HIGHLY CURATED COLLECTION OF RUBBISH

maxine • she/her • twenty-three year-old human bean in california

[seasonsofwinterberry]

[saathi1013]

Fandom as Inhabitation of Negative Space*

Okay, so.  I just had a conversation with Cookingbaconshirtless that recalled a bunch of other conversations I’ve had before with other people.  Let’s call them ‘Mundanes**,’ for now - 'people who do not grok fanfic.’  

See, there are people who 'get it’ intuitively, immediately (some of us writing it before we even knew there was a word - let alone a [sub]culture - for it), people who 'get it’ after being exposed to That One Fanfic That Changed Their Life, and Mundanes.

There are 'passive’ Mundanes who get that Fanfic is a Thing, but don’t grok it, and pretty much leave us alone.  And then there Those Mundanes who are vehemently Against Fanfic because it’s Literary Heresy and blah blah blah fishcakes.

So I’m going to talk about what fanfic is (to many of us) and why some of us find it fascinating and why some of us spend so much time talking about it and reading it and, most importantly, writing it.  

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[thenordroom]

Studio apartment | photos by Janne Olander

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[bruwho]

seen at @emmahoareau

[andantegrazioso-deactivated2018]

Bibliothèque nationale de France | nadia.ryan

[curatedrubbish]

The Signs as Arrested Development Running Gags:

Aries: Her?

Taurus: ♪♪ Hello darkness my old friend ♪♪

Gemini: Marry me!

Cancer: I've made a huge mistake.

Leo: There's always money in the banana stand.

Virgo: *chicken dance*

Libra: Heyyyyy, brother...

Scorpio: ♪♪ Chistmastime is here again ♪♪

Sagittarius: You're out of the movie!

Capricorn: Oh come on!

Aquarius: No touching!

Pisces: Annyong!

[kiwi]

[goghsunflowers]

[detailedart]

Vincent Van Gogh

[tkkatherineblog]

[madewell]

[leahberman]

Superbloom

Diamond Valley Lake, California

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[momma-rose]

here’s a fun reminder

bees do not suffer from humans harvesting their honey, as they produce it to a level of excess that they cannot hope to use.

not only that, but without people deliberately breeding them for honey, they would have died out by now.

this especially goes towards you vegans who don’t eat honey thinking it’s animal abuse. don’t go out and buy agave nectar, which is so frequently made using inhuman labour policies. use honey, the best way to save bees.

[exqueensofbael-blog]

The overharvesting of agave is actually harming the animals that naturally feed off the plants such as certain types of bat. Protesting honey is killing bees and harming the livelihood of beekeepers, aka people who chose their job, not who were forced into it.

[adamrippongifs]

What are ice skating groupies like? When I’m competing, a lot of times I’ll look up and there’ll be maybe one or two rainbow flags. (I’m gay, by the way.) I’ll meet the people flying the flags after the competition—nine times out of ten, lesbians. I’m very big in the lesbian community. The future actually is female, lesbians.

[writing-prompt-s]

You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives.

[issabella]

[plantinghuman]

[lordofinspiration]

The Jungle | Justin Middendorp

[caroldanversenthusiast]

these photos of Kristen Stewart are here to gay up your timeline

[fuckyeahtonystark]

There is very little help for these refugees. Refugees who can only wonder who, if anyone, will help.

[martinipols]

#I said this before#but this moment is peak Iron Man#tony stark donning one gauntlet he was just fixing on screen#fresh back from a gala (he’s still in his gala trousers) but without the shirt and jacket; just the undershirt#aka impromptu Workshop Attire#we’re in the WORKSHOP BY THE WAy#the reporter on the TV is asking WHO WILL HELP#tony looks at his REFLECTION (!!!!!) my goD it’s so much iron man oh my god#THERES AN ARTWORK OF THE AMERICAN FLAG OVER THERE#you can see the arc reactor GLOWING THROUGH HIS UNDERSHIRT#this scene was like#‘lets shove as much Iron Man symbolism as possible here’#my god#tony stark#mcu#favorite movie#i am telling you the history of tony stark as a character Peaked right here#and i’m not saying mcu tony i am saying Tony Stark ™ the entity#the character concept#like you can have a million people writing a million versions of tony stark#but every single version that is true will have This moment in common#not EXACTLY THIS of course#but this moment when everything he’s built so far in terms of 1) iron man armor 2) public and personal self 3) guilt and self-loathing#4) sense of responsibility 5) LITERAL AND METAPHORICAL HEART ISSUES#all come together and they all built up to this decision#‘they can only wonder who; if anyone; will help?’ – FOCUS IN ON TONY’S REFLECTION#which he immediately shatters not once not twice but three times#before fully suiting up for the first time#this is peak iron man i’m telling you#this is Peak iron man (via @knightinironarmor)