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"Katherine is also considered one of the greatest examples of a historical-fiction love story ever written. In a poll conducted in the 1990s by Ladies' Home Journal, the novel ranked among the top-ten all-time best love stories.
Weir was inspired by Katherine to become an author of historical fiction,[8][9] and the novel would also later inspire her non-fiction study, Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess (2008) (U.S. title, Mistress of the Monarchy, The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster). It examines Seton's novel in historiographic terms and, while praising its general historical accuracy, categorizes it as primarily a feminist romance."
I disagree with the idea that Katherine is a feminist romance. For me, Feminism 101 is Girl Power: celebrating women being good at masculine things- Girls Can Do What Boys Can Do. (Feminism 102 is celebrating women being good at feminine things AND masculine things- Girls Can Do What Boys Can Do And What Girls Were Doing Was Already Valuable).
As I said in my review of Katherine:
“Inclination and good taste” prevent Katherine from interfering in politics. It’s “men’s business” and she’s framed as better than that meddling realm-ruiner Alice Perrers (boo!hiss!)
That's not feminist. Anya Seton has failed Feminism 101.
Yes, it was published in 1954, but Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain was published in 1953 and was markedly more feminist, having a healthy respect for Elizabeth's intelligence and her political acumen. Her taking the throne is a Good Thing.
In the top 10 best love stories? One of the best historical-fiction love stories?
Nah. The love story isn't as much of a focus in the book as you'd expect. It needed more development and I think it was hindered by the un-feminist choice to make Katherine apolitical. If Katherine had more agency, if she was involved in the duke's business, if she was like his consigliere, then the relationship would be better fleshed out. And Katherine's lack of personality doesn't help the romance either. A truly great romantic novel is where the characters are great together, but they have personalities as stand alone characters. Katherine pales in comparison to Elizabeth Bennet or Jane Eyre.
#katherine#i like that my mutuals disagree on this book#some love it some hate it some are meh#historical fiction#anya seton
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baldur's gate 3 is weird because I genuinely like and care about every single companion character and I think that must be a first for me
#and I have played a good number of rpgs and this is unheard of for me#I don't think it's just me? right?#in other games there are always those “meh" characters or the ones that I just don't like because they don't resonate with me in any way#in bg3 even the guests at our camp and the side characters are so good... and the pets!! (ok I love those in every game to be fair)#but some characters are barely there and yet they have such personality... they are still memorable#even the antagonists... they are enjoyable... you either like them or you “love to hate” them... you know what I mean? you will be invested#bg3#baldur's gate 3#video games#my post#bg3 mine#my posts#text post#textposts#about me
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I support girls but NAH THIS IS REACHING “if you look carefully LIKE REALLY CAREFULLY 🤓☝️”
#the same people who would shriek like the witch of the north melting her skin off if I tell you haikaveh / kavetham isn’t implied because#if you actually look into our culture they’re being normal and not everyone having rivalry and caring about each other means they’re 💅#in fact Arabs are some of the worlds most hospitable people alhaitham letting kaveh live with him#is the most Arab thing I’ve ever seen#heck if kaveh was a stranger it wouldn’t be unusual for an Arab to let him in their house ☠️#goddamn#“if you look in the internet you can see how they’re implied!🤓☝️”#maybe if you had any respect for my culture or any desire to be educated when I’m handing this to you for free you wouldn’t be your mistake#your mums greatest mistake 🤗🤗🤗*#dora daily#if only ppl dedicated this level of detail to actual culture compared to pulling out their microscope at level 100x magnification lens to#observe robins spots under her eyes the world would be a better place 🙀#let me tell you btw this whole I hate you meh meh meh ( I’m so in love with you ) trope is the most whitest booktok millennial plant growing#basement dweller nonesense I have ever heard in my life don’t do that to my pookies ☹️#( the pookies in fact were 11 and 9 years older than her respectively )#guys my dad is the straightest man alive ( oh the trauma lowkey wish he wasn’t ) and he legit was putting his hand on his best friends lap#LMAOOO even I as a very logical person was like bro this is so zesty rn I am SO uncomfortable#anyways live laugh love boothill x Baizhu they’re the most canon things I’ve ever seen in my life#<- this is a joke btw it’s an ironic ship I saw on tiktok ☠️
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Batman drawn by Eduardo Risso
from Batman: Broken City
#Batman Broken City#do I rec this comic? hm. yes but its one of my lower tier recs#the art is worth reading it for but I feel like some people might hate this art lol ((I love it sm....))#but honestly it gets a rec just for being a contained Batman story arc that's not super confusing/has exaggerated stakes ((noir atmosphere))#like its meh sometimes but. I do come back to it every so often#blood cw
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Always keeping an eye out for a girl w a tattered baseball cap STOP im crying what do you mean clem found aj without having to kill anyone and got back to Richmond in a week and lived out the rest of her days there remember
so true bestie and then all the ericsons kids showed up to hang out and javi taught everyone to play baseball and everyone was happy!!!!
