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On reading and Imagination

Now this is the weird thing I never realised till now, I don't really conjure scenes when I read. Like when I saw the Maze runner movie, Harry Potter, Shadowhunters, Twilight for the first time, I just went in for the story. The setting being in line with the books is the least part of what I consider.   I was hyper focused on the words and storyline. The imagination part of indulging in books isn't for me. I will always choose the authors writing style first and foremost before the plot. That's why I really didn't enjoy that "Broken, a halal love story." I didn't like the authors writing style. It wasn't flowing for me (or maybe I'm excessively nickpicky).  The lead character is great, but the author's writing style is too descriptive to the point of ridiculousness, I think she was trying too hard so reading that didn't quite feel natural for me. While reading, I always check new words that I don't understand from the context. I need t

On The Menendez Brothers

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This is a clip from the real murder trial in 1993 . Their father was so horrible that the only time he was nice to them was when he was raping them. So Lyle, the elder brother (the one in this video) molested his own brother too as a child. Cos he thought that was the way you show love to your family. In the testimony of the younger one, he mentioned being penetrated with an object. And the description he explained makes me think it was a dildo. So, at the time of the trial, he didn't even know the name. And why will they be lying or planning to kill the parents for money? They are quite literally the Heirs. I read somewhere that their monthly allowance as of them was around $6000. That's huge even in 2024. The older one was already in Princeton University, an Ivy League.  And their mother was aware. That woman knew all the while that the younger one was abused from 6 years to 18 years. And she stood by. A cousin even said this Lyle demonstrated to her what the father used to d