A little bit of lore, a little bit of myth.

Librarian. Small business owner. Pastel lover.

[merelore]

Lore & Whimsy

Where lore becomes reality.

And it’s ALLLLLL officially licensed.

[merelore]

Hello hi? This place still exists huh

[merelore]

Sky passed away today at 19.

We've had him since I was 9. My heart is just broken

[phantomrose96]

People in the online generation get so goddamn weird about Internet Content Creators:tm: as soon as those creators start making any kind of money off their work. This is especially true if the person being weird is one of those backers and therefore "entitled" to being horrible because they've paid $5. And it's completely indistinguishable from the way Boomers treat service workers.

Like any Online Millennial or Gen Z would balk at the idea of saying a single mean word to their waiter, but as soon as the creator they toss pennies at on patreon sets a toe out of line, (or not even out of line, maybe just not catering to this person's specifics wants, or not producing content as high-quality as it used to be) suddenly the Terminally Online are happy to unleash their unbridled fury, frothing opinions, and full-blown karen I'll take my business elsewhere and tell everyone to never shop here again-ness.

Except the difference is an entitled Boomer will march out of a store in a huff and be done with it, while the internet will try to snowball and dogpile until the creator is run off.

Like I've seen people get so weird about the McElroy content, and how "not-as-good" this that or the other thing is now, and they say this with such justified fury because the McElroys make money. This isn't "eh I've stopped listening as much since I don't like the direction." This is "how dare the McElroys not live up to my quality expectations when they're making money. don't they know they have to earn the right to have money with a good enough monkey-dance??"

Trust fund babies will ride out their McMansion lives never lifting a finger, but an internet content creator pulling in enough money to make a normal human living in a way that does not cater exactly to some segment of the internet's expectations is grounds for the most dehumanizing vitriol imaginable.

And no, before someone asks this is not apologism for people creating kickstarters and running off with the money. This is about how often a severely bad-faith take or plain cruelty is justified and propagated because the subject under storm is a "professional" on account of being compensated for their work.

I'd so much rather have a faceless corporation sign my paychecks for faceless work until I die than stake my livelihood on creating internet content I'm passionate about. I'd be happy to never receive a single dime from the internet. Because as soon as I do that, the public owns me, and the internet would be allowed to waggle a dollar above my head and say "dance monkey dance" without the slightest hint of irony. Or worse, they can say "remember that time we gave you a dollar?" "remember that time you received a dollar from someone?" as an absolute shut-down to any discussion of whether a content creator should have a right to do anything which does not cater directly to their fans' expectations.

Boomers' entitled harassment of service workers didn't go away with the new generation, it just got rebranded.

[anxietyproblem]

[spacejaming]

[spacejaming]

Fucking superb @horse-is-a-horse-of-course

[feedyourlocalgoth]

Man I hate people who are like, super verbal about hating cats. NOBODY cares that you don’t like cats. Also I think you’re a bitch ass

[merelore]

It's been awhile folks.

So some news

I've been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder.

So yeah lol

[toastbutteregg]

[tikkety-tok]

This is what they mean when they say boys will be boys 😌

[marinella-ela]

[rthstewart]

Mega fauna and little mega fauna

[thoughtsfromiridessence]

a moose and two mini meese

[proud-plant-parent]

Meeses pieces

[adampvrrish]

king arthur was supposed to rise when the worlds need was greatest so. wakey wakey! someone knock on his tomb or something

[nothingeverlost]

[serialreblogger]

i hate fae rules

[ritta1310]

Jude and Cardan at the coronation. I recently finished The folk of the air and I am IN LOVEEE. It was sooo good! Jude and Cardan are my idiot babies

[90sto2000s]

Only 90s kids understand

[totaltrashmammall]

Finally, an only 90's kid post with things actually limited to the 90's and not things I was experiencing in 2012.

[vulcankisseshuman]

[angrywarrior69]

Why is Ian wearing the most massive uggs I’ve ever seen

[renthebarbarian]

Because he can

[lesbiansforboromir]

because he’s GAY next question

[mafuyuh]

i just think that this look

[ineffectualdemon]

You a lot has been said about how quickly Ariel "fell in love"

Now as an adult I am a bit "bitch you don't even know him" but at the same time I can recognise that Eric was just part of her dreams.

She wanted to be human so very badly before Eric

He was just a bonus that she wanted to smooch

But Eric

Holy fuck!

This dude heard a chick sing and was like "that's the one. Her" despite not even seeing her face clearly

Then he meets a weird naked mute girl on the beach and is like "A FRIEND! I SHALL BRING HER HOME AND WE WILL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE!"

And like his servant? Advisor? Whatever that dude is is like "okay I know you're hung up on mystery singing girl but this mysterious girl is right here and really into you"

And Eric is like "well damn. I should take her on a date and probably smooch her"

And he almost falls for this new girl so that he has to have a spell put on him by Ursala

Once that's broken and he realises that the two mystery girls are the SAME girl he is like "damn. Better commit murder for her" even though she is now half fish

Like Eric is ALL IN right the fuck away no matter of you're a romantic or platonic interest

Eric is a ride or die person through and through

I like to think like every other week he brings in a new drifter who is his New Best Friend and Love To Learn Ariel is thrilled and asks all the questions and records their life stories

I like to think Eric and Ariel are the weird royal couple but everyone is polite to them because 1. They are both very charming and 2. Eric can and will cut a bitch if necessary