#who half the time were soppy stern. and half at one anothers throats.

[slashingdisneypasta]

The only poem I know off by heart is that one by Philip Larkin that Count Olaf quoted before he died in The End and I think that says a lot about me XD

#they fuck you up. your mum and dad #they may not mean to but they do #they fill you up with faults they had and add some extra. just for you. #but they were fucked up in their turn by fools in old style hats and coats #who half the time were soppy stern. and half at one anothers throats. #“man hands on misery to man. it deepens like a coastal shelf” #so get out as fast as you can. and dont have any kids yourself. #(i may get a few words wrong but thats it! ^^ i love it) ❤️ #Count Olaf

[itslucyhenley]

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don’t have any kids yourself.

“This Be the Verse” by Philip Larkin (x)

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #dude my grandmother used to do stuff like this #she would just start saying some poignant shit and then you slowly realized it was a poem she had memorized #as jamie tartt would say old people are so wise #mae a legend

[gibsonsgirl]

"they fuck you up, your mum and dad. they may not mean to, but they do. they fill you with the faults they had and add some extra, just for you.

but they were fucked up in their turn by fools in old-style hats and coats, who half the time were soppy-stern and half at one another's throats.

man hands on misery to man. it deepens like a coastal shelf. get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."

—Philip Larkin, This Be The Verse

#succession #succession hbo #shiv roy #kendall roy #logan roy #caroline collingwood #tomshiv #kenrava #jeremy strong #sarah snook #matthew mcfayden #tv shows #hbo series #poetry #parallels #roy siblings #waystar royco

[snckt]

But they were fucked up in their turn, By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.

@asouefanworkevent day one of woevember : olaf's mansion, alternatively & aptly titled,   succession.

#woevember #asoueedit #count olaf #a series of unfortunate events #laineysedit #series . asoue #character . count olaf #olaf's youth is fascinating to me . like in his childhood home . did he ever feel more than a portrait on the wall ? #and does that feeling ever really go away ?

[t00muchheart]

I’m reading young hearts and one of the chapter titles references larkin’s poem this be the verse and I genuine can’t believe I never made the connection between this, one of my favorite poems, and dean winchester (/all the winchesters let’s be real)??

For those who don’t know it, the poem is:

This Be the Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don’t have any kids yourself.

#philip larkin #this be the verse #spn #supernatural #spn meta #dean winchester #winchesters #john winchester #mary winchester #teen dean #teen dean winchester #fic

[miserym]

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had and add some extra just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn by fools in old-style hats and coats, who half the time were soppy-stern and half at one another's throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can and don't have any kids yourself."

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"Sıçarlar ağzına, annenle baban. Belki istemeden ama sıçarlar. Seni tüm hatalarıyla doldururlar ve sırf senin için biraz daha eklerler. Ama onların da ağzına sıçıldı vaktiyle, eski tarz şapkalar ve paltolar giyen aptallar tarafından, vakitlerinin yarısını saçma bir ciddiyetle ve yarısını da gırtlak gırtlağa harcayan. İnsan insana sefalet verir. Kıyı sahanlığı gibi derinleşir. Olabildiğince çabuk kurtul ve kendin de çocuk yapma."

- Ted Lasso 3x11

#ted lasso #season 3 #3x11 #jason sudeikis #hannah waddington #tv serie #tv series #tv-serie #tv-series #tv quote #tv-quote #tv-quotes #tv quotes #family #mum #dad #philip larkin

[jodjuya]

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals Captures the Horror of Parenthood - Paste Magazine

Aaaargh, this essay is SO GOOD!!!

Joseph Stanichar really has his finger on the pulse here. The 'parenting gap' - that gulf between the parent you are and the parent you wish you could be - is agonising at the best of times. I can't think of how to eloquently convey just how extra unpleasant it is when intergenerational trauma is involved, but yeah, that's such a fucking doozy...

Throughout my playthrough of "Oxenfree II" I was striving my absolute hardest to have a positive relationship with Rex, to not fail him as a mother the same way Riley's dad failed her.

...only for her to fail him in New And Exciting Ways. 😫

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.

"This Be The Verse", by Philip Larkin

#oxenfree 2 #blogging #parenting gap #parenting #jodjuyas video game reviews

[estellaestella]

This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don't have any kids yourself.

-Philip Larkin

#philip larkin #they fuck you up

[boobi-boy]

This Be The Verse

BY PHILIP LARKIN

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.   

They may not mean to, but they do.   

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,   

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don’t have any kids yourself.

this is my favourite poem. it lost larkin his poet laureate status and it is intensely sirius and regulus coded

#honorable mentions of barty and remus #i mainly wanted to make ppl read this poem #its so fucking real #remus lupin #sirius black #marauders #harry potter #they fuck you up your mum and dad #this be the verse #phillip larkin #poetry

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.

