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benji/taki etc. 28 he/they/xe. (g&o&b&c) (matching pfp with @a-guy-named-e)

[highfiveheroes]

HELLLOOOOO one and all and welcome back to another dimension 20 stan blog! i’m your humble shitposter benji/taki and here with me as always is my proper introduction list with fics included. say hi, facts and fics!

(hi, facts and fics!)

28 (minors please dni, be safe on the internet)

xe/they/he (please refrain from using feminine terms towards me in any capacity, including sis or girlie)

recent works/highlights

you're in ruins (norman takamori ptsd fic, 50,665 words, 8 chapters, complete)

The guy on the bed has pink hair, and he isn’t trying to get up. He’s just watching Norman with concerned eyes, and he pulls his friend back onto the bed with him. His eyes never leave Norman’s— Hands. There is a hand on his shoulder, and Norman thinks he’s going to die, and if he’s going to die, he might as well make it on his own damn terms. - or: Norman Takamori, the Amercadian Dream, and the parts of him that broke because of it.

paint me in trust (i'll be your best friend) (23,654 words, 10 chapters, complete)

The girl drinks the bottle, then stares up at the guy. “My head…my head hurts.” “Oh, Adaine,” the guy says, waving his hand flippantly. “You cast a lot of magic. I’m sure you just need a minute to recover. The healing potion is a good call, Gorgug.” The guy points at him, and— He didn’t quite remember his name, but Gorgug sounds like a good one, so he nods slowly in surprise. - or: The Bad Kids are going to find K2, and it might be the last thing they ever do together. Perhaps someone should have warned them about the consequences of skipping universes.

i didn't plan it (but it's finally something to feel) (skip and norman miscommunication, 51,314 words, complete)

“You looking for me?” Skip asks, blinking one eye at a time. Norman’s lip curls a bit. “Heard you wanted advice,” Norman says stiffly. “Some mission something. New host or whatever.” “I do,” Skip says. He leans, a little unsteady on the feet of this guy, and throws their arms around Norman pointedly to guide him to the escape pod that’s supposedly serving as his room. “Man, am I glad you’re here.” He’s taller than Norman. That’s another thing he decides to focus on, instead of the cologne that he’s been missing for a few weeks drifting over his face. - or: Skip and Norman are the worst, and I mean the WORST, communicators in the galaxy. Also, slug sex is absolutely a loose tooth, and it just might fix everything. It...might just take a while for the fixes to happen.

good gods, good grief, good mourning (8,555 words, 2 chapters, complete)

Wilma Thistlespring is not immortal. Gorgug forgets this, sometimes. Digby Thistlespring isn't immortal either. Funny, that.

they’re best friends, your honor (13,577 words, 5 fics, incomplete)

kristen and gorgug fics because they’re the most underrated duo i know

it's not love, it's just the comfort of its name help, i'm still at the restaurant still sitting in a corner i haunt you'll always be a flower on my skin till our fingers decompose, keep my hand in yours

now i breathe flames each time i talk verse (52,585 words, 3 fics, incomplete)

now i breathe flames each time i talk i would have died for your sins, instead i just died inside love doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints

[rabbitscreams]

honestly the problem isnt even that the words are AAVE, its that youre treating an entire dialect of english with its own complex vocabulary, grammar, and rules as teehee funny meme language and/or that you only use AAVE when youre angry/upset

[rabbitscreams]

also like. when a black person corrects you on misused/incorrect AAVE/tells you not to say that shit, can your first response not be to get defensive about it. thanks.

[rabbitscreams]

like half the memes on this stupid website are just black people doing normal stuff or talking with AAVE. just admit you think black ppl talk/look funny instead of talking circles around it

[hardlaunchable]

then and now

[slimetony]

Alpine Ibexes climb nearly 90 degree angles to lick salt deposits of of mountainsides. They crave that mineral.

[sailor--spoon]

Why is this back on my dash in 2018

[conqueringthenoodle]

Thank god this is back on my dash in 2018

[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'JK Rowling posted upskirt photos of a woman on Twitter' to Cas 'I love you'. /End ID]

No one doing this should be allowed to call themselves a feminist.

