this is the glass spark. the comet's searing, brilliant tail

○ this is my place ○ hello and welcome ○ current fandoms: arcane, critical role, baldur's gate 3, pentiment, disco elysium ○ current fandom niche: monks ○

[a-descent-into-reminiscence]

 a descent into reminiscence……

[ramsaybaggins]

a descent into reminiscence

[glass-spark]

a descent into reminiscence

[thenewdarling]

a descent into reminiscence…

[glass-spark]

a descent into reminiscence…

[ramsaybaggins]

a descent into reminiscence…

[glass-spark]

a descent into reminiscence...

[stackofturtles]

I have come into possession of an ornithology book from the 1930's and they had such a way of describing birds back then, modern publishers of birding booking should take note! Here are some of the bangers.

yes, this book refers to the anhinga as a water-turkey

[fatbirdpics]

Science lost a lot when we started pretending to objectivity

[hauntednachotimemachine]

I feel like @elodieunderglass needs to see this, if she hasn’t already

[elodieunderglass]

I think I’m the purple grackle with a lot of spruce partridge

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[glass-spark]

Just caught up with Arcane s2 pt 2.

Jayce reappearing like he crawled his way off the Event Horizon with a mission to shoot his old lab partner who became Machine Jesus was certainly a development. Jayce what have you seen??

Also looking forward to Viktor's doubling-down phase. He's not dead. He's just lying there, having a serious re-think about humanity

[iguanamouth]

[unicornempire]

I. Love this. 

Love it.

Oh my god

yes.

[defilerwyrm]

This is it, I found it, the funniest post on this entire godsforsaken website

[chambergambit]

I will never get over how brilliant this comic is. The artist could have just drawn a single image in response, but instead we have this masterpiece. The world doesn’t deserve @iguanamouth.

[temporary-dysphoria]

a non-selective plan for the resurgence of fic commissions

[majorenglishesquire]

Too many children in the comments like ‘I think authors should be able to share ko-fi links :) it’s just nice’ and ‘OP is just a cop.’ Homie, OP is trying to keep AO3 fully functional without interruption. I will report your ass, too, because I value fic artists and our freedom of expression and my audience and our shared history far more than I value the few bux you wanna make on a commission.

It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like, “If you’re looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.” I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.

Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then don’t come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.

AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad won’t fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.

If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.

The only people who misunderstand this are doing so intentionally and maliciously. Do yourself a favor and block the infants who think this isn’t a big deal.

[kedreeva]

Please remember that this ALSO INCLUDES FANDOM CHARITY AUCTIONS.

When you post charity auction fics, DO NOT note that they are commissions in any way. You can note them as “here is my thank you gift to X for such-and-such event” but please please PLEASE do not list them as commissions.

[the-sacred-now]

I think a lot of younger people are seeing this as a moral panic by OP. These are NOT being laid out as moral injunctions! This is not about being good! This is about covering your own ass and keeping fandom away from larger-scale legal trouble. No one is saying “If you break the rules you’re BEING BAD!” They’re trying to tell you “breaking these rules is DANGEROUS for yourself and potentially others as well!”

[ramsaybaggins]

ALSO, do not print fanfic, bind it, and then sell it! This is just as dangerous as the rest of the stuff on here and will get you in trouble! And potentially put fanfic in danger!

DO NOT SELL BOUND FANFICTION

[qwertyprophecy]

Debrief

[4threset]

"No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it’s still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You’re still alive."

[k-eke]

Little pianist 🎵

[luccorvus]

This HAD to be on my blog.

Credit: theemidknight on TikTok

[autism-purgatory]

Reblogging this to make sure I didn’t hallucinate it

[hexthervvv]

tav went to all that trouble over oskar fevras and all he gives her is a jpeg of lae'zal

[hexthervvv]

It was the same when he streamed as it was in real life. When he talked about being mentally ill, he was honest, he was candid, he was a role model. When he acted mentally ill – when he turned up late, when he forgot things, when his mood swerved suddenly and severely into sadness or anger, when he rambled for five uninterrupted minutes about the new series of Space Sentinel without noticing that nobody was interested – he made people uncomfortable.

No Major Glitches, Chapter 3

No Major Glitches

Read No Major Glitches, a love story about rival speedrunners.

I didn't sit down and think I wanted to write a story ""about"" mental health when I started writing NMG - and to be honest I don't like describing it that way. It makes it sound dry, like you should read it because it's good for you and not because you like the writing, or the characters, or just generally think a rivals romance about speedrunners sounds funny. But I also can't deny that it... is about that. I wouldn't call them "good rep" because they're both terrible role models, especially Rory, but since they both experience Mental Health Shit as often as I do - albeit in very different ways - it undeniably becomes a part of how they experience the world, and how they narrate those experiences. And Rory's frustrations with how he's perceived as "a role model" echoes some of my own frustrations with being "open about mental health, but not in a way that makes people uncomfortable" while having a semi-professional creative presence in public.

[the-wolf-and-moon]

M45, Seven Sisters

[vermiformish]

Piano Practice

[glass-spark]

Have only watched episodes 1 and 2 of Pluto but my god, the emotional devastation.

"I'm happy taking care of the mountains after the trauma of war"

Doomed.

"I just want to play piano"

Doomed.

"I adopted five kids and support them with my fight money"

Double super mega moon magic doomed.

[astroboyart]

Source: Official Pluto anime Twitter

A visual for the Pluto anime unveiled at the AnimeJapan 2023 convention on March 24, 2023.

This is brand new artwork by Naoki Urasawa.

[glass-spark]

Everyone talks about Tenma and Johan and Nina and Grimmer and maybe even Lunge (okay, fine, Lunge too).

But that scene in the Baby's bar when Dieter downed that Manhattan and walked out?

Iconic.