Notebook Blue

Philosopher, Feminist, Hufflepuff

[artigas]

people applauding marvel for its “first openly gay character” in endgame is only proof that we are living in the most pathetic timeline. you’re gonna tell me we’re in the year 2019 and a multi-million dollar industry lets a nameless extra use male pronouns for a dead, irrelevant partner during a throwaway scene in a three hour movie and we’re all supposed to bust a liberal nut at The Brazen Woke Inclusivity?? This is the same franchise that disallowed Valkyrie from being written as openly bisexual and made sure all the f/f content in Black Panther got the ax. Black and Brown creatives wanted to give us real representation but this bullshit is what we’re expected to applaud? nice try. 

you could point a drill to the ground, break into the earth’s core, and even then the bar would still somehow be lower. 

[hoodwinkedfool]

This owns

[ancientgreeksuggestions]

Eros, aiming at some Olympian: “kiss kiss fall in love”

[stillesgeschrei]

“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”

— David Baldacci, The Camel Club (via resqectable)

[tockthewatchdog-deactivated2020]

just throw them away then! why is people hoarding stuff that no one wants better. it all has to go somewhere when you die anyway

[girlbossjodiarias]

Wow it’s almost like the problem is our entire commercial fast fashion industry and not Marie Kondo.

[deadmomjokes]

And the clothes nobody wants from donations, you could just as easily tear up to make “t-shirt yarn” and then make thick warm blankets out of them for homeless shelters, animal shelters, some medical facilities, etc. Or you could compost the natural fiber ones (cotton, linen, wool), and make a memory quilt out of the synthetic ones. Or or or, there’s a ton of ways to upcycle clothes if local donation centers really don’t want them–which says something about the donation center itself, rather than Marie Kondo’s methods. Obviously don’t donate stuff that isn’t quality (no torn, stained, or ratty clothes), either find other ways to use them or throw them away.

But yeah, like pp said, it’s almost like the issue is with the way we push people buy and hoard rather than Marie Kondo helping people get their homes and lives in order!

[couriers-mile]

The “how many planks can you replace in a boat before it’s not the same boat anymore” puzzle, except “how many mods can you install on Skyrim before you’re not playing Skyrim anymore”

[ceilingcow]

The Skyrim of Theseus is my favorite philosophical quandary.

[dcmultiverse]

Wonder Woman (2017) dir. Patty Jenkins

[whatelsecanwedonow]

Agent Carter 🠢 one gifset per episode: ⮡   S1E05  •  The Iron Ceiling

[kylostantrums]

I hate this “no spoilers” culture that we live in right now. Producers and writers are so terrified of fans predicting the ending to their works to the point that they’re making nonsensical endings to their narratives. They’re messy, out-of-character, and outlandish, but, hey! at least they’re unpredictable!

Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi — completely ignored & disregarded the 3-film narrative arc J.J. Abrams has planned out for the sequel trilogy, and instead developed his own messy narrative full of subversions for the sake of subversion, and completely disrespected the legacy of Luke Skywalker’s character (Mark Hamill himself has reported several times that he doesn’t recognize the character).

Russos, MCU — give out fake scripts, actors play against green screens and are cut & pasted together in post, show fake/edited scenes in trailers, throw away previous character development (Thor, Ragnarok vs Infinity War and especially Endgame).

D&D, Game of Thrones — throw away a decade of foreshadowing and character development for shock value, not to mention they missed a whole ass Starbucks cup in a shot in 8x03 (either on set or in post, somebody should’ve noticed this).

I’m sick and tired of this. It’s not good writing, and it’s no longer entertaining to fans when the characters they know and love become complete strangers. There’s good shock value — “No, I am your father,” for example — and then there’s ignoring years of character development and turning a kind and caring character into a murderous maniac. There’s a difference, and I think writers still know what that difference is, but they’re pressured to create an ending that fans can’t predict because of this mass panic over “no spoilers”.

This needs to stop. Give me a happy ending. Who the fuck cares if we guess what comes next? That means the writers have done their fucking jobs. If we can guess what comes next that means the writers have successfully developed their characters and foreshadowed future events as you’re supposed to do in a well-written narrative.

No spoilers? Sure. I like to experience narratives without being spoiled. But don’t make the narrative unrecognizable by the ending. It’s just not good writing.

[aceofstars16]

Oh this is some good tea ☕️

[sassystarlightcollection-deacti]

Absolutely

[nuggetisawesome]

One of my favourite myths is one about cheetahs getting their streaks from the tears of crying mothers through the generations. It’s possible the most beautiful story imo in existence.

