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[coulson-is-an-avenger]

i cannot stop thinking about Fedallah mobydick. the first description in the book calls him a phantom. he's the first major character to die. he's from a group of people that melville initially seems to admire and then spends the rest of the book being viciously racist about. Ahab trusts him enough to ask him to do seafaring crime for him and Fedallah likes him enough to agree to it. we never learn their history. he spends the whole story ostracized and under the suspicion of everyone around him and never does anything even remotely unkind. he tries to save his friend and fails. he can't save himself. he suffers the most gruesome death in the narrative. he is one of the only two people Ahab is willing to take any sort of council from. he's a skilled harpooner but doesn't get to bond with the other harpooners and we never see why. he's stuck on a doomed voyage thousands of miles from home surrounded by people who think he's the literal devil, and his only friend is hell bent on a suicide quest. he must be unbelievably lonely. he is despised by the narrative despite being objectively right about everything. he makes me so sad to think about in any capacity and i want to be his best friend

#moby dick #mobydick #Fedallah #fedallah moby dick #fedallah mobydick #mossy speaks #herman melville #classic lit #whale weekly spoilers #his relationship with Ahab is so interesting and its genuinely infuriating that we get no insight into it or fedallah's life at all #his character had so much potential. god i wish melville could be normal about brown people

[rotisseries]

obsessed with the "it’s not gwen who's trans it's actually her peter!" crowd. first of all the flag is literally in HER room why is this a debate? second why are you picking the dead kid🤨

#what who said that #no but seriously I don't get how trans gwen isn't considered canon #THE FLAG IS IN HER DAMN ROOM #a character's room in a tv show/movie is literally supposed to give you insight into a character #if she had a guitar in her room we'd all consider it canon that she plays #we would consider any posters to be a canonical interest of hers #just bc it doesn't say the word doesn't mean it's not canon?? #anyway I know sony isn't gonna confirm it but they should so the debate can end #also to be clear I support transmasc peter parker 65 just why is it INSTEAD of gwen #they were t4t or something idc but gwen is trans #anyway. consider this your weekly reminder that tiktok is an awful app and not worth any of the amazing edits you may see #atsv #gwen stacy

[felix-zarenium]

As many on this hellsite who have read Jekyll and Hyde have pointed out, i do not know what to expect from Tumblr’s interpretation of this text, though i guess that’s the new horror now that “rich man dresses poorly” is no longer scandalous.

Because the thing is, the fear that made J&H what it is is steeped in Victorian homophobia, elitism, eugenics, addiction, mental illness and so so much more. And even though the story is very good, I’m all too afraid of what hot take Tumblr shall make of it.

(Look up the Double Brain theory for shits and giggles and maybe insight)

#dr jekyll and mr hyde #doctor jekyll and mister hyde #doctor jekyll #dr jekyll #mr hyde #mister hyde #gabriel john utterson #mr utterson #gabriel utterson #jekyll and hyde weekly #jekyll and hyde #this was one of few classics i actually read for class so for once i actually have insight #the other one is Dorian Gray and Mrs Dalloway #it was a class on how mental health representation changes throughout the centuries #thanks Prof for preparing for Tumblr university #truly worth my time #as someone who’s more creative writing than lit

[roydeezed]

Chainsaw Man-Chapter Round-Up(Chapter 127)

I’m trying to write this, but all I can think about is that last page and I can’t stop laughing. We’ll get to it though. This week’s chapter was surprisingly relevant to the thoughts I had on the last chapter. That despite his circumstance’s Denji wants to keep on living, and it’s really admirable. Last chapter I said that he dulls his thoughts and doesn’t think about them or dwell on the bad stuff, but I was wrong. Really, really, wrong. And it’s really good that I was because it’s so much more interesting. Of course his persistence is still there and it’s still admirable. But it’s always fighting against real, tangible, dark thoughts. That he fully understands and acknowledges the weight of even if he can’t get over them. And this chapter shows why Asa is such a great foil to Denji. And in like so many more ways than is apparent. Let me freak out about this ‘cause I love it so much!

So first, obviously, Denji has an incredible will to live. His desires evolve as he attains them. And though he may have cited his greatest desire as sex right now, it follows the trajectory of his dreams. Denji’s fulfilling his promise to Pochita, he’s chasing his dreams and fulfilling them. That’s living to him. And when he attains it, he’ll find another dream. Maybe sex now but love and romance later. Asa on the other hand, is losing things to keep her alive. Her desire sheds more and more everyday and she’s quite vocal about it. First her cat, then the sense of belonging, then her literal life, then friend and then a potential love life as well. 

Let’s focus on the vocal quality about Asa as well. She shares a lot with Yoru. Almost like she’s eager to, which she is. It’s safe to. No one else can hear her. She intellectualizes all of her pain and tries to think it all away but she refuses to confront the core of her fears. She ignores confronting it all. Denji, on the other hand, as we learnt in this chapter, actively thinks about everything that’s gone wrong. But he doesn’t hide from it. He acknowledges it but doesn’t intellectualize it either. He said it himself. He’ll eat that crapburger. He sees it for what it is. Pain. Pain that’ll stay there for a while if not his whole life. It’s not something that should get in the way of living though.

