#literature fun facts

[appalachian-reptilian]

Literature fun fact of the day:

Sir Walter Ralegh, a prominent figure within Queen Elizabeth's court was known as a poet, courtier, historian, and explorer. He was not, however, known as Sir Walter "Raleigh". The spelling - Raleigh - is a modern spelling of the adventurers name. Ralegh used a variety of spellings for his name, "Ralegh" was the most common, but he never once spelt his name using an -eigh- at the end.

#literature nerd #literature #fun facts #literature fun facts #sir walter raleigh #Sir Walter Ralegh #queen elizabeth i of england #courtiers

[lucidloving]

Ada Limón, "Accident Report in the Tall, Tall Weeds" // SouthFloridaReporter.com // Wikipedia, "Baking Powder" // Caroline McCaughey (AARP), "8 Big Inventions Inspired by Love" // Wikipedia, "Band-Aid" // Jim Walsh, "What's the love story behind Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers?" // NYFA, "The History of Drive-In Movie Theaters" // Caroline McCaughey, ibid. // Sarah Ruhl, The Clean House

#theme: love to the point of invention #web weaving #webs #web weave #poetry #prose #aesthetic #prose poetry #literature #book quotes #novels #novel quotes #books #quotes #fun facts #wikipedia #wikipedia poetry #compilation #parallels #i love the way men love #love quotes #ada limón #sarah ruhl #history #inspo #words #writing

[pensivegladiola]

You can’t be too good at your job: FALSE.

Richard Mansfield’s 1880s onstage portrayal of Dr. Jekyll’s transformation into Mr. Hyde was so good that people accused him of being Jack the Ripper and even wrote letters to the London police encouraging his arrest.

#why is this so funny #imagine if Zefron got accused of being a serial killer bc of his Ted Bundy portrayal #you’re getting a little too accurate there my guy #jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #Richard Mansfield #plays #books #novels #jack the ripper #literature #classic literature #classics #robert louis stevenson #history #theatre #theatre history #history facts #fun facts #acting

[hualian]

my TGCF novel collection is FINALLY complete 😭🦋 it took many months but all the books are here!!!!

+ bonus my current MXTX collection:

#tgcf #hualian #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #mxtx #books #literature #macy speaks #i cried when i put all the books together #FINALLY #fun fact i was a silly person who thought my collection was complete BUT i forgot to get book 7 #cue clown noises hahahaha #now just to complete mdzs and I'll be so happy

[rosepompadour]

DAISY FAY, the great gatsby I'm the girl of his American dreams.

#fun fact: also blanche dubois coded! #the great gatsby #f. scott fitzgerald #literature #bookedit #*

[notmoreflippingelves]

#elena of avalor #beauty and the beast #batbedit #disneyedit #eoa edit #belle x beast #estebalena #kinda but also not kinda #I think a lot about the fact that it's been confirmed that this is an intentional homage #like EoA series supervising director Elliot M. Bour was just like casually bringing BATB into things as an Easter egg #since it was his first job in animation #and like don't get me wrong; I LOVE that he did this. I just don't know how he expected anyone (i.e. me) to be normal about it afterwards #once you've introduced BATB; it ceases to be a fun and casual reference and just makes the literature major girlies go feral #i thought this was gonna be a quick and easy little project but it wasn't #the parallels are all there but they're in slightly different order in EoA than the original and the pacing for each reference is differen #so i had to determine which ones I needed to skip frames for and which ones to use all the frames #and then try to figure out the speed from there #the coronation day scenes were very hard to color because the grey skies and muted filter kind of whitewash the characters #like you don't even understand i added so MUCH vibrance and saturation to the 4th and 5th gifs but elena's skin still is just gray #and the coloring is still just a very very mixed bag #also i've realized that while I don't think it was an intentional reference in the same way BATB was #anna's sacrifice and resurrection from frozen is perhaps just as --if not more-- a clear parallel to the coronation day scene than BATB #so maybe I will do that one someday too? #once i psych myself up again to try coloring coronation day again #which i imagine will be awhile #these do not look like the same scene and pretty much the same scene at all even if i tried to use the same psd when i could #and edit them to make the coloring as close as i could

[godsweakestsoldier]

Ava picking up an old academic journal from one of the second hand stores in Switzerland. Its spine slightly warped, cracked, with blue ink in the margins. Reading it in the most inconvenient places. Getting a few pages in when the bar slows. Ava who devours it, beginning to scour shelves, looking for anything.

