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[dooblebugs]

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS Hollow Knight: Silksong?

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Rate different bats.

…i will do it for 4 dollars

alright so, bats!

(rated by their efficacy and how satisfying they would be to fend off a home invasion)

wooden bat. solid, heavy duty, could easily be used to rattle the bones of a nighttime intruder. perfectly serviceable weapon, if a bit heavy handed. a bit lacking in pizzazz though. where’s the style? where’s the razzle dazzle? still, i could give a house burglar a concussion with this, and ultimately that is what matters. 6/10

shiny aluminum baseball bat. now we’re talking. does everything the first bat does, but makes a pleasant ringing thud when it finally comes into contact with a home intruder’s skull. that’s what sells it right there. grievous bodily harm, and grievous injury to ego. now with sound effects straight out of a roadrunner cartoon. baby go night night with a riiiiing. i hit you with this, your head starts ringing like a churchbell. 8.5/10

i changed my mind: now we’re talking. has all the bells and whistles of the aforementioned models, with the added advantage that after you kick the sucker’s ass, you get to stand over them and add insult to injury. behold evildoer, you just got your ass handed to you by the cute and unforgiving face of Hello Kitty. 10/10

lacks the razzmatazz of hello kitty, but still a perfectly usable weapon. a true classic. add some stickers & neon duct tape and we’re good to go. just be careful not to stub your toe when cleaning your room. 10/10

yes, that is a katana doubling as a baseball. yes, this is overkill. no, i’m not complaining. truly glorious. you can kick someone’s ass with a bat, and if the sucker still won’t go down? then we move on to ROUND TWO. imagine you take a few swings at an intruder, they’re looking around for a makeshift weapon, a broom handle or something, but then they look back and you’re unsheathing a second, sharper weapon. from within the same weapon. how fucked up would that be???? 11/10 probably not useful for baseball but why would you want to waste a baseball bat doing sports

much thanks to anyone who donated, i’m paying off old utility bills

TUMBLR STOP COMPLAINING, YOU ASKED FOR BATS I GAVE YOU BATS

OK OK SHEESH

BATS!!! Let’s start right off the (heh) bat, with this delightful munchkin of whom I am so personally fond, the Hammerhead Bat!!!

most precious creature in existence, I want to bop its snoot. 100/100

next up: Buettikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat! A type of megabat (yes that’s a thing). looks like someone stuck the head of a disgruntled greyhound on top of an itty bitty bat body. 100/100

continuing with the delightful canine theme, may I present: Bulldog Bat (100/100)

and now, the Spotted Bat! because scientists really took a look at this fucker and said “you know what its most distinguishing feature is?”

that’s right, its spots. I can’t bring myself to deduct points from this heavenly creature just because humans dropping the ball on the name. 100/100 you’re doing amazing my darling.

thankfully, biologists did a better job naming the Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox

Golden? sorta. Flying fox? oh sure. Giant? YUH-UP. huge fucking unit, I hope you’re having a fantastic day sweetheart, 100/100

on the opposite end of the size spectrum, we have the absolutely sensational Honduran White Bat:

blinding perfection. 100/100 I want to use them as tiny cotton balls

equally near and dear in my affections, may I present: the Hairless Bat

Ma’am that is a naked mole rat with wings. 1000/1000

and finally, a big round of applause for the Wrinkle-Lipped Free-Tailed Bat!!!

those are just BABIES though, here is a Responsible Adult:

1000/1000 all bats are perfection incarnate

Keep reading

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

changing my url…broke the keep reading link? huh. webbed site.

Bonus of the hairless bat because I Love Them:

Bonus bonus: Buettikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat with its mouth full of fruit. I love you Buettikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat

BATS!!!!!

[aromanticduck]

I came up with this three-way table to help me (and now you, if you want) to rate things out of 5 stars. I was thinking of books and films when I made it, but you can probably use it for other stuff.

The idea is that you rate the thing on how much stuff you loved and how much stuff you hated, and those things weight against each other. There's only one way to get 5 stars or 1 star, so those should end up as the rarest ratings, wtih 3 stars being the most common.

'Spicy' means that the thing inspires emotion, whether positive or negative, while 'bland' means it doesn't affect you much either way.

An example of a 3-star (spicy) - for me personally - would be the Twilight series, because there's plenty of garbage in there but also some things that are like crack to me. I can't think of an example of a 3 star (bland) because by nature they don't stick in the mind.

(This also assumes giving 0 stars isn't allowed. That'd throw it out of whack...)

