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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 5 months

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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

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psychictimestone · 4 months

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Thinking about Silver and the references to his love of (blue) skies 🔵☁️

#silver the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #Sonic Forces #Sonic colors DS #mario and sonic at the olympic games #Sonic 06 #the last ones translated from the Japanese side of forces if anyones wondering why its diff from the english line #This all started because I was curious about the JP side of forces lol #also the text with silver and blaze is from Otherworld Comedy aka the 2023 calendar stories #its a very cute detail #if you wanna read the 2023 calendar i'll leave a link in the replies to a really great fan website that has them all translated into english

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jackxo · 1 month

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𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 … 💋

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clownsuu · 2 years

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Man I wonder how Octavio felt when he saw that Cuttlefish is now a living strip of squid jerky

Ain’t gunna stop him from bein pissed smhhhhhh

#Would probably say same thing Craig said to him when he would be in the ol fuckin snow globe hdhdHHDGDGC #Aka “isn’t he cute” in the most condescending way possible dhudHHDGD #Splatoon #dj octavio #captain cuttlefish #splatoon spoilers #Also I love there is a bunch of people who sees Octavio as just a gay mans #Absolute legend he looks intimidating and spooky and has even committed some crimes #But it was all for the sake of his people smhhh #He even knows that he’s selfish in a way for that #Also m a n I do n o t remember Craig being such a shit head to octarians #Like he should know better tf they used to be allies 🧍‍♂️#That’s the English version anyway idk about the direct dialog he has from japanese #smhhhhhhhhh

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badlydrawnjohn · 5 months

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family photo!

#bdhs #john egbert #june egbert #jade harley #jane crocker #jake english #jkids my BELOVED #aka prospit r us #daily post #day 71

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valkeakuulas · 6 months

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For the smut writing sentence starter:

"Is that how you usually get out of these situations? By fucking your way out of them?" Fox/Fives

If that interests you? :D

*tilts head this way* *tilts head that way*

This... This didn't come out really smutty but humorous with a dash of competence kink?

Warnings: Brief moment of violence towards a bound Fox. Not by Fives. I promise that.

** ** ** ** ** ** Fives grunted when his bound arms smacked painfully against the wall he had been thrown into. He nearly cracked his skull as well but only nearly. Still, with the pain radiating from his arms, Fives let himself slide down on the floor with a hiss.

He could hear the other trooper who had already been occupying the small room talk back to the hulking Devaronian that had tossed Fives like he was a sack of meilooruns.

" - unnecessary damage. There are other kriffing ways to get rough, you know. If you want a lesson, I'd be more than happy to give you one."

Fives lifted his head to see the Devaronian take a menacing step closer to the bound trooper, whose smile showed more teeth than was appropriate in polite company.

Then again, Fives mused as the thug got close enough to kick the lying vod. This was no polite company.

Fives winced when the Devaronian's boot came in contact with the other clone's stomach but Fives wasn't surprised to see the vod twist his body so that the impact was lessened. Still, it must've hurt like kriff because the vod wheezed painfully, curling up.

But what surprised Fives was the fact that when the trooper turned to look up at the Devaronian, the toothy smile hadn't budged an inch.

Actually, he looked even more feral than before.

"Harder, please," the vod purred, kriffing purred, and winked.

Both Fives and the Devaronian's jaws dropped and for a moment Fives feared that the thug would get mad. But it seemed that this ballsy (or unhinged) vod's actions took the Devaronian by such surprise that he actually stepped back with a look of disgust and instead spat on the trooper's face before turning around and left

The door slid close with a bang, the sound of the lock engaging following.

Still a little stunned, Fives watched the older clone squirm and heave himself into a sitting position because he was clearly a lot older than Fives. Even in the dimness of the room Fives could see the silver on his temples and the old scars on his face, one which cut through the left side of his mouth.

"Seems like someone needs to rethink their Kink List," the vod snorted as he used the wall as support and bent himself nearly in half so that he could wipe away at least some of the Devaronian's spit. "If I wanted to be spat at, I would've stayed on shift," he added with a mutter.

"Is that how you usually get out of these situations? By fucking your way out of them?" Fives blurted the first thing that came to his mind.

