#revisioning history

[furiousgoldfish]

You try to confront an abuser about some heinous shit they did and they'll be angry that you REMEMBERED it. Like it's your fault for forgetting to follow the secret code of "if it makes me look bad it didn't happen".

#abusers #abusive behaviour #psychological abuse #revisioning history #to edit their own social image #gross behaviour

[mikereads]

I repeat for the third and final time. It’s the same scene!!!

#yet Spirk is still more romantic #spirk #spirk is canon #space husbands #uhura x scotty #Captain Kirk #Spock #spock x kirk #Star Trek #Star Trek tos #star trek the motion picture #spirk endgame #lets ignore any reboots or remakes #this is real this is canon #no millennial self insert fan fic bs that revise history and changes the og show for no reason whatsoever

[mythologyofblue]

“History isn’t a tale told once. It’s a series of revisions.” -Victor LaValle 

#Victor LaValle #quote #history #revisions

[sir-adamus]

the internet has made being a rwby fan fucking unbearable

fans can't even post fanart without shitheads coming in to insult them (and then the show)

fuck, Ein Lee (who did a lot of concept art and posters for the show) did some designs for a game that came out recently and i just saw some clown whining that "rwby artists ruin everything cos it's Bad"

can't go on youtube, there's an obsessive community of pathetic losers who have dedicated obscene amounts of time to tearing down the show (and even a lot of the commentary youtubers for the show who aren't hating on it have still turned out to be enormous assholes). and on the occasion you do find something positive that someone put a lot of work into, you'll always find these same assholes in the comments regurgitating the same bad faith arguments towards a show they've never given a fair chance

there's nowhere you can fucking go on the internet to block out these shrill, wheedling voices that are desperate for attention who need to prove how much of a big boy they are by regurgitating a bullshit opinion from someone who clearly wasn't paying attention and/or fucking lying

#rwb/y #i'm fucking sick of it #all this for a fucking webshow #and don't fucking get at me about the 'it was fine before Monty died' because these cunts were insulting it then too #they can try and revise history as much as they like but the show has always been subject to bad faith teardowns

[maryoliverdotcom]

feeling so proud of myself. like yes girl you wrote full-blown smut under the table in history class

#do NOT worry about my education i go home and revise everything dutifully #BUT #smut comes first. always #also i hate the history teacher so i did it mainly to spite her

[astriiformes]

I have genuinely liked all my classes this spring, and they've generally played to my strengths as a student (good at writing) but I have to say. Having four decent-length term papers due at the end of the semester is seriously killing my will to, like, exist

#rough drafts for two out of the four have been turned in but they both still need some revision #and thinking about the other two is. well #i still have not written the abstract that was due today for my medieval history paper #which is how you know things are truly dire because usually writing about medieval jewish science would be easy and exciting for me #anyways. i'll live. but oof

[transitofmercury]

KATHERINE AND PULITZER - UNTIL ONE OF YOU FORGETS

The Return of the Prodigal Son - Eric Rimmington // The Average Fourth Grader Is a Better Poet Than You (and Me Too) - Hannah Gamble // East, West - Salman Rushdie // Newsies Script - Harvey Fierstein // Watch What Happens - Newsies // Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong - Ocean Vuong // Steve Blanchard and Kara Lindsay as Pulitzer and Katherine in Newsies // Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power - James McGrath Morris // Under the Burden of Misery - Teodor Axentowicz // Folding a Five-Cornered Star So the Corners Meet - Li-Young Lee // A Portrait of Maya Angelou - Maya Angelou speaking to Bill Moyers

#i made this instead of studying #i kept being like 'i'm just taking a break to enjoy fun history I'll revise boring russia history in a minute' and now it's half 11 #if i fail my alevels what then #anyway welcome to the most recent edition of me taking fictional father-daughter relationships in silly historical media way too seriously #WAY TOO SERIOUSLY #i don't want to explain this one either it's a classic this is for me but you can look at it too kinda post #one day ill find a reason to use the ivan the terrible and his son painting in one of these #HIS SON'S OUTFIT IS THE SAME COLOUR AS KATH'S ORANGEY PINKY DRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #katherine plumber pulitzer my beloved #katherine plumber #katherine pulitzer #joseph pulitzer #newsies #webweaving #web weaving #mercury posting

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023. BABEL, OR THE NECESSITY OF VIOLENCE: AN ARCANE HISTORY OF THE OXFORD TRANSLATORS' REVOLUTION by R. F. Kuang.

First off, what a title! Included here in its full glory because I didn't realize it was that long, but I delight in academic titles when played for poking fun especially.

I've been reading about a chapter of this a night, so far, and I'm enjoying it! It's much more approachable than I was afraid it would be, given the comp to Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell--this one is a doorstop, but it's a very readable doorstop! I'm excited to see where it goes.

