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I wish everyone would admit that classic literature is inherently difficult to read, and that you shouldn’t feel stupid if you don’t “get it”. Especially the dark academia/ classic lit fandoms and stuff. Like unless you have the vocabulary and pop culture knowledge of an 18th century nobleman, it’s going to be a tough read. It’ll take you longer to read; you’re not stupid if you’ve spent several months on a single book! And you don’t have to enjoy everything. It’s okay if you got bored after one chapter of Wuthering Heights, and couldn’t be bothered to read the rest. It’s okay if you want to read your favourite kids book for the 10th time instead. You’re not stupid. No piece of literature is inherently better, more “important”, more “meaningful”, or more “intellectual” than another. First and foremost, read what brings you joy.

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“The great thing about Tumblr is that sometimes someone writes just what you need to read.”

— poetry-siir ©

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okay, here’s the thing clowns refuse to understand: kuroko no basuke is not trying, in any way, to play itself off as a realistic depiction of basketball. it is a story that unapologetically uses its medium (i.e. anime/manga) to the fullest. 

this is why i get a little irritated when people tell me to ‘go and watch haikyuu instead’ - here’s the thing: i love haikyuu, but these shows entertain me in two entirely different ways. everything from their respective cast, to their plotline/s, to inner and outer group dynamics, serve completely different purposes. 

hinata is an amateur who fell in love with volleyball because he idolized a particular player - haikyuu is the story of how he makes it to the top. the story relies wholly on the concept of ambition and idea of getting there no matter what. it’s all about average players making it big. there’s no need to be extra about anything - this is a bottom-up anime; knb is a top-down anime. 

hinata is an underdog; kuroko is a dark horse. 

knb isn’t about kuroko becoming an ace; when he joins seirin’s team, he’s already an experienced player who’s played alongside some very talented people on a national stage. the idea of knb isn’t that he wants to be the best - its that he wants to humble the best. he wants to bring the unreachables down a notch or two (or ten). that being said, making the generation of miracles over-powered is the perfect way to accomplish that. making them vain, dionysian near-gods is both what makes the show good and helps it achieve its end goal. 

an antagonist like oikawa, who works hard and values his team, wouldn’t be a bad guy in knb, regardless of his garbage attitude. just like throwing in a character as cruel and unyielding as akashi into haikyuu would completely destroy the point of the show (and the morale of its arguably unexceptional cast). 

there’s a reason kise is knb’s oikawa, and ushijima is haikyuu’s akashi. they’re character equivalents, crafted in a way that suits the universe/story they’re put in. these shows are built the way they are for a reason, and each element serves its respective plot well. 

so for the love of zeus, stop comparing them. just because there’s a ball and a short protagonist in the equation doesn’t make them comparable.

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Some Spoiler for Boruto - Manga current state:

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Gosh I was so freaking happy that they made Sarada Captain! That shows that they won’t completely forget about her 💪❤️

After reading some fanfictions where she gets a Sensei that focus on her and her potential, I am a little bit to eager to see some similar scenes in the manga/anime too 😂

But with Kurama dead ... I am looking forward what they plan. But I am happy that we got a anime about Boruto too and that they take their time with the arcs, otherwise only the manga would be like one fight after the other but no really character growth and that would be sad. :// With the anime I am not up to date - but I am working on it

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06. may 2021

I want so much a studygram or a studyblr where I can post about my love for studying or writing about studentlife, problems and so on. But when the first picture, first text, username etc is not perfect enough I am like nope nope doesn’t work, procrastinate about hundred years about it and then be angry with myself 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ and didn’t do anything else 😂🙈

picture: found on weheartit, not mine

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26. March, 15:20.

Concentration where are you? I can’t concentrate today. I am motivated, I want to learn, I want to study, to do sports, but after five minutes my concentration is faaaaar away and I am sitting on my chair and spin around myself. I can do that. x’D

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today is a perfection example of common - I'm going to throw all my study things away, drop out of university and going to travel around the world with never coming back.

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Yoongi: I hate when people are like “so tell me about yourself.” 

Yoongi: What do you want? Like, my trauma or my favorite color? Let’s be specific. 

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Aish I hate the feeling of overwhelming combination with angry 😤 I am looking so much forward to sleeeeeep!

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EMERGENCY IN NARMM/ MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) RIGHT NOW! LOCAL GOVT AND POLICE ARE UNFAIRLY TARGETING COMMUNITIES LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN LIGHT WITH A RECENT SPIKE IN COVID CASES. I HAVE COMPLIED LINKS WITH MORE INFORMATION AND WAYS TO HELP BELOW! 

