#project morrison

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Some Val reaction gifs I made today 🥰

Done with your bs 😮‍💨

Gasp 😲

Keep yapping 😾

Smolder face 😽

Shit eating grin 😈

Me when I see someone talkin shit about Val 🤨👊

Eyeroll🙄

My appetite at night 😬

My social battery is 0% but I can't go home yet 🙃

Me and my big mouth 🙊

That's it. I can't handle your dumb (and hot) ass, mav 🔥🥶

[damian-lil-babybat]

Batman and Robin (2023) #12

Batman Incorporated (2012) #13

How to hug your resident al Ghul...first a sword!

[italymystery-swanqueen]

I'm watching the Adam project, I so know this place.

[morrisonfanclub]

New photo for me, and I’ve been looking at JDM photos since 2009.

[whenweallvote]

In collaboration with Black Voters Matter, we made this list of our 7️⃣ favorite books by Black authors being banned in schools and libraries across the country. Many of these helped to broaden America’s view of Black people, art, and culture.

Have you read any of these yet, and are any on your Reading List this year? Comment below with your favorites! 📚

[kingandqueenofswords]

60s stamp designs i made for class!

[wicked-books666]

These books have no business being banned

[cluescorner]

Randomized Robins AU - Ages + Worst Trait Exercise:

Steph (25):

Says her worst trait is her murderous rages (she is exaggerating for dramatic/comedic effect, she’s killed 3 people tops and for very good reason)

Thinks her worst trait is her spitefulness (one of the few traits she definitely got from her father + one that prevents her from fixing her relationships and living her best possible life. She’ll refuse to interact with someone she dearly loves after an argument (happens significantly less after Tim’s death) or will say things she knows are hurtful just for the sake of having the last word. This trait will worsen in some ways as the list of people who have wronged her and those she loves grows, but will also ease up as she matures and realizes the harm it’s doing to her relationships with those she loves most.)

Her worst trait really is her spitefulness

Cass (26)

Says her worst trait is her self-righteousness (she believes that her goals are righteous and, as a result, she is righteous. Cass becomes very defensive whenever someone questions the mission and often does not second-guess herself. This is a trait she only develops later in life as she grows closer to Bruce/learns to understand herself more/starts to love herself more. But she knows she isn’t perfect and when somebody she trusts criticizes something she is doing she is willing to listen. She just usually isn’t the one to START the introspection.) 

Thinks her worst trait is her self-righteousness. 

Her worst trait actually is her obsessiveness (she gets it from Bruce and, while not as bad as him, she will easily become preoccupied with her night-life and the mission if someone isn’t there to pull her back. She will do this to the point of self-destruction and it hurts her relationships with the people she loves, especially Steph.)

Tim (24)

Says his worst trait is his spitefulness (he actively rejects the idea of mending his relationships with the older members of the family and this causes him to also lack good relationships with the younger ones)

Thinks his worst trait is his obsessiveness (similar to Cass, if he gets fixated on a task or idea he will neglect everything else in his life in order to dedicate more time to it. Unlike Cass, he will almost never be dragged away from it unless Pierrot snatches control of the body and forces them to take care of themself.)

His worst trait actually is how manipulative he is (the KING of guilt-tripping and using people’s emotions against them. He’ll do whatever he needs to do to get what he wants, he’s not above crocodile tears. And he will do it to whoever he needs (or wants) to with little care for how his actions impact others.)

Pierrot (Insists: “Age doesn’t apply to me! And even if it did, I'd probably be the oldest. Or the youngest! I’d never be a middle child, though.” Mental assessments by the Bats have put him around 21, with a margin of error of 3 years. Pierrot has called this “blatant character assassination by my eternal rival!”)

Says his worst trait is that he is an irredeemable psychopath without any regard for the wellbeing of others (this is a lie and everyone who's important to him understands this). 

