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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Oct 12, 2019 9:32:51 GMT
Yep nothing like a good ol performativity of gender theory from Twelfth Night  |
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Post by Hobo Joe on Oct 15, 2019 23:00:52 GMT
De gustibus non est disputandum.
You cannot argue about taste
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Oct 16, 2019 15:33:52 GMT
it is unique after all |
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Post by vasiliy on Oct 17, 2019 16:33:20 GMT
! beauty is an illusion, Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous-evil / Are empty trunks, o'er-flourished by the devil Somehow true |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Nov 28, 2019 14:54:04 GMT
Moving it a bit from physical beauty preferences to just aesthetically pleasing imagery. I received yesterday a graphic novel from the school reading club that got my attention. I am not sure about the original name, but it was translated as "Fantoma Aniei" (literally "Anya's ghost" if directly translated into English) by Vera Brosgol. It's kind of a short read (read it in like 1 or 1 and 1/2 hours), but I found it interesting, and a perfect reading when travelling. It's in that kind of "young-adult reads", but I really found some enjoyment in it (I'm 17, so it's technically targeted to people my age), and even brough me back the mood of reading, habit that I kinda lost due to school fatigue.  But how does this connect to the initial idea? Well, I absolutely love the art style, and that is what initially brought me into buying it. The good part is that the story is also quite pleasing, and I was even able to relate to some of the situations the protagonist gets into. Anyway, here is a sample from the art work:  What do you think? Sorry for the rather low resolution and bad lighting. Anyway, after reading this book, I am not sure anymore what I enjoyed more - the story or the protagonist. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Nov 29, 2019 2:33:41 GMT
ooh anyas ghost read that several years ago (nc translated version haha) I have forgotten a lot from this really  |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Nov 29, 2019 11:10:16 GMT
Anyway, should we move the book talk on a different thread, or it's alright if we continue it here?
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Nov 29, 2019 11:17:44 GMT
keep it, why not
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Nov 29, 2019 15:20:37 GMT
If so, then I could go a bit more into detail. First of all, I think it's one of the reads I enjoyed most this year, together with "Don Quijote", and probably the book that made come to get back into the habit of reading again. This raises a question though: is it a bad thing that I enjoyed a book that some could say is...you know, for girls? The things Anya goes through are quite relatable to mine, even if I am a boy (also I'm not a Russian immigrant, but I am a different kind of "immigrant", more exactly by moving into a new class this year at hightschool, with new colleagues, new teachers and new social realities, which still make me feel like a foreigner, oh and off course the problem of maturing/growing up, especially when you are like 17 or so). Also, she is a vety enjoyable character, while the supporting characters are good too (at least in my opinion). And for the cherry top, I also fell in love with the art style chosen. I just find something very special to it, and I like a lot the simplicity, or perhaps is just the characters' design which got me buy the book in the first place (basically came for the protagonist, remained for the Story as a whole), if it can be considered so. Anyway, is there any problem I like it quite a lot, or it's normal? Oh, and I can't help myself but think this image by Vera Brosgol is absolutely adorable  |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Dec 1, 2019 21:59:52 GMT
De gustibus non est disputandum. You cannot argue about taste That has never been so true, at least for me, n the past days (also sorry for late reply) |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Dec 2, 2019 15:09:14 GMT
One more. This time, the good soldier Svejk  |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on Dec 16, 2019 13:28:51 GMT
I'm so glad Pinterest exists. Now, I can save and group much easier the images I like. And as for images I find nice and cute pin.it/23r6cmukh5q5d6 |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on May 17, 2020 17:15:22 GMT
New cute image (not mine)  |
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Post by Jeanne d'Arc on May 20, 2020 3:04:45 GMT
On the topic of things (or people) that emphasize the color blue, here's a drawing from 2002 (obviously not by me) that about ZERO PERCENT of you will probably recognize.  This image explains why, during the EFC Sings poll (before it got rickrolled), I chose the 1990 decade. Specifically, the last year of it (I said as much). Also, I just happen to find this image (and the character herself) QUITE adorable. #obscureplaystationisobscure |
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Post by CountVonNumenor on May 21, 2020 11:51:06 GMT
Jeanne d'Arc , that's actually very interesting. Indeed, I haven't heard of ZERO PERCENT, and it's quite funny this drawing has the same age as me. Anyway, could you tell us a bit more about it? Looking a bit at your image, I can understand why you decided to choose it. And yes, blue is an interesting color, even if my favourite color is red. But I started to appreciate blue more in the past weeks, one of the reasons being Tari from SMG4 and Meta Runner (the image I decided to upload a few days ago)
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