I Know Because I Was There

Call me Jack (they/he), I’m like 30, southwest US. I post mostly silly goofy garbage, but I also post my fiber arts. I have several works on AO3, ranging from fluff to smut. Icon made by me.

[amanita-jack]

Hi, my name is Jack (they/he)

I'm nonbinary and disabled, in my 30’s, from the southwest/intermountain west part of the USA.

my ask box is open! you can send me asks/anons even if we're not mutuals and have never talked before. you can DM me if we've interacted before, if not pls introduce yourself via ask first

If you think people in their 30's+ shouldn't be online or in fandom spaces, this is not the blog for you.

This blog’s a bit disorganized (im sure you've noticed) and that’s not likely to change. there's posts from all over the place. i dont really tag things, however if we’re mutuals and you’d like me to make an effort to tag something for you, just shoot me a message.

things I post about

I’m back into my Avatar the Last Airbender phase rn!!! Zukka nation!

Star Trek (my favs are TNG, DS9, and VOY)

My Chemical Romance (I’m seeing them in Denver this August!!!) I'm a Gerard Girlie (GN) but really i love all four of them.

The Locked Tomb (and occasionally irl post about other books I’m reading, but TazMuir has got me by the gonads what can I say besides pls read Gideon the Ninth so we can shout about it together)

I do a bit of gaming. I only ever play like 3 games but I have >1000 hours in those games lmao. My favorites are Skyrim, Fallout (4 and New Vegas), and Stardew Valley.

My crafts! i like to post about what ive crocheted recently. if you want to take a look you can search “I made this” and it’ll probably show up. you might also find my felt finger puppets, or my kandi bracelets.

I used to write fanfic a bit but I’m on somewhat of a permanent hiatus. I have a few works posted on AO3 you are welcome to check out.

books! the library was my second home when i was a kid. i kinda stopped reading after i left school, but like a lot of folks, picked it back up in 2020. i read primarily fantasy and sci-fi, but if it has a good premise and i'm in the right mood, i might pick it up anyway.

I'll also rb whatever comes across my dash that makes me laugh

[cheekyvank]

forgive me father for i have zoomed in on some images

[ducttapehoney]

time to die

[jamiemoonymarks]

Normalize leaving unhinged comments on ao3 fics you like. I'm tired of being the only one brave enough to write "I am chewing on this fic" in the comment section. Be weird. Authors will love you for it

[fieldbears]

If I didn't want readers to chew on it, I wouldn't have spent all that time on the mouthfeel

[hamscamwitch]

this show is trying to kill me

[cicadiasong]

Our Lady of Sorrows…

this one took me a few of months, but i’m really happy with how it turned out! embroidery using cotton thread on random fabric from a rummage sale.

[depsidase]

[leaky-port-nacelle]

Star Trek: Enterprise writers: and you're sure? You've checked everything?

Some poor intern or something, eye bags darker than the dried coffee stains on their shirt: Confirmed. There's no mention of it in any existing Star Trek franchise. Across 25 total seasons of 5 shows, and 10 movies, over the last 40 years, there is absolutely zero conclusive evidence that Florida survives to see the founding of the Federation

ENT writers: excellent. Fkin send it.

[creaturecrochet]

Lol I wanna revive crochet tumblr.

So everyone on this side of tumblr post what you’re currently working on. How many times you’ve frogged it (had to take it down and re-do it for those who aren’t familiar with the term.) and if you haven’t yet, post how many times you’ve lost count of your stitches or what row you were on.

I’ll go first.

I’m working on an apple plushie and I’ve lost count at least 10 times and frogged it 30 times BECAUSE ROUND 8 IS MY WORST NIGHTMARE

[jedi-bird]

Last thing I worked on was from a few months ago. I'm currently edging a wing shawl in a lighter gold color and will hopefully have time to work on it again someday.

[kirinkilterums]

Im working on a plushie of my fursona!

[ray-toro-in-a-situation]

PLEASE FRANK!!!!!!

[desolationlesbian]

I don't want to buy mass-produced garbage from a big box store so I go to etsy but half of etsy is now dropshipped mass-produced garbage or AI slop so I go to the local arts and crafts street market but a ton of those booths are also selling the same generic plastic objects or identical stickers or 3D printed dragons so WHERE do I buy real trinkets and art from sincere freaks

[depsidase]

[brightlotusmoon]

[depsidase]

[zoesupreme]

Christopher Nolan almost allows colors into his mythical epic shot on 70mm IMAX film. thank god they stopped filming in time.

[teaboot]

Was about to fall asleep and apropos of nothing was struck out of nowhere by a horrible future vision of a brightly-lit and saccharine 3D-AI Calvin and Hobbes movie with Scarlet Johanssen voicing the mom and Chris Pratt voicing Hobbes and experienced an emotional haptic jerk so chilling I feel like I just foresaw my own death

[teaboot]

(Drenched in a cold sweat, visibly shaking) We Need To Warn Bill Watterson

[crystaltoa]

No, we don't.

He knows.

He has always known.

Actual quote:

"I don't want some animation studio giving Hobbes an actor's voice, and I don't want some greeting card company using Calvin to wish people a happy anniversary, and I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer. When everything fun and magical is turned into something for sale, the strip's world is diminished. 'Calvin and Hobbes' was designed to be a comic strip and that's all I want it to be. It's the one place where everything works the way I intend it to"

This was in the 1990's, pre-AI, pre- Chris Pratt, pre- Cinematic Universes, and if he was opposed to it then, he sure as hell wouldn't be okay with it now.

I think he probably experienced the same nightmare dystopian vision of the future you saw, but fortunately he had it like 40 years earlier.

[teaboot]

oh thank heavens

[ourkatieofsorrows]

mama

[clytemnestraaa]

always such a struggle when you get to the sex scene part of the fic you're writing and you're not horny at all. i don't know. their things were touching. without ANY underwear. the end.