beyond the shadow you settle for

ellie/eleanor • ghost story writer • she / it • 27

[shockingshinx12-shinx]

What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost...

Gift for my friend @fullamoxie of her OC Alex, who's totally normal and fine. Yyuuupp (Btw, if you want context for any of this, you should go check out her Ao3 and read her story "Alex vs. The Afterlife" :] )

[valtsv]

i love the part of making art where you feel like you need to go missing

[stormbreaker101]

I LOVE COLLABORATIVE SOTRYTELLING I LOVE CREATING THINGS TOGETHER I LOVE "YES AND"ING WITH OTHERS I LOVE "NO BUT WHAT ABOUT-"S I LOVE HEARIJG MY FRIENDS' IDEAS I LOVE BOUNDING OFF OF THEM I LOVE ART I LOVE STORIES I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT PASSIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT MEDIA IT TAKES I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE

[churrotowns]

since it’s pride month, throwback to this beautiful cover and this wholesome interaction between two icons

[bruzum]

[dat-soldier]

Witchy Corriveau from Dolmistaska - Sponsored by Digamma~

[ceruleanheaven]

month starting on a monday we have no excuse guys lets get to work and lock the fuck in

[ceruleanheaven]

yk its actually very chic and avant garde to start on tuesday the second

[ceruleanheaven]

many claim theres nothing more subversive and revolutionary than starting on wednesday the third

[ceruleanheaven]

there are simply no words in the english language that can describe starting on thursday the fourth. thats how iconic it is

[ceruleanheaven]

choosing to start on friday the fifth. i just think its very inspiring

[ceruleanheaven]

lets all kill ourselves

[princessdraconic]

Hero, in recognition for your courage and temerity in the face of my absolute evil, I grant thee a ring of maidenification.

[contemptible-scoundrel]

this shits gonna flip into a clean 500 gold pieces for sure

[princessdraconic]

Of course it will, should it leave your finger~

[contemptible-scoundrel]

my friend you are off your rocker if you think this thing is even getting close to one of my ring slots I know better than to make that mistake after putting on one of your amulets and being turned into a newt for a week

[princessdraconic]

you were really cute as a newt. . .

[contemptible-scoundrel]

my buddy brings her angel girlfriend to the function, I spend the whole time refusing to look at or even acknowledge her existence, because I am a staunch atheist and dont believe in that nonsense. she starts to throw things at my head to get my attention and between volleys of marbles and kitchen utensils I grunt "swamp gas. aurora borealis. probably a weather balloon.youre seeing things"

[contemptible-scoundrel]

another day, I greet my friend at the door, I look over her shoulder and raise an eyebrow, "I see you've brought the electromagnetic phenomena again,"

[desert-lurker]

transfem arthur dent

[desert-lurker]

i just think. that there is an elevation to arthur dent's character (specifically her ultra turbo repression) that cld be explored through her gender, and the realization that her gender is not the one that she very much insisted it be (as enforced by the social expectations she grew up in)

like the whole thing of arthur dent being the very best of polite british society to the point that she's funny for how much she adheres to it, especially once the earth Bload Up, and how she's trying very hard to hold onto those conventions as a sort of preservation of the earth. bc part of her whole thing is that i don't think she was particularly happy on the earth either, but it's the benefit of hindsight once its gone, right? she's going to find things to miss, because that was her whole life. there's a sort of freedom that comes with that, once she's not constantly running for her life and finding the next spot she's going to fall asleep in. i think she would be adverse to changing at all. which is why it's so interesting to think about what if there was a situation in which she was forced to confront the ever-present It that has been floating above her head since she was a child. the What If. the thought experiment that she had to bury because it wasn't the "right" thing to be, because she won't be taken seriously if she does indulge in It in any way. arthur's already not taken seriously in the heart of gold era. she's belittled and left out of explanations, treated as lesser than by zaphod, and doesn't know what's going on unless someone thinks to explain it to her. and the abandonment of earth conventions (from social contexts to the concept of the calendar) i think really gets to her. i think it makes her skin itch with the loss of her entire planet. its not that trillian doesnt care so much as she was jaded by those conventions, and didnt particularly like subscribing them in the first place. like she left earth. tricia hates the slog. but arthur sort of liked it? she liked how mundane it was, the lack of the constant threat of danger (which, funnily enough, is part of why the thought of indulging in any of her gender was dismissed outright. it was too dangerous) so i dont think she would transition normally, no. i don't think she would have a big revelation and go hi guys i am and always have been a woman, as much as i think that would be sweet in a different story and a different context. i think the revelation has to be plucked out of her like a beautiful shining star and shown to her, and she would clutch at it protectively because that's Private, that's Her, no one is meant to see that because it was never supposed to be her in the first place. protect her from even knowing things she does not know she doesnt know.

