#lisa simpsons simpsons body

[coquettegirlblogger1]

Put my hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie

♡

[bluntshavingrazor]

21/5/2024

Dream the First: I was back in High School, as these dreams tend to go, but I was failing many of my classes because I was skipping school to develop my new invention; the Sketch Scooter. It was a very small Segway like device which you could take the footbase off and use as a computer tablet. Sketch Scooter!

Then I woke up and got a cup of tea, only to fall back to sleep again.

Dream the Second: I was watching a really weird episode of The Simpsons where Springfield Elementary was arranging a death tournament between two halves of the school, divided into Pirates and Princesses. Lisa was put into the Pirate group while Bart was in the Princess group, which he was unhappy about. He bribed someone from outside the death game to assassinate Lisa, which was against the rules. He had a change of heart at the last second, but still got punished for cheating by the severed heads of Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers (who were running the game, of course). The punishment was getting zapped from an orbital space laser that was hanging above the school. However, the laser actually only mutated him into a Hulk-esque being who also had the ability to absorb other people's bodies into his own flesh. They planned to throw BartHulk into space instead, but before they could he'd trapped a bunch of realistically drawn humans in a cage and was forcibly absorbing them.

The dream ended with an alien narrating and telling people to avoid the planet Earth, because the entire planet had now become part of the mutated Bart Simpson, who was now a gaseous entity floating alone in the cosmos and planning to absorb every other living creature.

[angelcloudnine]

canvas paintings that I’ve done

hope some of you find inspiration out of these

I don’t really know how to use tumblr but I’m trying lol

[loiswasadevil]

Go out into the real world and show someone Your Drawing of Bart and Lisa Simpson Having sex With Zero Body Hair or Signs of Puberty And explain to them How it's not wrong because it's from a tightknit community on Tumblr Called Proshippers and It's actually morally Right.

[terristarstrike]

Meet The Jotu-Trio:

Terrina Ave-Lo: The sharp-witted and adventurous leader of the group, a 57-foot-tall, 18-year-old Jotuzon/human hybrid from El-Doe, who is able to sizeshift herself down to human level. She came to Earth in the hopes that it would be the only place where she could be free to explore the world and learn about humans. When it comes to adventuring, Terrina is very frivolous and mischievous and constantly needs her girlfriend Bailynn (whom she frequently calls her lovebug) to keep her in check.

Terrina is a mixed-race Afro-Puerto Rican who is proud of her newly discovered Latin culture on her human father's side. At school, she's the beloved Queen Bee with a heart of gold and a popular cheerleader to boot. Despite being happier on Earth, she still struggles with anxiety over her hybrid nature and secretly fears that she might not belong anywhere else, but with the help of her friend group, she becomes inspired to use her bloodline to be a living bridge between worlds.

Bailynn Lo-Shanta: Smart, calculated, and ambitious, Bailynn is the "Lisa Simpson" figure of the group. She's a biracial straight-A student and a massive UFO fanatic who was born displaced in the body of a human, but after learning the truth about her heritage, she transformed herself into her true form: a 55-foot-tall Jotuzon! Like Terrina, she is also able to sizeshift herself to giant size or human size.

Bailynn remains deeply connected to her human father, from his New Orleans upbringing to his Paranormal Journal that was passed down after his unfortunate death. Despite being the team mom, she has her moments of gleeful fangirling, especially when she's learning about her true Jotuzon culture. She's still figuring out where she belongs in the universe, but her love for her friends and her Californian hometown is forever unbreakable.

Jack El-Benn: Jack is the curious and fun-loving third wheel to the lovey-dovey couple of Terrina and Bailynn. He has been Terrina's best friend during childhood, and he is the most fascinated with the humans who live beyond El-Doe, even owning a secret library dedicated to the Earthlings, all to themself.

Jack is a bookworm who often gets the wrong idea about human treasures and can be easily distracted by lights or glitter, but they always love to infodump to Terrina about their love for the humans' internet. He's still figuring himself out as a nonbinary, transmasc Jotuzon, but he's always got Terri and Bailynn to support them. His biggest dream is for the Jotuzons to establish peace with the humans so that he can finally make his library accessible to the public.

[marketfreshfics]

OC: Paisley Gallos

Basics:

Full name: Paisley November Gallos Nickname: Pais Gender: Female Species: Witch / Vampire Date of birth: December 14th, 1874 Nationality: Spanish-French, born in the Americas Blood status: Muggleborn Wand: Walnut, dragon heartstring, 11”, unyielding

Appearance

Hair colour: Dark brown / mahogany Hairstyle: Short, wavy Eye colour: Hazel Skin tone: Medium Height: 5’2” Body type: Average, slight muscle definition

Clothing style: Functionality takes priority; light-medium, but durable fabrics such as cotton and leather for ease of movement. Prefers more fitted clothing, especially when travelling or exploring outside the castle walls. Fond of worn denim; often wears her brother’s hand-me-down pairs when out of class.

Accessories:

Often carries a harmonica in her back pocket

Her father’s wristwatch, despite it always running a few minutes ahead

Other distinguishing features:

Three diagonal scars on the left side of her jaw (obtained while trying to escape from a vampire)

Two small birthmarks below her bottom lip

Personality

Traits: Intelligent, resourceful, clever, determined, crass, blunt, intuitive, curious, decisive, quick to anger, observant, goal-oriented, remorseful Likes: Early morning hikes, writing in a new notebook, solving problems, the ocean, strong coffee (with two sugar cubes), stargazing, foraging for minerals/rocks Dislikes: Perfume, wet socks, the afternoon sun, formal attire, dishonesty Hobbies: Fishing, metalsmithing (when out of school) Fears: The unknown, her own thirst (once she becomes a vampire)

MBTI: INFJ-A Zodiac: Sagittarius sun, Aquarius moon, Libra rising Temperament: Choleric Archetype: The Rebel Similar characters: Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Sam Winchester, Harry Callahan, Lisa Simpson, Han Solo, Max Mayfield, Jon Snow

Family/Friends

Father: Pierre - Muggle, Fisherman Mother: Rosalyn - Muggle, Teacher (Died in 1882 from scarlet fever) Sibling(s): Mathieu (age 19) Pet(s): Barred Owl, “Crispen” Friends: Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, Garreth Weasley, Amit Thakkar, Natsai Onai

Magic

Boggart: Extremely thick fog, accompanied by a foghorn Patronus: Colossal squid Polyjuice: Turns crimson, tastes like spring water and copper Amortentia: Smoke, bergamot and clean, starched cotton Special abilities:

Fire-based offensive spells and charms

Non-verbal magical spells

(Once transformed into a vampire) can sometimes "absorb" a person's abilities after consuming their blood

Backstory

Born in Nova Scotia, Canada to immigrant muggle parents, Paisley grew up in a small fishing village just on the outskirts of a port city. Because of this, she spent many days on fishing vessels with her father and older brother, while her mother worked as a teacher at the schoolhouse in town. When she was eight, her mother fell gravely ill and unfortunately passed away from complications of scarlet fever. Her father, Pierre, often struggled to balance work obligations with raising Paisley and Mathieu, and more often than not her older brother was left responsible, which caused her to develop a great deal of independence.

Being from a non-magical family, Paisley's magic was a startling discovery. It revealed itself when, while arguing with her brother, she made a milk bottle spontaneously explode in frustration. The following morning, two members from the Ministry for Magic arrived, explained magical abilities to her and her family, and promptly enrolled her in the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

She was sorted into the Horned Serpent house, based on her high level of intelligence and ambitious, goal-oriented mindset.

Paisley excelled in her studies, her hunger for knowledge consistent, and while graduating from her fifth year she was recognized for her advanced magical comprehension. She was hand-selected by the Minster for Magic himself to take part in an accelerated graduate program at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with great excitement she transferred at the start of her sixth year. Having researched the Hogwarts houses before her arrival, she anticipated being sorted into Ravenclaw... however the mysterious rumours about the Slytherin house fostering several dark wizards in history captivated her curiosity, and thus the sorting hat placed her there instead.

Soon after arriving at Hogwarts, she was captured by a well-known criminal, who subsequently bit her and changed her into a vampire against her will. The details around this, and why she was selected specifically, are still unknown...

Academics

Best subject: DADA Favourite subject: Astrology Favourite teachers: Professor Fig, Professor Sharp Worst subject: History of Magic Least favourite subject: Divination, Theory of Magic Least favourite teacher: Binns Quidditch: N/A

As a student:

Prioritizes her studies as much as possible; she is aware of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study at Hogwarts and does not take it for granted.

Sometimes misses classes without explanation, particularly on sunny days.

She is always happy to help fellow classmates, however, she is wary of many. This only increases once she has been turned.

Mostly keeps to herself; has few, close friends, with whom she places a great deal of trust.

Future

Career: Researcher or Archivist Naturally, Paisley is drawn to a career path that allows her the opportunity to further her education and learn something new. Her ambitions focus on filling her brain with as much information as possible, so taking up a job as a Researcher or Archivist for the Ministry is very much in her wheelhouse.

Spouse: TBD Children: TBD

Special thanks to @hazyange1s for letting me follow their OC layout 🤍

[ranmagender]

[ID: Drawing of an older Lisa Simpson from the Simpsons. yellow skinned girl with hair not distinguised from the body. She's wearing white pearls, a pearl earings and a black hair clip. next to her eye is a red heart and next to that is a bill cipher from gravity falls, a yellow pyramid with one eye and a brick layout at the bottom and a tie, two feet and a floating top hat on top END ID]

Lisa Simpson x Bill Cipher <3

[autie-j]

Brand new Bart Simpson plush from Jakks Pacific! The body is plush, but the head is hard plastic. Homer should be here tomorrow, and no shipping date on Marge or Maggie yet. Still waiting for Lisa to become available for preorder, it's very frustrating, let me buy the whole family 😭

[episodeoftv]

Round 3 of 8, Group 1 of 2

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 5.16 The Body

tw Death of a major character, grief, dealing with the death of a parent

Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the aftermath of Joyce's death.

The purposeful removal of music for the whole episode, the grief portrayed, the portrayals of people with varying amounts of interaction with death. It hits so hard.

This episode killed me. I have never watched anything that has fully encompassed the feeling of loss and what it's like to experience death close to you than The Body. It is an absolute gut punch in the best way. I actually had to take a week off of watching Buffy to recover because I was so destroyed. 12/10 I don't think I will ever be able to watch this episode of TV ever again

One of the greatest depictions of grief and bereavement of all time. Both formally inventive and unique in its cinematography, sound design, editing etc. while also being an incredible personally affecting emotional experience.

There’s another buffy episode that probably deserves the title more, but I did have to give this one some recognition. For a whacky silly show about vampires, this episode is maybe the realest portrayal of death and grief I’ve ever seen. It’s not just a sad episode that makes audiences cry - I mean it is that - but it’s also this incredible examination of what it’s like to lose someone, and how the world shifts on its axis when that happens. The lack of any non diegetic music is an amazing touch to give this episode a sense of distance from all others. It’s real in a way that’s hard to watch but also unforgettable. Certain scenes and lines will always stay with me and will forever shape my feelings on life and loss.

The Simpsons: 4.17 Last Exit to Springfield

When Mr. Burns revokes the plant's dental plan, forcing Lisa to be fitted with cheap, ugly braces, Homer leads its union into going on strike.

Truly The Simpsons at its best. A small but heartfelt story with some iconic jokes (dental plan/Lisa needs braces; Classical Gas; punching Lenny in the back of the head) Lisa's protest song radicalized me at the age of 10. They have the plant but we have the power <3

[socially-awkward-skeleton]

Tagged by @corvosattano​​​ @nightbloodraelle​​ and @adelaidedrubman​​ to take this quiz for the babes (thank you all!)

tagging: @roofgeese @confidentandgood @direwombat @purplehairsecretlair @voidika @dumbassdep @afarcry5fromstraight @derelictheretic​ @strafethesesinners​ @nightwingshero​ @madparadoxum​ @strangefable​ @fourlittleseedlings @hopelesscounty @shallow-gravy @shellibisshe @stacispratt and anyone else who wants to give this a go

Worf (Star Trek TNG) - I am now on a mission to write Kit telling someone they “have no honor”

Red Forman (That 70′s show) - this is why her and Jacob work so well together, just two cranky old bastards (except she’s trapped in the body of an attractive 32 year old woman)

John Locke (Lost) - weird survivalist who also happens to be spiritual (very on brand)

T-800 (Terminator) - This should have honestly been #1

Angela Martin (The Office) - crazy Christian cat ladies unite I guess???

Special mention:

The Alien (Alien) - this one I have no words for...

Cordelia Chase (BTVS)

Regina George (Mean Girls)

Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale)

Jennifer Check (Jennifer’s Body)

Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)

All of these are so on point, Nora is very much just the rich, mean girl stereotype...

