#the movie and book series that started it all

[maryrouille]

Toxic romanticization of studying

In a word of introduction, my profile partly shows that studying and exploring is wonderful. But as a person involved in science*, I would like to show healthy and true patterns of this beautiful adventure in acquiring knowledge.

The inspiration for writing this post this time was not the phenomenon from Tumblr (although you can also observe it here), but from Pinterest. There you can come across cycles composed of quotes and photos whose aim is to motivate young girls to learn, succeed and get good grades. These images often also show examples of characters from movies, TV series or real life that you can aspire to be like. Overall, I have to agree that it really works! But I would like to draw attention to certain elements that need to be verified.

1. You shouldn't get up at 5am

First of all, the correct amount of sleep is one of the most important factors affecting the proper and effective functioning of our brain. During sleep, nerve cells regenerate, organize information acquired during the day and consolidate memory traces, which is directly related to learning. Lack of sleep increases impulsivity, deepens negative thinking and slows down the body's reaction time!

2. You can be a genius without good grades

Of course, good grades are a pleasant confirmation of our knowledge and praise for hard work. However, sometimes it is worth considering whether the structure of exams themselves, especially those with closed questions, affects the results. We often study for one specific exam, the knowledge of which may be very… limited and sometimes not useful, so it is worth prioritizing the topics that we study hard.

3. It's not cool to think you're better than others

We are different and have different priorities in life. It is also worth considering how many people escape from the rat race and start a slow, stress-free life. So we have to agree that judging people based on grades or responses under stress (sic!) is not cool.

The good thing about romanticizing studying

As I have already said, these types of collages are really motivating. So let's talk about what's great about them and what's worth highlighting and saving for later.

1. Knowledge is beautiful, but your outfit and surroundings can also be

We know that we should never judge a book by its cover, but… the issue of social perception painfully confirms that we do and will continue to do so because this is how our brains work. And isn't it nice when someone looks at us and thinks this girl is so classy?

Moreover, a nice outfit that makes us feel good gives us a lot of self-confidence. There are also many studies confirming the positive impact on motivation and concentration of a neat and aesthetic workplace.

2. Not just cramming, but also discovering

Broadening your horizons is easier with passion and real commitment. And to achieve this, the topics must really interest us. Not everyone has yet found something that they are extremely passionate about in science, so that is why you have to dig deeper and discover different areas.

3. Don't be afraid to use your knowledge in practice

Schools and universities, unfortunately, have their own rules and they do not always allow you to show your 100% potential. Thus, share your knowledge with others externally, write essays, blog and social media. This form of activity also makes you learn things faster and easier. In addition, contacts with others will expand your knowledge.

Therefore, I must say that it is worth choosing your inspirations carefully. Nothing helps you enjoy studying better than a clear head and lack of prejudices.

*This post was inspired by my own experience with studying. If anyone is interested, I think I can share my mistakes that did not help me in an academic adventure :)

#study aesthetic #healthy studying #study motivation #studyblr #dark academia #light academia #studyspo #study inspiration #study inspo #study blog #studying #productivitytips #studyblr community

[hauntedpearl]

I have started reading lord of the rings btw. finally

#it is my first time! #i have been avoiding the spoilers my whole life!!! #I didn't watch the movies also #so im just really excited to get in on all that!! #i juat finished the fellowship of the ring and started the two towers #but i think i might have to take a small break between books bc its a little overwhelming readong the series at once i think xD #can't focus for shit hahaha #anyway!!! #doe reads books! #what have you guys been reading! 👀

[creative-hanyou-girl]

2000's Trio 2020's Trio

Imagine how great it would be if the PJO show is successful and gets the Harry Potter treatment where we get to see these kids grow up throughout the show!

