#of the ordinary. bitch.

[neomedievalist]

Franz Kline, Cupola. 1958-1960.

Franz Kline once claimed that he painted not just what he saw, but rather "the feelings aroused in [him] by that looking." Though this work might appear to be the result of a spontaneous outburst, Kline began by projecting a small drawing onto the large canvas, then placed a second drawing over top and repeated the process. He kept revising the painting for two years, aiming not only to depect the movement, agitation, and even violence of the modern city, but to be a part of it.

#data #now that im done ranting abt how much i hate toronto. well i was there to see the art gallery #if youll allow me a bit of pretentiousness for a second. lol #this painting is absolutely incredible. i cant even describe the feeling when i first saw it #it drowns out everything else in the room. it commands your attention completely #it knocked the breath out of me #i know to people who dont like modern art i sound like such a hack rn lol. to them i say: die perhaps. why dont you appreciate something out #of the ordinary. bitch. #why dont you watch the youtube video who's afraid of modern art then maybe youll calm down #flavour text is from the description next to the painting btw

[aherdofbees]

#TFW that bitch wears the GOLDEN chausible even though its clearly the seventh sunday of ordinary time #bev keane #samantha sloyan #midnight mass #inktober #inktober 2023 #inktober day 6 #golden #it counts because i say so #drawing #illustration #art #fan art

[smallest-moon]

the mangaka, reviewers, commenters and literally everyone else on planet earth: this a parody, just a silly little manga/anime. it doesnt take itself seriously so neither should you! it's a fun manga/anime but nothing too special either, i will now move on with my life :)

me, overthinking about tachibana and his gender. does he still sees himself as a man or as a woman? or both? or neither??? does he like his older body more or this one? he looks pretty comfortable with his current body does he feel any type of dysphoria at all? what about jinguuji??? he loves and accepts tachibana and cares only that tachibana is his best friend and doesnt want to lose him. will they end up together regardless of tachibana's gender and body? please god they love each other so muc-:

#fabiniku #fantasy bishoujo juniku ojisan to #life with an ordinary guy who reincarnated into a total fantasy knockout #im so normal about this you guys #anywayssssss #gonna start the manga like tomorrow or something because fuck me these bitches caught my dumb of ass heart #please someone tell me yall feel the same about them please i feel insane

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

I see your tags on the Wocky and Alita art, I would love to hear your thoughts on Alita actually!

I only need one person to show interest in what I have to say for me to talk forever and ever, thank you. HAHA Okay, in seriousness, this won't be as thorough/long as the Klavier post because... there really isn't much to her, but I find it extremely interesting how Alita falls into the same category of witnesses as April May and Dahlia without being — and I mean no offence to her when I say this — stunning? Like, with April and Dahlia, there's a very clear mass appeal to them which most people point out. Contrariwise, Alita's appearance is really only commented on by Trucy, and just glancing at her portrait, you can see that, without her slightly outlandish fashion, she's frankly nothing to write home about.

So why am I discussing this? Surely it's a little reductive to analyse female characters beginning with their appearances? Usually, yes, but that's the thing about this category of witnesses: their pretty faces aren't just pretty faces.

For April and Dahlia, their beauty is part of their arsenal. It functions as both their defence and their weapon of choice; they know how to wield it to bring people under their heel. Alita being ordinarily pretty instead of drop-dead gorgeous deprives her of that weapon and leads you to wonder how she became a mafia heiress to begin with. It also parallels her to Mimi Miney in a way that goes beyond the 'murderous nurse who worked for and killed her awful boss' comparison you get on the surface. Presumably, Alita, like Mimi, only got to where she was because she managed to fool the people around her into believing she was less dangerous than she actually is. Mimi did this by feigning stupidity and inviting people to underestimate her. Alita seems to do this by showing them what they want to see.

When she first meets Apollo and Trucy, Alita stays quiet and spends more time listening to them than she does talking. Once she has a hold on who they are, then she slips into her persona, and I find it interesting how she doesn't even attempt to come across as particularly delicate or lovelorn? Instead she goes for the relatively typical role of a distressed, indulgent loved one earnestly entreating Apollo for help. I'm inclined to say she does this because her read on Apollo makes her realise that he'd likely be exasperated or annoyed by such a person; but it's also almost as if she knows she doesn't have the disposition to pull off that frail, damsel-in-distress archetype and has resigned herself to being ordinary. Like how she looks. The next time she has to reapply her persona, Alita's appearing in court, and again she makes subtle adjustments that best suit her situation. The judge is old, so she takes a chance on expressing her dedication as a wife while balancing her dedication as a righteous citizen, which works. But oddly enough, despite her successes, I don't think Alita is actually good? At donning disguises? Everyone I've seen discuss this case has been able to guess almost immediately that she's the culprit, and maybe we're just prepped by past characters like her that have appeared, but I don't think she's even that convincing in the game.

