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SHUT UP EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW

The fucking nerve of this show to give me this man

And make me love him so fast I got whiplash only to snatch it away??

People better watch out cause I would watch the world burn with a smile on my face right now.

#stranger things #eddie #steddie #eddie munson #eddie the hero

if heartstopper was unnecessarily sweet and didn't need to be made then explain why i kept expecting Nick to do something to just horrendously hurt Charlie or vice versa. If media doesn't teach queer kids that suffering is a prerequisite for happiness explain why i was on edge my entire first watch through waiting for the other shoe to drop and for it to end in some bittersweet or unsatisfying way.

luna149

Jesus, it messes with me that I had this exact experience. That my 14 year old brother had the same reaction to the point that he's avoided finishing the show.

#the show and comic are both beautiful #i will go to my grave naming the multitude of ways this show has made an impact on me

squareupgod-inactive

am i my brother’s keeper? a c!crime boys poem

#no idea what crime boys are?#buuut this poem is fucking amazing anyway #also if its like a tv show #or book please tell ne #i need it

luna149

I'm really nervous about Ethersea man. I loved Balance so much, and Amnesty was okay, but I didn't love it. I haven't been able to get into Gradution like I wanted to (nothing against Travis as a DM, tbh. Unlike a lot of the community.)

So I'm really fucking hoping Ethersea pulls it back for me. The prologue has been interesting, a little long winded in my opinion, but it seems to be setting up for something really fucking cool. Not to mention, extremely pertinent to our current situation.

I'm just really hopeful, and nervous about it. Just please let me love it lol.

luna149

Okay, I'm on episode 11 of Ethersea and finally I think Im back in it. The introduction of Urchin did a whole for me and I've found myself laughing out loud a few times in the last two or three episodes.

I might end up making babble posts as I listen because no one I know is currently listening.(I'll tag them all with taz ethersea spoilers, so block that if you plan on listening)

Anyway, consider me fully on board as someone who didn't love Amnesty and barely got through the first episodes of Graduation.

#taz ethersea #the adventure zone #griffin mcelroy #taz balance #taz grad

daisywords

WIP INTRO

Deep and Dark, Beautiful and Bright (referred to affectionately as the second chance wip) • High Fantasy, New Adult?

Deep in the forest, two people wake up with no memories. The world they stumble into is scarred and ruined—something terrible has happened here, long ago. Stumbling upon a treasure hunting party, they are relieved to find that a remnant of humanity has managed to survive, making their homes among the ruins of a past age. But when their memories begin to resurface, they are forced to question if they can really trust each other.

Decades earlier, Trip is desperate to escape from a life of dishonor by joining the order of the sentinels, responsible for keeping the peace and protecting the realm from the dangers that lurk in the wild places. But it’s difficult when his history as a thief is literally branded onto his skin. When his secret is revealed, he has no choice but to prove his worth stealing Nesotor’s key—an object of myth which has been stuck for centuries in the keyhole of a mysterious door, and which no one has been able to turn or remove for the lock, until now. Never mind that the key doesn’t turn for him either. He is, after all, the son of the greatest picklock in the world.

At the same time, Lya returns to the capital city as a permanent guest of the highking. Her status as the prophesied Chosen of Tarinthe makes her an untouchable religious figure, but also a target. Her plans to lie low and avoid the cutthroat politics of the highking’s court are thwarted when a prophecy previously thought to be unrelated to her begins to come true, and the ancient words are reinterpreted. Now, she is tasked with protecting the realm from a great threat before it’s too late, a task which would be overwhelming even if she hadn’t started to suspect that she isn’t who she’s supposed to be.

tl;dr bi disaster pretends to be the chosen one in order to get his criminal record erased, ruining the life of a different (so-called) chosen one in the process. Chaos ensues, the apocalypse is triggered. Many years later, they both wake up remembering nothing and have to figure out what the heck happened.

tag list: @waysofink @pe-ersona @dahldahlbills @concealeddarkness13 (lmk if you want to be added or removed!)

#boost #fantasy #writing #writeblr

pe-ersona

reblog this and tell me how your wip is going!

#feeling super good about it right now #only 1k into the drafting #but i have so many fun ideas!

writeouswriter

Me: Yeah, I love being tagged in writer tag games!

