#he’s very fashionable right now!!

[unlicensedinvestigator]

#d20 #riz gukgak #riz gukgak fanart #back to my roots! my boy #fantasy high #d20 fantasy high #fantasy high sophomore year #he’s very fashionable right now!! #that’s the sword of shadows and he turned his bff necklace w/ fabian into a sword charm #i miss him #i see riz as kind of one of those tall short people?? the ones who look tall until you compare them to people #like he’s absolutely short but his build is weirdly lanky #this might sound insane but like three of my friends are EXACTLY this way irl and it’s so confusing

[anghraine]

“What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr Darcy!”

“It ought to be good,” he replied, “it has been the work of many generations.”

“And then you have added so much to it yourself, you are always buying books.”

“I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these.”

This conversation is intriguing because, as is often the case in P&P, there is so little narrative framing or comment that you have to make quite a few assumptions based on how you read the characters. We don’t even hear Elizabeth’s reaction to this interchange and don’t know how she takes it (though when Darcy later tries to talk to her about books, she’s sure that their tastes are so wildly different that they won’t have anything to talk about).

In any case, both fans and critics have come away with a lot of different interpretations of Darcy’s book-buying sprees and, in particular, what he means by “such days as these.”

I just read an article that dismissively characterized it as a stuffy civilization-is-falling-down-around-us-in-these-degenerate-times thing showing the basic conservatism of his mindset, and while that article was particularly hostile, it’s a pretty common reading. And you can read it that way, but frankly, it doesn’t seem the most natural reading in the context of either the scene or his overall characterization.

Darcy is repeatedly associated with books and reading and general intellectualism. The Pemberley library links his family pride and his sense of legacy with his personal inclinations—as an individual, he’s bookish, clever, and fairly cerebral. He reads, he buys new books, he enjoys philosophical debates, his response to Elizabeth’s assertion of their different tastes in books is “cool, then we can argue about them :D”, he encourages his teenage sister’s artistic interests and defends her disciplined approach to them when she’s not even there, he collects fine and apparently borderline-incomprehensible paintings, he’s dismissive about the expected accomplishments of upper-class women in favor of reading (partly bc Elizabeth has been reading, but it’s not surprising that a man responsible from age 23 for the education of a young girl has Thoughts on the ongoing female education debates of the time).

All of this is to say that Darcy is engaged with what was then contemporary culture and discourse. This is especially the case if you go with the time of his creation, 1796, but it doesn’t make a huge difference because these debates were still ongoing in the 1810s, and he rarely refers to specific figures and instead prefers more generally familiar concepts and arguments (or chooses to rely on those in conversation with women), and in any case, the English artistic movements of the 1810s owed a lot to those of the late eighteenth century.

And a big eighteenth-century debate was about the merits of modern art, especially literature, compared to ancient art. Historically, there was a lot of deference in English literature to ancient models and dictates, and controversy over newer forms like the novel (in English) but also in poetry and drama and essays. To some people, it seemed like art was going horribly astray by diverging from the ancients (despite the continuing strong influence of Classicism). Others thought the artistic movements of the time were fucking awesome valuable and important, which is generally Austen’s position (most famously in the defense of the novel in NA).

So when Darcy speaks of “such days as these,” I don’t think this is coming from snooty disengagement from the current literary zeitgeist, but rather, the reverse. He’s seeing all these ideas being hotly debated in various essays and treatises, and the English novel taking modern form, and poetry undergoing changes that will only become more drastic, etc etc, and thinks—this is important. Anybody with a family library should be adding the literature that’s coming out at this time.

TL;DR I think Darcy has an affinity for modern art/literature/culture in any case, but also, is so convinced of the importance of the literary “moment” he’s living in that he thinks he’d basically be shaming his ancestors if he didn’t include it in the collection that he’ll pass down to the next generation as it was passed to him.

