The Dreamer Strikes Back

The reduxed main blog of Eastonia. Ported from @eastonia-blog because I got locked out. I'm a Christian. I do Renegade-verse, ATLA, Nightwing, PJO Headcanons (with @fins-illusion), World building, Metas and Crack.

[existennialmemes]

Not to sound like a decrepit, rambling corpse about it, but back in my day Word used to be a pre installed program that came with your computer, if you were running Windows.

No subscription. Just program.

On your computer. You got to use it forever and ever and never had to worry about it going away.

Because it was physically on your computer. As a program. That you actually owned. Not because you got it separately, but because it was a standard inclusion with your computer.

I'm sorry but I'll just never get over it. I remember when companies cared about their products being usable out of the box. I remember when our things belonged to us.

Old man shaking fist at cloud, wherein the cloud is the background of the Windows 98 logo.

[ginalinettiofficial]

so i just went as far back as possible in my ao3 history (and damn yall tbt a time before ao3. what a bleak world that was when we had to either go digging for forums of specific fandoms or use fanfiction dot net my most beloathed!!! we are so blessed. thank you ao3)

and apparently i have read or visited something like 11,600 individual fics since i got on ao3!!! which both feels very big and very small.

i got this number by going to history, scrolling to the bottom, seeing how many pages of history i have, and multiplying that number by twenty (cuz ao3 lists 20 results per page). 580 pages of results = ~11,600 individual fics. (ao3 sorts rereads of the same fic as one result, and also counts deleted fics in results!!!)

which made me so curious:

approximately how many fics have you read/visited on ao3, based on your ao3 history (# of pages of results on your ‘history’ page x 20)???

0 - 100

101 - 500

501 - 1,000

1,001 - 3,000

3,001 - 6,000

6,001 - 10,000

10,001 - 15,000

15,001 - 20,000

20,001 - 25,000

25,001 - 30,000

30,001 +

i do not have an ao3 account :-(

Voting ended onMar 16

[dreastblogs]

Uh... you guys know you can delete you history right? ive deleted mine like 5 times now.

[dreastblogs]

Uh @ao3org you okay?

[hanfugallery]

chinese hanfu | makeup and hairstyle in tang dynasty style

[atlaculture]

Poppy Vibes.

[masterhallmark]

What is with nobility of multiple nations and creating giant updos?

[atlaculture]

Serious answer: Historically, the female nobility of most societies were reared to prioritize their beauty and appeal to men of status. Combine this with a surplus of resources and little of substance for wealthy women to actually do, and you get end up with the ultimate updo arms race.

Unserious answer:

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

[vamptits]

don't ever look up what your childhood friends are up to now!!!!!!!!!! like girl you're a nuclear safety engineer. i put on matching socks today. we played tag a thousand years ago.

[halberdbooks]

Yeah

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Many of them haven't done any of the dishes so good on you.

[strawberryplottwist]

Told my car-obsessed uncle that I dread having to replace my car not because I love my current one, but because I don't want a touch screen, and finding a car without a touch screen but with up-to-date safety features is damn near impossible. Predictably, he immediately dove headfirst down that rabbit hole, and emerged several minutes later with a troubled expression on his face to declare that I was correct.

(We did have to remind him that I have ADHD and minimizing distractions is Wildly Important when he didn't understand why I wouldn't want a touch screen built into my car. Never mind that it's a dangerous distraction for everyone, he didn't get it until we explicitly reminded him of the ADHD.)

[mug-of-beans]

“The old magic persists thanks to it’s unfathomable power.”

No, the old magic persists because the new magic can’t run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don’t want or need onto my orb.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Look, if the new magic didn't have a personality construct that kept trying to tell me which spells to use, maybe I wouldn't still be using the old magic.

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

Yes it had a deep blood cost, but at least it was a one time sacrifice and not this monthly bloodletting nonsense new age magic has

[wizard-archivist-official]

The old magic is robust enough to survive a decade of use and it's compatible with every wand, staff, scroll, and charm in our collection.

The new magic stops working after three days and every spell uses proprietary runes.

Our preferences, as an archiving institution, should be pretty clear.

[randomarchivedthoughts]

You Are What You Read: “An AO3 Tag Character Study”

📚 No peeking : Don’t spoil your own ending, take the quiz first before you peek at the polls 👀

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Crack treated seriously

Dead dove / Consensual but not safe or sane

Domestic love

Hurt/no comfort

[Insert character] needs a hug

Mutual pining / Slow burn

Only one bed

Alternative universe / Fix-it

Idiots in love

Porn without plot / Praise kink

No beta we die like men

Angst with a happy ending

Voting ended onJul 17, 2025

🧵 The tag chooses the reader — what’s yours?

