A typology quiz for the years 1500 to 1789. Thirty-four questions, thirty-four types—humanist, Puritan, philosophe, magus, salonnière, merce
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A typology quiz for the years 1500 to 1789. Thirty-four questions, thirty-four types—humanist, Puritan, philosophe, magus, salonnière, merce
babe wake up new quiz dropped
this is going around twitter rn but im also super curious: please tell me your top four comfort movies that you’re always down to watch bc my friend thinks mine are ridiculous and now we’ve realised everyone’s version of “comfort” is hilariously different
So I saw @fontseeker's icon while scrolling the dash and the ADHD got this idea which I sent them in an ask. But then I thought it might be a fun thing to pose to tumblr at large! (so sorry to double tap you with this!)
BUT
my dragon hoard is broadly stories of all kinds. But there is a large section of that hoard that specifically the random fun little tidbits from the things people study for recreation.
So reblog this and tell me either in the post or tags, I wanna know!
Thinking of the things you nerdily research for fun, what is something that you found/learned that made you go "oh that's dope/cool how they did that/super pretty/wild history"? Just one of those little things you weren't aware of before but made you happy to learn or see it, as general or esoterically niche as you want. Bonus points if you had some kind of external reaction like verbally saying "fuck that's awesome!", or slapping your knee, or something of the like.
I'll go first! For context, my wife and I live in a 1948 cabin on roughly 10-12 acres that is at least 70% just hill. I've been doing a lot of research on different aspects and types of land management because while our land is 70% hill, it's workable hill, and with some (initially backbreaking work) it'll be an easily workable hill for gardening and (hopefully!!) A lil pond I can swim a little in. I've also been digging through Pinterest a lot recently because I like that I can find tutorials on how to do so many insanely different things. These are related and unrelated things.
So one of the things I've been looking into various rain collection/water management techniques/systems, and last night stumbled on this dude's blog post from living in Venice in 2018 talking about how while there was an aqueduct built to the city in the mid/late 1800s that now is the main water supply, historically that is not how they managed fresh water.
Under a readmore because I do go on a little bit of a ramble explaining the old system, click for your fun fact of the day!
So I saw @fontseeker's icon while scrolling the dash and the ADHD got this idea which I sent them in an ask. But then I thought it might be a fun thing to pose to tumblr at large! (so sorry to double tap you with this!)
BUT
my dragon hoard is broadly stories of all kinds. But there is a large section of that hoard that specifically the random fun little tidbits from the things people study for recreation.
So reblog this and tell me either in the post or tags, I wanna know!
Thinking of the things you nerdily research for fun, what is something that you found/learned that made you go "oh that's dope/cool how they did that/super pretty/wild history"? Just one of those little things you weren't aware of before but made you happy to learn or see it, as general or esoterically niche as you want. Bonus points if you had some kind of external reaction like verbally saying "fuck that's awesome!", or slapping your knee, or something of the like.
I'll go first! For context, my wife and I live in a 1948 cabin on roughly 10-12 acres that is at least 70% just hill. I've been doing a lot of research on different aspects and types of land management because while our land is 70% hill, it's workable hill, and with some (initially backbreaking work) it'll be an easily workable hill for gardening and (hopefully!!) A lil pond I can swim a little in. I've also been digging through Pinterest a lot recently because I like that I can find tutorials on how to do so many insanely different things. These are related and unrelated things.
So one of the things I've been looking into various rain collection/water management techniques/systems, and last night stumbled on this dude's blog post from living in Venice in 2018 talking about how while there was an aqueduct built to the city in the mid/late 1800s that now is the main water supply, historically that is not how they managed fresh water.
Under a readmore because I do go on a little bit of a ramble explaining the old system, click for your fun fact of the day!
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We need an alternative to doesthedogdie cause they’ve started fucking paywalling warnings that include timestamps for triggering moments.
Like what the fuck
I just checked and
Need to read about trigger warnings? Please click the whimsical dog icon for more information!