[thegrimcaptain95]

I absolutely love this bc it’s so like the risk assessment matrix for hazards

[aromanticduck]

Assessing your risk of enjoying a piece of media

[txttletale]

wizard who's too lazy to name things properly and so can't ever find the incantation she's looking for bc her spellbook is full of spells called shit like 'aaaa1' and 'asdfghjk'

[ctrl-salt-delete]

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[torchlake]

I’m running a DnD campaign with my siblings and mom, who are all big MythBusters fans, so obviously I made Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage NPCs. Adam is a human and Jamie (JAM13) is a robot. Adam claims to have built JAM13, and is not satisfied with his inability to emote properly, but is very satisfied with his walrus-like facial hair. JAM13, however, claims to have grown Adam from a test tube and named him after the biblical figure, and says he is “clearly a very primitive approximation of a human being.” Insight checks on who is lying are useless because both of them fully believe they’re telling the truth.

[the-weaver-of-worlds]

You’re doing the Gods’ work my dude

[spooky-catboy-angel]

what’s the truth op

[torchlake]

[aliens-and-shiz]

Master post 7

Book 1 in entirety.

Parts 1-72

Part 73

Epilogue

[soulchjer]

No one talked about it, or at least i didn't saw it.

"Yup, I can take that."

(For all the monster fuckers in this app, and for me.)

There is something about humans that makes us quite simple, we really have a strange addiction to anything that could kill us.

That is a definition of how we can describe in *very* summary how we interact with aliens.

Especially Dan, he is one of the space idiots that humans would describe as a monster fucker.

Indeed, Dan could go after anyone who could break him in half.

...

Jia is a small and furry looking alien, he had sat next to the human Dan today and was talking to him for a while, today was his first interaction with the human and despite all the myths and legends around humans, Dan is very nice!

Jia was going to continue talking, but Dan made him stay quiet for a second.

Dan stared in perplexity at one of the new recruits, a kuaghan, a type of large alien, a terrifying-looking but gentle and large-sized predator. Jia thought that perhaps the human was scared, but he never thought that the human Dan had actually thought otherwise.

Dan: Oh my god... how tall is he? No, do they have a specific genre? Jia, tell me, do you know him, can you introduce him to me?...Wow, is huge, I can take it, barely... mhn, I'm sure..." He heard Dan murmur at the end.

Jia was dumbfounded, the little alien didn't knew the new recruit, but before he even managed to say a thing, Dan had already dragged him to meet this new recruit.

The little alien was scared! Did Dan take his new recruit as a threat?! It just can't be! He want to take him in a fight?! He has to prevent the new recruit and the human from getting hurt!

...

Dan: You're new, right? Hello, my name is Dan, I'm thirty-one this year, I'm single, I got a house in my planet and I have a job here, I got a lot of savings...

The alien hesitated but nodded in response and Dan stuck to him like a tick. Jia watched without words as that predator feared by the aliens acted just as surprised as he was at the human's approach.

Jia witnessed how the kuaghan was not only treated quite well by the human, but was also able to specifically smell the hormones released by the human when it approached the kuaghan.

The Kuaghan have a reproductive method similar to that of penguins according to the human Dan, the more beautiful the stones, the more impressed their partners will be.

Dan gave every gemstone he could find to the new recruit, earning surprised looks from everyone.

No one dares get too close to the Kuaghan, only Dan seems eager to talk to him, but this recruit knew specifically why he was giving him stones.

Jia only found out when human Dan told him.

The kuaghan even... started to get shy every time the human approached?!

Jia felt like his jaw might drop to the ground.

...Human Dan... Is Human Dan trying to court a predator twice his size?! and is it working?!

Jia's surprise could not grow any more when he found the Kuaghan leaving the human Dan's room. When the new recruit saw him, he ran away embarrassed.

Dan greeted him from inside his room, shaking and smiling with weak legs, only a fool wouldn't know what had happened in there, the aroma of the two was permeated in the room.

The little furry alien was finally able to understand the meaning of the human's murmurs.

Of course you said you could take him, but not in a fight!

