#this... i...

[oldshrewsburyian]

Poor Dick Musgrove: unfeeling, unprofitable, and dead before the age of twenty. In some ways, he’s a caricature of what Lady Russell feared for Anne, sexually-charged associations and all. But what we learn, from the Musgroves’ sad and somewhat muddled reminiscences, has me thinking of @counterwiddershins‘ description of Persuasion as a magic trick. How does Austen convince us that Anne (self-effacing, always anxious to do the right thing) and Captain Wentworth (flamboyantly successful in a flamboyant profession) are, in fact, well-suited to each other?

Well, in Chapter 6, while poor Anne is still anxiously bracing herself for his advent in the neighborhood and on the page, we learn about his conduct in his first command. And we learn that Frederick Wentworth, determined to succeed as the captain of a frigate, decided that his duties included 1) making sure that the midshipmen paid attention to their lessons in navigation etc. 2) making sure that the midshipmen sent nice letters to their parents. And this from a man who at this point in his life is both orphaned and disappointed in love. I... I’m fine. This is fine. I’m fine.

#persuasion reread #soft keening #this... i... #persuasion #frederick 'unconsciously nay unintentionally constant' wentworth everyone #is a tag that i have

[genderfluid-druid]

hurr hurr I'm a human body hurr hurr I'm gonna solve all my problems using mucus

#i have not enjoyed my bout of covid #but this part seems to be over now 🤞

[bokkerijder]

pro-AI in the sense of "they taught a bread scanning computer to recognize cancer cells" etc etc

against AI in the sense of "we stole artwork from hundreds to thousands of artists, didn't credit them and didn't financially compensate them"

#rambles '24 #ok to reblog btw #all my posts are ok to reblog #if not i would make them unrebloggable lmao #edit: i am a fool #i said that thinking this would maybe get 5 notes or something #and now we're here lol

[t00thpasteface]

got told at lunch "you feel like Tumblr Incarnate" and i had to tell them i've been here for 13 years and counting. i was here three years before dashcon happened. i saw the mishapocalypse. i survived the gigapause. i've been here longer than the shoelaces post. i've been here since it was hipsters versus fandom and i played both sides extensively by overdoing the sepia filters on everything and making my own flashing galaxy gif edits for my fandom posts. i'm every tumblr. it's all in me

#i've been on this site longer than mash was on the air and I WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL IT IS A SMOLDERING 404 PAGE #shebbz shoutz

[tofupixel]

heart eye cat meme

#i wanna ruin our friendship #meme #cat #pixel art #pixelart #8bit #art #artists on tumblr #pixel #16bit

[sailing-ever-west]

graph of what being hungry is like with adhd

#i still havent eaten i made this graph instead #adhd #audhd #tw food #time blindness #executive dysfunction

[girlstressed]

can’t stop smiling in inappropriate situations

#personal #ITS A REFLEX IDK WHY I USED TO HAVE A RBF AND NOW I HAVE A RESTING SMILING FACE???

[thewebcomicsreview]

#M-I-C #K-E-Y #my art

[gwenlena]

hello tumblr

#its so silly i love the boops #boop #!! #april fools #i think

[theriverbeyond]

Ideal work schedule:

I show up and am given a list of cognitively engaging but achievable tasks

I complete the list

I leave immedietly

#guy who is getting out of work at 1pm!!!! 📢 #tomorrow is my last day but u have loved this job. i love to leave. #trb.txt #i* have

[oldshrewsburyian]

Persuasion & Italian love-songs

CONCERT TIME.

Anne going up to speak to Wentworth! His making the effort to enter into conversation with her! “[she] felt equal to every thing which she felt right to be done.” Yes Anne! Yes! Make casual conversation with your man in public in a way that narratively mirrors the choice you’ve regretted most for most of your adult life!

Their conversation, of course, is exquisite, but we all know that. Yes, of course it left me delighted, with Wentworth’s near-desperate alternations between breathtaking near-transparency and polite small talk. And Anne goes into the concert convinced of tenderness and love, and then... and then, gentle readers, fellow sufferers, I lost it. Because, a few moments before the interval:

"This," said she, "is nearly the sense, or rather the meaning of the words, for certainly the sense of an Italian love-song must not be talked of.”

Jane Austen, apparently, was not done creating romantic tension. No, she must imply that Anne is sitting in the midst of Bath’s polite society, contemplating the prospect of renewed romantic happiness with the only man she has ever loved, and listening to a song about orgasms. I love this book so much.

#persuasion reread #persuasion #i was going to binge through the rest of this but there are 80 pages to go #i may not survive #this may require MUCH staring at the ceiling #while i decide what the song was #jane austen #will not let us REST #anne elliot #i love her so much #THE SENSE OF AN ITALIAN LOVE-SONG MUST NOT BE TALKED OF #this... i...

[literallyaflame]

my partner doesn’t use pet names nearly as much as i do, which is very funny because i will crack my gay little knuckles and say some shit like “good morning my sun and moon, my loveliest boy, my baby my sweetheart my darling dearest” and he will reply “hello adrian”

#this is not a bad thing. i love him

[sexygaywizard]

Things are happening on reddit

#i post

[theboxfort]

Peace and love

#pink posts #i saw a tweet that was like “i see other people's art” --> i get discouraged #i understand that seeing art that is prettier than yours can be discouraging but why not twist that a bit? #why does it look prettier to you? is it the colors #is it the textures they used? the brushes? #study them and try to put your spin on it #and maybe you'll find your art beautiful as well

[hojlundaise]

the transition im crying

#this made me laugh so much i have to have it on here #looks like bruno being subbed out

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week