Takashi Miike is the Go Nagai of cinema, I will not elaborate

I log onto social media, scroll a bit and get tired. Because it's all hatred. Directed at the self, someone else, or the world. Coated in irony or naked and clear. Coming from a righteous place or not. Nothing matters, because it's all hatred. Black and viscous, like a swamp

#booksky 💙📚🪐 For the last two weeks I've been slowly making my way through the Queen's Blade anime, but now I've discovered that I can read all the novels instead. Two original series translated in English and then the reboot novel I can read in Japanese

Feeling sad and bored, let's see what @sentimentbot.bsky.social has got on me

In case you wanted another "facebook is dead" tidbit, Black Desert Online has now discontinued facebook login support. They gave people like a month to link a different sns account beforehand and now it's done

#booksky 📚💙 Stuck in a hospital this week and not only does this place not hace an in-house library, this is now my third day of people being unable to get books for me. I can only watch so much on my phone before it needs charging. Miserable existence

#booksky 💙📚🪐 I'm back on the Le Guin rant to share my rankings of her books. You can see my general thoughts in the quoted thread! Let's see some numbers! (1/9)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 The time has come to talk about Ursula Le Guin for the last time, an overview thread! I don't know if I'll be doing this for my future big marathons, so it might be the last time I vomit a wall of text over the book feed for a while. So! Without further ado! (1/10)

I'm not doing any kind of media thread anymore, but I still keep a log of everything I've watched/read/played, because it's fun So here's my art log for the past two months and my top picks. Watched a lot of peak movies so far, it was hard to choose honestly

Video game protagonists are Jules Verne characters

"Everyone is more conservative now" No, they're just a bit louder than usual.

#booksky 💙📚🪐 I'm going to start a new thread for SOLO LEVELING because it's been too long. Also using webtoon covers, because the novel just has the same cover with a different number. Last I stopped when Jinwoo has just entered the Subway Dungeon and burst a wolf's head off with a punch. We're back

#booksky 💙📚🪐 LAVINIA (2008, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! Welp, it is done. 22 books and 40 years later, we've reached the end of the Le Guin marathon. I wanted it to end with a good novel... And it did :D I liked this book. It reminded me of the 70s Le Guin, which imo was her peak. Refreshing (1/7)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Here it is! The final novel published by Ursula Le Guin. LAVINIA (2008)! Sounds like it's a retelling of the Aeneid but from a woman's perspective, the titular Lavinia. I've never read the Aeneid, so I'm as blind as a bat going into this. Let's dive right in

#manga #mangasky A short detour from my usual reading, this is a rec from a friend. I've never read anything by Fujimoto yet, this is my first, and I'm going in blind. This thread will have my live reactions to GOODBYE, ERI. I'm reading in Japanese, click on alt text for my translated dialogue.

#filmsky #moviesky 🎬🎥 I liked it. The editing and cinematography got a bit dizzying at times, it's a little much, but the movie itself is fascinating. Literally watching a train wreck in slow motion, but with a cast of all brilliant actors. It's about what I expected going in, yeah. Nice film

#filmsky #moviesky 🎬🎥 #nowwatching THE BIG SHORT (2015, dir. Adam McKay) I always wanted to watch it, but never did. First time!

#moviesky #filmsky 🎥🎬 Some underrated anime films JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH is one of my all time favorite movies, peak romance MAJOKKO SHIMAI YOYO TO NENE is so much fun, it's a visual spectacle and a fun adventure POMPO THE CINEPHILE is about dreams, movie-making and it'll make your eyes smile

#booksky 💙📚🪐 POWERS (2007, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! Also a general overview of the Western Shore trilogy! I'm not going to beat around the bush. This entire series bored me to death. I'm struggling with hypersomnia, too, and that made me doze off frequently while reading them (1/7)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 I'm tempted to re-read Rocannon's World after finishing Le Guin's books, because I barely remember it. Just to see how I feel about it after reading the rest of her library. I'll think about it

#booksky 💙📚🪐 New week, new book. Starting POWERS (2007), the final part of the Western Shore trilogy. Success rate for this series has been 50/50 so far, let's hope it ends with a bang. It's quite a bit longer, too, among the longest Le Guin novels. Let's dive in, spoilers ahead

Got an idea for a sapphic romance story, but the introduction is entirely stolen from a manga one-shot I've read a year ago, so letting it cook for a while more. Still working on my ghost story, anyway. But just fyi, I'm talking "stoic tall/energetic small" couple. #writingcommunity #writer

#booksky 💙📚🪐 VOICES (2006, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! It was better than Gifts, though I'd say still pretty middle of the road as far as Le Guin novels go. It may be because I've been reading on short bursts because of work, or could be indicative of Western Shore in general. Who am I to tell? (1/5)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Last book was kind of all over the place, but maybe this time it's more focused. Starting VOICES, second part of the Western Shore trilogy. I see that each book has different characters and settings with some cameos, I think. So, brand new story! Beware of spoilers as usual

