Conclusion: Dinosaurs

slightly grotesque goodwill handbag that reminds me of intestinal villi

Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.

Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.

speaking from experience as someone who did a degree in playwriting and have seen several of mine be put on, you can't not put a piece of yourself into the plays you write. even if you think you're just adapting an existing story, something of your life will sneak up on you

and sure, this script was already finished by the time thjazi was arrested and sentenced to execution, but hal's known that was on the table for decades. he did his best to protect his little brother when they were teenage soldiers, saw that little brother survive and secure his own happy ending, only to throw it away less than two years later because someone had to stand up for justice (even as hal begged him not to)

it's been 18 years since that night thjazi rode off, and as hal's spent that time raising children and forging this bastion of safety for his reckless family and fighting to have the kind of influence in his career where he can put this play on, in this place, he's watched thjazi fight for justice, and become a folk hero, and have his rebellion fail, and become a criminal, as hated as he is loved. hal didn't anticipate just how much the two events would coincide, but he wrote a play about the tragic hero who led the way for rungjani freedom even as he died for it, knowing there was going to be a point where the people in power tried to kill his brother for standing up to them

but look at how much has changed in just two weeks. with everything he stands to lose, would hal have had the courage, before thjazi died, to stand up to halovar like that? could this ritual that saved so many souls have happened, had thjazi's death not brought all the necessary people together? we've talked a lot about thjazi's intentions for the play, but what about the play's intentions for thjazi? written, even unintentionally, by someone who knows what it feels like to love a man like vokjan murzat, who can make a statement directly to the people that caused his brother's death and say thjazi was right. you killed him, but remember what happened to the people that killed vokjan. they can stay stuck forever in their shame that they chose power over freedom, and they were deposed, their god destroyed

Book summaries below:

She mentions kitchen tools specifically I think, maybe a carrot peeler, and talks about function. When you decide what to keep, or what to buy, consider the function. Get the peeler that is comfortable to hold and works well.

I purchase household items & clothing with far more intentionality now. The things I wind up purchasing are higher quality and I’m more likely to actually use them.

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

ao3 doesn't have an app because for it to have an app, appstore will have to approve it first. and if, hypothetically, ao3 needs appstore to approve it, it will also have to abide by appstore's pro-censorship stance and start banning dark and taboo fics, which is against its own core principle of being completely against censorship.

ao3 doesn't need an app. it works more than fine without an app. the reason ao3 can allow dark and taboo fics, the reason it can allow the most disgusting and shockingly vile fics, and be completely against censorship is because it doesn't need appstore's approval. it stands on its own as a non-profit organization with functioning site and a team of lawyers protecting its platform, its users, and every single fanwork on its platform.

everybody say thank you ao3