#source: the internet probably

[merp-blerp]

I know it's late to say, but I hope that Hbomb's video will encourage people to not only cite their sources but also have a good source to begin with. Don't tell me Snow White is 14 years old and then show a screenshot of a featured snippet from Google that leads back to Screenrant.com. Don't tell me Judy Garland was forced to take drugs and smoke 80 cigarettes a day by MGM and have your source be social osmosis or "Hundreds of other videos say so!" Where's that info from? Does it's source truly make sense as a source? Are there more reliable routes for sources to take outside of looking online, like reading books about the subject from people involved or seasoned/trusted in the topic? I know "Google is free", but that doesn't mean it's always good for research. Try Google Scholar at least...

#the way the source for the snow white fact is an old outline of the film from 1934 apparently #the film went through so many changes between 1934 to 1937 #her age was clearly just left unsaid by the time the film was released #and no the grimm bros ver. doesn't factor into what her age in the film would be—disney took many liberties from the source material #and how would it make sense for Judy to smoke 80 cigs while working—her break time probably wouldn't even be long enough to smoke 80 cigs #not to mention she was staring in a musical where she had to have a clear voice unaltered by the amount of scratchiness 80 cigs would cause #and judy's mom began her abuse of prescription drugs not mgm #think if the facts you hear make sense #plagiarism #misinformation #hbomberguy #plagiarism and you(tube) #plagiarism and youtube #james somerton #iilluminaughtii #internet historian #disney #snow white #snow white and the seven dwarfs #the wizard of oz #the wonderful wizard of oz #judy garland

[maeamian]

Actually research skills are hard to learn especially unsupervised so maybe telling people to just "Go figure it out" especially if you already know they've been failed academically in other ways, might actually be a great way to just send them to a PragerU video on the topic.

#Like what specific things do you look for in a good source? #How do you develop sources that you can trust to give you new information? #These take looking at and analyzing good and bad sources with a trusted educator #Not being told by someone on the internet that you should “Already know this” #“That's no excuse” it literally is I'm sorry that you think everyone should be perfect but that's not how things are #everyone (even you) has shit they probably should know but don't #There's new people being born all the time they do not spring from the womb with the same knowledge in your head! #And we live in an actively hostile information environment! #Just seems like maybe we could focus our rage cannons on institutions #Instead of individual people who were failed by them #When younger americans bring up how they were failed in this regard they are often asking for help even #And just get hit with this stupid rage at someone else possibly not knowing something that seems obvious #I'm just saying for a bunch of people priding themselves on not being as bad as the children; the folks who talk like this aren't acting it

[maliciousalice]

@thresholdbb omg tumblr ate your ask but thankyou for asking!!!!

👕Character whose fashion you like.

Phoar! Startrek really isn't a show I associate with being fashionable. It's very camp isn't it? In theory a lot of the wardrobe is really cool and they wanted to gain that retro-future aesthetic. Did it work? I'm not sure. However it does make a statement. The Startrek aesthetic is really recognizable and that's important! I think that's where modern trek kind of looses the plot. It's not as careful about the unique visual design as a whole anymore and as a result it doesn't settle in our minds. Is it bad artistry? No but it's not as stringent. What I mean by that is older trek cared about nuance. For example every haircut was done the same way on men, or suits were tailored in a way to look sleek but practical (they weren't). Gaudy patterns were important to denote things like status. It looks ugly on the outside but when you're watching the show it envelops you and makes you feel welcomed into the universe.

I digress.

To answer this, the most fashionable character, hands down, is Quark! That mfer always looks good, and has the finest drip in the galaxy. Love that.

🥲 ST moment that makes you cry.

