Absolute nonsense

exactly how it sounds. I'm a genderfluid person. Pronouns ze/zem. Common tags: Miki makes, Miki pics, about Miki. Ask me about Earring Commissions!

[trying-trying2lyk]

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

[justatiredlittlesnail]

[gatesofminrathous]

there will never be anything as funny as the mutual disbelief between long form and short form fic writers about each other's style.

short form writers look at people writing 100k+ fics as though this is some sort of talent given as part of a fae bargain, that the commitment required shows some sort of ungodly mental fortitude.

meanwhile long form writers look at people writing 1000 word one shots like god I would cut off my left nipple to be able to say anything concisely. i would love to play with multiple ideas. free me from the shackles of this child I have birthed. i love them but I now must take them to t-ball and doctor's appointments and they're going to destroy everything I own.

[ao3commentoftheday]

reblogging again without my addition

[animentality]

[hapalopus]

#we need simulated endurance hunting for people like shit that's actually enriching for humans as a species#i would be so down for that. use this body the way its supposed to be used (tags via @falconheaded)

Do you have any idea how much I'd pay for a treadmill with a built-in persistence hunting simulator?? I would get on that thing every day

[suzie-guru]

Literally the reason why I want to start a tug of war/tag/water gun battle group. People need to PLAY.

[self-loving-vampire]

One pitfall when trying to analyze fantasy settings based on real world history is ignoring all of the worldbuilding implications the magic has, and I notice some posts here are maybe a bit over-eager about sharing such information to the point where they fall into it.

For example, posts saying that fantasy settings where gender equality and queer people are normalized are unrealistic because in real life the child mortality rate was very high and etc.

Except they're talking about a story is not set in Real Life Medieval Europe but in a world with versatile healing magic made accessible even to the poor to some degree through church charity or government public health institutions, and even spells or magical items that can instantly and completely transition someone.

Or that one post that was going around about how expecting the demon army to surrender after the defeat of the demon king is "great man theory" but in pretty much all fantasy settings that have such a thing as a demon king he's usually a demigod who can legitimately solo armies, is physically near-invulnerable, and obliterate entire cities.

Killing the demon king in such a setting would be less like assassinating the president and more like erasing the enemy's nuclear weapons. It's actually credible that the balance of power might start to shift from there even ignoring the effects on morale.

If you ignore stuff like that you might actually be engaging with the setting less than the rationalist fanfic writers.

[beleester]

I really love the bit in A Practical Guide to Evil where a noble who's nagging Catherine to get married and produce an heir tells her "if your majesty prefers the company of women, the House of Light does have access to certain miracles..."

Like, on the one hand it's a fun way to establish that it's a queer-friendly setting - nobody is inherently opposed to having a lesbian queen, they've had this problem before and you can solve it with magic. But at the same time it highlights the reason a magical solution would be necessary - because she needs an heir to ensure the continuity of her dynasty. And that problem isn't going to get handwaved with magic - the question of "how does Catherine ensure her reforms will outlive her?" is a major focus of the plot.

So the offhand mention of a convenient queer-friendly solution actually helps the story, by establishing that the nobles aren't just being sexist, they have serious concerns about the risk of a succession crisis!

[self-loving-vampire]

Fate/stay night (2004) speaks of this as well. Merlin's cock magic is known.

[dogtoks]

[latchofficial]

[coldpapernightmare]

hey, that dogs whole job is to point at birds, and it is indeed pointing at a bird

What more do you want?

[serenagold]

That German shorthair pointer is sure pointing.

[anistarrose]

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

[brainrockets]

Do not let your child suffer from spicy bananas!

[aughtpunk]

For Pride Month I'm Doing KETAMINE!

Happy Pride everyone! My body seems to have finally stopped getting sick and I'm hoping it lasts because I never want to do that horrible, disgusting, bodily fluids ejecting month ever again. Thank God for my Project Hail Mary/Iron Lung hyperfixations getting me through the dark times. That and KETAMINE!

That's right! For those who don't know I do a ketamine treatment (under the supervision of a doctor, at a real actual clinic) to treat my Anxiety/Depression/PTSD every-other week. And while the treatment is super helpful it does have the side effect of causing horrible dissociation. But that's where you, yes YOU come in! I want you to send in questions for me to answer while I'm high as a kite to keep me from falling into a k-hole. I get to keep my wits about me, you get to see what wackiness my stoned self thinks up, it's win-win!