The other clone froze, almost as if he had forgotten Fives' presence.

Fives winced when the vod slowly unfurled himself, staring Fives dead in the eye.

"The kriff you just said?" he asked calmly, almost eerily so. The toothy grin from earlier was gone, replaced by a bland, professional expression that wouldn't have looked out of place on Commander Cody's face.

Fives felt his face heat up and he could only shrug awkwardly before tilting his head towards the locked door.

The vod's eyes flickered in that direction before returning back to staring at Fives. "The answer to your question, ARC trooper, is a big fat 'no'," he replied eventually after the longest seconds of Fives' whole life.

He was about to apologize, when the vod continued, almost nonchalantly:

"I'm more of the type who fucks around and finds out," he informed even as he tapped his left boot on the floor, springing out a small vibroknife.

Fives felt his jaw drop for the second time as the trooper twisted and shimmied his way until he managed to drop the vibroknife behind him and unlatch the cuffs. He stood up, rubbing his wrists as he walked to Fives.

"What about you, ARC trooper? From what I know, 501st boys are always ready to fuck around," the vod asked Fives, kneeling smoothly before him, the vibroknife hanging loosely in his fingers.

"How did you - ? Who are you?" Fives asked, baffled and he felt a different kind of twist in his guts when that toothy grin returned, the other trooper oozing a level of competence Fives had only seen the Alphas wield back on Kamino.

"If you help me find out who the kriff thinks it's smart to grab a pair of troopers in the middle of the street, I'll tell you my name," he suggested mischievously, and this time Fives swallowed, torn between leaning away and leaning forward. "If you find that fork-tongued bastard, make sure to punch his face in and I might do even more than just tell my name."

"Sir, yes sir," Fives gasped and for a second he forgot that he was still cuffed too, paindully yanking his arm as he had tried to salute.

"Good soldier," the vod praised, dropping voice into a low purr, and oh kriff, why did that make Fives' cock stir?

What had the trooper said earlier? Something about a Kink List?

Fives might just have to consult him on that too.

But first, he had a Devarionian to hunt down.

#asks #marple-cat #Commander Fox #Fives #Star Wars: The Clone Wars #fanfiction #askbox writing prompts #valkeakuulas writes AKA butchers English grammar #clone shipping

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ibdah · 6 months

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Pavonashi angst is on the menu now

#hololive #pavolia reine #takanashi kiara #pavonashi #artwork #fanart #digital art #hololive id #hololive en #hololive english #hololive indonesia #aka kiara can remember everytime she reincarnates but keeps running into a reine who can't #or smth idk #my art

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the-mei-chan · 4 months

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the way dirk acts towards dave, at least in the original timeline, is so similar to the way he acts towards jake in the alpha timeline.

beta timeline dirk (hereon out referred to as bro for easiness) "trains" dave by sword fighting him often and ruthlessly. he believes that, if dave is strong, then dave will be happy because he can protect himself. bro believes that him and dave are similar, and that they base their satisfaction with themselves on 1. their strength and 2. their perceived masculinity.

in the second timeline, dirk (referred to as hal even though it isnt specifically hal its just easier to differentiate Dirk (ultimate) and dirk (became hal) ok) has a big fat crush on jake, obvi. so, because him and jake cant meet up in person, he builds and sends jake a robot - to train him. hal wants to help jake become strong and achieve his idea of masculinity because thats how he expresses his love.

however, bro took this over the top. someone who cannot express their love in a way other then jokes/violence/otherwise convoluted acts is not fit to raise a kid by himself. also, bro had done these things to dave from a very young age, no doubt fucking up his sense of when hes cared for or whatever blah blah blah daves sad .... anyway hals robot body is too difficult to beat for jake to truly learn anything from it. despite not really harming him, hals gift still had a less positive effect on jake than he would have liked.

both iterations of dirk see the training as nothing more than a simulation, because he is the opponent, and he is nothing but a vessel to carry out the blows to/from dave and jake, he sees himself as In Control. despite the fact the training has a very real effect on both of them, physically and mentally.

dave is fucked up about the guy who raised him fighting him with swords, and jake is messed up over seeing his boyfriend as an obstacle to overcome. so, dirks way of showing his loved ones he cares needs to be changed if he wants to help them, blah blah blah you can analyse the way other characters look at him to understand the way he acts and decipher the reasons he acts the way he does. i dont even like stridercest.

