Fidus et Audax

I have a vault full of pseudonyms. I'm something of a collector. Iddy Cauthon. Doctor Calamity Jones, at your service. Unless you'd prefer C for simplicity. They/them. Writer and maker of things. Professional imaginary friend. Part time muse, full time enabler. Gifted faker. Weird as fuck, ace as hell. I rule me.

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[helpimsotired]

Justin McElroy talking about accessibility in live theatre (June 9, 2019)

[formichi]

[quasi-normalcy]

“Art is happening everywhere all of the time” but an awful lot of it seems to only ever happen in New York and London, doesn’t it?

[dochkavurdalaka]

chilchuck going "sorry leave me outta this one. i cant fight" but then hitting literally every precise shot with an arrow or projectile he ever made in the story INCLUDING PIERCING A RED DRAGONS EYE BY THROWING A KNIFE WHILE LEAPING AWAY my bro is a rogue with dex 20 and wants no one to know biggest liar in history

[appendingfic]

As a fellow union man i can relate - you do not let your employer know you can do anything you don't want to become your job

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

a while back I reblogged a post pointing out that it's totally reasonable to have a crush on someone and just Not Act On It, Ever, At All, and I cannot stop thinking about the sweet souls in the notes who seemed baffled as to why anyone would ever want to leave a crush unspoken. absolutely fascinating life experience you must be having if that's not a possibility that's ever even cropped up, I have to say. I don't think it's unforgivably naive or anything but it does warrant further study.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

every post I make summons people who are inventing totally new and exciting struggles

[grynwood]

"I don't let go. It's my one thing"

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

I wish there was a way we could all just use the same Netflix account, I wanna know how chaotic that would be

[bunzy]

Is this like a system thing or an every human on earth thing? Cus honestly if all 8 billion people used one Netflix account it would probably crash the whole internet

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

I meant it as all the people of tumblr but I’m now fascinated by the thought of all of earth sharing an account

[grootficguy]

i tried explaining to this girl at a party once how i could be gay and asexual at the same time and it basically boils down to never being into anyone but like once a year i’ll find a man attractive. and she was like “so what am i if i only like girls, and i’ve never found any of my boyfriends attractive and and i just wanna do cocaine all the time?” i was like “you’re a lesbian with a coke addiction?” and she was like “woooooah”. she broke up with her boyfriend that night and had a threesome with two girls in the bathtub. rebecca if you’re out there, i hope you’re going places. well, not far, since you’re electronically tagged. but spiritually.

[respocked]

most start trek aliens wear very modest fashions so the special effects don't have do the make-up other than the hands, neck and face - which just makes sense, imagine the added cost of making more prosthetics just so they can have cleveage or whatever. so nothing shocked me more in discovery than saru going shirtless. i wasn't prepared for this as an option. he was asking michael to kill him and everything and i was like man i can't believe this *squinting to see if he has nipples* man how many hours did that take

[lady-lazarus-13]

Doug Jones truly deserves way more praise for his acting and dedication to his craft.

[respocked]

he does! have some cute BTS photos from the discovery set (from trekcore)

[elucubrare]

You’ve heard of “i didn’t say it was good, i said i liked it,” get ready for “i said it had some technical problems & didn’t fully deliver on its themes, not that i didn’t like it”

[elucubrare]

#I voiced a criticism of some of its aspects#which in no way implies I did not like it#“and especially does not imply that I would like to hear a defense of it of the form 'shut up and let people have fun'”

REALLY endorsing these tags from galileosballs

[f0restnympho420]

it’s sex in the forest weather rn

[trashcanprince]

first sunlight in 200 years

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[alexaloraetheris]

Chocolate Guy's Wario

[godkissedme]

i think i deserve financial compensation for everything. all of it. i’m not even gonna specify

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

My friend just sent this in the group chat, we got the new gay or European 2026 update

A rigorous diagnostic. 15 questions. One uncomfortable truth.

[apollosfallen]

The only way forward is to stop treating masculinity as synonymous with harmful, monstrous, or dangerous.

[apollosfallen]

There is a fundamental difference between "men are dangerous" (wrong, bioessentialist) and "the patriarchy allows dangerous men to exist unchecked" (true).

[fibromyalgicaf]

Hey if you have chronic pain, you gotta remember that the cognitive load of dealing with that is exhausting. Just that alone. Never mind what else you've got going on.

You're not lazy or being dramatic; you're overloaded.

[fibromyalgicaf]

Addition that definitely should not be hiding in the comments:

it also burns more carbs. cognitive and emotional processing takes calories; if youve been upset all day or studying math and you get hit with a WILD donut craving, your brain is telling you to Refuel and you Should, prontolike. it's not eating your feelings, it's keeping your brain fueled when it's working hard

[my-life-is-a-sidequest]

A Horse power being only 735 watt is honestly so weird like that's not even enough to run a modern game on decent seatings

[pseudomasochist]

You wanna know what's fucked?

Your brain is a 25-watt computer.

Brain is 25% of your energy consumption, you burn about 100 watts of power (about 100 joules per second). You're a 25-watt computer.

[my-life-is-a-sidequest]

I don't like that fact

[pseudomasochist]

No but for real. Your brain is one of the most advanced machines known to exist. It's a computer capable of running a sapient intelligence on - and I cannot stress this enough - 25 watts of broccoli and stew. What the fuck.

[my-life-is-a-sidequest]

It's a cool fact it just makes me uncomfortable