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there're very few pictures of alma's peculiar children so they collectively decided to fix that problem
oh, I wanted to write about it but someone has already done it. so here's some additional information:
like, yep, it may be just coincidence because «panoptes» in Greek means «omniscient» buuut the fact that Myron's last name is also Bentham...
here are some notes about Jeremy's idea:
By reformulating ethics in terms of an intricate calculus designed to maximize pleasures and minimize pains, Bentham hoped to secure "the greatest happiness of the greatest number"
On one level, of course, Bentham was dealing in hypothetical future. Yet Foucault insisted that the Panopticon was more than just an idle fantasy. Bentham's "simple idea in Architecture" offered, he wrote, "the diagram of a mechanism of power reduced to its ideal form"; it mapped out the specific anatomy of modern power that Foucault called "discipline".
mm, I smell some parallels, mister Riggs
A peculiar theory about Myron Bentham and his Panloopticon
Alright, if you have read Library of Souls you know about the Panloopticon an its function. Months ago I got an ask on my other mphfpc blog about the meaning of its name and at first it had to do with the Ancient Greek word “pan” which means “all” + loop + ticon, because, you know, it’s supposed to be a door to other loops. It makes sense.
But this week I developed another theory about how Riggs might’ve come up with this name. For this I have to tell you about a French philosopher named Foucault. In 1975, he published his book “Discipline and Punish” about personal and institutional discipline and different subjects that I won’t go into right now because it’s not that important for the point I’m going to make. Foucault stated that, if institutional discipline is taken too far, it will have a negative effect on society, but that it is in general a “good” thing because when you when you know or think that you are being watched you start to behave differently (think Orwell’s “1984″).
In his book, Foucault invokes the idea of another philosopher and social theorist, Jeremy Bentham, an Englishman. This idea was something called the Panopticon - a type of building, a prison, that looks something like this:
(Source: http://foucault.info/) The cells along the walls have two mirrors facing the outer wall and the inner wall. The guard in the centre of the panopticon is able to watch all prisoners all the time, but the prisoners aren’t able to notice when he is watching them, thus creating a constant fear that they may or may not be watched.
If translated loosely, Panopticon means “place where everyone and all can be watched”.
And I don’t know if Riggs is into philosophy, but I thought this was a very plausible theory for the origin of the Panloopticon.
- Mod Isa
let's appreciate Olive-Claire's-babysitter-and-moral-support
mister Sharon's here for you~
and here's a sad moment with Olive...
the greatest Balenciaga Wren seeker!
🦷little Claire🌸
I don't really like her but sometimes she's adorable
Perekoo art
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miss Peregrine's just reading the transcript with her girlie~
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💡the light-eater edit✨
person in the edit: Shivani Paliwal
miss Bloom being a little dramatic
I'm at that very special age when a girl has only one thing on her mind. rereading mphfpc😇
Caul's «almism»
I'm still not over the idea that Caul didn't want power itself but he wanted to prove to Alma that he's stronger, smarter and craftier than her. She definitely holds a very special place in Caul's heart. Even victory won't taste as sweet If Alma's not full of misery.
[TDoDA spoiler] Notice that even facing death he wanted to keep Alma close. Caul was going to take to hell neither Noor nor even Jacob but her.
«If I'm going to lose, I'll lose with Alma» is how Caul could describe his feelings.
also this [↑] part. Caul could press the gun against Alma's temple but he didn't. the way Bentham's nothing to him comparing to miss Peregrine.....
«shove a peace treaty up your ass.»
© Alma Peregrine, «Library of Souls»
an I c o n
was it C*ul and wights?..
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mister Bentham edit
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special for wights and hollowgasts <3
TDoDA spoiler!
I'VE JUST FINISHED READING TDODA AND THIS IS MY FUCKING MOOD
I AM FUCKING CLAIRE KINNIE.
MEEEEEE WHEN MISS PEREGRINE:
CALL THE AMBULANCE
all the secret becomes clear
ah, Addison's being so obvious... I didn't expect that morsels are something his loyalty to the ymbrynes built on😔✊
TDoDA spoiler!
no excuses, my darling
somehow them:
a small "a map of days" spoiler hehe
mphfpc ladies & gentlemen, I've just understood that in that picture Itch is about to perform lana del rey's "shades of cool".....
I'm sorry....
«simping over alma peregrine» ep.№3
"YOUR ymbryne speaking" like she already sees Jake as her child. that's firstly. secondly, WHY is her anger so fucking elegant??
Jacob being a mood:
emma bloom aesthetic.
“Because I was trapped in our loop, and he wasn’t. It makes the world feel very small to be cooped up like that for years and years. It isn’t good for the mind or the soul. It makes small problems seem very large. And a longing for someone that might otherwise have subsided after a few months became... consuming.”
the contrasts of alma peregrine:
mfs be like: "we will never involve children in high-level leadership decisions" and then "may I see that map?" & "you can always send a messenger to the conference loop if you need to reach me."
«simping over alma peregrine» ep.№2
"If you love me"?? miss gurl??? she thinks the children've been tired of her for all these years but??? she loves them with all her heart and is ready to wrap guts around the head of anyone who breathe negatively in their direction???
how does the words of the perfect ymbryne sound like:
«simping over alma peregrine» ep.№1
oh my god—
the way she acts so at ease >>>
me when miss Peregrine:
Addison MacHenry edit for mphfpc ladies and gentlemen🍷
('Addie the Astounding & the Intrepid edit' actually)