#this is nuts

[bethanydelleman]

There’s a new book out called The Darcy Myth that says in the summary that P&P is actually a “horror novel” about how scary love is for women… I know the Bennet sisters’ situation is precarious but to call it a “horror novel” ? :P

Okay... so... ug.... did this woman even read Pride & Prejudice? Because from the news coverage I would say no. Let me highlight some passages from the article:

Darcy should be considered the main antagonist of the famous love story

Not Wickham? Not the man who runs off with literal teenage girls?

Darcy pays Wickham to marry Lydia, saving her reputation, and later tells Elizabeth, “I thought only of you” when acting. For Feder, this phrase is proof of the hero’s self-interest. Darcy condemns Lydia to a life with an amoral man, all so the Bennets don’t become so disreputable that he won’t be able to marry the woman he loves.

Um, sorry, but no. Darcy tried to get Lydia away FIRST, she refused, he respected Lydia's autonomy as a human being. Becoming brother-in-law to Wickham was probably worse for Darcy personally than Lydia being "ruined"

I found Feder’s exploration of “Pride and Prejudice”as a Gothic novel — rather than a comedy of manners — far more compelling than her critique of Darcy.

Wut? No. Not even a little bit, what? That is a different genre.

“Darcy helped codify the dominant expectation that potential romantic partners — especially heterosexual men — are not only still eligible but in fact more appealing when they play a little hard to get, even if playing hard to get involves cruelty, insults, expressions of disinterest, ruining your beloved sister’s chances of happiness, and other red flags,” she writes. Women spend their time, energy and emotions on men who, quite simply, are not worth their effort.

Okay, except ELIZABETH NEVER TRIES ANYTHING WITH DARCY. She just sits there and he falls in love with her. If she did put effort into any relationship it was with Wickham, who again, is presented as a massive red flag in the end. This line of argument is wild.

Yet, seeing the sheer number of times women pursue cruel men in pop culture laid out one after another — in Disney movies, Taylor Swift songs and much more — is affecting. Feder concludes convincingly that this cultural conviction harms women in the same way the patriarchal boundaries of the regency did. She writes: “If we zoom out, we see that the Darcy myth also helps to prop up and fortify a very Gothic, patriarchal universe that is, and always has been, scary for anyone who is not a very particular type of man. After all, if we are trained from childhood to invest ourselves in men who treat us poorly, aren’t we more likely to end up in abusive situations and under threat of assault?”

Okay, so this is a valid point, but it also is based on a misreading of Pride & Prejudice or is heavily influenced by adaptations. Darcy isn't cruel, he's snobby and somewhat rude but definitely NOT cruel. Wickham is exactly the type of man you want to avoid: charming until he isn't.

ALSO WHAT DISNEY PRINCE IS AN ASSHOLE??? @princesssarisa? Can you be offended at that one in my stead?

So... this book sounds like rage-bait insanity and I won't be reading it until proved otherwise. Putting it on the avoid shelf along with Secret Radical.

Last note: There is a valid point to be made that jerks or dark broody men have been romanticized, but Austen DOES NOT DO THAT. That is not an Austen thing. Use an actual problematic Gothic or Byronic hero.

#question response #this is nuts #the darcy myth #just looks like rage bait to me #the arguments are nonsensical #Now I'm going to have to fight this book on Reddit too #oh joy

[nobrashfestivity]

Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana. With detail

ca. 1560–65

7 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (18.7 × 25.7 cm)

#Master of the “Isarda” Bhagavata Purana #bhagavad gita #indian art #north india #this is nuts

[tiodolma]

Fear is strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy... but sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.

The citadel had a lot of underground. There were the pits and tunnels of the quisition. There were cellars and sewers, forgotten rooms, dead ends, spaces behind ancient walls, even natural caves in the bedrock itself.

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

...........

This book has the most raw and striking metaphor and smoothest transition to the layout of the city istg. Amazing.

#small gods #discworld #terry pratchet #gnu terry pratchet #discworld: small gods #heli and discworld #gives me goosebumps #this is nuts #i like small gods a lot

[bellaartz]

WHO ARE YOU?! WHO ARE THEY?!

