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Why did I think that ddlc was short for downloadable content

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

#and also something to do with sexual ageplay

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

anyway dlc ddlc & ddlg are NOT interchangeable and I absolutely despise common parlance

hermity

me reading this like:

#but srsly ddlc is actually such a good game #like i cant say much since spoilers but oh boy

blaruto

“The Switch” is the first transgender sitcom in history starring trans/non-binary lead cast, this is EVERYTHING

lizawithazed

wait wait did I just watch a trailer for a show where a woman gets fired for being trans, loses her apartment and then moves in with her best friend who is an NB… environmental… assassin??

I… I need to watch this show

freshest-tittymilk

Okay but this looks hilarious and I wanna watch it

caffeinated-cockroach

Okay so the first season is already out and they have to sell 100k copies to get the green light for season 2 so go here http://www.welovetheswitch.com and give them your money

evieplease

Reblogging so I can find it again

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“then why do you need a crossbow?”

Me in my head: well… because crossbows are fucking cool.. obviously.

hermity

im kinning the crossbow charater and none of you can stop me

cloacacarnage

i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do

futureblackwakandan-deactivated

Wtf????

theryanproject

Smoove with it too

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This is the kind of shit you see in anime that shows that a certain character is stronger than other characters.

bankuei

“Pathetic. You can’t even hold the bat you dare step to the plate? Have you no respect for the sport?”

pardonmewhileipanic

reminds me of this gif

sueanoi

batter-sempai

Baseball players are to be feared

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thenamesdede

Reblogging for the last one

saito-91

^Same for me

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They just kept getting progressively more “woah”

scp2008

much woah

lord-blongus

Oh my god this is a lucky universe

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every time this post comes around, my favorite part is the “I know it’s the Mets” qualifier at the beginning lmao like how baseball that this zillion note posts starts with “sorry for putting this hellteam on your dash, bUT”

lostspirit101

Y’all have no idea how hard I was trying not to laugh in class at that poor bird

wazimoomoo

They…they just blew up a fucking bird…

greatcomputerearthquake

Ball’s dead. Bird’s dead. I’m dead

hermity

rip ball birb T^T

veeaziel

every day i am percieved™️

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply.

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

hermity

Gaud woke up and chose intelligence and i-

megs-mayhem

@unpretty

unpretty

it’s DIRT

ceekari

unmute for comically aggrieved farmer

fieldbears

reblogging for the second time because I still laugh uncontrollably. in my mind the cows are trying to be gracious about their strange gift. ‘yes we love it thank u’