The Tumbling Borg

I'm Mikhail. Thanks to a 1990 car accident, I'm also a Borg. I write and perform the podcast "Managlitch City Underground" and am working on a related novel currently called "Discordia's Glitch". If this Tumblr makes you think I like cosplay, Ponies, Crystal Gems, and Doctor Who, you're absolutely right.

[newrider]

[wamscoastsmoker]

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

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I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

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I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[pwhyxco]

ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

[wamscoastsmoker]

get spooky

[tshifty]

how does this appear every june

[honeybeeavenue]

@nooowestayandgetcaught

[bardstardish]

STOP BRINGING THIS BACK EVERY JUNE

[marta-bee]

… I’ve just queued this up for next June. Because reasons

[afewbirds]

EVERY JUNE

[marta-bee]

I nearly forgot this year, but all of you happening froods who reblogged last year’s post didn’t, so here we are.

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Reblog every time you see this post

[porcupine-girl]

I love how tumblr culture has shifted from people yelling angrily about out-of-season posts to everyone just going “yeah sure it’s Halloween”.

[just-another-cat-blog]

pride month!!!

[lemonsharks]

Is that a miette?

[jeanjauthor]

Pride for you!  Pride for a thousand years!!

[lost-and-cursed]

you COME OUT to miette? you come out to her as queer? oh! oh! pride for mother! pride for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

[foone]

VGAPride is my DOS program for displaying pride flags. So happy pride month, everyone! Here's a selection of pride flags as displayed on a Pentium 60.

[boopsloop141]

30 and still on tumblr? Embarrassing.

[makesomenoise]

🌈

[rankaneword]

[the-semicolonoscopy]

It’s Pride Month Eve, so leave out some milk for Freddie Mercury and his cats.

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Time for the annual Pride Month reblog of Freddie Mercury and his fabulous cats!

[fangirlsovertoomanythings]

The way that most of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories’ most horrible villains are rich dudes that are abusive to women, in a time such as the 1880’s, compels me.

[gardnerhill]

There’s a whole subset of Sherlock Holmes stories that could be labeled Asshole Guys Try to Control Women’s Money.

[three--rings]

Yup, there’s a huge number of times where Sherlock Holmes is the ONLY person to take a young woman’s complaint or worry seriously and finds out someone is up to some serious evil.  Holmes also shows a lot of compassion and empathy with the victims over and over again.  (This is why I find “Secretly a woman” or “Trans” Holmes headcanons much more convincing than “sociopath” Holmes.)

[waterhobbit]

I am never going to shut up about how much I specifically love The Adventure of The Copper Beeches because it is literally Sherlock Holmes listening to a young lady he does not know except as a potential client, agreeing with her that a potential job she has interviewed for that she thinks is SUPER SKETCHY is, indeed, sketchy as fuck and when she says she’s probably gonna take the job anyways because the money is good and she needs it going “OKAY I GUESS but for the love of god please write to us so we know you’re okay we will literally drop everything and jump on a train if you want us to”.

The job turns out to indeed be sketchy as fuck, she writes to them, Holmes and Watson drop everything and jump on a train when she asks them to. I read this story for the first time when I was twelve and it made a HUGE impression.

[three--rings]

This is also the basis for a lot of speculation about Holmes’ family life.  The idea that he has been a victim of abuse, or his mother was abused (or even murdered by his father.)  There’s definitely SOMETHING that makes him very aware of how dangerous isolated families can be, and the dark things that can happen behind closed doors.  Plus, of course, the motivation to devote himself to stopping crime.  And yes, so much of it is of the personal type. 

[volkswagonblues]

dude see this is one aspect of the original books i NEVER understand why modern remakes (cough cough) don’t go all in on. Like, in the 21th c we HAVE all the dumb forensic shit that made Victorian Holmes stand out, but we STILL DON’T HAVE uh….you know, compassion for women and minorities, or the willingness to believe them, adequate community support for domestic violence or hate crimes, etc. etc. which you’d think is exactly where a renegade consulting detective would come in handy. A good modern day Sherlock Holmes remake, instead of trying to convince us that Holmes is some super genius for being better than fingerprint analysis or whatever, could have him just be…a good person who helps out people the police can’t and won’t help. There you go. That’s how to write a relevant modern Holmes.

[fahbee]

One thing that annoys me is how much the BBC version of Sherlock (and the fandom around it) focus on police cases or cold cases.  In the stories, Holmes’ bread and butter cases had fuck-all to do with the police and in a few stories, he actively works around/against them, or outright lies to them.  Of the many, many things I wish that show had done differently, this is one is particularly obnoxious since it’s such a gimme.

