#an open window

[filmnoirsbian]

There are some things that cannot and should not be considered art. Art needs to have meaning and depth. “Middle grade” books and other pieces of media made for or about kids and teenagers simply don’t have the same capacity for deeper meaning. I think it’s fine for adults to consume pieces of media like that ocassionally, but it’s like reading Fanfiction or eating junk food; it has no real value, and it’s self-indulgent in way that is detrimental. Read what you want, but don’t pretend that middle grade or young adult is great literature, or that the people who make them are somehow creating art. It’s that sort of mindset that breeds “writers” like John Green and Becky Albertalli.

I contemplated simply blocking you over this but in the end decided to use your extremely pretentious ask to announce my appreciation of and respect for kid lit and especially middle grade lit. Literature for kids is some of the most important you can ever write, because these are the stories that can make a lifelong reader or turn someone away from literature completely. That anyone could look at books like the Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials, Esperanza Rising, Walk Two Moons, Monster, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, anything by Kate DiCamillo, The House on Mango Street--and hundreds more--and say "there's no art there" just proves that any enjoyment you get from reading lies only in seeming intellectual to others and reveling in that perceived intellectualism, rather than engaging with a writer's creation. It's also overwhelmingly sad. In my experience, the adults that look down on kid literature--despite it being these very books that made them love reading in the first place--tend to be incapable of finding joy in the smaller aspects of life, or in any piece of art that isn't critically acclaimed so they have some proof that their taste is better than other people's.

#asks #an open window

[william-snekspeare]

:(

#how could this happen to me I was just trying to open a video game from 2004 #not snakes #windows error message

[clown-owo]

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bonus:

#good omens spoilers #gos2spoilers #good omens #good omens season 2 #goodomensedit #aziraphale #crowley #og post #gifs #the thesis of this gifset is: #“aziraphale lies BADLY to crowley's FACE repeatedly for no reason and crowley ALWAYS takes him at his word #but crowley's the demon so he's the one who lies. apparently" #i just think its hilarious #and the fact that crowley doesn't notice aziraphale lying despite the fact he knows how he lies (see: Job) because “why would he lie to ME” #i don't think crowley thinks the inverse of aziraphale (“you're an angel. its not what you do”) because he KNOWS he lied to heaven #(again see:Job) #this took so fucking long i'd open photoshop and my computer would shit itself #even worse if i dare opened a longer video to make into several gifs #sacrificed my Firefox window to my computer like a newborn lamb so that photoshop may live but it barely even helped #apparently i do NOT have the needed ram for gifmaking #i mean i did do it. i completed it. but still #though it worked a bit better after i restarted my computer. so. maybe i should do that more frequently lmao #i tried to include “i'm a demon. i lied” but it just did not. fit. quite right

[orionchildofhades]

you ever think about how there might have been some college athlete living in he tower who had to hear Andrew and Neil's convo late at night on the roof cause they were on the last floor and opened their window

imagine hearing the 'youre a pipe dream' or stuff like that while you're brushing your teeth or putting together a late night snack or trying to fall asleep or something

#ill say it again #aftg from another college student perceptive must have been wild #andreil being the podcast they listen to to fall asleep #a trio of college students sitting in their living room #windows open #eating popcorn #they are eating the whole drama #aftg #andreil #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #psu foxes

[hedgehog-moss]

I don't want to be a snitch but I found these three cow children on the road, adventuring, completely unchaperoned.

As I drove past I was like girls I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to be going where you're going and one after the other they glanced at me insolently like mind your OWN business

#crawling along #pandolf stuck his head out the window to give them an encouraging open-mouthed smile #he was dying to get out and herd them but knowing him he would have probably herded them in the direction they wished to go #which is not how sheepdogging works but he's been exposed to pampe's manifestos since childhood so he's a lost cause

[pixelesma]

#pixel art #art #flowerjar #book art #flowers #cute #window #color study #commissions open

[khoshtisic]

@ hashem i think you did a wonderful job with rain and thunderstorms. And nighttime also. And cows

#i think worship can be you #an open window #and the raging thunderstorm youre smiling dreamily about #shveml saturday

[morganbritton132]

Eddie addressing the entire party in a Tiktok while he is very clear speed walking through a store: I don’t know why none of you fuckers are responding to my text messages but why is Steve mad at me?? Whyyyy when I pulled up to my house, could I hear Tears for Fears in my driveway????? I swear to god if I don’t a response in the next five minutes, I will nuke every single one of your characters in the next Hellfire. I’m not even kidding.”

Also Eddie: do you think Steve will like this? *holds up a mango*

Robin, like two hours later: Dufus, Steve is allergic to mangos

#for the record: Steve is not mad at him #Steve is just listening to music with the window open #he is so confused when Eddie comes home with a frantically thrown together date #eddie munson tiktok saga #eddie munson #steve harrington

[sea-buns]

K E L M P

#it haunts us all #dimension 20 #d20 #mentopolis #danielle radford #misfits and magic #evan kelmp #guys i recently caved and updated to windows 11 and the screenshot function is DIVINE my system for ss on mobile has been SO SCUFFED #dont have to open dropout in a mobile browser and crop each ss anymore pls let it be so

[huariqueje]

Night Window, Open Window by Night -  Mary Potter , 1955.