If the Golden Trio was our big 2000's trio, I hope the Original Trio will be our big 2020's trio💙💙💙

#these are my 2 favorite middle grade book series and I'd love if I can have well done adaptations for both of them to squeal over #I actually didn't get into the HP movies until they were all well done and over with #so i didn't really get to 'grow up' with the characters in real time as the movies were coming out #so I'm really hoping I'll get that chance with the actors in the PJO series #how cool would it be to watch the Original Trio and the rest of CHB grow up alongside the show in real time? #also my mom and I love marathoning HP together and I'm really hoping the PJO show can be the next big thing we obsess over together #I convinced her to watch PJO with me be telling her PJO is like HP and showing her the trailer and musical songs #she was interested and said she's into mythology too so its a start! #tbh I'm looking forward to the PJO show way more than the HP reboot #mostly because I'm so attacted to the films and think they're pretty good adaptations even if they're not perfect #but with PJO we don't have any GOOD and FAITHFUL adaptations at all #what movies? there are no PJO movies #I still might give the HP reboot a watch esp. if its good but still. the movies mean so much to me #i love both series and there's nothing wrong with that #please be nice #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson tv show #disney+ #the original trio #annabeth chase #grover underwood #harry potter #harry potter movies #harmione granger #ron weasley #the golden trio #harry potter reboot #hbo max #2000s trio and 2020s trio

[nomattertheoceans]

Y'all I'm not going to lie, all the gifsets kinda make me want to get into Percy Jackson??

#not me being a basic bitch kajdjfhkahdjs #LISTEN #i never read them cause idk the movie seemed boring when it came out #and i never looked at the series after that #like literally all i know is that percy jackson is... a demi god i think #maybe? #and also he falls in love with a girl named annabeth? #and i think maybe he has adhd? #like LITERALLY THAT'S ALL I KNOW #but idk the gifsets from the show look interesting ok SUE ME I'M BASIC #but now the question is. should i read the books? watch the show? #i mean it's a stupid question we all know i would never watch an adaptation without checking out the original material #Gina's voice: I'm not an animal #anyway idk #seems like a big commitment all of a sudden #but then again i have a 12 hour flight to get through next week so.... might be a good idea to start now #can you sense my indecision? 😂 #percy jackson

[wimbledon2008]

people who are mad about the rwrb movie because it's not a page for page adaptation of the book are wrong because that's not how movies work and the real issue is that they included too MUCH from the book which made the movie feel rushed and lacking in depth

people who are mad about the rwrb movie because it's "bad" are wrong because it was never meant to be that serious and ignoring the actual genre of the movie and expecting prestige filmmaking from a direct to streaming summer rom com that was only ever meant to be harmless fun is cynical and stupid

i am the only person with correct opinions about the rwrb movie

#rwrb #so what if it watches like a cheesy hallmark movie. what were you expecting? #did you not watch the trailer? #it's never pretended to be something that it's not #so i'm confused as to why people are acting like they were lied to when the silly rom com turns out to be silly and romantic and comical #stop holding it to a higher standard just because it's gay #and don't even get me started on the whole book thing #the movie is already overstuffed where do you want all that plot and all those characters to go? #yes the adaptation would've been better served as a series but can't we just enjoy the movie we got? #i'm so tired

[hanniballecters]

not me, nearly 30 years old, reading the hunger games for the first time and actually really enjoying it

#i'm actually already half way through book 2 #i never got into YA bc i find it all so unrelatable and at times really lame #(no judgement at all if you dig it) #but this series actually really sucked me in #i only started reading it bc my friend wanted to show me the movies after seeing the trailer for that new one before we saw Oppie in aug #cause i was already over my very short YA thing when I entered highschool so the whole craze missed me lol #we only got to get the first movie in and now i wanna read all of them before we finish

[madonnamadeofasphalt]

One of my pettier but recurring problems is that I fucking hate Peter Jackson's LotR movies with a burning passion, but whenever I forget myself and I complain about it on the Internet, I'm having the absolute worst kinda Tolkien nerds agree with me for extremely bad reasons

