#and even less answers

[uncanny-tranny]

The leftism/anticapitalism leaving people's bodies the zeptosecond you imply that disabled people who aren't "productive" still matter in society and need to be treated like intrinsic equals who have a place in this world:

#disability #disability advocacy #described images #image description in alt #ableism #ableism tw #my full-time job is my disability and you're lucky that i am still 'productive' as-is #your boss doesn't care that you think you're superior for being hired by them. they're still going to treat you like profit machines #it astounds me how people will capitulate for oppression because they place their intrinsic value in their ability to be at the top... #...or at least 'at the top' compared to others. it's the same impulse that makes people think their cisgender status makes them superior... #...you are placing your worth into systems which not only oppress others but offer you no true sense of worth... #...ESPECIALLY if you're also being exploited (even if just a bit)... #...you have a job sure but... do you actually get treated like a human being? are you actually paid? are you actually safe?... #...if the answer to any of those questions and more is 'no' then why do you place your value in capitalistic production. genuinely. #and why would you DEMAND disabled people to have the same exploitation you experience. why do you DEMAND productivity if you are proletaria #yes being a leftist and anticapitalist are linked but. some people still internalize capitalism without questioning it #being a leftist is about challenging that rather than assuming you're correct i think #also scientists were very silly when describing time that's like. less than a millisecond i think

[canisalbus]

You’ve most likely answered this before but what breed exactly is Machete? I’ve been trying to figure it out for a while I’ve thought maybe a saluki but the ears arnt right.

In theory his breed is fictional Podenco Siciliano, but he's not a purebred example. Out of existing dog breeds he looks closest to (and is related to) Ibizan Hound.

But sometimes I see Silken Windhounds that also kind of remind me of him. They just don't have the characteristic bat ears.

#I usually just default to calling him a sighthound #I feel like that tells you enough about what kind of dog he is without going off on needlessly convoluted breed tangents #answered #anonymous #Machete #Vaschete lore #I don't own any of these photos I'm just showing them as demonstration #specific breeds and breed names aren't a thing in-universe #I don't think they call each other labradors and poodles and schnauzers even if that's what they look like to us #different dog types emerge as result of natural variation and certain characteristics become family traits #but in practice everyone is mixed #I'm just assigning some of them more or less fitting real world breeds for convenience's sake #it's just such a quick and easy way to describe the look of any given dog

[ganondoodle]

its still rough but as far as im gonna get for now, cant decide on the tentacle colors still nkfdnvkdfn

possible name for lad is Pan or Paktolos (just bc .. reference to midas legend even if this midas got nothing to do with it; oh yeah, a bonus midas sketch .. he needs a proper redesign too)

tentacle lad may look mean here (i genuinely dont know why i drew him like that) but hes a big sappy softie, even carries a picture of midas in a locket around- next to the demon teeth hes collected he doesnt leave the island much anymore and mostly manages everything on it, his people call him by royal titles sometimes bc hes been a very competent leadership figure but he doesnt put value in any titles-

he rescued midas from the demon hunters that kidnapped him years ago to bring one of the biggest and most influencial empires to collapse after his older sister, who was the empress, was unexpectedly dying- midas being the next in line the empire doesnt really exist anymore at this point, midas now leading missions around the island instead, or going around keeping up to date with politics and tensions since his husband (tentacle lad) and his people are of a kind that is largely being kept a secret and would be a target for demon hunters as well, despite them not being demons (they look monstrous but are more based on animals, are native to earth, cannot change form, age only somewhat slower than humans and have no control over any elemental magic more than a very skilled human can have- which is basically not even noticable and usually gets passed off as 'talent' in the way a skilled sailor can feel the approaching weather in the wind)

#ganondoodles #art #character design #oc #original character #anthro #?? #idk #calling them a furry always feels kinda weird bc they got no fur!! #but labeling them as scalies or whatever doesnt do it either #so anthro it is i guess #or .. just monsters #even thought they are less monstrous than demons #anyway #here i go rambling on about ocs lol #it is way too late #happy to answer asks about ocs even if post very little about them all there is .... so much lore #if you think destiny has alot of lore oh boi you dont know my original projects #(ill TRY to answer anything ........... i know i suck at that ..... i still cherish it)

[poetrysmackdown]

what makes a poem a poem? does it have to be written in a certain way? is this question a poem if i want it to be?

Fun question! This is just my personal sense as an avid reader and less-avid writer of poetry, but for me it’s useful to distinguish (roughly) between poetry as a genre and poetry as an attitude or philosophy through which language and the world can be understood. And of course these two go hand in hand. I see poetry the genre as essentially a type of literature where we as readers are signaled, somehow, to pay closer attention to language, to rhythm, to sound, to syntax, to images, and to meaning. That attentive posture is the “attitude” of broader poetic thinking, and while it’s most commonly applied to appreciate work that’s been written for that purpose, there’s nothing stopping us from applying that attentiveness elsewhere. Everywhere, even! That’s how you eventually end up writing poetry for yourself, after all. There’s a quote from Mary Ruefle floating around on here that a lot of folks have probably already seen, but it immediately comes to mind with this ask:

“And when you think about it, poets always want us to be moved by something, until in the end, you begin to suspect that a poet is someone who is moved by everything, who just stands in front of the world and weeps and laughs and laughs and weeps.”

Similarly, after adopting the attentive posture of poetics, there’s plenty of things that can feel or sound like a poem, even when they perhaps were not written with that purpose in mind. I’ve seen a couple of these “found poems” on here that are quite fun—this one, for example. The meaning and enjoyment you may derive from the language of a found poem isn’t any less real than that derived from a poem written for explicitly poetic purposes, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t be called poetry.

That said, I do think that if you’re going to go out and start looking for poetry everywhere, it’s still important to have a foundation in the actual language work of it all. Now, this doesn’t mean it has to be “written in a certain way” at all! But it does mean that in order to cultivate the attentiveness that’s vital to poetry, one needs to understand what makes language tick, down at its most basic levels. It will make you better at reading poetry, better at writing it, and better at spotting it out in the wild.

Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook is an extraordinary resource to new writers and readers, and a great read for more experienced folks as well. Mary Oliver’s most popular poems are all to my knowledge in free verse, and yet you might be surprised to find her deep appreciation for metrical verse (patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables), as well as for the most minute devices of sound. In discussing the so-called poetry of the past, she writes,

“Acquaintance with the main body of English poetry is absolutely essential—it is the whole cake, while what has been written in the last hundred years or so, without meter, is no more than an icing. And, indeed, I do not really mean an acquaintanceship—I mean an engrossed and able affinity with metrical verse. To be without this felt sensitivity to a poem as a structure of lines and rhythmic energy and repetitive sound is to be forever less equipped, less deft than the poet who dreams of making a new thing can afford to be.”

In another section, after devoting lots of attention to the sounds at work in Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, she writes,

“Everything transcends from the confines of its initial meaning; it is not only the transcendence in meaning but the sound of the transcendence that enables it to work. With the wrong sounds, it could not have happened.”

I hope all this helps to get across my opinion that what makes a poem a poem is not just about the author's intention, and not just about meaning (intended or attributed), but also about sound and rhythm and language and history, all coalescing into something that rises above the din of a language we would otherwise grow tired of while out in our day-to-day lives.

