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✦ any pronouns (including neos) ✦ don't be an asshole? ✦ i swear this isn't and aesthetic blog ✦

[elfincreature]

blog guidelines/intro

okay yeah hi, i’m mattie (@elfincreature)? uhhhh dni list is at the bottom…

i’m @ieatlavenderblankets on pinterest and @tisyourworst on uquiz

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you can ask me pretty much anything as long as it’s not like creepy or mean. if i don’t feel comfortable with it then i’ll just not answer.

i also might draw something if you request it, but the same rules apply and also if it’s too complicated i might not fully draw it because im lazy

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i reblog stuff related to my current obsession so don’t worry about that, there is no set topic that i only reblog cuz this is just an everything blog

i also sometime post my art/character designs, these will be tagged with #elfincreatures’s art. text posts will be tagged with #elfincreature’s rambles and i don’t think i really post anything else for now

anyway yeah have fun and enjoy yourself, and if you like a bunch of the same things as me, let’s be moots!

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fandoms!

the amazing digital circus (especially funnybunny!) tbh this is a hyperfixation at this point

takin over the asylum i’m on like episode 5 or smth when im writing this

epic: the musical

things i like!

art nouveau

literally anything goblincore i swear im obsessed i want my room and my style and my hair to all be goblincore *deep breath in* yeah i think goblincore is cool

doc martens and also converse

stars

walls that have loads of posters on. i mean you can barely see underneath

david tennant i just think he’s pretty. like i wouldn’t screw him i just like looking at pictures. yes im trying to figure out if im ace

the colour green and also the colour purple and also the colour blue

tarnished silver jewellery

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dni: transphobes/homophobes, racist people, nazis/fascists, radfems, pedos, you know the deal

[charlesoberonn]

The boulder pushing punishment is iconic. But I think more people should know the reason Sisyphus was punished to begin with, which was for cheating death, twice.

The first time he cheated death, Sisyphus had just angered Zeus by revealing the location of the Asopid Aegina whom Zeus abducted. Which is super valid, fuck Zeus.

Sisyphus knew that Zeus would send the god of death Thanatos after him, so he prepared a trap and trapped Thanatos in the chains meant for him.

After that, nothing on Earth was able to die so long as Thanatos was in chains. Which meant no animals could be sacrificed to the gods. This angered the gods, who made Sisyphus' life so miserable with pain and illness that he would beg for death. And so he released Thanatos.

But then came the second time Sisyphus cheated death. As he was dying, he asked his wife to dump his naked corpse in the middle of the public square. Denied a proper burial, his soul ended up on the far side of the river Styx, unable to cross.

He complained to Hades and Persephone about how his wife disrespected him, and begged them to let him return briefly to the world of the living to scold her and make her bury him properly. They agreed, and Sisyphus returned to life. He then embraced his wife, and refused to return to the Underworld.

It's only when he finally died of old age that he was sent to Tartarus and punished with the boulder.

I don't remember where I've seen it, but I like the interpretation that Sisyphus doesn't have to push the boulder. He can choose to stay in Tartarus and rest. But he was promised that if he managed to push the boulder to the top of the mountain, he'll ascend to Elysium.

And Sisyphus, in his stubbornness and cleverness, refuses to give up on a challenge.

One must indeed imagine Sisyphus happy, planning and scheming about how he'll cheat the gods next.

[markovchaingang]

men and women are not opposites. men and women are not enemies. men and women are two parts of a broad coalition which fights against a mutual enemy: inkjet printers

[storybookprincess]

so back when my little brother was in high school, my mom went as a chaperone for their senior year field trip to an amusement park. which, you know, brave move to volunteer to supervise a bunch of high school seniors let loose in a wonderland of rollercoasters and sugar

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

treat someone like a problem, they’ll act like a problem. but give people a chance to help, make them feel important, and they usually rise far above the occasion. it was a stroke of genius that i’m honestly still in awe of

[boycritter]

"unbecoming" is such a great word. bro that shit was so rude you no longer Are

[emolgana]

incredible stuff happening out there

[pukicho]

There's gotta be someone more qualified. I'm fucking begging you.

[thefoxboy]

@evilwizard

[evilwizard]

don’t involve me in this…

[kilgarraghforever]

@theshitpostcalligrapher ?

