#Academic Influence

[whereishermes]

Scholasticism in Medieval Paris

Scholasticism: The Gothic school of philosophy in which scholars applied Aristotle’s system of rational inquiry to interpret religious belief.  The University of Paris was the center of scholarship and teaching in the Gothic age. The professors developed Scholasticism, a philosophy that sought to prove the Christian faith using Aristotle’s reasoning. Thomas Aquinas was the greatest advocate and…

[shrimpchipsss]

the professors shen should never have been forced to share an office

wasn't professor shen the senior being associate professor shen the junior's PhD advisor enough?

[katabay]

captain hook and peter pan's shadow

okay so hear me out. I had a weird dream a few months back about hook suddenly waking up on a ship and everyone else is dead. decaying. dismembered and disassembled. for some reason, the blood on the floors is still wet. an absolute nightmare of a time. the only other person in neverland who isn't a corpse is the shadow of peter pan, who, over time, has slowly come into form as a vaguely fashionable adult since there's nothing tying it to the body of a youth that refuses to grow up (since he was originally nothing but a shadow, he will remain forever shadowless tho)

('One day, Peter decided he didn't need a shadow, that it was more fun to sneak up on people without giving them a chance to notice, and I was left to do whatever I wanted. Eventually I started to care, to feel, and from there I became what I am now.')

it was. some kind of murder mystery, where it's very clearly peter who committed the murders, but hook and the shadow go about trying to figure out the events leading up to it. as one does!

[lesbianredhoodedmercenary]

happy father's day i'm thinking about this outis line again

I always thought it was a bit out of pocket considering this isn't too long after the events of Canto III, even with how Outis was being harsher this Canto.

But I then I remembered that Outis' son is the same age as Sinclair.

Her son, who thinks that she died in the Smoke War (the in universe equivalent to the Trojan War as depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey) because she hasn't been home in years. Her son who cannot cry out to her. And her son, who is currently in much the same position as Sinclair regarding his self-perception and ability to fight, as Telemachus refers to himself as "a weakling knowing nothing of valor" (Book 2 of the Odyssey, line number and exact wording depend on translation).

I think this line reflects more on Outis and her anxieties about her family thinking that she's dead, as well as a reference to Telemachus experiencing his own journey to manhood, much like Sinclair.

I think there's also things to be said for the parallels between Sinclair and Telemachus, even just the ones imagined by Outis. Hell's Chicken had her showing a very paternal worry over his diet (raise your hand if your dad has ever said you'll be short forever if you don't eat right). Overall, even though Sinclair and Telemachus only share the bones of a coming of age narrative, Outis is seeing connections there because she misses her family.

As with this one. Again, she's showing her hand more than she means to. Though she's talking to Dongrang, I think she's also talking to herself. Trying to reassure herself that home will always be waiting. Dongrang, however, decides not to return, but to pursue glory no matter who he hurts in the process. The Odyssey also contrasts the pursuit of glory with the desire to return home. Odysseus has to choose humility in order to return.

Outis has been keeping up a careful persona around us, but it's slipping. Her desire to return home is seeping through even as she tries to assert herself by clinging to the glory from a war that's long since ended.

[widowshill]

the people aren't ready to hear this but angelique arbitrarily picking quentin to decide to be in love with out of nowhere, bewitching roger into marriage and then absolutely not wanting him to touch her, and constantly pursuing men's (chiefly barn's) attention only when it's clear he doesn't want her, is soooo comp het of her.

[pinkinsect]

they should let me cite my tumblr mutuals on academic papers

[splicejunction]

related but the lack of acknowledgement in fandom (specifically the type of fandom that is practiced on this website and similar communities) of how much interpretation of source material stems from individuals particular (psychosexual) preoccupations is like. understandable because its embarrassing to publicly admit that you're obsessed with X thing because you're a little bit of a freak about Y thing (trying to speak broadly here but maybe i'm just being vague) and i don't think people need to do that but it's also a little frustrating to me because i feel like it's more interesting to think about the things you enjoy while also analyzing why you enjoy them but there's this culture of like. projection is bad and wrong and if you let your own experiences and proclivities affect the way that you interpret fiction you're tainting somehow the pure and objective thing that is Canon. so everybody's always striving to achieve something that is impossible. like it's impossible not to interpret things through the lens of your own experiences and opinions and preoccupations. i'm not saying we should all be like posting about fictional characters with like footnotes about what specific fetishes inform our headcanons or whatever the fuck but it's just very clear to me when people just entirely avoid thinking about why they might interpret something a certain way and instead think they're doing some kind of Objective Analysis every time they say something about how a character would fuck

[paging-possum]

everyone and their mother has heard me yap about this but ooooooo it is so interesting to think about food accessibility for college students with dietary restrictions especially as a guy who lives on a fairly self-enclosed campus...like at some point I would really like to do some sort of comic looking into 1) the differing experiences of students living with food restrictions on campus and 2) how administration at college make decisions about how to accommodate students...it is such a big thing that influences such a major part of peoples lives and ive found that so few people think about it unless theyre directly affected and I am just so interested in how peoples access to safe food and safe places to eat food influences their daily lives and whether or not that information can be used to improve conditions for them. if any other college students with food allergies/dietary restrictions have thoughts on this that they want to discuss I will love you forever and ever

[his-heart-hymns]

Friedrich nitzsche said:

There are days when I am haunted by a feeling that is blacker than the blackest melancholy. I have a contempt for humanity. I despise the people I have been fated to call my contemporaries. I feel suffocated by their presence.

