#well. sort of

[howlerbat]

#black sails #hey ho another one of those #are people sick of this meme format yet cause I got more #jack rackham #anne bonny #calico jack #bs as the office #well. sort of #that one isn’t a direct quote or reference just a concept

[spooksicl-e]

as i recall it ended much too soon

#drawing canon-compliant angst in the good year 2022 #i have some shame #welcome back to 2014 #i won’t get into my analysis on john and mary’s wedding song but trust me when i say i have one #my art #the @ is my insta #art #fanart #fanartist #sherlock #bbc sherlock #sherlock bbc #sherlock fanart #sherlock holmes #benedict cumberbatch #johnlock #well. sort of #could also be gen obviously #wooo canon compliance everyone is happy #(alt: absolutely nobody is happy) #john watson #martin freeman #tsot #don’t look too close at this drawing because it will only get uglier<3 #JUST REALIZED I NEVER WENT BACK TO FIX HIS HAND #everyone avert your eyes #yk how difficult john’s chair is to draw #but i was DETERMINED because SIGNIFICANCE #shoutout to the granada!holmes stage play for giving me the idea #nothing more subtly soul-crushing than sherlock holmes sitting in john watson’s chair for comfort post-marriage

[maggiecheungs]

poems in episode one of the story of kunning palace

in episode 1 of kunning palace, xuening grabs a book of poems in order to trick her maids into thinking she keeps a ledger. my knowledge of classical chinese isn't particularly high level, but it's good enough to at least identify which poems are on the page that she opens to, and i'm certain they were deliberately chosen because of their relevance to the characters and themes of the show 👀 so i thought i'd do a post about them :)

this page contains three poems by the tang dynasty poet wang changling (698–756): 芙蓉樓送辛漸 (farewell to xin jian at lotus tower); 閨怨 (boudoir lament); and 春宮曲 (spring palace song). detailed analyses under the cut:

1 - 芙蓉樓送辛漸 (farewell to xin jian at lotus tower):

my translation

poem summary: the poet's friend came to wu on a night when cold rain was pouring into the river, and departs again at dawn. the poet accompanies him on his journey as far as the chu mountains [but cannot carry on journeying with him because he must stay at his official post in wu]. as he bids goodbye, he asks his friend to tell his family back in luoyang that his heart is still pure and resolute.

key themes: loneliness and solitude; duty; having a pure heart and noble character

analysis: this one is a fairly famous poem about parting before setting off on a long journey. it's particularly notable for its final line, 一片冰心在玉壺, which roughly translates to "my heart is as pure as a piece of ice within a vessel of jade"... which could easily have been written as a summary of zhang zhe's character.

however! while there's a definite emphasis on having a pure and guiltless heart, when you combine with the previous line, the couplet as a whole also gives a sense that the speaker wishes to be remembered by those they love as someone pure and righteous ("tell my family back in luoyang that my heart is still pure etc"). this seems to be a theme of xuening's second life: wanting to correct her past wrongs and treat the people she cares for better, and to prove to zhang zhe that she can be a good person in future

in particular, this poem makes me think of xuening's last moments in her first life. the poet's final request before he bids farewell to his friend? for his companion to tell his family that he is still noble at heart. xuening's final request before she dies? for xie wei to take her life in exchange for that of zhang zhe, as her way of repenting for being dishonourable and ruining his life... 🤔🤔🤔

2 - 閨怨 (boudoir lament):

poem summary: the young wife in her boudoir knows nothing of sorrow, but as she completes her toilette and ascends the emerald tower, she suddenly sees the hue of poplars and willows on the roadside and regrets letting her husband leave home to pursue official position and power.

key themes: love and marriage; abandonment; ambition (and the effect that ambition has on love)

analysis: it's essentially about how the husband's ambition causes him to abandon his wife to grief and loneliness, which seems like a clear parallel with xuening's willingness to abandon her faithful lovers for the sake of her ambition; there's also the implication that political status is ultimately less meaningful than a loving marriage.

i think it's worth noting that the character 怨 (yuan) in the title is fairly hard to translate, as it implies a mixture of grief and anger/resentment, or even hatred. it's fairly common in boudoir poems about women left behind by their husbands, and in that context it's often translated as 'lament' or 'grief', but i think the ambivalence of the term is fairly important, particularly if you apply it to kunning palace and the mix of grief and anger that xuening inspires in her old lovers in her first life.

3 - 春宮曲 (spring palace song):

poem summary: the wind is mild, the flowers are in full bloom, the moon is full and bright. the emperor has fallen in love with one of his sister's singing serving women, and is showering her with imperial favour and bestowing brocade robes upon her to keep out the spring chill.

key themes: happiness, success, security. (however, with contextual knowledge, there's also the implication of future doom, and that nobody can stay on top of the world forever)

analysis: i didn't quite catch the full significance of this one until i googled it and realised it's a poem about a real historical figure: wei zifu, a song-and-dance girl serving the princess pingyang, who wins the favour of pingyang’s brother, emperor wu of the han dynasty, eventually becoming his second empress (the second-longest serving empress in chinese history!).

wei zifu's story is essentially about a young woman of humble origins who survives numerous palace intrigues and eventually manages to ascend to the position of empress, trusted by the emperor to the extent that she was allowed to rule in his absence. however, after maintaining her position for over three decades, she eventually fell afoul of a conspiracy against her and her son, and committed suicide rather than allowing herself to be deposed.

i mean… the way this links to jiang xuening's first life is so obvious i don't even feel the need to explain it.

#story of kunning palace #cdrama #wang changling #my translations #well. sort of #more like my paraphrases i guess(?) #if i made any mistakes then i apologise! and feel free to correct anything ofc #i'm currently trying my hand at a polished translation of the first poem... i'll post it if it's any good #just need to finish fiddling with it first #王昌齡 #宁安如梦 #i am loving this drama so far btw <3

[hajihiko]

Do u have any favorite pieces of art that u have done?

