heels for her. “Oh my God, hi Liv!”

She doesn’t mention the fact that I am her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. Even though I know she knew about that. We met again when I was dating him during our last reunion, anyways.

“Hi, y/n!” I tried to be as bubbly as possible, offering a warm hug.

“You look different than when we last met!”

Of course. I cried over your man moving on from me. I look drained out of life. But it’s not the perfect time to be overly emotional and cried over my ex-boyfriend who moved on with her.

“Treatin’ myself good, am I right?” I laughed.

“As you should. It’s around time for lunch, do you want to come and grab some food?” she asked.

I don’t mind getting food with you, you were fun since the very first day we met when we were younger, but I can’t look at your man.

“Sure. Do you have anything else to do before we go out?” I asked.

“I don’t think so, do you?” she looks over, checking.

“No, nothing. We can go now,” I nodded.

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After our encounter today, I rethink about everything we are. I’m still mad and upset about our break up. But you look happier than ever with her, and I can’t blame you. It’s not the time to throw a tantrum. Maybe it’s time for me to move on, to find someone who’s meant for me all along. You weren’t my mistake, just a beautiful moment in my life to know what’s my life about. You have her and I was just a stop, now I need to find my love life. Thank you for being the best thing ever happened with me, Harry. I'm happy for you and I hope you will be for me too.

#harry styles x you #harry styles x reader #harry styles writing #harry styles angst #harry styles #my writing #syalma zhafira #fanfiction #harry styles fanfiction

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Zakat Fitrah dan Zakat Mal

Zakat Fitrah

Zakat yang wajib dikeluarkan yang mukmin di bulan Ramadhan. Disyariatkan pada bulan Sya’ban Sifatnya wajib bagi semua umat Islam (Q.S. At-Taubah/9:103)

Syarat-syarat Muzakki (yang mengeluarkan zakat):

a. Beragama islam

b. Mengalami kehidupan di bulan Ramadhan

c. Mampu membayar zakar

Rukun:

a. Niat

ﻧَﻮَﻳْﺖُ أَﻥْ أُﺧْﺮِﺝَ ﺯَﻛَﺎﺓَ ﺍﻟْﻔِﻄْﺮِ ﻋَﻦْ ﻧَﻔْسيْ ﻓَﺮْﺿًﺎ ﻟﻠﻪِ ﺗَﻌَﺎﻟَﻰ

“Saya berniat mengeluarkan zakat fitrah untuk diriku sendiri karena Allah Ta’ala”

b. Ada Muzakki (yang memberi zakat fitrah)

c. Ada Mustahik (yang menerima zakat fitrah)

d. Harta yang digunakan untuk berzakat fitrah

Waktu:

a. Waktu Ta’jil

Sebelum maghrib di bulan Ramadhan

b. Waktu Wajib

Semenjak matahari terbenam

c. Waktu Lebih Utama (Afdal)

Sejak selesaii subuh sampai sebelum solat Idul Fitri

Zakat Mal

Zakat atas harta yang dimiliki. Dikeluarkan untuk membersihkan harta yang dimiliki. (Q.S. At-Taubah/9:34)

Syarat-syarat:

a. Beragama islam

b. Merdeka (tidak hamba sahaya)

c. Harta milik sempurna, tidak pinjaman

d. Mencapai satu nisab (batas minimal harta)

e. Sudah satu tahun dimiliki (untuk tertentu tidak diwajibkan)

Harta yang wajib dizakatkan:

a. Emas dan perak

Nisab emas: 93,6 gr (atau 85 gr) Perak: 624 gr Kadar keduanya: 2,5% Harta simpanan tidak berwujud emas menggunakan besar yang sama

b. Harta Perniagaan

Harta yang diperdagangkan Nisab: senilai dengan emas Kadar: 2,5%

c. Peternakan

d. Pertanian

Hanya saat panen Nisab: 750 kg (5 wasaq) Kadar zakat: 10% (tidak ada pengairan), 5% pengairan

e. Harta temuan (rikaz)

Harta terpendam yang ditemukan. Dikeluarkan 20%

Zakat Profesi Tergolong baru karena waktu dirumuskannya zakat profesi belum ada beragam profesi seperti sekarang. Kadar zakatnya sama seperti emas 2,5% Diberikan setiap tahun, bulan, atau setiap mendapatkannya. (Q.S. Al-Baqarah/2:267)

Orang Yang Berhak Menerima Zakat (mustahiq)

(Q.S. At-Taubah/9:60)

a. Fakir

Orang yang memiliki harta sangat sedikit, tidak mempunyai pekerjaan, dan tidak dapat memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari.

b. Miskin

Orang yang memiliki sedikit harta dan penghasilan, tidak dapat memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari

c. Amil

Orang yang mempunyai tugas mengurus zakat.

d. Muallaf

Orang yang baru saja masuk Islam.

e. Riqab

Untuk menghapus sistem perbudakan.

f. Gharim

Orang yang memiliki banyak hutang.

g. Sabilillah

Usaha yang bertujuan menegakkan agama Allah.

h. Ibnu Sabil/Musafir

Orang yang kehabisan bekal selama perjalanan (bukan untuk kemaksiatan)

Hikmah Zakat

1. Rasa syukur atas nikmat yang diberikan Allah SWT.

2. Mengurangi kesenjangan sosial

3. Menyucikan diri

4. Menumbuhkan sifat dermawan

5. Alat pembersih harta

6. Menolong, membantu, dan membina kaum Dhu’afa atau mustahiq lainnya

7. Mewujudkan masyarakat yang sejahtera, rukun, dan damai

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The One Where I Got Positive...of COVID-19

So…this blog post was written a month and half post-quarantine. Looking back, I found it was a little interesting, but I’m not sure if it’s worth for sharing, because for the internet, it sounds pretty boring. But, here I am writing it for you guys to red through. And to my quarantined, or COVID positive besties out there, here’s your daily dose of things on the internet that gets me out of boredom. I hope it’s worth that label.

The thing when I got my test back was I knew it probably would’ve came out positive. Because, we’re going to go back three weeks before that Saturday. When my aunt got tested positive on COVID-19. Her results was pretty low, around 17 from the minimum of 40, and she was quarantined immediately. My whole family was in panic. We basically drenched the stuff around the house that has been suspected touched by her in sanitizer, we wore double masks inside the house, don’t even think about coughing, one cough, and everyone will be looking at you in judgement, deciding if it’s contagious or not.

Well, the second day my aunt got tested positive, she was sent off to the hospital where my mom works. And also, at the same time, my mom was tested positive as well, but her result was high. And that left me, my grandmother, and my mom’s younger sister aka my other aunt at home because my aunt and my mom was in quarantined.

Three days after my first aunt tested positive, the whole house got tested by my mom. The results came out as negative, which we’re all grateful for. But, in a week, everything went down like dominoes. My nan died. On the first week of me getting back to school. After my nan died, my second aunt got tested positive as well, and she was basically trapped upstairs of my family’s house for quarantining. I got tested the same time as her for the second time, and my result came back as negative while hers are positive. My mom already got tested negative, so her and me stayed downstairs.

During the week when my nan died, I have been suspicious about my own body. Something doesn’t feel right. I told my mom about it, but it has been addressed as stress from my nan’s death. So I brushed it off. But a couple days from my nan’s death, my mom got tested positive again for the second time. And I was all alone in my house, the only one who (at the time) tested negative and basically trapping herself in a lion’s cage. Not exactly alone in my house, but my aunts quarantined upstairs, my mom quarantined at the hospital, and that left me with downstairs and to handle every single chores in the house. No one could actually came in and help, because that basically just making the situation worsen.

Don’t worry, I didn’t turn on the stove nor did I cook. The rice cookers we’ve got became my best friend for eating. I could cook my own rice, heating food on the steamer, breads for breakfast most of the days. All while juggling the rest of the chores in my house, I washed my own clothes, mop and sweep the floor, and also sending food and packages upstairs where my aunts quarantined (they couldn’t come downstairs, so yeah, I basically became a bellboygirl for a few days), throwing the garbage out.

*Just for cleaning the plural confusion, both of my aunts ended up quarantining upstairs after one of them got a week hospitalized.

I’m still doing online school because it has no excuses. It’s all good. Most of the time, the most change was that it’s a lot quieter in my house. Bet people would think the house was completely empty if I didn’t clash the kitchen equipment once every few hours…may or may not on purpose.

It doesn’t last so long though. Only for a few days of me spending alone downstairs with the fear of a bunch of viruses literally living under the same roof as I do. That fear vanished…or so. I don’t even know exactly how I feel. Mix between confused, scared, well-that-makes-sense, and stressed.

