#My OPINION and INTERPRETATION of the text

[autumnslance]

Anyway, it's worth remembering that a lot of things people cling to as Canonical Evidence of their Totally True and Objective Viewpoints on the characters in FFXIV is a lot of times based entirely on incidental side dialogue, often a single line and the possible readings or implications one puts upon it.

This isn't a bad thing, mind; we all do it, and in some ways it's necessary, to comb through dialogue and quest text and side content to get scraps of characterization, lore, etc to base our roleplay, fanfiction, fanart, and analyses on.

It's why I'm often insistent on finding and having context and backing evidence for things, particularly lore analysis. And there are multiple interpretations in a lot of cases--and especially depending on which localization is being used, or if removed content is being considered or not, and so on.

There've been times I think an interpretation is really off (and sometimes if feeling spicy have argued it) given other evidences--or I have missed evidence and context others are going by!

And sometimes people will read the same lines entirely differently, for uncountable possible reasons based on our myriad lived experiences. Things I've had to remember/be reminded of a few times, and so now try to caveat with "I feel" or "I think" or "in my opinion" when giving my own take or rebuttal, if I do.

#final fantasy xiv #lore #analysis #things to remember #blogging #about me

[mika-kagehira]

shumika is canon to Me even if they never directly say they are Gay Dating In A Romantic Relationship... i dont think they have to say it or even Be dating for it to be canon. the new story has shown that the story of valkyrie, especially from now on, is a romance... at least that's how i interpreted it. and that is whats canon to me: that their story is one of romance. that makes their relationship inherently romantic to Me even if they aren't confirmed to be Dating..... that is my opinion and how I see it.......Personally...

#basically im saying that i think something can be considered canon if its True and Correct that their story is romantically charged #like. intentionally. which we know from the new story that it is intended for romance to be a valid interpretation #even if theyre not Explicitly Dating and confirming that theyre Boyfriends #their story being described romantically! is canon! they are canonically romantic even if theyre not dating! #My OPINION and INTERPRETATION of the text #also tbf ive only read a summarized livetweet so far and im waiting for a tl to be finished to read it fully myself #but since i keep seeing stuff on my tl about whether or not theyre Canon...

[thefandomlesbian]

Inspired by the post by @oddlittlestories about Wilson touching House's sensitive points--specifically, the mention of the strongyloides patient and the afterlife. This is something I've been stewing on for awhile.

I don't think House's issue with the afterlife and the strongyloides patient was solely stemming from his own personal obsession or ongoing issues with suicidality related to his disability.

4x03, 97 Seconds, is only four episodes after 3x22 Resignation, in which House discovers Wilson has been taking antidepressants and it's implied Wilson has been struggling with his depression and simultaneously refuses to tell House anything about it, no matter how House pries. House makes his own inferences, that this is either a new thing or a change in prescription because of worsening depression, but Wilson deflects when he tries to ask. It's one of Wilson's sensitive points. We learn (and House explicitly observes later) that Wilson shuts down particularly painful topics, mostly relating to loss, and this is one that he shuts down hard and fast by accusing House of not caring about him.

House, true to character when it comes to all things Wilson, assumes the worst. We don't know what Wilson is actually going through, that's left to be guessed at by the audience, but we do know that House has been effectively shut out while continuing to be concerned.

And then, only a few episodes later, we get two different patients: a man who experienced cardiac arrest and replicates it in front of House for the thrill, and a physically disabled man who discusses being free of his mortal body. We see House and Wilson have exchanges about both of these patients. First, about the knife in the outlet patient:

House repeatedly tries to draw Wilson back to the topic of suicidality, why? how? what was the plan? and Wilson repeatedly avoids the topic until he gives up and leaves the scene sooner than have the conversation. My read: The implication is that Wilson at some point in the past (whether or not this is recent past or long past, we don't know) dealt intimately with suicidal ideation that makes him uncomfortable, either personally or with a family member (maybe his brother). House takes this as confirmation.

So then, this scene is followed up later in the episode, where Wilson and House together are with the disabled strongyloides patient, who is telling them he does not want cancer treatment. The patient says death will be a relief--in front of Wilson, House looks at him before he addresses the patient. It triggers a knee-jerk reaction, anger.

House recognizes he oversteps and leaves the patient, but the argument continues between him and Wilson in the hallway. It goes much deeper than trying to talk a terminally ill man into living a few months longer, because the argument isn't really about him; he's just a narrative vessel for this conversation between these two characters.

The most popular read for this exchange is that House is arguing for himself, that he thinks misery isn't a good enough reason to take his life and he is telling himself that death isn't a worthy escape (which is definitely a valid read of the scene). But given the recent context of Wilson's depression, his utter refusal to share anything with House and therefore the audience, his complete discomfort with the suggestion of suicidal ideation and all the big questions like why and how and what for... I don't think House's actions after this scene are for House.

We have this argument where Wilson is arguing in defense of a man who is passively suicidal. "You don't know death isn't better, you can't know, death could be better. There could be a solace after all of this, you don't know." If this conversation is framed in context of Wilson being depressed and having potentially been suicidal, he's not defending the patient--he's defending himself, for having had those thoughts. And House is arguing with him, against those thoughts. Wilson's conclusion is you can't go to the afterlife and see how much it sucks.

Of course House's conclusion is to go to the afterlife and see how much it sucks.

This is the song playing while House contemplates what he needs to do.

Starting over anew without a partner, not knowing how to make sense of things, becoming a new terrified person in lieu of someone who is supposed to be there--that's where his mind is. He goes to look at the electrical outlet patient, just staring in silence. What could be so good that it needs to be revisited? He must be wrong. (Note that at no point does House ever share with Wilson that the electrical outlet patient's claim that death was the best 97 seconds of his life--he asks Wilson why but never follows up with the answer.)

So House pages Amber and tries to try to kill himself, as convoluted as it sounds, so he can know the afterlife isn't good. So he can have proof. So he'll have evidence. He'll know it sucks, even worse than Detroit, they can't have this argument again.

House says it explicitly. "You insisted that I needed to see for myself." He had to know.

House wants to talk about what he experienced. He deliberately seeks out someone who will understand, asks for that person specifically, he wants to share. But with Wilson, he digs in his heels. Entrenched. We see that Wilson is generally the person House shares personal things with, such as the suspected identity of his biological father, he goes directly to Wilson after Dominika leaves in S8, he seeks him out throughout the Stacy arc in S2, pesters him while the fellows are fleeing in S3 even after the Tritter arc, his soft place to land during and after rehab in S6--Wilson is House's number one confidant.

Not on this subject. He refuses to say anything, except, "I love you." He doesn't respond to Wilson's criticism that he's already had near-death experiences before; he doesn't bite at any of the bait. Not talking about it. The person he wants to share with isn't there, so he doesn't share, not even with Wilson. The only thing we get as the audience is his dialogue to the corpse at the end of the episode.

This is also not something he shares with Wilson. Too much of a sensitive spot, too tender.

But all leading to my conclusion that... House didn't put the knife in the electrical socket for himself. As Wilson points out, House has had multiple near-death experiences. He doesn't need to almost die to find out what happens. He's already seen it. He already knows.

The character who has most recently displayed new depressive tendencies in this context isn't House. Wilson is the one refusing to discuss his mental health, ostensibly taking new psych drugs or minimally increasing the dosages, becoming uncomfortable with conversations about the difficult questions of suicide, and verbally defending a man's desire to die to end the mortal coil.

House didn't put the knife in the electrical socket to fight release for himself. He's been in chronic pain for a decade at this point, it hasn't changed, he has treated patients with self-destructive tendencies in the interim with no impact to his own mental health. This event didn't strike at a vulnerable time for House; it struck at a time when House knows Wilson is struggling, specifically when he has already tried to offer help and Wilson accused him of not caring. He had to do something.

House put the knife in the outlet to fight for Wilson. To have evidence, to talk him down. "See? I proved it. There's nothing. Now you know for sure. Now you have to stay with me."

That would be too saccharine. But he says, "I love you," and that's what he means.

#house md #hilson #house x wilson #meta #spencer speaks #this is obviously entirely my opinion and my own interpretation of the text #tw suicidal ideation

[kyouka-supremacy]

Atsushi for the ask game.

ATSUSHI HERE WE GO THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PRAYERS

Favorite thing about them: HIS SELFISHNESS. It's so so delicious to explore. Can you imagine a protagonist that saves others not out of simple good will, but because of egoistic self-preservation motives? It just feels counterintuitive for me lmao, and I found it quite messed up when I first watched the anime, but now it's so compelling to explore. His whole “everything I do is in order to gain the right to live” is crazy fashinating. Because lol, that's entirely nonsensical to me! There's no such thing as “gaining the right to live”; all humans, every person in the world is inherently deserving of life. All. No exception. So there's no level of “weak” or “worthless” that would make you lose that right. The fact that's it's a vision so distant and absurd from mine, idk, it just makes it very compelling to explore? “What if there was a little fucked up guy who believed the right to live had to be earned” just sounds like a very interesting premise.