#broke many hearts w the tattered cap line back in the day#s4 had some cool moments but its kinda meh overall i wish theyd gottwn 5 episodes it needed more yknow#idk its been awhile since i had major thoughts abt how i wanted s4 to go LWJEKDJ#LOVE the cast LOVE kids in the apocalypse fucking hated the raider plotline#tbh i think marlon was my favorite ericson kid and i like clemxbrody the most as a ship i think#it wld have been cool to see marlon atone for his actions !!!! raaaahhhhhhhhh!!!#'i dont have many thoughts' proceeds to have several thoughts#anyways yeah my twdg hyperfixation is always waiting like a sleeper agent#emmask#bg.3 has my soul rn but twdg always has a place for me thats my og hyperfixation
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Here's my attempt on Laughingstock. I couldn't get them out of my head and I wanted to think of something cute to draw for them. So..... I drew Barnaby baking cookies.
And. Hear. Me. Out.
I explained a bit in one of @sweetstarart post where they drew Barnaby "Help" cook with Frank. (I honestly love how they draw Barnaby and the other characters.)
But I explained it as one of those nice childhood moments where you would bake or cook with your parent. So it can be the only thing that Barnaby mastered baking while growing up. And what would he bake? PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES!!!
My brain was like...... "What if Barnaby only knows how to bake cookies from Ms. Beagle but kept it a secret?" obviously later on, he lets Howdy know about his hidden talent because...... He's like that.
I say it like that because he canonly doesn't cook or bake because it's a "hassle" for him. But...... Sometimes it's fun to push away logic every once in a while.
My first mini comic doodle:
1(Howdy): "You're a mess......"
2(Barnaby): "So? I made cookies?"
3(Howdy): "Are they your ma's cookies?"
4(Barnaby): "Yes?"
5(Howdy): "Can I please have some?"
6(Barnaby): "Of course goof!"
#The mini comic may be short but that's my first one.#I actually had a lot of fun for myself drawing this.#Now I want some peanut butter cookies......#Meh..... I'll make some over the weekend maybe.#god i love rambling#welcome home#barnaby b beagle#howdy pillar#laughingstock#traditional art#artists on tumblr#I hate my handwriting so much
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what if I just rewrote “genuine” (1920)
#it had some good concepts but it was kinda meh#genuine 1920#I’d make genuine a flawed anti hero#who makes no distinction between her oppressors and bystanders due to her trauma#she uses seduction as a way to get revenge because she knows they only care about her body#so she might as well weaponize it#she’s bitter and hateful because she’s been used by so many people and kept in the dark#when she used to be powerful and respected#and when she finally experiences well. genuine love#she’s killed by florian. who she seduced earlier#as he can’t stand the fact she truly loves someone else and not him
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Finally started watching season 2 of the Leftovers, and I’m in a love-hate relationshp with Kevin’s character. On one hand, tormented cop who yells at people has got to be one of my least favourite type of characters. On the other hand, his long eyelashes and tendencies to get himself into situations have enraptured me. Also the fact that he’s being haunted by the ghost of a woman who’s just constantly calling him a loser and traumadumping on him is objectively funny, I cannot get enough of their dynamic.
#i think i have a love hate relationship with this show in general#the premise is good and for the most part the show knows what to do with it#and some scenes/episodes are just mwah chef kiss#but sometimes it’s also kinda meh? borderline cringe#currently watching#the leftovers
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shoutout to the time i was opening my mouth to describe a book as relatively low-stakes and fun, JUST in time for my therapist to call it “dark” and “gripping”. oh. well. okay.
