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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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asthedeathoflight · 2 months ago

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Still thinking about none houses left grief, and while I understand where people are coming from, "it took me out of the world" is just... Really not a relevant criticism here. Like, that line is SUPPOSED to be jarring. It is supposed to be kind of darkly funny, but the point isnt for you to laugh. Its not trying to be a punchline. The point of that line IS to "take you out of the world" because the point is that *this world isn't what you thought it was.*

#if it startled you that something so irreverant and lowbrow would come up in a high fantasy serious world #...then maybe ask yourself if this is really a serious high fantasy world #also i do think its just elitist that everyone complains about the tumblr references and not the word for word bible quotes #like maybe the author was trying to make a point about why you accept that catholicism is a cultural constant but not memes?#maybe take a step back and ask yourself what kind of cultural artifacts you think are important enough to be worth mentioning #tlt #htn #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #tlt spoilers

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a-cat-in-toffee · 4 months ago

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expanding on my tags from this post

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #the hangvan #i wanted something to represent the hallow spell #which is what the question mark is #just for funsies #i think kristen would also get bumper stickers #its important to note that gorgug bought none of the stickers that have been put on the hangvan #like all of that was the others

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housederiva · 5 months ago

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The first woman I ever fell in love with should at least have a tarot card if she's not going to be in Veilguard

here's bethany

Edit!!! I’ve never been more happy to be wrong

#dragon age #dragon age veilguard #dragon age the veilguard #art #da morrigan #the witch of the wilds #this is genuinely the first thing I've liked that I've drawn since I was a child... I keep looking at it unsure of what to say...#I'm...proud of it???#I signed it?? there's something I thought was worthy of a signature and a date??? guys I don't know what to do right now #I started working on this around 5pm and it's 2 in the morning right now and for the first time since high school....#I feel like it was worth it #oh i hope people like this #blows a kiss to the stars (bunabi)#dragon age tarot

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re-reclass · 7 months ago

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Creating a more unhinged clone of Kristen has been such a boon because she gives Beardsley a way to fulfill their impulses for absurd bits without compromising the real Kristen's arc of realizing chaos isn't cute.

#unless something in the next three episodes makes me eat my words #like whatever makes Brennan threaten to quit #and to clarify this is NOT a dig at Beardsley I think they're a phenomenal player and storyteller #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy #fhjy spoilers

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canisalbus · 6 months ago

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*carefully picks you up and peeks into your conch snail shell*

Ehm... Sorry to bother, but... Could we, maybe, possibly... see Vasco's wife and her lover pictured by your hand? Sorry again, thank you for listening. Take care.

*delicately lays you back into the water to prevent any stress or dehydration*

Unfortunately I don't have her lover figured out yet, but I think Ludovica looks something like this:

#own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #Ludovica #vertopus #Vaschete lore #I may still tweak the markings this isn't 100% guaranteed final design #might make her colors a bit more reddish perhaps #but you know this is the general vibe #she was originally inspired by brittany spaniels and one of my old unused characters #to be fair the whole thing was built around the idea that she should have strong eyebrows and green theme color #again jury is still out on the renaissance hairstyle/head piece I'll try to come up with something #still trying to get a good grasp of the girlfriend too #she's most likely her lady-in-waiting or other court companion #essentially a woman of high social class whose job is to accompany a noblewoman and assist her on her daily activities #a best friend more or less #conch snail hours #she will kick anyone's ass. she will kick your ass. she will kick your dog's ass. she will kick her own ass.

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emiko-matsui · 7 months ago

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Ragh Barkrock to Gorgug Thistlespring in Freshman Year VS. Gorgug Thistlespring to Mary-Ann Skuttle in Junior Year

#i dont know why this was so interesting to me but i was immediately thrown back #the moment he turned around and yelled to other students with the phrase 'this freak' i went oh... oh like... like ragh did....#and to be so clear i dont think gorgug is a bully absolutely not #but something about it scratched a deep part of my brain #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fhjy #gorgug thistlespring #ragh barkrock #mary ann skuttle #fhfy #fantasy high junior year #zac oyama

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miscellaneousrenaissant · 5 days ago

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Ep 3 AU in which Evan succeeded on his death save but lost his arm, so K made him a prosthesis while the group was still on Galamanis

#Teddy is helping :3 #Evan's Shadow still has both arms and he is conflicted about that #initially K tried to make a high-tech automail kind of arm but eventually went with something that works and that Evan can actually use #pondering how the K and Evan fight would have been different if he lost an arm instead of died and was resurrected with both arms intact #misfits and magic #misfits and magic 2 #mismag 2 #misfits and magic 2 spoilers #mismag 2 spoilers #k tanaka #evan kelmp #art #went through multiple iterations on the shading and hatching and screentones but it slowly came together #I began drawing this after they left Galamanis and it looks like they are returning to Galamanis this week lmao #I want to know who the hell L.O. is #I also wonder what would have been the plan if Evan hadn't died #St. Dotto's works like the Galamanis hot springs - amplifying the healing the body already does - so Evan's arm wouldn't have regenerated..

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ikuina-takashi · 2 years ago

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yeah

#slow damage #slow damage towa #towa #rei izumi #nitro chiral #😘🔪#similar energy to when we put an espresso shot in one of these bad boys #In hindsight I should have made the caption something like “this is more than he eats in game” or maybe i should've changed the twitter han #but alas #we were high as shit when we made this edit

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yak-leather-whips · 10 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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koschei-the-ginger · 3 months ago

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#I was watching a bad movie with my sister and turns out my tolerance for movies that are bad is exceptionally high #like yea sure it was bad but #she said she cant mentally comprehend how something as bad can exist #babie #youre young. youll come across so many shitter movies than this #trust me #david tennant #mads mikkelsen #cary elwes #id say scott bakula but i think im the only one there #david duchovny #too oh hell #insert literally any actor ever

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natp20 · 6 months ago

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i love their energy

#dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #like seconds after the first pic murph yelled EDIT IT OUT #i too get very loud when embarassed #or when i'm caught doing something even remotely embarassing #brian murphy #emily axford

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s0up1ta · 2 months ago

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something about loving you like an alcohol addict

pspsps come get your billford

this was supposed to be longer but dear god that's a lot of work... so here's the storyboard for it:

maybe i'll finish it later,, for the tragic fiddauthor enjoyer in me

ok bye

#jingles a frame from the animatic in front of you to get you to watch it oooooo #also i apologize for my lack of animation skills this is like the first time i've made something like this #and i did it by going back and forth between procreate and knockoff capcut so bear with me #someone please buy me procreate dreams 🙏#i might make this longer if the people want to see it #perchance #but yeah they've been eating away at me and this song is literally Them so i Had to #and i wanted to show off my bill design fight me #also i accidentally made thre last frame with a completely different brush so uh get spongebob high res frame-d #gravity falls #billford #gravity falls fanart #gravity falls animatic #animatic #ford pines #stanford pines #bill cipher #human bill cipher #fanart #s0up1tart

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bacchuschucklefuck · 2 months ago

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they licensed his ass

my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhsy #riz gukgak #Fuck With My Sketch #I mean it I'm gonna use that. gotta stop me if u dont wanna #doing things like this is bittersweet bc this slaps and I look at this and Im like well. I will never be able to nail this look again #I guess that's the plight of self taught art. but also it means you have to learn to let go and go look for different delights #you can't get too attached to one way of doing things. you will find many new things on ur way to make more funny bictures n such #this slaps tho Im so happy with how this came out lol. its be a long while since I last drew something in this vein #appropriate that its for riz lol he deserves it. he deserves the photoshoot pieces #funny enough this also kind of was prompted by drawfee? in one of the episodes I was binging (I thiiiink the one bg a day ep)#jacob brought up one of the artists I follow on twitter (havent been there in a decent while lol) who uses a pretty distinct #blue-on-red palette that got me to think abt teal-on-red and then this happened #funny enough I did start the piece with teal-on-red but then I shifted to blue after and was like wait I love this suddenly #and then committed lol. I should work with teal-on-red properly more but for now! we have fun! we enjoy #thats my journey thank u for listening. thank u for drawing with me if u have and come hang next time if u havent

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bemp0 · 4 months ago

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Portrait of Divine Victoria with Schmooples II

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cozylittleartblog · 4 months ago

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girl help i have been transported back to middle school

artfight attack on @necrotic-nightshade !!

#artfight #scene #scenecore #art #necrotic-nightshade #artfight 2024 #team stardust #i meant to shift the little background text things more and make them bigger but i zoned out and Forgor #and i am only realizing this like two hours after submitting it #GENUINELY not sure how i forgot to do that. i am impressed.#i still have my old gir shirts from middle and high school. i dont wear them anymore but i have them.#i think one of them literally says EPIC FAIL on it in Impact Font. its . extremely 2012 #this looks like something i would have unironically drawn in 7th grade. i love that scene is popular again #for contrast i drew this while listening to scary stories about people getting killed in Waffle Houses. love u letsread

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