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Spock taught them

#star trek #star trek iv: the voyage home #Lifebloodblue

A lot of people are ragging on the 'cable diverted to avoid Dobby's grave after Harry Potter fans raise a stink' thing and while I also love ragging on Harry Potter fans being weird, in this case it looks like the story was completely made up.

tl;dr: There's no evidence the interview that this was mentioned in even exists, no evidence the route of the cable has ever changed, and the whole story seems to originate from one dude's podcast.

The story also broke into mainstream via the Daily Mail, who are ... rarely if ever honest or accurate.

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so. i do this thing where i wake up still half-asleep, write a note in my phone, and then fall back asleep and forget about it completely until i find the note later.

and i need to show you all some of these because ?????

@inneskeeper

...I want to refute this but no, I....yeah

tundrakatiebean

[captions]

Person on screen: needs a couple pats of butter, a splash of olive oil, simmered on low with a bay leaf and a cinnamon stick. What?! You never seen a boy who knows his way around the kitchen?

Yeah my mom always wanted a little girl but she got stuck with me instead. That wasn’t gonna stop her though so all my friends were opening up nerf guns and bmx bikes on their birthday, I was getting crockpots.

(scene changes to the person dressed in a nice black suit jacket, bright pink dress shirt, and black tie) Yeah laugh it up! Take a picture while you’re at it 'cause this is the last time you’ll ever see me in a suit! How do boys wear these things??

(scene changes to the person dressed in the same shirt and tie with no jacket and the shirt cuffs unbuttoned and rolled up, with purple nail polish on their nails) No, I don’t know how to fight. I was only ever taught how to deescalate situations with healthy communication and emotional validation.

coldwateriztasty

#feminism

aphrostiel

gonzo meets mr. spock

#star trek #muppets #crossover

frownyalfred

Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

bundibird

- make sure that you tag your ships correctly, both romantic and platonic. Putting an “&” between a pair of names means that the ship is platonic. Putting a “/” between the characters means its romantic. For example: “Greg & Steve” = platonic. “Greg/Steve” = romantic. They are NOT interchangable.

- if your fic includes original character/s or reader insert or y/n or etc, then TAG THOSE IN THE CHARACTER TAGS. Not just in the relationship tags!! They are characters in the story, so include them in the character tags. Failing to do so means people who want to find fics with those tags won’t be able to, and people who want to exclude fics with those tags won’t be able to.

- NEVER EVER EVER ADD A LINK TO A PATREON OR KO-FEE ACCOUNT OR ETC. Ao3’s entire legal protection hinges on the fact that no one is making money from fics. If you start commissioning fics or linking to a monetary platform, you are in breach of the Ao3 terms, risking legal action, and risking ao3 as a whole. There are loads of authors/companies who WILL sue if they think you’re making money off their intellectual property.

- seconding what OP said about Dead Dove Do Not Eat. It doesn’t automatically mean “gore”; it just means “heed the tags.” It means “Hey yeah when I tagged this as [thing] I was NOT fucking around, ok? Only read this fic if you’re OK with reading [thing].”

arahir

additions from someone who has posted way too much on this site please listen to me:

there are no best times to post but generally sunday and monday are a good zone for traffic

you must double check and make sure the publication date matches the day a chapter is posted or it won’t show up on the first page of updates. sometimes you have to physically edit the posting date multiple times for this to be fixed.

on that note: artificially editing your publication date so your fic shows up at the top when you haven’t added a chapter is the dickest of moves and will make you a pariah. do not do this. yes everyone will notice.

editing existing chapters doesn’t count as updating a fic and won’t change the publication date.

ao3 usually adds weird spaces after italics if you copy and paste in your writing pre-formatted. it doesn’t add these until after you’ve saved a draft or posted so you have to re-edit.

check the “add space after paragraph” option in your word precessor of choice to avoid having to delete an extra space between all your paragraphs on ao3.

when you add a second chapter to a one chapter fic, your original start/end authors notes will now be appended onto the notes of every chapter unless you move them to the now extant first chapter notes sections. this is confusing, but you’ll see what i mean.

to post on anon: add your fic to the anonymous (anonymous) collection. it’ll take up to fifteen to minutes to show in the tag once posted. it’ll show up (to you) as AUTHOR NAME: fic title. no one else sees it this way. it will never show up on your own dashboard unless you go to your stats page. if you ever de-anon, all your subs will get an email about it as if it were just posted.

if you update multiple fics at once, ao3 will group the updates into one email.

to transfer a fic to a new ao3 account: make a new account, make the new account a co-author, remove the old account as co-author.

you cannot mention money changing hands for fic on ao3, ever. don’t say commissions. say a fic was requested if you must say anything. your fic can get taken down for this.

reply to comments or never complain about engagement in fandom.

per that: EVERY TIME YOU EDIT A COMMENT, THE AUTHOR GETS A NEW COPY OF YOUR COMMENT IN THEIR EMAIL. we can see all the edits. be aware.

tagging is both a warning and an enticement, do so accordingly. you really don’t need to tag things that fall outside that unless you want to.

on that note: please don’t do the “short fics for 300 different fandoms in one fic” thing. no one wants to scroll past that. i mean you can but it just makes it harder for people to find the thing you’ve written that they want to read.

if you are really bad at summaries just think of it as a movie tag line and don’t say you’re bad at summaries. don’t neg your own fic.

re all the questions i saw in replies: fic searches are people looking for specific fics. i don’t know what the fuck a placeholder fic is but these aren’t fanworks and you can’t post them. you can’t post discord links or rp requests or complaints about fandom. you can post fanart and meta essays. that’s allowed.

cleanlenins

“Read by Author” tag is not a tag to say that you proofread the fic. It is specifically for podfic, saying that the fic is read outloud by the author

Remember the Block and Mute feature. Block means that someone cannot interact with your works. Mute, however, means you will not see the person’s works in the search. If you don’t want to see fics by a specific author, mute them.

Basic html works in comments. If you want to add an image, use <img src=“URL”> with the image url replacing URL. Keep the quotation marks.

Comments are not for critique. Unless the author specifically asks for critique, you are a jerk if you start pointing out everything you dislike. It doesn’t matter how vile you think the content is. If you don’t like it, just back out without saying anything.

If you do not want a work attached to your account at all, you can Orphan it. When you Orphan a fic, you can no longer edit it or delete it. This cannot be undone. If you just want to be anonymous, use the Anonymous feature described above.

If you wish to make a collection of fic that includes all of the fic you have read, consider making a collection of your bookmarks instead. Not every author wants their work to be in a million collections, but you don’t have to ask permission to make a collection of bookmarks.

The “Inspired By” option is great if you draw inspiration from another author’s fic. And it helps give credit to other amazing fanfic writers.

Fic can be downloaded in many different ways. If you want to download a fic and use it like an ebook, go for the EPUB version. But all versions have their merits.

No fanfic author in existence is going to be upset that you made fanart.

chimaerakitten

“Blanket permissions” AKA a writer saying if they’re cool with people making podfics/translations etc are usually going to be in the writer’s profile tab. When in doubt check there.

#fanfic

see-arcane

Hey guys.

Contact your reps and senators at full volume right fucking now about KOSA.

Kids Online Safety Act passed the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously on August 5 with its platform duty-of-care provision intact, setting

I am not joking. Pick up the phone after dark and talk to the voicemail if you have to, but MAKE SOME DAMN NOISE.

Updates August 5, 2026: The Senate’s version of KOSA, S. 1748, cleared the Senate Commerce Committee with unanimous support, and will now a

akajustmerry

truly one of the most demoralising things about being in the job market atm is "only successful applicants will be notified" is practically a universal standard. so you spend hours, sometimes days filling out applications, writing CVs and cover letters only to be ghosted as the only form of communication. Not even a "thank you but this time you've been unsuccessful" email. You're in a constant state of "did I not get it or have they not contacted me?" and you just have to eventually conclude you were unsuccessful without so much as courtesy, "sorry, but thank you for your application." A literal thankless cycle for months and months and months. You'd think with all the ways to automate these processes they would at least have the time, means and decency to acknowledge your submission and let you off the hook, but no. You're just in limbo in every possible way in the name of "efficiency". Solidarity with everyone going through this because it is truly dehumanising and demoralising to work so hard on putting yourself forward constantly without acknowledgement or useful communication of any sort for long periods of time, and most ppl simply will not have any compassion for what that's like.

#true

headspace-hotel

i just watched thunderbolts finally and im so fucking mad. won't spoil if you haven't seen it or plan to but im having a lot of bucky feelings and they aren't favorable toward marvel which isn't a SURPRISE but everybody said thunderbolts was good and marvel was so back and like yeah it was a pretty good MOVIE but the bucky handling tHE BUCKY HANDLING AAAUUGGGGHHHHHHHH I'M GOING TO KILL. just had to rant to someone currently ill about him bc whole my friends will patiently listen to my rants none of them fully understand because they've never been this mentally ill about bucky

I have seen thunderbolts. rated 4/10 movie. would love to hear your rant though

questionable-method

oh thank fuck I'm not alone

alright FIRST OF ALL. congressman bucky?????????? horrible idea to start with, bugged the SHIT out of me in cap 4, doesn't follow his arc or values whatsoever, but i was really hoping it would become clear that the government was too corrupt for him to be a part of in that capacity or he would be. really bad at it. or possibly too good at it in a way he didn't like. and they did make him bad at it lmao but only to then just. become a government weapon again following orders?????? huh?????????? get the fuck out of here with that????? FREE MY BOY

and perhaps almost more egregiously, why in ALL HELL would he listen to the US government over SAM WILSON??? Sam who became captain america WITHOUT government approval because the government approved guy was a piece of SHIT?? Sam who was Steve's chosen successor?? Sam the only person from the modern era who was able to make Bucky actually smile?? Sam he went through hell and back with getting the shield back from Walker--who he's now choosing to team up with instead?? Sam the only one still around who really knew Steve as a person??? Sam who he WALKED OFF INTO THE SUNSET WITH??? Sam who INVITED HIM TO THE DAMN COOKOUT?????? that's his BEST FRIEND bro!! they are BONDED!! and they went through HELL, TOGETHER, in opposition specifically to GOVERNMENT-ORDAINED SUPERHEROES, the same thing they FOUGHT FOR BESIDE STEVE. and now Bucky is just. signing up to be a government avenger????? Valentina made an announcement and he didn't stand up and call bullshit he just. said ok???

and I think that they're trying to portray Bucky as more pragmatic than Sam, which to some extent I think he is, but not like this.

he. would HATE this. every previous portrayal of him in the MCU has him placed against authority, and now they're just throwing him in wherever is convenient!!!!

and ohhh my fuck the suit. THE SUIT. I know it's a comics reference but comics aren't the holy texts and comics Bucky has a very different relationship with the Soldier. that suit has NO BUSINESS being in the MCU. I saw the fucking red star patch on his arm and actually felt a bit sick. I have been seething about it all night. why would you put that on him why would you put that on him WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT ON HIM

and then there's the fact that they simply didn't do anything with any of his trauma at all. come On you had the fucking mental shame room concept and you didn't show me ONE DAMN GLIMPSE OF BUCKY'S?? didn't even have him look remotely shaken afterwards??? everything he does in this movie is BORING. HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS CHARACTER BORING HE LITERALLY HANDS YOU CONTENT ON A PLATTER AS A WRITER.

i liked a lot of what they did with yelena, she's another favorite of mine, and it was cool to see ava again she was really underutilized, but ouuughhhh i am full of HATRED at how the movie messaging seemed to be about hope and trauma and people broken by the system and then REFUSED TO MAKE A REAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE CORRUPTION THAT HAS AFFECTED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS. WE JUST GO BACK TO THE STATUS QUO. MARVEL LOOOVES THE STATUS QUO. EVERYTHING IS DONE IN DEFENSE OF THE STATUS QUO. IM KILLING IM KILLING IM KILLING

and they involved a character that could have so much life experience related to the MAIN THEMES OF THE MOVIE and then BARELY USED HIM AT ALL

maybe it's wishful thinking on my part but i don't think sebastian stan's heart was in it either. he normally does outstanding performances even in shit pieces of media but they barely let him show an emotion in this one.

