Head Not Empty, Many Abstract Uncommunicatable Thoughts

#pretty flowers

I'll cover you in flowers someday. x

Recs;)

A list of my favorite poetic films: The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) The Man Who Sleeps (Bernard Queysanne, 1974) Letter Never Sent (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1960) The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr, 2011) Satantango (Bela Tarr, 1994) Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000) Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) Nostalgia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983) The Holy Mountain (1973, Alejandro Jodorowsky) Three Colors: Blue (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1993) The Double Life of Veronique (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1991) The Ten Commandments (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1989) Pictures of the Old World (Dušan Hanák, 1972) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) Koridorius (Sharunas Barthas, 1995) Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) The Color of Pomegranates (Sergei Parajanov, 1969) The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973) The Gospel According to Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003) Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943) Still Life (Zhangke Jia, 2006) The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bunuel, 1962) Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982) Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou Zhang, 1991) Kes (Ken Loach, 1969) The Human Condition (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959-1961) Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, 1951) Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, 1971) Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, 2015) Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Sergei Parajanov, 1964) La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961) Marketa Lazarová (Frantisek Vlácil, 1967) Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) Eternity and a Day (Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1998) Ulysses’ Gaze (Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1995) Eclipse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962) Red Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)

what are your favorite dramione fanfictions??

These are the ones that I still reread regularly: 

Polaroids by MrsRen 

Rumor Has it by MrsRen

Traditions by raven_maiden

Strange You Never Knew by raven_maiden

All Good Things (Come to those who wait) by weestarmeggie

Isolation by Bex-chan (OBVIOUSLY???!)

Wait and Hope by mightbewriting

Amateur Cartography by worksofstone

The Gift of Joy by BiscuitsForPotter

A Second Look by RiverWriter

bitter/sweet by provocative_envy

Fixing What You Broke by LadyKenz347

A Past Erased by Ariel_Riddle

the one time they stayed by quitethesardonic

Flesh and Blood by forbiddenquill

Love and Other Misfortunes by SenLinYu

Now Is A Gift by SenLinYu

The Right Thing To Do by LovesBitca8

familiar faces, worn out places by LovesBitca8

#godd I was so fucking angry for one fucking month and then everytime iam reminded of her the hate returns🙄

QUEEN OF NOTHING SPOILERS

i've said this before, and i'll say it again, lady asha better watch out 😠

THISS

Let's Talk: TFOTA vs ACOTAR

Why compare them, you may ask? Well, mostly because I love analysing works of fiction, especially fantasy. But also because I love expressing my adoration for The Folk of the Air trilogy; and I wanna call out SJM on her writing, and I thought comparing these two series might be a great way to do so!

Let’s look at the similarities first, shall we? They are both about human girls being forcefully taken away from their worlds into faerie worlds. They are both marketed as YA Fantasy (yes, I know ACOSF is NA, but I will only be talking about the original trilogy). I’m gonna be completely honest here- I love the writing style of both the authors. SJM has flaws in her grammar, yes, but I would be lying if I said I did not like the way she expressed her writings through the figures of speech.

Plot:

Look, I know that TFOTA is more plot-oriented, whereas ACOTAR is character-oriented. But as far as fantasy is concerned, plot is a very crucial element. Holly Black manages to give proper arcs to her main characters without spoiling or disrupting the plots/plot-holes. SJM, on the other hand, has a very messy plot to begin with. It begins as a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and then takes a turn to heaven knows where. And her characters aren’t well developed either. Why were Nesta and Elain so bitchy? What is Mor’s power? How did Feyre get those powers, and why didn’t Rhys get them, too, when he was resurrected? SO many unanswered questions.

Characters:

TFOTA does not have many moments where we get to see the characters have bonding moments with each other, and yet, we root for them. This is not to say that we don’t root for the ACOTAR characters at any given point. But some of the moments really do seem too unnecessary (*cough* Mor coming out for six pages *cough*). The backstories of each of the IC members were told, whereas Holly Black mostly showed the backstories of her important characters (in flashback).

Both Feyre and Jude have two sisters. We see Taryn go from the sweet twin, to a complete bitch. Our feelings for her develop throughout the first book (and continue in the rest). Vivi is the type of character who isn’t exactly portrayed to be likeable or unlikeable. She is a morally good character, but she messes up, then she feels guilty and tries to rectify her mistakes - it’s the choice of the reader whether they like her or not. When it comes to Elain and Nesta, however, we are told that we are supposed to hate them within the first few chapters. It isn’t shown how exactly they whine a lot, instead, we read about it in Feyre’s internal thoughts.