On a Friday that week, my other aunt (my mom’s younger twin sister) came. At first, at 23rd July, I was planned to get my COVID vaccine. It has been planned since two weeks ago. But ever since my mom and my aunts, which I heavily came in contact with, got positive, that vaccinated plan turned into a PCR test. I usually got tested by my mom, but since she has been quarantining, I went to the hospital with my other aunt.

*If you asked how many aunts I have, I have 5 aunts. My grandma has 6 daughters. Two of them are twins.

I got the result back in a fine Saturday morning. I was preparing for my English course around 9:30 a.m. that day, and I was eating my breakfast (a Nutella wheat bread sandwich) when I read the result. I got positive. My first thought was an oh no, I got positive and I have an immune system that eat each other (that was just a poor description I wrote for my autoimmune disease). My second thought was okay I just need to calm down. And the third thought was well, that makes sense looking on how much I contacted with my positive-covid-family-members.

I continued on with my day to day life, wearing masks twice the time that I did before, drinking meds twice the amount I gulp every day. Nobody told me that the medicines going to fill my medicine box to the brim. I got no other symptoms except the fact that the virus was in me.

On Monday, I went back to the hospital for a screening test. To check on my lungs. Thankfully it’s all clear, the COVID I got was just the spare of the viruses that I got from a lot of physical contact with my family before it all was clear everyone got positive. After that screening, I got another packet of medicines. A whole bag of it was sent to my house.

It was all still the same routine even after I got tested positive. We (me and my aunts) couldn’t really contact face to face to each other despite the fact that we all are positive. But yeah, it goes on for about a week or so.

Right now, my whole family and I has gone back to normal, everyone was already tested negative and everyone already back on their work places. I even already had a plan for my first vaccine shot before my school started offline school soon. So that’s it about my experience on being….the only one negative in the house to the positive as well. It was not a really pleasant memory, but it was surely a memorable one. If you are the one in quarantine right now, positive or just an obligation after arriving in a new place, I hope this writing made you feel less lonely in your isolated nest. If you are not in quarantine, I hope this writing makes you want to get your COVID shot if you haven’t already. I really appreciate it if you found this little writing enjoyable, I’m glad to serve you with a bit of something from my life to enjoy in the middle of your school, work, anything you’re doing.

Stay safe everyone!

Love, Syalma x

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Lover (Album) Review

Artist: Taylor Swift Tracklist: 18 songs, 1 hr 1 min Release date: August 23, 2019

Lover - Taylor Swift

#album review #taylor swift #lover album #city of lover #2019 album #music #reviews #lover #spotify #song #album #syalma zhafira

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Tugas Literasi

Ketika dalam masa pandemi, liburan terdengar jadi kurang seru. Semua kegiatan harus dilakukan di dalam rumah, keluar rumah juga jadi terbatas. Biasanya, aku dan keluargaku akan pergi ke luar kota, tetapi karena tahun ini masih di dalam pandemi, kami berlibur di dalam rumah.

Selama 2 pekan liburan, aku tidak keluar rumah. Aku menghabiskan waktu luang dengan membaca buku dan menonton film lewat laptop. Film yang kutonton adalah film Guardians of the Galaxy dan Avengers: Age of Ultron. Keduanya seru dan bergenre action. Selain membaca dan menonton, aku juga menulis. Ada beberapa tulisan yang aku selesaikan. Aku juga menyiapkan perlengkapan sekolah untuk tahun ajaran baru.

Aku merasa bahwa liburan di rumah tidak sebosan kedengarannya.

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Pride and Prejudice

Book Review [Contains spoilers]

Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Language: Bahasa Indonesia Pages: 585 Rate: 3.7/5

I want to start this review by saying that I read the translated version of this book, because the language was so much easier and lighter to read.

This is not my first shot in classic literatures, but the style of writing was still a foreign thing for me. Despite the fact I read the translation of this book, but the way every words translated was just different rather than contemporary or modern fantasy fiction I usually read.

The book was quite thick in Bahasa Indonesia, with 585 pages of contents. The story follows a storyline, where it all started with the meeting between the two characters, Elizabeth Bennet, and Fitzwilliam Darcy. The story itself in my perspective was not a romance at all. The story doesn't focus on the frame of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but focusing on a wider frame of the 18th century society.

