Tenacious

AtlinMerrick on AO3 // AtlinMerrick on Twitter // ImprobablePress on Instagram // Commissioning Editor @ ImprobablePress.com (she/her)

[chaoschaoswriting]

The only writing advice that matters is this:

Persist.

Against all odds, despite doubt and scorn, with joy in your heart,

Persist.

Fly in the face of common sense and refuse to grow old where it matters most - your mind and soul.

Persist.

[softiekurbie]

Maria Del Pilar, Joana Choumali, 2022.

[petrichara]

Love, grief, and magic in the mundane

1- @Bluewmist on Twitter / 2- Roly Poly is Taken on Twitter / 3- About Time (2012) by Richard Curtis, image from Mita Park on Unsplash / 4- Sherri Turner on Twitter / 5- Cold Solace by Anna Belle Kaufman / 6- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

[thememedaddy]

[porterdavis]

[thememedaddy]

[animentality]

[ober-affen-geil]

Ok extra context from your friendly neighborhood Master's Degree holding archivist:

Archives are "curated" according to what's called a "collection policy". That means a policy that dictates what you collect; usually along a theme. For example at the university I used to work at the collection policy was to collect archival material pertaining to the local area and its history/important figures. At the historic home I currently work at, the collection policy covers materials pertaining to the person who lived at the house.

AO3 collects fan works and original writing. That's it. That's how they "curate". They don't allow a copy paste of published works (for legal reasons) and they don't allow commissioned works (for legal reasons) . Everything else that falls under fan works and original writing is part of their collection policy. Everything. That's how archives work.

[insecuregodcomplex]

[lucylehane]

(this scene is why I watch this movie on Valentine's Day every year)

The Birdcage (1996)

[atlinmerrick]

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this film. I love it so. Everyone has so many moments to shine, it's amazing.

[evilbjork]

[power-chords]

[maniacalshen]

had to nab these tags from @ravenvsfox

[sainamoonshine]

And people really do try to interact with fandom like consumers! They want « content ». They act like they can get a refund on reading a fic they don’t like. They add fanfics to goddamned goodreads without a second thought without realizing that’s as ridiculous as adding your friend’s dining room as a restaurant on yelp just so you can post a review about it

[cyanwrites]

'Fandom' is a contraction of 'fanatic' and 'kingdom'.

Fanatic, from Latin fanaticus "mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god."

Fandom is literally the place people go to be enthusiastically crazy about their blorbos! There are no normal people here!

[cacodaemonia]

#just opening livejournal would have killed you instantly

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

Treating fandom like retail never does good things.

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image IDs: Image #1: Tweet from heartSpocky (@/ heartSalty) reading: when people are like "i can't believe i ventured into fandom, a subculture for freaks, and found freaks there" like i'm really sorry that you were led to think that shipping was a cool and normal activity that cool people do. leave

Image #2: Tumblr tags from ravenVsFox reading: I think ppl have come to think that fandom means like. being a consumer of something generally, and are so comically ill-prepared for the depth and breadth of what fandom actually implies, these clowns are like 'some freaks want these non canon characters to fuck haha sure are some crazies in this fandom', and it's like. youre the outlier here my friend. you are like a little baby, just opening livejournal would have killed you instantly /End ID]

[atlinmerrick]

"just opening livejournal would have killed you instantly"

[theinternetarchive]

rudolf nureyev's mosaicked tomb in sainte-genieveve-de-bois near paris, designed ezio frigerio and executed by a workshop in ravenna, unveiled may 6, 1996.

[chantssecrets]

According to his last wishes, Rudolf Nureyev was buried in the Russian cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-bois, near Paris. 

[porterdavis]

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[lilithsaintcrow]

"...although the change was expected to affect only 3% of users, “this could amount to 2m devices rendered obsolete according to some estimates, potentially generating over 624 tons of e-waste”."

Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices

Up to 2m e-readers made before 2013 will no longer be able to download new titles

And a chaser, for those interested:

Don't Toss Your Old Kindle Yet. Here's How to Keep It Alive After May 2026

Amazon is ending support for older Kindles, but you still have easy ways to keep reading—no upgrade required.

[transmortifried]

idk why people are still trying to do "hear me out"s on tumblr

you could talk about wanting to fuck the space needle on here and people would still call you a poser for insisting on fucking "conventionally attractive architecture" as if that's a coherent, easily-recognizable category

[charlesoberonn]

I want to fuck Antoni Gaudi's unbuilt Hotel Attraction skyscraper design

[anatomizer]

"hear me out" and it's a picture of the most fuckable building you've ever seen. c'mon now.

[thepersonalmossblog]

“hear me out” and it’s the fucking dildopolis