Interludes & Introspections

Dribs and drabs from my mind; intense reader, amateur writer, and now more fandoms and HALP!

[bizarrelittlemew]

Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of these in a comment (by copy&pasting the code) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

Second kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/tHMjbb6/second-kudos.png" alt="second kudos">

Third kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/52bggQH/third-kudos.png" alt="third kudos">

nth kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6y7qGtC/nth-kudos.png" alt="nth kudos">

yet another kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKtcj0s/yet-another-kudos.png" alt="yet another kudos">

It will look something like this (and will be transparent with white outline on dark backgrounds):

Feel free to spread and use these as much as you like! (and if you have ideas for other variations, let me know ✌️)

[bizarrelittlemew]

So happy to see people enjoying these and spreading the love 💖

UPDATE with some suggestions from the replies! And bonus: cookie kudos.

HTML codes under the cut.

ALL the kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/KsndWzq/all-the-kudos.png" alt="all the kudos">

Chapter kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/9ZSmqrp/Chapter-kudos.png" alt="Chapter kudos">

Elevenses kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6P4JTsP/elevenses-kudos.png" alt="elevenses kudos">

Heaps of kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/GvRw2HS/heaps-of-kudos.png" alt="heaps of kudos">

Kisses your forehead kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/6nph6nM/kisses-your-forehead.png" alt="kisses your forehead kudos">

Reading in public kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/f1HDR2K/reading-in-public.png" alt="reading in public kudos">

Re-read kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/jWYQ8bt/re-read-kudos.png" alt="re-read kudos">

Should be working kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/26WJHKg/should-be-working.png" alt="should be working kudos">

Read the whole fic in one go kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/jMHrgSk/the-whole-fic.png" alt="read the whole fic in one go kudos">

Ungodly hour kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/84300T6/ungodly-hour.png" alt="ungodly hour kudos">

What about elevenses kudos: <img src="https://i.ibb.co/WW3cQJ2/what-about-elevenses.png" alt="what about elevenses kudos">

[profoundstarfishmusic]

[minp1072]

Why not all three…?

[kjscottwrites]

[consolecadet]

These remind me of this drawing by Franz Kafka from the 1900s. We've been feeling this way for a long time.

[melbob26-blog]

[minp1072]

🥹🥺

[hiveswap]

big fan of when you peel back all layers of a character and at the bottom of it there's love

[hiveswap]

why are they doing this? because they loved someone so much it caused the plot to happen. Grief counts btw

[hiveswap]

ESPECIALLY a big fan of when this isn't enough to make them a good person

[minp1072]

You don’t really even have to peel back that many.

[jessaerys]

father figure with benefits

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“this fic portrays problematic ship” then don’t read it

“this fic romanticizes bad things” then don’t read it

“this fic makes me uncomfortable and angry” then don’t read it

“this fic about my favorite fictional character goes against everything the character believes in in canon” then don’t read it

all of the problems you have with somebody else’s fanfic can be very easily solved by the act of Not Reading It

scroll past a fic if it’s something you don’t like, filter out tags about things you don’t want to see

no one forces you to read a fic that upsets you. also you can stop reading any fic at any time you want.

harassing real people over fiction will not make you morally superior. it just makes you a bully

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

[hooray4skeleton]

[cas-kingdom]

literally my mum with every tv show/movie we watch together

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Reblog if you love “—” and have never used ChatGPT

[dana8668]

I think I'll just look at this all day....Happy Saturday 😁

[word-wytch]

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

[thefighter2-deactivated20200212]

the guy who designed scythes definitely knew that shit was badass. he didnt care about wheat

[dailybuffysummers]

he cared about buffy summers.

[redsfedora]

god do you guys remember that episode. uh. the blacklist. i think s2??? where they were on that black site in the ocean that blew up and red was walking around wearing a suit covered in blood ?? cause that was. so hot omg. best red scene hand him over

[minp1072]

[lizardsfromspace]

Over time 90s music will get boiled down to just cheap nostalgia for boy bands. This is disgusting. How dare you erase the year where everyone was inexplicably super into Gregorian Chants

[lizardsfromspace]

"Wait were they reall-"

IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE TIME DRIFTS SLOWLY A WORLD WHERE MUSIC CARRIES YOU AWAY EXPERIENCE PURE MOODS, THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR YOUR WAY OF LIFE DIRECT FROM EUROPE THIS MULTI-PLATINUM COLLECTION HAS WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS SET ADRIFT WITH THE TIMELESS PLEASURES OF TUBULAR BELLS OR TAKE A TRIP INTO THE UNKNOWN WITH THE X-FILES THEME NO OTHER COLLECTION GIVES YOU THE FEELING OF PURE MOODS

[theluckydimecaper-deactivated20]

YouTube has a playlist for this!!!

Various Artist - Pure Moods (Full Album) (1994 Original + 1997 Re-release)

Here is the entire tracklist for Pure Moods, a wonderful and totally beautiful compilation album from the dawn of the contemporary New-age m

[xelbleedsglitter]

I OWN ALL THESE ALBUMS

[musicalhell]

And Celtic music. Between Riverdance and Titanic Celtic music was huge in the late 90s to the point that Loreena McKennitt was charting on Billboard:

[elodieunderglass]

My family were the Gregorian and Loreena McKennitt family btw.

[spookyscaryscully]

Combining the sexiness of Red in that chair from the first episode with the sexiness of Lizzy stabbing him in the neck for the ultimate “damn that’s hot”

@kohiandie as usual helping me fuel my love for my favs

[profoundstarfishmusic]

[draconym]

Explaining to my Australian ex that ice cream trucks are in fact real and not made up for television.

[draconym]

Have you ever seen an ice cream truck driving around your neighborhood

yes (north america)

no (north america)

yes (south america)

no (south america)

yes (europe)

no (europe)

yes (africa)

no (africa)

yes (asia)

no (asia)

yes (oceania)

no (oceania)

Voting ended onMay 2, 2025

For the purposes of this poll, I am referring only to migratory ice cream trucks. Stationary vehicles that serve ice cream are not included. No nuance because I ran out of options.