#should i be greatful

[its-anarchy-asshole]

I'm so fucking tired.

#lily brought up 'breaking up' #that took me way off guard #i didnt even think of that #i dont want that #i cant do that #im just #i cant stand being fucking lied to #i cant stand this #should i be greatful #am i just an unreasonable dick for not being greatful #because im not im fucking upset #i feel like im never not going to be uoset #im fucking hurt #'its not about you right now' the whole goddamn fucking thing is because of me #its kind of about me thats the fucking problem

[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)

[eldritch-elrics]

obsessed with the april fools day joke from the another crab's treasure devs

#i should check out this game when it comes out it looks great #another crab's treasure #dark souls #april fool's day #video #my post

[weaselmcdiesel]

Do You Love The Color Of The 413?

#HOMESTUCK #413 #HOMESTUCK 413 #john egbert #dave strider #rose lalonde #jade harley #vriska #kanaya #terezi #karkat #HAPPY 413 YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!! #THIS TOOK ME 4 DAYS PLEASE LOVE IT #AHHHHHHH IVE NEVER MADE ANYTHING THIS BIG BEFORE #IT'S NOT AS FINISHED AS ID LIKE- LIKE I USED A LOT OF JUST MULTIPLICITY LAYERS FOR SHADING BUT #I DONT HAVE MUCH TIME LMAO #ALSO IM PRETTY SURE TUMBLR WILL EAT THE QUALITY SO PLEASE CLICK TO ZOOM LOL #ART #MY ART #heavens. i dont know if i should tag all the characters? #ill only tag the bigger characters i guess #since so many are in there #it's supposed to be transparent and not black #but apparently tumblr will turn transparency white if the photo is too large #fucking great

[surprisearson]

Was anyone going to tell me that the Boy and the Heron is only the international title. The original and real title is How Do You Live?, which is the title of pre existing book that is referenced in the film. More importantly it made me stop obsessing over what makes the heron a deuteragonist so essential his bond with Mahito is crucial to the title and instead look at the themes of progressing in life and over coming grief, something I consider to be a much more moving part of the film. Deeply upset that I was working off that title which feels much blander than How Do You Live. Help

#did everyone else know this??? i avoided press or spoilers to go in #also i should make it clear mahito and the heron gave a great dynamic but i didnt feel like it was the focus of the film #the boy and the heron #the boy and the heron spoilers

[nyamafriend]

none of you are talking abt whiskey which truthfully is such a damn shame. she was introduced and i thought she was just supposed to be the dumb blonde girlfriend - arm candy. but then she ran into helen and we immediately see how badly she wants to do more, but she feels trapped to go along with what duke does in order to build her future. shes also the only person to look at helen, who she believes is andi, and say thats shes sorry, that she was fucked over and didnt deserve what happened. dont look at me and say this character wasnt fucking fantastic

#nyambles #I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SHE WAS GONNA SUBVERT MY EXPECTATIONS #and yeah. shes not a Great person. but i love love love how complex she is even as a side character #glass onion #whiskey glass onion #knives out

[lazylittledragon]

hey idk which anxious pre-t babe needs to hear this but i didn't get to when i was younger so. testosterone will not make you ugly. it won't make you a horrible person. it won't 'mutilate' or ruin your body. if you want to go on testosterone then literally all that happens is it makes you really fucking hot and REALLY fucking happy.

#ramble #literally very hot. like very hot #there is so much sweat #'oh you're just trying to paint a pretty picture that it's all fine' yeah i am!!! it's fucking great. i love it #trans people aren't sad clueless little babes who don't know what's going on. if you want to go on hormones you Know what it's going to do #and you WANT THAT WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE DOING IT #i hate hate hate seeing detransitioners like 'it destroyed and mutilated me' #*proceeds to list the normal effects of hormones* #it's all fearmongering and it's SICK #personally i think we should start glorifying transition more. because it's BEAUTIFUL

[snowberryc]

When you remember that paintings can talk in TWST:

You can't forget about Rosalia from Cater's vignette, she's lonely too.

