#Mobi Drive

[vickyvicarious]

it's so fascinating to see how one of bram's ways to signal that the characters are modern and in tune with new science ends up horribly dating the book and making them all look worse to modern readers (i'm talking about the physiognomy thing)

Yes, absolutely! It's really interesting. In this case it's much worse because physiognomy is such an inherently racist and flawed idea. And that feels much more like something they could have realized. It forcibly reminds modern readers of the different culture these characters belonged to and the prejudices they either actively held or at the least passively accepted.

But it's not the only instance of the passage of time making certain details feel a lot different than they were meant to for contemporary readers. For example, Jack's phonograph is pretty new and exciting technology. Mina gets excited to see it today! But within the 1890s the shift from wax cylinders to flat discs began to happen, leading to gramophones and eventually record players. At the time this story is set (likely somewhere in the 1893-1897 range) the two technologies co-existed, but records were what eventually took off on a massive scale and phonographs with cylinders are seen as more of a prototype. This is something that might be less notable to modern readers since both are old technology to us, but it's a shift that happened not too long after the book was published. And of course the famous blood typing discovery...

When it was originally published, several critics disliked the book for being too modern, something they thought didn't suit a vampire story. Of course, the very contrast between modernity and ancient monsters was intentionally a major theme. And yet the passage of time changes our perspective on that theme. It's really fascinating to consider this stuff from 100+ years on.

[sidetongue]

4 happy faces and 1 very sad, carsick face

[fieriframes]

[The Count of Monte Crêpe-so. To Kill a Mockingbird Pie. Moby Pickles. Catch(er) of the Rye Toast. Brave New Casserole. A Farewell to Wings. Pride and Potatoes. The Great Grape Gatsby Float. Lord of the Onion Rings. Frankenstein's Monster Mash.]

[graveyardrabbit]

bumper sticker that says “my other ride was the Pequod”

[pooksbedamned]

BFF: there must be some movies about Moby Dick

Me: Isn’t that what Peter Pan is about ?

[anthonycrowley]

in the future when someone asks me what the worst part of being charged $878.30 usd more (i checked) than i should have for a dental procedure. i don’t think i will say the financial strain. i don’t think i will say the telling them exactly what the problem is only to be ignored repeatedly. i don’t even think it was the fact i was being gaslit for six months and they were seeming to imply that i didn’t understand how insurance data works*. it’s the fact that i am almost certain they put something on my file about how i am a problem and i don’t want to pay for procedures. when i was literally. and i cannot stress this enough. correct the entire time and they overcharged me by a magnitude of like at least a week’s pay.

*i’m a data analyst for a health insurance company

[wrishwrosh]

hello, i need you to read Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts ASAP!!! you will either despise it or love it, i can't decide which, i just need to know your opinion because it's very relevant to your interests. please report back 💕

you are telling me. that somebody turned moby dick chapter 15 “chowder.” which functions in the narrative primarily as a three page dick joke. into a feminist intergenerational histfic saga. somebody wrote a whole novel about the innkeeper named mrs hussey who asks queequeg and ishmael if they prefer cod or clam. i am adding it to my library holds right this instant

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

My darling gender is a show and you and I are fucking around in the hair and make up department giggling and putting red lipstick on each other and huffing hairspray 💕💕💕

[neutron-stars-collision]

It’s been way over a year and I’m still obsessively listening to ST4 soundtrack at any given moment 🙃 if you see me with out and about it’s like 80/20 guess what’s playing in the earphones

[msmacabre310]

Rules: Write the latest line from your WIP (or post where you last left off on in your art) and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

Thanks for the tag, @16magnolias!

From Simple Pleasures:

It had been so long since he had been in her room – not since she was a child, actually – and it had somehow escaped his notice that he had yet to step foot inside it since leaving the walls.

And from Children of Wax, (which I swear I intend to post eventually at some point before I die) (also I'm making this one a passage instead of a sentence because it's funnier that way):

Isa’s cavalier approach to gardening ensured one thing: Bruno began to actually learn things about plants, if only out of self-defense.

For example: there was sage, which was edible, and yellow sage, which looked edible, but would apparently destroy his liver if he acted on that instinct. A variety of entirely benign-looking plants that looked like they would be quite at home on a chef’s cutting board did not belong in a chef’s pot, because they tended to cause paralysis after boiling. He learned that far more plants contained the word “poison” in their names than he was comfortable with, and that wasn’t even counting the ones that just plain had the word “deadly” instead.

I'll send some tags out to @clownmoontoon and @swiftshade :)

But anybody who's interested is welcome to join in!

[businesstiramisu]

brando sando has a new Stormlight book coming out soonish, if old stuff is too highbrow for anyone :P

we are don quixote posting, moby dick posting, war and peace posting, infinite jest posting, the recognitions posting, bible posting, netter's atlas of human anatomy posting. i don't want to see any reference to any work of literature smaller than a brick

[kursusmengemuditangcik]

[stxim]

Servo drives are essential components in robotic systems, responsible for controlling the speed, position, and torque of servo motors with unparalleled accuracy. These drives translate digital commands from the robot's control system into precise analog signals that regulate the motor's performance. As the interface between the control system and the motor, servo drives play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of robotic platforms.

[anthonycrowley]

jeeps are bisexual cars. with no other car can you take the door off and put on a foot peg and hang halfway out the car. jeep figured out a way to allow you to sit bisexually while driving. love wins.

[art-life-music]

"... when I was a 12 year-old-boy my father brought me, my mother and my brother to a special place to enjoy our vacations. My father drove his old grey FIAT Tipo for almost 2 hours and during the trip we saw only clouds and rain in the sky, so everyone of us thought that our vacation was ruined. My father was very calm and when we arrived to the place (North-West of Sardinia) he said: "Ok, let's stop and have a breakfast. Don't mind about the weather, just think about the breakfast". We entered in a bar and we ordered our breakfast (croissants, coffee and other italian stuff, you know). There was a TV on a wall and THIS song was playing on MTV. Suddenly, at 1:50, all the clouds were gone and a bright sun appeared in the sky. Everything was wet and a lot of droplets were running on the window panes because the previous rain, so everything started to shine like diamonds. My father looked out of the window pane and smiled, putting his Ray-Ban on. That day me and my brother enjoyed a super day in the beach, playing in a crystal clear water. It was great. Sometime I think about my father. I miss him. But it's ok: there are other worlds than this. He's only driving his FIAT Tipo in another one, with a different destination, with different passengers."

[innerfare]

Random Ace Headcanons 

Summary: A collection of random Ace headcanons

Genre: Fluff

CW: None // SFW

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Really enjoys spicy food. Has such a high tolerance for it that he’s not allowed to cook for the crew if the chef is out because he always ends up knocking everyone on his feet. The sort of guy to carry a bottle of hot sauce on him. 

If he had a tail, it would be wagging nonstop. Seriously, nobody would ever be intimidated by him ever again because even when he was mad, that tail would be going a mile an hour. He started to grow out of his tsundere-ness as an adult, but he still had his moments, and the tail would totally ruin it. 

Is dyslexic, but had never even heard that word before he met Marco. He didn’t exactly receive a quality education from Dadan and the mountain bandits (no hate, Dadan is mom of the year). He can barely read but plays it off out of pride, always thought the words were supposed to look like that and the ease with which others could read was fuel to the fire that is his low self esteem. Marco diagnosed him but hasn’t made much progress in treatment because Ace can’t sit still long enough. 

Is far more intelligent than people give him credit for. A lot of the time, when he seems dumb, it’s because he’s not confident enough to say the answer out loud. His intelligence really shows in strategy games. Thatch thought Ace always winning at go was a fluke at first, but he quickly realized he never should have doubted the young new recruit. 

Is very much aware he can get away with things if he flashes a cute smile. The rest of the crew is very much aware of it, too, to the point they have assigned him a new, designated position: fixer. Whenever someone gets into trouble, they send the Second Division Commander in to rizz up the offended party (or take them out, if his cute smile doesn’t work). He's a sweet talker, too.

Always gets free stuff from markets, bakeries, etc. Literally can’t go into a bakery without the cute girl behind the counter insisting he take one of the warm cookies she just pulled out of the oven. It drives Marco insane, especially since he knows he himself is not immune to that cute freckled face and boyish smile. 

Loves having his hair played with so much that he can’t get through a haircut without blushing.  Doesn’t get a haircut on deck of the Moby Dick like some of the other guys because he’s so embarrassed about it, just cuts it himself with a knife like he started doing when he was just a little kid, won’t let anyone (except perhaps a lover) touch it. 

Makino used to give him haircuts sometimes, and it was definitely one of those adolescent awakening moments for him. Still embarrassed at the thought. Sometimes wonders if Makino would be impressed by him now or if she still would view him as a cute little boy. Isn’t even sure which one he would prefer. 

Is actually a really good dancer, can move like he was made for it. Nobody ever taught him formally, but he’s really good at picking up steps. It’s his go-to when there’s someone he likes, and he’s so good at it, it actually drives the crew a little insane. 

Has a collection of animal teeth taken from the beasts he’s taken down, going back to when he was just a little kid, even before he met Luffy or Sabo. He remembers each and every one and can recount the story of taking them down. He also has a tiger pelt that he keeps in his cabin; it was supposed to be a blanket but he runs too hot so now he keeps it as a rug. 

Sends money back to Dadan every month. He keeps the angry letters she sends him telling him to stop as tokens of gratitude. Initially, he told himself it was to pay her back for taking care of Luffy on her own after he left, but once Luffy turned seventeen, he kept doing it because he got such a kick out of the angry letters (and it eases his guilt for growing up there since he feels he was a complete imposition). 

Tears down his wanted posters when he sees them. Everyone thinks it’s because of some gripe with the World Government, but it’s actually because he once came across one of his father’s old wanted posters as a child, and when he saw his own, was struck by the similarity in their features. Hates his appearance in general for this reason, lies to people and tells them he got his mother’s looks (doesn’t even know what his mother looked like). 

Shed a tear (in private, of course) after he ate his devil fruit because he missed swimming so much- the feeling of running around the woods, hunting dinner, and then diving into a cool stream to cool down while the meat cooks was one of his favorite feelings in the world. Would give anything to dive into a mountain stream with Luffy and Sabo again. 

Speaking of Sabo, he always pours one out for his brother. The same can be said especially for food. He’ll set aside a portion of meat for his brother. He sets some aside for Luffy, too, knowing how much his baby brother would enjoy the meal if he were there. 

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