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mental health check; how are yall doing?

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I can’t stress enough how irritating I find it when Shostakovich or any other composers are just, “uwufied”. Like, you can do what you want but it just makes what I’m researching feel useless and, to be fair, annoys me. Like take Shostakovich. I’m not going to say who, but many people on Twitter do amazing fanart of composers, and that’s great! It’s always nice to see different people’s styles and takes on the composer. However, there are some which are… let’s say questionable. I’ve seen Shostakovich drawn as a maid catboy and other stuff which I don’t feel would be appropriate to say. He’s also been shipped with other composers (even stalin, like bro what?! That literally defies all sense of history surrounding the two!). It is then when I feel kind of uncomfortable. You can ship composers, you can do whatever you want, but I’m just not like really into that or even have the right judgement at times. But when it comes to Shostakovich, that’s a whole other thing.

See, he already has 2 kids, a wife who is still alive and the man literally died like, what? 48 years ago? That’s the thing, it just feels. Weird, even wrong to me to ship Shostakovich with anyone. I’m not saying you shouldn’t but don’t take it to the level where it gets… too much. I love Shost so much and practically research and play his music on a daily basis, so all the shipping and other things related kind of feel like a slap in the face to the research that not just me, but a thousand other scholars have done upon his life and works. Given there are numerous controversies surrounding some sources as well as multiple viewpoints by different researchers and authors.

Anyways, that’s all I have to say. Also, please don’t take this the wrong way, you lot do you I just wanted to say my opinions on the matter. In no way am I trying to hate or attack someone else’s opinion (and I’m really sorry if it came across like that.) This is just what I think and I hope it’s not too critical :)

if yall are gonna woobify classical composers, it can’t just be the conventionally attractive ones. where the hell is anime bruckner

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Round of 32 Match 13

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Old and cringey drawings of Shostakovich🥳❤️🎶

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAH BOI

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Came back from orchestra practice and saw this little skrunkly. Please. Just let me sleep.

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never insist a piece is two four in front of its own author

bit more context

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Decided to draw fireman Shostakovich.

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finally got to use the practice room today! Honestly, I thought more damage would be done…

anyways, practice went well today!

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self portrait doodles

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I was talking to my friend today, and I said to her “you’re definitely an aroace.” The way she smirked and nodded and said “I know I am” just made me feel 😌✨✊��💅

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Practiced a lot of Bach and Shostakovich on piano… my eyes hurt and I already have a fever. But who cares, it’s music😌

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Listening to my dad crack jokes about his University Professors. Dr. Fridge and Dr. Summer.

He, fucking around a bit, asked Dr. Fridge “why don’t you take Dr. Summer with you just to cool him down”.

I swear I literally wheezed and my mum’s wondering what’s gotten into me… and it’s pretty late

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Francis and Alan’s relationship is a bit like Shostakovich and Sollertinsky…

Close friends? Yes. Are always there for each other? Yep. Can’t bare to live without one another? Definitely. Has one person who likes literature? Certainly.

I low-key ship Francis and Alan😳

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Some digital are I’ve made on Notes:

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I don’t know what to put, so have some Mitya’s: