An Outpouring of Thought

I'm Dyanne. I am a professional archaeologist, and I specialize in early medieval textiles. When I'm not working, I'm usually writing or doing more...archaeology. Or reading. Sometimes I draw things, and occasionally I'll even post the things.  PLEASE READ: Before you ask a question, check out my "Posts on 'Viking' Culture" tab below. Everything I have ever written is there, and it is even categorized by topic for easy browsing.

[dyannehs]

why doesn't the dsm-5 diagnostic criteria for adhd include something like:

loops youtube videos so friends don't see all of the weird-o hyperfixation songs at the top of their spotify wrapped in nine months

[yesornopolls]

is November too soon to put up your Christmas tree?

is November too soon to put up your Christmas tree?

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 29, 2025

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Reblog if you love “—” and have never used ChatGPT

[marinella-ela]

[maythray]

the persistence of "he or she" makes me slightly insane. youre willing to adapt and learn nearly every other linguistic change in modern times but yet you stlll refuse the singular they, which has been around longer than you've been alive. annoying.

[dyannehs]

And it becomes abundantly clear that the “he or she” is just transphobic/nonbinary-phobic bullshit when you realize that not only does the singular “they” date back literal centuries, but also there exists another gender neutral alternative: “one.” If they actually cared about “correctness” they would (1) use the same gender-neutral singular pronoun Shakespeare used, and Chaucer before him (iirc it’s even in Beowulf a few times; don’t quote me on that, it’s been a minute since I last read it), (2) use “one” instead (“one” does have some uses outside of the gender-neutral singular third person, and it doesn’t work in all declensions, like it sounds pretty weird in the objective, but it’s pretty useful!). But they don’t. Because it’s not about English or being correct. It’s about hating anyone who doesn’t conform to their view of the world and weaponizing language to keep them as outsiders. It truly is just transphobia.

[dyannehs]

Took the husband less than 24 hours to accidentally break Silksong.

[dyannehs]

Reason #456 my husband and I shouldn’t be allowed near alcohol

[homoquartz]

hearing that your characterizations are good is like. the best thing to hear as a fic writer.

[dyannehs]

As a viking expert do you ever get annoyed by the Thor movies? Like Laufey being Loki's father? Or how in mythology the world knows Loki is Laufey's son but he doesn't? Or Freya being Thor's mother?

Nah.

I just accept that the MCU's Earth is Earth-199999. And we live on Earth-1218. It's only natural that we'd have totally different mythologies.

[dyannehs]

Daily shower thought:

The fact that conservative reporters disproportionately mispronounce Xi Jin Ping’s name used to drive me crazy. Like, simplistically, Xi Jin Ping’s family name, Xi, is pronounced “she.” Like the nominative female pronoun. It's one of the easiest Chinese family names for native English speakers to say.

Then I had a thought: what if it’s on purpose? Maybe if a reporter on OAN or Fox or something said it correctly, the dumbest viewers would flood the station with angry messages along the lines of, “You telling me the president of China is 'a trans'?” And if they corrected, said, “No, no, he is definitely a cis male dude, a mannish manly man from Mansville. Doc slapped his ass and called him a boy and that's just how he likes it. His name is just pronounced ‘she.’ Like the pronoun,” those same viewers might come back and say, “PrOnOuNs?!?!?!?!?” Like, what if they’re trying to mispronounce it as closely to the actual pronunciation as possible to keep from triggering the lowest denominator of viewers?

[greatmarta]

I respectfully disagree. Pinyin "Xi" is not pronounced the same as the English common noun "she". The phoneme for "xi" does not exist in English, which is why native English speakers may interpret it as "she" (Upper Power knows I still use the vibrant Polish "R" when I speak English, and can't quite get the "th" phoneme right unless I consciously focus on it). In the International Phonetic Alphabet Xi Jin Ping reads [ɕǐ tɕîn.pʰǐŋ]. "Sh" would be [ ʃ ], so a different phoneme than [ɕ]. The [ɕ] does exist in my native language, which is why I can differentiate between the two. I do not juge those who cannot, just wanted to contribute to the discussion.

[dyannehs]

Yes! You're so right! Which is why I qualified it as "simplistically." As a Mandarin and English speaker, I know it's not exact, but it's damn closer than than whatever those talking heads are doing...

However, /ɕ/ does appear in some English dialects and accents! In some British and Canadian accents, it appears in words like "Tuesday." And some accents even soften the "s" at the beginning of "sure" to a /ɕ/.

[status-quo-hater]

By the way, the prosecution just violated Luigi Mangione's HIPAA rights and I have not seen people talking much about it

[potsiefaerie]

Luigi Mangione's attorneys accuse prosecutors of illegally obtaining his medical records

Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, say Manhattan prosecutors wrongfully obtained

^for those who'd prefer text over video

[heydocverdant]

holy crap, the judge said the violation’s bad enough that, if it’s true, he might end up dismissing the charges against Mangione outright

[dyannehs]

Ok, listen. I know it's exciting, BUT.

There is some legalese happening between the lines here.

I cannot find a source confirming or denying the judge said he will dismiss with prejudice. This is important. Most likely, the judge will dismiss without prejudice. Let's talk about what this means.

Dismissing with prejudice means that no charges can be brought again. Dismissing without prejudice means that charges can be brought again. Dismissal without prejudice is basically a judge's way of adminishing the prosecution for sloppy work, telling them to get their shit together, and come back when they have a case built on solid ethical and legal grounds with no funny business.