Both the identities she assumes are risky manoeuvres that happen to fall in her favour, and she's not particularly dedicated to maintaining the front. When she asks Apollo to be Wocky's defence, she admits that marrying him is largely a chance at a more exciting life than some great love story; Plum Kitaki straight up says that there's a darkness in Alita she doesn't like, despite how docile Alita behaves in front of her; and Wocky has moments where he slips up and calls her things like, "imposter" and "fallen angel", implying that at least subconsciously, he knows she's not what she makes herself out to be. Even her general mannerisms don't greatly differ between her actual self and the mask who's blunt her claws — nothing is ever overtly coy or cutesy — and when Apollo brings up the fact she was Wocky's nurse, she drops the facade almost immediately. There's no waffling, no, "Whatever do you mean?"s or, "You're scaring me"s, just the statement, "I don't know what you mean by 'meaning', Mr. Justice!" delivered in a sudden cool, frosted steeliness.

And I think that steel is what really makes her different.

See, the other women are all driven to crime by some defining trait in themselves caused by their circumstances. For Dahlia, it's her desperate need to be free of the Fey clan; for Mimi, it's grief over her sister's unjust death; and for April, it's her fear of Redd White. You don't really get that with Alita. Instead of there being something dark in her life that leads her down this path, she just seems... tired. Tired of being "pretty enough" but not "gorgeous", tired of being the obedient nurse to the corrupt doctor, tired of being ordinary. There's no predatory external force pushing her into a corner, there's no abusive family beliefs pinning her down. There's just an ordinary life, lived dull and ordinarily, and she had had enough. So what does this girl, who's tired and ordinary in every way except the steel that lines her spine, do to get out of this?

She gambles.

Marrying into the mafia was a gamble, seeking Apollo as council was a gamble, shooting Dr. Meraktis was a gamble. Every decision she's made since she met Wocky has been a series of high-stakes gambles that leave her life on the line all so she won't be second-best anymore. This time, she was going to be the one on top. No matter what.

... And I'm sorry for loving evil women, but girlboss?? Girlboss???

I've heard people say they're disappointed that her "breakdown" is just an extension of her usual damage sprite, but it's honestly one of my favourite "breakdowns" in the series ever? Just because it isn't really one? Everything Alita has done up till now has been reckless, calculated risk, of course being convicted for murder is no different than losing in any other aspect of her life. Of course you're not going to get more than her damaged sprite, because this doesn't warrant a more dramatic reaction. She's lived this whole time knowing it could all come crashing down around her, and it finally did.

She made a bad bet. You caught her. Oh well.

The frosted girl of steel, standing tall to the very end. It's kind of sad that, even after all that, she's still seen as only second-best, incomparable to mimi, dahlia or any of the other women who've stood in her place.

#alita tiala #ace attorney apollo justice #my inability to shut up has made me liar again 😔 it's not thorough but it is long. #i know it's weird that me saying she's more than what she seems is essentially me pointing out how flat she is compared to everyone else #(no tragic backstory or deeper hidden motive) #but i cant help it!! i think the evilness is sexy!!! like people love to make dahlia out as this heartless bitch but she's really not. #she's traumatised and lashing out. but alita? alita with her nerves of steel boredom with her ordinary life and raw selfishness pushing her #to take more and more and more??? alita is your girl for that. im sorry for loving evil women but god. she makes me so giddy. the lengths #she's willing to go to just to stand above everyone for once in her life is so... god!!!!!! im sorry. she makes my heart flutter. #kristoph wishes he had half her resolve and idgaf attitude #asks for the notebook #thank you for the ask omg. i forgot to say that. it was so much fun to answer and i hope you got something out of it 💗♥️💖💘💓💞💕💝💓💗💖

[bareums]

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) || Ep 1

#extraordinary attorney woo #udeokmis #userpinenut #kdramadaily #kdramaedit #my gifs #bareums #used a different method than usual bc im so enchanted by how @mostlyfate is giffing this #anyway #i like the acknowledgement #that she IS different bc she's autistic and that's not something that has to be ignored #it's not bad or wrong or something she's not acutely aware of #nor is it a fact that offends her #just a reality #it's also a little cheeky on her part lol #like yeah bitch. im not ordinary. you'll eat my dust #wow she has my whole heart <3

[unclekaz]

listen i'll spitroast springtrap playlists because all of those have the worst songs on earth, but if you have bubblegum bitch on yours? i can't say a damn thing. if he's your miss pink liquor lips i can't dispute that. i might think he's a bigger fan of different genres but if he's your bubblegum bitch... i'll be honest with you. i respect that.