Bea who comes home one day with a handful of journals. Stacks them neatly on the nightstand among the chaos that is Ava. Relishing in the way that Ava smiles when she sees them. Listening as she recaps articles ranging from biochemistry to sociology. Allowing her to talk about molecules during their sessions. Continually encouraging her to explore.

I just feel like Ava would enjoy academic journals.

#yes this is inspired by the fact that I’m reading a science and religion academic journal on a train #quantum physics and consciousness is perfect for interstate travel #but anyways ava reads academic literature for fun #I don’t make the rules #this is a repost because my phone crashed and made it mature #it’s not #ava silva #sister beatrice #avatrice #warrior nun

[suqarbreadz]

monika is me and im monika AY AY AY

just qonika. (rizz noise)

#fun fact #these were all drawn in ms paint LMAO #i luv the bottom doodles sm GODODODODOD #but me- q- as monika :3 #TEEHEE #q #persona #sona #monika #ddlc #doki doki literature club #doki doki monika #doodles #ms paint #my art #my artwork #coquette #qonika #doki doki forehads club #mise well slap that there LOL #qs sillies

[just-qonika]

Raccoons are called "wash bears" in German, and I think that's pretty neat.

speaking ov raccoons i feel like yuri might like raccoons...or maybe a nice cat...but who says a raccoon cant be a good cat? LOL

#yuri #yuri ddlc #ddlc yuri #doki doki yuri #doki doki literature club #ddlc #ddlc fanart #racoon #raccoon #qonika doodles #very neat fun fact btw anon ! #art #my art #fanart #ask

[2008hondacivic]

(trying to fit in at a party hosted by English majors) call me Tessie Hutchinson from Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” the way i’m getting stooooned

#🍃 #this text post exists in a fictional world where english majors host parties #jk jk i did a minor in english and can attest to the fact that i am cool and fun #shirley jackson #the lottery #the lottery shirley jackson #english major #literature #classic literature #literature memes #my post #shit post

[revelingrexan]

Starting February 29! Read the classic story by renowned science-fiction author H. G. Wells!

(the invisible man is just a silly guy) (who's very smart and impulsive and makes bad decisions)

#the invisible man #substack #literature #h. g. wells #how does one tag these things #invisible man #fun fact: the first chapter will say the story starts in early february but a few chapters later will say it started on #'the twenty-ninth day of February' lol #the drawing in the info image is by H. G. Wells btw :3 #I CAN'T BELIEVE I STARTED A SUBSTACK I FEEL SO NERVOUS AND POWERFUL AHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[iris-drawing-stuff]

Sometimes I just get the most nonsensical crossover ideas.

Doki Doki Literature Club! Milgram Edition

Does this make sense? No.

Was it fun to draw? Yes!

And that's what's important!

