mercurysflame
@tomione.bsky.social
reading russian lit until the world makes sense • jormungandr enthusiast
it is important for my followers to know that the story of the stone is shaping up to be an incestuous cousin love triangle of epic and amazing proportions
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it is important for my followers to know that the story of the stone is shaping up to be an incestuous cousin love triangle of epic and amazing proportions
3 am cortisol spikes got me fucked up
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
3 am cortisol spikes got me fucked up
this book has fairy sex 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
this book has fairy sex 🚨
you think i want to play boom clap in a fucking cafe?? are you joking???
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
you think i want to play boom clap in a fucking cafe?? are you joking???
no cause how am i supposed to read my book to boom clap
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
no cause how am i supposed to read my book to boom clap
not this cafe playing boom clap
January 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM
not this cafe playing boom clap
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Devon Aoki in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 💜
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Devon Aoki in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 💜
they also made me read a lot of mark twain and charles dickens and i don’t want to pick up more it’s like im permanently over them and the way they tell stories but maybe it’s more of a mental block
January 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
they also made me read a lot of mark twain and charles dickens and i don’t want to pick up more it’s like im permanently over them and the way they tell stories but maybe it’s more of a mental block
as i continue to sell a lot of my fantasy and romance books for trade my bookshelf is dwindling in american authors but maybe that’s cause who do i need besides donna tartt
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
as i continue to sell a lot of my fantasy and romance books for trade my bookshelf is dwindling in american authors but maybe that’s cause who do i need besides donna tartt
the story of the stone is for people who like historical fiction and reality television
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
the story of the stone is for people who like historical fiction and reality television
penguin classics smell like newspaper and it’s making me nostalgic
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
penguin classics smell like newspaper and it’s making me nostalgic
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January 27, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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Gladiator (2000)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Directed by Ridley Scott
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Gladiator (2000)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Directed by Ridley Scott
russian literature is for the parentified children
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
russian literature is for the parentified children
back on my russianlitmaxxing today clearly
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
back on my russianlitmaxxing today clearly
i am newly obsessed with dunya from crime and punishment
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
i am newly obsessed with dunya from crime and punishment
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Woman at Her Toilette (1889)
Louis Anquetin
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Louis Anquetin
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Woman at Her Toilette (1889)
Louis Anquetin
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Louis Anquetin
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
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January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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NO god insufferable people trying to cinemasins lit analysis I would die. I don't care about plot holes. I am here, I am bought in, logistics don't matter it's all fake we are telling a story!!! I want to think about the themes and how a plot serves a theme, not how the themes serves a plot.
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 AM
NO god insufferable people trying to cinemasins lit analysis I would die. I don't care about plot holes. I am here, I am bought in, logistics don't matter it's all fake we are telling a story!!! I want to think about the themes and how a plot serves a theme, not how the themes serves a plot.
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I have this problem with ppl thinking "media literacy" is the same as "narrative analysis" and it's like no actually the plot doesn't matter than much when youre looking into what the work is trying to do
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I have this problem with ppl thinking "media literacy" is the same as "narrative analysis" and it's like no actually the plot doesn't matter than much when youre looking into what the work is trying to do
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next more russian winter vibes to withstand this hoary january
I last read anna karenina maybe ten years ago with a different translation so this should be fun :3
I last read anna karenina maybe ten years ago with a different translation so this should be fun :3
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 AM
next more russian winter vibes to withstand this hoary january
I last read anna karenina maybe ten years ago with a different translation so this should be fun :3
I last read anna karenina maybe ten years ago with a different translation so this should be fun :3
it’s just i need to let tolstoy marinate in my brain before i try to parse through more dysfunctional russian families but i will be ready soon
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
it’s just i need to let tolstoy marinate in my brain before i try to parse through more dysfunctional russian families but i will be ready soon
on today’s episode of russianlitmaxxing i am taking a break to read chinese lit so we will call it the chineselitcleansing
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 AM
on today’s episode of russianlitmaxxing i am taking a break to read chinese lit so we will call it the chineselitcleansing
i am going to have to make a character map for the story of the stone
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 AM
i am going to have to make a character map for the story of the stone