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@iascus
One of my fav slip slop scenes.
My favorite thing about the fic is how quickly it can transition between angst to comedy, but like in a way that seems natural and doesnāt downplay the serious bit. Look at these gay people, theyāre funny and traumatized
TWO!!!!! ALEJANDROS!!!!!
I js LOVE how derpy he looks here
ALSO FIRE FANFIC YāALL SHOULD READ
I really really need an advice... online guides are all made for allos :(
me and my qpr partner are both aro, together for 2 years. they're on the spectrum and im bold stripe. some time ago they suggested to live together when they get promotion and they already know when this will happen, but it's not going to be soon. I agreed without taking a minute to think. but now I'm facing horrors beyond human comprehension thinking about it because I don't want to live together at all. being in a relationship in general is a little too much for me, but it's okay, don't focus on it, we're great together. It doesn't help matters that I live with my grandma who's really old and I want to spend as much time with her as possible. so, I don't want to live together because 1) "I'm too aro for this" roughly speaking 2) I want to spend time with my family while I can. occasionally my partner talks about living together, just a little bit, a tiny joke or something about what kind of dishes will we buy. and I'm lost, when and how should I say that I don't want to live together and not just now? I know I should just talk to them, it solves all the problems, but they have bpd and it will hurt their feelings almost certainly. can you/community help me find the nicest way to explain it without being too rude? I feel like my identity matters as long as it fits the general relationship pipeline dating->moving together->start a family. dating articles are evil place aggressively telling you that if you don't want to live together you will break up and you're a selfish person.
I'm gonna be honest: I can't engage with this one. my remaining grandmother has terminal cancer and my ex with bpd had a problem of threatening suicide or self harm when we had differences in relationship expectations. both are just... a little too up front in my trauma-active brain right now.
i'm gonna leave this for followers.
Ok so I already replied as a comment but in case anon doesnāt see that
āHey Anon! I just wanted to say that good for you for seeking help! What I would suggest, as someone whoās mom has bpd is to first inform the people closest to them. Friends/family, someone who can monitor them and help them cope. Then I would say something like āHey! After thinking bout it Iāve decided that while I enjoy being in a relationship with you Iām not ready to move in, and I donāt think I ever will be. I have an elderly grandmother and we donāt have much time left with her. And the idea of moving ināwith anyone, not just youāimplies some romantic connotations that just make me uncomfortable, especially since I am aromantic.ā But Iāve never been in a relationship before sooooā
oysters
Imagine this as shoulder pads for a ocean warrior
It would be sick as fuck
aro culture is asking your allo friends what romantic attraction feels like and wondering how in the world anyone finds that enjoyable, pleasant, or even wants it
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YES
Like why would I want this person on my mind all the time?????? The only person i want on my mind 24/7 is my mc and her adventures
Vulturesā¢: Reporter All Might spotted wearing t-shirt stating āI fucked her before she was a Bimboā
Vulturesā¢ a few days later: BREAKING NEWS: (Vigilante Izuku) has issued several death threats against All Might
IZUKU U BETTER FOLLOW THROUGH
I am Iascus on ao3 and I have currently been haunting ur inbox w an unholy amount of comments
Iām on chapter 11 but Iām just here to haunt u on 2 diff platforms
just like izuku in the vents
Yes but Iām in ur walls š
aro culture is thinking certain songs fit perfectly for a sibling pair but not being able to say that without seriously over explaining yourself cuz the songs most obvious interpretation is romantic love like guys plz!! theres so many great songs that could fit amazingly with siblings/other family pairings/generally platonic pairs if u just look past the most obvious interpretation!!
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Dare I say āI know those eyes/this man is deadā or ācome back I still need youā idk the title itās jsut how it goes
I have been waiting all year to post this.
omg
This has been in my queue for months.
