#NAAAAHHHH

[e-adlirez]

Dancing Shadows was wild like they really tried to convince us that a self trained ballerina was better than professionally trained ones lmao

Like that's not how ballet works sweetie😭

DON'T SLANDER CARLOTTA LIKE THAT SHE WAS AMAZING /J

Yeah that's fair, Dancing Shadows does have a cliche plot and it's not very realistic with Carlotta's backstory/development, but you can't deny, the book does earn its place as a golden age book :]

At least in my opinion anyway, the girls' brains were showcased like hell in that book and you love to see it. Also aesthetic, you can't deny the aesthetic

On Carlotta tho, yeah her character in general is probably by far the least realistic part of the book, but even then the focus was more on the judges trying to sabo the competition than Carlotta herself. Being real, her skill in ballet probably would've been more like uh

Okay if we're gonna go with the lore here, she is a self-taught ballerina whose skill allowed her to qualify for this mega-prestigious dance competition, so her skill would be (compared to everyone else in the competition) mid at best? I think? If we disregard everyone being like "beautiful, amazing, prodigy", she'd probably be mid in the competition. Don't get me wrong, that'd probably be a "WHAT" kinda skill level for someone in her situation, but uh yeah with Mice for Dance sabo-ing, girlie probably won't make it past first round, especially if the MfD judges were rig-y enough that only Colette and Violet, both classically trained students, made it among the Thea Sisters in the preliminary rounds, which, funny enough, was what would've happened in the book haha. Rousetti's vote really did carry her huh

Okay ramble over, main thing I liked about the book was the emphasis on the message of "it's not about if you went to a bougie-ass school, it's about if you genuinely care for the art and put effort into it". And the girls big-braining the crap outa getting the MfD judges and competitors exposed for their shenanigans. The switcheroo was a clever one change my mind

Also the theme of where the line where artistic legitimacy is drawn. The book has these debates peppered around about whether or not it truly matters what your background of education is in ballet in order for it to be legitimate ballet, highlighted especially in Vasily and Pyotr's debate, where Vasily believes that ballet should be open to influences from around the world, while Pyotr believes that authentic ballet only exists in the traditions taught in Russian dance schools. It's kind of a debate that happens in all forms of art in some flavor, and in the book, neither Vasily nor Pyotr are proven right or wrong, if that makes sense. Even when Carlotta makes it big, she's still kind of a point in Pyotr's favor, since she's a ballet nerd who studied as much as she could about the tradition and the art in general despite being a self-taught dancer who watched ballerinas dance from backstage and then copied their movements in front of a mirror to the best of her ability. So seeing where artists fall in that spectrum of the debate is something I find interesting (when ignorant idiots aren’t the ones debating).

Edit: I only realized that I didn’t finish the thought last night, how did I only notice it now, I dunno you tell me

[allimili]

[suddenly-frankenstein]

so uh i just drew some random modern!AU (university AU maybe) Clerval and Frankenstein design???

(i hate myself so i did it in acrylic yeah, better click on pic for slightly better quality)

[katyspersonal]

Lrb honestly one of the most important things I've learned in this fandom is to not worry about "being annoying" or "worrying people".

I've been asking literally every person I could think of, to the point I should earn infamy amongst Soulsborne dataminers as that autist you really hope you won't attract the attention of XD And yet, one person DID answer my request for checking every Dark Souls 1 NPC properly and clarifying the three that supposedly don't have faces! Not only Rayan was so kind despite (what seems like) Dark Souls 1 being tedious to hack, but we even discovered curious unused content character and extra lore for Lautrec! But even just faces should have been shot properly a DECADE ago!

And that would not have happened, had I gave up after several times of receiving cicada noises on my questions, even from people who normally talked to me! Just remember to never give up, there is always a person who will help just because they can!

[dredsina]

I went through all this horrendous skin patch testing and came out with a list of several things I'm allergic to, only for me to go into denial and go about as if I don't have any of those allergies... and then I am offended and hurt when I have allergic reactions

[good-beanswrites]

Can we just savor this moment of the queue having all the ships of Fuuta and the early 20s folks?

Could it be....?! My guy.... he's finally.....

...getting bitches??!!!???

[ccaptain]

Me @ the thought of H:SR Kaeya with his partner's jacket/shirt on: spirit lifted. +10 happiness

[oogaboogaspookyman]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYBODY THE GARDEVOIR THAT CANONICALLY CAN BEAT YOUR BITCHASS TO DEATH IS TRANS AND POLYSEXUAL

Yes the Riven one is directed at @mushroom-for-art , get tagged idiot i'm feeling fearless in these current seconds heeheehoo

Alt with clarification on Riven's asexuality under the cut because post is already huge ig lmao

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

Literally everybody @ my grandmother, several times a week: please for the love of god flush your toilet

Grandmother: *does not flush the toilet to "save water and money"??*

*all of the fucking pipes get clogged up with shit, unsurprisingly*

Yeah anyway we had to buy a whole new toilet and also have to disassemble half the pipes because of all that shit stuck in there and it's gonna cost ungodly sums of money. Thanks grandma, your carnal desire to save money has somehow,,, cost us even more money. and also the smell of shit is everywhere now, so yeah, it's great.

[unsettlingcreature]

I forgot that the reason I stopped watching shows about emergency services was because it played into every single one of my intrusive thoughts. oh my god this is exactly why I've always been terrified by the concept of rollercoasters.

[pheoflame]

FR YALL I SEE PPL SAYING THAT CLARK LOOKS SO GOOD WHEN HE S IN PAIN OR SMTH AND THEY RE SO FUCKING RIGHT 🤣😭

[emonydeborah]

that was him???? Thank you Leonard Nimoy

can’t stop thinking about Leonard Nimoy saving us from the “Saavik pregnant with Spock’s baby” storyline they wanted to go with for star trek iv

[miraculousbohemian]

I wanna bitch about Marvel rn but i won't so you get the vine that truly describes my mood

[wingwounds]

okay FINE ill get dressed . i have to pick up a package outside anyways ( its not mine but im tha only one hoam )

[clownsgobeepbeep]

Brother: I need to ask you a very serious question

Me: Okay

Brother:

Brother: Are you sure you just like Rauru or are you into him

Me: Nah I just like him. I just think he's neat!

Brother: Oh okay

Me:

Me: Or am I...