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[aroaceleovaldez]

was reminded of this: so "seaweed brain" and "wise girl" in the series are actually kind of interesting (alongside "pinecone face") for a couple of reasons.

First is that Clarisse was actually the first character to use "Wise Girl" to refer to Annabeth, to her face, and in fact uses about the same amount of times as Percy in the first series. Thalia also uses "Seaweed Brain" independently of hearing it from Annabeth during Percy's dreams in TLT and Sea of Monsters. Nico also calls Percy "Seaweed Brain" in Un Natale Mezzosangue. Fun facts.

Second is that they were originally intended as light-hearted insults - because both originate from the first book and Percy and Annabeth bickering. In Titan's Curse, Percy pretty solidly acknowledges that anybody but Annabeth calling him "seaweed brain" is an offense to him by that point (though he doesn't care when Nico does it in Un Natale Mezzosangue). We also know that Percy has tried and failed to come up with witty comebacks to those nicknames before.

Third, Rick has 4 ways of writing characters swearing - the characters being cut off (seen with Nico in TTC), the characters are described as swearing but we don't actually see their exact words (Hazel in SoN), the characters actually swear (only present in Percy's Guide To Greek Heroes when he says "ass" like five times), and the characters use a replacement term for their swear (most commonly seen in Heroes of Olympus, every time Leo says "freaking" - he is very clearly implied to be saying "fucking.")

So, based on all of that, we can actually potentially infer that "seaweed brain" and "wise girl" (and "pinecone face") are censored swears, and Annabeth and Percy are actually constantly affectionately calling each other "Dumbass" and "Smartass" (and by that logic, Percy called Thalia "shitface" or something similar one time)

anyways i just think that's funny

[fictionadventurer]

I keep thinking about Lewis' review of The Hobbit, because he claimed that the main thing contemporary reviewers compared it to was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Was fantasy in that poor of a state that Alice was the closest thing they could think of? Comparing that chaotic fever dream to Tolkien's intricately crafted world? Lewis does specify that the comparison is that both books are by an "Oxford professor at play", but they're otherwise so different that putting the two in the same category baffles me.

[kwillow]

This thought kept occuring to me but I finally realized that Theo reminds me a bit of Stuart Ullman from The Shining (the novel version)

Stuart Ullman (novel version) is not a character one would usually think to make a reference towards and I love you for that. I completely see your vision from this first paragraph.

This too. Theo IS a bit of a bastard. Thank god he's a broke hermit NEET so he doesn't have any employees who have to deal with him.

[telugxrl13]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[bagalois]

as a student, you gain hope when you go to office hours and get answers, and you go through the stages of grief when you submit homework and get feedback.

as a teacher, you gain hope when you host office hours and give advice, and you go through the stages of grief when you grade homework and subject yourself to human stupidity.

[an-aroace-bitch]

reading journey to the west rn I'm at chapter 11 and this book is all over the place and I'm comparing what I read to what osp says in the summary and I think she's using the Anthony yu translation? But I'm reading the Jenner translation and I HAVE to know

Is there a big difference between the two? Like major differences?

[cctinsleybaxter]

Thesis kinda eh and citations lacking (even I know enough to know banking one of your biggest claims on Bloom gets a thumbs-down) but @gunpowderpercy was right about catch-22 as theater

[0scill4te]

When i am finished paying med bills (should be quicker now that I got a raise and more hours) i really wanna save up for a big impulsive purchase but Im not sure what

[qweenofghosts]

All you losers who've never read the great gatsby are looking really foolish right about now

[balinsasayao]

The Philippine Revolution (with other documents of the Revolution), Apolinario Mabini, Vol. II (eng. translation of La Revolucion Filipina)

The Philippine Revolution, Apolinario Mabini (trans. Leon Ma. Guerrero)

The Court-Martial of Andres Bonifacio (trans. Paz Policarpio-Mendez)

Warfare by ‘Pulong’ Bonifacio, Aguinaldo, and the Philippine Revolution Against Spain, Glenn Anthony May

I'm currently assembling some kind of comparatives post about collective memory, trauma, and people whose death signifies a before/after in that memory, because the way that Bonifacio shows up in Mabini's writings reminds me a lot of how Crassus appears in Lucan's Pharsalia, in that: when there is a tragedy and you look back to see where it all went wrong, which mistake damned it all beyond repair, what moment signified the ultimate culmination of failure: if you look just a little bit further back from that point (the Battle of Pharsalus/the Battle of Tirad Pass), you can clearly see a body that continues to haunt the memory and has not been buried (Crassus/Bonifacio)

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[databent]

sorry my posts suck today i have a headache and im stressed about my doctors appiintment tomorrow and its making me stupid. in my brain

[volfoss]

reading a reference book on vc from the late 90s and actually the detail is so so cool.... like maps and timelines and even close maps of key areas.

[the-insomniac-emporium]

y'know, I never really realized that I haven't seen a legit production of any Shakespeare plays until today, when I watched a clip from the Royal Shakespeare Company (to use as reference for that Cassandra fic I mentioned)

I've really only seen either tiny clips or the small scenes that movies/shows like to include (which often have intentionally bad or awkward performances for ~comedy~ or whatnot)

anyway, I have now learned that a high quality production of Romeo and Juliet is capable of making me cry. so that's cool.

[ravensncrowsx]

THERES THIRTEEN PAGES LEFT????????

[kojakaj]

i <3 epubs soososoosos muchhhh