#astute as always

[oldpotatoe]

re: memes in flwogb. i have to say i always enjoyed a) reading each chapter to see what reference you were going to put in because imo you always did it pretty skillfully and b) even better, seeing atla tumblr explode when they found the reference. however an even truer lesson has been learned by all: don't reread old writing

zone truly truer words were never spoken

[happyheidi]

𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦

[cto10121]

how is jk rowling closer to dickens than donna tartt?

Rowling, like Dickens, is supremely devoted to social realism, which includes comedy, satire, and commentary. So naturally she also uses his techniques (significant character names, child POV with adult sensibility, etc.) and sometimes even tropes (abused orphan boy, mean relatives, relative and abject poverty, snobbery and classism, etc.). This is most glaringly apparent in the Strike series, to the point where they are more like sociological tomes than mysteries, but Harry Potter also fits the Dickensian mode very comfortably.

The difference is that Dickens was not really a mystery writer, whereas Rowling is, at least in plot. Also, Dickens had a much more visceral experience with poverty and institutional injustice than Rowling; there is a lack of that both-sides centrism in Dickens. He was also more influenced by Shakespearean psychology and tropes than Rowling. Rowling, however, was much more aware of white supremacy than Dickens could ever be—her understanding of class struggle includes colorism (Voldemort and some of the Death Eaters especially are aristocratically coded to the extreme - all those Anglo-Norman names! Revealingly, none of them are POC).

As for Donna Tartt, from the two (very popular) books I’ve read by her, she only uses Dickensian tropes for quasi-mythic and romantic journeys; they are largely empty of their political and social commentary, almost serving as mere literary allusions. Above all, she seems mostly concerned with the power of art, literary or otherwise.

[mariocki]

Patrick Troughton lays down the law as Italian police Inspector Guido Gambetti in The Saint: Interlude in Venice (5.2, ITC, 1966)

[non-un-topo]

Little self-portrait (WIP)

[frannyzooey]

my dearest kelli,

i hope your birthday is the best best best! you deserve all the love and delicious cocktails and writing time a girl could ever ask for. i'm grateful for your friendship every single day. you're such a constant, unwavering source of light and support and warmth and community on this crazy hellsite--not to mention ridiculous talent and creativity--and we're all so freaking lucky to have you ❤️

here's to the metal bucket of a man who brought us together 🥂

love you love you love you

I don't know what I did to deserve a friend like you, my love 🥺❤

The way you are there for everything - the thots, the ups, the downs, the thots, the real life stuff, the fic, the thots, the puppy pictures and the marriage talk and the thots and the thots and the thots and did I mention the thots because you and I are the same person when it comes to basically every depraved thot ❤

The impact that you have had on my life is immeasurable -- the patience and care you show my drafts, the big brain you lend me with brainstorming and reassurance, the way you are always there with a helping hand and an ear and a virtual cocktail ❤

I owe so much to you -- so much. The quality of my life shot through the roof the day we bonded over our tin can husband -- and I have felt like the luckiest ever since.

I love you SO much ❤

Here's to the Mando movie and cocktails and gabbing about writing and everything else 🥰🥰

[boneempress]

natalie saving travis from ritualized slaughter in Doomcoming vs travis saving nat from ritualized slaughter in It Chooses... javi running away to his tree cave in Doomcoming vs javi running away to his tree cave (not quite) in It Chooses...

[bioluminescentfrog]

Also just joined fbm's stream for the first time ever today hes so goofy

[jrueships]

BIG BERTHA ?????

zoo wee mama, as the Scriptures do say 🥵

[ravencromwell]

@bodysnatch3r feel like this is particularly up your alley, given how keen you are on Frodo/Sam/Rose!

Every time Sean Astin makes a statement on whether or not Sam and Frodo were indeed gay for each other in lord of the rings he’s always like “well we have to acknowledge that attitudes around sexuality have changed dramatically over the past several decades and since authorial intent is only up to speculation, the story is open to multiple readings, some of which might have different significances for different groups of people also they kiss on the lips because I said so”

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Every time we have a sub in Latin they try to tell me and @matznothere to sit in the desk and not on the stools and every time without fail we just don’t. We just kinda stay there

[flavobacterium]

this addiction shit is hard

[addsalwayssick]

Remus opened his letter, surprised when it appeared to be a howler. The last time he’d heard one was the day before Sirius got disowned back in 5th year.

