#ya know the classics

[rocksanddeadflowers]

tired of TMA fics where Gerry listens to more emo than goth music. like don't get me wrong, he definitely at the very least had a MCR phase, but I feel not utilizing goth music, and specifically the absurdity of poorly timed goth music, is a huge missed opportunity.

picture that man booking it in a panic from the current monster or whatever is after him and whoever else he's with in the fic, jumping in the car, and as the car turns on and he speeds off-

🎶 let me take your hands I'm shaking like milk 🎶

*tires screeching* *gunshots* *loud swearing*

🎶 turning turning blue all over the windows and the floors 🎶

#he listens to the cure constantly #also would like to raise sisters of mercy #and joy division #ya know the classics #any good goth music you can toss in here #i just find the cure to be really funny sometimes #gerry violently defends his tastes in music too #tma #the magnus archives #gerry keay #gerard keay #goth

[takaraphoenix]

I don't know why, but 2024 really is the year of missing the Hale Pack for me :(

I miss Derek having the chance to become a real alpha

I miss Erica and Boyd getting the chance to return to the pack and live

I miss snarky bastard uncle Peter in the corner

I miss getting to explore Isaac living with Derek and finding a home

I miss Pack Mom Stiles

Heck, I miss Jackson getting the chance to find a place where he belongs instead of being written off

#Teen Wolf #Derek Hale #Stiles Stilinski #Sterek #Vernon Boyd #Erica Reyes #Isaac Lahey #Peter Hale #Jackson Whittemore #Hale Pack #ya know. the classic Sterek Hale Pack #I live in the world where Jackson never left and stays in the pack #just as much as I live in the world where Boyd and Erica never died #<3<3<3 #I just love the denial okay <3 #I'm so glad that Teen Wolf is on our watch list #right after we finish Buffy up!!! gonna drag my bestie into Sterek hell #Pack Mom Stiles

[fullsunsunoo]

I'll give you a kiss

Minho & Jisung | Stray Kids Lovers Race Ep. 2

#ya know the classic heart rate monitor game #Jisung saw his opportunity and took it #good for him #this entire episode was too cute and funny #sweet boys #stray kids #minho #jisung #minsung #lee minho #lee know #han jisung #skz #chan #changbin #hyunjin #felix #seungmin #jeongin

[saltylotus]

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#tfw when you battle a fellow pokémon trainer and you taunt them with your classic 'smell ya later' and then they go 'oh #only smell? 😏' and you realise that maybeee it's time to finally put an old habit to rest 😳 #you know what can be reguri-coded for all i care #blue oak #pokemon #pokemon sun and moon #trainer blue #rival blue #alola blue #green ookido #green oak #green pokemon #bishonen #bishounen #anime boy #fanart #artists on tumblr #saltylotus draws

[fictionadventurer]

Maybe love triangles work better in classic books because, well first off, because sex isn't really mentioned. Most people's complaint about YA love triangles is that it devolves into "I can't decide which one is hotter." Physical attraction is an element of romance in classic literature, but it's rarely the only one, and you're not going to have the same kind of in-depth descriptions of how standing near a guy causes heat or tingling sensations or whatever. Physical attraction in classic literature is more about what draws someone to another person, while the YA approach is more often about the feelings the other person causes within you, which makes the YA approach feel much more self-centered.

But I also think the different approaches to courtship may be a factor. The other big reason people hate YA love triangles is because the girl is "stringing along" two guys and "not making up her mind." This seems to be tied to assumptions of dating culture--even in the exploration stage when a girl isn't thinking about lifelong commitments, she needs to be in an exclusive relationship, otherwise she's being emotionally unfaithful. (And if she's kissing two separate boys, she's straight-up cheating).

In a lot of classic literature, the relationship only becomes exclusive during the engagement. Before that, the woman is just living her life, meeting men who could be romantic options, but not necessarily pursuing any individual one. She does have to be careful so guys don't interpret her behaviors as romantic interest, because it doesn't take much to be seen as flirtatious and "drawing men in". But she can still be around multiple men and getting to know them without it necessarily feeling like she's "stringing them along". (And she's not likely to be kissing these guys the way a modern YA heroine would). This gives her more opportunity to slowly get to know these guys without being pressured to choose just one at this early stage.

