#this was such a great chapter

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

#dog books #this chapter was very sad reading #when you become aware of punishment #and its use and its prevalence #it's hard not to despair #again this is why positive reinforcement feels like absolution #maybe now my eyes are open I can make up for what I did #what I did because it's what everyone does #because it's more acceptable to punish than to do anything else #I've been having so many thoughts about punishment and society and justice #this book was very validating #another great validating moment in my jumbled thoughts #was listening to the You're Wrong About episode on justice #with Amanda Knox #it helped to ease the despair a little

[egophiliac]

What do you like about the Diasomnia boys if I may ask?

I always love hearing about the different reasons people enjoy characters.

I mean, c'mon. he has split custody over Sebek okay

also, Lilia in particular has maybe the best timeskip character development of all time

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 chapter 4 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 chapter 4 spoilers #stage in playful land #i hope this is legible whoops #anon i am sorry but you made the fatal mistake of asking me to talk about diasomnia #insert 'i just think they're neat' jpg #i do like the other characters a lot but they are definitely my favorites #they just hit a lot of my favorite things in characters i guess! #yes even you sebek even though you keep shrieking NINGEN at me #(it's okay he gets Character Development™ later) #and their dynamic! it's great! these guys frikking love each other SO much and they WILL have terrible terrible angst about it #ohoho delicious #give me all your emotional hangups baybeeeee #also somewhere in there i went from 'i like them all equally (but lilia is the most fun to draw)' #to 'lilia is absolutely my favorite (and still the most fun to draw) (EVEN MORE fun now thank you swishy ponytail!)' #(it was probably when his candy coating got a little scratched and whoops all the tragedy fell out) #(where's that 'get loved loser' post because i need to staple it to lilia's forehead) #i am extremely bad at putting things into words so please don't ask me to explain it any further #just know that the diafam is everything to me and if we don't get more episode 7 soon i'm going to crumble into dust and blow away #we'll be getting the crowleytimes on monday and maybe there will be. idk. some foreshadowing or something in his groovy #probably not but LOOK i'm desperate

[eviltext]

the laios-proximity disgust meter

#dunmeshi #new chapter was great lots of good faces old and new #dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi #laios touden #not gonna tag anyone else #more than anything im just glad doni and fionil are alive and well (?)

[thedemonscrawler]

Read Chapter 11 here!

A hall of old bones and fresh wounds, abandonment and  rot. The music plays but all that can be heard is static, a soundtrack  for sickening implications.

It looks just like home.

#fanfic:PermissionSlip #fnaf security breach #fnaf moon #fnaf gregory #a storm knocked out the internet while i was wrapping it up #im uploading this via hotspot #EVENTUALLY I wanna have covers for all the chapters #but this one especially i wanted to get done #so you can tell things in the fic are going great #art

[ruporas]

kiss the pain away

#vashwood #trigun #trigun stampe #vash the stampede #wolfwood #nicholas d wolfwood #ep 10 was crazy bc vashwood was literally the plot goodbye #i like how the most intimate moment between these two was in the goddamn sewers #i feel like that alone symbolizes so much in their relationship. im half joking BUT ITS JUST LIKE #the SPONTANEITY the PRIVACY they get in such an open Space while being literally chased / hunted after.... #and vash is out here showing his scars.............. and ill always lose my mind that they gave this spotlight to wolfwood instead of #meryl and milly like in the previous versions. i dont know how else to read this other than that wolfwood is the romantic interest of stamp #it makes sense even aside from this scene. u know. wolfwood was technically the damsel in distress in ep 5-6 and vash saved/helped him. #and who stayed in the bedroom with vash................. #who rushed to his side when he got shot...... with that worried ass expression.... #i dont have anything smart to say at all im just gushing over vashwood thru stampede bc its just so blatant. and its great that its blatant #bc it was blatant in trimax too. like so blatant. the romance was written in every chapter they showed up together #god #ive never witnessed a pairing more canon without being spoken as such its soooooo much theyre so much #ruporas art

[bluerosety-blog]

Does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes

#bakudeku #my hero academia #bkdk #izuku midoriya #katsuki bakugo #katsuki x izuku #kacchan bakugo #spoilers #this chapter is great worth staying up for lol

[binart]

from chapter 2 of SRPA LMAO

LISTEN KEITH IS JUST REALLY HOT OK, AND LANCE HAS EYES.

