The Templar Clan

A place for me and my Heartmates to chat, muse and post nonsense that interests us ♡ || More art and Bitty stuff @astrartis || None of us are into humans so don't waste our time || Porn bots/blogs will be blocked ||

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We’re no longer going to be posting on this account and after today, we won’t be checking any messages on it. We’re still around though! You lovely folks who follow our @astrartis account or Quiz and Arrow’s blog @artfulskele will still see our adventures :P and if you’ve been wondering why the heck an empty blog ( @artful-skele ) is following you - it’s us! Though please don’t follow back there as we don’t use it, it’s the side blogs that are going to be active ^^

We just need to step back from the toxicity that’s pretty rampant on here. We still love the creativity and the amazing art and writing we see and we’re sticking around for that :)

Thanks for a wonderful few years, we wish all of you the very best. When times get difficult, just remember the Templar Clan motto:

“Illegitimi Non Carborundum” - Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down.

[wintergaydar]

Take creators stepping in and dismissing fan theories and interpretations of their works with a grain of salt. This is a lesson I learned early, from Anne “my vampires aren’t gay and also I might sue you” Rice. 

During the peak of my Vampire Chronicles love, I – at that time, a very petty fifteen-year-old –  set out to underline every single really queer moment in the whole series. Spite aside, I quickly realized that in a series where the protagonist runs away to Paris with clearly his violinist boyfriend, and convinces his next super angsty obviously boyfriend to MAKE A VAMPIRE CHILD WITH HIM to keep said angsty boyfriend from leaving, this was easier said than done. 

I mean, she’s not fully wrong – Lestat’s not gay, he’s very bisexual. Louis and Nicki are both hella gay, though. 

Anyway, I’ve meandered. The point is – creators can say wildly inaccurate things about their works sometimes. Anne Rice went Christian and didn’t want her books to be SUPER FUCKING QUEER anymore. Creators’ views on what they’ve made can change over the years. You never fucking know. 

[villainsexuale]

Sometimes I just want to wave my English major wand over fandom and cover everyone in “the author is dead” pixie dust. Because…it doesn’t matter??? The second they put their creation out into the world, they forfeited the right to be the sole authority on its interpretation.

One of the most important things anyone ever told me, as both a writer and a reader, was when my AP English teacher said to me, “Your thesis statement can be whatever you want it to be. You can tell me that King Lear is gay and in love with Kent, and divvying up his kingdom between his daughters is his way of divesting himself of the role of heterosexual fatherhood he’s been forced into. I don’t care what you say - you just need to show me how the text supports it.”

Creators put things in their work that they didn’t consciously intend to. Creators intend things in their work that don’t come through in the text. Once it leaves their hands, it’s yours now.

[olanthanide]

So I have just learned something life changing from your AP English teacher via tumblr osmosis that I failed to grasp during my entire high school stay, including my own AP English.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

“The second they put their creation out into the world, they forfeited the right to be the sole authority on its interpretation.”

“Once it leaves their hands, it’s yours now.”

Jesus fucking christ. Congratulations to the entitled brats who actually think this way and discourage any writer from sharing worlds and PEOPLE they know inside out for fear that they’re going to be fucking mangled beyond all recognition because YOU want your stupid “headcanons”.

This site makes us want to throw up sometimes.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Well today's been utter shite 😧 If you don't hear from us, check the national newspapers - we may have decided to go on a murder spree and thin the herd a bit. Or we've driven off a bridge.

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Scooby got his first ceremonial bath and valet today. He’s looking quite handsome and I have to admit that we like him a lot.

Am says he really feels the difference - Scooby’s a lot more nippy than Charlie was and a LOT more sensitive. Much as I hate to admit it, he’s much easier to drive than our Old Man was. 

Here he is, Scooby the Ka!

All nice and clean

Getting his good side

Nice and clean on the inside too ^^

[daily-garfield]

07/23/83

[marblepebble]

WHAT???? I NEED CONTEXT

[corporateespionage]

Dude there are 6 Garfield strips that explain Garfield is actually an abandoned cat dying alone of starvation in an apartment and all the food and friends are in their head.

[king-of-the-heel-deactivated201]

UR JOKING

[corporateespionage]

[madamesin666-blog]

What the actual f u c k

[deebott]

What…. The fuck??

[greysdawnb-deactivated20180104]

Oh my god

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Okay, I hate this so much because this is REALITY for some cats (and other animals) and to be honest, it makes us go into a fucking depression every time it shows up on our dash.

These strips were created around Hallowe'en after Garfield's creator Jim Davis asked people what frightened them most. The answer was "being alone" and the strips were meant to reflect that fear as part of the traditionally scary season.

Garfield is alive and well and these strips are considered a dream sequence.

http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/417/the-death-of-garfield

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Mum and stepdad got us a new (to us) car. Losing Charlie Mac is still so raw but I know we needed a new one and Deus knows their hearts are in the right place - it just feels so... disloyal (yes I am well aware how stupid that sounds, sue me). Add to that the fact that the new one (Scooby. Mum named him) is cute and funky and runs like a complete dream (though he yells at me for wrestling with his gearstick - I'm too used to Charlie's rather sticky gears ♡) despite me being a little heavy-footed with his more sensitive pedals. I'm well aware that he's an exemplary little guy who was beautifully maintained and looked after and am thoroughly disgruntled about it.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

For Charlie

So long,Old Man. We’ll never forget you - thanks for everything <3

[assrtdj]

don’t worry boutta thing, tsgonna be alright. For a Patreon Pledger.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Thanks Sans 💕

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It's been a long day

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Annnd now we're stuck behind the Village fucking Idiot at the cash machine. I hate Mondays.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Charlie Mac failed his MOT

Kinda knew he might, still upset about it *sighs* Just gotta see if it's worth repairing him - or whether it's better to let the Old Man go. Now if you'll excuse me, I can't see for crying.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Urrrgh… WHYYY would anyone willingly get out of bed at any variation of the seventh hour? 😩

This godsdamned planet and its obsession with mornings, I stg -.-

Ami: Someone needs more caffeine xD C'mon sweetheart… coffee’s waitin’ ^^

mutter… grumble… swearword, swearword..

[lierdumoa]

To my friends on the spectrum, let me explain to you an unspoken social rule that possibly nobody has ever explained to you before

If a neurotypical asks you, “What game are you playing?” they’re not asking you to describe the game.

They’re asking you if they can play too.

If a neurotypical asks you, “What are you watching?” they’re not asking you to explain the plot of the movie/tv show to them.

They’re asking if they can watch it with you.

.

When neurotypicals ask you “What are you doing?” 

What you think they’re asking: “Please explain to me what you are doing.” 

What they’re actually asking:  “Can I join you?”

Now here’s the really fucked up part. If you start explaining to them what you’re doing? They will interpret that as a rejection. 

What you think you’re saying: [the answer to their question]

What they think you’re saying: This is an elite and exclusive activity for a level 5 friend and you are a level 1 acquaintance. You are not qualified to join me because you don’t know all this stuff. Go away.

.

This is why neurotypicals think you’re being cold and antisocial.

IT’S ALL A HORRIBLE MISCOMMUNICATION.

[bonehandledknife]

I didn’t realize, even thought it took me almost three decades to learn this, that this was such a paradigm changing realization until we had our conversation today.

But it really really is. One of the most bewildering realizations I’ve had is most people don’t talk to learn things unless its related to work or directly towards their own hobbies, all the words and questions are bonding questions if done socially. They are “lets make friends” questions.

So if I answer their question without an opportunity for the person asking the question to give a response or to join in somehow, the asker feels alienated and starts shutting down.

Example: what are you reading?

True answer but not what they’re looking for: Title of book

Best answer for social scenarios where I want to retain/create friendship: This book is about x and y but it has z that i know u have an interest in too.

Example: what are you doing?

True answer but not: drawing

Best answer for friends: I’m drawing but would u like company while I’m working?

And sometimes frankly I’m not in a headspace where I can process people so the answer is something like, “I would like to do something in a day or later, do you want to plan something?”

Tldr: communication is wierd

[survivablyso]

HOLY

SHIT

that explains so fucking much thank you

(why the fuck do neurotypicals never just day what they mean ie hey this show looks cool mind if I join you)

[bonehandledknife]

Further annoying?

They don’t realize that’s what they’re asking and they just feel rejected and go away. So you can’t even ask them what you did wrong because they can’t even put a finger on why they feel the way they do they just know you made them feel bad for some undefined reason.

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

What’s messed up about this is that we are the ones that communicate explicitly and simply and are pathologized for it, while allistics literally expect us to READ THEIR FUCKING MINDS and that’s normal? How even is that reasonable? How is it we are the ones that society thinks are mentally ill?

Uhg.

Just so… for those of you who have to hide your autism, this is a great thing to keep in mind.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Dafuq? This... is actually a revelation.

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

*looking at beautiful skele art* Mmf, damn this is beautiful. That detail is incredible. Absolutely stunning.

*some shirtless, bony human gets on the bus* AUUGH, ew, ffs dude, put it away!

Conclusion: I’m either a massive hypocrite or skin just doesn’t do it for me xD

[bitty-fluff]

You give me such good laughs, Magica XD

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

Thank ya Fluff 💕 We love you too!

[magicacat-inactive-blog]

*looking at beautiful skele art* Mmf, damn this is beautiful. That detail is incredible. Absolutely stunning.

*some shirtless, bony human gets on the bus* AUUGH, ew, ffs dude, put it away!

Conclusion: I’m either a massive hypocrite or skin just doesn’t do it for me xD

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*looking at our suggested blogs* Me: ?? Why are we being recommended G/t blogs? Ami: *snorts* Ya really need that spelled out, sweetheart? Me *confused*: Wha-? *Am glances around at the rest of the Bitties and Quiz and Arrow, then gives me a pointed look* Me *realisation dawning*: Oh... x) I guess I don't think of them as 'Tinies'! They're just my boys! xD

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Bramble's going around the room yelling. We were worried for a while but it turns out she just dislikes our noisy desk fan xD The moment we turned it off, she lay on the blanket box and fell asleep!