#stuff about mari

[divorcetual]

I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

#^ 10 y/o me was obsessed w/ art YTers who would always talk about good and bad art and mary sues and stuff #I think kids should be encouraged to make bad art and stupud OCs as much as possible abd im so serious about that. i think its actually #amazing for their development as both as person and artist

[kiisaes]

two idiots talk about their siblings (catholic school au)

#it's the fabled comic i said i'd make time and time again .. how sunkel find out their siblings know each other in this au #it's a little messy bc my hand started cramping halfway through AUFGHGF sorry about that #trying to get back into comic art ....... #omori #sunny omori #kel omori #basil omori #aubrey omori #mari omori #heromari omori #fan art #comic #omori au #becki draws stuff n stuff

[yrsonpurpose]

NICHOLAS GALITZINE This Morning promoting Mary & George

#nicholas galitzine #nicholasgalitzineedit #mary and george #rwrbsource #userninz #chrissiewatts #usergayppl #usersteen #mine* #fighting the urge to say babygirl #FAILED. #he's a babygirl in his little cardigan and hoop earring #i used to pray for times like this #imagining all the stuff for rwrb we missed is pain :( #but im glad he's getting the time to talk about this #he looks so soft i need to wrap him up like a burrito #and with the puppy too???? whatever. #gummy smile my beloved :(

[panthermouthh]

What could go wrong

#Victor Frankenstein #Frankenstein #the creature #frankenstein 1931 #gothic art #gothic literature #mary shelley #gothic lit #not sure if I really like this but since finishing the book again I have even More stuff I want to do #but that’ll take time and planning #so here ya go <33 #I’m gonna check out that musical people keep talking about in the tags lol #text from the original 1931 movie #my art

[vivelareine]

I didn't have someone claiming that only royalty at Versailles were allowed any access to toilet facilities, and everyone else had to walk around with miniature chamber pots strapped to their butt under their dress (men were apparently outta luck!) on my "Versailles myth" bingo card, and yet here we are.

Anyone that knows Ben Franklin was at Versailles knows that man would have written home immediately wbout how the women at Versailles walk around with teeny-weeny chamber pots strapped to their bodies underneath their dresses.

Abigail Adams, too, for that matter. Just for different reasons...

#and of course since they heard this on a tourrrrr! it's true!! everyone anyone says on a tour is true. no one ever spreads misinformation. #I'm begging people please stop believing nonsense. especially stuff like this that's just... SO silly. #I know someone who was told by a tour guide at Versailles that Marie Antoinette said let them eat cake on a specific balcony on Oct 5 1789 #just because someone says it doesn't make it true #this person also didn't understand that 'some unnamed lecturers on a tour' weren't primary sources about 18th century life so #maybe I shouldn't expect a lot

[babisawyer]

Ben coming back to the cabin to see yet another cannibalistic ritual

#🐇 #yellowjackets #again with the cannibalistic blue balls I see how you guys are playing the game at least I know it's gonna happen #poor javi it should have been travis let's be real he provides nothing #loved the misty on mari violence also #and we were all right about jackie's necklace! our girl's keeping the group together even still #also I know I'm literally the only one on the jackie antler queen train and while I don't think it's true rather than just funsies #it's making me wonder if this is more of a fae situation going on? it's been a looooooong time since I read about all of this stuff but now #after jackie's death and the baby's death and what happened to Ben this week it's kinda making me suspicious #like is the antler queen supposed to represent the unseelie queen? is it the unseelie queen? idk I'll have to look into this to see if it #fits. I'm leaning more towards that now than wendigo psychosis #also hilarious because I did say that portals was insanely jackie coded so we're coming full circle #also I've said I'm suspicious of walter but how the fuck is that dude so rich?? I'm onto his ass he is not to be trusted

[dontmindmyunicorn]

both of these prompts were in the same lesson

#duolingo #duo #falstaff #oscar #Spanish #learning spanish #learning #me #mary talks about stuff #shitpost #my posts

[leupagus]

Because I think my tumblr buds are more into the Miss Marple fic than my bluesky buds:

#miss marple rhymes with parple #I just think they're neat! #miss marple and the mary sue that paul rutman wrote #for the express purpose of telling miss marple that she's amazing and perfect #which she is! #anyway taking suggestions now #I'm thinking about having them do 'the case of the perfect maid' because that would be hilarious #they'd both immediately clock what was going on but are like 'well maybe it's some weird roleplay thing we don't wanna judge' #and then of course there's stuff getting stolen so they've gotta sort it out

[yummyyummie]

The girls experimenting continues with Vexx surprising Marimoo by having the two swap bodies, funnily enough they still ended up retaining their usual pred and prey dynamic - so now Mari knows what it's like if she were to eat herself

#tw vore #tw nudity #v0re #soft vore #oc marimoo #oc vexx #my characters #my art #the two ended up learning a bit more about each other in the process too #like how mari got to experience the fact that vexx can taste things through just touch (hence the top right doodle) #and vexx is still firm on her opinion that she doesn't care for legs #very fun stuff to rp honestly #which a bunch of the mari and vexx stuff is based on rp sessions one has had featuring the two and for some reason that's fun imo

[emblazons]

Note: I am finally posting this (something that has been in my drafts for actual months) because @pinkeoni hurt my feelings talking about Will and Alan Turing). So...you can inavertently thank Robin for this LMAO

I don’t delve much into Stranger Things analysis anymore, but having just watched The Imitation Game, the biopic they made about Alan Turning in 2014—I’m thinking that maybe Will doing his presentation on the man might have an delightful (secondary) parallel to this film’s exploration of him, given Will’s burgeoning queerness + ongoing relationship with normalcy.