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)

Rupert Giles (BTVS)

Dana Scully (The X-Files)

Amy Santiago (Brooklyn 99)

Data (Star Trek TNG)

NERD!!!

[justfuckingnougat]

Passover 5784, 2. Self-Hating Jew

Disclaimer: This is part of a series of posts on the topic of Israel and Palestine. You are welcome to engage with or share the thoughts expressed herein, however they are ultimately my own personal thoughts and lived experiences and not the word of an expert on this, or really any matter. I speak as a Jew, but neither I nor anyone else can speak on behalf of all Jews. All pictures used as headers are my own, taken in Israel in 2015.

I first heard the term “Self-Hating Jew” in an episode of the Simpsons, when the character Krusty the Clown is rejected by the Jewish community because he never became Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony, typically performed at the age of 13. When Bart and Lisa ask Krusty what’s wrong, he replies “I thought I was a self-hating Jew, but it turns out I'm just a plain old anti-Semite!”. (Incidentally, that episode first aired in 2003, the year I became Bar Mitzvah). After asking about his use of the term, I came to learn it wasn’t just some neologism but a known trope. As I came to understand it, the Self-Hating Jew trope is typically a white middle-class type, politically liberal and fully integrated into Anglo-Saxon Protestant society. He, of course, hates and is ashamed of his heritage which he hides as much as he can and is definitely dating a non-Jew because he doesn’t want to pass anything on to his children. I never thought too much about it, Jewish humor is typically self-deprecating and there are Yiddish terms for all manner of fools already (e.x. shlemiel, shlimazl, schmuck), what was one more to the roster? It wasn’t until I was older that I began to realize the term was actually quite harmful, politically charged, and ultimately Zionist.

A brief history: the precursor to the term Self-Hating Jew comes primarily from Jewish infighting, likely started by but not limited to the development of Reform Judaism in 19th century Germany. Theodor Herzl, sometimes considered the father of Zionism used the term “Jewish Anti-Semitism” to slander his political opponents, though the other side would soon also adopt this weapon. (That’s a picture of Theodor in the accompanying picture, by the way, on display at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv where the founders officially declared Israel a state). The Zionist faction would ultimately win that polemic arms race, and the spread of the term in America was calculated and intentional. To quote Noam Chomsky, “The American Jewish community [was advised] that they had two tasks to perform. One task was to show that criticism of the policy, what he called anti-Zionism—that means actually criticisms of the policy of the state of Israel—were anti-Semitism. That's the first task. Second task, if the criticism was made by Jews, their task was to show that it's neurotic self-hatred, needs psychiatric treatment.” You may have caught the political nature of the term when I was detailing the trope earlier: the Self-Hating Jew is always a liberal, leftist, progressive, or whichever faction the Jewish Right most fears and hates at the time. To use language that may confuse anyone older than me reading this and (hopefully) delight those younger, the Self-Hating Jew most definitely got blue hair and pronouns.

I was recently introduced to this quote by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, a Jewish historian and Rabbi; in context, Yerushalmi is criticizing a fictional Zionist character “[He] has a past, only with an intermission of almost two millennia. It grinds to a halt with the fall of Masada in the second century and resumes again with the return to Zion in the late nineteenth.” I gravitated to this quote because, to me, it summarizes so much of my conflict with Zionist thought, even outside of Palestinian oppression, and the bitter irony of the entire Self-Hating Jew polemic. While I do not believe there is any meaningful body of Jews defined by self-hatred, I do think there is a group within Jews that most hates others and seeks to stamp them out. If you read the works of early Zionists, up to and including works of Israels first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, they are full of the sentiment of shame and hatred for the Diaspora Jew. Not of specific individuals, most of them were, of course, Diaspora Jews, but of the concept. They are shamed and embarrassed by what they perceive as a history of pain in which their once proud warrior ancestors are made to serve and scrape. Yiddish, the majority (but far from only) language of European Jews for the better part of a millennia was banned from public use in Israel, a policy enforced with violence, all in the name of ending one identity in favor of a shiny new Nationalism, one that speaks Hebrew and are the direct descendants of the kingdoms of David and Solomon. Pride in Diaspora culture, thus, presents in itself a threat to the Israeli national myth.

