Reading volume 4 of Eighty Six and I cannot help but share the quotes/moments that bring me immense feels. Damn this angst. (In no particular order.)
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"You don't have to do this anymore. You have no sins to atone for. No one's condemning you, so please stop--stop trying to bear a cross that doesn't exist."
~Shin to Lena.
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"We wouldn't do something as pathetic as hanging ourselves just because our deaths were predetermined, nor would we sit idly by, counting the days until the end. If we have to die, we'll live each day without regrets-always smiling in the face of death. That was our one and only form of resistance. "
-Shin.
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"Leaving such things as they are even when you know they’re wrong is tantamount to supporting them."
-Lena.
LOUDER for people in the back 👏
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'“Those kids, they aren’t strong. They simply understood that they had to be strong to survive, and in the process of trying to become strong, they instead cut off anything that made them weak.”
It wasn’t that they weren’t hurt. It was that they hurt so much they had to cut off anything that allowed them to feel pain…?'
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In conclusion? I should have started reading this piece of art earlier. The LNs are amazing.
Can't wait to be at the nursing home in my old age with my grandkids crying at my bedside because I can't remember their names but I can recite in chronological order every time Aziraphale and Crowley are together in history without any hesitation
Reading Jane Austen and thinking, 'woah. Fresh breath, the way she writes romance. Love as not just an emotion, but a choice. Kindness being the most precious qualities.' And then realizing her stories are centuries old.
Her works were way ahead of her time. They understood what most people still fail to grasp these days. Just. Timeless.
i love how the forward of every hitchhikers book is like, "yeah this book has no fucking plot. it has no fucking coherent characters. but are you really here for the plot or for the shits and giggles?"
And they are fucking correct. damned be the plot, we wing it with the wackiness of universe. Heres to the clever, hilarious, silly and occasionally deep, shits and giggles of h2g2.
Yeah. I love some of Taylor Swift songs but she isn't as driven by activism or political correctness as hozier AT ALL. Hozier uses art in its most superior way- to not only make others feel, but bring whatever little change he can.
What else do you expect from a guy whose every third song is about feminist ideals, fuck capitalism or worship women, hm?
just saw hozier live and he thanked everyone for using their hard earned money to come see him and support him. yeah you would never find taylor having that sentiment.
for reference my ticket was 80 dollars.
the cheapest ticket i found for taylor’s upcoming show was 549 dollars. (i compared multiple third party sellers)
and i haven’t even mentioned how all art is political. and how hozier chooses to uplift ceasefires. he encouraged us to contact our u.s. representatives. how is opener (a black queer person) thanked hozier for creating a world where it’s safe for her.
god, i was so scared about what they were gonna do with ifa's design and i. They just. Did it perfect. I adore his design, hes sooo cuuuuteee. *breaths a massive fuckin sigh of relief*
Now about what they will do with his kit... *waits with baited breath*
personally, unless i absolutely have tears in my eyes, stain the pages and have a full blown miserable crisis just like my character, I don't consider the scene to be sad.
how to ask the demon you've been smitten over for 6000 years to dance: an angel's guide
bonus:
got into tears of themis so bad recently but too broke to buy foreign merch, so diy we go:
Bad lighting x)
That makes me feel a bit better about what I write, because its not *good writing* in any way. Its on-the-nose sometimes, a bit simplistic, too feel-y, and filled with dramatized character emotions. But people tell me, they felt so much while reading it, they cried, or laughed too hard, almost teared up, felt personally seen, smiled, blushed, were annoyed- they FELT. And for me, that is a reason enough to continue writing. It might not be perfect, good or even professional at all, but as long as it touched someone, I have a reason to improve. To continue. To write until it DOES become good, subtle and clever. Even if it takes forever. It brings joy to a couple of others. It brings me JOY. And that is good enough for now, I think.
your writing doesn’t have to be perfect. it just has to make someone feel something.