#that is the exact tag

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

#original post #text post #500 #1k #2k #btw i know my definition of death of the author is loosey goosey here #it wasn't the main point so i went informal with it! as ppl in the tags have pointed out it isn't exact #and i do recommend reading the wikipedia article or similar (possibly even the essay itself if you're narsty) if you want to learn more! #wasn't expecting this to take off so my apologies to my barthes-heads out there #love you mwah #5k #10k #15k #20k

[corruptimles]

MikuAllWeeku Day 4: Five Nights at Freddy's

#if you recognize this exact format from a different art of mine uhhh lol #mikuallweeku #miku goes turbo #hatsune miku #vocaloid #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #I dont have a drawing tag #sorry im late i was thinking about mop psychics 😔

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

“LOL. You think your vote matters? ROFL and LOL.” Yes, I am aware my vote carries less and less relative power the more people I’m voting with, but unlike your glorious violent revolution, it actually exists.

#and yes those were the exact words they tagged it with #if I hadn’t seen it myself I wouldn’t believe it either #stunning praxis there top notch

[con-lentitud-poderosa]

Diversity win! Both F/F and M/M shippers are ignoring the story for the sake of shipping

#dungeon meshi #gonna be talking about spoilers so covering them up with this tag #was falin the main drive of the story #when marcille made an exact recreation of her family home #and had a shapeshifter take the form of her human father

[maromp]

i cant draw but i cant stop thinking about this

#theyre literally the same exact image #i have saw brainrot rn #saw #saw 3d #saw 7 #lawrence gordon #shitpost #idk how tags work tbh #saw franchise #saw movies

[skimmeh]

Tapestry of fate

Winners woven

#my art #mcyt #limited life #double life #last life #3rd life #trafficblr #life series #grian #grian fanart #smajor #smajor fanart #pearlescentmoon #inthelittlewood #itlw fanart #so mamy tags dang #traffic series #uurrrhhhh that should be enough i think #hehhehehehhe hhhh this took a very long time ...24 hours to be exact

[tortilla-of-courage]

[ID: A golden star on a transparent background. It reads "I survived calling it BOTW2 for 3 years" in all caps. End ID.]

honorary badge for all of us

edit: for everyone asking it's "tears of the kingdom"/totk

#tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild 2 #it feels so good to tag that #nintendo direct #legend of zelda #edit added an id i was too excited when i first posted i forgot #described #edit 2: you guys.... when i say botw2 i dont mean that you were using the exact acronym #just that we were calling it breath of the wild 2 / the sequel

[striveattemptfail]

had a conversation about my adhd recently then went to make this lmao

#jercy speaks #actual blogging #meme #memes #shitpost #.god idk how to tag this i just needed to share it lol #adhd #actually adhd #kung-fu panda #.sure i'll tag those lmao #.also i'm sure someone's made this exact joke already i just can't find it so i made it myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sparring-spirals]

what kind of show is gamechanger? what's the point? well-

#this is obviously incorrect bc gamechanger is not usually for Getting Sam. thats Breaking News. #dropout #gamechanger #game changer #brennan lee mulligan #sam reich #oscar montoya #ally beardsley #video #not cr #shitpost #the out of focus dancing really just. yeah. #finally saw the tag and realized someone else had alreadyclipped almost this exact portion. oops. valid though. excellent clip

[claraoswalds]

DOCTOR WHO The Star Beast

#dwedit #doctor who #usertennant #userveronika #userteri #fourteenth doctor #donna noble #rose noble #shaun temple #doctordonna #i don't want a FIFTH doctorxrose tag so #tenrose #ship: better with two #* #finally home again so i can make more gifs #refusing to check the tag bc i don't want to know if 200 ppl have already made this exact gifset or not

[critterbitter]

How did Elesa get a Blitzle as a starter if she's from Sinnoh? (hang on this is ironic she could've learned about warden ingo in school back there)

Blitzle Elesa backstory under cut!

Blitzle was gifted to Elesa so she has an “easier time” integrating into Nimbasa by her well meaning dad. This is not the greatest move, since the two feel they are more obligated to stick together then, you know, actually choose each other. Blitzle’s meant to be a utility mon— he helps charge elesa’s hearing aid batteries and basically serves as an emotional support when things get rough. He’s… not the biggest fan. (I like to imagine Blitzle was originally part of a battle track, but his IVs aren’t the greatest so they shuffled him out. He’s a bit bitter about that.)

Inciting incident where they actually start taking the proper steps to becoming partners is when Elesa takes a tumble down a hill and Blitzle twists his foreleg going after her. (Local child eats shit! More at 11.)

They’re just kids, and they’re still learning.

(When Elesa decides to challenge the gyms, Blitzle’s so excited he accidentally trips their house’s circuits.)

((As for Elesa hearing about Warden Ingo, well… that’ll be a future issue.))

((DIRECTLY INSPIRED BY THIS ASK!! TY @scarftale-bryan ))

Yes. YES.

MASTERLIST FOR POKEMON CONTENT:

#boom you get sketches #elesa and blitzle are like. the exact opposite of emmet-tynamo and ingo-litwick i think #while those two WANTED to make things work elesa and blitzle for the longest time just shared the same space and resented each other for it #they’re BETTER now but like… the beginning week was rough #(slaps blitzle) this mf has so many fun traits to project on him. inferiority complex? caretaker burnout? oh BOY. #pokemon #art #sketchbook #hesitant to tag this submas because no patrat children make an appearance #so i shall simply not #myart #ask #mailbox #elesa #blitzle #pokemon elesa #gym leader elesa #pokemon trainer #pokemon bw

[kishdoodles]

Happy New Year! My yearly Davesprite is here to usher in 2024... it's been a quite the 2023! This also marks 10 years since I started this tradition... yippee!!!

