#annotate with me

[lottiestudying]

29.01.2024—i have no idea how im still going. like im honestly just impressed with myself. like you’re doing great sweetie

[fantastic-nonsense]

"Inej is the main lead of the Six of Crows ensemble cast" I say into the mic. the crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame.

"She's right!" I hear someone say. I look to the crowd. there in the 5th row stands Leigh Bardugo and her marketing team themselves.

[xulips]

leave me

[qiornono]

PLEASE PLS PLS read in memoriam by alice winn this book changed my freaking life!!!!!

[infinite-reads]

Switching it up between hard copies and my laptop for reading papers.

[1pcii]

the real reason Luffy likes zoro so much is because he is built like a bug

^^^here's a scientific (preformed studies myself) diagram to explain how.

[firstprinced]

Henry’s looking back at him, beautiful and vital and heartsick and still, always, the person Alex is willing to risk ruining his life for.

for anon 🧡

[stick0oo]

[woolying]

TSUNO DAY!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TSUNO :D 🫶🎉🫶🎉

[buttery-pancakez]

if Mark says “yay!” and “bwa ha ha!” and “bleh” canonically i don’t think it’s too far off to say he’d use the “:3” emoticon

[jaywuzhere9029]

art dump because i forget i have a tumblr and yuh

[thelittleprinceconfirmed]

Thingys

[blackhholes]

Monstrosity in Teen Wolf

Hybridity Is the New Metamorphosis by Harvey L. Hix / Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by Judith Halberstam / Monstrosity: The Human Monster in Visual Culture by Alexa Wright

Written for @teenwolf-meta‘s Meta May Monday theme: beast

Monstrosity and what, precisely, makes a monster is a topic that is discussed both within the text and the larger narrative of Teen Wolf. The most direct mention of monsters vs monstrosity is in *Monstrous* when Lydia tells Meredith “Not all monsters do monstrous things” referring here to Scott, which Meredith then flips back onto Lydia herself. It’s obvious to see here that the show makes a clear differentiation between what it means to be a monster and what it means to be monstrous. To be a monster means to be something unnatural it’s particularly about the outward facing part of a person, this is mainly seen with the shapeshifters who undergo a physical transformation which marks them as something different than humans, but Meredith referring to Lydia as a monster means that it’s not only the physical attributes which makes someone a monster. Being a monster is less about what you are and more about what you aren’t. Once you’re no longer able to be comfortably placed within the category of human you are a monster. This form of monster isn’t a negative attribute though, it’s a neutral one. It simply describes that the person is not a human. 

Acting monstrous is a negative attribute within the show, humans and monsters alike can act monstrous. Monstrosity is therefore not a description of person but instead a description of character. One of the most potent examples of this is in *Fury* where the viewer sees three different factions of characters. Matt is a human so he is per definition not a monster but he is a monstrous human, he stalks Allison and has spent the season carrying out his revenge plan by taking away Jackson’s autonomy and forcing him to kill people. The werewolves on the other hand are monsters who aren’t monstrous, at least to the viewer, they, particularly Scott, are trying to find a way to catch Matt without having to kill him or Jackson. It’s interesting to consider that the Argents, hunters who have always equated monster to monstrosity, have become even more radical after the death of Victoria, despite Matt’s actions he isn’t their primary target when they enter the police station, Derek is. Because, to them Derek killed Victoria by biting her and turning her into a monster just as he is. Matt is an afterthought, he’s the loose end they will deal with afterwards. The Argents therefore has the opposite understanding of the situation than the viewer does.

Humanity is also an important topic within the show, humanity is something fallible. In *Lies of Omission* the scene at the end with Scott and Stiles in the rain serves as an important look into the characters’ and particularly Stiles’ understanding of what it means to be human. When he says to Scott “Some of us are human” it’s a vocalization of the idea that to be human is to make mistakes and that humanity makes a person incapable of always doing right. As opposed to the in-humanity that comes from being incapable of erring. It is preceded by Stiles saying “Not all of us can be true alphas”, throughout this conversation, and even the entire season, Stiles has started categorizing Scott as something other than human capable of humanity, it’s not the monstrous monster previously mentioned either, it’s a third category of non-human. The true alpha isn’t monstrous but he isn’t human either. To Stiles Scott has become a sort of mythologized character who always does the right thing instead of being a real person who’s standing in front of him. 

[golden-wisegirl]

sometimes i remember about the masterpiece that is if we were villains and my jaw just drops

[toastingpencils37]

Thinking about the fact that as Transformers One progressed, especially once it hit the part where it was revealed that Sentinel was a traitor and that the miners were born with cogs, Elita's and D's personalities kind of swapped.

At first D-16 was fairly supportive or Orion, and Elita-1 was not whatsoever. Both felt like Orion was a fool, but while D would somewhat tolerate what they both viewed as Orion's bullshit, Elita absolutely would not.

But as the story of the movie begins to pick up, and D-16 gets dropped with Orion into Sublevel 50, and Elita-1 unvoluntarily joins them on their quest to find the Matrix, there begin to be subtle changes. In Sublevel 50, D-16 shows some resentment for Orion's actions, but like previous times, then is fine with Orion after things start to look up again. And when Elita joins, though at first she is pissed, we start to see her soften up a bit, particularly once they hit the surface of Iacon.

And once they reach the resting place of the Primes and finally reveal the truth, the switch becomes more obvious. D-16 expresses rage regarding Sentinel Prime towards Orion, blowing up on him, even partially blaming him for them finding out about Sentinel's betrayal and their cogs being stolen. But Elita-1 does the opposite, expressing admiration for Orion's previous bullshit (having had gotten them to the cave in the first place), and even sides with him, more willing to do whatever "out of protocol" move he may make to correct Sentinel's wrongs, and even more so complements his moves with her own, sort of like D did.

And by the end of the movie, their places have fully swapped, with Elita standing by Orion, now Optimus, while D-16, now Megatron, is against them (for political reasons), unlike how it used to be D-16 standing with Orion, while Elita is against them (for job position and protocol reasons).

Also, to summarize in a different way, D-16 loses his love for Orion, which he previously held, while Elita-1 gains her love for Orion, which she previously held none. (Whether or not you interpret both or either relationship as romantic or platonic)

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

not enough discussion about the gavins' complicated relationship with feminine-coded/beauty products, i don't think.