Hyperfixation Hell

Library Assistant, 30 years old, writer. Pronouns they/them. Autism, so I cycle through special interests pretty hard. Went to Twitter after the Purge, now coming back after the Fall. Formerly blogged as fireandwonder

[ksfoxwald]

The Blue Castle - Chapter 12

"She wondered what it would be like to have someone with her who could sympathise - someone who really cared - just to hold her hand tight, if nothing else - someone just to say 'Yes, I know. It's dreadful - be brave - you'll soon be better;' not someone merely fussy and alarmed."

I am once again relating hard to this book and thinking of how much of my mental health struggles I did not and do not share with my own mother, because she would become fussy and alarmed and insist I take Redfern's whatever superfood du jour she had just read about that can cure depression. Just. A hundred years later and I'm like "girl, same."

[hyperions-light]

Rook Intro Hour: Happy Pride!

Sorry y'all, yesterday was my first day home after an 11 day job (no tip, no review and the family came home later than they said... 😔) and I was kind of wiped out lol

How it works: I ask you a question about your Rook(s) and you answer it with as much brevity or verbosity as you desire. The easiest way for me to keep track of everyone is for you to reblog this post and add your answer, although you can also mention me in a separate post, if you want! You can do this whenever you want, and I’ll reblog it + add some comments! There’s no time limit— if you want to do the older ones, they are collected in this spreadsheet !

*Please be aware that if you rb RIH to a community WITHOUT rbing to your blog first, I CANNOT rb and comment. If you want me to comment, please put the post on YOUR BLOG first. Thanks!

Today's Question(s): Happy Pride Month! Which Queer DA character is your Rook closest to (Queer headcanons count)? How did they meet and become close with one another?

Thanks for sharing-- hope you have fun!

[ksfoxwald]

They may have romanced Lucanis but Rook (Laidir) and Taash are nonbinary treasure hunting bffs 4ever. Probably get matching tattoos at some point. At some point Lucanis retires from the Crows (he may or may not have to fake his death to do so) and he and Rook move to Rivain so they can be neighbors with Taash. They go "dragon hunting" together well past the age when it is wise for them to do so, though eventually it becomes more like "dragon watching."

[powerbottombrucespringsteen]

The thing is nobody at pride is evaluating you to determine if you’re queer enough to be there because they’re too busy thinking “it’s so hot out” and “why is this lemonade 12 dollars?”

[maculategiraffe]

it is very instructive to play both silent hill and resident evil videogames because they are very similar except for how silent hill is good and resident evil is stupid. it helps you figure out what is stupid in a video game and what is good

for example, in silent hill games, you are confronted with many weird baroque puzzles you have to solve to proceed, because that is the dark and creepy and confrontational nature of the world you are in. in resident evil games, you are confronted with weird baroque puzzles you have to solve because apparently, separate from and unrelated to the ongoing zombie apocalypse, the raccoon city designers designed the subway station map so that if you insert a red jewel into the correct diamond shaped recess, a drawer opens that contains a live hand grenade

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[beholdingslut]

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

HOLY SHIT GUYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS POST TO TRY MAKE THE SONG AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT WHEN I DRAGGED THE TRAINING AUDIO OVER THE BACKING TRACK AND IT LINED UP PERFECTLY

Visit Original Link

Tempted to actually put this on spotify so I can secretly stream it at work...

Tagging @batshit-auspol because as an Australian you're the only big account I know who might share (sorry).

[punkrorschach]

happy first day of pride everyone

[illusoryfem]

Franciscan nuns at the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua, Spain, are keeping a giant rabbit breed from dwidling to extinction. To fund their conservation efforts, the nuns sell homemade cookies and ice cream. (People)

[mirmidones]

@omarfor-orchestra

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[bad-love]

I just wanted to add this quote from the peppermint patty peanuts wiki page about Charles M. Schulz and his relationship with his gay cousin. The source here leads to a book that I did not read but the original source is Schulz's wife who confirmed this in an interview. If I can find the interview again I will link it here but uh. just in case someone tries to claim Schulz was a homophobe on this post again.

[passion-of-l0vers]

was referring to a book i own and i said “i have it on book”

is it so over for me

[passion-of-l0vers]

so called free thinkers when i have it on book

[passion-of-l0vers]

no thats exactly how i said it lmao. i was thinking in the sense you’d say you have something on dvd or vinyl. i have it on book

[redstonedust]

i think its fine to have limited tastes in media if you understand your limitations. like i wont shame someone if they only watch cartoons because thats their choice but i also dont think you can go making hot takes about the horror genre if the scariest thing youve watched this decade was the owl house finale. that seems ill advised.