Thinks his worst trait is his parasitic nature (he literally would not exist had Tim not suffered the way he did. Plus he is a living reminder of one of the worst things that happened to many of his loved ones. He is a parasite injected into a functional person's body and contributes to his continued suffering. This is also a largely incorrect judgement of himself, caused by his actual worst trait.)

His worst trait actually is his limited sense of self (he doesn’t really know who he is outside of ‘inheritor to the legacy of the Joker (a man he despises yet also views as a father)’ and ‘chip in Tim’s brain that became sentient’. He slowly develops an identity over the course of his life and relationships with other people, but he lacks the foundations of identity that most people have. Pierrot will often almost become a caricature of himself and what others perceive him to be because it's the only person he knows how to be. This causes wild swings in how he behaves and relates to others, sometimes to the detriment of himself and others.)

Dick (17) 

Says his worst trait is his clinginess (he is a very extraverted person who likes to be around others, which mixed with his fear of abandonment after his parents died means that if he goes a few days without seeing/talking to a friend he will get very anxious.)

Thinks his worst trait is his anger issues (he gets ticked off very easily and will explode on people. He’s kind at his core and is usually very nice, but he has a temper that can escalate significantly. Spoiler (and later Twist) help him channel this anger into something positive.)

His worst trait actually is his anger issues.

Barbara (18)

Says her worst trait is her disability (internalized ableism, she thinks of herself as less valuable than the other Bats because she cannot be out there in the capes like they can. She will grow out of this as she matures and as she learns how invaluable her support for the team is.)  

Thinks her worst trait is her disability 

Her worst trait actually is her overly-independent nature (In an attempt to overcompensate for everything she can no longer do, she has resolved to do literally everything that she possibly can without any help from others. This results in many instances where she either takes on too much and winds up not being able to fully realize any of her tasks or where she makes her life and the lives of others significantly harder by refusing help when offered/not asking for it when she needs it.)

Damian (16)

Says his worst trait is his perfectionism (he is overly critical of both himself and others, taking any flaw or problem and amplifying it to an absurd degree. This is due in part to his life with the LoA (where even a brief misstep could lead to death), in part to how others treated him initially as Spoiler (any flaw was fixated on and used as a reason to either mistrust him or portray him as unworthy of the mantle), and in part due to the fact that he is Bruce’s son (the only person with worse perfectionism problems than Damian). Gradually, Damian has improved in this regard but it’s still a massive barrier to both his own happiness and his relationships with others.)

Thinks his worst trait is his perfectionism 

His worst trait actually is his perfectionism

Duke (16)

Says his worst trait is his definitely-real secret evil side (says this as a ‘my dad is a villain so who knows??’ joke)

Thinks his worst trait is his impulsivity in his words (Sometimes he will crack a joke or say a remark without thinking it through, leading to a LOT of hurt feelings and drama. He’ll say something without thinking it through and wind up seeming insensitive. This isn’t done because of malice, rather because Duke is someone who’s quick to act and speak. But while the mantle of Insight and his awakening powers have helped him with his actions, they do not always help with his loose tongue. As such, Duke gains an unfair reputation in the media as an instigator and will accidentally cause family drama through what he says.)

His worst trait actually is his impulsivity in his words

Jason (14)

Says his worst trait is his bad manners (he grew up on the streets and has no idea how rich-people society works, which he’s pretty insecure about considering he’s now the youngest kid of Bruce freaking Wayne). 

Thinks his worst trait is his reactiveness (Jason never got the privilege of planning ahead for various events in his life, so he instead needed to rely on being swift and harsh in how he could react to situations. It’s saved his life on multiple occasions and helps significantly in his role as Spoiler, but it can also lead to extreme overreactions (accidentally causing kidnapping scare after Jason ran away following a fight with Dick) and a struggle to plan things out ahead of time. As he grows more secure in his place in the family and in life, this trait will lessen but never fully dissipate.)