#it's not just that people like him need to maintain family libraries with what's currently out there #but that he thinks that what's happening /right now/ is a really big deal that needs to be added for its own sake #i find it a bit weird that this reading seems unusual but some people are very committed to stuffy conservative darcy so #i do go with the c. 1796 setting which makes this fairly funny... lyrical ballads is coming out in two years #and darcy can't know that! it's just. something is going on! clearly! what is the point of being rich if you don't preserve this stuff??? #anghraine babbles #austen blogging #austen fanwank #lady anne blogging #anghraine's meta #fitzwilliam darcy #pride and prejudice #jane austen #tangentially: this is kind of associated in my head with how the preceding darcy-like characters are pretty much all 18th century #elizabeth has this whole beatrice/rosalind legacy and the debt to much ado about nothing is obvious #but darcy isn't like benedick. he's like... lord orville if he were interesting. #so he's a fairly distinctly /modern/ man in the original context where he's often now seen as a quintessential/old-fashioned figure #and it makes sense that he would have a lot of affinity with modern culture where elizabeth is more detached

[bylertruther]

society if the duffers had gone through with their original plan to have mike go to the upside down in s1 to find will

#byler #it's enough for me to know that he WOULD but i still would have liked to see it........ but i guess there's still s5..... sniffles n cries #when will's ankle gets caught in a vine n vecna goes YOINK n u just see mike's eyes go crazy wide as he starts sprinting after him faster #than he ever has tripping stumbling falling in a very mike fashion but he keeps going n he doesn't make it in time but it doesn't matter #it doesn't matter bc he's NOT going to lose will again he's NOT going to lose him on HIS watch a-fucking-gain he won't he CAN'T #and maybe it's a party affair so he looks back at lucas n dustin who are almost there and they're screaming after #him BECAUSE MIKE WAIT STOP MIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT WEAPONS but mike just furrows his brow and goes in #bc he's the heart he's the paladin he's going to lead them and he's going to save will because will needs him but also he needs will #and. and um. well. then i fucking die of course #OR COULD U IMAGINE IF will goes on a solo mission and he thinks he's managed to sneak away but mike pops up like 'what are you doing? 🤨' #bc he always sees will and he always knows when something is up and it's a crazy plan but they did say crazy together and that they'd be a #team no matter what and that they would kill vecna so liek. do u see what im saying are u seeing my visions are u feeling my insanity rn . #they get surrounded or trapped somewhere and will casts fog cloud n saves the party like he did in a previous campaign. etc etc #dustin is their bard who has snacks n keeps things lighthearted mike leads the way n will is at his side n lucas is their eyes n ears n it' #almost like one of their campaigns bc the show started with that and those were their roles when will was missing and now it'll end #like that and so on n so forth. nods mhm mhm #takes deep breath ok back 2 studying i go byeeee

[the-deadlock-south]

good morning yeehan community

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #cole cassidy #yeehan #art tag #im lying it's like six o'clock it's well in the evening now #also i finally drew OW2 cass :) idk if ill ever get used to everyone getting thicker beards but ig i have four months until OW2's launch so #BUT ANYWAY i've been MIA from the internet and i'm only just now learning there are charms in OW2??? and cass gets hanzo's lil bottle??? #OW really gotta step it up after the #wait who were the gays that got confirmed recently #yeah them anyway OW really better step it up after THEM this aint enough but i guess its a start #this shit been going on for six years if yall dont just jump right into the bush and stop tiptoeing around it im losing my mind #i was gonna draw a mini comic of cass just being a dork and hanzo being Himself but i have a pounding headache #plus i really havent been in the drawing mood as of late however i felt a responsibility to at least doodle something with this #anyway hanzo thinks its stupid and says so In Hanzo Fashion but cass knows better #hanzo's always had a funny way of saying he loves something Is What Cass Is Telling Himself #there's a junkenstein joke here #idk theres a lot of potential with this dinky little charm but Again. Head Hurts #also hence the very sketchy and I Dont Give A Shit RN nature of this scribble #so forgive me everyone i can only give something subpar #i hope someone does better than me #but for now im gonna go lay down or something- maybe have dinner #my head's REALLY killing me

