The amount of times Dante uses a unique and beautiful metaphor to describe witnessing the un-describable beautiful essence of God is staggering. He does it like 3 times every canto and every time his eloquence is so striking. (using the John Ciardi translation)
The more i think about it the more i believe Dante just had a huge crush on Virgil and since he could not find enough material on the guy to fawn over he just created a fanfic where he's y/n so he can live his homoerotic dreams (and now so do we all, thanks D)
But if I did I would not have the words to describe it at the moment so I’ll leave you with this quote from my queen Anaïs Nin who was always much better with words than I ever could be, though I try: “Then at certain moments I remember one of his words and I suddenly feel the sensual woman flaring up, as if violently caressed. I say the word to myself, with joy. It is such a moment that my true body lives.”
Goddamn I read too much Wikipedia. I like to structure it around certain topics. Right now I'm working on my sports trivia, a perennial weak-spot, so I'm reading each NFL team's page in its entirety.
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous Hawaiian vistas. Includes a somewhat gratuitous Pearl Harbor scene. She-Devil (1989) Rare Meryl Streep comedic performance. Funniest idea is that she falls in love with Ed Begley Jr. The ‘Burbs (1989) Rick Ducommun is great and looks exactly like Tim Dillon. Like every detail. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Not exactly a under the radar rec, but I’m just catching up on Oscar season. And yeah, it’s fantastic.
