[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I enjoyed the TADC finale. Did I think it was the best it could have been? No. I think the blog part was too gratuitous and that Caine's return was rushed. But I also think that the pieces fell where they needed to go and that the ending was foreshadowed well through the story, from how I remember it.

I also think that people still not understanding Jax is exactly what Jax was wanting. She never wanted to be liked, she wanted to go and she didn't want to be missed. She's been on the verge of ending it, as I've interpreted it, since the beginning, or at least a pretty long time. Likely due to her mental state in the real world upon entering the circus. She needed to go, and she needed to ensure that no one liked her before she left. I think there were moments when she changed her mind, when she thought that maybe she could handle keeping herself going, but she knew for a long time that she couldn't return to the real world and that staying in the circus was doing more harm than good.

Jax had to abstract. She had been working towards that very goal, likely before Ribbit ever abstracted herself. She pushed Ribbit away to try and make it easier. Pushed Kaufmao and Ragatha away for the same reason. Not every day was bad enough to let go, and then Pomni arrived and she had to hold on a little while longer yet again. I think that Jax abstracting would have happened a lot sooner if Pomni didn't try to reach her, and that even so it would have happened eventually, even if the two of them talked after everything was revealed. The Jax that was scanned in was just at too low of a point, and the circus was too much of a catalyst for anything to be able to get better for her. I think her ending is exactly what she wanted to happen. Alone, with as little mourning as possible. "You weren't supposed to love me."

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I look out into the night and say

"Look at the moon,

Isn't it so pretty?"

And you laugh and agree

And for a moment we are both hundreds -

Or even thousands -

Of miles apart, and yet,

We both are looking up at that beautiful moon.

[depsidase]

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

finally some good news

[yellow-cat]

hey sorry for being so snappish earlier i was in a bad mood. and im still in a bad mood so can you fuck off

[fiore-firelily]

such insolence... guards? seize her! ...no. stop. not like that. you are doing it gay. why are you seizing her gay style

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I like how Project Hail Mary has everyone thinking that middle school teachers avoid swearing in their day-to-day life as well as in front of students.

My parent was a teacher and growing up I would sometimes go to after school teacher events. They often would accidentally swear in front of me, apologize, and then my parent would also swear to show it was fine (I wasn't allowed to swear at that age but I knew what they were, it wasn't a big deal to me) and then they'd give me candy and fake scold me for taking candy from strangers. Teachers are just weird adults.

[byjove]

Let me give you all a tip that I doubt will be helpful for you, do not build a house if you do not already own a house. You might see “new construction, buy the lot and pay us and we’ll build this” listings on real estate sites, do not fall for them. A shitty one bedroom bird in the hand is better than a three bedroom new construction in the bush. These contractors suck ass. There is an 85% chance it will take YEARS to build that house and they will do it so incorrectly you will spend the rest of your life suing them to fix it. It’s not ALWAYS a scam but it is not a risk you want to take if you’re already renting and scraping buy. Get a house with good bones (get a private inspection) and work on making it your dream house, avoid paying for the concept of a house.

[rars]

well-written women who narratively suck are like crack cocaine to me. hello shitty little woman do you need some crumbs of love that you've clearly never been given? lol

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I get presented with a red pill and a blue pill. "Take one," he says, "and go back to your normal life. Take the other," he keeps pausing unnecessarily, "and see the real world for what it is." I says to him, "This is a false dichotomy. I am not taking any pills from a stranger." I turn to leave, but unfortunately I know just enough to be considered 'too much' so I am shot with a tranquilizer dart.

"This will not change the fact that you were using logical fallacies..." I whisper, as the light fades out.

"Oh, next you're gonna accuse me of using propaganda, huh?" He says, speaking yet another fallacy.

[pineappical]

ACTUALLY heres another one i quickly animated of rocky beating the shit out of grace

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

Tired of seeing shipping content thank you pineappical for some good rocky and grace interaction

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

This probably won't help anyone but one thing I've noticed since I started using hinge is that a lot of people with boring profiles will also send likes with no words. This is the equivalent of liking a post on my social media to me. I have nothing but 2/3 of your face, if that, since everyone is scared of being seen on the "see me and like" app, and that you can't start a conversation. I can, but I'm not going to bother when the person right after you is asking me about my 3rd prompt which is related to one of their prompts, so I know they aren't just being performative, or at least they're good at it.

TL;DR, if you're going to send a like with no words on dating apps, make sure your profile is interesting at least

[woodwool]

severely deficient in whatever vitamin makes u a person

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I think the worst part of working isn't the job. It's the time that I can't use writing, playing, and living. Because most of my day is spent at work, and most of my time away from work is spent sleeping. I have to pick and choose which hobbies to keep and cut like a budget and I'm still budgeting my money, too.

[herpsandbirds]

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I actually hate plastic but everything is plastic and every time I open a plastic container or rip into a plastic bag my day is made slightly worse

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

another reminder that what you put in your public bookmarks on ao3 is public, meaning anybody can see them, including the authors.

all of this. heavy on “the fastest way to discourage fandom writers is by rating/assigning numerical value to fanfics”. also the “but don’t you want to get better?” argument is so exhausting to me. because if us fanfic writers want to “get better” at our hobbies, the things we do out of love, and if we want constructive criticism, we will either directly ask for it (so if we didn’t ask, keep your opinion to yourself) or we will go to our trusted friends, whose opinions we actually value, for their feedbacks.

because more often than not, the unsolicited constructive criticism random strangers give us isn’t even constructive criticism but what these people personally want to read. so here’s the thing, us fanfic writers write for ourselves first and foremost. we appreciate people who read our works and show us support, but we’re writing and sharing our works for free — it’s our hobby and passion, our source of comfort, something we do as a form of self care, it’s not a job we are paid to do — so we’re not writing to please anybody but ourselves.

you don’t go up to a stranger you see in public, tell them what you dislike about their clothes and how they can “dress better” then defend your actions by claiming you “have the rights to criticize their clothing because they are in public”.

if you like our fics, cool. if you don’t like them, that’s fine. you can find something else to read. or, better yet, you can WRITE THE THING YOU WANT TO READ YOURSELF, nobody is stopping you. but keep your unsolicited criticism to yourself if we didn’t ask for one.

[occasionallyablondealwaysabitch]

I write shitty fics from time to time and if someone rated it I’d probably do something drastic to say the least

[redstonedust]

never understood when people say they stopped being into a piece of media because the fandom sucks. like you dont need to talk to those guys at all. you can just enjoy a thing in the peace of your own home. there are things ive liked since i was 12 years old that i basically never talk about. you can stay in your bubble #my bubble