Least favorite thing about them: When I first watched the anime, I think I found him low-key annoying? I just... Don't do very well with self-deprecating people and people who complain a lot in general, I usually suffer in silence and tend to (wrongly) assume others should do the same (this probably makes me sound pretty mean, I swear I try to be understanding irl). However, it doesn't bother me as much anymore, I simply think it's more of a distinctive trait of the character that makes him multilayered and unique. As of now, I can't think of anything I don't like about him if not the fact that I wish he'd rely on Dazai and others in general a little less. I know that has to do with his lack of self-worth, so maybe it makes sense,, but as of now he feels kind of stuck. I just wish we'd see him grow more on that front.

Favorite line:

There may be better ones, but I really like the delivery of this one.

brOTP: KYOUKA AND ATSUSHI they make me go insane. Already talked about this in the Kyouka post but just to reiterate: in my headcanon Kyouka really is the only person Atsushi feels genuine, selfless affection towards. It's very sweet. They're siblings. Kyouka's happiness is really important for Atsushi. They really do have that feeling of people who got out of an abusive environment learning what normality is supposed to be like together. I also really like how they compensate for what the other lacks, be it decisiveness and coolhead for Atsushi and empathy and positivity for Kyouka. Although plenty shipping them romantically, I really like platonic sskk and atsulucy as well.

OTP: I really like sskk eheh. I think they're neat. There's a thousand and one reasons why I find them pretty great. They're objectively the only reason why I got invested in bsd as well as the only thing that has me keep up with the franchise to this day. Right now, I feel like the one thing I really appreciate about them is how you can be the worst person in the universe and still somehow be loveable to someone. I think it's sweet. I also find it very fun and enterataining to explore their various soulmatism antics. They're both very complex and multilayered characters with something deeply wrong with how their minds work that makes them very fun to analyze both by their own and in the complexity of their relationship. Their collective story arc and canon relationship progression is extremely engaging and nice to follow, too. I love dazatsu and atsulucy as well!! Both were ships I wasn't particularly invested when I read the manga for the first time, but really grew in me in the last six months or so. I really dig akuatsulucy as well!!

nOTP: Nothing?

Random headcanon: He really likes reading. There's some real meta-analysis to be made here I actually had written this is probably not the right place to talk about, but in a work that's all about literature, he's the character who reads.

Unpopular opinion: He's the hardest character to write / characterize. That's why people should probably go easier on other fans when they mischaracterize him. He's just very multifaceted and genuinely hard to get. I keep seeing people being like “Stop babyfying Atsushi he's an independent adult!!” then turn around to say “he can't be shipped with Dazai because there's too much unbalance of power :// [somewhat implying Atsushi can't make free decisions for himself]”, or “Stop making of Atsushi a soft baby who never did wrong in his life!!!” then turn around to say “Atsushi is the happy puppy of the agency who gets treats and pats from everyone ^^ ” like. At least to me, a lot of people's arguments sound self-contradictory all the time; but that doesn't mean people should stop having fun and characterize the characters as they like! Just, let's stop being mean to each other and try to be a little more accepting towards others' takes, shall we? And yes that also includes letting people find Atsushi annoying if they find him annoying (although like, I've NEVER found anyone call Atsushi annoying ever, so really, what remote fandom spaces is everyone visiting? Why are you looking for clothes (good takes) at the soup store (Tik/tok I assume?) ).

Song i associate with them: Common World Domination by Pinocchio-P, HIBANA by DECO*27, Ghost Rule by DECO*27, so on and so forth.

Favorite picture of them:

Favourite panel from the manga:

Favourite illustration: Look, there's too many beautiful illustrations, I can't chose. Here's a very good one though.

Favourite illustration in the anime art style:

But also:

Favourite Mayoi card:

Send me a character?