Also me the second I get tagged in anything that requires me to have actually written more than a single sentence in the last month:

brynwrites

Diving into a new series to be released in between my These Treacherous Tides books, this one a bit lighter and rompier (and hornier), with some layered disability analysis worked in. So, let me introduce:

Some very gay m/m vampire romances!

During my rough drafting process, I’ll be posting quotes from my daily writing on my instagram stories, so check those out if you’re interested ;)

brynwrites

Would ya’ll be interested in seeing my favorite quote(s) of the week posted here too?

brynwrites

I can’t fit this entire snippet into instagram so ya’ll can have the full thing here as a treat?

‘Tell me how you want it.’

Part of Wesley screamed to hide, or run, or at least to tuck his desires away—he could just casually give Vincent his wrist to feed from, just be happy with that. Not be the cringe-inducing weirdo who not only liked to be bit, but even liked to be pinning down and roughed up along with it. But part of Wes was also still a bit buzzed and outside his head the world had turned to an odd static. “You know what you did when you were starving? I want you to bite me like that.”

“Oh.” A little tremble went through Vincent, strong enough for Wes to feel it through the grip he somehow still had on the vampire’s coat, the grip he couldn’t seem to let go of as though letting go mean Vincent would fly away. The tremble turned to a soft laugh, then Vincent was cackling, leaning forward and gasping through it.

Wesley finally did let go of him then. He pulled back a little horrified. “Fuck, sorry, that was—”

“Oh, Wes,” Vincent muttered, and the affection in his voice froze Wesley in place.

brynwrites

I didn’t end up finding the time to post more updates here, but I did finish the rough draft on Tuesday! You can still read all the old snippets (one for every day I wrote) in my saved stories on instagram.

I’m taking a break to work on a handful of short things and finish up some editing, then I’ll probably jump into writing the second vampire romance, which I’ll try to make a proper thread for here this time…

linkedsoul

I am SO HYPE for this

luna149

Has this been released??? Planning to make an Instagram just to find out more. Consider me hooked!

#vampires #mm kinky vampires #like you read my mind #writer

birosegoddexx03

This feels like how Simon would explain Baz to those who don’t know him. (Serious before dating. Jokingly after) @rainbowrowell

#simon snow #rainbow rowell #simon and baz

Friendly reminder to check in with internet friends regularly, if you can.

Had a friend on here for years, got me through some hard times and the account is now deactivated. With no other form of communication, I'll probably never get to talk to them again.

#multiple forms of contact would also be a good idea #just do the thing #could save you heartbreak later

becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys

Ukraine, 26th Feb, 2022

A friend of mine told me yesterday that he didn’t realise how much Ukraine meant to him until now. I posted yesterday about the time we spent there, and we’re all getting super pre-occupied about the invasion. As I said in that post, I can’t get our waitress out of my head. I can sort of remember what she looked like now. She had an undercut. I think maybe her hair might have been blue? But - I will never know if she lives through this, and it’s driving me very slightly mad.

So naturally, my husband spent all day yesterday obsessively researching everything he could about it with the help of his journalist friends, as a way to help me process it.

This post is me putting it all in order, as a way to try and process my own emotional response as much as anything else (I freely admit there is an element of self-indulgence here). Please don’t take me as the spokesperson for Ukraine right now, nor as a solid reliable news source. But, I haven’t seen this stuff except in bits and pieces on Tumblr, so here we go.

(This is also not about why the invasion has happened. This post is solely about what has happened, and how the invasion is going.)

So, Putin and the rest of the world believed that this invasion would take 1-4 days. The plan was to push through fast, take Kyiv, and force Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President, to surrender. Given Russia’s military might, it really looked likely.

Here is the conclusion of all that’s happened so far:

Ukraine is absolutely nailing this??? Actually???

They managed to defend every single city overnight, including Kyiv. They started rolling out and using these WW2-style anti-tank thingies that look a bit like angry gabbions, look, here’s a picture of one being delivered:

A bunch of spare iron girders turned into a hefty octopus of Russian misery, basically.