#peter jackson did a Bad Job and I disagree with pretty much every creative decision he made #starting with making those books into a blockbuster live action movie series at all #but man oh man do the fandom people have some Bad Takes about this shit #personal rant

[happyandticklish]

You can't just fucking make them sisters because you're scared of homosexuality like wtf

#non tickling #the school for good and evil #they kissed and it broke the fucking true love thing like???? #they literally started a whole rebellion where princesses were getting with other princesses instead of princes #it has been STATED that they love each other #all the drama in the books revolves around their complicated relationship #they were built up to be the eventual endgame #and theyre just fucking sisters???? #im just saying you dont wait five books in to drop that bomb while making them hella flirty all the books beforehand #its fucking clary and jace all over again #everyone feel free to ignore this i am dropping back into my obsession with the book series after watching the movie and just #i am upset lol

[stsapphos]

i just keep watching live action adaptations of novels and stuff and thinking This would be so much better if it was animated

#i think heartstopper would have been cooler as an animated series with more or less the comic artstyle #i also had this feeling while watching two episodes of the pjo series #but disclaimer ive never read a single pjo book in my life i started watching that show out of pure curiosity #but!! you know! the whole concept of it! feels like it would be more interestingly explored in an animated show #a less serious example is fallen by lauren kate i don't think it should be a live action movie at all #its potential would be more well explored in an edgy and very dated anime. 2008 aesthetic angels and everything #anyway

[leatherbookmark]

ooooh apparently the pjo show is out? or is it just the first episode? i'm not sure but. hm!!

#shrimp thoughts #once again i fail at being a human being because i first read a pjo book in HIGH SCHOOL yes high school #a friend i'm no longer in contact with lend me their books and i Ate them all up in like a week or so #and then i got so into it that i 1. got an english version of hoh online and 2. pre-ordered the polish version that iirc arrived before the #official premiere... so i read it quickly and passed it on to them and one other classmate i think? lol #i remember i had a fondness for octavian. funny little guy #now that i think about it... i don't... really... have any 'childhood series' that i'd get super nostalgic over if they got a tv show/remak #or wtv. i could read when the... 2nd? hp movie came out but for some reason i didn't like the Vibes (i only got into hp after i accidentall #caught the poa movie on my father's tv in 4th grade and at that point i think the book series was already over) #i was also into the witch comics and in ~2006 i think i got into manga and anime #but only specific series and back then it wasn't as easy for me to watch them in the first place so i can't relate to naruto kids either #when i started jpn studies everyone was an expert on the most popular shows and i... Was Not #tl;dr yea i have no idea what the fuck is wrong with me either. anyway i'd say i want to give the show a try sometime but unfortunately #the only way to get me to watch a show it to invite me over and put it on. otherwise it's 'oh yeah i'll add it to my list' city. forever. #(there's no list)

[freepassbound]

🙄, 📚, and 💻 for the ask game please <3

🙄 What character from a movie/tv show/book etc. do you think was most like teenage you?

Shrek. Absolutely, Shrek.

📚 What were your favorite books growing up?

Well... I mean... it was the same as today - Star Trek books.

💻 What type of Youtube content do you enjoy the most?

Uh, mostly I watch soccer videos. 😅

Analysis and gaming, though (sometimes highlights).

Otherwise, I just listen to music.

#I will go on decade tears #'80s #'90s #early 2000s #the soccer is pretty much just Tifo #and one FM streamer #I've also started trying to watch movies #since my adblocker lets them through without interruption #I've tried listening to classical music on YT at work #good heavens it's awful #with all the ads #I do think the classic Trek books are better though 😂 #(I remain starstruck that there's an author of them here) #I also loved (and love) David Macaulay's books #the 'how things are made' drawing ones #and I have all the Calvin & Hobbes books #inherited the Tom Swift Jr. series and those were very good #Shrek came along a year too late for me in high school sadly #it would have been an excellent metaphor to explain myself #...unfortunately real-life is not a fairy tale #even a messed-up one #thank you for the questions! #asks

[cto10121]

But really, what kills me about Musical Wicked vs. Book Wicked…is just how much Musical Wicked made the whole thing the Glinda Show.

