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‘Sea Life’ Chess Set. Designed in 1923 by Max Esser and manufactured by the Meissen Porcelain Factory in Germany.

“In the mid-eighteenth century the Meissen porcelain factory produced several chess sets by sculptor and chief modeler Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775). In the 1920s Meissen again began to produce chess sets, among them three designed by Max Esser, known largely at the factory as a modeler of animal figures.”

(Source: philamuseum.org & sothebys.com)

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its like i always say. at least theres bisexuality

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trmo tjlc

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Nothing can kill the lifeblood of johnlock fandom bc we r in ur walls, minds, fandoms, arms, wait...

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Round 1 statistics!

Biggest sweep by percentage: Serirei vs DNF, at 89-11, with a gap of 4,064 votes

Biggest sweep by number of votes: Jonmartin vs Reylo, at 85.5-14.5, with a gap of 5,984 votes

Closest race by percentage: Johnlock vs Sterek, at 50.7-49.3, with a difference of 232 votes

Closest race by number of votes: Davekat vs Zolu, at 50.7-49.3, with a difference of 144 votes

Most voted for: Johnlock, with 8,298 votes

Most voted in: Johnlock vs Sterek, with 16,364 votes

Graphs for every race can be found at glittering.world, but here's a few for the most contested races this round:

#Not johnlock getting the most votes in 2024 omg maybe we can win this

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She lives rent free in my head

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#specifically john silver in black sails

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#can you cast it a little harder buddy

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deleting files makes me so scared what if i Needed That

#I don’t have this problem because I’m a librarian I can find it again #So I get trigger happy #Future me does sometimes get annoyed when I did in fact need it later

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heya! I was wondering if there are any particular books on literary analysis you'd recommend after having read the one by thomas c foster

Hello! My frustration is that I still have not come across any good intermediary works--there's either intro level stuff, or really complex theory with nothing to guide you in between those stages. I think it's partially because you sort of just have to learn for yourself "okay so here are the basic ground rules of what I'm looking for, but how can they be broken? how do I learn to pick up what this particular story is doing with these pieces rather than applying the exact same reading indiscriminately to everything?" And everyone's answer to those things is going to be a little different.

Since you're asking me though, I'm assuming you've found the lenses I tend to apply to things interesting, so I'll recommend a couple narrative theory titles, which is the area I'm narrowing in on in my academic work. I'm becoming a pretty big fan of Wayne C. Booth, starting with The Rhetoric of Fiction and The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction. He really gets into storytelling as a form of communication and the unique ways that plays out specifically in novels, and given my preoccupation with the interplay between authors and readers, his work in that area in particular is so enjoyable to me. (I find his prose very readable which makes a difference with academic work). I also recently read Narrative Theory Unbound which offers a variety of queer and feminist perspectives to narrative theory/narratology. It's basically a series of individual articles so some of the ideas I really vibed with, others not so much, but over time you learn to engage with the points and the argument without worrying so much about agreeing with it.

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Hi Rebs! I, too, took my obsession with Sherlock Holmes to an academic level. You can have a look at it here. 🥰

Thank you for getting me into Sherlock and literary analysis. Have a nice day!

Good on you, congratulations!!! I wish you the best of luck with your studies <3

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— Speaking Tree, Joy Harjo

[text ID: I carry a yearning I cannot bear alone in the dark—]

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Reblog for larger sample size etc etc i'm very curious about this

#The nightmare but I ran away from the cabin on round 2 so got the hands instead