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

[snappingturt3ls]

@sexy-people-contests-2026 ?

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Why have I been tagged on this post again?

[lostinthewrongfandom]

How many followers do you have again?

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Too many

[lostinthewrongfandom]

Mim, that's almost the same amount of reblogs this post has

[mimosa-sexypeople-contests-2026]

Well that’s a terrifying point I didn’t realize until now

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

things to say after fucking up egregiously

pack it up boys we've made a social blunder

let's run that again

one more time normal style

I'm going to become a statistic

further proof god is out to get me

it's because I tore my acl senior year

I couldn't do it for religious reasons

my ex took my talent in the divorce

good thing nobody saw that (said directly to someone who definitely saw it)

[draconym]

do you think two pennies is still enough for the ferryman or has inflation driven up the fare

[draconym]

if he makes me use an app I am simply not crossing the river Styx.

[thepaisleyelf]

There’s a liquor store near my house that seems to be run exclusively by frat boys. They lovingly curate these bags, which I browsed today while “Oops I Did It Again” played through the store speakers. This is art to me, there is beauty everywhere for those with eyes to see it

[elfincreature]

legendary dash pull

[mbrainspaz]

idk what neurodivergent young adult needs to hear this but you are NOT supposed to give 100% at your job. I've gotten more promotions and raises since I started giving 40-60%, which my evil CEO uncle informed me is what bosses actually expect when they say 110%. My mental health has improved tremendously. I've spent 2 out of 5 workdays secretly writing my novel for the last 2 years and I've never been more respected and appreciated. Also--when you see glaring wasteful errors in the company's operating systems, say absolutely nothing! Embrace inefficiency. It is your friend in this capitalist hellscape.

[dankxsinatra]

[drtanner]

The cat is so stoked to be there??? What a little star. 💜

[elfincreature]

@joy-and-whimsy-official you got this?

[elfincreature]

 the story is set in a suburban town in nowheresville. mortimer is a retired grim reaper and bea is his young daughter (~7 yo?).most people in the village are pretty neutral towards them, but there is a very passive aggressive undercurrent of distrust towards mortimer in particular. bea has no issues settling in at school — she is seen as a bit odd but generally nice and quickly makes a few close friends. mortimer struggles more, as people tended to avoid him because of his past.in particular, belinda leads many campaigns to try and get mortimer and bea to leave, although they are all unsuccessful.however, one person who helps mortimer and bea with things like finding the library or knowing which petrol stations give the best deals. jim hero is a sort of local celebrity: in his last year of school with an impressive talent for sports. jim is basically a massive himbo/jock, but everyone in the town loves him or wants to be him.over time, jim helps mortimer settle in; and by being seen with jim, mortimer proves his trustworthiness.

[elfincreature]

it’s always dangerous adding something new to my routine. am i going to end up being too tired to stick to it or am i going to get so attached that im unable to function without it? who knows

[elfincreature]

just found out about alterous attraction, my whole world is rocked

it’s like the non-binary of platonic/romantic. could be both, could be neither, could be somewhere in between

also instead of crushes it’s a mesh apparently which is adorable

[gazo1a]

The cool shattered mask trend.

[the-circus-awaits-us]

[elfincreature]

^ me for a minute when i stand up and the headspins kick in

[ellipsus-writes]

If you haven't heard, the em dash has been getting a lot of attention lately…

Because it was trained on pirated work—including freely accessible online writing (like fanfic, academic texts)—ChatGPT picked up patterns and quirks native to human writing.

Including (sigh) the em dash.

There are other victims here (RIP tapestry and delve 🫠), but the appropriation of the em dash—a punctuation mark beloved by writers everywhere—feels especially personal.

A kind of low-grade panic is ensuing. Writers who once memed their own em dash overuse—the greatest punctuation mark ever to grace the control-freak’s lexicon, frankly—are suddenly backing away to avoid accusations.

No. More. We have centuries of dash-abusing writers behind us. We will not sit quietly while AI repurposes our beloved stilted aside—or the just-one-more clarification the sentence demands—or the dramatic pause your comma could never—etc.

You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you.

Defend the em dash.

(Feel free to download/share/stick it where it matters!)