They’re foils. They’re opposites. And opposites attract. They go hand in hand. And we see that this chapter! Like actually see it! Visually! Denji grabs on to Asa and death pulls on her and life pulls at him, gravity and not. While she reminds him of Aki and Power and brings out the fact that a lot of bad shit has happened to him, he grounds her, reminding her of the good things, that there’s things to look forward to and that someone might even come jumping through the air to catch you. They acknowledge each other’s pain and for the first time it seems like they have someone to actually open up to about it all. I’m still blown away by this beautiful visual metaphor of them bringing each other to their respective worlds. 

And getting away from analysis for a second, is it just me or do they make such an adorable couple? Like they’ve been through so much shit that I just want the best for them. They deserve each other and I mean that in the kindest and best way possible. Fujimoto’s stories have a lot of pathos and other than Fire Punch have satisfying and kind endings, though not always in the way imagined. Well a fellar can hope. 

Let’s end it off with a lil’ theory. For a while now, this end of days thing has been foreshadowed with Hell seemingly making a plan for August of 1999 if I remember correctly. I feel like it’s gonna be something of a living Hell that the demons turn the current world into. And while Denji helps Asa survive in this world, I think Asa is going to help Denji live in the new world to come. And the baggage they both bring. Denji had Nayuta and Asa has Yoru, both integral parts of their life and Asa and Denji could help each other with these parts of their lives they’re having difficulty with. Thinking about it, has it been a love story all along?

#csm spoilers #csm #chainsaw man chapter 127 #manga discussion #manga recap #manga #manga theory #weekly shonen jump #one regret with this post is that i had a dope insight #that i lost cause im sleep deprived #insomniaclyfe

[nightmaretour]

Like a few days ago I was thinking... I *like* apples, but why do I never eat them? I realised it's because I don't like the peel and biting into a whole apple is difficult. So now I peel my apples and chop them up into sticks, and I eat them all the time.

There's meant to be a point to this but I'm too tired to figure out how to articulate it properly. So... yeah. Enjoy your apples or something

#This might have been my bi-weekly insightful post if it wasn't for the big sleepy

[oddmanoutninja]

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[joncronshawauthor]

🧟‍♂️ New Episodes, DJ History & Zombieland Rewatch | Author Diary, March 15, 2024 #amwriting 📚🎥

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[neverendingford]

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#tag talk #had a new therapist appointment today. she seems nice and I think we'll probably get along. #I complained about growing up queer and christian and she complained about her bible thumping sister so I complained about my little brother #who is the same flavor of dogmatic religious and as long as it doesn't ever turn into her genuinely complaining about stuff to me we're good #I'm always bad at open ended questions like “tell me about yourself” but I can go off for an hour with a prompt like “do you have any kids?” #I woke up my laptop an hour ahead because it's so fuckin old it needs the time to wake up but my pc doesn't have a webcam so laptop it is. #I got a headset that connects with a bluetooth dongle because my pc network card doesn't have onboard bluetooth and it's nice #cause I don't have to worry about audio cords and I can walk around the house while still connected to call. #so many people I vc with have issues with headphones and mics unplugging all the time and I'm like hah I'm better than you. #anyway. we'll see how it goes. she was nice and wasn't sarcastic or passive aggressive so better than the first person I saw here. #and she actually responds to my comments and asks questions instead of just silently listening so better than my last actual therapist. #fourth time's the charm maybe. we'll see. I'm also in a place where I can get even more done myself with just a little external motivation #so even if she's not remarkably insightful I'm in a better place mentally so with a bit of external impetus I can get even more done now. #I picked weekly instead of biweekly because I will forget stuff so fucking fast if I pick biweekly and I can schedule it further away later #if I decide that's what I want/need/can handle. but yeah. new stuff #I still to call their dental department about a checkup cause it's been since 2019 since I got an actual checkup. #I brush and floss and mouthwash because I'm paranoid of having an issue without immediate dental care so I'm prolly fine #but it would be nice to be sure about it instead of just presuming and guessing. #once again thanks for socialized healthcare even if it is pretty garbage in the US it's absolutely better than nothing. #if/when I want gender surgery shit it'll probably be a whole-ass issue but for the entry-level shit it's very manageable. #anyway. I almost forgot about my scheduled appointment because when my brain is nervous about stuff it chooses to forget about it #which has cause problems in the past and certainly will again in the future but I remembered early enough that I didn't try and shower #cause deadass one time I had to hop out of the shower to take a scheduled Dr call cause I forgot about it #if my music hadn't paused I wouldn't have noticed. #no big deal just me talking about important medical treatment stuff buck ass nude full thang swangin #anyway. hopefully good things in the future perhaps. #I have to go shower for real now. byeeeeee

[billa-billa007]

Weekly Astrology Forecast | Sept. 3 – Sept. 9, 2023 | Insights from Joshua the Psychic

It's important to note that astrology is considered a pseudoscience by the scientific community because its principles lack empirical evidence and do not conform to the scientific method. Critics argue that astrology's predictions and personality assessments are vague and can be applied to anyone..

