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I fell in love with a couch I saw on Facebook and needed to show it to you omg
like LOOK AT HER she is so SHAPED!!
I’M IN LOVE
to put into context how recent gay marriage being legalized is in the United States: the first three five nights at freddy's games were all released before gay marriage was legalized nationally.
it's too bad that drowning is a thing that happens to you when you try to breathe underwater because being able to inhale water seems like it would feel so good sensorily speaking. like a weighted blanket for your lungs.
shit man this got me emotional
The Orphan, c.1885 - oil on canvas. — August Friedrich Schenck (German/French, 1828-1901)
So I made a Hozier reading list...
This is what I have so far.
For some books I'm still missing sources, and I know it's not complete or ✨️Aesthetic✨️. But if there is anything that you think should be on there, let me know.
just finished poppy z. brite's "exquisite corpse" and it absolutely wrecked me. was especially really, eerily compelled by the abusive and tense relationship between luke and tran.
they are both such fascinating and honest characters. i've met them, i've known them, i've loved them, i've been them. so i had to sketch them out.
i really loved the book but it is incredibly graphic and is probably the most objectively vile thing i've ever read. it's a book about two gay serial killers, the runaway who gets caught up with them, and his abusive ex-bf-turned-abrassive-niche-radio-host.
but, it is also such an honest and compelling exploration of queer relationships, of desire, of mortality, and of the social impact of HIV/AIDs. also the prose is bone-chilling, beautiful, and gruesome while still feeling very down-to-earth and real.
a gory little comic about a boy, with the help of poppy z brite
NBC's Hannibal, The Wrath of the Lamb 3x13 / Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse
"You are alone, because you are unique" "I'm as alone as you are"
At this point I would rather take a book recommendation from someone who has never read a single book in their life rather than taking one from booktok.
"Colleen Hoover could write Crime & Punishment but Dostoevsky couldn't---" I am going to stop you right there. Colleen could never write classic Russian literature and I don't think Dostoevsky had an interest in writing trashy romance novels
"It's like Cookie Run but more killing" - my 7 year old niece
this is out of left field but a book rec list!! specifically, books that have to deal with consumption of women/cannibalism/ecofeminist themes (basically, feminist, food-centric horror)
1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
This book is SO good but definitely check the trigger warnings. Told from three different perspectives, it follows a woman after she has a life-altering dream that makes her go vegetarian, much to the dismay of her family. The thing that stuck with me most about this book is how it portrays the normalized but profound betrayals by men that women experience. It’s a mix of “The Yellow Wallpaper” and My Year of Meats
2. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
Another meat-centric book! This one switches between two women, one in America and one in Japan, as they navigate the world of meat consumption and how patriarchy and misogyny are reflected in it. There’s a very mixed-media feel to this as every section starts with a poetry excerpt by Sei Shonogan and one of the main characters, Jane Takagi-Little, is directing a series on American meat consumption to promote eating meat in Japan. All of Ruth Ozeki’s books are wonderful so if you like this, you should read them all.
3. Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterriva
This one is straight up cannibalism. It’s about a man, Marcos, who works at a meat processing plant that makes “special meat” (human) and is gifted a “specimen” for him to eventually slaughter himself. The specimen is a woman, Jasmine, who Marcos eventually forms a relationship with. This one is overtly dystopian and although certainly very dark, a little more palatable because it allows the reader to feel more distant from the reality of the book. Of course, though, there is till some very striking commentary on the abuse and exploitation of animals, women, and people as a whole.
4. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
This one is different from the others in that the consumption comes from fungus and not literal people, but there’s still a deep-seated sense of rot. The main character, Alex Easton, returns to the ancestral home of their childhood friend as they learn she’s dying. There is a distinct supernatural element to this, but still very heavy with animal and body horror.
5. A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers
Dorothy Daniels, the main characters, is a food critic, sex lover, and psychopath. This one, again, explores the relationship between the treatment of women as sexual beings and commercialized consumption. Also, again, cannibalism. However, this one is very White Feminism, so take that into mind.
all of these books are very good but all have very heavy trigger warnings, so please please look them up before reading. happy reading, my pals <3
see the thing that annoys me a lot about so many self-professed dark fiction enjoyers is the like the. implicit belief that because a romance is predatory or meant to be read as horrifying means that all the tender or caring moments are just for manipulation or some shit. like ok fair im one of those annoying "everything is about love" bitches but just because the love is horror doesn't mean like. the people involved aren't capable of genuine tenderness towards each other lol
the worst part about having huge autistic fantasy worlds in your head is that it takes like 8 billion years to turn that into something substantial you can show people
Student : Wowww the cafeteria food is so nastyyyy today right Alyssa ?
Alyssa : Yes
Their friend Randy who has been trying to convince them for months that he was a death row inmate in his previous life: For my final meal they fed me the worlds roundest pea
Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it
it'd be really fucking funny if you met your significant other in a saw trap. like you're at a family reunion and some distant cousin asks how you met and you have to be like "yeah they had to pull out some of my teeth. but the chemistry was great."
society if we got snapshots from will and molly’s wedding paralleled with hannibal’s first day in bshci. molly stepping into her white dress and donning a veil in nervous laughter surrounded by her mother and perhaps a few friends, cut to hannibal in a bite mask telling the guards who has guns trained on him that “rest assured gentlemen, despite the nickname i was given i seldom bite, i save that for special occasions” as other orderlies strap him into an all-white straitjacket
FREE ME!!!!!!! Idk from what...I just want to be free from literally everything
love the term "creature comforts" because it implies you are some kind of wretched beast that can only be consoled by having a television in your hotel room
I just want to remind you that sometimes your life really doesn't begin until you are 26+... Romanticizing and obsessing over our youth is harmful. Growing up is beautiful. Discovering who you are and how you interact with the world is a gift. Maturing and learning what you truly want out of life and living in that purpose brings fulfillment and peace. Your life is not over in your early 20's because you haven't figured it out yet, it's just beginning.
wait a minute! this isn't women's professional wresting! this is lesbian sex!
life tip: you can listen to a song on loop
Having an abusive parent is kinda funny in retrospect like mommy why do you have beef with me im 4 i love you