The Dupsha Dove

A blog about...stuff. Blogabble stuff. Stuff that I like to blog about. White. Bi. She/Her.

[romanceyourdemons]

“there are so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side” factoid is actually false. kermits georg, who lived in california in the 70s and had to drive one of gonzo’s contraptions all the way up to haight-ashbury or the castro on multiple occasions to fetch his cast for call time, then drive all the way back as the sounds of bong rips and the worst improvised peace-and-love hippie songs you’ve ever heard echo up to the driver’s seat for hours, is an exception adn should not have been counted

[charl0ttan]

whats everyones favorite cocktails. i totally adore a sex on the beach. no rum and coke okay i want your favorite gay ass colorful fruity tasting type of drink okay? okay. i trust you. i love you

[bigscaryd]

An actual real-deal pina colada kills. On the beach, in the heat, midmorning when there's nothing ahead but snacks for lunch, an afternoon nap, and dinner after dark? Absolutely prime starter to a relaxing day.

[brehaaorgana]

for the last time: if there's a sexy naked lady with long flowing hair and MAYBE a diaphanous sheet or flower crown; lots of swirlies and ribbon like curving LUSCIOUS shapes; very lush foliage (acanthus leaves, elegant flowers) and all kinds of fauna — both especially waterside (lily pads, lotuses, reeds, cranes, dragonflies); lots of green; everything is a lot of iron, stone, stained glass, mosaic, and carved wood; the windows or their frames are very Shaped; the lights are soft yellow; or it's a font with lots of line weight variation; feather tips are rounded; everything reminds you of france, vienna, or japan and something vaguely mediterranean; OR it's literally a Parisian metro station

— then it's art nouveau

and if the sexy lady has a bob cut or a hair cap and is wearing a column or flapper dress; there's a lot of geometry like rectangles, arches, rays, and diamonds; angels have super sharp wings and a lot of muscles; everything is steel, concrete, marble, gold, and red velvet seats; everything is VERY angular; and all the foliage is basically papyrus fronds; things feel vaguely Egyptian or Turkish or Mesopotamian; the fonts play with being very skinny or very thick and are sans serif with extra lines; or Gatsby would be found floating dead in that pool

— then it's art deco

[brehaaorgana]

And if looks kinda like art nouveau

— with lots of lush flora, tiny insects (like dragonflies) or graceful birds, stained glass, iron, warm golden lighting, lots of wood and wood carving (but now it's more wood paneling), a stylistic fondness for Japan, line weight variation in the font, and tile (but this time it's carved or sculpted on, not tiny mosaic)

but you're worried it's art deco

— because the forms (especially foliage) are very symmetrical and slightly more angular or blocky and graphic looking, things are more rectangular than circular or curvy in architecture, the patterns repeat more often, and more of the lamps are pyramids or rectangular, and there are nods to Egyptian or Ottoman style, and they used the color red (probably in an accent chair or carpet rug)

BUT there's no steel, concrete, gold plating or gilding, marble, big muscles, spiky or radiating diamond shapes, angular people, or flappers,

AND the vibes are jacobean, gothic, or spanish mission revival; they love some brick and stone; the wallpaper is an explosion of colorful pattern that could give you arsenic poisoning or help depict a descent into postpartum psychosis in a famous short story; but there are NO people to be seen, not even sexy ladies,

— then THAT is the arts & crafts movement.

[thedupshadove]

So, my family got Mexican takeout for dinner tonight. I ordered two hard-shell tacos with rice and refried beans.

Readers, they packed the tacos on top of the refried beans.

[thedupshadove]

"Hello I would like two soggy, leathery tacos that will fall apart and make a huge mess of my hands if I actually try to pick them up and eat them like tacos"

[thedupshadove]

So, my family got Mexican takeout for dinner tonight. I ordered two hard-shell tacos with rice and refried beans.

Readers, they packed the tacos on top of the refried beans.

[thedupshadove]

Would Scrooge McDuck pull a Brewster's Millions on one or more of his nephews/grandnephews, or would the thought of encouraging his relatives to spend that much money in that short a time be too unconscionable to him, even in the name of proving a point?

