#this lady got TALENT

[fictionadventurer]

In my continuing quest to learn more about Laura Ingalls Wilder as a writer beyond the Little House books, one of the most surprising things I've learned is that apparently she wrote a small collection of cutesy poems about nature fairies.

They were originally published in a children's column in the San Francisco Bulletin in 1915, and are apparently about a couple of fairy characters who paint flowers and bring dewdrops and bring about other natural phenomena. This post goes into more detail about the poems, and the interesting blend of practicality and whimsy that goes into her presentation of fairies.

It also provides one of the poems.

And this quote about the importance of giving children fairy tales that's almost Chestertonian.

Wilder explained why she preferred such magical images of natural processes in a column for the Missouri Ruralist called “Look for Fairies Now.” She argued that children needed tales of fairies to help them see beyond the surface and to use their imaginations. In the olden days, she explained, farmers left some of their harvest for the Little People who “worked hard in the ground to help the farmer grow his crops.” Perhaps this idea was just superstition, she continued, “but I leave it to you if it has not been proved true that where the ‘Little People’ of the soil are not fed the crops are poor. We call them different names now, nitrogen and humus and all the rest of it, but I always have preferred to think of them as fairy folk who must be treated right.

On the one hand, this feels like just another example of how it was apparently a requirement for female authors of a certain era to write cute nature fairy poems. But with the context of the quote, it's also surprisingly fitting for who she is as an author.

#books #poetry #laura ingalls wilder #the couple of books i've reread have me more interested in her writing as writing #her style her storytelling structure her outlook #most of the discussion of her i've seen rarely goes beyond 'this is how the books match/differ from her life' #or 'let's talk about the indians' #at most you might get 'she learned description by being mary's eyes' #(which is really just another facet of the biography obsession) #yes she drew those books from her life but let's examine *how* she wrote about it #even rose's dismissive 'her books read like a grandma telling stories until i got my hands on them' overlooks her very real prose styling #there's this ongoing campaign to present laura as just 'a sweet old lady writing down her memories' #but she had years of writing experience! #even if she wrote her best work in collaboration she brought a lot of talent to that collaboration! #let's examine the style! the choices about how to tell the story! #there's a lot here that's not just biography--it's art! let's talk about it! #and apparently the only way to do that is to look at her writing beyond little house

[goldendoodlerlockerlove]

When @brinkle-brackle, an absolute Chad of a friend, told me that they got tickets to see Rob Paulsen from Animaniacs live on stage, and invited me, I was absolutely not prepared for how incredible of an experience it would be. Pictured above is a photo of us with the Maurice LaMarche (AKA the Brain) and we actually got to briefly talk with him. And yes, he is such a sweet man in real life. I still can’t believe that happened. It doesn’t feel real.

And Rob Paulsen is an absolutely incredible performer. His prowess on the stage is unmatched. Seeing him and the composer, Randy Rogel, perform together was such a delight. AND YES, HE DID THE SONG.

I was sobbing internally. This man is too incredible for this world.

And at the end, Rob and Maurice performed the Animaniacs theme song!! Tumblr won’t let me upload more than one video, so I might upload it tomorrow. But all in all, this was one experience I’ll never forget.

Tagging @secretsofthemourning, who Commissioned me to draw Yakko and loves Animaniacs every bit as Sam and I do.

#rob paulsen #personal #i’m still vibrating from this experience #i don’t think i’ll ever recover (in a good way) #rob paulsen is so talented and funny i was in awe the entire time #he said “helloooooooooo nurse” and i perished. he also said “yes ladies i am single 😏😉” as yakko and i SCREAMED #he’s really still got it even after all these years it’s incredible #and maurice lamarche had an incredibly dramatic entrance as the brain it was ICONIC

[lloydfrontera]

Funny thought about Amalia: her seeing Lloyd making something going boom and her brain going both 'brrrrr' and 'dats hot'.

