#oh and talk about history

[tiredyke]

every time queer discourse surges on this site everyone is so quick to jump to “it was actually the evil lesbians who divided us” because y’all heard the term “political lesbian” and never bothered to figure out what that meant

#‘political lesbians’ were and are predominantly STRAIGHT WOMEN #and a good chunk are bi #what don’t you understand about these women thinking lesbianism is a CHOICE? that it’s only used by women as a reaction to the patriarchy? #like lesbians can’t possibly like women and not men for any reason that isn’t some deep-seated hatred for men? #they all think lesbianism is dirty and impure and here you people are saying that this is PROGRESSIVE #and that they actually think that lesbianism is some golden standard for its purity???? you guys are so fucking stupid oh my god #you go on and on about learning your queer history until it comes to lesbians and then you’re perfectly happy rewriting our culture #and narrative #wtf is wrong with you people #and y’all braindead mfs use this to act like men are actually oppressed by the meanie dykes #i hate y’all #but none of y’all actually give a shit about lesbians so i guess im yelling into a void #lesbophobia #top posts #neon talks #LOL at the fucking idiot who reblogged this and tagged it ‘misandry’ not sure how you got that from my post but i hope your day sucks <3

[worstloki]

“kill them with kindness” Wrong. Bifrost beam of death.

#accurate history of asgard btw #no one talks about svartalfheim #jotunheim watching the bifrost stay open days after *asgard* broke their truce and their prince was dragged home about it #like ''oh are they pulling a svartalfheim? aight. figured it would happen one day.''

[sendmyresignation]

Heavy Metal MCR Manifesto

At long last it has arrived from the depths of hell...... the essential guide to all things metal, at least in the context of My Chemical Romance, its members and its musical history! Have you ever wondered exactly how My Chem has been influenced by metal? We all know Ray loves Iron Maiden and Gerard can do black metal vocals, but just how deeply is My Chemical Romance connected to metal music and culture?

The answer is probably longer and more elaborate than you thought!

In this primer you will discover why Frank and Ray work so well together, how Maiden jump-started Ray and Gerard's creative partnership, what sex and satan have to do with Gerard, and what it is about metal that has made it such a significant sonic and aesthetic influence on every album My Chem have ever released. Check all this and more out at the place posers go to die!!! The MCR METAL PRIMER!!!

(Image by Mark Beemer)

#guys i cant believe its finally finished!!! this was such a passion project for me oh my god #obv i tried to get as much as i possibly could but im only one human so if i missed anything- let me know!! id love to talk about it #but at the end of the day i just hope more my chem fans interact with metal <33 give the genre a chance there's something for everyone!! #my chemical romance #my posts #mcr music history #mcr assigned reading

[fayzart136]

mea culpa, mea culpa mea maxima culpa

#artists on tumblr #digital #sfw #pentiment #pentiment spoilers #caspar #obsidian entertainment #THIS FUCKING GAME MAN #SORRY FOR POSTING VAGUE SPOILERS BUT AAAH #oh btw if you want to check out the game dw #if you just choose carefully the kid will be fine #its tricky but doable #i highly highly highly recommend the game!!!! it made me cry!!!!! #PLEASE SOMEONE TALK TO ME ABOUT THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY GAME #AAAA

[esrah-rah-rasputin]

You know, I’m not religious but for the sake of the phrase, I pray for anyone who would try to say that people like me (autistic / disabled / could be considered mentally ill) wouldn’t have survived in the ancient world, because whoo boy. I’d have a whole infodump locked and ready for that one LMAO get ready to hear about how autistic people were frequently considered blessings/connected to the gods/etc, how disabled people have been loved and cared for since before the invention of writing, and/or how mentally ill people were loved and had happy lives and even considered religious figures all throughout history. Just because recent history has been badly ableist doesn’t mean I’m not worth anything or that I’m only alive due to modern mercies

#Esrah talks #“Oh you want to tell me about history? Me? The history nerd? That so?” #actuallyautistic #disabled #spoonie #neurodivergent #praying mention #religion mention

[distressed-bird]

Kalina is the most interesting character to me because of all she has going on…

she is Cassandra’s familiar, she is simultaneously a pet and a friend and a servant and a family to a goddexx that is simultaneously her owner and friend and creator and parent and her god and reason to be—Kalina’s relationship to Cassandra is hard to put a name or label on (since what does being a familiar even mean?) but the bottomline is that this cat loves her deity enough to put everything and everyone on the line for her…

And adding in that she is a child of divorce. So to speak. I am extremely normal and haven’t been driven mad by the detail that baby itty bitty kitty Kalina was at Cassandra’s wedding to Ankarna and is remembered to have been toddling after her as she walked down the aisle…

Kalina will be the death of me /lh

#fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #kalina #oh my god and the fact Kalina was there at that wedding—there at the period of time where Ankarna was alive and still a known god and not #presumed dead… this makes the Sylvairean Heresy even WORSE of a life event for Kalina and Cassandra… #the existence of baby kalina implies that Cassandra *raised* Kalina… and the fact they were married means that Kalina wouldn’t have been #raised by only Cassandra but *also* Ankarna. #you are Kalina and one of your parents just was killed by your uncle—their domains were too alike—and you can never talk about them again. #you can never speak their name—share in their memory—the only place they exist is quietly in your memories that must go unspoken due to #Oblivata Mori. And there’s nothing you can do about it… #And then the followers and clerics of your remaining parent start trying to kill her—being mislead by the followers of your goddexx’ sister #Cassandra is the only family Kalina has left—and Kalina’s sentience leds me to think she agreed to become a Curse #kalina let herself be unmade and changed to keep Cassandra alive… and even as the shell of herself—a familiar once but now a living plague— #is so deeply loyal and only interested in what is to the benefit of her *everything*… even if they are currently a Walking Corpse. #Kalina dislike Kristen so much because Kristen is just not being a good cleric and is in the precarious spot of being Cassandra’s only #follower… but ultimately won’t harm or attack Kristen—killing herself first—because Kristen is the only one keeping Cassandra uncorrupted. #yeah im crazy about the relationship and history between a cat familiar and her witch goddess and the layers of their relationship

[emmavakarian-theirin]

hiiiiiii i've fallen back into dragon age hell (origins, specifically) if anyone wants to DISCUSS things i am here

#(twirls hair) i think i'm falling for alistair all over again (sickos meme) yes... ha ha ha... YES.... #and it's mostly through realising how there's lines that are just SO unprompted or have no build up with the context of the subject?? #but obviously not in a bad writing way it's just *alistair* like #leliana: oh how i enjoyed the quiet of the chantry so i could contemplate and be at peace 😌 what about you alistair? 😊 #alistair: i liked screaming #LIKE honestly why was the grand cleric trying to keep you #or even the dialogue when you're trying to talk to him about his history and he's like 'it's boring though :/' #so you tell him to make up interesting stuff and he suddenly says 'i have some interesting looking moles i can show you?' LIKE??? #you are a sad strange big man and you have my love #BUT ANYWAY i'm having a moral dilemma over the most minor quest and have been staring at the same screen for like 30 minutes #and i know it's hard to see but sten looks so GOOD i'm shocked and thrilled i managed to get every mod i wanted to work... work

[blessyouhawkeye]

there need to be more wangxian figure skating aus because i know in my heart that if any fictional character could land the quad axel it would be wei wuxian

#he'd be like a hey hey lan zhan watch me skate lan zhan pleaseeeee #and after enough begging when lwj finally turns around wwx casually lands the hardest jump in the history of figure skating at like 16 #lwj: wei ying...... how....... #wwx: oh that? just something i've been working on it's not a big deal it's not perfect yet #and he skates away while lwj has to lie down on the ice to cool off from Wei Ying Emotional Whiplash #anyways. my beloved wei ying could land the quad axel no problem. he's already thinking about quints. lwj is going insane. #don't even talk to me about fs wangxian i have a whole World built for it #it's a fic i'll never write but. figure skaters!wangxian my most beloved au #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #cql #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Me watching the LGBT community who almost never rarely gives black women and girls, asexuals, or aromantics genuine respect, pretend we’re all friends and have always treated us right the minute it’s June 1st and want to use black women(mainly darkskinned) and girls as their little poster girl:

