I wander lonely as a cloud // 25, long black hair, literature is the love of my life // manga and anime are my crutches // here ye may find reactions to and analysis of my fandom interests
Also, ballet men have literally the most aesthetically pleasing body out of any other group of men I have ever encountered. And then can lift you over their heads!
YO BUT OK i am a female ballet dancer and there are guys in my studio younger than me and by younger than me i mean like 12 or occasionally 11 because i am 13 and they can still lift me up and they dont even flinch they just pick me up like im a lil fairy its so impressive and they are 12 they are so great
Logan Hicks, pioneer and progenitor of the multi-layer stencil, and prolific artist, is exhibiting a new selection of works titled Light Seekers and Night Crawlers, at Galerie Openspace in Paris. This exhibition will feature some of Hicks’ work made during his residency in Paris in 2017, which centers on city streets, often abandoned, that he has photographed and turned into detailed paintings that explore themes of solitude and identity.
y'all are all for men rejecting traditional gender roles and holding hands with their friends and shit but that moment men actually DO that y'all call them gay and ship them together so don’t try and say that “‘society”’ is the only thing fucked up here
If I see one more of those kinds of things as “”“"evidence”“”“ that a celebrity/youtuber/that-shy-boy-in-your-class isn’t straight I’m going to scream, because 1) please allow boys and men platonic affection this is the entire problem and 2) yeah maybe they are but if you’re right that’s just called outing someone and isn’t cool
I’ve re-read my favorite manga, Nabari no Ou, a few days ago! The way it portrays the relationship of these two is still as touching and wonderful as it was when I first read it.
Nabari no Ou is such an incredible series, all the feels stay with you for long after you put it down/close the tab. It's so hard to find another manga close to as touching as Nabari.
So apparently chicken nugget is a spicebush swallowtail and they turn yellow before they pupate. He was making little silk things everywhere Bruh this caterpie is going to evolve to metapod today my boy isn’t messing around
OKAY LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THE FUCKING PINK EGGS.
I work at a concession stand in an ice rink. We sell a bunch of chocolate bars and snacks and shit including Kinder Surprise eggs.
So one day this woman comes up to the counter with her two little kids, a girl who’s probably about 6 or 7 and a little boy, maybe 3 or 4. The mom asks what they want, the little girl points at the Kinder eggs and says “One of those!”. I asked if she wanted the white or the pink egg. She said pink. The little boy pointed to the Kinder eggs and says “One of those!”. I asked if he wanted the white or the pink egg. He said pink. HOLY SHIT IT WAS LIKE I OPENED THE GATES OF HELL. The mom absolutely FLIPPED and was like “YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE PINK EGG IT’S ONLY FOR GIRLS. YOU CAN GET THE WHITE ONE OR NOTHING AT ALL”. The little boy looked at his mom and said “But I want the same as ______ (whatever the sister’s name was)”. The mom completely ignored him and turned to me and gave me a death glare. “He can have the white egg.”
I had to give a little boy a white egg when he wanted the pink so that he could be the same as his big sister and he started crying. The mom just reiterated that the pink egg was for girls and told him that boys don’t cry.
And this is why we shouldn’t gender fucking chocolate eggs.
This is actually a relatively new thing, originally Kinder Eggs were all white like the ones on the left. I don’t know at what point they decided to make ‘girl’s’ Kinder Eggs, but I do not like it.
Holy shit do not even get me started on how moms constantly police their sons’ masculinity. I’ve seen mothers do it WAY more often than fathers.
I used to work at a bakery that specialized in creating custom cakes. We had this feature where we could print out any image off the computer and put it on a cake (with rice paper). One day this lady comes in and asks for an image we had of the baby Sesame Street characters. They’re all together with cake and confetti, and she asks, “Oh, well since it’s a boy, can you please change all of the little pink confettis into blue confetti? I mean, he’s a boy, you know.”
Confetti.
The fucking confetti.