#Btw I think the author does truly believe that people have to earn their own right to live and that #“people can't live unless someone tells them ‘it's okay to go on’ ” #Which is all sorts of fucked up for me and just goes to the encyclopedia titled Reasons Why I Strongly Disagree With Bsd Morals #But taking the character Atsushi on its own out of the context of which worldvies bsd does or doesn't enable. #I think it's very compelling to explore a character who thinks like that!! #Of course‚ feel free to disagree with my interpretation of the text #atsushi nakajima #bsd #mine #people asks me stuff #I feel like with this more than others I have more to say that just didn't come to me... #I have so many headcanons and opinions about Atsushi how can I only pick one!!!

[silver-horse]

fascinating that the biphobes, who say that BG3 companions are not accurate as bisexuals/pansexuals, literally haven’t played the game!! they don’t know the characters or who they flirt with and choose to sleep with.

a textpost said that everyone is allowed to play the game as they want and romance characters with a character of any gender and one person commented that OP is a homophobe and Astarion “would be the biggest gay if not for making everyone playersexual.” I clicked on the username and they have a post stating “will buy that game just to play as the furry albino elf and have homophobes watch him get fucked by every dude” ok. sounds fun, I will do the same, I’ll simply also fuck every women. but no.when not everyone is playersexual, 80% of them just end up straight. the remainder mostly still bi and they would deny the bisexuality of those few as well. why do they feel so comfortable attacking bisexuality that they will even comment on bi characters when they are unfamiliar with a given piece of fiction

#if I never watched a tv show/read a book/played a game I sure don’t go on people’s posts #and make accusing statements towards fans how they are wrong to interpret characters AS THEY ARE IN CANON #also this is typical rhetoric that bi men are actually just gay (and bi women are just straight because everyone only wants men) #biphobia #anyway they don’t care what it’s like for bi people to hear this #that a person got called a homophobe for pointing out that bi/pan character IS bi/pan and bi people do sleep with women #they literally say they haven't bought the game yet #wtf #why have an opinion? #when I want to engage in conversation about characters/story first I watch/read/play that story #my post #my posts #tumblr bullshit #bisexual #characters #text post #Baldur's Gate 3 #BG3 #textposts #also there is definitely an element of misogyny in this... #after all I haven't seen anyone demanding that the bi female companions should only be paired with women #no it's the typical fandom thing where only male/male pairings are allowed and female charactes are treated like shit and pushed to the side #female characters not allowed in male/female pairings not even when both are bi/pan and potentially poly #and female/female pairings are just so rare they almost never show up... #and like I always say bi people get shit from both sides #the conservative side of this DOES exist... people who are annoyed that larian showed him making out with a man #it's just that they are an extreme minority on this website #but just because those conservatives and homophobes exist doesn't mean it makes it ok to deny a bi character's attraction to women #both are wrong and both are biphobic #both are a form of erasure

[sonicattos]

hello it’s time for me to talk about how (game) sonic prefers to not socialize much but still likes being in company of his friends. how while he’s not exactly a part of any discussion, but he still enjoy hearing their voices and just being around them. he probably gets drained from it all but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have a good time.

that’s the thing about sonic that i feel like is under looked, people see him as “the opposite of shadow” (because it’s a little hard to read sonic) but that’s not really the case. they both have similar ways of socializing, sitting in the corner and not speaking much, unless he’s being spoken to. i guess except he doesn’t look like he’s brooding.

he’s not a social butterfly!!! he likes being around his friends but he’s not super giddy or anything hhhhshdhdhdjd

#in my opinion #it’s okay if you see differently but this is how i interpret him #sonic hcs #saltcat text #ramble

[guzhufuren]

why i dearly adore the headcanon of vegaspete being into petplay and sadomasochism

— Pete seems so interested (aroused even) when he sees Vegas inflict violence on people. or on him. which Vegas easily picked up "But you like it, don't you? When I am like this." "Every time I get moody your eyes tell me that you like it".

— "I know exactly what I want. How about you , Pete? How do you like it?" "At first I thought I was a freak. Until now." can absolutely be interpreted differently but for me it's Vegas talking about himself being a dom and a sadist, then Pete verbally accepting and welcoming this side of him ("You just have to accept and be true to who you are.")

— i am quite sure that Vegas and Pete will be able to work out their issues/shared history together and let themselves explore really cool freaky stuff

— bts of the leash photoshoot, bdsm gear in Vegas' room (which in my personal opinion was not frequently used, or maybe even never used before Pete appeared in Vegas' life), lots of material in the show that on one hand can be read as "Pete is not a pet", but also can be "post canon Pete can enjoy being a pet but only when he himself chooses to be one and to give the reins of control to Vegas"

— it's so much fun!!

