my contribution to the @nighthauntzine ! it was fun being able to do something a bit different from my usual this time!
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still hesitating abt joining [because how the hell do I draw a dazai] but more seriously, everyone's entry are so pretty
bbg drawing dazai is soooo easy trust🙏🏼 he's literally the autism creature with a black wig. observe
perfect replica
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im really sad no one else saw the cult aspects of sh3 more compelling like i did when i first watched a playthrough of it. idk it maybe my religious trauma talking, but the constant talk of bringing salvation and being saved by god steams from the deep primal fear of the world and life and all its sufferings and just the gaping unknown of what comes after death and!!! idk it gripped me personally. along with heather’s struggles with identity, agency, and the constant themes of cycles repeating and rebirth??
Saint Alessa Gillespie Mother of God Daughter of God?? am i the only one who thought this went fucking hard as hell??
in this part of the game when we see this painting, Heather has been going through a lot of self reflecting, especially during the chapel section. We really get to see Alessa’s life was like when she was carrying God, and it’s during this part I think heather accepts that Alessa is an important part of who she is, even if she’s no longer Alessa anymore. I think she says something along the lines of “I’m not Alessa, but Alessa is still me.” at one point. I can’t help but see it as an allegory for self acceptance, specifically the acceptance of trauma/abuse done unto you. Heather’s denial of being Alessa makes sense during the beginning. She has no memory of being Alessa, and people (Claudia) who clearly want to hurt her keep insisting that she is.
But the thing is, Claudia sees heather as Alessa: Mother of God... simply a vessel meant to carry their cult’s deity. not the true Alessa Gillespie. So as the game continues with Heather recovering more memories of her past life, along with suffering the same problems as Alessa did 17 years ago, she truly comes to accept that she was Alessa, who fought SO Hard to be and to live as heather!!! Being heather, or Cheryl Mason, was supposed to be Alessa’s hard won happy ending. After literal years of being tortured in a cocoon of pain and misery, Alessa does escape in the end too, through being reborn as heather. How can heather deny that part of herself that used to be Alessa, after all Alessa has done to get her where she is?
the symbolism of agency and autonomy with the mother of god daughter of god stuff makes me go actually insane. The cult forcing her into motherhood, but Alessa embracing that role to birth a life that She wants to bring into the world? A life that is filled with love and joy (with harry !!! 😭😭😭), her OWN personal paradise??? WAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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halloween with the hebert cousins !!!!
floyd of course dressed up as his favorite mr. raspberry jam, and wade decided to be a scene-ified bat!
my #grandtheftspooks entry 🎃
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🌟 FBDTIYS2K24 RESULTS 🌟
FIRST PLACE: @ms-all-sunday (x)
SECOND PLACE: ToastyRaichu (Tiktok) (x)
THIRD PLACE: @theminiartblog (x)
Thank you everyone for participating!!!! I'll be shooting dms to the winners tonight or to discuss the prizes!!! 🍊🧡🍊🧡🍊
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HI GUYS GUESS WHOS FINALLY DONE GRADING THE DTIYS‼️‼️‼️‼️
FIRSTLY I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE for the unprofessionalism i conducted while hosting this competition and being very untimely about answering asks and reblogging updates. none of you deserved that. i was just busy irl due to exams and health problems BUT i will be announcing the winners later today so pls bear w me😭😭
i’d like to formally thank everyone who participated bc every entry was so creative and well thought out, i could see the love behind it!! i loved looking at all your entries sm and this was one of the toughest things i had to do :(((
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dracula daily literary analysis: mina’s introduction
around the time in which dracula was written, the concept of women and womanhood was being redefined and revolutionized - so much so that there was even a name for this phenomenon of female power: the new woman.
the new woman was a feminist archetype used to describe independent women who were feminists, educated, career-driven, and sought to make a space for themselves outside of the home sphere. mina is introduced in dracula by talking of her career as a school mistress’s assistant, her hopes at getting better at stenography and typewriting, and equating herself to a journalist; mina is basically The New Woman archetype personified. yes, she still cares for and loves her fiancé, but it’s obvious that she has her own drives and goals, and that she is educated and independent.
as the book continues (and if you’d like to think about these things as you read), i think it would be beneficial to pay attention to how mina is treated by the narrative and other characters. because she is the archetype of the developing modern, independent woman, her place in the story matters a whole lot, and keeping an eye on how her power (or lack thereof) impact the narrative may just mean keeping an eye on how women were dealt with and thought of at the time
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