people who say “read something other than Harry Potter” are forgetting how magical it felt to have everyone your age reading the same books—spending the time they could have sunk into a game or show into dressing up and celebrating a printed fiction, a miracle of paper and ink.
Hey, slow down while you're reading comics, ok? Ruminate on the fact that each line you see was planned, penciled, inked, labored over intensely, intricately made. The pages of the book you hold like hundreds of delicately hand cut paper stars, beaming just to tell you a story.
It’s okay to be a late bloomer, everyone moves at their own pace. The pressure to do things at a specific time in your life takes away the vital space and thoughtfulness needed to make smart decisions and work towards goals in a way that is right for you!
Friendly reminder that when Guillermo del Toro reinvented the Gothic genre for the 21st century, way too many people thought (wrongly) that CRIMSON PEAK was pretty but empty. 1/ It's not pretty, it gorgeous. 2/ He subverted major tropes, such as the following:
the most freeing moment for me as an adult woman was when I realized that there are people who won’t like me no matter how nice, accommodating and caring I am