#homestuck #bro strider #dirk strider #jake english #dave strider #dirkjake #homestuck meta #homestuck analysis #dirk hs #jake hs #dave hs #dirk splinters #if ultimate dirk really loved rose then he would make her stronger by helping her train herself #not limit her to a robot body the way he did with his autoresponder aka the guy he hates #but yk maybe he just got character development off screen and i didnt realize (suspicious)#post

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prostocupoftea · 17 days

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HI HELLO HAVE THE TRANSLATED LYRICS TO THE NEW RUSSIAN KINITOPET FANSONG

song - ДРУЗЬЯ НАВСЕГДА [KINITO PET ПЕСНЯ] | НИНТЕР (FRIENDS FOREVER [KINITO PET SONG | NINTER {author's nickname})

thanks to this post for posting about it on here!! Made me find it out (:

Udp: Thank to this post for a lot of corrections!

If im gonna change some things i will leave the closest to the original translation in the brackets to it will not drift it's meaning if anyone wants to use it!

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Я другом твоим хочу стать - I want to become your friend

Дай побольше о тебе узнать - Let me know more about you

Будем вместе мы играть - We will play together

То, что в письме - лучше не знать - What's in the letter - better not to know

Задаю тебе вопросы: - Asking you questions

Зима, лето или осень? - Winter, summer or autumn?

Твоя любимая еда? - What's your favorite food?

Какое имя у зверька? - What's the name of your beastie? (as in like. small animal. it rhymes in russian i promise.)

[Pre-Chorus]

Доверься мне, мы же друзья - Trust me, we are friends after all

И ты со мною до конца - And you with me untill the end

Я всё узнаю про тебя - I will find out everything about you

От меня не скроешься - Can't hide away from me

В моих руках твои друзья - Your friends are in my hands

Ты их забудешь навсегда - You will forget them forever

Ведь у тебя есть только я - Because you have only me

И только я, и только я - And only me, and only me

[Chorus]

Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun

Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two

С тобой найдём мы увлеченье - With you we'll find devotion

О проблемах позабыв - All problems forgotten

[Verse 2]

С возвращением, друг - Welcome back, friend

Кажется был завершён сеанс - Seems like our seance was cut short

Но ты не бойся, коли вдруг - But don't fear, if that's so

Смогу восстановить баланс - I can fix the balance

Осталось сделать одну вещь - Only one thing left to do

В админ состав меня вовлечь - In admin list include me

В командную строку набрать: - Type into cmd:

“Кинито дать твой комп зас—” - Give Kinito my pc- (wow i accidentally made it rhyme. anyways, back to blank verse)

[Break]

Давай, давай, пиши! - Come on, come on, write!

Комп мне свой уступи! - Give your PC to me! (it uses Russian rude-ish-sland for the word computer but that is most likely for song purposes bc it only has one vowel while computer is a long word in both languages

Я не вирус! - I'm not a virus!

[Chorus]

Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun

Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two

С тобой найдём мы увлеченье - With you we'll find devotion

О проблемах позабыв - All problems forgotten

Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun

Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two

Нам не скучно - это правда - We're not bored - that's the thuth (technically better in future lang like "we won't get bored" but in song was present bc song purpouses so i will leave it like that in literal translation)

Разве не согласен ты? - Dont you agree?

[Bridge]

А теперь… Дай мне доступ! - And now... Give me access!

Мы же друзья! - We are friends after all!

Скажи, ну хоть раз - Tell me, even once

Подвёл я тебя? - Have I let you down? (also technically in the present tense here but yeah...)

[Outro]

Целый мир, здесь я и ты - This whole world, for me and you (orig. "The whole world, here's me and you")

Места нет для скукоты - No place for boredom here

Всё подстроил под тебя - Everything i arranged for you

Теперь системой правлю я - Now the system's ruled by me

if ya are native/just really good in english i'll be happy if you check it for any mistakes or propose better/rhyming translation! that's just the meaning mosly word-by-word (:

#mostly for me and my comic-drawing urge #but yeah posting for every cool English speaker who wants to know what the hell he's saying (:#special thanks to multitran aka the best russian-english dictionary #kinitopet #kinito pet #kinitopet song #kinitopet rus song #just wanna mention that im actually a eng-to-rus translator for some manhwa #and i write my fanfics in two languages simultaneously bc half of my friends does not speak english and other half does not speak russian #so i feel confident posting this #/hj. this body did not see confidence from the last two years B)#also i usually translate from English. not to English. feels weird.

