Land of Whispers And Secrets

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[thegoodthebadthealternative]

The Good, The Bad, and The Alternative

Three years ago, on John Egbert's birthday, the world ended. Three years ago, Jade Harley and Vriska Serket vanished alongside billions of others. Three years ago, the apocalypse arrived, transforming everything and revealing much that was hidden to those who remained.

Three years ago, the meteors (mostly!) missed Houston, and that's where John's headed today. In Houston, Rose Lalonde searches for washed-up traces of magic, warily overseen by Kanaya and her old friend Dave. In Texas, the newly dubbed "alternatives" maintain a newfound alliance with the humans they saved--and a wary truce with the Hunter forces that once kept all these creatures of fable and fairytale a secret from the world of man.

And here, in Houston, the world is about to change once again.

An urban fantasy monsterstuck AU featuring the beta kids, beta trolls, and their guardians. Updates every other Saturday! This pinned post will upd8 with the fic! by @madam-melon-meow & @arealpeople

AUDIOBOOK PROGRESS: Chapter 1 - Chapter 17, including side material. By @saberinblue . Available on AO3, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and via the RSS feed, any third party podcast app of your choice!

ACT 1 Chapters: (1) Nocturnal Spectre, (2) Staying High and Dry's More Trouble Than It's Worth, (3) Break The Distance, (4) I'll Wait For You, (5) Loved By You, (6) Lost Again, (7) The Fear Keeps Me Moving, (8) If I Had To Choose Her Or The Sun, (9) Never Coming Home.

ACT 1 Side Material: Confessions of a Wizard: Monday, April 13, 2009 (Chapter 6 sidefic), Hunter's Reminiscence (Chapter 8 sidefic)

ACT 2 Chapters: (10) We've Cheated Fate Again, (11) The Map That Leads To You, (12) Castaways, (13) The Monster They Made You, (14) Rose Chaplet, (15) I Am Still Alive, (16) Mama Told Me, (17) Little Talks, (18) They Messed Me Up, (19) Our Many Enemies, (20) Down Fell The Rain, (21) Mankind Now Dreams, (22) Lend Me Your Heart, (23) Lost Boy, (24) Love Bites, (25) The Price She'll Pay, (26) Just One Of Those Days, (27) She Doesn't Sleep (Part 1), (28) She Doesn't Sleep (Part 2), (29) She Doesn't Sleep (Part 3)

ACT 2 Side Material: Hunter's Journal: Vampires (Chapter 11 sidefic), Confessions of a Wizard: Sunday, April 29, 2012 (Chapter 14 sidefic), Letters To Jade: The Final Words of SkaiaNet's Founder: Entry One, Page One (Chapter 18 sidefic), Entry One, Pages Two & Three (Chapter 19 sidefic), Entry One, Pages Four through Seven (Chapter 23 sidefic), Entry Two (Chapter 23 sidefic)

ACT 3 Chapters: (30) Superman , (31) If You Want To Survive , (32) Nice Work , (33) Heaven Only Knows , (34) In Control , (35) The Hunger , (36) You’ll Rise Above , (37) My Friends (Part 1) , (38) My Friends (Part 2) , (39) In the Shadows , (40) Human Nature , (41) Arms to Shoulder (Part 1) , (42) Arms to Shoulder (Part 2) , (43) Stomach of a Sinner , (44) Catch Ourselves , (45) Close Your Eyes , (46) Play With Fire , (47) Led So Far Astray ,

ACT 3 Side Material: Letters To Jade: The Final Words of SkaiaNet's Founder: Entry Three (Chapter 40 sidefic)

[madam-melon-meow]

Updated my pinned post! Also, check out @homestuck-fanauthor-coalition if you read homestuck fanfiction / fanadventures / fancomics. There’s plenty more to explore! Readers, join the tumblr community , but if you are, or want to be, a fellow homestuck fanauthor yourself, check the coalition’s pinned post for the discord invite code. We’d love to meet you!

[strangehorse]

Is anyone else starting to feel kind of wary about the increasingly common narrative that "women's bodies are so different to men's that modern scientific recommendations do not apply to them"?

Like. There is a significant gap between 'a lot of studies do not take into account variations caused by things like female hormone cycles, which can limit how generalisable they are' and 'medical science does not apply to women', and the latter just seems to create a situation rife for bad faith actors and snake oil salesmen to reassure you that actually, THEY have the answers, because THEY listen to women, and if you simply pay them for their online subscription service-

[apricustar]

yearly reminder the emmys are a joke and are not a true reflection of whose performances were best or which shows were the best. just. btw.

[livesbetweenpages]

The academy awards were literally invented as a union busting tactic under the guise of getting the five major branches of the film industry to unite at a time. You forget to fight with the studio for better conditions or disagreement on how to make things when there are fancy trophies on the line:

Louis B. Mayer, the founder of the Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation, which would later merge into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), established the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 1927. Mayer's purpose in creating the award was to unite the five branches of the film industry: actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers. Mayer commented on the creation of the awards: "I found that the best way to handle [filmmakers] was to hang medals all over them ... If I got them cups and awards, they'd kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That's why the Academy Award was created."

