do u ever just point at two characters and go “i want that one to get hurt and i want the other one to get really angsty about it”

i love seeing best friends goofing around in public. i love seeing couples laughing together. i love seeing little kids walking hand in hand with their parents. i love seeing dogs running happily back to their owners. i love seeing closeness and positive relationships, and knowing all that love is out there

A missed opportunity

if you start reading books again. you will feel at least a little better. I promise

I'm right there with ya Hoid

Dracula Daily holidays are so funny to me. Every other day I’ll log onto tumblr and see people being like “HAPPY LIZARD FASHION DAY EVERYONE!!” or “foul bauble of man’s vanity day my beloved <3”. I love how we all agree that some parts of this book are so iconic that they must be celebrated. We haven’t even hit Shovel Day yet

im not 17 anymore and i should find something new to talk about but remember when ophelia said “i hope all will be well” (4.5)

Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy being like, "I am 100% committed to respecting your 'no', but I heard you wouldn't promise my aunt not to marry me so I had to come and check just one (1) more time."

Harriet Smith: *sparkly eyes* Miss Woodhouse, you give such good advice!

Emma Woodhouse: *false modesty* I do, do not I? I give very good advice-the problem, I suppose, is that I seldom follow it myself!

George Knightley: you are right on one front.

A kind gesture for a kind gesture. If someone has done a kind gesture for you, try to return the gesture in some way.

For example if someone found your lost phone or wallet and returned it to you or if maybe your neighbor shoveled for you while you were sick or had a broken leg, bake cookies or brownies for them as a little thank you.

Although you should never do a kind gesture just for the sake of expecting something in return, then it is no longer a truly altruistically kind gesture, it's still good to let people know their efforts didn't go unnoticed or unappreciated. People like to know their kindness doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated, aka that their kindness actually has meaning. Returning the kind gesture gives their kindness more meaning which contributes to making an overall kinder world.

Kinda in love with the idea that different places on other sides of the world can look so similar. Something something universal human experiences

Do you ever think about how the March sister that finally motivated Laurie to change was Amy, not Jo (no hate for Jo meant here, this is just a lovely little character dynamic detail)? Do you ever think about how a single drawing and a few cutting words were enough to make Laurie turn his life around? Do you ever think that no matter how harsh her criticisms, Amy only ever wanted Laurie's highest good? That more than any of the other March sisters, she believed that Laurie could be a great man because she adored him since she was twelve? Do you ever think about how Amy was comfortable with the social system of the day in a way Jo wasn't and showed Laurie that he didn't have to run away from society to do good? Do you ever think about Amy and Laurie?

i saw a little local production of anastasia last night, and now that we are in the era of non-replica productions.... man, i am so excited. that was so good. i need to have an insane conversation with this director bc there were so many Choices that i have Not stopped thinking about all day

Girl help i'm once again thinking about post-odyssey odysseus and penelope growing old together and them being grandparents and odysseus getting to be there for his grandchild the way he never got to for his own child

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

I'm really tired of the "woman sad about her arranged marriage" trope, especially if that woman is royalty.

I am sure that many women across time were sad about their arranged marriages, but I'm sure a lot of others were excited, ambivalent, or resigned. Again, especially if you were royalty! I am sure if you were born a princess, you were trained from birth that your whole purpose in life was to marry someone important to solidify the power of the person on the throne. And honestly, it's an important job, if it wasn't, they wouldn't have tried so hard to do it.

That woman isn't just marrying another king or prince, she's going to be an ambassador of her country. She's supposed to be there promoting good relations. She isn't just a woman being sold off, she has a job! Also, if she is marrying the reigning monarch (or the heir), she may well end up running the country if the king is off at war or he dies when the heir is really young. That happened a lot throughout history! (or maybe she marries the third son and helps him find his way to the throne. Good for her)

It just feels like a modern sentiment being projected back. In Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet's mother first brings up marrying her to Paris, Juliet's basically cool with it and says she'll try to like him. She would have known this was going to happen because that is what rich women do, they marry into another family so their two families can be buddies. What else would she even be expecting?

It wouldn't bother me so much except that it's all we see! Give me a story about a woman who is like, "Cool, I shall give it my all!" Or she's like rolling up her sleeves and planning how she's going to get the court on her side and rule France, power behind the throne style (these women are mostly portrayed as villains, but who is to say the king would do a better job?). And also, have a little faith in women's fathers? You think men in the past didn't occasionally consider the happiness of their daughters? Not even a little bit?