#i'll spitroast your songs all day #melanie martinez #sub urban #my ordinary life... #they all fuckin SUCK for springtrap. #but i just can't dispute if he's your bubblegum bitch. #springtrap #fnaf #fnaf fandom #fnaf springtrap #five nights at freddy's #husband material

[thrushppelt]

fireheart :3

#i havent gotten the chance to digitally paint in SO LONG #art #firestar #i love him being somali or angora (?) but like. let htis bitch be ordinary!! #profic warrior cats #speedpaint on my twatter

[spocksgotemotions]

one of the mom’s at my job was apparently very upset today because her two year old was bitten by another two year old (insanity I know) while they were fighting over toys. And it’s like yeah ma’am, I get it. But it didn’t break the skin or leave a mark, and again, they’re two. Like I get bitten like every other day, and do I complain? No! I got good at dodging AJ’s teeth

#captain’s own #dumb bitch hours #she was demanding to know which kid it was #which we’re not supposed to tell them for obvious reasons #and she was like “he said a boy hit him a few weeks ago I wanna see if it’s the same kid” which A) it wasn’t #and B) YOUR BOY HITS TOO TF. Like I love that kid I adore all of my kids at work #but he hits with very little provocation and cries if someone looks at him the wrong way #OH AND C) even IF I COULD tell you and it WAS the same boy WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? #you gonna fight a two year old when you’re a grown pregnant woman? #parents really act like their kids are being bullied when hitting is normal behavior for a two year old #especially when that two year old is in the same small cramped room with the same 9 other two year olds for 8-12 hours #They’re supposed to stop biting around this age but like it’s still not out of the ordinary you know?

[cockyroaches]

My fucking. Stupid ass cat has decided to reach into the space between my headboard and the wall at 11pm and it's driving me absolutely insane.

So now it's just me and the tiny baby spray bottle I bought for my snail reaching under there whenever I feel a thump to bother him into letting me SLEEP

#ftr there's no bugs or anything out of the ordinary that i could see #hes just fucking stupid #like theres plushies sticking out maybe but those have been there from day 1 idk what his issue is 😒 #bitch mantis #thank god i have Something to spray him with hes really bothering me

[mejomonster]

I haven't seen the new episodes yet. But from what I can gather this show is wish fulfillment and I'm quite excited that from what I've heard so far the plot is going like. The Most ideal way i would have hoped for it to be written

#lb #mysterious lotus casebook #like? oh yeah i can tell its Love and Redemption screenwriter or i wouldnt be SO satisfied #like 1. murder mystery cases check 2. natural scenery check. 3. cheng yi getting to do comedy check. 4. clingy young man with a shizun crush #whos a clingy bitch <3 check 5. clingy ex rival enemy whos obsessed with li lianhua living check #6. enough *bromance you could just use it as the dangai/danmei of the summer tbh (check check check) #7. themes about growing up about illness about trauma about whats right versus easy right versus normal check #8. wedding dress check. 9. my boy ye baiyi who usually plays a villain... pitentially playing one again CHECK #10 a sexy evil lady <3 check 11 the plot valuing sharing emotions as Strength over physical strength (huge check. lead protagonist #is ordinary. his biggest hurdle is facing his regrets and wanting to die and choosing to keep going) #12 moving lotus tower = howls moving castle CHECK #13 cute dog!!! (and not cgi dog like so many cdramas lol) #14 instead of fighting yr rival you move in with him and take care of him mutually <3 check #just like. excellent exceplent all around #oh and for me bonus: case of the week plots with character arcs as the other half of the episode writing #which i find is a much easier structure to watch on and off (like Guardian Torchwood Buffy etc) #also the show recaps the last scene at the start of the new episode. which again is great for making #things easier to remember

[soldier-poet-king]

