A Mess of Fixations

Welcome to this hell of my special interests and hyperfixations mostly! I'm Dante or alternatively Virgil, both are my name. 21 years old yet I feel like I'm 60, living a chronic pain existence.

[giarven]

ALMOST ALL (old) BLIND ARVEN AU REFS

This is Part 1, I’m reposting this with the refs of: Giacomo, clavel, Crispín, Lacey, amarys, and Drayton.

PART 2 CLICK HERE

[finn-shavocado]

Gamefreak: this is iono, she is an electric type gym leader and a streamer. She was made to appeal to the masses with how popular streaming has become.

The fans: oh okay she’s cool yeah

Gamefreak: … and this is Larry. He’s literally just some guy

The fans: LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY LARRY

[paperstarzz]

I love Grusha so much

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[giarven]

YOOO 300 FOLLOWERS THANKS ALL!!!❤️❤️❤️

[redstonedust]

normalize being dogshit amateur at your special interests and hyperfocuses. no more autistic savants. yes i am very into that topic no i am not good at it. we exist <3

[sirpuntine]

Dysphoria

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[podddcasttt]

Friendly reminder that if you talk about how representation is important and how there's not enough diverse media, I implore you to seek out the media that already exists. And if you live in an area with a public library, go to see if they're available at your public library. And then go check them out.

As a librarian, it is demoralizing to see how low the circulation statistics are on lgbt+ books and books by BIPOC authors. I include them in displays and readers advisory, but people still don't check them out as much. Libraries only have a finite amount of resources, including space. We don't get a book then keep it forever. If not enough people check it out, we have to get rid of it to make room for more books. And when James Patterson Book #69 gets checked out 30 times in one year and cool, subversive Sci fi novel with a Black trans woman main character has never been checked out once, the librarian (me) has to make a hard decision.

If you're looking for something tangible and easy to do this pride month, look for lgbt+ books (there are millions of lists online that you can find. It's easier than it's ever been to find diverse books) and check them out from your library.

No time to read? Look for a short story or poetry anthology and just read as much as you have time for. Or just check out a book cus it looks interesting and read as much as you can. We have movies too.

As cool as it would be for me to just keep the books I want and get rid of the ones I don't, I have to listen to the community on matters of collection development. And the community tells me what books they want by checking them out and leaving the ones they don't want on the shelf.

If you think this doesn't apply to you because you live in a progressive area and obviously the books are being checked out, you're wrong. I once worked in a community with a large lgbt population. Those books were not getting checked out. If you want to tell me you live in a conservative area and your library doesn't have any diverse books, you are legally obligated to check the catalog before replying to this post. I currently work in a conservative community and we have lgbt+ and bipoc books. And if you still cannot find any, you are legally obligated to see if your library has a collection request form that patrons can fill out before replying to this post.

[sirpuntine]

Not only did mama raise a quitter, but she also raised a procrastinator, people-pleaser, doormat, coward, and liar, and you can’t put a price on that

[crpl-pnk]

you ever realize how able bodied people just are not expected to do things that cause them excruciating physical pain? like they’re just. not

if i shouldn’t use my cane because i can sometimes technically walk without it, it would just hurt like a motherfucker then abled people should no longer be allowed to use potholders to take things out of the oven because i mean

well they could technically pick up a hot pan with their bare hands. it would just hurt like a motherfucker

[crpl-pnk]

*sees an abled person using potholders*

i just think it’s really sad that you’re giving up on yourself like that

[toothybabies]

How do you tell the difference between the protective eye scales of one whale shark compared to those of another?

You can't. They're eye denticle.

[mlarayoukai-archive]

"this thing is rare and only affects 1% of the population" dude that's 80 million people can you shut up

[villainessbian]

"this thing is so rare, if you put everyone it affects on an island it would be the 20th most populated country in the world, more than the UK, more than South Korea, and more than Canada AND Australia AND Tunisia all put together. we can literally forget about it that's not many people"

[villainessbian]

#is this about autism?

it's about autism and EDS and intersex variations and about trans people and also it's about golden blood and it's about blind people, it's about screaming all day long and howling the night out that you exist even if you're not everywhere, you're small but your heart beats and your lungs pump air and they want you forgotten in the pages of a book they won't read

[felunar]

[may12324]

Volatile Memory, by Seth Haddon

HAWK is a consciousness trapped inside a mask in the shape of a Hawk—or is she just code that thinks it was once alive?

Wylla is a scavenger in need of a payday. Selling HAWK might be her ticket to freedom, but can she justify the sale when the mask speaks back to her?

This is a sapphic tale of revenge and adventure out with Tordotcom July 22nd!

and an alternative version~

[botaniqueer]

I just finished To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers!

I liked it and it's a fun and short book on astrobiology and what it could be like to be a field biologist in the area. My big gripe with it is that there's a throwaway line (nothing major) where sea cucumbers are referred to as "cnidarians" to which my science brain went "no!!!".

I also like that they made an ad hoc classification system using Earth-life as analogues or simile and ended up having trouble using it for the alien life they found.

Also I did fanart of the "rats" as I was near the end.

[susiephone]

I'm halfway through "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" and this space crew is my EMOTIONAL SUPPORT POLYCULE

[blockbusterclosed]

Ever since I read Salvador I knew I needed to draw xem. Xyr swag is too much

[drawsderek]

y’all know what time it is

(Meat Horse time)

coworker is finally reading HFWU and we’ve been discussing the Graces quite a bit