#more emotions?! #inside out 2 #this is nuts

[punkbarbarian]

GOING FROM A NAT 1 TO A NAT 20. GORGUG MAN OF ALL TIME

#OH MY GOD #THIS IS NUTS #talking #fhjy spoilers #fhjy lb

[sophfandoms53]

Y’know seeing plotlines, characters, and locations from Shadow The Hedgehog (2005) of all things being brought back into a new port of Sonic Generations was not on my 2024 bingo card and yet, here we are

This really is the year of Shadow the Hedgehog, they are not playing around omg

#they went oh what’s that?? shadow’s in movie 3??? BET. HERE’S ALL HIS CHARACTER WORK COMING BACK 20 YEARS LATER #this is lowkey a shadow 2005 remasters like WHAT #how did we get here #I MEAN IM HYPED OMG???? #but how?? LMAO #this is nuts #like if someone told me this in 2021 when I first played shadow #i wouldve laughed bc what do you mean #AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonic x shadow generations

[onebizarrekai]

oh my god more checkmarks!! thanks???

#this is nuts #asks #I'm cackling #I'VE GOT FOUR NOW

[legitchase]

So I had this new COD idea

We all know the famous ship with Ghost and Soap the English man and the Scot

HOW ABOUT we put the entire UNITED KINGDOM IN THERE

The Irish

The English

The Scottish

The Welsh

All United in the most litteral sense!

Call me crazy but this thought is utterly hilarious to me

#cod #cod mw2 #cod x male reader #cod x reader #ghost x male reader #ghost x reader #soap x reader #soap x male reader #this is nuts

[emahriel]

Hollie Bennett, Harry McEntire, Doug Cockle, Alex Jordan, Ben Starr and Aoife Wilson are about to launch a kickstarter for their DnD campaign series (x)

#this is nuts #i don't know hollie and aoife much but #last kingdom's Aethelwold ; the witcher's Geralt ; cp77's Mr. Hands ; ffxvi's Clive ?????? #someone pinch me - how did they all end up together qoekdqoe #natural six #hollie bennet #harry mcentire #doug cockle #alex jordan #ben starr #dnd #d&d

[cupcraft]

Oh my god kaceytrons speaking up about the situation

#dream situation #this is nuts

[ren3gade]

me: *logs into tumblr dot com*

me: ...

me: *rests head on keyboard*

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#it got worse lmao #bro u gotta stopppp #this is nuts

[lpsotd]

GUYS PLEASE VOTE HORSE 1616 PLEASE!!@ IT IS OBJECTIVELY BETTER AND MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT HORSE!! AND I AM SPREADING MY LOVE FOR IT PLEASE! PLEASE 1616!!!!!

i approve of this propaganda

#please why is 1616 losing #this is nuts #🍭.asks

[littlemuoi]

#brf #royal anecdote #from reddit #lol #this is nuts #came straight out of an action movie #ed #prince edward #duke of edinburgh

[sparklecryptid]

“Hey Moose how’s Canada?”

Still on fire.

#this is NUTS #ITS SO BAD THIS YEAR #YELLOWKNIFE EVACUATED #PARTS OF BC EVACUATED #A TOWN A FEW HOURS WEST OF ME WAS EVACUATED EARLIER THIS YEAR #AS WAS THE COUNTY NORTH OF ME #JESUS

[stlispenard]

hehe a little les mis twt summary because we're all going crazy here

enjolras by @andthe6: @enjolracy marius by @fals3nd: @pontmrci cosette by me: @faucheleventt r by me: @gr2ndr courfeyrac also by me (yes, issues): @heartfeyrac éponine by @wr1tten: @th3eponine

#noora speaks. #this is nuts #it wasn't on my 2023 bingo card #but i love it

[the-rambling-fatebender]

I have no idea why I keep making Azuriel's backstory this complicated. But i felt her "noble heritage" needs justification, since it clashes with the very first verse of The Predestination. I could have just wipe it off by some free interpretation bs (which i did, partly), or could have ignore it, (as one failed Tel'Imaltath wrote, it was never meant to actually come true - so why would any detail be accurate?) But NAH,

