#by the skin of their teeth but they did
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Ok, but, like, what do you expect?
No, really, what? You wanna send an 18 year old kid up there and flaunt the fact that they got shit grades? In my head, here are a few scenarios
1) The Pity Case. This kid did literally everything they could, but the world was against them. Family, housing, mental wellbeing, hunger problems galore. Oh, but they made it through! They're here, graduating, despite it all! Here, let's invite this kid to relive all of the shit they've gone through to make the whoole audience either tearfully applaud or feel generally uncomfortable for a hot minute while this kid relives trauma after trauma for what is essentially unreal entertainment for everyone else. After that, they can sit back and watch their own kid graduate, patting themselves on the back and knowing that at least their kid didn't have as hard a time as THAT one.
2) the Rebel. This one rejects the system and is proud of it. Their reasons? Idk yet. They may share those on the stage if they deign to go. This is, after all, a formal function, which they've been denying all along. Either they skip to stick it to the man or they go and shit all over the institution. Great for entertainment. Dick move for the students who actually worked their asses off. Like, think about it. Imagine that you love basketball so much that you bust your ass practicing, keeping fit in every way you know how, only to win The Big Game and then have one player elevates who basically talks shit about the whole game. There's a place for that, but not when you're celebrating a hard won achievement. Parents might get pissed and tell the institution at large not to ruin the celebration that their kid spent hours of study and work to earn. Boom. No more other side of the tracks speech.
3) the Example. This kid tried, ok? They tried so so so so so damn hard. School just isn't their area of expertise, but they fucking graduated. By the skin of their teeth! To them, too, this is an achievement! And they're so so so proud of themselves! As they should be! So they get on stage, talking about their experience earnestly, only to realize later that... for as much as they wanted to celebrate, others are mocking them. Whispering softly about "poor kid, what a waste." This is the pity case, but they only feel the shame and embarrassment kick in after they've basically been made a fool of in front of everyone. Even with earnest intentions, they're still just entertainment at best. Pitiable at mid, and scorned at worst.
Guys. Being valedictorian is a SHOW. Yes, it's an achievement, but the point is to get paraded around like a show pony. If you do that to a kid who just barely made it, you're setting that kid up for the judgement and internal moral self assurance of every other student and their parents in the audience. It's a good personal "fuck you" to some, but most of the time? It'll just be an embarrassing moment for that kid to look back on. That will be a mark of "dont be like that kid" or "have pity because of that one kid" or any variation thereof.
Guys, this wouldn't humanize the kid or the experience for anyone. It'll just put some kid on blast for the entertainment of students and parents alike. A pity moment or a moment of indignation. That's all it'll be.
#ive seen graduations and success seminars#whenever theres a 'heres what i went through' part its always a pitiable moment to rise from#imagine having to give a speech from that place#your audience-intentional or not-will just pity you#and who the hell wants that on their graduation day?#if theres a fuck you to be had or a lesson to be taught about 'hey school is hard actually'#graduation isnt the place to do it#at least not like that#well intentioned sure#but i cant help but imagine MY students#MY kids#being put on blast like that after how fucking hard they work#god it would be so humiliating#like no#they graduated#they passed#by the skin of their teeth but they did#celebrate them for once why dont you?#and if you dont graduate?#high school you can get routed to the GED#it is NOT too late for you#and if you dont want it?#ok!#apprenticeships! trades! anything else!#good luck and godspeed!#and if you ever wanna try again?#my guy we've got people in their 40s coming in for that GED#never too late#ever#you do you but please DONT put those kids on blast
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Maybe i SHOULD draft out my ‘Clark is a SuperPlant’ propaganda post
#chattin#due to. recent tags that resonated w me#im already someone that loathes the ‘theyre completely alien AND they conveniently look AND function exactly the same as a human’ trope#esp when they have the nerve to make them PROCREATE w humans wo any defects whatsoever#ur lying ur unimaginative u suck !!!!#so my compromise is always like#fine. the point is that they have to blend in very well. i will concede on that front#but god as my witness i will make him so fucked up internally.#u should xray him and see a fucking mess of organs pumping in bizarre places#things that let him see things w a microscopic lens#things that let him exist in a vacuum bc he doesnt need to Breathe#u should get him in a red sun room and realize hes still able to exist unharmed in a vacumm and go hey man. what the fuck .#going to reach max tags bc i never seem to behave myself no matter what im yelling about#i need bruce to sit down and finally read whatever kryptonian text is floating around#and realize clark- despite his mammalian appearance- is far more linked to plants than anything else#a plant w TEETH and EYES and somehow became a predator instead of staying as a plant#HOWWW did u evolve into what u are now? what did ur ancestors look like??? a daisy???#if u look at any kryptonian species youd see that all of them behave like clark- like they all evolved in a similar way#saw a post (i GOTTA find it again) that said that clark is brownskinned which seems a little silly when u compare it to human melanin#but that sunlight makes for a healthy kryptonian and their skin will show it#and paleskinned kryptonians are seeking out more sun and starving for it. like. ouuuu.#i wont add that to my own hcs but its that kinda shit i love sooo much#get so caught up on trying to make him human in ur eyes that u end up misunderstanding him entirely#love him#xenobio#for tagging
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a visual guide to all of hua cheng’s adaptations :D / follow for more hua cheng appreciation posts / transcribed notes + versions without my deisgn below the cut if you want this as a reference!
