Visceral is EASILY top ten words that feel good as fuck to place precisely into your essay one glorious time

Being really into Frankenstein while at the same time being Chinese is so funny because every time Lord Byron gets brought up, the way his name is pronounced always makes me think of the word 白人 (bái rén), which translates into “white guy”. Lord White Guy.

why are you as an adult open-mouth coughing all over the place

what it feels like listening to music and thinking about the character

do not. respond to my doylist criticism with a watsonian explanation.

just because i don't see an explanation in the notes yet

'Doylist' and 'Watsonian' are basically two different lenses to use when analyzing a story. A Watsonian approach comes from within the story, exploring and explaining it in the way a character would in-universe, hence the name referencing John Watson. Doylist (as in Arthur Conan Doyle) is analysis from an outside perspective, treating the story as a story written by someone and focusing on more meta aspects.

If someone asks, "Why did [Character X] say [Y]," a Watsonian explanation would focus on the in-universe factors: the character's backstory, motive, personality, beliefs, and so on, all things that someone within the story could perceive. A Doylist explanation might focus on thematic relevance and highlight authorial intent; why did the author choose to write that?

Both forms of analysis are valuable, and ideally, a story should hold up to both internal and external scrutiny, and those analyzing a story should recognize and use both perspectives. The reason a Watsonian explanation can't be used to counter a Doylist critique (per the original post) is that it fails to recognize the core of the critique. A post about how strange it is that an author chose to write something a certain way cannot be countered by providing the in-universe explanation, because those are the exact choices the Doylist lens is criticizing. In the same sense, you can't counter a Watsonian critique by explaining authorial intent or some such. (Authorial intent is not authorial success.)

ID: grainy image of a white woman glaring at someone in a beanie and hoodie who has their back to the viewer

oh so you’re evil? Name every resident.

Here, take these

me whenever I see posts about how canon is shit and can be discarded

re: everyone stomping their feet and loudly whining in the notes

Surrealism at its finest, the 1980 Citroen Pyramid concept car: a marriage of industrial design and architecture.

via @swatercolor [insta]

This is the best tag I've ever received on a post, I think

get yourself a main character whos two primary emotions are "little cunt" and "catatonic with grief"

Everybody always so bold when dunking from the other parallel dimension 😔

"Redraw tumblr post" time of the year again, based on this one specifically that i found weeks ago but I needed to do something with it hfgjdh (with the original post being on tiktok). I just love canon Blaze being absolutely ass at cooking💜

ignore my subpar editing skills. i felt like this was a necessary edition. they are transmasc transfem solidarity

me in the spring sun

me in th

me in the spring grass

there are characters for whom “poor little meow meow” doesn’t quite cut it. To me he’s like a traumatized pit bull mix with a bite history and I’m the white girl with a savior complex trying to stop them from putting him down

my soft and comfortable mama