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rip the guys from Babel you would have loved analyzing corpora on AntConc if computers had been invented in the 1800s

#babel an arcane history #babel by rf kuang #somebody save me from corpus linguistics #AntConc is my worst enemy

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frereamour

i'm going to say something very controversial and brave: juan nuestra parte de noche and jude a little life are two ends of the same tortured suffering prettyboy spectrum

#i'm hesitant to compare anyone to Jude bc A Little Life was so horrific to a point nothing else could ever match it #however #yes. yes they are #and also #that scene where Gaspar get super angry and starts insulting everyone and hurting himself and shit #and Luis calmly looks at him and goes like “if you are trying to get me to hit you that's not going to happen i guarantee you”#made me think of that scene where Jude breaks Harold's mug and curls up waiting for a punch that never comes #or isnt there a scene where Jude throws the food Julia makes him on the floor or something in a fit of rage and they just hold him #the fact that whenever Gaspar would go into blind rages Luis would literally just hold him until he calmed down will live rent free in my m #and so will the fact no one was there to do the same to Juan when HE was a kid #granted Gaspar wasn't the same type of lifelong abuse at the hands of the institutions that were supposed to look after him #but still #a little life #nuestra parte de noche #our share of night #nossa parte de noite #jude st francis #juan peterson #gaspar peterson

uluthrek

completely diverting from my usual asoiaf content here, but i‘m reading babel by r.f. kuang atm and all i wanna say is that miss girlfailure letty price should be thanking god every single day for the fact that ramy, robin and victoire have more restraint than richard papen and company. if literally any of the three of them was even a little bit less fundamentally nice and normal, letty would have been bunny corcoran‘d like three times over.

#this made me cackle #OP you are SO right #babel by rf kuang #the secret history by donna tartt

swagspren

Being a guy who read Poppy War before Babel is like

Robin Swift: *does anything*

Me, shaking my head: this does NOT bode well for Robin Swift

#unironically started the book by wondering which one of them was going to die horribly #and as soon as Griffin showed up I was like ah yes an older brother/mentor/idol. how is he going to unrevocably traumatize this little guy.#and THEN die a horrible gruosome death to radicalize him into blowing shit up.#and guess what #i was right #babel by rf kuang #the poppy war

teartra

Honestly, one thing that surprised me the most about The Poppy War was RF Kuang’s age. Like no offense, it took me two books to realized that the novel was not written by a middle aged person. Then Rebecca is literally just 4 years older than me and the first book came out when she was 22

I mean there are a lot of talented young authors but the topic that RF Kuang choose to write it just… wow

#i read the poppy war when i was 22 and when i found out the author wrote it when she was YOUNGER than me it just made me question everything #r f kuang

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rudolphsboyfriend

I keep seeing white book reviewers complain about how Babel is so very in your face and obvious about its rage at colonialism as if they would not twist the meaning of the book to fit into their convenient little worldview and find a way to say 'ok.. BUT' if it were NOT so clearly and explicitly laid out I'm sorry but it's true.

#i don't understand why anyone would say that a book about colonialism having a strong message abt colonialism is a negative trait?#like i just don't get it #why would anyone want a book about X topic to not discuss said topic #does everything need a metaphor to soften the blow or...?#grow up lol #babel by rf kuang

i-wish-i-were-softer

So my friend recently finished Babel and they said creating homoerotic tension between robin and ramy only to kill them afterwards was a weak move.

What does that even mean? If you wanted to a read a happy queer novel why did you choose Babel? Why are you looking for a fairytale ending in a book that deals with heavy topics like colonialism, racism, sexism, poverty, slavery, war and whatnot. Death was always upon them. Being gay doesn't magically give characters plot armour. War doesn't care about anyone's sexuality.