Ask me anything! Ask me about my writing! Ask me about Echo of the Larkspur or The Midwife Fables! Ask me about my fanfics like The Forgiveness of the Lamb series! Ask about the insane amount of world building I've been doing for To Observe Soft Flesh! Ask me about the gnat infestation! Ask me my favorite pizza topping! It doesn't matter just ask!

As always Anon will be on but if I get anything creepy or gross I'm turning it off. Oh, and trolls will just be banned. Play nice!

[textonly]

[assiraphales]

rocky always yells “enrichment for grace! enrichment for grace!” when he has a new invention to make the humans time more interesting on erid. grace, while appreciative, replies ‘I know I’m in a zoo enclosure but could we maybe not call it that? I feel like a bear getting thrown a pumpkin covered in peanut butter.’ rocky simply gives him a thumb, not wanting to explain that a significant amount of the population sees grace as the celebrity savior scientist who rocky keeps as a controversially young trophy wife and publicly lavishes in gifts

[dotty-literati]

One year retrospective

[my-dailydreams]

[oberonsson]

Dame Archer kicks McDougal’s Scots ass there in the rain at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire - August 11, 2018 - Photo by Douglas Herring

[anarcho-wormism-deactivated2019]

😮

[garrettauthor]

Oh NO.

[treacleaergia]

me, a sheltered noblewoman: Pray who is that brave knight? Dame Archer:*turns around* me: gasp! *instantly in love*

[dirtyriver]

Alicia Archer

[ex-sang-uination]

my bi heart………

[ohmightysmiter]

I’VE NEVER SEEN THE ADDED PICS

[hrefnatheravenqueen]

[nyx-belial]

*dies*

[garrettauthor]

Oh shit.

[notlostonanadventure]

GAY KNIGHTS

[unicornofdarknessstuff-deactiva]

Fellas I’m real gay

[thecarrott]

@0hheytherebigbadwolf HELP!!

[0hheytherebigbadwolf]

Every June this inevitably winds up back on my dash. And I appreciate that. And I will reblog it. Every time.

[rockitcat]

Hey, it’s @archerinventive, and the Pride Knights!

[cleric-chono-is-my-everything]

[laterkiss]

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈

[jusjuiceboxbox]

Welcome to being an adult! Featuring such injury causing events as

- sneezed wrong

- turned your neck a little too fast

- slept weird

- took the trash out to the curb and stepped at a slightly different angle than usual

- breathed

- failed to breathe properly

- breathed in the wrong stuff. Allergy time

- looked too hard at something too far away

- knees

[geekerypeekery]

@copperbadge

[copperbadge]

I was gonna add some but I think simply adding "copperbadge" to the list really sums up being an injury-prone adult.

[tj-crochets]

My grandma just called and, among other things, said “You have hips. That’s good! Men like hips!” and then she interrupted herself to say “Women like hips. People of your preferred gender like hips. I can never remember”  And I was like “Thanks grandma! My preferred gender is none of them, no thanks.” and she was like “Okay, no one will comment on your hips!” very self satisfied, like “aha, I have figured it out” I think like half her grandkids are some variety of not-straight and she can’t always remember which is which but she is the epitome of like “she’s a little confused, but she’s got the spirit!”

[tj-crochets]

Update: I gave it some thought and my estimate was wrong. Of the grandkids that are out, it’s 1/3, not ½

[tj-crochets]

I told my grandma that I’d told my friends about what she said and that some of y’all had said you wished she was your grandma, and she said “Well, you can never have too many grandkids!”  So like…consider her your honorary grandma* I guess? *if you want an honorary grandma, that is

[tj-crochets]

Update on my grandma: I told her my hair was standing up, but instead of straight line it was diagonal and she said “That’s okay, you’ve never been straight!” and then laughed so hard at her own joke I thought she was going to drop the phone

[tj-crochets]

Happy almost pride month! Have my confused-but-supportive grandma!

[tj-crochets]

An update: my grandma just called me to ask if I knew it was pride month

[tj-crochets]

Happy pride month!!

[thewritingrealm]

If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy