Dubious

a ragtag conglomeration of sundry musings, emotions, ramblings, rants, flailings, images, etc 

[justme--48]

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[birdplushie]

"it's not that deep" START DIGGING!!

[magn-animously]

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[14-opossums-in-a-trenchcoat]

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[buriedunderyourmum]

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[hannisconfused]

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[kitsunesakii]

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[yourlocalfandomfriendo]

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[apple-notplural]

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[vivitur-moritur]

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[spacecat24-7]

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[chub-froggy]

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[thatghostthateatspeople]

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[krowbreaker]

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[spid-the-spider]

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[annabelle--cane]

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[yellow-faerie]

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[vampiraptor]

[philosopherking1887]

OOPS TOO DEEP

[breaks-hetheon]

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[artist-of-obsessions]

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[fablegate]

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[marzibird]

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[the-luckyrabbit]

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[staarbles]

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[modmad]

[sebwritesstories]

[whyenn-reader]

ADHD advice from non-ADHD people: start blocking out your day and put things in your google calendar

ADHD advice from ADHD people: any time you're waiting for your food to microwave YOU HAVE TO WASH DISHES WASH AS MANY AS YOU CAN THIS IS A RACE AGAINST TIME THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS COULD HAPPEN

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in the tags what you would have been blogging about on tumblr in 2004.

[auressea]

2004 was a HUGE year.

[sandersstudies]

Hey you can’t really like. Do anything about somebody perceiving your behavior as rude. Like they’re not telling you you’re doing something illegal they’re just saying hey you’re kinda being a shithead. It’s not discrimination or oppression for somebody to tell you you’re acting like a shithead rn.

[sandersstudies]

“Wahhh why can’t I blare my TikToks in a shared public space!”

You CAN dude. In fact you ARE. You’re just going to be perceived as kinda shitty for it.

[trumpetsbyjasonderulo]

it’s been ten years and i can confirm that everything still happens so much. happy anniversary king

[argillaforma]

hollanov at their kid’s autism assesment and the doctor says that autism can be genetic and asks if anyone in the family has autism and shane says no at the same time as ilya says yes

[gimmiekiss1221]

ilya when shane answers no:

[dubiousculturalartifact]

Shane: and then Ilya said he thought it might be genetic, can you believe that? Yuna: What? Why would he think that? David, father of Shane, husband of Yuna, suddenly having a lot of little things over the past several decades make more sense: Well...

[forked-tongue-blasphemer]

Smiling Bats

Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v

[dubiousculturalartifact]

For the record I will die on the hill of defending the nosebleed moment in Emma. (2020) because it's EXACTLY why I love period dramas! It's not just a comedic beat, it's a metaphor for her ENTIRE GODDAMN ARC. Emma spends the entire film in the most perfect outfits imaginable, not a detail amiss, hair in the most perfect ringlets imaginable... UNTIL she is forced to confront her own feelings, and her own mistakes, she's undone by it. In that one key look when Mr Knightley proposes, her hair is styled into subtly more naturalistic curls, it's the one time we see her out of doors sans bonnet, sans gloves... Her dress is still perfect, one of the most detailed and elaborate of the entire film, because it's the final way she's clinging to control and perfectionism... Except then she gets a nose-bleed, and we watch it drip down, towards her absolutely spotless white dress... and Mr Knightley catches the drop for her, the way he's always been there for her.

In that one moment, the film truly understands better than most period dramas how the appeal is the CONTRAST between how carefully constrained the characters are by the rules of the era, how many layers they are wearing both literally and metaphorically... Versus the times when emotion inevitably overwhelms them and you are reminded they are not statues or idealized forms, but human beings. BUT YOU HAVE TO START WITH THEM CONSTRAINED LIKE THAT, FOR IT TO WORK. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LAYERS TO BEGIN WITH, FOR YOU TO STRIP THEM AWAY

[lullabyes22-blog]

I'm sorry but you absolutely cannot strip Jane Austen's work of Regency politics and social etiquette without the entire narrative collapsing into nonsense.

Modern writers need to stop treating Austen’s world like a generic, pretty fairy tale, and start remembering that her books were actually razor-sharp critiques of a brutal socioeconomic landscape with examinations of class, gender, power and money that are still culturally relevant today.

[dubiousculturalartifact]

Seen a lot of (well earned) condemnation of the hairstyles on the female characters in the upcoming Sense and Sensibility adaptation, but I haven't seen nearly enough scorn for the fact that Colonel Brandon has a beard.

A BEARD. In the Regency era?!? No gentleman would ever!

[mr--spock]

Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles. (insta | timelapse here! | commissions/prints)

[pochayun]

spin the wheel and assign an animal to prev

[elisaholies]

12 HR fic recs

Wins Above Replacement | 9.5K | Ilya tries to take on Shane's tendency to deprive himself by using ancient Chinese military strategy.| No one writes sex-as-character-work as well as mcshrug. What a banger of a story.

the top 1% (of lovers) | 3.5K | “You’ve slept with eight hundred women,” Shane says. He’s a bit pink in the cheeks, but that might just be the arousal. “I did the math."| Hot, funny and in character. Shane!!! Lol.