But it’s not just tanks they’re taking down, oh no. Ukraine successfully shot down a transport plane 20km from Kyiv. That is, I shit you not, the single biggest hit to the Russian military since the Second Chechen War. Volunteers from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Azerbaijan and Israel are all entering Ukraine to help fight and bolster the anti-Russian forces, which is probably illustrative of how Eurovision voting is going to run for the next decade. Most countries have banned Russian planes from their air space. To help stop the Russian advance, Ukraine has made and installed new road signs, like this one:

I can only say a handful of sentences in Ukrainian, Tumblrs, but as I understand it, from top to bottom, it says:

“Fuck off”

“Fuck off again”

“Fuck off Russia”

Meanwhile, it turns out the Russian military might we feared is… possibly not quite as advertised?

They’re underfunded and badly trained. Ukraine captured 200 soldiers in one go, and most of them were confused 19 year olds with no training. The equipment is shite. The tanks keep running out of fuel. Russian soldiers keep abandoning their tanks and handing them over to the Ukrainian army. Putin’s plan was to take Kyiv fast and move on, and he didn’t have a plan B - hence these kids, playing soldier. Here is an image of a Russian tank receiving roadside assistance from Russia’s finest, an old Lada.

No one expected Zelenskyy to survive the night; but he did. America offered him asylum in the White House.

But he said no.

Zelenskyy remains in Kyiv, with his people.

And Putin, in his desperation to be adored, has turned Zelenskyy into a global icon and hero.

Here is something you may not know about Volodymyr Zelenskyy - he used to be a standup comedian. Was he any good? No idea - but what he IS good at is producing funny short videos he can put on Twitter and that, which are absolutely fantastic for Ukrainian morale. And morale is vital in an invasion like this, and Ukraine are smashing it out of the park there.

They are utilising the internet to its fullest extent. In addition to Zelenskyy’s videos, they’ve made sure that the final words of the Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island are known and now echoed around the world: “Russian warship, go fuck yourselves.” A video has gone viral of Ukrainians mocking a group of Russian soldiers whose tank had broken down and who didn’t know the way to Kyiv anyway, presumably because of all the new road signs. They have created a website that lists every single Russian death they can identify, partly so Russian mothers can have closure (thus also painting themselves as the defenders of decency and humanity), and partly for the enormous morale boost of the world knowing, categorically, that they’ve already killed 3700 Russian soldiers (over 100 of which were from that transport plane.) Not one word has leaked of Ukrainian casualties. I’m sure they’re devastating, but for morale purposes, they’re being kept quiet until the dust settles. Ukrainians have started setting up fake Tindr profiles to catfish Russian soldiers for intel, and they’re all 19 and lost, so it’s working. Plus, they’re using Grindr to actually track where the soldiers are, because it turns out Putin was not entirely correct about there being no gays in Russia.

So, Russia wants to cut their internet access. Can the Ukrainian Minister for Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, shame a billionaire into providing aid?

This is crucial, remember. Atrocities happen best in the dark, and the world is watching - because of the internet. Morale is vital to maintain. Can they convince Elon Musk to help?

Yep.

Ukraine now has the fastest internet service in the world. The fastest, most stable internet service in human history, in fact. Russia cannot now disable it. The world watches.

Which is just as well, because then Anonymous decided to get involved, and have leaked the website database of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Lol. Also this happens:

And then the Russian propaganda channels started broadcasting the truth of what is happening in Ukraine. Double lol.

So what is the political response?

Well, in addition to closing airspace to Russian planes, loads of countries are sending weapons to Ukraine. Those that can’t are offering asylum. They’re also offering asylum to any Russian soldiers who surrender or defect, which is startlingly good tactics, and there are rumours of around 5000 Russian soldiers who have done just that. Germany, of course, has long had a block on lethal weapons transfer; but Germany recognise this shit for what it is. They’ve lifted the block, thus allowing the Netherlands to send weapons. Efforts are now underway to fast-track Ukraine into the EU. I presume they will consider the lack of pint glasses with crowns on to be a worthwhile price to pay.

So what about Russia’s supporters?

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenka helped Russia with this invasion. Now, this has happened:

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was actually elected president, but some wild nonsense kept her out of power. She’s now running a government in exile. I have literally no idea what this means or will mean! But my god. She has a spine of steel, and this is not a good time to be happening for Putin.