📝 Reblog and tag yourself before the angst hits.

[dreastblogs]

@dreamstar-moonlight, @fins-illusion, @anxiousdemifaemess, @solsearchingnights, @aquilaignis, @fae-felix, @thornonarose, @haleingstorm

[soupbeast]

You know what pisses me off? When fanon and canon treat Dick as if he’s somehow… less dangerous/skilled as Damian, and other assassin trained vigilantes/villains. Like… No?? Just because he wasn’t trained by assassins doesn’t mean he wasn’t trained from the age of nine by the fucking batman. After spending his childhood being trained to be a master acrobat. Dick Grayson is one of the most dangerous members of the Batfamily and is one of the most dangerous people in the world.

[jasontoddiefor]

Dick is the person who shows up to a gun fight with a stick and wins every time

[pricetagofficial]

If that isn’t the most accurate description of Dick Grayson I don’t know what is.

[flashfuture]

Not sure how it’s gone and gotten confused but after Cass, Dick is the next best fighter in the whole damn family.

Hell he’s even caught her off guard and knocked Cass out before with a single punch because he’s really fucking strong.

Dick wasn’t leading the Teen Titans because he was the Batman of the group. Dick lead the Titans long before Bruce was in charge of the League.

Bruce is the Robin/Nightwing of the League.

[thekidthesuperkid]

Everything in this post and in the notes is so true! And let’s not forget that Dick has been doing acrobatics training since before he could walk. When did Bruce start his training? Dick has always been in peak physical condition, and the awareness he has of his own body and of his limits and capabilities plus his intelligence and the tactical abilities Bruce trained into him makes every inch of him a deadly weapon.

[potatounicoorn]

He has been trained to be the best of the best in his area since he was born. And that area is ACROBATICS. An art that requires peak physical condition. He literally can do tricks no one in the DC universe can. A quadruple somersault makes a person go 80 miles (127km) per hour! And he uses those moves to fight, all the while making sure he doesn’t kill the oponent. Killing is sadly really easy, all it takes is one hit to the head in the wrong place and it’s over. Fighting using the moves Dick does, making sure he doesn’t kill requires a crazy amount of talent, restriction and accuracy. How the hell do people even begin to think this guy is an incompetent fighter???

[maswartz]

[introvertconfessions]

7 Simple Things Introverts Quietly Love ❤️️ – Time alone to recharge without pressure – Deep, meaningful connections that feel safe – Rest and recovery after lots of socializing – Boundaries that protect their inner peace – The little comforts: sunsets, tea, cozy corners – Soft tunes, rainy days, and a good book – Gentle spaces where they can just exist

[dreastblogs]

To a nearly 13 year old in 2005. Thanks for teaching an almost 11 year old that I am strong enough to face the real world.

Happy 20 years of questing G-man, Wise Girl and Seaweed Brain.

4/7/25

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[chaifootsteps]

#Please little bird

[dreastblogs]

Eh can't hurt

[cosmotellurias]

that one scene where Annabeth laughs in Tartarus, literally the worst fucking place you could possibly be in the whole pantheon—the innards of a primordial itself, prison of the worst enemies of the gods, and birth place of monsters—and she laughed in pure happiness there because not even hell could make her lose her spark when the one person she loves most is with her I'm so

[ilynpilled]

death of the author yeah whatever but death of the fandom is so integral to enjoying legitimately anything like that is just a necessary step to take in ur head always. do not let them affect the text in any way exterminate them all with ur death ray. they r not real and cannot hurt u

[repurposedmeatlocker]

Wait actually want to highlight this.

[dreastblogs]

@aquilaignis, @dreamstar-moonlight, @fins-illusion, @seekingxanadu ah yes. We know that pain well.

[dreastblogs]

@dreamstar-moonlight how did you manage to NOT tag our king, Richard John 'Dick' fucking Grayson?

[ilynpilled]

death of the author yeah whatever but death of the fandom is so integral to enjoying legitimately anything like that is just a necessary step to take in ur head always. do not let them affect the text in any way exterminate them all with ur death ray. they r not real and cannot hurt u

[repurposedmeatlocker]

Wait actually want to highlight this.

[dreastblogs]

@aquilaignis, @dreamstar-moonlight, @fins-illusion, @seekingxanadu ah yes. We know that pain well.