I'll always have more to say but I'm cutting myself off here! Thanks for the ask

#ask #discussion #does this even answer the question? lol #anyways even if you're not huge on mary oliver i still highly recommend a poetry handbook #i admit her poetry is only to my taste about 60-70% of the time. but her handbook is a great resource and can stand alone #i actually think oliver wrote a whole other book just about metrical verse too. for people who are into that #also if you're someone who's less interested in the question 'what is poetry?' and more into questions like #why is poetry? can poetry survive? what the fuck happened to poetics in the twentieth century? #i recommend the witness of poetry by czeslaw milosz #an older book—actually a collection of lectures—but an absolute game-changer for me #not a poll

[daftpatience]

one thing I have learned about being poor is that you cannot for a moment stop thinking about it

#theres no peace #every little thing reminds me we are poor #seeing friends having electricity wifi heat food gas. it all costs money. and bills and fees and charges happen all the damn time #im constantly worried that i am measing up somehow or im not keeping track of my finances properly #the person handling our disability assistance application keeps coming back with question after question about my job #and i have so much doubt and fear that ive made some mistake in my answers that will disqualify us from support #and theres this sick backwards stupid thing where applying for and being on disability support is discouraging me from trying to make money #because the more i make the less likely we'll get support but i need to make money to live #its just fucked. and once we're on support i have to make monthly reports of my income so ill feel like im explaining myself all the fuckin #time #cus the system isnt built in a way that makes sense for self employed ppl who have business expenses to account for #sorry for the ranting i cant sleep #truly truly i think poverty is making me a worse persin #more anxious more resentful more jealous more miserable more spiteful #i have so little and there is so little i can do to help it #i want things in a more desparate and even childish way than i used to eant things #spend a lot more time fantasizing about magically having expendable income #not to mention the constant exponential guilt that comes from asking for help or recieving help. its guilt i need to unlearn but i feel it

[rontra]

how she looks with tower and reversed temperance in her spread

this was a diverted joke (decided to save the actual idea for something else) so i rerouted into that one post i adore. good luck girl

#failteacher yuri NOW #<- even if isako isnt here i want it to be in the tag...bc its funny #the original actual idea necessitated a 3-card spread for them both and i was like #after preparing the materials. i sat back & just thought “did i really do a tarot reading for 2 fictional women” #the answer is More Or Less. should've gotten my cards out for them at that point #anyway you'll probably see the original idea bear fruit in a gag some other time. it went back into the deck...badum tss

[40ouncesandamule]

#for the people continually dumbfounded that oppressed people commit lateral oppression and leverage what privilege they do have to... #oppress others instead of seeking liberation or the dismantling of oppressive systems #furthermore... when one group with more power than you oppresses you... you have every right to resist that oppression #even if the group oppressing you is also being oppressed #while we all love the ideal of the model oppressed person who only seeks liberation... there will be people who instead lash out #and the more axes of oppression one is under will inherently make the person feel more entitled to 'punch upward' as there are more targets #so rather than tokenizing and scapegoating the oppressed person who is swinging at the other oppressed person... #(regardless of the second person's position in the 'progressive stack') #ask yourself who is benefiting from this infighting? who is instigating it? who is maintaining the systems of oppression that cause it? #who is showing it to you? #who is platforming it? #why is this inter or intra communal beef being displayed to outsiders? #because once you can answer these questions #you'll be a lot less fucking dumbfounded

[kruinka]

alright then, RANPO FROM BSD !!

feel free to decline, and make sure to take care of urself, stay hydrated and all, take ur time and have a great day :DD i love ur art sm <33

hi idk if u even rmb this ask its been so long😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#when u have time. but u dont have money #and then u have little time and even less money #college..... #krn answered (❁´◡`❁) #kart 🐮emoji #bsd ranpo #bungou stray dogs #bsd

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

I tried to send you the entire sonic movie script because I thought it would be funny but then my Tumblr crashed like five times and if you accidentally get the script multiplw times in your ask box I'd like to apologize in advance

oh nooooo

it actually makes me feel so bad because I didn’t. actually. receive. any sonic script asks from you…. just these two :(

i’m all for commitment to the bit, sometimes to an extreme, but it’s not worth your phone not working aaaahhh I hope it recovers

