Ivanhoe1820

I like things that give me emotional damage. I'm also writing a book. Or trying to, at any rate.

[ivanhoe1820]

MY INTRO...

I thought it was about time that I made some sort of introduction or something so here I go...

Hi I'm Ivanhoe1820 and this is my main blog! As you can see I am currently into SUPERNATURAL. As you can probably also see I love all the characters dearly but Destiel has my heart and soul.

In addition to Supernatural you are probably also able to tell that I like Good Omens quite a lot.

(Update Hannibal is eating my brain and I just saw Wicked For Good today I will never be normal about anything ever again.)

UPDATE: I HAVE DISCOVERED MCR. I HAVE NOW TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT ANY AND EVERY MCR FAN FIC I READ. THIS IS MY GIFT. MY CURSE. WHO AM I? I'M IVANHOE1820. THERE WILL BE A SIDEBLOG DEVOTED JUST TO MCR FICS. FIND IT BELOW.

Other interests include Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, Gravity Falls, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and various and sundry other media which I can't remember right now.

I am a writer (at least I try) and right now I have finished a book! It's about conspiracy theorists, aliens, old friendships, new friendships, outrunning the government, and there is queer subtext which I didn't even know I had written until about halfway through. If you want me to talk about it at all by all means ask! I love talking about my stuff or answering any questions anyone could have.

I also have a couple side blogs, as well as an ao3 where I post dumb fan fiction. Links below:

Side Blog for OC mad scientists I created yesterday:

@scientists-hotcakes · Hotcakes

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Side Blog for characters from the above mentioned novel (nothing posted yet but ask me all you want!)

@bob-paul-and-margie · Bob, Paul, and Margie

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And here's my ao3 link:

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

Also my new sideblog where I post reviews of different media:

@watchshiteatshit · Watch Shit Eat Shit

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[goth-queen]

[goth-queen]

[the-cassquatch]

Ok but like. What the fuck is there to do on the internet anymore?

Idk when I was younger, you could just go and go and find exciting new websites full of whatever cool things you wanted to explore. An overabundance of ways to occupy your time online.

Now, it's just... Social media. That's it. Social media and news sites. And I'm tired of social media and I'm tired of the news.

Am I just like completely inept at finding new things or has the internet just fallen apart that much with the problems of SEO and web 3.0 turning everything into a same-site prison?

[dj-of-the-coven]

Long collection of resources under the cut.

You're right that the internet is smaller than it used to be, but there's still some cool stuff left in the corners. I'd recommend checking checking out Neocities if you haven't--it's an independent web hosting platform like Geocities of the old web, and there are hundreds of interesting and active pages discoverable both through their search function and through web buttons (links attached to small pictures with the title of a website) within the websites themselves. Here are three examples of web buttons you may find in link pages:

Most Neocities websites have link pages or button collections with anywhere from tens to hundreds of these. Don't be afraid to explore!

If you're looking for something more like a search engine, I can point you towards Marginalia. It's not a particularly smart engine, but it's perfectly usable if you've ever been taught to use search engines back when they were mostly run through keywords instead of full sentence comprehension. There's also an "about" and "tips" section on the front page with more information. The algorithm of Marginalia can be filtered by the user to allow, disallow, or require JavaScript depending on your needs, plus there are filters designed specifically to prioritize web 1.0 sites or mostly text-based ones. It is possible to search for modern websites with it, but it can return websites from just about any decade (since the invention of the web, obviously) so long as they contain the information you're looking for. For example, here are some random interesting sites I've found using Marginalia:

Native Languages of the Americas: Native American Cultures

BASIC HTML COMPETENCY IS THE NEW PUNK FOLK EXPLOSION!

Earthbound Text Labs by Bill Eager

The possibilities for discovery are truly endless.

Now you might want to know about directories. These make browsing for websites easier, but require you to read through and judge which ones to visit, as there aren't algorithms ranking the sites besides the whim of whoever coded the directory. Some of them have themes, others don't. Here are two that I've used:

Yesterlinks Directory

Ichigo Directory

Directories can be harder to come by just by surfing the net, but they aren't impossible to find. Many personal websites have their own directories of interesting sites hidden within them.

Webrings are similar to directories, but are actually more community-based. You have to register your website to be a part of a webring, usually by sending an email to whoever runs it and meeting some kind of entry criteria. For example, my personal website used to be a part of a webring called Sweet Dreams, which was for websites that heavily utilize color palettes and images of cute things, particularly sweets. Webrings will give you access to a widget upon entry that allow visitors and other members to browse between the registered websites in a massive ring, ergo, where the term gets its name. Webrings can have any theme or criteria for entry. If you can make a website about it, you can find a webring for it.

Now, you might be wondering about social media alternatives. I can't offer much, but I can nudge you towards the idea of forums. Here's one I found that could really use some traffic. I also browse a bit on MelonLand forum, which is actually closed right now--it's currently closed on Mondays--but on any other day of the week, you can find a fun community there dedicated to web revival. You can find it through MelonLand's main page. I'd also recommend checking out SpaceHey, which is a MySpace clone that's customizable and easy to use.

I hope this is of some help to you. The internet may feel less magical than it used to be, but that doesn't mean that the spark has completely died out. These types of indie websites need more attention if we ever hope to reverse the damage done to the internet by centralization and corporate interest. People are trying to make the web a cooler place to be, but we're going to have to do the work of finding and interacting with these projects in order to get them off the ground someday.

