Outside Context Problem

This is my Tumblr. I am describing it with a cliche. There are many like this cliche but this cliche is mine. Bad puns, political, scifi, fantasy and whatever lies ahead of you. Its okay to hit X, I don't blame you.

[thanksbrunette]

[orivu]

[ruckuscauser]

I learned today that Scoobert Doo was designed to violate every Great Dane breed standard and I love that

[aromancy]

*ungreats your dane*

[deepspacescully]

i truly believe in order to make peak star trek again you simply have to get a cast of actors who have only done theatre and nothing else. you can have one token TV Guy if you wish. but so help me god i need those aliens doing shakespeare up there

[quasi-normalcy]

Yeah, I mean I like a lot of the recent shows, but we need more Shakespearean actors in rubber foreheads reciting grandiloquent dialogue with no trace of irony or self-consciousness. That's like 30% of the appeal for me.

[larrygorn]

I respect what the newer shows have tried to do, but I am absolutely Team Star Trek is a Period Piece and the Period is The Future.

Burn that candle slow, let those scenes breath, defuse the tension with a joke once in a while not every time.

[carmilla-minus-one]

ds9 AU where traitor weyoun lives and joins the core cast. everyone hates him because he's still a little shit but he's incredibly valuable to the war effort and they know he'll never betray odo so they have to put up with him.

[larrygorn]

Oh I love this so much. Especially because this is liable to culminate in a scene that has two or more characters that are all Jeffrey Combs.

[larrygorn]

4000 posts!

Jeez louise. I can only imagine what is buried in that archive. I am absolutely never running for public office. Ah the joys of social media without government names.

[life-on-our-planet]

Gray foxes are known as mesopredators because they occupy the middle of their local food chain. They feed mainly on smaller animals while avoiding nearby apex predators like coyotes and bobcats. One of their techniques is to climb trees using their powerful hooked claws. They're capable of climbing branchless, vertical tree trunks up to nearly 60ft (18m). ©Texas Backyard Wildlife

[nightmare-from-heaven]

[larrygorn]

As of June 2026, still has the Potentially Mature Content shade.

[charlesoberonn]

We need more scary infinite variants of manmade environments like the Infinite IKEA or the Backrooms.

May I suggest, The Lot:

[charlesoberonn]

I'm sorry to disappoint you but this is a real parking lot. I didn't edit it.

[charlesoberonn]

Check out the lot-to-building ratio in any large American sports stadium

[toawk]

Some lots are so big they have bus services specifially inside it. The lots are broken into sections and buses go around to their sections at a set amount of times before the start of something and drive people to the main building.

[charlesoberonn]

The societies of lost people inside The Lot would probably operate something like that to locate and pick up new arrivals and bring them over to one of the major settlements.

[charlesoberonn]

In the Infinite Ikea or Backrooms you can convince yourself there's gonna be a door round the next corner or behind that wall.

But despite it being completely open, there is no hope of escape from The Lot. Whereever you look it's just more cars from horizon to horizon.

[bonediggercharleston]

Sheesh, man, that's

a lot

[larrygorn]

This post really speaks to me after going to Universal's new park in Orlando and finding out they don't have a multi tiered garage like the other two parks, its just a big, flat expanse of asphalt. That you march across. In summer. In Florida. There isn't even a shuttle. Busch freaking Gardens has a shuttle!

[giga-queen]

ship wars are dumb. Polyamory and aromanticism are easy, simple, and effective solutions

[nerdragons-hoard]

I don't see how polyamory or aromanticism could patch up the holes in my hull but if you say so

[larrygorn]

"Not now Luxana, a second Romulan warbird has decloaked off the port bow and we don't have time for your hormone swings!" - Picard, probably.

[jet-plane]

Democracy doesn’t live in a place. It lives in continuous action.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 01x02 - "Beta Test"

[daughter-of-sapph0]

happy pride

[lindleland]

[larrygorn]

I am not a lesbian but I believe lesbians deserve clearly marked and unobstructed emergency exits!

[brigitoshaughnessy]

Edit to add link to petitions (there are two separate ones):

https://c.org/NBZKpTJSTz

Sign the Petition

Revive the Stargate Franchise

[sexygrammaticalerrors]

[onion-souls]

[larrygorn]

I am a long gapper in the sense that I got wandered away from Tumblr circa 2017ish and came back in 2024 and all of a sudden people are writing entire essays in the tags.

