Backwards Ninja

I started fanning on Star Wars and Star Trek around the same time I started walking and talking, and have never stopped. It's in my genes, apparently, if my fangirl mom was any indication, which gives me a great excuse, seeing as I have no intention of stopping any time soon. Art has been my main choice for fannish expression for years now and makes up most of the original content here. My Art My Fic

[gnine2]

Haven't been drawing much of late. But recently got obsessed with the m/m novel series Hazard & Somerset by Gregory Ashe, and its proved inspiring.

[littlegoldfinchh]

lord the peasants are so loud today

[littlegoldfinchh]

pheasants. PHeasants. The birds

[kulvefaggoth]

[cardinalfeng]

Don't you mean classist Typo, as in discriminating against poor people, and not classicist, the type of academic who studies antiquity in southern Europe?

[sharkbutthoohaahaa]

[ptchangbin]

[kirexa]

[hahawasabi-deactivated20250604]

[mechamothgirl]

[mortimermcmirestinks]

don't worry guys I got the fire extinguisher

[achivement-unlocked]

Achievement unlocked!

Fire post!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE POST IS ON FIRE

[gimmick-thief]

[entity56]

[kiralamouse]

[just-shower-thoughts]

I hate that SEPTember OCTOber NOVember and DECember aren’t the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months.

[advanced-procrastination]

Whoever fucked this up should be stabbed

[maybe-its-jake]

Today’s your lucky day

[tapacamino]

How many countries have you been to?

I have never left my country of origin

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

8-9

10+

Voting ended onJan 25, 2024

I'm curious

[redstonedust]

always blows my mind as a european when people talk about states like “yeah theres nothing in ohio/montana/wyoming/etc” because i look at a map like but. but theyre so big. every state could qualify as its own country what do you mean theres nothing there. and then i ask people from those states and theyre like “yeah theres nothing here” what do you mean theres nothing there!!!

[yokelfelonking]

What’s in the steppes of Russia, or the northern forests of Scandinavia? What’s in the Sahara desert?

[redstonedust]

id like us to sit here and identify some key differences between the sahara desert and ohio for a moment

[yokelfelonking]

as a former Ohio resident I think that the key difference is that the sahara probably has more jobs unrelated to meth

[redstonedust]

untapped meth market in the depths of the sahara desert

[katelyn-danger]

[samanthamulder]

STAR TREK II: the wrath of khan (1982)

[adnirod]

I have to tell my “I was there, Gandalf” story about this:

Before Wrath of Khan originally came out in theaters, there was a rumor going around that Spock dies in the movie. WHAT??? So then, we go see the movie, full of trepidation–and Spock dies in the very first scene! WHAT!!!

And THEN, turns out the Kobayashi Maru mission was just a simulator test, and Spock gets up, and everything’s fine. And Kirk saunters in here and says this line, and Spock gives that face and the giant LAUGH OF RELIEF that went up in the theater! Haaaahahahaha so this is where that rumor came from, LOL, ahhhh, now we can all relax.

…And then we watched the rest of the movie.

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[ineptshieldmaid]

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

.

Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

.

[squeeful]

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[last-flight-of-dickarus]

Hirple - To limp or walk awkwardly

Cirple - An old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse

[nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear]

“Roses are red, violets are purple,

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

…

My, how romantic!

[wouldthatcreationhadformedmeman]

DYING. I AM DYING.

[kiranovember]

Calling theshitpostcalligrapher! We need @theshitpostcalligrapher

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

@kiranovember u better buy this as a commission lmao

[simonalkenmayer]

This post has evolved.

[minotaur-in-my-labyrinth]

I am 100 percent all for every part of this thread. I have laughed loudly and long. Thank you, thou glorious purple-hirple rhyme.

[not-a-unic-fandom]

I never expected it to take that turn … But I love it

[dduane]

When I am old

I will wear purple

(and then take it off

for that guy with the hirple)

[earhartsease]

roses are red

violets are… violet

unless you find the magenta slider

and downward you diolet

[heroofthreefaces]

Roses are red. Yes, violets are purple. Maybe pressing the point Kinda makes you a cirple?

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Some roses are red;

Some roses are white.

The color of violets?

We can argue all night.

But the point of this rhyme

Will e'er remain true:

Sugar is sweet,

And so are you!

The sweetness of sugar

 The sweetness of love –

Such a fine correlation,

There’s none that’s above!

The pet name of “Sweet”

For the one you adore

Has been part of English

Eight centuries – or more!

[gnine2]

The concept photos were all so inspiring, can’t wait for the next batch!

[damianwaynerocks]

ok but if bruce wayne somehow came upon zuko fresh out of banishment he would lose his mind.

black hair? check. bad parent(s)? check. trauma? double check.

bruce: how’d you get your scar?

zuko: my dad got mad at me for saying that killing people is wrong so he lit my face on fire and banished me.

bruce, vibrating with excitement, already pulling adoption papers from his utilility: that’s terrible. how do you feel about capes.