I missed it last year and I vowed that would NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
omg i didnt reblog this last year!
passed my post limit for April 25th 2024 so this was scheduled then
IM ON TIME
wet rat
SCRUNGLY SCRUNGLE
i mean this in the gentlest way possible: you need to eat vegetables. you need to become comfortable with doing so. i do not care if you are a picky eater because of autism (hi, i used to be this person!), you need to find at least some vegetables you can eat. find a different way to prepare them. chances are you would like a vegetable you hate if you prepared it in a stew or roasted it with seasoning or included it as an ingredient in a recipe. just. please start eating better. potatoes and corn are not sufficient vegetables for a healthy diet.
Need it to be easier?
baby carrots (good dipped in ranch)
Celery sticks (add some peanut butter or cream cheese for extra flavor and protein)
Broccoli (good with ranch, cheese, or salt/pepper/butter)
Canned peas (you can microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Good with salt/pepper/butter)
Bell peppers (cut into strips, good with cream cheese)
Canned green beans (can be microwaved in microwave-safe bowl. Good with salt/pepper/butter)
Hummus (good with crackers or tortilla chips)
Salsa (good with tortilla chips)
Guacamole (good with tortilla chips)
Need it in something?
Can't see it:
Hummus
salsa
Guacamole
Can see but disguised flavor (can usually be found store bought or done at home and use different veggies):
Dressed up ramen - just toss in some random veggies in ramen of your choice. Pretty much everything I've tried goes fine with it.
Chicken pot pie
Vegetable soup (with so many together it's hard to taste any specific one!)
Chicken noodle soup
Sweet and sour pork (haven't tried it but chicken should be fine in place of pork)
Texture problems:
Need it soft:
Hummus
Salsa
Guacamole
Cooked carrots
Avocados
Beans (personally I prefer black beans and canned baked beans)
Peas (make sure to cook well, great value brand has the softest peas I've tried)
Cooked broccoli (note: it does smell bad while cooking)
Cooked asparagus (note: also smells bad while cooking)
Cooked zucchini and squash (good together but can be eaten separate)
You can also puree most vegetables and eat with a spoon or use them as a dip
Needs to be crunchy:
Raw carrots
Raw celery
Raw bell peppers
Salad (remember you can put whatever you want in it! Even if that means no lettuce)
Most veggies are okay raw, and are usually very crunchy
Veggies google says stay crunchy after lightly cooking:
Snap peas
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Water chestnut
Bamboo shoots
Broad texture tips:
You can change textures by eating raw, cooking, chopping, pureeing, etc
You can separate different textures to use in different ways (ie using broccoli tops in a soup and eating the bottoms raw)
It also really helps to think about why you dislike a vegetable. I found that I am scared of green foods so I like to use those veggies for ingredients in things they are well hidden for. I've also learned that watching something while eating helps because then I'm not looking at the gross green things. When possible, I also like to get help hiding it (ie using cream of celery soup in my chicken and dumplings).
Remember that vegetables are important because they contain nutrients that other foods donāt contain. NOT because they are low calorie.
Eating vegetables slathered in pork fat is always better than not eating vegetables. In fact fat will help you absorb the nutrients. Get those nutrients in your body by any means necessary.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you HAVE to eat vegetables raw or steamed or some other diet-culture-approved way.
The buttery, honey-drizzled vegetables you will actually eat are WAY better than the plain steamed ones you DON'T eat. It's not like the butter and honey take AWAY the vegetables' nutrients. They don't.
Reblog this if its okay for your followers to introduce themselves to you.
Just come to my ask box and tell me stuff about yourself. Your pets. Your favorite music. What you had for breakfast this morning. Literally anything you want, I love making new friends
Hey guys let me tell you about advance fee scams
I hope y'all are familiar with these in this day and age, especially my artists out there, because they're incredibly common.
About half an hour ago I posted a drawing and tagged it #artists on tumblr, and very quickly received this comment.
My scam radar went off immediately, due to the generic blog name and lack of any emotion in the comment, but I decided it might be an entertaining venture so I dmed them. They asked for a drawing "of these", and sent me a random selfie. I got the details and told them it would be $15, and they promptly offered me $300. At this point I know it's a scam, but I play along for funsies and give them my paypal. Shortly, they send me this image for "confirmation" (I blocked out my email)
And they began to insist that I checked my email. I looked in my spam folder and found the following email.
