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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 10 months

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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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klaramarieleblochova · 4 months

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Colin Bridgerton wants to dance with Penelope Featherington throughout the seasons:

Season 1

He asked and was rejected.

Season 2

He's not getting rejected this time, he simply says they're dancing.

Season 3

He's taking no prisoners, this is his girl, step away motherfuckers!

This might be my favorite parallel in the a Bridgerton universe!

#bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #polin #romancing mister bridgerton #bridgerton netflix #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #penelope x colin #colin x penelope #luke newton #nicola coughlan #bridgerton season 3 spoilers #shall we dance #because we are dancing #do you mind if I interrupt

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annabelle--cane · 17 days

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I'm in the literary studies section of my university library, reading vampire books you've never heard of

#my kingdom for a book published post 2015 but I shall make do #vampires #marina marvels at life

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asterronomical · 3 months

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dance battle<33

#arrrt #obey me shall we date #obey me barbatos #obey me mammon #obey me nightbringer #barbatos obey me #mammon obey me #om swd #obey me! shall we date?#obey me! nightbringer #obey me fanart #obey me #hello person reading the tags. do u think theyve explored each other's b #thinking about that one person on twt who called them 'macaron' wherever u are i hope u know it truly shook me to my core

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demigods-posts · 2 months

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headcanon that percy and annabeth have a relationship contract they made after they got together once the war came to pass. they outlined it on paper in percy's bedroom. typed up a final draft using sally's laptop. and printed out and laminated it at the local library on their two month anniversary. and they abide by it like it's the law.

#“if one or both parties adopt an animal of any kind both parties in said relationship are characterized as it's legal parental guardian”#“if percy mentions the sphinx incident from the labyrinth to an outside party of which were not on the quest” ->#“annabeth can post photos of a guinea pig around camp half-blood and notify its residents of the events on circe's island”#“the two parties shall meet twice a month to remain up-to-date on whether each parties needs are being met within the relationship”#“if one party fails to acknlwledge the monthly anniversaries of said relationship” ->#“the other party can threaten divorce regardless of applicability”#percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #pjo headcanon #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth headcanon #percabeth fluff #percabeth cute #percabeth being amazing #percabeth being the cutest to ever not exist #percabeth funny #percabeth for the win #annabeth definitely threatened to divorce percy on their one-month anniversary during their trip to paris #i dont make the rules #(yes i do)

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jabesa0 · 3 months

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#mammon obey me #obey me #obey me shall we date #obm #obey me mammon #mammon #obey me fanart #obm mammon #I really like how this one turned out but my god #if you all knew how bad it was making this #I spent weeks on the first version just to restart from the sketch and finish it in like 5 days #ohhhh but for my baby angel it was worth it #…..however please mammon don’t make me do that again…..

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hinamie · 1 month

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i don't normally participate in these redraw challenges but it's megumi so i'll make an exception

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #megumi fushiguro #fushiguro megumi #fanart #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #jjk megumi #megumi #looks at clock UHHHHHHHH oops #i got lost in the sauce that is rendering his gd chin and under his lips.... ive been in stylized anime mouth land 2 long i fear #i had forgotten how much of a pain those shadows are :'>>> eSP at a lookdown angle #fought a bit but little did he know i spent years doing coloured pencil portraits. this is My domain #god but the rest of the skin render was so FUN i love . warm grey in2 brown in2 red/orange fr the deep underneck shadow #lip tint heavy blush freckles glossier model fushiguro megumi...........im a believer i fear #had a bit of a hard time finding a middle ground between how i normally draw his hair and a more Realistic take on it #the model in the og has hair that's pretty close but i think the strands r a bit short n too heavily curved fr my tastes #its my brand im afraid i simply must give itfs both longer hair #nothing else feels Right #but god i underestimated how Good this photoshoot is as megu material . i get the hype now i get it #i did the sketch n i looked at it and i had an oh /oh/ moment #smh megumi put those lustrous emerald orbs away before u hurt some1 #his gaze is too powerful . slaps a red bg on him makes him my new icon :)#anyway its 6am it is morning time do i sleep fr like 3 hrs or do i say megumi voice Whatever we shall see

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applestruda · 8 months

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Once again having fun with drawing in Mucha's style, this time with my own compositions though :]

#i plan on doing more of these but we shall see #geminitay #geminitay fanart #traffic smp #trafficblr #my art

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riinchu · 14 days

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Serenity 🪷

IM SORRY FOT NOT POSTING 😭 i literally said last week that i would post more but I forgot!!

Again ill try but im really bad at doing it so if i forget you can throw me in the trash lol

Ill start slowly uploading all of my art :3

#ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill #art #gabriel #my art #digital art #fanart #IM SORRY FOR NOT POSTING GABRIEL SIMPS #I SHALL DO BETTER I SWEAR!!!

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someiicecube · 1 month

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three realm sandwich (deconstructed) but make it a sleep chart

#gonna start cross posting/queuing some stuff from twt #of course I had to do the sleep chart first #yes their poly ship name is three realm sandwich #but the sandwich seems to be stuffed with a few too many humans ngl....#obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #obey me #obey me barbatos #obey me simeon #obey me solomon #three realm sandwich #icedoesart #๋࣭ ⭑⚝ esther posting

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special-mooon · 1 month

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#they always do him dirty 💀#ik they love him tho #obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #omnb #omswd #obey me lucifer #omswd lucifer

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zephyrchama · 3 months

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It is said that at times when a choice has to be made, everyone has an angel and a devil on their shoulder. These beings will try to influence a person's morals for right or for wrong.

You thought it was an exaggeration or something that only happened in cartoons. Yet here you stand, in the middle of a market trying out new foods, with Lucifer over one shoulder and Simeon over the other. They're arguing about which treats you should buy. As calm, rational adults, they aren't raising their voices or coming to blows. They're not making a scene at all. But there's a certain fire in their eyes and a stubbornness not to back down, keeping the two of them competitively breathing down your neck until you've made a choice.

"This one is similar to what I made you last week." Simeon points to a high-quality product on the top shelf.

"It's expensive. For that price, you can get two of these." Lucifer points to another product on a lower shelf. "I know you'll like them."

"That's too much. We can't have you getting sick from overeating. How about this? It's fluffy and light." Simeon tries to put a snack in your hand.

Lucifer knocks the angel's arm aside and puts his own recommendation in your hand. "This is made with rare ingredients from across the Devildom. You won't get a chance to try it again."

Two iron grips take hold of your shoulders as Simeon and Lucifer smile at each other. Two irked and vaguely threatening smiles, void of actual positive emotion. You consider just buying a keychain instead.

#we are ignoring any plot stuff happening right now #devils food cake vs angel food cake #what do you mean i posted yesterday. that cant be right. it feel like it's been at least 3 days? tumblr ur lying #obey me!#omswd #obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me scenarios #obey me x mc #obey me lucifer #obey me simeon #obey me x reader #obey me mc #obey me headcanon #obey me drabble #food mention #obey me fanfic

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pucksandpower · 25 days

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I propose that the tumblr girlies (gender neutral) get together and crowdfund to buy our own Formula 1 team, and then make every single decision through voting on polls.

#we can do it if we all donate $10 #and i bet we would have more success than *certain* teams that shall not be named #not to mention the best vibes in the paddock #f1 #formula 1 #formula one

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hansoeii · 10 months

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