I am surely in the toils.

She/her quadragenarian. Books, animals, music(als).

[goodgrammaritan]

Gratitude Journal

Meeting @mckitterick and @bugs-are-buddies in person!!!

7/26/26

[what-even-is-thiss]

I like the idea in fantasy that humans are better at maintaining things long term because they set up societies or professions to do it whereas dwarves and elves and stuff are like “just get bob to do it he’s got a good few hundred years left” and then bob doesn’t teach anyone else how to do it

[what-even-is-thiss]

Elf: How have you kept this castle maintained for a thousand years if your lives are so short?

Human: We just train new people how to do it?

Elf: *gears visibly turning in their head*

Human: Are you alright?

Elf: I just realized that we didn’t have to let that whole city fall to ruin just because my grandfather died.

Human: What?

[what-even-is-thiss]

Human: Wait that’s why there’s ruins of elven cities even though you live for so long? You just keep not asking people how to do things? How do you learn anything?

Elf: There’s a lot of “you’ve got time to figure it out on your own” attitudes floating around in our society that I’m starting to question somewhat.

[unassimilatedsoul]

Elf: That sword, where did you get it?

Human: My cousin made it.

Elf: Impossible! Those metalworking techniques were lost a hundred years ago!

Human: What do you mean lost? My great-grandmother learned to make these swords from an elven smith, then taught it to her kids.

Elf: That's ridiculous. No elf would give such secrets to a human.

Human: They didn't. Meemaw delivered the metal to the forge, and no one kicked her out when she stayed and watched. She always said they barely acknowledged her even when doing business with her, like she wasn't worth noticing.

Elf: Come to think of it, my great-uncle always was rather single-minded when he started working.

Human: So he wasn't ignoring her, he just forgot she was there?

Elf: Oh, he was definitely ignoring her, too. He was super racist.

[porterdavis]

[myrandomstuffpage]

Support your local library 📚

[phantomfandoms491]

Cannot possibly explain how feral I feel about the Hadestown proshot having so many shots that include the audience. Because they’re as much of a part of the story as Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone are. Because they are there watching however they’re powerless to do anything except watch because that’s just the way the story goes but they sing it anyways and and and

[goodgrammaritan]

At one point after a song where the actor just NAILED it there was a shot of the audience and one person raises their fists in the air in a triumphant "YEAH!" motion and it's great

[goodgrammaritan]

Oh my god the Hadestown proshot was EVERYTHING and my theater audience was PERFECTLY behaved

[goodgrammaritan]

I mean there's a reason I have "To the world we dream about...and the one we live in now" tattooed on my arm

[ceruleanheaven]

religion is so fucking funny the world is just too beautiful there must be a higher entity behind all this. lets oppress women

[duel-of-the-dolls]

“And brother, you know what they did? They danced”

[goodgrammaritan]

Omg same saw it today!!!

[duel-of-the-dolls]

me too! it's one of my favorite musicals and i've been waiting for the proshot to be released!

[goodgrammaritan]

The way they redid the choreography for Patrick's torn Achilles!! The closeups! The sound mixing! The trans Fate! Amber Grey!!! The trombone player!! I want to see it again today, I just might do it!

[fatchance]

Saguaro flowers.

[crescentmoons-and-stardust]

Musical Aesthetics: Hadestown

It's a sad song, it's an old tale...it's a tragedy

[the-tree-line]

we could go back to telegraphs instead of social media. send your mutuals unspeakable strings of morse code at 4:30am

[the-tree-line]

.- …. …. …. …. …. / ..-. . .-.. .-.. / -.. --- .-- -. / .- -. -.. / -… .-. --- -.- . / -- -.-- / .--. . -. .. - … / - --- -.. .- -.-- / -.-- . --- .-- -.-. …. / --- ..- -.-. …. / -.-- --- ..- -.-. …. -.-.-- -.-.-- -.-.-- -.-.-- / … . -. - / ..-. .-. --- -- / -- -.-- / - . .-.. . --. .-. .- .--. ….

[kaijutegu]

personally i prefer semaphore

[iridescent-lightning]

so prefacing this with the fact that I know that the fun is sorta taken out of this by me translating, but not everyone will have the energy to look it up themselves, so I figured I'd help out.

Morse code: AEEEEE FELL DOWN AND TROKE MY PENIT TODAY YEOWCE OUCH YOUCH!!!! SENT FROM MY TELEGRAPH

Semaphore: NO NOT YOUR PENITS

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[duel-of-the-dolls]

“And brother, you know what they did? They danced”

[goodgrammaritan]

Omg same saw it today!!!

[goodgrammaritan]

Oh my god the Hadestown proshot was EVERYTHING and my theater audience was PERFECTLY behaved

[goodgrammaritan]

On my TV tray while I read

[duel-of-the-dolls]

Tournament of the Tonner Dolls: American Model (Final Round)

Which doll is the best?

La Belle Mademoiselle

La Belle Francaise

Remaining time: 5 days 11 hours

[orpheusilver]

peeling those sour rainbow gummy strips into long thin strings and putting them into cheap energy drink to create something im calling battery acid spaghetti will update once ive finished it

[orpheusilver]

dont do this

[babblingbranches]

[cryptcollector]

I really hope its not too bad bc i actually love both components.

[cryptcollector]

it forms a dry skin at the top made of the sour pellets. not a great start.

[cryptcollector]

tastes really good actually. i also feel like i am about to explode.

[cryptcollector]

do not do this.

[jenjensd]

Unanimous consensus: Do not do this

Other people: Hold on I’m about to do this

[jenjensd]

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Rip to y'all, but I'm built different. Trying this tonight

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Best I can do with what I have (I'm at work rn)

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Oh that is a... fascinating smell

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Don't do this

[ab-arts]

Alright now I’m curious

[ab-arts]

Didn't have strips so I made what I call battery acid cereal

[ab-arts]

Don't do this

[xeansicemane]

Roko's Basilisk is bullshit but I entirely believe in this specific infohazard

[vexwerewolf]

I love how Tumblr can agree on absolutely nothing except that you should not do this

[dankmemeuniversity]

[duel-of-the-dolls]

Tournament of the Tonner Dolls: Sydney Chase (Round 5)

Which doll is the best?

Masks Off

Autumn Sonata

Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours