#note that these are not in order

[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)

[evilwizard]

never has there been a series with more underutilized background lore than the Chronicles of Narnia. book one establishes that there exists a world-between-the-worlds, an infinite glade that can be accessed only via ancient Atlantean magic, fractaling in all directions with infinite crystal-clear pools of water representing the various dimensions of the multiverse—dimensions which contain realms of gods and technology, and magic of various types, and different magical systems for each dimension, and dead worlds, and worlds that have not yet sprung to life, and a million other wonders. book two has a talking beaver

#i have to admit that i knew this wasn’t publication order. i got it wrong on purpose for The Notes

[mewcharm]

okay man

#my art #art #artwork #artists on tumblr #digital art #splatoon #splatoon oc #splatoon 2 #splatoon fanart #splatoon 3 #splat3 #octo expansion #splatoon side order #side order #agent 4 #agent 3 #pearl #pearl houzuki #pearlina #pearl splatoon #marina splatoon #off the hook #splatoon marina #neo agent 3 #side order splatoon #agent eight #captain 3 #pearl drone #splatoon 3 side order #1k+ notes club

[nonasbirthday]

Clear as mud! But I expect nothing less from a Homestuck 🫡

#this is a fine and perfectly reasonable way to have ordered groups of nine relate to each other :) #this took me way too long to make and i know people are gonna come into my notes and tell me what i got wrong #which is fine lol there are many smart folks here #i am not budging on Anastasia being responsible for the 'reconstruction' step though. TWICE in GTN the Ninth is linked to reconstruction #and i think the fifth preserves the spirit (step 1). #perfunctory image id in alt text #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #the locked tomb spoilers #nonasbirthday #enumeration in the locked tomb

[prokopetz]

I’m not sure how much of it is innate and how much of it is imitative, but a thing I’ve always found interesting about feline vocalisation is that they enunciate for emphasis in pretty much the same way that humans do, so when a cat is being emphatic you can literally hear the exclamation point.

#life #cats #animal behaviour #linguistics #note: this distinction is typically not present with kittens because kittens say everything with an exclamation point #all kitten concerns are crises of the highest order

[cozyhoodies]

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #side order #splatoon 3 side order #splatoon side order #dedf1sh #original #goku #1000 notes #2000 notes

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 2: Indocktrination

(Part 1, Part 3)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #mdzs AU #Yungmeng Jiang training arc AU #nie huaisang #lan wangij #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #Quick note: These comics are going to be out of order timeline-wise. Less of a story; more of a splattering of ideas. #Per last comic; I think WWX and JC showing up wet and covered in mud was 100% on purpose (on wwx's behalf) #A hazing ritual for the rumoured stuck-up Lan boy who would be coming to train with them. #With that in mind - I think LWJ has been pushed off the docks several times by this point. This is is first time dunking someone else. #The completion of the Jiang indoctrination is being both the pusher and pushee. LWJ has gained true respect now. #Yes think does mean I think Jiang Yanli has both been pushed and pushed someone into the water. #I think WWX would have volunteered but she went in for a surprise attack on JC. This is a point of contention among the trio.

[antique-symbolism]

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#i just ordered If Not Winter so i can read it with the end notes this time #didn't have time before returning it to the library

[regenderated]

"rank the doctors" based on what!? which one is my favourite? which one i think is objectively the best? which one is most fuckable? which one has the nicest voice? best costume? best actor? best writing?

#doctor who #the doctor #nuwho #new who #9th doctor #10th doctor #11th doctor #12th doctor #13th doctor #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #eleventh doctor #thirteenth doctor #twelfth doctor #the answers to these in order are: #ten- nine- ten- eleven- eleven- twelve- ten #the 170 notes in one day???? holy fuck #we are at 550 notes and I am back with edits to the tags... #a few other ways to rank them #including but not limited to #“most likely to trip and fall” “most gender” “best cook” “coolest stims” “flavor. scent” #one person didn't realize that this was a doctor who post until they reached “best costume” #which means that they thought the previous questions were normal ones to ask about medical professionals #hi 837 notes. what the fuck? #I think this is my most popular post by far #982 notes now. any bets for when we hit 1k? oh my God #what the HELL is going on here /ref #1218 notes?? awww you shouldntve! for me? #update: 1640 notes this is weird i've gotten my first rude comment is this what you big Tumblr blogs feel like #AIGHT YALLSEY ON INSTA JUST POSTED THIS WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUCK

[glazenewt]

Realllllly happy with how this came out !!! Can't wait for the dlc to come out mmmm. Super planning on making this a print in the future!!!

#splatoon #splatoon fanart #etsy #splatoon 3 #agent 8 #splatoon agent 8 #agent 8 fanart #side order #splatoon side order #splatoon side order fanrat #THANK YOU FOR 1+ K NOTES?????

[squoobest]

THE VERDICT.....

(link to original poll here <- there it is!)

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon side order #side order #agent 8 #jelleton #my art #great work everyone. love the consensus of nefarious fish being oily. i also enjoyed people's unique takes in the notes!!! #it was very fun to read and had some super super cool ideas and headcanons!! ^^ #pentaphobia

[blankcassette]

Was wondering this the whole playthrough

#splatoon #dedf1sh #acht splatoon #mizuta ahato #splatoon 3 #side order #splatoon side order #marina #pearl #pearl houzuki #agent 8 #comic #this would be funnier if i was good at perspective #hit tweet #THIS WHAT WE DOING NOW!? 300 NOTES!?

[rebrandedbard]

How does the great Sandpiper successfully smuggle 130 children out of the Nilfgaard-occupied territory of Hamm? With the power of a forgotten story, a traditional song, and a masterful lie.

A piece for my upcoming fic, The Piper of Hamm, based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, next in my fairy tale series.

#FINALLY finished this wip from literally TWO YEARS ago and it only took an HOUR to add the background and stuff #my art #my witcher art #witcher #the witcher #jaskier #The Piper of Hamm fic #I'm basically writing all these fics in order on a sticky note #you can see why I haven't gotten around the the Howl's Moving Castle or Stardust AUs yet because of this #TWO YEARS I had this idea #and it is only now being written #my life is pain lmao #but I've never been invested in a fandom this long so I think I've finally found my forever fandom #and the need to write these aus is still strong #so we'll see them one day

[bamsara]

The amount of b-grade/miscut/misprint stickers I get when making batches is goofy

What's in my hand is usable and can be sent out, the boxes behind it are all ones with imperfections/ damage but can't bring myself to throw away because it feels like I'm being wasteful. I might make 'scrap baggies' for each fandom and offer them on kofi for like 7-10 stickers for the price of one or something again

#sara shush #sticker stuff #on the up note i switched paper type and it has a better time reading the lines #but all my machine mats are lowkey destroyed and unusable because of use and cutting damage #none of them are sticky ive been using scotch tape to put the page on there #ordered some more #still deciding between manufacturers

[chimerahnova]

Some random MH emotes I made (500x500)

#monster hunter #malzeno #lunagaron #shara ishvalda #violet mizustune #some people have asked if you can use these and since I already have let people if you want to use these feel free to #note: I may have COMMISIONS open later on and emotes are one of the things you can order from me: totally not a plug #…okay it might be a plug

[cozyhoodies]

y'all do NOT play this floor name if you see it

#splatoon 3 #splatoon 3 side order #side order #agent eight #splatoon side order #original #1000 notes