Space for Being Inappropriately Happy in

Hi, my pronouns are he or they, this is for blathering about stuff I like, which is mostly Winter Soldier right now.

[mutantrenegade]

You know Jones soda cap, as a tumblr user i can actually say i think I have.

[chickensnack]

TUESDAY AGAIN NO PROBLEM

[redlipstickresurrected]

Ashley Percival (British, based Falmouth, Cornwall, England) - Borb Therapy, Paintings: Digital Art 🐤 🐦

[atrusovaartist]

acrylic, canvas 70*90 cm "And the lilac dawn came" 2022

[eab-art]

The loumand failmarriage only gets more insane with every reveal I'm actually obsessed with it. Like basically Louis was a kind of shitty boyfriend to Armand (wouldn't commit to being his companion, was still hung up on his ex who he killed and who he was hallucinating the whole time they were dating) and Armand responded to this proportionally by colluding with his coven to have him and his daughter and his daughter's girlfriend publicly executed, and he spent ages making all the fun little projector animations for it and probably had a whole mock trial aesthetic moodboard and everything. And then Louis' ex who ISN'T dead teams up with his ex to get revenge on his other ex who tried to kill him, but he changes his mind halfway through the trial and makes sure Louis survives, and both him and Louis get turbo trauma by seeing their daughter killed horribly in front of them. Then Louis is mad at BOTH of them, because he thinks Lestat is why Claudia got killed, and because he thinks Armand just stood by and let the trial happen, but he can't just be single because he's got turbo grief and also the best revenge on Lestat is fucking Lestat's ex, so they get married and IMMEDIATELY fucking hate each other. Louis never loved Armand as much as he loved Lestat and was mostly only with him out of spite and grief. Armand is trapped in this insane lie that could fall apart at any moment; he chose his coven over Louis but then Louis fucking killed them all so he's stuck with Louis. And of course they're both miserable, and so Louis immediately starts fucking (and killing) other men - nearly 200 by the time he meets Daniel Molloy. And Armand initially takes out his repressed anger about this on Louis' new toy but then it turns out, huh, maybe this toy is actually kind of compelling? So whenever Louis cheats on him he goes and stalks Daniel Molloy for enrichment, and now they're BOTH in love with someone else while still pretending they're in love. And then that beaten up chew toy that keeps fucking up his life and fucking dubious twinks in cars is old and about to die so Louis invites him over to tell him his life's story/kill him finally/turn him?/sabotage his marriage for him, and Armand does sexy servant roleplay, and Louis offers to turn Daniel/have sex with him right in front of Armand who is deeply in love with him, and Armand tries to gaslight him back and puts the Steins in with his photographs. And then it turns out that shitty old man is actually a decent journalist and the marriage unravels and they're both FREE but this is very much not actually good for either of them or for society at large!

Oh and during ALL OF THIS they were fucking like crazy doing extremely not sane and safe BDSM.

[atrusovaartist]

Today I want to show you a very special painting.This place is part of my childhood and some of my happiest memories. I painted it after a trip to Russia in 2017. It feels like a lifetime ago. My oldest son had just turned one, and my husband and I traveled to visit my parents.My parents have a big off-road vehicle, and they love exploring places where ordinary cars simply can’t go-deep forests, marshes, hidden lakes, and quiet rivers. They took us on many adventures, and this was one of those places. We spent the day fishing there and even caught a few large northern pike.This landscape is near the village of Kholuy in the Ivanovo region of Russia.Although I painted it years ago, it isn’t for sale. It is the only painting that was permanently damaged during the catastrophic flood that hit my gallery in 2021, After days of heavy rain in Belgium and Germany, a dam had to be opened overnight to prevent an even greater disaster. Nobody had time to prepare. During the night, the water rushed into the building. The flood reached almost 2.5 meters (over 8 feet) high, nearly touching the ceiling. My paintings floated in muddy water for many hours.Afterward, I washed and disinfected every painting by hand. Many survived surprisingly well, although several wooden stretcher bars warped as they dried. This painting was less fortunate. It must have fallen in just the wrong way, and part of the thick acrylic paint layer detached from the canvas. It now has a small but visible scar, and I still don’t know the best way to restore it.So it hangs in my home instead.People often ask whether it’s okay to touch my textured paintings. I always say yes you can gently touch them with your fingers or even wipe them with a damp cloth if needed. After seeing paintings survive a flood, floating in dirty water for hours, it’s hard for me to imagine that even thousands of curious fingers could do more damage than that one night did.

Sometimes a painting carries not only the memory of the place it depicts, but also the memory of everything it has survived.

acrylic, linen 100 * 120 cm “balance” 2019

[schmergo]

The summer between the end of high school and the start of college, I wrote a ridiculous play about pirates and put on a staged reading with some friends at an amphitheatre at a local park before a small audience of friends and family. It was never published or staged again. But I just got a message from an old high school friend I haven’t seen in years. He accidentally quoted the play in a conversation with friends, was asked what he was quoting, he couldn’t remember either, and wracked his brain until he finally remembered it was that silly play reading that we did one day in the park over 10 years ago. It made me happy. (The line was, “Huzzah for mercantilism!” by the way.)

A very tiny percentage of creators go on to be famous, but that doesn’t mean that people don’t remember little things you did for years and years. Who came up with most of the world’s most famous jump rope rhymes? Who coined some of the famous idioms we use in daily speech? Who made up ‘Jingle Bells, Batman Smells?” Somehow, all of these things stuck and spread around.