There are two moments that make me particularly sad. Kate's acting in the climax of Resistance is incredible. I read somewhere she had a special-wink-wink- relationship with the Director in the early seasons and she was being tested by this episode in some regard. I think it paid off. I treasure any time her captain-hood is removed, and the extreme vulnerability of Janeway is on display-MWAH MWAH poignant. This episode is beautifully intimate, particularly this scene. It's overall gorgeous and unique in how she whispers to him, as if there is nothing more important than to secure his peace of mind as he dies, and it's heart rending when it ends with her just crouching there, emotionally alone. I love how Janeway is forced into the father-daughter dynamic between her and Caylem, one that she would ordinarily resist (heh themes) because I think it inherently weakens her status. The back and forth throughout the episode of them taking care of each other's welfare is so it's terribly sad when it's torn down and we discover the truth behind Caylem's family. If you've dug around her character you know that her Admiral-Father has had impact on her life. She's haunted by him in both a figurative way by being a Captain, and literal sense later on in Coda. Much like Caylem, she looses her father in a violent manner that she has to carry around while she forges ahead. It also reflects well on Kate's relationship with her actual father, she recently revealed that she was never able to get him on her page, but in spite that she adore him with all her might. So a scene like this is really revealing-I believe she was able to draw upon those feelings and that's kinda neat to be so raw as an actor. SIGH.

This one just straight up made me cry fr because Prodigy s1 is a really mature, well done piece of (Startrek) media. Holo Janeway has an irony about it where in the end she is program designed to be a teacher, and she didn't expect to develop a strong bond with the crew. Her final moments are of displaying a huge amount of selflessness and courage to help the kids get out of trouble, similarly to how Janeway would approach dire circumstances. The music swelling and the ship activating is just OOOOF!!! I love how it parallels Dal's initiation of the first Protojump in a Moral Star. By that means It suggests how proud she is to get to do this for them. As a character she is really interesting to think about, in a way I can't entirely articulate. A lot of her moments are quite sad in general, she has to keep an active role so she isn't ignored, and help where help is needed, but at the same time she has constraints, one being that she manipulated by the antagonists. And In contrast to that, the kids do their best to help her feel like she is important and more than a command program to be used insincerely. She grew to love the Protostar crew, that's evident in her body language in this scene. She has a lot of depth overall. Equal to the real Janeway she deeply feels love, guilt and pain, but importantly she is transformed by the her time on the Protostar and while active, learns and grows with Dal, Rok-tak, Zero, Jankom and Gwyn. It's REALLY sweet that they care all care about each other.

I love her and I love JANEWAY!!!!

🥹 Favourite behind the scenes picture.

Ooooh I love all behind the scenes stuff. My brother in Christ It's super difficult to just name one thing and I'm very greedy!! I wish we had more BTS content for Voyager but sadly, it's a matter of grab what you can, however you can. Anyway, I have an inherent interest in seeing the cogs behind the wheel. I chose these samples because I think they're charming.

The continuity polaroid's are so fun and a lost technique, I like to think about assistants having to pull the actors aside and asking them to take those. How daunting! Kate's grin in the one where she is offset is SO cute. So she must have been in a good mood, super Cheeky!

Following that is a screenshot from a video of her having her makeup done. A rare catch. I like this because she often sooks about how much time hair and makeup was spent on her to become Captain Janeway. I get it's a huge time-sink, but love or hate it, the full irony is that her early season appearance is really iconic and in it's own right adds to Captain Janeway's sensibility. Silly goose Kate! Besides that, she looks hot checking herself out, haha.

Moreover, I love on-set editorial photos of actors in costume. While we did have heaps of them in the Starfleet uniform, I wish we had a larger collection with clearer releases, it would have given an opportunity to see in things of interest better detail. Particularly the lower half of unique costumes. For whatever reason special outfits weren't often established or framed for us to see the legs in the show, so a nice big photograph would have solved that. Also I love that these style of pictures capture an impression of an episode without giving it away.

Similarly, fly on the wall on-set photos are cool. They're way more intimate and candid than anything else and it makes me feel as though I am spying on the actors, but they're also a good way to document how things might have been on set.

The Timeless one is interesting too because it's of a deleted scene, we never see Chakotay look at a dead Janeway (how deliciously macabre!), but at some point in time it was in the script and they filmed it.

Hmm this bts picture of Janeway in the Cardigan is adorable! I believe it was worn by Kate for a Charity but look how cute she looks? Makes me wish we saw her mess around with things like that more because 7 Years is a long ass time to be in uniform everyday ( coming from someone who went to school in a Uniform and enjoyed it for the most part). Casual Fridays anyone?

