#fuck yeah literature

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

#how long ago did i watch pacific rim? i feel like it might have been last year but i finally drew this lmao #sometimes it just takes a while. newt specifically gets under my skin tho bc i think his research interests r kinda similar to mine #at least in a broad sense. but im dealing with cyanobacteria which is less exciting to most ppl lol but any fanfic i read thats like: newt #has 6 phds im like fucking what? what r they in? they have to be literature based right?! when would u have time to independently design. #carry out. write and defend for 6 independent projects in different topics by his age? #what as waste of time. i say as a person who would happily fuck around and collect degrees without ever having to get a real job #idk characters i relate to make me a little unhinged bc i do not like to relate to characters lol #pacific rim #herman gottlieb #newt geiszler #newton geiszler #tw blood #tw gore #also i agree with herman abt the numbers quote. physics is like literally understanding the fabric of the universe so like yeah #also i cant draw hermann and i cant see his face without thinking of owen from torchwood who i hated lol #pacrim

[inkskinned]

one of the oddest arguments i've ever gotten into was like. i had agreed to give a dude a chance. we were on a first date. and he got. just. so mad. because i had told him i read about 2-5 books a week.

but he found out it was actually that i listen to 2-5 audiobooks. he was dead set on the idea - that's not reading, it's just listening. that i was lying, somehow, by implying i'd "read" the book.

language has a beautiful ability to adapt over time, particularly in the face of technology. when i "connect to the internet" i'm referencing the oldschool method of literally plugging into the internet - which i very rarely physically do. i roll down my window, which is a reference to the circular mechanical action it used to take. hell - the floppy disc remains our resolute save file icon. when i say i "ran to the store," nobody expects me to actually run - and what my version of running to the store looks like and your version are probably pretty different.

i told the guy, baffled: i look at things through glasses, that's still seeing. nobody complains i'm filtering the image.

he says: that's not the same and you know it.

i use audiobooks because i have adhd, and it makes it so i can actually focus. i am using it to help a medically diagnosed condition.

language also has a really cool ability: when we read something, our brains look at a word and make an image. when we hear a story, our brains hear a word and make an image. whether we hear it or read it - the word means the same thing, written or spoken. there is no quantifiable difference in the knowledge-encoding experience - i still happily hallucinate while i'm listening.

and i just kind of stared at him while he was telling me that "claiming" i had "actually read" a book that i had actually-listened-to was lying

and my only baffled response was like: "... are you gatekeeping the experience of... reading?"

#1. do you think someone who listens to 2-5 books a week DOESNT read with her eyes? #2. i was fucking BLIND for TWO MONTHS #so YEAH maybe im SENSITIVE #3. shut the FUCK up i am not DESTROYING SOCIETY by being like ''hahaha this experience is basically the same for me'' #i am still fucking engaging with the literature dude #4. i consider it reading. die mad about it #5. this is just a personal note but they are LITERALLY equivalent to me #bc i mean i guess 7k posts in i should probably finally admit #i have a lowkey form of synesthesia #to be fair i didn't know until like this year when my therapist was like #''... you WHAT'' #but like when im talking i see words and when im writing i legit hear them #like HEAR THEM #i just thought everyone had that #thats called thinking #but it turns out the fact that i sometimes mishear a word and write down what i misheard #means maybe i am fuckt a little in my head #anyway obvi when i read i hear the word too #i cAN sometimes see other people's words but it's usually just my own #and i was like #(again) #thats just like how . people talk #but it turns out if u sometimes misread what you're supposed to be saying #something might be . uhhhhhhhh #not normal #fun fact. #it turns out (i havent googled but she said) #that it's not UNUSUAL for neurodiverse people to have like #SOME lowkey form of synesthesia #but we only associate it with REALLY severe cases so we just assume like .... couldn't be me

[trans-cuchulainn]

one of the reasons i object to the random assignation of words like "mythology" and "folklore" to some medieval literature (and by random i mean interchangeably and with no real consideration of what they mean) is that when you look at what gets called mythology and what gets acknowledged as literature, it's very othering, it's very noticeable that english and french material generally gets to be literature* and lit in celtic languages is folklore, and it often obscures the actual historical context of that material. in particular it obscures the literate, learned institutions that produced that literature whether courtly or ecclesiastical in favour of attributing it to some nebulous voice of the people that ignores the complex web of influences and powers that shaped those stories

if chaucer isn't folklore then a fourteenth century irish text isn't either. if shakespeare isn't folklore then a sixteenth century irish text isn't either. etc etc. the anonymity of the author does not make it any less a self consciously literary production within a learned environment with influences from classical and contemporary literature written to support political aims or to respond to contemporary events

folklore exists, and is not these texts (it does a disservice to folklore and folklorists to assume you can approach them in the same way methodologically tbh!). mythology exists, and is a difficult-to-discern thread that runs through some of these texts (i find the dindsenchas elements particularly convincing as mythological, but otherwise it's hard to identify what's what, particularly when authors are making classical allusions all the time). but what the majority of these texts are, at face value, is literature. the way that they get othered and made out to be somehow more primitive and magical just bc they're in celtic languages and (usually) anonymous really pisses me off