And it’s really, really not, because then intel on a meeting of Putin and assembled Oligarchs LEAKS (hello Anonymous, probably). The highlights:

This war is costing Russia $15bn a day

He expected it to take ONE TO FOUR DAYS TO WIN

It’s been two days and he is losing very badly, currently

They will run out of rockets by day 4, maybe sooner

After that they will be down to rifles and ammo

It will take 3-4 months to make more significant weapons, except they need raw materials, and the countries that can provide them… have cut supply lines

If the war lasts 10 days, Russia will have completely run out of money and weapons

It’s only day 2, and Russian soldiers are knocking the doors of random Ukrainian homes begging for food and water because they’ve already run out

So, out of desperation, Putin turns to his greatest, closest and most trusted ally for help: Kazakhstan.

And Kazakhstan

SAYS NO

And then Ukraine shoots down a second Russian plane.

Anyway, I’m going to finish off with a final point. Morale is vital in this situation, so here is the message from the Ukrainian government at the minute, to everyone watching around the world:

Be VERY SUSPICIOUS of any negative news about Ukraine. Russia uses misinformation and propaganda. They will want to damage Ukrainian morale.

Use your social media to spread news of Ukrainian victories.

Don’t give oxygen to negative stories. Especially since they might not be true.

That’s genuinely something we can do to help. Every victory of Ukraine, blast it far and wide. So on that note, I’ll leave you with this:

Congrats to Natalia Antonova’s cousin’s son.

lavenderek

just to supplement op’s post, some news sources.

can’t find sources on how long putin believed the invasion would take, but op says they researched this with journalists, so they probably know more than i do.

what i can find is the following:

a lot of third party discussion of how bad it’s going for russia:

Putin’s baffling war strategy - 02/27/22

Ukraine: Is Russia’s invasion going as expected? - 02/26/22

Ukraine fight isn’t proceeding as quickly as Russia expected, U.S. Defense official says - 02/25/22

sources on ukraine’s military defense against the attack:

‘Make Molotov cocktails!’: battles rage in Kyiv and other Ukraine cities - 02/25/22

Factbox: How Ukraine’s armed forces shape up against Russia’s - 02/24/22 (this one names some countries’ aid, including money and arms received from turkey and the US, and money from germany)

What kind of resistance can Ukraine mount? - 02/26/22

the blue road sign that says fuck off and whatever was edited:

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however, this was a post encouraging ukrainians to alter road signs, which they have done - they are taking down road signs and changing electronic signs to tell russians to fuck off.

‘Go f*** yourself’: Ukrainians change road signs to confuse, send message to Russian troops - 02/28/22

Ukraine roads company removing road signs to confuse Russians - 02/27/22

and GPS is being disrupted there as well:

Google temporarily disables Google Maps live traffic data in Ukraine - 02/27/22

Google disables maps tools in Ukraine used to track troops, civilians - 02/28/22

president zelenskyy is impressing a lot of people on a global scale, but this definitely paints a target on him for russia:

How Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky went from an actor playing president on TV to defiant wartime leader - 02/26/22

How Zelensky changed the West’s response to Russia - 02/28/22

the guys from snake island are alive:

The defiant soldiers of Snake Island are actually ‘alive and well,’ says Ukraine’s navy - 02/28/22

can’t find sources on the thing about grindr aside from a tweet that didn’t follow up with any links or proof, but A. that would be hilarious, and B. the tinder thing does seem true enough:

Russian soldiers are chasing Ukrainian girls on Tinder - 02/25/22

Russian troops send Tinder requests to Ukrainian women - 02/25/22

sources on musk activating satellite internet for ukraine, which is a nice gesture and a step forward, but the terminals he sent historically haven’t been super reliable and they only work in certain places:

Elon Musk activates free SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine - 02/28/22

The Ukraine War Is Testing the Myth of Elon Musk - 02/28/22

link to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s tweet:

Lukashenka committed treason – he made our country a participant in the invasion of Ukraine. So I declared myself as the national leader of Belarus to protect the sovereignty & independence of our country, represent it in security negotiations & crisis management in the region. - 02/26/22

ukraine shooting down russian plane:

Ukraine downs Russian plane over Kyiv - 02/24/22

but it looks like russia also shot their own plane down:

Russia ‘shoots down own aircraft’ in friendly fire, claims Ukraine military - 02/27/22

sources on Kazakhstan’s response to Russia:

Russia ally Kazakhstan denies request to join attack on Ukraine: Report - 02/26/22

Kazakh provider blocks Russian TV stations over Ukraine war - 02/28/22