I will not do this.

I will die on the hill that readability trumps whatever is being signaled by having paragraphs in the tags.

[saltyduane]

"Are you drunk?"

"Yeah, dude! You should be too!"

[animentality]

[ober-affen-geil]

Ok extra context from your friendly neighborhood Master's Degree holding archivist:

Archives are "curated" according to what's called a "collection policy". That means a policy that dictates what you collect; usually along a theme. For example at the university I used to work at the collection policy was to collect archival material pertaining to the local area and its history/important figures. At the historic home I currently work at, the collection policy covers materials pertaining to the person who lived at the house.

AO3 collects fan works and original writing. That's it. That's how they "curate". They don't allow a copy paste of published works (for legal reasons) and they don't allow commissioned works (for legal reasons) . Everything else that falls under fan works and original writing is part of their collection policy. Everything. That's how archives work.

[pitviperofdoom]

Librarian for 6+ years with an archival background, the entire premise of the initial argument is laughably untrue anyway.

Like yeah, a master's in library science is a prerequisite for most existing library/archival jobs, but any ham-and-egger who wants to start their own archive is allowed to do that, there's no High Council of Archivists who's going to swing by to check your credentials and shut you down if you're not properly licensed. The creators of the archive are highly qualified with the academic credentials to back it up, but even if they weren't Oakly would still be wrong.

[carryingstarlightinherwake]

Now, I am going to, obviously, default to the archivists, librarians, and people who specialize in archives and conservation work, so definitely listen to them!! I will instead share a practical example of why AO3 is so important, and how it impacts fandom studies research.

As a fandom studies scholar with an PhD in English (fandom studies, Manga / anime, and SF specialties), I send (or third, technically?) all these points, and will also add that part of why AO3 is so important is because its overarching group, the OTW, has a PHYSICAL ARCHIVE collaboration preserving fan materials at some universities.

For example, my University, The University of Iowa, is the home to multiple collections, one of which is an official partnership with the OTW. You don't have to be a student to come visit and request to see materials, or to have them scanned. This resource is UNHEARD OF when it comes to fan studies and media studies. I just went to Special Collections yesterday and got to check out some vintage Trigun Doujinshi! Star Wars Han/Luke zines from the 1970s, saved by a fan, Ming Wattne, from being thrown out by George Lucas himself! (She also turned her house into a zine library, for anyone curious.) Buffy gen Giles-centric h/c zines! One of Frank Miller's first comics!! All of these things are "fan materials," which is why they are in the collection, as over-affen-geil mentioned.

And it wouldn't exist without the efforts of archivists and people with degrees devoting their life's work to keeping the memories of fans of the past alive. People need to understand that the OTW and its founders, along with the archivists, scholars and librarians who are working with them, are doing INCREDIBLY important work for the conservation of media fandom, both online and in person.

But also! Seconding pitviperofdoom's reply as well — you don't need a university to make your own personal archive. You can make your own archive if you want!! No one is stopping you! Follow your heart!

This is not to derail, of course, but as someone who was quite literally just talking about why AO3 matters with my students yesterday, I couldn't help but chime in to add that, yes, there's also a physical aspect to AO3 that most people have no idea about, which I think is pretty cool.

[auressea]

i adore OTW and ao3. it's lovely to be reminded of the who, how, and why! but also:

these dismal trolls - who have no other interests or hobbies aside from 'Complaining On The Internet", do not deserve our time or attention. All these responses! So much effort!

we could have all replied with a "Sure Jan!" and gone on with our day.

[travelingtwentysomething]

I'd much rather the inspired responses we got than a "Sure Jan!"

This is the most I've learned about ao3 history ever and a small window into the world of librarians and archivists that I've thoroughly enjoyed.

Sure, trolls are stupid, why give them attention. Welp. Maybe they're ignorant. Maybe this is a time for patience and a good debate- maybe it is a teaching moment. So this person who is so flippant with their comment, or perhaps the people who come by after and see said comment, can have the opportunity to learn why that was such a silly comment to make all along.

The world will only be improved by sharing knowledge.

[quasi-normalcy]

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

[quasi-normalcy]

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

[oddandtired]

Yeah, I used to considerbmyself a cynic at a younger age and it truly mede me miserable. Also I couldn't stand the apathy that it breeds in humans.