I made the piece this year listening to @toontitsgoopbrain's davesprite tracks (give them a listen they're really good!)

2023 has been on the quieter side for me, nonetheless I'm overwhelmed by the support I've had during it anyways. Thanks to everyone who stuck around!

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

#art #Feel free to rb the other years too btw idm!!! #davesprite #hs #homestuck #homestuck fanart #hs fanart #personal diary in tags again #AGUGUGHHH THIS PIECE GAV EME SO MUCH GRIEF #suppose its expected i was really ambitious STILLL AUUUGHHH #anws the prompt and themes were from @/parasiteking hi arctic #i wasnt given an exact just some things to think about for davesprite n the tunes rly set the stage so to speak #im not happy but im satisfied enough w the piece. i hope this bodes well for my 2024 #ah wells hope yalls enjoy this

[welcometogrouchland]

ANOTHER SKETCH DUMP! Featuring more of me playing with lineless art. Batman reborn era trio (dick, damian and steph) I miss you...when will you return from war. Also featuring Steph designs bc I've seen ppl dissatisfied w/ her current look, some good mom Talia, and Jason Todd poetry club. Duke is confused not that Jason would start a poetry club but that he'd have such mid poetry opinions. (ID in Alt)

#dc comics #batfamily #damian wayne #stephanie brown #dick grayson #talia al ghul #duke thomas #cassandra cain #mine #woo new art tag. please god let me keep this up all year #uhh anyway yeah! still a big backlog of sketches but i got burnt out which means i had time to collect some #i feel like my art looks. extremely different w/o lines compared to with? idk i worry that's it weird/off-putting #but hey at the end of the day I'm hardly worrying about my brand integrity on tumblr dot com #duke and cass being at poetry club is based on them canonically being into poetry and for a good while duke and jason got along well #Steph is there for both jason and cass' emotional support (unfortunately there's a design flaw. she can't do both simultaneously) #(which is fine bc cass is fleeing the scene at the idea of having to casually hang out with jason) #(they're the exact amount of similar and more importantly different that it's like putting two firecrackers together. bad) #i really like the steph mask designs... it'd be fun to do something with them but idk what y'know? #I'm just like. if we're assuming that her mask has to be different from both babs and cass then this is what I've got as alternatives #i mostly wanted to practice character interaction with the talia and damian one... and also i love them #looking at james gunns batman movie proposal. you keep your hands OFF HER MR GUNN #please if shes evil in a movie they're never gonna let her be good in the comics again 😭 #dc when you inevitably cave and do your next big reboot let the ppl finally have the son of the demon origin (w/ tweaks of course) #idk it's canon in my heart. heartcanon if you will <3 #anyway yeah uhhhhhh enjoy?

[sleepyyghostt]

oh btw, as of the other day, hermitcraft season nine has officially overtaken season six in length :]

#textpost tag #hermitcraft #obv add the days since oct 5 to have it exact #hermitblr

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

#uh just a heads up if you expand the tags to see all there's. a lot. very long #amphibian #frog #poison dart frog #based on my most popular frog to date (day 651) #inspired by everyone pointing out what they think it looks like #here's a fun secret fact the original guy is actually a phantasmal poison dart frog (Epipedobates tricolor) #(according to the original artists title of the drawing) #not Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi) #i feel too awkward to really point it out though because they look the exact same. i cannot tell if there is a difference #im half convinced the same frog was just discovered and named twice #its very curious btw if you go on the (english) wikipedia page for either species it doesn't mention the other #while hereptiles.info (no idea if this is a trustworthy site) lists both names as common names for the same frog (incorrectly??) #while inaturalist lists them as two different frogs. curiously with tricolor having wayyyyy fewer photos #ok anyway that's my rant i went on a whole journey trying to figure out if these are the same frog or not and i have no answer #i did some more 'research' and i am more confused. some sources seem to imply they are now considered the same species ( e. tricolor) #i think my conclusion is i am willing to agree the drawing looks more like e. anthonyi. it seems like tricolor is generally less vibrant re #and the white is darker and more green? #i feel like thumblr should stop me from typing more in the tags at this point this is a whole essay #at this point i am failry convinced this is specifically the Santa Isabel frog. isthat the real subspecies or morph or whatever #or just the name pet sites are using to sell it?? #i even found some sources (frog selling websites) refering to it as “Epipedobates Anthonyi 'Santa Isabel' Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog” lol #Anyways if you read this far hi. species are confusing. i am not a frog scientist #the first few tags are like an hour old now i just kept trying to figure it out and adding more tags

[damienns]

Melissa Benoist as Sadie McCarthy The Girls on the Bus (2024) | 1x01

#melissa benoist #melissabenoistedit #the girls on the bus #hbo max #sadie mccarthy #sadiemccarthyedit #dailywomen #dailytvwomen #tvedit #tvandfilm #filmtv #filmtvdaily #cinematv #cinemapix #userstream #femalecharacters #supergirl #supercorp #tagging for wider range lol #oh but MY GOD this was the exact moment i ceased to function #**