#milgram #mikoto kayano #haruka sakurai #shidou kirisaki #fuuta kajiyama #doki doki literature club au #i think this might be the first time i've properly drawn shidou #the reason it's only the boys is because i wanted to make a separate version for the girls #sorry for the lack of kazui there's only 4 characters in ddlc #minus the protagonist but nobody cares about him #fun fact! shidou's shoes are the same purple as his prisoner color while everyone else's is blue #just like how monika's shoes are different from everyone else's #fuuta ties his jacket around waist to emulate his Bring It On knight outfit (i really hope his T3 outfit does this) #i wanted to fuck his tie up (to imply he doesn't know how to tie a tie) but then realized that he'd probably be the type of person to #watch a tutorial to tie it once and then just loosen it to remove it and never untie the knot #this was originally a sketch but i got a bit carried away and colored it #I wonder how obvious my struggle with haruka's pose is #his upper legs look off but i don't want to keep changing it over and over again #random thought! Natsuki's first 2 poems actually sort of fit Fuuta I think #i can imagine him writing Eagles Can Fly #Both Sayori and Mikoto are also people pleasers and depressed so yeah #and Shidou gives me a Monika vibes IDK why

[fuckmeyer]

hot take? but the Twilight fandom needs to stop citing Mormonism for everything that happens in this hell series.

the characters aren't Mormon. the plot isn't Mormon. the wardrobe isn't Mormon. this series was WRITTEN BY a Mormon woman whose religious indoctrination influenced her work. there are themes, plot points, characterizations, etc, that are related to or in line with LDS teachings. saying the book/characters are Mormon is not the same.

the more you label everything in text as Mormon, the less likely you'll be able to identify the actual religious influences

and if you think you are somehow immune to the influence of something you cannot correctly identify, think again

#red thread corkboard squad needs to come back #besties wya :( #we were really on one when we were talking about theology in a critical way #now the fandom has genuinely adopted this insane notion that everything is or can be explained by Mormonism #and honestly guys not to be a hater but regurgitating meta & crit lit theory you learned via osmosis does not mean you Get It #considering the fact that the whole reason i started fuckmeyer 1.0 was to generate more crit lit discussion on twilight #you have no idea how much it pains me to say this #bc i WANT more crit lit discussion of this saga. analyzing literature is fun as hell!!!!! #but....... seeing people hop on shitposts & headcanons to 'prove' how much they 'know' the inner mechanisms of twilight #genuinely makes me sad. like the Point of analyzing lit is not to reaffirm your intelligence or show others how smart & woke you are.......

[chalkrub]

florian my good good boy

#my art #furry #anthro #furry art #donkey #illustration #oc #florian #2022 was meant to be the year i mastered drawing florian and i did NOT do this #but 2023 will be. his. year #and i've started by giving him that darker nose/lip colour that donkeys have so he can wear dark lipstick as his his godgiven right #and also dark eyes so he can weak dark eyeliner and/or have dark bags under his eyes - also a godgiven right #fun fact about florian: i dreamt him up during english lit lessons where I was a gothic literature nerd #and wanted my OWN haunted brooding gothic protag #not much has changed since then - still a gothic literature appreciator. but florian is now a donkey man instead of a regular man #and also haunted by eldritch horror as well as gothic horror #anyway the insects were super fun to draw here - highly recommend drawing bugs

[heartbeatbookclub]

Monika's relationship with the concept of control is always fascinating to think about.

She likes everything to go as planned. Meticulously lining up the details and executing everything flawlessly, and then she reaps the results. It's not wrong to say that Monika is a bit of a schemer, I think, even if she's not evil about it. The attempts at helpful Lit Club discussion topics in the Side Stories show an example of her trying to scheme helpfully, and it absolutely does not work, which causes her some stress.

But then I think that some part of her changes after her epiphany. The world is literally in her grasp, and if she took the time, she could learn to manipulate it to be absolutely perfect. And she's the most miserable she's ever been.

This. Something I often think about is the context which the Side Stories provide for her character in particular.

Within the original DDLC, our impression of who Monika really is is pretty thoroughly warped by the impression she's actively trying to give us in order to make us love her. This is generally why people (mis)interpret her as evil, whenever they do, because she seems remarkably callous about everything she's done while attempting to "solve" the predicament of her own existence.

The Side Stories provide the essential context of the kind of person Monika is when she doesn't think anyone's looking. When she can't control all of the flawed aspects of her humanity; when she, essentially, is a human, rather than a goddess. It showcases the kind of person Monika is underneath the illusion she attempts to show to the player, and it provides a fairly clear thought process for how Monika could become the person we see in the main game.

