Random fandom and other stuff

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[randomthingsandstupidstuff]

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[purple-silhouette-nerd]

Can we all agree that Simon would probably initially be terrified to be on a ship called the "Hail Mary"? He'd probably think stumbled his way into another cult-like setting, with his religious trauma and all.

After finding out it's literally just a one over friendly scientist and a rocky alien he wouldn't be scared anymore, but I think the thought of it still makes him uneasy from time to time.

[groundivy]

okay but what about a FEMALE podcast protagonist who whimpers throughout the whole thing and is always on the brink of death and thinks she's a monster for the things she's done and saves so many people and hurts so many people and fucks up and tries again and has so so so many scars. could you be normal about her or would the misogyny prevail

[crackshipsandregret]

The first time I saw anything related to Project Hail Mary was during the launch of Artemis II. Watching the livestream subsequently lead to my Instagram feed filling with space edits. This was quickly followed by a video of Ryan Gossling edited to the song "In The Navy" by Village People. After that, seemingly every single comment on every Artemis II post I saw was about shooting the dude up into space when he really didn't want to go, and people found it funny.

Long story short, there was a time where I legitimately believed that Ryan Gossling was one of the astronauts on the Artemis II

[merrilybloody]

In theory, the Eridian children have come to Grace and Simon's biodome to participate in a hands-on (clawtip-on?) physics experiment that doesn't translate well through a xenonite wall. In practice, its field trip day for the pebbles, and they are having an absolute blast exploring Grace and Simon's habitat in their teeny little xenonite envirosuits. They're picking up rocks, poking at the waves, and climbing every surface they can find. It's absolute chaos, and Grace is loving every second of it, but he's also a little bit anxious that some of the pebbles might hurt themselves. Thankfully he's not the only one keeping an eye on them. A couple of Eridian educators are there as well.

More importantly, however, Simon has apparently assigned himself as the pebbles' caretaker. He's following them around like a mother hen constantly watching over her chicks, nudging them out of the water before they can go too deep and helping them pick out the best rocks from the beach. Grace is enjoying watching Simon interact with his class; it's giving Simon a chance to unknowingly show off his gentler and more caring side.

He is surprisingly very good with the kids.

And then, one of the pebbles manages to climb too far up one of the cliff sides and starts to fall. Before anyone can panic, however, Simon rushes over and manages to catch them before they hit the ground, despite the fact that the pebble has to weigh well over a couple hundred pounds and Simon only has one arm. It's awkward and the pebble crashing against him knocks him on his ass, but Simon still sets them down gently, and makes sure the pebble is okay.

Suddenly Simon is swarmed by all of the pebbles, eager to climb all over him instead. He only has a moment to squeak in surprise, and then he's buried by a gaggle of overeager Eridian kids. Grace starts to rush over in concern, but then he hears something that completely stops him in his tracks.

Laughter.

Full-bellied laughter. Simon is lying there, laughing so hard he's got tears in the corners of his eyes, as the pebbles crawl all over him. Even though they're getting way up in his face, Simon is still being so, so gentle with them. He's letting them pet his hair and poke at his scars and the stump of his arm, their curious questions coming so quickly that there's no way that Simon is keeping up. But even still, he's smiling, and he's careful of their little bodies as he tries to sit up.

And seeing Simon sitting there, surrounded by his class, his kids, Grace just has a moment of growing awe...and dread.

Dread, because he knows those butterflies that just burst to life in his stomach. He knows these sweaty palms and dry mouth and shaky knees. His heart must have just done something weird because every Eridian within five feet of him just turned to him in alarm. Grace's face is feeling flushed, his head is spinning, and he kind of wants to throw up a little bit.

He knows exactly what all these symptoms mean.

"Ah, gingersnaps," he says weakly to himself.

He's in love.

[thatonegreyghost]

@to-be-kind-takes-work I'M GOING FUCKING FERAL

[to-be-kind-takes-work]

MY STARS I love this with my whole heart holy shit-

Djjfjdjdhjdjsjshshsndndbxbcn its a good thing that one of the BloodyMay prompts is kids i love this so much STARSDBFJJFNFJXJC and I was reading most of the Iron Lung wiki this afternoon so now I have more back story ideas for Simon and FHIDDHDBDJXJSJSN

[thatonegreyghost]

OH MY GOD THEY'RE SO

TIDTISYISTJLSUK5AKRUAHTMAJMTSSTJ

[to-be-kind-takes-work]

The urge to push a child into Simons arm is strong

[thatonegreyghost]

Simon, holding a pebble on his hip: this is a shower. Humans have to regularly submerge themselves in water to clean themselves. We designed this device to pour water on top of us, to make it easier. Want to hear what it sounds like turned on?

Grace, eating his shirt: He's so damn cute what do I do

[to-be-kind-takes-work]

I need this IN MY LIFE

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[argonaughts]

the tagssssss

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[rootbeergoddess]

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

[thesaltofcarthage]

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

[scarabsswarm]

Happy pride!!!!!

[just-shower-thoughts]

Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.

[blogtitletaken]

I know you’re being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.

[castiel--for--king]

*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

*leans over and whispers back*  Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst

[nonlinear-nonsubjective]

consider the coconut

[bemusedlybespectacled]

this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds” and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming “BEHOLD A MAN!”

[kascaban]

i love how you say “it reminds me of that time” like you were there.

[heartgemsona]

listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them

[baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

This post is a journey

[virtuous-thing]

1 Reblog = 1 Respect

[dovewithscales]

I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.

[eldbitch-horror]

Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. It’s gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. It’s a mammal. But. It lays eggs!

Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous

[dovewithscales]

Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits. Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses. Poseidon: It should be aquatic.

