#idk man idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[speakercrab666]

"what are you" a cognitohazard. a co- do i really have to explain the SCP foundation to u rn. on tumblr dot com be so fr.

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I had to make another

Do not repost/reblog

[satorusplaything]

manjiro sano in tokyo revengers; season three new episode !

[peregrine5]

Felt like drawing etho and bdubs

Their clothes were originally supposed to be apocalypse inspired but they turned out more modern, oh well

[linguisticparadox]

Dr. Kemp's introduction is really fascinating to me, because it sets up not only his personality but also his function in the novel.

A couple of weeks ago, we had his thoughts at seeing Marvel running through the village: '“Another of those fools,” said Dr. Kemp. “Like that ass who ran into me this morning round a corner, with the ‘’Visible Man a-coming, sir!’ I can’t imagine what possesses people. One might think we were in the thirteenth century.”' These are his first words in the book, and they serve as an excellent sum-up of who he is and how he sees the world.

And so far, we might almost agree with him: although we know the Invisible Man is real, the whole story so far has read like a madcap slapstick comedy. Even Marvel, the Invisible Man's special victim, has been portrayed as a silly and rather stupid man in a silly and rather stupid situation, the stuff of modern-day sitcoms.

But then we get a sudden glimpse of the horror of Marvel's situation, and simultaneously we see that Kemp is judging at a distance, and so misjudging: "But those who saw the fugitive nearer, and perceived the abject terror on his perspiring face, being themselves in the open roadway, did not share in the doctor’s contempt." The more perceptive among us might cringe to think of our own reactions to everything that has happened to Marvel so far (and not to spoil anything, but later we will come to feel similarly about the Invisible Man, who so far has mostly just come off as kind of an asshole).

The narrative continues to paint Kemp as a rational man of science, who considers himself superior to the common rabble, with little tidbits thrown in here and there.

This week, he hears shots go off, and seems (or at least pretends) to dismiss them as nonsense, saying, “Who’s letting off revolvers in Burdock? What are the asses at now?” After that, he looks out the window and sees a crowd, which he watches for a few minutes, "during which his mind had travelled into a remote speculation of social conditions of the future." Based on his characterization up to now, we can assume he views this future with rather haughty scorn--"this country is going down the toilet, look at all these idiots," and so on.

Of course, he's more rattled than he seems, especially after the doorbell rings for seemingly no reason. But he manages to lose himself in his work again until the small hours of the morning.

Now, it only comes through in some parts, but the whole narrative is subtly framed as being told by a limited pov third person, who has evidently gathered together news articles and interviews with the various witnesses. We get only a peek at it here, with the line: "Dr. Kemp’s scientific pursuits have made him a very observant man, and as he recrossed the hall, he noticed a dark spot on the linoleum near the mat at the foot of the stairs." The tense at the start of the sentence suggests the image of Dr. Kemp sitting and telling his story, throwing in a moment of preening over his education and scientific prowess. These traits continue to receive attention with lines like "Dr. Kemp was no believer in voices"; and when we are told, "All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings," we can easily imagine Dr. Kemp rushing to defend his seemingly irrational thoughts to his interviewer.

In short, H.G. Wells tells us, plainly and repeatedly (though with a deft subtlety beneath his compact and engaging prose which characterizes his writing generally), that Dr. Kemp is highly educated, rational and scientific, and that he feels these characteristics place him above the common people.

And this, I think, is a gorgeous setup of Kemp's role in the narrative: to establish that education and rationality do not shield one from falling in with mob mentality and being complicit in the persecution of The Other.* Up to this point, we have had only comic scenes of the Invisible Man causing mayhem and blunt confusion among the simple-minded, straightforward but unimaginative denizens of small towns, the sort of people who needle a man for explanations, not to satisfy any real curiosity, but to gather fodder for gossip and win esteem in their social circles, and who consider it a grave insult when that man, a newcomer wrapped in bandages who just wants to be left alone, denies it to them.

But now, as if to head off any potential feelings of class-based superiority in the (necessarily literate, if not highly educated) audience, we have a well-educated, rational man, who considers himself Above All of That, and who views the situation exactly as we have been led to view it ourselves.

And this man, a stand-in for the rational, high-class, superior-feeling people in the audience, is immediately proven to be wrong. He misjudged the situation because he has only seen it from a distance: and the parallel with the readers, who are learning the story from a fairly removed narrative distance, ought to give us all pause.

*For the record, I think Marvel fits the bill as The Other, or ought to, as he is a homeless drifter. Certainly the Invisible Man expects to have sympathy from him on this basis! Unfortunately for him, Marvel in fact turns out to be much more comfortable among the "locals" than one might assume; and yet, in demanding his aid, the Invisible Man actually isolates and others him from his fellows, so that it becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. But that's a topic for another paper essay rant entirely.

[anythinggoesbutme]

12 am thoughts with me 🥰

some things i really wish that were is the tbosas movies was coriolanus singing the panem anthem at not only arachne’s funeral but at the rings twins funeral.

i also really wish we got the scenes with clemensia and her snake scales after getting bit, because i felt like after she got bit in dr gauls office in the movie than they never talked about her again.

i mean i can go on and ON about things from the thg series in general that i wish were in the movies because even though some of the things weren’t major parts of the book, i still would’ve liked to see it adapted onto the screens. i really just need a movie that’s based on a book to be just like the original ‘product’.

one thing i will say before i shut up it why did they not put peeta’s metal leg in the movie 😭.

[normanity]

OwO~July 16th be like

Content warning: Blood 🩸

Credits!!

Song: Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by MARINA

Apps Used: Sketchbook (Mobile)

[i-have-n0-1deas]

I was bored scrolling through my camera roll when i found this cursed picture....why do i have this saved? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ womp womp suffer now

[bleopie]

will the ground swallow me when I eat dirt, or dig my insanity from the mound?

[arodabi]

I’m going to show up to the home office of my company and start bashing in skulls!!!

[faceless-crowd]

[EDIT: Got one, thanks so much!] Can anyone give me a code for Toyhouse? I’d really appreciate it.

Anyway enjoy some baby bill I drew on my hair dresser’s chalkboard

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"Screw you, damned lamb!"-Narinder

" you're so cute I love you"-Lamb

This is what I think the conversation was

Some Narilamb art

Pls don't repost ^^

[dontfindmeimscared]

5 years difference, feels like progress! :D

[tumblr stole the quality :( click to see it better]

[kajao-bishop]

Leshy art ^^

[moon9931]

pavel and batpino

but banjo kazooie trope

this is a remake

shit almost forgot these:

pavel by @ali-flaion

batpino by me

[clockworkcheetah]

brotzly rockstar au where mexican funeral is successful and the band gradually becomes aware todd has a husband (him being queer isnt the surprising part but him being married? must be someone real special) and after trying to work out who of all people todd brotzman would marry, one day they meet the most Guy looking guy ever wearing plain business casual clothes and a bright yellow jacket give todd a smooch on the lips and he hopes the concert goes really well as it always does and hes the last person they would expect