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behold. my fucked up little grinch bitch.

he's supposed to eventually be a frog. we'll see.

got a beginners crochet kit for free

gonna try it

I decided to post my analyses and comments about Frankenstein in a side blog. I reposted what I put here there. @frankenstein-live-blogging

I read chapter 1 and 2 and have many thoughts about Victor's childhood and personality. Sorry for the long post.

First of all, he's first five years of life were privileged and self-centered. At the time he was a only child pampered be his rich parents, never knowing hardship. Through the chapters, he talks about how his parents were never strict, how they were nice, good people, etc.

This brings up, again, the facts that he never experienced real consequences for his actions, don't know how the real world works - believing that in the end everything always work out if you try hard enough - and see everything through the egocentric lens that he can never be wrong, everyone else just can't see his brilliance.

We can see this with his initial pursuit of knowledge about the Natural Sciences. He became interested in alchemy and don't believe his father about the lack veracity in this studies. He persists in this journey to the elixir of eternal life, seeking fame, but never stops to reflect what this discovery could mean to the world in its practical application.

He just stops when after receiving irrevocable proof that his scientific branch is wrong. This first disappointment's already too much to his ego, and instead of just correcting himself, he completely abandons the Natural Sciences as if it personally insulted him and his world view.

You can also see Victor's egocentrism from how, even though we learn he has a younger brother, he never tell us his brother's name and he never features in his stories of childhood. This brothers existence challenge his belief of being the center of his family, the center of his everything, so, therefore, is discarded.

We could talk, also, about how his relationship and thoughts about Elizabeth differ from his relationship and thoughts about his brother. He don't see Elizabeth as his own person, or even as family, not really. Ever since his mother presented her as "a gift" to him, that's how he views Elizabeth. She is but a extension of Victor, how he sees her is just a reflection of how he sees himself She's, like him, perfect in everyway and, as his present, every compliment she receives is a compliment to him, his "owner". Because that's what we do with objects that belong to us, if someone says: "I like your bracelet" the correct responde would be "thanks", because this person isn't really complimenting the bracelet, but its owner.

I'm stopping here, thanks for reading.

I just read the 4 letters in the beginning of the book and I've to say that I love Captain Walton, very cool, very passionate, very gay for "the stranger", who's obviously Victor, btw

I didn't mention before, but the book I brought have this QR codes in the pages that give me soundtracks while I read, very immersive

During the pandemic I lost my reading habit, I became depressed and lost the ability to focus in books.

After lots of therapy, this year I decided restart that habit. I already read 3 books about academic or philosophic discussions, so I decided that it's time to read some fiction now.

All this is to say that I'm reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley for the first time and will be live blogging about it.

*taps on mic "is this thing on?"*

"Hello Hello, I would just like to take a moment to thank all of my moots and the random strangers who allowed me to boop them more than 100 times today, without them, I would not be where I am today. A special thank you to @lilghostlettuce who I believe I booped over 200 times??? (Ghost I am so sorry oml I hope your activity feed didn't explode lmao) Thanks to you all I can say that I have a strange obsession with hitting buttons to digitally hit people on the head (with love)."

Thanks everyone for the epic watch party I loved meeting and hanging out with so many of you tonight!! This, along with the purgatory bus trip is up there with my favorite things that I have ever been a part of online <3 Tysm to Salt for hosting and for everyone for being epic in general C:

Much love, and now I'm going to go watch my streamer die painfully and then sleep bc it is too late o'clock lmao :D

NEW EGGO!! I love you sm already baby Chunsik (춘식) <3

Tags, Why and how they are used.

(A Fandom PSA)

Alright, I have something to talk about. Tags. Tumblr tags are a way people can filter what they see. This means they can choose what to see and also what not to see. We all use them, and as social media users, we must properly tag things. I am sending this out to particularly the QSMP fandom since it is my current main fandom but this is the same across the site.

(This post was something I've been meaning to make since some of the issues with a certain former qsmp cc. That topic was incredibly triggering for many including myself and I was very discouraged by the lack of proper tagging over the situation. This is also a sort of guide for any new community members, especially with the new member set to arrive this Saturday and the fact that many qsmp admins are now on Tumblr and understandably may not want to see everything on here. I hope this will also serve as a reminder to anyone who sometimes forgets to properly tag. Please take care of yourselves and others as always <3)

What are tags and what are they used for? (the basics)

Tags are a feature on Tumblr and other forms of social media to distinguish between types of content. By many they are also used to hide certain triggering topics with tags such as "tw blood".

How can you block tags? Why?

blocking tags hides any posts labeled with that tag and you can block it by going to the main Tumblr settings and adding it to the "blocked tags list". You can block any topics you find triggering or that damage your experience on the platform. For example, I have certain blocked tags such as "Fandom crit", "NSFW", "/neg", and "Qsmp neg". I have blocked these tags and others for the simple reason that I find the posts labeled with these tags make me upset and can ruin my experience in the fandom or while watching content. Doing this is not avoiding a topic, it is not being "closed-minded", it is simply improving your mental health by choosing what you are exposed to.

The Issue.

Unfortunately, tags have to be added by the post creator to be blocked and so there becomes an issue when people do not properly label posts. Luckily this can be easily fixed if you as a poster simply always properly tag your posts. So please, tag your posts properly. Tag the trigger warnings, tag the tone indicators, tag at the very least the main topic. And please, never tag something as a different topic. The tags are here to help us be organized and stay safe, thank you.

Some tips!

Often people will use tags that are trending to spread their content. This is a bad idea and will most often just get them banned but to prevent seeing some of it I recommended blocking one of the common trending tags (one use don't follow). Also if you see something blatantly miss tagged feel free to block and or report the person (especially for anything nsfw as they often use this technique)

Conclusion

Please properly tag things, it helps everyone stay safe on this platform and irl. If you have topics you don't want to see please block them for your own mental health.

SPOILERS//////

proud of you scar o7

I wake up and Qsmpblr has collectively decided we are taking the bus to Purgatory together LMAO love yall /p

My honest reaction:

Aww the admins (tallulah?) playing a flute with Phil and then throwing an Amapola :((((

I will just be here,

On the floor,

Sobbing.

I appreciate the fact that bad helpfully just told us which stage he is on lol

HE TRIED TO TAKE THE DAMN WHOLE TREE?????? LMAOOOOOOOO I CAN'T

Gem, you are the only one who can make "the swarm" sound like a cozy cottagecore bee family, not a horror movie title /pos