I love to suffer, so here's the outline of this chaos of a family tree, and some event explanation in the Arquen family's past. I DON'T ENCOURAGE anyone to suffer it through, because it is a mess, and makes little to zero sense after all, but i really enjoy doing some extra worldbuilding stuff - BECAUSE I know, I SHOULD DRAW rn, but i can't :D I genuinely appreciate though if you really DO suffer through this shit: You're AWESOME! But you've been warned :D And if you don't wanna read all this random rambling, here's a conclusion: - The 'Arquen family 'started with a "commoner" receiving a fief and a title - a very minor one, compared to their overlords but still. - after a couple of generations the fief and the title has gone because of severe debt, so basically the folk involved became destitutes. To pay off their debt, the descendants had to serve at Stonefield from a very young age.

Lyana's dad finally managed to restore the family's status and the land, plus become friends with Lord BB. MegaWIN.

HOWEVER he committed that specific mistake (blood is blood after all or what...) to fall for one of the Boddenbruuk servants, an aeterna lady. (i want to clarify here that the majority of Stonefield servants were not Arquen descendants so this is not an incest tale :D )

So in the end, Azuriel was not even nominally noble from many aspects. She hasn't inherited jack shit, she was not raised as one, her ancestors were destitutes for a couple of generations; But still she is, according to some well hidden parchments. :DDD

See? I could have done it the easy way, but i went bonkers instead inventing this overcomplicated shit. :D --------------------------------

PT I.

~ 200 yrs ago, Lyana’s very great-great grandfather Darius (nicknamed, „the tall”, bcz his stature was closer to the Aeterna, despite of being Alemanne)

was given the honor, along with the noble name „Arquen” (meaning ’knight’ – loanword from old aeterna) for his„exceptional military services”* as a footsoldier of the Middlerealm. Property was also given with the title: Casle Ledur and the surroundings → later became „Arquen Manor” (*copy of the deed of gift Azuriel has found in Erothin Archives) - Couple of generations, until one of the Arquens (Aster) accumulated a debt* that the Boddenbruuk countess at the time,(Lady Sedna, decided to confiscate the manor. ( →plus Aster married a half-aeterna minstrel, Aelune, which was not only unusual, but Middlerealm overlords did not took it kindly for their weird reasons)

(*at least that’s the reason named in the copy of the decree says, which can also be found in the Erothin Archives)

-The family got disbanded – however the able bodied youngsters of Aster and Aelune were taken to Stonefield as squires; Aster and Aelune's exact fate is unknown.

-One of the kid, (Theodore Arquen, granddad of Damian) managed to remain at the Countess’ service (guard captain), settled down, got married (Moira), and tried to intrique his way around in hope of redeeming back their status. (ofc this didn't work out this way)

-ThenDamian Arquen, dad of Azuriel happened (he was the sole child of Nestor Arquen and the miller’s daughter Avina)

- At 7, Damian was taken under old Lord (Ansgar) Boddenbruuk’s tutelage because of Avina and Nestor’s premature death, and as usual, his squireship began at the same year, under the then 17 year old Lothar Boddenbruuk. -At the age of 19, Damian had been accoladed to knight, and the ever growing tension between the Middle and the Northrealm created an opporunity for him to prove himself:

-on his very first campaign he was assigned to accompany the Boddenbruuks (Old Ansgar and his son, Lothar, 29 at the time (who was, btw widow to Lady Anabel Rhamalion.)

-At the age of 20, though the campaign was not entirely succesful (They won the Battle of Mortram, but were unable to advance further to the Capital, and Lothar got wounded.) - For his strategic and military prowess, and for "saving his ass" in the battle, Lothar restored Castle Ledur and the „Arquen manor” back to the Arquens – Damian – and they became close friends. -In turn, oath of allegiance and other mandatory bs followed for becoming a vassal of the Boddenbruuks - again.

