#AutHeNtIC and rELaTaBLe

[izzybluebell]

tunes

#pat bbc ghosts #fanart #pat butcher #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts fanart #just for fun #pat is my favourite :) #i felt weird that the only bbc ghosts related art ive posted is the dating sim concept #so this is my offering of authenticity to the bbc ghosts community #i feel self concious showing my art on a platform again but i need to build up my confidence 💪

[finelythreadedsky]

idk why excerpts of pliny the elder aren't in more intro/intermediate latin curriculums, i just saw him expound on the degeneracy of hot drinks because, and i quote, "it must be noted that no other animal seeks out hot drinks, and thus that they are not natural"

#i mean i guess i do use tea for morally suspect purposes #like. give this stuff to some fifteen year olds reading their first full sentences of authentic latin! #more interesting and relatable than caesar at least #mine

[gxlden-angels]

do you have any thoughts on the story of abraham and isaac? my parents talk about it and praise abraham for being willing to kill his son which..... scares me to say the least, and i'd love to hear your perspective as someone who seems more well-adjusted

Where I am now, it disgusts me more than anything. The interpretation of "I'm willing to sacrifice your life if I was told to" feels like the step before "I put you into this world and I can take you out of it." It's entitlement to a child, who is an independent individual, just because they are dependent on you for survival. I prefer the interpretation of understanding the actions you're taking and the reasons why (like how there's multiple religions that don't eat pork because it was so unsafe to eat at the time), especially if it's at someone else's expense.

Where I was in the thick of it all, it gave me morbid comfort that scares me now. I had fantasies of being a martyr for the church and the idea of being the next Isaac was just so appealing. Being a hand-selected sacrifice chosen by the Good Lord Himself? Sign me the fuck up, babey!

I think if I admitted that to my family, they'd be horrified.

It's another one of those stories or beliefs where I think the majority of christians just regurgitate what they've heard. It's a point of pride and devotion, but there's no personal reflection or cross-cultural awareness of it. Lean not unto your own understanding and whatnot. It's the potential that scares me the most, like the Quiverfull movement with the Duggars or Turpins. I'm sure there's stories now, but I can't remember them off the top of my head

(Also I will be telling my therapist someone on Tumblr called me "more well-adjusted" thank you anon)

#My therapist has called me 'surprisingly well-adjusted' before #He has since retracted that title and given it back multiple times #I don't know if you relate more to the 'Scared of my parents for praising that' or the 'Scared that I was okay with that' part #maybe both #either way the cycle ends here with you #No more bible quips and quotes that harm you and others. You find your own understanding and eventually it feels nice #It doesn't at first I will admit that. At first it feels like you're gonna go to Hell Right Here Right Now #But eventually you learn to trust yourself. It's a slow process. I've been in therapy for a good 6-7 years now #But one day you wake up and notice life feels more authentic. You feel like your values matter (and they actually do!) #And again it's slow. It's in bits and piece and back and forth. My worst habit is switching something from religious to moral #I highly recommend this type of therapy called ACT it's a CBT subtype #I'm usually not a fan of cbt so u know it helps if I recommend a subtype of it #CBT shit is so cheap I got a workbook from the library #this isnt relevant to the post but #my cat is trying to steal my burger king rn #it gets better (I have a cat) but progress isn't linear (eating burger king) #ex christian #religious trauma #anon tag

[bedrotboy]

while i totally believe cannibalism in nbc hannibal is a metaphor for love i also believe it's a metaphor for transition (not intentionally written that way but it just happens--it could also be a metaphor for coming out as gay)

bc think about it

will has this side to him he has to suppress

he then goes through stages of exploration, self-acceptance, and embracing who he is

this involves killing as an act of transition towards his true self (similar to how we have "deadnames", some people may even view transition as a sort of "killing" their pre-transition self so their true gender self can be born)

he is literally scared of how good it feels, which is very trans--being terrified of what it means to let that shell crack, fearing you are a monster for enjoying these things (which, the "monster as metaphor for queerness and social outcastedness" is a classic horror trope)

not to mention rituals, consuming/growing/literally having new substances inside the body that you did not experience before (human flesh as hrt), and engaging in acts that the world finds heinous but nourishes the body

his cannibalism is him becoming god-like ("Killing must feel good to God, too. He does it all the time") and we all know trans ppl are gods and goddesses and godexxes of the mortal realm

rly the list goes on

but basically season 1 will graham is eggy as fuck and season 3 is him finally becoming his full self and accepting love for who he is and thats so sexy and cool and transgender of him

