Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race | S7E6

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c. 1909 silk evening gown embroidered and appliquéd with lilacs and gold cloth bows

Daguerreotype portrait of Commander Edward Hay, R. N., photographed by Ross & Thomson in Edinburgh, Scotland c. 1847-60.

A daguerreotype is capable of capturing greater depth and finer detail than any other photographic process of its time—perhaps even of our time—but it comes with the catch that, as the surface is silver-coated copper polished to a mirror finish, you must tilt it to just the right angle to see the image and not the mirror. You’ve got to catch the light, avoid the glare, dodge your own reflection while also trying to get as direct a view as possible—it’s a bit exasperating, a bit enchanting. And to photograph a daguerreotype straight on without catching your own reflection, you’ll need to use a black board with a hole for your camera lens.

This quality of the daguerreotype was not the origin of the idea that vampires can’t be photographed or reflected in mirrors, as that lore dates to Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1897, well after daguerreotypes had been replaced by less fiddly processes—and Stoker’s notes even specify that one “could not codak” or even paint a portrait of Dracula. Still, this is what daguerreotypes make me think of—I like to imagine that a vampire would appear in a daguerreotype not as a blank space but rather the silvery hint of a figure that somehow never quite coalesces into the clear image that you know is there no matter how you turn the plate.

The Defunctland disney documentary is true artistry and I love every way Kevin went about it. But also the moment where that first person who is interviewed moved his camera to demonstrate the notes? The genuine joy you see in him just sitting down at the piano?

It’s beautiful. It’s why artists create. We think about making our legacy survive but that’s long term. That’s for the ‘established’ artist. When you get to the roots, it’s becomes about why we keep returning to this medium! It’s because it sparks joy! Because we can’t think of ourselves doing anything but that. Because even if it’s “bad,” it’s creation. And creation is worth everything.

It also says something about the digital age, and how art has been commodified to an unprecedented extent. The video shows the true joy behind creating, whether that creation gets one persons attention or a million peoples attention.

Create, create , create!! I promise it’s worth it to someone, even if that someone is just you.

So, you’re saying you support the planet, you support the wellbeing of animals, hell, you even support the wellbeing of birds, but yet you still go around saying, “Omg, it’s not a big deal, stop crying about it, you’re so annoying” to people that say that AI and AI-generated images are bad and shouldn’t be allowed in a Facebook group related to birds and even ALLOWING those things within the group too??

Dude. If you really care about the earth and animals so much, you shouldn’t allow it to begin with INSTEAD OF TELLING US THAT WE’RE IN THE WRONG AND THAT WE’RE SO DRAMATIC ABOUT IT????

AI and any AI-generated stuff harms the environment, WHICH ALSO HARMS ANIMALS. HOW DOES THIS NOT MAKE ANY SORT OF SENSE TO YOU??

What does everyone think of Nigel Forbes-Colbie ever getting pregnant? It doesn't matter how you interpret it: Omegaverse, males can get pregnant Au, Trans! Nigel. Just tell me your guys' headcanons of Nigel's pregnancy: The changes, the hardships, the softness, and the vulnerabilities.

would u try

Ngl im kinda pissed at wwdits' continued erasure of Nandor's iranian origins. They keep calling him an ottaman soldier without mentioning his iranian roots. They call his country a madeup name and have given him a non-iranian name. They have nandor speak farsi but the fandom just keeps saying Alqulanadorese as if farsi isn't a real language. They even give nandor persian-themed outfits but they don't talk about the references as if its supposed to be a secret that only iranian people would know. It doesn't help that kayvan doesn't say anything about Nandor's iranian background and cultural influences. I think now more than any other time iranians need to be seen and heard. And i love wwdits with all my heart for giving us an iranian character but...barely anyone watching the show actually knows he's supposed to be iranian and that really hurts.

I send this to someone but I remember you liking hunger games and i know you normally don’t have many asks with songs and edit ideas.

Shuggy + ballad of Lucy gray bird

Especially after shanks dies

Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping

Now what will you do when I go to my grave?

It’s not great fit but tell me you see the vision

hm… i think i do see the vision! the tricky thing is different verses work better from different perspectives and time periods, imo.

When I was a babe, I fell down in the holler When I was a girl, I fell into your arms We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms

like, this first verse feels very buggy, post-disbandment and pre-roguetown, to me. speculation on my part, obviously, we have no idea what those months were like, but hard times when we lost our bright color feels fitting.

I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey You stole and you gambled and I said, "You should" We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money Then one day, you left sayin' I was no good Well, alright, I'm bad, but then you're no prize either Alright, I'm bad, but then that's nothin' new You say you won't love me, I won't love you neither Just let me remind you what I am to you

but then these two give me a kind of bitter, shanks post-roguetown feeling?

'Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leaping I am the one who knows how you were brave And I am the one who heard what you said sleeping I'll take that and more when I go to my grave It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under It's sooner than later that you'll be alone So who will you turn to tomorrow? I wonder For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own I am the one who you let see you weeping I know the soul that you struggle to save Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the Reaping Now what will you do when I go to my grave?

and then the last three definitely make me feel some kind of way as shanks re: buggy during the post-roguetown/pre-marineford years. he knows buggy, knows him in ways no one else ever did or will, and as far as he knows he’ll be keeping that a secret for the rest of his life.

Olive Schreiner, “The Buddhist Priest’s Wife” (1892)

watching puss in boots (2022): wow, this is just like puppet history season 5 (2022)

I just remembered that a naruto fan art rendition of Judith beheading her rapist Holofernes exists and ☹️

that cup of chai didnt do shit except make me a little sick and feel like i need to release my heart through some kinda poem or drawing but also that stuff takes time so the emotion won't last.

also my new passport arrived today which was unexpectedly fast! they basically printed it the same day they got my old passport I had no idea renewals processed this fast