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JOE KEERY as STEVE HARRINGTON “holly, jolly” 1.03 • stranger things
#steve harrington#tvstrangerthings#dailystrangerthings#dailystobin#strangersource#tuserlyn#userallisyn#userbewey#usereri#usertiny#usersugar#usermaguire#useraimz#userclara#userraffa#**#*sh#*st#©#I'M!!!!#chewing drywall rn#i swear his faces here are just insane#anyway hi im alive#i need to make more updates#but couldn't stop thinking of him here~
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(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)
#polls#tumblr polls#For me I think the top ones would be the House. The Money. or the Friend Group. But I ultimately might would go for the house#JUST becuase it would be my Dream House which means it would already meet mostly all of my specifications#and what I might be looking for. which would save a lot of time searching or customizing/rennovating.#Also because I could use that as a way to leave the US lol.. like .. if I get to choose my dream location.. couldnt I just choose some othe#country?? But I wonder how that works. Can you legally 100% have full ownership of a property in a country yet not be a citizen of that#country?? Would you show up and be like 'erm.. i own this house.. so i shall now live in it' and theyd be like 'uh no. you cant live here#despite owning the house. leave.' ??#So I think the initial process of 1. scraping together funds to actually MOVE myself and my most valuable belongings physically#TO another country. and 2. figuring out how to STAY in that country . might end up being difficult.. BUT. if I could just work that#part of things out then.. dream house?? security for once in my life?? stability?? :0#Though the $1mil is enticing it's also like.. I feel .. with the way housing prices are now... that's not much???#it's a lot I guess if you plan on like.. investing half the money and staying in an apartment for 5 years while you grow your wealth#or something. but if you're a 'I Need Stability NOW' ready to settle down person who would be most interested in owning a property rather#than nice clothes or a car or whatever other investments you could make then.. eh..?? It seems like unless you're okay with living in#a small town or kind of far away from the city - even some SMALL houses in majorly populated areas in the US will be like#$600.000 - $900.000 or something. like that would be MOST of my money. Which I know you could just pay partially and make#payments on it but idk.. in the option of just outright owning the house it seems like it'd end up being cheaper.#Plus I would want to own it fully asap because I'd be afraid of losing it somehow otherwise. like it being taken for medical bills or#something. which I thought was supposed to be - not IMPOSSIBLE - slightly more complicated legally if you actually have#paid off the house in full. I guess the issue then would be utilities and property tax and such. But I feel like thats overcome-able??#Like I could just stipulate that my Dream House has a little furnished addition or something and then find someone#with money and be like 'Look you can live in this extremely nice area with amazing ameneties and updated everything and ALL you have#to do is give me money to cover the utilities and property tax.'' or something like that. Like the little furnished addition is nicer#than the actual house. they have their own pool and spa and movie room or something and Ill also cook all their meals for them#or whatever (how luxurious it would be depeneds on how high the property tax actually is/how much I would need to entice them into#why it's a good deal for them to pay it for me lol). idk... something like that.. ANYWAY#I asked a few people I know though and one of them answered they'd rather have a romantic partner. the other one said they'd like#to be able to choose someone to die lol.. So I'm curious what people value the most
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GET LOVED, IDIOT
GET LOVED SO HARD YOUR KIDS HOLD HANDS AND POWER-OF-LOVE YOU BACK TO LIFE
sorry guys, this is just my brain now. this is going to be the only thing I think about for the next week at least.