Elphaba was not just the protagonist of Book Wicked, she was its tragic heroine, its living and breathing heart, its mystery and compulsion. It was she who changed or at least influenced Glinda the most. It was Glinda who wanted to join her after the meeting with the Wizard and Elphaba refused. Without her half the Charmed Circle wouldn’t even be friends (Boq, Avaric, Crope and Tibbet, Fiyero). She joined an Animal Rights terrorist group and legit tried to kill Madam Morrible. She fucked Fiyero and then went to serve his wife and family. She was complex and dynamic and flawed and 100% badass.

But in the musical? She’s this sensitive and naïve bookish nerd Mean Girl!Glinda takes pity on and befriends when she dances with her at the Ozdust Ballroom. She is magically talented and dreams of meeting the Wizard. 🤮🤮🤮🤮 She humors Glinda’s “Popular” advice and actually makes a good faith effort of doing her “flirt and flouncing” suggestions (Book Elphaba would have carved up Glinda into a soup and used her hair as spaghetti). She almost falls for the Wizard’s “aw shucks” shtick twice.

And of course there is the very glaring change of having the whole musical be a flashback from Glinda’s POV. So Musical Elphaba is not even an objective Elphaba to begin with. She is how Musical Glinda remembers Elphaba and their time during and after Shiz.

The only part of the show that is even the tiniest bit faithful to Elphaba’s book character is probably the songs. Not The Wizard and I, pffft, fuck that, but like. No Good Deed, maybe. And even that is missing Book Elphaba’s self-loathing, her inherent belief in her ~evil.

Musical Glinda was also very much dumbed down re: comic relief, but the nuances in her character—her shrewdness, political savvy and diplomacy—are still there even as subtext. Musical Elphaba, though, is flattened into Bookish Brunette rather than a complex tragic heroine doomed by her own uncompromising personality and her authoritarian dysfunctional time.

#wicked #wicked the musical #cristina metas #guess who is back to her wicked brooding #i will never get over elphaba #don’t get me started on musical!wicked making it all about female friendship #it’s like making horatio the star of a hamlet musical #literally only the fangirls would like that #the movie musical is really happening isn’t it #don’t mind me i’m just mourning my book!wicked series dreams #what bothers me the most is that in the musical it’s elphaba that must conform and change to her shallow society #wicked meta

[daydreamerdrew]

Shazam! (2019) #1

#this series starts out with Billy being dramatically softened from his earlier appearances #and it’s ostensibly using the one year gap between it and the origin story #to justify how he’s gone through this undepicted character development #though I’d argue he had plenty of appearances that take place between them like his time on the JL book #that portrayed him more in line with his original characterization #but this was probably the correct choice because it appealed to more readers #I assume the movie adaptation similarily softened Billy for that reason too #but I think an unfortunate side effect is #that all of Billy’s relationships with his family members come across as lacking depth #because absolutely none of the development of them to get to this point from the end of the origin story #was actually depicted on a comic book page #dc #marvel family #billy batson #darla dudley #mary batson #my posts #comic panels

[burinazar]

I was thinking “haha it’s so weird and silly i got soOOO into this one very specific part/arc/related minor-ish character group of a franchise, i haven’t done that before have i? this is a new weirdness for me isn’t it?”

and then suddenly vividly remembered my inconvenient and untenable and frankly quite extreme obsession with the romulan star empire all throughout middle school, with such force and clarity that i had to put a hand to my face

