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You’re in love with him, and he’s in love with you, and it’s like a goddamn tragedy, because you look at him and see the stars, and he looks at you and sees the sun. And you both think the other is just looking at the ground.

what is the child annihilating zipline

in 2010, a camp counselor goon logged on to the somethingawful forums asking for help with the zipline he build from scratch, and with no engineering knowledge, that didn’t seem to be working right. when he tested it with a sandbag, it continued to gather speed during the entirety of the 143 foot drop (19 degree slope) until it slammed into the wooden platform at the bottom at a speed of 65mph, presumably creating a child paste that would have to be scraped off to be sent home. there were pictures.

just finished ninth house by leigh bardugo….and it knocked me out. there’s been a whole trend of feminist dystopia books lately (vox, red clocks, only ever yours, etc.) and something about them has always turned me off but i could never quite put my finger on it…now though i think i can say that all those books so severely sensationalize the horror done to women that the commentary almost falls flat because it’s so singular in tone. ninth house however is so focused on the worldbuilding of the occult that the politically minded messages don’t come through in the same heavy handed way they do in other books where the commentary is the plot and vice versa…because of that the themes in ninth house about women not being believed, poor girls especially poor immigrant girls being treated as disposable, boys/men  abusing power just because they can….these themes don’t feel like themes for the sake of themes they feel like the very natural effects of the plot…i don’t know if this is making sense but basically: 

ninth house feels like a book that was written about the occult but by nature of being a book about a young woman with her eyes open to the way others are mistreated it includes certain political commentaries whereas with feminist dystopian books oftentimes it seems like the plot was written to serve the commentary and the commentary itself was the original idea and those types of books tend to suffer for that

Morizkirche - Coburg, Germany

a guild to the dark academia aesthetic

what to wear:

TWEED

trench coats

dark colours

black turtle necks

plaid pants/skirts

scarfs

three piece suits

button ups and collard tops 

old watches

lockets

rings

glasses

knit wear

decor/furniture:

desks (preferably cherry or mahogany)

towering bookcases

record players

art depicting tarot cards or deities

old photographs

books e v e r y w h e r e

vintage tea cups with roses on them

candles

old wine bottles

a chess board

a skull

at least one ash tray (even if u don’t smoke!)

make-up/hair

red lipstick

brow gel

any dark lipstick

bangs

long hair

red lipstick

or collar bone length

undercuts r also rly rad

oh and did i mention red lipstick?

food:

red wine

gin

whiskey

champagne

coffee

tea

blackberries

pomegranates

bloody steak

mushrooms

candied ginger

toast-plain toast

soup

walnuts

what to read:

the secret history (obvi)

if we were villains

the golden finch

anything by V.E schwab

shakespeare

aeschylus

homer

plato

anything by oscar wilde

ninth house

song of achilles

harry potter (don’t @ me it’s da)

truly devious

edgar allan poe

(this list could go on forever but these of some of my faves)

music

hozier

lorde

tears for fears

depeche mode

any classical

lana del ray

the smiths

the cranberries

velvet underground

(again this list could go on forever)

partially inspired by this post

Dark Academia

Dark Academia

Foods/Meals you would consider having a ‘Dark Academia’ vibe? 1) mushrooms (lol) 2) bloody steaks 3) a single apple 4) roasting a whole pig

dark academia blogs deciding what to post about today

we told you this was melodrama [listen] // a mix for If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

you can justify anything if you do it poetically enough

help me name my dog

Just found your blog and I'm astounded by this Cosmere? thing you've got going. What is it? What's going on? Have I stepped into a new fandom or some seriously kickass original work?! And all because I tripped over your Aaveros pic!! LIFE IS TURMOIL!!

Hey, thanks so much for the interest =)

So, COSMERE is an expanding fictional universe where BRANDON SANDERSON’s adult epic fantasy works take place. (It’s marked by an ongoing timeline, even with a space opera set in future in plan.)

The universe consists of three realms (physical, cognitive and spiritual). There was a godlike being or force, somehow shattered into sixteen pieces, which were seized respectively by sixteen individuals, making them gods. They came to different planets and magic is derived from their power. So our story begins!

Cosmere is a bit like a fictional MCU with conflicts in cosmic level and characters/groups traveling between planets. Books are connected by a grand background lore but can be read standalone. “It’s more of a, ‘What if you could watch the world of something like Star Trek develop, by seeing individual engaging stories from various planets, then slowly watching them merge into a larger universe.’”

Already-published stories include:

Long form

The Stormlight Archive (Ongoing, 10 books in plan) - Author’s opus magnum (My personal fav)

Mistborn (Ongoing, several trilogies in plan) - Beginner’s choice (First trilogy)

Elantris (Standalone for now) - Author’s debut

Warbreaker (Standalone for now) - Beginner’s choice

White Sand (Graphic novel of 3 volumes)

Short form

The Emperor’s Soul (Hugo Award winner) - Beginner’s choice (My personal fav)

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Sixth of the Dusk

Here is a handy intro of all the works mentioned above by @gawain-in-green .

Check following points:

For readers and theorists

No long waiting between books √

Neat prose making you stay up all night to read √

Beautiful maps, tablets and art to accompany your read √

Innovative, detailed and believable world-building √

Self-consistent, explainable magic systems, well integrated into plot and character development √

Various species away from fantasy cliches √

Strong foreshadowing and plot twists giving you tons of WTF moments (which is called Sanderson-Avalanche) √

Deep insight into science & magic, religion, philosophy and culture √

Highly relatable characters √

Excellent representations of women characters and POC characters √

For fandom folks

Efficient official team and their support of non-commercial fan contents √

Nice fandom atmosphere without shits happening √

Friendly to science/language/art people, game players and anime lovers √

Characters are so very gay √

The book of endless memes √

(Popular tags: #cosmere #cfsbf #brandon sanderson #stormlight archive #mistborn)

It’s one of the most ambitious fantasy series ever, presented by the genre’s most Awesome author who writes faster than you read and always has a way to surprise and impress you! I whole-heartedly recommend anyone who is interested in speculative works to try these books!

Harmony bless you all.

(Warning: Books are long but you’ll hope they get longer.)

Overthrow the final empire with style

Heaven Gaia spring 2020 rtw