#this is very chaotic i'm sorry

[gellavonhamster]

I wanna start reading Arthurian…..where should I begin

*rubs hands* oh excellent

I'd say one way would be to pick characters or events you'd like to read about the most and start with the texts focusing on them. @fuckyeaharthuriana has a lot of lists of different works, including those sorted by character (links in the blog description). Then, if you decide you enjoy Arthuriana in general, you can move to other texts. Another way would be to start with something well-known and short. I believe Sir Gawain and the Green Knight fits the bill well. The translation linked is more like an example, because there's a lot of them, and I frankly don't know which to suggest best; the one I read is by Bernard O’Donoghue, but I can't find it online. I've also heard very good things about Tolkien's translation - understandable, because duh, Tolkien - but haven't read it (yet). The works of Chrétien de Troyes are also very good and readable and imo very well represent what a medieval romance is. My favourite is Yvain: Knight of the Lion, and I haven't read his Perceval yet, but I liked all the other of his romances too. (Ok, maybe not Erec and Enide, but that's because I found the main character very annoying)

I've compiled a small list of Arthurian texts I recommend before when answering a similar ask, and I still stand by it, except, taking into account what I've read since then, I'd also add La Tavola Ritonda - an Italian Arthurian romance mostly focused on Tristan and Isolde, weird and violent but also very enjoyable, in my opinion, Parzival (vol. 1, vol. 2) by Wolfram Von Eschenbach - a German romance and my favourite version of the Grail story so far, and Lancelot-Grail aka the Vulgate Cycle + the Post-Vulgate. I'm not sure starting with the latter is a good idea, though, because it's five huge volumes, very readable (except for The History of the Holy Grail. You can skip that, if you ask me) and with a great impact on the later Arthurian texts, including Le Morte d'Arthur, but HUGE, it took me half a year, lol. (Le Morte is also long and often drier in style, but still not THAT long). But I simply had to mention it because it's such a foundational work. A part of the Vulgate Cycle has been adapted by Patricia Terry and Samuel N. Rosenberg as Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles or, The Book of Galehaut Retold. It's short and beautiful, and you don't need to be familiar with the rest of the Vulgate to read it.

Oh, and if you're interested in more modern retellings, Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr is an episode from Le Morte d'Arthur retold as a murder mystery solved by Kay and Mordred, and it's amazing. Also The Squire's Tales series by Gerald Morris is a lot of fun, kind of for a younger reader but very well-written and funny, even though some of his choices regarding certain characters drive me up the wall a little bit.

Also, here's a great site by @tillman with a lot of links to various Arthurian texts!

#this is very chaotic i'm sorry #asks #kitsnicket #arthurian legends #arthuriana #gella talks arthuriana #talk talk talk

[evermqres]

EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED — TAYLOR SWIFT ↳ my swiftie spring/autumn exchange gift for @actual-sleeping-beauty ! ♡

#SwiftieGiftExchange2024 #taylor swift #lyrics #tswift #tswiftedit #tscreators #tswiftlyrics #networkthirteen #taylorswift #typography #tsuserjen #hauntedbythelook #tsusermels #usersophie #tsuserannie #tsuservio #tsuserjas #tuserhaz #my graphics #my edits #i feel like i didn't send you nearly enough asks which i'm sooo sorry about :/ i had a very chaotic last few weeks smh #this is inspired by one of your favourite lyrics (which might i add were all SUCH GOOD CHOISES) <33 #i really hope you like it mwah

[auroraknux]

I can already tell that their group dynamic is going to be very funny

#mario movie #spoilers #mario #princess peach #toad #why does peach grab mario by this mouth ????? sjfhffdkjfdjk #also i'm kind of getting the impression that mario and peach wanted to go alone #like maybe they're not in love yet but they have developing crushes alreafy #and then toad just kind of inserts himself into the group sjifkhfkjfvk #they'll become found family eventually of course #anyway i hope they're all very chaotic together #also sorry for the typos in the tags #i'm too lazy to retype them #*his #*already