I love this gif. It's from the first shoots of Caretaker and Kate looks so radiant! Her smile is is breathtaking! Whenever I see this gif I get a sense of delight. Poor thing had no idea what she was getting herself into, haha. Really though, check out the original Caretaker photos, they're super-cool. The history behind it is fascinating; I'd love to see more footage from that version of the pilot episode. Unfortunately, it's probably not preserved well, much like lots of Paramount's historical material.

On a similar trend, it's fun to see this set of pictures too. It's for the First Contact film / maybe the Universal studios ride, when she reprised her role as Vice AdmiralJaneway. Kate was genuinely delighted to do this cameo and it shows. As per her operandum she put her whole self into this small segment and that's so darling. It makes me wish we had more of this Janeway at that point in time. I love post Endgame chubby-Janeway. In a fictional sense it denotes that she is comfortable or stressed to be an Admiral (sadly it's the latter in real life) or whatever and I love that for her.

These kind of pictures are fun because it's been said that at times it was the most playful set to be on. There are tales that the cast were not that serious all the time. You get that impression here, and it's probably why the majority of them are still good friends to this day. They're like a family bros!!! Having worked in media I know that wrapping up after working on something for a long time is really rewarding and I bet they had a good time at parties.

Apropos previous, the opposite can be said. While they had fun, the hours were long and the scripts intensive. Kate was around for all of the episodes of Voyager in one way or another, and still managed to bring her A-game each time. She is truly admirable! Seeing her so exhausted is charming. She had a lot of weight to carry for the franchise and did an exemplary job performing her way through 7 years of weird and wonderful material. I wonder how often they fell asleep on set? I know I would. Get some rest queen!

Finally, I've been following Prodigy bts as best I can, and because of my career in animation I get pretty interested in Production art. I love seeing the fast metamorphosis of a visual style. It's really impressive how much attention they applied to the designs, maintaining the older stuff, while adapting a new frontier. One of the lead artists made some pretty neat observations to get Kate's appearance right. It's so cool that they documented that journey, because from my dabbling I know she has a very beautiful, distinct face that isn't easy to capture.

ANYWAY Thankyou for reading my fat thesis fellas. tl;dr i love this stinky Startrek Voyager and by extension the franchise.

#I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS WALL OF TEXT I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND I THINK ABOUT THIS DARN SHOW A LOT #also my bad it's mostly voyager but it's my true love #hope you can make sense of this I'm fairly illiterate and writing is so hard for me lol that's why i write more than is probably necessary #i like the other trek shows but this one is something special if you know what i mean #appreciate you if you read all this MWAH MWAH #thankyou for the ask thresholdbb ily!!! #Thresholdbb #Kathryn Janeway #janeway #star trek voyager #star trek prodigy #st:voy #kate mulgrew #no sources for this you just gotta trust im a big fat expert :^) #i really need an editor my dyslexic-a jumbles up and forgets words when i write its so embarassing #i have a pretty large collection of pictures now but i could always use more #i also should probably save videos where i can because they get buried / removed from the internet

[project-sekai-facts]

Jewellery Box of SEKAI gemstone symbolism overview

The Project SEKAI Creators Festival is being held this weekend, which means we got our first look at the Jewellery Box of SEKAI game! The game is available to buy and play at the Creator Festa, meaning pictures of the game and cards have been posted online by event attendees. While I haven't been able to find clean card arts yet, one person photographed the artwork that was on display at the festa and posted it to Twitter. I will be using those images in this post.

These artworks don't have the full card descriptions, but do include the meanings of every gemstone. While it seems that the gemstones were mainly picked based on image color, some of the meanings do tie-in nicely to the characters.

Under the cut due to length

Virtual Singer

Miku - Emerald

Meanings: Happiness, Luck, Love, Hope

May link to the fact that Miku is a very cheerful character who brings hope to people. Interestingly, Hibiscus (one of her birth flowers) also means happiness, love and hope.

Rin and Len - Yellow Diamond

Meanings: Confidence, Divinity, Wealth, Eternal Bond

The last one is especially relevant to the Kagamines, since they are twin vocalists with an close bond across most SEKAI.

Luka - Morganite

Meanings: Affection, Elegance, Purity

Luka is very affectionate across most SEKAI. She's also described as elegant.

