#and do good for the nation

[alexiethymia]

With the reveal that Aduo didn’t actually want to be the mother of the nation, looks like we now have a concrete path to a happy ending for Jinshi.

Though I actually really want to see him as the Emperor one day (at least for a time), it would be thematically appropriate if Jinshi takes not after the Emperor, but after Gaoshun and becomes the retainer of the future Emperor.

#knh spoilers #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #jinshi #aduo #maomao #looking at gaoshun and taomei #it does solve everything #jinshi would still be able to be close to the seat of power #and do good for the nation #in guiding the future emperor the same way gaoshun guided him #since he’s not power hungry he would have the emperor’s interests (not just as the leader of the nation) but as a family member at heart #and at the same time he wouldn’t be pressured to take in more than one spouse #maomao would be free to explore the nation as she pleases #the history of the owner of the jade plaque with the favored son of a former emperor #abdicating and eventually being given a name #seems to be foreshadowing for what will happen even if Jinshi’s true heritage does get out #I’m sure factions will try to use him as a piece #but in the same vein that maomao decided her own fate herself #it would make sense for Jinshi to achieve what he wants to do regardless of the circumstances of his birth #and it would be sweet if he took after his foster father #win win solution for everyone really #yeah ok I’ll be fine even if jinshi doesn’t become emperor as long as he becomes retainer #maomao would be better leading medical reforms rather than be an empress too #it would also be subversion of the usual chosen one will lead tropes #yeah no how about the secret prince becomes the mentor instead

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

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)

[adhdandcomics]

shout out to my folks with insomnia & depression & delayed sleep phase disorder & sleep apnea & disabilities & other sleep disorders diagnosed, undiagnosed, and just my plain old night owls & night shift workers!! we r so fucking cool & exist every day in a society not made for us at all. and NONE of us are lazy bums or bad people for staying up late & sleeping in till noon or two or whatever whenever you get up!! no matter what anyone says!! you’re incredible and i love you!!!

#being the positivity i need in the world #would i like to get up earlier and love my life? yes. but i can’t fuckin do that can i #i recognize the irony of posting this at 11:30 however i’m at work and fuckin tired #text #positivity #insomnia #depression #delayed sleep phase disorder #sleep apnea #also shout out to nightmare nation i hope we get good rest soon!!!!!

[jiwoonsea]

“I tolerated Orin… but you…

You, I liked. “

Lord Gort or whatever he’s rotting my brain I’m shaking him vigorously in a box and rotating him in my brain rn

#good morning durgetash nation #goddamnit always falling for the stupid grimy villain #also how the heck do ppl draw his gauntlet like seriously #he’s such a LOSER I love him #fanart #art #digital art #my art #bg3 #bg3 gortash #bg3 mc #bg3 fanart #bg3 durge #bg3 spoilers #gortash x durge #dark urge x gortash #lord gortash #gortash #enver gortash #baldurs gate gortash #durge #digital painting #artists on tumblr #baldurs gate fanart #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate spoilers #the dark urge #dark urge #durgetash #durge spoilers

[panthermouthh]

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.”

#Frankenstein #frankensteins monster #victor frankenstein #mary shelley #gothic lit #gothic art #goth artist #sooo the creature is pretty fuckin terrifying and I don’t think I’ve conveyed that much in my art yet #if you haven’t watched the royal ballet I highly recommend you do #I may post some clips bc I haven’t seen anyone else do that? #but ur better watching the whole thing #and the national theatre play #they’re both just Very good adaptations and the monster is terrifying in them 😭 #my art #this is very much inspired by/based on a statue by Jean-Baptiste carpaeux #‘ugolino and his sons’ #and the carvings of Satan by Gustave Dore

[reineydraws]

here's a cass 🦇

and also a jay 🗡

#batfamily #batfamily fanart #cassandra cain #jason todd #dc #dc fanart #that cass sketch is from like two years ago lol i never got around to colour it and i lost the post with jeans on them 💀 #the jason one is from an aborted first attempt at the wrapped meme i was doing #his kris has the filipino sun on it #jsyk haha. if it turns out putting national symbols on weapons is not a good thing someone lmk lol im filipino but not from the phils u fee #so im not sure what the rules are around stuff like that

[spoopdeedoop]

trying somethin ft. crowley

#hi good omens nation im new #my art #how do i tag these #good omens #go fanart #good omens fanart #crowley fanart #good omens crowley #anthony crowley #idk what prompted this i just wanted to animate a snake i think #ineffable husbands #aziracrow

[egophiliac]

...okay, one more, because Epel's white rabbit outfit is SENDING me. everyone in this event looks like a decadent little pastry and I want to eat them all.

