god. i know children are more unflappable about some types of horror elements and white american kids aren’t expected to have much familiarity with the topic, but i can’t believe some of the descriptions of collective punishment of indigenous ppl that i read in gullstruck island at eleven years old. no wonder the specter of this book has hung over me since grade school. this is a cautionary remark but also something positive i am saying about the book.
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Mamuor Majeng at Gabriela Hearst S/S 24 Backstage
netflix hill house is a good horror show but why did they name it after this book like. it’s so not the same type of ghost story. tv hill house is haunted by ghosts that are very scary guys. hill house the book doesn’t have any ghost guys. the book characters were never a family, that’s kind of made a point of. and nell can’t be theo’s sweet innocent dead sister bc she’s theo’s jealous mean nasty wonderful toxic yuri life ruiner. call it smth else…
"to be loved is to be changed" but as in a horrific unasked for transformation. 🤍. btw.
I think there's a part of Ortega that is vindicated when Step reveals themselves as a villain. Like, they knew they weren't retired, they knew they didn't give up, knew they would never stop fighting. They just happen to be on the other side now. It's a tiny victory inside a greater loss. That fire that Ortega admired didn't go out, it changed.
hate when people think the only archetype possible for a male sidekick to a female protagonist is a soft boi and/or himbo. like the implication there is that the only reason a man would ever defer to a woman’s authority is if he was a bumbling idiot. love male supporting characters who are smart and strong and confident and can step up when necessary but still kind and humble enough to let someone else take the lead most of the time