Ik ik like every boring sensible perosn with a rich inner life is like. I wanna go apeshit! I'm tired of being boring and sensible! I'm tired of missing the youthful freedom and recklessness and fun that I never got to have because of a mix of external pressures and/or mental illness and/or natural disposition taken too far. I KNOW I'm not special in this regard and YET! No one has ever felt as insane and like two different people all at once as I have

#franposting #i am done all my work tasks with hOurs left in the day #so get ready to suffer me :) #u know when ur fracturing???? #do not think of your unlived lives. do not think of ur unlived lives. #they don't exist. carefree joyously reckless you does not exist. you are boring and sensible #by disposition and anxiety and childhood traumatic familial dysfunction #and your brain is done developing. ur just like this now. learn to live ur boring ordinary life #and stop pining after everyday adventure. that in all reality would probably give you an anxious stomachache #you dumb fuckin bitch #i need to go homeeee and distract myself with my silly boring little activities #and YET #im here for at least another 2 hrs #i also need to make that minestrone before my veggies go bad but tbh i am just. so exhausted. and physically achey #and im NEVER HOME ALONE i hate sharing my cooking space

[virgincognito]

guys my skin is RAPIDLY clearing up after two weeks of no coffee and putting all them actives DOWN

#i use ordinary glygolic acid and sunscreen and thats it #and bitch!!!!!! #me

[toxooz]

me watching a mf explain to me that me being able to grow thickass black chin and neck hair better than most high school boys is just ‘’’unlucky genetics’’’ and its only more visible bc i have brown hair since apparently im just the direct descendant of the fucking bearded lady 

#despite it being one of the central reasons i even bothered to get to the bottom of this PCOS bullshit HAAA #im dead srs abt pcos literally just being the ordinary werewolf disease bc the hair?? the deep voice?? the inescapable fits of rage the we #ek before?? my fucked up canines are not helping my cause #like my brother in christ i just want to be able to go month to month without the raging desire to die and being extremely unreasonably a #ngry for 1 week i assure u im not being a drama queen over ''''being a hairy girl'''' this shit aint nATURAL #granted the rage is probably the Crazy Bitch Disease that clearly runs in my family but MORE THAN USUAL #anyway ig the good news is they gave me birth control so hopefully ill get better #if i get worse and start fighting online tell me to change my prescription💖 #but srsly im glad i finally got Something and it should help with the scary mindsets and hair allegedly #plus not being pregnant so 3 in 1 baybay!!!!! #anyway im going to try my damnedest to get this comic posted by friday so im gunna not answer asks atm to save time 🐺👌

[boethiahsboytoy]

I need to make my OCs WEIRDER!!!!!!!!

#i'm miraak and you're watching disney channel #esp vulon vyrthaal and jo'safiir #like vyrthaal died and came back Different he should Not seem like an ordinary kid #jo'safiir is a demiprince that spent months in apocrypha letting it affect him gleefully #vulon is . whatever's going on with it . #these bitches need to be freakier is all im saying

[kotoyin]

Under one arm; a bulging folder of stickers of every shape, size and level of holographic-ness.  Under the other; Coconut Creams, teleporting exeggutor.  In her pocket; a list containing the names, addresses and frequent haunts of almost everyone she knows.

“The joke is that you think you can stop me.”

#❥ 《 STATUS 》 show ’em you’re not the ordinary type. #i am going to play video games for a bit #after that it's all over for u bitches #everyone say thank u to nami for the lovely art too pls

[the-dragonlich]

There is a book I am desperately trying to think of and I am so pissed I forgot both the name and the author because it was one of the books that I read that left a genuine impress on me as a kid

#ramblings #I’m not exactly sure if I could say what sort of impact it had on me but I do feel it was of the things that shaped #me in some way or another #both because it was a out of my ordinary anthropomorphic animal books #and in general was just one of the very few contemporary books I read because I mostly stuck to fantasy #I’m not sure if I’m ever actually going to find it again because the records of me ordering it from the library lost on me at this point #it was like at least 7 years ago so not surprising #I really wish I had the focus to fucking read anymore in general #I fucking loved reading so much as a kid but now I can barely bring myself to finish a page even though I am interested in the premise #is it just ADHD bs and even though I’m interested I’m not interested enough to give the brain enough dopamine #I really need to get medicated maybe then I could start doing at least a chapter a day and ease myself into it #like when I first started reading big chapter books as a little kid #maybe I should try reading the Reckless series again because looking back on it that series was likely aimed at adults #and little 12 year old me got a hold of it because it was in the fantasy genre #where was going with this? #⬅️ bitch who is unmedicated