It barely covered 5% of the image.
Another instance was when a lady asked me for an image of four superheroes to put on her son’s cake because her son was turning four. She admitted to not knowing any superheroes, so I offered the most obvious choice—The Fantastic Four. I pulled up a picture of them and she goes, “Oh no no, we can’t have that. Let’s do another one.” Confused, I pulled up a Justice League one with Batman, Superman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman. Again, she said no. I asked her if she needed anything specific (she didn’t know superheroes, why was she so picky?), and she just said, “Oh, it’s just that he’s a boy, you know? We can’t have a girl superhero on his cake.”
I nearly lost my shit. I did temporarily lose my customer service face and ask why, women have been superheroes all the time, Wonder Woman is iconic, etc etc and she was like, “It’s just that my son has been playing with Barbie dolls lately and I really don’t want him to end up… well, you know.”
This shit has got to stop. When you teach boys that certain things are only for girls, you’re limiting them and you’re teaching them that girls or “girly things” are bad. If you want gender equality as an adult, you better make DAMN sure that you’re teaching the same thing to your kids.
So this woman did not want her son to turn out ‘you know’ and her plan for that was to get him a cake with spandex-clad manly men AND ONLY MEN on it? I don’t think she thought that one through too well…
in sociology class we were talking about gender being assigned to objects and one of the male students started saying how forward thinking he is because he buys his daughter sports equipment and “boy toys”. I asked if he’d do the same if he had a son and he said “Of course I’d buy my son sports equipment”. I clarified “No, would you buy him dolls and other toys that are thought of as being for girls”. He turned around and didn’t answer.
Parents will pat themselves on the back for letting their little girls play baseball but a little boy with a Barbie is still considered an affront to society
adenoidal (adj): if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose
appealing (adj): an appealing look/voice shows that you want help, approval, or agreement
breathy (adj): with loud breathing noises
brittle (adj): if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry
croaky (adj): if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low, rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat
dead (adj): if someone’s eyes or voice are dead, they feel or show no emotion
disembodied (adj): a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see
flat (adj): spoken in a voice that does not go up and down; this word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region
fruity (adj): a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way
grating (adj): a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying
gravelly (adj): a gravelly voice sounds low and rough
gruff (adj): this voice has a rough, low sound
guttural (adj): a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat
high-pitched (adj): true to its name, a high-pitched voice or sound is very high
hoarse (adj): someone who is hoarse, or has a hoarse voice, speaks in a low, rough voice, usually because their throat is sore
honeyed (adj): honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice, but you cannot trust the person who is speaking
husky (adj): a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way
low (adj): a low voice is quiet and difficult to hear; also used for describing a deep voice that has a long wavelength
matter-of-fact (adj): usually used if the person speaking knows what they are talking about (or absolutely think they know what they are talking about)
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penetrating (adj): a penetrating voice is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable
plummy (adj): a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class; this word shows that you dislike people who speak like this
quietly (adj): in a soft, quiet voice
raucous (adj): a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough
ringing (adj): a ringing voice is very loud and clear
rough (adj): a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to
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silvery (adj): this voice is clear, light, and pleasant
singsong (adj): if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way
small (adj): a small voice is quiet
smoky (adj): a smoky voice is sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way
softly spoken (adj): someone who is softly spoken has a quiet, gentle voice
soft-spoken (adj): speaking or said in a quiet, gentle voice
sotto voce (adj, adv): in a very quiet voice
stentorian (adj): a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe
strangled (adj): a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it
strident (adj): this voice is loud and unpleasant
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thick (adj): if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion
thickly (adv): with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat
thin (adj): a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to
throaty (adj): a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat
tight (adj): shows that you are nervous or annoyed
toneless (adj): does not express any emotion
tremulous (adj): if your voice is tremulous, it is not steady; for example, because you are afraid or excited
wheezy (adj): a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing
wobbly (adj): if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry
booming (adj): very loud and attention-getting
quavering (adv): if your voice quavers, it is not steady because you are feeling nervous or afraid
a voice like a foghorn: very loud voice
in an undertone: using a quiet voice so that someone cannot hear you
someone’s dulcet tones: the sound of someone’s voice as they speak
SCENE 1. A MAGIC SCHOOL CALLED HOGWARTS IN ENGLAND
Enter ENOBY
ENOBY
For truth, that which the gods have christened me
Has many parts, like these locks, flow’n from my crown.