[hyratel]

I MEAN where’s the lie

[dovewithscales]

Demeter: … And where exactly do you expect me to put this? Everyone: Australia.

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[zithergiltscorner]

Nobody gonna mention how one of the extra senses is sensing electric fields?

[sapient-marshmallow-princess]

Zeus: oh right and Poseidon give it that weird sense that you gave sharks it’ll be SO funny

[saros-system]

Platypuses are the main proof of whoever is in charge of the universe having a sense of humour.

[allthesemechanismsbutnocoping]

What the fuck. What the fuck! What the fuck What the fuck What the fuck!!! Lyf! Gods damn it all!

[swarm-mother]

What happened to Lyf this time?

[allthesemechanismsbutnocoping]

Currently? They're in a coma after killing God.

[imheretofuckspiders]

insane martin blackwood theory

the big question: how the fuck did martin get hired to the archives?

even after working in the library for ages, it's clear that he's not cut out for archival work. despite his fast learning capability, it's really obvious to everyone that he's incompetent. jonah would have Known that he lied on his CV, but jonah also specifically moved martin to the archives.

hence, i have 2 theories.

theory 1: martin was intended to be a fear battery for a budding Archivist.

he's susceptible to the Eye because he's constantly terrified of being found out.

additionally, jonah knew that jon would be an asshole boss (at least to begin with) which would increase martin's paranoia. of course, jonah didn't expect martin's adaptability and his ability to read situations and manipulate others.

but jonah might have had more sinister intentions for martin.

theory 2: martin was intended to be jonah magnus' next body hop.

had jon died prematurely after indulging in his favourite activity of pissing off avatars, jonah would need to try again. and elias bouchard's body wouldn't have long.

also, jonah wouldn't want to stay a crusty old man for too long, seeing as he only keeps his bodies for 30 years or so.

martin, after being soaked in Magnus Institute Juice for most of his life, but also being an apparently expendable worker, is a perfect destination for jonah magnus' eyeballs. he doesn't contribute anything vital to the institute, he hasn't got many close friends or family members to be too concerned about him behaving differently and putting him in the archives allows him close proximity to the Archivist.

if elias' body became too old for jonah without managing to complete the watcher's crown, no one would be suspicious about an understated yet highly experienced and dedicated worker from the archives becoming the new head of institute.

but of course, jonah didn't expect

martin to actually be smart

jon to actually like martin

jon to fall in love with martin and become incredibly protective of him

so now jonah's pissed because the guy he hired as half an emergency measure and half a joke is getting all of jon's attention. because now he can't fire him.

yeah watching martin and jon slowly fall in love must've been fucking infuriating for jonah, what is this loser of a man doing with his beloved Archivist-

more martin!jonah bullshit from me later.

[schizoauthoress]

Today I learned that Van Halen have that rider in their contract about “a bowl of M&Ms with all the brown ones removed” in order to know at a glance if the promoter read the entire contract.  And the reason they do THAT is because they once had a stage collapse because a promoter hadn’t read the proper way to set up all the specific technical stuff.

So if the band goes in the dressing room or catering and sees brown M&Ms, they know they have to double-check the stage setup for safety.

[darkfrog24]

I heard about this on Freakonomics Radio.  Turns out the bit about no brown M&Ms is HUGE, in BIG font, bold, underlined and quotated like they’re on the Group W Bench.

The band was all, “We have fifty-pound lights hanging over our heads and fire being shot out of cannons.  We had to know whether they read our safety regs so we didn’t flamebroil any roadies.”

[gobbochune-deactivated20241018]

interesting how this has become a meme in the music industry about divas. i’ve always heard jokes that amount to “this stuck up celebrity hates the green gummy bears!! they’re refusing to perform just for that???” and its reading stuff like this that i realise how that joke might have come about. people get grumpy that the band refuses to play but cant admit its because THEY’RE incompetent, so they make it all about the M&Ms. another example of artists using a creative method to ensure they have a perfectly reasonable request fulfilled that is then bastardised by lazy people who wanna make money off them. 

[thesylverlining]

…this is like the music industry version of hearing the truth behind the McDonalds hot coffee lawsuit

[yorickish-deactivated20240629]

energy policy would be much better if we still had a tradition of animal sacrifice I think. people would be way more chill about nuclear energy if they could see a large and proud bull being ritually sacrificed every month or so at the base of the cooling towers to keep the plant safe

[yorickish-deactivated20240629]

[beakpot]

Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:

1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.

2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.

3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.

4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.

5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.

What should you do if you come across one of these guys? My best advice is to block and report. Sadly these people jump account to account so there isn’t really much to do other than spread this info to prevent artists from being scammed.

[itsquakey]

SORRY FOR A SECOND POST BUT IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE INSTA COMMISSION SCAMMERS HAVE REACHED TUMBLR LMAO

If you are an artist and take commissions please read, these scams prey on innocent and desperate people and are frankly scummy.

[roskii]

Oh Jesus christ not them

[thepastelpeach]

just encountered this as well, commission artists be careful out there

[thepastelpeach]

WAIT YOURE KIDDING ME I LEGIT JUST POSTED AND WENT BACK TO REPORT THE BLOG AND THEY DELETED IT LOLOLOL

they apparently hate it when you call them out, thank you sm @chickenhoops cause i never wouldve realized this if your post wasn't the first one i share as soon as i opened the app

[wizardflowers]

Another warning sign is commissioners who insist that they can’t use typical payment methods like PayPal. They’ll try to push you into using much shadier payment methods (including the old gift card trick) that put you at risk and reduce your chance to dispute a transfer.

[vpstrange]

The Vast☁️

Tarot card illustration for Collab hosted by @mintybagels 💫

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[randomthingsandstupidstuff]

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