[myceyelium]

hey btw i have a redbubble now!

for your transgender/leftist/trippy needs

there is transsexual lutra

there is eyes

there is calls for property damage

and much more (six other things, i`m working on it)

if you'd like to grab some sick swag and contribute to some trans dudes staying alive fund maybe check the shop out

[dapper-lil-arts]

Did you know? It's make a terrible comic day. Go make your terrible comic today!!!!

[apathetic-revenant]

“oh no, my audience has begun to guess the big twists of my story and are accurately predicting what will happen!”

incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go

correct response:

[thebourneultimatum]

can someone elaborate on the “make hoax” and “post angry tweet about “leak”“ part. i’m stupid and don’t understand things

[apathetic-revenant]

sure!

(you’re not stupid. I posted this thinking it would amuse a handful of mutuals who all knew the context and that would be about it, so I didn’t think about providing any other explanation. I had no idea it would spread this far.)

I’ll start from the very beginning just to be thorough. so this is Alex Hirsch, creator and head writer of Gravity Falls, a show which had a big focus on mystery, conspiracies, codes and ciphers, etc. the whole plot is kicked off by one of the main characters finding a mysterious old journal in the woods, which detailed all kinds of weird and supernatural things, but then ended abruptly with the author saying they had to hide the journal because they were being watched. the central driving mystery of the show, therefore, was the question of who wrote the journal and what happened to them.

now, the thing about Gravity Falls is that, while it must be said that the writers weren’t always quite as sure of their plans as we tend to like to think they are, it is very much a fair play mystery, with legitimate clues to what was going on. but the writers were caught off guard by how quickly the show attracted a dedicated audience, including a lot of people outside the primary presumed demographic, who started solving the clues faster than expected. so some of the fans were able to correctly guess who the author was before it was revealed in the show, and the theory started spreading. this put the writers in something of a panic, because this was THE mystery that the whole story revolved around, with ¾ of the show building up to the dramatic reveal in the middle of season 2. they wanted it to be a mystery that could be figured out, sure, but they weren’t prepared for people to solve it so far in advance of when it was planned to be revealed, which would have really taken away from the big moment. they weren’t going to change the main story itself, but having been caught unaware by how much attention the fans were paying, they wanted to up the ante and make the mystery more complex to solve going forward–but first they needed to buy some time and throw the fandom off the scent for a little longer.

hence, Alex’s plan as described above. they whipped up a fake shot that appears to give away the identity of the author as being another character in the show, put it on a screen in the studio as if it was a real animation frame, took a picture of it, and ‘leaked’ it online. it was initially decided to be a hoax (albeit, I think, presumed to be a hoax originating from outside the production team), until Alex posted this tweet:

…before quickly deleting it (though not so quickly that it didn’t get seen, of course).

it worked well enough to distract most people for a while, and wasn’t revealed as a hoax until a year later, when an episode aired that definitively proved that the supposed screenshot could never have happened, at which point Alex owned up to the whole thing as seen in the tweet above. by then the episode with the real reveal wasn’t far off, and while people did still work it out ahead of time, it was more of an “OH MY GOD I KNEW IT!” moment than a “booooooring, we’ve known that for ages” moment, which of course was what the writers wanted all along.

personally I find this a fascinating approach to dealing with the problem of spoilers, because it doesn’t affect the story itself at all; if you watch Gravity Falls today–or if you were watching it when it aired without any significant contact with the fandom–you’d never know about it. ultimately, the problem the writers were facing wasn’t that some people might guess the answer to the mystery–they never wanted to make it completely impossible to predict–so much as it was that they hadn’t designed the story to stand up to so many people working on the puzzle together, which resulted in a sort of total output of puzzle-solving ability that far outstripped the capability of any one solo human being. so their solution is something that’s very much targeted toward delaying that group problem-solving, without actually affecting the experience of any individual person watching the show.

plus, it’s very in keeping with the overall tone of the show.

and now you know!

[notaplaceofhonour]

if your audience guesses the ending of your story

don’t:

change the ending

do:

gaslight them

[waterlilyworld]

other trans people having an absolute melt on twitter about a trans guy sharing info about vaginal atrophy because “real trans men don’t use that” are betraying their belief that the vagina’s only function is sexual. that all health related to the vulva and vagina are inherently for the purpose of piv sex. these people are nothing more than shriveled little misogynists.

vaginal atrophy, even if that part of the body is never used in a sexual manner, can cause physical cramping akin to menstrual pain, dryness, itching, burning, watery discharge, as well as frequent uti’s and urinary incontinence.

if you ever think you have to live this way you don’t, it’s as easy to fix as getting an estrogen suppository from your doctor, which stays localized and does not effect the body’s hormone levels whatsoever.

sexual health education and information sharing is far more important than your fucking dysphoria. 

whether you use that part of your body for sex or not is fucking irrelevant. that part of our bodies is a lot more than just something for someone else to fuck, if you think otherwise i have to ask, can you feel the misogynistic brain worms wriggling around in there? do they itch? i feel like they must itch.