JK Rowling deadnamed and posted 'upskirt' photo of trans woman on X

The wealthy author escalated a social media spat that resulted in posting a photo from a 2023 event at the Institute of Economic Affairs in

[solarishashernoseinabook]

Let's not beat around the bush: Children's author JK Rowling sexually harassed someone. In some jurisdictions, this would count as sexual abuse. JK Rowling has committed a sex crime against a woman and fell back on the old rape apologist standby of "she was asking for it".

I hope your nostalgia is worth it

[alagaisia]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[alagaisia]

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

[alagaisia]

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

[watermelon-converse]

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

[emi--rose]

Hell yeah moon holiday

[hello-delicious-tea]

Ooh coming up we should celebrate

[ariaste]

PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)

[sarostheghostcat]

MOON DAY MOON DAY MOON DAY

[wafflebloggies]

moon day is 20th July!!!

[silly-jellyghoty]

Scheduling this a day earlier to remind you all and myself about the Moon Day tomorow!

[sashaforthewin]

Happy moon day to all who celebrate

[kitsuneofthemist]

This is your reminder to prep for Moon Day on July 20th.

[inkyrainstorms]

MOON DAY MONDAY THIS MONTH NOT A DRILL!!!!!

[rangerofthesouth]

MY MOOTS I WILL BE MAKING ART BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH

WHO'S WITH ME FOR MOON DAY????

[gayboy-baz]

MOON DAY MONDAY

[the-frightening-ghoul]

ㅤ

[fujokafka]

we need to bring back old school tumblr communication and im so serious. sending an ask to a mutual just to say hello. seeing three different asks in your inbox all asking how your dentist appointment went. seeing a post you think one of your mutuals would enjoy and tagging them/sending it to them in the dms. nowadays its just silently liking a post or (if youre feeling extreme) replying under posts. WHAT HAPPENED TO US!! we used to be a proper community!!!! #LetsBringWhimsyBack

[andthelaw]

reblog if you want ppl to send you random lil' asks

[animentality]

[highfiveheroes]

being plural is making a second profile on the switch so you can have a pretty girl character to dress up in all the pretty clothes in animal crossing < guy who doesn't know if this counts as plurality but it sure is a different version of me i'm pretty sure. she's dead but is that relevant

[3000s]

btw if someone claims you have to contact them for an unauthorized transaction to get a refund just know its a scam because if they knew it was unauthorized they wouldve blocked the charge

[3000s]

advice for old people as well as new adults

[3000s]

they will usually say its unauthorized to scare you into clicking a link, basically

[wannab-urs]

he definitely fucks but there’s no way he fucks normal

[archliches]

man c'mon

[broken-horn-of-equius]

[enlightened-moth]

[depsidase]

[saathiray]

I think it's been said but I'll say it again. Asking for a photo with an application is illegal because of this

[deadmomjokes]

It recently came up in conversation with my toddler that some birds can talk, and this has caused her great concern.

See, we were talking about how movies are pretend and how in real life, animals don’t talk. I mentioned that there are some birds who talk a little bit, but not like the animals in movies, and she just looked at me like “???”

So I informed her that some kinds of parrots can copy sounds that people make, and can learn how to say words. I thought this would give her a giggle, as fun new facts often do, but she was just deeply perplexed and a little worried about this.

“Birds can talk?” “Do they ask questions?” “What do they say?” Why do they talk?” “Do chickens talk?” “What about Blue Jays?” “Why do some birds talk?” “How do they talk?” “Birds TALK???”

We showed her a video of a parrot doing the “Hello, pretty bird, give a kiss” thing, and she was dead silent the whole time, hugging her comfort pillow with her knees to her chest. We asked if she wanted us to turn it off, and she shook her head. But we also asked if she wanted to see another one, and she shook her head even harder.

I don’t know why it has distressed her so greatly to learn that some birds can mimic human speech; but then again, I don’t know why it doesn’t distress the rest of us more to know that some birds can mimic human speech.

I keep thinking about that post that’s like “The first person to hear a parrot talk was probably Not Okay.” Because that’s exactly what happened. She had never been introduced to the concept, and her entire worldview got SHOOK.

