really sad about anthony head!! always really loved this story where he invited a fan of his to his farm for the day when he heard they were having a hard time after coming out as trans
Ill never understand people being lukewarm on short story collections bc of the variable quality, its that variety that makes them so energising to read imo. So interesting to watch an author throw stuff at a wall and see what sticks, and also what themes they come back to
Anyway I really liked Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony, she's so good at coming up with weird and intriguing little premises that would probably become less effective were she to elaborate on them in longer form
There was a period where I thought horses were scary because they are very powerful and weird shaped but now I find them very endearing; I love how awkward and unsure of their own existence they are
I have seen this picture cross my feed many times, and every single time it pulls me up short. His little blue lunchbox, the sneakers that are probably a tad too big because he would grow into them, the straps for his glasses so that he didn’t lose them, his checkered shirt that his little hands might have stumbled over in trying to make sure he got every button right, or perhaps his mother bent down to help him with; his mother who he waves goodbye to, who he loved and who loved him so deeply.
the succession+euphoria comparisons feel apt for the first couple seasons but i rly feel the show found its own identity in s3. it's gotten so much more visually interesting also! they get a lot weirder with what the camera does, how time works, subjectivity of events, etc
one of the things i love about industry is how as the show has gone on it has shifted into a more melodramatic and expressionist format. almost like with the dissolution of pierpoint reality has also crumbled.
Also I am so pleasantly surprised miis explicitly can have gender preferences wrt dating (and be nonbinary!!) I rly thought it was gonna be an "all miis are genderless" thing
Does seem like they have flattened and cutiefied certain elements of the game similarly to what has happened with Animal Crossing but nevertheless I am so excited lol
Emerald Fennell biopic of St. Augustine: He writes by candlelight [Voiceover], “Lord, grant me chastity and sobriety…”
[I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas starts playing]
“But not yet.”
[He leaves the room. We see an “Augustine at the club” montage]