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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 1 year ago

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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

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cosmogyros · 2 months ago

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Getting a little tired of people who move to Germany from abroad and then complain about the "rude customer service"... when it's literally just neutral customer service.

Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of rude customer service here too - but I'm talking about someone in a café who doesn't smile at you, or answers only the question you asked without volunteering more information. That's just... normal, my dudes. That's neutrality.

And the fact that people working in customer service in this country can be neutral - can be real human beings who don't necessarily feel like beaming and fawning all day every day - without having to fear losing their job for it... I think that's pretty great. And that's a big part of the reason I moved here, and the reason I feel more comfortable in this society than in the US.

I studied Germany for years before making the big decision to move here (I literally majored in German Studies in the US), and I visited this country multiple times, for increasing amounts of time, before making the big move. I knew (to a degree) what I was getting myself into, and therefore I've never regretted it.

But I meet multiple people every year - newcomers to Berlin whom I already know won't last - who decided to move here spontaneously, based on very little knowledge of the country or culture (let alone the language). And then they get so shocked and disappointed by Germany being... German... that they soon leave again. WHYYYYYYY

#german stuff #germany #schland o schland #you're not really that hard to love... or. well. at least like.#don't get me wrong: there's plenty to complain about #and complaining IS the german national sport #but there's a difference between german-style complaining #(which i myself do on a regular basis lol)#and complaining about a country for being exactly what you should have known it was before you moved here #(refugees exempted obvs. they have the right to be as grumpy as they want)#cosmo gyres #personal #o hear my sad complaint

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venusinta · 25 days ago

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chat is this real is the parkour god really gonna kiss me right now?!

#mavbo #darkstar #evbo #evbo's master friend #emf #emf parkour civilization #parkour civilization #parkciv #mcyt #venus.art #im too eepy rn i did this in a few mins #u get my super sketchy style.....#gn mavbo nation

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goldensunset · 8 days ago

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i’ve been thinking about the pokémon memes where it’s like playing off of that one quote that’s like ‘truly strong trainers should try to win using their favorites’ and it’s like ‘ok well my favorite is [something blatantly overpowered]’ and it’s got me curious. how many people genuinely love pokémon that also happen to be really strong competitively?

so if you will. pick a favorite pokémon (for any reason! whether it’s cuteness or strength or nostalgia etc. no judgment) then go here https://www.smogon.com/dex/sv/pokemon/ and look it up

(you’ll see something that looks like this. see where it says tier and has some gibberish afterwards? don’t worry if you don’t know what that means but tell me what the letters/words are)

also if there are multiple forms and the distinction matters to you make sure you get the right one lol cuz the tiering can be different

edit: forgot to mention i mean specifically in SV! which is what comes up by default. rip every pokémon that either isn’t in SV (it’ll say ‘national dex’) or used to be better but has since fallen off relative to new pokémon

#pokémon #pokemon #pokeposting #if you want to know what those terms mean #AG stands for anything goes. very few pokémon have ever been in here #the absolute elite. too powerful too broken #Ubers is below that it’s like the normal ban zone where most overpowered pokémon go #OU stands for overused it’s like the ‘standard’ top tier #below that is UU (underused) then RU (rarely used) then ZU (zero used) then PU (this is a pun. pee-yew. because they stink)#LC is little cup which is basically Baby Fight™️ and NFE is not fully evolved so like babies and teenagers basically #and anything with BL (ban list) at the end is like a weird in between state #where they’re too powerful for the tier they were supposed to be in but not good enough for anyone in the tier above them to want to use em #if you’re thinking these are insane ridiculous terms then i agree #slight edit i think i initially got the order of ZU and PU mixed up. so many tiers with negative mean names…#i fixed it in the poll though #that is to say PU is above ZU #and if you’re curious how tiers work. the tier a pokémon is ‘in’ refers to the lowest it can possibly go #but you can use it in any of the higher tiers if you want to (it’s just more likely to get stomped on)#so like if a pokémon is OU that means you can’t use it in UU or RU or NU etc etc #but you can use it in Ubers if you want in addition to OU #most people i believe play in OU bc there’s arguably the greatest game balance #you’re allowed to use powerful pokémon but it isn’t as run wild go crazy no rules as Ubers #i mean even Ubers has rules but. fewer of em #AG has only one rule and that’s ‘you can’t force a standstill endless battle’ lol. otherwise it’s the wild west #OU is popular bc it’s a fine mix of rules that keep the game fair fun and competitive #and pokémon that are powerful and fun to use in battle #but if you have a different style you might like playing in a lower tier where everybody is super weak #*syndrome voice* but if everyone is weak then no one is…#it’s all about scale it’s all relative #edit: KNEW i was forgetting some nuance. some pokémon are stuck in the past aka not available in SV so they’ll say ‘national dex’ oops

