i truthfully believe everything bad and/or insane thats happened in the last 10 years can be traced to that goddamn gorilla in 2016 its not even like its linked to that incident but it all started with him i think he was holding the balance of the universe together or something. its like they killed an old god without realizing and now we realize just how much we needed him
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i post for the girls who used to read obsessively but can no longer pick up a book and also are no longer girls
Even the Raven King - who was not a fairy but an Englishman - had a somewhat regrettable habit of abducting men and women and taking them to live with him in his castle in the Other Lands.
I am Obsessed with this sentence.
- this is one of the first real pieces of information that we are given about the Raven King. Before this, we know 1) he's a magician who lived centuries ago and 2) he's associated with Newcastle. You know, basic stuff. And now we get 'Oh yeah and he used to kidnap people sometimes.'
- it's incredibly creepy, actually. And I think it's quite significant that we get this so early on, that as you go through the book and learn more about the Raven King you've always got the knowledge in the back of your head that this is a man who randomly abducts folks when he fancies it.
- 'who was not a fairy, but an Englishman'. I mean, yeah. Nothing so far to suggest that he might be. All the magicians we've seen and heard of have been human. But the very fact that the author makes a point of telling us this plants the idea that there might *be* reason to mistake the Raven King for a fairy, that maybe he *isn't* quite human.
- he takes them not to his home in Newcastle but to Faerie (or possibly Agrace? I think that also counts as the Other Lands). That's very... well, *fairy* of him. And also ensures that it will be extremely difficult for them to escape and get home (do they want to get home?)
- the fact that we still know so little. Why does he take these people? Is it a romantic thing? Is it for their skill in magic? Something completely different? How willing are they? Does he ever let them go? The footnote ballad gives suggestions but I feel like there's still an awful lot left up to interpretation.
- 'A somewhat regrettable habit' like he tracks mud through the house or something. I'm dying this is so funny 'ah yes this is john uskglass. nice guy. Shame about the whole abduction thing, but hey, nobody's perfect.'
"You could just use ai" yeah well I could also just kill you.
Tumblr showing me my own reblogs when i hit refresh is so humiliating
Every time I reblog something funny and see it on my dash I immediately forget it and hit reblog only to be met with my own eyes staring at me
I have successfully snuck into the rationalist secret base. The guard heard me slip when I was scaling the fence, but muttered that one piece of evidence doesn't overturn the low probability of intruders and didn't look for me. Then I slipped again when climbing down the other side of the fence, but he chuckled about the frequency illusion and didn't even turn around.
one of my favourite linguistic phenomena/in-jokes is spanish potato chips being “ham-flavored, probably”
I'm very curious about something and so I'm making a poll about it obvs lol
If you're making an official phone call, for example calling to make an appointment, enquiring after a flat, hiring a service etc. that type of call, do you begin the call by introducing yourself?
For example: Hi, my name is X and I'm calling to make an appointment.
I'm curious to see this because I lived in another country and had a brain fart and accidentally began a call by introducing myself, like I would in my home country, and the recipient sounded very amused and I knew it was weird and it really is because the service person will do absolutely nothing with this knowledge.
Forced to learn how tumblr works because quotev has officially killed itself ☹️ (please tell me terms and stuff i should know) (and explain it like youre talking to your mom about your favorite media)
He/They trans & agender 🪰 20' still alive(?)
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