That hellish sound, which forms mine name, sprung from
The dusky shades of these roots, so like the stone
But broken, rent, mottled; for, like the flames
That hie from Hades, the dusk is split with peals
Of cold violet, the shade of icy fangs
Met with military scarlet; coils not
But hangs; not ragged, but lustrous, set off
Like a precious jewel made more pure by the
Barren winds of silent winter deserts,
So are not these jewels of mine own self-crown
Brought forth in splendour so close to these eyes
Frozen, as glaciers, forged by an artist
Who, bereft of artisan tools, gives himself
And sculpts his godly business with that
Which the muses draw blindly from his vision.
Thus sorrow, reflected twice in these mirrors,
Casting mine eyes as icy limpid tears.
Hi my name is Hamlet and I have long blond hair that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like the sun god Apollo (AN: if u don’t know who he is get da hell out of here!). I’m not related to him but I wish I was because he’s a major fucking hottie. My mother married my uncle after my father died. I have pale white skin. I’m also a student, and I went to a school called Wittenberg in Germany but I just graduated. I’m a prince (in case you couldn’t tell) but I wear mostly black bc I’m in mourning. I For example today I was wearing a black doublet with matching lace around it and a black tights, white undershirt and black boots. I was with my mother and Horatio. We were standing inside Elsinore. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. My uncle Claudius stared at me. I put up my middle finger at him.
After everyone has already watched it: Sherlock S04E03
The Final Problem
Seriously though, that first scene? What is it for? Haven’t we had a similar situation in The Great Game where Moriarty was first introduced? Some random person put in a ridiculous danger situation and Moriarty talking about it as if it was a game? Rehashing that kind of scene is far from the most exciting and effective opener they could have thought of.
Okay...
That was unexpected. Mycroft muttering lines of old black and white romance movies. Right ~~~
Interesting family day at the beach inserts.
OH dear, have we switched genre to Suspense/Thriller with a possible dash of Horror?
Breathing voice calling out one’s name? Check.
Flickering lights in the corridor? Check.
Sword hidden in umbrella? Check. Oh, ok, that one’s different.
Child running? Creepy doll? Check.
The sister?
Oh now we have blood.
Ah ha ha, the east wind. Eurus? I thought her name meant good wind as well. Irony~~
Duel with a clown.
Wait what? It was a pistol (?) instead? Booooring, Mycroft ~
Wait.... the person playing the running girl -- is that an old person? What?
Ah yes, you smartass, Sherl.
Well, now we know for sure that something DID slip past Mycroft’s web of surveillance. Oops.
FUNNY~~
And then this.
Ha. Ha. HA!
*clears throat*
Your sad kicked-puppy eyes moved me there, Mycroft.
A place to hold the uncontainables.
A map reference for hell.
Now why would this not go very wrong?
“Whoever you met, it can’t have been her.“ Said right after the broken window.
I hope Mrs. Hudson is ok.
Never effing mind.
Golden moment #2 there, friends and comrades.
What’s with Eurus and pyromania?
Sherlock and things he don’t usually say (more like never). Case in point number #1.
And case in point number #2.
And then somehow we progressed to this.
Ah well, at least this episode won’t be a bore.
Violin in the genes, eh?
Mmmhmmm. So as Mycroft keeps going on and on about how he should be the only one to talk to Eurus since he is aware of the dangers she posed, how come Sherlock ends up talking to her by himself?
Ha, Vatican Cameos.