MEIKO - Ruby

Meanings: Passion, Courage, Dignity, Pure Love

"Passion" may reference MEIKO's energy and enthusiam that she's depicted with in her base form. Aside from that it mainly references her image color.

KAITO - Sapphire

Meanings: Sincerity, Compassion, Fidelity, Virtue

"Compassion" fits well with his WxS variant, as perhaps the most affectionate KAITO. The meanings fit with some of the other KAITO variants as well.

Leo/need

Ichika - Lapis Lazuli

Meanings: Truth, Nobility, Luck, Health

The last meaning may link to how Ichika was the only member of Leo/need who would visit Saki in hospital. She would often give her flowers, which Saki states are what helped her to recover. It's a bit of a stretch though.

Saki - Bi-color Tourmaline

Meanings: Affection, Innocence, Purity, Confidence

Saki is very affectionate towards loved ones, on top of being rather confident. The bi-color tourmaline specifically was probably picked based on the Tenma siblings’ two-tone hair. Tourmaline is said to be a good healer, which could link to Saki overcoming her illness enough to be discharged from hospital.

Honami - Agate

Meanings: Harmony, Symbiosis, Courage, Health

Courage refers to her character arc of learning to speak up and express her feelings more without worrying about how other people perceive her. Note that "symbiosis" (共生) specifically refers to the ecological definition.

Shiho - Jade

Meanings: Compassion, Longevity, Happiness, Stability

Longevity may refer to Leo/need's first arc, where they decided to stay together and work towards going professional in future. Note that "compassion" (慈悲) specifically connects to Buddhism. The kanji can alternatively mean "sympathy" or "mercy".

MORE MORE JUMP!

Minori - Sunstone

Meanings: Passion, Courage, Victory, Glittering

Minori is incredibly passionate about idols, and has worked for years to become one. Victory likely refers to how she finally became an idol when she met the other members of MORE MORE JUMP!. Sunstone is said to be a stone of leadership and uplifting spirits, fitting for Minori as the center of MMJ!.

Haruka - Aquamarine

Meanings: Happiness, Wealth, Wisdom, Calmness

Calmness refers to the fact that Haruka is generally the most composed member of MMJ. Happiness may refer to her feelings about being an idol and how MMJ was able to bring those feelings back (bit of a stretch since they mainly link this to hope).

Airi - Spinel

Meanings: Positivity, Challenge, Achieving Goals

Perhaps the most in-character so far. Airi had to challenge people's expectations to get where she is now. When she was younger, people didn't think she was fit to be an idol because of how rough around the edges she was, and she had to challenge expectations again when she was older and was constantly pushed towards being a variety TV star instead of an idol. Thanks to MMJ!, she is finally able to achieve her goal of becoming a real idol.

Shizuku - Jade

Meanings: Compassion, Longevity, Happiness, Stability

Shizuku is very compassionate and affectionate, especially towards her sister, with whom she shares a gemstone in this game. She's very caring towards other characters as well. Happiness could be connected to how she feels now that she's a part of MMJ!, as she was no longer enjoying Cheerful*Days when she quit due to how she was treated.

Vivid BAD SQUAD

Kohane - Star Ruby

Meanings: Always the leading role, Passion

Another fitting gemstone. Kohane is incredibly talented and quickly surpassed the other members of Vivid BAD SQUAD to be in the lead in their group in terms of skill. Passion could refer to how she'd always wanted something to put her all into, since she had never been so passionate about anything until she met An.

An - Turquoise

Meanings: Success, Safety, Sociability, Adventure

Sociability is very fitting, since An is one of the most social characters in the game. She was raised in Vivid Street and grew up surrounded by the community.

Akito - Amber

Meanings: Prosperity, Dreams coming true, Embrace, Big Love

The journey Akito has taken to realising his dreams is very important to his character. Akito is determined to surpass RAD WEEKEND and has worked hard to get where he is. He was often told that he would fail and has subsequently had to prove that he will prosper. In addition, Akito is much kinder than he may seem, even once he drops the nice guy persona, and he cares deeply about his friends and his sister. Note that embrace (抱擁) in this context specifically refers to hugging and is mainly used in literature.

