The Thrill of the Hunt

Cenarius/Cen | 30+ | he/they/fae | aroace | multifandom Puzzlehunt constructor and solver, currently with Team Providence for MIT Mystery Hunt 2026. Formerly known as "benzopyrene-612"

[centhestumper]

Intro

[Updated: 03/31/2026]

Hi I'm Cen! - he/they/fae - aroace

Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Up to TMA 040), Undertale/Deltarune, ISAT (gotta get that game off my backlog!), Homestuck, Cookie Run Ovenbreak (esp. Time Balance Department)

Currently active in preparing MIT Mystery Hunt 2027, as well as writing a couple puzzle sets on the side:

Nephelococcygia - 8 puzzles + meta. metapuzzle and one feeder puzzle written.

TBD Employee Orientation - 9 puzzles + meta. metapuzzle and 5/9 feeder puzzles written.

My prior puzzle projects:

Puzzle Set Links

I have written hunt-style puzzles since late 2013. I was involved in organizing two major puzzlehunt events at MIT (MITMH 2016, 2024) and Ca

[jjjjjjjjoey]

When ur mutuals w/ some cool ass people rb if u agree

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[glitter-kittie]

I feel so alone lately, I just want a break from people and from life... I also want to vent my emotions but I don’t want to bother anyone... not like they care or understand either. If my psychiatrist didn’t get it, why would they? I just wish I could stop time for a second so I could catch up with life for a bit

[glitter-kittie]

Hey, im 21 now. I’m in my second year of college. I’m majoring in chemistry and I finally have a group of friends where I actually belong. I moved away, I mostly get along with my mom now and she apologized for years of abuse and has changed. I’ve been clean of self harm for 2 years now. I am still dealing with my eating disorder but it’s much more manageable. I’m no longer depressed, and every time I feel like stopping I’m finally strong enough to keep going. I’m strong enough to defend myself now. I am able to go out now without being scared, I’m able to drive kinda and I keep trying every day. I don’t think anyone will read this, I don’t think anyone remembers my account, but if anyone gets to see this, things do get better. Things can improve and I can finally say I’m glad my attempts didn’t work. Thank you to the people that supported me online, thank you for caring for a scared 16 year old me. Things get better, life gets easier. I am proof of it. Logging out for the near future. Good luck everyone<33.

[paranormal-paracosm]

[bludraws094]

SHOUT OUT TO FAT TRANS WOMEN!!!!!

[isuggestgetfatterv2]

SHOUTOUTS TO FAT TRANS WOMEN!!!

[passionpeachy]

The way adult fandom people hold indie online creators and cartoons to a much higher standard than their actual local politicians. You could be putting that energy into terrorizing and protesting conservatives at your town hall and actually make a good material impact on the world but instead you're background checking everything the trans woman who made the amazing digital circus has ever said

[stevishabitat]

Absolutely valid...

[8pxl]

they're girlfriends,,,

[8pxl]

happy pride month i love you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈🦋✨

[mhtyr]

mutuals to sit on the balcony on a summer night with

[aurumacadicus]

I don't have the words for this but. Art and science are always hand in hand.

The perfectionism of artists has them researching stuff in a way that only scientists can compare. Some artists become experts in biology or anatomy. Other special interests have them going down rabbit holes to make them better at their art.

Disney animators said "we are perfecting the code for this snow if it kills us" and researched and invented code until it acted like real snow in Frozen and snow scientists were like hey. Did we just fucking solve the Dyatlov Pass mystery. And the animators answered no. We made snow. YOU applied the knowledge and did the experiments to solve what could have happened at Dyatlov Pass.

And it was a team effort because of course it was. You can't have art without science. And you can't have science without art.

[something-elsie]

tbh think if ur gonna give the like button a trans flag animation you should like stop banning trans women en masse, among other things. like as a requirement.

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[heedra]

so far one theme of the 30s for me has been realizing that literally every human being on earth who appears completely cool and collected and together with it at first glance has some threshold past which enough known information about them will shatter that mystique completely. i don't even say this negatively or pessimistically it's just been helpful to keep in mind that we're all like that.

[absolutely-zero-regrets]

Happy birthday gay people

[ashuribbon]

The Time Balance Department is not responsible for any injuries or deaths in the duration of the Cookies' stay in the Time Variance Island.

Meet the Time Variance Island (TVI) group, aka the fankids from my Tomodachi Life emulator run, which I decided to give their own little world and lore!

All character descriptions under the cut!

[sasstricbypass]

[sistertaxon]

actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

[ordinaryschmuck]

ATTENTION ALL HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS

This–

–is not going away.

