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maidenvault · 11 months ago

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Not “Only my reading of canon is correct” or “Interpretations are subjective and all valid” but a secret third thing, “More than one interpretation can be valid but there’s a reason your English teacher had you cite quotes and examples in your papers, you have to have a strong argument that your interpretation is actually supported by the text or it is just wrong and I’m fine with telling you it’s wrong, actually.”

#fandom #media literacy #like not to be shitty but. a lot of the kinds of things analyzed to death in fandom are not complicated #enough to lend themselves to really different readings in a rich way lol #we’re not talking about vertigo here just pew pew space movies and cartoons and superheroes #things that are typically more direct in what they have to say #so many smart ppl in the Star Wars fandom are too nice about this tbh #‘just my opinion though’ no babe it’s the only well defended take I’ve seen and u should own it!

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marlynnofmany · 11 months ago

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If everyone in the fantasy world is near-immortal, then sure their sense of history could be a little different. But.

10,000 years ago in our world, woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers were still going strong.

starting an elite paramilitary black ops group who sneak into the homes of authors and cut one to three zeroes off any number of years given in a fantasy or sci-fi novel

#time is long and history is short #perspective #that was in fact before the beginning of recorded history #hunters and gatherers and not a written record to be found #gonna be verrrry tricky to pass on the details of a historical event over that kind of time period #that said I've heard some very cool things about certain cultures' oral histories #particularly the Australian Aborigines #but I don't think that's the kind of thing the standard medieval-European fantasy story has in mind #though they should #it would be cool #writing reference

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kochei0 · 1 year ago

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I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

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copepods · 1 year ago

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crazy how 4 hours of work will literally take up my entire 15+ hour day. who allowed this

#text #i have Things to Do tomorrow but i also have Work and it feels impossible to do both #even though mathematically i should be literally fine

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butchfalin · 2 years ago

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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

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jaybirdbluebottle · 5 months ago

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The muppet archives

#featuring how the am I human conversation from mag92 should have gone #I still use muppet Martin as my discord icon even though these are from like 2022 #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #martin blackwood #tma #art

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chubbidust · 4 days ago

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cuptain dance

#deltarune #deltarune spoilers #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #ralsei deltarune #my art #animation #blender3d #i mean it is blender technically #idk if i should tag it with that though LOLL whatever

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ahsokalegend · 5 months ago

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One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

#you should all watch the apothecary diaries #I’m all caught up and starting the manga #never read a manga before #and despite knowing what’s going to happen in a MYSTERY I’m still locked in #guys it’s so good #I can’t wait to finish the manga and then jump into the light novels and read it all AGAIN #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #and if I’m wrong about the emperor please don’t tell me #no spoilers please #though this has spoilers up to the most recent episode #maomao #tagging the queen because she’s mentioned #these characters!!!!#wrote this instead of my discussion post for class🤪

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bacchuschucklefuck · 10 months ago

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couldnt draw my thang for mid-autumn so treated myself to a calne redesign instead

#calne ca #hatsune miku #VOCALOID #cw: body horror #<- And I Fucking Mean That We Are Not Fucking Around Today #well we are. as in I drew this as a fuckaround treat for myself #but the body horror tag is the most warranted its ever been on this blog #ask to tag #I am as ever on my journey to make calne ca Worse. her OG version is too cool. even the crab ver is too cool #I need her to be worse to look at. I am also getting myself into to mood to test my hand at boarding a pmv for my friend's cover #I think my thought for this was ''I should try and give her a more insectoid bodyplan''#which in this mostly means gently three-part body and six limbs (my favourite amount of limbs to draw rn)#actually almost gave her eight but didnt like how that silhouette came out so I mermaided her uh. abdomen I guess #though maybe next time I do this I should push that idea more. the head and torso are still very distinct for one unified part #I feel like one of my old attempts was onto something with like. a more horizontal body plan... well! live and learn etc #happy late mid autumn I guess. I should play with touys about it... I miss model kits. mayhaps...

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canisalbus · 2 months ago

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✦ Convalescence ✦

#own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #I've spent most of this spring sick and even though things seem to be getting better #I'm having trouble reaching the person I used to be #feeling like a stranger in my own body and in my own life like I'm stuck in a long dissociative episode #I'm trying to snap myself out of it by doing things I used to enjoy but nothing feels correct and pleasant #nothing gives that feeling of being at the right place at the right time if that makes sense #not being able to draw is actively distressing I can tell you that #I just sense that the blocks in my brain aren't connecting like they should and I'm not loving it

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fairydrowning · 1 year ago

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– Noor Unnahar, Instagram account "noor_unnahar"

[TEXT ID: / [Lemons] / My father's mother loved lemons. Years after her passing, / we run out of everything, but never / lemons. / Nothing else shelters grief / better than memory. / It's my father way of saying, / even in your absence, you will be / cared by me. / END ID]