Psychonauts Assemble!

I got this tumblr for the express purpose of following fandoms I love.

[amweaver]

I finally got the time to read "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die", because I pre-ordered and then got busy, so I had been looking forward to it. What I was expecting: goofy sword-and-sorcery romance with unconventional pairing. What I got: stellar world building with amazing twists, people remembering both religious & childhood trauma that hits like an emotional punch to the throat, and a main character that narrates like an unrivaled himbo sexpest Bertie Wooster. I am so proud of @pangur-and-grim for having the grit to turn their idea that they shared with us here on this hellsite into a marvelous work of fiction. Thank you for a book that is going in my Top 5 for the year.

[catchymemes]

Anti anxiety.

[lillymoid]

I use the first one often

[amweaver]

*takes a look around* so uhhhhh yeah, had to dig back thru my archive to find this but, well, it seems like I could definitely use it, so here it is if any of you need it too.

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[reggiemess]

A Torment Nexus is also explicitly created and maintained by people. It might be aided by technology/magic, but it's still something that someone made on purpose. What brings a Jumanji into the world can vary and is often less clear. A Jumanji can just as easily be man-made as it can be a force of nature.

[reggiemess]

😮

😲

[amweaver]

I'm showing this to my Book Club.

[skippyisntfunny]

[ghostieking]

me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine who rips off the hard work of talented peeps

[malanor3]

LOUDER LOUDER LOUDERRRRR

[amweaver]

FUCK GENERATIVE AI AND THE PEOPLE SHOVING IT DOWN OUR THROATS. FUCK THEM WITHOUT THE COURTESY OF A REACH-AROUND, BUT THE USE OF A BARB-WIRE BAT.

[genderoutlaws]

Go Girls Go! | First Dyke March in Washington DC, 1993

[suicidesiren]

[figtreeandvine]

I attended Pride in 1995 in Atlanta and "Dykes on Bikes" was marching directly behind "Dykes With Tykes". This immediately created a huge stir among my group of onlookers! Because we all wanted them to join forces as "Dykes On Bikes With Tykes On Trikes".

These two groups were followed by Digital Queers--"We're here, we're queer, we have EMAIL!"

I doubt there was a single person at that march who hadn't been called a homophobic slur--and that includes our straight allies! But we defanged those words. We changed what they meant to us, because even gay or lesbian is a slur when someone screams it in your face.

[lessimitationmorereality]

This. This is solidarity in shared reclamation. "they can't say it"

They're SAYING IT TOGETHER as part of a UNIFIED FRONT. Rather than letting others tear them into disparate little bickering subgroups.

[netherworldpost]

“I am not comfortable with this word used about me” is a reasonable boundary.

“You cannot use that word” is a weapon, as evidenced that without context, you are not sure which side is saying it.

“You do not get to choose how other people identity” is a hauntingly universal statement on the situation

:)

[netherworldpost]

So let's play out why I worded the above how I did.

because I am

getting

notes

If you say "you cannot say dyke because Reasons" then there are only a few viable possibilities:

[RESOLUTION] I agree with you and stop.

[BOUNDARY] I disagree with you and you distance yourself from me.

[BOUNDARY] I disagree with you and I distance myself from you.

[BOUNDARY] I disagree with you and we mutually distance ourselves from each other.

...or...

...and this is super important...

I disagree with you and instead of one or both of us distancing from the other, one or both of us begins attempting to coerce the other. Either I attempt to coerce you into "allowing" me to continue or you attempt to coerce to acknowledge your authority I am "not allowed".

None of these statements argue against the power of words or reclamation or morality or ethics or structure or any of the various arguments as to why someone should / should not use them.

...this is super important again...

When you limit the power of speech beyond a self-defined boundary then you on a path of Much More Serious Consequences up to and including siding with a faction that Also Hates You but and will inevitably set their sites upon you once your infighting work is complete.

Boundaries are good.

Policing language is not.

You always have the right to remove yourself from the situation of someone using a word or phrase you find distasteful, harmful, historically significant in conotations not being respected, etc.

:)

I am not saying you have to be comfortable with people using words you have boundaries against.