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

There were very few actual murder cases in the Canon, and Holmes handled them either one of two ways:

Option one: The murder victim was innocent while the killer was an abusive bastard, see Speckled Band. Conclusion, arrest and have the killer charged (Or in the case of Speckled Band, indirectly murder him yourself then shrug and go home)

Option two: The victim was murdered to protect someone that the victim was abusing, or for vengeance, see Boscombe Valley, Devil’s Foot, Abbey Grange. Conclusion, Oops, I don’t know who the killer is, I am suddenly incompetent, oh look a pheasant.

[faejilly]

#my favorite murder in holmes canon#is when they straight up witness a lady murder her blackmailer#do nothing except destroy his other blackmail material#and then straight up lie to lestrade about it#sherlock holmes#more of this in modern adaptations pls (via @cactusspatz )

[muffinworry]

Let’s not forget the time Holmes helps a young woman who’s being catfished by her own stepfather to steal her inheritance, and when the villain sneers that the law can’t touch him, Holmes grabs a horsewhip out of sheerest chivalry.

[smokingtigerhiddengun]

So, the most canon-accurate iteration of Sherlock Holmes in the last few decades is actually Benoit Blanc….

[marzipanandminutiae]

I think it’s also important to note, and complicates our ideas about what the highly patriarchal/misogynistic society of 19th century England looked like, that these stories SOLD

they were POPULAR

the Victorians LIKED reading about women who won out over shitty men in their lives, even when that plotline reaffirmed a woman’s power and agency or put an active sexist in his place (ie Irene Adler besting Holmes)

which is fascinating in light of. you know. [gestures broadly at all of Victorian gender dynamics, laws, etc.]

[sailor-hobbiton]

So yes, Benoit Blanc is the best modern Sherlock.

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Elric

Michael Moorcock: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of elric the enchanted Moorcock: he's got red eyes to show how much of a bad ass he is Moorcock: he's got a magic sword that eats souls King: whoa!! King: that's badass Poe: that's pretty badass

Moorcock: elric's got this magic talking sword Moorcock: and thing is that the more he uses it Moorcock: the cooler he gets Moorcock: but also Moorcock: the more sexy evil Moorcock: classic sexy corruption arc

Moorcock: the sword is all "DO EVIL, ELRIC" Moorcock: "C'MON, NEWB" Moorcock: and elric is all "noooo i don't wanna" Moorcock: "stop making me so sexy and evil" Moorcock: "i don't wannaaaaa"

Moorcock: and the sword is all "SHUT UP PUSSY, BE EVIL" Moorcock: "YOU WILL BE EVIL, OH YEAHHHH" Moorcock: "I AM STORMBRINGER, THE BLACK BLADE, AND I'M THE TOWER OF POWER" Moorcock: and elric is all "noooo stahp it"

Moorcock: "I AM THE BLACK BLADE" Moorcock: "FORGED A MILLION BILLION YEARS AGO" Moorcock: "MY COSMIC CYCLES ARE FOR ETERNITY" Moorcock: "OH YEAAAAAAH"

Moorcock: "CARVING OUT DESTINY" Moorcock: "BRINGING IN THE LORDS OF CHAOS" Moorcock: "BRINGING UP THE BEASTS OF HADES" Moorcock: "SUCKING OUT THE SOULS OF HEROES" Moorcock: "LAYING WASTE TO KNIGHTS AND LADIES" Moorcock: "OH YEAAAAAAH"

Moorcock: "MY MASTER IS MY SLAVE" Moorcock: "YOU POOR FUCKING HUMANS" Stephen King: wait King: wait that sounds familiar King: no way

Moorcock: that's right Moorcock: Blue Oyster Cult did a song about elric King: no fair! King: how come you got a song about elric? Moorcock: because he fucks like a champ

Barker: ok mikey tell us more about this badass elf Moorcock: he's not an elf Moorcock: he's a member of a completely different pointy-eared fantasy race Barker: uh huh Barker: so an elf? Moorcock: HE'S NOT AN ELF!!

Moorcock: he's super cool! Moorcock: hawkwind did a whole album about him Barker: about elric the elf? Moorcock: he's not an elf!

Poe: clive stop teasing him King: actually, clive's got a point King: he does kind of sound like an elf

Barker: what's this hawkwind album called? Moorcock: chronicles of the black blade Barker: ha ha ha Barker: omg that's nerd shit Moorcock: i'm not a nerd! Moorcock: I'm very cool!

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers Shelley: heard there was some nerd around here about to get his ass beat Barker: oh yeah he's right over there Moorcock: i'm not a nerd!!!!

Michael Moorcock: no! i'm not a nerd! Moorcock: here, listen to "Needle Gun" Shelley: what is this, prog? i don't listen to nerd music Todd Keisling: hey wait a minute

Shelley: actually no Shelley: you're right Shelley: this music slaps actually

[tricky-pockets]

I'm inclined to immediately disregard any criticism of dialogue in books that hinges on "people don't talk like that in real life." I'm a legal transcriptionist. In real life, people interrupt themselves constantly, repeat words and phrases 2-6 times, talk over the ends of each other's sentences, change their mind about a sentence halfway through, and punctuate every damn thing with "like," "I mean," "okay, so" and "you know."

and that's fine; that's not a bad way to speak. but it would be annoying as hell to read.

