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I deleted a fic, and the lack of comments demanding another chapter or sequel is wonderful 💖💖💖

A friendly reminder to readers everywhere:

Good: this fic is great, would love to see more if you can!

Bad: it's ok ending where it is but you have to finish it out with another chapter

Good: hey are you planning another chapter or sequel? No pressure

Bad: you can't leave it here. You have to write more.

Good: I wish I knew what happened! I'm imagining a lot now!

Bad: look I get you tagged ambiguous/open ended but you have to finish it it's not fair

What's the difference? Good- you're not confronting the author, just saying you like their stuff, want more of it, and sometimes asking questions.

Bad- you're demanding. I am not a corporation. I do not make money from fanfic. You are turning my stress reliever into another stressor.

#inthememetime #writing stuff #bad comments are why I deleted #Danny phantom king of scams #on AO3 so now it's a Tumblr exclusive

peachdoxie

learned today that nearly a quarter of all fics on AO3 tagged with "Dissection" are Danny Phantom fics jfkasjdfkljasdfljasd

peachdoxie

nearly a quarter of all fics tagged with "Vivisection" are also DP fics

jackdaw-sprite

yep.

anguishedlurker

Commenter pointing out that most of the batman ones are probably crossovers (with Danny Phantom) is correct!

Vivisection with crossovers excluded (straight down to batman bc it's interesting info to see 17);

And dissection (batman was not listed so you get top 5);

While filtering for crossovers ONLY gets this for vivisection:

And this for dissection;

In conclusion: we sure do have a lot of dissection and vivisection either way.

jackdaw-sprite

#what the fuck is happening in dp why's there so much vivisection#not upset about it but I am intrigued via @finch-the-foolish

So the thing you have to understand is in the show Danny's parents are mad scientists. And not only are they mad scientists, they're mad scientists set on studying ghosts. They don't think ghosts are people. They know ghosts experience pain and don't care, and regularly threaten to tear Phantom apart molecule by molecule:

^ said in front of Danny-their-son

And then these exchanges, following an identity reveal to the whole world. The reveal gets undone via reality hijinks later, but we still get this:

^ His sister Jazz gets it.

And you see in these screenshots something else really important: They do not know that their son Danny is the superhero ghost Danny Phantom.

They love him! Every time they learn he's Danny Phantom in the show, they decide loving him is more important than the fact that he's a ghost.

Buuut.

This whole dynamic opens up a whole beautiful rainbow of angst fics, doesn't it?

What if they kill Danny before ever realizing it's him? What if killing him is what reveals it's him? What if they capture him and vivisect him and he can't reveal himself to them the whole time? What if they get far enough that it kills the human part of him and he can never give them solid evidence what happened to their beloved son?

What if he tries revealing himself to them after he realizes what they're about to do, and they don't believe him?

Because there's the other direction you can take this. A lot of people in the phandom were queer teenagers in the aughts, when the question of 'will my parents accept me even though they hate what I am?' was a very personally relevant question.

Which means you get fics where Danny reveals himself, and his parents don't accept him.

Where not only do they hate ghosts more than they love him, but they start treating him like they treat any other ghost.

And that includes experimenting on him.

ANYWAY! That's not even the only set of characters in the show that are big on experimenting on ghosts! There's Vlad, who clones Danny and maybe island of doctor moreaus a bunch of animal ghosts together into monstrosities, and there's the GIW, a Men in Black parody. Naturally, they want to capture Danny and take him into a secret government lab for lots and lots of painful experiments.

tastylemonbread

posts i think about: thursday edition

godlessondheimite

A YA romantasy writer filed suit against another writer for copyright infringement, and as is always the case with these things, she padded her claims with delusionally spurious examples. The judge issued a 160-page ruling against the plaintiff where you can tell from the start how resentful they (or whatever clerk actually did the work) are to have been forced by duty to have read the works in question.