In the wake of a 1926 union agreement between film studios and technicians, Louis B. Mayer, the production chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, sought to strengthen the position of the studios in future union negotiations. [emphasis mine]

All major Hollywood awards are a popularity contest, that potential nominees have to put themselves up for, and the winner isn’t necessarily who is most liked so much who has the most money to spend on campaigning to remind voters, many of whom do not even watch or listen to the potential nominees ahead of both nominee and winner voting, why they should win. And the Emmy’s specifically, are nominated not by show but by episode! Entrants submit one episode that they feel best reflects their season of work—which for directors or writers who are only directing one episode a season makes some sense, but is also the case for actors, including mains. Nominees and winners create the taste by winning, and win by cultural or in-circle taste, creating a circle-jerk of prestige.

And if none of that were true and they were nominated and won on merit alone: American art and the American industries that produce it are not the be all and end all of “what’s good” nevermind “the best.”

[apricustar]

@livesbetweenpages: #I know the Me Too movement failed in its entirety because rich white men always get the redemption arc#but it shocks me that people can still take major Hollywood awards seriously knowing that Harvey Weinstein bought the nominations#and often the subsequent winners through intimidation and “bribes” and MONEY spent on the voters to butter them up#remember when it was exposed that shows like Emily in Paris kept getting nominated for the golden gloves because the reporters who were hfpa#members kept getting invited to set and out to fancy dinners and meeting the actors

[str-ngeloop]

we desperately need sex 2

[str-ngeloop]

i just know someone's going to mention kink. girl that's still sex 1. we had to invent BDSM cause we didn't have sex 2. tis but a pale reflection. but it's coming

[str-ngeloop]

kink reaches mayyybe like sex 1.3 if it hits just right

[dizzyghoast]

when sex 2 comes out what sorts of quality of life updates will be included to help draw in people who never really got into sex 1

[str-ngeloop]

more pleasurable. more intellectually stimulating. higher skill ceiling. more dynamic metagame. optionally more mental-emotional alignment between parties. less cleanup. more intuitive. more variety in sensation and activity to match diverse sensory tendencies. smoother integration with parties' coupled emotional processing. and so on

[cymae-mesa]

Fishing minigame.

[existentialterror]

Fishing minigame

[gothvince]

i talk about transitioning and all anyone ever says is "I hope you don't regret it" what if instead we said I hope you love it. I hope it's everything you ever wanted. I hope you live the rest of your life in utter bliss. etc etc.

[gothvince]

I hope you transition and I hope it's the best thing you ever did and I hope you never look back and I hope you finally feel comfortable in your own skin

[squidviscous]

@elodieunderglass your friend sounds amazing

[foone]

[lowpawly]

people foolishly dismiss desserts and treats as having no nutritional value when they actually are necessary for refilling your sanity stat. to prove my point please observe the emotional stability of the next person you meet who doesnt let themselves ever eat any form of dessert

[katlovesshrimps]

blue in her happy place ❤️🩵🩷

[byjove]

the United States government, which absolutely does not have a history of shooting, bombing, drugging and poisoning its citizens and definitely reflects the will of the people-

[byjove]

I do think you lose your right to medical privacy when you decide to become a politician and it is mad fucked up that these people hold our lives in their hands and are allowed to disappear for months on end with no explanation. You need a doctor’s note to miss school for a cold but we have no clue if Mitch McConnell is dead or alive and Tom Kean was allowed to fuck off for 4 months without telling the public why. I don’t give a fuck about your privacy, you’re not protecting my privacy, if you’re leeching tax dollars and partying it up in a rich person rehab resort somewhere while your constituents vote against our access to healthcare, we should be allowed to know. Fuck you. I say this as a disabled person, I’m always having to explain the nature of my disability and the details of my health but we’re not allowed to know what the fuck is going on with these people.

[andallofthemwitches]

have to explain the nature of your disability and details of health? no, you don't. that's illegal, protected by HIPAA, and if pursued constitutes as harassment actionable by law.

[byjove]

oh, honey

[andallofthemwitches]

oh. you're not from here.

[byjove]

no, I am very much an American it is just that when you have a disease that attacks your intestines, you have no privacy

[hussyknee]

How long have you been on Tumblr?

Over 16 years (before 2010) (toddlers in the dawn of the ant colony)

16 to 14 years (2010-2012) (livejournal and Myspace refugees)

13 to 11 years (2013-2015) (you used to follow thebootydiaries)

10 to 8 years (2016-2018) (era of Russian bot conspiracy)

7 to 3.5 years (2019-2022) (post sex ban to Goncharov)

3.5 years or less (2023–2026) (Twitter refugee)

Remaining time: 3 days 21 hours

Rebagel for science pls.

[yiddishfisting]

this book talking about artists thinking they can find a space outside of power that is inherently liberatory just by making art and how that's completely wrong 😭 in 1996 😭

[yiddishfisting]

[bep3240]

🌠

[jackdawwhat]

how I love Boston

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[justafortunateson]

[paralol]

HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT DYING THAT MUCH HAIR 

HOW MUCH HAIR DYE WOULD YOU NEED 

[d-o-llf-a-ce]

We are going to say it takes 3 containers for a foot of hair, along with the thickness of her hair. Takig in those that factor along with the fact that Rapunzel’s hair is approx. 70 feet (canonically), that makes 70 x 3 =

210

She would need 210 containers of hairdye.

[themagentacolor]

That’s a lot. Wonder how much it cost?

[alexandragrace]

Well hair die costs $6.99 at Walmart. Let’s round that up to $7.00. So multiply 210 containers by 7 dollars and you get $1,470.

It would cost her around $1,500 to die all her hair blue

[mortaljpg]

tumblr: solving the worlds problems one by one this is great

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[creatures-5]

Accounting for inflation that’s more than $2,000 now

[stupidrehab]

that’s just my nightstand knife don’t worry

[irondive]