[retro-scifi-and-fantasy-art]

Cover artist: Rowena Morrill (American, 1944-2021) The Star Dwellers (1982) - James Blish

[mikailborg]

Hey, give Han Solo his blaster pistol back!

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: The Pope

Pope Leo: eyyy its me, da chicago pope William Peter Blatty: gasp! your holiness! Blatty: what an honor! i Blatty: i just Blatty: i just Blatty: wow! Blatty: [geneflecting wildly] just wow!

Blatty: c'mon everyone, show some respect! Blatty: it's the pope! Barker: cool, good for him Blatty: oh my god Blatty: he doesn't mean that, your holiness Pope Leo: eyyy its all good Blatty: [geneflecting intensifies] oh my god, he's got the patience of a saint!

Pope Leo: eyyy listen i got somethin' ta say Blatty: listen up people! the pope's got something to say! Poe: oh he's got an encyclical? Pope Leo: dat's right Pope Leo: yeah i got your encyclical right here!!

Pope Leo: ok listen up yous guys Pope Leo: da chicago pope is talkin' Pope Leo: first of all, be it known through alla da whole world of catholicism Pope Leo: dat the only way to eat a dog is wit' tomato wedges an pickled peppers Pope Leo: ketchup is heresy Blatty: very wise, very wise!

Pope Leo: now second of all Pope Leo: i gots some words about all this here AI Pope Leo: in fact it reminds me of a quote by da smartest guy i've ever known Blatty: ah yes yes Blatty: you speak of Jesus Christ of course Pope Leo: nope Pope Leo: i'm talkin' gandalf Blatty:

Blatty: what Pope Leo: dat's right Pope Leo: in da immortal word of gandalf da gray Pope Leo: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set" Pope Leo: think about it

GRR Martin: hey jirt did you hear JRR Tolkien: what? Martin: you got quoted by the pope Tolkien: i got quoted by the pope? Martin: yeah Tolkien: THE pope? Martin: yeah Tolkien: the pope in rome?? the holy pontiff??? god's ambassador on earth????? THAT pope??????? Martin: yeah

Tolkien: well well well Tolkien: now look who's laughing! Tolkien: hmm hey clive CS Lewis: what Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan? Lewis: Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you Tolkien: what was that again? Lewis: no Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!

Tolkien: oh it's no big deal Tolkien: just the top guy in catholicism talkin' about gandalf Tolkien: nope nope not a big deal at all Tolkien: sorry you can never experience that, clive CS Lewis: Tolkien: but that's what you get for picking anglicanism Tolkien: lmao loser ass religion

CS Lewis: hey! it's a perfectly valid faith! Tolkien: yeah whatever Tolkien: "anglicanism" Tolkien: lol you don't even know what you're getting

[di--es---can-ic-ul-ar--es]

ME AND WHO

[karcatgirl-vantas]

when he's right he's right

[foone]

whiteboards are old technology, though.

Why not catch up with the times and just film the whole thing, then we can go though it act by act and draw on the video with Madden style overlay pens?

"You see, here? She's adjusting the angle of zaer hips *circle*, so she can keep using her left hand on the gock here *big oval* while her strap stays at a good angle to hit zaer prostate *little squiggle* and if you listen closely, you can tell from the sounds zae is making that it's successful. Now, the problem here is obvious, right?"

"Yeah, this here *draws a line up and down the top's right arm*. She's having to hold herself up with her right arm"

"Exactly! If she had placed some wedge pillows or stacked a few plushies to lean on, she'd have that hand free, to stimulate these *big circles*, grab here *oval*, or stick some of those gloved fingers down zaer mouth right here *scribbles*"

[starlitsecrets]

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

[hano-dakukita]

Played with the star trek title generator

[mollyringle]

I have a favor to ask! It's free; it just takes a few minutes of your time. In the interests of adding more queer-joy books to your local library, will you please go to your library's website and find the "suggest a title" or "recommend a title" page, and request that they carry my upcoming book The Quicksand Theatre Company? (E.g., here is the one for Seattle Public Library, and here is the one for New York Public Library.)

Then also do this for any other books you think they should have, of course, including ones you've written. :) Patron demand is a HUGE influence on what libraries carry, and thereby will get books in front of lots more readers who browse the library. This really does make a difference. Info they might ask for: Title: The Quicksand Theatre Company Author: Molly Ringle Release date: Feb. 24, 2026 ISBN: 9781771684422 Thank you!

[mousegirlheart]

please dont leave your fox in the hamper too long or she'll go musty. it's better to put her straight in the washing machine

[mousegirlheart]

she's gonna be nice and clean :)

[goose-shoes]

Ok now what

[mousegirlheart]

okay lemme just

there we go :)