Creature From The Rat Lagoon

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[archivalcryptid]

Finally getting around to making a pinned post with things that might be relevant to my tiny number of followers.

My name is Kit and my pronouns are they/them.

I’m a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature and my research focuses on mutants in contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Science Fiction read through an ecological lens. If that sounds niche it’s because PhDs are niche.

Currently teaching a course on gender and identity in contemporary science fiction and I’m really excited about it because I designed it myself.

I’m hyper fixating on vampires at the moment, especially the vampire chronicles and Buffy the vampire slayer.

Currently Reading: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Currently Watching: Angel S5

[bigolbadblog]

i feel like something that's missing from some people's understanding of kink fiction and fantasy is, like... in fiction and fantasy, everything is in-scene.

when real people do kink in real life, you gotta do all that good out-of-scene stuff like discuss boundaries, set limits and expectations, check in with each other, do aftercare, et cetera et cetera et cetera... but in fiction, everything can be in-scene!

the people in that fanfic don't exist any more than, like, the make-believe sexy football star and make-believe sexy cheerleader in a couple's roleplay exist. that couple doesn't need to get into character and then pretend to be a sexy football star having an important consent conversation with a sexy cheerleader, because that's a conversation that's already happened out-of-scene and out-of-character. (i mean, if you're into in-character negotiations, chase your bliss.) when they're in that scene, they can just pretend to be a sexy football star having sex with a sexy cheerleader. that's okay.

so like. when fiction does kink in a way that would be unsafe or harmful irl... just keep in mind that you're not watching actual people neglecting check-ins or ignoring their set contract or genuinely harming each other. you're watching a scene without the behind-the-scenes bits, and that's okay.

[bigolbadblog]

this has gotten a couple replies along the lines of "yeah, you can just assume the characters worked all the important consent stuff out when you weren't looking!" which is true in some cases, but not the point i was trying to make, so please bear with me while i try to rephrase myself.

when i say in fiction, everything is in-scene, i mean that the fiction IS the scene.

if someone went up to their partner and said "hey, wouldn't it be sexy if we pretended you were manipulating and controlling me in an unethical way for sex reasons?", and then they talked through all the good and necessary consent and risk-awareness things, and then they played that scene out - that's a made-up scenario where pretend bad things happen, but no real-world people come to real-world harm, right?

now, if someone writes a story where one character manipulates and controls another in an unethical way for sex reasons... that, too, is a made-up scenario where pretend bad things happen, but no real-world people come to real-world harm.

kink fiction doesn't have to be about characters consciously and conscientiously Doing Kink. kink fiction can be stories where the kinky things people fantasize about or roleplay (but wouldn't want to happen in real life) do happen in the universe of that story. because the story is a scene.

[archivalcryptid]

You know when you’re in the long ass line to the women’s restroom at the club and a banger comes on but you’re all trapped together? Vibes unmatched

[guiltfactory]

the "my favorite character did nothing wrong" mindset is completely unappealing to me because i love thinking about all the things my favorite characters did wrong

[gaybeatles]

I use my lipstick as blush i never gave a fuck

[yellow-cat]

i could be your pet rock. id be very good at it

[yellow-cat]

ive had some time to think and honestly i dont think id be a very good pet rock. i dont know what i was thinking. theres too much anger in me

[fullofvexation]

after the latest Chalamet discourse, I'm curious:

Have you ever been to a live opera, ballet, or play?

I've been to an opera

I've been to a ballet

I've been to a play

I've been to an opera and a ballet but not a play

I've been to an opera and a play but not a ballet

I've been to a ballet and a play but not an opera

I've been to all three of these

I've been to none of these

Nuance (tell me more!?)

Voting ended onMar 14

For the purpose of this poll, musicals are classified as a play! Only count if you actually saw the show live, not a video of it.

[ihateornithologists]

red

no seriously bro what the fuck was that im crying sjjkjk

[un-jardin-sauvage]

[henstomper]

[cathartidae]

hey. dont cry. 566 california condors, okay? 369 free flying.[1] it's gonna be okay.

[cathartidae]

for the record, in 1987 there were 27. [2] things can get better.

[cathartidae]

HEY. DONT CRY. 607 CALIFORNIA CONDORS, OKAY? 392 FREE FLYING. [3]

[elbiotipo]

we don't hate J.J. Abrams enough

[elbiotipo]

Branson Reese, whoever you are, I keep your words in my heart all the time.

[kaijuerotica]

"branson reese, whoever you are" put some respect on the smooth sharks one fear man's name

[kaijuerotica]

feeling incredibly perceived today

[semiautomated]

I’ve died one hundred thousand times and managed to do it on a different hill every time

[ethanmaldridge]

The long nights are over, the Light begins its journey home

[sizeofyoursoul]

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

[imanes]

“some things aren’t meant to last” ok but consider this: I love permanence and consistency

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve got a tiny black hole in a jar. Cute and incomprehensible isn’t it? Don’t open the lid. The last guy who did that got turbo radiation poisoning.

[what-even-is-thiss]

No it’s not a pet but it does eat light. Which is pretty easy to acquire all things considered. Just shine a lamp on it.

Again, do not open the jar.

[what-even-is-thiss]

What does it weigh? Only about ten pounds. It’s like carrying around a cat. In fact, a cat may have turned inside out on itself to make it. Or maybe it was a small dog or a raccoon, I’m not sure.

In any case, seriously, do not open the jar.

[medlabmech]

*opens the jar*

[what-even-is-thiss]

*you immediately fall over due to going through all stages of every type of cancer in 2 seconds*

*closes the jar*

They never listen.

[sassyphantomkoala]

Wait, how come you don't have cancer?

[what-even-is-thiss]

I don’t open the jar.

[what-even-is-thiss]

To those of you saying that the black hole would blow up in less than a nanosecond, clearly not. Because it’s still in the jar.

[alnaperera]

It would not blow up because the event horizon of a black hole that weighs as much as a cat would be miniscule. No idea how you suspended it in the jar though.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I didn’t say it was suspended in the jar. It still has mass. It’s on the bottom of the jar.

[i-dont-know-how-to-exist]

i made fanart of the tiny black hole in a jar

[what-even-is-thiss]

I love this thank you