#ask a James

[lovecrumbss]

James Baldwin talking about love

[sugar-salt-sea]

this scene was so funny. wilson beckoning house back over like a dog. house folding immediately. all while wilson is laser-focused on rolling the world's most mediocre joint

[therainbowwillow]

hbomberguy’s latest video on plagiarism has made me completely rethink literature and writing. I have never once so much as considered intentionally plagiarizing anyone or anything, but I think there’s something more that has come out of this: the names of the people who created the works Somerton (and others) ripped off.

Plagiarism isn’t only bad because it is lazy and disrespectful, it’s bad because it buries the truth. If you can’t find a source, the conversation is over. Somerton’s sources are fairly easy to find by simply searching his plagiarized lines, but that isn’t true in most cases. Most of the time, the line from statement to source is a lot less clear.

Today, I was writing a report on English Ivy, which is an invasive species here in the US. I wanted to know when it was introduced and I at last found a source claiming it was introduced to the Americas “as early as 1727” on a .net website that seems quite reputable (it has multiple major universities credited in its home page), but there is no citation for where this date came from. I dug deeper and found a pamphlet created by a city government in Virginia that made the same claim, only to discover the first source linked in their bibliography. Another website (a botanical garden’s page) gave the same date with the same source hyperlinked. Of course, I have classes to attend and things to do and probably not enough time to follow the lines back to where this 1727 date came from, but if I had not just watched this video, I wouldn’t have given that date a second thought.

Of course, it doesn’t matter in the long run exactly what year hedera helix was introduced to the Americas, but it makes you wonder how many facts have been so vaguely attributed that it becomes completely impossible to figure out where they originated (and further, whether or not they’re true at all).

[grumpoww]

Married Hilson 🗣️🗣️

[turnipoddity]

if u draw me a hilson kiss i will draw u one pretty cool garfield 🗣️‼️

I want my garfield swimming in lasagna

[lovely-english-rose]

more trans Jim treasure planet? for the art requests?

MORE TRANS JIMMY PROPAGANDA LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO 🗣📢

[possumtion]

Drawing the road trip/beach episode we never got

Part 2

[mischievous-thunder]

The morning after Althea had to spend yet another sleepless night because of the two freaks:

Meanwhile Logan:

P.S. Neither of the two idiots was drunk.

[courfee]

I'm back with the pretty boys facing each other

[honeycaksy]

...could I..could I ask for like... Sirius and Harry, or baby Harry with padfoot ...no pressure, you don't have to draw this

STOP THE IDEA IS SO CUUUUUTEEEEE

Here Sirius and…baby Harry 😔🤲

Imma do a petition to let Sirius enjoy his godfatherhood in peace okay AS HE SHOULD

Let’s pretend it’s James who took the picture

[blanc-ci]

Attention crew, the use of all modified dreidels and similar constructs is henceforth banned within recreation spaces.

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Hehehe Happy Hanukkah, holidays, and new year you guys!💖

[buglvr24]

today i asked a trekkie coworker if he shipped spock and kirk. when he said no i asked why and he replied: “i think spock can do better”

[managone16]

Sirius: So James, are you a shirt-lifter or a skirt-lifter? James: James: Sorry what- Sirius: You know. Which team you playing? James: Uhh- Sirius: For fucks sake James! Do you likes boys or girls? James: OH!! James: Umm- James, shrugging: Shkirt-lifter?

[fiasco95]

Peter: Wait- so that’s James’ jacket??

Regulus: Yes??? There’s literally the letter ‘P’ on it. Where in merlin’s name would there be a ‘P’ in my name?!

James, walking past: In ‘Potter’ when we get married.

Regulus:

Peter:

The entirety of Hogwarts:

(Regulus hyphenates their names.)

[grumpoww]

House has the highest bid, don't tell anyone

Re-upload, zoom for better quality

+ sick boys

[sluttypatrickstar]