Lambda Blogging Central

Hey this is a blog! It's mostly full of reblogs. Instead of ploughing through 'em all, you should go check out my art and writing over at yeswriteanswers, which is basically all original and fan-content. You can call me Lambda, she/her or they/their, cat herder extraordinaire and apparently an adult. I'm told that I take my tea with a blasphemous amount of lemon, but the lemons brace me for the cold, hard grip of reality. My original blogging is tagged #nowriteblabbin, and (most of) my other tags are detailed here. If I've blocked you it's probably because you have very generic posts (all images, clickbait articles, so on so forth) and no description. I get a lot of tumblr bots adding me with that sort of content! Sorry if I accidentally block you, a real person who just coincidentally looks like a bot. (This blog contains the images, names and voices of people who have died.)

[radishnt]

which one of u was going to tell me that tea tastes different if u put it in hot water?

[mothman-misato]

y- you were putting it in cold water?????

[boimgfrog]

Radish. Answer the question radish.

[radishnt]

yeah??? i thought for like. 5 years that ppl just put it in hot water 2 speed up the tea-ification process didn’t realize there was an actual reason

[boimgfrog]

You dont have the patience to microwave water for 3 minutes???

[catsnraincoats]

[ID: Tags reading “u think i have the patience to boil water wtf ?????” /End ID]

why are you. putting it in the microwave to boil it

[boimgfrog]

Do you think I have the patience to boil water on the stove

[catsnraincoats]

Its takes less than a minute

[boimgfrog]

Bestie is ur stovetop powered by the fucking sun

[catsnraincoats]

How long does it take you to boil a cup of water on the stove

[boimgfrog]

Like seven minutes

[catsnraincoats]

Just stick the mug on top of the stove on medium heat n it boils in like two minutes… less than that is u use a saucepan…

[boimgfrog]

Crying you’re putting the whole mug on the stove ???? On medium heat???? Ur stove is enchanted

[pidoop]

Every single person in this post is a fucking lunatic

[silverjirachi]

Yet another post that reads like four shakespeare characters who come out in the middle of the play to talk about something completely unrelated for comic relief

[wizardlyghost]

(Enter RADISHN’T, MOTHMAN MISATO, BOIMG FROG and CATS'N RAINCOATS, stage left. They are having a HEATED DISCUSSION.)

RADISHN’T: Prithee, which one of you had planned to tell

Of diff'rent flavours gained by simple act

Of brewing tea with water hot, not cold?

MOTHMAN: Egad! you poured the water cold? Wherefore?!

FROG: An answer from you, Radish, I must beg.

RADISHN’T: Indeed I did, dear friends - why does this shock?

Without the guide of others I assumed

That heat was merely added for the sake

Of expediting this solution’s brewing!

Half a decade I have spent, or more,

Not questioning this worldview I had made.

In fact, I am myself a bit surprised

That you might think that I, your dearest friend,

Might have a patience of sufficient stock

To wait until a pot of water boils.

FROG: Three minutes overtaxes patience so?

The microwave will beep when it is done!

CATS'N: My friend, this answer vexes me the more!

Can it be true that thou dost boil by nuke?!

FROG: Are you in turn, my friend, so shocked to know

That I have not the patience, like our Root,

To boil upon the stove our favour’d drink?

CATS'N: It takes less than a minute!

FROG: On what plate?

Perhaps your dinner cooks atop the sun?

CATS'N: How long can take your stove to fill the task

Of boiling but a single cup alone?

FROG: In minutes?

CATS'N: Yes!

FROG: I counted seven, once.

CATS'N: Perhaps you ought to have your timepiece checked!

If on a middle heat you place the cup

You soon will have the scalding drink you crave.

Two minutes, in a mug upon the plate

Or even less, if you should have a pot.

FROG: You cause me tears - is this how thou dost live?

You place upon the iron stove a mug?

A mug, ceramic, filled with water cold?

How do these flames, though medium in height,

Not shatter like a glass this fragile thing?

Surely, then, your kitchen is bewitched

With magicks far beyond the mortal ken!

(The FOUR realise they have wandered into the THRONE ROOM. The ROYAL COURT watches with fascination.)

KING: Ev'ry single person in this group must be a fucking lunatic, it seems.

[shrodingerspenis]

so you’re telling me that nobody here owns an electric kettle? how are y'all alive

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

I'm a big fan of that indie game where you escape from the underground by fighting a large dad who wields a trident

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

There's a funny skeleton. You know the one

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

I'm just saying

[turbro]

[sailor-moon-rei]

Reprinted by courtesy of KAGE // by  影

[viralfrog]

[thepoetrycollection-blog]

Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks

The Raven

There once was a girl named Lenore And a bird and a bust and a door And a guy with depression And a whole lot of questions And the bird always says “Nevermore.”