#ngl at first i thought kinda the same thing like why give them so much queer subtext and then not do anything about it #but like... there wasn't really much room in the book for it?#like. this book isnt a book about romance so it makes sense for there to not be any romance #it isn't like she developed a bunch of straight couples and the one possible queer couple was the exception lmao NOBODY got to be happy #equal rights! gay or straight they all die miserable <3 #also i don't really think the homoerotic tension in this one was the same as the homoerotic tension in some other books #as in: it was subtle and unconfirmed but you can definitely tell it was meant to be there #you are very much supposed to read into it #besides..........even if it was a weak move. even if it had fully been a 'kill your gays' move. i say we just let that one slide lol #how are you gonna read a book that makes such a great point about racism and colonialism #and have your take be 'there weren't any gays :('#yeah queer rep is important but it's not ALL that's important lmao please be serious #babel by rf kuang

mysticmiav

"The days had not yet come when Ramy wore Victoire's sloppily knitted scarves with pride, when Robin learned exactly how long Ramy liked his tea steeped so he could have it ready when he inevitably came to the Buttery late from his Arabic tutorial"

Ramy has my whole heart I love him sm🥹🫶

#RAMY MY BELOVED #art #fanart #babel by rf kuang #ramy mirza

tiniwithabox

#one thing about R F Kuang is that she WILL give us an arc of her characters losing everything and committing unspeakable crimes #and we thank her for it #babel #babel by rf kuang #robin swift

kindlespark

my brother's keeper (poem from here)

#im ganwing at the fucking bars of my enclosure #babel by rf kuang #fanart #griffin lovell #griffin harley #robin swift

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crowleysnaketattoo

I finished Babel and just. What the fuck(positive) it's so good and I'm so sad about it

#i will literally never recover #like. not only because it was such a good book but because i will be thinking about the message of it all forever #babel #babel by rf kuang

cottoncandylava

spoiler without context, babel by rf kuang

#babel #babel by rf kuang

g4rdens0fb4bylon

i'm currently reading the secret history and i find it really interesting how Richard will keep talking about Charles or Francis or (mainly) Henry for PAGES and then add one line about how pretty Camilla is and how he's so very in love with her. like be so fr rn— who are you trying to convince you're straight because you're definitely not convincing me

#also why is he so obssessed with everyone's sexuality #like he spends pages and pages trying to figure out which of them is gay #accusing the bros of homosexuality #obssessively investigating their every move to figure out if maybe possibly there is a chance they might be attracted to men #like........my brother in christ........... WHY DO YOU CARE #WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHO YOUR BUDDIES ARE KISSING HUH #DO YOU WANNA KISS YOUR BUDDIES #IS THAT IT #also let's not forget he's constantly being like “oh Camilla is so pretty in such a boyish way” lmao #like yes i believe he was very much obssesed with Camilla but he was fucking obssessed with ALL of them #the secret history #tsh #richard papen

girlsagainstg-o-d

RIP Francis Abernathy you would've loved saying "I'm going to kms"

#francis abernathy would have been the number one user of the expression “girl dinner”#you can fight me on it if you must but know you are going to loose #the secret history #francis abernathy

adding actual footnotes and academic citations to my The Secret History fanfiction because why wouldn't i

#it's what Donna Tartt would have wanted #also i need to like. quote a bunch of greek tragedies.#the secret history

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betryl

Honestly Henry did commit horrible and inexcusable and unforgivable acts but it doesn't mean that every single thing he ever did for the entire book had to be out of ill intent.

He didn't save Richard during Winter to get him to trust him, he saved him because Richard was his friend he found freezing to death in an attic. He wasn't manipulating Camilla, he loved her and was trying to protect her and prevent her abusive brother from hurting her any more. He killed himself for a lot of different reasons but one of them was that it really was the only remaining way he could find to get everyone out of trouble and make things somewhat right again.

He surely was detached, and while he generally didn't feel as strongly as other people and even suppressed his own emotions to try and always be as rational as possible, it's not like he was completely incapable of feeling anything at all. In his own aloof way, he did care for them. I think that it's really the fact that despite everything there was some good in all of them that makes them so compelling, Henry included.

#why would anyone want to go with the “henry is evil and has no feelings” approach“#when the “henry is not completely evil and has some feelings” approach just makes him SO MUCH WORSE #(also more tragic)#the secret history #henry winters

dreamertrilogys

yeah

#this scene haunted me when i was 15 and tbh it still haunts me now #trc #the raven cycle #adansey

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