#asexual #aromantic #It’s always coming from the non black people(including other racial minorities) too #and the stuff coming out of the lgbt community towards black women and girls has gotten real nasty #i have seen numerous people(although they’re mainly black) say that black people are inherently queer because we’re unnatural and strange #in the eyes of white supremacy and white people #like are you ok in the head??? why do you want to say that black people are inherently strange and we defy every social standard #as of our existence is a social statement #I personally think the worst thing I’ve personally heard(from yet another black person) #was that black women and girls would get seen as men or trans women because our hair is nappy #what does our natural hair have to do with getting seen as men or trans women?? #and the white lgbt people just applauded them and hearted their tweet #it annoys me how for some weird reason political and social movements will mainly use black women especially darker black women as rep #and It’s almost always by a non black person #like why don’t you use a girl or woman from your own race in your political and social justice artwork #oh wait that’s right #because in general the lgbt community views black women and girls as magical negras who will be their ride or die sista soulja #who will mule and fight for them no matter how badly they outright insult us or sneakily talk badly about us #pride month is basically another black history month when it comes to how everyone reacts to it #every reaction to it is superficial and they’re only celebrating us because they feel like they had to or wanted social points #had it been any other month they would’ve been focusing on the group that they belong to

[clove-pinks]

I feel like this is a niche audience thing because I never see other people bring it up, but one of the top tweets of all time for me is "this is NOT what _____ is about! *opens history book* uh oh" meme format.

You can adapt it in many ways, but always with the punchline of frantically flipping through a history book with growing alarm.

It's universally relatable(?) because who can't think of five or ten things off the top of their head that would fit this!

#shaun talks #history #memes #*opens history book* uh oh. oh no. #they are mostly 'this is NOT what America is about' #but really it works for a closer look into the history of many things #described

[sinni-ok-sessi]

Would love to hear any thoughts on the codification of the poet-persona over time? 👀

Ok so in the spirit of the ask game, I am not checking any citations on this whatsoever, but if you want those lmk (though they uh. largely do not exist for rímur-poets specifically, because only me and Hans Kuhn have ever cared).

This is going to require some context because, as established, the number of living people who know and care about medieval rímur can be counted on my two hands. Probably without thumbs. So, rímur are a poetic form that developed in 14th cen Iceland, which look kind of ballad-y, in that they often use four-line stanzas with ABAB end-rhyme, though actually the ballad tradition in Iceland is quite distinct (on which, see Vésteinn Ólason, The Ballads of Iceland). End-rhyme was very exciting for Icelandic poets because it was only previously a thing in some uncommon types of skaldic metres, but rímur (as their name suggests) have end-rhyme as a defining feature and rapidly become The dominant form of poetry in Iceland until well into the 19th cen.

There are two very distinctive things about rímur, other than their metres: 1) they almost never tell 'new' stories; almost all rímur narratives are attested earlier in other forms, usually in prose, which can sometimes lead to the fun cycle of saga -> rímur cycle -> old saga is lost, new version is written based on the rímur -> more rímur are written based on the new saga -> repeat until the heat death of the universe; 2) as the form develops, it acquires introductory stanzas known as mansöngvar, a term which elsewhere usually means 'love poetry', although that's not really what they're doing here.

Mansöngvar are verses, sometimes in a different metre to the rest of the canto they're attached to, in which the poet speaks directly to the audience. In the medieval period, they're pretty short and often don't say more than 'look, I made you some poetry', but as time goes on, they get more and more elaborate, and the character of the poet begins to develop some quite distinctive traits. What's interesting here is that rímur were (certainly in the medieval period; less certainly later on) performed aloud, presumably by the poet, so there's definitely some questions to be asked about how accurate the poets' self-descriptions are when presumably the audience could go 'you're not pining away for love, Jón Jónsson, I've met your wife!'

So anyway, these mansöngvar are often linked to the medieval German Minnesänger tradition (er. The actual German word might be slightly different because I still don't speak German despite my PhD supervisor's pointed remarks), which is more overtly love poetry and which sometimes features the poet as an abject and despised lover of some cruel lady. This is something rímur-poets from the later medieval period and onwards have an incredibly good time with. You may be familiar with the story of Þórr wrestling with Elli, the personification of old age in the form of an old woman. There are at least two medieval rímur poets who have a whole extended passage about 'oh alas, when I was young I was a terrible flirt but now I'm old and no women like me, except oh no, I am being courted by this ugly old giant lady; Elli is the only ladyfriend for me now, wah'. it's very playful, it's very fun, it's drawing on this general sense that the poets put forward that they're poetically gifted, but romantically unlucky, which is kind of a Thing for poets across a lot of European literature (and probably more broadly, but I don't know much about that), and is especially pronounced in the earlier Icelandic sagas about poets, which usually feature poets failing to win the love of their life for various reasons (sudden attack of Christianity; sudden attack of magic seals; sudden attack of Other Guy With Sword; etc). So in evoking this, rímur-poets are situating themselves in this existing Image of the Ideal Poet, but doing so in a way that ties them into the specifics of the Norse literary/mythological tradition as well. Poets are also frequently old and tired (same, bro), and a statistically improbably number of them are also blind (although that might just be two guys we know about who were really prolific; most rímur are anonymous so it's hard to say. But it is perhaps convenient that this also links them to A Great Poet of Old, namely Homer).

The other thing that rímur-poets really like to bring up in their mansöngvar is the myth of the mead of poetry, which I will not recount here except to say that Óðinn nicked it from a giant, and also that some dwarves used it to buy safe passage off a skerry once, so it's poetically termed 'ship of the dwarves' because it's the thing that brought them safely across the sea. Every single medieval mansöngur, if one exists at all, refers to this myth in some way, even if it's just by having the 'I made you some poetry' bit use a kenning for 'poetry' that references the myth.* And poets have a lot of fun with this too! Iceland's a coastal community, they know about boats, so you get these extended metaphors about poets trying to board a boat to sample the mead of poetry and finding only the dregs because other, better poets got there first. Or they will describe the process of poetic composition in terms of ship-building: 'Here I nail together Suðri's [a dwarf name] boat'; 'Norðri's ship sets out from the harbour [= I'm about to start reciting the main bit now]'; 'the fine vessel has now been wrecked on the rocks [=I'm going to stop reciting now]'. They'll also speak of poetry as smíð, which means a work of craftsmanship, usually physical craftsmanship (obviously cognate with smithing in English), and of brewing the ale of Óðinn, so they're really into metaphors of physical craft when it comes to the intellectual craft of poetry, which I think is really neat.

*kennings = poetic circumlocutions, e.g. 'snake of the belt' is a sword because swords are vaguely snake-shaped and hang from a belt. Common poetry kennings are '[drink/liquid/ale/wine/mead] of [any of Óðinn's literally dozens of names]' e.g. 'Berlingr's wine', and the aforementioned 'ship of the dwarves' - poetic Icelandic has literally dozens of words for different kinds of ships and also literally dozens of dwarf names, so you can get a long way without repeating yourself.

So all these things that I've mentioned that poets like to bring up - old age, unluckiness in love, poets as craftsmen - become more and more tropified as time goes on, which in turn leads to these imaginative and extended reworkings of the metaphor. No longer can you just say 'I'm old and no one fancies me', no, it's 'My only assignations now are with Elli, wink wink, here's a long description of our date'. So you end up with this very codified image of The Ideal Rímur-Poet as an old man,* ideally blind, ideally unmarried, incredibly self-deprecating about his poetry, and because that's how everyone else talks, it's self-reinforcing.

*there is one (1) known female rímur-poet from the medieval period, the poet of Landrés rímur, who unfortunately didn't write many mansöngur stanzas but is doing her best with the 'unlucky in love' bit, although her lover (male) seems to have died rather than ditched her, which is a novelty.

Anyway, it's cool and weird and fun and as I say, only me and Hans Kuhn care, academically speaking.

#lol 1260 words here. which is. maybe 10 minutes of actual speaking time but OH WELL #asks I have answered #if there are bits that I haven't explained well lmk. I have a warped idea of how much the average person knows about Norse literary history #because I *am* on my Stan Rogers Wife Guy kick at the moment please imagine Jón Jónsson holding a guitar #also. lol. I am extremely fucking doxxable every time I talk about rímur so if you do know my full legal name. keep that shit to yourself. #but also. go read my phd thesis. if you like the shit jokes in this post you'll love 70k of them concealed in academese