[nerdybluephoenix]

[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 61

hello and welcome to fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

Autistic Lance (Voltron) [series] by dontthinkiwont

"Look, okay, I get it, I like peanut butter, you like sharks. It's a thing, whatever. But seriously, dude - what the fuck?" - Or, Lance has Autism Spectrum Disorder and this can cause him to fixate on some things. Like, maybe, for instance, great white sharks. For example.

yes i like this series for projection reasons. whatever. it was also one of the first autistic lance fics out there!! and its v heavy in platonic relationships yall are gonna love it

2. Revelations and Reactions by @azapofinspiration

Keith couldn't believe it. He was part Galra. That was hard enough to deal with... But then he realized that he would have to tell the rest of the team. He couldn't help but fear how they would react. In which Keith reveals that he's part Galra after facing the Blade of Marmora's trials.

azap truly never misses. they KNOWWWW how to do found family like a CHAMP and i will never get tired of reading canon corrections where keith is like. loved and accepted lol

3. A Memory Like a Snapshot by MemeKonVLD

Pidge is still close —closer than is entirely comfortable if he has to be honest— giving him an evaluating glance. Lance doesn’t really know where to look, other than up her nose— but that grows old pretty fast. So he looks at himself in the reflection of her glasses. And squints. He touches his own face for the first time since waking up— and feels the roughness of his chin. “I have stubble,” he says, and the words are as alarmed as they can be even though they still sound slightly slurred, slightly off. Pidge blinks a couple of times at him, and finally retracts into a more comfortable distance. “Well, yeah,” she says. “You are like, what? 22? 23 in a couple of months?” “I’m feeling— I’m feeling a little queasy,” he says then, with bright spots of color dancing in front of his eyes as he thinks 22. Suddenly, a bucket gets shoved against his face. He takes hold of it with clammy fingers and he leans on his side so he can... use it. Thoroughly. “I’m having Garrison flashbacks,” he hears Pidge say.   (Or: Lance is stung by an alien bug, loses his memories temporarily and makes assumptions about his and Keith's relationship. Also, Pidge cheats at Uno.)

losing your memories. and waking up. and someone treats you so kindly and lovingly that you know, immediately, in the bones of you, that they love you. and the feeling in your chest even if your brain doesnt remember of love for them tells you clearly that this person is your soulmate. i am going to LOSE IT

4. Love in the Times of (Intergalactic) War by MemeKonVLD

Lance: Oh, man. [I see him grow visibly excited here, leaning forward and putting his hands up— he’s big on gesticulating, as anyone who’s watched the pilots of Voltron host SNL a couple of months ago knows.] Space is vast. I know that’s not groundbreaking knowledge there, and everyone’s somewhat aware of it, but— being up there? traveling around space for years, and knowing we never even— we never even came near to touching upon a tenth of what’s out there? That’s cool, weird and scary all in one.

WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT 2016 FICS. HUH. ICONIQUE?? AMAZING??? SHOWSTOPPING?? INCREDIBLE??? bc pov outsider is the BEST and watching how much lance SHINES to anyone who looks at him...yeah

5. Skin by MemeKonVLD

He’s aware of Lance talking to him, but he’s still too asleep to try to decipher whatever it is he’s blabbering about. He only starts paying attention when one of Lance’s hands goes to the drawstring of his pajama pants. “Whoa, what are you doing?” He asks, slapping Lance’s hand away, cheeks warm. “You,” Lance starts, pointing at him (and Keith notices that for all he’s made fun of him for the last forever for them, he’s wearing his fingerless gloves), “are not screwing up my skin care routine, man.” (AKA: the one where Keith and Lance switch bodies.)

suave keith and flustered lance my BELOVED. swapped bodies truly has to be one of the top ten tropes of all time. love watching them be in love and also stupid

that’s it for today!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 62

hello and welcome to fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

All things infinite by MemeKonYA

“I didn’t know Lance was...” “Bi?” Hunk supplied. “Ready to jump anyone sentient and willing?” Pidge offered. “Yeah, let’s go with bi,” Hunk says. (Or: the one where Lance is a Bisexual Intergalactic Flirt, and Keith discovers he has feelings about this.)

keith is just constantly talking about how smart his bf is literally to everyone who will listen.....i get him on the most personal of levels. truly. also whore lance my beloved

2. all my love for the the sweetness of his laughter // he is the tear that hangs in my soul forever by KaterinaRiley [CONTENT WARNING]

The story of how Lance survived, then didn't survive, then survived again, living life knowing that his soulmate belonged to someone else. That Keith belonged to someone else. Or so he thought. -- “That rivalry was just so you wouldn’t forget me, but—” Lance broke off, looking away, the numbness creeping back into him, choking the anger out in seconds. “But you did anyway. You decided I wasn’t worth your time, and I got that message loud and clear.”

