#i don't care 😂

[vera-simik]

One month it's like "Um... Hello? I'm sorry I'm interrupting. It's me, your period. I just came to remind you that you should prepare. Are you ok with that? Yeah?"

And next time it's more like "YOU WILL LEARN RESPECT! AND SUFFERING WILL BE YOUR TEACHER!"

💀💀💀

[maevemills]

Am I commiting a fashion crime by wearing a AC/DC sweatshirt and Rolling Stones sneakers? Like wearing Nike and Adidas?

[plantswithme]

[omppupiiras]

the kostopitsi ask implies the existence of regular sized Bojan holding cornpea Kä 🥺

i think bojan likes his new little friend <3

[madmacci]

Special show at Moulin Cortex.

[bruhstation]

you deserved better from me than an oversized uniform and a world full of troubles

[acksolotel618]

Do you relate to Zane Julien or do you just have an inconsistent personality, act as 'normal' as possible in fear of people seeing you as weird again, don't know who you actually are to the point of questioning if the things you've said about yourself to others are actually true, and have an unhealthy attachment to a person, item, or animal because they're/it's the only thing that keeps you connected to reality??😂😂

[hikarielizabethbloom]

Canon this, no canon this. Endgame that, no endgame that...

[prismit]

finally got around to making a dead cells oc :) a raspberry-flavored deep sea little freak (affectionate)

[thisshitisridiculous]

no matter what happens this season it's honestly just making me so excited to watch it play out knowing that the creators and actors are fully aware of buddie and actively support it like 2010s queerbaited me dreamed of times like these

[omppupiiras]

there's an interview with our boi in the new pirkka magazine, and the big bold quote reads "I put ketchup on almost all foods"... so what do we think is the most cursed dish Jere adds ketchup to? 😂

[17-fastest-lap]

Sharl's win has been foretold, hear me out, I thought I was going to miss the start because when I clicked on the link for the French commentary lo and behold it was Sky Italy 👀, went back and the French one was not there at all 🧐, the Spanish commentary was still on MotoGp 🤔 and I'd rather watch Dutch or German, languages I do not understand a word of, commentary than the biased brits hating on Max, so Sky Italy it was, at least I understand this one. I did not miss the start btw and enjoyed it very much. Watching an F1 race with Italian commentary at Monza is such an experience, and a Ferrari win 🤌 My stream was giving me signs, I'm so glad I listened 😌

[lemonhemlock]

oh and another thing i am happy that alicent is finally getting SOME D but why does it have to be so bloody gloomy for no reason 😂 like even with the actors using words like "toxic" to describe their hook ups

like fine if you want to serve toxic alicole i am all here for it but i'm hoping future episodes will expand on this bc rn it just feels like the show is telling me that them having sex is badwrong because of their chastity vows (and social expectations in alicent's case, i guess) without actually taking the time to explore / deconstruct / analyse any of those social restraints

but!! show's not over yet

[ndcgalitzine]

phakphumm -> dcctordonna

ALONA'S URL CHANGE 💫

I know I was going to wait until the new years, once I've finished MA2023, but I just finished the last episode of Doctor Who and I AM FEELING THINGS 😭😍

I never know if I should tag mutuals under the cut, but I know I'd want to know if my mutuals change their url's so 😊

@solaradastra @sharkinlovewithadolphin @exsequar @bookersebastien @damnabledimples @theanity @sal-si-puedes @celticjade13 @spacewitchqueen @caroldanver @softestark @playingcardjoker @littlerosetrove @sebastienlelivre @ajcrowleys @raedear @brighellamagellan @krystalsgotrich @coileoniamoremi @nattaphum @rainbowcolored7 @barbiegirlinacrazyworld @everyforkedroad @boysbeloving @vintagejacqui @mirrorofprinces @sorelh @elnotwoods @discluded @iffervescent @ohyesididnotjustdothat @firstprincemybeloveds @bookstvandfanfic

[canirove]

[sneezypeasy]

Watsonian vs Doylist Analyses - A Couple Points of Clarification

I just want to clear up a couple of misunderstandings I may have unintentionally contributed to in my previous references on the subject:

1. There can be multiple explanations (multiple Watsonian explanations, multiple Doylist explanations, multiple of each etc) of a given scene or character portrayal or plot point, and people can accept more than one explanation at the same time. It's just uncommon for people to accept or present multiple explanations at once because that's kind of how people people.

2. Doylist takes aren't inherently "better" than Watsonian takes, and vice versa. People use both to engage with the text in different ways and for different purposes. Watsonian logic is fun for roleplay or immersing yourself into the story, and I imagine a lot of fanfic writers often start from a prompt like "I wonder what would happen next if I took x character and then put them in y scenario". Doylist logic is fun if you like examining the text from a more "meta" standpoint, trying to see what purpose various narrative choices serve (or undermine). Neither angle is intrinsically a more valid way to engage with fiction, and you might enjoy doing one thing one day and another thing the next - with different texts or even with the same text.

In litcrit, because I like to pick my brain on the subject of "what would have made for the best story here", I tend to be more interested in analyzing theme, character arcs, setup and payoff etc, which are Doylist interpretations. Some people focus a lot on authorial intent, which is also a Doylist perspective (just a different one). Some people like to try to get into the heads of the characters they're analyzing and discuss ideas like "what choice would make the most sense for x character given who they are as a person". That's a Watsonian take. There are contextual and individual reasons why some explanations may resonate with you more than others some of the time or even most of the time, but they're really apples and oranges. Which one you prefer will likely vary depending on the type of question being posed and what scope seems to be the most appropriate for it - and people are always going to have different opinions about that too... because that's how people people.

Of course, the opinions I personally care enough about to splash all over the internet are going to be opinions I hold with very strong convictions, which is why I can come off quite aggressive about them, but they're still just opinions and there's no such thing as "one true explanation", whether that's Watsonian or Doylist. If I make a Doylist argument and I dismiss someone else's rebuttal on the basis of it being Watsonian, that's not because Watsonian takes are intrinsically weaker, it's just because you generally can't use a Watsonian take to rebut a Doylist one or vice versa. You need to engage with someone's point in order to counter it, and you can't generally do that when you completely change the scope of the question, which is what tends to happen when a Watsonian perspective and a Doylist perspective comes into conflict.

(Of course, you can argue that a Doylist scope is situationally stronger than a Watsonian one or vice versa, but that's a different argument and usually context-dependent lol - point is just because a Doylist answer might fit one particular prompt much better this time, doesn't mean all Doylist answers will always trump all Watsonian answers in every single context all of the time, and that's not even accounting for the fact that you're never going to reach unanimous agreement about these sorts of things anyway.)

I hope that clears things up 😊