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Cat or Robin / 26 / she/her / lesbian

in my classic lit era

#some dnis and useful info under the cut #but you dont have to read it i just talk a lot #intro post #intro #byler #stranger things #f4f #lol #artists of Tumblr #idk what to tag #my art #dan and phil #dnp #text

astralember

taahko

i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

taahko

protagonists can and will be sexist, racist, insensitive, cruel, stupid, etc, especially towards the beginning of a story. these are called character flaws and they are a surprise tool that will lead to narrative fulfillment later

mapswithoutwyoming

And sometimes "narrative fulfillment" doesn't mean "the character overcomes their flaws" or even "the antihero is punished for their flaws"! sometimes it means the narrative says "wow was that fucked up or what? anyway i'm rod sterling"

8one6

I don't think the current "depiction = endorsement" crowd will ever be able to understand this.

teaboot

Can I be honest with yall I don't want to hear SHIT against cishets at pride this year

teaboot

"But it's not FOR them!!!" The biggest military power in the world belongs to a christofascist nation overseen by a felon found guilty of 34 federal crimes and has greenlit a gestapo with more direct funding than the entire military of Canada for the purpose of ethnic cleansing. Let Hetero Jessica throw some biodegradable glitter at a municipal parade

teaboot

At this point if anyone is trying to exclude anyone benignly pro-queer from a pro-queer space I'm just going to assume you're a fed or something idk like something something destabilize the movement from within or whatever

theweirdwideweb

Hey check your titties for any lumps

gunsandfireandshit

And ur balls if applicable

theweirdwideweb

And your balls

ailithnight

Assess the orbs for irregularities.

northstareclipse

There's a recurring online tendency to aestheticize consensus itself. The imagined future village is full of emotionally compatible people who enjoy communal gardening, conflict resolution circles, acoustic folk music, mutual aid potlucks, and repairing bicycles together at sunset. Which is nice for the people who genuinely enjoy that lifestyle. But plenty of humans are solitary, prickly, obsessive, urban, nocturnal, sensory-seeking, technologically attached, contrarian, novelty-seeking, private, or just plain difficult. Those people do not evaporate after the revolution. They do not get Left Behind while you are Raptured into the Utopia. They become your neighbors.

buxina

The part about it being envisioned specifically as a "village" is relevant, I think, in that these kinds of people romanticize small rural villages as this ideal form of close-knit community to which we must retvrn, in contrast to the hard, alienating city life. But I'd argue that sure, dense urban environments can be alienating in certain ways, but they're also in many ways more utopian simply in that they force people to learn to peacefully co-exist as a community with others very different from themselves. The rural village appears to live in idyllic consensus because everyone who did not fit in has either been ostracized away, worn down into conformity, or has voluntarily fled to the nearest big city as soon as they were old enough.

#I actually have a friend who has built a bit of a community that's basically what op describes #and honestly I hate it it's like walking on fucking eggshells #like the gardening and crafts and bike repair shit is fun but it's the attitudes that go with it #typically the more emphasis people put on conflict resolution circles and super emotionally sensitive spaces #the less I find that they're actually able to resolve conflicts #they just kind of therapy speak forever. the person who has an issue is made to feel bad for disrupting the peace #it's essentially forbidden to have a conflict. or at least that's how I feel in that situation #especially if you're a more reactive/outspoken person?#like personally I tend to react with frustration. and I don't get loud or aggressive about it but I feel very frustrated when I have #a conflict and that is hard to keep out of my voice/body language sometimes #I definitely did not feel that I was welcome to share my feelings despite what others said. so I had to bottle them up #which made the frustration worse #over time that builds up #also I find these spaces to be. how shall I say. not welcoming to anyone 'physically threatening '#and by this I mean in the eyes of white queer society #so these spaces never have any cis men but they also rarely have any1 black. they never have anyone amab. they never have passing trans guys #and like obviously these people aren't a threat don't come for me. but you know what I mean #my friend has one of these spaces and it is mostly white which is partly the demographics of our city. but there's nearly no one from any of #those groups I mentioned that I see in the spaces. lots and lots of floppy haired white people #and I say this as a csgender white lesbian btw #if *I* feel uncomfortable and unwelcome in that space I can't imagine how it feels for people from one of those groups I mentioned.#like I'm very privileged and nobody sees me as a threat. I'm short and kinda soft looking I do not look imposing.#I still felt like I wasn't allowed to express negative or strong emotions #that's a real problem with these super inclusive open conflict free spaces #they're not actually inclusive unless you fit the right mould and they're more interested in comfort than inclusion

krasnoarmeyets

i bet it feels good as fuck to intend to do something and then actually do it

#ADHD

contemptible-scoundrel

Ccan i hit?

I would parry every blow?

#Shane

gracewight

LOVING that even with a brain made of Swiss Cheese Piranesi is just baseline more intelligent than the Other. His eye for detail, his methodology, the questions he asks and the connections he makes and the Other is scrambling to cover how much he lets slip because he can’t keep his own story straight—got me rofling.

Arrogant Man has not thought this through nearly as thoroughly as he wants everyone else to think he has! Such a crunchy trope~

#i love Piranesi so much he's a sweetheart and he's extremely clever!#best character traits!#piranesi #susanna clarke

teeth-kid

actually the only thing you need to know when you start reading piranesi is that the mc has seashells and other pretty things in his hair. this is only revealed like halfway through the book but they were there the whole time. they rattle when he moves.

#piranesi

otherside-wanderer

I came across this art by @deathcomequickly and was so inspired that I tried my hand at building it in Minecraft!

Thank you @indigoforiver for once again posing in the build <3

Other sources below the cut:

#omg #minecraft #piranesi

bloodbroox

piranesi 🏛️🪈📚

#when I read the book I imagined Piranesi to be a satyr/faun like this #I think because of the cover art plus when that guy comes in and finds him and says he mustve been handsome once #made me think the house had transformed him #Piranesi

beetleandfox

My favorite part about Piranesi (the book) is that it's honestly told from the wrong perspective. The main character should be Raphael, the maverick cop who overcomes public doubt to solve a cold case and take down a cult. But Susanna Clarke was like hmmm actually what if we watched the missing guy talk to birds for 300 pages as the plot takes place offstage. and it was fire

#i've heard people be like “i couldn't get into piranesi bc it doesn't have a plot”#nooo you don't get it #piranesi is the weirdest episode of your dad's favorite police procedural show. but the main character legit just doesn't realize #bc he's speedrunning animist ego death #piranesi #<- prev