[mxwhore]

learned a very valuable lesson today

#for each DICKHEAD you encounter there will always be a kind person waiting for you :) #i was flabbergasted that everyone had decided to be an asshole towards me. a stranger #first scenario: i was in the train watching my phone and this older guy comes up to me and starts going off on a 'kids these days!!' rant #he basically told me that i was BEGGING to get my ass beaten and my phone stolen and he wouldnt come console me when i cried abt it #me being used to this treatment from my grandma i just went ok. and put my phone away #and obviously that pissed the guy even more so he continued to rant until it was his stop #i wasnt too pissed because i was going to HAVE A BURGER!! but still. what?? #so i went to get that burger and wait for my mom so we can go to the farm #and the burger guy was extra niceys to me :) we joked around and stuff #AND THEN. scenario number two #i had my delicious burger and i was looking for a table when i saw two ladies sitting with and empty table next to them #and so i went! i was just about to sit down when a random lady SNATCHES the chair i was about to use #i was like WTF??? #the two old ladies saw this and instantly went like wtf are you ok??? and starting having a go at the random woman #she ofc in good karen fashion didnt care. so the ladies let me have one of the chairs so i could sit next to them #the woman decided to sit right in front of us and so we started shit talking her between us. it was very fun tbh #i was genuinely bummed at these interactions till i realized that there were lots of strangers that were niceys to me #and have me extra ketchup #anyway!! im off to see my dog now #love u

[jacqcrisis]

The face of a lizard grappling with the very real possibility the angry lady with the big sword could see exactly what he's thinking about instead of listening to 90% of the words she says.

#ronan: you can look into my head #but only the past ten minutes #dont look any farther #sometimes he's thinking how how irritating his armor is today #sometimes its opening his mouth and setting her on fire because she's insulting him in some fashion again #sometimes? sometimes it's a certain someones ass in their stupidly tight pants. #someone whos right over his shoulder #ronan has many thoughts and lae'zel is very confused and emotional right now #please dont do a stab to your cleric who keeps you alive and well #she already threatened him like three times in the past half hour. got very mad when he wouldnt kneel to her queen god lady #this was a fun quest #and ronan got the cool OP mace as a reward! #bg3

[daddyricsdoll]

#AHHHHHHH #HE LOOKS SO JUST 🫠🫠🫠 #I would love if he stood on me or put his hand around my neck or I just wanna touch his chest #I can’t speak but I can I just can’t explain this beautiful man #perfect is probably the word and I’ll use it #I just- Lewis you look stunning and you know what would he even better is if I was holding your hand in that photo #to be fucked by him on that car #all rough and then after he will be like are you all right bbg #I would fold #I already have! #he knows he is hot and he knows I can’t breathe looking at him through this phone of mine #technology is improving very quickly I should be able to touch him through my phone now! #let me hold him and let him grab me by my waist #can he lick me? #I would trace my fingers over each of his muscles and memorise each of his tattoos with my tongue #fuck me! I still can’t get over HIM #everything about him #and the fact he wears clothes! ones that look nice! #I have a deep love for fashion and Lewis so damn we should get married and age gaps are SO in #oh shit #isn’t he 38? #ummmm well I’ll make it work #just like he stretches me out #sir lewis hamilton #f1 #yes sir #lewis hamilton #i love lewis

[gailynovelry]

cries as we realize that we could have designed Navaeli’s pants to be fashioned out of a circle skirt instead of being a sirwal and it might have made a better silhouette.