When I was a small child, I saw a high school put on a production of the musical HONK. In one song, the mother duck describes various dangers that her baby should avoid in the water, including fishing line, which could strangle him. A member of the ensemble played the role of fishing line, doing a maniacal laugh and over-the-top strangling motions, and I found it hilarious– and to this day, that’s an example I often think of when talking about how ensemble members can still stand out in theatre. The guy who played the role might not even remember that he did that, but I do.

I took Suzuki violin lessons as a kid. The teacher made up lyrics to some of the songs, and she let her students make some up, too. Now whenever I hear the instrumental of one of those pieces, I always remember these ridiculous lyrics about a skunk that we sang in violin class. I don’t even know which student invented them!

In middle school, I found a video about atoms parodying Bill Nye made by some kids for a school product. It probably had less than 1,000 views, but I think of quotes from that video all the time. They had a parody of “We Will Rock You” with the chorus, “Protons, neutrons, electrons” that I think about a lot.

I just love that this is part of human life. Our memories don’t just pick up quotes from great art, literature, and music, but little things, too.

[originaljinxhero]

[cutetanuki-chan]

another art for the book 'Call Me Traitor' by Everina Maxwell (cause I'm thinking about them)

you bring a war tank into your house and the first thing she says is 'bitch you live like this' and then starts building chairs and shelves

[interviewvampiredaily]

First official poster for season 4!

[scribefindegil]

everyone who is not currently in the process of moving please pause and take a moment to be grateful that you're not currently in the process of moving

[apolladay]

Do you have all the organs you’re supposed to?

* yes, I’ve got them all

* no, one or more were removed

* no, I was born without one or more

* it’s complicated

* see results

Do you have all the organs you’re supposed to?

yes, I’ve got them all

no, one or more were removed

no, I was born without one or more

it’s complicated

see results

Voting ended onJul 31

[historicity-was-already-taken]

(Yoinked this from LinkedIn, genuinely interested in seeing how responses align with demographics) (so far it’s those of us over 35 being indignant but I wanna see how those fully plays out) (it’s cultural and technological history/memory, bruh)

18

[bellisima-writes]

I am an old bitch - 20/20.

[everbright-mourning]

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[pinkegodeath]

we are witnessing the gentrification of the term "tumblr sexyman" in real time and it is extremely disappointing. like no, live-action white boy #265 played by ryan gosling isn't a tumblr sexyman. i can't believe i have to say this but if it wouldn't get you shoved into a locker it probably isn't a sexyman

[vodkassassin]

THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYINGGGG

[mumblesplash]

listen i will not hear a word against armand he is perfect he is stunning. it’s all ‘characters these days talk like they’re trying to get a good grade in therapy >:/‘ until you behead your 72-year rebound manipulationship and the shared ex he left you for so you can force his decapitated body to write apology notes by threatening the life of the girl you tricked him into paying to pretend to be his dead daughter who you killed. he even apologized for killing her ok he’s doing the 12 steps it’s called taking accountability it’s called healing

[mumblesplash]

the rest of these mfs are all doing rampages and seances and writing diss tracks instead of going to therapy, meanwhile armand:

- admitted he had a problem

- sought professional help

- made armends with those he’s wronged

- took responsibility for the fledgling he abandoned

- helped daniel start a youtube channel and supported his career

- tried to prevent the apocalypse

yes he has killed and/or tortured almost every person he’s ever known but he was literally sad there’s nuance to these things

[cutetanuki-chan]

commission art for upcoming book 'Call Me Traitor' by Everina Maxwell @avoliot

published by @torpublishinggroup

[everina-maxwell-updates]

En stayed in a defensive half crouch, touching the pattern with her elbow and her heel like a child nudging a spinning top. “Wait,” Tamol said in the roaring heat. En felt her kick her ankle. “En. En, please! This is all a misunderstanding!” En hesitated. Tamol was not her commander and couldn’t give her orders, but the spinning flame around them faltered. “You want me to stop?” “It’s just Pirelle and Clai!” Tamol said. “We came here to find them! En, I know you don’t have to do what I say, and I know you could kill everyone if you wanted, but I am begging you to stop.”

Incredibly delighted at this prerelease art! Could not have captured lesbian-winter-soldier vibe better! Realised I should probably add a plot summary but there is not room here so if you haven't seen it, here is the plot summary.

Bonus extract for under the cut (from approx two minutes later):

“Just a mix-up, no harm done— ” “She attacked me,” Clai said, slowly lowering his hands. “I was making soup.” “— no harm done except a few bruises on Clai—” “It’s all over the wall now.” “And a tragic soup casualty, fine,” Tamol allowed. “You did spring a noise trap on her and then lock her up, which quite understandably doesn’t seem friendly. I told you we were both escaping from someone trying to kill us. I’m sure En didn’t mean to attack anyone— ” “I did,” En said. “You’re not helping. Listen, Clai,” Tamol said, for some reason appealing to the person En had knocked prone and given a black eye. “She’s a war-tank. If she wanted you dead, you’d be dead.” There was a silence.

[mumblesplash]

listen i will not hear a word against armand he is perfect he is stunning. it’s all ‘characters these days talk like they’re trying to get a good grade in therapy >:/‘ until you behead your 72-year rebound manipulationship and the shared ex he left you for so you can force his decapitated body to write apology notes by threatening the life of the girl you tricked him into paying to pretend to be his dead daughter who you killed. he even apologized for killing her ok he’s doing the 12 steps it’s called taking accountability it’s called healing