ORGINAL POST

CHANGE PATITION TO REMOVE POLICE PATROLS 

RESEDENTS DEMANDS 

VIDEO OF POLICE TELLING RESIDENTS TO “GO AND SLEEP IN YOUR BUILDING”

EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR MELBOURNE RESIDENTS TO SEND TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT 

MULTIPLE LUANGUAGE RESOURCE 

IG LIVE VIDEO WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND 

THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE 

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Any minor inconvenience in my life: happens

Me and my sensitive ass:

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The mistreatment of Jin - a BigHit callout post

A lot of people seem to think that BigHit could never do wrong and know what’s best for BTS. They think BigHit and BTS are a “family”. Well it’s time to wake up..! BigHit isn’t any better when compared to big companies like SM or YG for example. They’re just as problematic like K-Pop companies often tend to be. The perfect example of this is how they’ve been treating Jin these past 4 years.

!! - a few of these facts are just borderline emotional abuse..

okay, let’s get started:

- Apparently Bang-PD walked around calling Jin fat???? wtf (this was 2013, before their debut and around the same time Jin went on a diet no one talks about where he only ate chicken breast for A YEAR.)

- And guess what? Bang-PD isn’t the only one who has called Jin fat: even his manager did. Fortunately they fired him because he was mistreating Jungkook.

- Jin majored in acting but in the House of ARMY, he got all the insignificant roles with basically zero dialogue. Yoongi even said Seokjin had texted him, shocked that he didn’t have any dialogue in the script. In the Making of-video he was clearly pissed: when the camera man said they’ll be filming Jin next he said “Oh, wow. Do I get to appear alone?” asdfghjkl. Jin was salty, but tried so hard to be positive. (he even avoided looking straight into the camera while they were interviewing him.. on the inside he was definitely feeling wronged.)

- Let’s be honest. BigHit could easily push him in the OST direction or debut him as an actor if they wanted, but no.

- Jin was once forced to perform even though he had hurt his neck in Kcon Paris. BigHit never made an official report about his condition… (it’s funny how they made a report about namjoon’s toe and suga’s ear but not this.)

- Now let’s talk about his LINES. Remember Blood, Sweat and Tears where he had to share his few lines with Jimin? That was the most unnecessary thing ever. (later in the japanese ver. they made jin’s voice stand out more than jimin’s. lol I guess even BigShit felt a bit guilty??) I’ve seen people trying to defend this by saying that it’s okay because Jin was the ~Main Character~ in the MV. But honestly, where is the logic in that? BTS are a K-pop group! Their voices are the most important thing about them!

- Jin is the only one who didn’t get a single line in any of the year end 2016 special stages (rainism: jungkook, as i told you: jimin, v, jungkook & class idea: namjoon, hoseok, jungkook… suga wasn’t there because of his ear injury.) He was just a backup dancer and nothing else.

- Remember when people were hyping up Spring Day because apparently this was supposed to be the song where Jin would shine… even V said Jin would surprise us all and umm.. well he didn’t.

- BigHit removed Jin from the thumbnail of Not Today MV because ????

- Speaking of Not Today. Let’s talk about this fuck up…

- *coughs* This was his only solo shot and it lasted about 2 seconds. Really. BTS filmed for almost 24 hours in cold weather and you’re telling me this is the only shot of Jin that was “good enough”. I don’t think so, because we saw the Behind the scenes-video and they were filming Jin quite a lot. They just didn’t use the clips.

- They keep telling Jin his voice is suited for ballads, but Butterfly was a ballad and he was once again the vocal who had the least amount of lines. (and some of them were not even lines like repeating “untrue” is.. not really a line)

- … so basically the ballad comment was just some bs excuse, let’s be real no one fits only 1 type of music. Plus here are some Bangtan’s slower/not hiphop songs I think Jin’s voice could easily be fitted in but he still got the least amount of lines: Spring Day Studio Version, Miss Right, YNWA, Just One Day, Outro: Propose, House of Cards, Coffee…

- Now the most recent fuck up is BTS’ cover of Seo Taiji’s song ‘Come Back Home’ and people are still debating whether Jin has ANY lines at all. The MV for the song was uploaded to CJENMMUSIC’s official youtube and their header was changed to a… group photo… of BTS… except Jin was nowhere to be seen. The fact that they forgot Jin is unbelievable and just plain disrespectful. No product should ever be released without approval and double check. None. And while we don’t know if BigHit had anything to do with the header, whose fault it is that even these other companies tend to forget Jin because they aren’t promoting him enough? This was not a simple mistake. It means that design and marketing teams from HUGE companies like CJEN don’t see him.

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“Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul.”

— Charles Glassman

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Jimin: Have you considered calming down? 

Jungkook: It’s on my schedule, but I don’t think I can fit it in until Tuesday.