#not a jab at the other post by tortoise who is one of my most beloved kimchay writers and whose opinion i respect very much #and everyone is allowed to say their opinion #but as someone with the loudest vegaspete p*tplay and s//m posts i wanted to express my opinion also 💕💗💕 #i did not write this in a mean way btw just decided to throw some messy thoughts out there for a different perspective #anyways #bless this show and the fanon interpretation #it gave me so many Realisations. and so much delight #mine #kinnporsche #vegaspete #also im sorry i have 2 more queued gifsets and 100 more p*tplay text posts in drafts jkshskshs

[trans-cuchulainn]

i have a note in my phone that was meant to be for keeping track of my opinions about various retellings so i could eventually do a round up and recommend them but is PURELY just me bitching about them at this point

it's fun to see the common threads in my bitchiness tho. "why the fuck is merlin ENGLISH" being one that shows up a few times

#can somebody please write a YA arthurian retelling that doesn't annoy me #there are so many merlin-focused retellings and they're nearly all bad #also the way the books interpret 'britain' compared to how it's used in medieval texts #is. hmm. let's just say there's a common theme of american authors who haven't considered geography very much #and are assuming modern borders and making things england only #just the general obliteration of wales is very noticeable #a merlin who knows classical greek but not welsh. why. #but seriously if i did a full write up of my objections to some of these it would be SO long and SO bitchy #néide has opinions about books

[auspicious-poppy]

still thinking about that one tumblr post that went something like "I didn't know why people fought wars over the bible until I discovered fandoms"

#small wall of text in tags incoming do not reblog plz #so in my secret sideblog's fandom there's this ship I'm a die-hard for #but the community is... quite something else to put it mildly lmao #like there's this one group who make funny text posts #and there's another discord server I'm in who discuss about fanon sometimes #and I'm not part of Twitter but my friend informed me that the shippers are defensive about their headcanons too #ANYWAY my gripe is that all of these groups present their interpretation as the One Correct Way and everyone else is wrong #and my INTP 594 conflict avoidant ass is just sitting here like 👁👁 EVERYONE CHILL PLS!! THIS IS *FANDOM* OK #like I have strong opinions about my otp but I accept that what I have is just a subjective interpretation at the end of the day #anyway thinking about this because an anon asked my sideblog for tips for characterising my otp and I been chewing on it #but I think I got the most level headed response now that I ranted here in these tags #Ty tumblr void <3

[littleladybirdsblog]

“Why do you ship Darklina; it’s such a toxic ship?” 

Ben Barnes and Jessie Mei Li are hot. Next question.

#darklina #shadow and bone #ben barnes #jessie mei li #sorry not sorry #i am shallow you give me two pretty people with chemistry and i'm gonna ship sorry but i don't make the rules #and like narratively it was the more interesting #and like it would have made a better plot (in my humble opinion) #okay i understand that the darkling is the villain and in later books he does some pretty cartoonish villain stuff and yada yada #if you want to read the text and interpret it like he is a clear cut villain then by all means do that if that is what you want #i just think it weird that the author would choose to make the villain the leader of an oppresed minority #as opposed to the monarchy and the system itself that enables this same kind of oppression #and like lets say the darkling was just the villain #killing him and destroying the fold would not really help anything since the oppression is still there #like people still hate grisha #i dont know #its leigh bardugo's story so she has every right to write what she wants to write #but i just find it weird or interesting how she would focus on Alina and Mal's relationship and disregard said oppression #i think the story would have benefitted from a more darklina approach #by having the light and the dark fighting side by side for a better world #because shadows aren't inherently bad #just as the sun isn't inherently good #you know balance or like calls to like or whatever #and if you were really set on not having alina and sasha end up together (event though they are literally soulmates) #then it would have been find since at least the ongoing war on grisha would be addressed #and like alina should get to keep her powers because it is literally her #you cannot have one without the other if you describe it similar to breathing #you cant have darkles be the villain without adressing why he became one in the first place #but i digress #at least bb and jml are hot ig

[earthgenre]

i had a dream where amongst random adventures this kid sits down in front of me with a guitar and sings, "someday you'll be older and you'll start to feel small again" with a really nice melody, and by the third time he repeated it I was waking up.

meaning? huh?

#I honestly need to know #thoughts #text #dream #dream interpretation #dream i had #i feel like i heard this somewhere maybe? a show? #my imagination #my thoughts #text post #question #i need answers #and any opinion #dreams are important in my culture

[cryiling]

yall i think i've been misinterpreting everyone's tone when using the :) smiley face 😭 so now i'm rlly curious:

pls reblog for a larger sample size!

