whenever will mentions the word crazy, mike definitely starts saying crazy? i was crazy once, they locked me- just to mess with him.

Okay but can you imagine being Arthur and out of your mind with very fresh grief as your fiance is dying in front of you and this guy who you barely know is like "no. You can't kiss her." Like obviously Van Helsing is Correct but from Arthur's POV the fucking nerve? The audacity? Who the fuck is he?

"Im Kontrast zu den fortschrittlichen Lehrinhalten und Methoden stand die ständige Überwachung und Disziplinierung der Karlsschüler durch den in der Schule allgegenwärtigen militärischen Drill. Dieser wurde von vielen Zeitgenossen kritisiert und führte dazu, dass mehrere Zöglinge ihre Ausbildung vorzeitig abbrachen oder sogar aus der Lehranstalt flohen."

read a fic recently that had an interaction like

sasha: tim get like one social media PLEASE I am BEGGING

tim: I have linkedin?

and I cannot describe the Joy I felt reading that. they get it.

was today years old when discovering that the eleventh doctor wears leather trousers. his trousers are made of black leather. Black leather with the ends rolled up and I. have no idea what to think-

dick settles things with eenie meenie miney moe

jason uses rock paper scissors

cass does bubblegum bubblegum

steph tries challenging them to dance offs

tim does the rolling a die trick that excludes himself like that one community episode, alternate universe explanations included

duke covers his eyes, spins around, and points at someone

damian just does it himself

tranquility base hotel + casino concept ads because i love this album more than anything and i have an incurable urge to create:

inspired by!!: x - x - x

I like that rayner is an alien from a single random ds9 episode actually. and that they're giving us cultural references and showing how far these guys have come, that they're still here, that they're not forgotten. there are so many planets out there and star trek has shown so much but it often gets lost among all the usual vulcans and bajorans and what have you, so it's great to see that kind of old reference every now and then!!

They are the same person. If you know you know.

I'm like, alive or something. yeah

if david tennant and michael sheen came out as polyamorous on bbc one they’d literally shake the nation because it would have to be immediately followed by a program explaining to the greater populace what polyamory is. and it would be terribly done and really uncomfortable for everyone. what’s worse is that david and michael would want to be involved in the production in this hypothetical scenario but the bbc would be like “guys we’re already giving you your tv spot you’ve got to let us handle the rest”

i know people are not watching Stranger Things for period-accurate indiana culture but it’s wild to me over the course of 4 seasons now, no one has mentioned the colts once. not even in passing! they moved to indianapolis in 1984 and it was a huge deal! you’re telling me officer callahan never tried to break a painful silence between him and hopper with “how about them colts?”

Everyday I find something new about this character's 41 year old death to be sad about

oh i just know there is a very confused CVS employee printing out poster sized photos of drake and kendrick lamar as we speak

As the weird mythology-obsessed kid growing up, I have countless times been disappointed by how little most people know about mythology, even in spaces where I thought people SHOULD know a bit more than the basics. (Namely, college level writing classes. Not just the students, but the teachers. At a top 20 liberal arts college. Literally just. Actual literature professors of mine not knowing relatively known stories like that Aphrodite cheated on Hephaestus with Ares. Reader, I was gobsmacked.)

The fact is, at least in the US, your average person on the street, NOT ON TUMBLR, but I mean like actually outside this bubble, doesn’t know much mythology. They might know Zeus, or Hercules, or “Mighty Aphrodite” based on recent TV shows or the Disney movies or the aforementioned song.

I’m reminded of this XKCD comic which really nails it:

This also applies to mythology. More people than you, the reader of this, probably don’t know who Orpheus and Eurydice are than you might think. Hadestown returned those names to the sort of mainstream and even THAT niche of musical theater is still, well, pretty damn niche.

Thor 3 has Zeus in it, and Hercules, and obviously Thor. But the Thor franchise is wildly inaccurate to actual Norse mythology is probably the biggest influx of mainstream knowledge of mythology where you MIGHT be able to talk to the average person about who, say, Loki is. But it’s doubtful they’d know a single historically accurate myth, unless MAYBE they’d also played God of War. But again, these are still very nerdy niches within the general mainstream culture.

I dunno. Maybe there’s no point to this. Just that sometimes I see people on here, especially in the Sandman fandom, kind of surprised by mythological knowledge not being more widespread. But in my personal experience, even in very nerdy circles, it very often really, REALLY isn’t.