Javier now has new bullying material.

i love to overthink so imagine if amalia is like,,,, someone raised to be the most proper of ladies, not allowed to engage in anything messier than flower arrangement when she was younger, maybe some gardening if her parents were feeling generous. raised to be seen but not heard, like a little doll they could bring out when they wanted to coo over but would never make a mess they had to clean up.

so when she grows up she's kinda obsessed with making stuff that's a bit messy, something tangible, something lasting. her bedroom walls are covered in murals, she's made tons of sculptures that are displayed all over her home and most members of her household have at least one full outfit made from scratch from her.

things that are permanent and lasting and real and won't wilt or be thrown out after a few days and won't exist anymore like she never made them in the first place. as if she was never there at all.

and it's nice, she likes doing all of that but there's just an itch that she can't quite make go away.

and it's not until she sees lloyd engage in absolute demolition, completely obliterate something in his way that she's like "oh. oh i Want That."

because on one hand all of her suitors had always been so proper, so polite, so perfectly polished all of their conversations always felt more like two porcelain dolls following a script on good social interaction rather than actual socializing. and now here's lloyd being messy and a little crass and straightforward, actually engaging with her as a real person who he needs to get an opinion of so he can do his job goddammit rather than just agreeing with her in what is the latest Popular, Trendy and Correct Opinion as everyone else always had and it's so different and exciting and real

but also because. there is little more that says 'i was here i was real i did this' than changing your environment so permanently centuries later people still know your name. the part of her brain that is obsessed with leaving a mark of herself, with etching her existence all around her goes absolutely feral at seeing what's effectively lloyd moving literal mountains to achieve what he wants.

of course she's no aware of any of this and is convinced she's a totally Functional Adult with No Issues Whatsoever so all that comes out of her mouth when she sees lloyd explode his way through a mountain is "god that's hot"

unfortunately for her javier is also not aware of the clusterfuck that's going inside of her brain so all he knows is that the weird lady with really bizarre taste is now almost salivating while watching his young master do mana blasts that could destroy an army. he has Concerns™.

#hey i got an ask #dtgvxg #tged #the greatest estate developer #our lady of questionable taste #see my talent is that i will take the most innocuous ask and overthink so much the joke is lost. im sorry this will happen again :( #also i missed her so much actually i just realized i had gotten very invested in her <333

[suga-kookiemonster]

just watched the halftime show, and i really hope some of you realize just how massively stupid you sounded when you were talking crazy out the side of your neck about THEE usher raymond iv 🥴

#all these out of pocket comments i saw on twitter and tiktok... #y'all were really acting like jungkook did usher a FAVOR collabing with him #some of y'all are clearly wayyyy too young to be allowed a social media platform where you can open your mouth and spread your stupid #HE'S A LEGEND. #literally how many times has jimin mentioned usher in interviews? that's because he's one of THEIR idols #and rightfully so #THEY watched HIM on tv. just like me #THEY grew up singing HIS songs. just like me #usher hopping on standing next to you is crazyyyyy and really elevates jk by introducing his talent to a fandom that is 30 years deep #like bffr lmao #mine #sorry i was pissed when i first saw those comments and the halftime show just reminded me and now i'm pissed again 🤣 #really got me acting like a crotchety old lady yelling about these damn kids lmao #but i can't help it!!! THE IGNORANCE. IT INFURIATES ME. 😂😂😂

[mlady-magnolia]

Ilsalanna x Oshi no Ko

#i havent drawn in like a week so oopsie #anyway wouldnt it be funny if m:i had an oshi no ko idol au #i think the mi ladies would be great idols #i say as someone who literally has only consumed 1 thing of idol media (its oshi if you couldnt tell) #i think it would be funny if ruby and aqua were alanna and zola #like max got murdered and now the two of them are trying to solve the case #the imf is a talent agency or something #like theyre the strawberry productions of this au #ethan and the boys can be the boy idol group because ITS FUNNY #although it would prob make more sense if they were actors #this is an elaborate shitpost #alanna mitsopolis #white widow #ilsa faust #mission impossible #alanna mitsopolis my beloved #ilsa faust my beloved #oshi no ko au #idol au #ilsalanna #sunkissed doodles

[thatshinx]

LBD/Bai He

Using this base I found on Pinterest (if you know the artist please tell me)

#Saw this base and got so many ideas #If only I could find the artist cause they are so smart and talented #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk lady bone demon #lmk lbd #lmk little girl #lmk bai he #bai he lmk #lady bone demon #lady bone demon lmk #lmk fanart #my fanart

[y0url0verb0y]

curvy Lily Evans got me actin' a fool 😵‍💫😵‍💫

#lily evans #marauders #marauders harry potter #marylily #pandalily #platonic jily #curvy girls #lily is my wife #honestly all versions of lily evans got me actin a fool #im in love with her #gonna take canon james' bitch #said endearingly #bitch as in #beautiful inspiring talented charming humble lady

[01tsubomi]

sometimes your favorite song is by the idol group you see every time you go to tokyo but they haven't released it to streaming and they're quite obscure (not to mention taping performances is extremely NG in jpop idol culture) so the only time you have a chance of hearing it is when you go watch them perform and it's like not even guaranteed that it'll be on the setlist every time and then you find out it's actually by a disbanded sister group of theirs and they also didn't release it to streaming but they did put it on youtube in a 20 minute long video that features their entire first mini-album except for some reason it's the absolute worst quality vocals you've ever heard on a professional recording as in not the mic quality but the actual singing quality as in it sounds like a group of friends doing karaoke not even professional singers just some friends with no retakes no autotune touchups not even re-recording the lines that are off rhythm but it still means you kinda get to hear the song in your apartment. but is it even really the same song as the one you hear when your favorite member gets the solo in the chorus and walks from the back of the stage out towards the audience between the rest of the members as if parting the sea. is it

#really unrelatable content i'm posting tonight #it's not like actually my favorite song but i'm always like swept off my feet when they perform it #god damn am i homosexual #i have got to get to tokyo. i did say i would be back within september . aaaaaaaa #it was like. march or april? that they just randomly started performing it a lot #and it's funny remembering that my oshi is like. actually a very talented idol and not just someone i stan as a joke #sometimes i go in like aaa haha i uh i'm back! me the foreigner! i guess i'm participating in idol culture #bc i do always do the fanmeet part at the end too where i get to talk to her for like. probably 90 seconds? idk i lose track #and even though i'm a random white girl we've been at this long enough that she talks to me exactly like any other idol fan #and does all the 'you were't looking at any of the other girls were you?' and the 'i'm happy you're back i wish you'd come every day!! :)' #very interesting thing to experience firsthand #but also makes me forget that the main reason i stan so hard is because. she's just a really good idol #like sometimes i get to the venue kinda nervous to be there and then as the live goes on i'm like. ah. of course. i'm here not bc of the #idol-fan relationship validation but because i get to watch this lady perform again and she's so so good #especially that song. i really wish they'd release their own version #i really do love her voice #personal

[carebooks]

where is my lockwood & co. crossover with bridgerton in which lockwood & co. somehow time travel to the regency period and now have to deal with the time era’s bullshit whilst also figure out how The Problem is a thing in the early 1800’s when it hadn’t even existed… this is exactly what george wants to investigate. they get dragged to a time where The Problem was active and yet it has never been documented. meanwhile, locklyle were just getting their footing and being semi-more-flirty each other and now they can’t interact in private without a goddamn chaperone. do you think that stops either one of them— fuck no. but it creates so many fun situations. and in total, the trio goes out nightly more or less every time there’s ghost activity.

#i like to think that it took a while for children to develop the seeing ghosts thing #like some of the kids right now in the regency era can see weird stuff or hear weird stuff but are basically told from a young age #to not ‘act out’ or ‘talk like a loony’ etc #and so they had to kind of push it down #till later in the decades talent just increased more until it was just there especially when the problem came a knockin’ #eloise goes insane over lucy. like not only does she look vv similar to her litle sister but she’s COOL #and yes there will be a subtle implied subject that lucy is decended from a bridgerton- most likely franny- but its never like a big thing #its mainly ‘oh fuck one of these arseholes is my ancestor and if they die i may cease to exist. oh well.’ #and then its lockwood ‘OH FUCK ONE OF THESE ARSEHOLES IS LUCE’S ANCESTORS AND IF THEY DIE SHE MAY CEASE TO EXIST’ #so thats why he takes a bigger interest in protecting them more or less; but it’s never gonna be like a HUGE thing its just a thing #who would george get along with #i havent seen bridgerton in a minute #i would write it but i have zero knowledge about regency era stuff #like ill write lockwood & co. in my sleep but i got no clue how the regency era scandal™️ works #do i have to rewatch bridgerton again; im just gonna skip to the s*x scenes we both know this #and the lady danbury scenes too #like thats all i’d end up rewatching #lockwood and lucy #lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #george karim #lockwood & co x bridgerton #hyacinth and george can see ghosts totes but the rest of the bridgertons as well as older teens have pushed the talent down #theyre sensitives and thats it #is that how it works #im making it up as i go #should i make a whole new type 4 that can time travel. is that allowed? can anyone stop me? #should lockwood meet kipps’ ancestor and start the rivalry from decades earlier bc he’s THAT petty

[darabeatha]

@ardenssolis said ; Watches Camazotz from a distance, cheek on open palm. Look at him just looking so sullen and unapproachable. How endearing. / 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃.

