“You silly, delightful man. There is nothing to be sorry for. You fought for us.” - Arthur, THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by TJ Klune
Here is my contribution to Our Favorite Scene Zine latest edition, which compiled over 20 artists’ interpretations of the reunion scene from THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA. This book was my first inroad to TJ’s staggering body of work, and remains one of my comfort books at times when my faith in humanity is challenged, or when parenting two smarty-pants gets particularly hard. 😅 From the outset, I wanted to focus on the kids’ reactions to Arthur and Linus’s reunion, because love is something that children inherit from their grownups, and that joy multiplies as they grow up in safe and accepting spaces. I hope you like how it came out. 💕
future spouse: what’s your favorite work of homoerotic literature?
me, thinking about the “living in a log cabin with thor” reddit comment: hmmm….at the risk of limiting the great gatsby to its subtext-
Does anyone else drink water, and it spills down their shirt and you just ask yourself...Why?
Show Me Your Hands playing anytime the cops are onstage it cracks me up
Cup of Roasted Coffee playing during the Beanies scene
and then the opening notes of Inevitable playing when Paul tries to talk to the cop lmao
OBVIOUSLY the "I'm not a loser" notes but one instance of it that I haven't seen much about is during the big note of Just For Once where you can hear the notes in the background (it's hard to focus on because of Lauren's gorgeous voice but now that I've noticed it I want to cry a little every time I hear it)
the Nightmare Time motif but especially when it plays right before Grace wakes up from a nightmare
WE WILL BUILD A PORTAL JUST FOR- right after wiggly's "hello frendy wends" with all the lights and everything UGH unparalleled moment
caroline: sir, it's pride month cave johnson: what cave johnson: you want us to, like cave johnson: test gay people? caroline: we do that anyway, sir cave johnson: excellent! keep going!
it’s the fact that ed doesn’t know. he doesn’t know that badminton kidnapped stede with the intent to kill him. he doesn’t know that stede was so filled with self-hatred that he ran back home because he believed what badminton said: that he defiled beautiful things. and ed is the most beautiful thing he knows of. ed doesn’t know that stede is completely in love with him and knows it now. ed doesn’t know stede concocted the most elaborate and ridiculous fuckery (with the help of his awesome wife) to fake his death just so he could sail off and find ed and be with him forever. because faking your death means you have no intention of ever coming back; stede faking his death was a commitment to ed. and ed doesn’t know that stede is waxing poetic about him and staring at the moon thinking about him and being oh so in love with him.
instead, ed thinks stede lied to him about ed making him happy. he thinks stede lied to him about how much he cared for him. he thinks stede just up and left, because he’s ed and no one good stays for him.
No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people
i forgot to post this last year so im scheduling it to post march 15th 2024 (it's march 17th 2023 rn)
So my sister wants to start sewing more, because
a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.
b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton
c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance
So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.
And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’
And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this
a fun fact that people may not know about me is that i’m regular about media. i’m so normal about things i enjoy. i never ever get weird or obsessive about them and I consume and enjoy them completely normally. also im a fucking liar
robins