#But it's fascinating

[mariana-oconnor]

There is something - and I am sure this has already been said by someone - but there is something to be found in that, in this era of binge watching and devouring 'content' like ravenous caterpillars desperate to become butterflies, a book - the original binge content, published as a complete whole, purchaseable complete, devourable at whatever speed your own mind and life dictate - has been taken and de-bingeified. Rather than everyone going out immediately and just reading the novel from cover to cover - it's not even in copyright, you can get it for free! - there's a whole host of hungry, eager readers who are waiting for the instalments as they come, who lament the days with no updates, who moan and cry and know that if they wanted to they could easily cure their own hunger, but they are choosing not to. They are choosing anticipation. They are choosing delay. They are choosing to draw out their own pleasure.

Dracula Daily and will power and the antithesis of binge-watch culture, that's all I'm saying. It's a thing. There's something there.

#Dracula Daily #binge watching #Also something something Dracula on the Demeter something something #I don't know #I'm not actually reading Dracula Daily #I'm doing the 'watch Tumblr from the sidelines with popcorn' experience #But it's fascinating #Qd

[elbiotipo]

my ancestry, in brief:

From Mom's side: Fruilan-Italian in the side of my grandpa (with one Spanish great-grandma) and Trentino from the side of my grandma. In fact, neither side of my family came from Italy proper, they both came when both regions were still the Austro-Hungarian empire... technically, my main Italian connection is actually Trentino (and the Trentino community here and elswhere considers itself rather separate from the other Italians). I have documentation stretching to the actual village they came from near the Dolomites, it's very likely they came escaping from the Austro-Prussian War. On my Grandpa's side, it was an important name in Renaissance Venice (it's actually mentioned in several historical studies), and there's actual family chronicles of them in historical libraries (unfortunately I only have seem them as paper citations, figures)

From Dad's side: Spanish-Native in the side of my grandpa and German-Spanish in the side of my Grandma. My family history with dad is the entire opposite, I have no documentation at all about them. My great-grandma was Qom or Criolla, while my great-grandpa was born from Spanish parents in the ship on the way here, escaping from "the War" (grandpa was never clear on which war); he was raised as an hachero in Santa Fe and Chaco and he has A LOT of stories to tell about that. My grandma's ancestry is more complex because her home life was complicated; she definitevely has German ancestry, but I never found her name anywhere. Both came between 1890-1900, but that's about how far I found out. My last name is of Spanish origin, and apparently there were several Spanish knights bearing the name and the family shield, though I haven't been able to find the source. (at least, if, as my grandpa once commented, they didn't change it at the inmigration office........)

#cosas mias #this is as much detail I can give it before it gets too personal #but it's fascinating #I really really need to figure out my dad's side #but he did his best to distance me from everything and my grandparents actually don't remember (or don't tell) that much #de acuerdo a mi abuelo 'uf nosotros siempre estuvimos acá' #y teniendo en cuenta que él y mi bisabuela tienen ascendencia nativa... tan errado no está

[lautakwah]

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#ling.txt #discord #fascinated by people seeing the edited post and then not even bothering to click on the bolded underlined capslocked link #in huge letters at the start of the post #tumblr is full of idiots god bless <3

[lostonmyroad]

jessica really said “god forbid women do anything” and doomed an entire people to war by installing her twink son as a false prophet by stealing her cult’s 10,000 year old breeding program propaganda

#dune #dune part two #dune 2 #jessica atreides #chani kynes #paul atreides #oh jessica u are so strange and yet i find u endlessly fascinating

[menderash]

i have no words. worlds first terf monk returns from a thirty year hibernation on top of a mountain i guess.

#put this reply under a microscope its fascinating

[astraskylark]

this man's moral compass is probably a roulette wheel

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #kabru #hes so fascinating

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

You know, it's kinda funny how much of high fantasy centers around kings and nobility and courtly intrigue considering that the archetypal high fantasy, Lord of the Rings, had the rather explicit moral of "saving the world is up to this backwater hick and his gardener because no politician, least of all inherited nobility, would have the ability to see past their own ambition and throw away a weapon". Oh sure, Aragorn is a great king and all, but there's a reason he's over there running a distraction ring while the hobbits do the real work. Sauron loses because he gets distracted by kings and armies and great battles (i.e. typical high fantasy stuff) letting Frodo and Sam sneak through his back door and blow it all to hell.

Just saying, maybe old Jirt knew what he was saying when he said that the small folk doing their best and holding to each other was more powerful than a dozen alliances and superweapons and we should respect him for it.

#high fantasy #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #to be clear i don't mind courtly intrigue high fantasy #it's fascinating and it's fun and it is absolutely still high fantasy cause JRRT doesn't have a monopoly on how high fantasy should be writ #what i object to is the idea that it is the only or the best way to write high fantasy when we have such a stunning counter example

[magpiesmiscellany]

#i think this is one of those articles that will take a few rereads for me #but it's fascinating #and scary #but i'd never heard the part about Galileo and Descartes before

[annacaffeina]

I'm stealing this from Twitter

Here's the link

I am a high-definition gateway drug body double!

#A LOT of fascinating stuff on my list

[goldensunset]

did you know? if you do your laundry you can get your clothes back

#fascinating stuff. let’s see if i (person with the worst executive dysfunction when it comes to doing laundry) remember it #i literally have this issue where i’ll let dirty clothes pile up in the laundry basket for an entire month #like it takes me that long to get around to it #and then- who would’ve thought- i find that i don’t have anything good to wear. strange! #finally did it last night and i’m like ohhh that was so difficult but the payoff finally #augh #peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #shut up about socks. idc. #this was a fun positivity post of sorts it’s about overcoming executive dysfunction #derailing into jokes about losing socks is. it’s not horrible but just boring and annoying #it was supposed to be celebration!! and encouragement!!!

[prideprejudce]

this whole oceangate submarine fiasco has actually led to a lot of interesting talks and debates about the grey area of human empathy vs the inclination to recoil at the bizarre behaviors of the ultra wealthy and how people struggle with both ideas and is actually very interesting to watch play out in different types of people

#like some people are on polar opposite sides where they have no empathy for the passengers and have moved on #while others are in tears over the likely death of these people #well everyone else in the middle is struggling compartmentalizing both at once in their minds #yes for this wondering I do have submarine fever this is the most fascinating thing that’s happened in a long time #oceangate #titanic

[fodsley]

#fascinating things going on in youtube reccs today

[notherpuppet]

How the old timey prick got his pet

#FREE HUSK #i need to see the psychopathic freak go down for trapping husk #their dynamic is soooo fascinating to me #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel fanart #husk is singing when you’re smiling the whole world smiles with you #headcanon that his voice saved his life but locked his fate #husk #husker #husker hazbin hotel #radiohusk #hc; alastor was hunting overlords and husk was next but then alastor saw his show #my doods #alastor…when i catch you alastor 👊🏽💥

[wizard0rbs]

when the academic article is so good it has you giggling and kicking your feet

#im sitting in my uni library trying really hard not to jump around with joy #this article is soo fascinating and has so many interesting points ugh #also itll be very helpful for a paper im writing so double yay #its 'the trick of the runes in the husband's message' by john d. niles btw and its available on jstor #in case anyone is interested #OE studies #aca #studyblr

[steampunkforever]

Fascinated by this one Instagram account run by a girl who got divorced young and decided to make a career as a cottagecore divorce influencer out of it apparently

#not mean spirited it’s just fascinating to watch #idmbm

[taffybuns]

glad we’re all having fun

#tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #but really unless you dont wanna be spoiled about korok crucification going on on twitter. im fascinated though #link #legend of zelda #soupdoodles