#random thought of the day #adventures in writing #i recognize that i experience only the tamest romances of classic literature so that could be a factor #but i think there still might be something to be said about the wider cultural atmosphere #i also recognize that i may be interpreting 'love triangle' differently from a lot of people #i apply the term to any instance of multiple love interests #while most people seem to assume there's some level of competition between the options #but anyway every time i mention good love triangles there's always people who are like #'yeah this is good but i hate when love triangles are done badly' #and i'm just like 'yeah i know. everyone hates that. i'm trying to remind you that it can be done well' #'so people can stop hating a very basic trope just out-of-hand' #which got me thinking about how the love triangles i like are very different from the typical ya approach #hence the above #carry on with your day

[showrunnerihardlyknowher]

The Fallen Angel

#g/t #giant/tiny #macro/micro #my art #gianttiny #g/t ocs #size difference #g/t fluff #g/t angst #g/t whump #whump #fearplay #g/t fearplay #oc kumiko #oc taiyo #nge rip off #was listening to paris paloma and you know ya girl had to pull out the classic art pieces

[impala-dreamer]

is this too romantic? am I going too far? is there any other way to write romance than all in, all encompassing, perfectly magical? no. this is fine.

#talking to myself as i write #it's so flufffffyyyyyy #i should write romcoms i'd really be great at it #except someone would inexpicably die or get shot out of nowhere #and then ya know #“dying in the rain talking about theology” #classic me #also fuck you bc theres so much i cant share anymore #because you took it all away #why am i rambling in the tags agani #no one reads anyway #so screw you you hurt me #but im not going anywhere #i'm gonna stay here and write this stupid fluffy romanctic shit #and love it #and then i'll write my dean and jensen and misha #and i will love that too #and someday i won't be so sad or indifferently angry at you #and maybe i'll get back to writing what i used to but cant now bc you took it from me #i should delete this but honestly no #i'm not goinig to #now im just curious to how manyt ags i can have #someone count this i cant math #anyway whatever #writing #henry cavill #whatttttttt

[that-bl-bitch]

Its always the rich bitches in BLs who are like

Rich bitch: hmm I like this guy how do I get him to notice me? Hmmmm...

Friend: well you could just talk to-

Rich bitch: be mean to him until he likes me

Friend: .......no

Rich bitch: blackmail him until he likes me?

Its always the richies who are like how do I get him to be around me more? Blackmail? threaten him? pay him? Bitch just ask him to hang out you're doing a whole round about thing that makes everything unnecessarily complicated

#Ik the show needs to do it to make the show interesting and I LOVE IT DONT GET IT TWISTED #classic enimes to lovers setup and thats my fav pairing so i love it im just saying #i just cant wait to puem starts being sweet and nice to peem ya know openly #i just will never get tired of enimes to lovers same tropes over and over again it doesnt matter it'll always be a new experience #and i will always love it #we are #pondpuen #thai bl #bl series #phumpeem #We are the series

[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

Also before I disappear again: I am taking a fashion history course rn (prepare for historically accurate tlg redesigns lmao) and we have to hunt down references as a study guide and I FOUND RENAISSANCE DORIAN GRAY

this is the description written by the MET

and here's the link if you wanna read more :)

#the picture of dorian gray #dorian gray #renaissance #i think wilde probably got inspired #or not blonde men are regarded as being 'like that' ya know? #the metropolitan museum of art #bronzino #this is lighthearted and not that serious #he looks like the penguin classics cover tho #he just needs blue eyes

[mypersonalships]

This man summed up

#this is strictly my headcanons alr #im trying to go as close to canon as possible but ya know-- I cant help but bbygirling him a bit #so i feel like most of this is agreed on but ya know some creative liberties were made #second doctor #headcanon #doctor who #classic who #classic doctor who #third doctor #meme #meme format #template #my friend added to big window to it but all credit ofc goes to cparrisart #can you tell idk how much i should space out posts

[spocks-kaathyra]

does anyone have any book recommendations. like at all. any genre. I'd like it to be fiction but other than that literally anything goes. anything u consider a Good Book. I want to learn to write again and I figure the first step is to start reading again lmao

#guy who hasn't read any books in the last 5 years except two (2) star trek novels and stuff that was assigned in english class #there are too many books out there....... how do I know which ones to read........... #I'd like something somewhere between twilight and dostoevsky. if u know what I mean. not trashy YA but also not super dense classic lit #narcissus's echoes #save

[1jemmagirl22]

I love you, I always will.

