Harrow The Ninth, Chapters 48 And 49:

one thing about asoiaf is that it frequently invites you to have sympathy for characters who've carried out varying degrees of morally repulsive acts (most apparent with pov characters such as theon, cersei, tyrion, and jaime but also sandor, joffrey, and even viserys). and most of these characters have received some equivalent of, what may look like 'narrative comeuppance' : theon flayed by ramsay, cersei made to perform her walk of atonement, tyrion sold as a slave, jaime losing his hand, joffrey's painful, drawn out death etc. except the scenes really aren't framed like that since the series doesn't seem to buy into that idea. all these incidents are not just deserts but moments of horrible injustice against these characters. and that's a little series thesis statement in itself, no neat category of monsters whose misdeeds can be addressed by a single moment of karmic justice but people like you and me who hurt others and have been hurt and continue on living. it's saying, here's this person who is capable of great cruelty influenced and motivated by their experiences with the world, but will you also hold understanding and sympathy in your heart for when the world is cruel to them in return? given what most fandom discourse looks like... the answer to that question is unfortunately a resounding no for a lot of readers.

Absolutely losing my mind trying to mimic the bad dialogue from 18th century porn pamphlets...

"Glinda! Is it true you were her friend?" "Friend? Yes."

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

the way ivan aivazovsky looks at the sea…i think…i think that’s what love looks like.

Artist Anastasia Trusova floods her canvases with vibrant colours and textures. "Textured graphic impressionism".

Just rediscovered potentially the funniest thing I’ve written in recent memory

One of my favorite things about Put Baby In Pelican Mouth is that not only does the pelican have the intelligence necessary to speak human language but also knows how to lie, suggesting it has a theory of mind, yet not enough to understand that no one is going to put baby in pelican mouth.

I think she liked the new haircut ;)

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And if it is a prayer, it might as well be a confession.