#hannibal #this is at least partly a shitpost and i dont believe all the things im saying and u shouldnt either #i do believe the fundamental point tho that will's arc is a transition arc #and i dont think it should be limited to just gender transition as there are many transitions in life but it applies well to gender #esp considering the overall queerness of the show #hannibal is the gay daddy we all wished we had guiding us through the transition process #or maybe thats just me lmfao #anyway #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #hannigram #gay cannibals #queer #gay #i think it could also easily be a metaphor for autistic unmasking #or rly again any kind of transition and i think thats why the show appeals to so many #bc everyone can relate to the joy of seeing someone transform #into a more authentic self #uhhh #yeah ✌️ #this is all strictly relating to fiction btw obligatory “killing is bad folks” #shouldnt have to say that but this is tumblr #honestly im just giggling to myself about human flesh as hrt #im just going through some gender shit rn and hannibal is helping me through

[paulic]

“You’re only defending John Lennon because you like his music” it’s almost like someone’s art gives you a direct insight into their emotional life and relating to it will make you care about and/or understand a person better

#like yeah????????? I listened to his most intimate thoughts countless times?????????? and I related???????? #reacting with sympathy and understanding to someone’s authentic and emotionally vulnerable art is…normal? like yes I’m not a monster lol #john lennon #the beatles #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #classic rock #beatles #richard starkey #brian epstein #emmys thoughts

[tattoorue]

#funny #funny post #lol #for real #life #truth #funny meme #funny memes #lmao #preach #too funny #funny relatable #so relatable #sarcasm #defense mechanism #dark humor #who me? #nailed it #authentic #survival of the fittest #you got it #my feelings #not for the weak #the way I roll

[babsvibes]

“You have to go to work to make money.” But what if instead I stayed home and imagined Bob’s Burgers characters kissing? Hm? What about that?

#babsbles #would this be more relatable if I said fictional characters? sure #but I’m not here to be relatable I’m here to be authentic #and my truth is this is about Bob’s Burgers characters

[aroacettorney]

what got me so insanely angsty about the relationship between ludger and casey is that it's not even subtext. it's literally in the text that are their own words.

they canonically enjoy the other person's company.

they canonically believe the other person is one of a very few who could understand them.

they canonically understand each other, from personalities and capabilities to behaviors and thoughts.

ludger canonically regrets ruining their relationship.

casey canonically wishes to mend their relationship.

they canonically want(ed) this relationship.

#the only thing that really is subtext is that ludger even now still lowkey yearns for it as well #just similar to how he lowkey enjoys teaching under the pretense of playacting #will there ever be a day sayren finally frees me from this suffering 😔 #every time ludger cites the reason why their relationship can no longer work out its always how he thinks casey should think about him #but unfortunately for him casey being the girlboss as she should will think and do whatever she wants #barely related if you squints but #it sure is funny that ludgers authentic self gradually leaks out day by day and becomes what his supposedly fake identity is known for #and vice versa #something something... and yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self #if at one point your fake identity becomes one with your true self then can we still say it only is a fake identity? #are you a man dreaming of being a butterfly or are you a butterfly dreaming of being a man? #aro ludgercasey propaganda #selmore's undercover husband

[cas-poisoning]

I’m bi so I’m definitely not trying to undermine Dean as a bi character in a show like spn but I really am fascinated by the implications of Dean being gay.

#spn #Supernatural #dean winchester #gay Dean Winchester my beloved I think about you all the time… there is so much to unpack #balancing on the question of what does it mean to actually be authentically gay/straight/bi anything #like does Dean act the way he does bc of learned cultural norms. does that make it any less authentic? #ughh there’s actually so much I want to say but idk if I want to put it all in the tags rn #I’m not doing it justice rn 😭 #I’m bi but like. precariously. I often feel like I don’t know if I really am and so I relate a lot to this possibility #that dean might be performing more than even he is aware

[isfjmel-phleg]

One more paragraph to go! I realized that I had put into the first paragraph information that made more sense later on, so shifting things around got some thoughts moving and rekindled my desire to fistfight some of these authors of retellings, which I think is where you're supposed to be emotionally as an academic (this is a joke. I am joking.), so...progress. Very slowly.