I personally think that the book wasn't meant to be a romance book at all. The relationship between the two main characters was only the beginning and the ending of the story. Throughout the book, there's no moments, small or grande, that makes sense that the two fell head over heels for each other. It started as Elizabeth having first impression of Mr. Darcy as rude and Mr. Darcy saw Elizabeth as the most elegant woman, and mid-way through the book, it filled with a lot of the 18th century society problems. The problem the book focused on was coming from Elizabeth's point of view, which overseen feminism in the society, stereotypes of romance relationship, gender equality, and social classes that affect every aspect of people's lives.

Elizabeth was pictured as this fierce, independent woman from the Bennet family, lives in Longbourn. She was the second daughter of the family, with one older sister and three younger sisters. The Bennet family was pictured as a working class family, with opposite natures from both of the parents. Mr. Bennet was pictured as a wise men, while Mrs. Bennet's way to solve any problems were marrying rich men from the country. Elizabeth and Jane were the oldest, and they followed their dad's path, as an independence wise women, while their younger sisters, Lydia and Kitty followed their mom's path, marrying rich men from the city was a way of life. Mary, the middle child, was a morally grey character, and her personality wasn't detailed as much as her four sisters. She was always known as the sister who loves playing music and reading books.

Mr. Darcy on the other hand, was introduced as a strict and cold men. He's pictured as the cold-hearted wealthy men coming from a rich family. He was captured in the book as the person who's lurking around behind the Bennet's family problems. He was introduced as Mr. Darcy from the very beginning of the book, and his first name was mentioned in chapter 25. Not-so-soon enough, I realized he has the same first as another character in the book, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and he shares the name "Mr. Darcy" with his deceased father.

The only romantic act they have done in the beginning of the story was when Darcy proposed to Elizabeth, messily, while showcasing the social class difference between the two. He was rejected harshly by Elizabeth, to show Elizabeth's personality as a feminist in the 18th century. Long story short, suddenly Lady Catherine de Bourgh said that there's a rumor flying around London that there's something going on between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, towards the end of the book. Suddenly, they said I love you's and got married. The jump between the relationship was a strange storyline, but I enjoyed the picturing of the 18th century's society.

I personally think that Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's relationship was a way to market the book. When really, this book was not focusing on their relationship at all. It's like reading a fantasy novel with a sprinkle of romance.

I was expecting a romance novel, but I did not expect the book to be taken that turn, in a good way. The romance book genre in my opinion was a way to disguise the book that mostly focusing on heavy social classes differences and gender equality. And the fact that this book was written hundreds of years ago and women still fight for gender equality and double standards doesn't sit right, does it?

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Back to December

I’d go back in time and change it, but I can’t

Word Count: 2.5k TW: None

“How were Gem and Anne?” she asked softly. “They are good.”

A short simple answer. Almost cold, but the warming tone in his voice burn it down.

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“Wanna get that bread, pretty girl?” she turned around when his voice came from behind her.

“No making out in the bakery please,” Barbara suddenly came up behind him, shoving his legs jokingly with a broom. She laughed.

“Okay, okay, sorry, back to the question. Which one? I’m seriously asking,” he laughed.

“I love this place, it’s my favorite,” he guided her towards one of the benches laid in the yard.

“There’s this boy in my class…” he rambled on his schooldays. He was like telling stories to his mom. And she doesn’t mind, she thought it was endearing and cute.

By the time they finished their bread and their agenda of driving around the hometown, it’s already sunset. They drive back home to Anne and Gemma, who already prepared dinner.

“Mum, if we got married someday, will you let us?” he suddenly asked in-between eating and the sound of spoons and forks hitting the plate. She almost choked on her food of the sudden question.

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“How are you doing?” that was clearly the stupidest question.

“I’m good, new album coming, new movie coming, some plans with others, how are you?” he answered, this time a longer answer. How she missed that British accent and that deep voice.

“The weather’s…nice,” he said awkwardly. “I like your scarf.”

“Thanks, yours nice as well,” she nodded.

“Lauren gave it to me for my birthday.”

A lump formed in her throat.

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That morning of 1st February. She knew he probably won’t even care if she called or not. He probably already blocked her number by then. The phone call will turn awkward. And if he doesn’t answer, it will go to his voicemail and got buried by millions of others from his friends and family. And she will be forgotten at the bottom of his chats, just like her in his mind the moment she said those words.

