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tarisilmarwen · 1 month

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Recently I learned that the word “nice” derives from a Latin word for “stupid”. I suppose this is poignant because sometimes good is not the same as nice. (Also makes Starfire’s confusion of what “nice” means more interesting, if the word translated differently into her head.)

Oh that is so fascinating!

Looking it up and yeah, the etymology is not so flattering. "foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless", French derivative, from the Latin necsius, lit. "without knowledge". Since we don't know exactly how Starfire's language absorption works, it does make one wonder if perhaps she's able to passively pick up the root woods and language history as well, and that would definitely add to her distaste and confusion over the word, if it was translating more akin to "weak" in her head. I think eventually she settles on it meaning "kind", "showing compassion", based on the actions Robin took for her, setting her free once her realized what her true situation was and apologizing immediately for getting into an argument.

But it's fascinating in a more meta sense too because, yes. Good, both little 'g' good and capital 'g' Good, is not "nice". Good is kind, yes, good shows mercy, but good does not waver in the face of true evil and can be quite harsh in meting out judgement and justice towards it.

That thread is in Lewis's work for Narnia too. "Safe? Of course he isn't safe. But he's good." "He's not a tame lion." Good is not safe, it is not just bland get-along niceness, it often very hard, very difficult. It requires conviction and standing on something firm and speaking truth, no matter how unpopular it might wind up being.

It is often radical, nonsensical kindness and empathy. Like an earth boy freeing you--an obvious escaped prisoner--from your cuffs because he can tell you're scared and frightened, against all reasonable self-preservation for both himself and his city. XD

#askbox #starfire #C.S. Lewis #good is not nice #robin

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inspectorspacetimerevisited · 7 months

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While the 12th Inspector was very new and still working out who he was,

he seemed to have little compunction of pushing a cyborg off a very tall building, even when said being answered his questions.

#Inspector Spacetime #High Altitude Interrogation (trope)#High Altitude Interrogation #Shallow Inhalation (episode)#the Inspector (character)#12th Inspector #Twelfth Inspector #was very new #still working out #who he was #had little compunction #of pushing a cyborg #off a very tall building #even after it answered his questions #Good Is Not Nice (trope)#Good Is Not Nice

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hopeymchope · 1 year

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Would Maki fit into Good is Not Nice?

Note: This is a follow-up to this Ask.

I don't feel like the description on TVTropes really fits her. I mean... that whole second paragraph of the opening summary is basically antithetical to how she is at the start, right?

Although I'd still say she is overall good while not being initially nice, so if we were just using the base words without the trope meaning, it'd work...

#asks #anon #danganronpa #good is not nice #maki harukawa

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lotrmusical · 7 months

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never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave!#not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 4 months

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License to Kitty.

#dungeon meshi #izutsumi #marcille donato #chilchuk tims #I still stand by my tags on the Izutsumi character study piece I did in January - but I will repeat myself on a few lines here:#I *really* love this character. I love that all of the dungeon meshi crew are complicated and have difficult to love components.#But Izutsumi is a particular kind of hard to love. I foresee a lot of people being turned off by her abrasiveness and lack of teamwork.#She is very self-centered and openly goes against what the party agrees on.#She's a picky eater in a story that is 50% about eating good and healthy food!#It is in part about her growth but admittedly even *then* she remains rather true to her self-centeredness.#Even though she isn't as nice or funny or compassionate as the others...Izutsumi is still someone worth loving.#Even the more difficult people are someone worth loving.#And those people in turn are people who have something and someone they love.#She may be a girlcat but she is the most human of them all.#I hope that if you are an anime only watcher and are feeling put off by her at the moment; you'll give her a chance.#By the way: *yes* I worked very hard to draw that skateboard pose. It was worth it.#EDIT: HAPPY 500th POST OF POORLY-DRAW-MDZS!!! What a comic to commemorate the milestone with!

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pangur-and-grim · 8 months

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I'm turning 30 this month, and for some reason have become suddenly interested in material possessions. like what if,,,,,,,,my couch was nice. what if my sheets were nice. is this what happens to you??

#this bougie furniture store was having an extreme New Years sale #and it sent me out of my mind #like......wait......I could have that?? I could have NICE coffee table and NICE chair??? really?#a good chunk of my savings mysteriously disappeared shortly after.

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happyheidi · 6 months

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#cus I’m in a cozy Winnie the Pooh vibe #it’s raining outside and I’m laying here relaxing #my brothers visiting #it’s a nice little Easter #hope everyone’s good <3 #cottagecore #winnie the pooh #cartoon #90s #nostalgia #nostalgiacore #cozycore #cosycore #sleepy #cozy

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lesbian-disaster-academic · 10 months

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i used to be so good at writing strong, thoroughly-researched, thoroughly-edited essays.

as a kid in hs, my teacher literally came up to me, holding my 40 page essay on the intersection of the European witch hunts and capitalism/exploitation/gender roles (it was supposed to be 7 pages...whoops) and went like "this is literally a master's-degree level thesis. what are you doing?? you could literally use this as your final dissertation in a master's program, what the fuck."