[flowerytale]

me: haven't posted regularly for a while. also me: convinced that everyone on this site hates me for this reason. the whole world: *barely noticed I ever existed *

#still not sure about this #the way I miss this site but also I feel like I don't have nothing to say anymore #even use others people beautiful words it's difficult right now #I don't know what I feel #It's like I have so many words inside myself and they are trying to come out in some way but it's too much all in once #so in the end they are useless and incomprehensible #I'm very chaotic even while I try to explain my feelings #I'm so sorry #ignore me

[ctl-yuejie]

you remembered, quite observant ｜hidden agenda ep. 1

#hidden agenda #hidden agenda the series #joong archen #dunk natachai #aka very convoluted flirting strategies #i really like how needlessly chaotic this is already #i'm not even sure i want to get an explanation why joke doesn't directly hit on him before starting this whole thing #but i enjoy how charmed he is but also isn't so unrealistically enfatuated that he'd let bs slide #and i am not certain how airheaded zo is to not catch the i love you in mandarin by joke #love the petulant way he grabs his coffee (also in a way that screams 'I drink take out coffee a lot' - which probably is just dunk) #hmmm #first time i am watching a show with joongdunk and i enjoy them #some of the show feels a bit like it was made 2 years ago but it is pretty solid and i like the silliness of it all #i just hope nita doesn't have to suffer under their combined weirdness - i felt sorry when zo ripped the strap on her bag after not accepti #ng her refusal #but i appreciate that the show knows that he isn #t perfect - he did slap joke after all #also: i changed the font i used which took up 80% of the time working on this aka 25 minutes #still not 100% sure but the text reads crisper than on my older sets

[oldmisfortune]

Finally got to finishing the comic idea that's been haunting me lately ;; i got super lazy with some of the poses and just copy-pasted them xD i hope this amuses people as much as it amused me :)

This is happening in my personal alternative ANE where Ez got dragged back to the guard and Nevra isn't a stuck up at first anymore and oh look! My oc is also there!! (I haven't decided on a name yet ;;;;;;)

#if you want me to drop info on the AU or oc hmu #i can't wait to scream about it :)))) #my art #fan comic #eldarya #ezarel #eldarya oc #this comic took so so long ngl #maybe cuz I'm very busy and don't have time to draw but anyways #i also made a ref sheet for my oc and Ezarel I'll drop it later so you can get a visual for the color #also!!! gave Ewelein a nurse uniform because i REFUSE to draw that complicated outfit to save my life #and also even if she's hot af and deserve to have her titis out on display like that I would rather she cover up when she works for hygiene #purposes #tumblr really said ur tag too long stfu #also would like to add ewe is 100% more chaotic in my head and I will act accordingly #she would tease my poor oc because funnies #sometimes funnies>>>> character consistency I'm deeply sorry

[r0semultiverse]

Voice headcanon: Richard Horvitz or Shelby Rabara

#I'm sorry but i can just hear their voice as his #idk why just something about the speaking mannerisms & stuff #yiffany aka ruby harlonde would have his voice I feel like or a similar voice direction to voices he's done #very small chaos gremlin type voice #or maybe peridot steven universe adjacent but more sinister/gremlin-coded #absolutely love this chaotic child; more shenanigans from them plz lmaoo #falling in on all the adults fighting had me screaming haha! #homestuck voice headcanons are fun! #homestuck upd8 #homestuck spoilers #homestuck beyond canon #homestuck #mine #op #yiffany longstocking lalonde harley #yiffany lalonde harley #ruby harlonde

[soulrph]

so i'm looking through my inbox (bc i haven't been ignoring anyone, but this year has been A LOT!!!) and there seems to be a lot of people asking for advice on how to develop their muses and characters! so i was thinking, maybe later in the summer i might make another blog, and each day i'd post a little question for ye to explore your muses with? like "what does your muse smell like?" "describe your muse's bedtime routine" and stuff like that? would that be something people might be interested in? lmk what you think!

#ooc. #not rp related #( i'm so sorry for being silent ) #( i've had a very chaotic year and a half! )

[alltimefail-sims]

PLEASE READ THIS!!! I need input!! I'm going to throw this idea out there because I was very excited about it at 3am when I couldn't sleep but it's super ambitious!!!

I'm considering doing a challenge based on shows like the Mole and the Traitor (if you're unfamiliar, they're kind of along the lines of a murder mystery or games like Jackbox's Push the Button and Among Us - finding the "imposter" and having team challenges inbetween).

Very bare bones explanation: people would submit their sims of varying ages and personalities (young adult to elder, it would take several sims to achieve this) and by random draw some of the sims would play as traitors/imposters in secret while everyone else is a teammate/faithful. Obviously the objective of the "show" would be for the faithfuls/castmates to get rid of the traitors/imposters before they take out the faithfuls (kind of like Among Us). BASICALLY lots of lying and strategizing, physical/mental challenges, drama, and a simoleon prize at the end for the winner(s).

#Please this would be very ambitious and I think it would be so much fun #I'm a hoe for reality tv it's true and I'm sorry but I've wanted to do a “reality show” on simblr for a while #because I tried a bachelorette challenge and it wasn't messy and chaotic enough for me #I need drama I need betrayal I need crazy personalities #what do we think? help me #simblr #ts4 #the sims 4 #the sims community #sims 4 #simblr poll

[steakout-05]

today, September 1st 2023, is officially the 13th anniversary of Jetpack Joyride! to celebrate one of my absolute favourite mobile games, i drew a little sketch of Barry and Craig partying the night away together with some good ol' fashioned totally-not-champagne apple soda :)

i was planning to do a digital drawing, but because i totally definitely didn't forget that JJ's anniversary was today, it might be a bit fashionably late :) happy 13th anniversary Jetpack Joyride!

p.s. ignore the fact that i completely forgot to draw the big crack down craig's visor ssshhhhh i'll fix it later ;) just pretend he got it fixed kk lol

#barry steakfries #jetpack joyride #craig jetpack joyride 2 #YIPPEEEEEE!!!!! #god i love this game so much you have no idea #it's officially old enough to be in grade 8..... they grow up so fast #sorry about the 13 on his shirt being wonky i'm not very good with lettering #i love how barry's full on partying all drunk and shit y'know livin the dream #and craig's like ''i'm gonna have to clean him up when he inevitably gets a hangover aren't i'' #OH SHIT I FORGOT THE CRACKS ON HIS VISOR #welp #i'll fix it when i draw this digitally #once again my chaotic audhd has struck my ability to remember basic details while somehow remembering the more complex ones #can't believe i remembered how shirt physics work on rock hard abs but not the comically obvious giant crack down craig's visor 💀 #anyway happy 13th birthday jetpack joyride!!

[eponymousfics]

From a completely different fandom: like. You'd never guess. And I was boutta head to sleep when I started scrolling through Ichi shit. Now I've pulled an all nighter reading ya Ichi x Reader fic and THIS HAS MADE ME KICK MY FEET N ROLL AROUND AND??? LIKE. YOU DONT UNDERSTAND.

Doodled this cos of the catboy line from wayy earlier chapters thooo

(I apologize for the odd looking Ichi I haven't figured out a HC design I like for him yet 💀)

ASLK;DFJOIPEWAJFLKSDFJ???? THIS IS SO CUTE

ahhhh i'm sorry for your sleep deprivation but thank you?!?! your Ichi looks great!! i love these colors too, really fits the color palette i have vaguely assigned to the vibes of the fic lol

thank you so much again! this really makes my night 🥰💜🥰🧡

#i'm sorry for the lack of updates lskadfjsdklfj #i DID add. um. like 5 lines of dialogue maybe uhhh #last...week? within two weeks? time is an illusion cast to mock me idk #listen the new year's party. HAS NINE PEOPLE IN A ROOM. #eight of whom are VERY loud and chaotic lol #large group convos my beloathed in both real life and writing >_> #anyway THANK YOU SO MUCH #epon answers #the silence purrs #osomatsu san #other people's art!