#twisted wonderland #twst imagines #twst malleus #malleus draconia #twst shitpost #art #twst #disney twisted wonderland #twst art #twst grim #can you imagine the great seven just talking to crowley about how he should look after the prefect better #i feel like malleus would just throw tea parties for people who get rejected or not invited to parties like himself #malleus x yuu #yuu is crowleys adopted child but crowley is a very bad father #twst yuu #twst rosalia bc cater doesnt appreciate her enough

[captainkirkk]

Another favourite angst trope: When a character is so used to being treated badly that they don't see anything wrong with it and talk and think about it very matter-of-factly

Until they meet the other characters and see how HORRIFIED they are every time they reveal another detail from their past

#my posts #tropes #this trope is also great when paired with the 'not used to freedom' trope #like a character very matter-of-factly asking if they're allowed to eat lunch because they've already eaten breakfast #and they werent previously allowed regular meals #but didnt realise that that wasnt normal #whump #ive made a few 'favourite angst' trope posts #should i make this a series

[bigcatbulges]

Source - gamma_DH

(Artist's Ko-fi)

#gay furry #gay furry pecs #gay furry bulge #gay furry leather #artists twitter above #oh this is a great fit... #should i get my nips pierced???

[lynxgriffin]

Eldritchrune - Meeting Lancer

Story Setup Eldritchrune Masterpost

It turns out the way to avoid getting eaten by the Eldritch horrors is cartoon logic! And Lancer is well-versed in that! That, and just being an adorable little bouncy pumpkin who absolutely belongs in a less scary universe.

#lynx art #Eldritchrune #deltarune au #kris #ralsei #susie #lancer #I debated a bunch on what Lancer's 'last word' should be #he basically becomes the remora fish to Susie's great white shark #Just a funky lil helper guy #also it was nice to draw Lancer again he is so shaped

[chaoticfandomthot]

Teachers don't want you to use wikipedia because they know you'll stop listening to them because wikipedia is so much sexier and smarter and cooler

#wikipedia #i am kissing wikipedia on the mouth rn #teachers are crying but i camt hear them over the sounds of wikipedia and i making out #we are making out sloppy style #[this is a joke most teachers are great and you should listen to them] #[ but its not a joke im kissing wikipedia] #aiden originals #am i queuing this right

[eldritch-ace]

Wow I can’t believe this show has ladybugs and chats noirs!

#i love when they’re gay for eachother it’s great #we should get two bugs at once and same thing with cats #I think it’d be funny #miraculous ladybug #mlb #mlb season 5 spoilers #ml s5 spoilers #ml deflagration #ml transmission #adrien agreste #mister bug #chat noir #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #lady noire #alya cesaire #scarabella #zoe lee #kitty noire #art i made #image description in alt

[lesbaurinkos]

knight of wands

#never drawing armor again never ask me to draw armor again it will make me wail and weep. god bless #we need to go back as a society to making Cool and Epic phanart however. we need to go back to being a little crazy. as a people #you understand. you must. #im just having fun out here… i should be doing my homework… but im just having some fun out here :) #everyone come have fun with me. everyone come frolic. #dan and phil #dnp #dan howell #phil lester #and as a great philosopher once said. we gotta start tagging posts with phan again. for our former glory. So #phan #We Can Come Back. We Can.

[egophiliac]

IT'S BUNNY TIME EVERYBODY

(feat. Dilla)

(bugle accompaniment by Yuu)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #white rabbit festival #ah...the eternal dilemma of 'is it hair dye or whimsical anime hair'. and so we roll the dice again. #so it's canon now that yuu is inexplicably great at bugling. everybody get ready to incorporate that incredible trivia into your characters #anyway HELLO THERE madam spade #i think we have enough evidence now to say that you're not allowed into nrc unless you have an absolutely smoking mom #(riddle's mom has a smoking crater where her heart should be but we digress) #dilla likes two things: BIG VANS and also telling her son's friends all about how he used to literally refuse to not dress like a bunny #and yet now he does not wish to dress like a bunny. :( deuce what HAPPENED #meanwhile epel is too polite to whine at his best friend's mom so he's just hoping vil never finds out he wore a bonnet #silver is like 'i'm the handsomest little marching band boy. i'm taking this outfit back to show everyone.' #and ortho put all his points into POWERFUL THIGHS #he minmaxed leg day and is going to go kick a tree in half #can't wait for part 2 to see if they resolve the exciting cliffhanger of whether or not silver finds an alarm clock

[high-queen-of-the-court]

#maybe I should be tweeting my great thoughts instead of making them into aftg tweets but oh well. my genius can only be channeled into #so many forms #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #tfc #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #nora sakavic #aaron minyard #dan wilds #dan wilds x matt boyd #matt boyd #renee walker #allison reynolds #nicky hemmick #incorrect aftg #all for the game textpost #aftgtwitterau