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Guernica, 1936, and her dress, the crimson one with the white flower pattern, lay folded atop a nearby crate. Her body was almost bare to me. The threat of being found a distant memory for our young minds at the time. I remember her skin, the way it felt so delicate, unlike my own, and the way her body shivered, nerves and the cold, left subtle ripples in the fat of her stomach.

I remember noticing this, even then I was attentive, and taking her hand. She calmed after that. I think there was a certain awe to it. This person I had known my entire life here in front of me, vulnerable yet open. We had time. I intended to take it, too.

I ran my hand up her arm, feeling each hair pass under my fingers. What I remember clearly were her freckles. When my hand made it to her shoulder, I saw star charts of them as I held her there. My touch made her shiver more, so I moved closer. I wrapped my left arm around her waist as my right sat planted on her shoulder, and I twisted my body so our sides touched. I was still clothed, but even then, I could feel her heat beside me like no warmth I had felt before. My right hand trailed up her neck, we looked each other in the eyes now, our foreheads together. The back of her neck had thicker hair, but my fingers found their way through and came to cup her face from behind her ear.

We sat there, in that space. Not going further. Our breathing slowly steadied and began to synchronise. Neither of us rushed; we just felt the soft heat of each other's breath against our lips. Her eyes were always beautiful. In that moment, I remember the olive hues being swallowed by the black. We memorised each other, and that look, her eyes, I always carried it with me. There was a slight tremor in them as she flicked her attention down to my lips and up again. I closed my eyes, letting myself feel this moment fully as I felt her move forward.

Our lips met.

Hey! I'm looking for some litfic written by Middle Eastern authors. Ideally, from women. I just finished Women Without Men, and I'm looking for something similar.

Reading Lolita in Tehran is also on my list!

Hey, I just thought I'd share the best piece of advice someone told me: complete your first piece of work and then never show anyone.

For some, that may seem counterintuitive, you've spent so long on a piece of writing so don't you deserve to show others? That's a totally fine viewpoint, but for me doing this helped a lot because in my future endeavours as a writer the expectation of eyes on my project after I released it was never at the forefront of my mind. I think it also helps you appreciate the process of writing itself, and not the eventual end and bragging rights. By keeping my first work private, just for my own eyes, it let me truly appreciate the process and stopped me from seeking validation from metrics or others later on in my writing journey.

This may work for some and not for others, you don't need to follow this at all but it just helped me, would love to hear your thoughts.

Hey, for the past few months me and my (wonderful, smart, amazing, intelligent) GF have been sharing music with each other. I showed her Gizz and she really clicked with their more melodic/slower stuff (Shanghai, magenta mountain).

Took her a few more weeks to get into the rest of their stuff properly but she's a huge gizzhead now. She LOVES ITRN and Petrodragonic Apocalypse now, and its been her gateway into metal as a whole!

Just thought i'd share the good news with y'all, she's now the third person ive converted

Just thought I'd share what makes Ween such a special band for me.

I was a huge fan of The Beatles for a long time, I think what I enjoyed most about them was the variety you'd get on an album. Ween feel like the next evolution of The Beatles in a way, you can have a very sincere and beautiful song next to something weird and experimental and have them exist on the same album. You get I Don't Want It next to The Fucked Jam and it just works for some reason.

I don't think Ween works if you don't have both elements. The silly Ween and the sincere Ween, and they approach each with an insane level of musicianship though that always makes it hit hard. They could easily be insincere and not take the music seriously but even on the silliest songs their effort and clear love of the process of making music shines through.

I think one underrated part about the band is their lyricism, depending on the song their lyrics can be quite direct or they can be very poetic. Again, I personally really appreciate how they can keep it simple when it needs to be simple, and when the song requires a bit more poetry they give it in buckets.

I think my fav Ween songs are: Mutilated lips, The argus, What Deaner was talking about, Stay forever, Happy colored marbles, and Piss up a rope

Anyway this post doesn't really have a meaning i just wanted to share why I think I love Ween and why they're special to me. I'd love to hear what makes ween special to you <3

Hello everyone!

I have been very stressed over my uni work recently and decided, as a little pick-me-up. I chose Gabriel Garcia Marquez's shorter work, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and finished it in around two hours.

I have to say i was floored by the use of language. His prose felt sort of nostalgic and magical, even when discussing dark topics, the language let me sit in those moments without feeling a sense of guttural disgust.

The story is 115 pages long, so i would highly recommend it. Im looking forward to reading some of his other works now too! I own Love in the Time of Cholera, and 100 Years of Solitude, so after im finished with my work I'll start them!

Hey, i just finished watching AKIRA in the cinema for the rerelease, and one of the trailers before the movie was for a 4k rerelease of Angel's Egg. I went home and saw that it's already out, apparently

My question is if this rerelease will be brought to cinemas at all? The trailer was before Akira, so i assume there's some level of theatrical release left, but I can't find anything about it online.

Thanks in advance for the help!