[doctorweebmd]

coming out of my baldurs gate 3 delirium (aka i am working a night shift and can't physically play it. at work.) to say that horikoshi. horikoshi when i GET YOU. you are NOT leaving izuku with no quirk and no arms. i am in your walls

#bnha spoilers #also. more evidence that horikoshi read zero-sum game #like come on the twins thing the izuku losing his quirk thing the losing his arm thing the shiggy getting decay from afo thing #TELL ME THE TRUTH HORIKOSHI. DID YOU READ MY FANFIC. #i'm joking of course. he's just done a really good job of foreshadowing through the series. its a marker of an amazing author #and i know that izuku probably won't lose both his arms and his quirk. i fully expect it to be a happy ending in some way shape or form #this is a sixteen year old boy who sacrificed EVERYTHING. more than he ever had to give #and he had less than a year. LESS THAN A YEAR. #sorry i'm already crying thinking about the scene of him holding shigaraki's hand even though it will decay him........ #izuku who knows better than ANYONE what shigaraki's power can do.... reaching out to him. caring more about others than about himself. #he's just. he's so good. he's SO GOOD. he deserves the world #tbh i feel like eri HAS to be involved at this point. she's the deus ex machina in all this #that or overhaul #both of their abilities can at least physically restructure izuku's body #it would actually be a very interesting redemption point for overhaul....... #i mean WHY ELSE RESCUE HIM. and why give him THE SAME FUCKING INJURY #what a powerful thing it would be to have eri give overhaul his arms back #and overhaul learning about goodness and forgiveness from this girl he's done nothing but abuse and torture #and saves izuku........ #its about ATONEMENT. its about GROWTH. its about IT NEVER BEING TOO LATE. #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOU MY HERO ACADEMIA #... ok. i'm normal. its fine. #on another note #i loved the ending to my first bg3 run which i think i finished Tuesday/Wednesday. i cried. #IMMEDIATELY started a durge run where i'm playing a male human bard instead of the female half-wood elf ranger #i was like 'haha. i'll make a character based on hisoka from hxh! i'm gonna be SOOOO evil! >:)) #and guess who still isn't good at being big evil. ME. at worst i'm probably chaotic neutral. #its wild i'm already finding SO MANY new scenes i missed on the first playthrough even though i'm making a lot of the same choices #so it still feels super fun and fresh. more so now because i kind of know the characters and the mechanics better #my current playthrough i'm with lae'zel shadowheart and asterion with no intention of switching out

[theflyingfeeling]

idk what the "Nokia Arena promo thing" Aleksi mentioned even is but I'm going 👋

#lol jk probably not actually because it's gonna be full of kids 😂 but i'm tempted #i just miss them too much 😔 #i assume it's gonna be in tampere so i could probably make it too 🤔 #they've made it clear the netherlands one was their final show of the year so i doubt it's gonna be an acoustic set or anything of that sor #so...probably a meet & greet sorta thing? a signing session? which should be chaotic ahaha no thanks~ #they're gonna drop the info ''in very near future'' but lord knows when that's gonna be #i hate all this constant waiting 😩 we don't even know the release date for the album yet :( #sorry for pointless rambling on main lol i don't have anything else going on for me atm

[cinna-bunnie]

I've been hanging out with my manager so much lately !! i usually only talk to her virtually once a week, i am so energized.. i love her 😩