He was in the dining hall for breakfast, sitting at the staff table. He watched as Harry and Hermione plotted, looking anxious. He blew it off, as it seemed Harry was always weary.

“A howler,” Snape sneered from beside him.

“Astute observation, Severus.” Remus told him, nodding at him.

Remus disregarded Snape, and focused on the howler. There was no name on it, so it was possible it was from a student playing a prank. In good nature, for the prankingnostalgia, Remus opened it.

There was silence for a moment before a loud, booming voice started to yell. “DARLINGGGGG, GUESS WHOS BACK FROM JAIL” And it was his Sirius Black. And he knew they would find each other again.

[scary-senpai]

Obviously I can’t speak for all autistic people, but a good portion of my journals as a young adult is just me observing people I like (find inspiring or fascinating), noting their dialogue and their body language. Your average person might consider these details irrelevant but that’s the thing—the experience of being autistic is the inexplicable sensation that you do not have the same hardware everyone else has; whatever most humans do naturally you have to practice.

And of course I can’t speak for the author, either, but imho a notebook full of sketches diagramming “casually relaxed posture” and “How To Respond When A Well-Respected-But-Overtly Lonely Older Coworker Invites You to Dinner” and “Straightforward Way to Order Fries” is the most autistic coded thing I’ve ever seen a character do, ever, except maybe that scene in Bungo Stray Dogs where Ranpo stands up and starts yelling in the theater.

There's upsides to being slightly autistic

Not that I'm diagnosing Genos as autistic, but his way of making Saitama his special interest has definitely reminded many of it. :)

Many have laughed at how silly his habit of noting 'irrelevant' details is.

But...

...there's method to this madness. Given how he's made such granular note of Saitama's habits, teachings, and body language, should 'God' (no ID) ever try to trick him, he'll probably see through it.

And that's no laughing matter.

[teknicaldifficulties]

okay, right off the bat i don't have much to say about the grand theft autumn vid other than "the lip-syncing is adorably rough and i can look past it bc this was early on in the band's life" and "oh thank FUCK that random dude was i guess actually dating that girl he was filming, that would've gotten uncomfortable".

[justtogetthrough]

So I have a performance review coming up and for interest sake I pulled up last years out of fear of rating myself lower than I did then/indicating I’ve regressed in any way.

Reading through it is PAINFUL. If I ever go for an autism assessment, I’m bringing it with me for a very real life example of LOOK, look at what working is like for me with this fucking brain of mine. This self evaluation alone will tell someone all they need holy shit lol.

It’s pages upon pages of me describing social problems I’d had that year and various things I didn’t understand and was hella confused about (norms, expectations, why people act the way they do, various things I did that made people upset and not knowing why, etc) that I now know are definitely autism related but back then I attributed to me being dumb or dense or just mysteriously incapable. I’m so fucking oblivious in the reflections that I’m actually just probably very autistic, and social communication is a huge area of difficulty for me.

It’s weird filling it out this year. There’s a lot less confusion to write about. At some point in the last year I’ve shifted into treating myself as if I am autistic and it has made my life so much better and alleviated so much distress and suffering because I can let go of the things that used to make me fixate on the confusion and the need to understand and pick everything apart. This year’s review I’m just like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i am who I am and I don’t care that people respond negatively at times to my social incompetencies or my failure to mask some days. I’m honestly tired of fighting myself on these things all the time and releasing that has brought me peace. I don’t have the time or energy to spend 20 minutes adding fluff into single emails just to hope I avoid sounding direct or brash. If I’m emailing about a specific thing, I’m just gonna email about a specific thing and forgo whatever formalities I’m supposed to use because that drains me and I’m tired of it. My colleagues can fucking deal with it and focus on the task at hand so we can do our jobs and if they wanna think I’m rude then go right ahead. I have other things that require my limited energy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