filipe francisco

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[sakurabraches]

i don't like when people reduce glinda's decision to stay behind into one simple thing, when there are so many moving parts that contribute to why she didn't go with elphaba

on one hand, she's scared and she hasn't reached the part of her character developement where she's ready to stand up to authority like that. part of her recognizes that staying with the wizard will be personally beneficial, and she's willing to make moral compromises for her own gain

but she's not being entirely selfish, either. she's actually primarily concerned about elphie. glinda recognizes the dangers of rebelling against the wizard like that, and doesn't want elphaba to get hurt. glinda genuinely believes that if elphie stays behind, puts her head down, and plays the game, she'll be able to further her cause more than outright rebellion

part of this belief probably comes from the fact that staying with the wizard is the easier thing to do, but glinda's also still naive about how the system works. she's only ever benefitted from the status quo, so she believes that change can still occur within the system. even while they're literally being chased by the gale force, glinda is like "if you say you're sorry, we can fix this"

and i think her role as glinda the good is complicated, too. like, on one hand, glinda knows the truth about the wizard, so she kind of has to play this role for her own safety. but it's clear she also enjoys the attention and praise she gets by being "glinda the good," which is why she doesn't go find elphaba like fiyero suggests

but i also think glinda believes that she's doing good as "glinda the good." like, she's making people happy and bringing them much needed joy in uncertain times. she's trying to promote kindness and charity. obviously, this ignores the fact that she's complicit in the wizard's rule, but her character development in act ii is her deciding to be truly good and stand up to that system

glinda genuinely wants to be a good person and do good, and her character arc is her learning how to do that

idk this is probably just rambling but i get bothered when ppl reduce glinda's decision to her being selfish or not loving elphie enough. she's way more complicated than that and i think that's what makes her so interesting

[angel-kiyoss]

Octopus filmed changing colours while sleeping.

[fierceawakening]

i wonder what they are dreaming about

[plum-soup]

Changing colors duh

[max1461]

What’s really cool about this is that cephalopod (octopus, squid, etc.) intelligence evolved completely separately from intelligence in tetrapods (which includes primates, dolphins, crows… basically any other intelligent animals you can think of). Cephalopods are very, very far away from us on the tree of life. For context, you and a starfish are more closely related than you and an octopus. The last common ancestor of humans and cephalopods was the so-called Urbilaterian, the hypothetical first animal with a left-right symmetric body. This animal almost certainly had, at most, an extremely simple nervous system, without anything resembling a brain.

All this is to say that the fact that this octopus appears to be dreaming means one of two things. Either

a) dreaming is a very, very old thing indeed, going directly back to the Urbilaterian. This would mean that almost every animal, from insects to starfish to sea slugs to newts, is likely to have the ability to dream in some capacity or another (unless they have specifically lost it by evolutionary simplification).

or

b) dreaming evolved entirely independently in cephalopods when they developed greater intelligence. This would suggest, at least, that there’s something very fundamental about dreaming related to intelligence itself, which causes it to emerge independently when sufficient intelligence arises.

Needless to say, either of these outcomes would be really very cool.

[sacredwhores]

Roberto Fiesco - Tremulous (2015)

[sacredwhores]

Julián Hernández - Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)

[notchainedtotrauma]

[commiescummie]

Link to the original thread

[bisexual-wanda]

#strongest avenger

[veryfunnymemes]

[aromoji]

Won’t that only solve 75% of your problems?

[queenophydea]

[aromoji]

The book solves half of your problems, not all of them

Say you have 8 problems. You read the book, and you have 4 problems. You read the book again gets rid of HALF, of those 4 problems. So you’re left with two. Out of the 8 problems, 6 were resolved and 6/8 is 75%.

[augie279-deactivated20191219]

Finally Tumblr can do math

[avatar-of-the-vast]

So, what you’re saying, is that if I buy infinite books, I will solve all of my problems, because the sum as n approaches infinity starting at 1 of (½)^n equals 1, which would be 100% of my problems.

[acesian]

No, you will only ever be able to become infinitely close to solving all of your problems, like this:

[queenophydea]

Please stop explaining math to me im gay

[yorksilk]

[quecksilvereyes]

that’s why radioactive material is such a bitch! it only ever deteriorates relative to its mass so it will never completely vanish

[the-dracologist]

This post is pushing me to the limit

[endgameexecutor]

[jammerlee]

MY BRAIN IS ONLY WIRED TO BE ABLE TO SEE COLORS ONLY MANTIS SHRIMP CAN SEE NOT COMPREHEND THE SQUARE ROOT OF FUCK YOU

[andrusi]

You know, you could just buy enough books to cut your problems down to one and hope it’s one you can solve on your own.

