The Call of the Revolutionary Journey
· Please read the preface, where I share my personal thoughts on writing. Chapter Zero can also serve as a sample of this work.
· This work has no major connection to my previous one. If this is your first time reading my work, you can skip my previous two works entirely.
· The reading list contains all the books mentioned in this work's notes.
Intro:
"...We wander through fictional worlds, exiling ourselves, traversing every wasteland and avoiding every confrontation. We think that holding on to the hope of eventually finding a home is a kind of peace that accords with truth, as if there were nowhere that could hold us, as if these choices to flee concerned only our own lives. That's what we thought, and so, again and again, we gave up our territory, imagining that the false gods who oppressed us might show us some pity, even using loyalty to numb our suffering hearts. Nothing belongs to us, yet we give them everything. Clearly, when it came to carrying out this task of obedience, I failed. I could no longer ignore the voice that once made them tremble with fear. I heard that call after all. As I soaked the whole land in their blood, the once-faint call grew so clear. Now I understand: I have finally reclaimed the homeland of my soul. There is no more control by counterfeit strongmen, no more need for brutal fighting. We have all come home. We may lose our way countless times in the barren lands of exile, but we will always hear the true Creator's call. No matter how many centuries pass, no matter how many times we lose our way, their voices will always call us back, again and again."
Theme: They are the past, the present, and the future.
A long time ago, I felt that only women can empathize with women. I really like the female characters in my wife's works! I like to see them encounter difficulties that we also encounter in real life, and then make powerful responses. It seems to be fulfilling my dream. Because when I can't sleep, I always wonder if I could go back in time, would I be able to stop myself from being in such a difficult situation, or could I lend a helping hand to them 🤔
Lucretia! I see how friendly she is, and I'm curious if there will be more extensions of the friendship between Inez and Walburga during their school days, hehehe. Stockholm Syndrome is really outrageous. When I was a child, I thought it was real. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was just another way to create pornographic rumors about female victims. What Inez said during the trial made me laugh to death. I admire her for her toughness. Hahahahahahaha
Lao Fu finally appeared in a lot of scenes. You were right before. Now that I see him, I really want to strangle him to death! The two Death Eaters were so stupid that they looked like buffoons. I was amused. I remembered that in the original novel, Aberforth said to Ron, "You have enough brains to become a Death Eater." Hahahahahahahaha So we haven't been able to eat the New Year's Eve dinner yet, and El and others are still hungry at home waiting for the free dinner hahahahaha
I really like the part where Inez becomes a professor! It was so funny to let boys take care of the dolls, and the sensitive dolls tried to commit suicide. Hahahaha. It was inexplicably hellish. It made me laugh. In the end, he led the girls to shout slogans, which was heartwarming and funny. Inez asked everyone to repeat "I am the strongest" and it was so funny when it was misunderstood. It was weird for a professor to ask students to praise her, but the problem is that everyone immediately shouted "You are the strongest" without thinking. Hahahahahahaha. It was so funny. Lily's friendship with that boy also set off alarm bells for me. It would be fine if he was a selfish, bad, shallow and childish man as usual, because Lily's vision would not be that bad, but it would be hard not to make people suspicious of a man who can't pick anything right when they come into contact!
Does El have any ability related to dreams? It feels like the dreams she has are more than just dreams. When Inez becomes smaller, it reminds me of a similar experience in the soup riddle in Exile. Hahahahahahaha. I imagine little Inez stamping her feet and saying "I'm still your mother." It's so cute. The scene where Aphra drank Polyjuice Potion was a bit sad. Why is a woman always defined by her appearance? If she is plain-looking, she will be accused of not being beautiful enough; if she is beautiful, she will be regarded as a "vase", "SLUT" and "social butterfly". Under the discipline of a patriarchal society, women desperately want to be a perfect woman, but under the male gaze, women will never meet the so-called standards. Also, Inez was very angry when she saw the woman "beating the mistress", as if women only had two jobs: wife and prostitute, and everything else was just a fig leaf for prostitutes. I cried a little when I finally saw the mother-daughter reconciliation between Laura and Marina, because coincidentally, my mother also said to me, "I'm sorry to have put you in this situation" (although the original words were not exactly the same). When I read this, I really felt like my soul suddenly resonated with theirs.
Every time I read my wife's works, I always cherish them (because I'm afraid of finishing them). Your articles always intersperse some of my favorite feminisms into the original stories, which makes them very epic. Sometimes it feels like reading a mini history of women——HP (au version) I really like 😚😚😚 PS: I watched "Preliminary Evidence" the day before Women's Day and it was also a very meaningful work! The lead actor's acting is great! It's a bit heavy after reading it, but I also feel like I'm contributing to the cause of feminism again~
To be honest, I was very moved and relieved to see such a work that breaks away from the sexual narrative. [I burst into tears.] Looking at it, there are too many works that stop at the sexual plot. I am really tired of watching it. I actually thought about creating such a work, but unfortunately I never started writing it. Speaking of male-oriented works, I would like to share some of my reflections and introspection with my wife. I like Iron Man in Marvel very much (I prefer to call him by his real name: Tony Stark), but in fact, his story is also a very typical male-oriented perspective, catering to the traditional male story aesthetic (charming power, charming wealth, etc.) In fact, I have reflected on Tony a long time ago, but in the end I gave up thinking too much because I still liked the kindness in his soul (plus I had quit the game after Resurrection 4) It wasn't until I read a fan novel with him as the protagonist in Jinjiang a while ago that I thought about it again and again. The overall writing of the novel is very smooth, but the "rescue complex" that the heroine has for the hero that permeates the lines makes me very uncomfortable. Then I thought that too many countless works subtly promote this kind of story of "saving" and "being saved", which to a certain extent led to the birth of this complex among women. Even myself, in my creation, out of my love for Tony, I will instill this kind of thought into the thoughts of the heroine in my novel, consciously or unconsciously. After realizing this, I was really happy to see the latest work released by my wife. It even felt like myself in another parallel universe (I watched too much Marvel, hahaha) echoing my thoughts in this universe from a distance. This is too much to say, but I am very much looking forward to this work by my wife, and I am also very surprised to see all kinds of female characters singing happily in the story! Love your wife 😚 😚 😚
It is not destined to be an easy story, but it was really easy to read, and some good things flowed into my thoughts along the text.
This chapter reminded me of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of My Own," especially the short story El wrote later. In fact, I didn't get into this book at first. I thought it was a purely theoretical discussion type, but it turned out to be a stream of consciousness mixed with discussion. My reading process of this book is getting better and better, and overall I am very inspired! Women can only create when they have their own space! Come on women!
Also, no matter whether it is Marvel, DC or other literary and artistic works, they always use the "woman in the refrigerator" method to promote the growth of the male protagonist, which is very disgusting to me. I really can't stand it [angry] [angry] [angry]