Game Changer & Make Some Noise
Claire Keane
macklin celebrini has autism
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Xuebing Du
Sweet Seals For You, Always
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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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if i look back, i am lost
Love Begins
EXPECTATIONS
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@super-sensate-seestras
A highlight in the history of uninvited cats on stage has to be the premiere of Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia:
... during the finale, a cat arrived, and mingled with the performers. [Figaro] chased it from one side, it returned from the other side to throw itself at the legs of [Bartolo]. ... the audience imitated its meows and encouraged it to continue its improvised role.
Alexis Jacob Azevedo: G. Rossini, sa vie et ses oeuvres (1864)
Rumi, carrying Mira: Sorry, were you expecting a prince?
Mira: Prince? No. I have standards.
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Rumi, carrying Zoey: Sorry, were you expecting a prince?
Zoey: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I got a QUEEN this is an UPGRADE
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Zoey, to Mira: I may have fucked up.
Mira: ...what did you do?
Zoey: You know how you want Rumi to not be working so much during our break and you asked me to see if I could find a casual, cozy game she might like?
Mira, sighing: This is Stardew Valley all over again, isn't it?
Zoey: No! This is not that! ...It...might be worse.
Mira: What game did you find?
Zoey, wincing: Uh... A Bumpy Ride.
Mira: ...
Zoey: It's a game where you play as a steam train operator in an old-timey land and all you do is deliver cute animal passengers and cargo around the map and make money to upgrade your train so the next day you can deliver more passengers and cargo.
Mira: ...Oh crap
Zoey: It's bad I don't think she's slept in three days!
An ableism that sometimes really pops out of people is allergies (+including gluten free either due to intolerance or esp celiac). Like people can be pro disability advocacy but then be like ew people are cringe allergic to stuff and make.it up for attention and are weird because of it and im.like hey man what
He’s back at it again
As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".
So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:
Excuse me???
you are right and you should say it.
Is this the face of a man who would put his own infant in front of a plow to avoid going to war?
Absolutely not
You know who would try that shit?
Is this the face of a man who would defy the very gods to get home to his wife?
You know who would defy the gods just to show he could get away with it?
The last thing Penelope's suitors ever see:
@daveinthemountains
For the @dashcon-two Crow Exchange, I made custom DashCon/Magic the Gathering trading cards. They were a huge hit! Unfortunately, it was my first convention I've ever gone to and I accidentally handed them out wayyyy too fast and had people tracking me down all day and had to send them away empty handed. So to make up for it I've decided to publish the files for them here! Feel free to print them out and stick them on your own cards. If you end up playing any games with them I'd love to see. (Also included is the Tumblr University card that no one got because I accidentally left them behind in the U.S. lol)
thought of this immediately and was delighted to discover it’s the same op
a ship dynamic that's less of an "italicized 'oh' moment" and more of an "italicized 'ah fuck' moment"
Something that gave H.P. Lovecraft nightmares is the work of my favorite artist. In "At the Mountains of Madness" he specifically mentions "the strange and disturbing Asian paintings of Nicholas Roerich."
This is what Roerich's paintings look like:
#hp lovecraft thought penguins were grotesque and horrifying#he was not a difficult man to frighten
How hard it is to know which season a screenshot was taken from based on who's in it:
Murph: Extremely easy, this guy changes hairstyles more frequently than Brennan changes shirts.
Lou: You got some style variety in there, pretty easy as well.
Ally: You got the transition timeline to help you out but there are some seasons with overlaping looks that might get you.
Siobhan: Not easy, hair stays pretty consistent. Themed outfits and nails might point you in the right direction.
Emily: This woman has looked the same her whole life, you better hope she's wearing a themed outfit (which she usually will be).
Brennan: Speaking of themed outfits, this dude owns 4 shirts. You can go off of aging and facial hair, you're likely to be wrong.
Zac: You better hope this motherfucker is wearing glasses because those asian genes are fighting against any other change in his appearance.
Martha and Jonathan find a baby in an ark. There is no note with him, but they see how tenderly he was swaddled, how desperately sent here, and they look at each other and they know. She was on the Kindertransport. He lost his parents to the camps. Martha's eyes say "He is like us." Her voice says, "Moses in the bullrushes."
They take him home. They give him the Hebrew name Kal-El and the American name Clark so he will fit in. They know what it is to be different. There is no Hebrew school in Smallville so they teach him at home, and study Torah together. When he shows special abilities, they wonder to each other if he is the Moshiach. Not for the strength of his body, but for the strength of his kindness. He always seems to be helping others, delivering them from harm, as he was delivered to them. They never tell him this, but they teach him about the obligations without measure. He's a natural.
At school, he is side-eyed for being different. When he displays eccentricities, the villagers shrug and say "maybe it's a Jewish thing." The Kents make sure he values his education, and is always home for Shabbas dinner.
His is bar-mitzva'd at the nearest shul, a few towns over. They didn't know his birthday, so they chose one near Parshat Shemot. Now they worry that was too on-the-nose, but he gives a moving d'var about the obligation to speak truth to power.
As he comes into his own and tries to be a hero, he hides his identity from the public, not out of shame, but to keep his adopted parents safe. They've been persecuted enough.
When he moves to the big city for a job at a newspaper, Pa is so proud he cries. Clark uses his journalistic skills to expose corruption, give voice to the neglected and oppressed, and research his own origins. When he learns the truth about Krypton and his birth parents' desperate bid to send him to safety, Ma and Pa are not at all surprised that they were right.
When Clark brings Lois home, he assures his parents she is a nice Jewish girl, but they're just glad she's a mensch. They step on a glass to remember the destruction of Krypton, and stand under a chuppah quilted by Ma.
A white billionaire spews lies about him, trying to spread fear of the stranger in their midst. He comes out in public and says "There's nothing more American than being an immigrant."
When the government turns against immigrants, he stands on the side of the protestors and protects. Tear gass does nothing to him. He makes himself a shield. He writes article after article in the Daily Planet, making sure the public knows what their government is doing, that immigrants know their rights, that the powerful are put on notice. When they start rounding people up, he says "Never again."
He shows up at immigrant detention centers, armed with miracles. And says "Let my people go."
#i'm not crying you are#this hit me right in the feels#weren't many of the og superman creators jewish?
They were! Superman was created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish boys, sons of immigrants.
also thank you!
"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"
if you’re wondering why spellcheck and grammar check is worse now, it’s because they replaced it with AI! 🥰
now, instead of maintaining a comprehensive, nuanced, and human-maintained encyclopedia by which to check your document, they have switched to an AI that just compares what you’ve written to what other people write in, say, Google Docs, and use the most commonly used iteration.
ever have it change something like “all intents and purposes” to “all intensive purposes” or “should’ve” to “should of”? that’s why!
people make the same spelling and grammar mistakes so often, AI thinks that’s the way you say it because it is a PATTERN DETECTOR and cannot THINK let alone use language.
"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"
Not all dogs have jobs and I think they should get to wear little vests too
Rumira bonus Zoey sandwich kidnapping