#we just redid all the character designs so recently we are not redoing them again #but if we did . . . t‘would be tempting #see the thing is that we love historical fashion and also applying practical fashion knowledge to our designs #but we know so woefully little right now and we keep having to redesign things as we go “shit. New Thing Learned.” #New Thing Learned today is that circle skirts are very versatile and i can believe that Navaeli could have access to one #and would fashion it into pants with non-sewing techniques #did u know she and Atevia are the only HoR mains who can’t sew #Crislie got taught by her ma but also severely underestimates her own skills because she also compares hers to Ma #Gildhe is used to making / repairing clothes for them and their siblings #Mep does cursory patching & repair jobs on clothes that he likes and wants to keep wearing #like his lil’ green mantle! #he wants to keep that thing until its rags and then long after

[pansyfemme]

i just got official conformation of my autism less than five minutes ago and i am about to cry i think

#my therapist is very old fashioned so he called it ‘aspergers if aspergers was still a term’ #im just. mixed emotions #bc everyone knows and everyone knew and its not the first time someones said it to me but it feels so real this time #ive known i was autistic for six years now and its bittersweet knowing i was right #im supposed to feel good abt this and i do but not completly

[snowshinobi]

Kyojuro in alloaro flag colors for pride 💚🤍💛

#and for me <3 #this is my redemption arc. once upon a time i was like ''eh I don't get a-spec vibes from kyo'' but now I've thought him through. i get it. #demon slayer #kimestu no yaiba #Rengoku Kyojuro #Rengoku #listen. i know i keep giving him outfits that show way more skin than he ever does in canon #i do this 1. bc he's pretty and 2. bc i like to imagine he gets more comfy with his body over time and 3. dad fashion #the secret 4th reason is I'm going through some gender right now and the bare midriff + loose shirt combo is part of that #processing my stuff via my faves yes yes we've all heard it #why am i nervous to post this #OH the drink he's got is a sex on the beach bc i think im very very funny #forgot to put ice in it ... pretend the ice melted. that's it #image id in alt text #scars

[aberooski]

Been redesigning a lot of the wardrobe I concocted for the GX fantasyish au I did like 2/3 years ago since I'm trying to revise it and kinda revamp the like whole last half of it. I might let you guys see them soon, I dunno we'll see how I feel about it 🤔

#I'll tell you right now Bastion's look is probably my favorite #Alexis is also amazing as always #beware I am fashion over function that's just how my brain works leave me alone #very Final Fantasy/Fire Emblem: Awakening aesthetics going on across the board if I do say so myself 😌 #also Sy and Atty both get crowns and I'm very happy about it 😌 #really trying to think of a way to elevate Hassleberry's look a little more cuz literally all I did was take his shirt and his necklace off #contextually it makes sense for his look to be a little plainer/more modern #since they all live in different dimensions and his is more modern plus he was being experimented on by the military for 2 years #preceeding the events of the story of course #but in comparison to the rest of the group that I'm actually drawing this time he looks so plain and I feel bad 😭 #but I digress #still got work to do so we'll see #yugioh gx #yugioh gx fanfiction

[addelaidesupreme]

I'm watching a video essay about a game ive been interested in playing. The creator of the video, who has crossdressed multiple times, makes a "women arent funny" joke, and i suddenly realize ive never witnessed him acknowledge a woman in an uplifting way before.

I'm on a dating app for lgbt+ people. I've stated multiple times on my profile that i would rather lose an arm than recieve nudes without consent. I will be sent five dick pics for every 2 people i talk to that night.

I'm talking with my dad, who informs me he's been trying his best to learn about trans issues. He says the same things steven crowder brings up when trying to ridicule trans people. I gently but firmly correct my father and get told that ive been fed propaganda.

I'm on instagram, under the comments of a post ridiculing someone for being a misogynyst. Someone's left a comment saying "it must be hard being a woman on the internet" and i respond "it is." I will have every aspect of my appearance scrutinized as a reminder that no matter how well i pass, it will never be enough for someone with bad intentions.

I'm back on that dating app for lgbt+ people. I'm messaged by an attractive looking person, but i can see their partner prominently displayed in all but their main photo, oftentimes striking what im sure they thought was a very intimidating pose. Their bio says "looking for a third for our anniversary." I know that even if I did feel up to it, the gruff partner wouldnt approve of me because i don't pass.

I'm at a job interview for a clothing store. I tell the gracefully-dressed woman interviewing me that ever since i began my transition, i've discovered an interest in fashion, and that this job would allow me to dip my toes into the industry in a safe way. I'm told that i've reduced womanhood to a stereotype, and i can tell by her tone that i lost any chance at the job the minute she realized i was trans.

I'm at the same hospital i got facial feminization surgery in, trying to figure out what's wrong with my bowels. When the person behind the desk gives me a wristband with my patient info on it, i notice a single, lonely, letter M. I ask a nurse in private why it would say that despite me having changed it nearly a year prior. They say they have no clue, and bring in paperwork for me to fill out and have it re-changed again.

I'm living with my mom at the time. I'm new to transitioning, and decide to try my hand at voice training. It feels a bit off, but otherwise im feeling neutral toward the whole thing. I try speaking in this new voice to my mom and she laughs. Now, when people ask if i intend to voice train, i find speaking at all difficult for minutes after.

I didnt have some sort of grand message to convey by this. I just had a thought and then that thought spiralled into whatever the hell this became. Some, okay most, might call it complaining; they are right to do so.

#trans woman #trans pride #trans #lgbt #lgbtq #addies high thoughts #transgender #pre op mtf #post op mtf #mtf trans #mtf girl #mtf hrt #trans hrt #hrt #trans rights #transmysogyny

[lusalemaart]

#dont know what version of this i liked the best doesnt matter ayayayayaay #I look to the heavens and my poor spirit guide looks down on me in this fashion and something tells me #that the last time i saw him in the 'flesh' over on the other side he likely wasnt wearing tiger stripe coats and probs didnt have green #hair but he does now and like. woops. sorry bro. hey in my defense ive asked him on multiple occasions if its all right for me to do that #and he said he doesnt care he said whatever makes me the most comfortable in a very vivid dream #GOD why is he so cool. swag master actually. why is my guy so COOL I CANT EVEN FATHOM IT. i digress #fk #c-cfk #....can i fucking help you? #M FK

[loverboybitch]

two favourite things i saw while picking today : ) really enjoying buying for a store its a lot of fun.//.

#uploads #fashion #imjustsittinghere #genuinely just like having a very cool job that i enjoy doing and am interested in is so cool and awesome #like learning a new skill that i actually just wanted to learn anyway and getting paid for it like this rules #and i love looking at clothes all day thats what i spend a huge chunk of my spare time doing anyway #and i get to buy them and its like not even my money like sure i dont get to keep (all of) them but im such a girl who likes to curate #i just really enjoy it #and i do get to keep some of them!!!! the one of the left is mine now : ) one on the right isnt actually very vintage its just a cute print #the fox jersey is SO sick though holy..the guy who picks through everything before we get to check it saw me with it and was like #wtf what bin did u get that from and then went and showed it to the guy who did that bin and was like u shouldnt have let this through #then he brought it back and was like u can keep it tho this ur freebie : ) #also picked a harris tweed blazer today :0 i knew it was somethin special and i googled it when i got home and yeah fr #anyway!!! get to pick every tuesday now its awesome #prolly gonna post my favourite things from each day cause its fun and theres been a few the last couple times that ive really liked #not even necessarily cool for me like theres some stuff i see im like thats awesome i know someones gonna love that <3

[nonasuch]

IT IS TIME: Miss Universe National Costume 2023

it's here! the Met Gala for people who actually understand what camp is!

yes I'm like 3 months late, but I sat down and watched the damn thing. I put up with the horrible little rhyming couplets for each contestant so you don't have to. and without further ado:

Albania: Starting off very Victoria’s Secret this year! Apparently it’s gold for important symbolism reasons, not just because everything in this competition is blinged out to within an inch of its life. The wings do look nice in motion!

Angola has a good balance of bling, actual cultural dress, and oh hey it has surprise bonus art on the back! That will be a theme this year.

