#national dates

[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)

[petricorah]

🍃 couldn't decide on which of jin's hairstyles i liked best so i combined them [id in alt]

#zuko #zuko fanart #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar the last airbender #avatar fanart #atla #jin avatar #zuko x jin #look yall know i love zukka and i love mai and zuko but jin will always have a soft spot in my heart #i never read the comics and have no intention of doing so but heard that mai broke up with him? and if he can't be with mai i do think it #would be endearing to have him be with jin. and b funny for her to suddenly have the firelord show up at her door step asking for a date #and that he could have a connection to where iroh spends his time and split time between there and the fire nation capital #she continues to call him lee #edit: in the show she wears her hair in braids one time and the a ponytail the second time and i combined them for this

[ancientsstudies]

The most beautiful is to see the joy in your eyes.

ig credit: danielapardor.

#museum collections #museum aesthetic #national museum #museum #art #date #coffee #coffetime #coffee aesthetic #alternative #aesthetic #dark academia #dark academic aesthetic #dark aesthetic #aestheitcs #dark #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia

[s0up1ta]

my favorite girlboss and her skrunkly bf finally getting the happiness they deserve

#and then they went on a date and the credits rolled and life was good and everything was perfect #please for the love of god let them be happy dana #they deserve to be happy #this is now canon. #come get your daily dose of huntlow content toh nation #huntlow #winter #willow park #hunter noceda #toh hunter #toh willow #the owl house #toh #toh fanart #toh s3 #s0up1tart

[pyriteparasite]

Valentines art !!! Friend gave me idea for the drawing and said friend also said Valentines was on a FRIDAY so I had to rush it a little

#Aquarium date in the timeroom... #Was gonna make a doodle of scarab talking abt the fish and prismo falling asleep #But got lazy srry pwish nation #prohibitedwish #prohibited wish #fanart #viral #doodle #adventure time #adventure time fanart #prismo fionna and cake #prismo adventure time #fionna and cake fanart #prismo the wishmaster #scarab fanart #scarab fionna and cake #prismo x scarab #scarab the god auditor #scarab adventure time #the scarab #valentines day #valentines day art #scarab x prismo

[jarchaeology]

when i first started this blog i got an anon saying that i shouldn’t tag jensen in my finds because it was unfair to embarrass him.

anyway, i wonder if that anon came from one of the twitter people who repost my finds without credit and get 20k views on “never before seen” pictures.

#if you’ve been here since the start you know that credit isn’t normally something i stress over #cause i didn’t photograph the stuff and it’s not art that i’ve lovingly crafted #BUT it does irritate me a bit when it’s something that i spent stupid amounts of time and energy and often money to find #do i need credit no but does it annoy me when someone writes that it’s a never been seen before picture and it’s something i dug up #yeah it does when i’m feeling pissy #1. well these are in national newspapers so technically they’ve been seen before by a large number of people #2. if you’re that up to date on the extant young jensen photos to know that it’s newly unearthed did you think maybe someone #did the work to find it? #i don’t care if you’re just sharing photos casually but a full time jensen account just hits different #ps i only care about this when i’m in a bad mood so i’ll go back to not caring and enjoying making shit available to everyone

[abogwitchnamedsage]

#solomon nation we had a FEAST #also Thirteen my beloved… #a family can be a stupid human an immortal sorcerer and a pretty reaper #obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #omnb #omnb spoilers #obey me spoilers #om! nightbringer #obey me solomon #obey me thirteen

[subject-cultural-note-chance]

#fnaf au #national coming out day #princess bride #jennie icons #hualian #martin garrix #small business #witchery #song joong ki #date #jane birkin #fate grand order

[life-entire-community-follow]

https://emily-130.mxtkh.fun/v/Ld7Npw4

#red queen #mini skirts #harley x ivy #salad #national coming out day #hualian #small business #song joong ki #date #jane birkin #seungkwan

[religious-food-possible]

https://tracy-792.mxtkh.fun/ko/wZvy2ps

#introvert #mini skirts #harley x ivy #salad #national coming out day #jennie icons #martin garrix #witchery #nymph aesthetic #date #jude law #jane birkin #inej ghafa #fate grand order #gwen stacy

[pokemon1oadvanced]

I want Buddies first date to be them going go karting. Does it still count as a date if they bring Christopher? Buck was just so excited to take Eddie like let them go😭

#911 #911 abc #buddie #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buck x eddie #buckley diaz family #911 7x04 #911 season 7 #911 season seven #christopher is a national treasure #christopher diaz #buck and eddie first date

[witheredbouquet]

why did he do that....

(from the [TGS 2016] Persona 5 Seiyuu Talkshow)

#persona #persona 5 #persona 5 fanart #fanart #my art #joker persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 seiyuu talkshow #mona persona 5 #the first thing i've drawn this year oops #i would love to know what was going on in fukuyama's head right at this moment HAHA #also happy birthday adachi + 2/2 japan time shuake nation + p3 reload release date gotta cover all my bases yippee #just realized that i could've drawn p5 beta akechi holding up mascot mona as a companion piece...a missed opportunity

[fiepige]

feel like there is a connection (wishful thinking) between “we don’t pick the ballroom we just dance” and “i’ll do it but not because you told me to” lol

Ooohh yeah I see it! Thank you so much for the suggestion anon! <3

Without further ado, have some more Noirpunk GIFs!

