dust and shadows

we’ve been through a lot lately, that’s for sure. but we still love our girl. she has great new friends, a great new house. things couldn’t be better. after all, riley’s twelve now. what could happen?

Black Panther (2018) dir. Ryan Coogler

What I’m telling you is, you could join me at the Grandmaster’s side. Perhaps, in time, an accident befalls the Grandmaster and then…

“when you can do the things that i can, but you don’t, and then the bad things happen? they happen because of you.”

No wonder he‘s such a mess in Infinity War

You are a god. If you kill me…you’ll be just like everybody else. What’s so wrong with that?

“All of me for all of us.” It’s kind of beautiful. How so? They lost 400 people. It’s a third of everyone in that bunker. And they had no idea if they’d ever get out. Yet look at them… strong, unified. I can see why my mom was terrified, but you gotta admit it’s impressive. So is surviving alone. How’d you do it? Well, I wasn’t alone.

— Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Take me back

Ward, look at me. I have never betrayed you, ever.

Who is in control?

So in the end, my girlfriend became my archenemy, my archenemy became my best friend and my best friend became my girlfriend. But, hey, that’s high school.