#nabrizoya

what he does is to show how houses are bodies, they are living things with some anatomy and how they tend to be haunted and why they considered that way in the first place. he primarily talks about video games so here takes different games that embody this concept and talks about it at length (it's been a while since i watched it so im not entirely sure i remember all things properly) but i thought you'd like to watch it!

cw for eye strain, static noises and mention of diseases and trauma, and maybe some (?) claustrophobia of being trapped in an empty space

"some houses just reject humanity"... "houses that become haunted because they're abandoned"... houses as bodies... houses being haunted by us because we try to force humanity onto them and bend them to our will... this was really interesting to watch thank you so much!!! I've recently been on the lookout for media that deals with hostile buildings and themes of places as characters so this was especially interesting to watch. 

there's this looong post (seriously it's VERY long I had to channel my rage somehow) I made a long while ago, where i broadly and specifically detailed the lost potential of rule of wolves as a book, and in hindsight I didn't go off as much as I wanted about zoya's identity as much as I was thinking of how I would write the duology if I could 😤, but yeah. there's a lot on your plate, but if the post is of any interest to you, you could check that out!

but aside from that, one specific point that I found it deeply disturbing is how the narrative in kos about mourning and tormented women is simply just. discontinued in row. I thought we'd see more of it, given how there was also a thing about zoya talking about the women in her life that have perished, which may have been a segue to reflect on her own identity as a woman and as someone from a minority, how she's tried to fit in and more.

but that's not it. the insane part is the one where in row the shu han women self immolate. that in itself is such an insensitive way to move the plot forward, given how deeply and complexly the relationship between fire and women has been in asia. I think what boggled me so much is that zoya just. is sad and then indifferent about it? it's just used up as a plot device by leigh? and she gave no care to the cultural aspect of zoyas lack of monologue or attention in the plot towards women who have just. decided to die by fire ?

there's honestly a lot more, and yea since there's some while until 19th, I'll perhaps try reading it again to see what else I can find. thank you so much for doing this!

Why, sure! Though this did go in a direction I wasn't expecting!

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"Who's Dominik?" Zoya's voice was soft in the early morning light. She sat on the edge of her king's bed, carefully undoing his shackles.

Nikolai, still drunk with sleep, his hair mussed, his eyes bleary, asked, "Huh?"

"Dominik," Zoya said again, and that seemed to wake him right up, his pretty hazel going wide. "You were talking to him in your sleep."

It took a moment for Nikolai to find his words. Slowly, gingerly, as if the words tore at his throat, he said, "Dominik was an old friend." Zoya got his wrists free, and he brought them to his chest, rubbing at the night's inevitable welts. "He was my first love, I think."

Zoya, who was now set about freeing his ankles, stiffened. "I thought that was Alina?" she asked, though there was something in her tone that made it clear that she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

"I didn't love Alina," Nikolai said, and though it felt wrong admitting it, it was true. "I cared about her," he allowed, "but all I loved was her power."

"Reasonable," Zoya said, removing the shackle around his left ankle and moving to sit on the opposite end of the bed.

"Dominik," Nikolai said, his eyes going distant, as if he could see Dominik's face in his mind, even after so long, "I loved."

Removing the last of the shackles, Zoya asked, very softly, "Would he have approved of me?"

"He would have loved you," Nikolai said, pushing himself up onto his elbows. "And you would have loved him." He laughed, though there was pain in the sound. "The trouble we would have gotten into together!"

Zoya touched his knee, her hand cold. He didn't pull away. He never did. "I'm sorry," she said.

so true

AAAA YEA I hoped that name was a good fit!! (ง^︠.^︡)ง THANKS SM FOR LIKIN THEM!!! My friends were making farmers with some kind of fantasy influence like stardew and they came about!! There’s also this beekeeper I’m working on that looks eerily like another cursed thing I drew…BUT ITS NOT HIM this person is skittish and just wants to make the best honey…NOT a mustache privateer just a reclusive bee enthusiast

Hiiii this is us right now <333