I recommend Unconsenting Media. Not as comprehensive as DoesTheDogDie, but if sexual assault is a trigger for you, it’s a good resource
rbing again real quick--i and other(s?) have noted in other rbs that this is almost never done. it's for very few properties, and it's only for timestamped warnings that are done in-house, not by users.
there are still timestamps available for warnings on those same triggers for those same properties. just bc there's a paywall on something doesn't mean other comments and timestamps can't be posted or read for free on that property or that trigger.
see here:
i don't have an account and haven't paid for anything on the site, so all of those comments are what i'm seeing for free.
i had to search and search to find anything that had paywalls, and had to resort to looking at The Substance, as referenced here. i've been using the site regularly since the op posted and have never organically encountered a paywall on anything, including on very popular properties.
i don't see any reason to stop using the site--everything is still available for free. they just have added another way for some ppl to choose to pay some $ (in addition to ads), since this is a completely free service, and no website is free to maintain.
as an example, someone with the money could pay to see the timestamps, and then leave a free comment with the same timestamps for others if they wanted to.
I've seen this post on my dash a few times now and I want to boost this specific addition. I've emailed the owner of the site to get clarification on this, and I was told the motivation behind this. He wanted to start paying some people to memorize all 200+ triggers on the site, sit down and watch popular movies/shows to thoroughly analyze whenever any trigger pops up, and note down timestamps and details of them. Ads unfortunately do not cover this (they probably only cover the site's base upkeep), so the subscription service is specifically to pay these people. Community comments have never been paywalled and are still accessible.
He thanked me for my feedback when I expressed confusion and concern about the paywalled comments being mixed in with the free comments, and has since updated the site to make them clearly distinct, along with a preview of what the paid comments look like:
He was very transparent about it all and very kind. He also said this was his mistake and is trying to clear it up. Please continue to use DoesTheDogDie.com, it is an excellent resource and there is nothing else like it!
TFW your brain, after a year+ of not being able to read anything new (don't ask what my brain did allow me to read for that time, it's frankly sad) because that's one of the many new stress responses I've developed apparently (better than some of the others), let's you read something new! Something fun and dumb but new! And then you make the mistake of not seeing if the new series is actually completed!! It isn't!! And the last one ended on a cliffhanger!! Come onnnn I just need to finish the series while my brain lets me 😭😭😭😭
Yet another writing ask
Which of your fics would you keep the basic plot of but rewrite completely?
Anything that you'd like to write but feel like you're unable to?
How would you describe your writing style?
Do you have any OCs? Do you have a story for them?
What's a tag you never want to use for your works even when it applies?
What's your ratio for rating your works?
Your favourite ao3 tag.
How slow is a slow burn?
Thoughts on cliffhangers.
Top three favourite fic tropes.
Three tropes that are fine but overrated.
If you write in more than one language, what's the difference?
Rate your worldbuilding skills from 1 to 10.
Write and share the first sentence of a new fic. Just that.
What's your favourite plotless fic you have written?
Are one-shots really underrated?
Past or present tense? Why?
First, second, or third person?
Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.
Do you work on a single project or many at the same time? How does that work for you?
Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what's your secret?
What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?
Dialogue or description? Why is the other one so hard?
Thoughts on flashbacks/flashforwards.
Is writing the whole thing beforehand better or worse than writing it as you go?
What would you describe as OOC?
Do you agree that one shouldn't start a story with a piece of dialogue?
Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?
What's the hardest thing about writing?
Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn't.
What was the most difficult fic for you to write (but in the end you made it)?
Do you have a word/expression that you always use in your writing?
Give your writing a compliment.
Do you write to improve? Or is that not a concern for you?
Thoughts on writing challenges/contests.
How do you come up with fic titles? What's the one you're most proud of?
Do you research before writing or while you write? Is it fun or boring for you?
"This never happened" fix-it fics or "this happened but" fix-it fics?
Wildest AU scenario you have written?
Write a 9-word fic.
This one has some great questions!
Yo my peeps who has listened to Midnight Burger?? My wife got me listening to it (beginningish of season 4 now) but we're not done and I actually for once give a fuck about being spoiled so I don't wanna go in the tag but I need to talk about season 3 and that finale with someone!!! I've had it in my brain for over a week and I need to discuss the narrative structure with someone who gets it!!! So if you've listened and maybe wanna talk about it hit me upppp please someone anyone for the love of god talk to me about thissss
Beautiful bitches I am actually begging. If you haven't listened to Midnight Burger I do highly recommend!!