PT II. Damian & Lylien Arquen As Damian were a frequent guest in the following year in Stonefield as the Lord’s friend, he started to develop feelings towards a young aeterna maidservant of the Boddenbruuks, Lylien (19 at the time.) -To set ages right for that time:

***Lord Lothar Boddenbruuk, 30, ***Lady Anabel Rhamalion (deceased after giving birth to their daughter, at the age of 18, would be 22) ***Little Antoinette Boddenbruuk, 4, ***Lylien 19 ***Damian Arquen, 21 - Problem was, Lothar BB also grew fond of Lylien (rather use the term obsessive*), although he tried everything in his power to conceal his feelings..

*triggered by the fact that Lylien’s resemblance in complexion and mannerism to the late Lady Anabel was striking, despite of the former being a lowborn aeterna, while Anabel was of normanne descent. - Lylien reciprocated Damian’s feelings over time, and he eventually asked her (and even the permission of Lord Boddenbruuk) to the marriage. - Obviously he hesitated a bit, used the good ol bad reputation of intermarriage first, then Lylian's importance as "the best" maidservant for his little Antoinette - as an exucuse.

-He eventually threw the towel in with ONE condition: Lylien continues her services* in Stonefield castle regardless of her new home and ’status’.

*she had to „commute” six days a week, but teleportation magic was fairly common back then despite the Chancellor’s disapproval.

-in the 1st year of Lylien & Damian’s marriage: A boy was born in 9897 a. St. → Sylras. Lothar became even more desperate, caught between the battle of his affection, and his friend.

-He grew resentful but still managed to act as the family’s friend tho, partly bcz he needed his friend’s support to a campaign* against a so called Bandit Prince (who nestled in the county, robbed /enslaved merchants and travellers.

*was deliberately unsuccesful but SsSsHhShh! -He tried to show nothing of his internal battles, however suppressing his feelings towards Lylien festers inside him.

-Meanwhile, Lylien and Damian even planned a second child - however there were some difficulties this time around, and they had to rely on travelling apothecary’s help (a special herbal medicine* - to make a second pregnancy happen.

*motherwort and milk thistle suspension - not that if this is an important detail to point out)

-Around this time (in the 7th year of their marriage, Sylras being 6), when Lylien’s doing her chores in Antoinette’s bedchamber (girl had riding lessons in that time period) Lord Lothar saw the moment of opportunity that he has taken advantage of… And regretted later.

-Lylien didn’t tell anything to Damian, partly because of shame and partly because she was afraid of Lothar BB - this was not the first sign of him being a wacko

- Approx 9 months later, in 9903. a. St. Lyana Arquen was born. Lyana herself, and nobody else ever could figure out if she was Damian’s or Lothar Boddenbruuk’s daughter.

(Fun fact: she was Damian’s triumph the day before the incident, but when she finds her mom’s diary, she believes her assumption that she might be Lothar’s -Anyway, years went by „as normal”, but Lord BB started rapidly losing his grasp on reality while trying to maintain the facade of bffs with the Arquens.

- HE did the math and grew paranoid that the child might be his, what if later shows resemblance of him and sparks suspicion, or Lylien might eventually tell Damian what has truly happened and he will seek justice or revenge.

-perceptions distorted, he grew bitter and hateful, which resulted in reckless actions, at the time when Lyana was about the age of 5, Sylras being 11,

-in 9908. a. Starfall, 5th of The Departure

-He came to an agreement with the Bandit Prince, and promised him Castle Ledur as a payment IF his team manages to „eliminate” the Arquens*. Preferably by making the whole thing look like “things got out of hand”. (*No witnesses. Thus their household servants and their serfs also „had to go”.

-This way he could sort of “provide” the demand of slave materials to the Prince and he also promised a bonus if he manages to do so by eliminating all evidence of the act being ordered by him..

Which the Prince deliberately ignored after nested into Castle Ledur, and entered into a contract with Lady Alcazar to gain control over the Steel Rail mine. He kept the parchment with the sigil of Lothar among other whatnot in their secret vault, where Azuriel found it, 15 years later.

#nehrim #fanfic draft #this is stupid but who cares #azuriel #vynblr #oc #shadowborn #this is nuts #overdone #backstory