-This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin

#philip larkin #this be the verse #parenting #kids #childhood #poem #sad poetry #sad thoughts #is this true? #idk #poetry #poems and poetry #dark poetry #poetry corner #poems on tumblr #sad poems

[thoughtportal]

This Be The Verse By Philip Larkin

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.      They may not mean to, but they do.   They fill you with the faults they had    And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn    By fools in old-style hats and coats,   Who half the time were soppy-stern    And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.    It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,    And don’t have any kids yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse

#tiktok #Philip Larkin #poem #poetry #children #parents #trauma

[cordeliaflyte]

This Be The Verse

By Philip Larkin

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.   

    They may not mean to, but they do.   

They fill you with the faults they had

    And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

    By fools in old-style hats and coats,   

Who half the time were soppy-stern

    And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

    It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

    And don’t have any kids yourself.

#in honour of my dad's birthday: his favourite poem #poetry

[drsilverfish]

Hello Everyone I am so late to The Winchesters! Pilot 1x01

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.      They may not mean to, but they do.   They fill you with the faults they had    And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn    By fools in old-style hats and coats,   Who half the time were soppy-stern    And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man.    It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,    And don’t have any kids yourself”

Philip Larkin (1971)

I had some VPN issues, here on Normal Island... Yes, British sarcasm - at this point only our humour sustains us, as we descend yet further into a mixture of political farce and fascism.

Anyway, that means I am super late to the zombie long-tail of Supernatural and have only just watched episodes 1-4 of The Winchesters, which, it turns out, is Scooby-Doo meets Stranger Things?!?!

Probably like a lot of you, the SPN ending broke my heart so much I wasn’t sure I could get back in, but Robbie Thompson deserves a hearing, right? So here goes... 

There is a place for alien insect invasions... Doctor Who, Starship Troopers, District 9... On the other hand, despite their somewhat chittering ridiculousness, the presence of the Akrida (that’s actually the word for “crickets” in Greek) as a sign of Chuck’s multiverse, tell us implicitly what Voice-Over Dean tells us explicitly:

“Now I know this story might sound familiar, but I’m going to put the pieces together in a way that just might surprise you”...

Are this John and Mary our John and Mary, or, from a slightly sideways universe, where some things are similar and some different? There were no drawings of cricket-aliens in John’s diary in Universe One...

Of course, what that means (thanks Robbie) is that the SPN ending is just one (shitty) universe ending, and here is Narrator-Dean, alive and well, in a universe where MASSIVE CRICKETS drown out 15x20 Carry On .... 

Mary and John bump into each other outside a movie theatre (this is how John told his sons they met, in Universe One Supernatural). But, although they share take-out coffee, a little later, which tracks with Universe One, there is no conversation about a shared love for Led Zep... (not yet, anyway).

The movies showing at the time of the Mary-John encounter are:

Deliverance (1972)

THX1138 (1971)

Klute (1971) 

These films are concerned with: 1) survivalism, brutality, male rape, secrets; 2) a dystopian future where the populace is mind-controlled; 3) Crime, prostitution, sexual abuse, avoidance of intimacy

And Robbie T has made sure to include a Vonnegut reference for us too - this sign appears as John and Mary are about to discover the Men of Letters bunker together:

Slaughterhouse 5 is about someone, Billy, who is (like John) suffering from war-induced PTSD. Billy is an unreliable narrator, and the story is told in non-linear fashion. So, this is a neon sign (literally) to go deeper than the Scooby-Doo surface of The Winchesters. 

Slaughterhouse 5 of course, also contains aliens, the Tralfamadorians, who experience time in four dimensions, meaning past, present and future are not linear for them. 

So, let’s say a prayer that the Mary, John, Carlos and Lata Scooby gang takes us on a story journey worth following...

#Supernatural #The Winchesters #The Winchesters 1x01 #1x01 Pilot #SPN meta #Meta #The Winchesters meta

[asyoulikeitnow]

This be the verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.      They may not mean to, but they do.   They fill you with the faults they had    And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn    By fools in old-style hats and coats,   Who half the time were soppy-stern    And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man.    It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,    And don’t have any kids yourself.

Philip Larkin

#Philip Larkin #poem #poetry #this be the verse #parents #funny #intergenerational trauma #generations #trauma #childhood #raising #children #kids #misery

[denny1416]

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don’t have any kids yourself.

— This be the verse, Philip Larkin

#poetry #Poet #philip larkin

[newloverofbeauty]

*

Philip Larkin 

 This Be The Verse

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 They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

 They may not mean to, but they do.

 They fill you with the faults they had

 And add some extra, just for you.

*

 But they were fucked up in their turn

 By fools in old-style hats and coats,

 Who half the time were soppy-stern

 And half at one another’s throats.

*

 Man hands on misery to man.

 It deepens like a coastal shelf.

 Get out as early as you can,

 And don’t have any kids yourself.