#It is wonderful

[jasperandhenryslovechild]

still considering that rebrand but while im here i would love to introduce the genloss fandom one of my most prized possessions

may i present to you

the gloor.

[marybeatriceofmodena]

THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL FILMED THIS YEAR'S PRODUCTION OF MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING AND IT WILL BE WIDELY RELEASED 😩👌

[infamous-if]

LISTEN AMY I LOVE YOU!!!

BUT AVINA (whatever their name is) NEEDS TO BACK UP FROM MY MAN. LIKE THE COURT OF LAW SAID THAT SEVEN IS MY BOO. THE JURY AGREES!!

Anyway, Avina(?) stay away or we will fight in the waffle house parking lot. The gang will be pulling up.

LOL

Sevenmancers not only going to be fighting for their lives to get Seven’s affection back, but now fighting Avina hehahshshahahahaha

Poor MC will be forced to share a bus with Seven and Avina while they’re giggling over songs they wrote together,,, seeing everyone in pain,,,,makes me smile

[bethanydelleman]

Northanger Abbey Readthrough Ch 14

PEOPLE THIS IS THE BEST CHAPTER EVER!!!! We have reached the pinnacle of Tilney awesomeness...

my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself. This always makes me think of Evelina by Fanny Burney, where the poor heroine always is taken places she doesn't want to go. Luckily for us, the country walk is actually happening! No Thorpes! No rain! Just charming Tilneys.

One of the best earnest quotes in Austen has happened!:

The narrator has taken more of a back seat at this point, but here we have the hero of the novel, openly admitting that not only does he read novels, but he loves them. Henry also seems to understand that Catherine has been mocked about this before, he's very overt in his appreciation of novels. And he calls on her to be proud of him for stealing a novel from his sister, which is just... 🥰🥰🥰 "I am proud when I reflect on it, and I think it must establish me in your good opinion.”

Now is Tilney a little pedantic? Yes. But I find it cute. Sue me.

"...But I really thought before, young men despised novels amazingly.” “It is amazingly; it may well suggest amazement if they do—for they read nearly as many as women.

Catherine has picked up a lot of language from Isabella and Mr. Tilney is subtlety (and not so subtlety) correcting it.

“Henry,” said Miss Tilney, “you are very impertinent. Miss Morland, he is treating you exactly as he does his sister. He is forever finding fault with me, for some incorrectness of language, and now he is taking the same liberty with you. The word ‘nicest,’ as you used it, did not suit him; and you had better change it as soon as you can, or we shall be overpowered with Johnson and Blair all the rest of the way.”...

“Very true,” said Henry, “and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.”

Henry is pointing out both overuse of the word nice and meaning drift. You see a lot of meaning drift comparing Austen's language to ours, words like wonderful, awful, interest, etc. Nice apparently used to mean something close to "neat" and now it means "pleasant" and Henry Tilney is in a battle to preserve it. Well sorry, Mr. Tilney, but you lost. He has a point though, the overuse of a word entirely dilutes it's meaning and can make it basically mean nothing at all.

I love Catherine's speech about history:

The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all—it is very tiresome: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention. The speeches that are put into the heroes’ mouths, their thoughts and designs—the chief of all this must be invention, and invention is what delights me in other books.

She's so right here!

Now while Catherine does spend a lot of time in awe of Henry Tilney and his wit, she does stand on her own opinions. She asserts that "torment" and "instruct" are synonymous and to borrow the phrase of another Austen woman, she will not be laughed out of her opinion! (Jane Bennet, P&P)

Eleanor and Henry soon begin to talk about the picturesque, and from the clues it seems they have opinions similar to Marianne Dashwood and her love of dead leaves. This section is the one I see most quoted by those who think Catherine is too stupid for Henry Tilney or that he is distasteful for wanting to marry an ignorant girl.

I will first point out that ignorance is not equal to stupidity, Catherine is eager to learn. Also, I doubt Henry would have anything to do with the vapid Isabella Thorpe. Catherine may be ignorant about drawing and have trouble with discerning motives, but she is in no way an idiot. If anything, Austen is mocking this sentiment:

Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

But Catherine did not know her own advantages—did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.

Does Henry enjoy being admired by Catherine in all his wit and knowledge? Undoubtedly, yes. But he also loves hanging around Eleanor who is just as intelligent as him (riot fears aside). The chief attraction here is not the ignorance. It's primarily the honesty. Here again we have Catherine fully prepared to admit that she doesn't like reading history and that she knows nothing of drawing. She doesn't pretend, she is a creature of no disguise.

Now we get to see Henry making very suggestive statements that go right over Catherine's poor head:

"...Miss Morland is not used to your odd ways.” “I shall be most happy to make her better acquainted with them.” “No doubt; but that is no explanation of the present.”

No doubt! Eleanor is shipping this couple hard. Good for her.

It was no effort to Catherine to believe that Henry Tilney could never be wrong. 

Oh Catherine, you've got it bad.

We hear from an Isabella clone (her younger sister), who was left behind from the Clifton Scheme, she is with two of the sweetest girls in the world, who had been her dear friends all the morning and says:

“They set off at eight this morning,” said Miss Anne, “and I am sure I do not envy them their drive. I think you and I are very well off to be out of the scrape. It must be the dullest thing in the world, for there is not a soul at Clifton at this time of year. Belle went with your brother, and John drove Maria.”

Girl, your speech is dripping with envy so much that even Catherine Morland, our intrepid heroine, realizes that you spouting bullshit.

I will give like, 1 half point to Thorpe for actually helping Isabella out and driving his sister to Clifton. But I award it very begrudgingly.

[naomiknight-17]

Mom asked what kind of cake I want for my birthday and I was like 'Chocolate fudge. Super rich. Preferably with sprinkles. But if they don't have sprinkles, no worries, I have my own'

It is convenient sometimes to be a sprinkle collector

[spooki-pooks]

I can just see it being a normal day in the mindpalace and Patton just starts meowing. They all sorta look at him and he's like "What? I saw it online, all the kids are doing it now! It's called, 'mewing' " And either Janus or Virgil break out laughing, Logan sat their confused

[to-the-batcomputer]

batman and blue beetle is such a cool team-up

[elsmysteryworld]

songs stuck in my head best and worst thing ever

[cupboard-of-npd]

hi I know you just had someone else say this but your blog is awesome and me and my npd holder headmate really like your posts and stuff :3

Tyyyy!!!!!

[autisticmuppeteer]

Excuse me sir, do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior The Little Mermaid (2023)

[makoto-lmk-love]

Hi guys!!

Look at it! this is amazing! And the creator of it is

@jaybunsblog

Thank you for drawing this!༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つhug

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[nettlestingsoup]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD EVENING TO YOU MORGAN I AM HERE TO MENACE >:)

GOOD EVENING MENACE AND GOODNESS HOW SEUNGMIN HAS GROWN.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?

<3

[swagging-back-to]

twinkie candy canes slap. like legit

[lrndvs]

compliments from girls go hard

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery