ClearlyOwl

An endless stream of posts with no commentary. (except for zodiac sign posts - btw I'm taurus) Icon by @atalienart

[snailtongue]

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[ID: A black cat stepping into an open pizza box. Right onto the pizza.]

[discoursedrome]

this is the only instance of someone writing a tumblr image description of a funny image that actually captures the essence of the image

[powerburial]

Its crazy how jack blacks kid just looks like if jack black had a son

[cary-elwes]

[kholran]

It’s finally happened.

After almost a decade on this site, I found another Tumblr user in the wild. I stopped to tie my shoe with rainbow laces this morning outside the silversmith at Colonial Williamsburg, and I heard it.

“I like your shoelaces.”

Oh. Oh no.

I responded the only way I could. “Thanks.” And then I reluctantly added, “I stole them from the president…and if that makes sense to you, I’m very sorry.”

The poor man, in full Colonial dress, stared at me for a long moment. And then burst into laughter. And said, “I haven’t thought about that in YEARS and this has never happened to me before.”

Yeah. Me neither. Not until today.

Tumblr rite of passage. Achievement unlocked.

[beggars-opera]

@victoriansecret I found your friend!!!

[beggars-opera]

[mrryckman]

This comment made me shift my perspective on Zelda, no joke. I’ve always been annoyed (and still am) that there isn’t a game where you actually play as Zelda, but this does a nice job of showing WHY she’s always getting attacked first, and why Ganon/Demise are always defeated not long after Link reunites with her: she’s the true source of power to defeat them.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[catgirl-kaiju]

*looks at tiktok username* checks out

[thedogeveryonehates]

[bonyassfish]

I think one of the reasons drag kings aren’t as popular as drag queens, aside from the fact that straight women don’t like us, is that people are uncomfortable acknowledging masculinity as a performance. Like we as a society know that femininity is a performance, with its own costumes and rules. Masculinity is also a performance, and nothing makes that more clear than someone making an exaggeration of it

[tommeurs]

National Carpet Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan

[daarcy]

remember when everybody on this website was in high school but like now if i see somebody on here thats in high school im like jesus christ.... are u okay how is that going for you....

[urban-goose]

Emo baby-romper: the prequel

Based on comments from my other post here

[urban-goose]

Never forget Sasuke’s emo baby-romper outfit from the chūnin exams arc

[xhartbigx]

Reblog if you’re over 20 and still read/write fan fiction.

I’m curious!

[mapsontheweb]

Passenger trains in US vs Europe (image is making the rounds among U.S. transit advocates today)

[rumbustious-backhander]

High speed rail in China on 2008 VS 2020

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

[yuumei-art]

Finally did something for Mermay!

A friend on Discord suggested a mermaid swimming through a galaxy of sea stars and I loved the idea so much I had to draw it ⭐ ✨

[todaysbird]

“dont put celebrities on a pedestal” what do you suggest I do with HIM then.

[todaysbird]

i apologize. you are right. i do not want to hurt celebrities’ feet

[ohevoyev]

movies used to have josh hutcherson in them

[waywardgothauthor]

Absolutely losing my mind at how accurate these tags are

[winternymphaea]

heaven gaia spring/summer 2o21

[sagasandtales]

This looks less usable than court clothes, and that is saying a lot.

[marypsue]

#clothes should be useable

All due respect, but I’ve gotta disagree and vehemently. If the standard you’re measuring runway fashion against is the same standard you’re measuring Walmart jeans against, that’s basically the same as applying the same standards of quality to visual art versus literature. They’re two different things with two different goals. Off-the-rack clothing should be usable, yes, and a lot of it isn’t these days, especially for women, and that’s an issue. But it’s a separate issue.

Runway fashion isn’t for using. Runway fashion is more sculptural art than anything.

(Which is why it pisses me off so unbelievably much that fashion houses are now using AI to create runway looks. That’s like ‘the world’s biggest virtual-reality Cinnabon!’ it’s just pixels you can make it any size you want you don’t have to bake it I am not impressed. Anyone can digitally illustrate a physically-impossible dress. Now, that bitch who did the whole line of ‘glitch’ dresses where one was upside-down on the model and one was a foot to the left and one was clipping through her horizontally but all of them kept the shape of A Dress Someone Is Wearing? And actually made those dresses in meatspace? That’s fucking artwork.

Not to mention that I actually respect the people who take the time to digitally illustrate an impossible dress. It’s just a different art form than sculpture! Which is what these fashion houses are trying to claim theirs is! Which is why they’re a pack of spoiled douchebags and we should eat their kneecaps!)

But I digress. There are many important criticisms to be levelled at runway fashion, but ‘it’s impractical to wear in real life’ is not one that I find meaningful. It’s not meant to be worn in real life (except maybe to a one-night, once-in-a-lifetime awards show event). Yeah, it’s gonna look stupid and get in the way if you try to wear that out into the garden to pull weeds, because that’s not what it’s for, any more than the Elgin marbles are meant to be used as doorstops. It’s showing off what fabric can be made to do. It’s textile sculpture.

[marzipanandminutiae]

also like this is an important history lesson too

because court gowns/ball gowns/other historical formalwear? also not meant to be worn in real life

“oh I can’t imagine how dirty that train would get! how do you walk around in such intense panniers?! that ruff is so impractical!”

yeah, they’re meant for standing around looking pretty in specific, brief cirmustances. indoors usually, or outdoors with some barrier between Skirt and Ground

our ancestors weren’t stupid. situational clothing has always been a thing

[forthegothicheroine]

As I understand it, designers make most of their actual sales from accessories and perfume. Runway fashion is showing off what they can do with a full canvas.

[its-nanse]

Here’s those glitch dresses that @marypsue mentioned

It’s Viktor & Rolf 2023 spring/summer

Here’s a video of the show where you can see them in motion

[animentality]