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Ila | They/He | Ace hmu with prompts/requests to write

[fairy-princette]

I started a collection of my favourite steddie fics a while back and just realised I never told anyone, so please consider yourself told

highlights include 'the one where the time loop is fucking exhausting', 'two bros chilling in the mall (ten yards apart 'cause we're not gay)', 'the harrington brood' and 'love me softly'

[setulose]

Trace amounts of Monica in my life

[setulose]

A statistically insignificant level of Monica in my life

[setulose]

My life manufactured in a facility that also processes Monica

[gobelindoll]

im rereading project hail mary already dont judge

[bramblepatch]

Grace explaining sheepishly to Eridian linguists that the reason he uses different pronouns for Rocky than for the rest of the population is that he reflexively defaulted to assigning Rocky the same grammatical and social gender that he himself uses, in a way that has historical precedent but in modern English is considered somewhat chauvinistic and backward, and he's not proud of it but also the habit is pretty deeply ingrained now and unless Rocky objects it's probably easier to just keep on as he has been...

and immediately being informed lol. lmao. do not even worry about it. you have no idea what kind of buck wild grammatical constructs Rocky has invented for you. everyone else addresses you as foreigner/scholar. they're somehow managing to refer to you as their sibling, ward, and semidivine culture hero at the same time every time they talk about you.

[fer3112]

[ganondorf]

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

[tedcruzisthezodiackiller]

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image IDs: Image #1: Tweet from latke (latkedelrey) reading: when someone is edgy and also doesn't want people to respond negatively to them it's like Okay well then you have to pick one because you can't identify as Provocative but Afraid of Provoking. that's not real

Image #2: Tweet from america’s lounge singer: no no no you misunderstood. I said “fuck Your feelings”. My feelings are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird /End ID]

[fujoshijpeg]

[crow-caller]

I have only read a few discworld books so far but I really love how much during reading or after I recognize where Pratchett got certain names and ideas. Moist Von Lipwig surely is named after Victor Lustig, a famous con man, but I didn't notice that until my flatmate pointed it out. It really feels like his writing is full of so many little references and jokes you'd want a fully annotated version like you see with historical texts.

[lakemojave]

If you are currently sitting or laying down this moment ask yourself if you are resting or rotting. Change your behavior accordingly

[lakemojave]

There is no romance in decay when the decaying is easy

[lakemojave]

You are naught but pawns in my game

[b00tlegf4g]

I hope some of y'all take this as a sign to rest intentionally too.

if you're "resting" but thinking of all the things you have to do, that's not resting, that's rotting. Even if you haven't done anything all day, give yourself some time to rest and truly relax. When you let yourself relax guilt free, you actually regain energy for your responsibilities.

[nonbinary-octopus]

this post has helped me a number of times since I first saw it. I have realized I was rotting instead of resting, and depending on the circumstance, got up to do something, or settled more comfortably to actually rest.

Thank you.

[g1sunstreaker]

"rot or rest" sounds like the world's worst game show

[shamebats]

Emos & scene kids got this close to abolishing gender for real. I try not to think about it too much.

[shamebats]

The idea of a popular teenage subculture where girl & boys pretty much all dress the same feels impossible now but for a while it was reality and it was beautiful.

[urgetocreate]

Chris Long (American b.1978), Green Nocturne, Caloosahatchee, 2022, Oil on Wood panel

[nondelphic]

i don’t need discipline. i need a wizard to hit me with a staff and say “finish chapter 12”

[hightide-error]

the poster that this incredible illustration is based on is extremely striking. but while searching for it, I also found earlier posters for conveying this message along with a corresponding one for summer, and I fucking love them. absolutely lovely graphic design work. (both are from 1924, artist is Austin Cooper)

the one I was looking for originally also has a summer variant. (artist is Frederick Charles Herrick: 'it is warmer below' is from 1927, 'it is cooler below' is 1926)

[elodieunderglass]

I also like Edward McKnight Kauffer’s London Underground posters, the 1923 Natural History Museum one is such cool piece of visual art

[maidslime]

You will one day become disabled. Not if. It's a when. You will one day rely on someone for help in your day to day life. Whether it be now or when you're old, it'll happen. It's not an if. It's a when. This will happen.

[sanguine-humor]

phm is decently popular in japan and i mostly see this when i check twitter and see accounts posting pictures of handmade rocky plushies that are so fucking round looking it brings a tear to my eye

[sanguine-humor]

he keeps me sane

[benepla-deactivated20180521]

male entitlement in academic spaces is so boring. can’t tell you how many times i’ve been in a class and a girl gives a short, insightful analysis, and then a dude raises his hand and says “jumping off of that…” then says literally the same thing she said but longer and worse.

[zurizaldun-deactivated20241104]

I hate to be that guy, but it doesn’t just happen to women. The assholes who do that will do that to anyone who’s analysis isn’t sufficiently complex and long winded for them. 

Been done to me by people of both genders. 

Also I have been guilty of doing this, so I apologize. Because I was overly excited and just couldn’t wait to talk…. yeah. 

(Nothing is ever clear cut eh….) 

[benepla-deactivated20180521]

dude.

[221cbakerstreet]

this is art

[korra-of-the-watertribe]

#a fun fact about tumblr is that if you dare to complain about a mundanely frustrating type of person#that exact type of person will appear in your notes as if summoned via a ouija board

[mockva]

This guy's illusions are great

[alexaloraetheris]

[seriouslywhodidthis]

Unfortunately, I think this might be AI. While I was willing to think it was just clever editing, on a rewatch I that noticed his leg clips through the jail cell’s toilet.

[vaspider]

It's a CGI/editing failure, not AI. That's a human mistake. This guy has been doing this since 2008.