Footprints in the Sand There was a man who, at low tide Would walk with the Lord by his side Jesus said “Now look back; You’ll see one set of tracks. That’s when you got a piggy-back ride.”

Response to ‘This Is Just To Say’ This note on the fridge is to say That those ripe plums that you put away Well, I ate them last night They tasted all right Plus I slept with your sister. M’kay?

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening There once was a horse-riding chap Who took a trip in a cold snap He stopped in the snow But he soon had to go: He was miles away from a nap.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night There was an old father of Dylan Who was seriously, mortally illin’ “I want,” Dylan said “You to bitch till you’re dead. “I’ll be pissed if you kick it while chillin’.”

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud There once was a poet named Will Who tramped his way over a hill And was speechless for hours Over some stupid flowers This was years before TV, but still.

[naamahdarling]

THE ONE FOR DO NOT GO GENTLE IM CRYING

[morkaischosen]

A chap from a faraway land Said two big stone legs (topless) stand An inscription fine Reads “this shit’s all mine” But all there’s to see is the sand.

[eriakit]

OMFG,

[animatedamerican]

The Second Coming

The falcon flies wider in scorn All things fall apart, or are torn And now, what rough beast Will arise in the East And slouch Bethlehemward to be born?

[seananmcguire]

Edgar Allen Poe, “The Raven”: Enthroned on the bust by the door, The raven exclaims “Nevermore!” It’s rather annoying, For I was enjoying My mourning for dear lost Lenore. Edgar Allen Poe, “The Bells”: Bells are quite noisy, it’s true, And each has a quite distinct hue, From silver and gold Different stories are told, Foretelling both glory and rue. W. H. Auden, “Funeral Blues”: Shut off the clocks and the phone, And let no dog bark with his bone: Let the planes overhead Only say “he is dead”… Now I’m sorry, there’s nobody home. T. S. Eliot, “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”: A man can walk down on the beach Roll his pants up and munch on a peach; He isn’t deluded And won’t be included By mermaids that sing each to each. T.S. Eliot, “The Wasteland”: You called me the hyacinth girl When you gave sweet Shakespeare a whirl; The city’s unreal, And the dead men don’t feel, So let’s let the storm warnings twirl. Lewis Carroll, “The Jabberwock”: ‘Twas mimsy out there by the wabe And all of the momewraths out grabe. The Jabberwock’s dead (Some kid took off its head, And his father said “You’re my best babe!”). Beowulf: Terribly troubled, the Thane Demanded defense from a Dane For fierce in the fen Mighty monsters maimed men Great Grendal gave plenty of pain. William Butler Yeats, “Stolen Child”: Come on, human kid, and let’s go, There’s so much to see and to show. Run off with the fae, Hurry fast, skip away, And you’ll never a mortal life know! John Keats, ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci": The sedge is all dry; spring has sped, And the birds that once sang have all fled. The merciless dame Goes on making her claim To young hunks who keep winding up dead. Lord Tennyson, “The Princess”: The echoes keep fading away With the splendor that ebbs with the day, But the castle is grand In this bright fairyland, And there’s not that much else I can say. Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market”: At goblin men we mustn’t stare, And we shouldn’t go to their Fair. Their fruit may seem tasty, But we can’t be hasty, And don’t let them play with your hair!

[naamahdarling]

Oh my god, the Beowulf one.  Oh.

[ceruleancynic]

holy shit, the merciless dame is perfect

[eternalrisingphoenix]

I love the jabberwock!

[jessamygriffin]

Shakespeare, Sonnet 18

Have I called you a summer’s day yet?

Like the sun, and ur makin me sweat

Even Death is dismayed

Cuz you castin’ no shade

An I wrote this so peeps won’t forget

[mslorelei]

I’m in awe.

[alexandra-erin]

The Tygre William Blake

A tygre with dread symmetry did burn so brilliantly  that I asked with a fright in the forest of night, “Did God make the lamb and thee?”

Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms Thomas Moore

My love whom I gaze on today, if all your looks faded away I would love you still more than ever before and in love with you always I’d stay.

The Lady of Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson

A tender young lass from Shalott, was forbidden to spy Camelot. But within her mirror, Lancelot did appear, now the lass from Shalott is not.

Catullus 16 Catullus

To the old queens, Aurelius and Furius: your criticism leaves me quite curious. Do you think I am weak because soft words I speak? ‘cause I’ll fuck both your faces, I’m serious.

[darkestelemental616]

That Catullus is wayyyyyy to accurate omg

[pinkwarriorneedsfoodbadly]

When all the men haf gon to bed The moon shiyning brite overhed Cow is my name And I am to blame I stay up late; I lik the bred.