donghua
(by haoliners animation league) (i found multiple necklace designs in the manhua so i picked the most recent one - the S2 trailer)
very dark gray, straight hair
pointier nose
human ears
slightly paler than xie lian
parallelogram shaped eyepatch
thick braid
tall collar
broad shoulders
low neckline (cleavage)
tunic more form fitting
butterfly + geometric design (on belt and vambraces)
two belts
short red thread
e’ming has large red + white hilt
criss-cross chains (on boots)
white sole (on shoes)
book covers
(by 曰出的小大陽 / tai3_3)
same skin tone as Xie Lian
dark brown hair
trapezoid shaped eyepatch
very long hair + thinner hair
human ears
long nose, thinner face
red liner under the eyes
brain behind shoulder
big necklace charm
simple, loose fitting tunic
wavy + intricate design (on belt and vambraces)
long vambraces
minimal e'ming
endless red thread
lower boots
manhua
(by starember)
wavier, ink black hair
heavy eyeliner / shadow
mismatched earrings
very gray / pale skin
shield shaped eyepatch
arched eyebrow + piercing
lip glos
no hair strands in front of shoulders
beefy / dorito shaped
many outfits + hairstyles
extra straps on belt
pointy vambraces
floral design (on belt and vambraces)
very cool toned red
more detail overall
dark colored pants
e'ming is LONG
my design
(by @lazycranberrydoodles ) (subject to change)
blue / purple toned hair + skin
wolf cut type hairstyle
red & black eyeliner
trapezoid shaped eyepatch
pointy ears
black choker
lipgloss
many earrings (one is a fic reference :))
skinnier (died @ 17)
warmer toned red
big ol sleeves
floral + butterfly design (on belt and vambraces)
extra chain on belt for style
rings
simple e'ming
high boots w/ heel
#did you forget that my blog is hua cheng themed?#i hope this is useful to someone else!! rb if you save it ig#ask me questions about my design i have so many thoughts about Him :)#my design for him changes most times i draw him lmao but some things stay constant#my most important things are making his skin a very light blue/ purple#and making his ears and teeth pointy#no offense!! but im a little tired of official art that makes him look like a human guy#let my boy be dead looking#at the bare minimum in a sexy vampire kind of way#hua cheng: im going out. me: not dressed like that you arent.#hua cheng: better? (has on makeup jewelry demon king swag and high boots) me: yas bitch slay!!#tgcf#art#tian guan ci fu#heaven official’s blessing#hua cheng#digital art#my art#mxtx#reference#tgcf donghua#tgcf novel#tgcf manhua
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Simple symmetry sketch to kill the time!!