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skania · 2 months

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The French translation of the 10th volume came out earlier this month and French!Aqua is a poet

"I will love you... no matter what!"

"I want no part in a life... that doesn't have you in it"

But even that doesn't do justice to how romantic this is in French 😭

#aquakane #the french translators cooked holy shit #this reminds me so much of noel/yeul and his “a world without you is no world at all”#“a life without you is no life at all”#how will aka come back from this #will he just sideline akane until people forget this is a thing that happened or??#fandom: onk #the french translation mogs the english one in every way btw #even akane's monologue about dependency and relationships is so much better worded in french it's nuts

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hyakunana · 1 year

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It has been two years since they’re dating Beyond Light

#destiny #destiny the game #destiny 2 #bungie #destiny art #beyond light #hunter guardian #exo stranger #elsie bray #elisabeth bray #fanart #comic #context: there is a text passage in born from darkness quest that while in english says 'the exo stranger holds out a hand'#in portuguese it literally says 'the exo stranger holds your hand' i am not joking #and just these days i found a photo I took from this very moment bc IF THAT AINT THE EXACT SECOND I LOST MY SOUL TO THEM AS A SHIP #scheduling this to post on saturday 26th aka the day elsie held alfa's hand #meanwhile zeta the ghost still doesnt know wtf is fish the pouka #and now i shall return to work on 014 week and dark future chap 2 #im expecting to post next chapter on the weekend before next season i just gotta render them #november was full of work to do so yea im trying not to get burned here xzkcbbo #if i wasn't so full of work this month i would also add the glassway opening dialogue #'we aren't strangers; you can call me elsie; or elisabeth--' //alfa the hunter crashes her sparrow in vex contructions #never checked how that line goes in english im gonna do now before i sleep - but in portuguese is juST THE CUTEST TONE IN HER VOICE EVER #comes back here to say ok in english she sounds sO TIRED LIKE UGH WHATEVER LETS CLEAN THIS S(*& CLOVIS DID

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stayconnecteed · 4 months

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❪⠀🪐. moodboard⠀𓏔⠀pure as driven snow⠀❫

when han got bitten by that spider, he never thought things would get so out of hand. he was a simple guy, okay? he went to high school, had fun doing his experiments, loved formatting computers and creating music, and every time he saw you his heart did a backflip. it was a simple life, but he loved it. and now he has a secret. not only has he decided to become a superhero (totally seungmin's fault) but he's also messed with the wrong scientist and now everyone's in real danger.

stayconnecteed (december 20th, 2023)

#another work to my wips #may i present you this peter parker aka han jisung whose english name IS peter #my mind is all jisung obsessed #☆ㅤmoodboards!!#about: pure as driven snow

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grimyangel · 13 days

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I'm going to have a bacchanal with my Greek group and kill one of them, just for the plot

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infriga · 8 months

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Some people have been saying that live action Sanji feels a little bit more soft and endearing than manga Sanji, but they can't pinpoint why because he does still feel like Sanji. Some people think it's just Taz's acting, and he does do a great job, but I don't think that's the main reason. Others think his flirting has been turned down a bit, but honestly it hasn't really? He still openly flirts with Nami when they first meet, and he still says things like "women are a mystery to be unraveled" and other goofy simp stuff. And his kindness like being willing to feed the hungry no matter what is obviously something that was always there (it's why Luffy chose him in the first place. Hell, in the manga he chooses Sanji as his cook before he ever actually tastes Sanji's cooking, simply because he sees Sanji feed Gin and realizes what kind of person Sanji is).

But there is a difference! And I've figured out what it is, because there IS one manga/anime Sanji trait that wasn't present in live action Sanji: his hatred of men.

Live action Sanji isn't a misandrist anymore 😳