[stuck-in-jelly]

Duality of Eda (so far)

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Wreck-It Ralph III: Silent Hill announced for Disney+

Disney made a surprise announcement today that their next animated feature film would be a return to the universe of Wreck-It Ralph, as Ralph and Vanellope visit the game “Silent Hill.” Made possible by Disney’s purchase of Konami, the new movie will be released exclusively to their Disney+ streaming platform.

This also marks Disney’s first foray into the horror genre, and Silent Hill’s first installment for children. According to Disney CEO Desi Nisio, “Disney has always been for the kids, and Wreck-It Ralph III: Silent Hill is no exception. This marks a new era of kid-friendly horror that takes after films like The Goonies and Goosebumps. It will offer gruesome, psychologically disturbing thrills for the whole family.”

The film is already complete and has been screened for test audiences. FIJMU was on hand to interview several children aged 6-11 who offered their thoughts on the film. Said Ricky Hugo, 9, “AAAAAaaaaahahhhhhhh aaaaaaa aaaaaahhhhhhhha  ahahahahhhhhhhh AAaaaahhhhhhh.” Little Jimmy Kendall, 7, agreed, stating that, “Oh god, oh god, oh god, I want my mom, oh god.” Rebecca Mona, 11, disagreed however, stating, “It’s like half as scary as watching the news.”

[whitepeopletwitter]

[pseudodesigner]

[sameboot]

This is such an important and genuinely terrifying post. I could completely go off on the rise of anti-science, but for now I’ll just add: it isn’t just boomers that get deceived. This is a warning to all of us.

Pay ATTENTION to what you are being told. If you think you cannot be deceived, you leave yourself open to deception. Question, doubt, research research research. Learn about your personal biases, dig up any subconscious cognitive dissonance. Keep an eye on your mind.

[oldmanyellsatcloud]

It needs to be stressed that biases, not a lack of intelligence, is very much the issue here. Being aware of the need to fact check yourself is key: Intelligence won’t protect you from bad or unhealthy mental states, or keep you safe from cults of any sort. Intelligence will just make it easier for you to rationalize and attempt to justify the malformed tools you’ve taken/been given to yourself and others. You need to be wise enough to challenge yourself.

[gardenofroseandthorn]

As a cult survivor, this is lethally accurate.

[sheblah]

I dropped every project on my plate to make this comic lol.

This is based on a post I made (before the stream where Finn came to life!!) about DT being a terrible wonderful auncle to Catradora's kid. Featuring my future DT design.

[clacing]

We as a fandom focus a lot on Catra’s feelings for Adora and not nearly enough on Adora’s feelings for Catra so I’m starting a list of little underappreciated moments on Adora’s side that spoke to me as a person:

- Adora doing the Locker Lean while flirting with Catra and laughing in the dorkiest way then jumping when Shadow Weaver comes in like she’s been caught red-handed

- That flirty ass “Why don’t we go find out?~”

- Adora clinging to Catra’s arm when the skiff picks up speed and the camera focusing on it

- Adora’s soft smile when she wakes up after a nightmare and sees Catra at the foot of her bed

- The fact that Adora couldn’t sleep “without anyone around” for the first time, and so sneaked into Glimmer’s room and slept curled up at the foot of her bed like Catra used to do with her

- “Is this what love feels like?”

- Adora grabbing Catra by the waist when her HAND was RIGHT THERE

- WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS TH

- The Look

- “I want to be the best She-Ra, I want to protect the planet, but Catra… she’s just… in my head.”

- Adora obsessing over Catra for the entirety of s2 and blaming her when literally anything goes wrong

- Adora spending a whole episode worrying about what Catra is planning and creating contingency plan after contingency plan because Catra knows how to get to her - and when it’s go-time and she’s told Catra isn’t even there she looks……. disappointed? 

- And jealous?

- IN THE VERY NEXT EPISODE after the one spent worrying about Catra picking her off and distracting her from the fight, Catra manages to do just that. How? Turns out she just has to run and Adora will follow.

- Bonus Scorpia and Entrapta just standing there like “what the FUCK are we supposed to do”

- The fact that loopy!Adora could barely remember who Glimmer was, but she remembered Catra’s favorite 5-digit number

- More of The Look

- That flirty ass “Oh yeah?~”

- She’s so happy

- Adora watching Spinnerella and Netossa, who are literally married, bickering and being competitive but still loving and caring about each other so much just like she and Catra used to do, and looking like this

- When Scorpia realizes that Shadow Weaver being in Bright Moon is the reason Catra’s been acting so weird and that she’s going to get even worse now that she’s left too and Adora looks at Shadow Weaver in guilt+anger

Feel free to add

[malachi-walker]

The fact that she still pulled this little move even when she had made it clear she was done trying to redeem Catra. The fact that she didn’t use her own residual hurt/anger as an excuse to treat Catra or anyone else like crap (seriously, how many times have you seen that narrative play out in “heroes betrayed by villains” stories?)

