Just Stuff.

Ace. A Cookie. Demiromantic ace. She/Her. In too many fandoms to count.

[ghaasy]

To be struck to the bone in a moment or breathless delight

[alifor-1031]

I love lesbians.

[frozenbluecookies]

It's been five real-world months since Lenore went under. I once commented to a friend that it could be two full years irl time before we see her awake in the present day again (because that's how long the divorce arc lasted). I was semi-joking at the time, but I'm growing more and more certain that it's gonna be a year at least. Because I don't think we're anywhere near finding a cure yet

[elumish]

Your story can lie to the reader, but make sure it's lying to the reader on purpose.

[elumish]

Lying on purpose: the narration or dialogue intentionally presents inaccurate information to show information that is unknown, misunderstood, or intentionally hidden from or by the POV character, and/or to facilitate a later reveal.

Lying by accident: the "telling" contradicts the "showing" because the author either doesn't understand the implications of what they are telling or doesn't understand the implications of what they are showing or both.

[elumish]

Lying on purpose: the story tells the reader dragons are all dead. It turns out dragons are not all dead.

Lying by accident: the story tells the reader there is gender equality. The vast majority of the people shown to have societal power are men.

[mevil]

being black in any art community is such a strange feeling cause you’ll see just blatant racism being expressed in others art and you have to just casually ignore it, for your sake if anything, colorism being something that’s just fundamentally there in every artist and you deal with it cause it’s not worth it in the end to even think of it too hard let alone even mentioning it, it’s definitely something

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hello nonblack reader of this post, I think you ought to share this one so that you and your peers can actively remind yourselves 1) of how your Black peers feel when you tolerate antiblack racism in your art spaces for entertainment and 2) that we notice it, but don't believe it is secure around enough of you to bring it up 🙏🏾

[frozenbluecookies]

God, they would have made such a good high society married couple, if they'd only had the chance

Your honour, I adore them

[yaoiblackmold]

It's so nice being on tumblr because you don't even have to make your own post but people would still follow you anyways if you're good at rebloging posts they like

[booksandberries]

[frozenbluecookies]

Can we just take a sec to appreciate the symbolism happening here?

All of it is grim, of course: the stark black and white and blood red, the jagged stray threads. The black outlines in the red church windows framing her like a cage, and then the outlines of men closing in around her: two different kinds of trapped. The mirrored poses, implying that Annabel, in some key way, is still the same now as she was then: sad and helpless and on her own, expected to be demure and polite through it all.

But the bit that scratches my brain most satisfyingly is the usage of 'photo negative' inverted colours to turn mourning black into wedding white, thereby implying that they are, on some level, the same thing viewed through a different filter. Because, as Annabel herself has directly said, to her the prospect of this marriage is its own kind of death.

[frozenbluecookies]

Alright, theory time

Now, I know I'm not the first person to suspect this, but I'm gonna lay it out anyway: what if Annabel's mother was "mad"?

She's most likely dead, given that she's not around, and this looks like a younger Annabel in a mourning dress

It's clearly a central thing, given that it is the event that was focused in on for these panels. But one death alone doesn't feel to me like it justifies the phrase "all she'd been through". The way Fuckface says it, it reads to me like it implies more that just one singular tribulation.

The natural next step, then, would be to assume that there was some sort of scandal around the death. Some circumstance to which the death itself was just the capstone. Pair that with Annabel's deep-seated fear of going mad, and there's one obvious conclusion.

[alwaysless]

These are Annabel’s first words since he appeared and he SHUT HER UP.

[frozenbluecookies]

Not only does Annabel very clearly not like Moustache McMurderer, Ira clearly doesn't either. He would not be encouraging Annabel so enthusiastically to pursue someone else if he liked the man she was already promised to.

Which makes me wonder, under what circumstances was Annabel's hand promised to him? What does he have over them?

[timeshareindestin]

because i knew you

[nattousan]

i'm in agony, SOMEbody please help me remember what the childhood book series was that centered around critters that looked like this:

IM IN HELL WHAT WAS IT

[hrrkikshoard]

Little Critter?

[nattousan]

THATS THE BITCH

[nattousan]

alright smart-aleks, what about THIS one huh?? the dude had a really cool shading technique where he just swirled (colored pencil?) around??

[cosmignon]

Parts :)

[nattousan]

YOU GUYS ARE TOO GOOD AT THIS WHAT THE HELL

[nattousan]

ok my partner wanted in on this, I have no idea what this is

[thecrabscycle]

I GOT YOU

[nattousan]

i'm never leaving this fucking site i stg i love you all.

OK

final one

for all the marbles,

this one doesn't have an illustration bc i think it was just a kids novel but i haven't been able to find ANYTHING about it on my occasional internet queries:

kids is staying with his (grandmother?) in the woods and she warns him not to look a fox in the eyes bc they're tricksy and will swap places with you. obviously that's the first thing the little boy does and gets body snatched by a fox who uhhhh proceeds to pig out with his new little boy human hands and the boy has to trick the fox into looking him in the eyes again to switch back...

thats all i got, it's an older book i wanna say from the 60's?? 70's?? kinda the same jist of "Little Rascal"

[dyketennant]

perhaps this?

[nattousan]

A DECADE OF SEARCHING THANK YOU @dyketennant IM ORDERING THIS IMMEDIATELY

[nattousan]

ok i lied i'm back bc this is fun and i get to share some of my most deeply cherished childhood books with you all

i cannot express how much these are from memory, that's how internalized these artists and writers have become, they're a part of me now

[cryptid-of-ohio]

The first one looks like The Spider and the Fly, though the poses are a bit different.

The second one is likely Stellaluna.

I’m not sure about the third one, I will keep searching.

[cryptid-of-ohio]

I think I found the third one, though I’m the least confident about this one. Is it Creature Tech?

Unfortunately it doesn’t have a praying mantis on the cover :(

[nattousan]

[tooies]

when a pelican bites you there's no malice in their eyes. they aren't upset at you. they are just hungry and want to see if you fit in their mouths. and if you don't then it's no problem and everything is fine. and if you do then well i guess your fate is sealed but that's ok it's a beautiful animal

[marlynnofmany]

Okay, see, I knew about the capybara gif:

But I didn’t know that they really are That Dense, All The Time. The same way sharks will bite anything that might be a seal, just in case, these birdbrains will apparently test just about anything for beak size. 

Behold a short list of bad ideas:

Human foot is not food, bird.

That is clearly bigger than your entire body.

...You do know what a bear cub is, right? Right??

That is a BICYCLE SEAT.

That’s it; arrested for bird crimes.

[maidslime]

Ok like. Imagine life without ads. You wake up, check your messages across a variety of apps, no ads. You get up and put on the tv while you prep your breakfast, no ads. Maybe you drive somewhere and switch on the radio, no ads. Maybe you drive a long distance, yet somehow, not a single billboard on your path. You pick up a newspaper or magazine to pass the time, no advertisements only articles. You turn on your game console, the home screen is just about your games, no ads to buy more. You open a streaming app, you don't pay extra for no ads, there's just no ads ever.

Think about how much of your time is spent looking at ads. "Download ublock" yeah I know, I have. But that doesn't change that the world is covered with endless advertising. Imagine never seeing that again. How much better our lives would be.

[transcendingirl]

Christoph Steinbrenner/Rainer Dempf, "Delete!" (06.2005, Vienna)

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[cartoonscientist]

I mean, I do like spiders

what?