[draculings]

From The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, Larry Mitchell, 1977. Artwork by Ned Asta.

[dykeselfcest]

nostalgia is always a liar except for when the cool boomers are like "I miss the 70s because it was after the birth control pill became available but before the aids crisis so you could just fuck raw all the time." they're just correct

[thesituation]

i don’t feel like debating that topic much farther bc truthfully if it comes down to “women will lose to men in every sport bc they don’t have as much testosterone!!!!!” my elite feminist response is honest to god “ok we will lose with honor as equals instead of having our own special Easy Mode Female category so we can win amongst ourselves” like i’m sorry i just can’t be persuaded. i’m a brick wall. i want co-ed sports

[thesituation]

i bring a sort of “women can lose at some sports against men if it means being regarded as equals” vibe to the debate that “testosterone objectively increases performance” people don’t really like

[raccoonmilf]

Me, surfacing for air: “You saw that fish? That was a parrot fish that has not transed its gender. They do that, you know. Trans. Their genders. In the wild. It’s natural. It’s free. It’s in the ocean. Not all of them do it and that’s ok it’s up to them. Sometimes cis male parrotfish do it too. It’s all the same, in the end. Ok, I’m going back down.”

[hmantegazzi]

It's through the DMRT-1 gene, and we have it too! Here's an article about what it might mean for future trans health procedures, as the gene editing tools available today (the article is from 2023) aren't precise enough to manipulate it safely:

What if We Didn't Need HRT Anymore?

DMRT-1 and what medical transition might look like in the future

[raccoonmilf]

Holy shit that is so cool!!! What a wonderful world we live in where fish are providing insight into the next generation of trans healthcare

[dr-archeville]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

[ksfoxwald]

coming at this from a writing futuristic sci fi perspective is interesting, because it looks like one would essentially toggle gender with a male/female switch, so what about intersex people? is this going to be used as a forced "fix"? what about nonbinary people who don't want a body that resembles a "typical" male or female? will those options be stigmatized or unfunded? I mean, in an ideal society people would be able to customize their bodies for free, but sci fi isn't always about imagining best case scenario. but that's what makes it interesting. the possbilities.

[thelvadams]

ALIEN: ISOLATION (2014) • Creative Assembly

[journeymanfool]

that little spin was so cunty

[ksfoxwald]

tbh I was expecting the second gif to be someone adding a pole in there

[kvothes]

a good thread

[artisimpossible]

More suggestions:

Tell a bookseller what books you like and ask for their recommendations

Look up the author and see what other books they've recommended, other authors they've paneled with, events they're doing, etc. and discover new books/authors that way

get familiar with genres, tropes, trends, etc.! Learn what books are aiming for so you can look up other books that aim to do the same things

Join a book club or other group space where people talk about books and take recommendations from others

Look up the book on any retailer site and look at the "readers also bought" or "other people liked" or "bookseller recommendations" etc. and just click around a bit. Follow them like a Wikipedia rabbit hole until you have a whole new list of books to read.

Go on Goodreads or Storygraph or something. Find reviewers who gave 5stars to your favorite books and check out other things they've read and enjoyed. If they have a blog, consider following it or at least reading their other posts.

*Post* about the book you like and let other people who like the book find and interact with you until you can all share recommendations with each other. It's a beautiful thing! Please try it!

Also, my personal favorite: stand in a bookstore paging through the book and wait until someone walks up to you and asks "are you a fan of [book]?" At which point you spend two hours talking and become friends and then you talk about other things you like and then you start going to similar events and introducing each other to cool new things and sharing more books. This has only happened to me once, but it was really cool and I hope to experience it again someday.

[ksfoxwald]

all this, but I was halfway through the post before realizing it was not about how actually there is (relatively) a lot of f/f sci fi and a lot of m/m fantasy, but hardly anything of the inverse. I mean, I can find a few sword dykes here and there, but someone get those gay boys in a spaceship! please!

[luna-azzurra]

The most interesting question you can ask about any character is not what do they want. it's what do they believe they deserve. because those two things are almost never the same and the gap between them is where your entire story lives. a person can want love completely and believe they don't deserve it and that belief will destroy every good thing that comes toward them in ways they won't even notice they're doing. write the gap. the gap is the character.