You Mean To Tell Me That Moby Dick Has An Entire Section On The Etymology Of Whale And Its Translation

You mean to tell me that Moby Dick has an entire section on the etymology of “Whale” and its translation in more than a dozen languages

And still calls them fish?!

I am so excited for Queequeg, y’all don’t even KNOW

smt abt how chill US tour anatoly is about cheating on his wife makes me insane. like. he is SO casual abt it. he does it so often. at every competition. he does it so often that his KGB squad knows his taste in women. he does it so often that svetlana is like here we go again. he does it so often that he proudly tells florence that he’s never cheated in his life — at least, not at chess!!!! he does it so often that when walter tells florence that anatoly is married, anatoly doesn’t even glance up like he’s genuinely so interested in his visa documents. he does it so often that when florence is like anatoly do you have any children? he so so so casually says “no just a wife” as if he were talking abt the weather. like. cheating is just a big, normal part of this man’s life it blows my mind.

Fun Fact: in one month (1/1/23), all Sherlock Holmes stories hit the public domain and the Conan Doyle Estate can't do shit! I say this for absolutely no reason but also congrats in advance to the happy couple.

The protag of a short story of mine

Image Description: A pencil drawing of Ishmael, turned away from the viewer, while the silhouettes of strangers closer to the foreground pass him by. His small form is silhouetted by the white expanse around him, and the massive whale’s eye that opens wide to peer at him. Inside the eye can be seen the dark stretch of the sea horizon, and the Pequod atop it. End ID.

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