mr magorium's opera emporium

they're saying spending 2 hours in the word doc changing words slightly to be more specific and evocative and moving endless commas around is one of the most noble and respected things that you can do

I just wish we’d had some way of knowing that the Nazi tattooed bigot who did mercenary work for Blackwater and was abusive to the women he had relationships with was a bad guy before he’d gotten this far. If only we’d had some sort of visual warning for who Graham Platner was. If only he might have had something on his body that could tell us he was no good, before we let him run this long. Hindsight’s 20 fucking 20 I guess though huh

Posting ocs is so embarrassing. Here's my stupid loser I guess. You can kill me if you want

highly recommend listening to all'idea di quel metallo from barbiere and then se vuol ballare and hai già vinta la causa from nozze in quick succession because it's like following the progression of a divorce

ocd is so fucking annoying. Literally what if you had an evil vizier in your brain who you didn’t hire and has tenure for some reason

reading a historical romance novel and reflecting on the way these stories often present woke nobility for the contemporary reader. a big thing is servants. you can’t not have servants in those times but many modern readers think “but I would never have servants. it would be so weird to have servants” and in order to make the protagonists of the story more relatable they are actually friends with the servants. but flip your perspective and think of it from the side of the servants. wouldn’t it be so awful if your boss was always trying to be friends with you. a really common thing you’ll see is the woke baronet having tea in the kitchen with the servants bc he’s not like other baronets. but what if your boss wanted to hang out and talk during your lunch break every day. not so charming when you think about it that way