#random personal stuff #it's the comments that suggest that Burnett didn't know how to write her own story that annoy me #allegedly Mary's 'grief journey' needed to be 'more authentic to what kids for the most part can relate to' #or she 'wasn't grieving enough' because the book was written in 1911 when presumably no one knew what human behavior looked like #or because it was just a children's book and therefore automatically lacking in emotional depth #so THANK GOODNESS for the writers of the 2020s who are fixing what poor clueless Burnett didn't know how to portray \sarcasm #YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT #YOU ARE BRINGING ASSUMPTIONS TO THE TEXT ABOUT WHAT ITS THEMES ARE AND THEN CRITICIZING THE TEXT FOR NOT TREATING THOSE THEMES #AND ACTING LIKE SOME KIND OF HERO FOR REWRITING THE STORY TO SUIT YOUR OWN NEEDS #the 1993 film and the musical have a lot going for them BUT #they have massively set back interpretation of the story because so many people are hung up on the traditional grief thing #ALSO to just gloss over CEN as something that most young readers wouldn't be able to relate to or just plain being unable to see it #comes from a very tone-deaf mindset #(I can't get this snarky in the paper so thank you for humoring an outburst)

[heliianth]

do u think twitter knows the reason why the alt-right is so appealing especially to online young boys is because their moral purity olympics is socially isolating and encourages people to hate themselves for actions they can never take back instead of offering a communal place of support to learn how to do better in the future. like do they realize most young people who are on places like pol arent evil monsters but are instead lonely and found only hostility from the online left. this shit is so infuriating

#sorry this is like old news by now but by holding ppl to impossible fucking standards in which they can make no mistakes ever #and every learning moment must be broadcasted to the world so it can be judged by thousands of strangers for authenticity #theyre making progressivism less accessible and less appealing to people who arent already interested in politics or any related fields #like a 16 yr old kid would rather involve himself in a group which says theres nothing wrong with him and everyone else is a woke mob of- #-degenerates than a group who despises him wholeistically forever for things he might be ready to move on from

[greyias]

For Jonathan 😘

Made while listening to the first episode of Re: Dracula, which is absolutely fantastic! Loving the actors’ take on both Jonathan and Dracula

#my bastardized tofu version of paprika hendl on top of spaetzel #with apologies to my Romanian friends and everyone else whose cuisine I’m butchering #im pretty sure the recipe I’m working from is very non authentic #and then I butchered it further by subbing ingredients because I didn’t have what I thought I did in my pantry whoops #please ignore my non-vampire related cake lurking in the background #that’s for me #although our boy jonny would probably appreciate it #it's lemon cake with black cherry cream cheese frosting #so we begin #dracula daily #re: dracula

[vse-kar-vem]

why are we having queerbaiting discourse as a fandom in the year of our lord 2024 😭😭 we're just as bad as twitter oh my god

#real people cant queerbait. jance arent queerbaiting bokris arent queerbaiting either . #we have no right to know their sexualities nor do they have any obligation to tell us before kissing a man. they could be fully straight #they could be playing gay chicken 24/7 (they are) and that still isnt queerbaiting ! #what they choose to put in that photoshoot 'authentic' or not is their choice #its so stupid cuz like i thjnk its such a nothingburger of discourse 😭 neither of the ships at play here are in direct conflict with #each other #literally for everyone on both sides : dont like just block #i dont think anyone in this fandom has malintent or is tryinf to put any other members down on purpose #+ we all have our own preferences when it comes to shipping #also i think stuff thats getting said is getting so misinterpreted and magnified beyond original intent that its making everything such a #largwr deal than it is #anyways! my own personal gripe: related to my orher post #why are we babying grown men lord 😭 i would also LOVE a jannacejure photoshoot but im sure its not hurtful for tjem if they dont do it 😭 #like theyre grown men not elementary schoolers who need to be told theyre special #sorry that was a little more confrontational! wow we have really descended into disxourse today havent we #what im trying to say is this: i have beloved mutuals on both 'sides' and hold no hard feelings at all we're all entitled to our opinions #and i think it's really stupid to be drawing lines in the sand like this around issues that dontt even matter #ok! im done #vee rambles #ok yeah ive gone back and read all the discourse and my conclusion remains the same. i thjnk some people are reading a leetol too much into #things #but i think both sides have valid points #whatever we shall take it as it comes

[agnesandhilda]

*through tears* yeah ms. hayter. a man WILL break your back like it is nothing and he WILL not ask your forgiveness but you will have to forgive him. still

#bolo speaks #lingua ignota #this is phrased as a meme post but her music catalog is genuinely the best and most cathartic artwork I know of touching on abuse #my situation was much different from hers but a lot of the emotions and themes she speaks to---rage desperation the sheer power differential #of you to someone you *cannot* get away from and how people will condescend to you even after the fact etc---is so honest and tbh? relatable #just captures the *feeling* of being trapped like that with an authenticity I haven't seen anywhere else