joetrohnam:

YOU KNOW WHATS FUNNY AT 4AM

EVERYTHING

terpsikeraunos:

CHAP. 90. (38.)—ANIMALS, THE BLOOD OF WHICH COAGULATES WITH THE GREATEST RAPIDITY: OTHER ANIMALS, THE BLOOD OF WHICH DOES NOT COAGULATE. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE THE THICKEST BLOOD: THOSE THE BLOOD OF WHICH IS THE THINNEST: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO BLOOD. (N.H. 11.90)

new theory…..pliny the elder is a vampire and is still out there somewhere

That’s ok, he’s probably just studying volcanoes or
something.

plinytheyounger:

thefearofcod:

scribefindegil:

angstriddentrashhuman:

alexanderrm:

“Please save me! I’ll do anything for you!” “Then perish.”
“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”
“Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?”
“…Then I shall face God, and walk backwards into hell.”
“…I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.” 

-All of these are from shitposts, regrettably not from literary classics.

Shakespeare’s ghost is simultaneously thrilled that these happened and irate that he didn’t create them

Shakespeare’s ghost is probably thrilled that quotations from his plays are so indistinguishable from modern-day shitposts, but I have to point out that he did, in fact, write “Hell is empty and all the devils are here!” It’s in The Tempest, Act I Scene II line 215

While one could argue that it’s an extended cetecian shitpost, Moby-Dick is a literary classic and the origin of “I’d strike the sun if it insulted me”

Shakespeare’s ghost is peeved that Melville didn’t make more dick jokes tho

An actual Ahab quote being misascribed as a dril tweet is so high quality esp as i kept expecting the captain to declare he would face god and walk backwards into hell

copperbadge:

Oh, how interesting! It’s not discourse I’ve seen, but I tend to curate my dash away from purity wank so perhaps that’s not surprising. In this case I should add on that while I don’t tend to enjoy villains personally, that’s not to say one shouldn’t be allowed to; they are an integral part of most stories, and a well-executed baddie is a great work of writer-craft. 

I think there are people who enjoy villains in ways which make me go “Hm I think I’ll be over here not engaging with you as a person” but that’s actually quite rare. People with extreme ideologies tend to see themselves as heroes (like most villains do) and consequently identify with heroes. It’s why white supremacists don’t tend to choose Red Skull even though he and they are both literal Nazis – they still choose Thor or Captain America. Because heroes in stories may not start with all the power but they tend to end with it, and extremist ideology is usually about power. 

And, sometimes, this is also why marginalized or traumatized people identify with villains – because a lot of the time, a villain is someone who has been stomped so repeatedly that they’ve finally gone out and taken power to stop themselves from being stomped anymore. Whether or not they use that power wisely, whether or not they have at heart wicked motives, the story of someone taking power that society would not otherwise grant them is a heady narrative for someone who feels powerless in our society. 

So I think a lot of the time, someone saying “You’re not liking a villain in the correct way” is really saying “Your identification with someone who has taken power for themselves makes me uncomfortable.” Much of the time, whether or not the villain is heroic or justified or likable or problematic is really a smokescreen for the ways in which we view power, and people who have it, and people who don’t.