The popular French comic Asterix and Obelix follows the antics of two Gaulish heroes, normally going up against and besting the invading Romans. Readers worldwide have delighted in the comic for over 60 years now. But there is a cruel truth underlying the cartoonish antics: the Romans win. Not only did the Romans conquer the Gauls, they subjugated them so thoroughly that they wiped out everything but their genetic inheritance. Once the dominant cultures of Europe, the Gauls and their Continental Celtic sisters, their languages, religions, cultures, ways of dressing and eating, all barely make it into written history outside of the writings of their colonizers. This may all seem a non sequitur, but I bring this up to make the point of how remarkable it is that there exist Jews today at all. Genocide, the destruction of the Temple (at the time the center of Jewish religion), exile, and competition with the quickly growing Christians made for a perfect storm that could have easily ended Jewish identity. And yet it did not. They persisted. For almost two thousand years since we have created art and music, weaving new languages and ways of living, all while keeping the Torah and arguing, arguing, arguing over what it all means. All without force of military might or empirical control.

I am incredibly proud of that history. A history not of warriors and empires, but of teachers and philosophers, artists, musicians, even magicians, of tricksters and golems, vulnerable yet indomitable. You can be labeled a Self-Hating Jew for standing apart from our cultures youngest and most extreme branch (Zionism) while they stand there and play at Maccabees. I had originally intended this to be more of a structured critique and/or exposé of the military cult aspect of Zionism and the dangers of weaponizing antisemitism, but ultimately other thoughts got the better of me. I guess Ill have to talk about that in another post. For now, I feel I need to end this while I still have some semblance of a theme. If you were looking for some kind of conclusion, I can only offer this: Jews are and will continue to be so much more than Israel. Israel is a country, nothing more or less, and despite its posturing it is not the continuation of a 3000-year-old Iron Age kingdom. Modern Zionism is deplorable in what it has done to the Palestinians, but even in their absence I do not believe in its call. I do not need a military and a state to be whole. They cannot grant nor deny me what I have always had, what my ancestors never lost even in the darkest parts of our history. I am not an Israeli; I am a Jew.

[clarajohnson]

the magicians s2e12

mayakovsky what a little shithead

i forgot about mayakovsky being a magic doomsday prepper

i'll always be against q getting alice back, like sure niffins are possibly a bad thing but also she WAS ENJOYING BEING A NIFFIN SHE TOLD HIM NOT TO DO IT

personally if i was quentin and alice was screaming quentin don't at me i probably wouldn't!

mark my words in two seasons when qualice starts to be a going concern again i'll be against it. he doesn't deserve her and i really think he fucked her over! it just kills me!

the classically-trained way eliot says banished

man the fillory stuff is just so much more interesting than the earth stuff lol

the beavers' dental coverage is a lame joke sorry tick

extended bong rip scene this show is profoundly unserious

as far as i'm concerned julia/kady is endgame

Iconic Queliot Slump Moment

i love the idea of fillory and further being a real thing but i can't think of a single book i would want to be actually real

fairy realm margo looks great

this show is sooooo reliant on pop culture references but like, references a very specific person would get. team sarah connor? okay grandpa

forgot about the great blank spot thing. does that ever resolve lol

"where's my wife" "here and there" he really is a scary motherfucker

i believe in suspending disbelief always but every time these people just hop around from upper nys to like, vancouver, i think oh interesting how much time has passed

NOT an umber fan but i do appreciate that he collects memorabilia of, basically, his world's mythology

I'M SO SORRY JADE TAILOR BUT THE ACTING ON AHHHH MY WARDS MADE ME LAUGH

"i understood everything and now it's fading like a dream that you woke me from" alice quinn the most tragic character of allllllllll time

like my god the entire experience of being in her body post-niffin is viscerally sensually upsetting to her she literally transcended and then got forced back into a life she knows is worse it's devastating

love that they go to a place called the poison room and are surprised when it starts poisoning them

YOU LOVE FILLORY IT'S MY HOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MY HOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow is this really the episode they take care of reynard

OLU IS USELESSSSSSS

julia is much stronger than me i would've had that bullet in reynard faster than you can say they gave olu a bad lip color

"maybe that makes me selfish" IT DOESSSS IT DOES IT DOES IT DOES

he says "you are alice quinn" like he thinks they're having a you are lisa simpson moment

[loiswasadevil]

hey lois! hows your day going?