oh and also this
FIVE YEARS IN AND IT'S FINALLY CANON 🎉🎉🎉
WE DID IT
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 part 13 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 part 13 spoilers#oh my god it had everything i wanted AND MORE#...except the hook for 8 which ironically was the only one i was 100% sure was guaranteed to happen#well whatever i am too busy floating in this pool of delicious diasomnia tears#SO MANY TEARS#malleus' voice acting was absolutely 🤌 delectable 🤌#him and silver both are usually so reserved you don't even notice until suddenly FULL-ON UGLY SOBBING#IKANAI DE KURE LILIAAAAAAAAAAA#god. i have so much i need to draw. malleus in his little royal outfit...#ENDLESS MELEANOR F O R E V E R#(ah...meleanor and the knight of dawn are holding hands... :) you've reconciled... :) how lovely...)#(oh...and bauru is here too...)#can't believe poor sebek got 'and also you're here'-ed even at a time like this#that rhythmic was SO cute i'm gonna die. he's your son so it should be ✨PINK✨#ugh this update has spoiled me absolutely rotten. i'm so happy#though i kept waiting for that silver vanrouge and finally decided it wasn't going to happen#then got the 'there is one thing...but it's not a gift that malleus-sama can give...'#and THAT'S WHEN THEY DID THE HOTFIX UPDATE AND I GOT BOOTED#and then i KEPT GETTING ACCESS ERRORS DUE TO HIGH VOLUME 😭#twst NO i didn't need that tension to be heightened thank you#on the other hand when malleus started his proclamation with 'in the name of the draconias...' i did have a second#where i was briefly convinced they were going to do the funniest possible thing and make silver draconia canon after all#anyway i'm out of tags so we'll have to discuss malleus' absolutely bonkers-cuckoo choice of party venue later#now i gotta get back to constantly rewatching the moment he realizes he's accidentally killed lilia. his weeping is my sustenance.
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growing up!
#FALLS TO THE FLOOR!!!!#so shocking news: the silver artbook actually killed me a little. this is the first finished pic ive made since#wow isnt it crazy that 26 completed illustrations would kinda take it outta ya. bananas. i need to Not do a full bg again for a minute#i had the stupid thought like 'oohhgh i could do a series of silver and lilia as hes growing up!!' im HITTING ME!!! NO MORE SERIES!!!#I CAN DO NON-RELATED PICS OF THAT IF I MUST!!! THE PRESSURE OF A SERIES IS TOO TIRING RN!!!!#my life is a whirlwind i JUST moved and now might need to move again bc id make a ton more#im trying to sell my house and its going very poorly. im doing well at work. ID HAFTA MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAIN#ID BE BACK NOOOORTH id go to pennsylvania <3 im from new york so the thought of being closer to my mom is rly nice#and i have friends there both from high school and ohiiiio and new england etc etc!!!! YAY!!!#twst#twisted wonderland#twst silver#lilia vanrouge#suntails#did u miss this. be honest. when i vanish for months at a time do u miss the rambling life updates. theyre who i am
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(Too) Close.
#hands 🌚#dragon age#dragon age fanart#dragon age the veilguard#da:v#da4#rook#solas#dreadrook#if you want 🌚#art#artists on tumblr#illustration#strip#digital art#mixed media#my notes only read r & s hands closeup...#which there aren't enough of there need to be more#i become some victorian maiden when they show hands no need for flirt options or make out scenes#forgot to add the signature so ... oops ... updated
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This is why Legend and Hyrule were paired together.
The easy conversation



The joyful banter


and not to mention this beautiful moment:





THIS!! is exactly what Legend needed, this is exactly why these two were paired together!!
Legend needs an outlet, he needs someone that will return his banter and his harsh remarks against his brothers. He needs someone that will understand him. And who’s the one who can provide him that? Hyrule.
Hyrule doesn’t reprimand Legend, he doesn’t yell at him or think little of him he’s just there. He’s just there to explore the dungeon and have fun with Legend and that’s what he needed. If Legend was partnered up with anyone else it wouldn’t have played out like this. They would’ve gotten into an argument right in the beginning as Legend talked about Wars.
But that doesn’t happen here because he’s with Hyrule, who won’t take the bait but instead pursue the conversation on why Legend thinks this way about Warriors and Wild. Hyrule even starts the conversation about knights cause he knows it’s on Legend’s mind.
Hyrule knows his brother, and he knows what he needs in the moment. And i think this update perfectly shows how Hyrule is able to work around Legend and his abrasive attitude, this update shows how different Hyrule is from everyone in the way he treats Legend. He doesn’t hold him up on a high standard because that’s his brother but also his predecessor, he looks up to him sure but he knows that first and foremost Legend is his brother.
Time was able to see this as well, he knew what he was doing putting Legend and Hyrule together. Time is able to read everyone, hence why he put Sky and Twilight together after Wild confronted him. It’s why he put Hyrule and Legend together because he knew that Legend needed that outlet, Legend needs Hyrule because he’s the only one who understands him to an extent.
