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[jaeyunluvr]

so i was listening to my liked songs and suddenly spotify (dumb) smart shuffle decided to play this song (for once it wasn't dumb)

AND I SOBBED Y'ALL IM NOT EVEN JOKING

[nicolofia]

New York Master Bedroom

Inspiration for a large coastal master carpeted and white floor bedroom remodel with gray walls and no fireplace

[senpaisimmer]

Shiplap Bedroom in San Francisco Bedroom - large cottage guest medium tone wood floor, gray floor, vaulted ceiling and shiplap wall bedroom idea with white walls

[clareguilty]

Gonna speak out as a "fantasy worldbuilding plate tectonics and cell biology" type author and say all of that is fun and cool for you personally as the creator of your universe and its well and good (spectacular even) if you find/have readers who are interested in that level of worldbuilding

But from a publishing and professional perspective that is a WILDLY unreasonable standard to hold fantasy/sci-fi authors to and even more ridiculous in other genres. Not every author is concerned with soil ecology for the plant crops that make textile dyes. I think its almost a literary equivalent of CinemaSins or whatever to point out scientific inaccuracies in worldbuilding because if the author didn't care to or didn't have the resources to develop that part of their world then the book is probably about something else. The nice thing about this recent trend in overly specific worldbuilding is that if you want that type of fiction then people are writing it for you. (Hell, Im writing it) But i think its almost become a way for readers to bully and feel superior when they pick apart the astronomy/biology/geology of a book series or video game rather than engaging with the story the author is actually trying to tell

[1lifeinspired]

A Collection of Beautiful Blue Serene Living Rooms That Wow

[gellavonhamster]

Reading One Piece after watching Black Sails is kinda fascinating. Not only because there are so many references to real historical pirates and privateers - Blackbeard alone inspiring three different characters* - but also because of some themes being so similar despite the whimsical setting and different target audience. Criminals that pale in comparison to corrupt governments and exploitative aristocracy. Even the worst of pirates being, in the grand scheme of things, less terrible than this centuries-old, completely legal, accepted evil. You could've told me the scene in which a pirate captain tells his best sharpshooter to shoot down the government's flag in full view of that government's officials, and he does, is from Black Sails, and I would've believed you, but no, it's from One Piece, the captain and the sharpshooter are both seventeen, and the ship's doctor on their crew is an anthropomorphic reindeer. Who is fifteen.

*and maybe there's something to be said about how one of these characters kills the other and betrays the third, and how a man called Blackbeard survives in all his cartoonish villainy while a man called Edward dies, but idk idk, Charlie Day conspiracy board meme territory

[raayllum]

Gosh yes, your tags on that last post. Like, I don’t blame people for liking Viren, for enjoying his character, for finding him sympathetic (or attractive, even if I personally don’t). He’s a compellingly written character! But don’t be offended if people hate him or find him evil… he’s the villain, that’s literally his role in the story

"How dare this villainous character do villainous things" / "how dare the protagonist get narratively rewarded for making good choices" like do y'all even hear yourselves sometimes, y'know?

especially when - and i cannot stress this enough - tdp is for children and will ultimately have a happy ending. this isn't a grown up drama or tragedy or even a grimdark fantasy by any means. it's a hopepunk high fantasy story. people who further retaliation and violence and push people into inherently defensive positions are the 'bad guys'

like i love viren! i think he's very well written and interesting. he's a great examination of how we can lie to and martyr ourselves in a search for security that is also about status & wanting to feel special, about the harm done when trying to win a rigged system rather than solidarity in tearing a system down and making a new one. i appreciate his dry/deadpan sense of humour. he's also one of two primary antagonists in the first 3 seasons. and like, all that can coexist? it's multifaceted character writing? we all presumably passed grade 10 english class?

i also cannot emphasize the importance of being able to separate audience reaction or response from what a piece of art is actually doing or saying enough. "this story is bad because it was personally upsetting to me" without examples given or analyzed it is not well, analysis, it's just a currently very unfounded opinion. and sometimes stories are supposed to be personally upsetting, so like. you also gotta know your lanes

it's why subjective analysis is very useful but learning structural (objective) analysis is arguably more important. something can be structurally pretty weak but very enjoyable (frozen). something can be abysmal enjoyment wise but very structurally solid (1984, which i'd argue isn't meant to be enjoyed, either). and it's important to know the difference if you want to write actual analysis rather than opinion based stuff. analysis isn't necessarily better than opinion based pieces but analysis is more expansive because it can cover the subjectivity and the objectivity and more. which is precisely why i can read "the iliad" and think "wow that was good" but if i wanted to write an essay on it i'd have to do a lot more thinking because i'm demanding something greater of that artistic experience by virtue of wanting to expand on it

a lot of people take "art for art's sake" as a statement regarding the fact that art - which is inherently symbolic in its construction, even in what meaning we construe to words themselves - doesn't have to mean anything and fighting back claims that art should mean something. but i think of "art for art's sake" is more worthwhile to examine under the lens of "this art doesn't exist for the sake of capitalist consumption, but amid it, or sometimes precisely in spite of it" and like. very few things artistically have zero meaning precisely because meaning is also "what was the reasoning behind this" and if there is none (think a tattoo you got "just because") that's typically a subjective reflection of the creator and still indicative of their personality. sometimes the meaning is meaninglessness (nihilism is still a creation in response to us searching for meaning, after all)

i'm getting into the weeds now but the point is that there's definitely been an upswing in recent years of people thinking opinions = analysis and while that often is the case (particularly if that opinion is expanded upon enough to be grounded in the text and the text's context) it absolutely is not as often actual analysis as people think it is

[thesubcode]

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[notmyself43]

Transitional Family Room in Cleveland

A picture of a medium-sized transitional enclosed family room with gray walls, a brick fireplace, a standard fireplace, and a corner television. The room also has a carpeted, beige floor.

[bigbitchmarii]

Dining Room Enclosed in Dallas Inspiration for a mid-sized eclectic carpeted and brown floor enclosed dining room remodel with white walls and no fireplace

[hoytsheriff]

Transitional Family Room in Cleveland

A picture of a medium-sized transitional enclosed family room with gray walls, a brick fireplace, a standard fireplace, and a corner television. The room also has a carpeted, beige floor.

[roseoptics]

Miami Open Family Room Family room - large transitional open concept family room idea with medium tone wood floors, white walls, and no fireplace or television.

[psycholydia]

Family Room Enclosed in Charleston Family room - large coastal enclosed carpeted and beige floor family room idea with a wall-mounted tv and blue walls

[simplyhaleyxo]

Transitional Family Room in Cleveland

A picture of a medium-sized transitional enclosed family room with gray walls, a brick fireplace, a standard fireplace, and a corner television. The room also has a carpeted, beige floor.

[pisabookintown]

Transitional Dining Room - Enclosed

Example of a large transitional concrete floor and gray floor enclosed dining room design with white walls and no fireplace

[carolinavasconcelos]

Beach Style Family Room - Family Room Family room - large coastal enclosed carpeted and beige floor family room idea with a wall-mounted tv and blue walls