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My woke take, as someone who has worked in both a public library and a school library, is that we desperately need both more books that are at a higher reading level but a less mature subject matter, and more books that are at a lower reading level but a more mature subject matter, because 8 year olds who are advanced readers are still 8 year olds and don't want to read about graphic violence and torture, and teens and adults who have learning difficulties or who are just later readers for whatever reason are still teens and adults and don't want to read about Billy the Bunny going to school or whatever the hell.

partywithponies

Shoutout to people in the notes also mentioning people learning the language, I should've mentioned that really, given that I've been stuck reading German picture books myself while learning German.

#books

old-trenchcoat

so red glass reveals ghosts...

#malevolent #malevolent threshold #podcast #fanart

mistake-not

The Magnus Protocol 53

#magpod #the magnus protocol #tmagp #tmagp s2 #podcast

history-of-fashion

1822-1826 Pelerine (by unknown maker, England)

peacock feathers, pheasant feathers, parrot feathers, white marabou feathers; feathers sewn individually to coarse linen backing

(FIDM Museum & Galleries)

#fashion #history #accessories

luna-azzurra

Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.

#writing #useful

penny-anna

one argument you often see about fanfiction is that it's like 'training wheels' writing? like 'oh it's fine to do that while you're still learning, it's easier than coming up with your own ideas'. and I have to say I have just never agreed with that.

penny-anna

in my experience it's actually pretty common for newbie fanfiction writers to gravitate towards coming up with OCs rather than writing about the canon characters (hence the infamous Mary Sue); this suggests that many people find that 'easier' than attempting to write about pre-existing characters.

I would say that recreating the characterisation, mood and general vibes of an existing work of fiction is in fact a skill in and of itself that's acquired via practice. A common compliment delivered to fanfiction writers is how well they have captured the spirit of the original work. Inexperienced fanfiction writers fail to do this.

When creating an original character you can, ultimately, say anything about them and now it's canon bcos you created them and you said so. conversely, well, if you are covering a well known song and start playing the wrong notes people will notice immediately.

In addition: a lot of fanfiction, IMO, is in actuality a form of metafictional literary analysis. a story where two characters sit down and talk about their feelings about a canonical event? literary analysis, which is of course a skill. Sometimes fanfiction is bad bcos the writer is not good at interpreting texts.

finally I have made this point before but you never really see anyone suggesting that fictional works based on existing public domain texts are on 'easy mode'. is it 'easier' to write something based on a copyrighted work than a public domain work? Of course it isn't.

penny-anna

I know I said 'finally' but I forgot a point:

A major strength of the transformative work is its ability to create dramatic irony. If a fanfiction's emotional resonance is dependent on being familiar with the source material that's not necessarily a bad thing. sometimes it's a sign that the author has done a really skillful job of engaging with said source material.

#writing #useful

miamaimania

Manish Arora Spring/Summer 2017 — Vibrant ensembles with playful prints and bold accessories.

#fashion #accessories

softiekurbie

Maria Del Pilar, Joana Choumali, 2022.

#art

citizenscreen

“If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.”

- Lauren Bacall, ‘By Myself’ on the anniversary of her death (August 12, 2014)

#lauren bacall #died on this day #dotd #film #photography

themakeupbrush

Geyanna Youness

#fashion #dress

girlnephew

like the idea of unnaturally aged cheese. making my gouda old using dread magics forbidden by the college of sorcery

abalidoth

this cheese was aged by sending it to the beach that makes you old

#memes

buck1eys

trying to work out who would be the weak link at the fellowship garden barbecue. obviously not sam, frodo doesn't really cook but does bring a huge amount of expensive cheese and wine from bilbo's cellar so he's out. merry and pippin exceed expectations which are admittedly low. boromir and gimli bring insane quantities of meat and spend the whole time at the grill cooking it and flexing, which is befitting of these kind of things. might be legolas but i think he would bring a lot of mushrooms, herb marinades, salads etc which is a good balance which unfortunately leaves mr six pack and trail jerky aragorn son of arathorn. (gandalf arrives late with dessert)

ministarfruit

doodled this post because I couldn’t stop thinking about aragorn just pulling up and nobody knows where he got any of that. neither does he. where is he? what is he holding?? don’t ask him any more questions

#tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #books #film

the1920sinpictures

1920s Janesich pendant-watch of platinum and gold, set with diamonds, a par-shaped emerald and a pearl drop. Black enamel emphasizes its geometrical shape. From Art Deco Around the World, FB.

#fashion #jewellery #vintage