this blog is a -NO DESPAIR ZONE-

[it's supposed to be peppermint, but plus paper bc art things and... yeah.] call me pep, peppermint or anything related. i'm a poor lost physics student attempting to physics in situations where physics does not apply. backup career is conspiracy theorist even though I can't create any sensible constructions by myself. also i draw sometimes because lines are generally things that make sense. so talk to me. or don't. i don't care. *hair flip* irl bgm: [dreamy sighs abt cute boys]

[papermint25]

fucked up how we’re all kind of used to 564′s presence and it’s only been, like, six years since they started being a threat

[anatolian-yellow]

Finally Caved

[papermint25]

Oh, just relax, won’t you?  We won’t start the rituals until you’re completely brainwashed.  I mean comfortable.  I mean shit am I typing this out loud wait where are you going, come back

[viridianshade]

Kilodactyle I trusted you.

Okay you need to tell me three things. 1) Is there a way to join (because joining is inivitable) without getting brainwashed? 2) Do the rituals include demonic summoning or mutilation in any way? 3) Are there any refreshments?

[papermint25]

No to the first, yes but in varying quality to the third, and I haven't actually gotten far enough in the hierarchy to reliably answer the second.  Sorry I am only babby cult member.

And please do get your friend to join I am way behind on my recruitment quota and I fear for my life.

[anatolian-yellow]

Finally Caved

After months of checking in on others Topplrs and being linked to various posts through the Chiasm forums I finally decided to go ahead and make a blog of my own, if only to clean out my WaterOtter bookmarks list and just follow everyone’s blogs through the Topplr interface.

Will I post anything here?  Or will I continue to waste my time watching Zogscast videos?  Only time will tell.

[ee76q]

Yay hello Anatolian! Nice to see you’ve caved to Topplr!

[gigastone]

J O I N U S …

[papermint25]

I promise you this isn’t actually a cult.

ONE OF US.  ONE OF US.

[viridianshade]

Well, then. Nevermind. Goodbye Topplr! I’ll be leaving now! I’m fairly certain these insane cult-people have a hypno ray or something and I fear for my life if I do not bid you farewell.

[papermint25]

Oh, just relax, won't you?  We won't start the rituals until you're completely brainwashed.  I mean comfortable.  I mean shit am I typing this out loud wait where are you going, come back

[anatolian-yellow]

Finally Caved

After months of checking in on others Topplrs and being linked to various posts through the Chiasm forums I finally decided to go ahead and make a blog of my own, if only to clean out my WaterOtter bookmarks list and just follow everyone’s blogs through the Topplr interface.

Will I post anything here?  Or will I continue to waste my time watching Zogscast videos?  Only time will tell.

[ee76q]

Yay hello Anatolian! Nice to see you’ve caved to Topplr!

[gigastone]

J O I N U S …

[papermint25]

I promise you this isn't actually a cult.

ONE OF US.  ONE OF US.

[viridianshade]

Yeah. That’s sort of what I did. I ran away and for a week was just trying to survive. Stole fruit from vendors and slept underground. Joining an organization does wonders though. Really, once you have a purpose it’s not as scary. Well, actually I don’t know how scary it is once you start doing more dangerous things. I suppose I will soon enough though. I bet I could find ways to avoid it but that seems sort of dishonest and rude to do nothing for the people who have helped me a bunch.

[papermint25]

Friend if you don't wanna go into any dangerous situations you don't have to, no matter how helpful they are.  Don't get hurt doing something you're not ready to do.  D:  But I'm glad you're doing okay otherwise!

[papermint25]

Y’know, most days I feel really comfortable in my cosmic insignificance.  Most days, I find it acceptable, comforting even, to know that there’s nothing someone like me can do against the likes of any given supervillain, the Chiasm Syndicate, or, say, 564.

And some days a scary thing will happen and that illusion will just come shattering down.

I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m kinda panicking a lot right now.

[viridianshade]

There’s… a little more pressure on superhumans to change things. Okay, I bet there’s a lot more pressure than I’ve seen, seeing most people expect super powers to combat super powers, but still. When it comes to something like 564 not a single one of us can really do anything on our own, at least that we know of. It’s sort of comforting that no one is expecting you to change the world or solve a big problem, but sort of scary at the same time. Not scary as in the jump scare kind of way, but the sort of way that chills your bones. There’s something out there that can kill us that no no one knows how to stop.

Well, if there’s nothing WE can do, than there’s no need to worry about it, right? I’m just… I mean… it’s sort of sad that that’s one of the brightest outlooks on this I can think of.

[papermint25]

I'm trying to look on the bright side too, but there really isn't a bright side, more of a... slightly more livable side.  And I can't even imagine all the pressures superhumans have to face, even or maybe especially if you have the most obscure and non-broadly-applicable power.  I know I probably panic and then I don't know what even I'd do after that.

