dusk's faded wings

she/her | perpetually anxious motorsports // multifandom // sequoia trees!!

[fallen-sequoia-trees]

musings | f1 | httyd | lotr | pjo | swimming

[glowwormcentral-deactivated2021]

[lawyer voice] mothers and fuckers of the jury-

[hellenhighwater]

DO YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN I THINK ABOUT THIS POST??? IM IN LAW SCHOOL THIS POST IS GOING TO RUIN MY LIFE

[toontwink]

reblog to ruin a law student’s life

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

oh hello you’ve returned to us

[hellenhighwater]

Hi. I’m a trial attorney now and every last one of you is a motherfucker.

[skateboys]

ilia vlog healings

[fallen-sequoia-trees]

it's always so fun to listen to someone talking about a piece of media they're incredibly invested in, even if you have no idea what's going on in that show lol

[onetiny-inkdropuniverse]

I like my characters messy. Messed up, even. Unhinged. Morally ambiguous. I like Piper McLean because she steals a BMW. Because she's a pick-me girl at first who realizes that she is, in fact, exactly the person she says she's not. I like her because of her messy, weird, imperfect relationship with Jason Grace. I like her because she moves on so quickly that she feels a little guilty, but not guilty enough to get another girl's tongue out of her mouth. I like her because she does not know who she is, or what she's doing. I like her because she has everything and loses everything but manages to still have what matters most. I like her because she does shit she shouldn't do like charmspeak her friends. I like her because she's MESSY. Because so much of fandom HATES her. Because she's weird as hell and she doesn't know what to label herself, so she's like, FUCK that I'm kissing girls! I love her for it, actually. I like Leo Valdez for much the same reasons. I don't like him because he's funny-- I like him because his sense of humor is shitty asf. It has two modes: stupid and super dark. It communicates something very clear: This "weirdo scrawny boy" is actually wicked smart and hella capable, but he only shows it when he needs to. I like him because his past is so fucking traumatic and yet he's the one smiling the most often. That is UNHINGED. That is CREEPY-ASS behavior. My boy is chatting with his new best friend, a TABLE, while he sleep-deprives and starves himself, only to come back out of self-imposed isolation saying shit like copacetic. I mean, who does that? I like Jason Grace because he's the fucking blankest slate of all time, so much so that fandom HATED him. He was their boring white boy. And then, boom, Riordan kills him off, and suddenly Jason Grace is BACK in fandom. But he's been the same guy the whole time. Awkwardly going with any situation you put him in. Having a freaking IDENTITY CRISIS over the course of five books while readers accuse him of having no identity. He's aloof and he's cold and he's down to earth and he's friendly and warm. He's a walking contradiction. He's a blank slate and yet he's the messiest slate of all time. People HATE the guy because his personality "isn't strong" but meanwhile he doesn't even fucking KNOW what his personality is. He's a MESS! I love the lost trio. Because that's what they are. Freaking LOST. They're teenagers, and they suck sometimes, and they're mean to each other, and they're not great friends, and then they're fucking fantastic all over again. And above all, they're MESSY. In the immortal words of Leo Valdez, "I love you guys"

[the-ivorytowerr]

op ur so right ur gonna make me cry

[fireleaptfromhousetohouse]

[keplercryptids]

I spent the afternoon arranging our books by size and color (and it’s so satisfying and looks amazing) and my partner came home and stared in shock at the bookcase and then said “i’m a librarian, you can’t do this.”

[keplercryptids]

him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books

me: yeah i know, they’re all primary colors, it’s perfect

him: [self-destructs]

[operativesurprise]

You’re a monster

[thetumblrofrassilon]

As a former bookstore employee, this hurts my soul. I mean, sure it looks nice, but how do you find anything?

[keplercryptids]

it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.

my partner was like “how will i find [this book] for instance” and i replied “easy, it’s purple” and he looked at me like i was a witch.

[holdmecloseandfast]

OP your brain is neat and I love you for it you funky little color-coded cupcake. But you’re still a monster.

[krsonmar]

This actually is interesting in terms of information-seeking behavior, which is a thing librarians think about a lot and often actually study (some library jobs require you to publish, and academic librarians, for instance, will often use the students at the college they work at to study how they search for information in order to figure out how to best provide them services).

