it's hyperfixations all the way down

my main jam right now is mdzs but I'm mostly here to have fun

[hiddenschools]

New Craft Sequence book on 28 October!!!

We're getting Dead Hand Rule in TWO DAYS (as of posting) and you guys. You have no idea how good it is. I had exceptionally high hopes for it, and all were surpassed.

What's it about???

The powers that be of the Craft Sequence world are descending on Alt Coulumb for a conference to try and save the world from demonic spiders from outer space. Also to figure out what to do about the new superpowered Craft-goddess on the block.

Do I need to have read the most recent book to read it?

Absolutely, babes. DHR is a direct sequel to Wicked Problems, and was in fact originally intended as the last section of that book.

It's been too long since I read any Craft Sequence, I don't remember what happened

My love, you're in luck! I have written what Gladstone himself described as 'exhaustive' summaries of each book, and many of the main characters! The latter series isn't quite finished yet.

Read summaries of every book here

Catch up on where a bunch of our main characters got to here

But, Hidden Schools, everyone knows YOU would recommend this book. How do I know it's any good?

It's not just me! The Quill to Live has described it as a contender for best book of 2025, in a year that is stacked with incredible books. The Library Journal gave it a starred review and called it a dizzying climb to the heights of the gods.

Make sure it's on your list to read before the end of 2025!

Order Dead Hand Rule here (USA)

Also available elsewhere (I'm the UK and have multiple copies pre-ordered), but most of my readers are US so just doing the one link.

[eerna]

My animatic is DONE!!!!!!! Pls enjoy

[eerna]

@signawyvern Omg what gave it away~ *spends 3 days on the solo part alone redoing and rearranging until I am happy*

[eerna]

Whenever someone in the comments mentions the solo part I remember how, while storyboarding it, I frankenstein'd three different sources of Eva singing it that left an immense impression on me back in 2018 AND recorded several video references of myself improvising and pretending to be on a turnwheel. Yeah I guess you could say I like that part

[guardian-angle22]

baby capybara named Tupi via san antonio zoo

[violetsandshrikes]

every single photo I see of Kirby, the baby Asian elephant born at Houston Zoo, is absolutely killing me

[violetsandshrikes]

this thing is so delightful. i love it.

[drtanner]

I look upon this weird little freak (affectionate) and am immediately reminded of this post:

[autistook]

i love parallels

[cactus-juiceee]

Stealing lotus pods

[canthaveshitingotham-crucified]

i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious. like in the airbnb i was at i guess it used to be a kids room cause you could see the imprint of one little glow in the dark star that had been missed and painted over in landlord white. like that's a poem already what's the point

[canthaveshitingotham-crucified]

you get it. you get the themes. i dont have time to do it justice. just look at it its on the ceiling

[brenna]

[teaboot]

[wheresmyphonemp3]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[weaselle]

these exchanges and this fiddling about for the collective to appreciate in passing is, to me, true artistic spirit. I don't know what the past was truly like to live, but in my heart i know that humans have always been... like this

[yuziyou]

link click season 2 conclusion. to be continued...

[mossy-rossy]

[mikkeneko]

#no sorry its bc people fell off cliffs a lot in Jin Yong novels#and now all the ancient historical chinese men in dramas and novels have to fall off cliffs#it's like the tolkien spider#european authors dont have a spider kink its just tolkien#chinese authors dont have a cliff kink its just Jin Yong - explained by @tavina-writes

[tavina-writes]

#the amazing thing to me is everyone who falls off a cliff somehow mages to survive#the yeeting cliff#I wait for it in every wuxia tags from @rojaloca

See, this is where we are forgetting our genre roots because the MAIN Jin Yong cliff guy (Qiao/Xiao Feng from Demi Gods and Semi Devils) who I think actually is the guy most people think of when a Jin Yong man falls off a cliff very much DID die of his cliff falling.

(He even threw himself off in front of BOTH his sworn brothers bc he was also part of a uh, well, a bad decisions sworn brother throuple. Lets just say that.)

[alexseanchai]

[image: three Discord messages from the same user:]

Ok real talk, is falling off a cliff a Chinese kink?

This is the third show I've seen an ancient Chinese gay man fall off a cliff, why is this happening

We need guard rails

[two people have reacted with 😂.]

[missfisherandjack-deactivated20]

“And you must be Dorothy.”

[everythingfox]

Dreaming of mice to chase

(via)

[mactiir]

So I ended up with free time at the end of my first class today, so I was like "do yall wanna see a vintage meme?" and turned on "what does the fox say". Expected like. A laugh from the kids, or even just a "wtf is this mx?" which is. A reasonable reaction to What Does The Fox Say.

But instead of a reasonable reaction. all of my students watched the first 60 seconds with jaws agape. And then this one kids turns to me like the fucking eye of Sauron and literally goes:

[mactiir]

My husband told me I also should share the next part of this story, where I, feebly trying to defend my honor against a child, said, "No, this video was just big when I was in college!" and he scoffed, rolled his eyes, and absolutely obliterated me by saying, "So did you go to furry college?"

[mactiir]

To everyone pointing out my icon: do I have a fursona? Yes. Does that make me a furry? Almost definitely. Do you admit that to a 12 year old who has just accused you of being a furry, in front of 23 other 12 year olds, with 25 instructional days left in the year? Absolutely THE FUCK not!!!

[aturinfortheworse]

[catchymemes]

Lighting striking atop Acatenango volcano in Guatemala

[mothmanchronicler]

[januaryysummers]

[myleftpinkytoe]

UM WE FORGOT THE OTHER TWO

[doubleca5t]

I always find it funny when people write bdsm erotica where the dom is really aggressive and demanding and the sub is all sweet and innocent when I feel like more often than not the dynamic is a sub who asks for the most insane, out of pocket, dangerous, borderline illegal, unhinged shit and a dom who's like "hmmm ok yeah maybe we can scale that back a bit"

[direwoman-first-blood]

im going to ballgag you and then you're going to rob the federal reserve

[sightofsea]

[ok-dingo]

white people walk in front of this and a trapdoor immediately opens up dropping them into the Rancor pit