roller ball pens! i looove writing with supplies that feel like they really want to work with you - my favorite brand is definitely Pilot G-2s. what color was it, and were you borrowing it or is it yours?
queer media! it's always so nice to find something that tells you that yours is a story worth telling and listening too. of course there's always a bit of fear of "will this author fall back on damaging tropes? is this an ultimately happy story?" and yet, when it turns out to be a good piece of representation, there's so much joy and relief.
and wow, that sounds like a great meal, and knowing you, i'm sure it was shared with love and friendship
this is a very very good list, and i'm glad your day was good! my day was filled with an amazing book (The First Time She Drowned, by Kerry Kletter) about a girl with mental illness and a controlling mother, trying to get back on her feet, and it was both overwhelming and ultimately cathartic.
oh, the pilot g-2! i used to buy the violet ones, they were lovely to use. and i love pens, but i haven't indulged my love in a long time, so i used an amazon gift card from the holidays to buy a whole pack of gel pens! all the colors of the rainbow, in plain, pastel, metallic, and glitter. the company is 'super doodle.' :D
i'm watching someone watch revolutionary girl utena for the first time, and their face during the opening song -- with the swirling roses, the soft looks, the almost-kisses -- was just so pure. they asked 'are they --' and started saying to the screen 'don't you dare toy with me.' i think every queer person knows that feeling.
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oh, i'm glad you're reading amazing books -- the books you describe to me always sound so interesting, both for themselves, and for the way you describe them. (p.s. you asked about drakon in our other thread -- you absolutely can get a hard copy to go with a digital copy, and i can verify it's a very handsome copy with handsome typography. there's a dropdown option here for 'trade
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all of the colors, how lovely! i did some drawing with two pens today, black for the main parts and purple for the clothes or chairs or whatever, and i really liked how they turned out.
i just reblogged a post and added on stuff about sir andrew from twelfth night, and that building up of story, and the way people add onto each other's headcanons always makes me think of you.
i haven't watched revolutionary girl utena but i've heard a lot of people talk about it and it's on my list of media to check out sometime. can you describe a little of what it's about? i know there's someone named anthy, and there's a lot of discussion of free will and community and people going back to the beginning, but i don't really know, like, the plothee! it seems that my descriptions of books and stories are similar to your descriptions of meals and quiet afternoons with cats -- we give each other little slices and a reason to care, and for me at least it feels like a hug. (have you started reading discworld yet, btw
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ooh, black-and-purple is one of my favorite combinations. what was the drawing of, with the clothes and chairs and whatever?
i think i saw that! eee. i do love headcanons building on each other, like ... well, like block cities. where you start with a block house then someone adds a block garden and then a block rocket launcher and soon you're going to the block moon.
hmm well, i think a good way to introduce revolutionary girl utena is with the intro that's at the beginning of the first episode and of many more. once upon a time there was a princess, and she was very sad, for both her mother and father had died. a prince on a white horse appeared before her, with a gentle smile and the scent of roses clinging to his cloak, and he was so moved by her sadness he kissed the tears from her cheeks. 'little one,' he said to her, 'hold on to your nobility, and don't lose it even when you grow up. if you do this, then this ring will surely lead you back to me one day.' he gave her a ring with the symbol of a rose on it -- an engagement
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queer media! it's always so nice to find something that tells you that yours is a story worth telling and listening too. of course there's always a bit of fear of "will this author fall back on damaging tropes? is this an ultimately happy story?" and yet, when it turns out to be a good piece of representation, there's so much joy and relief.
and wow, that sounds like a great meal, and knowing you, i'm sure it was shared with love and friendship
this is a very very good list, and i'm glad your day was good! my day was filled with an amazing book (The First Time She Drowned, by Kerry Kletter) about a girl with mental illness and a controlling mother, trying to get back on her feet, and it was both overwhelming and ultimately cathartic.
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i'm watching someone watch revolutionary girl utena for the first time, and their face during the opening song -- with the swirling roses, the soft looks, the almost-kisses -- was just so pure. they asked 'are they --' and started saying to the screen 'don't you dare toy with me.' i think every queer person knows that feeling.
<3
oh, i'm glad you're reading amazing books -- the books you describe to me always sound so interesting, both for themselves, and for the way you describe them. (p.s. you asked about drakon in our other thread -- you absolutely can get a hard copy to go with a digital copy, and i can verify it's a very handsome copy with handsome typography. there's a dropdown option here for 'trade ( ... )
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i just reblogged a post and added on stuff about sir andrew from twelfth night, and that building up of story, and the way people add onto each other's headcanons always makes me think of you.
i haven't watched revolutionary girl utena but i've heard a lot of people talk about it and it's on my list of media to check out sometime. can you describe a little of what it's about? i know there's someone named anthy, and there's a lot of discussion of free will and community and people going back to the beginning, but i don't really know, like, the plothee! it seems that my descriptions of books and stories are similar to your descriptions of meals and quiet afternoons with cats -- we give each other little slices and a reason to care, and for me at least it feels like a hug. (have you started reading discworld yet, btw ( ... )
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i think i saw that! eee. i do love headcanons building on each other, like ... well, like block cities. where you start with a block house then someone adds a block garden and then a block rocket launcher and soon you're going to the block moon.
hmm well, i think a good way to introduce revolutionary girl utena is with the intro that's at the beginning of the first episode and of many more. once upon a time there was a princess, and she was very sad, for both her mother and father had died. a prince on a white horse appeared before her, with a gentle smile and the scent of roses clinging to his cloak, and he was so moved by her sadness he kissed the tears from her cheeks. 'little one,' he said to her, 'hold on to your nobility, and don't lose it even when you grow up. if you do this, then this ring will surely lead you back to me one day.' he gave her a ring with the symbol of a rose on it -- an engagement ( ... )
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