#anytime someone uses :) it freaks me out so bad because it feels like they're mad at me #but have I been interpreting it wrong this whole time??😭 #for the past several years ive always thought ppl used :) to be like condescending through text #but recently when my friends use it ik they mean it genuinely so it always throws me off #but normally when you use it how do you mean it? #im so bad with reading tones through text like genuinely pls use tone tags with me because im fucking dumb😭😭 #polls #poll #tumblr polls #opinion

[inkykeiji]

No fr, I saw Hazbin fans on TT who ACTUALLY THOUGHT Alastor's last name was "Altruist". Like. They didn't comprehend it was a word he was mockingly attaching to his name after his performance in the finale.

oh my good god. once again i say, the media literacy (and possibly literacy, period) is buried beneath the ground like...that’s actually concerning. unless they were young teenagers who just didn���t know what the word meant,, tho idk if young teenagers should necessarily be watching hazbin but that’s a different conversation for a different time.

#in my short time in the hazbin fandom i have seem some really wild takes and interpretations #and most of them are just straight up wrong. like;;; not the interpretations or the personal opinions—everyone is allowed to have those ofc #and that's valid. #but i mean like saying stuff that is FACTUALLY wrong #because you know;; there's the facts of the text itself and then there's the bits left up to the viewer's interpretation #but anyway #i'm not gonna get into that hahaha #i just rly do think the inability to close read and the lack of analytical skills is very concerning #you *should be* taught how to close read in high school literature classes #i'm not american so i don't know just how awful their school system currently is #but i know that when i was in high school we were taught how to close read and pull apart nuance and subtext and form our own opinions base #on that; on the material itself. and how to argue and back up our points #not that anyone necessarily needs anything THAT SERIOUS in fandom but like just the general skill of close reading #the fact that so many people lack it is justttttt a lil scary idk #i'm rambling now i've been having this conversation with several friends over the past week #it's just baffling #ANYYYYYWAYYY #hope ur having a great friday anon!!! <3 #pls enjoy ur weekend and stay safe c: love u lots! #inky.bb #clari gets mail

[thedreadvampy]

I have dug my own pit trap and I am trapped in a hole of People Misunderstanding Critical Theory. shakes fist to heavens how could you do this to me, me?????

#up to like 25k people seemed to mostly be correctly understanding the theory #even though some of them were interpreting my post in ways i didn't intended #it hit 25k and suddenly my notes are FULL of people confidently agreeing with the opposite of the point I'm trying to make #my favourites so far are #'you can't use dota bc the author's opinions are reflected in the text' (yes and you will find those opinions by analysing the text) #'a great example of death of the author is [describes separating art from artist]' #'this is exactly why this genre uses male gaze but this genre doesn't' (all visual language developed in patriarchy contains male gaze) #and of course 'this is really wordy (TWO PARAGRAPHS!!!!) let me summarise. dota is when miku write this and male gaze is when sexy lady' #red said #i have cut the rod for my own back. dug my own hole. etc etc.

[sunfoxfic]

I will say, the difference between how English professors treat biographical readings of texts depending on their discipline is a fascinating thing to me. This is obviously only anecdotal but I feel like professors are more likely to reject death of the author if they're working within time periods where the authors were considered genius for their background - particularly the modern period onward and times when authors tended to only get famous in the first place because of existing wealth.

#taking a 19th century novel class with the victorianist on staff and she's like “absolutely NOT we will not read this biographically” #slay #my opinion on biographical readings is that they're great when they enrich the text #and they're literally the worst thing ever when they kneecap an interesting interpretation #rambles

[asinglesock]

NA28 my beloved ❤️❤️❤️

#a sock speaks #grad school tag #idk about how good my greek is but I am getting so much enrichment out of it. #if I'm taking one life-changing skill from this MTS program it's my foundational greek study #the way slowly reading a chapter out loud makes me notice new details in the text! things that could've been obvious #the way basic grammar lessons give me opinions on how to interpret a text #I don't get why it's not more common for christian laypeople to study greek #(probably the same reason other education settings are underfunded or censored) #I get that language study is not accessible to everyone. but why aren't we doing more to make it accessible? #I wish I could've studied greek in middle school #ok vent over I just got overexcited for a sec there 😅