[the-most-pathetic-edge-marquis]

jasper moodboards are the funniest fucking thing on twilight tumblr i'm sorry

#...is it petty if i make this post? #too late i'm doing it anyway #oh my god #it's SO RIDICULOUS TO ME #i saw this one moodboard. the middle quote was a quote abt how hard it is to be an empath #and still take care of yourself #HE'S A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER LMAOOO #also even in canon he's not. like. particularly empathetic #he's just manipulative! he gets his power from being manipulative & 'charismatic'! #if anything the empathy is a curse that he EARNED #& is doing his best to ignore #like. he canonically wishes he wasn't an empath bc it makes it harder for him to EAT PEOPLE #so the pinterest mental health inspo quote really killed me #also there were a bunch of grainy aesthetic cowboy photos and like. #the cowboy aesthetic is. first of all. very funny to me #AND he's not a cowboy #he's (again) A CONFEDERATE CAVALRY OFFICER #THERE'S NO CANON EVIDENCE HE WAS EVER A FUCKING COWBOY #also. come talk to me about the actual fucking history of cowboying in texas #and get your fucking aesthetic photos out of here #did you know that most texas ranches pre-war (62%!) enslaved their cowhands? #ONCE AGAIN. HE'S A CONFEDERATEEEEEEEEE #(& the time when he was human would've been. not really the time for him to even feasibly be a cowboy? spanish fever & cattle quarantine <3 #so. anyways. #fanon jasper remains the funniest thing ever to me

[jtl-fics]

I genuinely cannot remember if I actually asked for history nerd Kevin new kings or just thought about it sorry

WIP Wednesday - 10/4/23 Closed | New Kings AU

Andrew raised an eyebrow, "What would it consist of?" he asks and Kevin knows that Andrew is asking because he wants to make sure Kevin isn't going to poison Neil again. He knows this. He really really does.

But Andrew Minyard just asked Kevin Day a history question.

"Well you see," Kevin says and he can already see Andrew regretting this but love has made Andrew vulnerable so he does not flee. "When Stalin-"

"Not the history lesson Kevin. What is in the care package and what are you going to cook?" Andrew cuts him off and Kevin can just hear that Andrew didn't capitalize the name properly.

#oh no more opportunity to talk about Kevin and historyyy #oh shucks #/POS #New Kings AU #AFTG #AFTG AU #Andreil #Kevin Day #New Kings - History - 14 #10-4-23 WIP Wednesday #WIP Wednesday Ask Game #17

[hajihiko]

I've seen a few people talk about how much smoother things would have gone for the cast if they had A Mature Conversation about things, but like. they're teenagers. Not only that, they're all gifted kid teenagers who also have Issues (except Hajime who only has the Issues). How capable do you think they are of going 'alright now boys we need to talk about your misogyny' or somesuch

#I think a part of what COULD be the tragedy of it all is on fact that they're teenagers with even less #-of a standard for what's normal than regular teenagers. #16 year old kids seeing another 16 year old kid who clearly has a history of abuse but they're like #Damn that sucks... Uh... Should I tell a teacher or #Oh right wait killing game island. Welp. #Them as adults post game looking back like god DAMN if I could go back in time and respond better #But yknow no time like the present #The fact that people like heard a single word out of Mikans mouth and did not think to intervene says sth- #-about the school they went to methinks. #Anyway. This has been a Me Talking #Ps not saying teenagers aren't capable of being good people #But being in that situation on top of all their backstory baggage I can't blame them for putting certain things on the backburner #WAIT ALSO ALSO. Have YOU ever tried to talk to a mean teenager. Jesus christ #They do not take reason trying to argue just makes them stronger.

[incorrect-composer-quotes]

Beethoven: Punch me all you like, you can't unf•ck the Christmas Turkey

#composers #history #incorrect composer quotes #ludwig van beethoven #oh would you look at that #the mod is talking about vtubers #bonus points if you know who said this

[mycological-mariner]

“Of course you like it, it has snow and cannibals”

— my little brother 2023

#watching films with him is impossible. he’s so normal #’so what did you think of the film?’ ‘it was good’ #I don’t understand how someone can just come to the conclusion a film was good and not want to dissect it to pieces #where’s the urge to put it under a microscope! the need to look up production history and historical and cultural influences! #I can’t believe he called me out like that though #ravenous 1999 #the terror #‘oh I don’t think you’ll like this show there’s no cannabalism’ #I don’t talk about cannabalism irl #but somehow! the lil fuck called me out on it