All Of Us Strangers (2023) // Dir. Andrew Haigh

"I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones."

- F. Kafka

D.W. Winnicott

i am having such a fleabag moment (i feel as though i am living my life incorrectly and i need somebody to tell me what exactly to do, how to feel, who to want because i currently feel unqualified and incapable to make any rational decisions for myself)

"How do I stop carrying everything that has ever happened to me?"

– If My Body Could Speak, Book by Blythe Baird

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Amy Winehouse in Paris in the late 90’s

no bc i love all of these pieces of media sm, i think im sick in the head

i love bitches who’d rather literally die than talk about their feelings

january is one of those months where you experience every feeling on the human spectrum and you just have to go about your day like that isn't happening

Punica granatum Inks on paper 29.7x42 cm

Pomegranates have a rich symbolism across many cultures and myths. It is associated with the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite who planted the first pomegranate tree. In ancient Rome and Persian cultures, it was considered a symbol of prosperity and fertility. In the myth of Persephone - goddess of rebirth, Hades uses pomegranates to tempt the goddess to stay in the underworld. Here the symbolism relates to death and the transition between seasons.

Prints are available on my website.

And you’re in love?

“Ma, we’ve never even kissed.”

And that has anything to do with it?

“Okay, fine. Yes, I think so”

“But don’t tell anyone. Don’t even repeat it to yourself.”

Why?

“Because it’s humiliating.”

Sweetheart, love isn’t humiliating. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that?

“Who would have told me that?”

Do you know the word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus, which means ‘earth’? That’s how love is supposed to feel.

“Like hummus?”

Like earth. It grounds you.

All this nonsense about love making you feel high, that’s not real. It should hold you like the earth.

“Wow, Ma.”

What? I have a heart, don’t I?

- Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

no bc i couldn't figure out how to put what i was thinking about everyone dogging on season 2 into words, but this is exactly it

Hot take: I think it's genuinely funny that people are upset about season 2.

Like you're upset that we didn't see Rhaena tame Sheepstealer? That's kind of the point. She's supposed to be exactly the same as Sheepstealer, wild and desperate, and we needed to see how she became on equal footing as the dragon she's meant to tame. You didn't like Daemon at Harrenhal, but his journey was paramount to his character arc. He had to get a bit haunted along the way, but you said that that wasn't your Daemon. Uh, yeah, that was kind of the point.

I feel like this is an instant gratification issue. Disastisfied fans want the ending as soon as possible instead of enjoying excellent storytelling.

And let me tell you, House of the Dragon is excellent storytelling.

Season 2 wasn't bad. You're just impatient.