#memorie.txt#she’s probably right in a relative sense#but i’m used to reading p intense horror and mystery novels where shit goes So sideways#whereas in the book we were discussing i had 0 fears any characters would fall short of their goals#i knew everything would work out for them!#i also have some complaints wrt the author and how she plots things#but anyway… same feeling as the time my friend pointed at a book and i was literally ABT to say ‘oh that was Perfectly Meh’#and she blurted ‘I LOVE IT ISNT IT SO MAGICAL’#i simply don’t have the heart to be mean abt books my friends like. even if i wasn’t totally impressed by them#but idk maybe that’s too nice of me? because i’ve had multiple friends be blunt and say they hated things i loved#after asking me to recommend books to them.#it’s honestly why now i refuse to recommend books to ppl because so many friends have said the book sucked to my face#like ok. why are you saying that in That way to the person who recommended it out of love.#NOT the same as saying it’s not your speed btw 😭 that makes sense#but ppl have vehemently declared hatred and i always feel like that img of an ant holding a bundle over their shoulder#like oh… okay….. goodbye forever ig…
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Sometimes i think my taste in media is complete ass because i keep genuinely liking a lot of movies and shows that are commonly seen as Shit Tier
#and then disliking some well liked stuff#like i genuinely really liked the animaniacs reboot. it was SO hated at first and yeah the first reboot season was kinda meh#but it got real good!#and i am genuinely liking the new clone high season. im not like super invested in it but i didnt care a ton about the original series#either#its just something fun for me to watch!#tumblr is the only place i can see people have normal discussions about some not well liked shows#everywhere else its just THIS IS SHIT AND YOURE SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT#i also genuinely enjoy Batman Forever. like its a BAD movie but its so fucking fun and camp that it becomes god tier cinema#but i really didnt like that Harley Quinn show a lot of people liked#i honestly seem to have a lower bar for media in general......#some people really didnt like s4 of wwdits and yeah that was a small minority#but i just. dont get how. it was my fav season so far#am i just looking at media through rose colored glasses. am i wrong#alright but with some of these newer things that are seen as Shit. theyre going to be celebrated as Really Good some day i hope#people fucking haaaaated the 2011 looney tunes show when it came out#but nowadays everyone loves it. it fucking slaps its super good#im pretty sure people didnt like Ducktales 2017 at first either#and its one of my all time fave shows!!!
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okay controversial opinion but i actually really like love triangles...especially when they're actual balanced three-way triangles. granted my prefered stance for triangles i actually give a shit about is almost always that they end in poly (which never happens) but god i also hate them because they're fuel for so much unsolicited hate to everyone involved because of shipping wars
#never have i ever#jane the virgin#xo kitty#are some love triangles i think were done well#as for triangles i HATED...#hsmtmts#it's annoying when it's just unnecessary and for the sake of drama#trust me no one was a bigger romantic!portwell anti before s2 released i was hating on it before it even happened#i wanted them to be besties#but I'm still bitter over them they were built up and broken down literally just for the drama#s1 the triangle was still going ok...until they made ej pull the most cartoon villain thing ever and steal ninis phone#(i was always a gini truther btw we lost hard)#but michael and rafael? i genuinely keep switching and want to root for both of them#ive always been team ben but i genuinely didn't want devi and paxton to end i love maxipax so much after#s1#i love kitty with yuri but i also really see her with min ho#i was meh on the triangle in love victor because i hated venji but i still think it was okay#team vahim for life#mismatched#was good too except harsh deserves better:( why do they always pick the toxic guy
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#mairimashita! iruma kun#welcome to demon school iruma kun#mairuma#m!ik#andro m jazz#mairimashita! iruma-kun#mairuma spoilers#manga#look jazz is one of my favorite characters but I loved this chapters#nishi gave us some really good panels#and I know most of the fandom hates Marbas for this but I’m liviiiiing#this is what I needed from mairuma#some real demon shit#even tho how iruma appeared wasnt the best#like it’s great he saved Jazz but how it was written and illustrated meh
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Logged into various mobile games for the first time in forever;
Most generous; enstars surprisingly! I got 6 10 pull tickets!? I have no clue why but 😳
Least; Project Sekai (100 crystals, not useful item let alone gacha related) -u-‘ theyre getting worse and worse but Welp. Hope yall like money ig ….