Top 30 TV Ships (2022 edition): 6; Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan, Grey’s Anatomy

#grey's anatomy #slexie #mark and lexie #mark x lexie #lexie and mark #lexie x mark #lexie grey #mark sloan #*sighs* #ya most of my classic OTP's are all very tragic #but gods these two deserved the world #and #you know what #they got mystical afterlife confirmation so I can live with that #top tv ships

[unproduciblesmackdown]

fr is he, you know.............................................repeatedly described as being Impersonable and Lacking Charm and Pedantic and confused / bothered by things he supposedly shouldn't be while inspiring confusion / botherment in others in ways he supposedly shouldn't and like 99.9% of the grief he's given is over All That while he's just sitting or standing there rather than the like intimidatingly efficient hitman georg thing he has going on. which is in fact The Skill That Makes Him Useful Despite It All and also perhaps the least foothold in interactions because [worried he can & may kill you] affords power when otherwise just being the weird guy nobody likes(tm)

bonus mordecai balling

#lackadaisy #not exactly Necessarily intentional but like oh you don't say #something something liking patterns & order; though that overlaps w/the like fastidiousness that's just tied to backstory #but that even when picking up that particular trait he was apparently always Peculiar in the deemed Not Personable Way #like oh you don't say #can't really even truly hone in on 9000 murders/day when like. everyone's blowing people away out here. ya gotta #or certainly other people are doing it too lol. mordecai's Mostly differentiated from anyone else's hitmanning by demeanor/affect #and that demeanor/affect has everyone going sicko mode antagonizing him while he's decidedly just sitting there #like oh you don't say....epic mood re: the [how would mordecai approach being tasked with infant childcare] joke #held a baby once maybe twice and both times an exercise in simply like ah christ don't drop this thing countdown to passing it along #great minicomic lmao found in the uhh. gallery under....mini comics; penultimate one w/the baby cat jimmy carter as pictured as thumbnail #supporting his mystery contributions too....gotta be for real abt mitzi not shooting anyone but sure he may have noscoped atlas #though maybe also he did not; but we know they have some secret concerning atlas; even probably involving his death.... #vaguely wondering if atlas got whatever warning about [mystery thorn in marigold's side] as asa sweet mentions over that brunch #and perhaps would have chosen to back out of the business but mitzi was not about that & would arrange a Murder to inherit lackadaisy.... #but mordecai would have to have some reason to go along with that. Maybe as an out for working for atlas forever; but now he's at marigold #not exactly that different yet [themes re: The Other Paths Are Closed To You Forever for everyone out here] #while it might also be true that he left for marigold to try to figure out what's going on over there from the inside; as suggested.... #and whatever he's got going on he's Very Motivated about it as per the most recent comic pages. bold moves #anyways another accidentally autistic cat out here. for april. always a classic lol fr everyone leave him alone or else shoot at him yknow #i do support the mordecai & the savoys dream team there. reiterating i think nicodeme espesh could/should be the like surprise bestie & etc

[businesstycoon27]

Our phantoms forever, forever Like scarecrows that fuel this flame We're burning forever and ever

#oh ref was burial of jesus by kamal-ol-molk and caravaggio #i didnt know what to caption #so mcr it is ig #my sisters idea though credits ahah #kind of have three different versions of this bc i couldnt get it right #also this was not meant shippy but feel free to tag it as that #ya #i wanted to put the ref in the post but felt kind of awkward putting classical art next to mine loldjdjj #yugioh #3x bakura #ryou bakura #thief king bakura #just #bakura #ig? #tycoonhell

[gallifreyanhotfive]

There is something about the Eighth Doctor Time War series intro theme that just hits different to me

#it really pretty but like....ominous??? #it kind of makes me feel somewhat intimidated #i get goosebumps ya know #doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #eighth doctor #big finish #big finish doctor who #big finish audios #time war #Youtube

[sleepy-vix]

i wish i knew someone who liked reading as i do

#i know 2 people who like reading but one of them reads only fantasy YA and the other only reads booktok books :( #i wish i knew someone who liked the classics. thriller. horror. the uncanny. the disturbing. the philosophical and the revolutionary #idk #i just want to go to an old bookstore with someone with coffee and sit in a niche hidden corner in the dark and just read or listen to music #or do nothing but sip our coffee and just... yeah. idk #not in a romantic way #not even in a wholesome platonic way but in a more... grotesque we hate the world and we want to disconnect from reality kinda way #mini rant #me when #/not serious i am just... longing? idk... #sleepy vix