in a hole in the internet there lived a fangirl

rebelmeg

derinthescarletpescatarian

I have a real soft spot for fantasy protagonists who just take way, way too long to realise that they're the Chosen One.

"It's said that when times are darkest, the Chosen One will rise to right the ancient wrongs. My foster parents (who found me in mysterious circumstances when I was a baby) think that my uncanny resemblance to a hero involved in the ancient wrongs might be a sign that the Chosen One will arrive soon. I hope so."

"Man, i would've died again back there if that mysterious stranger hadn't come out of nowhere and risked his life to help me get away. I managed to stay with him long enough to ask why he kept saving me once and all he said was "the ancient oaths must be fulfilled". he must be so busy if he's under an oath to keep helping random strangers. :)"

"Uuugh, our quest is taking us right through the lands of the evil that the Chosen One will have to defeat! It would be so much easier to sneak through if we came after the Chosen One. All the signs for their arrival are here, I hope he actually comes soon. He should be recogniseable, they say he'll have my exact hair and eye colour, and a mysterious Mark of the Crescent Moon, kind of like this burn scar I got last year."

"When we got captured by the rebels, it was really clever of my guide to point at me and say 'you have to let us through, this kid is literally the Chosen One,' and then list off all that stuff about me in ways that made it sound like I fit the prophecy. He's such a quick thinker! I feel bad about lying to all those rebels though. :("

"I've been having weirdly accurate dreams about the ancient wrongs for some reason. I know they're accurate because they showed me exactly where to find the Blade of Destiny. We should hold onto this and keep it safe for the Chosen One. Whoever they are."

gingersssnap

hexjulia

lmao god, english upper class people... I was reading Mathilda, and there's all these monologues about the protagonist going insane from loneliness and not knowing how to act when she finally strikes up a friendship again; she has retired to a cottage in the woods and is essentially in hiding. All this time we're given the impression that she is utterly alone in that cottage. Much woe about the completeness of her loneliness. and then.

what do you mean your servant ...? in your cottage in the woods where you were so utterly alone? that one?

hexjulia

pt 2, this time Frankenstein by the same. Said Frankenstein is greatly relieved when he returns and the 'apartment was empty' because this means his monster has fled. but then

...did that servant materialise out of thin air to bring him food in his room. The place not actually empty, just empty of people of his own class. he just left the servant and his monster with each other while he was out.

Eventually the monster was like "well this is awkward. I'm out." and the servant presumably just filed the encounter under "weird shit upper class people do" and went on with his life.

lierdumoa

I remember taking this college elective on film adaptations and we talked about the controversy caused by the PBS adaptation of Emma, which made a point of putting servants in every. single. scene, confronting the audience with the reality that the main characters are surrounded by servants constantly and are choosing not to acknowledge their presence. Emma is consoling her "poor" friend Harriet over her misfortune and the entire time a servant is standing there silently brushing Emma's hair or some shit.

Virtually every other adaptation of Emma does a very good job of invisiblizing the constant presence of the working class labor force that allowed these people to live the way they did.

technologistrevolution

If anyone is interested the murder mystery Gosford Park specifically explored this phenomenon. Roger Ebert did a review of it here.

mycatwantstoeatpins

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A quote from Mary Shelley's Mathilda: '[...] arrived and quite incapable of taking off my wet clothes that clung about me. In the morning, on her return, [highlighted] my servant [end highlight] found me almost lifeless, while possessed by a high fever I was lying on the floor of my room.
A quote from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: [...] hands for joy and ran down to Clerval. [highlighted] We ascended into my room, and the servant presently brought breakfast; [end highlight] but I was unable to contain myself. It was not joy only that possessed me; I felt my flesh tingle with excess of sensitiveness, and my pulse beat rapidly.]

not-so-mundane-after-all

prinz-myshkin

Bothersome beast, comforting friend

rebelmeg

babushkaat

babushkaat

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thegeekstressart

I live by the motto, “if you can’t buy what you want, make it.” And this motto came to life recently in the form of a floral mosaic dining table for my back deck.

