saw a tiktok of a mother taking her very tiny daughter to an art museum and she’s just walking around going “whoooa” “woooaah” to everything but then they got to a marble statue of a nude woman lying on her back and the girl points and goes “mommy🫵” and i just immediately welled up with tears and all the comments are just laughing about it and of course it’s funny but how are you not insanely moved by the way art connects everyone on earth from a centuries-old sculptor to a toddler in 2023
“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.”
I've had this vision in my mind for ages so I finally decided to take a stab at drawing a cover for one of my favourite novels⚡
Mundane things about my version of the Gatsby gang
Nick sometimes sleeps on the ground instead of his bed. He sleeps more soundly that way
If he isn’t needed, Gatsby sleeps in til past noon if he can, he has the WORST sleep schedule
Tom and Jordan- even if in the same room- will almost never engage with the other unless to talk about sports, the funny pages (something they both like reading), or to jeer at someone else’s expense between whispers and laughs
Meyer has that grandfatherly “Have you eaten? Are you hungry? Come let me fetch you something” way about him around Gatsby (he’s partially the reason Gatsby has put on extra weight but Gatsby himself over indulges in food)
Daisy is the only one who doesn’t smoke
But Daisy can throw back straight whiskey and keep her demeanor well enough(Tom likes that about her)
Daisy can actually shoot really well and knows how to ride side saddle (Tom REALLY loves that about her)
Nick and Daisy- despite being raised Catholic- are both atheists. Daisy won’t bring it and Nick occasionally mocks believers under his breath
Gatsby legally shouldn’t be on the road….
Gatsby will pronounce the same word differently throughout a conversation
Nick can’t hear that well out his scarred ear
Jordan has a strong sweet tooth
Gatsby has a fear of dogs
Tom is a momma’s boy, big time
Daisy doesn’t like blondes and that they get so much attention for being blonde
Despite seeming tough, Jordan scares easily. She would not last in a haunted house attraction
Nick studied Law before switching to English for his degree. That’s actually how he met Tom, by sharing some classes together. Despite arguing Nick should’ve stayed in Law, Tom does often ask how Nick’s writing is coming along
Meyer doesn’t like pets at all, just finds them dirty
Nick can’t pick Gatsby up but Gatsby can easily pick up Nick
Nick caught on quickly to Gatsby’s Sunday workout routine and spies on him from the foliage border between their houses. Gatsby does feel he’s being watched but never sees who it is
I’m not anti-Vivziepop and in fact I’m a fan of HB but I’ll be using tags accordingly to try to reach the right audience
I’m gonna be honest, I dropped this series for a couple of years and I did after watching “the circus. “ to me making Stella evil since birth just so Stolas can be let off the hook (rather than having an interesting and nuanced situation where maybe both characters are imperfect) just felt like such a BAD writing choice. Every now and then, the writing kindaaaa reeks of…misogyny maybe? Regarding Stella and the way she’s written so Stolas can be an uwu innocent gay bean. Keep in mind, I LIKE Stolas, I just wished this part of the story had been written better.
Anyway, I actually got back into it because someone told me that Striker came back again so. I guess if Stella didn’t put a hit on her husband, striker wouldn’t exist so silver lining
Edit:and let me add-it’s not like I don’t like Stella at all. I like her, she IS a funny villain and her toxicity kinda amuses me tbh. I love seeing women crash out. I think despite the bad writing, the VA’s performance REALLY saves her, but I also feel irked by where said writing is coming from and the fact that we COULD have had better.