If I were attempting to coerce your comfort then, well, yeah, I would be, uh, on the other side of this.

I am saying that the joyous brutality of language control by unelected, self appointed structuralists (frequently with dubious understandnig of culture and history) is an exclusively dangerous situation.

Here is to hoping this addresses the notes before they continue with an appreciation it may not!

[amweaver]

I cannot say this more eloquently than what was posted above. Reposting for the good of the world.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

am taking perverse pleasure in reminding people it's 2025. that's a star trek year. silly little science fiction number. except it's happening, and DANG ain't it underwhelming!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

for Gen Z folks who didn't live through it:

the late 2000s to mid 2010s were culturally, a time of a resurgence of hope. I don't think we seriously realized it at the time (for all the Obama campaign posters), but it honestly was the last period in recent history where it was assumed the future would be better.

that was a big thing, that many millennials didn't realize was a big thing, until it was torn away. we honestly thought it was over, the fear and uncertainty of the Cold War and the Nuclear Age (and Bush 2.0). we were born in an era of reprieve. things were bad, yes, the world was insane and unfair, but it was better than it was before. the world had been at the brink of ultimate disaster, and then it stepped back. (And we honestly thought we had escaped our parents' legacy, by sheer virtue of being born in the correct decade.)

I cannot overstate how much that shapes your worldview, growing up in a time where the recent present is better than the recent past. we had reason to believe the world was getting better. because it was, actually! for a good while there! progress was slow, but it was real, and we could feel its grit on our fingertips.

and now we're in an age of regression. because you were robbed. we were robbed. a great global era of robbery (of housing and food and time and health and body and freedom and fundamental human rights), has blossomed, and is happening everyday today.

be furious. they will steal the teeth from your gums.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

SO BITE WHILE YOU STILL CAN

[caucusboi]

I wanted to draw Scooby doo humanized with hippie vibes, and the whole gang as dogs,, maybe I draw them more(?? 👀✨

[bugpumpkin]

Honestly I love this because it implies that Scooby is just a guy with a bunch of dogs that drag him into trouble then somehow solve mysteries and crimes and he's just there like. My dog has a magnifying glass with her. Why. Why does she have that. And Shaggy (which is such a good name for a dog) is the only one close to acting like a regular dog. I also like to imagine that police will congratulate Scooby on solving another mystery and everytime he has to explain that it was actually his dogs that kept giving him clues and trying to put it together until he figured out what they were trying to communicate but no one in law enforcement believes him so everyone thinks he's a genius detective but in reality he just wants to go about his day, hang out with his cousins and chill with some snacks and his dogs (but 3 of his dogs are determined to solve mysteries and 1 comes along looking distressed everyday)

[detectiveashcroft]

Oh hey look, the idea got EVEN BETTER

[amweaver]

How has THIS idea never made it into an episode or direct-to-video cartoon movie? 50+ years of this series, and they never once swapped species? Preposterous. Insane. I want a cartoon series on this pemise, with the cute art, where there is an opening title sequence as you watch Human Scooby Doo finding & adopting these four dogs & getting The Mystery Machine so the dogs have enough space to be comfy whilst traveling.

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

tumblr staff finding out their site has crowdsourced a viral song, only to discover it is 100% unusable in any corporate marketing scenario

[chaser]

Australian music industry: "God we wish local music was more popular"

Monkey paw: *curls*

[decimera]

For those unsure what's being referenced:

[echojulietfoxtrot]

This went down a fucking storm in a bar on Saturday btw

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

> be tumblr

> accidentally meme your way into creating a hit song made entirely out of slurs

> song gets banned from the dance charts right as its about to chart

> every gay bar in the country immediately adds it to their playlist in protest

Sometimes using this site is like accidentally rolling your car off a cliff only for it to somehow do a flip and land directly on top of Hitler

[amweaver]

I somehow missed this song before today, but it does, unironically, slap.

[shelteringyourdna-deactivated20]

well look who it is. my old friend. the conses of my quences.

