It's True

“Bath of Bright Silence” by David Chaim Smith (2018)

Nobody:

Me: OH MY GOD YAYYYYYYYY IT’S NOBODYYYYY!!

“your poems are too powerful. they’re like snakes. they slither into me, and they coil around my heart, and they squeeze me until I can’t breathe. they are glittering and venomous, and they bite. I got scared, emily. of you, of the way that you grip me, of the way that you poison me.”

sometimes i think about sue saying this to emily and then i have to take a minute to breathe again.

I showed her heights she never saw—

“Woulds’t climb?” I said,

She said, “Not so” —

“With me?” I said, “With me?”

I showed her secrets

Morning’s nest,

The rope that Nights were put across—

And now, “Would’st have me for a Guest?”

And she could not find her yes—

And then, I brake my life, and lo!

A light for her, did solemn glow,

The larger, as her face withdrew—

And could she, further, no?

- By Emily Dickinson

which katya are you today

I keep thinking about that moment where Lanfear and Ishamael recognize that the other is going to betray their goals and they just.. sit together for a minute. Ishy puts his head on Lanfear's shoulder, because even though shit is going to hit the fan soon, they love and respect each other too much to try to stop them, and just because they have different ideas doesn't mean they can't get comfort from each other. It goddamn near brings me to tears every time

so gemma was orpheus all along. when she looked back, called mark’s name, and asked him to come home.. innie mark realized he had no feelings for this woman. if she had stayed facing forward maybe the allegiance to his outie would have won out. but gemma turning around made him hesitate long enough for helly to appear. and when she called his name.. it was game over. eurydice embraced the underworld with open arms.

I loved that finale gives my stance on innies/outies even more solid ground.

They are the same people and even without memories they are making the same choices. Mark S and Mark Scout both utterly and completely love-driven. They do crazy, over-the-top, unbelievable shit for love, they both are willing to give up everything for love.

He makes the same choice twice, it's just the person he loves that is different.

Saint pentious!

‘India-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’ is like saying ‘Israeli-Occupied West-Bank’, it delegitimises indigenous sovereignty over their traditional lands.

‘Pakistan’ is just like ‘Palestine’ in that it was a lie made up to ensure Islamist domination of the regions they were losing control of.

Kashmir is India the same way Judea is Israel

All Eyes on Kashmir