#i've been here ten years and still don't know how tumblr works its fine it's fine

[alatariel-galadriel]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fushiguro Megumi/Itadori Yuuji Characters: Fushiguro Megumi, Itadori Yuuji Additional Tags: Fluff, Established Relationship, First Kiss, Acespec Fushiguro Megumi, he has a first kiss and a minor crisis, that's it that's the story, he's crushing so hard and is being so incredibly sixteen about it, meanwhile Yuuji's just happy to be here Summary:

Yuji sits up and leans in, cautious and slow, like Megumi is something that could be scared away if he moves too fast. His blood rushes in his ears, drowning out all other sounds except his traitorously racing heart. Yuji’s lips brush his, light and tentative, before the kiss deepens. It’s—not what he expected.

Megumi experiences his first kiss; AKA the mortifying ordeal of being sixteen and communicating with your partner

[mydaroga]

Tune In and sourcing--a caveat

I want to say something that I think has been missing from the recent discussion surrounding Mark Lewisohn here on tumblr, specifically. I know we have a well-founded contention about his bias and of late, great work has been done tracking down and dissecting the way he reshapes quotes out of context to support what appears to be his own narrative. @anotherkindofmindpod did a brilliant and necessary job of this with their Fine Tuning.

But note, they called it "fine tuning," a deliberate choice of words which indicates a nuanced and subtle critique of a work that still has its qualities. I think the whole point of this discussion is that Beatles history is still a growing field, and Lewisohn has been instrumental in moving it away from the Rolling Stone rock bro camp and into something better sourced and with greater care taken for the story it tells. It's manifestly not perfect, but their work (and others) is important in that it helps provide tools for understanding a work that is flawed, but has contributed massively to Beatles scholarship.

But lately, I've been seeing a trend around here where folks just assume he's making shit up out of whole cloth. Which is, as far as I can tell, extreme. First of all, he has a reputation that is extremely important to him, both as someone who uses sources scrupulously and as someone who wants to present himself as unbiased. We know that's not true (neither am I) but it's patently illogical to assume the guy is willfully throwing away his credibility with both hands when it's how he makes a living.

But of course he could be, so more than that, the thing we're missing here is that we don't have access to the sources he does. You can see us wrestling with this here: https://www.tumblr.com/mydaroga/739095948188368896/paul-would-claim-i-wasnt-brilliant-at-school-i. And it's well known in other corners of Beatles fandom that the audio of "Lennon Remembers" is different from the book. The David Sheff interview is known to be riddled with inaccuracies, transcription errors, and alterations. Yes, you can go look up the published version of the "Interview by David Sheff for Playboy, 1980." But we do not have the tapes of the interview, conducted over *weeks*, and altered considerably by the time they reached print.

I'm all for the sleuthing we've been doing of late and I think it needs to be part of the discussion around the way Tune In has, for the past ten years, been taken as gospel. I think Lewisohn's removal of context, smooshing together, and blatant cutting up on quotes is shameful and renders his work hugely biased. But it's a far, far different thing to immediately leap to the conclusion that he's risking his life's work to put words in John Lennon's mouth that weren't there. I'm just asking for us to consider all the possibilities before we dismiss everything the guy's ever done as made up drivel.

Because then we're no better than we think he is.

[alltheangstmygifttoyou]

So like, I knew that the last six or seven times I went to make a tumblr post something got me distracted and discarding the draft not liking where whatever I was saying was going (or just knowing that even i wouldn't be able to understand whatever the hell i was saying, which happens often unfortunately). But fuck mothers day feels like agggggeeeesss ago. So June. Turned 21. Still can't get an appointment with the cardiologist. Getting an mri to check for a pontenial miscrospic tumor in my pituitary gland. Boy that was stressful the week all I knew was maybe brain tumor is the problem. Apperantly even if it turns out I do have the microscopic tumor its fine, just check on it once year like my thyroid to make sure it stays tiny. Doctor said every 10 out of a hundred people have this (why she didn't simplify it to 1 in ten idk but im going to assume the doctor knows what they're saying more than I do.) And it normally doesn't grow. My strength and appetite are steadily improving, although bending over or squatting sucks the energy from me rapidly. Other than that there was a tiny amount of family drama but everything I witnessed was civil enough so that was cool. I have no creativity still, and stamina for any sort of writing/drawing is gone. Havent been able to make myself use my laptop in weeks once again. But I did find an app for my phone to have it read my own documents to me which is soothing and helps keep it all fresh in my mind. Been using prompt books to try and think about original fiction again. Don't know if I mentioned taking a summer class and then dropping it but that happened. I am starting to wonder if my repetitive days of mostly isolation and internet access is how seniors in nursing homes feel. Because I'm starting to understand why no one wants to go to one even if it means more help around. There's so much stuff I could be doing but my mind and body don't cooperate and its just my own thoughts and something else running something im not paying attention to. Normally taking refusge in my mind just means daydreaming, but no creativity = no daydreaming. All of this to say: here's what little I've gotten myself to do

Content warnings: skull imagery?

I've been playing with stamps and how I can mess with them. Also a little painting of a butterfly and cat. Drawing notes for class, new pen colors, and a story idea for a tau fic brainstormed and has not been touched since. Messing around with my washi tape. Want to start working on making collages and multimedia works to try and spark inspiration (and feel less guilty for barely touching hundreds of dollars in art supplies). Organizing is still a thing, need to hurry it up if I want the garage sale to happen mid July. There's just so much. Like, my toddler toy bin has been uncovered and I have to try hard not to be sentimental and keep a bunch of old toys that I will never touch again because memories. Anyway its almost one in the morning so im going to bed. I hope you all have been doing well (or as well as one can in these times...) and I wish you all motivation for your wips!