Kanna be judging your mobile games 🤣sorry
<3 ty to yall who gave me this amazing image! Hope your free pulls are blessed ^^
#random rambling#Kanna rambles#I rly wanna praise Enstars and dump on Prsk#every other game(and trust me I have a lot) is varied between#nearly none of them have free 10 pulls but a bunch have free solo’d#some have nothing at all.. (cough hoyoverse games ) but that’s nothing new so meh#project sekai USED to give more- og it was gacha currency then 300 crystals thingies and a stam drink then just 300 crystals - ect - -‘#how far they have fallen.. reminds of enstars(og) but tbh maybe enstars (new) has become better??#imo gacha/mobile games SHOULD give a little back- notjing extreme (those are rare/Cygames w) but just a bit#a game should have a reasonable degree of easy-to-ftp… which most do.#tw negativity#idk.. i rly hate prsk (game system) these days tho :/ Ik ppl who quit years ago and just “??? you STILL haven’t”#we’re meant to be grateful for what we get ig but :(#on a more positive note- LOVING bandori’s collab with hololive!! the girls look AMAZING! <3 songs I haven’t heard all yet but good so far ^^
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*likes one post about the hunger games*
dash: based on your likes *hunger games post*. based on your likes *hunger games post* based on your li-
#i mean i admittedly wanted to reread it but damn. also i hate how everyone focuses on the love triangle#is katniss even genuinely in love with peeta? from memory#like from memory i got the vibe that she cared abd sympathized bc they both survived something horrible together but#i never got the vibe that she reciprocated how he felt and she went along w it bc she had to. to survive? i guess gotta reread the books#thats how i remember it but my memory is also very shoddy so who knows (until i reread it. maybe i will.)#txt#only went on this tag tangent bc some of the posts are ship posts and im like.. meh#there is so many more interesting things in the story than the “romance”
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sex education is a phenomenal show with well-written representation, amazing actors, campy ideas, great character arcs and character growth and i would recommend the show to anyone, but it's just that the show also has the most boring and unlikeable main character of all time and the main plot of a season is usually the weakest plotline
#myposts#like i love this show w all my heart#and like??? maeve adam and aimee's character arcs are sooooooooo fucking amazing#isaac as a character??? viv and jackson??? erics arc?????#the new characters introduced in season 4??? the arc adams dad has???? all of these are fucking insane???#but i usually dont care about the actual main premise of the sex clinic tbh because like. otis is so boring to watch#and like. whenever otis is involved in a plot its just that one post thats like#' 'i guess i blew up at you because i have unresolved anger from when my dad left' - NO throw their car keys in the drain'#like i liked the idea for 2 seasons but the season 3 main plot was so stupid im so sorry but like what was that#and then the whole 'competition' arc in season 4??#like i liked that otis and o both grew over doing it and it exposed how much of an ass otis can be an shit#but the overall idea was so. meh?#and as much as i love isaac and aisha as characters the whole scene were the school protested for disability services was so. ugh. idk.#but like i think that is bc some characters plots dont really have time to breathe because we have to watch otis be boring half an episode#like? the idea for vivs plot was really cool this season but it was so rushed and easily would have been better if viv had more screen time#and i just dont like when the show gets really unrealistic with characters and is like#'noo all of the characters are now protesting for disability rights and it fixes everything and all characters decide to be more inclusive!'#or 'this persons dysphoria and sucicidal thoughts are alleviated by the fact that the school does a fundraiser just for them'#like whenever a character arc and the main plot meet. the character arc suddenly becomes really bad and boring#i hope i make sense and also. i fucking hate otis so much
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finished Harrow the Ninth. Gideon is still the only thing I care about whatsoever (I do love Harrow, but it's different, Gideon makes me want to explode). Spent the whole book just waiting for her to be back (ya ya part of it was her pov watching Harrow but it wasn't Her her ya know) and she finally came back and I almost cried. Genuinely, she is EVERYTHING to me
#I didn't like God and then I was kind of warming to him and now I hate him thank fuck. I don't like liking God lol#I was pretty meh on the old lyctors. They got some funny moments but that was kind of all I felt for them#For the few paragraphs I've known her I like Pyrrha#Ianthe I have complicated feelings about. On the one hand I do really enjoy seeing a fucked up women just be fucked up#and she is so nasty and that's great.... But I honestly went into it thinking (based on fandom) that I would end up loving her and I don't#not even as a love to hate or grudging love. I actually think she sounds gross? Which I appreciate!! Don't get me wrong. I like a gross lady#but just the way she's described and the way she acts she almost makes me uncomfortable. like makes my skin crawl sort of vibe#which is super cool cause I honestly don't get that often. She feels slimy. Which is not a thing women are often#so like. I like her A Lot as a character. But I don't actually like Her. if that makes sense#also I think most fanart makes her wayyyyyy too attractive#uhhhhhh the ghosts were fun but I don't really have strong feelings about them in any direction#hmmmm other thoughts... these books don't help with my desire to get rid of all my possessions. being a nun of the ninth house sounds great#which i don't really think is a take away i'm supposed to be getting from this lol#other than that i am just spinning in circles in my head chanting gideon gideon gideon gideon gideon gideon gideon gideon gideon
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