Basic premise is it's the story of this group of people who work at a time-traveling, dimension-hopping diner. They are in a new place every day and it's a coin flip on if it's gonna be a "normal" day or if there's some disaster they have to deal with. Narratively for me the tone has a lot of reminders of the Eccleston/Tennant Doctor Who eras. It's nerdy but accessible, complex but not overwrought, and something I think will appeal to the tumblr girlies: the main cast/characters are all over the age of 30. I'm honestly not sure exact ages, but these are characters that have had decent experience with life, they've all had bad things and good things happen to them before the story opens. They've had to grow as people but you can also see where they got stuck and still need to grow. It starts pretty silly and retains it's sense of humor and joy but doesn't shy away from harder moments. It's got interesting scientific and philosophical conversations, phenomenal cast chemistry, and a solid little soundtrack.
My literal singular complaint about the podcast is that my autism really doesn't like some of the special effect noises just because they are right in the frequency range that drives me bananas. But that's it. And for those who prefer reading to listening or need a visual to follow along with, they've uploaded all the scripts to a google drive linked on their website!! Or there's transcripts on MB Scripts as well.
So maybe you wanna take a half hour and give the first episode a listen? You can find it linked here to your fave podcast program: Episode One: The Transdimensional Haboob
And then come fucking talk to me ok pleasee I'm literally dying and the only cure is talking about what it means to try so hard to do the right thing and at every turn fail until you become the very monster you were trying to face!! And then to be forgiven!!! And be given the chance to live and grow from it but damn how do you!!!! And yet you do!!!!!!!
Yo my peeps who has listened to Midnight Burger?? My wife got me listening to it (beginningish of season 4 now) but we're not done and I actually for once give a fuck about being spoiled so I don't wanna go in the tag but I need to talk about season 3 and that finale with someone!!! I've had it in my brain for over a week and I need to discuss the narrative structure with someone who gets it!!! So if you've listened and maybe wanna talk about it hit me upppp please someone anyone for the love of god talk to me about thissss
it's been a decade but i'm still not over the insanity that is the movie Jupiter Ascending
spoilers ahead, but this movie was slammed when it was released. sitting pretty at a 27%/38% on rotten tomatoes, it was critiqued on essentially every single aspect by a large majority of viewers. almost everyone hated it. almost.
i can't speak for what the the wachowskis actually intended, but this movie is a homage to every 12 year old dreamer writing acidentally self insert stories with unrestrained enthusiasm.
the main character played by Mila Kunis is named Jupiter. no literally. Jupiter Jones.
movie opens with Jupiter living an uneventful, monotonous life. there's a montage of her waking up early, going to work as a house cleaner, waking up early, going to work as a house cleaner, repeat.
within 20 minutes of runtime she is about to be murdered by aliens but is saved bridal carry style by channing tatum rolling in on hover skates. yes exactly what you're picturing. he also has a laser gun that barks when he shoots it. no im not kidding.
channing tatum is a wolf man hybrid. his name is Caine Wise. yes, "dog man", exactly, his name is literally Dog Man. he has pointy ears. "bred for the military but that didn't work out for me". after he saves Jupiter, she is unconscious and wakes up with a gun next to her bc Caine "thought it would make her feel better". he is Guarded and Rough yet Kind and Gentle.
it is later in the movie revealed he used to have wings, pretty feather angel-wings looking wings, but they were ripped off because he broke the rules. he has scars on his back. it's all very man pain. the movie makes a poorly masked point of talking about how he's a wolf man without a pack while the camera is pointed at Jupiter.
