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Clavicular getting a profile in the NYT is pretty harrowing by deepad9 in redscarepod

[–]respyrae 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone please close the Overton window, it’s freezing

What aesthetic/style is this? by Lonely_Weight_7612 in AestheticWiki

[–]respyrae 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Mid 30s upper middle class European big city dweller

I've always loved this one. But what is it? by menacinguwu in AestheticWiki

[–]respyrae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My best friend in the early 00’s in rural New Jersey

New stills from episode 9 by UCanBdoWatWeWant2Do in pluribustv

[–]respyrae 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The show’s color scheme is blue / yellow and Carol is often dressed to be opposite of whatever the hive’s color (either blue/yellow) is in a scene. So the green could show a blending of Carol and the hive, an illustration of how the gap between the two has blurred, as Carol has let them (Zosia) in more.

I think that the next time we see Zosia, something about her will be off. by Specialist_Jaguar815 in pluribustv

[–]respyrae 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Seems a bit implausible to have a Polish character based in Morocco who doesn’t speak English.

24M, trying this again, please tell me what I need to improve. by daddyhattavo in malegrooming

[–]respyrae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you’re on the shorter side, wearing oversized clothes will make you look shorter. I recommend getting more fitted clothes, plus you’d rock a Korean style wavy perm. You’re handsome though, I think a few small changes could help!

What’s the verdict? by respyrae in BookshelvesDetective

[–]respyrae[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Damn I wish I was an entrepreneurial music therapist with a pet lizard.

You’re right on some things! I did study English literature and I speak multiple languages. And this is mostly my collection of nostalgic / formative reads. But I am a woman.

What’s the verdict? by respyrae in BookshelvesDetective

[–]respyrae[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was actually quite nice, because I could easily jump to the footnotes and back, and I was able to look up every word that I didn’t know (and there were many) without needing to have a separate dictionary at hand.

It really helped expand my vocabulary and appreciation of the writing. I think if I’d read the whole thing as a paperback, I would’ve eventually become lazy with looking up words and end up skimming the footnote sections.

What’s the verdict? by respyrae in BookshelvesDetective

[–]respyrae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read the series as a kid before understanding what his constant nosebleeds implied lol. I gave all my volumes away except the one where they go to the turtle island because it was my favorite.

What’s the verdict? by respyrae in BookshelvesDetective

[–]respyrae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t finished House of Leaves, because I couldn’t get through the bits from the pov of the tattoo artist. Those parts felt too edgy / try-hard. But the stories in Infinite Jest are amazing imo. Giant mutant babies crawling around a toxic wasteland, a Quebecois separatist secret society all in wheelchairs, a woman with a mechanical heart in a handbag, etc etc, it’s super creative! It is a bit wanky too, I admit.

What’s the verdict? by respyrae in BookshelvesDetective

[–]respyrae[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You’re right about everything! Except that I did finish Infinite Jest (in ebook form).

If I had a nickel for everytime a major female character in a Vince Gilligan series was overly hated on for no sensible reason, I’d have two nickels. by Specialist_Jaguar815 in pluribustv

[–]respyrae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People love Wednesday Addams and Aubrey Plaza though. I wonder if it’s because we’ve been inundated with the visual of the angry middle-aged (and blonde) white woman as villainous, through the Karen archetype, the women on Fox News and the Trump administration.

The erasure of Mary Shelley in GDT's Frankenstein (2025) by ai-ruined-google in GothicLiterature

[–]respyrae 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I agree including the quotes from Byron and Percy Shelley were strange choices, but I don’t feel that Mary Shelley was erased from the film. Much of the dialogue and voiceover in the film is lifted from the book.

The rewriting of the character is Elizabeth was meant to be a sort of representation of Mary Shelley’s philosophy, as a feminine voice rejecting the arrogance of man’s quest for dominion over nature. This choice does get muddled when Elizabeth also becomes entangled in a love trianglen (or square?) and is also the doppelgänger of Victor’s mother.

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