#definitely need to reread

[izzenithal]

Percy “Has Been Waiting to Use This Meme as an Excuse” Jackson, and Annabeth “Never Seen a Meme” Chase

#this has probably been done before but #i enjoyed making this silly thing this morning #also is annabeth aware of memes in the show???? annabeth how will you bond with Percy #he definitely has a hyper detailed Minecraft world #anyway #pjo series #pjo tv show #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #annabeth chase #fanart #pjo comic #my art #I’ve been really enjoying the show!! i need to reread there’s so much I’ve forgotten

[spookybeandoodle]

Blue Skies~!

Recently replayed the portal series after years of not playing it and now I’m sucked back in to my obsession of this series. It’s sooooo gooooood! So I did a doodle to celebrate me getting back intoy obsession with Portal! There’s a bit of a reference to a certain *cough cough* popular fanfic-

#portal #portal 2 #portal chell #portal fanart #portal 2 fanart #chell fanart #companion cube #I love this game so much like holy shit #I use to be freakin obsessed with this game #come home from school to just replay portal 1 & 2 everyday #need to rewatch the musical version and harry101uk’s stuff #definitely need to reread blue sky cause that shit is fire #portal blue sky #the animatic to blue sky was another thing that made me want to be an artist #I can’t listen to Mr. Blue Sky without thinking about portal and then crying from nostalgia #that fanfic and ship had me in a chokehold and still does-

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

And now, a book review I've been saving. I want to savor this one:

Julius Caesar and the Roman People, by Robert Morstein-Marx, 2021.

It's hard to overstate how much I love this book. If you only read one book about Julius Caesar, get this one. It's not just a biography of Caesar, but a reassessment of the role of the "People" in Roman politics, of how democratic vs. oligarchic the republic truly was, of reliability and bias in ancient sources, and how we construct history through the lens of our own values and fears. Morstein-Marx sets out not merely to describe Caesar's life, but explore where our ideas about him came from, what biases are in our sources, and how those biases erased the agency and diversity of the Roman People themselves.

When I first read this book, I found it persuasive and well-researched - Morstein-Marx is a professor of classics, after all - but its conclusions were so different from the pop culture view of Caesar I had to check if this was another Michael Parenti situation, where an author exaggerates and cherry-picks evidence to support his own political agenda. But, from all the other references to this book I found, Morstein-Marx does seem to be a respected scholar who knows what he's talking about, and other historians like Erich Gruen, Fred Drogula and John T. Ramsey seem to agree with a lot of his points.

So, what are his main points?

That Caesar was not a radical popularis or Marian, nor was he consciously attempting to subvert the republic or install himself as an autocrat; his career up till 49 BCE was broadly conventional, his policies moderate, and his rift with Cato et al is better explained by personal rivalries, not ideology.

That Caesar was in many ways more traditional and respectful of the law than Cato, Bibulus and their allies, and there was a legitimate argument for siding with him in 49 BCE.

That much of the argument for seeing Caesar as subversive or radical depends on equating the government with the Senate, and downplaying the role of the People.

That neither Caesar nor Pompey deliberately started the civil war, but that it happened due to a breakdown in communications between the triumvirs, and fearmongering from a pro-war faction in the Senate.

That the majority of the Senate and People probably sided with him during the civil war.

That it's not actually clear whether Caesar "wanted to be king." Many of his actions as dictator are better explained as ad hoc responses to immediate political crises, while others may have been taken out of context, exaggerated or misattributed to him.

Now, you might be thinking this sounds awfully pro-Caesar. And Caesar does come across more sympathetically than in most portrayals. But Morstein-Marx also reminds us that Caesar killed or enslaved about two million people, ended free Roman elections, and other awful things. He tries to explain Caesar's actions, but not to excuse them.

Morstein-Marx's argument is not that Caesar was a hero, or a villain, but an ordinary man and product of his time. He was, to be honest, just not that important until his runaway success in Gaul. He had no long-term master plan, but was reacting to immediate issues most of the time, like all politicians do. His policies were mostly conventional, not revolutionary.

Julius Caesar and the Roman People is an attempt to take off the filters of hindsight, myth, and propaganda, and try to understand Julius Caesar's actions in the context of his time. And it will teach you a lot about how history is "constructed" along the way.

#i really need to reread this one and see if i still agree with all his conclusions #but he definitely Did The Research #robert morstein-marx #julius caesar and the roman people #jlrrt reads #book rec #book review #julius caesar #hot takes with jlrrt

[itsdefinitely]

do girl jeri and boy jerry exist explicitly to torment me

#boy jerry #girl jeri #abstinence camp #just reread my favorite jeri/ry fic im not okay #what the fuck is wrong with them why are they like that. never change 👍 #i need to stop provoking jeri/ry thoughts after i'm supposed to be alseep how am i meant to go to bed #when there are fictional characters who are doomed to be apart no matter how much they want to be together. no matter #how inseperable they are #no matter how much they love each other unconditionally. even after they each broke their number one rule #no matter how much theyve forgiven each other (but not really. theres some deep seeded part of them that cant be forgiven) #no matter how close they are to each other. they can only be friends. very close friends #hi have you ever thought about 'the little death' in reference to 'til death do us part'? because i do. i do. #definite's ted talks

[mizartz]

The man with his rucksack raises the gun. Danny looks at him, really looks at him, sees his wide eyes and trembling hands and thinks that it serves him right. Danny’s own eyes glow green and bright, blood dripping down his face. “Better make it count,” he snarls.

fanart for close enough to be whole again by @hailsatanacab <3 i am obsessed with this fic!!!

#pixelart #pixel art #danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #(tho there isnt any visible dc here it IS a crossover fic so) #pwease fullview :') i drew this pic too big and tumblr is makin it super blurry lol #cetbwa danny my beloved <3333 i want to hold him in the palm of my hands #and maybe have him experience at least 5 more traumatic events before the end of the fic #i blacked out and drew this in like 6 hours dlhkalkhrelkhs dont look too closely at anything other than danny cuz its messy af #i might draw a couple more lighthearted scenes if i get time #but first i need to go reread cetbwa 20 more times bye #gun tw #blood tw #realizing an hour after posting that i uploaded the wrong gunshaking animation.... ah...................... #i had like three different versions and this was definitely not the final one. oh well

[greenlaut]

✧˖° into the fangorn forest  🌿🍃

based on The Instruction Manual To Loving Well  by @crownlessdunedain​

#the fellowship of the ring #theyre all wearing pjs bcs thats what happen when u drag ppl to the woods at midnight #looks at aragorn #god i love drawing this sm the clothes are so cosyyy #i googled pinterest forestcore for insp lmaoaoao #leaned heavily for femme-presenting legolas #bcs i thought hed definitely find femme clothes nicer for tHE DRAMA #and skirts swoosh when u run in the woods #i put boromir in flanel bcs he obviously would wear ratty flanel to sleep #@ the writer: hi i promise im not obsessed with ur fic #i reread it while i was hospitalised skksks #if u need me to illustrate ur fic hmu actually i owe u my life #lotr #lord of the rings #fellowship of the ring #aragorn #boromir #legolas #gimli #sam gamgee #frodo baggins #merry brandybuck #pippin took #gimli gloinson #lotr aragorn #lotr boromir #tolkien #my art #jrr tolkien #tolkien books

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

Wait I just finished No Gods For Drowning through @queerliblib and HOLY FUCK??? HOLY FUCK??????????

God... If you ever need a story that's dark but ends in HOPE (and is so unabashedly queer) definitely give it a read!!!!!

#no gods for drowning #god that was so good #im gonna release it early bc other ppl are waiting for it #but it is going to be buzzing in my head for a WHILE #lilac??? arcadia??? cecil???? alex?????? #also not that fix-it call out 😭 #god. #once I've let it simmer enough i definitely need to reread it #bc given the late reveal about [REDACTED] being the reason for [REDACTED] i NEED to see how close [REDACTED] actually got to noticing

[erregiulydraws]

“Let’s go on and on together forever“

#tbhk #jshk #minamoto kou #mitsuba sousuke #whew ok i got this out of my system i'm gonna go back to other stuff i need to be working on LOL #in light of the recent chapters i have been thinking about the night on the galactic railroad crossover again and how well it fits mitsukou #the book is a pretty good read by the way i recommand it! pretty short too #i reread it recently and man aidairo has got to like it a lot because i can definitely see them taking inspiration from it in a lot of ways #and more specifically about all the parallels beetween giovanni and campanella and kou and mitsuba #anyway i'm out i just had to draw these two together at least once #i love mitsuba but it seems i have been drawing everyone but him every time i made fanart