tomhardysurinal

I have never wanted to open a spam email so badly

apisashla

ra, ra, Rasputin /

buy my secret penis cream

worldheritagepostorganization

World Heritage Post

kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

acutecoral

Some clarifications and an update

biglawbear

This person has more emotional intelligence and healthier skills in navigating relationships than most people

patternedclouds

There was a poll going around lately about opinions on Blazed posts, and it reminded me that I have the power to make random strangers perceive very important cats. As such, please enjoy this cat. Thank u

were--ralph

when the human 2.0 patch rolls out i think people with uvulas should lay eggs rather than keeping them up in there

were--ralph

i can not stress the confidence when i paused and thought "I'm pretty sure uvula is the right part" and got it in one

were--ralph

i feel like im being pranked is it a uterus or an ovary or what what is happening in there

were--ralph

im tired y'all got conveyor belts and stuff in ya coochie ig

posts-with-10000-notes-in-spirit

current note count: 82

were--ralph

don't you put that curse on me

you little shits

shhhh theyre sleeby 🤏🤏

vampireapologist-archive-deacti

ppl are so annoying “you can’t paint ur bedroom pink you’re an adult” i did not spend my entire life waiting to grow up and control my life to paint my bedroom beige

hojolove

I had a sales woman in furniture store try and tell me not to buy a hot bubblegum pink loveseat because she wanted me to “think about the future”

Bitch, I am thinking about the future. I already got a hot bubblegum pink couch at home and now I need a loveseat to go with it.

madgastronomer

when I first bought my house, I announced my decision to paint my bedroom purple. I had wanted a purple bedroom for thirty damn years, you fucking bet I was gonna have one now. My friends decided, for some reason, that I meant what one of them referred to as “14 year old girl purple” (through what’s wrong with the colors a 14 year old girl chooses, I don’t know, even if they’re not what I want as an adult). They didn’t believe me until they saw the color on the actual wall, even thought they helped me pick out paints. My mother, meanwhile, decided to get worried that if I painted my bedroom a “dark purple”, it would be “depressing”. As if, with an entire house to live in, I would spend all my time in the bedroom, which I wanted to be dark because I would be sleeping in there. In the damn dark.

I had like one, maybe two friends who were all like FUCK YEAH YOU PAINT IT WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANT, PURPLE BEDROOMS ARE AWESOME.

But when they actualy saw the finished bedroom, every single one of them was like, “Oh yeah, that’s really pretty.” (Well, the ones who supported me from the beginning were more like WOOHOO.)

And the moral of the story is: Fuck ‘em, please yourself. Either they’ll come around, or you can safely ignore every question of taste they opine about for the rest of time.

themintycupcake

This applies to other adulting activities, too. When I was a kid, I decided that I wanted to have a wedding cake made of doughnuts. When I got older, I figured that I would be “mature” about it and get a traditional cake, which the older adults approved of. Now that I’m 25 and facing the possibility of actual marriage in the near future, I’m just like “marriage is a social construct but it comes with tax & insurance benefits, so just give me that goddamn doughnut cake.” If they don’t like it then they don’t have to come to my wedding.

aridotdash

https://xkcd.com/150/

undanewneon

I would like you all to view my office. I’m thirty and my rainbow room is awesome, people can fight me

spuffybot

I’m thirty and my first big furniture purchase was a custom coffin shaped coffee table that opens up and is lined with purple crushed velvet. I would have loved it at 13 and I love it now. Growing up doesn’t mean you have to abandon what makes you happy.

idareu2bme

GROWING UP DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

the-haiku-bot

GROWING UP DOESN’T

MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

shadesofmauve

I have told this story before, and I will tell it again, because I am An Old now and repeating stories forever is our prerogative:

When I bought my house, the kitchen was multiple shades of dingy white. It was dismal, but it was now mine! So went to the hardware store for paint (well, several trips, painted swatches on panel, etc — I’m very picky. But this was the final, ‘real’ trip). It was a busy day in the paint section. There were at least five people behind me in line.

Now, remember, latex paint is slightly lighter and brighter when wet than it is when dry. And I’d decided to paint my kitchen candy-apple red. The hardware store employee took my gallon off the Paint Jiggler and cracked it open to put a dab on the top, revealing the most incredibly deep pink, and behind me I hear the entire line of people say,

“Oh my god.”

…in perfect chorus.

I did not realize up until that moment that shocking a crowd of strangers with my paint color choices was a life goal, but at that moment I felt an absolutely overwhelming sense of achievement.

marlynnofmany

This is the door to my garage. It used to be white. Live your best life.

Mischief the cat says “Who goes there?”

Every visiting friend says “This is so cool.”

If you’re looking for an excuse to do some decorating that will make your soul sing, this entire thread is your sign to do it and don’t look back!

the-haiku-bot

This is the door to

my garage. It used to be

white. Live your best life.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

chennnington

I’m 35. I have been told my place looks like maybe a LP fan lives there.

