i used to know how to pick titles for things

writing tip: put words on page. hope this helps. i will not be taking questions because i have not done this

if i bring a book someplace it doesn't necessarily mean i want to read it mayb i just want to take her on a walk. Get her some fresh air and a change of scenery

controversial opinion! i think if you are not, yourself, transfeminine, your opinion on whether or not a portrayal of a "man in a dress" character or joke can be "reclaimed" or was "fair for its time" or is actually just a queer icon. does not matter.

the change from AD to CE feels really emblematic of how surface-level and meaningless the supposed secularization of the western world is

Common Era is definitely preferable over Anno Domini, if only because christ is no lord of mine, but it’s only less christianocentric in that it doesn’t overtly make reference to christ in its title. the benchmark is still the same. you’re still measuring when the common era began using the (supposed) birth of christ, separating history into “the period before jesus” and “the period after jesus”. this conception of history is no less defined by christianity than it was before, except that now it’s easier to ignore because you’ve draped it in a “secular”, “modern” veneer and done nothing to actually unpack the ways in which western society intrinsically centers christianity.

Has anyone noticed that translating poetry is not easy

It's kind of like if you were in unrequited love with the crossword puzzle

books

The weirdest way to engage with fiction by far, in my opinion, is taking the "chronological order is strictly better always" approach to sprawling (video or tabletop) game settings and then insisting it's a good entry point. Like. You realize the creation myth of the world and the Ancient Precursor War lore aren't things people will care about unless they're already invested in the story, right?

Beginning the Star Wars movie marathon with a KOTOR letsplay

i hate the word spicy can we bring back calling things erotic

The children's show villain is a figure who sadly is not seen outside the children's show. There are few stock characters who as succinctly declare, from sheer stage presence, "the world is unloveable and it is painful to live here; that which delights mankind is like ash on my tongue" without being too fucking whiny about it.

hey so anyone else just, feel thin. sort of stretched. like butter scraped over too much bread. like you need a holiday. a very long holiday. and you don't expect you shall return? or is that just me and bilbo baggins

being friends with english majors is so fun you'll send a text like hey are you free for brunch and they'll respond with some shit like "haven't the faintest clue, my schedule is utterly fucked"

english majors so used to talking like 19th century british aristocracy they think this is a joke about busy schedules