No internet means trying to remember what my dragon on flight rising looked like without any references
#I cant for the life of me remember his skin rip#flight rising#art tag#fr art#frfanart#artists on tumblr#tundra#i did add the teeth bc i like to make my dragons teethy tho
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Okay so we all agree that thw is gorgeous, everything about it looks amazing, but one thing that bothers me is that all of the characters look too soft? They look airbrushed and their skin is too smooth and their hair looks too clean?? I feel like the first movie did such a good job, you know their skin had texture and they looked greasy and dirty and stuff, and I feel like we definitely lost that as we went along? This might've been a problem in HTTYD 2 I'm not sure, but I feel like the 3rd movie is the worst offender
i also feel like they changed their teeth as they went along (if i'm not mistaken they were like 15 in the first movie, and by that point you aren't losing anymore teeth (and vikings don't exactly have braces)), like they look straighter and smaller and stuff.
I'm not even gonna get into what they did to Valka bc that was egregious.
#i guess freckles and stuff can fade over time but so many of them had freckles or marks on their skin that just kinda got erased#i miss their first designs they were so feral i love them so much#i was gonna show pictures but then i got super lazy lol#they all had some pretty distinct freckles and teeth and stuff in httyd 1 and i just feel like some of the charm of their designs has been#lost as time has gone on and they've been redone but 'prettier' every time#not really including the shows in this too much because they don't have the animation quality or the production time/money of the movies#but i will say that riders of berk did a good job of making them all look like the little gremlins that they are and i really appreciate#that#hiccup horrendous haddock iii#hiccup haddock#hiccup#astrid hofferson#astrid#snotlout jorgenson#snotlout#fishlegs ingerman#fishlegs#ruffnut thorston#ruffnut#tuffnut thorston#tuffnut#how to train your dragon#how to train your dragon 2#how to train your dragon 3#how to train your dragon the hidden world#how to train your dragon thw#httyd#httyd 2#httyd 3#httyd thw
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why did i do this
#yes that is a slice of cucumber that i removed the skin from#yes that is the skin right next to it#yes i did remove it with my fucking teeth
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Me reading about the trans main character in hell followed with us: OH SHIT!! That’s me! =D
Me reading about the trans main character in the spirit bares it’s teeth: oh. shit. that’s…. that’s me.
#it’s funny cause it’s so rarlely that a book really gets under my skin#but the spirit bares it’s teeth sure did#I was violently uncomfortable. 5 stars.#hell followed with us#hfwu#the spirit bares it’s teeth#trans
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i think will and bedelia are foils of each other not in the traditional sense but in the sense that will is a wolf in sheep's clothing and bedelia is a sheep in wolf's clothing
#her number 1 prerogative throughout the entire show is to survive- which she thought was will's prerogative too#she recognized the wolf within the wool because she herself was playing at a character that did not conform to her skin#but will was attempting to blind himself with the wool so that he wouldn't use his teeth#and bedelia was using the wolf's exterior to protect herself from the fact that she wasn't born with canines#and im not using the sheep and wolf metaphor to say that bedelia was weak or meek or easily swayed#she was arguably the strongest and most clever character in the show- she HAD to be or else hannibal would have killed her much sooner#but her ability to show off an exterior that protected her interior- weave around herself a skin that was dense and tough so as to dissuade#anyone from even attempting to eat her#does this make sense#i dont want this to come across as me saying bedelia was weak or whatever she's my number 1 in all the senses and is so cool#bedelia du maurier#nbc hannibal#will graham#hannibal lecter
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Now Miss Nina...THOSE TAGS
i said what i said!
