#a classic for a good reason!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[chloesimaginationthings]

sorry if you’ve already been asked, but what’s your favorite FNaF game?

I’m a “Pizza Simulator” truther, it’s just the best one, though I’ll be honest “Help wanted 2” has really risen through the ranks for me, its probably my second favourite (that might update if the DLC pops off)

Sister location and FNAF 2 are close behind, they were OG faves

#ask reply #can I hear my pizza sim fans make some noise 🔥🔥🔥 #the first help wanted I already did love #it’s criminally overlooked but help wanted 2 improved on the ‘FNAF IN VR’ concept tenfold #sister location added sm to the series like all the funtimes baby especially and the humor #but it’s also the game that truly introduced ‘Michael Afton’ #so that game is just based for that #as an old fan the hype around fnaf 2 coming out can not be replaced #truly the start of something special fnaf 2 is a certified hood classic #BTW all the games I didnt mention I also love for different reasons #i haven’t finished SB or ruin yet so I can’t comment on how good they are #BUT OBVIOUSLY I love everything SB brings like Monty is my favourite animatronic #I could go on and on what works for each game BUT HERE are just my high faves

[hotvintagepoll]

If it comes down to a matchup between Paul Newman and James Dean, do we still have to choose, or can we go for the Eartha Kitt option?

#eartha kitt #asks #she made her cry for GOOD REASON by the way this is a classic case of white woman's tears. eartha was calling out the vietnam war! #and the johnsons being racist! #IN THE WHITE HOUSE!! to their faces!

[asthevermincrawls]

its hard to overstate how deeply fucking revolutionary it was for me to read a wizard of earthsea at the tender age of eleven. to be told, as a tween just beginning to reconvert and unpack the trauma of Christianity and years of abuse, that the darkness inside you is not a personal failing that you forever have to fight against to be a good person, but in fact is essential. that you need it to be whole. to read about a character fighting his shadow--the embodiment of evil--for years, just like I was taught to, only to finally, at the edge of the world, meet it and embrace it and call it by his own name. words cannot express how grateful I am to ursula k leguin for that. the world is truly a darker place without her

#sorry im having earthsea feels #read a wizard of earthsea its good #very approachable if youre not used to reading too its only 200 pages #very prosaic but not a lot of big words. its considered a classic for a reason #a.txt #earthsea #religious trauma #100+

[gallifreyanhotfive]

#i have reasons for them all i swear #very good reasons too #reason-y reasons #doctor who #dw #classic who #dr who #new who #first doctor #second doctor #third doctor #fourth doctor #fifth doctor #sixth doctor #seventh doctor #eighth doctor #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #eleventh doctor #twelfth doctor #thirteenth doctor #the doctor #dw memes #doctor who memes #doctor who meme #memes

[candycanesocks]

welcome home tfd

#aj #animal jam #jamblr #ajc #animal jam classic #saw some people going 'i finally have a reason to play again' and. wow. #i know its the only adventure with a good loot table and all but like #its grind hell. please be nicer to yourself.

[herearedragons]

tag the oc that's most likely to get stuck in a time loop and what kind of time loop it would be

#I feel like Kyana has time loop potential but idk what the exact loop would be #maybe the loop is the entirety of DAO and she keeps getting companions killed/locked into their Bad Endings #and the loop only stops when she manages to get them all to survive the Blight #something something she needs to learn to be a good leader and care about others #unsuccessful loops reset via the archdemon killing her (even if the dark ritual was performed) #Selene gets the classic 'your love interest keeps dying and you try to stop it' time loop #to escape the loop she must Let It Happen (and then it turns out it's fine and everyone survives) #Secret gives me the vibe of someone who knows they're in a time loop but has given up on trying to solve it #she's just going through it. trying everything. keeping herself entertained. trying to stay sane #sometimes she clues Varric in on the looping. sometimes she doesn't #actually maybe her time loop rule is that someone else has to save her from it. nothing she does by herself will work #idk what the exact reset point would be #I'm thinking the Arishok fight maybe. or Meredith #I don't think it would go as far as the Fade #also. after writing Homecoming I did have the thought of a time loop story #with Dorian as the one being trapped and trying to prevent Neil from dying/becoming possessed #maybe in his case he's not really trapped. he can stop anytime he wants but he keeps choosing to go back #the reset point is something Solas-related maybe #herearedragons meta #oc: kyana amell #oc: watcher selene #oc: secret hawke #oc: neilar lavellan #oh. actually. Aqun would be pretty fun to put in a time loop #that runs over some part of DAI and/or Trespasser #Adina is his time loop buddy (the person he usually tells about the loop because she immediately believes him) #idk what his reset/escape condition would be though #maybe in his case it's something purely mechanical #like there's no lesson to be learned it's just a magical anomaly he's trapped on #and on a meta level the 'lesson' is accepting that not everything has a Purpose or a Reason