#i’m not worth sacrificing your phone #and the sonic movie script is definitely not worth that lmao #even less so actually #I do hope you phone and app recover aaaahhh #ask #the hellsite answers #hellsite hall of fame curator’s bullshit

[pharawee]

#laws of attraction #laws of attraction the series #see parattakorn #pearl satjakorn #methee x thaenthai #lawsofattractionedit #thai bl #thai drama #bl drama #bl series #my edits. #he was so close to saying something #but thaen doesn't even want the answer #because thinking the worst is less painful #so he goes through life believing thee pities him at best #and despises him at worst #(because thaen despises himself - it's only logical that those closest to him would despise him too right?) #(his father does and he must know best right?) #instead of hoping for more #i'll be staying here crying all week #anyone want to join me

[densitywell]

the assumption that Imogen (and previously Ashton) never recieved any assistance from the gods because they didn't pray "correctly" is interesting to me. is there some specific procedure for acceptable prayer in Exandria? if you don't do it right is it like texting the wrong number and the Gods just don't get the message? or are they just putting cries for help that don't follow their formatting and content guidelines at the bottom of the pile lmao

#bc if that's the case the desperate people who failed to meet those standards are not who i would blame in this situation #not even just bc of the power imbalance but also bc knowledge is classed and culture- and location-dependent among other things #even if ashton or imogen understood there was a 'correct' way to pray wld they have easy access to that knowledge? #esp for a topic this personal. if there are temples around would either feel safe or welcomed being there and asking abt it? #critical role #crposting #all of this hinging on 'assumption' bc we only know a small bit of imogen's history of prayer and even less of ashton's #and have recieved no indication on the actual reason why their prayers weren't answered

[canisalbus]

hi i ride motorcycle year round and wanted to chime in. for vasco's small around-town trips he'd probably be fine with his ears free, but for longer trips at higher speeds or when its cold out he'd want them protected. probably by tucking them under his chin into the collar of a jacket and then putting a scarf or bandana on. also goggles would be helpful if a full helmet wasn't wanted. since they're in europe and around italy specifically he could have a nice ducati (fast rockety sport bikes) or a cafe racer (much more like a motorized bicycle but they can still have a lot of power) a cafe racer would offer a lot of seat space for machete to be thoroughly uncomfortable in lol

i love your ocs they're great thanks for all the cool art :)

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#oh that's really good practical advice actually! I've never riden a motorcycle so I wouldn't even know where to begin #the ears tucked under the jacket collar is a smart way to go about it #having hard time choosing a bike for him there's too many options #it looks like lots of ducatis have a very sleek and sporty vibe to them #loving the bright colors and the shapely design #cafe racers on the other hand come across as iconic looking to me and could potentially have a sort of vintage aura which I personally like #and the flat topline (I'm sorry I don't possess the right vocabulary for these things) that some of them have is visually pleasing #they'd be a nightmare to draw though since the frame is a lot less covered and there's a ton of complex mechanical detail in the midsection #bike viscera if you will #I don't know but it's fun to think about #thank you for chiming in! this was genuinely helpful #answered #anonymous #modern au

[figsandphiltatos]

adaine's family relationships are something i can actually be so incredibly normal about too btw

#like. a little bit later adaine's father gives her a useless orb for spell casting #and she points out it's not practical and he says 'i try my best with you! i really do!' #like. it's about parents who fundamentally don't understand you #it's about parents who have such a narrow and rigid idea of what's acceptable that when you start to find yourself outside of it #they can't even recognize you. #it's about watching your sister (aelwyn) seamlessly meet the conditions that are required to achieve your parents' love #and then not even being able to comprehend how to do that for yourself #it's about asking questions and being met with hostility for challenging the status quo #it's about experiencing unfairness and asking why and your parents' unflinching answer being: #because i'm your parent and i decide when things are fair #and i dont HAVE to figure out why i act this way much less make the adjustment to make it fair #anyway :)))))) #fh #fantasy high #adaine abernant

[kahvijahuumoritaallaonmustaa]

There's something I've been thinking since last Thursdays ig live and even more after witnessing the Joker outs Cha Cha Cha together with Käärijä live on Friday.

I thought that Bojan choosing to read the question "Are you guys gonna make a song together" (infront of over 5000 people) and then leaning on Käärijä, like making sure to get a proper reaction, was interesting.

Käärijä has said atleast once that the styles of their music might be too different for a collab, but I think hope that his mind might be wavering. In my mind JOs version of CCC and the way Bojan and Käärijä delivered that song onstage during nordic tour should have proved to all of them (Käärijä kröhöm) that Bojans and Jeres inexplicable connection overcomes their different music styles.

Especially in Tampere the performance was genuinely a proper duet duel. They had own parts on the song and they were exchanging lines and doubling each other. And JO instrumentals uplifted the song even more and the whole thing just slaps.

#Bojan chose to read that question! And I believe he was a man with a mission there #He/jo want that collaboration. And he's going to make sure he'll get it #And that one hearteyed silly little wanker has no willpower to say no to his puppy #In the meet&greet where Käärijä answered about the possible collab with Bojan by rambling about building a detached house #he also continued by saying...collab I don't know let's see where life leads. Maybe we even will #And while it might read as a no he's getting less and less convincing #I wouldn't even be suprised if something had been tentatively discussed/agreed on already 🤡 #I think that their interactions during this nordic tour should've shown every skeptic that JO/Kä friendship is not a esc fling/stunt #But true friendship..or maybe something more

[striving-artist]

Well. Since the Terrible Poll about knots in Omegaverse and A/B/O got a heck of a lot more attention than I was expecting, and since at least three people said I should do more polling, and since I really only needed one to convince me...

The Terrible Poll - Extended Edition - Biology

Wait, look at me. No, seriously, look at me. I am a nerd and a child of scientists. This is 175 questions long.

That is Many, and this is only about biology and physical stuff. It is as broad as I could, but includes places to add things I missed. It is written as clinically as I could manage, and you don't need to input your email, but there are some illustrations.

I'm working on a second one about society.

This is not a poll asking you what you see the most, or what is popular. This is about Your Interpretation of the concept. There are no wrong answers here.

Take this, share it, get it into other fandoms, take it to reddit, brave souls can post it to facebook or twitter. I need as many data points as I can get because if I am going to do all of this work, I am going to create something at the end of this, so I want the dataset to be solid. Definitely a breakdown of trends and outliers into readable graph or infographic form. Probably an analytic essay. Potentially a science based concept with evolutionary reasoning that I've developed.

#the terrible poll #omegaverse #Alpha/beta/omega #fanfiction #ao3 #Please spread this and share it #if all I get are answers from my fandoms #the data is far less useful or interesting #and yes #I am a big nerd #who likes to understand trends #and who enjoys data analysis #even when answers on the last one made me 0.0 #I wasn't judging you #I was astonished by the breadth of fandom and humanity

[ardenrosegarden]

Frictional Games was pretty funny for this one imo

#amnesia the bunker #these dudes are NOT figuring this one out in time 😭 #Tremblay‚ while his spine is getting ripped out through his stomach less than a week later: I KNEW I wasn't going crazy! D:< #Farber being like ''François keeps going out to the hallways to check where the noise is coming from #but it sounds like it's from in here...'' YEAH wouldn't that be WILD. wouldn't that just be INSANE? #''Tremblay even claims to have heard howls'' Augustin I hate to be that guy but the entire barrack heard you turning into a creature #Tremblay evidently is the only one who mentioned it to you directly #(Henri from what I can tell doesn't seem to have a bunkmate on the other hand #the haha funni answer is they leave that man to marinate alone overnight #the sadder/more likely answer is that he used to have one and doesn't anymore) #shakespeareomnibus #amnesia