Orlissa

Lady, baby witch, cat enthusiast, fandom old, supposed comic book scholar, translator, anti-AI warrior, easily pissed off history enthusiast. Hungarian

[orlissa]

The other day I was thinking about acgas and how it is kinda played for laughs how Sigfried's (and Tristan's) name is strange. And then I realized--

I have a relative named Sigfried.

[nessa007]

When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me

HAPPY 20 YEARS TO TAYLOR SWIFT'S DEBUT SINGLE! Tim McGraw was released on 19th June, 2006, and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Billboard Country Chart!

[orlissa]

When I go home to my dad's, I usually go Friday afternoon. But yesterday was like 35C, so I told him that in this weather I'd rather go swimming than go on a train ride. He agreed.

So I decided I'd go early this morning, and my body, understanding the assigment, wome me up at 5:30am.

I got up, made coffee, took out the trash, washed the trashbin, and since it still wasn't 6am, I decided I deserved another 30 mins of shut eye. I even set a timer on my phone.

The next time I woke up it was 8:45. And I only woke up because I had some sucky dream where I was in the pool and couldn't get my body to do the proper movements of the breaststroke.

[orlissa]

Aaand I'm missing my intended train because the underground doesn't run the whole track.

[orlissa]

When I go home to my dad's, I usually go Friday afternoon. But yesterday was like 35C, so I told him that in this weather I'd rather go swimming than go on a train ride. He agreed.

So I decided I'd go early this morning, and my body, understanding the assigment, wome me up at 5:30am.

I got up, made coffee, took out the trash, washed the trashbin, and since it still wasn't 6am, I decided I deserved another 30 mins of shut eye. I even set a timer on my phone.

The next time I woke up it was 8:45. And I only woke up because I had some sucky dream where I was in the pool and couldn't get my body to do the proper movements of the breaststroke.

[dragondingus]

‪73 of 365: She loves his smile :))‬ Doing what it takes to see the crinkle of his nose and white of his toothy grin as his face lights up with delight :)) Boy does she love his smile :))

[nick-nellson]

Mamma Mia! (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd

[sodamnbored]

I know Tumblr is full of posts about the virtues of commenting on AO3 fics and such. But like. It works.

I just knocked out 8.5k words in one single day for a chapter update because of one reader leaving one of the most absurdly endearing comments I’ve ever gotten. That is unheard of levels of productivity for me.

The power of the fandom. The power of the comment.

[orlissa]

With terrible time, but I swam 2,5km in one go, and I think that's hardcore.

[oceanux]

httyd3... a year ago today.

[random-brushstrokes]

Nikolai Bodarevsky - Her Favourite (1905)

[orlissa]

Dumping a bunch of HTTYD thoughts (canon & fanfic related) thoughts here, because none of them merits a full post on their own, but they keep going around in my head

As tragic the scene itself is, I absolutely love the shot of Hiccup shooting the arrow at Stoick's funeral. It speak of such a quiet, confident, understated competence.

I've blabbled about how much of the technology in httyd is actually from centuries after the Viking age, but there is one piece of technology that we never see, yet we know it exists, and I supposed gues even beyond the compass and the spyglass--Hiccup must have a freaking compressor. He somehow manages to collect the Zippelback gas and compress it into tiny capsules, after all.

My fics are completely ignoring the existence of the third movie, which means that if and when any hiccstrid kid will show up, they won't be the cannon kids. In fact, I already have--have had for a while--one name chosen, because I have a thing for researching names, and it irks me that I haven't had the chance to use it yet.

The thing with (old) Norse names is that most of the feminine ones doesn't register as, let's say, "pretty" or "melodic" to the modern English speaker, plus I also like to consider the meaning as well, so it was bit of a task to find a good one, but I have. The only thing that I'll say now that 1, it's from Norse mythology 2, it has already appeared once in fics.

I've also come up with names for Astrid's niblings (her older sister's kids) for an upcoming fic, which are more in line with the Berk naming conventions, but not fully. Oh, we'll have fun with those.

And I have such a tragic backstory for Valka, one where the question I wanted to investigate was what if love is not enough, and what could have made her isolated enough on Berk that staying away seemed like the better option. For a while I struggled the find the right voice/POV for it, but now I have it, I just... don't know when I'll get to this specific story XD

[claracedar]

it is funny to hear that wikipedia is apparently losing site visits to AI because let me tell you wikipedia is not losing site visits from me I am all up in that bitch 24/7 I am reading her down like an enemy I am on wikipedia like white on rice

[darklynoon-deactivated20170407]

Reblog if you’re 30 or older

This is an experiment to see if there really are as few of us as people think.You can also use this to freak out your followers who think you’re 25 or something. Yay!

[orlissa]

Tagged by the lovely @aloveforjaneausten

tag game - search up: animal, place, plant, character, season, hobby, color, crystal, food on pinterest and select the first image for each!

Tagging @buttercupadventures @polikszena @jomiddlemarch @mercurygray @aquitainequeen @agentramsey @purplesigebert @perseannabeth

[orlissa]

Here you go: a second chapter for a story that was never meant to get a second chapter. Please, enjoy.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Astrid Hofferson Characters: Astrid Hofferson, Ruffnut Thorston, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III Additional Tags: Humor, ruffnut’s dirty mind, semi-inappropiate use of vegetables, Implied Pregnancy Summary:

She was just handing over a silver coin to Snorri’s assistant for half a dozen pears—they’d make a great snack for her and Hiccup later—when she felt Ruff’s inquisitive gaze on her. “What?” she snapped. “You don’t even like pears,” Ruff noted, frowning at her. Astrid blinked at her friend. “I never said that.” “You once near barfed when Snot offered you some.” “That was in response to Snotlout, not the pears.”

Astrid should have known she was going to regret accompanying Ruff to the market.

[orlissa]

Okay, i have too many WIPs and fic requests to know which one to reach for.

What kind of stuff would you like to see next?

[goldensunset]

we talk about how surreal it is to befriend really good creatives on here but what’s really surreal is when those really good creatives also have, like, debilitating social anxiety and impostor syndrome. leonardo da vinci is on my dashboard calling the mona lisa cringe. rembrandt thrives off of my deranged tag rambles like a starving college student going after café leftovers