Well I Guess That's Fine

“What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

Lady Vengeance (2005)

Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah in The Favourite (2018)

“I do not believe there is another world in which we shall have to “render account.” But we already have our account to render in this world — to all those we love.”

— Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

i think its a little underappreciated that grrm allows his main characters to be disabled and hurt. tyrion's dwarfism and bran's paralysis are obvious but also dany's infertility?? jon's pains and scarring after he burns his hand fighting the Others?? ned's broken leg plagues him for months and the scars on cat's palms consistently ache and phantom pains haunt jaime through out asos and the arrow brienne took to her leg does actual harm instead of just leaving a neat scar and when biter chews off brienne's cheek she's visibly disfigured afterwards. theres no brushing over any of their injuries and all of them are consistently affecting them even after they heal. or don't heal. lady stoneheart and beric dondarrion carry their injuries even after they die. the gashes on stoneheart's face stay even when she comes back and beric never regains his eye. dany stays infertile thats not something that can be reversed. the same way tyrion's injuries after the battle of the blackwater cant be reversed and jon's scars can't be erased bc at the end of the day when ur disabled theres no cure for that. u just have to Deal with it no matter how difficult it is and i think its nice when fictional characters still find a way to push through it the same way we do

need the asoiaf fandom folks to explain 2 me real quick why y'all are so lenient on male characters who do some fucked horrid shit and bunch of mistakes in this series but cannot afford the same lenience of "greyness" towards female characters

Toshiro Mifune in "Samurai Rebellion" (1967)

“Allow yourself to be known, but not comprehended. No one will discern the limits of your talent, and thus no one will be disappointed.”

— Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom

i watched Kill Bill vol. 1 earlier