Tin Roof Rusted by @lavenderprose | 5K| Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander are twenty, on top of the world, and a little irresponsible about it. This is the crash.| I normally don't go for omegaverse fic, but I really like this author and I'm so glad I have this a chance. It has fantastic world-building and it's not afraid to delve into the discrimination and society implications of omegaverse. Interesting OCs too.

if you're scared of wolves by @anotherwordfortrouble |92K | **| My note for this fic is a laconic but hopefully enticing enough 'Best time loop fic ever'. I should probably re-read it. I do I trust my self from 3 weeks ago, when I bookmarked it, though. :D

i looked over it and i ached by @isvsworld | 7.8K | “I don’t really think about stuff like that,” Shane replies in interviews, his lips wooden at the words. OR Shane and being haafu, 2nd gen, and Asian.| Those of you who have enjoyed my themed rec post on Shane's Japanese heritage should run, don't walk, to read this story! Because this explores Shane's heritage and racial identity and without shying away from the complexity of it all, including how it intersects with Ilya's (white, European) immigrant experience.

a pigsty built for two | 9.8K | Shane and Ilya get rid of their housekeepers as part of their plan to keep their relationship secret. Ilya discovers that keeping a house clean is easier said than done.| Funny and in character. I especially love Shane's backstory here. Shows the massive privilege these guys have in a fun way. If I were Ilya I probably wouldn't find this all as funny, tbh, but the characterisation for both of them makes it work for me here.

Performance enhancing strategies by @dubiousculturalartifact | 5.1K | The Shane Hollander Is Fucking Ilya Rozanov and Will Accept No Further Questions, Team Powerpoint Presentation| Shane comes out to the Voyageurs and it all goes well. It involves a PowerPoint, an adorable rookie and a locker-roomful of dumb hockey bros. Sweet and funny. It should have gone this way, damn, Shane totally deserved it.

Small Hours by @lavenderprose | 4.6K | Thoughts on a marriage; or, things that might have happened.| Err, normally I make a note when I bookmark a story, precisely because then it's easier to make a proper rec even weeks after bookmarking ..I didn't this time. And my memory is crap. And now I have no time to re-read but Lavenderprose is a great writer and that shall be enough, as recs go.

A Healthy Dose of Fear | 5.4K | Five times Shane scares the Centaurs, and one time he (accidentally) terrifies them.| A great take on a harder/meaner Shane than usual (especially when Ilya is involved).

symptoms may include pain and difficulty breathing | 2.1K | Ilya is injured but tries not to show it. Shane notices anyway.| Ilya deserves to be taken care of. This was so sweet and hot and in character.

Expert in a Dying Field by @bluegrasshole | 10.3K | Today is Tuesday, but it might as well be Wednesday or Thursday for all it matters. It’s a real Groundhog Day situation, Shane thinks, only Ilya isn’t aware and Shane doesn’t care about breaking the time loop, too content with their life to make any changes.| Future fic. Shane and Ilya are old. They've got...health issues. Amazing Shane POV. This is so heartbreaking and beautifully written. Made me actually cry and I'm not someone easily moved.

beware: walked dog may bite by @ilyaelizabeth | 13.8K | Five times Ilya gets in a fight for Shane, and the one time Shane gets in a fight for Ilya.|Well-written 5+1 story. Great characterisation.

[nonasuch]

Oof. I just put a batch of vintage clothing in to soak, which is a whole big production requiring putting a plastic tub in my bathtub (because they’re going to be soaking for at least a full day and I still need to shower in there tomorrow) and filling it up with yellowed dresses and Retro Clean.

This time I decided that historical laundresses probably knew what they were doing, and grabbed a metal pole to stir my DIY laundry cauldron and poke the floaty bit back under the surface. Historical laundresses were right, it works great.

As I stood there, I had a moment where I though, ‘oh wow, so many women in my family tree must have done this exact set of motions throughout history.’ Which should be a humbling and heartwarming feeling of connection, right?

Wrong. I swear I could feel twenty generations of shtetl women going “For this you went to college? You want to work with old shmattes all day, fine, but you could have saved the tuition to buy a house.”

And like. They’re right, but hey.

[auressea]

oh- these little breakthough moments! .. the insight, the mixed feelings of shame/guilt/ease/accomplishment/progress.. all the Human Condition.

I love every one of these experiences because they leave me feeling deeply grateful that I have CHOICES. and also- a good heaping of gratitude that I have labour saving devices. Great Goddess THANKYOU for the machines.

And also- that I can choose to use a simple, ancient technique to spin yarn - and it DOES connect me to my ancestors for millennia.. and that too is a Choice.

[themakeupbrush]

Padmanabh Singh at the 2026 Met Gala

Outfit by Prabal Gurung, Phulghar coat hand-embroidered using traditional techniques in Jaipur by Yash & Ashima Tholia

[creatureprofessor]

i love when museums have near exact replicas of their displayed objects for you to buy. haha 15th century ceramic cup you are in my possession

[bitextualdisaster]

Went to a museum exhibit once that had this little guy

10/10, give me tiny replicas of animal statues that I am encouraged to pat as part every exhibit ever please