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bigcats-birds-and-books · 4 months ago

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Books of 2024: THE ART OF EXCESS by Tom LeClair.

Another day, another "requesting niche out of print nonfiction from the library that they have to borrow from the Library of Congress, because of course they do"! I didn't actually read the whole thing because I'm not familiar with six out of the seven books he analyzes, but I did read the preface, the introduction, and the chapter about Le Guin's ALWAYS COMING HOME (which was really the epilogue lol).

His framework of "systems novels" was fascinating to me and my biology-oriented brain, and he flagged a lot of the same things I transcribed for my "le guin posting" tag, which I thought was neat! Unfortunately: he nerfed himself by spending most of his time on behemoth novels by six white men as Representative of Excess as Mastery, so I found his overall conclusions lackluster--like, dude, really, broaden your sample size if you're trying to generalize to American Literature Going Forward (it's no wonder Le Guin was the most hopeful and reconstructive of the lot, given the synopses of the other bricks he discussed). Neat intro and preface! And I found myself nodding along to a lot of his insights on Le Guin, but I also found myself rolling my eyes at how he tried to generalize from the texts he selected.

#books of 2024 #the art of excess #tom leclair #book photo #le guin posting #i didn't add this to goodreads or anything i just read those couple parts #it felt silly to read the rest given that i have not read the other books he's analyzing (and also given how the library needed this back)#(sooner than my return receipt said lol)#(i took pictures of the two chapters i read so i can revisit them later because this book is SO HARD TO FIND)#the systext was. interesting.#but wow a lot of what he said about marginalized writers rubbed me the wrong way lmao #i tried to cut him a little bit of slack because it was published in like. 1987. but dude.#1. there are more than black and white women and men writers as far as the demographics of america go #2. WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU WRITING OFF THE COLOR PURPLE IN YOUR INTRO #3. you're like. so close. to having a Revelation about maybe why writers of color and female writers don't write what you tout as Big All--#--Encompassing American Novels(TM)#do you see your own whiteness?? do you REALLY though?? dude what are you calling default lol #i don't know enough about postmodernism to engage with that framework of his but i was interested in the systems thing because it's ecology #i speedread these chapters in like. 24 hours. due to aforementioned library issues #but we're counting it as a book of 2024 for photo purposes anyway lol

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kelddaa · 7 months ago

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mornings in the desert

#desert duo fanart #desert duo #scarian #kelddaa #kelds art #keld make a desertduo piece without excessive warm lighting challenge IMPOSSIBLE #it’s fine tho I love warm lighting #prob could’ve spent more time on this but eh oh well #took me a long time toiling with their expressions #eventually ended up with these… grimaces #maybe bc it’s so early in the morning #maybe bc it’s just these two fools #and they’ve got… whatever it is they’ve got going on in third life #third life Scarian is so special to me #agh sorry I’m falling back into my desert duo phase and rambling about them #1k

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kaiju-krew · 1 year ago

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he not built for this

original

#goji had zero chill i CHEEREEDDDDDD I LOVE MY BOYYYYYYYYY #I LOVE WHEN HE DOES VERY VIOLENT THINGS VERY EXCESSIVELY #godzilla #ion dragon #kaiju #monarch legacy of monsters #monsterverse #my art

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post-it-notes7 · 8 days ago

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I think they're going to get up to mischief

#galacta knight #meta knight #post's art gallery #a duel between some cheap plastic arrows imbued with excessive amounts of magic against MK's side eye #they have good fun #happy valentines everyone!#remember folks. candy goes on sale tomorrow.

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 9 months ago

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Heartfelt Reunion.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #blood #wen chao #My 'labeling things' bit started because I was worried that it might be hard to tell what things were due to my rough art skills.#And while I think I don't need to clear up the ambiguity as much these days...I think it is well earned here!#Rest in torment Wen Chao. Rest in literal pieces.#What a truly cute reunion scene this was B*)#They fall back into a comfortable pattern of banter despite the length of time apart. While also standing in front of dead bodies.#While I'm here - Let's clear something up: WWX does a *lot* of torturing and killing in this scene.#If JC is to be credited for any tortures let it be known he did that right alongside WWX. They get co-torture credits here.#Your favourite character is responsible for several horrible tortures and murders.#Was it justified? Honestly I don't think so. I think it very much needs to be over-the-top-violent to show how WWX has changed.#It was excessive force to satiate his need for revenge. WWX is consistently demonstrating how he feels justified in his actions #Up until now they have been for relatively noble causes. Protecting Mianmian - Giving away his core - Punching Jin Zuxian;#It's the same flaw in a different setting.#Tune in next time for LWJ's reaction to the blood sport vibes.

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kyouka-supremacy · 2 months ago

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Tonight feeling grateful to Hoshikawa for perfectly capturing the feral side of Akutagawa and Atsushi and never watering down the “Beast” aspect

#I think there were moments when I was reading the Beast manga for the first time I found it a bit excessive but actually.#Thank you so much it wouldn't be Beast without it #ryūnosuke akutagawa #atsushi nakajima #sskk #shin soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd beast #shiwasu hoshikawa art #mine #q.#01/01/24 #Edit: A little too late tonight but now that I've started I don't want to postpone the queue any longer #Especially now that the year is almost over!

