#and also just literature

[songthursh]

Alright, I will start with this one then - everything starts with the glorious revolution and everything starts with the night watch 🌸

#discworld #terry pratchett #samuel vimes #havelock vetinari #vimes x vetinari #vetvimes #lord vetinari #glorious revolution #lilac #the night watch #night watch #Am I doing it right at all #AAAAA #I love this book I hate it so much #Blame my sweet gf for spoiling me with such amazing literature also #AND FOR MAKING ME GO THROUGH THESE BOOKS IT'S JUST... UGGGH #Also also it's not Carrot I swear he wasn't there also Vimes should've been armorless but I realized it a bit too late BUT THAT'S FINE #my art

[bloodybellycomb]

I really do think that it’s good for the soul to be unironically pretentious about something. Not in a gatekeeping kind of way but in a “yes, it really is that deep and I would love to enthusiastically and passionately explain why” kind of way.

#mine is shakespeare #hamlet #specifically #although i will defend #romeo and juliet #to the ends of the earth #also #the iliad #the odyssey #literature #writing #classics #although it can be so much more than just books #i also think that I would defend the story of kingdom hearts like this as well #probably homestuck too #completely unironically #birdy chirps

[werewolfaday]

Ko-Fi requeest for T! day 50!

(they gave me a couple ideas for the prompt too, one of them being a poetry read! i thought it might be cute if instead of snapping they did like. soft little howls)

The second part was extra as a v fun exercise! I think werewolves in general would have a lot of diversity in style and shifted/half-shifted forms so this gave me an excuse to play around with that :) thought I should include a werehyena bc that's the wolf substitute for the shape-shifters of African folklore (and *jaguars in south america, tigers in India, etc!)

Also in doing a little bit of research for Black werewolf characters I found this super cool werewolf comic I wanted to highlight by Michelin Hess, a Black author/artist! She has other work that you should check out too. In fact, feel free to shout out any of your favorite Black artists in the comments or tags! Or let me know the other ways y'all are celebrating this month :)

#art #werewolf #werewolf a day #day 50 #lycan art #character design #sorry its so late also!! i got. carried away lol #any non-Black followers make sure u are giving back thru the form of mutual aid and/or reading up on some history and Black literature!! #not just this month but always #werehyena

[multiverse-mxdness]

about to read wanna be yours by @mdawritings just to feel something again :,)

#the way i think this is genuinely my favorite book #and i mean that in like both fanfic sense #and also just literature #the writing??? #and the amount of emotions in that book #gah dayum #also… #proffesor hotchner <3 #so #it’s all the good things tied into one #i was in those wattpad comments on like every single line LAJDKAKS #the way idec that it’s not done 😭😭 #like every chapter slaps anyway so #except chpt 11 #i do tend to skip that chpt when i reread #but it’s been literal months since i read it #so maybe i’ll just suffer again 🥹 #if you couldn’t tell already… #i love this book #criminal minds #aaron hotchner #aaron hotchner fic #criminal minds fic #hotch #aaron hotchner smut #professor hotchner

[ibrithir-was-here]

Sooo I wrote a…weird little thing, a certain comic by @mayhemchicken-artblog got my creative juices percolating and under the press of staying up far too late for several days this came to fruition, enjoy!

The Eye of the Beholder

Link to the Comic

#my art #reincarnation #comics #tpodg #the picture of dorian gray #basil hallward #(why did he reincarnate as a girl with Dorian’s face? #cuz that was how the mad idea came to me at 2am #plus it’s easier to hide the ‘birthmarks’ with long flowing locks #my brain is weird ) #lord henry wotton #dorian gray #gothic literature #really the thought I had here was basically #man it would be so messed up to be haunting the body of the person who murdered you #especially if you loved them #and I think Basil deserves both a second chance and to get to be actually upset about that betrayal #even if as Rosemary she can’t really remember it #but also this is gothic fiction nobody just gets handed a happy ending you gotta work through stuff #sorry hon #tw body dysmorphia #tw stab wound #Rosemary is for Remembrance

[fairydrowning]

"Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent."

– Virginia Woolf, The Waves

#today i enjoyed a lot with my friends and i hope y'all are also having a great week #if not then remember this dark phase of your life will end soon and happiness gonna visits you again and light phase of your life is just #ahead #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #dark academism #light academism #words #literature quotes #english literature #classic literature #books and literature #positivity

[welcometogrouchland]

I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #Jason Todd #batfamily #it's just a fun quirk! it's a fun lil detail and I simply cannot slight ppl for enjoying and incorporating it into works #like obviously jason isn't the only one. I'm a big believer in the batfam having over lapping interests they refuse to bond over #i know dick canonically used the robin hood stories (which are pretty flowery in their language far as i can tell) as inspo for Robin #and i know babs was a librarian and even tho her area of nerddom is characterized as more computery she probably knows quite a lot- #-about literature as well #duke is a hobbyist writer i believe? i saw a fan mention that- which if so is great and I hope he's also a nerd #(i mean he is canonically. i remember him being a puzzle nerd in his introduction. but i mean specifically a lit nerd) #damian called Shakespeare boring but also took acting classes so i think he's more of a theatre kid. #Tim's a dropout and i don't think he's ever shown distinct interest in english lit and i can't remember for Steph? #I'm ngl my brain hyperfocused on musician Steph i forget some of her other interests I'm sorry (minus softball and gymnastics!) #and then Cass had her whole (non linear but it's whatevs) arc about literacy and learning to read #went from struggling to read in batgirl 00 to memorizing Shakespeare in 'tec and is now an avid read in batgirls! #she's shown reading edgar allen poe but we don't know if it's his short stories or his poems #point to all of the above being: i know Jason's not the only lit nerd in the batfam #but also i do need him to be writing poetry in his spare time and reading and reviewing it #jason at the next dead robins society meeting: evening folks today I'll be assigning all of us poems based on laika the space dog #damian and steph who have been kidnapped and brought to jasons warehouse to hangout: LET US GO BITCH #speaking of^ random poem i think jason would like: space dog by alan shapiro #wake up one morning in an unfamiliar more mature body with a profound sense of abandonment. the last four lines. mmm tasty

[clearlydusty]

Can you hear me?

#I think Monika is neat #but personally my favorite character is [CONTENT DELETED] #also reuploaded cuz i wanted to spread out the days of drawings #plus fixed the please help me sign #monika ddlc #ddlc #doki doki literature club #doki doki monika #my art #art #fanart #just monika

[darkacademiaarchivist]

when will people learn that overly sheltering people from knowledge about vampires is how the vampires get you?

#still rereading carmilla and WHY will no one tell laura what's going on for So Long??? #that's just irresponsible #that's how they get you #you need genre knowledge #that's how dracula got mina (temporarily) #and that's also how graf von krolock got sarah #kinda #carmilla #dracula #tanz der vampire #tdv #vampires #gothic literature #my post

[comradekatara]

modern au katara reads books “for fun” that are “engaging” and “enjoyable” and sokka (big finnegan’s wake head) is like “weak. i only read books that exacerbate my suicidal tendencies”

#i too only ever want to read books i find enjoyable fwiw but because i find most pop lit unbearable i do sound like sokka to people #who do not understand that reading shakespeare to me is like comfort food #sokkas hobbies much like everything else are filled with self inflicted struggle and anguish #he only wants to read the densest least acceissble literature (fiction & nonfiction) he can get his hands on #if he’s not in pain when ostensibly reading for pleasure then something is WRONG #modern au #katara #sokka #katara&sokka #i do think katara is also a big reader though #she’ll read anything and everything #nonfiction romance sff ‘classics’ etc etc #but then sokka is like ‘well audiobooks are cheating. actually’ #and she throws a rock at his head killing him instantly #(he doesn’t even believe that bc he reads aloud to toph constantly he just wanted to provoke her into throwing a rock at his head.)

[wovi]

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peter a. levine, waking the tiger

[daisywords]

anyway my stance on "reading the classics" basically boils down to the fact that what is or is not defined as "a classic" is somewhat arbitrary, and therefore it makes no sense to treat "the classics" as some sort of uniform genre that you either like or dislike. Whether you liked Great Expectations has no bearing on whether you'll like 1984 or Rebecca or Pride and Prejudice or East of Eden or Frankenstein or Crime and Punishment. Because those are all vastly different books. "I don't want to read Classics; they're all boring and probably sexist or something." <<free yourself from the arbitrary category of "classic." It just means a lot of people liked the book. You might not. but you might. Treat it as an individual title.