Toya - Sodalite

Meanings: Protection, Decisiveness, Dreams coming true

Decisiveness could refer to Toya choosing to stick with street music despite what his parents wanted. The symbolism of dreams coming true is shared with Akito, referring to how they share the same dream and Akito was the one who gave him his dream. Sodalite is also said to improve communication; Toya has struggled with expressing and communicating his feelings in the past. Sodalite can notably appear to be multi-color (usually blue and white), which, like the Tenma siblings, references his two-tone hair.

WonderlandsxShowtime

Tsukasa - Bi-color Tourmaline

Meanings: Affection, Innocence, Purity, Confidence

Confidence is especially fitting for Tsukasa given that he is one of the most confident characters in the game. Affection also fits, as he is also one of the kinder characters, especially towards his sister, who he shares this gemstone with. The bi-color tourmaline specifically was probably picked based on the Tenma siblings’ two-tone hair.

Emu - Rose Quartz

Meanings: Affection, Beauty, Kindness

Emu is the most physically affectionate character in the game and is always giving people hugs, especially close friends and family. She's also one of the kindest characters and her main ambition is to make people smile. Rose quartz is known as the stone of universal and unconditional love - self-love, platonic love/friendship and romantic love.

Nene - Hiddenite

Meanings: Healing, Intelligence

Hiddenite is said to help with healing and recovery from past experiences, which refers to Nene regaining her confidence moving on from the incident in her middle school theatre troupe so that she could perform on stage again.

Rui - Amethyst

Meanings: Noble, Sincerity, Peace of Mind, Affection

Again one that was probably picked based on image color more than anything. Sincerity is a bit ironic considering that Rui is notoriously bad at being honest with himself, specifically with regards to his feelings. That said, he can open up if needs be and an important part of his arc is learning that he can be himself around people. Amethyst is a calming stone that is meant to relieve anxiety and bring peace of mind, which could tie in to Rui’s current arc dealing with his feelings and worries about WonderlandsxShowtime’s inevitable disbandment.

25-ji, Nightcord de.

Kanade - Moonstone

Meanings: Health, Luck, Innocence

Health could refer to Kanade's healing personality and drive to save people. Outside of that it seems that this might have been another image color pick. Note that innocence (無垢) can also mean spiritual purity in relation to Buddhism.

Mafuyu - Obsidian

Meanings: Concentration, Power to see the future, Unlocking potential

The power to see the future may refer to the current point in Mafuyu's character arc, where she and N25 are trying to find a better future for her. Unlocking potential could tie into that too. Also notable is that obsidian is believed to be a healing stone and protect from negative influences, which is extremely relevant to Mafuyu's arc.

Ena - Amber

Meanings: Prosperity, Dreams coming true, Embrace, Big Love

Like her brother, Ena realising her dreams is an important part of her character. Ena aspires to be an artist, and she continues to work to prove her worth so that she can achieve her dream. Also like her brother, Ena is a lot nicer than she may seem and cares deeply about her friends and brother.

Mizuki - Pearl

Meanings: Health, Innocence, Chastity, Completion

Okay this one was definitely an image color pick and I can’t find much connection to Mizuki from these. I think it fits reasonably well with their cute image though. Pink pearls, which match their image color, are usually associated with femininity. Note that innocence is the same one used with Kanade.

#this might be a good time to mention that you can tag my posts as ship? someone will probably find something shippy here so go crazy idc #project sekai #jewelry box of sekai #wikitionary my beloved #I’m on holiday rn so I don’t have any books to source from so if any of the additional gemstone symbolism I put is wrong blame the internet

[winepresswrath]

Darla/Angelus is also great because the show has a competing designated OTP and they exist to serve as contrast and hateful competition to THE ship. they are soulless monsters even by the standards of soulless monsters, they literally make the other soulless monsters go "yikes... your relationship seems not good maybe." but they love each other so fucking much. the writers can't help it. they are constantly trying to find their way back to each other. the way she hits him over a head with a shovel and leaves him to an angry mob while he tries to say he doesn't mind dying if it's with her AND the way they coo about it to each other afterwards. the way she takes him back against her better judgement because she missed him so so much but then kicks him out again later because he still can't be who she needs him to be. that's just how they say i love you.

