tricks and japes and junk

aiden • 30 • he/it

[kryptidkhaos]

Introduction Post

Hi there! You can call me Aiden or Kryptid. I'm a brainweird nerdy dude-adjacent queer creature in my thirties. My pronouns are he/it. 

I'm a chronically-ill/disabled non-traditional witchy homemaker. I also run @candlesandcantrips with my spouse, our shop where we sell 100% pure beeswax candles with nerdy flair.

I've been married to @renthony and @natalieironside for a decade, and we all live together with our bestie, @dovesndecay. You're guaranteed to see them around here.

I'm a proud kink activist and a member of the IWW. I post a lot about queer history, labor rights, BDSM, sex education, and the strong overlaps between them all.

Before the pandemic hit, I was heavily involved in fandom conventions, cosplay, renaissance faires, and burlesque. I miss performing a lot, but COVID-19 is STILL a serious issue, doubly so for me as an immunocompromised person.

I'm a super techy guy who loves gadgets, computers, and video games. My fandom list is huge and changes often, but you're guaranteed to always see tons of sci-fi and fantasy stuff, especially of the animated variety.

My icon is a portrait of me done by one of my kids. <3

[gojinka]

ok we can do petplay but Only if I’m the fly. If that’s ok… rubs my hands together … zzzzzz…. Hope I don’t get swatted…. Zzzzzzzzz

[gojinka]

died at the window sill

[daughter-of-sapph0]

happy pride

[lindleland]

[learningtogirl]

I've seen this clip many times, but never really appreciated the power of "what was her problem?" Just casually assuming that lesbians come in a wide variety of shapes and being inclusive. As a transbian who is probably still closer to Homer shaped than to my ideal, that's huge!

[soyalexnajera]

[the-uss-premise]

Console buttons from Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-69)

[mouse-doubleo100]

the more i watch star trek tos, the more it becomes abundantly clear that the reason why modern trek doesnt get kirk at all is because they dont utilise mccoy nearly as much anymore

in modern trek, they always present the idea of logic vs emotion, with spock being logic and kirk being emotion, but thats not how tos has it. in tos, the logic vs emption debate is spock vs mccoy. kirk is supposed to be the mediator between the two, sometimes siding with one side over the other, sometimes finding a middle ground between the two. thats why hes the captain, hes able to see all angles and pick the best course

when you make kirk the emotional one, it completely breaks the format, because 9 time out of 10, it means kirk has to be correct. theres no more balance

mccoy is just as important to tos as spock is, and while i do understand why spock is as popular as he is, without mccoy, the show doesnt work. you need them both. kirk spock and mccoy are the three leads of the show, and removing one requires you to change the others, which is whats happened to kirk

[trek-tracks]

I have been saying this for approximately 400 years, thank you.

When I teach rhetoric in my college essay writing/analysis course, it's always with the example of Kirk, Spock, AND McCoy. Ethos, Logos, Pathos--you need all three. Kirk isn't the counterweight to Spock; he's the fulcrum that balances Spock and McCoy.

Kirk isn't emotion. Kirk is ethos: credibility, authority. Spock and McCoy are there to stop him from damaging that credibility by falling back on an authority he doesn't actually have in the situation, to remind him of the logic or compassion that's lacking when an abuse of power would be the easy or basely satisfying thing to do.

What keeps Kirk credible is that he usually chooses the most ethical thing to do based on the information he has; what makes him a good leader, outside of his own innate abilities, is his understanding that he requires these two trusted advisors to keep him on an even keel. When Kirk says "I need you" to both Spock AND Bones, he means it.

[unamccormack]

I endorse this message

[tigkres]

[avmire]

the one and only (+ this random guy over here idk)

[sniperscout]

"window pains"

acrylic on wood panel

[artsyleninade]

Blue diamond for your mental health

[normalcei]

Not all dogs have jobs and I think they should get to wear little vests too

[allthepandasintheworld]

some old zaundads sticker designs i made like,, last year? that i ended up not finishing but i guess if there's any interest in these, i'll see if i can finish the young vanco one and throw in a canon/S1 zaundads one that i gotta rework a bit since i was really struggling with the previous design

[fantashic]

Average Deep Space Nine A plot: "What are you willing to sacrifice for the chance at a better world? Who are you willing to hurt? Will the pain you cause now outweigh the peace that it might bring? When both choices are bad, and you do what you think is best, can you live with yourself after? Could you live with yourself if you made the opposite choice?"

Average Deep Space Nine B plot: "What do we do with all this hot sauce!?"

[heyhoneyfox]

"I'm lying to you but this sentence is technically the truth without context" is such a good trope. Like yes the way that I am spinning these words forms a lie but if you squint I'm actually not lying.

[firm-hand-soft-heart]

soft squish - self-tie from november 2022

[avmire]

beeg cat needs beeg feesh

[anskapaints]

Dancing picture continue with the pookiest of pookies - that's a lie, they all are the pookiest pookies. I was fairly nervous about this one because I was afraid it would look boring compared to the others because of the more limited pallet.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[do-angels-dream-of-starry-seas]

So initially I'm watching without audio, cause "oh cool, some pole dancing". But turn the fucking audio on

[biglawbear]

Do you know how hard it is to do this while standing still.

Do you know how hard it is to do this while doing something incredibly physically demanding.

Sound on.

[harpyharpyharpy]

So shook that I recognized them! That's Khadija Mbowe, a brilliant video essayist on youtube. Here's a link to their channel. They're brilliant and compassionate. Go check them out!