alive

[batcii-archive-deactivated20210]

finally finished this print!! i’ll be selling these kids along with a whole lot of other merch at melbourne supanova this coming weekend, come say hi to kathy @anaeolist and i at table 42! If you can’t make it to the con, i’ve popped it up on my society6 here.

[taktophoto]

[ella-edits]

decades au/70s

[viscraeldeactivated1]

listening to spotify on ur laptop when u dont have premium: heres some ads every now and then :)

listening to spotify on ur phone when u dont have premium: u wanted to listen to a SONG u fucking idiot? no, u can only shuffle the album its from–oh ho oh, u wanted to listen to the ALBUM only?? fool that u are, u wldnt know that u now have to listen to songs we picked by throwing darts at a list of that genre–oh and dont forget the 30sec-1 min ads u fucking shit face. u asshole. fuck u

[belle-ayitian]

Black Panther | Red Carpet Premiere | Black Excellence

[books0977]

Home Comforts (1889). James Clark (English, 1858-1943).

Clark would mainly be remembered, suggested his obituary, “for the essentially English water-colours which he painted with much skill and a delightful sense of colour and movement.”

[katrinageist]

When I explain cultural misappropriation to children, I use the example of The Nightmare Before Christmas.  

It’s effective because especially for children, who don’t have enough historical context to understand much of the concept, you can still fully grasp the idea.  

There was nothing wrong with Jack seeing the beauty and differences in Christmas town, it’s when he tried to take what is unique about Christmas town away from those it originally belonged to without understanding the full context of Christmas things is when everything went wrong.

When Jack tries to get the folk of Halloween town to make Christmas gifts for children, etc., children understand that the Halloween town folk do not have the full context for the objects they are making, and they are able to see that the direct repercussions and consequences are very harmful.

[jumpingjacktrash]

what i like about this is the implication that if jack had taken the time to understand christmas town, bringing christmas to halloween town would not have been harmful. that’s how it works, folks. cultural sharing is GOOD, it’s only misappropriation when it’s done in ignorance and disrespect.

[kelseyridge13]

There’s an interesting level here in that Jack tried to understand Christmas town. He could see the magic while he was there, and he did try to explain it that way to citizens of Halloween town.  But they weren’t interested in the kind of life he was describing, so he started “rebranding” Christmas so that it was not like Christmas but was like Halloween. The people of Halloween town, never having actually encountered Christmas, have no way of knowing that what they’re being told about Christmas and “Sandy Claws” is inaccurate. Jack also tried to study Christmas and its culture, though he couldn’t quite get it; eventually, he literally decides to take it for himself, even as he knows it’s not really for him.  He started out feeling sad the others in Halloween town didn’t ‘get it,’ but he then decided it’s not important to fully ‘get it’ but instead to have it.

So it’s not just accidentally removing things form their context; he has intentionally disregard the meaning of the rituals he purports to be recreating, making them more fun for the recreaters but not like what the rituals are supposed to be and without the related significance.

[calamitycons]

This is the best way to conceptualize the wrong way to share culture I have ever seen and I think I finally get where people are coming from when they talk about “cultural appropriation.”

[theredpelican]

we’re literally floating on a tiny planet in fucking space why are we surrounded by hatred and misery. why can’t everyone just calm the fuck down and lay on some grass. the sun is a GIANT BURNING ORB why does money exist. fuck everything

[lesbianrey]

hi i’m tolkien here are my ocs. i call them Elves (not elfs!!! if you call them elfs i will block you) they look like humans but they’re tall, live forever, and have pointy ears. that’s it bye

[meattunic-deactivated20171126]

cs lewis: are you alright with constructive criticism? i dont want to sound mean

tolkien: no go ahead i want to hear it

cs lewis: they fucking suck

tolkien: thats not constructive criticism

[lazytechsupport]

cs lewis: here’s my OC, it’s jesus but he’s a lion tolkien: Furry cs lewis: blocked

[blue-paladin-red-lion-deactivat]

Tolkien: lamp posts don’t exist in fantasy worlds Cs Lewis: ok you know what fuck you

[4setsofcorsets]

CS Lewis: I could beta for you if you want. help you trim the fat on your stories

Tolkien: what do you mean

CS Lewis: I just. you describe a lot of trees.  are trees that important

Tolkien: just you fucking wait. trees are SO important.

~and that day, Tolkien invented ents~

[tcfkag]

@urulokid

[jordisstigander]

CS Lewis: Not more trees.

Tolkien: This one’s based on you.

[kaible-deactivated20181205]

casual reminder that Lewis and Tolkein almost completely ended their friendship over Lewis having Santa make an appearance in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe because Tolkein hated it so fucking much.

[pascalcampion]

When the snow falls… #pascalcampion 2016

[meiselr]

I've always wanted to be a paid writer/novelist, but I see you whose writing is far superior to mine and so beautiful and you don't get paid really for your work nor are a famous author the way I want to be makes me so terrified- if you can't make it, who am I then??

Listen dear anon, stop right there. Don’t compare yourself to others. Your style will never be the same style as someone else’s - but that’s alright. My writing is no superior to anyone’s. There are always people out there that you will touch with your writing. That you will make feel something. And that’s what counts. What someone likes about my writing can someone else hate about it. So first rule: Stop comparing yourself to others.

If you really want to be a paid writer/novelist than never stop working towards your dream. Write as much as you can. Write whenever you have the time. Publish your things until everyone is full of it. Never stop creating. 

Stars only seem unreachable because we don’t dare to fly. So fly. Roar. And dare to reach whatever you desire.

[current-and-tension]

[ohneils]

i’ll give you the sun + favourite lines (insp.)

[habitualwords-deactivated201805]

“I gave up practically the whole world for you,” I tell him, walking through the front door of my own love story. “The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.” 

— Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun 

[stormbun]

There’s a little girl waiting in a garden. She’s going to wait a long while, so she’s going to need a lot of hope. Go to her. Tell her a story. Tell her that if she’s patient, the days are coming that she’ll never forget.

FEMALE AWESOME MEME » [4/10] lead female characters: Amy Pond

[homesickstars]

No young man, no matter how great, can know his destiny. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone, he must live and learn. And so it shall be for the young warlock arriving at the gates of Camelot. A boy that will in time father a legend. His name… Merlin.

[fanonical]

hermione has one weakness, and it’s giant cats with ridiculous faces

[itspotterpandemonium-blog]

She definitely had two weaknesses….both ginger, both kinda grumpy but equally as hugable…