A Celestial Teapot Orbitting Mars

Yakov ✡️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ here, queer, full of existential fear 😘💫🫖⏳✨

[apocryphics]

Annie Dillard

[prokopetz]

My problem with the term "hubris" in literary analysis is that folks like to toss it around in contexts in which it just plain doesn't apply. The notion of hubris inherently presumes that humans have assigned stations beyond which it's morally – and, often, metaphysically – wrong to reach. Most modern fictional milieux simply lack such an implicit hierarchy. That character isn't guilty of hubris; they're guilty of negligent risk management.

[prokopetz]

Folks will analyse a fictional character who accidentally blew up half a city and act like the resulting seven-digit body count is purely ancillary to the real crime of aspiring to exceed one's God-given place in the Great Chain of Being.

[manorinthewoods]

The definition that I feel is being thrown around is:

Hubris is when a character has an expectation of their ability to perform a great feat that significantly exceeds their actual ability to do so and possibly the ability of anyone to do so; it causes a dramatic downfall because the character's failure is inevitable and its consequences are catastrophic.

This justifies the use in the context of "blew up a city trying to ascend to godhood" without presuming that the ascension itself was inherently wrong. Though, that belief might still be there anyway?

[prokopetz]

The problem is that, in my experience, even when folks think they're using that definition, in very short order it usually collapses back into talking like the desire to exceed one's grasp was itself the principal crime, rather than the subsequent lack of heed for the consequences.

[trytogethappy]

behold the bird quilt

approximately 44” x 44”, features 15 species from the southwest us, took a few weeks to design, and one or two months to piece. everyone say thank you birds.

[mademoisellesarcasme]

@sunrisecosmos @teethed-tale bird friends

[lady-larklight]

@waterquilter

[witchrealms]

(x)

[fairfindabhair]

A unicorn in captivity

[modelsof-color]

Ateta Jok by Marina Vengut

[squinkarific]

i've found it, my favorite dungeon meshi panel

[devmoth]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Alex Baumel

[evilwizard]

I’M RIGHT BEHIND YOU

[cowboybarbaryn]

Thank you Evil Wizard, it’s good to know someone has our backs

[evilwizard]

IN A SCARY WAY

[queenofskys5]

Thank you Evil Wizard, finally someone to scare away the creeps!

[evilwizard]

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR COMMUNICATION

[pondwitch]

cool new tumblr trend : “goodposting”

its when you share fun interesting things in a calm and friendly way

[powerburial]

goodposting example: hey guys, just fucked a bug

[pondwitch]

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[charlesoberonn]

Female Dwarves - With or without beards?

With beards

Without beard

Voting ended onJun 9

[charlesoberonn]

Child Dwarves - With or without beards?

With beards

Without beards

Voting ended onJun 9

[charlesoberonn]

Baby Dwarves - With or without beards?

With beards

Without beards

Voting ended onJun 9

[charlesoberonn]

They shed their baby beards to make room for their adult beards. Like with baby teeth.

[genderfeel]

it’s honestly crazy that like. in theory literary icon jean valjean would do crazy numbers on tumblr, fanfics, etc. he’s a dad. he’s canonically hot and ripped. he has a tragic backstory and self esteem issues. he’s got nuclear levels of catholic guilt. he’s even unmarried so you can old man yaoify him to your heart’s content. man was built in the blorbo factory. but the book he’s in happens to have 20 college age twinks and the musical film based on the book came out in 2012, creating the perfect storm of oncelerfication that defines the fandom at large to this very day. anyway they could never make me shut the fuck up about you jean valjean

[junojams]

a common misconception

[hamletthedane]

I love that Les Misérables is one of the most profound and devastating historic-tragedies ever written, but also has chapter names reminiscent of a Percy Jackson novel

(iykyk on the last one)

[pocula-blog]

[thatdamnokie]

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

“But they forget”

[xylophonetangerine]