if i look back, i am lost
JBB: An Artblog!
Misplaced Lens Cap
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Product Placement
art blog(derogatory)
#extradirty
shark vs the universe
One Nice Bug Per Day
tumblr dot com
Cosimo Galluzzi
we're not kids anymore.
cherry valley forever
i don't do bad sauce passes
ojovivo
Jules of Nature
blake kathryn
Not today Justin
Stranger Things
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@god-made-it
> read library book
> it's good
Thank you library
> read library book
> it's bad
Thank you library for saving me from buying it :)
official library post
> read library book
> it's good
> thank library
> want to re-read book
> enjoy re-read
> consider buying the book if you continue to want to re-read
> consider buying
the book if you continue
to want to re-read
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Madeira, Portugal
michael.paramonti
I stumbled across your blog, started reading, and ended up reading Northanger Abbey thanks to your recommendation. I LOVED it, and it's plunged me back into Austen. I'm now wondering what to read next - I've previously read P&P and S&S, though I read S&S when I was probably a bit too young for it and it didn't leave much of an impression. I loved the sarcastic narrator in NA and P&P, really enjoyed the parody of Gothic tropes, adored Henry and Catherine's romance, and liked the honestly very accurate portrayal of a verbally and emotionally abusive father. I'm thinking of trying Emma next because I've heard it described as a comedy of manners - what would recommend?
(Caveat - I will read Mansfield Park at some stage, but I think I need something a bit lighter and easier at the moment)
Northanger Abbey is unique among Austen's works, I think, because it's the only real satire. I'm actually reading The Mysteries of Udolpho right now (it's extremely long and I don't really recommend) so I can better understand the satire, or at least that was my goal. I'm finding it reminds me a lot more of Sense & Sensibility.
But to your question, the closest to Northanger Abbey's style might be Lady Susan, which is an epistolary (written in letters) novella that Jane Austen wrote at eighteen. I do think if you are looking for the humour of NA and P&P, that Emma is your next best choice. Persuasion is more somber and so is Mansfield Park (which will give you a realistic abuser in Mrs. Norris...)
So great to hear about people enjoying Austen, do report back!
My unsolicited opinion is go into Austen's other works with less expectation. They are all good and all different. The first time I read Emma I struggled with the expectation that it was going to be similar to P&P and S&S. The second time I read it I actually had forgotten an important part of the plot but I just enjoyed the ride.
Should I be saving my money for a down payment on a house and getting rid of furniture so I have less to move? Yes. And also yes.
But consider:
She's $300 and I need her
if you vote me for president i vow to make everything the ocean again. no more land only ocean. this will solve all of our problems and replace them with new, far more interesting problems
if you vote me for president i vow to make everything the ocean again. no more land only ocean. this will solve all of our problems and replace them with new, far more interesting problems
make a bunch of wheels with bread/cheese/meat/vegetables/sauce/extra so that you can Spin for Sandwich
you're making a sandwich!! Spin THIS wheel 2-4 times for the toppings!
How is it!
good!!
it's alright
ew
EW
inedible
Results
op note: I GOT JAM, JAM AND HOT SAUCE. IM DEAD.
I got
- a third slice of bread
- mayonnaise
- marmalade
- peanut butter
Not great, reminds me of the weird sandwichs I used to make when we had a lot of discarded bakery bread and not much else.
Weird trauma backstory 🔒
Don't want to talk about it.
spin this wheel 4-8ish times for some character design traits!!
(if you don't get any/don't get enough clothes/whatever for the character then you can pick them yourself)
Do you like how they look?
yes!!
eh
unsure
NO. EW.
results!!
(again, if you didn't get hair/enough clothes/whatever then those are up to your interpretation)
Star ⭐ freckles
Tail
My hair cut and color
Over the shoulder jacket
Scales (? With my hair?)
Horns
A whole lot of belts
"why can't they just be friends?" not in the homophobic sense, but in the "in your need to center romance in everything you are missing the whole point of the media in question" sense
ok prev's tags felt important to me so they're getting peer reviewed
ok prev’s tags felt
important to me so they’re
getting peer reviewed
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Archery x flower arranging
This was actually really fun!
Anyway, don’t forget I’m still raising money to test a bunch of things in a suit of armour:
Blumineck is trying to fun a video series doing fun and serious historical and fantasy testing in fitted plate armour.
I made a clay key casting seal!!
I have an enlarged version of the highlighted bit so you can see it better :]
To use it, place the innermost seal of the lower spell (the one I highlighted) against a keyhole and hold a rock/dirt up to it.
It will turn the rock/dirt into clay, column it into the keyhole, expand it to push up the pins, dry it, fire it, and strengthen it, giving you a clay cast for a key to open the door :D
More info on how it works under the cut :]
“bits to use in everyday conversations”
It occurred to me that Fitzwilliam "in vain I have struggled" Darcy spent some time-- probably days--in whatever baroque-ass rooms he stays at in Rosings Park preplanning the exact wording of his proposals to Lizzy.
The absolute beauty of knowing that he probably wrote it out and rehearsed and the end result was... that.
"I will tell her that her parents suck and her family sucks and she personally kind of sucks and then I'll ask her to marry me. My plan is flawless."
"Lizzie Proposal draft_final_FINAL_REALFINAL2.docx"
currently "writing" [writing down random bursts of creativity every 2-5000 business days] two novels and starting to compile ideas for my senior thesis/project
you have this superpower! BUT you have this side-effect
is it worth it?
yes!!
the side effect is bad but ITS WORTH IT
meh it's okay
the side effect makes it unusable/not worth it
Results/option I didn't think of
So while doing some pirate research for the play I’m writing I stumbled upon one of the most amazing things I’ve ever read. In the 5th century A.D. there was a Scandinavian princess called Alwilda who’s father tried to set her up to marry Alf, the Prince of Denmark. Alwilda wasn’t cool with this so she and some female companions dressed as men, stole a ship, and sailed away. Eventually they met a company of pirates who were in need of a new captain and they were so captivated by her that they elected her as their new leader. Her crew became so infamous that Prince Alf was sent out to stop them. When their ships met he took Alwilda prisoner and she was so impressed by Alf’s skill that she agreed to marry him after all and eventually became the Queen of Denmark.
I stopped caring whether this was factually accurate about halfway through because it’s completely AWESOME.
Medievalist here for triumphant fact-checking: this story is, if not true, at least true according to the history of the Danes (Gesta Danorum) written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus. You can read his account of Alwilda’s story in the original Latin here, or in English translation here. Highlights include:
She exchanged woman’s for man’s attire, and, no longer the most modest of maidens, began the life of a warlike rover. Enrolling in her service many maidens who were of the same mind, she happened to come to a spot where a band of rovers were lamenting the death of their captain, who had been lost in war; they made her their rover captain.
I love the implication that there were lots of Danish maidens just WAITING for the opportunity of a life of piracy…
Reblogging my old post for this A+ addition to it
Does the history community have more links to an English translation of this story? ( Haven't really tried searching for it yet. )
reblog and put in the tags the real reason you joined tumblr no matter how horrible or embarrassing it is
And I was out sick the day they forced everyone to program their Chromebooks into not allowing tumblr, so I could still secretly access tumblr the entire rest of high school. (I joined because apparently that was where the Tom Hiddleston fans were. Which was correct.)
I incorrectly believed it was a Batman Begins fan site named after this thing, and didn't leave when I figured it out
I kept seeing screenshots from @biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist and @writing-prompt-s and I wanted to follow them. Turns out they don't always post winners but it has been fun.
