rangers apprentice!!

if you can't tell this is for rangers apprentice he/him aroace

[earthtoamaal]

when i read this bit i knew I’d love this book ngl

[haughtyraban]

“there’s an ai tool for that” okay ?? there’s probably an ed sheeran song for it too who gives a fuck

[gayteensupreme]

"queer-owned business" means nothing anymore. OpenAI and Palantir are both queer-owned businesses.

[gayteensupreme]

if this is how you find out that both sam altman and peter thiel are gay im sorry

[orteil42]

do you know how much of a letdown it was to grow up smelling the aged whiskey in my grandpa's pantry. the wine in my parents' dinner glasses. the anise liquor on summer evenings. and finally being of drinking age and finding out it all kinda just tastes like car exhaust

[rainecreatesstuff]

project hail mary destroyed me specifically because of three big reasons:

Everyone in this movie is autistic and not being great at connecting to people is a Neutral Trait (i am feelings about this often)

Ryland Grace isn't looking for a partner or kids (or a pet) and his life is just as valuable as anyone else's and the removal of his ability to choose what to do with it was a horrific tragedy (you are not worth less if you don't adhere to society's expectations for you)(i am having realizations abt myself as we speak)

the universe is beautiful (i cry when i look at the stars for too long)

[do-you-have-a-flag]

[byjove]

I just saw someone say “You need to read a book intended for adults.” instead of “Read a different book.” to a Harry Potter fan. Big fan of that.

[sparkylilacs]

Mourning the passing of a legend.

Ranger's Apprentice was probably my first fandom.

I will never forget the first time we listened to Ruins of Gorlan. My parents liked listening to audiobooks on road trips, probably where my audiobook habit started, so we started listening to it for a regular trip to Grandparents house. But it was February and on our way back a huge snowstorm hit the highway. Total whiteout. We were lucky, and stopped a few cars behind a massive pile up. Still the road was blocked for hours and as the narrator got to the end of the book the howling wind outside only better set the mood.

Anyway huge fan kept up with all the new releases through college. Never fully recovered from Royal Ranger. But perserved.

Pictured below is the oakleaf necklace I made in middle school and wore nearly every day for at least a year. The charm was originally silver colored from JoAnns, and the cord was leftover from my brother's knife handle wrapping.

Finally to celebrate the books here is some fanart.

Rest in Peace John Flanagan.

I never got to meet you in person, but I am so glad I stayed up until 3am to join a live Q&A on Facebook on night. You liked my comment and I loved the world you created. Thank you!

[dragon-in-a-fez]

the ashtrays in airplane bathrooms are a fascinating harm reduction metaphor. yes it's illegal as hell to smoke in there. yes there's a smoke detector that will snitch on you the second you light up. so why is there an ashtray? because if there weren't, your single momentary dumbass crime could kill 300 people. it is fucking vital that if someone does have a lit cigarette on a plane, they have a place to safely put it out.

[swagvo1d]

[chongoblog]

I shall name him Zero, after the number of times he has died!

[chongoblog]

So bad news about One

[bunnymermaidsblog]

Okay, I know logically they have rope for these things, but please, indulge me and imagine some rangers out on a mission, and they have to climb somewhere, so they tie their cloaks together

[soldier-of-death]

im only attracted to worthy opponents

[solarishashernoseinabook]

[Image ID: Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda saying "Finally! A worthy opponent! Our romance will be legendary!" /end]

[ongoing-catastrophe]

Its actually so important to me that Ryland Grace is a teacher. Not a professor, not someone at the top of their field teaching the smartest people, but a middle school science teacher. Of course he figured out how to communicate with an alien in under a day. His main expertise is explaining complex subjects to a group that doesnt have the vocabulary or context to fully understand them. He knows exactly how to simplify things down to its core principles without sacrificing any of the scientific logic. And he knows how to do it without having to throw around hyperspecific terminology.

[chilewithcarnage]

sorry gotta get my ‘friend that’s too woke’ on but I don’t think the solution to misogyny is more misogyny. like by all means rip into republican/right wing women but your critiques should be about how they’re evil soulless people not ‘haha they’re ugly/visibly aged. they don’t know how to put on make up!’ like i don’t fucking know man I don’t think any woman at all should be required to wear makeup or be made fun of for not wearing it ‘properly’ also let’s stop doing the ‘not conventionally attractive = morally bad’ thing. that last part especially be kicking y’all asses.

[real-language-facts]

favorite type of word: names of genres that tell you nothing without context. literary fiction. popular music. interactive fiction. lets invent a new genre called experiencable media

[storybookprincess]

so back when my little brother was in high school, my mom went as a chaperone for their senior year field trip to an amusement park. which, you know, brave move to volunteer to supervise a bunch of high school seniors let loose in a wonderland of rollercoasters and sugar

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

treat someone like a problem, they’ll act like a problem. but give people a chance to help, make them feel important, and they usually rise far above the occasion. it was a stroke of genius that i’m honestly still in awe of