#i would absolutely have made a Discord For Romulan Likers #that was still a bit different though since a portion of that came from an instinct to subvert #bc i felt like what some of TNG era canon did with Romulans basically being pre programmed to Do Betrayal was silly needed deconstructing #(and at the same time was intrigued by how a society of people like that COULD function if taken at face value) #whereas my hangup on the village arc and Ganja is bc i rly rly rly like the story + characters (also feel Longing (tm) instilled by tragedy #and wanted to talk about them a lot and nearly all english language spaces for MiAbyss were just crammed with the s1/movie parts/characters #and not my Special Sillies #like obviously theres no ‘hey ONLY talk about season two of the show’ rule on the server. that would be unhinged #but i made it because the rest is always getting discussed everywhere else so i hope that focus is ok with everyone and hopefully that’s no #uncouth of me to acknowledge that i personally made it for that specific reason. wait this got off topic. THE ROMULANS…. RIGHT #anyway i remember i was kinda grumpy at how much stuff Klingon Likers had in comparison #you can learn Klingon #you can’t learn Romulan!! (real ones know its called Rihan and not Romulan though) #(the Romulans call themselves the Rihannsu. i believe thi is 100% extracanonical material though) #(ebil did you really get tipsy on a tuesday night and start rambling about Romulans???? yes. yes i did. ) #(look i had a difficult appointment today i deserve it) #anyway it’s actually insane that i never read Diane Duane’s series abt them #i didn’t really have internet purchasing power and was restricted to what was at the library and easily available online #i should read those books eventually #i still have a soft spot for them pointy eared maniacs

[shatteredsnail]

i’m suffering from too many things disease. theres too much stuff i want to do or read or watch right now but i can only do so much at once

#currently being consumed by 3 shows and physically restraining myself from starting another #well that’s a lie i did start it. i watched all of season one one weekend. but i’ve restrained myself from going further #i have like 100 episodes left in one. and maybe 40 in another? the other one is still ongoing and not on hiatus #the new show is really long though and im just staring at it #also have two shows i’ve been wanting to rewatch #and then there’s the visceral need for a cosmere reread #another series that i need to reread before i read the final book that’s coming out in like a week #plus a series im halfway through that i got burnt out of but have been thinking about recently #to be fair i was reading a book a day and they’re like 600/700 pages #and then there’s the projects. god the projects. so many projects #and i can’t forget about my need to speedrun my class which takes up more of my thoughts than i’d like to admit #anyway yeah i’m suffering #but in a good way. kinda. #i read 200k words today. that was my version of being productive #and then finished some seasons i was halfway through #and brainstormed and started my tragedy piece #i’ll probably finish it later tonight and edit tomorrow #also definitely need to do my annual hobbit/lotr rewatch soon. i reread it this summer but i normally watch the movies in december

[timeisacephalopod]

Watch "A Brief Look at Harry Potter" on YouTube

If you're feeling nostalgic for harry Potter watch this delightful breakdown of JKR's world done by a trans creator- seriously the breakdown of the politics of HP is brilliantly done. Watch it and let me know what you think of economagics 😂😂

#winters ramblings #i think lily put WAAAAY more thought into JKRs world than JKR #but this video is THOROUGH not jusy the books and movies but like EVERYTHING except the newest game obvs #also it is SO FUCKED that wizards deadass advocate for segregation from muggles like it starts lookin REAL WEIRD #when your series that already decided Slavery Was Awesome also decides to have its Main Trio advocate for segregation #honestly really makes you rethink how anyone thought JKR was progressive at all #like even when i read the books the first time- which was admittedly late at 18 the SPEW storyline felt Odd #like i kind of assumed that other house elves would slowly start making like Dobby and begin working for pay #like dobby was such a sympathetic character and instead we got whatever winky and kreatcher were #it felt so odd that LITERAL SLAVERY was apparently fine and dobby was some kindof aberration #like what the absolute fuck. lily talks lots about it watch the vid lmao #also been watching a lot of HP vids latetly probably because its topical to make videos about #but like go find your local trans creators and watch their HP videos #because honestly ive been a little HP nostalgic too. which is why i watched a 10 he vid breaking down HP world building lmao