CLACK. CLACK. While Ozymandias has his own..... peculiar way of entertaining himself, so did Camazotz as well. Old habits die hard as they say, and even despite the magnitude of different forms of entertainment that were available in Chaldea, he still managed to find himself rummaging through an assortment of skulls once again. Skulls that belonged to no other than him and that countless of times he's been too stubborn to spare them to their poor master who often lacked materials. Now what did he do with these skulls? crush them. As simple as that. A trait not at all related to bats but of a bored god passing time in the underworld. What was the amusing part of this? was there some sort of hidden significance to such a peculiar habit? none of it. He merely enjoyed the cracking sound skulls made when he crushed them with his claws, just like how any other person might find snacks such as potato chips to be enticing because of their crunchy structure, so did he; albeit in his case, he, of course, did not eat these bones; it was merely the sound that entertained him, and as something far easier to acquire than purchasing clay vases, that was one of the ways in which the lord of the house of the bats passed his time.

Back to the scenario in itself―; he truly did look like a fish out of water. How he sat in a corner by himself, surrounded by the blinding lights and white chalk-colored walls of Chaldea that contrasted so heavily with an individual who lounged in the dark and who was used to such environments. He was not someone who entirely rejected the idea of light, he knew it was necessary, yet this much.... It was unnerving, and if one was paying as much attention as Ozymandias was to Camazotz at that moment, they would be able to figure out how unnerved he seemed. Irritated, annoyed, uncomfortable, itchy if one could say. He didn't like this place, not at all, and it was evident in the way he did not occupy as much space as he naturally would were they to be in a place more fitting to his liking; so there he was, sulking in a corner and crushing skulls, this time with so much dedication that dust started gathering on the ground beneath him.

And to add to how annoying the whole environment was, there was him. Of course, there was him. It was daytime, why would the sun not be up? And he noticed it, perhaps also why he was feeling so itchy as well- did he not have anything better to do than to stare at him? Even he didn't need to have eyes on the back of his own skull to be able to feel the pharaoh staring at him.

He rolls his eyes and huffs, muttering something that could not be heard from the distance that separated them while slightly turning to his own side even more, almost as if stubbornly wanting to make the other have a much more difficult time in observing what he was doing. Whatever it was that Ozymandias wanted of him, he was not going to have it. Simply because Camazotz wanted it to be that way, and that was the way of Camazotz, to make things work for him.

#ardenssolis #;c.amazotz #STOP THAT #STOP IT!!!! #/IM LAUGHING SO HARDDDD OZ. Y #/me: -does not write anything for days/weeks- #/me suddenly: #now i dissappear for 4857485 years thank u #OEIRTROITRIO OKOK BUT! #i got carried away thinking about what kind of things he would do when he's bored and #it felt fitting; #u know theres a whole working society underground in x.ibalba #i think he would find it much easier to take hold of bones than to buy things so he's... 'creative' with his ways of passing the time #O.ZY IS THAT ONE MEME OF THE LADY GOING: wonderful talented amazing spectacular breath taking incredible- #IM CRYINGNGGNGGGG #u know that video i once posted here about bats making that taser sound when the camera got closer- #that would be him at o.zy now if he was a full bat #RIOTORUTROT #E N O U G H. #he does NOT care he is NOT giving u bones NOR mangoes NOR cursed heart drops #HE'LL CRUSH -UR- SKULL NEXT HOW ABOUT THAT #also c.amazotz on cold days: -standing a bit closer to o.zymandias on the cafeteria bc sun.. warm.- #but only he can use him not the other way around ok; thats how things work

[creepycoffins]

Preview of my Nala Se piece for Force Fatale!!! I was so stoked to be a part of this zine, it's a treasure trove of talent devoted to the women of Star Wars. I've also got a piece in the 18+ pin-up if ur ;) yknow

#star wars #force fatale zine #my art #nala se #i got a lot of feelings about this lady she represents a lot of things to me in sw #anyway go preorder this zine its fucking jam packed cover to cover with talent and ladies!!!!

[dismalzelenka]

