#national-academy

[themakeupbrush]

Members of the Osage Nation at the 2024 Academy Awards

[strangerathecinema]

silly community textposts pt. 4

[mentallyadinonugget]

the doomed sibling trope will forever haunt me

didn’t need to see this rn

[hyacinthi-mortem]

Skateboard done! Just need to put a sealant in it then I can put the wheels back on- I did the whole thing with posca pens, the background took forever 😭

-find all the fandom references-

[thehillywoodshow]

Happy National Siblings Day to these two who create Hillywood! 🫂🎥 @hillyhindi & @hannahhindi

[sweetieviktor]

"tomorrow's exam", feat. viktor.

summary: you're not confident in your potential, so you go after viktor seeking comfort.

word count: 297.

content warning: reader is insecure because of an upcoming exam, but other than that its just fluff!!

author notes: oh my god i needed to write this so bad!! i only writed this one bcs im feeling like i wont be able to make a good score on literally one of the most important exams in my life (and on a lot of other brazilians too. i hate enem so much aarrgh) and i needed comfort, so yep take this tiny vik comfort fic :)

when viktor entered in his lab, he surely didn't expect to see you already there, pacing back and forth all around the place, only noticing him after the noise of the door closing hitted your ears. you turned around quickly, stopping in your tracks, looking at viktor with wide-eyes, almost as if you were shocked, completely lost in thought.

“dear, what happened?” he walked to your direction, looking at you, your eyes, searching for any possible reason for you to be so distressed like that, “whatever it is, you can tell me.”

“it's just –”, you pushed your hair back to it's place with your trembling hand, “do you remember this one exam i told you about some weeks ago?” he nodded, “i'm afraid that i–”, you took a deep breath, trying to ground yourself, “i might fail.”

“oh, my love...”, he took your shaking hand on his, guiding you to take a seat beside him on the lab's couch, “look at me, okay? you ain't going to fail, you'll see. i'm sure you're going to make one of the highest scores on it.”, he intertwined his fingers with yours, caressing the back of your hand, “because you're one of the most intelligent–” he planted a kiss in your right cheek, “smartest –” another one in your left, “brilliant –” now, at the top of your head, “and amazing person i've ever knew. i know you're going to make it.”, and finally on your lips.

he said those words so certain and, the way he looked at you with such adoration, made all the bad feelings you were dealing with earlier fly away.

“thank you, love.” you smiled heartily, now not that much anxious, feeling his hands crawling to your sides, embracing you and kissing your face all over again.

[sluttyhenley]

WAHZHAZHE (Song for My People) Scott George and the Osage Singers (2024)

[trendfilmsetter]

The Osage singers for KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON arrive at the 2024 Oscars Red Carpet

[iamyourdailydoseofbi]

WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING FANDOM'S? WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT.

So, I have noticed that a lot of my mutual's for many fandom's ( TUA, TWD, Z-NATION, WWDITS, Derry Girls, HOTD, etc. ) have been dropping like flies.

[ I love you my beautiful friends, and I hope one day you will feel comfortable and safe to come back 😘 ]

It got me thinking, why? Why? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! But, after talking to a few of my mutual's on other apps, it came down to mainly three common things with these mutual's. ( note, this is not for every fandom / fan, this was just the mutual's that I talked to, okay? )

1. The TV show ended, so there isn't much reason to stick around anymore. ( Umbrella Academy, The Walking Dead, Derry Girls, Z-Nation, What We Do in the Shadows, etc. )

Which is valid. If there are no more ( Ex. Sunday episodes for HOTD or Sunday episodes for TWD ) not many fans wanna stick around.

Then, after so many fans leave. It kind of becomes a 'dead fandom'. Where people sometimes goes back to time to time and be like, "Oh, I remember that show.." for nostalgia.

2. Their interests have changed.

Like any common trend, some people just say, "Nah, I don't like *insert show* anymore. I liked the 5th season and 2nd. But, I'm just not that into *insert genre* tv shows anymore." Again, valid.

Everyone had gone through one kind of phase before. It could have been books ( PJO, HP, etc. ) or fashion ( Skinny jeans, graphic t-shirts, etc. ) or music ( MCR, Blood on the Dance Floor, etc. )

It's fine to grow and change.

3. The fandom doesn't feel like a fandom anymore. This is a BIG one that many have told me.

People are clashing together, book vs tv show fights, character x character ships are constantly hating on each other, death threats are being sent to actors / fans / fanfic writers, you can't share your opinion without someone sending hate, etc.

The best example is HOTD. A fandom that I am in / write for.

Now, now, here me out! I have been very open about the hate in the fandom. You can check. I've gotten hate for writing about highly requested character's ( Aegon, Aemond, etc. ) and I have called out how fans are acting towards each other / actors.

What I don't get is this. We are all in the same fandom.

How did we go from, "Oh, Tom Glynn-Carney is really cute in Aegon's wig. It suits him.", "I have a fan theory that maybe in the next episode they'll do this part from the book because the teaser at the end of the episode it shows..", and, "I hope they put this scene in the show!"

To "Oh, you think Tom Glynn-Carney is cute as Aegon? Well you support r@pe and deserve death threats!", "Oh, you wrote a fanfic / oneshot / etc. for this character? Oh, it has a trope that it being used by a lot of other writers? Here's hate for that!", and, "Tom Glynn-Carney says that Aegon is a complex character...so clearly he supports..."

The main point is that this is why soooooo many of people are dropping out of fandom's. And when people call it out, they either get run out of the fandom as well or blasted for it with death threats.

Fandom's used to be places where people could go to geek out with others. A safe place. It's why there is comic con, etc. People want to know other fans, the want a safe place to go to.

Now, it's become a place where you have to mostly keep your head down low and not say a thing to avoid being run out because you share a different opinion.

In conclusion? I hope that fandom's can be kind to each once again so that people feel safe / comfortable to come back.

To all my beautiful fans who were run out / felt like they had to leave a fandom, I love you and understand why you left. I hope one day you will come back and find joy in the fandom that you once did.

To those of you running out fans / sending death threats. It's you that ruins the fandom. Fandom's were safe places for people, now you've ruined it for those people.

If you don't like a fandom / other fan, you have other options :

1. IGNORE THEM AND LEAVE THEM ALONE!

2. BLOCK A TAG / ACCOUNT YOU DON'T LIKE!

3. DON'T SEND DEATH THREATS!

4. FIND A PART OF THE FANDOM THAT MATCHES YOU AND STICK TO IT!

5. Block their account / tag, ignore them, not send death threats, leave them alone and enjoy the parts of the fandom that matches you.

It's that simple!

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hopefully i can get this out there. so i am tagging some of the bigger people i know / follow..

@lovelykhaleesiii

@danytar

@lady-ashfade

@targaryen-dynasty

@cayenne1

@perfinn

@two-white-butterflies

@youraverageaemondsimp

[neat-deadandlive-things]

So a lot of the papers I discuss in my thesis defense were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

That's all good and fine but general question for all of you, how would you pronounce the journal abbreviate?

[diemelusine]

The Ladies Waldegrave (1780) by Joshua Reynolds. National Galleries of Scotland.

[emaadsidiki]

Institute of France (Learned Society)

College of the Four Nations -&- French Academy

[britney-rosberg06]

screw it, doriane x abbi agenda

[almamidships]

She’s so happy, it’s making me happy 🥹🥹🥹

[malenudepaintings]

Male Model, academy study, 1874, Albert Edelfelt, Finnish National Gallery