Vivacias - Under A Larger, Kinder Sky

Boromir of Gondor, by AZED.

“…and long have I wandered by roads forgotten, seeking the house of Elrond, of which many had heard, but few knew where it lay.”

“And we will live happily ever after?” the Fool asked. I watched the bits of mortar fall. ”That is my intention.”

Robin Hobb, Assassin’s fate.

Cassian's relationship with Herald is so fucking weird.

He hates Herald for replacing him. He took the Sidestep name to spite him, to spit in the face of his bright eyed hero worship. He envies Herald his gender. He covets all Herald has and is. Herald is his nemesis. Sidestep is Herald's.

He loves Daniel. He basks in the warmth of his thoughts. He revels in the easy way Daniel excepts him. He wears Daniel's clothes to smell like him. He would kill for Daniel. He would burn the world for Daniel.

He's never been more honest with nor told more lies to anyone like he has with Daniel. He can't lose to Herald, but also wouldn't accept being taken in by anyone but Daniel. There's no good ending for them. Cassian wants it anyway.

some chen art

and ricardo i guess 🙄

short story: asks you to consider your own complicity in capitalist and colonialist society

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on some more gentle book criticism it's wild that both of wu zetian's love interests in iron widow are highly educated & there are references to the aesthetics and structures of a scholar system, but there is utterly no casual reciting of classics, tactics, nor poetry from anyone. there are references to adapted forms of the classics, but it doesn't inform how characters talk or think (li shimin seems more like a guy who never got education than someone who memorizes poems to the point it destroyed his vision). I understand the whole "peasant frontier girl half literate" thing to an extent (even though it feels an odd choice) but there aren't even like idioms really. it feels very simplistic & uniform in characters' speaking style, and the world, language, and culture all read very flat because of that. tacticians like sima yi, an lushan, and zhuge liang too might have a more creative way to call someone a bitch or what is the point of reimagining them in this world is all I'm saying.

i think there was also a big miss of not even referencing half of the incredibly funny things that a star studded historical fiction cast could provide like zhuge liang never did something funny with a feather fan? no one had to bother him into working? no pranks with corpses? where is his ugly intelligent wife?

why not posture that an lushan's son gave the thumbs up on his murder? historically accurate and hilarious

lil patience

sessi do you have a tag you put to read’s/ref in? or any book recs off the top of your head? I trust your judgement <3 kisses!

ohh I don’t sorry!! but I always recommend anything donna tartt, susan sontag’s on photography is a classic, the lonely city by olivia laing is one of my all time favorites, trick mirror by jia tolentino, if i survive you by jonathan escoffery, on freedom by timothy snyder, and currently I’m on the years by annie ernaux <3

pov: you’re a waitress at nino’s and one of the aglionby boys just called you a prostitute