#I bet there are a bunch more

[speedette]

I hope these serialised book readings stay a thing for a few years, cause I have a huge list of books I want to read, but time for max 2 at the same time (letters from watson and frankenstein weekly)

[vynnyal]

I've been having a delightful time stumbling over my emojis being used in random servers, so here's more

[thresholdbb]

Can we talk about The Dying Swan moment in Coda? As someone who was once a very serious ballerina, I need to talk about the Dying Swan. Here's your context --

CHAKOTAY: Harry's clarinet solo was okay. I could have done without Tuvok's reading of Vulcan poetry. But the highlight of the evening was definitely Kathryn Janeway portraying the Dying Swan. JANEWAY: I learned that dance when I was six years old. I assure you, it was the hit of the Beginning Ballet class.

Have you seen The Dying Swan? It is dramatic.

Here, take a minute:

First of all, this dance is much too advanced for a six-year-old, even if they’re doing it in demi pointe. (Six-year-olds emphatically should not be in pointe shoes btw.) The dance is almost entirely bourees and arm movements done to very subtle musical cues, not the foundational ballet moves typically taught in Beginning Ballet.

This is a very vulnerable, dramatic dance that is effective because of its subtleties. The performer would need to embody that vulnerability in some way for a convincing performance. It's short, but it's a solo piece -- all eyes on you. I mean, it was choreographed for a prima ballerina, BUT THAT'S NOT MY POINT

Can you imagine our unflappable Captain Janeway willingly getting in front of her crew to do this ballet? I get that it’s thematically relevant to the plot of Coda, but since Janeway is only vulnerable in front of her crew when it means putting herself in harm’s way, it seems like a wild decision. She tends to hold herself apart from her crew, maintaining the professional distance of the captain. Further, when she does any creative pursuit, it is almost always in private, since her sister was the artist in the family and she was the scientist. As a captain, she commands Voyager in a much different way than she would as a dancer with this piece. I'm not saying she never shows vulnerability because she definitely does, but not necessarily in this way. Then when she talks about it with Chakotay, she just casually brushes it off with a laugh like no big deal.

There’s also the question of costume – would she have gone full tutu? Done it in her Starfleet uniform? An impeccable yet flow-y white suit? She does get into costume and command a performance in Bride of Chaotica!, but Coda is still kind of early days for our captain. Arachnia aligns more with what we know about Janeway's character.

Granted, it is Chakotay laying down these complements about her dancing ability and he is clearly biased. To be fair, Neelix does too before they leave in the shuttle. If she did this dance and performed it poorly or amazingly, I feel like the crew would look at her a bit differently afterwards.

Canonically she did The Dying Swan, but I certainly have trouble picturing it happening.

[citadelrock]

Ultra-Rare Aesthetics - Part 8/?

Lisbeth Fischer - Life Is Strange 2 "No. You started this fire... You will all burn in this Hell!"

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! Do you have any advice for a nine year old who wants to make video games? Is there like a program he can use to learn how to do that, or a game that teaches programming aimed at kids, or heck idk what to ask here I know pretty much nothing about making games Basically, the kidlet I used to babysit wants to make his own video game, and has been (somewhat inexplicably) making google doc slideshows about it because he doesn't know how to make games but if there's a way he could that would be awesome! Any advice is appreciated, I seriously know nothing about this but I want to support him

[icewindandboringhorror]

Obligatory fancier outfit that must be present anytime I post outfits 

[caer-gai]

Known mama's boy Gareth of Orkney just collecting father figures with the most confused look on his face

[falldogbombsthemoon]

Yall haha, my dad made it so I have wifi access for one hour a day. which I can use from like 14 to 21 german time. So once my mobile data is dead, I will not be active that much ig. So please dont think I'm abandoning yall.

[sporesgalaxy]

i shouldve played pokemon violet in spanish....

[toytulini]

wheres that post about how its hard to have like a fucking depression spiral or whatever while knitting bc lemme tell u im sitting here fighting back tears while actively crocheting and its not fucking working

[danielpowell]

Find it very interesting that Chai is labeled as a slacker and is on paper having no prior work experience + is called an idiot on several occasions + is stated to be a college dropout

And somehow he managed to get into college in the first place

I'm going to be contrarian and say this man actually had a scholarship but struggled with certain aspects of academia, consequently losing the funding he needed and forcing him to struggle to find a career with no credentials and no experience

[guideaus]

its one thing to be wary of scammers, but some people on here take it way too far. The people saying things like this are shitty, and i would bet that they put no effort into actually looking at any account that contacts them or even daring to talk to them, but the casual fearmongering repeating that every stranger interacting with them must be a bot really is the worst bc there are ppl in the tags like "oh no, i donated!" and now thinking they need to report people who need help

its just crazy that people can link their social medias that clearly date back years, they can provide updates and references, but these types will just make a popular post warning people of scammers and to avoid them all. like what do you have to do to prove you're a real human being to some fandom user on tumblr...

[prettycoolducks]

Took advantage of the new year to paint over an old faith painting. Lesson: progress is slow, but there! Now to keep chugging along, I suppose...

[summersinyourblood]

you all talking abt byler in the gym bc of the filming leak. at the end of s4 they set up a triage center in the school gym.

[thatonegeekygirl]

if u ever want more chaos in your life you should watch drawfee show on youtube (join me join me join me)

:] anyway what colors do you wear the most irl?

omg i just watched the trailer and holy shit im already hooked the ENERGY is AMAZING. check back in with me in like a week or two and we'll see how obsessed with them i am

honestly i wear a lot of black, mostly due to the fact that i LOVE t-shirts with like graphics on em? like funny quotes and band names and characters? yk? and most of these look best/often come in black. i also wear lots of muted reds and greens, and some blues. also i have a buttload of hoodies which are usually black, grey or faint blue.

[drop--pop--candy]

I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS STATEEEEEEE