same as it ever was

bisexual | she/her | 23 ao3

[ilyapasta]

Guys maybe someday I'll finish and post fanfiction again. That was a fun time. When I was doing that.

[ashkav]

episode 65 of naruto asked the question how do we subtly but effectively convey this character who doesn't speak much is actively losing his mind and the solution they settled on is just to make Gaara look as stupid as possible

[ashkav]

I hate you satin. I hate you clothes sellers advertising satin garments as being made of silk or 'silky'. you have never touched real silk in your life or else you would know that using the two interchangably would be like ordering polished oak and receiving a plank of dried wood filler.

[future-crab]

The key to writing good fanfiction is to harbor a deeply humiliating desire, and the trick there is that even pretty basic and societally-accepted desires like “being held” and “being wanted” CAN and WILL be humiliating if they’re intense enough. Become so estranged from human connection that the idea of someone playing with your hair fills you with yearning so deep you feel like you’re going to throw up and you will write some banger fanfiction. It might have some other consequences too but idrk about that.

[penny-anna]

what the hell is going on

[penny-anna]

i believe in you Binface. you can do it. this could be your moment.

[penny-anna]

Please god it would be so funny

[penny-anna]

there is no downside to voting for Count Binface. its not taking away from other candidates bcos they aren't any and the more votes he gets the stupider Farage looks.

[penny-anna]

for people out of the loop:

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

[romanceyourdemons]

the great thing about the wuxia genre is you can start a sect called the Evil Blood Cult in a place called Demon Mountain that’s a volcano full of poison and you all wear crazy gothic black and red hanfu and practice Sinister Backstabber Style kung fu and like. that’s not a deterrent to prospective disciples. do all that and a fuckton of bright eyed youngsters will still show up at your door and say hello i would like to join the demon mountain evil blood cult where do i sign up?

[deep-green-existentialist]

Lockheed Martin was at my college's job fair

[vykodlak]

of course, the best part of any character's corruption arc is their cool new outfit

[ashkav]

[ashkav]

and hard cut to sakura having the worst day of her life, tormented by nightmares, no sleep, teammates comatose, covered in dirt and about to get jumped by 3 full grown adults. sakura would you like to hear about this hip new trend called 'running away'? there are many benefits,

[ashkav]

[cardinalvirtue]

this has been my worst nightmare for years this is gta6’s fault omg someone DO SOMETHING

[seabassapologist]

[ashkav]

watching naruto for the first time ever and its really crazy how it has genuinely very well done fight choreography and magic systems but to get to that you have to wade through seasons that are 40% flashback by weight. this is obviously a product of its times and wouldnt be a problem if I was watching the way it was originally intended (being 12 years old) but as someone who got into anime only after standards had moved away from filler it's so difficult to get used to.

[langouuuuu]

When you work at FBC:

[ashkav]

I am very much a tea drinker and a tea drinker only, I do not like coffee and I only have energy drinks if I am desperate because I got too reliant on them as a teenager. however. I have a deadline. and desperate times call for desperate measures. so i will be chugging 2 vietnamese coffees back to back.

[ashkav]

results: i stayed awake for 2 days, made the deadline by a matter of minutes, and then slept 16 hours straight. would try again.

[ashkav]

I am very much a tea drinker and a tea drinker only, I do not like coffee and I only have energy drinks if I am desperate because I got too reliant on them as a teenager. however. I have a deadline. and desperate times call for desperate measures. so i will be chugging 2 vietnamese coffees back to back.

[hicscribere]

threshold kids are back

[unhappytogekiss]

a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner

[ashkav]

hey so has anyone else noticed that Dylan is wearing a little charm that looks like a figure with a hole in its head? Dylan, the known mental health risk and long term coma patient, currently carrying a bomb in the back of his head? the literal warning labels weren't enough??