do you have any resources for the aarne-thompson tale type classification system? i constantly see it referenced, but i have yet to find a full list or database of them (that isnt incomplete or contradictory to other ones ive seen)

Well it depends what you mean by "finding it"... Given the Aarne-Thompson classification is originally a scholarly it is originally a set of physical books and material catalogues - so you can always try to see if there isn't a copy of it online on Google Books or the Internet Archives. This being said the AT catalogue is still an ongoing and living process currently going on - the Aarne Thompson is the AT catalogue, mixing the 1910s original catalogue by the Finnish Antti Aarne with its translation and expansion by the American Stith Thompson from the 1920s to the 1960s - but this version of the catalogue is different from the most recent one, the ATU, Aarne-Thompson-Uther, yet another revision and expansion in 2004 by German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther... And who knows what new revision might happen next?

This might already explain the reason you found contradicting lists - there are currenty three main versions of the catalogue, from the oldest and smallest to the most recent and biggest.

That being said, if you can't buy or borrow a physical copy of the catalogues, or find an online copy somewhere, when most people of English-language refer to the catalogue on the Internet they refer to a very interesting website puts together by the University of Pittsburgh: D.L. Ashliman's library of folktexts, an online selection and collection of fairytales and folktales that uses the Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification (or sometimes the AT catalogue, without Uther) - with a few personal additions by Ashliman (for example an "Abducted by alien" category). The full list of the ATU motifs used can be found here (in alphabetical order, through the AT numbers are still kept): https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

A lot of people use this website to find a selection of variations of "fairytale" types online. It isn't as complete or thorough as the original catalogues, but it might help if you look for a quick glimpse at the catalogue online and what it can offer!

unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

NOW SPELL: ANGEL Z-E-L-D-A WRONG! TRY AGAIN.

the whole "angels in the bible don't look like that, they actually look like this" thing is beyond exhausted at this point, but i do think it's interesting to consider it from the perspective of an actual angel. imagine being told that this thing which makes your halo crackle and wings bristle from how wrong it is, is you. this twisted mockery, with its wings that don't sit quite right and move in such unnatural ways, and its halo which looks so dull and lifeless and hollow, its flat empty eyes with nothing behind them. the humans have a word for this feeling, "uncanny valley" - that which resembles what you know but which your senses just can't accept as anything but a false mimic, an intruder infiltrating your ranks, threatening to replace you without anyone even noticing your absence - but you have no such concept, only a nameless fear and inexplicable sense of dread.

“oh yes, i am very reasonable and normal about this subject!!”

*proceeds to mass reblog any related content*

Me when… me when… the identity is horror. Who are you? Can you be replicated? Is that replication you? If someone looks just like you, acts like you and is interpreted by others as you, are they you? Do your thoughts count for anything? If everything you actually think stays in your head and never comes out then you die do people grieve you? Do you respond to your name or to any name?

"For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it. Then as the cloud passed I could see the ruins of the abbey coming into view; and as the edge of a narrow band of light as sharp as a sword-cut moved along, the church and the churchyard became gradually visible. Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there, on our favourite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white."

Mina and Lucy in the kirkyard at Whitby, August 11th.

SONIC 3 LEAKS!!!

Lol sorry

like mentor like mentee

new stickers for doujima! i'll be at g44

Shitpost time

Smile Squad

Look at em <33

I love analogue horror its like new creepypasta

There two types of analog horrer fans.

One is just, "This complex series of videos creates a perfect mix between tension and horror. The art is unnerving, the story is horrific, and the editing is amazing. Besutiful and terrifying work."

Then theres the other, "OH MY GOD!!!!! I LOVE THIS LITTLE SCRUNKLE SOOOO MUCH 💖❤️💖❤️‍🩹💕❤️‍🩹💕💗💕❤️‍🩹💖!!!!! I WANNA GIVE HIM ALLLL THE KISSES! 👄❤️❤️💖💕❤️💕👄💖💕❤️‍🩹❤️❤️‍🩹❤️💖👄💓💖💓💕💓👄❤️❤️👄💖" and this is what they're talking about:

Lucifer meeting Lucifer (HH)? ~anon

Ps. I'd like to think that "Gabriel" will like Alastor as an acquaintance sometimes (they're both old HKJSDKJS)

this guy…

My Baudelaire presentation + essay are finally submitted! I’m basically done with this evening diploma in French and honestly… it’s a relief. Consistency really pays off, even when the end doesn’t seem in sight ⭐️