Selfintumblr

This blog is mostly is for reblogs and nerdy.

[selfinversion]

All Aboard the Tumblr Train

Obligatory first post when I’m still trying to figure out this whole tumblr thing.

Man, that makes me sound so old.

[selfinversion]

👴 Officially been on this damn app for a whole decade now. Deeply grateful to all my friendships born here in the primordial soup of our nerdery, and profoundly exhausted by everything that has happened between then and now.

I may not reblog or post things as much as I used to on this account but I'm still here, lurking, waiting, yearning for a time we can show balls again.

[missveryvery]

Hey everyone!! Did you perhaps enjoy Minor Acts of Heroism and it's humor? Did you like the Latinx, disaster queers, goths, dumbasses, and demons? Are you maybe older now and read adult books?

Well, my cocreator and dearest friend, @kvalentinwrites has published a book, available everywhere that books occur! Including audiobooks!

It's about a broke brujo possessed by a demon, who needs money for an exorcism. So he's going to remove a curse from a rich guy to get said exorcism. But the more he uses magic, the more demon-y he gets. Also his best friend is a gremlin woman, you have to see her, she's incredible.

✨Cool fits! Generational trauma! Demonic possession! Astral Projection! Cannibalism! Retail Worker Hell! Everyone Is Queer Here!✨

It's gory, funny, ~romantic~ and will suck you in! I've read it like 60 times through its creation and was always happy reading it.

Here's a link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799919/an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-murder-by-k-valentin/

An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder by K. Valentin: 9798892423427 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless client in this laugh-out-loud debut, for fans of queer romantic fantasy by T. J. Klu

[soberscientistlife]

[littledoggy-girlcollar]

some of you have GOT to get comfortable with lying and situational morality and i'm not kidding

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Do you ever write out a multi-paragraph rebuttal to something and then think "actually I do not want to get involved in this" and close it

[myfaenwy]

this is so healthy tho. you get to put your thoughts to words and then you light them on metaphorical fire. cleansing.

[raychleadele]

“Why did you follow this person ? uwu”

I’ve been here for fourteen years, do you think I remember? I don’t know who any of these people are anymore. I don’t know why they’re on my dash. I allow them to stay because they haven’t pissed me off enough to unfollow them yet. “Why did you follow this person?” I’m not sure I ever did. They’re just part of my ecosystem now.

[jackhawksmoor]

Shout-out to all my darlings who have followed me since the beginning, sorry I don't remember who you are because you changed your avatar in 2017

[sesamestreep]

DS9 as a show dares to ask the important questions, like for example “would Star Trek still be good if it was set at the food court at the mall??” and the answer to that is “yes, and actually it will somehow be better”

[fuckofffanpol]

that's... not how it works. you can't guarantee that your work definitely won't squick anyone. what do you think you're saying?

[the-bar-sinister]

"squick free" someone writes on their wholesome family fic about married characters expecting a baby.

I read it and am extremely squicked.

You do not know what squicks other people. "Squick" is not a category of elements, it is a description of a reaction.

[actualaster]

Squick is literally a personal thing, you literally cannot know what squicks another person.

Same goes for triggers, by the way. You can't guarantee something is trigger-free because literally anything can be a trigger because the human brain can be weird like that sometimes.

[skaars-treasure-trove]

No no, actually there's a perfect way to write an absolutely squick free fanfic! Plenty of writers do it successfully every day!

Here.

[lethalbutterfly]

Blank documents squick me out because they remind me of all my unstarted writing projects. :/

[fuckofffanpol]

[fuckofffanpol]

guys. c'mon.

[fuckofffanpol]

oh my goddd

[salmonandsoup]

Okay, for anyone ACTUALLY unsure and wanting to learn: "squick" is an old fandom term. It means something that grosses you out or makes you deeply uncomfortable, but doesn't give you as intense negative reactions as a trigger. They are incredibly personal, though often times, just like with triggers, you can tag relatively common squicks.

For me, mpreg is a squick. It makes me deeply uncomfortable, but it doesn't send me into a panic spiral, a deep depression, or make me angry like reading about eye trauma does.

[nightingalesighs]

My cousins in Lannister, ‘squick’ didn’t even originate in fandom.