this one is DEFINITELY a little heavy, and i think it was imported from wattpad?? but like omega shield fics are so RARE man and lance has so much baggage.....it needs to be discussed fr

3. It's Just How It Is by @movetowardfocus-blog

They’re supposed to bicker, and Keith is supposed to be better at everything and Lance is supposed to pretend to have a chance against talent like that. They’re supposed to get mad at each other and storm away, just like old times. Instead, Keith is looking at him softer than he ever has.

there is no one in the ENTIRETY OF VOLTRON that is as kind as keith idc. and the level of perfection they are for each other post s6.....its insane and this fic gives them that

4. won't treat you oh so typical by @adverbialstarlight

Lance’s hands dropped to cover his face and he sighed again. “They didn’t give a shit about what I did. I was just the stupid little kid who can’t do anything because all my damn siblings have done it before. “And I kind of just—” he snorted, “I dunno. I thought maybe I wouldn’t have to end up as the dumb one out here anymore. That you guys wouldn't just treat me like some idiot who can’t do shit but has to do everything perfectly anyway. And you don’t, really, but I’m still the most useless paladin. I can’t hack the ships, I can’t fix all its mechanical stuff, I can’t control a teleduv, I’m not a badass emo ninja with two cool swords and amazing piloting skills, I’m just… me.”

yes lance IS smart. and keith cares so so so much. also this isn't part of the description but i need you all to know about this line: "Confused, he nodded and turned to survey the few items in the room. He had no idea why Keith was helping him out, why he even cared or didn't just do it himself—Lane concluded it was Black Paladin Encouragement and Support For His Teammate, no more no less." bc oblivious lance my BELOVED hes such a dweebus 😭😭

5. All's Fair in Love and War by @litalana

“I can’t do this,” Lance decides one night. “I’m going to get rid of all my shirts.” “You say that like it’s a threat,” Keith responds, imagining how the implication of Lance always walking around shirtless could possibly be bad. - - - Keith keeps stealing Lance's shirts. Lance can not deal.

this fic gas me GIGGLING theyre so stupid and ridiculous and horny and down bad and i just. i adore them

that’s it for today!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[most-definitely-not-a-ghost]

more fanfic quotes

Yeah, Eggman broke the planet into pieces, sorry for interrupting your sleep.

-----------------------------------------------------

It was just a normal Saturday spent crawling through the vents.

-------------------------------‐-------------‐------- “Uncle Loki, you can’t use Pop-Tarts as a means to bribe Uncle Thor into funding your plans for world domination,” Peter reminded him.

----------------------------------------------------- Naturally, of all the champions that could have crashed Ash’s morning class, Cynthia is easily one of the most recognisable.

----------------------------------------------------- Sonic was a force of nature and if he decided your drink was gonna have salt in it, it was gonna have salt in it, one way or another.

--------‐--‐---‐-------------‐---‐-‐--‐---‐------------ Having her half galra-half human son who is fighting in a space cult war dating a mermaid boy from Earth? Sounds pretty normal for my life

------------‐-----------‐----------‐--------‐--‐------ Pidge squinted at Lance for a moment. “Are you okay?” they asked slowly. Nobody’s first coherent question after getting tazed was about proper pronouns.

----------------------------------------------------- Sonic took a swig of Conka Cona Cheberry, apathetic to the chaos around him.

[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 58

hello and welcome to fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

The Value of a Moment by @a-fools-errand

When Lance’s previously obsolete skills in language suddenly become very useful, he finds himself wondering why aliens can’t account for the fact that humans, particularly him, need sleep and would prefer linear timelines. (Or: an Arrival AU because I love that movie)

yall OBSESSED does not begin to cover it. i have never read a fic where lance was so goddamn cool. and in like. the insanest of ways?? like of course lance is a polyglot but THIS....this is a whole new level. i havent even finished it fully yet but like god this thing is so fucking cool. if ur looking for a longfic stop looking

2. Rest Stop by @flaming-potato-arsonarson

Lance wasn't like the rest of the world. And he had never had a loving mother tell him it made him stronger for it. So he told himself, gathering up his courage and grit to face a world of winged humanity, when he, in fact, has no wings and turns into a mermaid instead. A world that wants him to die. So he'd keep this secret like a knife in his boot, a sharp weapon until he died on his own terms. Not because of who he was. Except, Team Voltron isn't so sure why Lance is all rough edges and sharp points about showing off his wings. Or acting like a member of the Flock in general. It's clear he cares for them, but he's never shown an intimate part of him. Until he has to.

