Hello there and welcome to my blog! Here are some things you should know about me:
Name: Serendipity
Pronouns: She/her
Cupioromantic aro/ace
Tags: I never tag things, so just be warned ;w; (Aside from tag rambling. I am a huuuge tag rambler.)
Asks: I love asks! Don’t be afraid to come and flood my inbox :D
You can also find me on my side blogs @serendipitous-encounters where I put my serious fandom analyses, and @moon-flavored-pears, my blog for Scarred Moon shipping <3
My fandoms include:
🚦Hermitcraft/The Life Series
🛸 The X-Files
📖 Bungo Stray Dogs
🦇 Vampires SMP
🌌 Skyblock Kingdoms
⛑️ M*A*S*H
🎭 Shoot From the Hip
🐈 Warrior Cats
🍎 Once Upon a Time
🍇 John Steinbeck’s oeuvre
(I will mostly post about the top three fandoms in the list though :з)
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My OTP:
🌻✨SCARRED MOON! ✨🌻
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(Almost) All of the userboxes courtesy of the lovely @yourlocalavian <3
Serendipity the pink dinosaur. Or dragon. I was raised on this cartoon and I thought it would make the perfect Gouche experiment. 3.5 x 3.5 painting size.
moving between hyperfixations is like wow i can’t believe i used to think this song was about that guy when it’s clearly about [guy it’s also not about]
Tagging @the-ellia-west @lwkjsfloating @theweirdbox123 @elronthemage @meetmeataliminalspace @asterdawn026 @yourlocalavian @hopingitdontbreak @sunflowerrosy +whoever wants to bc why not make this a tag game :)
There are so many wonderful and entertaining dynamics where Scar gets to be as chaotic as he pleases while the other person yells at him in disbelief. Funny man ー Straight man (also knows as boke-tsukkomi, for weebs like I am) is a proven comedy duo formula that works, and works well.
Which is why it upsets me when people try to push Cub and Scar in this box. Because Cub presents you with a dynamic that hasn't been explored before: what if you thought everything Scar Goodtimes does was fucking awesome. What if you were completely down to get into any and all trouble with him without a single question asked.
What if Hotguy were the sexiest man alive. Well, he is, obviously, and Cub is gonna collect all merch of him that exists, and give him a dedicated corner in the museum, and outbid everyone for the Hotguy painting auction. Because Hotguy just makes him feel a special sort of way, you see.
What if the magic crystals were actually real. And they are. They possess secret, powerful capabilities no one can begin to understand. They bend time and space. You should totally visit the wizard in the jungle and buy everything in stock. Cub did that and Cub absolutely does not regret it.
Scar wants to abuse his authority as the POE, blowing up all shops that he deems unworthy? He should do that. Here are some TNT blocks.
Scar wants to burn down the s11 map, despite the hard work of the firefighters? He should do that. Here is a flint and steel.
I can keep going for eternity. Cub loves crazy. Cub IS crazy, he is Scar's wonderful mad scientist friend who he is a little scared of. Just because he knows how hard Cub can go. Every hermit knows how hard Cub can go. Cleo thinks Cub is the scariest hermit (despite being able to handle him herself pretty well). Doc, despite his evil theatrics, doesn't dare to mess with Cub. Cub can destroy entire Minecraft ecosystems in seconds just because he thought it would be funny. He is not no-nonsence, he is all nonsence.
And he loves his friends so much! Including Scar, especially Scar! He is an incredibly involved hermit who is always ready to help people and participate in community projects. He often laughs at Scar's jokes when no one else does. He always treats Scar with respect, seeing him as an incredible strong and capable individual. And he gets so, so worried when there is even a tiny implication that Scar might actually be in trouble.
TL;DR: Cubfan135 is the silliest man alive who is deeply enamored with everything Scar does and you should treat him as such
Steinbeck's writing isn't known for being humorous, but from time to time, it really can be. What are 3-5 of your favorite funny Steinbeck moments and/or pieces of trivia?
Hello Taliehoffbeck, thank you for the ask! :D
I wholeheartedly agree that Steinbeck is definitely funnier than people give him credit for. As for some of my favorite funny moments… Well, The Winter of our Discontent is chock full of them, but I think “‘Good morning, sir. My name is Ethan Allen Hawley. I’ve met you in pissing’” has to take the cake. (For context, the main character was talking to a dog 😅 Anyways, Ethan Hawley is an absolute gem and he has to be one of my favorite Steinbeck characters.)
A few more from The Winter of Our Discontent that I really liked were:
“The man [Ethan Hawley] who swept the morning pavement with metronomic strokes was not the man who could sermonize to canned goods, not a unimum unimorum man, not even a silly-billy man.” <- Particularly because the mental image of 6’0 Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck writing out the words “silly-billy” with a completely serious look on his face was funny to me. And then there’s also:
“‘I dieth of dryth. Why is it so dark in here? Are mine eyes failething too?’” Which was, surprisingly, not said by Ethan Hawley, but is funny nonetheless. This is turning out to be more of a “Steinbeck out of context” post than I had expected, but I hope you don’t mind ;w;
Another quote I found funny is Steinbeck very casually roasting one of his characters in East of Eden:
“Adam drank the milk greedily, vomited, drank more, and was on his way. His father did not find the reaction alarming, since he was doing the same thing.” <- I guess this might be considered more disgusting than funny… I suppose my sense of humor could be warped. 😅
Moving on to Travels With Charley, which is generally considered one of Steinbeck’s funnier works, I like this passage from the beginning:
“It was said that my New York license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks I had. And so they did—perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. But such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows:
Local man: ‘New York, huh?’
Me: ‘Yep.’
Local man: ‘I was there in nineteen thirty-eight—or was it thirty-nine? Alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to New York?’
Alice: ‘It was thirty-six. I remember because it was the year Alfred died.’
Local man: ‘Anyway, I hated it. Wouldn’t live there if you paid me.’”
Steinbeck talking in what could be considered meme format is funny to me haha 😅
And, finally, I would like to share the “Sea Cow” rant from Sea of Cortez. All of it was humorous imo, but if I had to pick out some favorite lines I would say: “The outboard motor mentioned in this book is purely fictitious and any resemblance to any outboard motors living or dead is coincidental” and “It had many cleavage points, and when attacked with a screw driver, fell apart in simulated death, a trait it had in common with opossums, armadillos, and several members of the sloth family, which also fall apart in simulated death when attacked with a screw driver” have to be some of the best in my opinion :D
hi Seren! I know you're probably busy right now, but I just wanted to check in!
How you doin? (Be honest)
Hello! I’m so sorry it has taken me so long to answer this ask 😭 I promise I wasn’t trying to ignore you, I just started putting it off for no good reason 🥲
Just a reminder that you are brilliant and wonderful and such a glowing human being with such a patient and beautiful heart and I love you so so so so sooo much!!!
Youre amazinggg!!
Never forget that <3
And if you do I'll spend every day of the rest of my life reminding you just how wonderful and loved you are 🩷
Snowball loves you toooo :D
Thank you! That’s so sweet 🥺🥹 <333
I love you too! You are so incredibly amazing and beautiful ❤️ Your kindness and patience has really inspired me 😅 Also your art??? ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS <3333
Dont you dare forget how awesome you are either!!! Or to take your iron!!! 🫵