[userfish]

which of my most Californian/west coast takes is the worst

in n out > shake shack & five guys

burritos should have rice in them

new york media bias is destroying this country

the Pacific Ocean is infinitely better than the Atlantic

sunsets are prettier than sunrises

dungeness crab is the best crab

Remaining time: 4 hours 20 minutes

[iphigenesis]

in a way john watson is a fantasy (what if you had this brilliant enigmatic friend and what if he liked you in particular and what if he offered you the excitement of youth and adventures and a way out of boring society life and all without having to actually give up your status as a gentleman so you could have the best of both worlds) and in a way sherlock holmes is a fantasy (what if someone never got tired of you despite your various strange habits and mood swings and instead of simply tolerating you they genuinely liked you and what if you didn’t have to live alone forever and what if you never had to give up doing the things you love) and of course there’s the most fantastical part of it all (what if you could afford london housing prices)

[raina-at]

Well, famously they can't actually afford London housing, that's the whole reason they met.

[thedupshadove]

The way Mrs. Hudson is a fantasy (What if you could afford London housing, with rooms to spare, and nobody gave you grief for Being A Landlord because you were providing shelter to two Grade-A Blorbos, and what if you got to witness just enough of their shenanigans and eccentricities to be charmed by them, but the really dangerous business they got mixed up in never seemed to touch you and you mostly got to live your life off-page, and what if even the cranky, misanthropic one out of the two of them seemed to have a soft spot for you)

[tossawary]

Rewatching the original "The Little Mermaid" animated movie while working on something else... I can't quite recall at the moment (early into it atm) if this movie ever establishes Eric as the heir of the throne of his kingdom.

I think it'd be really funny if Eric was actually a younger brother. So, like, maybe he's a duke, actually, but he still gets the title of Prince. Travels the sea a lot, unlike a more landlocked heir. Hanging out at this summer seaside palace while the rest of the family is elsewhere for some reason.

Like, imagine Eric's parents and older brother and maybe sister-in-law and niblings getting that letter at the end of this movie. Nearly drowned. Miraculously washed ashore. Fell in love with a mysterious voice and then a mute girl. Got enchanted by a shape-shifting sea witch and nearly married her. Killed the sea witch after she turned into a giant. Married the aforementioned girl who turned out to be the beloved youngest daughter of the mythical King Triton instead and have now established a strong alliance with the merpeople. Wild summer! Wish you were here!

[hood-ex]

[forthegothicheroine]

Klinger feels like a first draft of him was Jewish until they realized that was a bad idea for a wheeler-dealer of the black market.

[thedupshadove]

If that's the case, making the same character Lebanese seems like a lateral move.

[thedupshadove]

I sometimes daydream about being an academic, but the sad truth is, I don't want to do original research or publish my own writing; I just want to Keep Taking Classes Forever. And I don't think they actually let you do that.

[thedupshadove]

In the Star Trek future where everyone can do exactly what they want and still maintain a comfortable standard of living, I would be a perpetual college student, an aspiring actress, or both.

[thedupshadove]

I sometimes daydream about being an academic, but the sad truth is, I don't want to do original research or publish my own writing; I just want to Keep Taking Classes Forever. And I don't think they actually let you do that.

[thedupshadove]

Even without the punchline, telling a man who's that depressed that he can be cured by watching one performance by a talented clown flirts with malpractice.

[uncomfortablyghoul]

AFTERMASH but Francis loses his faith and it's Sidney that helps him to find his footing in it again even if it isn't being a priest and serving his community in a different manner like becoming a teacher or something. Please hear me out on this.

[thedupshadove]

Need this wizard to stop pondering my orbs.

[forthegothicheroine]

My romantasy novel that I'm probably never going to write would involve fairies who live in tree houses and mounds in the ground and have dance parties that last forever. The humans are nervous about them because although they haven't done anything worse than weird pranks there are lots of historical stories about courts who have done terrible things. The heroine ventures in to the forest anyway to heal an ancestral curse put upon them due to wicked ancestors. The love interest is the court alchemist who is sardonic and misanthropic, but fascinated by the heroine. He has rams horns and a magictek set up a with cute/creepy goblin assistants and bookshelves carved into still-living trees.