NOW??? NOW?? you'd think I'd be oh so skilled. but alas. i can barely piece together two ideas. adhd skill-regression is so so real. im SOBBING

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spelllingandthemysteryschool · 8 months

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does anyone else feel weird & not good or is it just me

#even the nice moments are tinged with weirdness & not goodness. SAD!

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crookedtines · 2 months

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I finally took the time to photograph my vintage dip pen nib collection, and I need to share with you all how wonderful and diverse their designs are.

These two are my favorite. Just look at them! One of them is named Gorille and the other Mephisto, but to me they're little pumpkins.

And of course you gotta love the Pinocchio nib. You get to write with the nose of a tiny guy! Just not something you get to do anymore.

#I collect them because they come in fun shapes but they're also incredibly nice to use #all the ones I own write impressively smoothly #even the most flexible and fine pointed nibs #I have a ton of modern nibs as well (like a lot) and smoothness plus flexibility is not a common trait combo #good object #dip pens

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camilleflyingrotten · 5 months

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#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable wives #fem!aziraphale #fem!crowley #NICE PENDANT(s)#procreate #digital art #my art

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hinamie · 11 days

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to moving forward

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #jjk art #yuji itadori #gojo satoru #fushiguro megumi #nobara kugisaki #itadori yuuji #megumi fushiguro #jjk spoilers #satoru gojo #jjk manga spoilers #hina.comic #before any1 says anything i KNOw his birthday is in december ik ik ik this is just 2 show some post-battle bonding after the trauma #its winter in canon n megumi's birthday has passed and he spent it being piloted like a mech so they need to celebrate Now!!#also this was technically a request lmao anon wanted megumi birthday angst hehehehhe i hope u like it <3 bc it KILLED ME DEAD #im going to collapse remember when i said this wasnt harder than the hydrangeas im having second thoughts #page 8 made me want to bash my head in #could have stuck with one flashback image could have left them monochrome could have done literally anything 2 ease the workload #but noooo the chronic overachiever in me would not allow it #rule of threes i had to include all of them and they Had to be in colour it wouldn't have hit the same if i had kept it monochrome #i needed it to look how childhood memories look i needed it to look oversaturated and hazy and fond but unmistakably Gone #it may have killed me but im so proud of this rn like from an art style perspective these megumis and yuujis r top tier by my standards #personal favourites r the first and last panel of crying megumi like not 2 pat myself on th back but expression?????? hello??????#enjoy your cake megumi you've earned it <333 sorry fr hurting ur feelings it will happen again #oh my god i can sleep tonight bless <333 and i met my 3 day deadline NICE im so good at what i do

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dimity-lawn · 5 months

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#gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #meme #created by yours truly #anniversary #discworld #discworld meme #good omens #good omens meme #neil gaiman #good omens the nice and accurate prophecies of agnes nutter witch

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eric-the-disposable-demon · 1 year

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Uh-

just found out my cousin (who lives in England) is in the art department of a bunch of shows??? And she worked oN DOCTOR WHO? AND HAD LUNCH WITH DAVID TENNANT???? and she just told me so casually because she's interested in the art, not the show? I mean, excuse me? She worked on SHERLOCK???? FOR A WHOLE SEASON?? She worked on Peaky Blinders and Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones??? And probably other things because she has a shitty memory and according to her everything is a blur?? AND AT ONE POINT SHE WAS LIKE: "oh and have you ever heard of Neil Gaiman?" And I was trying not to scream, because yes, of course I've heard of Neil, he's only my favorite author, I've only read like all of his books multiple times, and if you say you worked on Good Omens or the Sandman I'm going to lose it completely. So I said "yeah I've read a couple of his books," -you know, like a liar- "what about him?" and she goes "well I worked on one of his shows and he's brilliant i just can't remember which one" and i go "w-what do you mean he's brilliant? You're.. you're talking about his writing... his writing is brilliant, right?" And she cheerfully says "oh no I don't read books, I ment he was really nice and brilliant when I talked to him" and i go "WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT" and she thinks for a moment and goes "oh! BRICKS" WHAT IN THE WORLD YES NO THAT MAKES SENSE YOU GET TO WORK AND TALK WITH NEIL FUCKING GAIMAN AND YOU TALK ABOUT BRICKS? NO THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL I'M NOT MAD ".... it was what I was designing at the time, I needed to know what vibe the bricks should have. Anyway want to see the spinning fireplace I made for doctor who" WHAT THE FUCK.

@neil-gaiman do you remember any brick conversations by any chance

#Doctor who #Sherlock #David tennant #I'm losing it #neil gaiman #DAVID TENNANT JUST SAT DOWN NEXT TO HER AT LUCH AND SHE GOES OH YEAH HE WAS SUPER NICE. VERY TALL. ????#anyway i- oh my god.#Let me just perish in peace #Just my cousin living my dream making art and vibing with Neil and David and her fucking bricks what the fuck #Good omens #Sorry this is a mess #I understand actors are still people I'm not saying they aren't but can you look me in the eye and tell me you wouldn't be psyched #If you could have lunch with David tennant?

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hansoeii · 9 months

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GOOD OMENS SEASON 3 IS HAPPENING SO I SHALL REPOST ALL OF MY GOOD OMENS ART IN CELEBRATION!! 🥳❤️