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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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redsray · 9 months ago

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I love the idea of the Wayne kids dropping extremely vague and disturbing comments during galas. Especially when in uncomfortable situations or if they're just bored. They pull out things from their nightlife too. Other times they just make shit up.

Socialite: Oh, dear, your cheeks look so sullen! Who sucked the life out of you?

Tim, dead serious: An old man with a goatee.

Socialite: Uh... what?

Dick: Once I broke my knee so badly that I swear I could see part of the bone sticking out.

Socialite: Good lord. How on earth did that happen?

Dick: Just clumsy gymnast things ^^

Socialite: The white streak is certainly a bold fashion choice.

Jason: I saw someone get decapitated once, so I could be doing worse in terms of what's on my head, yknow? At least I have one.

Socialite: What's your favourite colour, sweetie?

Damian: Red.

Socialite: Oh that's lovely!

Damian: Like the blood of my enemies.

Socialite: Oh.

Socialite: You must be new to these kind of events.

Duke: Uh, yeah, they're kind of scary. But I've had worse.

Socialite: Worse.

Duke: Well I've been left on top of a skyscraper before with no way down just to 'get over my fear of heights' so, yes.

Socialite: You don't talk very loud, do you? I can barely hear you.

Cass, with a straight face: If I spoke any louder every glass in the room would shatter.

Tim, behind her: I can vouch.

#batfam #batman #cassandra cain #damian wayne #dc comics #dick grayson #duke thomas #jason todd #tim drake #they make bets on who can freak out the most stuck up socialites #its a very fun game for them #bruce just lets it happen #he secretly finds it funny #sometimes even plays along #socialite: so how did you end up with so many kids?#bruce: they were brought to me by an alien

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sparrowlucero · 1 day ago

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dr who is (apparently) redesigning this turtle from the classic series to be just a green human elf lady instead and twitter is eating it up because "no one would take the show seriously otherwise" and "the audience isn't able to empathize with something that doesn't look human". another fascinating data point in the psychology of doctor who fans.

#i know people will read this and think i'm saying the show should look stupid #i'm actually saying 'why are doctor who fans so rejecting of the idea that you can make an alien with a beak look good in a dramatic contex #and why do so many of them think the audience are incapable of feeling empathy towards a lizard #when the show so often asks you to read emotion into a puppet as simple and inhuman as a dalek #also a lot of people comparing making it human to shape of water #come on #he was not passing the harkness test and he still won the oscar

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eriklehnsherrr · 3 months ago

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Felt genuinely upset everytime they were mean to andy in alien romulus like leave him alone!!!!

#alien romulus #alien romulus spoilers #eta : how did this get so many notes snshsjjsksk

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softestaries · 11 months ago

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If they ever bring David Tennant back for a special episode (again), it should literally just be a bit of him sat in a coffee shop, chill vibes, until the Tardis goes sailing past the window with like seven aliens chasing after it, and Tennant just takes a sip of his tea like not my problem not my problem not my problem -

#doctor who #doctor who spoilers #david tennant #catherine tate #donna noble #fourteenth doctor #tardis #dw #dw spoilers #Donna is glaring at him so he doesn't run outside as well #Donna: you will sit and drink your earl grey and you will enjoy it.#i don't care how many aliens are out there #Fourteen: but -#Donna: no.

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miraculouscoccixbite · 7 months ago

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Something something Ivan wants Till to look at him.

Something something Till was the first to saw Ivan.

Something something Ivan didn't see Till hesitate

Something something Ivan only allows himself to show his feelings only when Till has his eyes close

Something something eye experiment

Something something matching red dot

Something something the first and final time he see Ivan he can only watch

Something something eyes and Ivantill. Seeing and not seeing

#many thoughts but no words to make something coherent #so take this word vomit #ivantill #alien stage #alnst #alnst ivan #alnst till #alnst round 6

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spoopup · 19 days ago

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sharing this gif i made with the class

#everything is fun and games to this guy until hyuna shows up on stage #not giggling anymore are you………………..#alien stage #luka alien stage #alnst #luka alnst #luka #please i have literally been thinking about round 7 all day #ALL DAY #SO MANY THOUGHTS. IN MY BRAIN. MY SMALL BRAIN #EEEEK #frawg post #i tried uploading this to tenor btw idk if itll work

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talesfromthecrypts · 7 months ago

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Well... some of you may have figured out we're not home yet, we're only half way there.

Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

#alien #filmedit #horroredit #scifiedit #usermichi #useranimusvox #userscary #mygifs #rainbowedit #after missing so many alien days that i can't even count #we are back

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maulfucker · 2 months ago

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it's so so sad that the aliens in the original and even the prequel trilogies look so weird and fucked up (which is great) and then newer stuff makes everything so smooth and human-faced. where's the meat greebles and nonsensical snouts

#hm i should make an original post tag #star wars #looking at pictures of gotals to draw one. and so many images i find on wookiepedia try to give them monkey-ish noses #and some even de-greeble them. and for what. let them be fucked up noseless goat-ish aliens.#and it's not just them of course. twi'leks and togrutas look worse and worse with every new live action shit #and pau'ans. the atrocity that was done to the grand inquisitor. augh #no one understands the appeal of a fucked up alien costume anymore </3

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trianglesimpfordpines · 2 months ago

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how many aliens have nothing except ford pines to go on for what humans are supposed to look and act like

how many aliens out there across the multiverse think a human is a sort of batshit unhinged creature with six-fingered hands and no need for sleep

#gravity falls #ford pines #among fellow humans he is the least normal human who ever lived but #how many aliens out there think he is exactly what most humans are like #this is so funny to me

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cubedmango · 3 months ago

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cherry magic AU for @alnstgforgaza anon with impeccable taste 🍒✨

(info on how to send in your own prompt is over here! please consider donating 💜)

#ivan #alnst ivan #till #alnst till #ivantill #alien stage #alnst #my art #comic #drawing this was sooo fun oh my god thank u so much anon #i started thinking up of a whole au while doing it. im rotating it in my head. its making me ill (positive)#anyway!!! id be happy if more ppl can donate to the gotcha! theres so many amazing artists and writers taking prompts hehe

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time-slink · 10 months ago

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Voidwalker scar pretty please? 👉👈

[ ask game ]

HI STIFFF this actually kicked my ass super hard i haven’t drawn scar in forever

#my art #asks #art asks #gtws #goodtimeswithscar #dude. i went thru so many ideas with this n at some point i just went fuck it. lineart practice X)#he looks a little classic green alien but love that for him ?#my idea of voidwalker is limited from fic and mostly centered around breathing a different atmosphere tbh #was fun tho tyy stiff #last one of these asks i’ll do for the foreseeable future but there were also some i liked n might do one day :D

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im-totally-not-an-alien-2 · 1 year ago

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Danny never thought he would enjoy the sidekick/mentee lifestyle but Kori was really cool. She was a adult but she still listened to him and made intelligent, competent and compassionate choices that were genuinely in his best interest. Danny hadn't known adults like that existed.

Starfire was kinda wierd for a ghost though. Phantom couldn't seem to pin down what her obsession was but he guessed that was fine so long as "The Princess of Tamaran" didn't hurt anyone. Plus, not only was she a ghost, she was an alien ghost! Like from a whole other planet and everything!

Aka Starfire gets booted from the DC universe and wanders in to Dannys via Vlads ghost portal. Vlad attacks her and Starfire beats him up, destroying a lot of his visibly unethical stuff, ect. Danny has been her fan ever since.

She did clarify that she was an alien but Danny assumes she's an alien ghost due to her coming from the ghost zone and having some ghost like powers.

Misunderstandings ensue

#prompts #fanfiction prompts #starfire #kori anders #koriand'r #danny phantom #danny fenton #so many dc heros are worried sick about star #danny has a mentor that put the fear of god/alien princessses in Vlad #Tucker has to be dragged away repeatedly by Sam #who is also enamored with her #they are all being taught

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algoreithms · 4 months ago

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