✧･ﾟplaylists to help pass the time *:･✧

hi everyone! it’s been a while since i made a huge playlist masterpost, but i thought that right now when we’re all stuck inside wondering what to do with our time i would make a list of all my playlists. listening to music is so calming and definitely helps me pass the time…so enjoy! - cam

@teeashirts made this awesome set of playlists (I don’t even want to know how this looks 😭) and I’m definitely going to be using them!

just another day stanning libraries

shout out to me in 5 years…hope shes doing something cool i’m rooting for her

rip to all the “fuckyeah___” blogs that carried our society at one point </3

would you put a discarded fruit sticker on my forehead in whimsical jest yes or no

Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society... Having now a good house and a very sufficient income...

I really dislike adaptations have made Mr. Collins older than his actual twenty-five years. It seems like they want to lean into the Gross Older Relation I Must Marry trope but that is NOT what is happening here and I think it’s more significant to recognize the truth.

As far as Elizabeth knows, there is nothing wrong with Collins. He doesn’t gamble (or he wouldn’t go on about it at the party), we don’t see him get drunk (Uncle Phillips is hinted to do that), he doesn’t seem violent/prone to outbursts of temper (he could have when Lydia was rude while reading), and he’s not ugly as far as we know. His manners are very formal, which isn’t really shown in adaptations either. And he’s young, he’s only four years older than Elizabeth.

The point is not that he’s a GORIMM. I think the point is that he’s fine, but Elizabeth knows she’ll never like him and that’s enough. Mr. Collins offers a good deal: domestic security, future wealth, and no danger. However, Elizabeth understands that without intellectual compatibility, she will be unhappy. This is what makes her a heroine.

By making Collins old and kind of gross, the adaptations actually erase a lot of Elizabeth’s motivations and strength. The reaction to Collins becomes more visceral than intellectual, and that’s a problem.

It also shames Charlotte for marrying him!

Charlotte's actions are practical and sensible and there is not much wrong with them. She is aware that she has little chance left of marrying for love and that she'll be happier married to a dull respectable man than as a spinster and she could do much worse than this guy. So she uses a bit of social cunning to get his attention until he rebound-proposes and voilà! Independence and social position.

But the more repulsive you make Collins, the more Charlotte comes across as a scheming gold digger, who is after the Bennet estate and is willing to submit herself to this refuse of a man for it.

Which is absolutely not the case, she's just trying to live her own life.

Elizabeth is shocked as Charlotte's behaviour, but that's because Lizzie is younger and prettier and feels like she can afford to wait around for a love match. Austen never shames Charlotte. Hers is a sensible course of action.

i'm both dumber and smarter than you think so don't underestimate me because i'm actually smart about a lot of stuff but also don't be surprised if i'm dumb about some other stuff hope that helps

what if aquatic animals had Tumblr would that be fucked up or something lmaooo anyways

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mating season is such a chore. wdym i have to migrate back ten thousand miles just to find some bitches

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outta my way gayboy I'm boutta get it

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i have been transformed into a creature beyond my wildest imaginations

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uhhh was nobody going to talk about how the new update makes the site virtually unusable for crustaceans ???

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honestly even if we tell staff you know they're not going to do anything. crustaceans make up such a small percentage of oceanblr right now that it's going to be impossible to get them to care. the treatment of anyone who isn't a bony fish on this website is atrocious tbh

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oh my cod its so dark down here why do i have such piss poor eyesight. if my eyes could open any wider id be doing that but nooo my house in the god damn depths says get fucked. not even my cousin in that one cave has to put up with this wtf

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hey come here for a second

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absolutely freaking out right now you frys don't understand ... There's another squid at this whale fall and she's really really cute! I want to talk to her so bad but I'm scared as all hell ... what if she thinks I'm trying to eat her and swims away ? ?

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shipping discourse is sooo pointless like? you argue about ships? ⛵ those things that sound really loud & pass by me everyday? 🛳️ whoo whoo?