The version I was taught in Zulu was that a mother loses her cubs to a hunter. After hiding them in a bush and going to hunt, the Hunter- being too lazy to hunt traditionally - steals them, and so distraught she cries and cries until the tears stain her cheeks. A wise man, hearing this, comes and helps her. Hearing that her cubs were taken he tells the whole village about the selfish hunter, who is then banned.

Now cheetahs wear those stains to remind everyone that it is only honourable to hunt traditionally.

It would be epic if some of our myths and legends were represented more because some of them are plain gorgeous, whilst others like the tokoloshi are practically key to understanding the culture.

[elizabeth-karenina]

“Don’t ever compliment me by insulting other women. That’s not a compliment, it’s a competition none of us agreed to.”

— “You’re not like other girls.” Shut the fuck up. (via cutely-perverted)

[just-shower-thoughts]

If Goldilocks tried three beds, then Momma Bear and Daddy Bear slept separately. Baby Bear is probably the only thing keeping the family together.

[thelittlertiddy-deactivated2018]

You ain’t have to put those people business out like that.

[prokopetz]

Y’know, the story straight-up tells us why Mama Bear and Papa Bear sleep in separate beds: they have very different needs in terms of mattress firmness, and those fancy responsive mattresses that can be soft on one half and firm on the other hadn’t been invented yet. There’s no shame in valuing your spinal health.

[wombatking]

The fact that they’re secure enough to admit that they’re better off in separate beds probably indicates that they have a very healthy relationship built on a foundation of mutual love and respect. 

[cincosechzehn-deactivated201901]

their relationship was just right

[do-you-have-a-flag]

I just saw fanart of Rey straight up murdering Kylo with a lightsaber through the chest and the artist had to be like “please don’t tag as reylo” this is modern comedy

[anony-mouse-writer]

The lesson to be learned from Thor Ragnarok and Black Panther: spend more time on sibling relationships and less time on grimdark or bullshit romance plots. It works out much better.

[extasiswings]

#and also more critiques of colonialism

[moisemorancy-deactivated2022061]

[delphicsacrifice]

My boyfriend told me over text that he didn't know the Minotaur story

[bittyblueeyes]

Boyfriend: I... I don't even know the story that well babe, I can't even say xD

Me:Okay so

Me:Poseidon gives a bull to King Minos, the best and shiniest bull you ever saw, and he's like "You can have this, but only if you promise to sacrifice it to me later" and Minos is like "Sure yeah okay man whatever" so Poseidon sends this bestest bull ever galloping up out of the salty sea spray, and everyone standing around is like "Hot fuck look at that bull" And Minos agrees, and he likes the bull SO much he decides to just quietly sort of...keep it. And he does kill a bull for Poseidon but it's one of his own, lame normal bulls, and Poseidon's no pushover so of course he notices.

Me:Poseidon is also notoriously easily angered, and he's royal pissed about this, so he comes up with one of the most devious punishments ever, and he infects Minos' wife Pasiphae with a desperate, DESPERATE thirst for the bull. Like she can think of nothing but getting some of that hot Bull D.

Boyfriend:..........Thefuck.

Me: But it's hard to convince a bull, especially a divinely spawned bull, to fuck you if you are in fact not a cow but a human queen, so she comes up with a plan

Boyfriend:I thought some god comes down in bull form and fucks her??

Me: Ohh, no no no, that's the much much more tame story of Europa, who has sex with Zeus in bull form. This is different

Me:She goes to the best inventor she knows, Daedalus, and she's like "I need this bull to fuck me I NEED IT" and Daedalus is like "That's really weird maybe you should talk to someone" and she's like "I am talking to you and I am your queen so you better fucking make this happen for me I am going to peel my own skin off if I don't get some bull dick ASAP. But he doesn't want me because I am not fat, four-legged, and mooing."

Boyfriend: Oh..... oh no.

Me: So Daedalus shrugs, probably shudders a little, and builds the prettiest, most fuckable wooden cow a bull ever saw, but he makes it hollow, presumably with some openings in some awkward places.

Boyfriend: OH GOD. NO.

Me:So Pasiphae puts this monstrosity in the field with the bull, climbs in it, and waits. And Daedalus really is a skilled inventor, and he apparently knows what a bull likes, because Pasiphae finally gets the hot bull loving she's been dreaming of

Boyfriend: I........ I need an aspirin. That is disgusting.

Me: Only she apparently hasn't been tracking her cycles, because she gets pregnant, and births the minotaur and King Minos is like "What the fuck?" and Pasiphae is like "Honey I need to tell you something"

Me:And that is how it happened

Boyfriend: That is NOT HOW THAT WORKS

Me: Welcome to Mythology.

[robertmitchum]

BILL NYE can’t stress the importance of Climate Change enough