And shair-e-mashriq(poet of the east) Allama Iqbal wrote:

Duniya ki mehfilo se ukta gaya hu ya rab,

Kya lutf anjuman ka jab dil hi bujh gaya ho.

O Lord, I'm tired of this life,these human gatherings these daily chores. What is the point of having people around when the heart is worn out?

Sometimes I find myself overwhelmed by such a sense of negativity that every aspect of life seems too heavy on me.

[noctupede]

Studying for the last test of this semester before I can start consistently posting more higher quality stuff "( - ⌓ - ) I'm so ready to be done with this semester

I'm still working on chapter 3 of nightly cares, I have gotten quite far, but hoping to finish it by the end of the week, and I have so many drawings I want to work on

[trivalentlinks]

Let F be a Floer homology theory. For the purposes of this talk, you can assume it's any Floer homology theory you like, and if you don't like any Floer homology theory, then pretend you do like one and assume it's that one

-- a conference speaker

[the-twst-cast-needs-therapy]

Oh, Lilia Vanrouge™ from Disney Twisted Wonderland ©, we're really going through it aren't we?

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

One of the foundational parts of Cecios character is that hes not actually smarter than Muro and he knows it, but he has a white father, is light skinned, had citizenship and doesn't have a learning disability so he has his teachers and most adults fawn over him where they despised Muro, and the good grades he strove for to prove that their mother didnt "cause" Muros learning disability, are just used to indirectly praise his absent father and put down his mother and brother. He has more privilege than his brother and many in his community and he seethes about it. Its why he wanted to become a lawyer, so he could try and use how people see him as 'one of the good ones' to help the people left behind by that bullshit sentiment.

[mariocki]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

"Things happen here about... they don't tell about. I see things. You see, they say it's just an old man talking. You laugh at an old man. There's them that laughs and knows better."

[fraufangs]

"Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney — Book Review

Stars: 2/5⭐️ I give two stars because of the potential the story had. Two brothers, while dealing with their father’s death, trying to figure out their relationship, as well as their love life. It does sound good, doesn’t it?

The problem is, Rooney’s writing doesn’t match the idea behind the novel (again, I had the same problem with “Conversations with friends”).

Her characters are merely motives, stereotypically written at that. They do not function in more than two dimensions - their romantic relationships and prescribed traits from the beginning of the book. Peter is just a lost depressed boy in his 30s, while Ivan is a nice, slightly autistic guy who likes chess. Peter dates Naomi, a 23 year old only fans (I assume) “model”, who is an obedient dream girl, while still being hung up on his ex Sylvia, who is only there to provide him guidance and a sense of comfort/familiarity. Ivan meets Margaret, a 36 year old insecure divorcee, and falls for her. That’s pretty much all they think and talk about. Occasionally one of them adds something about their dead father, but it’s mostly Ivan complaining, once again, about his brother’s horribly written eulogy…

The topic of guilt or brotherly relations is overshadowed by these inappropriate romantic interests, and doesn’t get explored. Shame, really. And I truly don’t say that because I have a problem with portraying difficult relations or situations, I actually enjoy such themes. It’s just the way it was written… as if romanticized and prioritized over what was supposed to be the topic of the book.

After a while, it just becomes boring – their pseudo-intellectual thoughts and problems, analyzing every little detail (which is unnatural and unrealistic)… This book is way too long for its content. Repetitive, with a lot of unnecessary moments or conversations. And descriptive paragraphs about details that don’t matter (like a charging phone) annoy me even more, when contrasted with actual themes that could’ve been explored, shown – but only had the place to be told. I guess this is the biggest problem with “Intermezzo”, everything that we know about what is happening, or about the characters, comes from telling. Rarely does anything get confirmation when it’s shown, especially the deeper stuff.

Additionally, they are all painfully immature, and for half of the novel, it’s all about sex. Disappointing. Rooney, you could've done better.

What is more, I found that the female characters were horribly shallow and functioned only as the object of desire of one of the Koubek brothers. They did not have other purpose, nor other traits that would add to their personas. It does seem weird to me, considering that the author is a woman as well, and I wanted to highlight it in this review. It is definitely something to look at in Rooney's writing in general, as I had the same impression with all of her 3 other novels.

I could probably say much more, but to be honest, I’m so tired of “Intermezzo”, I really don’t want to waste more time on it. I do not get the hype, and I wonder why so many people don’t see how shallow and uninteresting this book truly is. It doesn't give the reader anything — any insight into grief, human relationships, ways to process different emotions/situations... It's just there.

[blackcurrant-juice]

wondering why im so fucking sleepy for no reason then remembered I forgot to take my meds for 3 days