#if pretentious people would admit that ''good literature'' also has genre elements maybe we wouldn't be in this situation #anyway I hated Great Expectations lol #also I hate everything that I've ever read by Hemingway so I'm letting myself be done with him #<< not that there's no merit it just. not to my personal tastes yikes #but that has absolutely no bearing on whether or not I'm going to like Dostoevsky #*girl who absolutely loved Crime and Punishment voice*

[abnormalpsychology]

I like to call this the “In Just Seven Days, I Can Make You A Man” family of media

#frankenstein #bunny by mona awad #rocky horror picture show #the holy Trinity #bbge.text #rocky horror #mona awad #mary shelley #rhps #queer horror #classic literature #classic lit memes #this is so #niche #i spend absurd amounts of time making venn diagrams for tumblr #pls help #also I haven’t actually read Frankenstein yet rip this is just what I read off spark notes fhdhwjwjhdhfhs

[askyofexplodingstars]

my favourite polycule

#i recently finally saw all the ddlc plus side stories and they were very sweet #there's no way they didn't notice the sapphic overtones while writing them lmao #esp the last one; they just about went around the whole class calling each other cute but yuri bailed before it could get that far #i lub them #plus timeline is canon in my heart now idc #doki doki literature club #doki doki literature club plus #ddlc #ddlc plus #ddlc sayori #ddlc monika #ddlc yuri #ddlc natsuki #my art #doodles/sketches/wips #also as someone who's had long hair i can confirm it's hell to wake up and brush so i've given monika & yuri mercy by having it braided

[suddenly-frankenstein]

WELL

just decided to share with y'all my not-so-big but not-so-small Frankenstein editions collection 👁️👁️

I have 14 books for now! most of them are English-language editions, but I also have several books in Ukrainian, as well as one in German and one in French – really hope to find an opportunity to collect more editions in other languages in the future.

details are under the cut!

1. one of my latest thing! Frankenstein (Deluxe Edition) 2023, with absolutely stunning illustrations. Damn, it was quite expensive for me, but ahhhhh this is so beautiful I can't-

2. another beaty! Macmillan Collector's Library's edition, small but so pretty under the supercover, and THIS blue colour!! and inside design!!

3. this one is one of my ultimate faves ahhhhh. Signet Classics's edition, and I'm absolutely IN LOVE WITH THIS COVER, HEELLLL!! it also is very pleasant to touch

4-5. German and French (with McAvoy on the cover jkjdkdjdkd) editions! they were the gift from my friend and I really love to have them in collection – also really love the choice of colours in the German edition, just YES

6-8. three Ukrainian editions – first 2 in Ukrainian, the 3rd is in English and has a very silly cover :)

the first one is my favorite, because I really like this format, and I also leave notes in it during the process of re-reading the book

9. also my latest purchase – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection. I haven't read it yet, but heeeellll so gorgeous wtf

10. Usborn Young Reading's edition of Frankenstein. More like retelling for children, but oh, it has really cute illustrations on each page :3

11-13. few more editions in English!

first one – Penguin Clothbound Classics's edition, and of course I NEEDED to have it, because it's really looking and feeling so damn good. This also was the gift from my friend (the same one with the German and French editions) and god, SHE IS THE BEST.

second – Collins Classics's edition, I just like its cover – laconic, but kinda expressive??? idk. but well, this one has very small font of text just uhhh impossible to read.

third – idk what it really is lol, but the cover looks pretty but also kinda funny because of this photoshopped heart lol

14. my very first edition, it's in russian and I don't have much to say about it, but it was cheap and has some of my notes so I keep it.

#well i just wanted to share my collection with someone so bad #really hope it was interesting for someone to see #so well :)) Frankenstein lives rent free not just in my head but also on my shelves #frankenstein #victor frankenstein #adam frankenstein #gothic literature #mary shelley #personal

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

#how long ago did i watch pacific rim? i feel like it might have been last year but i finally drew this lmao #sometimes it just takes a while. newt specifically gets under my skin tho bc i think his research interests r kinda similar to mine #at least in a broad sense. but im dealing with cyanobacteria which is less exciting to most ppl lol but any fanfic i read thats like: newt #has 6 phds im like fucking what? what r they in? they have to be literature based right?! when would u have time to independently design. #carry out. write and defend for 6 independent projects in different topics by his age? #what as waste of time. i say as a person who would happily fuck around and collect degrees without ever having to get a real job #idk characters i relate to make me a little unhinged bc i do not like to relate to characters lol #pacific rim #herman gottlieb #newt geiszler #newton geiszler #tw blood #tw gore #also i agree with herman abt the numbers quote. physics is like literally understanding the fabric of the universe so like yeah #also i cant draw hermann and i cant see his face without thinking of owen from torchwood who i hated lol #pacrim