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there is such a thing as fireworks. there is such a thing as earthworks, and waterworks. why no airworks? really makes you think.

paradigm-adrift

Clearly this is evidence that the paradigm of the Western classical elements is incorrect.

Note however that the works pattern works completely for the Chinese classical elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.

fallingtowers

your mind

corporationsarepeople

theblindarcher

You cannot know that a fruit has rotten from the inside until a blade slices it in two.

Another Subscriber Suggestion piece for November 2025, Cassia Orsellio from Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader

jeffa--cakes

not exactly balduran but not exactly not balduran

cometcrystal

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#arthur and the minimoys #thank you op for this treat

pissvortex

Mobster, pointing a gun at my head: Any last words kid

Me: I actually like to use women's deodorant because the stuff for men dries out my skin and smells like harsh chemicals

*BANG*

(3 hours later, at Walmart)

(Mobster holding Dove Advance Care in the deodorant aisle)

Hmm...

blackwoolncrown

berryblossom314

I’d like to think that Rocky can crack every one of his “bones” super loud since he’s made of rock and it scares the fuck out of Grace. Rocky starts doing it more just to get a reaction out of him.

(Grace cracks his back once in retaliation and freaks Rocky out because why can you do that your body is soft and leaky nothing should be making those noises)

beardedmrbean

chimaerakitten

So we all talk about being in fandoms for things that are charmingly bad, and being able to acknowledge that they’re charmingly bad. But of course some people are in fandoms for things that are Actually Amazing. There are people out there who write fanfiction for The Best Science Fiction Novel Of The Twentieth Century. Or who draw fanart exclusively of The Best Movie of All Time. And there are even more people who are in fandoms for things that are Actually Pretty Good, which is not quite amazing but is closer to it than to Charmingly Bad.

And sometimes, you have a string of fandoms that are Actually Pretty Good. And the danger of this—the very great danger—is that when you have a string of Actually Pretty Good and even Actually Amazing obsessions, you start to believe that maybe you have taste. Perhaps you are now immune to the indignities of losing it over something mostly bad.

And then it is shattering to discover that no, bad things can still stick a fork in your brain. 😔

chimaerakitten

So I understand why the “transformative fandom gathers around things that are not good because there being a problem makes people desire to fix it” model is popular. I even agree that it’s accurate in many if not most cases. However it is not what this post is about. Plenty of people do transformative and creative fandom activities for things that are very, very good. Simplified models do not encompass everything.

And frankly, it’s starting to really get on my nerves when people read “I think this thing is good. I wouldn’t change a thing about it and frankly I don’t even think there should be more canon added to it, but I am still going to write thousands of words of fic, make a cosplay, and draw fanart” and then completely misunderstand and respond with “yes I agree—I like things that are good too. But I never feel the transformative/creative fandom instinct for them because they are too good.”

Some people do not feel it. Other people do. Stop misreading me to avoid having to adjust your mental model of how fandom works.

blessphemy

one of the ways a Canon work can be fandom bait is by missing something that fans want to fix, i.e. "it's bad", but i think this is only one way out of multiple that something can be fandom bait.

compelling worldbuilding (invites interaction with the setting)

interesting gimmick (see: daemons, drift compatibility. subcategory of compelling worldbuilding)

shipping bait (duh)

original character bait (in-universe categories/factions and design elements that make it fun for people to create their own characters)

compelling narrative (invites interaction and tweaks to the storyline: AUs and fixits and so on)

basically anything that invites interaction and recombination. but fandom also has a sort of multiplying effect: the larger the interactive audience of fandom is, the more likely it is to generate ideas and works that draw in more participants. so:

network effect (the larger the established fandom, the more likely it has subfandoms and infrastructure that appeals to niche audiences)

chimaerakitten

Yes this exactly, thank you bless.

Things that have space to play in are fandom bait, but space to play in does not equal holes.

postoctobrist

Do you ever think about how pornography, like science fiction, reflects modern day economic anxieties? Asking bc I just saw one where in order to stay in an Airbnb she had to wear a chastity belt and she didn’t even leave a bad review after

these days the pizza guy is too busy working for three different apps to even fuck you

darthbob88

One of my favorite pornos (for nonsexual reasons) was this one about 4 women working as interns under one dude. They all know that only one intern is getting a full-time job, so they all decide to suck it out of the manager's dick, which devolves to an orgy. At the end after they wipe the cum off, the girls argue about who's getting the job, when the manager says "Girls, girls! You were all great, but the company's shutting down and we'll all be laid off at the end of the week."

derinthescarletpescatarian

That’s the funniest shit I’ve ever heard maybe I should try watching porn

nohohankerotomania-deactivated2

Not to be a prude this is just so bleak. something about everything said here is so bleak like talking about porn so casually like its the sunday comics

geniusoflove

sorry mother superior should we be making jokes about the next church bazaar

tbposting

collapsing onto my fainting couch, scandalized and overcome with the vapors that someone discussed media with visible ankles

fkapossession

THIS this is the post. hi if anyone sees thsi i was "nohohankerotomania-deactivated2" i do not think this way anymore! This is really funny but i am embarrassed i was ever so anti-porn and apparntly shocked & offended that we were joking about porn on tumblr, the porn site. Something was wrong with me im better now .

optical-trapping

edwarbteach

JUNE THE THIRD, AN EXCELLENT DAY!

shittysawtraps

finally getting home from a saw trap and checking your phone to find a venmo request for $50 from @j_gsaw labeled “trap costs”

shittysawtraps

jigsaw definitely took your phone so he could see your venmo @ so he could send the request, so why didn’t he just send the money when he was doing that? because he’s not a bad person like you, roy