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Cosmic Funnies
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Sweet Seals For You, Always
pixel skylines
#extradirty
shark vs the universe
Origami Around
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The Stonewall Inn
$LAYYYTER
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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trying on a metaphor
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some of my faves from playing with my etymology mapping program!
"but wait," you say, "does it work with words in languages other than english?"
yes it does :D
"i want to try this but my computer can't run python!"
good news! it's a google colab notebook now, so you can run it anywhere without having to download anything! you might have to run the first cell twice.
anyways: more
Just curious but where does the star on cheek motif come from in Ancient Greece? It’s beautiful but I don’t know what it’s called so I can’t google it effectively and ‘star on cheek ancient Greece’ did not net me much. If you have any resources on this I would love to read them!
I'm not sure if there's an actual term for it, but the main (and perhaps only) point of reference that everyone seems to use is this painted plaster head of a woman from Mycenae c. 12th century BCE (National Archaeological Museum Athens inv. 4575). it's a unique and pretty unusual object for the period, but apparently there are a couple of other (less well-preserved or less impressive) examples of women's faces depicted with these red suns/stars/rosettes on their cheeks and chins in Mycenaean art. there's some thought that it might be a representation of some sort of makeup worn by real women in late Bronze Age Mycenae, potentially royalty and/or priestesses in official ritual contexts. alternatively it could be an artistic marker of divinity or non-human status with absolutely no relation to women's appearances in real life, since this head may have belonged to a statue of a goddess or a sphinx. we do have a decent number of Mycenaean wall painting fragments depicting female figures, and I don't believe any of them have these markings on their faces-- the trend of depicting mythic or historical Bronze Age Greek women like this really does seem to all come back to this one object.
I want to spend every lifetime with you
“September” by Jennifer Michael Hecht
The binturong of glaring
I think the way to write really common tropes in a way so they don't feel tired is to treat them as a fan fiction AU. Yes, it's a coffee shop, everyone knows the coffee shop, but how does The Character operate in the coffee shop.
Let's take the common Person Falls, Is Caught in Arms, They Look at Each Other trope. The most memorable take I've seen on this one is Character A was carrying a musical instrument and Character B caught the instrument and let A fall (A's easier to repair). Is Character B too slow or weak to catch the other person (do they hate that about themselves)? Do they even care; do they watch them fall, bemused? Do they catch with reflexes, see the other person and then purposefully drop them? Then Character A, did they slip out of clumsiness, manipulation or because of a trap? Are they embarrassed to be in a vulnerable position? Do they act pitiful for more sympathy? What is the contrast? Would A catch a possible Character C differently?
So because I'm an Austen blog, for example!
Anne Elliot of Persuasion stumbles because she's tired from the long walk, Captain Wentworth catches her because even when he's pretending not to pay attention, he's really focused on her. He catches her, for one moment they are in the past again, and it's alright to hold her in his arms, but then he comes back to the present. His expression goes cold. He sets her upright and walks away without looking at her again. Anne is left there, feeling that though he still doesn't want her to be hurt, the past can never return.
Edward Ferrars of Sense & Sensibility catches Lucy Steele, but of course she fell into him on purpose. She smiles shyly at him while in his arms. He blushes. He helps her stand and then notices her clothes are askew, but clenches his hands awkwardly. It's not proper to touch her again. He can't figure out what to say. Then she tries to walk and cries out in pain. He quickly offers her his arm. She smiles slyly at the camera...
Caroline Bingley of Pride & Prejudice wants to be viewed as graceful, so no, the slip wasn't on purpose, but when it happened she tried to make the most of it. Unfortunately Darcy was surgical in his precision, he caught her and set her upright, no chance for gazing lovingly into each other's eyes. What a shame! When Elizabeth, flustered to be found at Pemberley and struggling to find a safe subject of conversation, tripped on a tree root, he somehow couldn't help himself from stealing a moment with her in his arms...
Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey would catch Catherine Moreland, be sure she wasn't sneaky enough to do it on purpose, and then make a quip about how cliche they were being. Catherine would be in awe.
I'm convinced that people don't actually hate tropes, what they hate is when the trope doesn't feel like The Character. When it feels like a trope was just thrown in because This is a RomanceTM, or whatever, instead of carefully considering how The Character would react. When used correctly, a trope can give a ton of characterization in a single moment. When used incorrectly, when The Character doesn't do it in their own unique way, it feels forced and tired.
An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.
LOL. I think they tried to fix it.
Nice try. Still no.
Wake up, babe, a new example of why the Oxford comma is a really good idea just dropped...
hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are a accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)
local matchmaker losing it over yet another unrealistic demand from the clientele 🤣🤣
Translation by me. :))
Necessary and sufficient
Adding a second lock was not necessary.
Understanding the difference between necessary and sufficient is necessary, but not sufficient to earn a math degree.
Part 2
While its eyes are not as big as its mummy's, this baby tawny frogmouth is still using its beady peepers to see the best it can
It can groove and boogie so young. What a delightful creature.
so they’d have to start minting new money after the coronation, right? (idk if the Ethuveraz would have empress consorts on any denomination but the similarities in the words Zhasan and zashan would made it too funny not to. also, I was going to draw the backs of the coins but ran out of steam so here’s two different coins, heads-only)
sex position: you, sitting on your throne. me, standing behind you, resting my arm on the back of your throne and sniling so sneetly at your ministers like i have any right to be there
What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)
furiously searching online "what do animals do out in a rainstorm" while it's raining
nobody worry too much because they all produce various oils and have different densities of fur to keep them dry and warm as well as seek out shelter under thick vegetation
Do you guys know what an Ypê is? You need to know what an Ypê is.
Now you know what an Ypê is. Come to Brazil we have colorful flower ball tree everywhere
