“Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew”

She/her. 27. 🇦🇺

[bemusedlybespectacled]

maybe this is just because I love spoilers and finding out spoilers, up to and including skipping to the end of a book to know the ending before I get there, but I think the cultural handwringing over spoilers is a mistake.

like, I think most people agree that forbidding actors from so much as knowing what project they’re working on or knowing anything other than their own lines is deranged and excessive. I also think that at this point most people have thoroughly gotten over the allure of ~sHoCkInG tWiStS~ (because anyone having any correct fan theory is a threat to writerly integrity or something).

but like, genuinely: it is okay to learn information about a work before you consume it. it’s okay to know the ending before you consume it! it’s okay to know the entire plot synopsis before you consume it! only very rarely is the existence of a particular plot point what makes the story memorable or interesting. what makes a story memorable or interesting is how you get there. I want to say “it’s the journey, not the destination” is too cliché of a way to put it, but really, truly, that’s what it is.

I knew everyone died at the end of Rogue One well before going in, but I still cried for a solid fifteen minutes at the end because I got emotionally attached to the characters. I know that the team in Leverage is always going to defeat their mark every episode, but what I care about is what new con they use or what heist they pull to make that happen. everyone knows what happens at the end of orpheus and eurydice, but Hadestown is still an incredibly popular musical because of the way the story is told.

a shocking twist only works once. if the writers are good at their jobs, I should be able to know exactly what happens in the story and still feel emotions about it anyway when I see it.

[bookgeekgrrl]

#the most popular fiction genre is far and away romance #and every single romance novel has exactly the same ending #the main characters get together! #every single one! #if the main characters don’t end up together then it’s not a romance! #so you know the ending before you even pick up the book #the popularity of romances novels is truly the epitome of ‘it’s about the journey not the destination’ (via @mad-madam-m)

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[heritage-post]

date of origin: December 21st, 2012

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

2012 did so much heavy lifting for the culture of this website

[heavensickness]

all kpop idols should tweet "i am never ever going to fuck you" & turn off their phone

[lesserjoke]

[party-gilmore]

It's come to my attention that a good portion of the younger generation has not been made aware of one of the greatest and most hated PILLARS of millennial society.

So I apologize, but I must take on this task. A new hand must touch the beacon. The knowledge must be passed on. The chain can not be broken.

So.

The Game.

The following are the rules of The Game:

there is no winning The Game

once you know of The Game, you are always playing the game

the point of The Game is to not think about The Game

if you think about The Game, you have lost The Game, and must announce this to those around you - causing them to also lose The Game

A "reset period" of roughly an hour or two before loss announcements is common in colloquial rules to allow yourself and those around you to properly temporarily "forget" about The Game, however that is not an official rule.

Go forth, you next generation, and I am sorry.

[hartsnkises]

What have you done

[ineffectualdemon]

You a lot has been said about how quickly Ariel "fell in love"

Now as an adult I am a bit "bitch you don't even know him" but at the same time I can recognise that Eric was just part of her dreams.

She wanted to be human so very badly before Eric

He was just a bonus that she wanted to smooch

But Eric

Holy fuck!

This dude heard a chick sing and was like "that's the one. Her" despite not even seeing her face clearly

Then he meets a weird naked mute girl on the beach and is like "A FRIEND! I SHALL BRING HER HOME AND WE WILL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE!"

And like his servant? Advisor? Whatever that dude is is like "okay I know you're hung up on mystery singing girl but this mysterious girl is right here and really into you"

And Eric is like "well damn. I should take her on a date and probably smooch her"

And he almost falls for this new girl so that he has to have a spell put on him by Ursala

Once that's broken and he realises that the two mystery girls are the SAME girl he is like "damn. Better commit murder for her" even though she is now half fish

Like Eric is ALL IN right the fuck away no matter of you're a romantic or platonic interest

Eric is a ride or die person through and through

I like to think like every other week he brings in a new drifter who is his New Best Friend and Love To Learn Ariel is thrilled and asks all the questions and records their life stories

I like to think Eric and Ariel are the weird royal couple but everyone is polite to them because 1. They are both very charming and 2. Eric can and will cut a bitch if necessary

[whitepeopletwitter]

[tearlessrain]

somehow knowing that tumblr is being kept around mostly as a testing ground for advertisers and corporations doesn’t even make me feel that exploited, because every social media site is exploitive. but being basically lab rats to test shit on before it’s refined for use in polite society is by far the funniest possible way to be exploited.

[spartanlocke]

#yeah maybe i’m a marketing lab rat but at least my dash is in fucking chronological order

[toastbutteregg]

[hashtagleh]

You guys Nicky didn’t just pull his gun - his finger is already on the trigger.

One of the most important rules of gun safety: only put your finger on the trigger when you intend to shoot.

And Nicky is damn well ready.

[deadbydonegal]

Trigger and muzzle control are, like, everything in gun safety. I mean, look here. Nicky sweeps the muzzle up and away from Joe's back when he crosses into his line of fire.

I will admit I picked up on it first watch. For a split second I thought, "Huh, so they know what they're doing, but why does it matter? I mean, if he accidentally shoots him, he'll just come back."

Obviously, not ideal. Immortal or not, if you're highly trained you're going to be consistent across the board.

But then I realized they are husbands.

So now my headcanon, beyond measure or reason, when Nicky startles awake ready to rumble, is he knows Joe is at his back, safe, so he don't give a fuck, someone's about to catch a bullet.

[justiceleaque]

everyone in gotham always wants to know who batman is but they never want to know how he is :/

[lurkinglurkerwholurks]

He’s a grown man dressed as a bat. They know.

[allamericansbitch]

Men doing the bare minimum for women but will fight hard for their problematic male friends part 92737

[porterdavis]

[heroofthreefaces]

“Why don’t you just give in? No one will care.”

“I will.”

[vague-humanoid]

It's a record. So when those of the next generations claim "people didn't know any better. It's just how it was. It was normal" our descendants can point to what we leave as proof that accepting the status quo is never a given.

[autumngracy]

^^^ THIS

[beggars-opera]

It also boosts other people who are speaking out as well. Letting people who are affected by this crap know that they’re not alone.

[lucid-luck]

I want one of those scenes in a dude bro film where “tomboy” chick has to wear a dress to go undercover or whatever, but instead of the guys drooling as she walks down the stairs, they’re like “k. U need to stop. Go put the cargo pants back on. You look super uncomfortable and awkward in that. Brutus, you go be the fake prostitute.”

[thranduilland]

I’m just imagining this super ripped guy called Brutus being like ‘YESSS!!! I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE FAKE PROSTITUTE!! Now is my time to shine!!’

[daryltoh]

[tohdraws-deactivated20181120]

so I got inspired… and had to make a comic….

[whowasntthere-deactivated202106]

*wipes away a single tear* Yes.

[prettyvixenavenue]

[octopuscato]

The people in the notes who’re insulting OP don’t understand introversion and feel offended by somebody suggesting being alone could be more interesting than being in their company.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[whitepeopletwitter]