His worst trait actually is his reactiveness

[krispyweiss]

Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain Dies at 73

- “His remarkable contributions to the world of music will always be remembered and celebrated,” Indian government says

Zakir Hussain, the Indian tabla virtuoso who defied genre and helped popularize world music, has died at 73.

Hussain died Dec. 15 at a hospital in San Francisco where he had been receiving treatment for a lung disorder, according to various media reports. The Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting confirmed the news.

“The world bids farewell to the tabla legend, Ustad Zakir Hussain,” the ministry said in a statement. “His remarkable contributions to the world of music will always be remembered and celebrated.”

A tireless champion of the music of his home country, Hussain was also a prominent figure in Western music, appearing on albums by George Harrison, Van Morrison, Earth, Wind & Fire and others. He recently collaborated on separate projects with Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer and former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve, who called Hussain “one of the kindest, most generous people I have ever known.”

“What sad and shocking news,” Shrieve said.

Hussain also had a long-running partnership with former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, spanning from 1972’s Rolling Thunder to their collaborations in Planet Drum and the Global Drum Project.

“Ustad Zakir Hussain’s rhythms will echo in our hearts forever, but today, the silence is unbearable,” singer Salim Merchant said.

12/16/24

[whalehouse1]

DC makes an announcement that there will be a new Robin project, somewhere in the far off distance, before any more news is revealed, you can hear it on the faintest of winds, “It should have been Tim…”

[covergirlnay]

Video credit: @thewokemama

If you want to ban uplifting stories with people of color, just say that. Based on this list, my office library is in complete violation. 🤷🏾‍♀️😂 Oh well. All of my students love the books that I share with them. Especially the ones that they do not normally get to see. 🤓📚

[terrainofheartfelt]

sweet thing one of liz's top ten love songs of ever

[apelcini]

babygirl i can get emotional about dead people i don’t have even a fifth degree connection to

[morrisonfanclub]

A new photo of JDM.

[byberbunk2069]

I have just remembered that there are even more songs I want to add to Hack the Planet

[yesterdays-royal]

On "Sula"

Toni Morrison plays with narration in her novel "Sula." The perspective of the narrator changes from a depersonal narrator (i.e. third person omniscient) to brief instances of first person, presumably the character of Nel. The ending of the book, in which Nel and her mother converse about Nel and Sula witnessing a drowning, prompts the question as to whether Nel and Sula were in fact the same person in a Fight Club sort of scenario. To go through the entire novel and pick out sections proving this theory would require an entire paper (hmmm) but for now I will just talk about this:

"While in this state of weary anticipation, she noticed that she was not breathing, that her heart had stopped completely. A crease of fear had touched her breast, for any second there was sure to be a violent explosion in her brain, a gasping for breath. There she realized, or rather she sensed, that there was not going to be any pain. She was not breathing because she didn't have to. Her body did not need oxygen. She was dead.

"Sula felt her face smiling. 'Well I'll be damned,' she thought, 'it didn't even hurt. Wait'll I tell Nel." (Morrison 149)

This excerpt is startling since not often in media, especially literature, does the reader get a description of dying that surpasses the point of death. In Franz Kafka's "The Trial," for instance, Kafka ends the book right at the moment of K.'s execution. Morrison treats death as a moment in narrative, rather than the end of one. We do not see from Sula's perspective for the rest of the novel (or I should say, the "Sula-perspective"), but the moment of thought after her death implies that an experience after death exists in the novel.

Morrison's description of death is entirely tangible (or "felt" as an inner sense). Sula does not see or hear anything as she dies, no light at the end of the tunnel or a choir of angels. Morrison does not tell us what Sula senses after she dies, either. Sula's "last" words (or really her "first words" of her "new" "life") are about Nel, wanting to tell her that death does not hurt. She smiles at this thought of Nel after having finished an argument that seems to break their friendship. It is like Sula assumes Nel will come back with peace in the afterlife.

Morrison's lack of description of an afterlife, and Sula's preoccupation with Nel gesture towards Sula's death revealing something essential about Nel in Sula's bodily form.