Queer Who Loves Stories

~ martin ~ they/them ~ adult ~ queer, disabled, jewish ~ ecology and storytelling ~ here be dragons and spiders ~

[jame7t]

just because youre made of stardust & other gay shit doesnt mean that a bug isnt. be nice to a bug today

[hopefulqueer]

Sitting in a hotel lobby for 2.5 hours not allowed to eat anything all day. What if I made the Terra's Grace crew polycule chart

[hopefulqueer]

lol

[avoid-avoidance]

I added ranks/roles from the Ship's Manifest in Chapter 1!

[hopefulqueer]

Sitting in a hotel lobby for 2.5 hours not allowed to eat anything all day. What if I made the Terra's Grace crew polycule chart

[hopefulqueer]

lol

[avoid-avoidance]

I added ranks/roles from the Ship's Manifest in Chapter 1!

[hopefulqueer]

Sitting in a hotel lobby for 2.5 hours not allowed to eat anything all day. What if I made the Terra's Grace crew polycule chart

[avoid-avoidance]

(there were formerly :eyes: emojis here but i removed them because Tumblr Made Them Disconcertingly Huge and i did not like that lmao)

I triple-dog-dare you to not only make the chart, but make it a document that exists in-story (hey, maybe the cultural anthropologist just got REALLY REALLY bored?). And then the Terra's Grace crew can trade it to the Eridians in exchange for some Eridian polycule charts to study!

(also: Today I Learned that there are dedicated websites online specifically for creating polycule charts...)

[hopefulqueer]

thank you for the encouragement flkdsjhalkdsjf i have now Made It for real and also 100% took ur suggestion, it was absolutely Bineta (the cultural anthropologist) and Kokhta (the ethologist) who made this chart around 2 years into the mission out of sheer boredom when they decided to start studying their crewmates like bugs <3

[avoid-avoidance]

Would you be OK with it, if I took the chart you made and added labels next to the names with the ranks & roles from the Chapter 1 ship manifest, and reblogged your chart post with the annotated one?

[hopefulqueer]

Ooh hell yeah, go for it!!!!! I'd love one of those too honestly lkfdhkjsjkfds extremely useful

[hopefulqueer]

Sitting in a hotel lobby for 2.5 hours not allowed to eat anything all day. What if I made the Terra's Grace crew polycule chart

[avoid-avoidance]

(there were formerly :eyes: emojis here but i removed them because Tumblr Made Them Disconcertingly Huge and i did not like that lmao)

I triple-dog-dare you to not only make the chart, but make it a document that exists in-story (hey, maybe the cultural anthropologist just got REALLY REALLY bored?). And then the Terra's Grace crew can trade it to the Eridians in exchange for some Eridian polycule charts to study!

(also: Today I Learned that there are dedicated websites online specifically for creating polycule charts...)

[hopefulqueer]

thank you for the encouragement flkdsjhalkdsjf i have now Made It for real and also 100% took ur suggestion, it was absolutely Bineta (the cultural anthropologist) and Kokhta (the ethologist) who made this chart around 2 years into the mission out of sheer boredom when they decided to start studying their crewmates like bugs <3

[hopefulqueer]

Sitting in a hotel lobby for 2.5 hours not allowed to eat anything all day. What if I made the Terra's Grace crew polycule chart

[hopefulqueer]

lol

[wifehaver103947]

[islandmusic]

whatever. go my scarab

[crabussy]

every 14-16 year old is the bravest person on the planet to me

[crabussy]

talking to a 15 year old like wow okay you are like if scrambled eggs was a person. I don't know how to save you. the way you move through the world is reminiscent of a stray cat whose soul got punted into a human body. said human body is currently undergoing changes and floods of hormones that would result in cities being levelled if you were perhaps a big dragon and not a medium sized primate. been there. good luck I love you

[crabussy]

you don't have to excuse the behaviours of shitty teenagers, but you DO have to remember that they've been on this earth only as long as your cat. you have to ensure that the way you respond to said behaviour reflects this. yes they're an entire person. they're also going through a period of the most insane rapid transformation (physically, mentally, emotionally and socially) a person can experience in life. are they an irredeemable monster or are they just a very impressionable young person floundering through their first Strong Opinions based on what they've seen online, with ridiculous amounts of Hormone That Makes You Hate Everything in their bloodstream?

[crabussy]

YOUNG TEENAGERS. are YOU an irredeemable monster or are YOU just a very impressionable young person floundering through your first Strong Opinions based on what you've seen online, with ridiculous amounts of Hormone That Makes You Hate Everything in your bloodstream? I'll give you a hint. it's the second option. cut yourself some slack too! try your very best to be kind, try your very best to consider people with differing experiences to you, and maybe take a step back from discourse that does nothing besides make you upset. you've only been an animal alive on this planet for a decade and a bit. there are artisanal cheddars at your local supermarket older than you. take it easy. eat more fruit. save up for a second hand bicycle. join a local club. it's impossibly difficult to be a teenager but you have it in you, whether you're aware of it or not. I hope you can be kind to yourself, because you DO deserve that kindness. kia kaha [:

[a-real-hum4n]

shout out to book!grace, who blasted himself with 29 atmospheres worth of 210c (410f) degrees hot straight ammonia, in the hopes that rocky would survive. who carried rockys whole 168kg (370lbg) down ladders in a make-shift carrier. who turned around for rocky, fully expecting to die of starvation. sigh. who was just a little bit more of a bitch than movie!grace (whats that one quote where hes like "if i had a nickel for every parent i wanted to slap during my career, id have enough to fill a sock and hit them with that instead"). who was purposefully given memory loss, so he wouldnt sabotage the mission (something he threatned many times). who wasnt "friendless", like he was depicted in the movie. i miss you so bad. you were everything.

[sunflowerbuckleys]

the comments poll has me wondering another thing

do you think it's rude for an author to not respond to ao3 comments?

yes, it's rude

no, it's not rude

nuance

Remaining time: 5 days 3 hours

[frankhermann]

actually annoyed by long distance friends again. i want to go for a walk i want to get drinks i want to sit in the grass and write i want to go to the fucking store together

[hopefulqueer]

Gritting my teeth. I know the scope of my story and it's okay if I disappoint some of the readers. I know the scope of my story and it's okay if I disappoint some of the readers. I know the sc

[free-my-mindd]

[lucidlymelanated]

Your 30s aren't too late. Don't let nobody tell you that stupid shit.

[aetherograph]

Your 40s aren't too late. Don't let nobody tell you that stupid shit.

[loisfreakinglane]

#as long as you're alive it's literally never too late

[canidaria]

happy aromantic visibility day to everybody but especially dr grace #YAY

[funstyle]

I saw someone spell it "whimsicle" today. Like popsicle