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demaparbat-hp · 11 months ago

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Fire Half-Child

#atla #zuko #avatar the last airbender #atla zuko #zutara #halfblood au #zutara au #atla art #atla fanart #zuko fanart #prince zuko #zuko art #zuko alone #Halfblood AU art #katara #Here comes the Blue Eye Samurai art style influence rearing its pretty head #Gotta love that show's use of lighting #I know this looks like another good ol' Zuko Alone fanart... And it kinda is... But I swear it's also from the HalfBlood AU #I'm still figuring out Zuko's backstory in this AU but I know he was raised in the EK after escaping the Fire Nation as a child #It was probably Ursa who took her freshly burned son and left with help from the White Lotus #I'm... not entirely sure if Zuko remembers everything from his previous life. Flashes of memories and faces but that's it #He believes himself to be a War Child. Ursa loved him but she was also distant in illness and grief.#She taught him to hide his real name and his firebending at all costs. Agni only knew what would happen to him if he was found out.#The last thing Ursa said to him before pushing him out of the burning cottage was to search for his Uncle in Ba Sing Se #He would help him. Keep him safe. And he had answers.#He could tell Zuko of his past and his memories and shed some light over his strange dreams and his mother's sorrow #He just had to reach Ba Sing Se and find him. Uncle would tell him everything about the monster who had burned her mother's back and spirit #Then Zuko would find him #And no demon other than himself would ever roam the earth again #Change of subject. Am I going to keep dropping the full backstory and plot in the tags? Yes. Yes I will. Sorry guys

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tharett · 10 days ago

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-Points and pogs-

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Philza the HEDGEHOG 😧‼️‼️

With his bf Missa 🥺🤏

[Esp]

-apunta y hace una cara super epica-

F

Felipe Cubito el ERIZO 😧‼️‼️

Con su novio el Missa 🥺🤏

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rottenfishhh · 3 months ago

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employee of the month

#fnaf #five nights at freddys #into the pit #fnaf into the pit #jeff fnaf #jeff into the pit #jeffs pizza #fnaf fanart #art #fanart #fnaf art #jeff nation #artist on tumblr #my art #art style #artwork #digital art

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luzho · 1 year ago

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the zukka puns... continue!!

originally a bad joke by jeff, with the scenery of the first panel based on the Jianbi pavilion in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing and the pose of the second panel based on this photo. i am very happy with how the perspective and the colors turned out :) i should make more architectural drawings for fun

#my art #zukka #almost a year after the original zukka pun comic... 12k notes! wow!!! i like thinking i am one of the Silly Guys in zukka nation:•)#i DID wanted to do something different with the colors in this one! not sure if its particularly... well... different BUT HEY THIS IS FUN!!#i showed some friends this comic before dialogues were written and they thought the punchline was about the fish-like face sokka is making #ANYWAY!!! here's an idea: pun proposal!! gotta research how to make it silly first tho...#zukka nation #puns #zukka fanart #okay wait MAYBE i should attempt spiderverse style portraits of them... okay that was the actual last one byeee:D #zukka puns

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myfandomprompts · 6 months ago

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EWAN MITCHELL at House of the Dragon - London Premiere Wearing Alexander McQueen and being an absolute cutie.

#ewan mitchell #usermyfandomprompts #aemond targaryen #ewan nation #house of the dragon #hotd #style #london premiere

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asiriyep · 7 months ago

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Maiko Week 2024.

Day 1: Wedding.

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sbrinapacks · 10 months ago

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fav or reblog if u use 💌!

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honeyhobbs · 8 months ago

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We need more gaz calling cards and in this essay I will

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toyastales · 2 months ago

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Arches National Park

The park's arches and other formations were created over millions of years by erosion and weathering. Rainwater dissolves carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, creating carbonic acid, which reacts with the rock and breaks it down.

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scorpiomoondoll · 4 months ago

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draconicdeityarts · 3 months ago

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Komodo Rhino! A piece I did for an ATLA zine!

#atla #avatar the last airbender #komodo rhino #atla fanart #fire nation #digital arwork #digital illustration #japanese inspired #inspired by ukiyo-e style!

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earfgoddesss · 4 months ago

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I'm so obsessed with the current ATLA comics artsyle. Everyone looks SO GOOD. I love how handsome and perfect Aang, esp that he's 16 in the comics. I love how cute and badass Toph is. I love the rigid shapes on Sokka that show his masculine personality, but still combined with his smug expressions. I love the texture of Katara's hair. I LOVE how BEAUTIFUL Azula, Zuko, and Ursa are and how they all kind of have the same face. I love how Azula looks in her comic so much, I can't describe why, but she just looks so good. Iroh looks the same tbh, he's just chilling. AND SUKI LOOKS SO MASC HERE!!

Artist is Peter Wartman and the Colors are done by Ryan Hill btw

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