The Yolked Him one

Beyond that, my polyamory comic probably, bc it was important to me. Jojo really brought out some art in me that I didn't know I had

Also these (D&D group, Narancia of Jojo, and Narancia&Fugo&Mista of Jojo)

#Also the Bruno and Abbacchio one that I still often use as an artist highlight lol #From DR.... probably the one where they're in a cuddle pile or the Junko eye comic #Not an art #Well. Sort of

[hiddencircus]

˙✧˖° ZHONGLI RENTRY GRAPHICS! | requested by anon.

likes & reblogs are appreciated! | reblog if use <3

#★━ my stuff! ★ #GUESS WHO FINALLY UNDERSTANDS RENTRY GRAPHICS #well. sort of #zhongli #zhongli rentry #zhongli graphics #zhongli genshin impact #zhongli gi #genshin impact #genshin impact zhongli #rentry #rentry graphics

[snorpington-fizzlebean]

My husband @rooniegrumps and I just got back from a convention. I'm the one on the left (naturally).

A shot of the hat, because you can't see it here:

Ran did the appliqué work on both our masks, AND embroidered the hat, AND put the print and purple edging on the jersey. They're brilliant.

#bugsnax #snorpy fizzlebean #chandlo funkbun #cosplay #face reveal! #well. sort of #image descriptions in alt

[the-meat-machine]

sometimes there are jokes i have to cut from my fics for pacing reasons. it is the greatest tragedy of my life

CALIBORN: AS A FULL-GROWN ADULT MAN. I AM WELL VERSED WITH ALL THE FACTS. ABOUT THE "BIRDS". AND THE "BEASTS". DIRK: Think you mean "bees". CALIBORN: WHAT. NO. WHY THE HELL WOULD IT BE BEES. CALIBORN: BEES. HAVE GOT TO BE THE LEAST EROTIC CREATURES. IN ALL OF EXISTENCE. CALIBORN: EVEN A HUMAN COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE DEGENERATE ENOUGH. TO GET "HOT" AT THE THOUGHT OF A BEE. CALIBORN: RIGHT?? DIRK: Oh man, have I got the movie for you.

#my fic #well. sort of

[voidwalker-collective]

My darling Prototype. My creation, and my art. -Memory

#the stanley parable #the narrator #tsp narrator #tsp stanley #well. sort of

[letthebookbegin]

spring has sprung

#well. sort of #* #my photos #was that my tag? #wanderlust #maybe that one?

[skyransketches]

Smaugust Day 12: Prehistoric

Working on catching up with smaugust!! here's a dinosaur-inspired dragon design ^^

#smaugust #smaugust 2023 #digital art #dragon #dragon art #art #dinosaur #well. sort of #skazzlesmaugust2023 #skazzlesmaugust #sky scribbles stuff

[ryuki23]

damn super-1, how come toei lets you have ten different kick attacks

#al watches kabuto #well. sort of

[aconfusedkitten]

“Kunikida,” Dazai says, “why don’t we look and see if there are other gifted reported missing? You know, we need to do something to pass the time.”

Kunikida rolls his eyes, already ready to strangle the idiot for the nonchalant way he treats things like this, because these are people, people who might be dead, might be injured, might suffer for the rest of their lives, not merely a way to pass the time and-

He sees the look in his partner’s eyes and any words he might have said fall short.

Because Kunikida has always known that Dazai is sharp, is intelligent, is dangerous, and now? Knowing that he was once a member of the Port Mafia? That idea has only grown. But Dazai is staring at him, an odd sort of seriousness in his gaze, and that tells Kunikida all that he needs to know.

Because somehow, impossibly so, he trusts Dazai. Trusts his mind and trusts his words, even when he knows he shouldn’t. And they say that black blood runs through his veins, darker than any ink, and maybe it did, once, and maybe Kunikida doesn’t know Dazai, but he doesn’t have to. 

He knows the less practiced smile, the one he wears while laughing that cackling laughter, and he knows the quiet, almost somber look in his eyes, the one that usually means he doesn’t like the puzzle he’s putting together. Maybe, Kunikida thinks, that’s enough. 

“Alright,” he says, “alright.”

#cheshire writes #fanfic snippet #bsd #bungou stray dogs #kunikidazai #kunikida #dazai #well. sort of #definitions of humanity #i don't really know how to write kunikida #or dazai #but i'm figuring out

[toacertaindeath]

I know getting fucked over by the narrative is like basically Guillermo’s thing now but I don’t think I could take it if he doesn’t end up getting turned into a vampire LET HIM HAVE THIS

#he deserves it….. #well. sort of #wwdits #what we do in the shadows fx #what we do in the shadows #wwdits fx #guillermo de la cruz #I speak

[hershelwidget]

everytime an anon sends me “bites your hand” . well. what do YOU think happens huh

#this is a bit btw #well. sort of #ive counted and theres like 5 of that exact ask #its funny as hell i love my anons

[chainuuser]

The Fall Line

inspired by this fic

#stucky #they’re park rangers! #well. sort of #for sake of argument they are but it’s ok #anyway I love them and this fic is sooo good #lives in my brain forever #hope the author knows they warmed my trans heart #marvel #marvel au #steve rogers #trans steve rogers #bucky barnes #I LOVE NATIONAL PARKS #canadasart

[polkadotpatterson]

So excited to finally show off the zine I made with @cryinginblaseball and @mossy-kit, featuring our alternate universe where the water has disappeared from Halifax, leaving behind dangerous salt flats... and a small group of very determined people trying to restore the Moistness!

#blaseball #blaseball zine jam #canada moist talkers #well. sort of #the salt