[ncamferdam]

One of my favorites has always been Adora’s introduction.

We learn a lot about how Adora’s had obedience, structure, and deference to authority drilled into her for her entire life. Perfect soldier, subordinate yourself and your loved ones in service of the First Ones Horde and all. So the fact that the very first thing we see her do is straight up lie to an authority figure to cover for Catra is a nice nod to what she’s actually about

[astaeshi]

So no one’s going to talk about this

“Hey, Catra”

[clacing]

You’re all absolutely right and I can’t believe I forgot Adora’s flirty “Hey Catra~” knowing Catra was watching before punching a bot

Also:

- Adora is just. internally screaming

- The fact that Adora stole a skiff and planned a romantic getaway because Catra was upset

- Looking at her lips

- Looking at her lips again

- Adora being told by Light Hope to let go of Catra, specifically. And we know now that this had nothing to do with her being from the Horde because Light Hope didn’t care about the Horde and had her own agenda. What she cared about was severing Adora’s strongest connection so she would have no qualms about activating the Heart of Etheria (caps from here because I’m lazy and screencapping Netflix is hell)

- “I told you it’s not because I like you” “I mean, I didn’t- say anything~“

- The absolute tenderness when Adora says “Hey. I miss you too.” like I still haven’t recovered from that I’ll hear that and have a stroke

- How they both just. revert to playing around with each other afterwards. Does Adora laugh this hard with anyone else. Does she. I’m in pain

- The Look. Again

-  “You don’t belong with the Horde” she says as she grabs Catra’s arm with both hands God the yearning the PINING

- Catra’s betrayal at the end of the episode bringing Adora to tears

- This random guard bothers Catra, Adora goes all protective girlfriend on him, and Catra is very smug about it. You didn’t know they were what, random guard

- Intricate rituals

- Adora saving Catra repeatedly in the Portal because she’s not going to leave her behind again then sobbing when she “dies” despite the fact that Catra was literally trying to kill her

+ bonus stuff that isn’t strictly in the show but I’m going to treat as canon:

- “Because I miss you, Catra, and I will always miss you. I miss your smile. I miss the gleam in your eyes when you beat me in a race during training. I miss laughing with you when we would play pranks on the other cadets in the barracks. I even miss you snoring in the bunk above me.”

- “While She-Ra was busy talking to her friend-” “It was more complicated than that!! But yeah we were talking for a while”

- Adora understanding why the Fire Princess destroyed her entire kingdom when she sees Catra with Scorpia

[nubeinvernal]

[plain-and-simple-ninja]

@gallifrey-is-like-glasgow i coudn’t stop myself WELP

next one (because, apparently, I coudn’t resist and it’s kind of a series now?)

[lionpyh]

"Yes, Think" – Ruth Stone

Mother, said a small tomato caterpillar to a wasp, why are you kissing me so hard on my back? You’ll see, said the industrious wasp, deftly inserting a package of her eggs under the small caterpillar’s skin. Every day the small caterpillar ate and ate the delicious tomato leaves. I am surely getting larger, it said to itself. This was a sad miscalculation. The ravenous hatched wasp worms were getting larger. O world, the small caterpillar said, you were so beautiful. I am only a small tomato caterpillar, made to eat the good tomato leaves. Now I am so tired. And I am getting even smaller. Nature smiled. Never mind, dear, she said. You are a lovely link in the great chain of being. Think how lucky it is to be born.

[myjetpack]

‘The Seven Types of Literary Conflict’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian) #writing p.s. New book here:  tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

[kuttithevangu]

The last time I left my house was 17 days ago and on that day I walked past a man who was sitting in his car with the windows open and as I walked past, someone on his radio said “now sports! sports is, there are no sports”

That was the last day of Massachusetts

[kuttithevangu]

Why are people commenting like “this is night vale” or “I can’t tell if this really happened or it’s an apocalyptic vision” like are you all not aware that there’s an unprecedented international disaster happening? What is not normal life in March 2020 about this post

[pteapotdactyl]

The radio channel I listen to has a guy who does the traffic report every morning and he got so fed up of saying basically "theres no traffic because everyone is at home" that he started getting listeners to message him with the traffic that's in their home. like "in Steve's house in Surrey today theres a massive delay between the bedroom and the dining room table that is where Steve is working because the dog is lying in the doorway. the current recommended diversion is via the kitchen for a cup of tea."

[ruffboi-mags]

That's adorable, and very funny, and oh god we're all going insane.

[sneakyfeets]

I didn’t even read past the headline at first I was just nodding and ready to square up

[legalizememes]

after reading this article i am even more ready to square up

THIS IS GROWTH

[fieldbears]

“this dog wronged our dog”

“got it. hate that dog now”