Meggie Marshall

totally average

[pea-quod]

This is an important announcement!!!

You can be asexual and still have sexually intrusive thoughts.

As someone who struggles with severe OCD, I have had sexually intrusive thoughts, and still sometimes do. Because of this, it took me SO LONG to figure out that I might actually be asexual, and that my thoughts didn’t mean that I automatically wanted to be with someone in a sexual way. They were intrusive thoughts that I had mistaken for normal ones; ones that I thought everyone had.

I have not found a lot of distinction between those who aren’t asexual and have sexually intrusive thoughts and those who are asexual and have the same thoughts. I think this is because very often, being asexual is seen as being sex repulsed. And how can you be sex repulsed if sexually intrusive thoughts keep popping into you head?

Anyways, this is a reminder that you ARE valid and that you cannot control your thoughts. No matter what anyone tells you, you can’t, and that is why those who struggle with intrusive thoughts can’t control when they happen or what comes to mind. Also, it’s completely okay not to be sure of your identity. You can decide that you don’t identify as x after all.

Sorry this is so long. I’ve just never seen this brought up before.

[a-midwinter-nights-ennui]

sometimes i think about a bookshop i went to in washington dc. it was the summer of 2022, and i was in maryland for my cousin's wedding. i was staying in dc, and one day, i decided to get on the subway, and go somewhere interesting. i wound up in what seems to have been a small suburb, filled with little gift stores and artisan sandwich shops, but the store i entered was, of course, a book shop. it wasn't the kind of place with the week's bestsellers spread appealingly on a table in the front entrance, and a YA graphic novel shelf. it was filled, filled with books. the second floor was home to must stacks, organized by author. every so often, there'd be a scotch-taped index card reading 'Tolkien' or 'Sartre' or 'Eliot'. i headed straight for the w's, as i was in the market for a new copy of "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and found that, to see the Wilde section, i'd have to stand on an armchair, and wedge myself between the shelf and a window, mostly obscured. what i found was Richard Ellman's Oscar Wilde biography, a copy of the Importance of Being Earnest, and a book that haunts me to this day. The Picture of Dorian Greyhound. it seemed to be a children's adaptation of the gothic lit classic, starring an all-dog cast. the fact that i did not buy it is my second-greatest second hand book about but not by oscar wilde tragedy.

[pea-quod]

I’d read that book

[pea-quod]

Look, I am aware of the huge impact Tolkien has on fantasy writers

But doesn’t Grima Wormtongue, aid to King Theoden of Rohan and secretly in line with Saruman (and corrupting Theoden), who when revealed by Gandalf, who gives him an opportunity to make amends, runs away to Saruman in Isengard, seem familiar?

Yeah, if you think of Peter Pettigrew (literally called Wormtail) who betrays the Potters to Voldemort (who he is secretly working for) and when discovered by Harry, who lets him live, runs away to Voldemort

And unfortunately Rowlings version seems to be more well- known

At some point you have to draw the line of taking inspiration from Tolkien vs blatantly copying him. And this was not inspired.

Don’t even get me started on Shelob and Aragog

[pea-quod]

Just made a hilarious joke/bit

I now know what power feels like

[memeuplift]

[animentality]

[ayeforscotland]

The Onion pulling zero fucking punches.

[pea-quod]

Usain Bolt really missed out on his opportunity for a celebrity fundraiser. like don’t tell me you wouldn’t want to hear more about #usainforukraine

[pea-quod]

God I hate everything I finally saw a picture of those stanley cups from TikTok and tell me why I was so surprised they weren’t shaped like the nhl trophy?

[sharpestlives]

support group for guys who don’t have tiktok for a reason but are slowly watching all other apps turn into tiktok

[pea-quod]

Throwback to when my neighbors were going through a divorce…

[pea-quod]

The more technology progresses, the more I understand those who are dealing with agoraphobia. The fact that you can be in a public place at a time when people now find it SOMEHOW acceptable to post photos and videos of strangers online is completely terrifying

Like, I don’t care if you saw someone with a really pretty haircut and wanted to show people it. YOU DO NOT HAVE CONSENT!!!!! DONT FUCKING PHOTOGRAPH OR FILM THEM!!!!

The internet has in many ways made anonymity a mask for people to hide behind and through this people are finding it more and more acceptable to not have boundaries

Your desire to be known on the internet through posting random pictures of people is CREEPY AS HELL

[shittymoviedetails]

Always cry at this quote

[jewishpangolin]

Same energy

[penandinkprincess]

me normally: i love!! acquiring objects!!

me packing: who the FUCK acquired this many OBJECTS

[thesealfriend]

@somecunttookmyurl

[pea-quod]

Was absolutely exhausted last night bc of driving to a fencing tournament and convinced myself I was hallucinating when I saw this

[pea-quod]

For those wondering-

@thesavyvine kindly pointed out that that is the authors last name. Honestly kind of iconic of them ngl…

[pea-quod]

Was absolutely exhausted last night bc of driving to a fencing tournament and convinced myself I was hallucinating when I saw this

[moosegbt]

Happy one year anniversary to my Over the Garden Wall VHS tape project!

I made it in both orange and black. I like black more, but orange really feels more in the spirit of the season. I used the shell from a VHS copy of the Rugrats movie.

I made the box art using various screenshots from the show, as well as some promo art. The description was taken from the DVD release, and the description title “will you take a peek?” was the tagline during the promotion of the show.

The back also has a fun little easter egg: the barcode is for candy corn!

What’s more is the tape has a special cut of the series that I made myself. I cropped every single scene in every single episode to make sure it naturally fit in a 4:3 aspect ratio, and I edited the episodes together to flow as if it were one movie (the pacing is a little like Babe). Additionally, I added trailers for movies that give me the same nostalgic vibes (The Last Unicorn, Princess Mononoke, Steven Universe: The Movie, and The Iron Giant). I also added the Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network title cards.

I printed this cut into the tape by integrating a VCR into my PC setup. If you want to see more about this project, I have a few videos about it on my TikTok @MooseGBT, or you can check out the main one right here!

The video has an earlier version of the tape, which is why the actual tape doesn’t have a real label (it’s kind of just a piece of paper slapped on upside down with tape). The content on the tape, however, is the same.

This was a really fun project, and I’ve already started working on a VHS cut of Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Steven Universe: The Movie, the Star Wars Sequel trilogy (I have 1-6 on VHS, and I also want 7-9), and the other Star Wars movies (the Christmas Special, the Clone Wars, Solo, Kenobi, and Rogue One). I also have plans to begin editing and printing the FNAF movie, the spiderverse trilogy (once ATSV pt 2 comes out), and Don’t Hug me I’m Scared.