#not a study

The enthusiasm that Twilight’s largely female readership expresses for Edward’s abusive behavior may, at first glance, feel exceptionally strange. I argue, however, that the issue becomes less puzzling if we consider Twilight as descended from nineteenth-century melodrama and examine the series’ relationship to three nineteenth-century melodramatic conventions: a whiplash emotional structure, moral polarity, and a lack of character interiority.

Swanson, A. (2024). “Always a Step Behind, Dazed”: Romanticized Gender Violence and Melodramatic Convention in Twilight. Women’s Studies, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2024.2358875

Wooo boy, moving to Galar has been rough!(I'm now supposed to talk about or be in Galar before the borders open) Especially with my Aura deciding to go nuts out of fucking nowhere after twenty two years of sleeping!

I mean, I knew it ran in the family, heck, both of my parents are aura users, but normally it manifests before the age of eighteen, and it doesn't explode right in people's faces out of literally nowhere for no reason.

Ruianna stretched, leaning back against her Arcanine and sighing when her back popped. She’d been doing some research on the legendaries of Alola, after all, she’d take better notes on the Tapus if she knew what information would be needed. “There’s a lot less information on these guys than I thought there’d be, what with how comon the sightings are.” She could hear Meyu’s snort from his spot in the closet, which he’d claimed as his for the duration of the voyage. “Perhaps they aren’t very co-operative with researchers. I wouldn’t blame them after what happened with the Foundation. But then again, they could just be hard to befriend.” “That’s true, Tapu Fini doesn’t like people, Tapu Bulu would rather just be left alone, Tapu Lele can hurt you if it isn’t careful, and Tapu Koko is known for being fickle.” “I doubt you’ll have any problems getting Tapu Koko to interact with you. Not when you have us. Though personally, I think you should change up our movesets a bit.” “True, I should probably use a TM to replace Foul Play, I could always just have you relearn it.” “Perhaps Earthquake would be a good choice?” “Maybe... Why the heck are you able to learn Pay Day?” “Why are you asking me? How should I know.” “If we wanna be assholes we could always use Substitute.” “Ruianna.” “What? It’s a good strategy!” “No. I’m not letting you teach me Substitute.” “Fine, fine. Earthquake it is. But we’re keeping Calm Mind.” “hmm.” The two returned to silence, Meyu reading a book. “Isn’t there a Library on one island?” “Yeah, why, you want me to take you there?” “I certainly wouldn’t turn it down.” “Meyu I swear, one of these days you’ll run out of books to read as fast as you devour them.” “Then maybe I’ll write my own.” “You hate writing. And you hate using keyboards.” “That’s what you’re for.” “No. I’m not writing any books for you.” “We’ll see about that.”

“Attention passengers, we will be arriving at the docks in 8 hours. Please start packing your belongings, and be off of the ship by 10′o’clock tomorrow morning.”