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[moistvonlipwig]

i think when it comes to media criticism it is important to try to meet the media in question where it's at and consider what it's trying to do & say. but i also don't think that should preclude you from making arguments & critiques that are contrary to the show's intent.

as an example of what i mean let's look at the use of vampires on buffy the vampire slayer. i do think if you are going to analyze how they are used in the show it is important to acknowledge their intended purpose: that btvs is a show about growing up, and the monsters buffy fights represents hurdles to growing up, with soulless vampires specifically representing the urge to stay young forever. buffy, by slaying vampires, is symbolically rejecting the idea of never growing up; she is choosing to face the struggles of growing older. however i don't think that means you can't talk about the fact that, regardless of the symbolic meaning of vampires within the text, btvs has, in its vampires, constructed a class of people whom it portrays as acceptable to indiscriminately kill, and that this has political dimensions and implications beyond fantasy creatures on a tv show.

i believe both critiques expressed above are completely legitimate, and it frustrates me both that some people are so attached to their own feelings about a text and their own way of seeing the world that they refuse to engage with the text on its own terms, but also that some people are so in love with authorial intent and reading the text the 'right' way that they refuse to engage with media criticism that reads against the text or questions the political & cultural assumptions upon which it is built. in conclusion please everyone get better at media criticism right now thankies so much 🐈

[kvothes]

so true

[pigswithwings]

the angel staying over at my house asked for a nightlight in their room and i told them buddy, don't you produce your own light? what're you gonna do with more? and they said they wanted to see why people like it so much. and also that the nightlight i own is blue and they've been trying to understand color. anyways i think they've stared at it for an hour now

[butchjesus]

alright friends. you have to rename yourself using the NATO phonetic alphabet. which one are you choosing?

[beebfreeb]

Louisiana Meshi!!!! Thistle will be at the crawfish boil.

[spyres]

[givemeureyes]

day 1 without ao3: i have gone through all 5 stages of grief multiple times and have invented a 6th. i will not disclose what the 6th stage of grief is.

[clownsuu]

life has been a little too silly for a bit, so take some doodles that I drew on and off 😔🥄🥄

Also bonus more biblically accurate doodles from other blog outta context

just a silly—

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

Beautiful from Ordinary Days

[tizzymcwizzy]

if i think about them for too long i think i might actually commit a crime

[coddda]

I wish we could have met in some other way.

Lawlight Week Day 2: Soulmates

If you saw me repost and re-edit this several times uh No you didn't </3

Still frames/Individual gifs:

If you know what every frame is from you get a free cookie. by the way

[werewolfsister]

Nothing like finding a body in the trunk of your cherry red sports car after a hard day at work!

[classicjdiesandgoestohell]

Has anyone on tumblr started documenting this wreck happening on twitter yet

[anna-scribbles]

last one i promise(<—lie)

[heartorbit]

happy halloween! 🎃🐈‍⬛👻🐇