Throughout the film, the ongoing theme of "differences bringing about greatness/change" permeates every character, but Turing especially—something that the conversation he has with a character named Joan near the end of the film showcases well:

In this conversation, Joan is trying to encourage Turing to come out of depression and rely on her, given he is struggling immensely with physical effects of chemical castration—which he obviously resents, but feels is better than giving up the life he has and being “entirely alone” because of his sexuality / desires (sound familiar)?

This ongoing exploration of queerness as tied to greatness and/or otherness is something that is very often explored in Stranger Things as well, primarily with Will—to the point where Will has nearly the exact conversation Alan has with Joan with Jonathan in S2:

—in addition to us exploring the relationship between a lack of normalcy, queerness and even nerdiness through/by other characters like Robin, Mike & Lucas.

Now (as we all know), Will’s homosexuality has been forever and inherently linked to his otherness/lack of normalcy—whether with how he was bullied in S1-S2, his struggle to be open with his feelings for Mike in S4, or the million literal / metaphorical things in between, Will has always been encouraged not to conform, but still struggles to self-actualize enough to embrace himself fully…which most of us expect for him come S5.

Basically: the underlying theme of this film for Turning (much like the underlying themes at the heart of ST) revolves around how most people strive for normalcy, despite normalcy being undesirable if you expect to do anything great/interesting. While Turing was a homosexual man, he was also one who struggled greatly with fitting in overall—much like Will, which I think perfectly reflects how the Duffers have set up their S5 resolution + solving Will’s ongoing internal struggle with his romantic feelings for Mike + ongoing dissonance with normalcy.

(sidebar: there are articles exploring the idea of "embracing difference" in this movie that parallel Will's "Being Different." See: Embracing Difference - The Imitation Game)

Both TIG!Turing and Will exist in on the fringes on their respective worlds due to their differences and homosexuality—just as both of them are both most inspired by their (romantic) love for their male best friends....to the point that those relationships define their contributions to the story: Turing with the machine that helped the Allied powers break the Nazi Enigma code, and Will in ways I'm sure we'll be talking about in 2025.

TL;DR: While Will still has another season to sort through what his love for his best friend means for both his rejection of normalcy and his greatness, it's fairly apparent that (much like Turing) it is the embracing of both difference and homosexuality that leads to greatness—no matter how the world feels about that overall.

(We love it when the gays learn life lessons (and when they win)).

#byler #will byers #will byers core #alan turing #st analysis #my st commentary #st commentary #st parallels #stranger things #suprise byler commentary from Marie for Christmas? more likely than u think #this has literally been in my drafts since...at least four months lol. I pulled a bunch to finish it and I'm glad I did lowkey. #Its not stuff I talk about much anymore but. you will never not see me showing the masses how ST storytelling is reflected a MILLION places #ANYWAY #the me tag #gay mike wheeler #only kinda but. yes lol

[sun-marie]

I love how some of the Deadfire companions don't like each other. I love how things can get so tense between Xoti and Pallegina or Maia and Tekēhu that they boil over into a big fight with harsh words and hurt feelings. I love how Aloth doesn't get into a fight with Tekēhu but absolutely will bitch about him in an aside to the Watcher. I love how the endgame has some companions drawing lines in the sand and, depending on your choices, basically tears your party apart. I'm so invested in the Watcher's inner-party conflict, and the fact these arguments are triggered automatically after banter makes it feel like you're watching their nerves fray in real time. It's sooooo spicy, i love it so much

#pillars of eternity deadfire spoilers #and like it makes characters like serafen and eder #who as far as I can tell don't dislike any of the other characters enough to get into fights with them #stand out even more as like dudes who are just vibing #also when I say Aloth is “bitching” I 100% mean it positively bc it feels like how I complain about stuff with my friends irl #the relationships in this game are so well done #and I'm using the 8 party mod so I really feel like I'm seeing the full extent of the party dynamics #anyway yeah I got an argument last night with Maia and Tekēhu and she basically made him cry and it was so!! i eat that shit up!! #pillars of eternity #marie speaks

[meraki-yao]

When M&G promo/interviews start someone better remind Nick (and honestly Casey too somehow) that HENRY TALKED ABOUT GEORGE VILLIERS' DASTARDLY QUEER DEEDS FOR A WHOLE SPREAD IN THE BOOK

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #nicholas galitzine #henry fox mountchristen windsor #henry hanover stuart fox #mary and george #george villiers #Seriously nick the fuck #Did he know??? #I'm forever gonna be bitter about rwrb missing out on promo and press #But excited for M&G stuff nonetheless #And I really really need him to remember because seriously what are the chances and it landed on him #Does Casey know? #Casey needs to know #rwrb rambles

[books-and-cookies]

5 SECOND REVIEW

* why the FUCK did i not read this sooner omg

* i finished it in 2 sittings and it was a JOY and a MARVEL to read

* i instantly got transported to my childhood, when i remember reading and loving the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

* this was so, SO well written, I can't even, it took all of maybe 10 pages to get me completely hooked

* having the story set in East Asia and drawing both from the Wild Swans fairy tale and East Asian folklore was just... so good, so well crafted and the prose was beautiful

* i kept squealing every time i recognised elements from the story i read as a child, but at the same time, the plot twists???