also im tired of alexei he was annoying in black widow and he's still annoying here

also just killing taskmaster in the first 15 minutes of the movie??? rude??????? feels sexist. i wanted to see them actually do something with her

bob was kinda good though. hope lewis pullman enjoys being marvel's next traumatized white boy they're undoubtedly going to butcher over the course of the next several films by not actually informing themselves about the effects of the trauma they gave him

headspace-hotel

i haven't seen falcon and the winter soldier *throws up loud and projectile style*

but making bucky a politician is genuinely the weirdest most bad idea you could every come up with and i completely forget they did that until someone reminds me

and of course they weren't going to do anything with his trauma

idk like MCU is so ass I can't even bother to care about it because if I do I'll throw up.

since infinity war and endgame *dry heaves but ive already thrown up so much there is nothing left to throw up* it has been clear that MCU just does not give a flying fuck about character arcs. they don't care about giving any character a satisfying arc or even having a story.

MCU characters are just guys in costumes to stick in a movie to make people go see the movie. for the most part they are not, in the narrative sense, characters at all.

now i must stop thinking about MCU so I can stop puking

questionable-method

yeah. yeah pretty much.

((IN MY OPINION)) falcon and the winter soldier was still worth the watch. it's honestly the only thing in the whole MCU that really addressed Bucky's trauma and allowed him to develop with it, even if it's flawed. and Sebastian Stan's performance is great. that being said, i think it ended stupidly and I have major gripes with some of its conclusions, especially politically. but it still had a lot of content I found valuable, and I think the relationship between Bucky and Sam was really cool and important, both of them grieving Steve together and trying to navigate a world that's hostile to both of them. and it allowed Bucky to come to a place of relative peace where he was the one deciding his own future, and he had someone he could genuinely be comfortable and safe around, which is huge for him. they let him have simple mundane good things, not only be an action hero. they let him cry. they let him actually bond with someone.

and then they just...fucking threw all of that out the window. the bullshit in tfatws was indeed some bullshit but then tHEY DIDN'T EVEN KEEP THE NON-BULLSHIT. LIKE LITERALLY WHAT EVEN WAS THE POINT OF MAKING IT IF THEY WERE JUST GONNA DISREGARD ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETELY.

but thunderbolts finally did it for me im never watching an mcu movie again not even spiderman can save this shit

lifebloodblue

I watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier years ago and Steve’s terrible character assassination from Endgame just made it hard for me to enjoy any of it. I get that they wanted to explore the consequences of Steve being gone but the whole time I was just thinking like. But Steve wouldn’t be gone. Not for that reason anyway (ditching his friends to go back to a woman he’d long since gotten over). They could’ve made a What If episode where, say, Steve ends up sacrificing himself in place of Tony during the events of Endgame if they really wanted to expand on what would happen with Bucky and Sam if Steve were gone, but it should never have been primary canon.

#marvel

dooblebugss

OP pay the cat tax

She got stuck under my couch at first. She's been removed and I've added towels to block her off for the future (hopefully)

My son Flapjack!

PSA: Just a friendly reminder that whenever you start a creative project, you will invariably hit a phase where the Thing™️ appears horrendous and you start asking existential questions. But if you keep working, it invariably passes and starts to resemble something less like the devil’s vomit. Doesn’t matter if it’s art, writing, or what–this happens repeatedly. Carry on.

#reminder

thelatestkate

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#thelatestkate

razielim

Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents - and a guillotine - pushed back on a $5.1 billion

Innovation happens every goddamn beautiful day in this country.

isuggesteatingtherich

i have a suggestion

daysleftofsecondterm

Salem you say? Well it’s a shame they didn’t threaten to burn the bitch at the stake

#anti ai