(credit: lace stock)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #white rabbit festival #for the record i left off some of the bows #canonically he is even fancier #deuce might be the ssr but epel is the frilly little cupcake #genuinely have not been this excited for an event in a while #and that's not a knock on other events i am just SO excited for froufrou bunny frocks #chances are good they're just going to walk around for three hours and talk about. like. the gross national income or whatever #but as long as they do it while dressed like cakes i am happy #sorry if this looks bad photoshop decided to explode and corrupt my files and i lost over an hour of work on it #so i refuse to look at it any more #posting purely to spite photoshop at this point

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

he's just a lil' guy who's never done anything wrong in his life Ever

#hellooooo beagle nation how we doing tonight #*this afternoon #well it might be night for some of you! fuck if i know! #he's so... he's so.... Shaped... such a good Shape.... #the goodest boy.... #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home fanart #barnaby b beagle #i have said it before and i Will say it again- #i would kill to lay on him like a giant beanbag #i'd be the coziest in my life from now and for forever #see he's the ideal dog becuase hes Not a dog #no weird smell no weird fur residue no headache-inducing barking #barnaby is The hound ever smh

[wasabi-gumdrop]

oh

i am. unwell.

#LABRU NATION LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO #BRO I AM EATING DIRT AND FLINGING MYSELF OFF A CLIFF #mentally i live here now #in this hand holding scene #i’ve watched this scene in three different languages #and all the kabru VAs got The Memo #speak to Laios in soft husky sexy tones #killing me with a knife would have been better #it would have been merciful #because what do you mean this is their last interaction for a good long while #someone pls put me out of my misery #or there will be consequences #like me writing insane labru fic idk #wasabi rambles #labru #laios touden #kabru of utaya #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #oh … dungeon meshi …

[stvrmaker]

Bildad my beloved.

Your honor, I love her and her fuckass wig.

#good omens #art #david tennant #michael sheen #doctor who #myart #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #terry pratchett #good omens drawing #good omens fanart #good omens art #good omens 2 #bildad the shuhite #bildaddy #bildad my beloved #bildad nation #bildad brainrot #good omens bildad #be like bildad #how do i schedule my pap with her

[dindjarism]

Mercy only breeds defeat. But I will help you overcome this weakness. Attack! BARRISS OFFEE and GRAND INQUISITOR STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE Official trailer | May 4, 2024

#star wars #tales of the empire #swedit #starwarsedit #starwarsfilms #starwarsblr #thestarwarsdaily #swsource #userbariss #tuserhan #usernik #tusererika #usermelanie #userlumi #tusermelissa #userelio #tusercora #*mine #barriss offee #grand inquisitor #when i say i screamed!!! #barriss nation how we feelin!!! #thinking of you steph <3 #all we can do now is pray for some good writing :')

[shripscapi]

a knight and his lady

#asoiaf #brienne of tarth #jaime lannister #my art #valyrianscrolls #GOOD MORNING BRIENNE NATION #And jaime. I guess #I wanted to finish this for my bday but alas! too much to do #simple… but I just wanted to draw them again :)

[marysong-mp3]

i know we all go feral over coney island but GENUINELY. some lightening bolt of creativity shot down from the skies and joined these powerhouse artists together so that they could craft a perfect melody and prose that makes my bones ache and my heart break and my eyes well up and my soul leave my body. i think about the second verse at least once a day. it is a revelation every single time that i listen to them harmonise "a universe away". i understand something deep within myself in the closing chorus when i hear them sing "the sight that flashed before me was your face/when the sun goes down". they truly captured something poignant and fundamental and human and every single piece of praise that people give it is more than well deserved

#it came on while i was doing this dishes and i am Unwell #good lord. how did she do that. how dare it be possible for people to make art that makes me feel this way #dee speaks #taylor swift #the national #coney island #coney island ft. the national #evermore

[luzho]

today, i present to yall:

zukka get thrown in a hole and annoy each other in the meantime

based on the first pic of this zukki x iasip post by @empathetic-menace (i swear, next time i'll draw the hug one with suki<3 maybe even in the boiling rock). i love the idea of zuko interacting more with the gaang during his covert stay in the earth kingdom, so naturally…! also: heheh. i liked letting them keep the sneakers, who doesn't love anachronisms.

#my art #zukka #i love the atmosphere here... doing backgrounds IS fun #and i think its getting obvious i like putting zuko in green and short hair..... GUILTY #also: asteroid city sky. i like turquoise!!!!!!! #also: IASIP!!!!!!!! very fucking good idea. i love those assholes #zuko #sokka #zukka fanart #zukka nation #atla #atla fanart

[obsob]

a redraw of ‘lament for icarus’ by herbert james draper ✷

#mine #heheHEHEHE #this was a little tricky to figure out colour wise but i did it!! #orange overlay orange multiply my beloved #also made him trans bc. i can. #DONT look at the rocks too hard okay i. i was tired by that point #and the water also thats meant to be a straight line some how it is diagonal #they are going downhill its fine #owhh today we went to a stately home bc my mum got national trust membership heehe #my god that was a home. i havent been to one like it there was a huge hallway #im talking like. very large. lined w tapestries n paintings #i like. wanna learn how to oil paint low key high key. its not rlly a good time for me to learn that now but....one day #i gotta figure out portraits first hehe #i want to draw. realistic. portraits. bring my gcse art dream to life #i think i can do that. it will just..take time. idk how to learn that skajfbsdjkbs #n also need to find my way of doing it artistic language etc etc #ihg my leggies hurt. lots of walking #im going to play some hollow knight i think then go 2 bed #tomorrow is turning into a house task day it seems. maybe i will also try 2 figure out portrait hehe #i'll add id tomorrow!!