I read A Wrinkle In Time when I was 10 and fell in love, and read all the others in the series

so here I am having a good time with sci fi and mitochondria and stuff

I get to Many Waters and oh cool, Bible stuff (was raised going to church twice a week)

AND THEN HER NEPHILIM HAPPENED

SURPRISE ANGEL BONER

like sure I knew there's that part in the flood story about the sons of God and the daughters of men

but now it was happening? and the nephilim sounded really hot?

AND ALSO SIZEKINK because the ancient people were smaller than modern people but the nephilim were solidly bigger than that

I really wonder how many of us who grew up to be sinners like me had similar awakenings with that book

when I first read it I loved all those parts and didn't know why. a few years later, all became clear

the part of me that went "oooo" at the nephilim was the same part that went "oooh" at the Rider in The Dark is Rising, which i think i read around the same age

compelling forces of darkness <3

That's one of my favorite books by L'Engle! I think the mitochondria one is my actual fave but yes the giant evil angels who shape shift into various animals?? LOVE IT

I loved the mitochondria one too and I especially love how we can say "the mitochondria one" and know what that means

Also I love the twins and so if you like any low key incest vibes, you've got it, and also, the girl from the past falls in love equally with BOTH of the brothers so romantic threesome is definitely more than implied, and the brothers kind of become remarkably okay with the situation after some initial half-hearted jealousy

I'm certainly not opposed to a little low key sibling incest in my media >_>

>3

The mitochondria one gives me so many feels because the principal Jenkins is so hapless and unremarkable and cowardly and petty and yet even he gets to find some bravery and courage and has a really sweet redemption story... it's nice that the redeemed character is the plain middle aged balding man who will never be a social wit and who

a super difficult personality.

I still remember the first time I read it, I was probably in middle school at the time, and all the stuff where I figured out the "clues" that this was actually the Noah story (NOT IMPRESSIVE, IN RETROSPECT IT WAS SUPER BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS)... there's something about that kind of low-key classicism where old stories of literature or the bible are used as

a jumping point for storytelling... it was one of the first examples of true fanfiction as a published art form I can remember reading

and showed me that writing to your ID can in fact mean taking your favorite stories and sending your favorite characters to go join in the fun

(id.... sorry, that was autocorrect)

<- favorite book of the series too

I am barely aware of this author's existence and let me tell you, this plurk is an adventure