[nite-puff]

screw you. here’s more mon jessica rabbit. the love of my life.

#‘that’s the love of my life’ *makes it so that he’s married to someone already* #anyone who hasn’t watched who framed roger rabbit in a while or not at all should put some time aside to watch it #it’s still so good. it’s a classic for a reason. #danganronpa #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #mondo owada #kiyotaka ishimaru #ishimondo #doodlepuff #danganronpa fanart

[kindahoping4forever]

Ashton performing with Eternity Speedway @ Desert 5 Spot LA - 11 April 2024

#ok hi i actually went insane finding watching and editing these clips in case you were wondering #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton #ashton irwin #eternity speedway #video #kh4f post #like ok ok ok #there were so many reasons why i didn't even consider going down there tonight #but i sure would have thought about it a little more if i knew Ashton singing (whilst! drumming! WHILST!) the eagles was in play 😭😭😭😭 #also that hungry heart cover is actually insane #this setlist is actually so good #those who have suffered thru many an ig story of my spotify daylist will understand why this speaks to my silly lil classic rock heart #anyways this looks like it was a lot of fun for crowd and band alike and i love that for all #also PSA i have finally and officially divorced myself from Twitter (it feels so good omfg) #so while i doubt they're into this content (lmao) if anyone comes across anything over there that i missed here pls pass it along 🫶🏻 #but IG served up a lot more content than i expected tbqh so I'm v pleased with the night's offerings #but fr Eternity Speedway pls don't be a fly by night one off like Heaven Electric turned out to be I need more of this in my life ohmygod

[quins-makeshift-menagerie]

I may get canceled for this but

I don’t mind discord’s UI change

#I don’t enjoy change eithe #but like #I dunno #I vibe with it #REMINDER THIS IS PURELY MY OPINION #whatever your reason you’re allowed to not like it and that is a ok #but me personally? #I don’t mind it #if they made it optional and had like a new or classic switch that would be better I think #cuz I know a lot of people don’t handle change well #not that that’s their fault I’m just saying I get it #good luck to those who are struggling with the change though it’s pretty big I know that can be jarring #text

[random-human-being2311]

I love how classic who fans are like "omg these guys are my adorable little blorbos, I love them so much" and then show you some pictures of the most horrifically goofy-looking creatures imaginable

I'm not saying that it's at all a bad thing or that I'm any different of course, these guys are my adorable little blorbos and I love them so much

#doctor who #classic doctor who #classic who #second doctor #third doctor #I don't care that the servo robot appears in a whole one (1) episode out of the nearly 900 out there #and that episode is missing so there's no surviving footage of it #and that episode isn't even that good tbh #I just love the servo robot for some reason #the wheel in space #the macra terror #the dominators #the curse of peladon #I've only had alpha centauri for one day but if anything happened to them i would creag an tuire everyone in the vicinity #I feel as though I probably don't have to explain why the macra or the quarks are here

[moofjam]

*cue Morricone soundtrack*

#damn spaghetti westerns are classics for reason #currently watching the dollar trilogy #artist #digital art #hobby artist #sergio leone #the good the bad and the ugly #the man with no name #blondie #clint eastwood

[gogglecannon]

Who's that shooting across the sky? His form flickers, it glows! He's waving at you, shouting out a friendly "Hello!" It's Shimmering Sonic!!

I like the idea that any combination of emeralds that doesn't amount to all seven gives Sonic differing types of power ups and abilities. He's got more boosted power than his base form, but not as much raw power as Super Sonic proper. Maybe his differing funky abilities can help make up for it.