[mamawasatesttube]

<- experiencing shrimp emotions (listening to the return of the king ost: battle of the pelennor fields)

#rimi talks #the violin solo does things to me man... #you ever think abt that one throwaway line in yj98 that confirms kon's into lotr #they did that for me specifically. #i know in my heart that while he's primarily in wendy fandom... #kon has definitely written star wars. star trek. and silmarillion fanfic #he's one of those guys making scifi aus about the silm. girdle of melian as a cloaking device. thangorodrim black hole something something. #god fuck i want to watch/read lotr again. and the silm. and home. aakjshguarhgh #wheres my copy of the lays of beleriand i NEED to reread... #<- i experience this literally every time i listen to the lotr ost #lord the horn section before the violin solo. WAILS into my hands

[writingtot]

i think one of the reasons i enjoy the percy series so much is because it’s an adaptation of the novels and not word for word the same.

at first i was a little upset by all the changes, but after rereading the books, i actually like the series even more now. as much as we all adore the books, i think we can agree that they’re not perfect. sometimes there’s plot holes, inconsistencies, or just bad writing in general. this gives rick a chance to fix those things, and that’s OKAY.

the series isn’t perfect either, don’t get me wrong, but it is nice to see the characters going on the same adventures even with some variation to the original story. i think this will allow the characters to be fleshed out more.

we have to remember that a tv show and a book is not the same medium, so the way these things are presented cannot be identical. otherwise the characters in the show would probably seem pretty flat since the books are only from percy’s perspective. the series allows us to learn more about the motives and personalities of other characters, be it annabeth, grover, or luke (personally, i’m really excited to see how his character’s story goes).

anyway, all of this is to say that the percy series is great for what it is (an adaptation of a book series). yes it could be better (cough longer and more episodes cough), but i personally really enjoy it so far.

#like let’s be honest there’s definitely some things from the books that need to be fixed #namely the weird family-but-also-love-interest dynamic between luke and annabeth #luke should not like annabeth romantically At All #i’m really hoping rick fixes that in the show #which i think they have so far… #i think they have more of solely the found family dynamic in the show #i’m really excited to see luke’s character arc #i hated him in the books so hopefully this will change my mind #i think charlie is doing a really good job of portraying him #(god this cast is so perfect tho let’s talk about that) #like that’s the other main reason i love this show #the casting was just so perfect and i can’t imagine anyone else playing these characters now #when i reread the books i literally pictured them as walker and leah and aryan like- #anyway sorry for the rambling i just have fallen in love with this universe all over again #i’m 20 but feel like i’m back in middle school 😭 #pjo #percy jackson #percy series #percy jackson and the olympians #annabeth chase #grover underwood #luke castellan #rick riordan #walker scobell #leah sava jeffries #aryan simhadri

[bloodied-dagger]

y’all can block me if you want, but some of y’all need someone to disagree with you and bring a little bit of discourse into the circle imo. Like you don’t need to surround yourself with people that will always disagree with, you but there should be somebody to disagree with yourself on some things, lest you build yourself an echo chamber

there should be someone who might challenge your views sometimes. And when they do, you should be ready to listen to what they have to say and reason with it. Who knows, you might actually change a personal view or two because of it

#And some of y’all need to reread the definition of “discourse” #I’m not excluded in that notion actually #Because for a while I thought discourse was some kind of negative argument #But no #It just means “to debate” basically

[akolnoix]

seishin is my fave character in shiki (if you don't understand, you must read the novel) so i'm redrawing panels to practice drawing him, as i find it strangely difficult.... like i go to draw his hair and my years of being into persona makes my hand default to drawing tatsuya suou

#shiki #corpse demon #seishin muroi #my beloved blorbo who is a traitor and a hypocrite and a coward #finished rereading the manga #he definitely gets shafted in it lol. that's just what happens when you get demoted from the protagonist to a supporting character #you kinda need to live in his head for a while to follow his '' you know what. i actually kinda hate this place and hope it burns'' arc #it also shafts his and toshio's dynamic which is a real loss for ME #even if shiki made a resurgence there still wouldn't be much of a surge of seishin/toshio content (even though there SHOULD BE) #because it's all primarily in the novel </3 such is my torment #anyways