#books of 2023 #books #book photography #babel #r. f. kuang #r f kuang #babel: an arcane history #forreal though it's. much less intimidating than i thought it would be lol #like yes difficult to physically hold in bed (i have hardback) but. so far not a challenging read? #i was expecting it to be more challenging #also i perused reviews and a lot of people say 'heavy-handed' but i think actually it's more. just. blunt? #like 'not subtle' is my initial reaction #revised to 'blunt' #i mean even on the level of 'oh yeah i saw that coming' not subtle/blunt #so far it's not. tricky. #i am enjoying it!! #i'm excited to see about the magic!! #and the social commentary is interesting and necessary. #but if you've been avoiding it because you're intimidated by it. maybe don't be lol

[crimsongrimoire]

fucking Screams bc i erased a whole page of this fic in my sleep. it's fine i got it back so im not pressed but that's really funny

#wriolette #genshin #snippets #crow.txt #suggestive #? ig #including this part actually. im fucking ill i snoozed too hard on the backspace key i guess its KILLING me #never sleep and write worst mistake of my life. thank god for revision history

[ratuszarsenal]

so do you think foreign armies had some problems pronouncing Kościuszko?

'Oh mein Gott, Johann.. bekämpfen wir Koschtschuschko in Schtschekotschinn....'

#discovered my old shitpost from the matura revision days #I'm not even sure if the German is correct lmao probably not #constructive criticism welcome #my art #kind of? #18th century #tadeusz kościuszko #kościuszko #history #history shitposting

[mann-walter]

I want to start this off by saying that I’m a big fan of Optimus Prime and Transformers; Prime as a whole. I loved them then, I love them now. But there is something that tickles me until today about the two. Yes, this is where I’ll be discussing what I hate most about the series in general and Optimus in particular: his lack of action against Megatron.

For all of us that have watched Prime in its entirety or majority, it became clear rather quickly that Optimus was cast as this saintly model all creatures should be striving for and should admire. He was wise and refrained from frivolity, calm even in the toughest of times, brave, selfless, strong, gentle, and forgiving. On the surface, one might conclude that his only fault was mortality.

But what if I tell you that all of these qualities, in certain times, can turn into deadly vices?

Now, after you’ve accustomed yourself to the show, I think you’d notice another thing about Optimus: why hasn’t he tried to kill Megatron?

We know that most of his decisions were built upon ideals: that violent resolutions should be a last resort, that death is unconscionable, that every being deserves a second chance, and that everyone has the capability to change. But, apparently Optimus had never heard that there is a season for everything. There’s a time to kill and a time not to. With Megatron, it certainly was a time to kill. Not out of revenge, but in order to prevent more destruction, to protect those that can’t fight for themselves.

It is darkly funny actually that after eons of war, after Megatron had made a living hell for so many Cybertronians (the only group of people Optimus is legally obligated to protect), committed so many crimes, he’d be swinging so many times if he were a human, Optimus decided he had had enough and was now out for blood because Megatron unintentionally (although he was all jolly about it) hurt a human boy. It’s actually a very interesting aspect of his character, how he held on to his ideals so tightly that he’d sacrifice so many lives for it. Alas, it was never acknowledged as such by the writers. There actually were dissenting opinions in-universe, usually coming from Ratchet—and weren’t they very valid points—but at the end Optimus was always portrayed as the correct one, that his decisions were all good.

Speaking of Optimus and his ideals, I now really wish they had ventured into those darker implications of Optimus stubbornly, even fanatically, holding on to them. It could’ve been a really great nuance to his character: sometimes, a hero’s sins can have roots in his own goodness.

#I wish they had explored that!!! #TFP was great but they had wasted potentials scattered about #I heard that RID had the Decepticon's ruling Cybertron after the war and there they revised the war's history #Making Optimus out as the responsible party for Cybertron's destrcution #Only thing is there is truth in that and many Cybertronians I believe feel that way #But ehhh it was a kid show #I heard they made the population brainwashed or something #tfp optimus prime #tfp megatron #tfp autobots #tfp decepticons #tfp #transformers; prime #Cybertron #Transformers #transformers aligned continuity #character analysis #Mann Walter

[bonefall]

Right of the Challenge? How does that go?

The Right of the Challenge is the basis of the "Might Makes Right" culture of the Clans. You, as a warrior, have a right to defend your honor, to challenge the border, and fight back against attack.

When Leopardfur's patrol attacked Fire and Gray on their way home from fetching WindClan, they knew full well that there was no threat to the border. They were engaging their Right of the Challenge.

You can refuse a warrior's challenge, at great social cost. You and your Clan could be seen as weak, and as cowards for not accepting. A leader, deputy, or patrol head also has the right to override any Challenge... but also at a social cost.

You see, this law was created when Morningstar refused to allow his cats to fight for their honor. He was overthrown, and his successor created the law on the spot.

BB!Morningstar is in the Dark Forest. Not because he did anything evil, but because he denied his Clan their combative birthright. He is a demon but he's actually very kind! The Dark Forest has several cats like him.

Leaders are very careful about disrespecting this law, lest they be compared to Morningstar.