#press says btvs #the thing i appreciate about buffy/angel the shows and the ship #is that it really does set up a designated otp. and like i would argue that for a time at least it succeeds!! who isn't #being sent to hell right alongside angel at the end of season two? #but everyone is having too much fun even in early seasons to just pick a ship and stick to it. they really say you're going to love so many #people in so many ways. sometimes you'll be in denial about it or the way you loved them will feel gross or demeaning or small in hindsight #but like. you're gonna love a lot of people. you're going to have a community. you will also have sex with a lot of people #probably. #the overlap between these two categories will be a source of much conversation on the internet #incidentally thank u to the comic strip goofus and gallant for perfectly exemplifying a particular kind of morality play and having a fun #little name. your contributions to online discourse should never be discounted #da is not the goofus to ba's gallant but you kind of expect it to be going in #anyway i'm so glad they decided to expand their family/polycule #even if the mixed metaphors got my tumblr temporarily suspended like i cannot stress how much they mixed those metaphors IN THE TEXT #I DIDN'T DO THAT. drusilla did that. Darla also did that a little

[sorchasolas]

Stormlight Archive Characters and the Modern name I think they’d have

(Btw, im focusing on American/Western/ykwim names)

Adolin: Aaron (reason: the meaning is close to Adolin’s own, it’s meaning in Strong's Hebrew Lexicon being"Light-bringer", and the fact they have generally similar structure.)

Kaladin: Kayson/Callum (Reason: Kayson has a similar nickname format to Kal, being Kay. It also means “healer”, and i thought that was nice. Callum being a secondary option, more for the fact the nickname is identical, is also just generally a name i see Kal having.(Also it’s loosely based off of Saint. Columba, and the direct meaning is “dove”, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, and i think it fits Kal’s character to be named after a saint and a big religious thing, with his name being “born unto eternity”)

Shallan: Primrose/Lilias (reason: while Shallan’s name doesnt currently have a canon meaning besides being derivative of Shalash, it’s actual meaning as a name means “Poppy Flower” and because i didn’t feel like Poppy fit Shallan, i found names that matched Shallan’s energy and general meaning, taking ‘flower’ instead of ‘poppy.’ Lilias is a Scottish name— my own personal HC of where she would be from, or at least her ancestry— and fits Shallan’s name of having two consonants on either side of her name and the middle being symmetrical. Primrose was just a general vibe pick)

Dalinar: Dallas (Reason: Dalinar also has no confirmed names, its similar to Brandon’s son’s name, Dallin. That name means “from the valley”, so I looked at names with the same/similar meanings. Also vibes, and the fact Dallas is a city, and Dalinar sounds similar/has the same last letters as Kholinar)

Renarin: Raziel (reason: because there are NO good R names. No but this one was tough. Renarin’s name doesnt really mean anything i could translate into like an irl name, so i just went through all R names. This name kinda has the same feel as Renarin’s must in Roshar, being generally adherent to naming standards while sounding out of place. Also, in the Jewish Kabbalah, Raziel is an angel known as “The Keeper of Secrets.” So, (Spoilers?) pass at Sja-Anat and stuff)

#thats as much as i care to do rn #stormlight archive #cosmere #the stormlight archive #brandon sanderson #kaladin stormblessed #dalinar kholin #adolin kholin #renarin kholin #shallan davar #i am PROBABLY wrong abt some of the name meanings and Jewish texts and stuff #i get my source from the internet pls

[anxiously-sidequesting]

SPEAKING OF WHICH are there like any chill wizard101 discord servers or group chats that I could join. Or if anyone just wanna add me on discord shoot me a tumblr DM because I'm lonely and I like you guys :)

#ive had this thought for a while BUT IM JUST SHY. but after the soap opera morganthe dream i just had i need wizard friends to yell at #i got like one wizard mutual on discord already. if youre reading this you know who u are. love you /p <3 #other than that one person NONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ON DISCORD PLAY THE GAME AND IM LOBELY #I WANNA TALK ABOUT WIZARDS AND SHIT #altho ill probably be a useless discord discussion partner because i have no literary comprehension- #-and i havent played the source material in years. okay #all my knowledge on wizard101 is either personal headcanons im now considering as facts or secondhand knowledge from the internet #also my ocs. i love talking about my ocs even though they have the depth of cardboard #ALSO LOVE HEARING ABOUT OTHER PPLS OCS THATS MY FAVORITE THING TO READ FROM MY FRIENDS #like you could dm me at 4 in the morning to talk about your ocs i would be so happy #altho fair warning i can suck at dms bc im an anxious little chihuahua so if ur gonna add me i must warn u. i text back 5 years later #either i send 200 messages in the span of 5 minutes or you wont hear from me until we're both 30. sorry thats just the autism for u #BUT YEAH if anyone wants to add me they can #this fandom is like the only fandom in the world im comfy with interacting with LMAO #wizard101 #w101 #wiz101 #text posts