There’s less for Legend to be worried about as well because he knows that he doesn’t need to worry about Hyrule! Two peas in a pod! Hyrule is capable of himself as is Legend (another reason they were put together) so they’re able to roam around and be silly as much as they want cause they know how to be responsible when the time is right.
If you can’t tell this update really did a number on me, I just love downfall duo so much..
All art shown by @/linkeduniverse
#downfall duo#the new update him me like a brick#i cried just a teensy bit#(a lot)#the hyrule and legend analysis because it needed to be made#lu analysis#linked universe#linkeduniverse#lu legend#lu hyrule#kais rambles#is this longer than the legend analysis?#if it is that’ll be funny#shout out to jojo for making me cry#downfall duo strikes again#i’m gonna go think about them some more now bye bye#added another paragraph shh you didn’t see anything
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Palestinian fundraisers to donate to
Second list of fundraisers
Third list of fundraisers
Fourth list of fundraisers
Hello all, here are some Palestinians who have currently reached out to me to share their fundraisers. I put together all posts in one so I can boost them all daily.
Please take a moment to read their stories, share and donate if you can.
Some conversions for Swedish krona (SEK) as some GFMs use it: $1USD = 10.36 SEK $1CAD = 7.61 SEK €1 = 11.43 SEK
@karamostaz22 | GFM Link | Vetted here
@amalpalestine | GFM Link | Vetted here #71
@lawyer-adhamayyad81 | GFM Link
Note: Unvetted by reverse image search comes back clean
@wajihmadi | GFM Link | Vetted by association
@yousefalyazji and @monayazji | GFM Link | Vetted here (#87)
@nourasissue4 | GFM Link | Vetted here
Note: Blog updated as previous blog was terminated
@dutifullymykid | GFM Link | Vetted by association here
@mohammedmoner | GFM Link | Vetted here (#26)
@haneenmohamaad | GFM Link | Vetted here
@ghadanabilfamily | GFM Link | Unvetted but shared by vetted account
@baraaalshrafa | GFM Link | Vetted here (#911)
@ahmadgaza1 | GFM Link | Vetted here
Note: Unvetted, but reverse image search comes back clean
@emanabosedo | GFM Link | Vetted by association
@helpamalm | GFM Link
Note: Unvetted, but reverse image search comes back clean. Blog is currently unavailable (9/30), but GFM is still available
@hebamohammedsy | GFM Link | Vetted here (#171)
@familygazaamal | GFM Link | Vetted here (#55)
@ashourmohammed | GFM Link | Vetted here
@hanangazaa | GFM Link
@hashem19798 | GFM Link | Vetted here
@mariam2013y | GFM Link | Vetted by association
@osamabasilps | GFM Link | Vetted here
note: the blog in 90-ghost's reblog is osama's previous blog, but the gfm is the same)
@moh-gaz & @farah-mohanad | GFM Link | Vetted here (#42)
@faroha2001 is another one of their blogs
@mohamedjshamia | GFM Link | Vetted here (#82)
@abdalhadiaburas | GFM Link | Vetted here
@sameergazafamily | GFM Link | Vetted here
note: Sameer had a previous tumblr that was deactivated, this is his new Tumblr
@savepalestineinfamily19 | GFM Link | Vetted here
@abedallhferwanagaza & @olaferwana| GFM Link | Vetted here
@ahmadwaleed5 | GFM Link | Vetted here (#167)
@amalblogsworld | GFM Link | Vetted here
Note: The blog in the vetted link is another one of Amal's blogs, but the GFM link is the same
@hazemsuhail | GFM Link | Vetted here (#75)
@husamfarht | GFM Link | Vetted here (#248)
@hyamshehabnew | GFM Link | Vetted here
@burningnightgiver | GFM Link | Vetted here
Note: the new blog is here
@abdelmutei | GFM Link | Vetted here
@aya-alanqar | GFM Link | Vetted here
Note: The blog on 90-ghost's link is another blog of Aya's, but it's the same fundraiser
@ahmadresh | GFM Link | Vetted here
@mohammedatallah | GFM Link | Vetted here
@saveyouseffamily | GFM Link | Vetted here
@hanaa-yousef | GFM Link | Vetted here (#246)
@falestine-yousef | GFM Link | Vetted here / more info
#updated for 9/4 and added more people who have reached out#i'll add people on here as needed or make a part two#i will be linking this post on my pinned and any other future posts#i'll try to update the amounts as often as i can!#i put it together on one post because i can't update#if i reblogged it with a new response#i will also update if any get vetted#palestine
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Billford fic recs!
I was asked a while ago (i believe by @kerink ?) when I shared a list of the currently active fics I was reading if I could do a broader rec list as well, so here it is! not a ton of oneshots since I didn't try to keep good track of fics until very recently. will likely update this over time!
there is ONE non-triangle bill in here, but what he is in that one is vague so maybe he could still be the triangle. schrodingers triangle.
Collections:
Valentines 3K challenge (all explicit)
you know it. you love it. if you haven't read all of them though, you're missing the fuck out
Stan Bros Coffee (G and explicit)
the espresso-Bill AU! there's a bunch of little fics about it and they're all in here!
Oneshots: (most oneshot recs are in the collections)
Eternal Devotion - Illusions of the Heart (explicit)
have you ever read a horror story posing as a love story? are you interested in the most unhinged yet cohesive internal monologue ever crafted? do you wonder why keyhole suddenly became so prominent in the fandom out of nowhere? all of these and more await you in here. click the link-- i am a normal fanfic
touch and go (teen)
it's portal ford, baby! great exploration of what prolonged isolation does to people and has excellent bill being sweeties
Haha He Fucked That...Spider? (explicit)
again, portal ford! he's the master of getting himself in stupid situations, and bill is the master of getting him out of them in the ways ford appreciates the least
Longfics:
Theseus' Guide To Ruining A Perfectly Good Boat (mature) (complete in my heart bc i know what happens)
why are you still following me if you haven't read this yet. y'all know what this is
Then it becomes, it becomes, it becomes a problem (mature) (complete)
how bad do things have to get before bill finally chooses to cut his shit out? the answer may surprise you! during-betrayal fic where bill makes the ingenious decision to bring a third party into the mix as if that would solve anything. breathtaking prose, magnificent character work, and the best fucking bill cipher writing and analysis there is! SO funny, SO raw and emotional. Jan deserves to ascend to godhood at the cost of all of her family and friends. as a treat.
Property of Bill Cipher (explicit) (good as complete)
pre-portal character exploration. the only fic i think ive ever seen that dares to say bill was doing extremely fucked up shit with ford the entire time before things went bad between them, it's just that after the betrayal, ford viewed it all in a different light. handles bill's obsession with the guy so nicely, does not shy away from the scary and unnerving in just the way i love it! it's incomplete, but the story is really just a series of vignettes leading up to and a little after the betrayal, so we all know how this is all going to end anyways. this one is formative billford for me
Creative Solution (unrated, but i'd call it mature) (complete)
what if bill erased ford's memories of the betrayal and weirdmageddon happened? touches on what it's like to be in a relationship where you're both deeply mentally ill and insecure in a way that really, truly hits me. absolute masterwork of digging through bill's fucked up psyche and the ways in which he Can and Will spiral forever
Multiversal Manhunt Moved to Your Backyard (explicit, but only the final chapter) (complete)
set during weirdmageddon, bill and ford make a deal to play a game of sexy scary hide and seek. it's so fun to root for the villain. this author has an amazing grasp on the character voices and tone, this is SUCH a delightful read and despite knowing exactly how it's gonna end, the tension still keeps you at the edge of your seat!
On the Level (mature) (incomplete)
marine biology AU where ford is a researcher on a deep sea base and bill is some sort of eldritch horror at the bottom of the sea. writing is lovely and it's really got the slow, ominous horror vibe down pat. it's tagged for Alien(1979) references so i'm personally waiting for bill to violently murder all of these people <3 also this is the non-triangle fic i was referring to
Take A Chance (explicit) (incomplete)
handyman bill thats very focused on how poorly bill and ford are able to communicate with each other, and boy, theyre bad at it. lots of cute family shenanigans and overall a very lighthearted read!
Impossible Geometries and Biologies (explicit) (incomplete)
the only pregnant bill fic i'll ever read because its carried by so much fun speculative biology. really has you nodding along like okay, okay even if i might not agree, i can see what you're cooking. my continued interest hinges heavily on whether or not they choose to kill bill off but i imagine we won't know if that happens for at least 2 more chapters
#m.txt#gravity falls#billford#oh cos and untitled fic if only you were completed you could be posted and have the highest honor of all... being here.. on my shitty list.#fic recs#i really need to go on a deep dive through the tags and dig out more stuff because surely theres some hidden gold somewhere#but its much easier to watch whatevers actively updating on account of. well. its not buried#the experience of making this list and going through stuff and seeing that all the best ones are complete though... wretched.#new long fics... save me new long fics...#edit: i dont know why some of these have header text and others dont#i didnt do that asadjkghalg
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there's something so deeply dystopian to me how tech companies don't understand that a forced convenience is not a convenience at all. i'm sure autocorrect is helpful for many, but a function that forcibly changes my actual written words and punctuation is taking away my language. photo filters can be nice but i need to choose using them myself or else i have lost the ability to take the picture i want. i don't want a machine to draw or write for me. taking away the option for me to do things manually feels like violence!!!! all this talk of endless opportunity, why are you RESTRICTING me
#haha im upset an android update removed my most used screenshotting tools while forcing more ai garbage on me#tech companies go sit in the staircase and think about what you've done#there are many technical conveniences i choose to rely on because they're convenient for my sensibilities#but these should not be the default for anyone or the only option#it's like. it's technology. it has the capability of being personalised for our actual use and convenience like isn't that the POINT#AHHHHHHHHH#also with all the ai bullshit it's so hard to fully underline how much i enjoy the act of drawing and creating and i don't WANT it to be#more 'convenient' or easy?#not in the eay techbros think anyway. i think there should be accessibility tools and options to make the Process good for Your Needs#which is not. having a machine create something in your stead ??? ??????????
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I am making an AU that is Sooooo self indulgent







ASL x Nine Sols crossover :)
Don’t ask me for context because I have none!! Usually I enjoy crossovers but I think Nine Sols is an amazing standalone piece of media that is very difficult to fit other characters into reasonably given the setting and circumstances. I feel like trying to add characters from other media to it would take away from the narrative strengths of the game— the way everything is centric on the Tao and fighting by deflecting and inaction and how death is such a key part of Yi’s journey and character development and the path for all solarians in general.
In short, I just wanted to see ASL as little cat people and that is why this exists :) I like when they’re just Here and There with no reason and people are like “what. How did you even get here”
I am at present also working on hanfu designs for the three of them so this is a little teaser :))) I’m especially proud of some of the little details— on Sabo’s sleeves are the characters 革命 for 革命軍, the revolutionary army, and the dragon on his robe also has three horns to match the revolutionary flag. Then on Ace’s glasses on his hat, the characters are 笑 and 哭 in place of his usual smiley and sad face. I had some ideas for Luffy but in the interest of keeping his design simple his design is a lot more plain.
I imagine it as a side quest for Yi to go around New Kunlun and help the brothers find each other. I have no clue how they would have gotten into New Kunlun in the first place, or how they would survive for so long without Vital Sanctums and soulscapes. Maybe they just have their own spaceship and happened upon New Kunlun and managed to get on before all Dusk Guardians disappeared, and then got separated while on the ship and individually hid around different places to avoid both the Tianhuo and the mutants?
I feel like Ace would chill around the factory area since he’s most at home with fire. Maybe he would venture out to the agricultural area once in a while to grab food. Sabo would camp out near the Empyrean District passages. He’s not suicidal enough to go around the Empyrean District itself, especially after finding out that the weird monsters there don’t die. I think he would have some grudge against the Tiandao Council for being composed mostly of the rich and powerful. The Fengs are especially high up on his shit list, which is why he hangs out in the empyrean district in the first place. And Luffy,,, somehow would just be in the four seasons pavilion, I think. He finds a way to sneak in, probably pretty easily while Yi is in hiding because the security is down without Abacus activated.
#nine sols#九日#portgas d ace#revolutionary sabo#monkey d luffy#asl brothers#asl au#one piece au#I desperately desperately need more people to play nine sols#it is so good. gahhhh#also I’m so sorry for no spade pirate sabo this week I am as you can see brainrotting elsewhere#I might make it biweekly updates instead to not get burnt out
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Hello. Sorry if this a stupid question u can ignore if u want.
How can someone get better at media analysis? Besides obviously reading a lot.
Im asking this bc im in a point where im aware of my own lack of tools to analyze stories, but i don't know where to get them or how to get better in general. How did you learn to analyze media? There's any specific book, essay, author, etc that you recommend? Somewhere to start?
I'm asking you because you are genuinely the person who has the best takes on this site. Thank you for you work!
it sounds like a cop-out answer but it's always felt like a skill I acquired mostly thru reading a ton, and by paying a lot of attention in high school literature classes. because of that I can't promise that I'm necessarily equipped to be a good teacher or that i know good resources. HOWEVER! let me run some potential advice to you based on the shit i get a lot of mileage out of
first off, a lot of literary analysis is about pattern recognition! not just pattern recognition in-text, but out-of-text as well. how does this work relate to its genre? real-world history? does it have parallels between real-life situations? that kind of thing.
which is a big concept to just describe off the bat, so let me break it down further!
in literature, there is the concept of something called literary devices - they are some of the basic building blocks in how a story is delivered mechanically and via subtext. have you ever heard of a motif? that is a literary device. it's a pattern established in the text in order to further the storytelling! and here is a list of a ton of common literary devices - I'd recommend reading the article. it breaks down a lot of commonly used ones in prose and poetry and explains their usage.
personally, I don't find all the literary devices I've learned about in school to be the most useful to my analytical hobbies online. motifs, themes, and metaphors are useful and dissecting them can bring a lot to the table, but a lot of other devices are mostly like fun bonus trivia for me to notice when reading. however, memorizing those terms and trying to notice them in the things you read does have a distinct benefit - it encourages you to start noticing patterns, and to start thinking of the mechanical way a story is built. sure, thinking about how the prose is constructed might not help you understand the story much more, but it does make you start thinking about how things like prose contribute to the greater feeling of a piece, or how the formatting of a piece contributes to its overall narrative. you'll start developing this habit of picking out little things about a text, which is useful.
other forms of in-text pattern recognition can be about things like characterization! how does a character react to a certain situation? is it consistent with how they usually behave? what might that tell you about how they think? do they have tells that show when they're not being trustworthy? does their viewpoint always match what is happening on screen? what ideas do they have about how the world works? how are they influenced by other people in their lives? by social contexts that might exist? by situations that have affected them? (on that note, how do situations affect other situations?)
another one is just straight-up noticing themes in a work. is there a certain idea that keeps getting brought up? what is the work trying to say about that idea? if it's being brought up often, it's probably worth paying attention to!
that goes for any pattern, actually. if you notice something, it's worth thinking about why it might be there. try considering things like potential subtext, or what a technique might be trying to convey to a reader. even if you can't explain why every element of a text is there, you'll often gain something by trying to think about why something exists in a story.
^ sometimes the answer to that question is not always "because it's intentional" or even "because it was a good choice for the storytelling." authors frequently make choices that suck shit (I am a known complainer about choices that suck shit.) that's also worth thinking about. english classes won't encourage this line of thinking, because they're trying to get you to approach texts with intentional thought instead of writing them off. I appreciate that goal, genuinely, but I do think it hampers people's enthusiasm for analysis if they're not also being encouraged to analyze why they think something doesn't work well in a story. sometimes something sucks and it makes new students mad if they're not allowed to talk about it sucking! I'll get into that later - knowing how and why something doesn't work is also a valuable skill. being an informed and analytical hater will get you far in life.
so that's in-work literary analysis. id also recommend annotating your pages/pdfs or keeping a notebook if you want to close-read a work. keeping track of your thoughts while reading even if they're not "clever" or whatever encourages you to pay attention to a text and to draw patterns. it's very useful!
now, for out-of-work literary analysis! it's worth synthesizing something within its context. what social settings did this work come from? was it commenting on something in real life? is it responding to some aspects of history or current events? how does it relate to its genre? does it deviate from genre trends, commentate on them, or overall conform to its genre? where did the literary techniques it's using come from - does it have any big stylistic influences? is it referencing any other texts?