but i think the heart of gold crew wouldnt blink twice. i think theyd be accepting in a way thats borderline underwhelming. there are like a million species with a million different gender presentations, and her brain has to hold onto the convention that its not okay because then if she doesnt she has to admit it wasnt real in the first place. and i think part of her would grieve that in the same way that shes grieving the earth, because those two things are sort of one in the same.

there'd be a whole slew of emotions. embarrassment, at being seen. anger that they're not mad at her, but then anger at the fact she could've had this. anger at the fact she wouldn't be able to see what earth thought of her. angry that she's changed.

i think trillian is a huge balm, because she's the only one who understands why arthur's reacting so severely. i think they're able to get closer because of this. i think all of them do, to be honest? because arthur is so bundled up in those layers of repression and politeness and making herself small so she doesn't get killed, i think that this is the most genuine thing they've seen from arthur so far (aside from ford. he's seen glimmers of her beneath the surface). being seen like that terrifies her. but they like it? and that terrifies her too

and ftr i don't think she's a binary trans woman at all. but i do think there's an initial misunderstanding (by her) that she must be. but i think she'd eventually figure it out. she'd get more comfortable. like when she was the sandwich maker.... ahg.

anyways. i've rambled enuf. i pass on my baton. think about her with me, ok? take my hand

[totalperspective-tormentnexus]

what shamed Ford into staying. What got through to Ford just as he was walking up the gangplank away from saving the Universe. What made Ford change his mind. What made him decide to stay. He went on and on about not caring whether the Universe got evaporated or not but here he is deathgripping a gun and thinking over and over how he shouldn’t be here. I’m on the verge dude

[totalperspective-tormentnexus]

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Tell me if I look like I’m shouting in front of a corkboard with red string cus these details feel connected somehow

[targetedknowledge]

[vicholas]

Why are people now saying "LARP" when they mean "poser". It's confusing.

[vicholas]

Everyone is always parroting The Buzzword Of The Month without actually knowing what it means or where it comes from, make it stop

[gunsandfireandshit]

Kinda like how "POV" went from "(implied first person) Point Of View" to "there is a video"

[maculategiraffe]

it is very instructive to play both silent hill and resident evil videogames because they are very similar except for how silent hill is good and resident evil is stupid. it helps you figure out what is stupid in a video game and what is good

for example, in silent hill games, you are confronted with many weird baroque puzzles you have to solve to proceed, because that is the dark and creepy and confrontational nature of the world you are in. in resident evil games, you are confronted with weird baroque puzzles you have to solve because apparently, separate from and unrelated to the ongoing zombie apocalypse, the raccoon city designers designed the subway station map so that if you insert a red jewel into the correct diamond shaped recess, a drawer opens that contains a live hand grenade

[thestuffedalligator]

“When we were kids, the Phonics Wizard came to our town to show off how the letter E can change the sounds of vowels. He turned a can into a cane, a pin into a pine. This one kid had a cap and he changed it into a cape, that kind of thing.

“And we loved it, we were all having a great time, but then he saw my sister and I, and he just got this - this look in his eyes, and then-”

She hesitated, worrying the coarse material between her fingers. “Things got pretty bad after that,” she muttered. “I know it’s silly, but I try to keep - her - comfortable. We don’t know if she can still hear us, or see us, or if she’s even still in here, but I like to think she is. I talk to her when I can, I leave music on when I’m out of the house. I tried to convince my parents to bring her with us when we went to Disneyland, but they didn’t - didn’t really take that well.”

After a moment, she put the ball of twine back onto its pillow. “Anyways. They tried to arrest the Phonics Wizard, but he had a plan in case something went wrong and he turned it into a plane and flew away.”

[beadyeyes]

[weirdmageddon]

have you guys seen this guy haunted daily by randomly placed white rugs on dream islands yet

he’s started posting daily rug sighting updates now

[weirdmageddon]

update: apparently he’s not the only one

(notice the timestamp on that photo was from march)

it doesn’t seem to happen to everyone