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[highflyingace]

Heya! I go by a lot of different names, but you can call me Rye. I don't usually post much, and my interests are all over the place. Feel free to send me asks and DMs!

I use they/them, but I'm fine with any pronouns.

I have an AO3!

I'm in a bunch of fandoms:

Project Sekai

Ender Lilies/Ender Magnolia

Discworld

Pokémon (especially the manga!)

The Legend of Zelda

Triangle Strategy

Project Moon

Stardew Valley

Jane Austen

Worm

Fire Emblem

There's a bunch more too, so I might be into them even if they're not on the list.

Profile picture is currently Karin from Fire Emblem.

I can be bad at interacting well, or phrasing things in a good manner, so when I mess up please tell me! ^-^

[destinationtoast]

Cultural Insights of Our Own: Lessons From a Newly Decoded Digital Archive

Interplanetary Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 322-340

Abstract

The recently decoded Internet Archive includes the digital artifact called “Archive of Our Own” (AO3) from early third millennium Earth.  AO3 is unusually well backed up and therefore is presumed to contain some of the most significant -- perhaps even sacred -- texts of the time.  In this paper we present our preliminary analysis of AO3 metadata, including new insights about the literature, gender and sexuality, religion, and scientific understanding of this historical era: 

I. LITERATURE. We describe the cultural centrality of figures such as the Winchesters and Reader.  We explore how they featured heavily in every dominant literature genre of the era, including Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, and Oral Sex.  

II. GENDER AND SEXUALITY. We review the overwhelming evidence that male-male relationships were the most culturally significant sexual and romantic relationships, but we also show that it was a culture with an unusually broad set of sexual and gender roles.  In particular, we highlight the unusual tripartite conceptualization of gender as including alpha, beta, and omega roles; we note the apparent prejudice against betas, illustrated in the prevalence of “no beta we die like men” and similar protest slogans. 

III. RELIGION. We describe a newly discovered religious taboo: doves were a common sacrificial animal of the time, but they were forbidden from being eaten.  

IV. SCIENCE. Finally, we present new insight about alternate universes.  While previous scholars hypothesized that the scientists of Earth may have developed a correct early theory of the multiverse by the late second millennium, our analysis of AO3 presents evidence to the contrary.  As late as the early third millennium, prevailing theories postulated highly specific universes, such as a universe in which everyone is in high school, or a universe contained within a coffee shop.  

Taken together, these historical insights show that further investigation is warranted into the valuable documents stored within AO3, perhaps even going beyond the metadata to examine the full texts.

[asphodelis]

lewyn and seliph xianjuns commissioned by the lovely @sasiacid based on this fic by mrmissmrsrandom!!

[mizusribbon]

I like leoni...

[ruxxifystars]

lesbiabs..

[michaelnordeman]

Chaffinch/bofink. Värmland, Sweden (9 June 2019).

[phantome29]

Raspberry＊Monster No one in this world can stop me!

[foxes-in-love]

[amiyayuri]

Two Angels

@na_tarapisu153

[lea-mg]

Glorious 25th of may to those who celebrate

[serenedash]

Scion of Darkness 🩸 @fe4week day 6

[sasielle]

Promise & Legend

Happy 30th Anniversary to FE4!!!

[highflyingace]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu | Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Adean | Aideen | Edain/Claud Characters: Adean | Aideen | Edain Additional Tags: Post-Battle of Belhalla (Fire Emblem), FE4 Week 2026, Happy Genealogy Release Anniversary!, Promises, Edain is not having a good time, Yeah Edain is very traumatized, Claud is mentioned, Implied/Referenced Character Death, FE4 spoilers obviously, Yes the word count is a Thracia reference, But it was really just a happy coincidence, I promise I'll write a happy Jugdral fic one day Summary:

As Edain fled from Belhalla, there was one thing that kept her going.

So I wrote a thing for @fe4week (Promise + Legend), well more specifically for the FE4 anniversary. Happy FE4 day, by the way!

[punchyemblem]

legacy for genealogy week

[asphodelis]

my shayla

[serenedash]

Hero on the wind 💨 @fe4week day 2

[fe4week]

At their request, posting on behalf of the lovely Insomniosa on AO3: their haunting missing scene between Grahnye and Ares!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works