Love interests:

Wow I can’t believe I’m gonna compare Cardan Greenbriar with this Rhystrash, but here we are Both Cardan and Rhys were supposedly villains in the first book, and then became the love interest.

Now, the difference between them is that Cardan is held accountable for being shitty; his deeds are acknowledged; he feels terrible for doing them, and never justifies his actions. Unlike Rhys, who never apologises, never even admits to have done something wrong, and claims that he did all that to 'protect' Feyre. And SJM pulls the "I was good all along, even when I did bad stuff" trope, which doesn't make any sense. Especially because Rhys himself admits to have not done anything wrong. I'm just gonna add a little bit of Aaron Warner here, and say that even if he had good intentions all along, Warner never hesitated on admitting that what he did was wrong.

Also, one more thing that I noticed was that the things Balekin did to Jude when she was being held in the underwater kingdom (I forgot the name), is kind of similar to the things Rhys did to Feyre UTM. And while Jude kills Balekin, Feyre...well....you know.

Protagonists:

Buckle up bitches, 'cause this is gonna be a long ass rant. Jude vs Feyre - I have seen other comparisons between them, and I wholeheartedly agree.

To begin with: motive. In the first few chapters of TCP, we see Jude struggle in the face world. She gets bullied, insulted, and there is a whole chapter dedicated to some of her bad memories in Elfhame while growing up. Feyre, on the other hand, didn't have anything against fae when she kills one "in cold blood" (or wtv the phrase was idk). She also doesn't have a motive in wanting to be High Lady, considering she'd been treated pretty well in both the courts (not UTM).

Also, SJM chose the lamest protagonist she could choose. Feyre is mostly put into situations by other people, and she also gets out purely by luck-- or Rhysand does something. Whereas Jude makes her own decisions, chooses what she's gonna do, and creates her own schemes. Which one is an example of a good protagonist?

Honestly, I feel like Nesta would've been a better protagonist, considering she's way more like Aelin as a character (who was a very good protagonist, and I know this even though I haven't read ToG).

Feyre uses the same old "seduction" technique, which is probably the worst thing a main character should do. And since ACOMAF, she was lowered into being a narrative for Rhys. It is evident that SJM tried making Feyre a "girlboss" in which she failed miserably.

Conclusion:

People who hate on TFOTA saying there was not enough romance, and idolise ACOTAR never fail to confuse me. Like, it's literally fantasy. If you don't have strong characters (in terms of writing) and good worldbuilding, then there is literally no point of a good romance. And in my opinion, the romance in TFOTA was just fine.

TFOTA is everything ACOTAR couldn't be, and I stand by that.

Iam obsessed😩

Rings by Sofia Zakia.

Slytherin aesthetics 💫✨️

slytherin.

💌 some of my favorite poems for World Poetry Day 💌 

A Cloud in Trousers by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Don’t leave the room by Joseph Brodsky (the original)

Ich finde dich (I find you) by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

You, Darkness by Rainer Maria Rilke

I Am Offering this Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca

a splinter of my imagination by Halina Poswiatowska

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel

Wait For Me by Konstantin Simonov (tr. by Mike Munford)  

Before You Came by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

What I Could Never Confess Without Some Bravado by Emily Palermo

Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you. by Gabrielle Calvocoressi

I Want to Write Something So Simply by Mary Oliver

What’s Not to Love by Brendan Constantine

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski

Time does not bring relief (Sonnet II) by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath

Dear [ ] by Nick Lantz

Dogfish by Mary Oliver

Persephone the Wanderer by Louise Glück

Scheherazade by Richard Siken

The End of Poetry by Ada Limón

A Myth of Devotion by Louise Glück

Where does such tenderness come from? by Marina Tsvetaeva

I Loved You by Alexander Pushkin

Poems for Blok by Marina Tsvetaeva

I’m Glad Your Sickness by Marina Tsvetaeva

Wait for her by Mahmoud Darwish

The Guest by Anna Akhmatova

Listen! by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Carousel by Vahan Teryan

Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors by Richard Siken

Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light by Richard Siken

Notebook Fragments by Ocean Vuong

Headfirst by Ocean Vuong

Advice from Dionysus by Shinji Moon

My dream since childhood😩✨️

Some awesome treehouses that look so relaxing and call my inner wood elf inside! 🌱🌿🍃