[Image Description: A drawing of Sonic the Hedgehog, flying to the left side of the canvas at 3/4ths view. Sonic's body glows a bright aqua blue. His quills and tail trail out behind him like the tail of a flame, or a comet. He's wearing white gloves, and shoes, with red socks, and shoe straps. He's got a smile on his face, with his right hand raised in greeting. End ID]

#sonic the hedgehog #sth #classic sonic #super sonic #image description in alt #as well. #I put it in the post itself too just in case alt doesn't work for some reason. #If it's not good let me know! #goggyart

[smittyw]

razz turnaround! what the!!

#id in alt text #ocs #nat #ref sheets #razzposting #character design #for the sake of full disclosure i have a few alt versions too (including the razz classic w hat) #but i didnt feel like overwhelming the established format by quadrupling it for no good reason LMAO #this is the default for most intents & purposes. i havent posted a good ref of them in my life #if i end up making alts for the others i'll share them all ok dont worry #smiles

[carnivorousyandeere]

Last post sounds just like Ace💕

Pffft, loving the mental image of Ace cajoling Cyrus into going with him, while Cyrus tries to act uninterested and like he’s disgusted that Ace would suggest invading your privacy like that. Meanwhile Cyrus would totally be tempted to do something like that on his own.

Cyrus is the type to sniff your underwear while getting off and then put the underwear back, feeling too guilty to do much more (even though part of him wants to try sucking your dried sweat and slick from the fabric).

Ace likes sniffing it well enough, but he’s more likely to do things that mix his scent with yours, like wearing your underwear, or wrapping the fabric around his cock and jerking off into it before leaving it somewhere he knows you’ll find it. He’s not ashamed of what he’s doing here, if he’s hiding anything it’s because he wants it to be a game, he wants to taunt you and make you mad.

I think if the both of them went together, Ace would be cocky, cracking jokes and generally being reckless (hoping to get caught), while Cyrus is trying so hard to be as quiet and quick as possible and pleading with Ace to hurry up and stop making so much noise, nervously standing guard to make a run for it if he hears you coming back. Ace would sniff the fabric of your underwear and let out an exaggerated moan to goad Cyrus into joining in— Cyrus gets flustered and Ace smells that blood in the water, going all-in on making Cyrus even more flustered. Imagine catching them like that, Ace’s hands up the back of Cyrus’ shirt, your dirty laundry scattered around, underwear still clutched in Cyrus’ hand…

#between my last post and Mazzy’s Dakota it’s a panty sniffing yan kind of day ig 😂😭 #it’s a classic for good reason 😇 #oc ace #oc Cyrus #werewolf pack #oc werewolves #yandere werewolf #werewolves #werewolf oc #oc werewolf #werewolves oc #werewolf #my thoughts #yandere #yandere oc #yandere imagines #yandere scenarios #yandere x darling #yandere x you #yandere x reader #yandere cw #yandere smut #nsft #mdni

[fictionadventurer]

Many men had offered her many things in the past, love and friendship, luxury and jewels, entertainment, dogs, amusements, homage--some she had accepted, some refused, but no man before had offered her work. Peter had offered her that, he had offered her a share of his--not noble or inspiring or fascinating work, just his work, what he had. He had offered it her, called her great energies into play, and set her to work beside himself in a furrow. And she was glad; for some reason she found it very good.

--Desire by Una Lucy Silberrad

#books #jo walton has done it again #almost the only reason i ever look at tor.com these days is to read her monthly roundup of the books she's read #because a good chunk of her reading is the type of classics i love #including a lot of forgotten light classics of the early 20th century #this was one of those #mentioned in a column from last year that i happened to read the other day #with a review that said this should be one of those classics that everyone knows and reads #instead of being this completely forgotten book #and since it happened to be on hoopla (a common perk of these types of book recs from her) i read it #i don't think it's all-time classic great #but it's a solid middlebrow novel #the beginning was a bit of rough going but after the major part of the plot kicked off it become rather lovely #because there was a lot of the above #explorations of the value of work and friendships and relationships #and because of things like the above quote the central relationship is one of my favorite romances of the year #it's a solid relationship built on friendship and mutual respect #with both of them having stories and emotional journeys beyond the romance #reminded me a little bit of gaskell in some ways