I expect nothing from myself and so should you

Jasper | 26 | they/he pronouns | I sometimes make art which I post on here at @kinggoblinart and have forgotten how to function as a human

[kinggoblinart]

My OC goblin, Niph

(Procreate - April 16, 2020)

[kinggoblin]

Hey follow my art account, I’ll be posting all the art I make there, as well as mine of my older pieces like this one!!

[forestkatart]

OmG iRiSh WoRdS mAkE nO sEnSe! LiKe HoW iS cAoImHe PrOnOuNcEd LiKe QuEe-Va!!!!!

well uh let me tell you, it’s because it’s a ✨different language ✨

with Irish rules it makes sense, just because English has rules it doesn’t mean every language follows them.

seriously it isnt funny or charming to laugh at how difficult Irish is to pronounce because believe it or not, the Irish culture and language were extremely oppressed when the British colonised us. They banned Irish. They tried to destroy our culture.

it’s not funny to make fun of such an incredible and beautiful language that had been oppressed for centuries by the country of the language youre comparing it to.

do better

sincerely, a very pissed off irish teenager

[shetheyshenanigans]

sometimes I just get so unbelievably pissed off about the English language and the British empire because for fucks sake I want MY LANGUAGE BACK

I'm decently fluent in Irish, which is an incredible thing to have imo, but it's not my first language and never will be. I call it my native language, my mother tongue, but the fact of the matter is I think in English first and translate to Irish when I speak.

I love Irish so much, but when I learn new words I have to know the meaning in English first. It's so important to me, but I can't take back the centuries of oppression of my language no matter how much I speak it or how much I love it.

If the British hadn't colonised Ireland, I could've been speaking Irish from the cradle, surrounded by native Irish speakers, had it be my first language. Yes, we still have the Gaeltachtaí but even there, Irish is scattered and English is commonplace because we now live in a society where English is the language of daily life. Speaking Irish is still seen as unusual and try-hard, and there's a legacy of shame around our language.

Shame! For Irish! For the beautiful language our people created and spoke and loved for more than TWO THOUSAND YEARS and because of colonisation and the Famine and the imperial oppression of our beloved home, there is national shame for our language.

I don't even know where I'm going with this post, what I even mean, but I miss Irish even when I'm speaking it and I want back what I never had in the first place and Irish is truly a part of my soul and I hate that my grammar is better in English and for gods sake why couldn't they just leave us alone

[ontologicalevil]

The trick is to be more curious than you're scared.

[duillean]

Is a bheith níos fiosracha ná eaglacha é an cleas.

[irishthings]

Never dumb down or Anglicise your name

Every time you do that YOU'RE LETTING THE BRITS WIN

[irishthings]

It is never too late to learn to speak Irish.

You do not have to be Irish to speak Irish.

Once you're out of school, there is no grammar police and most people are just excited to have someone to speak Irish with.

Incorporating Irish words into your day when you're not fluent (I have to go to the leithreas, throw it in the bruscar, that's a gorgeous gúna) is an act of decolonisation.

Helping people to understand the language is an act of love.

Gaeilge go deo ❤️

[cad-faoi-maeglin]

*grabs you by the shoulders and shakes you violently*

Listen to me, Irish spelling is logical and has rules. Your unfamiliarity with our language does not change that.

BuT tHaT's NoT tHe SoUnD tHoSe LeTtErS mAkE

Yes, it is! That is the sound those letters make! All you're doing is telling me you can't read!

[depsidase]

[bella-with-a-blog]

Baba is flip... no.... i will save her.

been playing a bit of baba is you ltely..... fun game i like

[the-big-mood]

[sroloc--elbisivni]

i'm reading a book about seventh century northumbria and you've heard of the tiffany problem but let me tell you there is nothing quite like reading through 350 pages calibrating for names like Oswiu and Æthelfrith and Paeda and Ecgfrith and Eanflæd and then getting smacked in the face with the fucking Bishop Chad

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Scheduled reblog for March 2nd, Bishop Chad's Feast Day.

[beaft]

i am not a psychiatrist but i do find it really weird how autism checklists are so often focused on "outward" signs of autism rather than what is going on internally. i don't know how to explain it but "do you make eye contact with other people" feels like a much less relevant question than "how does it feel when you have to make eye contact with other people?"

[beaft]

while i'm here, the other one that always pisses me off is "do you interpret idioms literally, for example 'bull in a china shop'?"

well, no, obviously. i know what "bull in a china shop" means because that is a popular phrase with a clearly defined meaning. and if i hadn't heard it before, then i would still not interpret it literally, because it has the cadence of an idiom and i would probably be able to work out from context what it meant. what is the point of this question

[beaft]

third and final complaint: "are you good at noticing subtext?"

i feel like the problem with this question is best illustrated by a conversation i had with a friend a while back, where i said something like, "i feel very safe with you because you don't do subtle hints and you are always very straight-up with me about what you are thinking and feeling."

and he laid a hand on my shoulder and was like, look dude i'm gonna be straight up here. i am subtle with you constantly and you simply do not notice <3

[beaft]

@luckyybones hope you don't mind me screenshotting but you are actually so correct

[libramooon]

richie tozier core

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

I need everyone to see this picture from the 4th article.

[victusinveritas]

[valarhalla]

[valarhalla]

[kaxen]

[whetstonefires]

One of my favorite things is modern adaptations that leave people with the same careers they had in the original material, because unless you’re a cop or a doctor that practically never happens.

Irene Adler’s an opera singer. We still have those! They don’t have the same subtext exactly, but nothing is going to because we aren’t the Victorians. She could continue to be an opera singer. I have never seen this happen.

Jonathan Harker can still be in real estate. That’s a job people have. A modern story that still involves Dracula contacting his firm to help him purchase property sounds amazing actually.

[nudityandnerdery]

A modern adaptation of Dracula where you keep seeing Jonathan Harker’s face on bus stop bench ads for his realtor office.

[daddygrandpaandthebeaver]

#“This client doesn’t seem to exist online; a bit strange. But he’s elderly so it’s not that unusual” -Jonathan about to make a mistake – @capslockdoesntexpressmyjoy

[prokopetz]

I was about to joke about Quincey Morris still being a cowboy, but then it occurred to me that he’s not actually a cowboy in the source material, is he? He’s the wealthy heir of a Texas ranch-owning family who just acts like an Old West cowboy. If anything, that’s even more plausible today than it was in 1897.

[roach-works]

let’s see dracula shrug off getting hit with one of these country cosplay motherfuckers

[redstonedust]

i hate ai generated photos but especially of things that we already have hundreds of actual photos of. why would you need ai generated images of the eiffel tower people have been taking pictures of the eiffel tower since its construction. you have unlimited eiffel tower photos already. why are you making fake ones. for what purpose.

[johannestevans]

Children near a magical wood catching bugs and their family are like. Please do not catch pixies and small fae and bring them into our home. They are sentient and they are intelligent

And the kids are like "but they get into our bug traps" and "we didn't catch him he followed us home"

And their parents are like. Please i do not believe that 6 fucking pixies smuggled themselves into our garage on the underside of your bicycle saddle and then set up shop in the old dolls house. These are living beings they're not toys it's not kind to treat them like this

And the kids are like we are NOT treating them like anything you said we're not allowed to trap them and they always get into our traps so we always run away when they see us and then they follow us and get inside our backpacks and stuff

And the parents are like

Stop lying!!!

And then they set up wildlife cams and not only can pixies apparently do all of that and are very desperate to hang out with these human kids (who have fun life-sized toys and are covered in wonderful things like glitter and are a free source of fresh bugs and pop tart crumbs)

But they can also like. Fully just pick locks and shit.

Setting up little cameras and having to come to terms with the fact that not only are these small fae initiating every interaction with the kids but have also taken their cat's side in the war against pigeons and keep riding it into battle

[doccyuk]

The fae quickly realise the camera is a camera, and just as quickly invent silent movies

Each intertitle card has been crafted from words cut out of other writing, so a piece of paper looking like a ransom demand states "BuT Hoo wil SAVE the Dams3l?" is pulled away to reveal a doll tied to train tracks