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where is every one ..

the first person in the bible to give God a name is hagar (a slave woman) who called him "the one who sees me"

yeah im really struggling with the way the women were treated in the Bible like where was God for them?

but after Hagar hears the audible voice of God and talks to him she calls him one who sees. and later Hannah calls God one who hears. Women in the Bible believed that for their time period and their culture, God was one who saw them and who heard them. He is a God who hears and sees women.

hot diggity dog would you look at this thing. two raised planters. bench between them. trellis arch above. imagine sitting here and beans fall on your head.... the luxury. the DECADENCE

whenever a man goes down to the river in a song you know it’s gonna be a problem.

t shirt that says YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD and the back says NEITHER DO I

I did this for my ~spicy Christian memepage~ a while back, but I figure Tumblr will also like it

Wikipedia on Sts. Sergius and Bacchus

Blog post from a minister and art historian focusing on their queerness

My commentary (originally posted on Instagram with the meme): "The military saints are not usually very interesting to me, because ACAB, but I find Sts. Sergius and Bacchus super compelling for a couple of reasons. One, they were husbands. Two, it's one of the great "scandals" of Christianity that even the ROMAN OPPRESSORS can have a share in the Kingdom... but the price can be a lot higher than most of us are willing to pay. Even though we don't know their personal conversion stories, Sergius and Bacchus renounced their positions of power and privilege and allowed themselves to be publicly humiliated and tortured to death--just like Jesus, the poor Jewish peasant they revered instead of the beautiful and supposedly powerful gods of their boss, the Emperor. For this, their hagiography states that they were reunited with one another in heaven. Finally, I think their story can serve as both an invitation and a warning to modern-day gay men in societies where gay rights are recognized. Earthly power will not protect you from the savagery of Empire. Respectability (read: being cisgender, conventionally masculine, or otherwise "acceptable" to the mainstream) will also not save you. Not even the blessing of the Church will be enough to shield you from the corrosive hypermasculinity celebrated by fascists. Sergius and Bacchus were dressed in women's clothing and subjected to public ridicule before their martyrdom. Privileged gay men, like them, must be willing to "pull aggro" away from the more vulnerable members of our community, especially poor queer and trans people. Sergius and Bacchus shared in the Passion of Christ, and for this, they have risen beyond all earthly oppression.

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Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, patrons of gay men, queer couples, and repentant imperialists, pray for us."

Hey fellow queer Mormons, Oaks just gave an incredibly queerphobic devotional. It’s bad. He’s doubling down on the hatred and intolerance. Remember to talk to someone if you need it. This will undoubtedly give queerphobes so much ammunition to use against us, but remember that we are loved and we are strong.

gas stations are heaven-like to me. like watering holes of humanity

The Swiftgron Timeline Remastered

Hey Guys!  It’s Cam from @whatiwillsay

It’s high time the Swiftgron Masterpost was updated with more content and a cross reference of the Achele timeline and other newly learned information.

Now if you’re just looking to prove that Swiftgron is real to your friends click here for a more succinct summation of proof.  But if you want to read the sad, beautiful, tragic (no that’s not a Swiftgron song) story of Swiftgron, to go through the ups and downs, from the Hunger Games to SNL this is the place for you!

I was inspired to do this partially by this conversation.  TL;DR is there was some lively discourse in the fandom about who the breakup songs on Red are about.  

Personally, it doesn’t make sense to me for them to be about Dianna when the falling in love songs are obviously about her (mentions of green eyes, her name in the 22 liner notes, ect.)  For one quick example: the songs The Last Time and Come Back…Be Here were written and recorded right around the same time.

I’m sorry but I just cannot fathom those two songs being about the same person.  One is about the softest start to a relationship you’ve ever imagined - pining away and missing someone you barely know but are already infatuated with and the other is a gut wrenching heartbreak song about someone you’ve been on and off with for a long time.

Furthermore the Swiftgron masterpost and timeline was laid out by either Kaylors or general Gaylors, but no one who seems to have an in depth knowledge of Achele or even of Taylor’s relationships before Dianna, other than Emily which by all accounts ended in 2008.  

So I wanted to fill in all the blanks left open on the original Swiftgron masterpost to see if it’s possible that it missed anything.

Plenty of this data will still come from the original Swiftgron masterpost and shoutout to them for building such an amazing document!  It’s a great primer but it does gloss over a lot of events such as the Glee tour in the summer of 2011, the circumstances around all the early Swiftgron meetings, and the obvious Achele interactions through early winter 2012, and of course it’s missing all the weird late stage Swiftgron social media shenanigans.

I wanted to make this masterpost to be able to stand alone so I ripped some gif sets and other info (mostly on Achele) that I didn’t personally build because I don’t ever want anyone running into dead links.  If you see an edit or content you made that I haven’t credited please let me know and I will credit you or remove it if you really want me to.

The other reason I made this was I wanted to have one succinct and chronological place to store every single Swiftgron photo, video, or media of any other type.  If it’s Swiftgron related I will find it and add it here.  If I missed something you can let me know by reaching out to me on my usual blog @swiftgron-get-married. 

For those of you that are new to Gaylor here’s a few notes:

1.  If Taylor seems fruity to you it’s cause she does to everyone else.  Welcome.

2.  Swiftgron is the pairing of Taylor Swift and Dianna Agron.

3.  Achele is the pairing of Dianna Agron and Lea Michele.  It happened before Swiftgron (I think summer 2009 - Early 2012).  Achele was real 100%.  Go to Achele References on Tumblr for more info but just know I have reason to believe Achele actually dated beyond public information.  Take that with a grain of salt of course and look at the evidence for yourself.

4.  At some points in this document I reference a forum called The L Chat - that place is a wasteland of biphobia, transphobia, and other gross things but they did closely track Swiftgron and Achele.  I don’t recommend going there as it can be very triggering to some.  I have gone and pulled out relevant data so you don’t have to go there.

5.  There is a notion in the Gaylor fandom that Dianna was toxic, a serial cheater, and I’ve even heard the word “abusive” thrown around due to the fact that the breakup songs on Red do seem to be about a toxic relationship - Taylor has said as much.  

Given what I’ve heard about DIanna from people who have actually had contact with her - this would be incredibly out of character.  She does have the reputation of being a bit of a player but is literally famous for how kind, giving, compassionate, and amiable she is to fans, coworkers, and friends alike.

I believe that this document proves that due to events on the timeline that although Swiftgron definitely had their ups and downs (Babe definitely suggests at least one instance of a lack of faithfulness, and I’ve clocked at least two obvious breakups before Taylor commits to Karlie and the Swiftgron romance is over for good) however the idea that it was a completely toxic mess is just not supported by actual public data, gathered evidence, and Taylor’s own music and words.

With that enjoy!  The pandemic has done some weird things to people hasn’t it?  This what I did instead of going outdoors.  (I streamed Folklore six billion times while building this, honestly it was a blast!)

Click here to keep reading!

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If you want to skip all the preamble of Achele and Tayliz click here to jump into the Swiftgron Spring!

Table of Contents

Early Stages - Ships Passing in the Night

The 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Spring 2011 - The Achele of it All

The 2011 Met Gala Klossgron Extravaganza

Glee Live Tour Part 1 - Achele is ON

Glee Live Tour Part 2 - Rivergron in Paris

Glee Live Tour Part 3 - Seriously what the fuck was Shirtgate

Glee Tour Part 4 - Dianna’s Gay Panic Shirtgate Essay

Let’s Check In With Taylor - Speak Now Tour and Tayliz

Fairfax Flee Market - Finally Some Swiftgron!

Fall 2011 - Red and Achele winds down

Winter 2012 - Achele sunset / Swiftgron dawn

The Swiftgron Spring - Everything Changes

Shirley MacLaine’s Birthday

Dianna’s 26th Birthday

The Swiftgron Summer Part 1 - Dominick’s and The Glaad Awards

The Swiftgron Summer Part 2 - Hyiannis Port and The First Breakup

Fall 2012 - They Reuinte in Paris and Haylor Rises

Winter 2013 - The Beginning of the End

Spring 2013 - Fall 2013 - The End?

Winter 2014 - Taylor is Clean but then Swiftgron never goes out of Style

Late Stage Part 1 Spring 2014 - Winter 2018

Late Stage Part 2 Spring 2018 (Babe!) - Fall 2019 (SNL!)

Late Stage Part 3 Folklore Shenanigans 

Late Stage Part 4 Evermore!

the only acceptable bed

I love that in Catching fire Katniss comes to the conclusion the other tributes are trying to keep Peeta alive because they must see how amazingly perfectly wonderful he is. When in actuality that’s just her having a crush and everyone else recognizing that if Peeta gets hurt Katniss will go fully feral and unhinged and probably try to kill everyone and then herself.