British , 1900-1981

Oil on canvas

#Mary Potter #british artist #open window #moonlight

[filmnoirsbian]

What bothers me the most about these "I've never read the source material" #feminist #queer retellings is that retellings are, at the bare minimum, in conversation with a source material. This is true whether or not you have actually read the story you are attempting to retell. Refusing to read the source just means your conversation is now one-sided, which is detrimental to any hope of furthering the discussion or themes or narrative. So now you've interrupted a conversation with an aside that ultimately adds nothing because it doesn't know enough about what was said previously to be able to respond or build upon it. And I just...don't get it! Why would you want to tell a story that way? Why would you decide to put an addition onto a house without looking at the architectural blueprints?

#me surrounded by my 20 copies of the oresteia w various translations before sitting down to write the elektra complex: im going to strangle #that 'sapphic odyssey' woman w my bare hands #tcp #im not trying to say u HAVE to do what i did to write a retelling btw but like. why would u not want to at least read the baseline #an open window #this also isnt to say that a writer who's read the source can't write a bad retelling. i know mm and ms saint both read their sources...

[skunkes]

#IM SO DRUNK @ THISTLE THISTLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #a doodley #OK SLEEP NOW im giving myself a headache thinking abt him #thje glimpse we get of him in the opening is enough to make me want to jump out a window im not gonna make it. #alsofd this is making me think of when i posted my yearly redraws and someone in the tags put like #''how does it feel to have had every art style'' #afn like literally. i just cant go full lineless/painting bc ilove lines too much but i can do Dis #too many ways to draw #anywhay i just talked abt how im not a fanart person bt i want to draw him so bad. i love him #he's my favorite character in the series #even more so now that its Done and Cohesive. it hurts so bad i understand him i do

[onlymywishfulthinking]

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

#loustat #iwtv fanart #interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #interview with the vampire amc #rockstar lestat era loustat reunion #took me a million years to finish this omg #if it looks blurry open in new window to see full res :) #my art #mine #fanart #*iwtv #*iwtvfanart #based on lana del rey pap pics with her italian bf in 2014

[hypewinter]

While Danny is away at college, Ellie destabilizes. By the time she gets into contact with him, it's so bad to the point where even with Frostbite's help, she barely stabilizes. During this whole process, Ellie's body kept getting younger and younger as it diverted as much energy as possible to save itself. Now that she's stable, Danny has a two year old on his hands. With no choice, he takes her back to Gotham with him where he can attend college part-time while taking care of her.

Balancing college and single fatherhood all at the age of 19 was a lot harder than he had anticipated. There were many many sleepless nights. So no one can really blame him for going to sleep on the couch while an unconscious vigilante lay in his room. It was the guy's fault anyway. He had snuck into the room through the window when Ellie was sleeping, startling her awake. Danny had immediately switched into protective mode and grabbed the anti-creep stick as he raced to her room. Before he knew it, there was a sobbing toddler in his arms and a crumpled bat on his floor. One of which he decided he wasn't going to deal with tonight. Once again he would like to point out how sleep deprived he was. That's why he left a bag full of his own ice that wouldn't melt and a little note before crashing on the couch with little Ellie snuggled into his chest.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #which bat is it? #idk! #i'm thinking maybe nightwing though #he wanted to make a quick pitstop at one of his safe houses but opened the wrong window #whoops #it could truly be any of the bats who don't live in the manor though

[fanaticalthings]

I know Wayne Manor probably looks as normal as possible to avoid visitors suspecting the family's past time activities..

but also I highly doubt Bruce was able to avoid making some obscure changes to the Manor just based on the fact that his children are fucking feral.

Some of the windows are either boarded up, or have cages on them from the inside, and to an onlooker, they'll probably think "Oh those poor kids, being caged inside like animals, unable to get fresh air. I always knew that Wayne guy was sketchy. "

but it's literally just because his kids won't stop launching themselves head-first out of the windows whenever Bruce is mid lecture. doesn't matter if they're on the 4th floor.

sometimes visitors will get a closer look at the inside of the place and see a lot of things baby proofed, which is weird because "Aren't all of Wayne's kids old enough to not get themselves hurt like babies do?"

No, Sharon, do not underestimate the power of 6 hyperactive children combined in a room together, they will absolutely get themselves hurt in some way.

some furniture and objects are just straight up bolted to the floor, and everyone just assumes Bruce is a perfectionist or a micromanager, but Bruce literally had no other option since his fucking kids keep throwing shit at each other, and sometimes they just do it to get the other's attention or because they just felt like it. Sometimes they'll even throw each other

I just need some DC comics that acknowledge that the Manor has some additional features that were integrated after Bruce's countless experiences with each new weird ass child he gains.

#bruce: one time my 9yo son vaulted out of the third floor window because he didnt want fo brush his teeth. #bruce: another time my second son tried throwing my youngest into the opening of our grand piano from 10 metres away. #bruce: your kids like to chew on plastic toys my kids like throwing knives at each other we are not the same. #this man needs a break fr #jk this is how he trains his ultra sharp batman senses. by having kids that constantly keep him on his toes :) #batfam #batfamily #batman #bruce wayne #batdad #batkids #batbros #dc comics #crack #incorrect quotes #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #damian wayne #fanatical posting

[hedgehog-moss]

u are genuinely one of my favorite blogs i love ur posts so much they feel so nice and peaceful :)

Thank you! <3

I'm offering you this rare star alignment (of sleeping llamas) I saw out of my window the other day, it will bring you good luck in all endeavours:

#ask #i waited 5min to see if Pirlouit would deign to align #and then he looked up and saw me spying from the barely open window and he looked creeped out (ears like \__l ) and trotted away