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luxmoogle · 10 months ago

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⋆⭒𓆟⋆｡˚ ᵤₙ𝒹ₑᵣ ₜₕₑ ₛₑₐ 𓆜✩⋆𓆝 𓆟 ｡

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh sora #sora #mermay #mermay 2024 #atlantica #atlantica sora #merman #mermaid #merman sora #mermaid sora #atlantica!sora #my art #this is what i'm spending all my excess time on #mersoras

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starshapedspider · 2 months ago

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all too sweet security guard and their physicist

#he/they gordon and they/he barney #do you guys understand me #half life #half life art #art #my art #freehoun #gordon freeman #barney calhoun #srry for the excessive southern accent... as a texas boy barney fills my heart up. the accent getting more twangy and the petnames getting #excessive while talking to gordon and calling them names. it makes me explode.#put the song bc the link is broken. sad face.#Spotify

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eisenartworks · 3 months ago

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Starscream

#transformers one #tf one #starscream #eisen art #digital painting #digital illustration #digital art #yeah... I've been obsessed w tf since i watched the movie in october #what's w the excessive use of rake brushes?? Good question. I wanted to emulate the feel of metal #but turns out my knowledge of how to use rake brushes are in fact. poor #starscream isn't my fav character it's actually d-16 but I really liked screamer's character design #it's such a refreshing take but still recognizable as starscream. the black accent w his classic colors is such a great design #also funnily enough whenever I see tfone starscream fanart his hips are always cocked #I started this piece a month ago so when I saw the other fanarts I'm pretty bemused. It's like everyone's a hive mind or something #or maybe it's just not starscream if he isn't cunty #anyway

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royaltea000 · 2 months ago

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Imagine the entirety of the heavenly army pulling up to huaguoshan and this is who they’re mad at

Qitian dasheng design update ver 2

#at first I was like am I digging a little TOO deep into the empress dowager vibes with this one??? :/#but then the more I thought about it the funnier I found it and the more it made sense to me #like technically he should be younger in this than in my current pilgrim sun design so like #he looks like a very young queen married to someone twice her age #I held back on the excessive tassels in this one lads 😔 it would’ve looked too crowded…#I kinda hated the silhouette balance on the first one so I took a crack at it again and I like this one better #I know a lot of designs make him look more like the heroic warrior king type but I went for something a little more young and feminine #cuz I’m not like other girls apparently #his headress is like a combo of an empress’s and an opera performer’s cuz what is swk if not a theatre kid #digital art #my art #qitian dasheng #monkey king #jttw sun wukong #sun wukong #journey to the west #jttw fanart #jttw #when you’re mad at me this is who you’re being mad at btw :3c #swk’s twink era #WHO SAID THAT #this is still concept art btw lol I wanna draw some studies of this ver later #I love you procreate symmetry tool <3

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fishwolfcrow · 4 days ago

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i want you

#my art #de #Disco Elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #kimharry #harrykim #magma art #harry disco elysium #kim disco elysium #harry x kim #disco elysium harry #disco elysium kim #disco elysium fanart #magma doodles #Today we have an art peice that allows me to tag it excessively! My favorite!

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awzominator · 1 month ago

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BumbleBlades got arrested smh 😔

#transformers #rescue bots #transformers bumblebee #transformers blades #tfrb blades #bumbleblades #Awzominator art #Arrested for excessive pda probably #They’re so touchy geeky and it’s the best everytime they hug I get biggest hit of happiness #It’s sickening

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wardingshout · 1 year ago

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fast travel duck my beloved....

#tloz #a link to the past #my art #it feels a bit excessive to come on here just to post this and have nothing else done but I thought it was cute for once...#this game is Doing it for me #talked to one little guy in the woods who gave me an instrument and then turned into a tree and I shed a tear #idk this is what I'm here for idk the small little things in these games just make me feel stuff #I'm enjoying it so much but everything is truly just out to kill and hurt you in this game holy shit #still thinking about la I will finish wips eventually....

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robo-milky · 4 months ago

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Daydreaming or reminiscing fondly~?

Srry guys, I’m just finding Rollo and Cloche’ dynamic so much more entertaining atm- I just think it’d be so funny if NBC! Cloche did end up with a mini crush on Rollo (following the NBC Rollo simp train).

Extras! *Don’t think I’ll ever finish the second one tbh

#I really do love rookloche but there’s like too many plot holes and me building on ideas without trying to get rid of excess-#yOU DON’T UNDERSTAND- ROLLO ‘CHARMING’ NBC CLOCHE TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE NBC POPULATION TO A DEGREE-#NBC! Cloche will still find herself disliking Rollo at the end… albeit with guilt this time since he was nothing but ‘generous’ to her #NBC! cloche would prolly still party behind his back-#cat scratches 🌸#glimpses 🌸#oc: cloche🎊#jingle bells 🔔🎊#nbc! cloche #twisted wonderland #twst #twst oc #twst ocs #twst yume #twst rollo #rollo flamme #twst fanart #twst art #noble bell college

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labyrinthinehallow · 1 month ago

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I frankly have no idea how to articulate this ask but hi! I’ve wanted to meet / befriend other tf2 fans and I have no clue how to really do so, after mulling over it for a few days I wanted to ask if anyone has a discord server for tf2 or something adjacent?

A proposition

If anyone wants to be mutuals here or friends elsewhere pleaaase please comment n ask I am friendly I swear !! I will give u my discord or my steam account or. Idk I don’t use any other social medias

#I’m about to tag this so excessively don’t cringe at me #I’m so sorry in advance #tf2 #team fortress 2 #sniper tf2 #engineer tf2 #tf2 pyro #spy tf2 #tf2 demoman #tf2 engineer #tf2 medic #tf2 art #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #tf2 heavy #tf2 soldier #tf2 fanart #tf2 spy #this felt like a sin

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vpofcookies · 9 months ago

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Two pieces for @voicesfortheblade as a gift for Eloise with the prompt: Boar's head replica pendant with ruby eyes and a thin gold chain

#this was a lot of fun! i got to use my excessive throne design AND draw fancy jewelry <3 #vpoc draws #voicesfortheblade #art #mcyt #technoblade #technofanart #technoblade25 #<3

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