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He who controls ichorite controls the world.
A malleable metal more durable than steel, ichorite …
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A woman stood diagonally from me. Big frame in black suede, brimmed hat tipped low so that just her red mouth showed. She held a rifle in her bejeweled magician’s hands.
— Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (8%)
this introduction is so!!! bading? 👀
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Hi! I'm Kal, a queer filipino with chronic Just-A-Lil-Guy-ism. I don't like being perceived, but if I must be perceived I'd like to be thought of as "good uncomplicated company".
I'm prone to making text walls and playlists when I have brainrot. Please talk to me about my text walls and playlists, please bond with me over the fandoms, bands, and books that we have in common.
I'm trying to read 30 books this year, so I'm tentatively taking recs (@kalayo@outside.ofa.dog). Right now my most consistent obsession is D20, but I like talking about any movie or show I've seen. I love weird cosmic fuckery in fiction. I love "love" being a tangible thing that saves us all. Obviously, two of my favorite movies are Arrival and Interstellar.
I enjoy talking to people about the things we care about, and I love to rage as much as I love to hope. I major in Zoology in the shithole that is tertiary education, but I'm trying to make the most of it.
Except a lot of boosts, mundane/personyal posting, and blorbo excitement. Also religious trauma and mental health venting, but I try to hide those with a CW as much as I can. Attached below is a poem I really like. It helps calm me, and I hope it helps you too!
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#Filipino #Philippines #Sitcoms #Movies #PacificRim #MythicQuest #AbbottElementary #TedLasso #TheBear #ODAAT #TMNT #ROTTMNT #ALOTO #DoctorWho #MLPFIM #Crochet #DND #TTRPG #DropoutTV #Dimension20 #CollegeHumor #NADDPOD #NotAnotherDnDPodcast #FlightRising #PixelCatsEnd #Palia #FallenLondon #InfinityNikki #CosmicHorror #DCComics #Batman #Catwoman #SPOP #DungeonMeshi #Nimona #Sapphic #Asexuality
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There was only one thing on her mind.
'I must start a bookshop.'
Yeongju did …
I read this book as part of a book club (shout out to #HoloReads) and I think I couldn’t have chosen a better time in my life to read this book. I found the central theme of burnout and trying to heal within a capitalist system very relevant and relatable. The writing was easy to digest too.
Quote from the author's note:
In other words, I wanted to write what I want to read. Stories of people who find their own pace and direction, of people who believe in others and wait by their side as they go through difficult times, lost in worry. Stories of those who support others, who celebrate small efforts and resolve in a society that puts people—and everything about them—down once they take a fall. Stories that bring comfort, providing a pat on the shoulder for those who’ve lost the joy in life, having …
I read this book as part of a book club (shout out to #HoloReads) and I think I couldn’t have chosen a better time in my life to read this book. I found the central theme of burnout and trying to heal within a capitalist system very relevant and relatable. The writing was easy to digest too.
Quote from the author's note:
In other words, I wanted to write what I want to read. Stories of people who find their own pace and direction, of people who believe in others and wait by their side as they go through difficult times, lost in worry. Stories of those who support others, who celebrate small efforts and resolve in a society that puts people—and everything about them—down once they take a fall. Stories that bring comfort, providing a pat on the shoulder for those who’ve lost the joy in life, having pushed themselves too hard to do well.
One minor thing: the translator uses a lot of Korean terms as is without any translation throughout the book, and I imagine that if you don’t speak Korean you might have to spend some time searching up the meaning of those terms. That can be frustrating and I wish the translation wasn’t done like this.
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There was only one thing on her mind.
'I must start a bookshop.'
Yeongju did …
The Puritan work ethic has also influenced the way we think about work—placing work on a moral pedestal. Those who work are contributing members of society; skivers are useless. It's ridiculous that the idea of hard work as a way of gaining salvation survived centuries, crossing time and space to be passed on to people like me—a non-religious person living in twenty-first-century Korea, precariously holding on to my job.
— Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan
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That said, what counts as a good book? For the regular person, it’s perhaps a book they enjoyed. But as a bookseller, Yeongju needed to think beyond that.
She tried coming up with a definition.
- Books about life. Not something generic, but a deep and raw dive into life.
Recalling Mincheol’s mother’s red-rimmed eyes, she tried to elaborate further.
- Books by authors who understand life. Those who write about family, mother and child, about themselves, about the human condition. When authors delve deep into their understanding of life to touch the hearts of readers, helping them to navigate life, isn’t that what a good book should be?
— Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, Shanna Tan
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The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic …
I'm like a page in and I can already tell I'm going to love this 🥹
