Still here

Anna, late 30s, no longer active on tumblr

[spit3fire]

Haruka Kawakami

[businesstiramisu]

you and me, Sunday drivers no survivors

[animate-mush]

- the Beatles vaguing Tolkien in revenge for his comments about them

[businesstiramisu]

wait what did Tolkien say about the Beetles?

[animate-mush]

I don't have a specific quote I just know he really really hated their music and was also famous for charging pedestrians in his car

[businesstiramisu]

for WHAT

"Tolkien was, unfortunately, not known for being a particularly good driver. In fact, according to the stories he was a downright terror on the road. He would simply gun his car forward when he came across serious traffic and would actually yell, “charge them and they scatter!” as he gleefully forced his way through to where he wanted to be. On one family trip, the car—known as Old Jo—ended up with two flat tires and Tolkien managed to drive it partway into a wall, causing some damage."

incredible

[thepromisedbride]

can we talk about how funny it is that tennyson just decided that he shipped two different people to what was generally accepted as canon so he just. changed it. just changed the couple in his arthuriana texts. knew no one could stop him and went for it.

[thepromisedbride]

and he was right too for the record gareth/lynette is far superior

[thepromisedbride]

rip alfred lord tennyson you would have done numbers on ao3

[frcz78]

Ok, it's finally done. Home is a place, home is a person.

This story is my first major piece after several years of art block, and I'm so glad I could finally get back to drawing.

Huge thanks to my dear friend @chancekey for the support.

[coolxatu]

in the cambrian period the ocean was shallow and the sun never set. every day was sunday morning and there was never any dark. the world was a watery wonderland and air didnt exist yet. animals had just invented eating eachh other and it was really funny. having eyeballs was all the rage

[coolxatu]

its true ❤

what do you know ❤

[coolxatu]

the ocean was made of sprite also

[coolxatu]

theres been a lot of people on this post trying to correct basically every aspect of what ive said but nobody's confronted me on "everyday was sunday morning"

everybody agrees everyday was sunday morning

[baddywronglegs]

I love that a lion with an eagle's head and wings is such a well-known mythical beast but apparently the English language can only agree on a grand total of 3 out of 7 letters in its name.

[quietsamurai98]

Regex that ought to match (most) spelling variations of this mythical beast's name:

gr[iuy](?:ff|ph)[eioy]n

[artemisonahunt]

I write it either as gryffin or griffin

But

Gruphon, gryffon, griphen (sounds like the plane, grippen, lmao), gruffin and others would be enlightened spellings

[asmuchasidliketo]

@artemisonahunt this one is for you

[ebrithilbowser]

@a-book-of-creatures

[a-book-of-creatures]

My beautiful daughter Grypheighn

[fairycosmos]

is anyone else insane but its just a wednesday afternoon

[only-cat-memes]

[kitmarlowe]

Well, it was a shaky start when I witnessed two grown adults turn into, like, Take That fans. “He’s so famous!”

[redscharlach]

Glad to report that the new season of Taskmaster is another instant classic.

[the-big-mood]

[wizardshark]

How do I explain Plato's allegory of the cave to my cat?

[sexshopshenanigans]

gato’s allegory of the fishtank

[hamletthedane]

I have been banned from continuing to discuss the existence of the French Revolution in the Bridgerton universe at family dinners

[hamletthedane]

^ I stand by this.

( @frodo-of-the-nine-fingers I’m so sorry)

[rustyanddustychevron]

Everyone keeps talking about "the writer's barely disguised fetish". But I still haven't heard about "the writer's barely disguised huge ass pet peeve"

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

ScotSwap 2026 Schedule

ScotSwap is a yearly Lymond Chronicles fanfic and fanart exchange. Fanfics will be a minimum of 1,000 words; fanart will be minimum 1 drawing with clean lines on unlined paper/canvas to be posted to the AO3 collection. A signup form will be made available May 1 for participants as well as those who are interested in signing up to be potential beta readers or pinch hitters

Please signal-boost so as many folks in the fandom know as possible!

The poll results are in! We had 30 people vote across tumblr and Discord, which is awesome! By a siginficant percentage, you guys went for the schedule that's starting in May and ending in August

The schedule is as follows (also here in a web-published Google doc):

AO3 Collection

All deadlines will be at 5PM UTC (time converter here) - note, for Americans this is morning

Sign-ups available: Saturday May 2, 2026

* For writers, artists, and pinch-hitters; you can sign up to pinch-hit and do an assignment both!

Sign-ups Due: Saturday, May 30, 2026

A request summary will be posted after sign-ups close so that treats may be offered.

Assignments Out: No later than Saturday, June 13, 2026

Default Deadline: Saturday, July 4, 2026

Pinch hitters will be assigned as needed at this time.

Assignments Due to the Unrevealed AO3 Collection: Saturday, August 15, 2026

Assignments Posted (revealed on AO3, posted tumblr): Saturday, August 22, 2026

Questions can be submitted to me (K) on tumblr @stripedroseandsketchpads discord @kcl3656 or email to [email protected]

(the only times I'll include a bunch of user tags like this are for this scheduling post, and for the sign-up form, then I'll stop bothering y'all! I just don't want anyone to miss it, but feel free to drop me a line if you'd prefer not to be tagged in the sign-up post in May, and I won't include you then)

@magpiefngrl @venndaai @whodunnett1526 @allthefoolmine @morethanfantasy @semicolonsandsimiles @erinaceina @notasapleasure @ameliarating @veliseraptor @sweet-cynicalstrain @swordbreakerz @cardinalvalentino @pricklysplendours @inashoe @vincentpriceofficial @mellowlow @oldshrewsburyian @bloody-wonder @weirdsociology @penguins-united @theconceptsofastan @spending-life-pretending @yellowraincoat @softieghost @thecrenellations @lostmyheavydirtysoul @distressednoise @oldshrewsburyian @theodoradove @an-ruraiocht @waxedpaperdoor @aspocko @sugarbabywenkexing @yekoc @linovadraws @faustandfurious @fandom-frenzy @neuxue @sleepy-hour @boatcats @whataliethatwas @startlingly @pilfered-words @doh-rae-me @faustandfurious @intearsaboutrobots

[gravestoneandgold]

[sesiondemadrugada]

Hiroshi Yoshida.

[bespangeled]

[copperbadge]

You know, this would explain why Picard, the most English person ever to walk aboard a starship, continues to claim he’s French. 

[windflowerfairy]

Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the City (Modern interpretation)