#books are important

[j0ur3nys-3nd]

Let's go over this

I'll state everything in a numbered list

Violence is common in many books, graphic or not

Horny people will like ANY type of sex

...Really? Some letters with NO MEANING AT ALL means satanism? Grow up + Satanism is a good reglion too, do your reserach

Children will be terrifed by the internet and other things anyways

TEEN REBELION WILL ONLY BE PREVENTED BY ABUSE IN ANY FORM

College is optional anyways (and NOT CHEAP OR FREE in america)

Semicolons? Annoying dust jacket? Unbearable type face? Excessive adverbs? Magical realism? Puns? Risk of papercuts? You really want books banned, huh?

Protesting infront of kids may only make it worse and disturb the peace

Stage sit in bookstores? You mean disturbing the peace?

PILLAGE A LIBRARY? THAT'S DISTURBING THE PEACE, VANDALISM AND A RISK OF INJURIES

And lastly, READING IS GOOD FOR YOU

BLOCK THE CREATOR AND STOP SUPPORTING THE IDEA OF CRIME AND BANNING BOOKS

#banned books week #books are important

[yamislittleangel55]

How DARE you try and shame her for loving a book! There was a reason she wanted to hear and read the story over and over!

For me, I read Alice In Wonderland, over and over. It was an escapism for me, a place where it was okay to be you, and being weird was the norm! Whenever I even heard Alice In Wonderland references as a kid, it made me so happy, even today! So don’t you DARE shame her for it!

#yla55 watches ygo vrains #books are important #alice in wonderland #yugioh vrains #ygo vrains

[blondie-drawings]

working on some silly tlt memes for my friend's bday and I liked how this one came out 🥲

#i havent read the third book im waiting for the paperback to be released ToT #i dont care if it's kinda ooc for harrow i think she has the capacity to be a tiny feral creature #also i think gideon is short but harrow is shorter. like it's important to me that they're both RUNTS #anyway uhhhhh this is your problem now #the locked tomb #tlt #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #griddlehark #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth

[liesandnights]

To lovely humans who were excluded from invitations, left behind when they tied their shoes, forced to walk in the grass when the sidewalk was full, spoken over when you tried to contribute, whispered about or laughed at, given side-eye when you tried to fit in.... you are so worthy of love.

#always left behind #you are not alone #you are important #left aside #excluded #you are loved #poetry #therapy #music #art #literature #lover #coffee #books #classics #nature #academia #dark academia #aesthetic #writers #new tumblr

[homeofwyrm]

I'm giving Anastasia a try, on the fence

#art #the locked tomb #tlt #anastasia the first #Anastasia the ninth? #She is literally so important to the plot of these books and we get like three sentences of secondhand lore about her

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[oifaaa]

Listen listen is the Percy Jackson show making changes so big that even me with my horrible little memory is noticing - yes Do I care - absolutely not I'm still enjoying the show and the changes so far have just helped keep me on my toes bc wtf do you mean Percy has 4 pearls?!?? What do you mean the summer solstice has happened?!!? What is going on I need to know !!!!

#percy jackson #pjo tv show #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #percy jackson spoilers #pjo spoilers #like what #what #how is he meant to fail to save what is most important in the end if he has 4 pearls ???? #does he lose one??? #does he have to give it away ??? #is there someone else that has to get out of the underworld??? #i like how theyre throwing in these curve balls #really makes me insane #... be funny if this is another memory thing #and there was actually 4 pearls in the book and i just forgot

[iphigeniacomplex]

it’s very easy to tell the good satires and pastiches from the bad ones because the bad ones are too afraid to live within the form. like if you are doing work with fairy tales and you are refusing to look closer at the underlying logic and unspoken rules of what can seem at first to be a senseless form, you are not going to create meaningful work. to borrow a turn of phrase originally used by maria tatar, if you refuse to enter “the house of fairy tale” as anything more than a gawking tourist, you will miss the particular order to the way the table is set, the rooms that are locked vs the rooms that are simply difficult to enter, the set of the floorboards and the position of the furniture. whatever you build will then be a gilded imitation of how you believe the house of fairy tale ought to look, the table set according to your educated specifications and every door open. there can be no interrogation of themes from a writer who views the form as beneath them!

#it speaks! #sondheim understood this with into the woods; the deconstruction of narrative itself is able to happen because we are able to believe in -> #<- the fairy tale logic he employs prior to this. #its a kids book but adam gidwitz understood this with a tale dark and grimm!! #cant speak for the rest of the series but that first book uses the absurdity of fairy tale logic to speak about the absurdity of -> #<- adulthood and the pedagogy present in many fairy tales to discuss the ways parents hurt their children. #rule of threes is important but theres so much on my list ive yet to read; always welcome recommendations. #fairy tales #into the woods #<- this comes from musings on how successfully i feel that musical functions so it gets the tag

[hanmegumi]

LMAO

edit: turning off reblogs because some of the people that are reblogging are extremely fucking moronic. holy shit

#anti jk rowling #anti harry potter #1) she's not being removed because 'she spoke up about biological sex' she actively influences anti-trans policies #2) it's not misogynistic to remove her. the fact that she's a woman doesn't have ANYTHING to do with her removal #3) the people reblogging this in approval don't 'cry when an artist isn't credited' this isn't the same fucking thing. #this is as the article says (if you know how to read 🤭) the quickest solution to reduce her impact #this bitch doesn't just hurt trans people. it's clear in her books that she's a white supremacist and she's also antisemitic #and she said dumbledore is gay for clout. it's fucking obvious. stop defending this woman and get a life- #-or get involved on the side of trans people #or just generally drop the fucking series you read as a middle schooler. nostalgia isn't more important than the lives of trans/jewish ppl

[nasirsagron]

Their growth is something that can be so personal

#like they truly went from being enemies and trying to murder each other #to being their whole heart #some soulmates shit right here #lamen #damiano x laurent #captive prince #EDIT IN THE TAGS: THESE ARE NOT MY FANART.... THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL POLISH COVERS FOR THE BOOKS #there are other 2 that are not in the posta #i think it is important to be specific because some people believe i made this #and i wish sweetie i wish

[j0ur3nys-3nd]

hi! where did you find that banned books comic because it seems like its agreeing with you if im not mistaken? not trying to be rude btw :3

From this person's most recent post

#banned books week #books are important

[kooldewd123]

one of the funniest underrated parts of animorphs to me is the fact that time travel is a surprisingly common plot point, and yet it kinda gets glossed over because it almost never factors into the story in a way that actually matters. like. jake dies crossing the delaware but gets better on a technicality. there were aliens on earth at the same time as the dinosaurs but the asteroid got them too. time travel is a known phenomenon that the andalites have studied, but we don’t actually get any explanation for it because ax was distracted in class that day. everyone went back in time 24 hours and then died and forgot everything. two separate members of the main cast are different varieties of time anomalies and really the only effect it has on them is tobias getting over his family issues. jake is shown a prophetic vision of a world where the yeerks win and we just never get an explanation for what the fuck that was about. every time time travel is brought up, it contradicts at least one other time travel plotline. this is the series that taught me to never take time travel seriously in fiction and i can’t thank it enough for that. this is hilarious.

#i think the only time time travel actually significantly impacts the plot #is in the seventh book when the ellimist shows them the future #and they use those visions to figure out where the kandrona is #there's also the whole thing with tobias and elfangor of course #but the ellimist's time shenanigans are less important than the actual familial connection #animorphs #idiot teenagers with a death wish #koolmathgames.com

[onionrimgs]

#twst #twisted wonderland #idia shroud #book 7 spoilers #twst spoilers #gif #new live2d expressions for an already existing character.. oh im so blessed by this #i really hope they'll keep adding more expressions to charas #well not very likely unless its important to the story but i can dream. i can dream

[acearchivist359]

you know that feeling of wishing you could go back in time and read your favourite book again for the first time? watching pjo tv feels like being able to do that

like i’ll never be 11 years old reading percy jackson for the first time again but i think this is the closest feeling i’ll ever get to that like i feel like 11 year old me got to watch that and i’m so happy for her and that’s a feeling that i am so grateful for right now

#whatever happens in this show i am so happy to have this #i have so much faith in this adaptation #i always have #but especially after watching that #like you can tell rick was involved in this #and you can tell the people making it truly care about the books #the attention to detail is insane #even in the places where it’s not 100% accurate it still FEELS the way the books do #and that’s what’s important #the adaptation of all time i’m calling it #percy jackson #pjo tv show #percy jackson and the olympians

[viveela]

It must be weird to live so long that an integral part of himself is now accepted, he'll need more time to get there too

#veearts #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel redesign #alastor redesign #alastor #radio demon #redesign #charlie morningstar #charlie redesign #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel comic #aromantic #aroace #asexual #see peep the way the book he's got has ace colors... #his mouth ourple too...his clothes kinda green...my design for him is a lil coded lol #this is for aro week btw yeah. this is semi projecty too but not reeeally #anyway this was self indulgent I just needed to get this out my system #aroace character rep so important to me raaah

[krowbby]

Vlad looked imploringly at Agnes, and reached out to her.

'You wouldn't let them kill me, would you? You wouldn't let them do this to me? We could have... we might... you wouldn't, would you?'

The crowd hesitated. This sounded like an important plea. A hundred pairs of eyes stared at Agnes.

She took his hand. I suppose we could work on him, said Perdita. But Agnes thought about Escrow, and the queues, and the children playing while they waited, and how evil might come animal sharp in the night, or greyly by day on a list...

'Vlad,' she said gently, looking deep into his eyes, 'I'd even hold their coats.'

granny weatherwax was such a buzzkill for not letting her tear him apart <\3

#discworld #terry pratchett #carpe jugulum #agnes nitt #begging screaming pleading on my knees guys read agnes’ books #maskerade and carpe jugulum are soooooo important to me #agnes is so real for the vampire bf plot line in this book #she’s like obviously i can’t be with him he’s like literally evil. buuuuuuuuuut #hearth art