*arthurian material is the exception but this usually relies on some vague notion of celtic origins so it's actually the same phenomenon wearing a different hat

#oh yeah this is definitely discourse sorry #reblogs OFF replies ready to be shot on sight #there are uses of terms like myth that are more grounded and sound than these uses #they're not the ones i'm talking about #i'm talking about the arbitrary description of any and all irish literature as 'celtic mythology' and/or folklore #and like. not to vagueblog ao3 but. also ao3's garbage tag wrangling contributes to this #i will continue to stubbornly tag my shit as medieval Irish lit #it is not ancient religion and lore. it's a fucking fifteenth century text my dude

[sapphorror]

my top controversial Zim headcanon is that Zim actually performs absurdly well at skool because

1. he's a perfectionist with a compulsive reaction to ANY system of scoring

2. I 100% believe test scores are this guy's forte because he had to become an Invader SOMEHOW and he sure as hell wasn't passing based on the practical

3. He has hyper-advanced alien AI to do his homework for him. like come on.

meanwhile Dib is really only scraping by on raw intelligence and the inherent educational advantage of having a mad scientist father. He doesn't have TIME to study, there's an evil alien he has to stalk and besides, you know what's better than a high school diploma? The Nobel Peace Prize for proving the existence of extraterrestrial life.

#invader zim #zim #dib #zadp #iz posting #natterings #not actually my top controversial headcanon but i believe in working your way up to the cancelable stuff #anyway dib may or may not get more serious with it as he gets older #but at twelve years old i do not believe for a minute this kid gives a fuck about grades handed to him by stupid people #hes probably doing pretty okay at math and any sciences but i dont even want to IMAGINE how he performs on say #literature #he doesnt have time to read a whole BOOK hes trying to save the world here #though naturally if anyone pointed out to him that hey isnt it fucked up the literal alien is doing better in human subjects than you #we'd see a turn around REAL fast #that or hed just spend all his time trying to prove that zims been cheating which #yeah not likely to get him very far

[geminison]

*throws this into your hands*

*immediately runs away*

#um yeah #indecent! but he’s having a good time. not telling details thou #it’s like in the literature class author is dead have your own version why the curtains are blue #I’m sorry outsider I didn’t men to put you there #*​mean #dishonored #daud #corvo attano #the outsider #sketch tag #fuck i forgot their tag #knifecrow #corvodaud #art tag

[alliluyevas]

HGDDGGSFGDSGHDFFFF

#yeah I recently made a post making fun of LDS prophets’ shitty facial hair bc I’m a devout Mormon. this is the only possible explanation #my cultural Mormonism and lack of intellectual depth is also why I think *checks notes* you can write compelling literature about romantic #conflict. I need to delete that post the amount of takes on there that are like #now who the fuck do you think you’re arguing w bc it certainly isn’t me

[planetsolaris]

Will you promise to spend the most time with m̷̡̳̮̦̭̤̹̔̽͋̽ͅȩ̶̲̳͈̮̥͉̳̜͐͐͂?̵͉̝̝̅͑ͅ

#digital art #sth fanart #sonic the hedgehog #ddlc #doki doki literature club #cw ddlc #(for those filtering) #just sonic au #sonic au #YEAH MAN IDK EITHER THIS CAME TO ME IN A DREAM #dont think too hard abt it ok #i like horror games i liked putting silly cute characters in fucked up shit leave me alone

[nida-qureshi]

I am proud of you because you exist. Because you are breathing. Because you are waking up and making breakfast for yourself. Because you are applying for work you always dreamt about. Because you are trying. Because you drink water when you are stressed. Because you think about yourself. Because you do things that bring you joy. Because you are being kind to yourself. Because you are sleeping on time. Because you listen to your heart. Because you are valuing your time. Because you rest when you are tired. I am proud of you because you exist.

#be kind to yourself #kindness #kind words #self concept #self care #self healing #self love #self help #note to self #self improvement #self worth #mentalstrength #mentally unhealthy #mentally exhausted #fuck yeah #literature #but yeah #tumblr therapy #memes #love language #deep quotes #thread #tumblr quotes #study motivation #motivation #get motivated #motivating quotes

[all-lars-bars]

In my delusion world, the MC in DDLC is aroace and transfem

#sayori catches her trying on her uniform and gets so fucking excited to give her a makeover #natsuki gives advice bc she is also transfem. bc I said so #monika helps with getting her preferred name‚ gender‚ and pronouns into the school system #her pronouns are she/they btw #and yuri pulls transphobes aside to threaten them #when they try to tell people no one believes them bc yeah Yuri's weird but she's too shy and sweet to threaten anybody #that's such nonsense!! She would never do that!!! #the literature club know better but they're not gonna say anything #also they're all in a polycule‚ including MC. it's just platonic for her #In my world MC a bastard in game because she's dealing with a lot of her own problems on top of everything #ddlc #doki doki literature club #anyways I'm gonna get back to writing a fic for marble hornets

[kitkat-cantdraw]

JUST BECAUSE I'M AROACE DOESNT MEAN I DONT KNW WHAT LOVE IS

People have said to me "oh, so you just don't love people?" when i've told them I'm aroace.

which, like no. I have loved, i am loved (i think), and i fall in love.

but platonically.

i have had crushes, i have felt love, sometimes unrequited, and i have been in relationships that take effort and time. emotional and physical.

but platonically.

some might say that i have something missing. like a part of my heart that is not there. like a hole in the middle of it.

i have nothing missing

i am not incomplete

i do not lack anything.

i have just one part of my heart taking up the space that would've been what i "lack"

i love

but not like you

i love

but like me and the people who are the same as me.

aro/ace pride bitchesss

#aroace #aromantic #asexual #arospec #acespec #literature #poem #FUCK YEAH AROACE

[angel-derangement]

full respect to insane people drama on the internet but it actually doesn’t hold a candle to the insane people drama I watched go down during the time I was in a christian group on a university campus. a guy (age 20) stormed out of my sister’s place during a big party bc she lit a spatula on fire on the barbecue and had the GALL to call the fire department in case it lit the roof on fire, so his wife (age 19) had to track him down on the streets bc he couldn’t drive. she had to walk him back and force him to apologise to my sister then he led a bible study in her front room during the party about anger. later that week he posted on the facebook page of a lady who had lost her 17yr old brother in a car crash that her brother deserved to die bc he had gone to schoolies. neither he nor his wife talk to me anymore bc he borrowed a pen and offered to drive it back over at 1am in the morning and I said no thanks keep it and he interpreted this as me leading him to stumble. none of these or any other events involved any drugs or alcohol.

#it’s so sad too bc she was so unimaginably hot and I desperately wanted to fuck her #but he was so ugly. like so ugly. like in a way that they’re ugly purely bc you can see in their expression how hateful they are #he told me that pride & prejudice is not ‘literature’ bc it didn’t change the world. then said that yeah that means Naruto is literature. #no internet drama can give me that rush ever again

[opens-up-4-nobody]

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Like this has to be a thing right? It's a thing I experience at least. Please please please tell me abt ur experience if u do 🙏

#all the literature i find is like yeah pmdd can be mistaken for bipolar but then they dont talk abt mania or hypomania #so im like ??? wtf is happening? #i mean i wasnt looking that hard but its still weird to me bc i tell my mum i possibly had a hypomanic episode and she instantly was like #hm could b hormones and she was 1000% percent right bc it happens mostly in the days before bleeding starts #so like i cant b the only one out there. and it doesnt happen all the time. and usually its not that extreme #like id say its mostly just elevated mood and it mostly just lasts like 3 days or so. so i dont think it counts as hypomania. but thats wha #ill select bc i had one time that felt so fucking crazy it felt like there was something seriously wrong with me. it was fun tho #before i crashed so hard i had to leave work in the middle of the day bc i couldnt stop crying lol #anyway. im curious #menstruation #pmdd #pms #its always depression this depression that. why the fuck do i wanna run around in circles screaming until i die? riddle me that batman

[angltth]

A small ode to guard dogs

#sps #her story makes me so sad #id like to believe shes #yeah #yk? #laika #laika the space dog #words #poetry #writing #literature #rahhhh why is the quality so fucking ASS #might reupload grrr

[newvision]

My body soon will penetrate into yours, O that my soul could too! O that I could nestle in your womb like a child born of your flesh and blood, be fed by your blood, sleep in the warm secret gloom of your body!

James Joyce, in a letter to his wife Nora Barnacle // Rachel McKibbons, Blud (2017)

#whatever the fuck this is. yeah #web weaving #webweaving #intertextuality #james joyce #rachel mckibbens #Rachel mckibbons #literature #poetry #books #litblr #on love #on devotion

[kalsamurai]

KIND OF INTO KNIVES APPRECIATION POST LETSGOOOOOO ME TOO FUCK YEAH THIS IS GREAT SHIT I LOVE KNIVES

#FUCK YEAH KNIVES #knives #this is a knife appreciation post #ddlc #doki doki literature club

[a-passing-storm]

A thing that I found out that I think is interesting (fucked up) is that the US Supreme Court doesn't recognize any kind of parent-child or familial evidentiary privilege. It recognizes spousal privilege, but not familial privilege. I think that's so fucked up!

(Also, this was from a really quick search. Don't take this information as the absolute truth or anything.)

#aromantic #aro #amatonormativity #allonormativity #dante dicit #spousal privilege #i am doing a sociology project on amatonormativity (and it's my final project i have three months to do it) #and i am definitely going to mention this in my project. i feel alittle bad for my group members. #they were like “i don't have a topic” and i was like “I DO” and they are just... in for the ride now. #i really want to go above the scope of the project and do some kind of real actual research beyond literature review stuff #but yeah. i think that's really fucked up. #i'm thinking of having a component just listing laws and such that enforce relationship hierarchy