[bunnyhysteria]

bingqiu is nice and I love that they're so happy for them. good for them. I like that. love it.

anyways I am now going to put bingge and shen jiu in a tube and shake it up until they kith whether they want to or not, and it will be the most toxic shit ever

#svsss #bingjiu #text #mine #'what if it was purple' meme but instead its 'what if it was toxic' #the more I learn about shen jiu the more I rotate him in the microwave in my mind #I want to dissect him like a frog #and I have been told by the internet that the airplane extras have shen jiu information so alas I really need to finish readin said extras #and then proceed to reread all of svsss because it's definitely one of those kind of novels. halfway thru book 2 I already knew I was gonna #I think it would also help me if I note down key events

[grimlocks-noodle]

Tumblr NERFED me the last time I tried to write this so clearly I just need to think about it

But one day I will write something about Sins of the Wreckers, and how I like to think that Tarantulas curing Verity from her radiation sickness was both a Massive Snub at Prowl for seemingly tossing away everyone once they're no longer useful to him, (including this wonderful organic who is risking her life to fix his mistakes) and also a Huge peacocking thing (aka Look Prowl, aren't I still so smart and clever?? Look, I fixed your useful organic, remember when I was useful??)

The whole thing boils down to Tarantulas, essentially bringing a bouquet of roses back from the dead for Prowl. Unfortunately for him, Prowl has the emotional availability and intelligence of an amoeba, thus rendering it a Moot Point.

#echiesechos #idw transformers #prowl #tarantulas #verity carlo #of course this involves me MASSIVELY going into the sheer heroics and bravery of Verity as well because she is one of my favorite humans #and deserves that meta As Well #i could also be massively off base im just going off what i remember i definitely need to do a reread #and THEN go off #also got the phrase about Prowl being as emotionally intelligent as an amoeba stuck in my head and had to get it out into the world #via meta about the messiest divorce i have ever seen next to megatron and Optimus

[sillayangel]

thinkin about character arcs in homestuck and how they interact with the narrative....the way that so many character arcs are DEFINED BY how they fit into the narrative itself....

throughout act 1-4 john generally does. whatever is required of him by the narrative, sometimes for reasons that are difficult to justify from the perspective of Character Motivations that would probably be called bad writing in more traditional stories. why did john create the ectobabies? he's a curious kid and likes fuckin around with technology he doesn't understand. but mostly because it's what the alpha timeline (i.e. the narrative) required of him. when we get to act 5, this starts to tie into vriska's characterization of "character who steals agency and relevance from other characters" (see also: jade's narcolepsy, creation of bec noir). instead of doing whatever the narrative requires of him, john does whataver vriska requires of him. who is so tied into the narrative at this point it's essentially the same thing. fast forward to a6a6 - caliborn takes control of the narrative and john is literally fighting against him to RESTORE the narrative. he's still doing what is required to uphold the traditional narrative but he's doing so in a way that requires his AGENCY - because the narrative is no longer able to guide and direct him anymore - because he needs to save the people he cares about from being twisted and mischaracterized until they are no longer recognisable.

vriska too, her arc throughout most of act 6 being. coming to terms with being irrelevant to the narrative (i.e. dead) after working so hard to strive towards relevance for her entire presence in the story. the culmination of this being becoming (vriska) - putting her name in parentheses as the ultimate irrelevance. dave's arc as well (i am definitely less versed in daveology than johnology and vriskology) but how he is constantly stuck in the "refusal of the call" step of the hero's journey - he basically states this outright in a6i3 when he talks about being "supposed" to defeat lord english.

#this is probably relatively surface level stuff that people have analysed much further than this #but. im thinkin about it #im only at a6i3 in my reread so i might be misremembering things #AND LIKE. “F1X TH1S” definitely has relevance in john's arc but ill need to reach that point in my reread to like. articulate it #cyan's #homestuck

[wlwloverwrites]

Working on the next chapter for teacher’s pet

#it will definitely be done by January #i reread the whole series and i just feel the need to rewrite everything #i won’t do that… yet #anyway #i feel the expectations are so high ! im scared yall will hate it. #working on the smut rn #for my naughty lovers #teacher’s pet things #lovers talks