* i cannot recommend this enough, truly, it was amazing

* 5/5 ⭐️

#books #booklr #bookblr #six crimson cranes #elizabeth lim #book review #mary says stuff about

[frevandrest]

Understanding 18th Century

There's a prevailing problem I've noticed in interpreting frev: people not really understanding that this was 18th century. Oh, they understand it on an intellectual level, but they still apply today's worldview to it. And you can't do that if you wish to understand wtf was going on.

(This is not about anyone here nor a shade at anyone in particular. Just a trend I've noticed, especially in bad takes).

All historical periods have this problem where people interpret things from the point of view of our own time. So that's hardly special about frev and 18c. But a tricky part is that 18c saw the development of things that we still use today (constitutions, voting system, etc.) that it may seem like it's more similar to our world than it actually was.

For example. The voting system. They had it and so do we. Except they were assholes who didn't allow women to vote. (Which is fair criticism, but people often forget that not all men had the right to vote either - so any criticism of exclusion should take that into account. Was it really about women per se, or about their ideas on who can and cannot make a free and rational vote? What is that they saw wrong about women and certain men voting? - Their attitude sure sucks, but if we ask these questions we understand better what was going on vs just going "sexist men", which only explains part of the issue). Or: journalism. They had political slander and so do we. But uuugh, their slander was so openly personal and often ridiculed someone's looks/sexual practices in supposedly serious political attacks - wtf was that? Or: trials. Of course we all know how trials are supposed to be done and what kind of arguments/evidence they should include. The fact they focused so much on character slander is incorrect and ridiculous, and...

Stop. Instead of assuming that they "did it incorrectly", think about: 1) how we do these things today is a product of decades/centuries of development; they didn't have that. They were only inventing it for the first time. 2) They did stuff according to their cultural beliefs. If they focused so much on character assassination as an argument, it means it was significant for their worldview.

You might not like it (and fair enough) but it's not possible to understand what was going on unless we understand how they thought and what they knew and what their worldview was. Which is not easy. It's not simply about knowing the state of scientific thought or what they believed about the world. Understanding how this affected the way they thought and how they interpreted things, or how they build meaning and conclusions - none of that is easy. But we have to question our assumptions, even if we're unable to see things from their pov. Because that's the only way not to arrive at wrong conclusions.

Similarly, many terms what they used had a different meaning to how they are used today (or, at least, they were understood in ways dissimilar to how we use them). Concepts such as despotism, tyranny, dictator, terror; also some seemingly easy to understand terms like "being a moderate" or even "patriotism". If we assume 18th century people used them in the same way that we do, we won't be able to understand wtf they are talking about.

#this is not about 18c or frev specifically #but it's a good example #many bad takes about frev include this lack of understanding #coupled with interpreting past with present #and it's bad #and hey it's not just about frev #royalism too #like i am not a fan of louis or marie antoinette but their actions too have to be interpreted from 18th century worldview #like of course they did stuff that they did #they fought for what they believed in their souls was the truth #natural hierarchies aming humans and the monarch's right to rule etc. #and many of people - not just rich and powerful- also believed that #i don't think any of that is good but it was a worldview they operated under #so to understand their actions we need to know that #or anyone's action #not to excuse it but to understand wtf was going on #because applying our understanding cannot explain it #frev #french revolution

[booasaur]

From (2022) - Kristi and Marielle

#fromedit #from epix #from kristi #from marielle #chloe van landschoot #kaelen ohm #kristi x marielle #femslash related stuff #I will say that despite my initial doubt at chloe's interview #at just how much kristi would be about mari vs kenny #given the first season #kristi has been very much about mari! #I guess we can assume her initial reaction to finding out mari had relapsed was fear and anger #with herself

[tomoyoo]

no home is so refreshing in it’s themes and the character writing, the kids go through all kinds of situations but they’re not by any means portrayed as tortured martyrs,, that’s something I appreciate a lot and it’s because the story takes it’s time to show many sides of conflict and how the mcs can be mean and unfair and don’t magically get their shit together at the end of an arc and not everyone understands why they’re like that and it’s so human !!!!!!!!!!! read no home by wanan 🫂

#no home #the impact of family! and relationships with people you see every day but don’t always get along with even if you care deeply about them !! #when marie and minju were fighting and minju called her out for being selfish when marie !! had given soso much!!! #and i remember when the stealing arc started i liked how even if we knew haejoon's past that’s not all there is to it and people go through #a lot of stuff throughout their lives it reminded me a little of only yesterday