OMG, using outrage at comments on fic to keep the attention of the monsters away from you, I love this book so hard.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 1:16:32 pm PDT #26640 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Toddson - Apr 19, 2021 1:25:24 pm PDT #26641 of 28174
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Like the people who romanticize earlier time periods - the image is infinitely better than the reality is/was. (My father grew up on a farm ... I never experienced it first hand, but I heard enough to know that it was NOT for me.)
-t - Apr 19, 2021 1:26:22 pm PDT #26642 of 28174
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, that was good stuff (The Hollow Places, not necessarily cottagecore or past eras)
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 2:44:26 pm PDT #26643 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
{points at what Hec said} Hey, I would like those conditions! I just . . . know better. Which occasionally makes me sad. I don't want to be a grown-up today.
OTOH, not-grown up me would have nightmares after that book, so.
(That was so good.)
-t - Apr 19, 2021 3:06:08 pm PDT #26644 of 28174
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm always so nervous starting her horror stories because of the potential nightmare factor, but so far I haven't suffered too much and they really are good
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:08:13 pm PDT #26645 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
{points at what Hec said} Hey, I would like those conditions! I just . . . know better. Which occasionally makes me sad. I don't want to be a grown-up today.
I don't think any of the youngsters on TikTok and Instagram indulging the Cottagecore aesthetic are doing anything other than refining their taste. It's more about decorating your kitchen or planning your Sunday picnic, or doing a garden or laying out an outfit than actually planning on owning a rural cottage.
Nobody into Dark Academia is going to be owning a private college anytime soon, they just like the vibe.
amyparker - Apr 19, 2021 3:21:36 pm PDT #26646 of 28174
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I'm overthinking, I know.
DavidS - Apr 19, 2021 3:29:03 pm PDT #26647 of 28174
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm overthinking, I know.
"Sure, cottages are cute but a thatched roof is no picnic! And don't get me started on aphids and dry rot!"
Calli - Apr 19, 2021 5:50:59 pm PDT #26648 of 28174
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like the aesthetic of both cottagecore and dark academia. But I’d like them to come with WiFi.
hippocampus - Apr 19, 2021 7:36:22 pm PDT #26649 of 28174
not your mom's socks.
~t, with permission, I'd love to let Rick know he has a fan. (also stick around for a certain m-preg in space / espionage short story by someone who is likely me in July, maybe)