#urgh. rambling in the tags.

[lyss-butterscotch]

Everytime i open instagram it makes me unreasonably angry to like some art then realize its reposted with the TINIEST effort to credit the og artist. Even if the artist is on the SAME PLATFORM theyd just put Cr: artist or dont say anything at all. It makes me angry how easy AND ENCOURAGED it is there to take someone elses work and noone would bat an eye

[witherfide]

birth moment

i am. not ready

haha

anyway

just wanted to thank all of the wonderful people that ive met on this platform the last 7 months. i never really thought much would become of me posting my art on here but WOW was i wrong.

the unfiltered kindness/support and lovely people i’ve met on here is something i’m truly grateful for being able to experience. to be able to be apart of such an incredible community really made me feel seen, even if it was only for a little under a year.

with how inconsistent i am, i can only hope that i’ll return with the same passion as i did when i first posted! the interests i have now are.. vastly different (and i have some plans for this year that might get in the way of consistent posts, but we try regardless!)

not sure if i’ll be around for the holidays, so i hope they treat you well. <3

see ya

[sardonic-the-writer]

ezra's relationship with castiel and dean is basically 100k words slow burn strangers to friends to lovers to soul mates only. looking back. ezra knew that it was all destined to happen no matter what

[aceofroses-queenofstars]

This post will contain discussion of rape and sexual assault

i'm writing a whole essay on this but. I don't know how many people know the opera Don Giovanni who aren't musicians or musical scholars. But I have Many Thoughts and need to share them.

Number one: HOW in the HELL do people think Donna Anna is in love with Don Giovanni? She explicitly states how terrified she was when he broke into her room and assaulted her. Her driving force through the opera is rage and a need for revenge for both her attempted rape and the murder of her father. She is actively invested in ensuring that no one else is a victim of his crimes, and is pleased at his death. Donna Anna is a victim, and an incredibly strong character.

Number two: How in the WORLD have we gotten to a point where Don Giovanni is idolized as a heroic character? People forget or aren't told that the full title of the opera is (roughly translated) "The Dissolute Man Punished, or Don Giovanni". The Point of the Opera is that he is a terrible man who has commited Literally thousands of sexual crimes, as well as murder, and he gets what he deserves. He gets dragged down into hell for it, and he refuses to repent.

I am starting to understand how it came to be that the public perception of this opera is so far from the text (i am reading some INCREDIBLY interesting papers about this) but the main thing I am seeing is that scholars, when writing papers and textbooks, are either jumping to wild conclusions from the text or being incredibly picky when it comes to the evidence for their claims and straight up ignoring contradicting scenes. Also, many of them view Donna Anna, Donna Elvira and Zerlina as crude stereotypes. Some go as far as claiming that (I genuinely hate this) Donna Anna was better off for being assaulted. Talk about rape culture and victim-blaming!

And that's the real problem with the perception of opera. So much of the literature surrounding it has been written by scholars (predominantly male) who have been influenced by a culture of misogyny and rape that they refuse to see the complexity of any of the three female characters, and turn a blind eye to anything that paints Don Giovanni for what he truly is: a rapist. Every interpretation of anything is influenced by the culture from which it comes, and that is So Incredibly Clear in the literature surrounding Don Giovanni. It pisses me off.

Anyways, if this post manages to reach the dashes of people who have heard of or studied Don Giovanni, I want to know - how was it taught to you? Was Don Giovanni portrayed as a dashing, rascally hero? Did you study the female characters, and if so, in what light? What stood out to you about the opera? I'd love to know!

Also, if anyone would like to read the papers I've been studying, lmk and I'd be happy to post them!

[midgardian-witch]

Today is a day to not pick one wip to work on but to jump between all of them to see what brings the most seratonin. Wish me luck 😔

[cherry-bomb-ships]

My toxic relationship with my drafts 😔😔😔😔

[moinsbienquekaworu]

I just spent like 20 minutes thinking about soup

[eryanlainfa]

Wondering why I havent made this or that varigo au and then remembering its because if it continues I'll just be making varigo content out of all my other ships

[didsomeonesayventus]

thinking about how way to dawn really was like the most iconic keyblade ever that so neatly summarized riku's journey and ideals and had so much meaning and history and so uniquely his and kh3 really threw it away for a fucking car key

[arsenicflame]

the true being mutuals with me experience is just [tag ramble] [tag ramble] [tag ramble]

[kellystar321]

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[shiawasekai]

I should actually figure out a tag system like a normal person or something. Instead of winging it.

Something to consider in the future.

[upperranktwo]

Good morning besties! 💖 have a lovely day!

[cherry-bomb-ships]

Ugh i always think im good with sharing and im always ok with ppl i know but i see strangers who use main tags to talk about their selfship and im like

[mrskayathefrog]

you can't hate anyone into a version of something you con love

self-flagellation and self-bullying are all bad motivators for change BTW. it can be hard to escape from a spiral but genuinely u have to be nice to urself or nothing will change

[gg-is-a-loser]

people are being mean about the splatfest already ☹️ i wanna join team present because oth is my fav but now i have guilt