I am all in a sea of wonders

natalia, 30s | mostly literature, arthuriana, & one piece

[gellavonhamster]

Since we're going through another end of days, here's where you can find me apart from Tumblr:

Twitter - blah blah I don't care, I have too many acquaintances that I can only keep up with there, I'm not leaving until the Muskrat personally chases me away

Bluesky - mostly using it to keep up with those who left Twitter/Tumblr and reblog fanart

Telegram channel - in Russian. Infrequently updated because I find Telegram really fucking inconvenient as a blogging platform, but it's the only place where I currently keep in touch with some people, so I try my best. Less fandom, more general book/movie reviews (same as here in monthly media recaps but often expanded) + occasionally writing about some life stuff like art exhibitions or theatre performances that I've recently been to. This one and Twitter have more life stuff than Tumblr.

Fics on ao3

[achillesinhighheels]

JT for Re-Edition Magazine

[prymith]

JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL

"Two magicians shall appear in England. The name of one shall be Fearfulness. the name of the other, Arrogance..."

[that-one-idiot-11]

whenever I tell a story I feel like Uncle Colm from Derry Girls

[dunkrohanne]

I could keep you safe, he rasped.

[jolenegifs]

AYO EDEBIRI for VOGUE shot by Tyler Mitchell and styled by Alex Harrington

[assiraphales]

I know padme’s friends were tired. oh so you’re marrying the hormonal teenage space monk who lives halfway across the galaxy that the you’ve seen a total of two months in the last ten years? are we sure this is love or do you just think he’s hot? bc you’re a queen turned senator and he’s emotionally stunted and in a cult. maybe we should at least wait until he cuts off that rat tail perchance?

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[razzmothazz]

still caring about internet friends you lost touch with years ago is so embarrassing. yeah i had a deam we met up irl recently. the last time we spoke was maybe 7-8 years ago. i still wear the laces we randomly decided was a sign of our friendship. i dont know what any of your socials are or if youre even active on any. sometimes i see someones art resemble yours and i wonder for hours. do you still go by that name you chose? whenever i see it i wonder if its you. we couldve passed each other in this vastness a thousand times and not have a clue.

[razzmothazz]

we were lonely kids having fun together. do you remember?

[itslaeka]

Sketch of Bomb 🌱

[quentims]

"This one is a woman at heart"

[michelmims]

BROOK 🐳💀👑

Shares are appreciated 💖

[daffodil--lament]

GUYS.

HE WAS QUOTING JOHN DONNE

[userfpurteen]

the gang gets sloshed part 2

[theperksofbeingahugefuckingcunt]

Apparently my stepdad and I are fucking psychically linked because ?? every single time he makes chili for dinner I get a migraine. Without fail. And it became like a ha ha running joke because it happened so many times but now I’m living 3 hours away from my parents and I just texted my mom and

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME

[theperksofbeingahugefuckingcunt]

Happy disability pride month

[nose-bl]

via @ninjahijabimuse​

this is so much better i love it

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

God. Nothing beats the high of listening to someone drop names of people who are supposed to be famous and I don't recognize one of them. Immunity to online drama +2

[fluentisonus]

the thing is like ultimately i don't need every bit of consuming to be perfectly historically accurate there will always be room for creative interpretation & sometimes i even enjoy it when they do this deliberately with thought but like what really annoys me is when you can just tell a choice was made not because it might be an interesting approach but purely bc they were crying shaking throwing up at the prospect of having to put people they think consider good or attractive in any historical look that might diverge from their modern sensibilities of what looks attractive or properly masculine or feminine or whatever. like get over yourself