#timothea

Timothea “Why are we really doing this?” Flint, Claudius “Networking with fellow Purebloods” Greengrass, Desdemona “was that what you told your family?” Avery, Orion “yes, indeed. Reminiscing fellow friends and Classmates from Hogwarts” Black & Walburga “It shall be our new Winter Tradition” Black

Taken by Bertrand “You barely left Hogwarts, Orion, you’re only here because Lucretia is too busy” Parkinson in 1946

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One of the side effects of fully embracing my...

Wow. I keep trying to come up with more coherent thoughts because I definitely commiserate with you on the “being the person people bring relationship trouble to” thing, especially when it’s emotionally draining, but I’m mostly still just in shock that someone would think this sort of relationship is ok? Like I know this sort of thing happens all the time but it is never any less horrifying? (Says me, another infamous spinster.)

THANK YOU on the commiseration. I’ve definitely gotten better at making sure my friends know that there’s a limit on how many of those conversations they get to have with me if they’re not also having them with the relevant man, because I am no longer comfortable being an emotional safety valve if nothing’s going to change.

But, like, also the sad thing with this particular dude is that he is SO MUCH BETTER now than he was when they first started dating?! Which is just horrifying in its own way. And she’s just so smart and thoughtful and future oriented and he’s a man child with no sense of his own privilege. 

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sapphoshands replied to your post “One of the...

It really is viewed as aberrant to the point of literally unbelievable to people, when women run into their hard limits with men. Let alone if they articulate those limits up-front! It’s such an infuriating attitude. Why shouldn’t they?? Good grief.

How could anyone ever think that The Picture of Dorian Gray doesn’t have homoerotic content??? I know most publishers still just publish/sell the censored version, but it’s still pretty damn obvious?? I’m flabbergasted? I know I’m biased cause it’s one of my favorite books and the queerness has a lot to do with that so I’m maybe giving it undue weight, but like, what do they think is happening in that book otherwise??

I just. I have a lot of feelings. But I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to articulate them in a written format. They involve gesticulating wildly. I feel oddly calm but incredulous. But also maybe a little mad about some specific things. But also like I shouldn't be mad about those things because we probably should have seen them coming. Asdfghjkl.

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I didn't think the episodes could get anymore bananas but then...

Okay, in the 30 minutes since I’ve watch it, I’ve decided: Sherlock only has three types of episodes, and all three types leave something to be desired.

1. Moments of emotional intensity, but those emotions are repressed and subsumed, and a more-or-less comprehensive and coherent plot. (A Study in Pink, The Great Game, The Reichenbach Fall, The Sign of Three probably fit in here)

2. Poor emotional characterization or continuity and a shambles of a plot, usually incomprehensible or inane or racist or homophobic or misogynist all of the above (The Blind Banker, A Scandal in Belgravia, The Empty Hearse, The Abominable Bride, The Six Thatchers)

3. Moments of emotional intensity, sometimes repressed but often not, and a complete bloody wreck of a plot, always misogynist (as are the rest, let’s be honest), but usually contrived and overly complicated in a way that isn’t resolved (The Hounds of Baskerville, His Last Vow, The Lying Detective all fit here, and The Final Problem just ratchets this category up to eleven)

“Further to that last post and also the long, possibly slightly...”

Aw man I wish I could have heard that lecture cause he is one of my faves/general aesthetic goals and I am Here For This.

I think it started with me saying something like, “Sargent, I know what you’re doing and I love it and sort of hate that I love it,” and @loveisofthebody​ being like “...but what is he doing?” AND THEN IT DEVOLVED FROM THERE.

Also, YES, next time we get to hang out in person let’s do it at an art museum. Lectures vary depending on what’s on view, of course, but include:

All American neoclassical sculptors are either assholes or lesbians; here’s why

Performance art, and why it’s usually excruciating to watch but really fun to write about

Contemporary landscape photography: usually ugly, but this is why you should still have feelings about it anyway