You can try all you want to get rid of it.

You can try to demand the network takedown shows that allow this.

You can try to ban your children from watching those shows.

You can even try to take the TV away and demand your children read a book.

But here’s what you can’t take away.

You’ve told your kids their entire life that this is wrong, perverted, and disgusting. The worst part being that your kid is even like the characters above.

But for a brief moment, they were told the opposite was true.

They were told that there is nothing wrong with who they are or who they like.

They were told that this one thing about them doesn’t change who they are.

They were told that in this dumpster fire of a planet, that they are not alone.

And at that moment, they are happy and at peace.

And you can’t take that away.

Again, you can try, and for a while, it might seem like you succeeded.

But your child will always come back to that moment.

Hell, your child might even make stories of their own, featuring characters that can give the same feeling they felt all those years ago.

And kids who will see those characters will continue to make more themselves.

To make others feel like they are heard in a way they never did before seeing some goofy cartoon aimed at children.

And that’s why this isn’t going away.

No matter how badly you want it to.

[ordinaryschmuck]

And now, some new/forgotten/neglected representation for this year’s Pride Month:

(Yes, this counts. Trust me.)

(Forgot to acknowledge Sadie in this. My bad).

Like I said, it’s not going away.

There’s always going to be representation in children’s media, and there’s going to be more of it every year. And I’ll certainly try my best to keep track of it all.

Anything to help people know that they are seen and valid.

[ordinaryschmuck]

Here’s the annual reblog. With some new faces:

…These are all that comes to mind in children’s animation. Either I’m not watching enough or my memory’s been shot for the whole year.

Either way, happy pride month.

[ordinaryschmuck]

Some new additions and ones I’ve recently discovered:

That last one is trans. Which is pretty cool. You don’t see transgender characters much in children’s media. Hopefully that changes as more time goes by.

[ordinaryschmuck]

On THAT note from last year, this year I want to shine a light on two more characters in particular.

On the left is Brooklyn from Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. On the right is Kai from Pixar’s first and best show Win or Lose.

Both characters…ARE transgender. That is FACT believed by fans of both shows and confirmed by creators of said shows. The only ones who REFUSE to acknowledge that is Disney, the company that produced both shows and approved making these two characters…until the writers apparently went too far.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur had an episode that went into Brooklyn being forced out of a volleyball game because some Karen with a magic key didn’t like the idea of someone like her playing in girls volleyball. They were ninety-eight percent done with this episode, BUT, due to the “results of the election,” Disney pulled the plug on the whole thing and stopped it from airing on Disney Channel OR Disney+.

Win or Lose intended to lean into Kai being trans, having this whole storyline that dived deep into her body dysmorphia and, despite being accepted by her team and coach, she worried about others seeing through her. Disney said that is TOO much of a spotlight and told the writers that they had to dial back on Kai’s identity.

Both shows, unfortunately, relented. Because in this world, your options are either do what the studio said or risk having everything you’ve been working on for MONTHS/YEARS be erased because you stood your ground too firmly. It’s sad and even frustrating that this happened, because it makes homophobic parents look like they’re winning.

…But they didn’t.

“The Gatekeeper” may never be officially on any platform from Disney, but you know what DID happen? It got leaked. That episode got shared and spread EVERYWHERE to every social media site available, letting fans of MG and DD see it anyways and allowing trans fans to feel seen in a way that Disney wouldn’t allow. And Kai couldn’t be EXPLICITLY stated as trans, but BOY did the writers/animators did everything they could to make her so. The symbolism and visual storytelling IS there, and everyone who watched Win or Lose STILL agrees that Kai is transgender even if Disney wouldn’t let her admit it.

You see, homophobic parents, you won a BATTLE, but the war still isn’t won yet. You may be happy that Disney refused these stories and characters to be up front and in the faces of your children, but the fans and people behind the scenes aren’t going to lay down without a fight. They may have to fight harder for the next few years, but they’re STILL going to fight nonetheless.

THIS isn’t going away. Not forever. You can either accept that, or continue to tire yourselves out with fighting. Either way, the LGBTQIA+ community isn’t going to stop until YOU do. So suck it.

[ordinaryschmuck]

Every year I reblog this with either new additions or something worth noting. This year, unfortunately, I’m drawing a blank. I haven’t seen that much children’s media as of late so I’m not as in the loop about new kinds of representation kids can enjoy.

So this time, I’m going to leave it to YOU. Are there any shows you can think of–SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN–that shows queer LGBTQIA+ in any way, shape, or form? Even if it’s implied, it still counts.