Our deck table had been showing its age already when the wind caught the umbrella and cracked it. I wanted to replace it with a mosaic table because I’d been enjoying that art form recently. But I couldn’t get one the size I wanted so I got creative.

I spent a few weeks looking for tile and figuring out a very loose design concept. I started by picking a limited set of tile shapes and a color palette.

Once the tiles arrived I had a piece of particle board cut to size for the base and I experimented with different motifs until I settled on a selection of floral shapes that gave me plenty of variety to fill space without locking me into one repeating pattern.

And then I was off! I basically doodled my way around the table, attaching tiles with Weld Bond (I went through 4 full bottles!) and rocking out to the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack.

Once the florals were done it was time for the background…

Over 3,800 1cm glass tiles make up the not-design part of the design. It went pretty quickly though because I just had to fill the space, leaving room for grout.

Once I had the tile done, my husband assisted with disassembly and reassembly. We used the legs off the original table for this one (waste not).

One huge bucket of black grout later…

She is finished.

I enjoyed making it and just looking at it makes me so happy - I can’t wait for all the dinners we’ll have around this table 🌼❤️

derinthescarletpescatarian

This is the best idea of all time

mcufam

daily-dose-of-dousy

a lot can change in a year. or a month. or a week. or on a tuesday morning.

Source: x.com

chiptrillino

oncce-againn

My alone time is for everyone’s safety

just-about-nothing

luckydreaming

Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

onceuponakhaleesi

voidethered:

ask-omnipony:
I don’t really believe this mumbo jumbo
I mean it’s a goddamn hat.
Right..?
The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-
I wonder if this works with other kinds of hat…
Nothing ventured, nothing gained…
WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Men of Tumblr are my favorite kind of people…

jamesbleach

wait, does that mean?

oh boy…….

usedtobehmc

Luckily, this nonsense doesn’t work on girls.

Observe…

rootbeersweetheart

IT’S GOTTEN BETTER!

coffeeandcursewords

This post is immaculate

mobians-and-emeralds

It can’t be true.

And it can’t possibly work on motorcycle helmets.

I must test it.

Nothing happening so far…

strampunch

HOLY SHIT IT WORKS

pokemon-chick-1personalblog

What in the world?

Oh why not? This should be interesting.

Here we go!

Were all mad here in Underland!

What the hell! Never Again!

… Actually …

One more time.

combthecombel

Alright, I gotta try this!

Can’t be that bad!

….

…oh my god…

verityglasses

ask-gmodsfmrocks:

LOL

This just gets better and better

fairytail-angel

This is one of my favourite things to look at

strampunch

holy shit this stuff is back

oliviasblogisawesome

The Gravity Falls one though

fairylightshowell

i wonder if it works for flower crowns?

here goes nothin-

w HAT THE

DID I JUST-

WHAT THE FUCK

artfulaveryhofferd

Okay Clearly something is up.

Hmm… I wonder

I’m sure nothing could possibly…

HOLY SHIT

sirdragneel

IT GOT BETTER

nukewolf

I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG FOR THIS POST OH MY GOD!!!

cm8x-insanity

I wonder what happens when you wear 8 of these at once…

roses-in-fire

Never not reblog

ryrobsessed

IT’S ON MY DASH. ACTUALLY ON MY DASH.

syzygy-yzygy

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024?!?!?!!? IT IS ON MY DASH??????

priestessofroses

It’s so nice to see an ancient relic post be kept alive for the younger generation on this website 😂

coffeegymnast

oh thank god i found the unvandalized one

rebelmeg

stufflikethathere

my favorite coworker told me the scenario she thinks of to fall asleep is she stumbles upon a baby sheep and has to raise it and it grows up and she has to shear it and she says she envisions shearing it so carefully that she always falls asleep at that part