She rolled to her back, hesitating to click the phone icon on top. She sighed and decided to go against calling him. They already broken up anyway, it doesn’t matter anymore. She licks her lips, turning off the phone before pools of tears shook her whole body.

In the other house, he anxiously playing with his phone. He hasn’t responded to any of the birthday messages he got, waiting for her call instead. There’s still a chance, he hoped. He knew she broke his heart, but he wanted to hear her pretty voice once more if it’s the last time he ever heard her voice singing through the phone’s speaker. Even until midnight strikes, he only met by disappointment. He hugs her side’s pillow in his bed, desperately wanting to feel something of hers, and sobbing for an hour until he fell asleep with tears staining his red cheeks.

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“I’m sorry.”

Her voice chirped up. She said it slowly, almost a whisper, if it’s not dead silent, pretty sure he won’t hear it.

“Sorry for what?” he asked.

“For everything, for not calling you on your birthday, for not being the best girlfriend, for everything I did. I’m sorry you have to meet me today, I’m sorry we met at that party, I’m sorry for everything.”

“y/n…” he softly cooed.

She already wiping her cheeks quickly. “It’s pathetic, I know. I’m so sorry.”

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“Harry, if you don’t put these on you’ll get sunburned,” she scolded her boyfriend.

“I don’t want to,” he whined like a child.

“Absolutely not,” she pulled his bicep and tumbled a little considering how heavy he is.

He pouted when she applied sunscreen to his back and arms, and lit up a little bit when she kisses him on the lips for apologizing. During their day off on the beach, he tanned his whole body, the pale skin quickly replaced by his tanned dark skin. But she loves him either way so she doesn’t complain about it.

“Haaarrryyyy can we get an ice cream?” she made a doe eye while begging for ice cream. He usually against any kind of sweets, and force her to eat as healthy as he is.

“No,” he said with a stern look on his face while clasping the buckles.

“It’s so hot I think I’m going to pass out,” she whined dramatically.

“You’re beside me, darling, obviously you’re going to get hot,” he smirked.

She whined and kicked her feet like a child about throwing a tantrum.

“Okay, okay, just one and it’s because I don’t want a kid throwing a tantrum in my car, everyone will think I’m a bad father,” he finally gave up. She giggled.

He gets off the car and went to the ice cream truck. She watched him walking and buying her the ice cream she wanted. He laughed at something with the person preparing the ice cream. She watches as his dimples pop out and looking happy as ever. It has been only for two months of dating, but she knew she fall for him more and more each day, making new insecurities adding themselves to the list. But at the moment, she doesn’t care at all, the boy laughing and showing the prettiest smile in the world is hers, all hers.

For a moment, she thought they were made for each other with no exception.

///

“There’s nothing…to be sorry for. We’ve already done, I have moved on, you...have moved on, you have nothing to be guilty of, I promise,” Harry’s voice was so calming and soft, but it killed her unintentionally.

Her sobs got even harder.

“Hey, shhh, shhh, you’re alright, y/n,” he pulls her into him, and rub her back.

She stayed there, tears still staining her cheek, but she felt safer in his arms. Thinking the fact Harry already moved on broke her heart even more. She should’ve protect him last year.

///

The leaves fall one by one, the weather started to be a little breezy. It was Wednesday evening when Harry walked her back home after her job in a café. He even surprises her with the prettiest necklace she has ever seen. The couple giggled on the way to y/n’s home, a couple of streets from the café she worked in.

“Ooooh,” he completely stopped to look to the other side of the road, where a dress shop displaying their new collection. “It’s so pretty.”

She looked at the shop’s window. It was a very pretty dress. She can’t help but dream if she fits in that dress. Remembering her student loans, she snaps herself back to reality and pulled Harry.

“Babe, come on, I have some homework to do,” she tugs a little bit of his shirt.

“It’s so pretty, can we stop by and see if it’s in your size?” he asked. Still freezing on his place, refusing to move, until she agreed. y/n shook her head.

“No, Harry. Come on.”

“But you’ll look pretty,” he pouted.

“I have homework, Harry. Please, can we go home?”

“Okay…” he followed her with a pout on his lips.

When they arrived in her apartment, he hangs both of their coats and followed her to the kitchen. She made a warm cup of tea for both of them and taking her laptop from her bedroom. She decided to do her homework with Harry in the living room.