[winter-asleepening]

There is something so simultaneously important and almost disturbing about the original Broadway cast of spring awakening being literal children….

As an adult you’d never think that kids could really handle the material in a mature and nuanced way but they really do it so eloquently

Lea Michelle was FOURTEEN when she started workshopping the show.

Like there’s such a perfect irony of how much the material of the show fit with the cast and their growing up and their own coming of age

I don’t think anything like it could happen again

#i don’t know that HBO documentary really put it into perspective #and coming back to the source material after 7 years of **growing up** (air quotes) #I also think that the modern internet cancel culture would probably die if they learned all of that #spring awakening #spring awakening bway #dwsa #spring awakening musical #melchior gabor #moritz stiefel #wendla bergmann #hanschen rilow #ernst robel

[saturnisfallingdown]

fandom autopsies done by people who weren't on the front lines actively consuming and interacting always befuddle me. not because i believe it's super hard to summarize a fandom after its peak through solely outsider research but because actually i do kind of believe that

#fandom- especially the hash tag craazzyy ones that get attention and retrospectives are a very nuanced environment #by their very nature they are constantly evolving with very little clear tangible evidence of those changes #so to try and unravel it based on limited experience. esp when your audience is likely people who have been in that environment for YEARRSS #is like taking a couple years of high school spanish and then confidently trying to speak to a native or teach it to someone else #+ a fandom is an inherently emotionally charged place !! #to assess it without any underlying respect is possible but it'll never read as genuine to people who were/are there #which will just result in polarizing views on your summary and probably becoming a laughing stock on tumblr for a week #anyways this is why the last bronycon by jenny nicholson is the gold standard of fandom exploration to me #when writing a retrospective you dont necessarily have to be a dedicated fan with 10+ years of blogging and tangible impact on the fandom- #-but you need to consult super closely with primary sources!! as you would any retrospective on a social group you werent a part of!! #anyways. internet culture and internet sociology are some of my favorite topics i love this stuff!!!! take my hand... come research with me #saturn is rambling down

[boomstab-papa]

"But I could be more efficient" killed me & my friends too many times.

Don't fall for it.

#videos #life advice #mental health #economics #capitalism #issues blogging #and also fuck guerillatech for being a fake ass fake outrage blog who blocks you for factchecking their fake outrage posts #and also not providing any links or sources #don't reblog from that untrustworthy stranger on the internet. no! reblog from me! another online stranger you probably don't know lol #at least i provide sources

[astro-b-o-y-d]

If you think Bill Cipher has tall person energy, that’s because he puts in SO MUCH EFFORT to make you think he has tall person energy, which is a very short person thing to do.

#Hayley Speaks #Source: I'm short #He WANTS you to think he's the biggest and most intimidating person in the room #That's an ACT #He's like a chihuahua #Feisty and vicious but also he immediately started begging for his life when he realized he was about to die #And threw tantrums whenever things went SLIGHTLY wrong in his plans #...Damn now I partially wish I'd made him a chihuahua instead of a sphynx cat but also it still fits him #Anyway I'm still baffled that the Internet was collectively tricked by him so hard #He'd probably love it but wow

[drop-the-curtain-123]

No but to be honest, one thing that I'm very happy the daddy long legs musical had the courage to do is just owning how petty Jervis is.

You just see these kind of things all over the script of the musical. Magnificent, delightful characterization.