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#today i had a pianist during a rehearsal go “wow your voice you just have so much natural talent i mean some people really work for years—” #and i kinda snapped #and i was polite but also i unloaded the entire story of the last thirteen years in the cosmic joke that is my life #this lady got thirteen years of trauma in a twenty minute speed run #she Learned Things today about existential despair and the societal clusterfuck that is the Trans Experience #and how that intersects in the classical singing world in an incredibly challenging and fucked up way #and how i went from scooting under the door into a voice program with seven lessons under me #and then three years later proceeded to fling myself into a testosterone fueled vocal puberty in the midst of a professional singing degree #and lost the respect and support of most of the vocal and choir faculty because everyone thought i was committing professional suicide #if it werent for my own voice teacher (who at some point became the mother figure I'd never had) keeping me afloat i would not be here #i have c-ptsd from the shit i went through in the choir department #i had to drop out of school for a semester because my body just folded under the stress #i started getting migraines severe enough i was hospitalized twice with stroke-like symptoms #two weeks ago i had a former teacher from the early days deadname me in front of our colleagues #she tried to play it off as no big deal and it just reminded me no matter how successful i become in this field #no matter how much work i put in to overcome my past #its always going to come back and find me through people who refuse to learn respect #and somehow! im still here! im making a living in the field i trained for #how many people in my generation in the arts degree sector can say that?? by some metrics i am thriving but jesus goddamn #i clawed and fought and bit and dragged myself to where i am right now and had to find my voice TWICE and the worst part is #she meant well #the pianist i mean #and i was polite when i told my story but it was so important to me that she understood #no amount of talent would have gotten me here without sleepless nights and long hours and blood and sweat and tears and you know what #maybe i am a better person for it but dont compliment me by implying i have some inherent gift from a god i dont even believe in #dont tell me your god put me in this place to teach other people compassion #i didnt brush the door of death as many times as i did for the sake of someone else's enlightenment #its been a long 13 years. hell its been a long 2023. in the last eleven months ive had a fundamental upheaval #of everything i thought i knew and understood about myself #so yea im standing at the gate to hell looking the devil in the eye. try me bitch. ive endured worse.

[revvywevvy]

SOBS WEEPS SCREAMS EXPLODES CURLS INTO A BALL AND ROLLS AROUND LIKE A ROLEY POLEY SHOVELS DIRT INTO MY MOUTH THROWS ROCKS SHRIEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lookit them all they're so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭 My sweet little skrunglies!!! My darling little eepies!!!!! I am saving all of these and putting them in my respective f/o folders and nobody can stop me THESE R SO PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!

#cell screams #♡ chip revvington #♡ pyrrha alexandra #//shoving this post in everyone's faces LOOK AT THE WAWAS DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!! THEYRE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! my moots r all so talented look!!!! #//im going to make these everyone's problem LOOK AT THEM THEYRE ALL FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #//going down a line and pressing a little kissy on each blorbo <3 #//also im. looking directly at that green chip. whichever one of you drew that u get a cookie I got so giddy when I saw that one #//also the coloring on the fully colored chip is so pretty!!!!!!!!! #//i love the teeny little blue chip he's so skrungly...... giving that one plenty of head pats #//and the two pyrrhas are so pretty!!!!! such lovely ladies heehee <3

[uknow]

my mcr show ended an hour ago and i can't even describe the experience i just had

#truly it is just undescribable #i cried twice during the show and a lot after lmao #i got to see thank you for the venom and our lady of sorrows live. foundations of decay sounds so FUCKING good live #to see this band these artists that you've admired since you were 14 years old #they were truly one of the first people that ever inspired me #i don't know how else to say this but they helped me a lot with my identity when i was younger. with being trans. especially gerard #this all sounds so sappy but it's true alskfkgldkl #they are just so talented and know how to make amazing music #gerard looked so good 2night too ;p he had a t shirt on that said 'pool boy for the vampire mansion' which is iconic #sooooo i hope i remember this night forever and ever and ever <3 #mcr philly

[aceofwonders]

love being decked in the face with a new character idea....your honor i’ve had her only since last night but i am obsessed already

#and it's a bard no less #a lovely surprise #i basically never get bard ideas #ANYWAY #i've got a spirits bard lass and i am in love with her #a noble lady with musical talent and a thirst for historical knowledge #also oops she came into contact with necrotic magic and now has the voices of many ghosts in her head #but it's ok she has been working on channeling them to help her out everything is fine #im also considering her father being a necromancer #just wanna fully lean into the spooky vibes cause i love the goth aesthetic so very much #already thinking mechanics as well man #considering taking magic initiate to get find familiar and some extra cantrips #also works with her looking into some of her father's wizard magic #but yeah either a bat or raven familiar buddy uwu #nancy's d&d adventure #ch: maizakeen morgrave #she goes by maisie <3

[pocasu]

new oc just dropped -> Xanthe

#she/they lady oscar type chara #also if u know camus ut4pri then. yeah. Only his bitch side though #ice queen noble who only respects those with talent/power regardless of hierarchy. rookie demon under koya's supervision #it's c6 season 2. c6^2 #pocasu art #pocasu ocs #doodle #c6 #xanthe #for point of comparison her dynamic with koya is kind of like j4ck and le0na #<- this is after she got her ass beat in first meeting a la v1l and ep3l