#chapter 2 was great for how thirsty lance was throughout the whole thing #klance #vld lance #vld keith #keith vld #keith kogane #voltron #vld #bina's doodles #srpa

[iamhereinthebg]

I need more of these two interacting AidaIro

#toilet bound hanako kun #tbhk #jshk #aoi akane #minamoto kou #I LOVE WHEN THEY INTERACT SM AAAAH #this chapter was so great #Akane takes Kou half seriously but admires him because he wants to try the impossible for Nene's lifespan #Kou thinks Akane is so cool and so pathetic at the same time #and Akane just guesses sm random stuff from Kou even Teru can't get and I am living #(It s just because Teru has sugare coated glasses as a big bro for Kou rip) #chapters 27 87 88 my belovedd

[greywoe]

"The she-wolf laid into the squires with a tourney sword, scattering them all. The crannogman was bruised and bloodied, so she took him back to her lair to clean his cuts and bind them up with linen."

#asoiaf #asoiaf fanart #lyanna stark #howland reed #my drawings #i wonder how many times i've reread that chapter with meera's story lol #i like this moment esp it's so sweet #and clearly made an impact on howland as he followed ned into the war later.. all the way to the tower #ohhhh you know what now i want a howland and jon interaction. i want them to meet. oh man #asos #anyway i've been in a bit of a slump lately so this isn't great but eh. i've got a few backlogged as well i might upload..sometime #it was super foggy today to the point of not seeing anything which was very cool so i guess that motivated me to finish this #i like weird weather but it should have snowed damn it. there's almost always snow on my birthday so this feels like an ominous sign #also there are odd places in my neighbourhood where tons of crows and rooks and jackdaws gather for whatever reason and i see them on walks #and i always go hmm looks like a feast for crows over there. heh

[frownyalfred]

“if readers take the time to leave comments on fics, then authors should at least take the time to reply.”

gently pats you on head. Babe. They already wrote the fic. For free. They gave you thousands of words to be judged and criticized. They don’t owe you anything on top of that.

#authors who respond to comments are great! #but it’s a cherry on top #not an expectation #it’s an added bonus to them already writing the fic #sometimes it’s a tactic to keep readers engaged in future chapters #but it is not and should never be an expectation #that authors owe you a reply #on top of everything else they already did #for free #ok sorry that got rant-y #don’t feel pressure to have to respond to comments! #writing #writers #readers #reading #just writing things #fandom #ao3

[puppyeared]

Started listening to JTTW

#I know like a bit of what happens just from Wikipedia but I never managed to read past the first chapter. not even finish the first chapter #so im using an audiobook and made some doodles on stream to follow along #I think right now I’m at… chapter 4? wukong just finished beating the shit out of me zha and another guy and now he’s officially great Sage #I think after this part he finds out that being great sage is also an empty role and beats the shit out of everyone again + steals peaches #my art #myart #doodles #jttw #journey to the west #to be honest I found lmk and then jttw and not the other way around #lmk #Lego monkie kid #sun wukong

[tianhai03]

felt like drawing kiryu how i dressed him up in gaiden... i havent drawn him in like 2 years i think. feels good to be back 🐉

#yes i put the hockey mask on him because of jason. yes im never taking it off. i love the mask so much #its like rggstudios knew that i got into friday the 13th recently and so they made that an option in the game im forever grateful #anyways. the game's great. im like 10 hours in and im still on chapter 2. i almost went broke multiple times bc i bought too much clothing #for kiryu to wear. 10/10 i cant wait for the ending to absolutely fucking destroy me emotionally <3 #yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #kiryu kazuma #allyart #god i wish i didnt have work so i could play gaiden all day. its so fun..........................