#daddy long legs musical #daddy long legs the musical #jervis pendleton #jerusha Abbott #judy abbott #Meghan McGinnis #paul alexander nolan #john caird #Broadway musical theatre #Paul Gordon #daddy-long-legs #jean Webster #I'm trying to find the most efficient tags 😭 #I'm surely going to rb with more if i find other examples. stay tuned there's probably more to jervis flop era. #but to be serious. im really glad they didn't idealize Jervis but also #from what i can see have done their best to make it the lead toxic possible while lining up with the source material. it's not perfect but #it's here i guess. anyway i hope y'all enjoy my attempt at reviving the DLL fandom #im just being a silly person on the internet though i dont take credit of much

[sonknuxadow]

God do I want Olgilvie to be the Sonic version of the Mandela Effect

It has NEVER appeared in comics, NO proper evidence of it online, the tweet that says where the name is IS WRONG.

IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC!

i think its very possible that penders did say it somewhere it just wasnt properly archived but him never saying that in the first place would be THE funniest plot twist in all of sonic history i think. especially considering if this WAS made up then penders himself probably believes it too based on the tweets i just talked about a couple posts ago

#asks #even if a proper source for this claim does ever pop up though the name still isnt canon because its not in the comics at all #if the ''sonic is trans because of surge'' thing has taught me anyhting its that one post with incorrect information blowing up #can cause the entire internet to start spreading misinformation about sonic. so yeah its probably possible #that penders himself never said that

[obnoxiousarcade]

my friends on tumblr: (saying things)

mee: screenshot moment? (Screenshots.) Screen shot?

#fox (vulpes vulpes) on the internet for the first time #irs so if we ever do have a conversation ill know everything already so i can adjust my behaviors to be the purrfect buddy. #but the thing is i probably wont because i dont respond to dms or asks ever and i dont initiate things. So um.......why am i doing this? #fox (vulpes oh thats already on this one #but its probably overkrill when i start citing my sources and writing down exact dates and times on things? #why would i ever need to know the exact time of some of this stuff? why do I some times write SECONDS? #''the 27th second of the 46th minute of the 9tjh hour' WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT UGHHH #ive deleted like 40 documents like this because i feel like a werido when i document so much. but then i need them #this post has been sitting in my drafts for months im only posting it now

[crowcryptid]

my job is also paying for photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, and indesign subscriptions for every employee..

why

Edit: never mind it is actually the entire adobe suite? WHY??

#I probably won’t bother with adobe stuff cause I already have photoshop and I am trying to leave this job anyways #sadly no video editor lol #I’m still stuck using vegas 14. can’t even render 2k video lol #so they’re paying for adobe shit. ai shit. what other random subscriptions am I getting that I don’t know about?? #I mean idk how the liscensing for this stuff is when it’s for thousands of employees #but surely it would be cheaper to only give it to the people who’d need it right #probably only like 100 employees at most would need it #edit: I hate this fuckin job but this is actually kind of good wtf.. kind of stupid that they don’t even mention it #I only found out because the stupid ass adobe creative cloud popped up #and I’m like. wait wtf I have more than just acrobat? #well. idk I might mess around with substance and premiere #but when I leave this job I’ll lose access obviously #idk. #it seems kind of tedious to pirate adobe stuff nowadays #the main 2 sources seems to be some guy who sometimes puts malware in it #and the other option is to download from adobe and then patch it and never allow it to access the internet ever again lmao #but even then I see people randomly lose access

[catominor]

the rabbithole this post about a pornographic sumerian poem is beginning to lead me down....

#so far: i see this post with screenshots from twitter which has screenshots of some rather saucy sumerian poetry. me being me and being #kind of interested (though not very knowledgeable) about sumerian things and intrigued by saucy ancient poetry am like okay but where did #these actually come from. i look through the comments to try and find clues. find out its supposedly from something called 'the courtship #of inanna and dumuzi'. look this up. find a website which just has one webpage with this poem but it has a citation. look up the citation. #the authors name is misspelled and the other author was omitted but find the book its from. look through it on internet archive. find the #poem but the whole thing generally seems too complete and clear to be a sumerian text. look at the back to see if theres an index. it says #this version is actually kinda cobbled together from a bunch of DIFFERENT sumerian love poems and then workshopped a lot to work well in #english. however. it does not list the poems its compiled from. and now this is where im stuck. and i have to go to class now #my next steps though probably trying to find the original tweet and hope the person who posted it sourced it? #cause the screenshots dont seem to be from that website/that version of it