This is fake. This is not a thing. And the "you're to refund the $200.00 back" is the scam. They send vaguely official-looking emails at you to "prove" that they sent you the money, then have you send them $200 (or however much the scam is for). Then, surprise surprise, you're out $200.
I continued to play along for a bit, and in the second email "Paypal" told me that I had to refund the $200 before they could "credit the $300 to my account", along with these lovely threats.
And yeah, it's silly. But it's not silly if you don't know and get scammed. So. Spread, please! And thank you very much to @mlaurel for the opportunity to get these screenshots.
This is a variation on a much older scam that often results in the victim being out money and also out whatever they were selling. It goes something like this:
- victim posts an item for sale on craigslist or w/e
- scammer contacts asking if a check is ok
- scammer then asks if they can write a check for more than the agreed-upon price and for the seller to give them the overage back as cash, often with some excuse about it being an out-of-state bank, they don't have a card and need some cash for something else, or whatever.
- scammer gives check, gets cash and item, and bounces
- guess what the check does, too
ANY kind of structure where you supposedly get money but have to give some of it back to someone should twig your scam radar, frankly.
Reblogging because some people need to refresh their scam radar, or start building theirs. I see far too many people fall for traps, and don't dare say for a second "this will never happen to me" because all it takes is a momentary lapse in judgement.
Divergent is a bad book, but its accidental brilliance is that it completely mauledĀ the YA dystopian genre by stripping it down to its barest bones for maximum marketability, utterly destroying the chances of YA dystopian literatureās long-term survivalĀ
please elaborate
Sure. Imagine that you need to make a book, and this book needs to be successful. This book needs to be the perfect Marketable YA Dystopian.
So you build your protagonist. She has no personality traits beyond being decently strong-willed, so that her quirks and interesting traits absolutely canātĀ get in the way of the audienceās projection onto her. She is dainty, birdlike, beautiful despite her protestations that she is uglyāyet she can still hold her own against significantly taller and stronger combatants. She is the perfect mask for the bashful, insecure tweens you are marketing to to wear while they read.
You think, as you draft your novel, that you need to add something that appeals to the basest nature of teenagers, something this government does that will be perversely appealing to them. The Hunger Gamesā titular games were the main draw of the books, despite the hatred its characters hold for the event. So the government forces everyone into Harry Potter houses.Ā
So the government makes everyone choose their faction, their single personality trait. Teenagers and tweens are basicāthey likely identify by one distinct personality trait or career aspiration, and theyāll thus be enchanted by this system. For years, Tumblr and Twitter bios will include Erudite orĀ DauntlessĀ alongside Aquarius and RavenclawĀ and INTJ. Congratulations, you just madeĀ having more than one personality trait anathema to your worldbuilding.Ā
Your readers and thus your protagonist are naturally drawn to the faction that you have made RIDICULOUSLY cooler and better than the others: Dauntless. The faction where they play dangerous games of Capture the Flag and donāt work and act remarkably like teenagers with a budget. You add an attractive, tall man to help and hinder the protagonist. He is brooding and handsome; he doesnāt need to be anything else.Ā
The villains appear soon afterward. They are your tried and true dystopian government: polished, sleek, intelligent, headed by a woman for some reason. They fight the protagonists, they carry out their evil, Machiavellian, stupidĀ plan.Ā You finish the novel with duct tape and fanservice, action sequences and skin and just enough glue and spit to seal the terrible, hollow world you have made shut just long enough to put it on the shelf.Ā
And you have just destroyed YA dystopian literature. Because you have boiled it down to its bare essentials. A sleek, futuristic government borrowing its aesthetic from modern minimalism and wealth forces the population to participate in a perversely cool-to-read-aboutĀ system like the Hunger Games or the factions, and one brave, slender, pretty, hollow main character is the only one braveāno, specialĀ enough to stand against it.Ā
And by making this bare-bones world, crafted for maximum marketability, you expose yourself and every other YA dystopian writer as a lazy worldbuilder driven too far by theĀ ārule of coolā and the formulas of other, better dystopian books before yours. In the following five years, you watch in real time as the dystopian genre crumbles under your feet, as the movies made based on your successful (but later widely-panned and mocked) books slowly regress to video-only releases, as fewer and fewer releases try to do what you did. And maybe you realize what youāve done.
one quibble: hunger games was intense and sincere and the writer had worked for tv and knew exactly what she was talking about when she wrote how media machines create golden idols out of abused kids and then leave the actual people inside their glamorous shells to rot. hunger games had a genuine core of righteous anger that resonated with a lot of people. the hunger games was genuinely angry about shit that is genuinely wrong.Ā
but divergent was clumsy make-believe the whole way through. it aped the forms and functions of dystopian lit but the writer didnāt actually have any real, passionate, sincere anger to put on the page. she didnāt know what it was talking about, so she didnāt have anything worth listening to.
thereās a difference between anti-authoritarianism as a disaffected, cynical pose and anti-authoritarianism as a rallying cry by people who believe in a bitter world. and the former is something corporations and industries and publishing houses are so much more comfortable with. soĀ divergent and the flood of books published and marketed alongide and after it showed how the dystopian genre was no longer truly revolutionary, no longer a sincere condemnation of corporate oligarchies. the mass-market dystopian genre was now nothing more than an insincere playspace for people who were writing dystopia as a safely distant, abstract make-believe stage for their pretty girl heroes, rather than a direct allegory for everything that needs to be torn down in this world today.Ā
This is the second branch of this post Iāve reblogged and like the fourth Iāve seen and Iām just thinking about how the Uglies series, a pre-Hunger Games forerunner of the YA Dystopia boom, had significantly less staying power than it could have specifically becauseā¦with the toxic beauty standards forced on teenagers being a Big Theme, studios couldnāt figure out how to make a profitable movie out of it. The book got optioned multiple times, but a film version made in Hollywood was destined to fall apart at casting & makeup - their marketing methods relied on exactly what the series was criticizing, which isā¦part of what made it so popular with teenage girls to begin with.
You contrast that with how the marketing for the Hunger Games films directly contradicts the messaging of the text, and how Divergent seems ready-made for the big screen, and it becomes really apparent why the genre folded in on itself. Capitalism tried to recuperate dystopian fiction criticizing capitalism, and in doing so, butchered the genre.
Thereās also something rattling around my brain about a correlation between how made-for-screen a dystopian book is and how much it Doesnāt Understand Dystopia, with the culmination being Ready Player One, a piece set in a dystopia that somehow still actively glorifies capitalism & that was literally optioned for film before the book was published, but I donātā¦know how to expand on that point.
For ready player one the book n the movie arenāt something you can compare. The movie removed a gay character, the flās birthmark, two important deaths, and needlessly sexualizes the characters. Whereas the book is good. It was definitely interesting. But, like, it wasnāt rlly dystopia gov to me. (Keep in mind itās been YEARS since Iāve read it so maybe I forgot some stuff). But expanding on ur point I think ur talking abt how the book never actually villainized the villains besides āthey killed ppl for the prize?ā/ the book wasnāt rlly dystopian. Yes it was kind of made for screen (minus the OBVIOUS failure of a screen adaptation) but I think I disagree with ur notion of Ready Player One unless Iāve interpreted what u wrote wrong?
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As a Dungeon Master I nearly scrolled past this before my brain kicked my own ass and reminded me that I have tried looking up 'Blue Gemstones' at LEAST a dozen times in the last six months and never found anything this helpful.
Reblog if you want your followers to tell you which fictional character you remind them of.
WHEN ON PERIOD:
do not crash out
your feelings are NOT valid
do not send that text
don't kill yourself. lock in
do not act on negative emotions until at least 2 days have elapsed
Bro this came at the perfect time (too late, already crashed out)
Current mood
mood. and alternatively:Ā
I raise you:
UGH I HATE NO PLOT CONCEPT WHEN WRITING ššššš