He drinks his tea for half the cup before he somehow wiggles his head between her elbow and thigh, and laying his head on her lap, and fell asleep just like that. She looked down, finding a mop of hazelnut curls on her lap and a feature of his pretty face. She pushed her laptop away, admiring his sleeping features. She played with his hair, twirling with his hair. There’s no way she can’t fall further for this baby in a man’s body. She giggled to herself.

“I love you, Harry.”

///

She never felt so relaxed in his arms. They just stood there in silence for a couple of minutes. And remembering Harry “already moved on”, she pulled away.

She caught a glimpse of his fingers. It’s bare from his rings. Only one ring hugging his finger. Her heart breaks one more time as if a year of heartbreak wasn’t enough. She broke them apart, why did she's the one who suffers the most?

///

“y/n? Y/N!” he practically tearing her apartment. He panicked. She didn’t respond.

He could hear a soft sob coming from the bathroom. He went straight to it.

“Honey?” he knocked. He could her inside. “Are you alright? Can I come in?”

She didn’t respond for 5 minutes.

“Darling? Please let me in, yeah?” he can’t lie it hurts for him to listen to her backing away from him.

After he hears a click from the lock, he barged in. Watching his whole world crumbling on the bathroom floor sends him into tears. But he stopped them. Scooping her up in his arms and kissing her hair softly.

“Hey, hey, hey, you’re fine, lovey. I love you,” he chants in between kisses. Trying to calm her down. She sobbed to his chest.

This is the first time he has ever seen her crying. And sure as hell he doesn’t want to see it again. He swore to give her happiness and happiness only.

That night ended with y/n nuzzling her face to Harry’s neck and he doesn’t mind it at all.

///

She can’t help but stare at the ring too long. She regrets everything. She should’ve called him when she had the chance. She should’ve said sorry when his arms are still open to her. She should’ve got back to him. She shouldn’t leave him confused and upset in the middle of the snow. She wanted the watch on her wrist to be turned around into last year. So she could have the chance to hug him, comfort him, kissing him, as he did in November.She wishes it’s just a nightmare she had. She wishes it’s just her mind playing tricks. Her head got dizzy from the thought of her Harry getting with someone else. But she wanted him to be happy, and she was sure she didn’t give him that. She wishes she could take back whatever she said last December.

///

“Hey, Harry, can we meet in the park?” she called him. The snow underneath her feet.

“Yeah, sure, love. Finished your shift?” he asked.

She nodded. “Yes.”

“I’ll be there in a min, see you, love,” he hung up.

She bit her lips. She probably will hear that nickname for the last time. She took a deep breath. She has to do what has to be done.

He arrived ten minutes later, with a bucket of roses in his hand. She wanted to hold back the words from rolling out of her mouth from the act, but she pushed the thought back.

“Where are we going?” he asked, his hand stretched to give her the roses. “Better be warm places and foods love, I’m starving.”

He knew something was wrong when she didn’t take it right away. “Love?” he asked.

“Going to where?” she asked.

“To our date…” he raised an eyebrow, panic started to consuming on him.

“We’re not going on a date, Harry,” she said sternly, doesn’t want to be weak. “We’re over, I’m breaking up with you.”

Silence.

“Goodbye, Harry.”

With that, she turned around, and she swore she could hear the flowers fall from Harry’s hands to the snow path underneath his feet. His mouth hung open.

Since then, she regrets everything. If she could turn back time and run back to his open arms with the flowers underneath his feet, she would do it. If she could go back, she will take the flowers from the ground and kiss him like she never said those piercing words. She’s willing to do it. If only she could turn back time.

///

Now, it’s cold again. Freezing. And it’s biting on her. The first drop of snow touched their coats. First day of snow.

“I’m getting married, y/n.”

And the first day of longing heartbreak that will last for eternity.

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thefantasydiary · 4 years ago

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Twisted Games

when an ex of his becomes the main character.

Word Count: 1.2k TW: None Read next: Happy 4 U (part 2 of Twisted Games)

As the search term of your name loaded, my mind drifts away a year ago, when everything started.

y/n y/l/n and Harry Styles, the new Hollywood power couple, spotted walking in the park after going on a lunch date.

And it happens every night after that. Until two weeks ago we called it quits. It wasn’t good for my mental health and the relationship has gone toxic. Left me a crying mess on my bed.

///

It’s been four months since our break-up.

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