Murder Most Foul and Unnatural

Necro, 30, writer, anthropologist. ro3k side blog: romance-of-three-memes.tumblr.com

[viralcat]

[demilypyro]

this is probably a great argument if you see a games company as a machine that produces content and not a place of work that people rely on to have income so they can sustain themselves long-term

[sherlockboylove]

no no i actually think it’s super fun that you took that aro/ace character and bent them over backwards to make them gay!!!! we all know being gay is more #progressive than being aro/ace so i’m so glad you freed them from having a storyline unconnected from romance and shipping!!! you go diva!!!

[whimsical-catacombs]

literally every problem i've had in my adult life has been solved by open and honest communication. which is fucking stupid, first of all

[whimsical-catacombs]

like i can't even just a little bit solve my problems with wanton violence? for real??

[whimsical-catacombs]

i'm like a caricature in a children's show. "and then Whimsy took a deep breath, made a few polite phonecalls, and everything resolved itself 🥰" fucking hell man when do i get to punch someone hard as fuck in the jaw

[deslizada]

man sometimes friendship really is just "I saw this and knew it would give you psychic damage. please respond with agony" and then they do. and it's great

[necromancy-enthusiast]

I went to the thrift store on a whim while we were passing by and got a sewing machine for $25 and a bread machine for $7.50 (it was half off of that day, so originally $15).

Currently I just know that they both turn on since they had outlets at the store to check, but that's it. I can return them if they turn out the be crap though, but I looked the models up and they seem to be good quality.

[necromancy-enthusiast]

I had to buy a replacement kneading paddle for the bread machine for $18, which was more than the bread machine would've cost me even before the half off discount. Ebay has at least one store that's dedicated to sourcing and selling bread machine parts specifically.

[necromancy-enthusiast]

The one thing I'm not so keen on about bread machines is that they tend to produce loaves that are shorter and thicker then store bought sandwich bread loaves, so you get slices that feel too wide to me. I know it's because they can only make the machines so tall since they want people to be able to easily put them on countertops while also being able to fit them under any generally standard sized cupboards they might be under, but still.

And mine was less then $10 when even used ones that are in decent shape go for *at least* $50, so I'm not going to be too picky.

If I really ended up hating it that much, I could just use the prove dough function and then pull it out, put it in a pan, and throw it in the oven, since the kneading and proving phases are the most annoying part of making yeast bread.

[necromancy-enthusiast]

The replacement kneading paddle came in yesterday so I made a loaf and it turned out well. I'm never kneading dough myself again. :)

[necromancy-enthusiast]

The sewing machine also seems to work well from a few tests. Damn did someone's granny die and her kids didn't want to bother with her homemaking stuff, so they just dumped it? I think this is the best thrift store trip I've ever had.

[necromancy-enthusiast]

I know that No I'm Not a Human is meant as a more general metaphor for social isolation but I have to admit that to me, playing that game just about perfectly encapsulates what 'borderline personality disorder' feels like (frankly I absolutely hate that name, but I don't know any better alternatives and no one would know what I was talking about otherwise, anyway). Uh. Minus the violence. To be clear.

I mean the isolation. The hyper-vigilance. The temptation to get carried away by your suspicions and wildly overreact, especially when you suspect that you've been betrayed. The struggle to not assume people would hurt you if you gave them the opportunity. How if you get too caught up in this distrust, then you can make almost anyone look like a potential enemy if you squint just right and feel like being uncharitable. The people coming and going to the point where being truly close to them seems almost Herculean a lot of the time. The feeling of stagnancy, as if you're stuck with this scenario forever and ever and ever and ever and ever, and all you can hope to do is scrape by.

And yes I know none of those are just bpd things, but for me they're amplified in a way that's particularly tiresome.

[necromancy-enthusiast]

I gotta admit that this bit hit me like a bag of bricks to the back of the head.

[delsicle]

I’m not sure if this will be helpful to anyone, but you literally do not have to be a good writer to write and post fan fiction. Yes you will naturally get better at writing and finding your voice the more you do it but you do not have to be or become a professional level writer to enjoy writing and sharing fics. It’s common to hear people praise fic writers by saying their work is better than published books, and while I think this comes from a good place, that’s not the norm or expectation. There is also a sentiment that fic writing is “good practice” for becoming a better writer or doing something else later, but if fic is the only creative writing you ever do that is literally okay. Your technical skill does not mean you cannot have fun and build community with your writing, or that other people cannot love and find meaning in your work.

[mysteryteacup]

Fanfiction is a hobby. You are not obliged to improve at a hobby. You are not obliged to monetise a hobby. You - the hobbiest - are not obliged to be on par with professionals.

Turn your back on the insidious whispers of the capitalism mindset and return to posting fics that make you happy and are tagged "srry if thsi is confusing its 3am n i'm high".

[innerchildabortionclinic]

wish online communities discussing autism in women weren't like, doing their best to contribute to the false perception there's a distinct Autism For Boys and Autism For Girls, when the whole time it's just social enforcement of gender roles influencing behavior

[goldcrescent]

My new pet peeve is people completely misunderstanding the term Male Gaze and making the term female gaze based entirely on that misunderstanding

[goldcrescent]

the white boy of the month pushing his hair back and reading poetry for the camera is not the equivalent of the dehumanization of women in visual media by way of presenting them primarily as vessels for sexual gratification

[necromancy-enthusiast]

I love how in Final Fantasy X there are weird gaps in fundamental knowledge that Tidus and Jecht by all rights should have, but you don't notice it at first because you also don't know much about Spira at first but then you get familiar enough with the lore and story to recognize it.

What do you MEAN you two were from Zanarkand not long before it got destroyed by Sin, but you don't know about summoners or fayth or the war with Bevelle??? What do you MEAN you don't know the name of the world you live in?

It all points to their Zanarkand being some sort of separate thing from the Zanarkand most of the other characters know about, something that's isolated from everything else that's been virtually untouched by the outer world, and that's because it actually is that. So it makes sense, given what's up with them. It's an interesting bit of foreshadowing really. But it's so funny once you're familiar enough with the lore to recognize it.

What the fuck do you mean you don't know what a summoner is, you basically came from Summoner City.

[itsgotgills]

It’s impossible to convince everyone to retroactively use the tag system properly but as a fix-it I’m going to start tagging all my non-crossover Iron Lung posts with #just blood if anyone wants to join me?

(no hate to hail mary but the shipping has eaten the smaller fandom alive & it’s legitimately impossible to search for anything else atp)

[itsgotgills]

what a great idea!

[beanswithbones]

what PHM fans see

what iron lung fans see

BROWSER ADDONS MADE TO HID FILTERD POSTS WILL CUASE YOUR SHIT TO LAG SO HARD BCS OF THIS!!! THUS WHY WE HAD TO MAKE A NEW ADDON TAG!!!

[divviren]

[touhouweed]

just saw someone call trans unity an "unobtainable fantasy," getting real sick of the doomerisms yall are hooked on these days

[touhouweed]

What pisses me off the most is that y'all don't keep this doomerism to yourself, it would be one thing if you just wrote this shit in a diary, but y'all are putting that out there trying to scare young trans people into being divided. spreading the idea that trans unity is an "unobtainable fantasy" only serves to make trans people feel even more alone and desperate than before, during a time where being united will give us strength.

Trans people should be encouraged to find safety and community in one another, and not just with trans people that are "like them."

[seerofmike]

too lazy to retype this but . insane interaction w coworker last night

[seerofmike]

tell me you have never worked in customer service without telling me you've never worked in customer service

[strawberry-crocodile]

for real tho it feels exhausting that ive seen this whole "woman should be allowed to abstain from X beauty standard" -> "i perform X beauty standard, am i evil? do you think im evil? please forgive me i came up with a dozen excuses 🥺" since like 2015 (and i know its been going on longer than that) like girl thats not the poiiiiint

[strawberry-crocodile]

look me in the eyes. repeat after me. "i face societal pressure to perform this beauty standard. i should not face that pressure. i conform to this standard. i am rewarded for performing to this standard. i need to respect women who do not perform this standard. this is not about whether or not i am a sinner for wearing makeup."

[willgrahamscock]

isolating will fix me this time

[willgrahamscock]

⚠ SANITY CRITICAL

[mr-deep-downer]

I should quit my job to pursue a life of meaningless violence