Of course... there are problem warriors who try to invoke this right constantly. Besides Thistleclaw's supporters, Bluestar had general clanwide approval when she suspended his right over and over. If you cannot live by the honor to let a cat go when they're beaten, or trespass and endanger yourself pointlessly, then it is understood that you are abusing the code and undermining the StarClan-approved leader.

It's not supposed to be a free pass to act like a rogue. The Law of the Border and the Law of Honor stand strong... but Thistle Law-leaning cats have their own opinions on the state of the world.

#Warrior code #Clan culture #Better bones au #I have to make the newest Code Revision after i finish this new history lesson #Uodates in the works to some of the older parts of BB

[usbotthrills]

Much how like Richard remembers Bunny to be worse than he is, I think he also remembers Julian to be better than he actually is.

For this I’m going to be focusing on Richard’s perception of Julian, rather than how he actually is, however I have A LOT to say there so I might make another post about that.

Now, even from their first meeting it is evident he is infatuated by the idea of Julian. Donna Tartt repeatedly describes the things about him to be white, with him having ‘snow white’ hair, a white door, I mean even his room is ‘airy and white’. It’s definitely on purpose that the only colour in the first two meetings is white and that it’s mentioned so frequently. White is obviously linked to positive, good things and it’s a way for Tartt to show us the way that Richard ignores all the bad things, the other colours, in favor of the good parts of him, white.

It’s also evident that Richard remembers him to be a things associated with life. When describing Julian’s room, he talks about the ‘flowers everywhere’ and the way it was ‘airy’ with ‘a breeze fluttering’ in the room. I think the reason that he remembers all these fresh, alive things is because his other memories are plagued with the death of Bunny.

He remembers Julian to be better, since he had no part in the killing of him, and even left the school once he discovered it had happened. These flowers perfectly represent that, since it’s obvious the memories of Julian are filled with life, rather than this memory of death.

However even without his unreliable memory, Richard is clearly infatuated by the idea of Julian and his aesthetic (a common theme in the book). He goes so far as to say that he ‘felt intoxicated’. This is a cause of the way that he only sees him to be good, when I think that maybe that’s not quite true. I realise I’ve written a lot here, so I’ll do another post about the causes of this infatuation but, yeah.

Thank you for coming to my nerd talk

#the secret history #Donna Tartt #I hope you know I count this as revision for my English language mock on Monday #it’s a little unconventional #but hay ho #so I am #bunny corcoran #julian morrow #richard papen #dark academia #books and literature #the secret history analysis #secret history

[kayatoastkkat]

and then they held hands

no seriously this theory was getting too popular for me not to draw

in the gay rosy garden too

before you ask if I copied the flowers no I didn't I ascended to another level of laziness and just screenshotted it and coloured in the background.

#the glass scientists #tgs update #tgs spoilers #tgs fanart #my art #overdoing pink overlay brr #i should be revising history but i made the executive decision not to #finger art

[gracehosborn]

Out of Context Line Tag

Wanted to jump on the train because firstly this looks super fun, and secondly because this wonderful couple of lines popped in my head and now I must include them in my revision.

Rules: Post an out of context line(s) from your story/work-in-progress, then tag friends to play along.

From Ink of Destruction:

“Damnit!” he cursed. His voice echoed through the quiet sanctuary as he held his hand still in the air. Instead of the cream-filled doughnut Lenna had given him, [Redacted] now held what looked like an English muffin. “The food wishes to spite me? I did not invent doughnuts?!”

Yeah this is more than one line but I had to include the context because it makes me laugh out loud, and I’d like to make you laugh, too.

Softly tagging: @kaylinalexanderbooks @sunset-a-story @papers-pamphlet @meerawrites and anyone else who wants to play along.

#ink of destruction #IOD #alternative history #tag games #out of context quotes #writing tag games #ya fantasy #alternate history #writing life #writing community #revising #my wips #writeblr community #alternate american history #fantasy #writers on tumblr #amrevising

[hazel2468]

Hi friendly reminder that the word “diaspora”, while it is now widely applied to many groups of people who live outside of their homeland/land of origin, was originally coined SPECIFICALLY to refer to Jews who were exiled from and are now living outside of the land that we know today as Israel.

I’m really fucking tired of seeing goyim complain that Jews are “appropriating” the word diaspora when it was literally made and first used to describe US. We are a people indigenous to the land that was previously known as Judea, now known as Israel, and the word diaspora was made to refer to Jews who were kicked out of their native land and had to live elsewhere.

We can’t fucking appropriate a word that was made to describe us, you fucking antisemitic bastards.

#antisemitism #the Jews are tired #this Jew is tired #reminder that denying that Jews come from the land we now know as Israel #and denying our connection to the land #is fucking antisemitic #I know the cool thing nowadays is to claim Jews are all white oppressors #but fuckers #it was called JUDEA #It's where we came from #y'all really need to fucking revise history to justify your antisemitism #just say you hate Jews #because it takes less air #and we already know