Crede quod habes, et habes

Former classics major and current social studies teacher, which says a lot about my social life. Dan, 30s, aroace, she/her/hers

[chrromebrutus-deactivated202105]

The Lord of the Rings: Loyal Steeds of Middle Earth

[candlejack]

EXCUSE ME EVERYONE. YOU MISSED ONE.

[fictionadventurer]

Persuasion is a particularly comforting read, because it's a book where good things happen, not in spite of the bad things or as consolation for the bad things, but often because of the bad things.

Anne loses her family home, and her family moves to a city she hates instead of staying in the familiar countryside like she wanted, but being forced outside her comfort zone is good for her. She's useful to her nephews, she strengthens her friendship with the Musgroves, she makes new friends with the Harvilles and Captain Benwick. It allows Captain Wentworth to come back into her life, and that seems like a bad thing at first, but it allows her to move past the regret of the past and into a new relationship.

Louisa's injury is a terrible turn of events, but it brings Louisa and Benwick together, and allows Anne to show her true worth in a way that makes Wentworth admit his love for her.

Even Anne's great regret, her refusal of Wentworth that led to eight years of misery, turns out to be a good thing. Wentworth's disappointment made him throw himself into his career, and his lack of a wife gave him freedom to go on voyages and into battles without worrying about how it would affect a family that relied on him. Anne's rejection--his first taste of failure--gave him enough maturity to keep the money that he made, and he came home a rich man who could well support a wife. Instead of starting out married life with stress and worry over uncertain funds, they are able to wed as people who are financially stable and secure in their love for each other.

It's a deeper, richer message than just saying that good things come to those who wait, or that someday you might get enough good things in life to make up for the bad stuff. It's saying that your suffering might be the necessary step to bringing about a life that's better than you could have hoped for. And that's very comforting.

[sylviii]

I’m seeing a lot of unjustified hatred for Gen AI on my timeline and it has to stop. Yes he is a weird monosex deviant and he has no shifgrethor but I think we should give him a chance rather than just assume he’s an agent of Orgoreyn sent here to plunge the kingdom into chaos. ffs y’all

[ily-a]

HEATED RIVALRY (2025-)

[gaudet-igitur]

i was just very brave and called the mechanic about the weird noise my car is making

[zanjforever]

Baseball is like so the pitcher is like a nervous horse and the catcher like the patient trainer going shh shh shh just look at me focus on me

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[tvandfilm]

School of Rock (2003) dir. Richard Linklater

[swimmingdeepbelow]

Theres a pro player with a limb difference. Theres a pro player with a limb difference!!!!!!!! Not only that, but an inaugural player, and one being given proper accommodations to make sure she has not only equal but equitable play ability to make sure shes not in pain while playing. I'm so fuckin happy right now. I love you wpbl. I love you so much already. The mascot has a fucking cane and special glasses, ones that the real person shes based on has (wly Maybelle), and Thats already special. But theres a player who wasnt passed over for someone else who did have a hand, as one of the first ever players in professional womens baseball; the first time that that in itself has happened in 70 years. Go Queens!!!! Go Brittany Apgar!!!!!!

[balcklion]

A circulating video of sisters who bought the same clothes for their husbands 😂❤️

[g1sunstreaker]

this gag NEVER fails to make me laugh. watching them all file in one by one and collectively laugh harder every time the next guy walks in…i could watch videos of this practical joke all day

[cumaeansibyl]

Their faces as they collectively realize they’re married to the funniest women on the planet

[the-real-seebs]

whenever people say “it’s just a prank” about minor cruelty, remember: the people laughing hardest here are the people being pranked. you’ll notice that they aren’t hurt, or upset. they’re enjoying it. they feel loved and included.

that’s how you make a good prank.

[serenitynerd]

I keep putting this back in my queue because it means I restumble upon it and it always makes me laugh. So delightful

[mollyjames]

I acknowledge that there are a lot of different elements that go into making a really good movie, but also I am personally convinced it's like... 70% the writing

[mollyjames]

Yeah you get it

[gentleman-detective]

Trying my hand at blackout poetry! Let me know what you think!