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[betternrltipping]

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[sreehari28]

Tune into This Week Astrology – your ultimate star-studded forecast – for the week of June 25-July 1, 2023!

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[toprealestatebuzz]

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[pomoapple]

Everyone can understand at a corporate level that Starbuck is hurting financially in a big way right now. But let me share some insight at a single store level.

I've have friends who work at Starbucks. We're all very open with what goes on behind the scenes at our jobs because we truly don't care about keeping company secrets. We were all talking about how annoying work has been lately and they had volunteered some info on the weekly earnings at their storefront and the numbers are pure garbage!

I was told their Starbucks is only turning a profit of $3000 a week. Now those numbers might sound impressive off the bat, but my friends assured me those numbers were terrible because before the protests they would pull $7000 a week!

The protests have cut their sales by more than half! They're basically only selling less than $40 an hour! If a mom and pop store pulled those numbers they'd be foreclosing their shop as we speak!

Starbucks is hurting. McDonald's is hurting. Many brands and stores are feeling the weight of their anti Palestinian views and they're maulding!! The protests are working. Hurt them some more!

#palestine #starbucks #free palestine #anti zionisim

[csuitebitches]

Things I Have to do for My Sanity

1. Wake up at the first alarm - no snoozing and no going lying around in bed. Getting up straight away and head to the bathroom. It’s going to suck initially but you’ll get used to it in a few days.

2. Mental self care: 30 minute meditation, brain games mental math, reading, news. Knowledge is sexy and don’t deny yourself sexiness.

3. Daily review in my diary at the beginning and end of my day: what went well, what didn’t, what I need to accomplish to achieve my goals. This has tremendously helped my goals and keeping my motivation more consistent, especially at work. Analysing and correcting incremental changes creates long term success.

4. Cleaning up before bed - clothes, shoes, organising my bag, etc. I set a timer for 5 minutes and try to get as much done as possible.

5. Pick out my clothes the night before and steam iron them for the next day.

6. Face masks twice a week, a hair mask once a week, I scrub the soles of my feet with that foot scrubbing thingy once a week. Manicures every month because my nail beds are too sensitive to do it biweekly, iron supplements so that I’m not a moody bitch. Matching underwear to feel good about myself. Lavender spray on my pillow before sleeping so that I don’t get weird dreams.

7. Reading biographies and autobiographies. My mentor had suggested this to me and it’s amazing how literally I don’t have a single original experience - everything I’ve felt or mistakes I’ve made have already been done by someone else.

I’m going to curate a list of business books that I feel that have helped me the most recently.

8. I write a short essay everyday in the language I’m currently learning. I also end my day by talking about my day for at least 2 minutes in that language and I record it in voice memos to keep a track of my progress. I want to be fluent to a level where I can think in this language.

✨

I don’t generally share a lot about my personal life - none of you know my name or where I’m based and I feel comfortable doing that. But I do want to start giving out more insights to what I’m doing personally in my career - the good, the bad, the ugly.

Being self aware and honest to myself has helped me improve a lot. I know that shame is my Achilles heel, so now I’m reading books to combat that. I’ve caved in and decided to try therapy for a bit to see if what I’m doing is useful or not. My first session is tomorrow. Staying disciplined was my initial hurdle but the systems I’ve set (waking up early + habit stacking) have helped me slowly overcome that.

Work side, I’ve started establishing myself publicly more. I don’t want to reveal too much about what I do exactly but the good news is that our biggest competitor has noticed my progress (a former employee of that company came to us for an interview and directly asked our top management about me). It’s been 4 months that I’ve been working here but I know that next year I really have to swing the bat and hit a home run. I’ve decided to work on the field more and less in the office to really understand people’s needs and create unique solutions.

The daily/weekly/quarterly diary is definitely credited to my recent wins. That’s the biggest change I’ve made in my routine and i can already see that it’s working well. I’m going to continue refining and implementing that method.

Recent work methods I’ve decided to start working on (I’m not required to do these but I do it for my growth):

1. I’ve started studying popular companies’ business and revenue models in detail. Everything is adoptable and adaptable, you just have to figure out how to tweak something for your company’s clients and needs. Now I’ve decided that I want to keep a track of our competitors, their business models, their owners names, pricing strategy, their target audience etc etc on an excel sheet so that I’m aware with what’s happening in the market. 

2. I’ve started making client profiles. Every time I meet a client, I note down their name, the company name, what they were like, anything specific they seemed to like or want, how much they had paid us for a service, what their paying capacity could be, etc. 

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