Estraven Fleeing Karhide

this made me so emotional. I should be asleep and not szlovmagyposting on tumbli, but oh well. it reminded me of this poem by a poet Hungarians learn a lot about

here, the original Hungarian and the Slovak translation:

https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/hu/József_Attila-1905/A_Dunánál/sk

Nebudem ťa volať "bráško", Nebudem ťa volať "kamoš", Oboch už v živote mám, Tak mi s tým trochu pomôž Ako voláš niekoho, S kým zdieľaš ťarchu zrady, S kým padal si vo vojnách, S kým staval si tie hrady S kým vymenil sis' slová, No komu viac nerozumieš ? Bol si tu celý ten čas, Tak povedz mi: čo o nás vieš? Ezer év együtt, Hogy történhetett ez meg? Különböző szavak, De ugyanaz a természet Próbáljunk meg nem határokat Húzni egymás közé Ne nézzünk egymásra, Nézzünk együtt előre! Még mindig ugyanazt a folyót ünnepeljük, Még mindig te vagy az én igazi északom, Igyunk hát mindkettőnkre, Nőjön a boldogságunk, Lássuk egymást napról napra többet, És ne féljünk többé attól, Ami közös bennünk

I am re-reading The Left Hand of Darkness and unfortunately, my brain is too rotten for this, because all I can think about is an alternate timeline where the girlies got absolutely sauced on this book and instead of inventing the Omegaverse, people just wrote Kemmering AUs instead.

to be clear, Ursula K. LeGuin would hate this

Le Guin on Estraven's death

average frantic fanfic night with my besties

except the protagonist is Mézga Aladár or Áts Feri

Shoutout to Hanna and Benedict and their 225 year age difference tumblr would NOT be able to handle them

Run away further, it's Bad Love

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tripleS <ASSEMBLE25> ‘Are You Alive’

Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.

drawn while listening to the bbc radio adaptation

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