[dvandom]

If your problems are truly integer in nature, eventually you hit the point where the infinite divisibility model fails.  Then, each new book has a 50% chance of solving your one remaining problem.

Unfortunately, problems are not a static set, and you are likely to gain new problems along the way.  Problems like, “Where do I put all these books?”

[jimintomystery]

If your problems are truly integer in nature, I feel bad for you son

I got infinitely divisible problems but a book ain’t one.

[aleksmaximoff]

Wanda Maximoff as Tweets:

bonus:

[talesfromthecrypts]

Did you know that the brain can itch?

The Empty Man (2020) dir. David Prior

[slavery]

[macbethz]

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

[seananmcguire]

BURN BAGEL BURN

[gothiccharmschool]

OH WHY NOT?

[harukami]

I need to follow up to say I reblogged this last night, and this morning I got some of the best news of my life, like, a life dream come true news thing.

Bagel what are your powers

[acabosetotal]

FUCK, I though it was just another lucky meme but LISTEN. Since a week ago I was waiting a phone call to confirm me if I got a job or not in my university. I reblogged this yesterday’s night “just for fun and because I don’t want any bagel to be mad with me”, and today’s afternoon, while I was losing my time as always, the professor I was supposed to work with called me and asked me for my personal information to start working with her.

THE BAGEL POWERS ARE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS WORLD

[token-white-friend]

I GOT A JOB THE DAY AFTER MY QUEUE POSTED THIS THE FIRST TIME AND I JUST REALIZED IT WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN HOLY GOD

[noodle-dragon]

The bagel hasn’t let me down yet!

[blackcatgodess]

I got a job offer after reblogging the bagel. Believe in the bagel!

[anayely420]

🙏🏼

[sonsfantasies]

Worth a try lol

[theblizzardsix]

i could use some good news or even a good girl 

[pantspooplover]

Go lil bagle! Show me your power!

[itaachiyama-moved]

Okii then!

[blastlight]

THIS IS THE FIRST THING ON MY BLOG

I GOT ASKED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER I REBLOGGED IT

[cuappatea-deactivated20200216]

wait but whats happening with the bagel tho

[dukemz]

It’s burning, as is everything I’ve hoped for whenever I’ve reblogged a post like this

[gone-dw-abt-it-deactivated20260]

I just kinda wanna watch something burn?

[dukemz]

Mood

[rip-paramour]

You guys didn’t listen when I said Bagels hold an ancient and wonderous power.

[greeneyes4thicthighs]

i’m really hopeful right now.

[onwardthroughthefog]

Third time is a charm.

[happy68boi]

Yes

[cravinmohead]

Why not?

[lifestyleanddogs-deactivated202]

Why not, need all the good news I can get

[albertserra]

Good morning

[malinktea]

I agree with nothing here. I am sorry.

[albertserra]

ok be miserable then

[richgirlvibe]

[topherchris]

[shadow-banned-the-hedgehog]

Before I hit post limit do we know how many there is?

[theoriginaldolly]

There are a lot of quotes flying around and small pieces of the story so here it is so in BRITNEYs own voice in her own words and she specifically asked for this to be made PUBLIC. She wants everyone to know the truth because she has not been allowed to have a voice.

[tylerposey]

ULY SCHLESINGER & JUSTICE SMITH as Nathan & Chester “Deepfake” — Generation (1.09)

[flmblr]

[longslife]

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

These love letters between 12th century nuns are hauntingly beautiful

"I sigh for you at every hour, at every moment, like a hungry little bird."

“Since I’ve had to be without your sweetest presence, I have not wished to hear or see any other human being, but as the turtle-dove, having lost its mate, perches forever on its little dried up branch, so I lament endlessly till I shall enjoy your trust again. I look about and do not find my lover — she does not comfort me even with a single word.

Indeed when I reflect on the loveliness of your most joyful speech and aspect, I am utterly depressed, for I find nothing now that I could compare with your love, sweet beyond honey and honeycomb, compared with which the brightness of gold and silver is tarnished. What more?”