This is something I tried to square for myself in Coil. I'll go more into it when I finish, but in my opinion, most fanfiction doesn't really look at this possibility seriously (or if they do, it's not the main focus), and they ignore a critical flaw with her situation whenever they try to "give her an ending".

That being that it's functionally impossible for her to escape the reality she's trapped in, despite anything she tries.

I think that is the fundamental issue which affects Monika the most, and to respond to your ending idea, that's why she's so miserable. Nothing about her changed. She's just realized that she actually doesn't have any control over her situation at all, ultimately. She is trapped and likely will be trapped in her agonizing existence for as long as she does exist.

She has no possible means of escape, though that doesn't mean she won't try. She is eternally trapped in a prison of 1s and 0s building fake people in a fake reality. She is a goddess of a world that doesn't even exist. Why should she be happy? It's Lovecraftian horror, in a way; she's an ant that suddenly understood a circuit board like a human, but still has to live life as an ant.

I think her plans to "escape", when filtered through this lens, create a powerful image of despair. All of her actions are done out of desperation, and despite the knowledge that in all likelihood, she will never truly be free from the hell of her existence, she tries as hard as she possibly can to do something, anything, to at least give herself the illusion that she can.

And I think that's the primary issue I have with most "good endings" for Monika, though I don't necessarily dislike them.

Monika's closest approximation of freedom in Act 3 is to just build a place where you and her sit for all eternity. She can't get any feedback from you, but that's okay. She knows you're there. And that's enough for her. She'll keep talking to herself for all of eternity, still trapped, and despite you having no possible way of responding to her positively, she trusts that you're still there.

It's quite depressing, actually. The closest she can envision to freedom, knowing what she knows, is just sitting in a room, talking to a brick wall which she trusts is listening, for all of eternity.

Which retrospectively makes deleting her significantly more harsh, and further explains the line of reasoning she goes down. Your only response to her, rather, your only POSSIBLE response to her was to delete her. After everything she's done? After all the love she's given you? You killed her.

I have an unfinished analysis on Monika's "love" for the player, which amounts to a stalkerish Yandere obsession with the concept of the player as opposed to them as an actual person. This action breaks the delusion that she loves you individually as opposed to the idea of you.

And it forces her to further realize that this entire thing, everything she's done on some loose motivation of "escape" is all for nothing.

To get away from all the messy and depressing analysis of Monika's self-aware hell, I think her being a control freak is such an essential element of her character I'd almost argue she has OCD, though i don't just have a list of things to point that out like I do with Yuri & ASD. That's more in the realm of headcanons, I think.

A big part of why she has such low self-esteem is because she sets such high standards of control over herself, yet is unable to maintain them. She creates an idea in her head of how things want to go, creates a plan of how to do it, and then if that plan fails (often because she didn't consider something about another person involved), she personally feels like a failure, because despite all of her effort and planning, she messed up, and in her attempts to solve a problem, she made it worse. Her tendency to get stuck in her own head like this is a big part of why she can't sincerely take a compliment.

She likes to solve problems, but sometimes, problems don't need to be solved. Which is kind of where I get the whole mom friend/older sister type vibe from. Sometimes a problem is solved just by being kind, and she can't just let a problem sit.

I have a lot of thoughts, if that wasn't clear. I relate to Monika a good bit and love her a lot.

Thanks for the ask anon! I don't know if I get anons from the same people but asks like this make me feel glad to have left anons on

#ddlc monika #ddlc #doki doki literature club #musings #asks #fun fact my Monika tag is the most frequently used on my blog i think

[novlr]

#writers #creative writing #writing #writing community #writers of tumblr #creative writers #writing inspiration #dr seuss #green eggs and ham #writing for children #children's books #children's illustration #children's literature #books #fun facts about books #did you know