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Raccoon After All
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He/him. 40s. A separate account for Rocket Raccoon obsession, in the hope of avoiding having to explain this to anyone from work.

Bluesky account for the same name on Twitter.
I would say you are doing right for sure.

Also, this is probably a relevant place to mention that at the same time as I was witnessing those formative events from your country's past, I was filled with dread that I was also watching _my_ country's future....
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I know it now but I didn't going in; I only realized it after the movie itself showed Marcelo to have grown up to be a writer! Have you read _Ainda Estou Aqui_ also, or are you skipping it because you didn't like his other one? Hehe.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
But the climactic synthesis of presence and absence I never anticipated, and it's going to leave my ears ringing for a long time. It was Babiu's stunning question to Marcelo which showed me that, at times, it becomes your choice whether someone is still there.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Absence: Rubens's of course, and for a while the family and friends who move to London, and subtler ones too -- the music highlights several moments by stopping, and it is the absence of acknowledgement and justice which Eunice devotes the following decades to repair. ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
...and the lurking threat of the dictatorship that you can see amidst the footballs and music posters if you cross your eyes right. ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Presence: even my own, as the exuberant performances combined with the tight shots when the Paiva household was crowded with family and friends made me feel as though I'd been invited in, an immediate welcome of which in my awkwardness I felt almost unworthy; ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
As "Ainda Estou Aqui" suggests, presence and absence are recurring themes.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
She ended up thanking me several times before we left, and again by text from the airport. (I was later also to receive thanks from my dad, who apparently also promptly took my recommendation of it.) ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
...Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
You have some presence of mind to be taking photos from the ambulance. I hope you're recovering fast.
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Will not be surprised if they're eventually studying yours!
September 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM