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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 1 year ago

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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

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hmura-hmara · 4 months ago

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Something about Luke being the spitting image of his father

#this art held me in a chokehold for two whole days #so i just ignored all the stuff that i had to do in order to finish it #i know the idea isn't knew but as i thought about it i knew i had to draw it #idk i think i could headcanon that luke sometimes sees anakin when he's looking in the mirror #(since he knows how anakin looked like when he was his age because of the force ghosts)#something something the dark side of luke #star wars #star wars fanart #luke skywalker #anakin skywalker #digital art #artists on tumblr #украрт #illustration

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fingertipsmp3 · 11 months ago

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I got discharged from physio lads 🥰

#i can always go back if i need to! but yeah #she brought it up today and i was like i mean. fundamentally i can walk. i can even jog. i can jog for nearly 5 minutes straight now #i use my exercise bike and a foam roller; i’m keeping up with my exercises… i don’t really have a cause for concern #when i have pains i do rest; ice; ibuprofen; acid reflux tablet; foam roller #in something like that order #i also swim and do pilates and that massively helps me to work out all the random little muscles and keep them mobile #so yeah. i mean there’s absolutely still work to do. but i’m really pleased with the progress i’ve made #she gave me a few extra exercises i could do and basically sent me on my way #and i went to the library on the way home and picked up 3 books :) all thrillers #OH i also managed to get an emergency appointment at the dentist on monday. the receptionist didn’t seem like she had a lot going on so i #described my entire problem to her (chipped filling) and she was like ‘yeah we’ll bring you in and if it’s too inflamed someone will put a #temporary one on there. you have a check-up booked for april anyway’ i was like ‘sounds great. thanks’#i’m feeling good about this. 2024 is the last year of ‘fuck it we ball’.. i’m going to start getting my shit together #i’m going to fix my stupid body #personal

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starry-bi-sky · 6 months ago

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I am loudly pushing the batdad agenda i am loudly pushing the— DPxDC Prompt

“Woah. You look like shit."

Granted, that’s probably not the first thing Danny should be saying to the guy that just bit the curb, but in his defense; he’s not running on 100% right now either.

The man -- tall, towering, and broader than Danny is tall -- whips around on his heel, black frayed cape flaring out impressively. Danny would've whistled in appreciation, but he takes the time instead to wipe the back of his hand across his mouth, smearing the blood running from his nose across his cheek.

"Sorry." He blinks widely, not even flinching as the man with the horns zeroes in on him. "That was rude of me. I have a really bad brain-to-mouth filter; Sam says its what always gets me into trouble."

And she's not wrong either, per say. His smart mouth is what landed him in this situation -- with blood blossom extract running through his veins and cannibalizing the ectoplasm in his bloodstream. Thanks Vlad.

The man grunts at him; a short, curt "hm" that shouldn't make Danny smile, but he does because he's somewhat delirious and probably concussed. The man keeps some kind of distance, sinking towards the shadows of Gotham's alleyway like he dares to melt right into it.

If it's supposed to scare Danny, it doesn't work. Danny's never been afraid of the dark; he's always been able to hide himself in it. He blinks slowly at the mass of shadows.

"You look hurt." The shadows says, blurring together around the edges. Danny squints, and licks his lips to get the blood dripping down his chin off. Ugh, he hates the taste of blood.

"I am." He says, "My godfather poisoned me. M'dying." The agony of the blood blossom eating him from the inside out looped back around to numbing a while ago, so all he feels is half-awake and dazed.

"Hey," Danny stumbles forward towards the man, a bloodied hand reaching out to him. "You-- you're a hero, right? You're not attacking me; which is more than I can say for most costumed people I've met." Maybe it's a poor bar to judge someone at, but he's already established that Danny's not in his right mind.

The man makes no change in expression, but Danny realizes blearily that it's hard to tell with the shadows on his face. He stays still long enough for Danny to latch onto the cape -- stretchy, but almost soft under his fingers.

He looks up blearily into the whites of the man's eyes. "Can you help me? I don't-- I don't wanna die." Again. He doesn't wanna die again. He blinks slow and lizard-like. "I mean- I'll probably get to see mom and dad again, but I told them I'd at least try and make it to adulthood."

There's a clatter down the street, and Danny's ghost sense chills up his spine and leaves a bitter, ashy taste in his mouth. He immediately knows who it belongs to even before the deceptively gentle; "Daniel?" echoes down the way.

"Daniel? Quit your games, badger, Gotham is dangerous for children."

Danny's mouth pulls back, and blood spills against his tongue. "Please." He rasps, and grabs onto the shadow's cape with both hands. "Please. He's going to kill me. Please--"

"Daniel? Is that you?"

His lips part, dragging in air to plead with the darkness again. He doesn't need to, the whites of his eyes narrow, and the cape whirls around him before Danny can blink. Soon swaddled in shadows, the Night lifts him up, and steals him away.

#I AM LOUDLY PUSHING THE BATDAD AGENDA #anyways— add ons are encouraged i wanna talk more dpxdc with folks i just cant find any aus i really like enough to engage with #which is nobody's fault and its why im making my own content in order to reach more people #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dpxdc #dp x dc #dpxdc crossover #dp x dc crossover #dpdc #dc x dp #dpxdc prompts #i took a ‘which batfam member are you (except its personal)’ quiz a few days ago #and got bruce wayne. and then was promptly read to filth why im most like him and it rudely but accurately explained why im the most like #him. it also consequently explained to me why i like him so much. whenever i see him in his kindest form i see a mirror looking back #anyways lots of ‘danny rejecting bruce as a parent’ aus. may i present: bruce and danny finding family in each other aus. batdad aus pls.#dpxdc prompt #dcxdp #this prompt can take place at any point of Batkid accumulation but personally i was imagining this as before Bruce has any of his kids yet #eldest brother danny supremacy and also just that one on one bonding #danny being someone who was never afraid of the dark as a kid and even less so as he got older. taking solace in it as a ghost because you #cant hide in the dark when you glow. his enemies can't jump out at him. but he can jump out at them. how can he be afraid of the dark when #the dark is where the stars like to live? there's a comfort in the shadows. there might be something hiding in it. but he's hiding in it to #blood blossoms eat ghosts headcanon #wasn't sure where i was gonna go with this at the beginning and then i caught steam.#batman casually kidnaps an orphan upon kid's request. also the kid was Actively Dying Of Poison. What was he gonna do?? NOT help him?#mister 'keeps candy in his utility belt specifically for scared children'??? no way.

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peanuttoffee · 7 months ago

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i sorta kinda waited for a reason to post this, and today seems to be perfectly reasonable :D

#happy star wars day #his NOSE i knew i had to paint it the moment i saw it #his profile in general is so... picturesque #if you even can say that #and i love his character so much #may the fourth be with you #my art #star wars #artists on tumblr #qui gon jinn #jedi order #star wars fanart #starwarsblr #textures got me carried away to something more painterly #actually kinda like it

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swampybogg · 2 months ago

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#vampire hunter d #vhd #art #illustration #I think I like best how it's a recall of klimt's figures but in contrast D is alone - an emphasis of his solitude #The gold surrounding him a symbol of his status and how above it all he his - looking past us to something we can't even imagine #Don't forget to check out the VHD Zine ! P-O opened yesterday ( can't believe Saiko of all people is in it omg )#also yeah ~ I'll be making prints of it~#I have to get things into order but do keep an eye out if you're interested!#I think it'd be cool to look into gold foil too ooh ꒰´͈ 0 ॣ`͈⌗꒱💖#Hmm ~ but yes the motif I had going into this drawing was the “horseman of death”#makes me think about the brothers and which ones they would symbolize of the the remaining horsemen....#anyways have a wonderful day ! (❀ •̀ᴗ•́ )っ♡#and now onto the next D drawing🌚

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yak-leather-whips · 11 months ago

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Guys, its not some fucking “bad luck devil” or whatever. It’s clearly this fucking time gargler or whatever the fuck that’s behind all this nonsense. Aguefort literally lays it out for us that the quangle makes things happen out of order. Things like, say…Zelda and Gorgug being broken up even though we know from the Seven that they’re still together in Junior year, or Aelwyn suddenly moving out and going from a snarky 19 year old whose never had a job or gone to college to a middle school teacher with 5 cats in the course of 3 months, or the sophomore album being 10 months late even though Fig only finished her debut a little over 16 months ago AND they were in the middle of the tour, or Hallariel and Gilear getting engaged after like a year when 3 months ago Gilear wasn’t even allowed to sleep in her bed, and Sklonda defending one of the organizers of this folk festival when the festival hasn’t even happened yet, or Figs birthday suddenly moving from Christmas to July.

#honestly the fact that we started en media res could even be construed as part of it #that feeling we had of being thrown into something all out of order #like. i think the fact that the team are such good improvisors is being used to hide whats happening from them #they’re so used to yes anding everything that the inconsistencies don’t pop out #anybody interested is welcome to come and join the church of quanglicanism #quanglicanism #time quangle #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fhjy theory

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umblrspectrum · 2 months ago

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part 4 of a lot funnier in my head than on paper

#before anyone asks its not a series the part 4 is a joke dont go looking #the solver granted me this mental image #definitely not at the right skill level to draw it correctly but i did good enough #nori forgetting her ipod in space and then needing n to launch her into orbit to get it back #yknow now that im actually stopping to think about it v would be the only one of the two in functioning order at this point #or they just waited for n to regen and then forced him to do this #we both know n is fully capable of punting nori into orbit #something something stupid mutt #my hatred for this is growing the more i look at it im gonna finish off the tags #art #murder drones #murder drones n #murder drones nori #murder drones uzi #murder drones flesha #i guess #or #murder drones cyn #serial designation n #one day ill be able to draw n in a way i like #noris text box is supposed to be a rose it did not come out looking like a rose #i dont know how to draw roses help

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pineapple-frenzy · 4 months ago

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Book 2 au: and there was only one bed!! :00

Because of course I just had to do this trope

This is the first and last time they decide to sleep in an inn and they have an unspoken agreement to pretend this never happened

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #book 2 au #my art #i like to think katara is pretty clingy when sleeping cause she's from the south pole #and she's probably really used to cuddling in order to share body heat to get through the really cold nights #ofc she'd usually be cuddling up with her family and not the banished prince of the fire nation who's also pretending to be her husband #zuko on the other hand is not used to sharing a bed with anyone much less sharing his personal space and cuddling with anyone #but anyways zuko would rather die than admit he didn't mind it as much as he thought he would and that he slept comfortably well that night #to the anon that was just asking about this au this one's for you lolol #i told you i was just about to post something and here it is

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therubberducklad · 6 months ago

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It’s NM’s first henchmen he can’t be expected to remember all that

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lizardkingeliot · 2 months ago

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Who makes me laugh the most? Uh, Jacob.

#interview with the vampire #iwtvedit #jacob anderson #sam reid #jam reiderson #jam tag #my edit #my gifs #jacob's always gotta do something goofy and sam's always gotta ijbol about it #it is the natural order of things #apologies for these looking like garbage this all took place in a tiny box in the corner of the screen lol

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latenightsundayblues · 11 months ago

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Fucking love the final flashback montage in saw VI because the way they edited it makes it look like hoffman is pissing directly on an unconscious erickson's bald head

Ive been cry laugghing for five fucking minutes

#it fucks me up every time WHY DID THEY DO IT LIKE THAT #THE FUEL CAN BLENDS WITH THE RED BACKGROUND YOU CANT SEE IT IN TIME #theres NO WAY absolutely NOBODY in the editing team looked at this and went “um. maybe we should change the order of the clips around a bit #tbh maybe mark shoulve actually pissed on his head when he had the chance. guy really pissed me off #i just realized something about the last tag and came back running to tell you all that the pun was not intended #saw vi #saw #mark hoffman #dan erickson #tw blood

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heybaetae · 3 months ago

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maknae line + gestures of love 🫰🏼💋🫶🏼🌹🤟🏼 happy birthday @jkvjimin! ♡

#jungkook #jungkook*#tae #taehyung*#jimin #jimin*#btsedit #btsgif #dailybts #userpat #underbetelgeuse #trackofthesoul #usersevn #annietrack #usersky #usersan #usermaggie #*gifs #comp #happy birthday darling pat!!!#just a reminder that me and vminkook love you!#i hope you have the best day full of even more love than this bc you deserve it #you put so much of it out into the world yourself that it should only ever come back to you tenfold #i actually made something kinda cohesive?! at least in the first half...feels like it loses its steam a bit after the 10th gif lol #this was only supposed to be 12 gifs but i had more time to keep it going so it ended up being 18 whoops #this is scheduled so i hope it's posting at the proper time (zone ahem)#ALSO at first i arranged this in their age order but i switched jimin and jk's place so it would spell out jk + v + jimin like your url :)#i hope you like this! i'm kinda jealous even tho i made it lol it's quite pretty if i do say so myself #yes i put a heart overlay on the gifs against a white bg to keep the color scheme going..idk i TRIED #p.s. to anyone seeing this and thinking you can't rb it bc it's dedicated to pat for her bday....WRONG! PLEASE REBLOG IT IF YOU LIKE IT! ty

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xxplastic-cubexx · 30 days ago

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i LOVE how you draw twink krakoa charles he's so...... twink...... your art is amazing

thank you so much !!!! i have a simple vision in mind whenever i draw krakoa charles next to erik, really:

it's significant he looks like a push pin next to erik it's infinitely better this way..

#xmen #xmen comics #krakoa #cherik #professor x #magneto #charles xavier #erik lehnsherr #erik magnus lehnsherr #max eisenhardt #snap sketches #and by 'better' i mean funnier. if i cant look at charles and look at erik and go 'good christ thats a lad' i drew something wrong #the size difference is def a part of why drawing krakoa's fun i refuse to lie #like i do like drawing charles a bit. 'stockier' when it comes to tas- NOT A LOT just a lil- and other comic eras but this is Also good #its the drastic difference in shapes and silhouette ig #anyway ! tomorrows halloween thats diabolical because im gonna be busy all day but itll be fun :) <- ignore the back-to-back exams #PLUS I GET TO PLAY SHADOW GEN THAT NIGHT. i like shadow hi thats a very important fact about me #i ordered the special preorder box and it only got to my place tuesday and i only got time to go over there on weekends #gonna be the best hallloween ever ..... also i guess im getting sushi with my brother or whatever but anyways #later everyone ! please enjoy throwable charles while im gone

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shou-gana1 · 9 months ago

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personallyi think they could be the next splatoon idols actually. they have such beautiful singing we should get these fuckers on inkopolis news IMMEDIATELY,