Out of Context

27, she/her, resident of the no mans land between the east coast and the midwest. Things I do: write fanfiction, cosplay, and blog about an eclectic mix of anime, videogames, and books.

[thekimonogallery]

“Matsumoto” by Yoshida Tōshi (1911-1995)

[moonshinemagpie]

researching the history of education in japan and learning that, pre–Meiji Restoration, peasants/commoners formed their own schools to become educated because it was the best way of fighting tax fraud.

That is, when an official told you, a rice farmer, that you owed more taxes than you really did, it was very useful if you were good enough at math to know he was lying (and could prove it) and if you were good enough at writing to write a letter to your government defending your case.

all of which is to say it's crazy that mega-corporations are now pushing education to be "what if you paid us whatever we tell you to for the rest of your life and never do math or write anything ever again"

[fidelcostco]

can't believe the only options are 30 minutes early or 10 minutes late. if only there were some other way. but what can you do

[mushroom-soup-is-my-religion]

[stealingpotatoes]

pretty sure this is exactly how lessons at qifrey's atelier go

(links // tip jar!)

[sexybritishllama]

ffxiv free trial expanded to include shadowbringers you can now meet emet-selch for the low low price of £0 none of you have ANY excuses anymore

[sexybritishllama]

i want it known that i made that emet-selch meme last night drunk at 3am shaking with tiredness and anxiety because i thought i'd lost my phone at the bar (i had not) (i found it this morning after 3 hours of sleep)

but that is no excuse. because this tag is so true and i am just ashamed it did not occur to my frazzled brain at the time

[knightwithakay]

inspired tactic from our gm:

[knightwithakay]

[newtypezaku]

Can we reconvene the kangaroo court to do something about the slander?

[lindoreda]

[bennetsbonnet]

Pride and Prejudice (1995) + Text Posts (9/?)

[asaltyarchon]

Whoever made this, may your pillows always be fluffed and cool and may you never hit a red light as long as you live.

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long mf time.

[credit to liffeh on twitter!]

[catasters]

[wintercorrybriea]

northern snow hog

[bahari-official]

you know he sniffed a snow

[bumblecrisp]

they don’t even plow fields by hand anymore. because of yoke

[newtypezaku]

[newtypezaku]

[lindoreda]

Me preparing to teach 8th grade about electricity and magnetism

[mysticalcoffeequeen]

When you thought it would be easy peasy lemon squeezy but it turns out to be difficult difficult lemon difficult.

[switchnx]

Wait that’s actually really good, gonna pop this out of the tags

[itsreallystupid]

[teaboot]

[sturgeon-general]

Had this idea for a while. Finally did something with it.

[ridingforrohan]

Instead of trying to digitally reverse age actors for The Hunt for Gollum I think they should abandon the script entirely and just put Viggo Mortensen in costume and film him chasing Andy Serkis in a leotard across the scenic landscapes of Aotearoa. Give Andy Serkis a head start. Viggo will probably become Aragorn several hours into the chase. Locals can aid or hinder as they see fit.