Every time i Go to answer this I start by saying my Day was fine i was watching Family guy and then i went on Tumblr, But Every Fucking time i check my inbox there's another ask saying "Peter Different" "Lisa Different has a Devil's Heart" So Honestly? My day is fucking terrible, Because fuck that anon. This is the first time I tried blocking an anon Because Of hate and Because they were being my Catalyst, But they make new accounts to send me anon hate To be my catalyst And having a Devil's Heart unlocked Stressed the body a lot, And I have few ways to replentish electrolytes in my body So I've just been angry Pissed off and weak Because They wanna be my catalyst Like every day But i try not to let it get to me, It Pisses me off so bad For so many reasons because 1 Peter griffin isn't Different, Lisa Simpson Isn't different, They're just normal Characters within the context of their worlds, and it just hurts, and 2 They always want to say Peter Different has a Devil's heart, Invalidating me by saying a Fake Joke Dumb character that doesn't even exist Shares my malady. They just wanna treat a Devil's Heart like a joke But It's Wrath is Real.

[biscuitboxpink]

I was tagged by @movrings

Tagging @deardarlingthings @mexicangela @mtfunkzoo @roamwithahungryheart @existential-labrador and anyone else who wants to do it. No pressure!

Take this test https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/ and present yourself with who you got:

I definitely did this three times 😂

These are the (first 20) results of the recommended:

1. Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 93%

2. Valentine Wiggin (Ender's Game): 93%

3. Pam Beesly (The Office): 92%

4. Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 92%

5. Dana Polk (The Cabin in the Woods): 91%

6. Andrea Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada): 91%

7. Anastasia Steele (Fifty Shades of Grey): 91%

8. Mia Dolan (La La Land): 91%

9. Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 90% (awww cute!)

10. Sun-Hwa Kwon (LOST): 90%

11. Ariadne (Inception): 90%

12. Rosalind Walker (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 90%

13. Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 90%

14. Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 90%

15. Jane Villanueva (Jane the Virgin): 90% (yeah!)

16. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 90% (honestly so me lol)

17. Nina Locke (Locke & Key): 90%

18. Rita Hanson (Groundhog Day): 90%

19. Egwene al'Vere (Wheel of Time): 90%

20. Beth March (Little Women): 89% (I’m definitely Beth)

The (first 20) results of the quick version:

1. Jane Villanueva (Jane the Virgin): 99% (okay fair haha)

2. Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 96%

3. Hazel Grace Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars): 96%

4. Prairie Johnson (The OA): 96%

5. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 95%

6. Pam Beesly (The Office): 94%

7. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 94%

8. Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 94%

9. Mia Dolan (La La Land): 94%

10. Nina Locke (Locke & Key): 94%

11. Rita Hanson (Groundhog Day): 94%

12. Egwene al'Vere (Wheel of Time): 94%

13. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons): 93% (okaaay…I’m definitely more Lisa lol)

14. Ariadne (Inception): 93%

15. Kate Pearson (This Is Us): 93%

16. Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries): 93%

17. Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 93%

18. Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 93%

19. Manny Delgado (Modern Family): 93%

20. Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre): 93%

And the (first 20) results of the exhaustive version:

1. Emma Pillsbury (Glee): 85% (again, fair)

2. Amy Antsler (Booksmart): 84%

3. Anita 'Needy' Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body): 84%

4. Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place): 83%

5. Clare Edwards (Degrassi: The Next Generation): 83%

6. Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82%

7. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 82% (Lexi in the top ten all three times. A pattern)

8. Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby): 81%

9. Linus Caldwell (Ocean's 11): 81%

10. Columbus (Zombieland): 81%

11. Nina Sayers (Black Swan): 81%

12. Charlie Kelmeckis (The Perks of Being a Wallflower): 81%

13. Drew Baylor (Elizabethtown): 81%

14. Hazel Grace Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars): 81%

15. Evan (Superbad): 80%

16. Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights): 80%

17. Timothy McGee (NCIS): 80%

18. Randall Pearson (This Is Us): 80%

19. Konstantin 'Kostya' Levin (Anna Karenina): 80%

20. Vanya Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy): 80%

[theoffingmag]

