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Remember kids: one of the punkest things you can do right now is to look out for your neighbors and make sure they are safe

cipherthefalls

Happy Fourth of July to that one kid still stuck in pool jail.

These fireworks are for you.

sunderlights

get peer reviewed. your tags are hilarious. 10/10.

[ID: tag from tumblr user mother-ofthe-universe. #he's in pool jail for waving the Liberia flag on US soil. End ID]

hunkydorybaby

rice and beans and cheese and avocados and tortillas and cinnamon and vanilla and cocoa and coffee and bananas and corn and

brilledcheese

Now that April Boops Day is over…

It’s time to start getting ready for HALLOWEEN!!!!

jewish-kulindadromeus

Am I In A Cult?

Every so often, you have to sit without yourself and think, "am I in a cult?" This goes for everyone and it's really important to do so.

Consider:

1. Is there an out group I'm supposed to hate?

2. Is a group telling me they're the only safe people?

3. Am I being told to distance myself or stop contacting my loved ones?

4. Am I being asked to risk my life or others' lives? (This one is iffy, but still should be on the list.)

5. Am I being told that my group is above the law?

6. Am I asked to self censor? Am I punished for asking questions?

7. Am I worried about losing all my friends and social network if I step out of line?

8. Have other people called me an extremist?

9. Am I being told to follow one person or organization and not question it?

Everyone is susceptible to cults. Everyone!

This isn't about any particular group or ideology. But there are a lot of groups online that are falling into cult behaviors and we need to be aware of that and stop it immediately.

testosteronetwunk

solongfranklloydwright

the french beatles

solongfranklloydwright

jean, paul, george, et ringeaux

solongfranklloydwright

charlesoberonn

Unironically the Beta Trolls in Homestuck are a masterpiece of character design and writing.

12 new characters introduced fairly rapidly yet they're all memorable, distinct, 3-dimensional (some more than others, but still) and most importantly, beloved.

Honestly an inspiration and something writers and character artists should learn from.

charlesoberonn

kitstacean

I really enjoy how pretty much every Homestuck character is introduced with a particular format:

[an image of character standing in their bedroom]

You are NAME. You like ACTIVITY or ITEMS. Some OTHER RELEVANT TRAITS. Some ITEMS in the bedroom get DESCRIBED.

And I think the bedroom shots do A LOT of work in characterisation - like what do these kiddos do with a space that's wholly their own?

Like you don't even really need the blurb, just look at these two rooms side by side and draw your own conclusions:

faisdm

There are legitimately a bunch of great lessons a writer or comic creator could learn from Homestuck about how to establish a character who immediately makes a strong impression. People so often get so tied up with the memes and meta around Homestuck, they seem to forget it's like... so well-written that millions of people will happily read conversations of these characters just talking about random bullshit like rapping or bad 90s movies and even in a format that's *kind of hard to read*, simply because they're just that engaging with distinct voices (even if you take typing quirks out of the equation) and great character-based humour.

The way each character makes a really strong impression in the first pesterlog they appear in, for example, or Hussie not being afraid to give good or heroic characters traits that are awkward, annoying or a bit pathetic, or just dorky interests and hobbies. HGNH I could geek out about this shit for days!

charliekirkassassinationkink

Whenever I say "sorry guys" or whatever I am exclusively apologising to guys I am not using it as a gender neutral term this is because I hate women HASHTAG MISOGYNY

charliekirkassassinationkink

I was going through my old posts and just found this. I cannot believe I use to be this person and I would like to apologise to all women everywhere for this hate. I'm sorry women. HASHTAG FEMINISM