[papermint25]

Y’know, most days I feel really comfortable in my cosmic insignificance.  Most days, I find it acceptable, comforting even, to know that there’s nothing someone like me can do against the likes of any given supervillain, the Chiasm Syndicate, or, say, 564.

And some days a scary thing will happen and that illusion will just come shattering down.

I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m kinda panicking a lot right now.

[gigastone]

Yeah this isn’t good. As much as I like to think it shows we’re not too far gone, it’s pretty terrifying to think inaction caused this much fear. I can’t help but wonder if this is exactly what 564 wants

[papermint25]

Okay, it's tomorrow and I'm thinking straighter and not panicking.  I want to agree with you.  You can't just ignore the mysterious mass murderer in your midst and have it be healthy.  But... actually, I kind of want to say that this isn't so bad?  People are freaking out about 564, but there's tons of terrifying superhuman-related stuff happening all the time.  This'll just be one in a long list of mysteries and tragedies, and society's been surprisingly stable even with these threats.  Since we don't even know what 564 does, it'll be out of our minds that much sooner.  The average person will continue going to school and going to the grocery store, and the heroes will keep enough focus on the problem in the meantime.

Tl;dr the current situation is as bad of any number of previous situations which means the structure of society is probably fine.  Now we only have to worry about the actual possible attack.  ...I'm trying to be optimistic, okay?

[julessonoferis]

He missed detroying my computer.

[video]

[fionaostbyillustration]

THE BAD BEHAVIOR! NO DO NOT birb you go to JAILS

[chrisbrinleejr]

I could see the sun coming up over the horizon.

[josifbailey]

Tengmalm’s Owl by Milan Zygmunt via 500px.

[papermint25]

Y'know, most days I feel really comfortable in my cosmic insignificance.  Most days, I find it acceptable, comforting even, to know that there's nothing someone like me can do against the likes of any given supervillain, the Chiasm Syndicate, or, say, 564.

And some days a scary thing will happen and that illusion will just come shattering down.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm kinda panicking a lot right now.

[theghostofminitiate]

[papermint25]

I almost want to make a Flitter just to follow Augment and Device.  But I probably stalk their pages enough I don't really have to.

[papermint25]

GUESS WHOS BACK, BACK AGAIN.

[papermint25]

I’d like to think that as more people on Topplr opt for random dashes and making letters out of other letters to get good usernames, numbers are gonna kinda sorta wrap around and become really vintage and cool.

(It was a really good username and I couldn’t let it slip by okay dont judge me)

[ee76q]

My name had numbers in it before it was cool.

[themiserycontraption]

Maybe I should add numbers to my username…hmmm.

Anyways, welcome back, papermint25! I remember you a while ago, it’s good to see familiar faces around. :)

[papermint25]

Oh hey you two!  It's nice to be back - I really need to keep more in touch with the Outside World.

[papermint25]

GUESS WHOS BACK, BACK AGAIN.

its me.  :P

[assorted cricket noises]

dunno why I’m explaining a thing to the 0 followers this blog currently has, I guess maybe so when people follow they can catch up?  anyway

some of you may remember me deleting my blog in a fit of procrastinatory rage last semester and subsequently keeping studiously away from the unknowable black hole void that is Topplr ever since.  well now I’m returning because apparently I am dumb and want my grades to suffer.  and while I was away someone stole my AWESOME URL, so I had to grab some numbers to put at the end of it.  so now I’m like the 25th papermint, or something, but YOU ALL KNOW I WAS THE ORIGINAL, so there.

so uh…. hey.  i think imma try and organize this blog if at all possible this time around, so i don’t have that situation again of having to go through a million posts to find that mildly interesting or relevant one.  dont expect it to be any less rebloggy though, i cant help it. 

SO YEAH, questions in the ask box, your cursor on the follow button wink wonk.  i dont know how to end this post so imma just leave.

[gigastone]

I normally don’t trust anyone with numbers at the end of their username.

I mean I’m gonna make an exception for you pep but people who do that are posers with no imagination. I mean come ON

[papermint25]

I'd like to think that as more people on Topplr opt for random dashes and making letters out of other letters to get good usernames, numbers are gonna kinda sorta wrap around and become really vintage and cool.

(It was a really good username and I couldn't let it slip by okay dont judge me)

[papermint25]

gonna go follow some persons...  :>

[ee76q]

What a cute.

Device in that outfit he basically always wears. Does he even have a secret identity? Who knows.

Also his symbol/logo is an awful pun. Dev-eye-ce? Come on.

[gigastone]

Oh man, that’s what’s going on with his symbol? I can’t believe I missed that.

Device you are SUCH a DORK.

[papermint25]

eE, what kind of elder god did you have to bribe to get him to look even cuter than he does in real life.  Tell me your secrets.

[girlintoomanyfandoms]

and my personal favorites

[papermint25]

um... is there a not-ominous way to interperet the fifth one that I'm missing or ?????