[fumifooms]

Holy crap Fujimoto is godly for this

The way there is so much emotion? In Chainsaw Man’s nonexistent face? This is a feat of excellent paneling and mood building AND HOLY CRAP

Wanting to save Asa is making Denji talk about his feelings?? Denji who just before cut up his brain and uses deflection and distraction as coping mechanisms and is like so emotionally unaware suddenly feels comfortable enough to share about his shitty life and his world outlook and his own coping mechanisms through talking about animals and stuff??! Oh my god

They are connecting and it’s so touching

#chainsaw man #csm manga spoilers #denji #asa mitaka #asaden #csm chapter 127 #csm part 2 #ok but I think Asa is special to him lowkey #Like maybe her being as unimpressed and rude to Ddnji might even have helped because like there’s no pretense of being great left for him #to perform? #idk idk guys I love them sm 😭 #DOGS! DOGS! CATS! #the way this chapter is both so heartwarming and crushingly angsty??

[finelythreadedsky]

JSTOR Wrapped: top ten JSTOR articles of 2023

Coo, Lyndsay. “A Tale of Two Sisters: Studies in Sophocles’ Tereus.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 143, no. 2 (2013): 349–84.

Finglass, P. J. “A New Fragment of Sophocles’ ‘Tereus.’” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 200 (2016): 61–85.

Foxhall, Lin. “Pandora Unbound: A Feminist Critique of Foucault’s History of Sexuality.” In Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey, 167–82. Edinburgh University Press, 2003.

Garrison, Elise P. “Eurydice’s Final Exit to Suicide in the ‘Antigone.’” The Classical World 82, no. 6 (1989): 431–35.

Grethlein, Jonas. “Eine Anthropologie Des Essens: Der Essensstreit in Der ‘Ilias’ Und Die Erntemetapher in Il. 19, 221-224.” Hermes 133, no. 3 (2005): 257–79.

McClure, Laura. “Tokens of Identity: Gender and Recognition in Greek Tragedy.” Illinois Classical Studies 40, no. 2 (2015): 219–36.

Purves, Alex C.  “Wind and Time in Homeric Epic.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 140, no. 2 (2010): 323–50.

Richlin, Amy. “Gender and Rhetoric: Producing Manhood in the Schools.” In Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey, 202–20. Edinburgh University Press, 2003.

Rood, Naomi. “Four Silences in Sophocles’ ‘Trachiniae.’” Arethusa 43, no. 3 (2010): 345–64.

Zeitlin, Froma I. “The Dynamics of Misogyny: Myth and Mythmaking in the Oresteia.” Arethusa 11, no. 1/2 (1978): 149–84.

#alphabetical order. im not ranking them #i still have two more froma zeitlin essays to read (one new and one a reread) in the next few days though #and its possible one of those might knock amy richlin off the rest (nothing personal; its a great piece just not my area) #but if im willing to have two things by the same scholar i would have to rethink including grethlein 'the poetics of the bath in the iliad' #some of my favorite articles/book chapters of the year are not on jstor though... #bill beck 'lost in the middle: story time and discourse time in the iliad'!!! #and lyndsay coo has a 2020 chapter updating and expanding this 2013 article that is 🔥🔥🔥 #and of course judith mossman 'women's voices in sophocles' which is what send me to garrison 1989 and rood 2010 but is not itself on jstor #i also reread some of melissa mueller's objects as actors book which is wonderful as always #and i would be incredibly tempted to put william m calder iii's tereus article on a top ten list for sheer entertainment value #jstor wrapped #mine

[eddiekasppbrak]

oh…. oh…………

#chainsaw man #csm spoilers #csm 126 #i amNOT okay #so much great stuff in the chapter it was so good #denji my boy #denji

[letsmcfreackingloseit]

I heard Eclipse was in dire need of cuddles, so of course I came to aid. I don't know why he needs it, but I will go and find out right now-

Oh boy oh boy chapter 9 here I come!!

Eclipse's design is based off of @themeeplord fantastic design and both of these characters comes from @naffeclipse awesome fic; Apex Polarity!

#apex polarity #dca #dca au #orca!eclipse #I hope you like it boss! 🫡❤️ #some of these look a bit wonky because of my frenemy ❇️anatomy❇️ #But they can shush up! I tried my best and now I have some cuddles to share! 😎 #but with all of that said- now I'm gonna go find out what happened this chapter XD #have a great day everyone!