As Lisa cries in her bedroom nearly half way through the episode, a sweet serenade finds its way to her. It comes from a man on a saxophone, at a nearby overpass playing the Blues: an age-old African American tradition that has pulled your ancestors through the almost unspeakable, but perhaps-not-unsingable pain tied to a history of slavery, social death, and ongoing wars between minds, bodies, and nations. Lisa follows this beckoning and meets her first and closest mentor: Bleeding Gums Murphy — a man whose brown skin and head of curls were (like Lisa’s pearls) from some coast somewhere far and very, very Black. Bleeding Gums Murphy imbues into Lisa the Blues tradition, showing her how she can channel her sadness into song — like Ma Rainey, or Nina Simone, or even Solange or Kendrick Lamar. In this doing you remember a vital community, and hope Lisa’s slowly doing the same. Gums and Lisa swing and sing along between each other’s saxophone licks — swinging fast and swinging low and swinging concerns about their loneliness, their poverty, and their strained relationships. For just a short, shimmering minute, the two get to play their saxes toward a sky now painted Black, and a moon persuaded Blue. That night my cotton creole sister admitted: “I’m the saddest kid in grade number two.”

— Jalen Jones, “My Cotton Creole Sister”

[Image: The Simpsons, "Moaning Lisa" (1990). Lisa Simpson carries at saxophone, looking up at a man's silhouette against the moon.]

[magicalgirlagency]

Someone PLEASE ask me about Barbie trivia; I am SO normal about her and her brand, I promise.

EDIT: The beast has been unleashed.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Meanwhile in real life, the doll was named after Ruth Handler's daughter, Barbara (while Ken was named after Kenneth);

Ruth was Mattel's co-founder, alongside her husband Elliot and their friend Harold "Matt" Matson (the company's name is a junction of the names Matt and Elliot). Of course, the Barbie brand is the most profitable one;

The doll was based on another doll, Bild Lilli, from Germany. It was originally intended for adults, but it became mostly popular with children. When Mattel acquired Lili's rights after a legal fight, the german doll's productions ceased in favor of Barbie;

According to Mattel, Barbie has had over 200 careers, recently including more STEM fields. Each career is created to give the child an option to explore new things and motivate them in pursuing a future passion;

There were several controversies about Barbie's body. Not because of her impossibly curvy silhouette, but also because of her mature looks. Many parents would be unhappy about the fact that the doll had breasts and such;

Other controversy would be the Teen Talk Barbie doll, a toy that would say superficial and vapid "dumb-blonde" phrases such as "Math class is tough!". The Simpsons had an episode referencing this fiasco (Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy, in 1994);

As an addendum, there was a group known as the Barbie Liberation Organization, which its members have secretly modified Barbie dolls' voice boxes into G.I. Joe dolls;

Barbie debuted in 1959, while her boyfriend Ken debuted in 1961. As much as we love to riff on him being Barbie's Trophy Husband/Himbo, he's also got the extensive list of careers, ranging from Olympic Athlete to Doctor;

Barbie has a cousin named Francie, who was marketed as "her modern cousin". She had a "colored" variant, which would later prompt the creation of Christie, the first black doll ever created to not be a derivate of a white doll. Francie also had other two friends, named Casey and Becky;

Speaking of black dolls, there is another one named Brooklyn. Actually, that's her nickname, as her real name is Barbie. She's nicknamed after her birthplace, Brooklyn, NY, to make things less confusing;

Midge was introduced in 1963, and had less makeup than Barbie, after the doll was considered "sexually intimidating", and would be often be discontinued and brought back constantly. Her Happy Family series was the most controversial, as it was the target of many accusations of promoting teen pregnancy;

Midge's boyfriend/husband, Allan, was initially marketed as Ken's best friend in the 60's, but he was also discontinued after rumors of two of them being boyfriends began to spread;

MyScene (unironically, my favourite Barbie doll line) was created to compete with MGA's Bratz, and had many controversies surrounding it that have led into another legal fight, which have caused the Bratz line to be temporarily discontinued;

There was an attempt in a virtual world à la Club Penguin called BarbieGirls.com, and while it was ambitious for its time period (it had a customizable MP3 player!), it has suffered several issues such as a lack of diversity and discrepancies and inaccessibilities per country;

Another addendum to this story, is that there is an actual group of people working on ressurrecting BarbieGirls (known as BarbieGirls Rewritten), making it more diverse and with less microtransactions;

The BCU (Barbie Cinematic Universe) so far has 42 movies, starting with Barbie in The Nutcracker in 2001. Fairytopia was the first movie to not be based on an existent storyline, and spawned its own trilogy (Fairytopia ➡️ Mermadia ➡️ Magic of the Rainbow);