There’s nothing like seeing my own posts on the internet. Like, it’s like I can be in my room and look out the window to see myself walking away in the distance.
English added by me :)
thanks to mels for pointing out that star trek disco has now established that cardassians are known for loving cake to such a degree that it's part of other species cultural lingo. truly love that for them. you know the first real sign that cardassia's postwar economic miracle is revving up is when the patisseries of lakat reopen
Now THIS is how you perform bardic poetry. No slow, careful reading like the orator is recording an audiobook. Bards and their like were the original TV. You have to be the soundtrack and the stage directions and not just the words.
When this version of Beowulf got written down (and it is a version, because there’s evidence it was passed around, at least in part, orally), the author included the critical first word, which by itself shows you how and when recited poetry played a part in social life:
Hwæt.
In a word: “Yo shut the fuck up and listen, I’m doin’ the thing.” You have to get peoples’ attention and quiet them down so everyone can hear the story.
The action begins at 1:40.
I have had the immense pleasure of watching this man perform in person. It was one of the most intense theater experiences of my life.
My friends, do you want to know what it feels like to time travel? Sit in a room with a bunch of other people and hear an epic poem performed the way your ancestors would have seen it performed.
I was transfixed. Enthralled. Utterly captivated. Up until that moment, Beowulf was a stuffy text that I had been made to read in English class. After that moment, the poem was alive.
i cant find the fucking image rn but the thing of tumblr is just like that guy with the gimmick twitter account "i respond to all tweets like theyre for me" thats how people are here with every single post they see ever
a complete random person one day: i made a peanut butter sandwich today and it was good :) we should eat peanut butter more
the notes:
- but im allergic to peanuts? i literally cant eat this lol
- peanut butter is GROSS 👎👎👎 people who like peanut butter are FREAKS
- my mom slipped on a peanut butter sandwich on the floor once and hit her head and had a stroke, so this is very traumatic for me
crybaby learns how to swim - subtitled
ALWAYS REBLOG THE EGGSEAL
in times of trouble, eggseal comes to me
speaking words of wisdom:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
egg
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