[mangonetics]

*returning to my body after astral projecting into a worker bee's mind for the past several months* god I NEED drone pussy

[frailgun]

i NEED

[setulose]

Trace amounts of Monica in my life

[setulose]

A statistically insignificant level of Monica in my life

[setulose]

My life manufactured in a facility that also processes Monica

[bramblepatch]

I like how much PHM fanart has a clearly Ryan Gosling inspired Grace but also puts Rocky in his little jumpsuit that he absolutely was not wearing in the movie.

[bramblepatch]

A seemingly substantial number of us looked at movie!Rocky and went "this rock nekkid."

[bramblepatch]

Rocky, hearing Grace without the EVA suit for the first time: oh no they have a nudity taboo too. shit shit shit. I can't put on pants now. Grace will know I was naked before.

[wooftphr]

got a new lighter. it’s shaped like a fish and it blinds you.

[wooftphr]

it had a huge sticker on it that said “this is not a toy”. the gas station i got it from had a sign infront of the display for these only that said “buy first, then test”. the first time you strike it (from the fins, by the way) you find out exactly why. they have added incredibly bright flashing blue LED lights on the eyes, which point directly into your eyes and the eyes of whoever is looking anywhere close to the fish that makes you blind.

a friend of mine was like “you can probably take this apart and cut the wires so it doesn’t do that anymore” and i told her “no i can’t. i can’t do that” and she was like “???why not?????????”

it’s just too fucking funny. this is the stupidest thing i own. thinking about that gas station clerk with like 50 more of these fucking things thinking “how the fuck am i gonna get rid of these?” makes me loose it. setting up the sign and i was literally the first person to buy one.

[wooftphr]

who thought this was a good idea.

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

thou? art not the knave. thou'rt not capable of BEING the knave. i hadst a knave, but now have none. thou. art not. the knave.

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

wench wrench, wretched wench, i madst thou my wench (JESSIE!)

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

my sire and my lady and my lady and my si-ire

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Nature Documentary: these deep sea creatures can withstand crushing pressures of thousands of pounds per square inch!

Me: they’re not withstanding a goddamn thing. The pressure is a part of them. Their interiors and exteriors are equalized. Just because your respiratory system is built around a pair of fragile poppable bubbles-

[asteroidtroglodyte]

You don’t know me

[drememoto]

sometimes you look at someone’s art and you know EXACTLY what’s going on and you’re like

[drememoto]

(I would like to emphasize the “non-judgemental” portion of the caption)

[madnessbrainworms]

two different but very similar energies

[rbvcdeluxe]

my three girlfriends; past, present and future

[aliceisaperson]

But do they smoke weed

[randomwordzard]

[oldfilmsflicker]

[toriandyr]

[ouppysister]

I forgot how much healthier your hair gets after just a little trim

[ouppysister]

hey girls. I know it's very scary. I know that cutting off any of your hair sounds like what they did to you when you were still a boy. But please, go to a salon. Get your hair washed nicely, and get all you split and dead ends trimmed off. You will thank me it's super good for you

[ouppysister]

I've always been very reluctant to see a hairdresser, because. Yeah. It's really scary! You have to go there, and verbalize what you want, and then you have to sit while your hair gets cut. Which, is really fucking scary for us! But when you get done there, and when you look in the mirror, you're gonna look so pretty. And then you'll go back, in a couple months or so. And it'll still be kinda scary, but not as scary as it was. And your hair will be ice and healthy again and you get to talk to your hairdresser. And then you show up again, and again, and again, and then the most amazing thing happens while you don't even realize it. The scissors aren't scary anymore, and you look very pretty.

[ouppysister]

YOU are a pretty girl, but with lots of dead hair nobody taught you how to take care of, and you were made scared to take care of it. But please hold my hand. You're going to look so very beautiful.

[nolvini]

all i ever wanted was the world

[mleelunsford]

I don't need to explain myself

[segamascott]

[aquaheartgirl]

[ilaeriawitch]

[pantspissedinreverse]

[hungrymilliek]