Not sure what they mean.

dykepuffs

When I first moved into my place, I painted the spare room, that eventually became my office, lime green, the kind of lime green that glows down the corridor when I open the door - The colour was only available as an “accent colour” in the section of paints intended for children’s playrooms, and in the shop I got a lot of “Oh your son will love this!” And from people I knew I got a lot of “Oh well, you’re 21 now, you’re basically a teenager, this is a terrible idea, you’ll hate it and need to pull out all the furniture to repaint it.” And I have to report that I am now in my forties and my office still looks like this, and it makes me smile every time I see it.

marzipanandminutiae

this is such a modern idea, too

not decorating trends; those have always existed. but the idea that color and decoration is inherently childish

this is the dining room at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, from 1878 (where I used to work, briefly). the walls are TEXTURED MICA SHIMMER on a green background. Adult Space For Adults!

A jewelry shop in Paris c. 1901. kids can’t buy jewelry!

who can forget the classic 1950s colorful bathroom? I’m not a huge fan, but still! adult space! bright colors; decorative designs!

meanwhile “you’re immature if you like Art Nouveau” is a hot take I’ve really, seriously seen on this webbed site (only once, thank the gods). I don’t know who started this, but I’m going to kill them

taraljc

I think a lot of it stems from the ubiquitous Waterhouse prints that were sold on college campuses for 20 years. like why would I get a free pass if it were Monet instead Western culture is stupid. The entire point of being an adult is breakfast for dinner and cake for breakfast and dying with the most toys.

catgirlralsei

instantly decided to reblog when i got to GROWING UP DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

beatrice-otter

The examples of decorated homes above are both either modern or upper class, which makes it easy to dismiss because “sure the rich people have beautiful homes” and “sure, modern middle-class people have lots of color in their homes.”

So here’s two examples of traditional Norwegian farmhouse interiors. You know. The kinds of places peasants live in.

This type of painting is called “rosemaling” and today you usually find it on, like, carved wooden bowls and such that are only used for decoration. But back two centuries ago, it was very common to find the interiors of homes covered in it, in projects that were painted little by little over the decades. Because it’s beautiful to look at, paint is the cheapest way of decorating your house, and what else are you going to do on the long winter nights when it’s too dark and cold to work outdoors?

But mostly, they did it because it made them happy, and it was beautiful.

Those old peasants were on to something, I think.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

blows my mind that cheetahs are apex predators. that is the single most anxious creature I have ever seen. at any given moment a cheetah is exactly one stubbed paw away from bursting into tears. that is a sad dripping wet animal, and it's at the top of the local food chain? babygirl what happened

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

things I learned from this post:

cheetahs regularly get bullied by lions, hyenas, crocodiles, and baboons

multiple people think this means cheetahs aren't an apex predator/belong lower on the food chain

which is how I learned humans equate social status with position on the food chain. (which is nonsense to anyone who's ever met, for instance, a moose)

an apex predator is just a predator without natural predators of its own. you can be an anxious pathetic mess, but if you're not getting eaten by your neighbors, congrats! you're an apex predator.

i look it up to make sure cheetahs are apex predators

I find out it's not uncommon for cheetah cubs (and very occasionally adults) to be eaten by lions, leopards, hyneas, and even eagles???

well that sure calls into question their apex predator status. out of curiosity i check to see if there are any animals that hunt lions

this is how I discover that cheetahs, lions, hyenas, and leopards will all eat each other's children if presented with an easy opportunity (and sometimes young/elderly/injured adults)

begining to wonder how useful 'apex predator' is as a term

in conclusion, cheetahs are so fast because they are fueled by Grade A+ Ultra Concentrated Anxiety and they need that speed to run away from their problems

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

urie

americans are sooo desensitized to guns and sometimes it manifests in ways that affect your media literacy. like remember in the first episode of sherlock when john watson opens up his drawer and you see a gun in there and youre supposed to understand that this is narratively significant and conveys his suicidality as well as his willingness to skirt rules and laws but the first time i watched it i was like oh well theres his desk gun. lots of people have those

vs-space-orcs

Thinking about how aliens would respond to the English phrase "better to ask forgiveness than permission." Like imagine that one survives in whatever language we evolve and the aliens are like "Do Not. EVER. Follow a human who says it's better to ask forgiveness than permission unless you are willing to go to space prison for them."

depsidase

the-polyhedron

How many people’s most beloved childhood stuffed animals are actually teddy bears, like I feel like that’s a thing someone made up. Reblog this and put what your longest owned and/or favorite stuffed animal as a child was in the tags, inquiring minds want to know