When you go for an MLS (Master’s of Library Science, which is a thing, and which is usually required for “professional-level” library work [which is also a weird and contentious concept that I won’t go into here]), one of the things you study is the organization of information. This deals with how to determine what a book or other material is “about"—a concept we tongue-in-cheek call “aboutness"—and how to convey that to a potential user of the item and make it easy for them to find. Things like keywords and subject headings, do I put this book about how often wild birds attack aerial drones in with books about birds or with books about technology, if its a fictional novel do I put fantasy in it’s own section or mix it in with all of the other fiction, so on and so on.

OP is organizing books by how they would look for them. OP’s partner is thinking in terms of aboutness. This is a system that works for OP because it’s their personal library: they know basically what books they own and they only own books that are relevant to them, and if they know what the book looks like, that can be a quick way to find it.

In a library that assumes the public (or people who do not own that particular collection of books) are using the collection, that doesn’t work. Books are often re-issued in multiple covers, or re-bound in new covers when they get worn out, and if the user doesn’t know what the book looks like or is expecting a different cover, they’re lost. That’s why non-personal libraries used standardized cataloging systems like the Dewey Decimal System or Library of Congress System to organize a book by what it’s “about”, and then put books about the same or similar topics together, marked with labels and signage so a person unfamiliar with the book or collection can find their way to it.

Basically, OP’s system works for their own personal library, because it’s best suited to how the primary user—OP themselves—looks for books. OP’s librarian partner is coming from a background of thinking in terms of a public-facing collection, where aboutness is the key criteria and communicating it to a user unfamiliar with the collection is the priority.

And also, OP is a monster.

[artbyblastweave]

What, the forest-dwelling entities with imperfect human mimicry who insinuate themselves into groups of hikers? Yeah, we had one of those. Clocked it immediately, of course. Honestly it kind of fell in that so-inept-it's-kind-of-charming range. We just played along until it'd had it's fill of marshmallows and shambled back into the treeline. We might have been violating some kind of killjoy wildlife contact best practices but what the hell, can't plan around every little thing. Why, what happened to you guys

[eikotheblue]

these tags are gold omg

[rhysintherain]

It's a misconception that the mimics are hunting humans when they trail along at the back of hiking groups.

In fact, the creature you'll find suddenly walking beside you and acting as if they've always been there is almost certainly a juvenile, as the adults lose the ability when they reach reproductive age.

Recent studies suggest the forest mimic is less like a preying mantis (mimicry as a hunting strategy) and more like a cuckoo (mimicry as a protective strategy for their young). Adult forest mimics will leave their offspring near a group of hikers while they forage during the day, and retrieve them near trailheads in the evening. Groups of hikers provide safety from predators and allow the parents of the species the freedom to forage more widely.

For this reason, the traditional advice to never let a mimic into your vehicle is still very important, as this would separate the young mimic from its mother. If a juvenile forest mimic does follow your group to the parking lot, you can keep it entertained with trail snacks, dad jokes, and simple goofs. The mother will usually collect them shortly before sunset.

When you notice the woods around the trailhead go silent and feel a sense of nameless foreboding, find an excuse to avert your attention from the juvenile so it can sneak back into the forest to rejoin its mother, convinced it's fooled another party of unsuspecting humans.

[fandomcompass]

surprisingly wholesome takes from the cryptid community here

[doggeddetermination]

@monstrousproductions

[bookandyarndragon]

@spiritspodcast

[pppuri]

til next time, silverstone

[sentient-tent]

This is Tie, she is going to eat all of the notes

[sentient-tent]

reblog to feed her notes

[elodieunderglass]

How is she doing this

[ruinedchildhood]

[stardynamite]

THE WAY SHE POSED AFTERWARDS HFKFBDK

[stardynamite]

My artistic rendition:

[cetitanhasmoved]

[seabassapologist]

[17waterlillies]

[oscunt]

bro they're giving a bunch of grown men who haven't experienced childlike joy since they were around 3 years old bumper cars made out of legos. those cars are NOT gonna make it to the end of the drivers' parade

[sotofa]

I realize that nobody cares but it's curious* that even with everything that has happened in British Grand Prix Haas still have not been able to get any points

*ridiculous, frustrating and kinda not that surprising

[fallen-sequoia-trees]

does anyone remember the start of the season? when being an ollie bearman fan wasn't all pain and suffering?

[beabeabearbear]

just being a haas fan in general what the fuck happened

[fallen-sequoia-trees]

fall-off needs to be studied. and they're not bringing anything major upgrades-wise until after the break...this might actually be hell

[fallen-sequoia-trees]

does anyone remember the start of the season? when being an ollie bearman fan wasn't all pain and suffering?