and if you don't know the answer to a bunch of these questions and want to know, RESEARCH IS YOUR FRIEND! look up historical events and social movements if you're reading a work from a place or time you're not familiar with. if you don't know much about a genre, look into what are considered common genre elements! see if you can find anyone talking about artistic movements, or read the texts that a work might be referencing! all of these things will give you a far more holistic view of a work.
as for your own personal reaction to & understanding of a work... so I've given the advice before that it's good to think about your own personal reactions to a story, and what you enjoy or dislike about it. while this is true that a lot of this is a baseline jumping-off point on how I personally conduct analysis, it's incomplete advice. you should not just be thinking about what you enjoy or dislike - you should also be thinking about why it works or doesn't work for you. if you've gotten a better grasp on story mechanics by practicing the types of pattern recognition i recognized above, you can start digging into how those storytelling techniques have affected you. did you enjoy this part of a story? what made it work well? what techniques built tension, or delivered well on conflict? what about if you thought it sucked? what aspects of storytelling might have failed?
sometimes the answer to this is highly subjective and personal. I'm slightly romance-averse because I am aromantic, so a lot of romance plots will simply bore me or actively annoy me. I try not to let that personal taste factor too much into serious critiques, though of course I will talk about why I find something boring and lament it wasn't done better lol. we're only human. just be aware of those personal taste quirks and factor them into analysis because it will help you be a bit more objective lol
but if it's not fully influenced by personal taste, you should get in the habit of building little theses about why a story affected you in a certain way. for example, "I felt bored and tired at this point in a plot, which may be due to poor pacing & handling of conflict." or "I felt excited at this point in the plot, because established tensions continued to get more complex and captured my interest." or "I liked this plot point because it iterated on an established theme in a way that brought interesting angles to how the story handled the theme." again, it's just a good way to think about how and why storytelling functions.
uh let's see what else. analysis is a collaborative activity! you can learn a lot from seeing how other people analyze! if you enjoy something a lot, try looking into scholarly articles on it, or youtube videos, or essays online! develop opinions also about how THOSE articles and essays etc conduct analysis, and why you might think those analyses are correct or incorrect! sometimes analyses suck shit and developing a counterargument will help you think harder about the topic in question! think about audience reactions and how those are created by the text! talk to friends! send asks to meta blogs you really like maybe sometimes
find angles of analysis that interest and excite you! if you're interested in feminist lenses on a work, or racial lenses, or philosophical lenses, look into how people conduct those sort of analyses on other works. (eg. search feminist analysis of hamlet, or something similar so you can learn how that style of analysis generally functions) and then try applying those lenses to the story you're looking at. a lot of analysts have a toolkit of lenses they tend to cycle through when approaching a new text - it might not be a bad idea to acquire a few favored lenses of your own.
also, most of my advice is literary advice, since you can broadly apply many skills you learn in literary analysis to any other form of storytelling, but if you're looking at another medium, like a game or cartoon, maybe look up some stuff about things like ludonarrative storytelling or visual storytelling! familiarizing yourself with the specific techniques common to a certain medium will only help you get better at understanding what you're seeing.
above all else, approach everything with intellectual curiosity and sincerity. even if you're sincerely curious about why something sucks, letting yourself gain information and potentially learning something new or being humbled in the process will help you grow. it's okay to not have all the answers, or to just be flat-out wrong sometimes. continuing to practice is a valuable intellectual pursuit even if it can mean feeling a tad stupid sometimes. don't be scared to ask questions. get comfortable sometimes with the fact that the answer you'll arrive at after a lot of thought and effort will be "I don't fully know." sometimes you don't know and that can be valuable in its own right!
thank you for the ask, and I hope you find this helpful!
#narrates#thanks for the kind ask! i feel a little humbled by your faith in me aha#this may be a bit scattershot. its 2 am. might update later with more thoughts idk#nyway i feel like a lot of lit classes even in college don't tell you why they're teaching you things that might feel superfluous#hopefully this lays out why certain seemingly superfluous elements of literary education can be valuable#the thing esp about giving theses and having a supporting argument... its not just because teachers need to see an essay or whatever#the point is to make you think about a text and then follow thru by performing analysis#and supporting that analysis w/ evidence from the text#u don't have to write essays but developing that mindset IS helpful. support ur conclusions yknow?#anyway thanks again hope it's illuminating
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Watching Loki. I’m on episode 4 and I’m trying to see what the hype was about
#I’m on s1e4 and this shit isn’t gripping my attention at ALL#usually it takes me a season or two to care about a show tho so I’ll be kind to it#is this probably a wild take? eh maybe#some shows I like instantly but this surely ain’t it.#it is a fun concept but man I’m just#they’re not going enough into the absolute batshit shenanigans :(#but that might just me loving comic book camp and it’s far more serious#I’m just so glad they didn’t make both Lokis be a couple thank hood#*god#bro I just need it to get UBER time fuckey and have fourth dimension bullshit involved#update on S1E5 and I’m just waiting for interesting shit to happen#bones speaks#ok it might be getting interesting. they have kinship#Oop and they’re captured. andddd he’s stuck in his own purgatory? oh it’s a time loop. nice.#I like Mobius the best. he’s fun and his charisma is just fantastic. I’m glad they centered his on character a lot and intrigued to see#and where his character goes#GOD NO THEYRE MAKING SYLVIE AND LOKI A THING FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU#god I HATE that shit cmon. make him fall in love with Mobius u dumb fucks it’s so much more of an interesting take
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was this anyone else's first thought, or
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#anglerfish#YES hiking jade let's GO#send him up the mountain to look at some funky mushrooms#love how delicately he's holding his lantern with his little pinky out#ooh la la monsieur mastermind#now what are the odds we're getting gargoyle-club malleus next#probably not good but LOOK let me DREAM#i also very much want the equestrian club. GIVE ME HORSE BOYS#actually just give me everyone i want to see everyone#man though the june schedule looking pretty light over here in jp#which always makes me think something big is coming up...#whenever they pull a training camp on us it instantly sends my brain into overthinking mode#chances are good it's more main story though!#we've been averaging every-other-month story updates for a while now and the consistency is nice#i'm still not over the eight months between the end of episode 5 and the start of episode 6...#(IT'S FINE i want them to take all the time they need! i am just impatient)#(i will happily wait but i will be rolling around on the ground the entire time)
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true love
#I NEED THE HAPPILY EVER AFTERRRRR I NEEED ITTTT RRAAAGGAHHH!!!!! TRUE LOVE TRUE LOVE TRUE LOVE!!!!!!!#to all my real ones that know me. true love. im so wrecked. this was the way it was always meant to be. destiny#silver breaking the cycle in an act of pure love understanding malleus in a situation nobody else will oh im ill#lay down his sword and open his heart. the most caring boy in the whole fucking game. do anything for him no matter what. LOVE!!!!#ik everyone and their mother talks abt the silver sebek mirrors and parallels etc etc but ive always found malleus and silver the peak#ill bet youd never Ever guess that given my fucking catalogue of art. this was always how it was meant to end. build it up to throw it away#build him up as an enemy on a scale never seen. to make the pressure to take him down all-encompassing. the pressure to save the world#and silver instead making the right choice to ignore the world. make amends for history past. and show him love instead#weeps#twstファンアート#twst#twisted wonderland#twst silver#malleus draconia#suntails#no more drawing till the plot updates#also i hafta go to bed in 10 mins for my job. sighs. i had an hour and a dream and i shat out more art. what can i say im a giver
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Bird activities

#my art#legends of avantris#edge of midnight#edge of midnight spoilers#lethica nightborne#jericho sticks#I have so so many thoughts about eom auu#such a compelling interesting story and I absolutely Cannot wait to see how it goes moving forward#I gotta update my comparison chart and a#Also make it more clear#I can only imagine what would have changed with the other two#would weird demon crow wings need to be preened? who knows#in my heart yeaj
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I’ve been meaning to share pics of these for forever now BUT !! some holic charms I made last year!! :,,,) 🫶💓💓 probably would’ve been cuter if I posted these on valentine’s day for the douwata..
#I thought it would be fun timing to share these since xxxholic rei is getting an update this month and I’m SO EXCITED RAHHHH#I’ve been experimenting with making more charms over time and it’s a delight!!#(there’s not enough merch of my favorites… I need to take matters into my own hands)#anyways shoutout to this romantically doomed pair for rotting my brain#xxxholic#watanuki kimihiro#doumeki shizuka#douwata#clamp#my art#beeb’s artbox ✿
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