John Banville, The Sea

John Banville, The Sea 

[Text ID: “The past beats inside me like a second heart.”]

ooc. rip history of the melaka strait basically being ‘a new challenger arrives!!’

“that’s sounds like a you problem” is literally one of the funniest ways to respond to criticism

Hetalia World Stars: Singapore

Phone wallpaper commission for @ytoz :)

ooc. thinking some thoughts on this boy as I gradually try to dip back into this blog like I promised and refine my headcanons on him a little

anyway I like to portray him as Peranakan; a lot of how I develop him follows along the trajectory of narratives of the Chinese Singaporeans and that does make a a bigger impact on his character, but Singapore is very much a multicultural and multiethnic entity and with the personification himself I want to acknowledge that mixed heritage-- his Malay roots mean just as much to him, especially in the present day as he tries to figure and define himself a little more

(and of course the influences from other ethnic groups and identities matter greatly as well!! especially from Indian Singaporeans who also make an important part of Singapore’s history, as well as others like the indigenous Orang Laut; but there are reasons I portray him as and have him identify as Peranakan, which I’ll expand upon another time as I do more reading, but basically gfdgf here’s today’s brain dump)

gender: “pretty boy”