Also useful to note that ‘squick’ is specifically used to mean “this isn’t for me, personally” without adding a moral judgement to it. A simple easy way to say ‘no, thank you but you do you’. Unlike ‘cringe’ which has negative connotations. Squicks are also more than just uncomfortable.

Daddy kink makes me uncomfortable

Degradation squicks me out

Hand trauma is a trigger

[darker-than-darkstorm]

First known usage of "squick" was in 1991. It's not some new term that was made up for this post.

[porcupine-girl]

The idea that something can be squick-free or trigger free is sooooo tied to the neopuritan bullshit we’ve seen grow in the past decade.

The only way you can consider something “squick-free” is if you believe that there are some things that squick everyone out and some things that do not squick anyone out. Which means there are “right” and “wrong” things to be squicked out by. Which is just one more way of attaching moral judgments to your personal disgust reaction, which is the core of the anti movement.

[amwult]

my least favourite turn based strategy game is email

[goblinparty]

not gonna lie, when i saw that a cybertruck had exploded i legit didn't realize it was some sort of premeditated thing, i just thought it was just another extreme flaw in it's design. i had no idea fireworks were involved, i honest to god thought it just did that on its own

[vihyura]

truly

[snowflakeb0ttles]

[sagethegremlin]

[thedeafprophet]

I will testify that even if I strongly dislike, utterly hate, and cannot stand a character, I will never go on someones post talking about liking that character and say so. Basic decency and all that

[thedeafprophet]

This applies to ships and aus and headcanons, and everything too. Message your friends, make your own post, block and mute, do whatever you want in private, but don't be rude on other people's post 🫡

[mariannekhalil]

my contribution to the "neve in suits" agenda

[helenvader]

Happy Year of the Luminous Lemur to all who celebrate!

[theradioghost]

I STEPPED OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT DOOR OF MY OWN HOME ONLY TO FIND THE DEER THAT TRIED TO KICK MY ASS LAST YEAR STANDING RIGHT THERE IN MY FRONT YARD. BOLD AS BRASS.

AM I NOT SAFE ANYWHERE ANYMORE

[theradioghost]

for those of you who were not here last year: this deer is the most obnoxious, unnatural red-orange color I’ve ever seen, only appears when it’s raining, and once chased me a quarter mile through the woods. her name is Hot Cheeto Hatred and she is my nemesis

[galuby]

dude, i think that’s a fairy

[dat-physics-gal]

And no walrus in sight, see, we told you.

[telumendils]

They're making Muppets LOTR. Who should be the only "human" in the cast?

Frodo

Sam

Merry

Pippin

Legolas

Boromir

Gandalf

Aragorn

Gimli

Secret 10th Option (Reblog w/ Your Answer)

Voting ended onJan 5, 2025

[raevenlywrites]

listen i dont care so long as we get miss piggy eowyn

[raevenlywrites]

[falkreath-stables]

((this isn't mine but was in my camera roll - if someone knows who made it lmk!))

[toastyglow]

the real cancel culture is canceling every show after 1 season

[beemovieerotica]

it's really weird having a first dog be blind and then getting a second who can see...like how was I supposed to be prepared for this.

this creature can perceive when I put the treats up on the high shelf. or when I hide stuff behind my back. I can't fool her!! she's always watching me and she shouldn't have this much knowledge!!!

I walk around at night and I shine my flash light directly into her eyes and I'll just be standing there staring at her weird blue orbs for like 5 seconds until I realize it's probably extremely annoying to her, because she has eyes!! I'll turn on the light in the room and she gruffs and grumbles like ?? oh right!! light wakes you up!! the fuck??

[beemovieerotica]

[knives-in-the-dishwater]

the absolutely wild implication of this, that god was previously playing fast and loose with his own acts of good and evil but then had to start being considerate about what he was doing because now mankind is watching and we know.

[villainessbian]

God's worst mistake was opening our eyes and mouths, for now we can turn to him and name his sins

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

one of the lines of all time

[seerauber-entartete]

"You taught me language; and my profit on 'tis, I know how to curse: the red plague rid you, for learning me your language."

-- Caliban, in Shakespeare's "The Tempest"