Now, faking a court date, misusing a subpoena, and a HIPAA breach are pretty fucking bad. It could be considered egregious misconduct, especially if the claims are true and the prosecution did all of this knowingly and in bad faith. Which...using a fake court date to pressure disclosure is a pretty conscious deviation from legal procedure. Like, there's not really a rational argument for doing that in good faith. It would almost certainly be deemed bad faith per se. Based on that, there is precedent for dismissing with prejudice.

AND...It is more likely that the judge will dismiss without prejudice. Meaning the prosecution can rebuild their case, the right way this time. The judge might feel that the prosecution does have enough evidence to go to trial, but they really fucked up on this one so need to do everything all over again. It's a lighter sanction. It's also possible that the judge might suppress the medical records and everything goes ahead, and medical records are not to be brought up during the trial.

I know it's exciting, but don't celebrate just yet.

[dyannehs]

never took you for a fox or oan viewer...what happened to you?

I got dragged to my in-laws'. That's what happened to me.

And you'll never guess what they have playing 24/7 as background...

Look, dude, I'm just trying to survive this week.

[dyannehs]

Daily shower thought:

The fact that conservative reporters disproportionately mispronounce Xi Jin Ping’s name used to drive me crazy. Like, simplistically, Xi Jin Ping’s family name, Xi, is pronounced “she.” Like the nominative female pronoun. It's one of the easiest Chinese family names for native English speakers to say.

Then I had a thought: what if it’s on purpose? Maybe if a reporter on OAN or Fox or something said it correctly, the dumbest viewers would flood the station with angry messages along the lines of, “You telling me the president of China is 'a trans'?” And if they corrected, said, “No, no, he is definitely a cis male dude, a mannish manly man from Mansville. Doc slapped his ass and called him a boy and that's just how he likes it. His name is just pronounced ‘she.’ Like the pronoun,” those same viewers might come back and say, “PrOnOuNs?!?!?!?!?” Like, what if they’re trying to mispronounce it as closely to the actual pronunciation as possible to keep from triggering the lowest denominator of viewers?

[dyannehs]

Someone tell me I didn’t hallucinate the part of history where the Republican Party emerged as a 3rd party. The part where the third party split the Whig vote between Frémont and incumbent President Fillmore. The part where Democrat Buchanan was able to secure the presidency. The part where this unsuccessful third party (Republicans) managed to put LINCOLN IN THE GODDAMNED WHITEHOUSE THE VERY NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.

NEVER A SUCCESSFUL THIRD PARTY MY FUCKING ASS

THIS ANTI INTELLECTUAL MOTHERFUCKER CLAIMS TO LOOOOOVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND DOESN’T EVEN KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT IT

YOUR OWN GODDAMNED PARTY STARTED OUT AS AN UNSUCCESSFUL THIRD PARTY YOU FUCKING BLISTER YOU FUCKING BRAINDEAD SCROTUM YOU FUCKING

I’m good. I’m good. I’m so good. Not angry.

And fuck Musk too but holy shit the disinformation here has got me screaming

[dyannehs]

A note from one artist to many others...

I get a lot of messages about commissions for fanart. While I’m 99% sure most of them are bots, I want to say this clearly for the record:

I do commission artists. I do pay them fairly. I do scream about them from the rooftops when they create beautiful work. And if you’re inspired to make fanart of something I’ve written, I will adore it. I will cherish it. I will promote it. I will tape it to my bedside table so it’s the first thing I see when I wake up.

What I will not do is respond positively to messages asking me to commission you to make art based on my own writing. Especially not long-form comic adaptations. I’ve poured time, effort, and emotion into crafting my fics—for free—and asking me to pay you to profit off of my work is not only a hard pass, it’s downright insulting.

I say this with all love for artists: I value your work, deeply. But I also value mine. Being asked to fund an adaptation of my own labour feels like asking a home chef to foot the bill for someone else’s food truck based on the home chef's recipes, with no return.

Also, for legal reasons: I’m not interested in any “mutually beneficial” financial arrangement regarding comic adaptations. That would violate US copyright law, and I have no interest in getting sued by Viz, nor anyone else. (Actually, if I were to get sued directly by Hiromu Arakawa, I could die happy, because it would mean she noticed me)

If I’m ever seeking a collaborator for art, I will reach out to specific artists or post about it here. Until then, please don’t ask. Any further messages on this topic will result in an immediate block.

[dyannehs]

Nathan Fielder is Canada’s most powerful Weapon of Mass Destruction.

What we gotta do to get that man into the White House with Trump

[dyannehs]

Your tag "he doesn't even go here he just loves me" about your husband hit me right in the feels. Hope you two have a great day.

I love him so much. He's my right-hand arm man. He's my everything. He's my confidant. My best friend. My silly rabbit.

But actually, it's kind of crazy that we've been together for 10 years now, and we're still acting like we're in that honeymoon phase. I fall in love with him all the time. He is the best person I've ever known. Nothing significant has even happened in our relationship lately to make me feel this way, I just like him so much. It's gross.

And I hope everyone reading this finds someone who is also their right-hand arm man, everything, confidant, best friend, silly rabbit, whether that is platonic, romantic, or otherwise. I'm convinced the joy of life is connecting with someone who knows your soul so deeply, so intimately, it becomes their own, and theirs becomes yours.