Jupiter spends most of the movie alternating between fainting, being kidnapped and holding her own against people wanting to kill her. you know, she's Powerful and Cool and Kickass but also has hunky yet sensitive men saving her. at one point a man who planned to murder Jupiter insults her and Caine, pointing a gun at the guy, asks Jupiter "may i kill him" through his teeth but she says no so he doesn't. (she has a guard dog she literally has a guard dog im-).
she has several wardrob changes and she's either dressed in flannels, snassy space movie outfits or the most beautiful dresses you could imagine.
another character is Stinger Apini played by Sean Bean. he's a human honey bee hybrid. im still not joking. he gets little gold hexagon in his eyes sometimes. he uses "beeswax" as a swear.
while Caine and Stinger have a little "you betrayed me last time we saw each other" fight, a bunch of Stinger's bees start swarming Jupiter, following her movements like some kind of avatar water bending powers. this means she's royalty. because "bee's are genetically designed to recognize royalty" (sean bean says this with a completely straight face for which he deserves an award). Jupiter is space royalty. queen, to be exact. she's queen of a bunch of planets, including earth.
Jupiter Jones, normal human girl from a boring, monotonous life, is Queen of Earth.
she's one of the most important people in the universe and has a hot wolf man saving her at every turn. this movie was written for every little sensitive, creative child inside the heart of a adult clinging to their imagination and dreams.
the movie has about eight bad guys but oscar-winner and acclaimed actor eddie redmayne plays the top bad guy. eddie did this movie coming off the backs of Les Misérables and The Theory of Everything. i can only assume the casting director knew about a murder he’s committed and blackmailed him into doing this movie.
eddie's character name is Balem Abrasax (a fine, 'character name generator'-name) and he either whispers or blows out the speakers.
one hour into the movie it takes a break and does a 'space bureaucracy is like the DMV'-bit as Jupiter, with the help of a robot named Intergalactic Advocate Bob, tries to claim her title as queen. there's a montage where they are sent around to get documents so they can get other documents so they can get other documents only they can't get those documents before submitting the first document and-
jupiter gets a cool glowing tattoo on her wrist and then the movie jumps back into space opera and she's kidnapped and saved a few more times.
jupiter tries so hard to seduce Caine but he resist bc He's Broken and Dangerous and Does Not Deserve Her. the third act kicks off with Jupiter (the person) inside Jupiter (the planet) with Balem who will most certinly hurt her, so Stinger give Caine a pep talk about how much he loves Jupiter and he has to go save her.
mind, they've known each other for about two days and Jupiter has been kidnapped three times so they've only spent about half of that time together. but it's TRUE LOVE goddamnit. Caine looks like he's about to cry when Stinger tells him to go after the girl. then he sets his jaw very masculinely and proceed to fly a little spacecraft though the storm clouds dodging lightning
they kiss during the last fight, defeat the last bad guy and then movie cut to later. now Jupiter is waking up early and happily go about cleaning houses, only she pauses to look at the glowing tattoo on her wrist proving she owns Earth and after work she goes on a date with her wolf man boyfriend who got his wings back so now she uses the hover boots and they go flying together. the end.
movie has so many stupid little quips and bits and funny quotes. the amount of fanfic tropes used would kill you if you did a take a shot-game. it's so silly. so so silly. it's stupid and the pacing is atrocious and the dialouge is so campy it hurts sometimes and the action scenes are a mess of visual effects than nearly give you motion sickness and they are about ten minutes each which is nine minutes to long and i love this movie with all my heart.
it's the most comfort movie to ever comfort. it's little younger me sitting up at night dreaming up insane stories. it's younger me pretending to hoverboard alongside the car on long drives. it's wanting to feel special and loved and go on cool adventures. it's endless imagination wrapped up in a stupid little story with stupid little characters with stupid little names written with pure love for the child inside every creative person.
i will die defending this movie. go watch it
#victuuriweek: day eight - VALENTINE’S DAY
I've been wanting to make covers for my downloaded fic collection for ages now so I know wtf everything is while I'm scrolling through trying to figure out what to read. And I was struggling to figure out how to convey all the info I wanted to in a rather small space and. I think I cracked it. If I pull this off I'm a genius. If I fail I will never admit it.
BOOK DAY! BOOK DAY! By which I mean, FALL INTO YOU, my first M/M romance novel, is out RIGHT NOW in ebook, print and audiobook!! If you are perhaps seeking a story that is WARM and UPLIFTING and QUEER in these trying times, I'd be thrilled and honored if you gave mine a shot 💜
You can get a copy of Fall Into You (in whatever format speaks to you!) right here.
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