oh god this has gotta be one of my CLASSIC fics. read it a few dozen times. i read it right when it came out, six ish years ago (goddamn), i can remember curling up in my old bunk bad and eating this up as the hours ticked by. i was HOOKED. my jaw was dropped my eyes were glued. could not get enough. if youre looking for mermaid lance with a twist....brother this is it

3. Looking for Rain by @thewriter2

Like most things, it starts with the little things: his smile, his confidence, his talent. Eventually, all these little things add up to one big thing that threatens to crash over them like a heavy rain. But, maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing. Maybe something beautiful would come from it. A 5+1 (really a 10+1) of Lance and Keith falling in love.

oh god guys..... @thewriter2 knows how to fucking haunt you. if a 10+1 (!!) isnt enough for you, i want you to know this line has been echoing in my head since i first read: "He looks at you like you’re a storm and he’s a desert desperate to drown." UM??? EXCUSE ME???? SIMILE OF ALL TIME ACTUALLY???? keith being so so visibly obviously in love with lance is my actual roman empire shit never leaves my mind

4. Astronauts by @thewriter2

When they entered the Blue Lion, Keith was Lance’s rival--the person Lance was working so hard to surpass. But slowly, Lance found himself thinking of Keith less as a rival and more as something close to a friend. So of course, Lance’s traitor of a heart decided that it would be Lance’s kind of friend that it would fall in love with.

tags to sell you: "keith is a dork but lance loves him anyway" (dorky keith my beloved), "hunk is an a+ friend" (yes he is), "lance is a lovesick fool" (yeah), and "allura is older sister goals" yes yes YES you get it. and like....while keith pov is my favourite to write by far, lances pov as he realises he is in love....that will always hold such a special special place in my heart

5. his own worth by frogsterz

In the middle of the conversation, Lance stops talking and no one notices. It’s not like he had been leading the conversation, for he hadn’t been, but somehow the fact that his lack of input or opinion isn’t noticed tightens the grip loneliness has on his heart. He looks down at his food, his face burning, his throat tightening up.

now usually anything but team as family isnt my deal. im not big on classic langst. but keith as a knight in shining armour.....what can i say i am weak willed. deeply. also " It’s what made it worse. I miss home and I miss being held and the rain, and I loved you. I thought you hated me." got me so bad got me WEAK like i have never recovered from that line and i doubt i ever will

that’s it for today!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON! Have some merch

recently received new stock photos for the Terrible Pink T-Shirts i sell on etsy, and i find them so funny for some reason...

look at the smiling attractive people wearing their (also smiling!) attractive fashion wear!

[eleventailsy2003]

now that's scary

lol

[gojira-metaru]

ah!

[dom-the-deer-made-of-bred]

woman shouldn't wear this

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

the eyes are tiddy-level specifically on purpose. if someone stares uncomfortably at your chest---your chest stares uncomfortably back!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

continually bemused by the number of people who have inflicted generously gifted this shirt to a sibling.

really says something about sibling relationships. not sure what, precisely. but something.

ORDER NOW IF YOU WANT ONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

why aren't there more mysteries that take place in nursing homes & retirement communities. i want to watch a group of deranged retirees-cum-amateur-detectives combine their powers of:

decades of life experience

boredom-fueled busybody shamelessness

access to the most gossipy next-door-neighbors in existence

"I am too old to be arrested and/or give a shit" attitude

and solve crimes. this should be an enormous subgenre.

[theresattrpgforthat]

Thanks to @whimsy-of-the-stars I have been summoned! What if I told you...

There's a TTRPG For That!

Brindlewood Bay is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who frequently find themselves investigating (and solving!) real-life murder mysteries.

Honestly one of my favourite mystery mechanics is in this game - the Theorize move, which allows the players to come up with the answer to the mystery and then roll to see how correct they are!

Obachan Panic is a quick, easy-to-teach, easy-to-learn ttrpg about grannies and aunties saving the world. They saved your home and country countless times from alien invasions, government conspiracies, untold monsters, the singularity, economic collapse and deflated soufflés—AND made it home in time to make you that casserole you like.

This game comes with playbooks that you can print, cut out and paste together - a little arts-and-crafts scrapbooking session to go along with your storytelling game! It even comes with art for your characters!

Gold & Girl is a game about retirees, divorcees and widows all rooming together in their sunset years. Deal with problems like Nosy Neighbours, Rising Rent, and Thin Walls - using only two stats! Mysteries should be no problem with this game, just give your Girls something to be nosy about!