[explorerrowan]

Zuko: Do you mind if I wear this blue demon mask?

Bruce: *sniff, tear in his eye* Not at all.

[kitt-the-werefox]

*Zuko fighting the Joker*

J: "wan na kno w h ow i go t thes e sc ar s"

Z: *rips off mask* i don't give a fuck

[fefeman]

I’m still stuck at the “batman has adoption papers in his utility belt”.

“Quick, it’s time to use the Bat-adoption papers!”

[silverscreenx]

Bat-option papers

[phantoms-lair]

Okay, but you’re missing the best part of this.

Alfred and Iroh complimenting each other on tea while they discuss their overly dramatic children.

[damianwaynerocks]

iroh: once, i told zuko that he needs to work on his inter turmoil. he screamed at me that he had no such inner turmoil, and then proceeded to go to a cliff during a thunderstorm to scream at God to strike him with lightning

alfred: master bruce and i have that interaction at least three times per week.

[coffeebuddha]

@absentlyabbie​

[animate-mush]

I see your "Alfred and Iroh as tea bros" and raise you "Alfred and Iroh as tea rivals"

Consider

Iroh: you too must learn patience. Boiling the water ruins the delicate flavor of the white jade

Alfred: oh I'm dreadfully sorry - for some reason I expected this tea to have TEA in it

(later)

Alfred: *aggressively laying out full tea service with milk, lemon, sugar, and, just to drive his point in, jam*

Iroh: *dying inside*

[damianwaynerocks]

excellent addition

[whetstonefires]

hey bruce spent a lot of his bat-study abroad in the far east and has kind of a weeb weapon collection so proposal, what if Bruce appreciates Iroh’s tea

while Zuko is enthusiastic about cream and sugar

further fueling their dad-figures’ passive-aggressive rivalry?

[princesscolumbia]

You had me at Zuko vs. Joker, I was crying by the Eastern vs. Western tea service

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Wait a minute. Batman and Zuko have the same arch-nemesis.

Mark Hamill

[library-seraph]

Saw the last comment and my brain would not rest until it happened

[darrenpillowscriss]

[lichrelly]

this post has everything

[jumpingjacktrash]

this was an enjoyable ride. i liked the scenery very much. smooth suspension, nice height, several fascinating loops. 10/10 would go again.

[edromyheart]

[killedbyanacorn]

[wizard-of-the-cave]

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

[queen-scribbles]

[matt-ruins-your-shit]

All great suggestions 

[kryptonians]

[heatandapathy]

This post gets better every time I see it

[king-co0pa]

[h-l-w]

[heybaetae]

💛💚💛💚 cr. jung-koook

[kholran]

It’s finally happened.

After almost a decade on this site, I found another Tumblr user in the wild. I stopped to tie my shoe with rainbow laces this morning outside the silversmith at Colonial Williamsburg, and I heard it.

“I like your shoelaces.”

Oh. Oh no.

I responded the only way I could. “Thanks.” And then I reluctantly added, “I stole them from the president…and if that makes sense to you, I’m very sorry.”

The poor man, in full Colonial dress, stared at me for a long moment. And then burst into laughter. And said, “I haven’t thought about that in YEARS and this has never happened to me before.”

Yeah. Me neither. Not until today.

Tumblr rite of passage. Achievement unlocked.

[beggars-opera]

@victoriansecret I found your friend!!!

[beggars-opera]

[lunarlegend]

y'know, one thing i don't see get talked about much in regards to asexuality is how it feels to never be 'sexually motivated' by anything

and not just when it comes to advertisements using 'sexy' models to try and sell you stuff, but like. in general

sex as a favor, sex as a bribe, sex in exchange for whatever

casual sex, 'friends with benefits' situations, even simple flirting

it all looks a whole lot different from the perspective of someone who's immune to manipulation via sex appeal, who has virtually no understanding as to why sex would motivate someone to cheat on their partner, etc. etc.

sex is worthless to me

i mean, it's useful as a story element in fiction, but it genuinely perplexes me that sex is such a driving force behind so many aspects of irl society & of people's individual lives, for better or for worse

and that it's so deeply ingrained into how the average person views the world & various situations, because the average person feels sexual attraction, whereas i do not

i think the barrier between aces & allos is actually even deeper than it seems on the surface at times, because it's more than just the grating expectation that everyone must want to 'settle down' and have kids, it's also the fact that the majority of the world is sort of 'in' on a joke that aces will never truly be a part of

[dogposts]

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog (via)

[jaubaius]

That’s completely fucking awesome!

[claudiagray]

I have complicated feelings about marine mammals in captivity but (a) this seal’s tango ability deserves recognition and (b) I’m inclined to think that this level of coordination suggests the seal legitimately enjoys it. 

[thesaltofcarthage]

I know there are many benefits to being a marine biologist, but I didn’t think “tango with a seal” was one of them

[adelphicoracle]

HOLY HELL that’s so cool!!!

[anexperimentallife]