Oh God. When John made a significant deduction, you know shit hits the fan.
Napoleon is back~~
What I would call a breath of fresh air.
You’re in for a treat.
Ha, the real maintain your distance of three feet, eh?
Hmm. I kinda thought John might do it.
I really did.
Can’t believe I would say this but I do miss him.
Anyway, we Vietnamese have a saying that once you throw your javelin, you’ve got to follow it. Or so goes my rough translation.
Onward! Choo choo!
Aww!
AWW! Oh God, Oh God! *sorry for the suggestiveness of the SFX*
Can I just say soldier!John is the best John??
Oh come on, Sherl. Tit for tat, tit for tat.
If you want her to say it, obviously you have to say it or an equivalence. Basic problem of exchange.
You must say Moriarty was a bit more merciful?
At least he had yet to burn the heart out of dear old Sherl. To make a brief comparison between this one and the The Great Game.
OH WOW.
Someone is on the offensive now.
Shoot Dr. Watson.
Uhm.
Shit, he’s right.
Uhm.
Uhm.
Dialogue??? What happened to the dialogue?
Oh dear. Oh dear. Are we playing the bad guy now?
For shame.
Yup. Bluff called.
Well, ain’t he the perfect Johnlock shipper then?
OK, let it be known that thanks to Yuri on ICE, I’m permanently attuned to the name Victor. This is not helping. This is not helping. Blah blah blah.
*breathes in breathes out* all is well, all is well *breathes in breathes out*
You’d think a well like that should not escape one’s notice.
Pets. She meant that literally, ha?
I see. A metaphor. So she provided the sounds of the scared little girl?
So 5 minutes of unsupervised conversation with Moriarty. And she got this all planned out.
This whole psychosis thing is not making it easy to understand and judge the characterization of Eurus. It’s like stepping into a boggling marsh, the kind in LOTR: The Two Towers, and in great danger of joining the people under the water.
She’s supposed to be both an amoral sadistic psychotic criminal mastermind and a frightened lonely girl? That’s asking a lot of the audience to grasp, and frankly I’m not sure if I was given enough reason to care. I like that Sherlock’s human side and sentiment were explored in tandem with all the primary players of the episode, to various degrees of success but I feel that Eurus didn’t have that much of a presence, in spite of the amount of her screen time. To be honest, Moriarty still felt more real than Eurus, even if he was just given to us in small morcels of pre-recorded clips.
So what’s the final verdict?
While I’m glad that this season did not end on a cliffhanger of sorts but with lovely moments of restoration and connection (and of course plenty of Johnlock moments in The Final Problem), there’s absolutely no doubt that this was the weakest season of them all. At the moment, I have found quite little that would prompt me to do a rewatch. The villains were, to be honest, extremely lackluster and the stories clumsily put together. Let’s not start on John’s character again, much as he was redeemed by the last episode. And Molly Hooper is definitely the landmine that the show creators decided to head straight into.
Why would she be single again? And why is there a need for her to be that miserable without Sherlock? And why does she still have that much feeling for Sherlock? In the last season, while still having lingering feelings for Sherlock, she showed genuine signs of having moved on, if not completely then partly. She can care a lot for him but that does not necessitate a strong romantic interest in him on her part. WHY, WHY, WHY? And the matter was so lightly brushed away with a not-even-5-sec appearance at the end. Seriously???
And frankly, is Mary Watson’s Miss You clip even necessary? Pretty words and all but somehow have this false and empty feeling to them. I listened to them and the so what question just won’t stop popping in my head. So they just went back their ordinary lives? So much for all that moral qualms going through the tests and rounds Eurus devised.
In short, Sherlock seemed to label “The End” (of some sort) onto itself with this season but in reality, it just made a big mess of everything and decided to wipe the slate clean and call the situation resolved. It felt exactly just like that.
Goodbye, season 4. I wish I could say better things about you but I feel that I’ve been much more lenient than I would otherwise.
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