Noir and Hobie both being little shits (affectionate <3) when being told what to do!

BONUS:

I couldn't decide if I wanted to make 2 long GIFs where the dialogue is connected, or 4 shorter ones where it's split up, so I did both lol

(Once again thank you for the suggestion anon! This was such a good idea! We need as many noirpunk GIFs as we can get lol!)

If you, or anyone else, have more suggestions for noirpunk GIFs (or spiderverse GIFs in general) my inbox is always open! <3

#I went through 3 different video editors before I found one where I could make videos with differently coloured subs without a watermark lol #making the subtitles is what took the longest but now I know what to do in the future so I'm glad I figured it out! #this is now an official collab by the noirpunk nation to make as many noirpunk gifs as possible! #no matter how big the reach lol #can't wait for btsv where it's confirmed they've been dating all along #peter benjamin parker #spider man noir #hobie brown #spider punk #noirpunk #gonna tag the other characters too: #peter b parker #miles morales #gwen stacy #pavitr prabhakar #spider ham #peni parker #may parker #into the spider verse #itsv #across the spider verse #atsv #spiderverse #my post #my GIF #my GIFs #ask

[lovethathookhausen730]

This shot is fucking beautiful and he is fucking beautiful I would imagine having a snow date with him that'll be magical

#hook aew #tyler senerchia #send hook #aew hook #hook nation rise #tyler cole senerchia #730 hook #imagine a snow date with him #he's a pizza lover #knowing he don't like pineapple on pizza #hes so dreamy

[sleepyorchidmonster]

Once upon a time, NRC's Board Game Club decided to organize a chess competition. Thanks to Azul's marketing genius, the event became really popular, with plenty of students from outside the club participating.

However, due to an accident (Floyd was bored and Grim annoyed him, everything is now on fire), most of the club's chess sets were destroyed. To solve the problem, contestants were encouraged to bring one of their personal sets.

This idea made for an ecletic set up, especially since most students are crazy rich. Idia brought the set Leona gave him for his birthday, Malleus found an old heirloom from Briar Valley, Kalim isn't even a competitor, but he still got a set made of solid gold and encrusted with precious gems from the Scarabia storage room, and so on... (Cater took a bunch of pictures of all the different styles).

In an effort to make up for Grim's mishap, Adeuce also decided to help, remembering that Heartslabyul has a room filled with different games that students often used.

There were dozens of chess sets, but they just HAD to choose the pretty one atop of a pedestal, with a sign saying "NO!!" in bold letters (in their defense, Heartslabyul is nonsensical, also they were in a competition with Sebek and that was the best set).

A few days later, right before the event, the game club students began to organize the space for the matches.

Only for the Heartslabyul set to come to life and start fighting people, that is...

Apparently, the Queen of Hearts left a small contingent of her best soldiers to protect the school, just in case. Hidden as a deck of cards and a chess set, those soldiers can be summoned by simply opening their cases/boxes, though they shall only answer to the Heartslabyul housewarden.

She also forgot to tell anyone else about the plan, trusting that a single rule of "When in trouble, get the chess set or the playing cards" would suffice.

So now we have a bunch of gigantic marble statues wandering around campus, looking for hostile forces or their leader...

After a few fights, a statue crashing a dormhead meeting and kidnapping Riddle, and plenty of discussion, the students FINALLY manage to calm the statued down, explaining how it was all a misunderstanding.

All's well that ends well, but now the chess pieces want to watch the actuall chess matches.... something about wanting to know the prowess of great warriors and future leaders...

And that is how we get an chess event in twst, with a few extra cards and special outfits, since this just became a formal event, what with the piqued interest of a bunch of ancient royal guards.

The main event cards would be Leona, Idia, Azul, Malleus, Lillia and Jamil, since they're the actual contestants for the competition, while Riddle also gets an SSR, since he is supervising the gigantic chess soldiers, in a role similar to the Queen of Hearts.

Since the statues insisted on participating in the competition's finale, the last match is held in the school's Coliseum, with a cute twstune to wrap things up.

Then the victor gets crowned and the chess pieces leave.

#the chaos actually helped. since malleus would've missed the date of the competition... #the soldiers remember lillia #the card outfits were designed by Crewel #the chess soldiers thought this could be a diplomatic event to strenghten ties between nations. also they were bored #the “riddle kidnapping incident” wasn't even a kidnapping #the statue took like four steps before getting collared by Riddle and attacked by the other dormheads #adeuce had to act as referees as punishment #twst #riddle rosehearts #leona kigscholar #idia shroud #azul ashengrotto #floyd leech #kalim al asim #malleus draconia #lillia vanrouge #jamil viper #after that whole mess is over the students made the executive decision to revise all the queen's rules #just to check if there are any other surprises #deuce spade #ace trappola #cater diamond #sebek zigvolt

[mmemirrorball]

they are so cute I can’t 😭❤️🫶

#dating the boy on the football team #i’m throwing up #/pos #taylor swift #swifties #taylor nation #taylors version #tayvis #taylor swift travis kelce #travis kelce #tswiftnation #the eras tour #ts eras tour #swifty #her smile #she’s glowing