#booksky 💙📚🪐 I've been seeing a lot of people talk about Octavia Butler, and she's not on my list of female authors to read. Can some fans on here tell me what kind of stuff she writes? Thematically and plot-wise, I'm seeing if I'm interested in reading her later

#booksky 💙📚🪐 GIFTS (2004, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! This one's tough. To be blunt, I found the book boring, but not outright bad. And I think it's a matter of expectations. Like I said, I went in entirely blind, so these expectations were formed by the early chapters, too (1/7)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Starting GIFTS (2004), first book of the Western Shore trilogy. I'm now entering the last few books by Le Guin, the stuff that doesn't get brought up much. I'm going in so blind, I don't even know if this is fantasy or sci-fi. Let's dive right in

#booksky 💙📚🪐 THE OTHER WIND (2001, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! No two ways about it, I loved this book. My favorite Earthsea novel, and certainly one of the top Le Guin stories I've read. I didn't expect it, because I knew it had high stakes, and so I was expecting another adventure tale (1/5)

💙📚🪐 Why the hell are the wikipedia articles on Le Guin's books so consistently bad?

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Diving right into THE OTHER WIND (2001). The grand finale of the Earthsea series. I'm half-excited, half-wary, but hoping for the best. It's been hit-or-miss for me, and I want the series to end with a bang. Watch out for spoilers!

#booksky 💙📚🪐 THE TELLING (2000, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! The beginning was so promising. Sutty had a distinct character, internal conflicts, quirks, hints at a backstory not revealed immediately. There's multiple mysteries, questions, promise of hard work to obtain answers. Great! (1/8)

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Just watched The Revenant last night, so we'll stay on theme with Native American(-inspired) cultures, and start THE TELLING (2000). Ages after the previous one, this is the last novel in the Hain universe. Premise alone would have social satire fans hollering, let's dive in.

#booksky 💙📚🪐 TEHANU (1990, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! I think I liked this as much as THE TOMBS OF ATUAN, meaning it is one of the best Earthsea novels, and, coincidentally, both of them focus on Tenar. That probably tells you something. (1/7)

#writing Finally got through writing a stuck spot in my story. It'll need fixing in editing, but for now I can finally move on to the final fight. The end is in sight

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Starting TEHANU (1990). A return to Earthsea after a very long time. Ursula was 61 years old by now. The original trilogy has been hit-or-miss for me, but I loved THE TOMBS OF ATUAN and I know this book is also about Tenar, so that has to be a good thing. Spoilers ahead!

💙📚🪐 THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST (1972, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! Written as a response to the Vietnam war, this is an angry story. Ursula is never subtle, but this one takes the cake, the sci-fi coating here is very thin. I'd say it's among her middle-of-the-road stories, ranking-wise (1/6)

I think after I'm done with Le Guin, I'll start doing two marathons at a time, just for variety

🎮 Should have started playing earlier in the day, it's very hard to stop, especially with the new seamless transitions between chapters. But I have work in the morning, so I'll finish another time. Still a very atmospheric game. For all you fans of liminality and isolation, play Submachine Legacy

🎮 We're so back

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Starting 1972's THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST, the missing Hain novel on my list. It's pretty short, so I can probably even binge it. Haven't been the biggest fan of the Hain series so far, so expectations are fairly lukewarm for now. Spoilers!

#moviesky #filmsky #horrormovies 🎬 ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1976) review! First of all, yeah, I still don't like live posting movies. Going to stick to review threads, I guess. This movie was great! I didn't expect it to look so stylish and giallo-y. So many gorgeous shots, very fun to look at (1/7)

#moviesky #horrormovies 🎬 Going to try live posting a movie watch this time I'm watching ALICE, SWEET ALICE (1976). Always wanted to see it because the villain has a creepy mask, and I like that

#booksky 💙📚🪐 ALWAYS COMING HOME (1985, Ursula K. Le Guin) review! I'll be up-front about it, I didn't read the back of the book, that has the miscellaneous info. But I've read all of the narrative parts! And since this book is neatly divided into sections, I can do the same for the review! (1/11)

First look at my indie animated pilot Ersatz! An amnesiac wakes up in an endless war zone. #ersatz #indieanimation #indiepilot

I should start using my Japanese account again, but first I have to figure out what kind of stuff to post there

#booksky 💙📚🪐 Since I've somehow missed THE WORD FOR THE WORLD IS FOREST, I'll read it as a bonus after ALWAYS COMING HOME. Not looking forward to going back in time on this marathon, but it happens. It's a short book anyway

Finally beat stage 9 in Awaria

Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand. It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.

Trying to remember Japanese names for Mario enemies on top of their English names feels like I'm manually rewiring my own brain