[xerxestexastoast]

ALSO you should consider browsing Virtual Pet List and seeing if there are any pet sites you might be interested in playing. There is a whole genre of browser games right under your nose

[biothreads]

Another one that I just found recently is this, which is a whole collection of blogs, organized by topic!

ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

A collection of 1,966 blogs about every topic

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Look guys the real internet IS STILL THERE I'm going to cry

[cloudyeveniing]

Getting off of twitter and onto neocities has really healed me and I am so glad to see it is healing other people too ;u; let's retreat into the self-made digital woods and away from corporate bs pls, I am so tired

[nyx-shifts-222]

REBLOGGING

[overly-hubristic-mad-scientist]

When Herbert shows up for the apartment tour, the door was opened as Meg was leaving and Herbert didn’t look like he was getting ready to ring the doorbell or knock (maybe he did and I just don’t remember) he was just standing there with his hands in his pockets. This means that Hebert was just standing there for god knows how long waiting for Dan to come and open the door. Which is just another subtle way Herbert is a fucking freak

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

posting about being a "sensitive white boy" in 2026 just makes you sound like this

[04k96]

[aroace-ryland-grace]

Hi guys! I thought I should just share my whole mini little library of Project Hail Mary-related things so they're all in one place:

It includes:

A digital copy of the movie (with subtitles in 30+ languages via download)

My transcript of the movie (more on that here)

Audio recordings of the movie

A PDF of the book

An EPUB of the book (for e-readers)

The full audiobook

A copy of Andy Weir's doc on Eridians

A copy of Andy Weir's spreadsheet on Astrophage physics (among many other things!)

A draft of the screenplay for the film from 2022

An audio recording of the director's commentary

My transcript of the director's commentary

There's also a google doc with some instructions to follow if any of the files aren't working or aren't allowing you to download them, which usually happens when too many people try to access or download something at the same time.

Additionally there's a UHD copy (that's too big to fit in the drive) here!:

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

Please note that because of the way that google drive works, some of the subtitles only work if you download the file yourself.

The audiobook, audio recordings, and commentary all have their properties programmed so they (should) work just like songs with a track number, album cover, artist, and so on if you download them.

There are two audios of the movie, one is the entire film untouched and one is that same audio cut up and broken down into separate scenes for convenience.

Additionally, there are two versions of the movie transcript, one with time stamps that match the audio recording and one without. The time stamps (+ their titles from the audio) are outlined in that version, so if you double-click on that tab or click "show outline," they'll all show up and you can pick a specific scene.

Similarly, there are two different versions of the director's commentary transcript. The first is made to listen along to the commentary, while the second is more intended to be read on its own. The first is a direct transcription of everything that's said (an attempt, at least), while the second is slightly cleaned up for easier reading, meaning things like jumbled sentences and stuttering were removed or reorganised, but nothing has been actually paraphrased. Both are broken down into different scenes based on how their conversation goes, and the listening version includes timestamps. 

The first few seconds of the commentary are missing unfortunately as my US friend who was kind enough to record it for me had some technical difficulties at the start, but the she paraphrased the part that was missed. The commentary starts at that first red shot of Ryland Grace's face in the coma suit 32 seconds into the digital copy.

As always, if anything's not working right or you notice any mistakes in anything, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as I can!

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

there are still movies to be watched, new songs to be listened to, books to be read, unexplored places to be discovered, conversations to be had, people to be met. there are still countless things for you, and they’re just waiting for you.

[lazarrusrising]

Every Episode of Supernatural: 80/327

4x20 The Rapture, Jimmy and Castiel pt1

JIMMY So, I wanna to help you. I'm about to lose my family here if you don't tell me how . . . Please, Castiel, just talk to me. What do you want from me? JIMMY Yes, I understand. Promise my family will be okay and I'll do it . . . Then, yes.

[dailycatsblog]

[rochenn]

Quite bothersome that English doesn't differentiate between comrade (soldier) and comrade (A Spectre Is Haunting Europe)

[starbuck]

me analyzing my favorite characters:

[anxeious]

[necrophagias]

Was the rest of MCR not aware that they could’ve used prop food or was danger days always an elaborate ruse to fuck with Mikey

[squidong]

but like actually every time someone is obnoxious about me being aromantic it does in fact make me more aromantic. you fools you’re only making me stronger

[dankmemeuniversity]

[xelayxes]

[xelayxes]

@matzahball

[dracophile]

For a second I didn’t realize it meant “high” as in a stoner--I thought “High Geologist” was like a rank of geologist or something and he was insulted you would challenge him to naming stones

[hamptercatapult]

great poast every one👍

[shirecorn]

I have drawn him.... The High Geologist

[syberfire117]

Can’t believe he’s ace

[shirecorn]

He is now And here’s the photo evidence:

[aphorisnt]

hey guys...https://twitter.com/MatthewLillard/status/1322648148364324864 so does this make it canon?

[shirecorn]

the high geologist has ascended

[ethanrayne]

every time i see this post it gets.... better? but also weirder.

[shirecorn]

You know, of everything I’ve drawn, I should have known it would be weed-smokin, rock wieldin, asexual centaur shaggy to stampede off into the sunset; bringing hope, acceptance, and weed to millions in need

[shirecorn]

Can the people who keep buying High Geologist throw pillows please show me your couches

If you don't have Nick Cage Blood Pillows alongside it I'll be very disappointed