The Sign of Four. Feb. 1890

Part 2

Part 3

[kawatsuu]

I love jet star

[ondoinganevildeedblues]

best sleeping conditions: freezing fucking cold room but layers and layers of blankets 

[zukotheartist]

Sad that Harris (a fat character that is treated as more than just a silly gag to laugh at) will not be portrayed by a fat man BUT im already seeing the racist takes start and we're not gonna fucking do that, no using anti-fatphobia as a means to excuse racism. You can be frustrated that a fat role went to a non-fat actor (and i think we should talk about it because it happens constantly) but that's it, period, no "mmm but he's not ginger and pale" or whatever the fuck, no. Justice Smith get behing me

[doppelgangerleaverite]

can anyone on this gay ass website give me an opinion on which translation of the epic of gilgamesh i should read? ive been wanting to read it for ages but theres a number of common translations and i know translations can make or break a story; i dont want to start with the wrong one

[gilgamesh-enjoyer]

I've read a few so I can offer recommendations! I started with the Sandars translation, which is a good starting point but a pretty early translation. Benjamin Foster's translation is one of my favourites, and the version I read (Second Norton Critical Edition) includes some really interesting discussion essays with it. Andrew George's translation received an update a couple of years ago so is up to date with Foster's translation, though I prefer how the language flows in Foster's.

I would also recommend Gilgamesh Retold by Jenny Lewis for a translation with a more modern poetic take.

[perrenlore]

GILGAMESH TRANSLATION MASTERPOST:

Benjamin Foster’s Gilgamesh condenses all the different tablets we’ve found together to make one cohesive narrative which is way less intimidating and therefore my go-to if you want something that feels cohesive while also sticking very close to the language of the original. 10/10

Andrew George is the most thorough and up-to-date, and sticks as close to the text as you can get. It does, however, separate out all the different tablets, and feels very unedited in its style. Definitely not a “pretty” version. 10/10 cuz he’s a legend and this is the most definitive scholarly edition but don’t start with it.

Maureen Kovacs has a lovely translation with some very interesting footnotes on word choices. Her Ninsun is absolutely incredible and if you want to cry your eyes out over Gilgamesh’s fate that’s the one for you. It’s one step up from Foster’s in terms of poetic-ness but still pretty close to the original. 8/10

Sophus Helle is more poetic than Kovacs but BRILLIANT, one of my favourite Enkidus and his Shamhat is wonderful. Top favourite of all time. This is a very good starting point. 9/10

I wouldn’t recommend Sandars simply because it’s prose, and also condenses the twelfth tablet into a nice tidy ending that doesn’t really work with the Standard Babylonian narrative. 6/10

Lewis’ Gilgamesh Retold is more of a poetic retelling than a translation; it’s beautiful but definitely not a starting point. Sweet and gentle Enkidu though, very charming. 7/10

Stephen Mitchell I’m not a fan of. He smooths the poem out into something tame and very expected. This is my personal bias but I really dislike his Shamhat. His Enkidu and Gilgamesh are also explicitly more like brothers, which is a valid interpretation but also again not one I lean towards. 5/10

Herbert Mason’s Gilgamesh has some stunning moments in it (Enkidu! They do not know you like I know you!) However it is nowhere near the real text BUT closer than Lewis’. Changes the ending of the poem so it’s about Gilgamesh mourning Enkidu rather than mourning his own mortality; a much sadder conclusion with less resolution than in the Standard Babylonian. 7/10

BONUS ROUND:

Derek Hines’ play GILGAMESH is fucking DERANGED guys. Ten Gilgillion out of ten.

[headspace-hotel]

Foster's is my favorite that I've read

[meganwhalenturner]

Seconding the Sophus Helle recommendations. I loved his introduction to the text and the essays included at the back.

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

yaoi you can watch with your uncle etc.