[philosophicalparadox]

Part of why Ravens are considered Spooky Bad Things We Associate With The Faeries is because they can and do mimic human speech - but much, much better than a parrot. With a parrot, you can tell something is off about the sound. You can tell it doesn’t belong to a human. Ravens don’t sound like that, no, cause they’re overacheivers. (And passerines). They sound EXACTLY like the voice of whoever they are mimicking.

But more importantly they love the sound of human laughter. No one knows why. But it is totally, 100% possible, and it happens to this day, to walk along the paths in the Black Forest and suddenly hear a strange kind of giggling sound, or maybe even a very clear, definitely human sounding “hello?” “Hiiiii!” Or “let’s go!”.

However, it takes a lot of practice for them to copy sounds as perfectly as they do, so you’re equally likely to hear something that definitely sounds human-like, but the words make no sense and the sound is unlike any language you know.

Ravens at the Tower of London do this all the time. Theyre pretty sociable with humans though, so they do it quite openly. I have seen videos of people, mostly Americans, look absolutely spooked out of their skins when a big ol’ raven (mind ye, these are birds that are 2 feet tall with a 5 foot wingspan) comes waltzing up on the deck and starts talking to them.

And ravens, especially the ones there that have been bred and raised by humans for centuries, don’t just imitate - they have one of the same language processing genes we do, and they understand the way a toddler might that things, places, and individuals have names, and can string together basic sentences much like an african grey.

I know because I used to work with one, Darlene, who knew, quite well, what she wanted and how to ask for it. If you were preparing her breakfast, she would hop on up and investigate. She used to be an illegal pet, and had been taught “manners”. That is to say, if she went for something and you told her, sternly, “mind your manners missy!” She would stop, look at you, perhaps for up to a minute, and then point with her beak to what she wanted. If that did not work, she would ask, in plain English, “grape?” Or “Darl have grape?” And lord help you if you gave her anything less than what she asked for. She would throw it at you, and try to bite you, sometimes while saying “No!” In the same tone as I imagine she was reprimanded in her home.

So yeah. Parrots arent the only ones.

[summer-fruits-and-cream]

WHAT

[roseofithaca]

Was anyone gonna tell me that ravens can talk or was I meant to read about it on a tumblr post?!

[ironedorchid]

Talking Ravens has been a trope in fantasy for so long that people forgot that it is based in fact.

[teaboot]

Adult ProTip, from a security professional: If a kid tells you, "My parents are gonna kill me / kick my ass / kick me out" for something relatively minor, don't respond with shit like "Really? ;) that sounds a little extreme, don't you think sweetie?" because that shit really does happen.

Instead, respond as though whatever threat they are afraid of is fully valid, and offer whatever you can do to help- ask if they believe they are in danger of being hurt in any way, and work accordingly.

If they're overreacting, they'll usually realize and dial it back, self-correct and begin thinking a bit more rationally.

If they're not overreacting, and the danger is real, then they'll need a level-headed adult in their corner, not another condescending authority figure who doesn't believe them.

[seedysys]

sorry about the light mode but this is important also

[teaboot]

^^^^^ Also, since it wasn’t in the original post:

Some kids who ARE being abused will backpedal too btw, and minimize things. But investigating gives you a chance to assess, and lets THEM know that there are adults who exist, who- even when they’ve done something wrong- still care about their wellbeing more than they care about punishment

[bebs-art-gallery]

Wounds of the Earth

— by xis.lanyx

[hawkpartys]

it must feel good as fuck to walk on the surface tension of water as a bug

[ouroborosorder]

my friends and I have created a game we call Quipposting, where you play quiplash but you roll a wheel full of character archetypes, and whatever it lands on, you all answer as if you are like, a wizard or cowboy. This legitimately makes quiplash go from a fun enough game to an S+ tier absolute unabashed banger

[ouroborosorder]

the best characters are Mafia Goon, Cyberpunk Hacker, Castle Guard, Sewer Rat, 16th Century Peasant, and Alien Poorly Pretending to be Human

[clamberingcat]

OP we desperately need examples

[ouroborosorder]

these are all from mafia goonposting but I think it’s my absolute favorite one of all time so I have a lot of pictures from it. Turn on some jazz and wait until people start talking in the accent and you’ll make Magic