ALSO: i think he said "I-I Lo--" before he passed out </3
#yeah…yeah#whats a fanfic without a homoerotic fatal wounding right#also i am a richard siken gay#he is my favorite poet i model my image after him#jk is so there is a niche in his chest#where a heart could fit perfectly#and he thinks if he could just manuever one into place#Well Then#GAME OVER.#but no i know it was BRUTAL#LIKE RAVENSTAN JUST CAPPING SOMEONE#jk smirking w blood in his teeth litrally Dying like#that was a little sexy of u saint stan ;) xxx#rs like shut up shut up SHUT UP I HATE YOU I HATE YOU#I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU U STUPID FKN MAN#like I Cannot Do This Without You DO YOU UNDERSTAND#like you did it once and you’ll do it again baby#Suck It Up Sweetheart ;) xx ;-;#lol branch in my eye#also jk being a clown while being mortally wounded is my fav content bc hes trying to make rs laugh bc he knows#if he doesnt hes going to have a panic attack and not be able to breathe bc he is freaking asthma boy and never has his shit#so he is like fkn flatlinin and in SO MUCH PAIN but hes acting up but hes trying to distract stan so he doesnt hyperventilate :(#and he does the same thing in the divorce para like i think they have the exact conversation and rstan is like SMH#u Never Learn!! like no sir <3 never not once!! do u think im sexc do u want to kiss me...like Yes Absolutely bUt StILL MAD#*rstan inflicting pacifistic violence and flickin jk on the forehead or hitting him w a throw pillow patching him up*#Stop Hitting On Me >:c KLJDSksjd WHICH IS SO CUTE#and jkyle is just like YEESH EAAASY KILLA! CANtCHA SEE I GOT GLASS SKIN N PAYPA' BONES?! IM V SOFT N DELICATE#WHICH IS SO UNSERIOUS he also was such an Ayshole when rstan did it and went OWwW so rs kissed him on the forehead#BY ACCIDENT HES NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT It WAS DIABLOLICAL AS FUCK HE WAS SO PROUD TOO SMH#rS LIKE UUU ARE SO ANNOYING I HAtE U ( me when i lie ) jk like yayaya anyways can i have a second one yk For My OCD <3 jAAAAAILLL!
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Listening to the original cast recording and watching some pro-shoots of Cabaret and Fräulein Schneider is just everything? She sings a whole song to Cliff about how she's weathered everything she's lost in her life by settling for what she still has, and then two seconds later the Jewish guy next store offers her fruit and a little schnapps and Cliff watches her absolutely melt over it. Clings to outdated ideas of propriety in relationships even when it's heavily implied she had a long-term sexual relationship with a man outside of wedlock. Has a mean and hypocritical streak, particularly with Fräulein Kost. Considers herself the most practical person she knows but takes a total of thirty seconds to agree to marry Herr Schultz when he spontaneously proposes. And a good Schneider will both look at and sing to Schultz like he's the fucking sun.
And you want to hate her for ending the engagement after the brick goes through Schultz's window, but you just can't. She represents all of the people who hated the Nazis but stood by and did nothing, who abandoned the Jews in their time of great need, but how can you resent her for choosing the only way she knows how to survive? You die for love, you're still dead. And she gets the best song in the show, the Brechtian gut-punch of What would you do? that stands in front of the audience and asks them if they really would make a different choice.
You may come to Cabaret for the Emcee or Sally Bowles, but in a good production? You leave with Fräulein Schneider.
#cabaret#absolute character of all time!#and of course having THE Lotte Lenya originate her#who got out of Nazi Germany with her Jewish on/off husband Kurt Weill by the skin of her teeth#who was Weill's muse and a Brechtian herself!#her performance on the OBCR is unimpeachable#but I've been enjoying Sara Kestelman on the 1993 pro-shoot too#and this is what I loved most about the West End production I saw--the care put into this storyline#Vivien Parry did a remarkable job as Schneider#can't wait to see what Bebe does#gonna be a mess about it!
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#some nights are like this#where I linger on a photo or a memory for too long and I start to hurt#like physically really hurt#my teeth and jaw ache and it hurts to blink and my skin is tender#that started the night of his death- I got home from the vet and went to bed and couldn’t believe the physical pain#took four Benadryl just so I could knock out and get away from it#I sit with it most of the time now because that’s the last thing he gave me#the waves pass and then the next day I get up and go about my life even if I do it kind of badly#resiliency and forgiveness are what Jackalope modeled best#and I try to follow in his footsteps as I always did#one foot in front of the other
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Selkie Ron in my brain again but that makes me think of KELPIE WILLY. LIKE. GUYS SEE THE VISION!
#Willy Stampler trying to drown that boy like a scottish horse river spirit#i imagine he did it by taking Ron's seal skin so that way he'd drown as a human but alas. poor fool got Fish Lured#thinking about the way Lark kept saying “ his little TEETH” like yeah....i am thinking of Ron with little seal chompers......i am 🧡#Goofy Ron smile and he's got small dagger teeth. hes a fish eating monster someone STOP HIM!!#Alternatively. also Naga Glenn with big ol' fang....Darryl tusks.....ahehehehahheheheehhe wowoooooow im so.....normal abou tthag#HENRY WITH A TOOTHED BIRD TONGUE. WOULD THAT BE FUCKED UP OR WHAT! /POS#bruceys au stuff
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im such a loser it hurts. i’ve gained a lot of weight over the last year and it makes me hate my body. my job sucks and pays so little i feel ashamed just thinking about it. my grades are bad and my writing is mediocre and devoid of meaning. why do i even exist
#hate hate hate hate myself#when did it all go wrong#though i guess it was never right in the first place#my whole life ive been pulling through by the skin of my teeth. and of course it doesnt look this way#with the impressive list of high ranking schools i studied in and good grades and aced exams#but it never brought me happiness. it was just something i had to do. was supposed to do because i was good enough#and i never enjoyed studying there. it has been a constant nightmare#and now im working the job which is not bad. but being there makes me feel like im actively dying#and yeah. the salary. it Sucks with a capital s#and all my attempts to find a better paying job so far resulted in nothing#i have a good life. i have a nice apartment with a short commute. a loving partner. enough money to live comfortably#so i feel like i shouldnt complain#but the horrors persist through it all#its just been a constant struggle. and whatever i do it doesnt go away#sorry. im upset and tired and my heas hurts#will probably delete this tomorrow#arnold’s laments
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CALLOUT POST
this guy literally bit me :/ can we stop supporting him pls
#joke post this guy did nothing wrong#i mean it DID bite me but didnt break skin im ok. washd my hands#teeths
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ykw tumblr gets me gushing about this too. SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSES OFFICIALLY DONE!!
Im so fucking happy man . this is genuinely the first time since MIDDLE SCHOOL that I've gotten through an entire school year without failing a single class. if all goes according to plan i start school back up in august and graduate in december of 2024 :)
#im so glad i gave online another chance#with a school thats actually MADE to be online#this was so fucking worth the risk#my only regret is i wish i had done it sooner#public school fucked me up but. honestly i havent been this optimistic about my future maybe ever.#like i still have trauma to work through because of public school but like#things actually feel like everything is gonna turn out ok and go according to plan for once#not to mention i had completely given up all hope of graduating on time#and . here i am#and im not even stressed out of my mind passing by the skin of my teeth#I fucking got covid and was unable to work on summer school for a solid WEEK and i still did it#a year ago that would of fucking made me fail the semester#let alone summer school where it takes up a third of the time i have#but i fucking got a 91% in one class and passed the other#and the only reason i dont have a higher grade is because i dont care enough about pe to want one#wyrm.txt
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the craziness of this is gonna go over a lot of people's heads bc the uni grading system here is weird but i not only just found out i passed my resit (the one i had like. an actual meltdown about) BUT i also averaged second year with a 2:1 overall. for a degree i hate and am bad at. upper second class honours. i genuinely have resigned myself to an inevitable 2:2 AT BEST with this degree to the point i didnt even LOOK at 2:1. i had to google it to check i had the grade boundaries right bc i was so sure ME of all people couldn't have scraped that. what the fuck
#im literally shaking. i feel nauseas but in a good way. what the fuck#like second year is worth 1/3 of my overall grade and i got a 2:1. a TWO FUCKING ONE. HELLO#yeah i know it's not a first i know there are people who would view this as a disappointment i have FRIENDS who would be gutted with a 2:1#but i genuinely am just trying not to FAIL this degree. that's how low my standards are. and im 20% above failing#it's not by the skin of my teeth like it has been for TWO FUCKING YEARS NOW. it's not even a 2:2. it's a 2:1 BABY!!!!!!!!#shouting my nut off this is INSANE#UPPER SECOND CLASS HONOURS??? THAT'S LITERALLY GOOD?? LIKE UNIVERSALLY NOT JUST BY MY LOW STANDARDS??#IF I TOLD PEOPLE I OVERALL GOT A 2:1 IN AN ECONOMICS DEGREE THEY WOULD ASSUME I WAS /GOOD/ AT IT#THAT'S HOW CRAZY BANANAS THIS IS. HELLO. oh here comes the imposter syndrome HOW DID I FUCKING DO THAT#hella goes to uni
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