Grandmothership, by Armanda, is currently in development but it's a sci-fi setting about old ladies figuring out why the lights keep going out, why the robots are acting up, and what is going on with recent random disappearances. It's inspired by Brindlewood Bay, Honey Heist, and Mothership.

I love that the power of elderly women solving mysteries continues into the far future! The feeling of this game is that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, which very much is the way elderly women might think. You can check out the link for the preview!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

"genre-savvy" no i want a genre-unsavvy protagonist. scratch that, i want a genre-deluded protagonist.

i want a protagonist who is convinced until the last possible moment that they're in a lighthearted romcom--despite the proliferation of slasher murders. give me a soccer dad who is just so determined to enjoy family vacation, despite the fact the kids summoned an eldritch deity from the lake. a preteen who is experiencing a coming-of-age saga and annoyed their parents aren't emotionally present (the parents are distracted by a literal zombie apocalypse). endless possibilities

[feamir]

genre-dysphoria

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i vote that next year instead of reading Dracula we do a Jeeves & Wooster Book Club. those two never got the rabid tumblr shipping fandom they deserved (disqualified for the sheer technicality of being published a century too soon). we must correct this injustice

[lettersregardingjeeves]

Good news.

There is one.

Inspired by Letters From Watson and Letters From Bunny, which send their subscribers the Holmes and Raffles stories, respectively, please welcome Letters Regarding Jeeves, which will send you all the public domain Jeeves stories starting February 14th, 2024 - the anniversary of P. G. Wodehouse's death. And you can officially subscribe now!

[grison-in-space]

👀

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

yes yes yes

i need people to understand how innately queer-coded Jeeves & Bertie Wooster are. this is the sort of media where if they made a shiny new tv series, tumblr would absolutely obsess over these characters.

two men living together in unconventional domestic harmony, constantly scheming to maintain their bachelorhood. that is quite literally the plot! half the stories are about Jeeves helping Bertie escape the looming threat of matrimony. the other half are Jeeves winning arguments about Bertie's terrible fashion sense. and it's such a fun dynamic! the good-natured, happy-go-lucky himbo in constant need of rescuing! the stoic all-knowing genius who quietly masterminds mayhem in order to protect this one moron he's devoted himself to for some reason. the humor. the wacky hijinks.à the Camp. the cross-dressing!

the gay subtext is there! the gay subtext is canonical!!! this fandom is ripe and ready for picking. this sucker is locked and loaded. and the book club starts on Valentine's day of all days.

Jeeves & Wooster Book Club, let's GO!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

got a worm nibbling my brain. can someone help me find a piece of obscure media?

webcomic/indie comic from the 2010s. basically a sci-fi short story about a young girl (with red hair?) who was being raised by scientists as part of an experiment. she receives a haircut/has her head shaved, in preparation for her annual brain scan/testing. it is revealed that while her body is human, her "brain" is artificial, made of computer implants throughout her skull and spine. at some point her biological mother (also a scientist on the same campus?) encounters her and is repulsed, viewing her as a machine who has murdered her daughter.

it was very poignant and it bruised my heart and i can NOT find it anywhere

[lily-leaves]

@bluedelliquanti if this wasn't yours, maybe you remember whose it was? I remember you were like, inking for someone else right after we graduated but I don't recall the name of that project...

[bluedelliquanti]

OP, what you're describing is almost certainly Subrosa, which was my college comic project from 2011. I made it available online again a couple months ago!

Your recollection is right on the money. And if you enjoyed that, please consider reading O Human Star, the comic I made from 2012 to 2020. It has a lot of similar themes and is in some ways a much better comic :V

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Holy GOODNESS, this is IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This story embedded itself in my brain, I am BEYOND excited to read it again!!! Oh my stars. 99 cents is an absolute bargain to be able to add this to my personal digital library, holy crackers.

If you haven't read O Human Star (which is free to read online!), then I am..................so envious you get to read it for the very first time. (Confidentially, it's equally amazing to read for a second, third, and-so-on time around.) O Human Star is...one of those works you encounter once-in-a-lifetime, if you are very lucky. It is exquisite, and will pick you apart like a jigsaw puzzle, and reassemble you into something new. It is just very very extraordinarily superb. It will probably make you cry (mostly in gratitude). It will change you, and you will be glad.

(((And there are robots! and sexuality! and gender! and reflections on the self and the meaning of identity! and also more robots!!!)))

Um yeah so: you should read it!