[shelteringyourdna-deactivated20]

do not 10k me stop that

[ebonyheartnet]

*clicks reblog* your old friend, the conses of your quences, sends their regards

[zetrystan]

Technically true.

[zetrystan]

He got the job.

[zetrystan]

He takes his job seriously.

[zetrystan]

Prof Rad over on youtube dubbed the Wolf Hunter comic (click here)! 

Go check it out and give them some support! :) (also the end killed me haha) ₍ᐢ•ﻌ•ᐢ₎

[zetrystan]

The farmer sheared the sheep, and it was used to make a gift for Wolf Hunter, so…

[zetrystan]

Wolf Hunter goes to the village markets.

[zetrystan]

Wolf Hunter and his conga line of sheep.

[zetrystan]

Wolf Hunter was looking for them for a while.

[tilthat]

TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.

via ift.tt

[squeeful]

Yep.  It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime.  One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility. 

[kurowrites]

“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.

[solarpunkcast]

Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name

[bogleech]

Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”

[prismatic-bell]

Patterson died 5 December 1995.

Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.

[kittydesade]

Happy Clair Cameron Patterson day!

[ailelie]

Oh, hey, it’s almost Clair Cameron Patterson day!

[amweaver]

Happy Clair Cameron Patterson Day!

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

HONK!

[ranescu]

I am so ready for the first of Halloween.

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[ranescu]

Give a ghost the right pair of shoes and they’ll conquer the world.

[ranescu]

[ranescu]

Super hot where I am today, so have a summer spook.

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[ranescu]

Send me pics of your ghost costumes :> 

[ranescu]

Why is everyone into dom ghosts…?

[ranescu]

They’re single and ready to mingle~

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[vega-antisocialite-deactivated2]

if I ever reblog a long as shit post, it’s this

sorry

notreally

[almondkittie]

It’s ONLY October 1st and already y’all are reblogging the weird shit!!???

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

This is the longest set of cursed images I’ve ever seen

[brokenfairyvixen]

I think you mean blessed images.

[isa-ghost]

I LOVE THESE JASDFKFSJ

[whatevercomestomymind]

If anyone asks what [tumblr] is like, show them this.

I love it.

You gonna find weird-assed funny as hell shit like this in IG? pfff yeah right.

[amweaver]

TIME TO BRING THIS BACK.

[orteil42]

Wait, you were actually born in the 1900's? Thats so cool

i am going to eat my own entire skin

[idabbleincrazy]

Reblog if you were born in the 1900's.

[avoiding-claws]

[amweaver]

Okay, this has been bothering me since my first playthrough of Stardew Valley. Lewis is a complete shitheel of a human being, which the player finds out over time spent exploring, fixing the community center, talking to the citizens, and doing side quests.

He embezzled tax money to make a solid gold statue of himself instead of fixing up the community center. He yells at Sam for daring to skateboard on the paved sidewalk. He doesn't like fish, so he always gives Willy the lowest score during the Fair. He is actively stringing along Marnie into having a secret affair instead of a relationship out in the open because he fears the town's reaction. Any time you put his dirty laundry on display (sometimes literally), he pays you off and tells you to mind your business. When the Luau is underway, he is snappish to you and the rest of the town, but is polite to the Governor, and if the soup isn't good enough, he will chastise the townsfolk, implying blame everywhere but to himself. He is a corrupt politician, point blank.

One of his dialog options is the following when you chat with him: "I've been Mayor of Pelican Town for over twenty years! No one ever runs against me when it's time for an election. I like to think that it means I'm doing my job well. I like being Mayor.”

There is no Election Day event in Stardew Valley.

I understand that this game has to have a certain amount of cozy small-town charm where little things change, but overall things stay the same. However, it would be great to have an Election Day in the vanilla version of the game so that we can have more development in that area, if for no other reason than to vote for somebody other than Lewis as a write-in, if it turns out that nobody runs against him...or to nominate myself once I have full hearts of everybody in town.

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Will you treat him gently with his bread soft carapace...? (...)

[amweaver]

I can't eat gluten without my body getting mad at me. So I would first pat this lovely, crabby dude, and then hours later, with my visceral hunger sated, let my body rage at me for my audacity.