#every time we work together it's basically just hanging out n being productive at the same time #and we click v well :3 i feel like we have gotten closer!! she gave me some pointers bc I'm doing my first annual review in a few days #which I'm Very New to bc this is my first time being a manager fr 👉🏾👈🏾 wanna make sure i do it right bc my associate is v v appreciated #always idk she fills me with energy and even just talking to her virtually i feel like i can take on the world so i am living rn fe #fr #☝🏾😌 and I'm going back tomorrow. sometimes things being chaotically busy is good #we r setting up a new office together on short notice and it's gone surprisingly well so far considering it's the #first time I've ever brought a new building up (⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠;⁠) things r looking v good and we're almost done. #but in the meantime it's mostly just us in the office and it's nice to spend time together 😇 i can never get enough of her #😹 when she's at my office in my city she'll be like oh sorry I'll try to wrap up quick‚ so i can have my desk back n stuff #and I'll be like oh no ur good there's no rush 0: i always love ur company. I'll just work right here (⁠✿ ‚‚⌒‿⌒‚‚) #*pulls up a second chair or sits on the floor* #she's a real peach ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა ♡⁠ #also she bought me lunch and i got us coffee today.. girl she brought me chicken satay !! 🤤 #I'm still p set.. more time for antics before needing to eat.. thank u sm (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠)

[iris-nonsense]

Ok so we're back with the body and soul dichotomy and we have another perspective. After mahito's soul came before body and not-geto's body and soul are one, now we have a body stronger than a soul si kinda the opposite of what mahito was saying... but if we consider that here toji soul cam back because his body was brought back this is very close to not-geto's explanation on the matter: body and soul are one, but apparently how much the soul transpire in the body after death depends on the person.

Since toji has no cursed energy but he has an incredible physical strength, this panels seem to imply that we should equate soul with cursed energy and body with physical strength, so in his specifc case the soul cannot be dependant on cursed energy but is ingrained in the body and the outcome is a superhuman strength and a nullification of the dichotomy

#if this is confused i'm sorry i'm just rambling to myself #welcome to my very chaotic thought process #i still don't buy the soul/body dichotomy because it doesn't make sense philosophically but the manga is insisting a lot on it #not-geto's conclusion is still the best one and can also explain toji situation better than mahito's #iris reads jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk manga spoilers #toji fushiguro

[intheorangebedroom]

Hi Maddie! Do you have love stories that inspire you? I know we already talked about books but do you have movie inspiration in your stories?

Forever love 🧡💋

Deadmantis my love 🧡

Will you ever forgive me for taking so long to answer you? And I'm afraid my answer won't even be very satisfying, but as usual, you've sent my mind reeling into introspection...

I watch a lot of movies, I love nearly every movie genre, so it probably permeates my imagination even more than I know.

When it comes to love stories, you won't be surprised, but for me it's all about the forever love.

And my two favourites are Bram Stoker's Dracula (very different from the book, I love both) and... The Terminator. I know. Weird. But it's first and foremost a love story. The one common thread between the two stories is how the male protagonist crossed time for his Great Love. Dracula says "I have crossed oceans of time to find you." and Kyle says "I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you; I always have." I mean... you see it, right?!!

And in that regard, The Notebook might not be a cinematographic masterpiece, but the enduring love really got me. Besides, I really enjoy when the two protagonists come from different social backgrounds, like in Dirty Dancing (I fucking love this movie and you can't tell me it's not political, I could write an essay about it), Love Story or Atonement because, surprise!!! what really really rocks my boat is a doomed love. I love it when it hurts. Hence the initial ending to PTMY...

Off the top of my head, here are a few movies that have wrecked me, with my consent and gratitude: La Reine Margot, Romeo + Juliet (I was never into Leo but always very much into Shakespeare so YES), La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi, Brief Encounter, The Way We Were, Bullhead (not exactly a love story, but kind of), Decision to Leave, The Broken Circle Breakdown...

Ok, I'll stop rambling, but before, I'll add Perdrix: not a doomed love, but a sweet story about two lonely souls saving each others 🧡

Now please, I want to know what are the movies that inspire you? What movie has wrecked you? Made you happy? Feed your dreams?

Ily 🧡

#I also very much enjoy a Jane Austen adaptation! #I'm sorry this list is short and chaotic and not very original #my mind was blank for WEEKS #save for Dracula and Terminator #if I think of another one I'll DM you my love #ily Deadmantis 🧡 #gonna watch La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi again tonight #THANK YOU