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ommanyte

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hrefnatheravenqueen

FUCKING THIS POST ITSELF IS FLAGGED, I’M DYING! @staff YOUR BS IS KILLING ITSELF!!!!

ommanyte

Truth coming out of her well (with female-presenting nipples) to shame everyone

rinasaurusrex

oh sweet irony

cheaphalloweencostume

oh good to know the tumblr staff team has gone completely insane

cheaphalloweencostume

sir im gonna need to see your male nipple license

baece

sir that is my emotional support female nipple

ommanyte

Well, at least we still have Mario-presenting nipples

oshamoff

OH COME ON

disgruntledinametallicatshirt

you know what actually pisses me off? when I finally start to feel a smidge of confidence in my writing ability and then some JERK POSTS A SINGLE LINE FROM A TERRY PRATCHETT NOVEL AND IT’S BETTER THAN ANYTHING I WILL EVER WRITE NO MATTER HOW MANY MILLENNIA I SPEND TRYING!

thebaconsandwichofregret

Terry was a professional writer from the age of 17. He worked as a journalist which meant that he had to learn to research, write and edit his own work very quickly or else he’d lose his job.

He was 23 when his first novel was published. After six years of writing professionally every single day. The Carpet People was a lovely novel, from a lovely writer, but almost all of Terry’s iconic truth bomb lines come from Discworld.

The Colour of Magic, the first ever Discworld novel was published in 1983. Terry was 35 years old. He had been writing professionally for 18 years. His career was old enough to vote, get married and drink. We now know that at 35 he was, tragically, over half way through his life. And do you know what us devoted, adoring Discworld fans say about The Colour of Magic? “Don’t start with Colour of Magic.”

It is the only reading order rule we ever give people. Because it’s not that great. Don’t get me wrong, very good book, although I’ll be honest I’ve never been able to finish it, but it’s nowhere near his later stuff. Compare it to Guards Guards, The Fifth Elephant, the utterly iconic Nightwatch and it pales in comparison because even after nearly 20 years of writing, half a lifetime of loving books and storytelling Terry was still learning.

He was a man with a wonderful natural talent, yes. But more importantly he worked and worked and worked to be a better writer. He was writing up until days before he died. He spent 49 years learning and growing as a writer, taking so much joy in storytelling that not even Alzheimer’s could steal it from him. He wouldn’t want that joy stolen from you too.

Terry was a wonderful, kind, compassionate, genius of a writer. And all of this was in spite of many many people telling him he wasn’t good enough. At the age of five his headmaster told him that he would never amount to anything. He died a knight of the realm and one of the most beloved writers ever to have lived in a country with a vast and rich literary tradition. He wouldn’t let anyone tell him that he wasn’t good enough. And he wouldn’t want you to think you aren’t good enough. He especially wouldn’t want to be the reason why you think you aren’t good enough.

You’re not Terry Pratchett.

You are you.

And Terry would love that.

rsfcommonplace

I only ever had a chance to talk to Terry Pratchett once, and that was in an autograph line. I’d bought a copy of The Carpet People, which was his very first book, and he looked at it with a faint air of concern. “You realise that I wrote that when I was very young,” he said, in warning.

“Yes,” I said. “But I like seeing how authors grow.”

He brightened and reached for his pen. “That’s all right then,” he said, and signed.

ofgeography

hello! what are your Favorite Places to Acquire Food in chicago?? do you have any good hole in the wall diners or indian spots or bars?

here’s the thing: i LOVE TO EAT. so i have many and a lot of places to go and they won’t all fit on one list but off the top of my head and in no particular order:

tre kronor (swedish)

demera (ethiopian)

fork (get the eggplant caviar!!)

la sirena (brazilian)

tandoor char house (indian-pakinstani fusion)

they are also my go-to takeout place! they deliver! i love them whole-heartedly!!!!

my go-to takeout for thai is pho’s thai cuisine which is … SO good

my go-to takeout for chinese is plenty chinese but mostly for their egg drop soup which once, when i was in an illness stupor, i ordered a literal gallon of

my go-to for takeout sushi is gorilla sushi, which is perfectly serviceable sushi and more importantly everything is $2.50

mango pickle (indian)

there are so many amazing sushi restaurants it’s hard to pick one BUT i really like jaiyen.

for a fancier vibe, i really like miku sushi.

luella’s southern kitchen is one of only two places i will eat grits in the entire midwest

i hope this helps!

#rebloggin to find later #chicago food

ladugard

she’s small, she sparkles, she’s always ready to fight and i love her so much

#she ra #glimmer

4fistsphil

alphalewolf

caleysteggy

#do me #but anyway I like how even in his close-to-murder strut #Steve isn’t that slow predator like Bucky is shown #but is (as always) impatient and bouncy #skinny or beefy; strutting or fighting - Steve Rogers is a star spangled neon Fight Me sign #with a small font addition of Wanna Go At It? Wanna Try? Let’s Do This! You And Me Now! (via @beautifulwhensarcastic)

themysteriousvanishingofelectra

controversial opinion but u shouldnt have to pay for stuff that would kill u if u didnt have it??? like not to be that commie bitch but everyone should have access to clean water and food and health care cause without it people literally die. like. actual human lives!

ubuntuliberation-blog

“The average prison sentence for men who kill their intimate partners is 2 to 6 years. Women who kill their partners are sentenced, on average, 15 to 17 years. A pair of Maryland cases vividly illustrates this inequality in sentencing. In one case, a judge in Baltimore County, Maryland sentenced Kenneth Peacock to 18 months for killing his unfaithful wife. The very next day, another judge in the same county sentenced Patricia Ann Hawkins to three years in prison for killing her abusive husband. Significantly, the prosecutor in the Peacock case requested a sentence twice as long as the one imposed, while the prosecutor in the Hawkins case requested one-third of the sentence imposed.” “As many as 90% of the women in prison today [2008] for killing men had been battered by those men.” ~ The Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project