Argentina: Why is there a guy in a hat right down at the bottom edge of her cape. He looks like he’s staring at her butt. How does this represent their flag.

Aruba: This is fine. I like the coral. She thinks climate change is bad. Her parrot is clearly way too heavy to hold up and it wobbles like crazy in motion.

Australia: This is now multiple years in a row that Australia has just worn a fucking prom dress. It’s got native wildflowers on. You could have made this exact same dress with a Great Barrier Reef theme and I would have liked it 80% more.

Bahamas: This costume is allegedly based on a 19th-century doll from the Bahamas “world famous straw market,” which is already bullshit; I googled “bahamas straw market antique doll” and like. they both have big skirts? I guess? Anyway now I’m too distracted by the way she has a hoop skirt awkwardly jammed under there and hiked up on one side. Minus ten for poor construction.

Bahrain's theme is “Bahrain’s pearl heritage,” which like. I guess? The headdress and yoke are pretty. Put more pearls on the actual outfit. Kudos for getting to wear pants.

Belgium: Girl. No. Why is your theme “Latin dance” and why are you wearing a spangly cocktail dress with a totally unrelated piece of fabric fluttering behind it? (Apparently the fabric was designed by a member of Belgium’s royal family? Who is a fashion designer? This is what nepotism gets you.)

Bolivia saw Aruba’s parrot and was like, I can do that better. And she was right! It’s way less wobbly and the costume as a whole does work better. Also made from recycled materials, so we’ll see if that’s a theme again this year. The back of the cape is nice too.

Sadly, Bolivia's parrot supremacy was short-lived, because Brazil was like, bitch please. I see your sad little parrots and raise you FOUR giant parrots, and also the shoulder parrots are articulated and can turn their heads back and forth. I think Brazil wins the parrot competition that only she knew she was in.

#miss universe national costume

[jayhnsl]

The A.S.S trio remastered. This time, i wanted to add some details about the designs that cannot be fully appreciated. And some hc's.

Abigail:

- 22 y.o

- has a secret tattoo.

- Emily gave her an undercut, but you can only see it if her hair is tied up.

- she still has her blue bow, but it's tied very at the end of her hair (like a mini ponytail.)

- did her piercings herself.

- her aesthetic wants to resemble both, Seb and Sam, but still being her own.

- she was probably into Haley at some point. But as she got to know her better, she lost interest.

- adopted a stray black cat, which lives secretly in her room.

- she ripped her leggings on purpose.

- very into goth music and fashion.

- Rasmodious secretly gave her her sword. But she never knew it was him.

- sarcastic, a little passive-aggressive, and competitive.

- has dark humor, she likes to tease Sam that she will use him as a sacrifice one day.

Sebastian:

- 24 y.o

- has a bracelet with a small toad charm on it.

- has a tattoo on his arm, but it's rarely seen (since he never takes off his sweatshirt.)

- smells like motorcycle oil almost all the time.

- he's wearing socks with cute frogs on them right now.

- probably wears glasses from spending so much time on the screen.

- paints his nails with black marker when he's bored.

- probably the most mature of the group.

- hella shy.

Sam:

- 24 y.o

- hyperactive asf.

- has many skate bruises and scars (like the ones on his face.)

- his skate tricks never go his way. His clothes are always dirty and torn because of this.

- Jodi gets tired of getting him new clothes or sewing up the broken ones, letting him walk with what he has (he doesn't mind at all.)

- very talkative, outgoing, and sloppy.

- the golden retriever of the group.

- smells like deodorant. Too much deodorant.

- Mikey from TMNT personality.

- He probably tried to integrate Alex into the group sometime, but for reasons, he couldn't.

- gets very invested in whatever catches his attention.

- fingerguns to flirt.

#stardew valley #stardew valley fanart #stardew abigail #stardew sebastian #stardew sam #sdv abigail #sdv sebastian #sdv sam #artwork #sketch #art dump #doodle #my art #character design #concept art #redesign #sdv fanart