...always the hours

Dylan. 28. Femmeboi genderqueer. Pisces. Still learning; still becoming.

[eregyrn-falls]

I thought there might be a lot of other people who would benefit from reading this, too.

(Original tweet.)

[guillotinaturner]

Now I want a mug that says untenable shitshow.

[arandomthot]

I feel attacked

[beyonceremix-deactivated2020050]

[zevveli]

I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.

[elsajeni]

An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered

[princessnijireiki]

I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS”

[siderealsandman]

Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft

[kc749]

In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.

[irishfangirl96]

@spiritspodcast

[eclipsedefflorescence]

Hate that i live in a world where a job takes up so much time it's a primary defining characteristic

"oh what do you do?" Fuck off bro i sit in dirt and yell at clouds thats what

[a-book-of-creatures]

Honestly the biggest disappointment I had researching ABC was that medieval authors did not, in fact, see the creatures they were describing and were trying their best to describe them with their limited knowledge while going “what the fuck… what the fuck…”

[a-book-of-creatures]

Instead all those creatures you know came about from transcription and translation errors from copying Greco-Roman sources (who themselves got them from travelers’ tales from Persia and India - rhino -> unicorn, tiger -> manticore, python -> dragon, and so on).

[downinmybeastheart]

So unicorns are real

[a-book-of-creatures]

behold… a unicorn

[gallusrostromegalus]

I always thought animals in medieval manuscripts looked like the result of having to draw say. A Tree Kangaroo, but your only source for what it looked like was your friend who heard it from a fellow who knows a man who swears he saw one once, whilst very drunk and lost, and I am SO PLEASED  to find out this is, in fact, the case.

[glamourweaver]

Questing Beast

- Neck of a snake

- body of a leopard

- haunches of a lion

- feet off a hart (deer)

So is it

Or….

[weaselle]

don’t forget that some of the legendary creatures they were describing were from other people’s mythos which were passed down in the oral tradition for gods know how long. You know what existed in Eurasia right around the time we were domesticating wolves into dogs?

these beasties. For a long time, science had them down as going extinct 200 thousand years ago, but then we found some bones from 36 thousand years ago. Which, y’know, is quite a difference. Since you can bet that any skeleton we find is not literally the last one of its kind to live, many creatures have date ranges unknowably far outside the evidence.

In South Asia there were cultures that described a man-beast/troll forrest giant  who’s knuckles dragged the ground, and everybody from the west was sure it was superstitious mumbo jumbo, but you know what used to live there?

And did you know that some of the earliest white colonizers of the Americas heard accounts that there were natives still alive who had seen and hunted and eaten a great hairy beast, shaggy like the buffalo but much bigger, with a long thin nose like a snake and two giant fangs… so, like, mammoths, you know? but they were totally discounted because europeans of the time were like, elephants live in Africa and aren’t hairy, you can’t fool us, pranksters!

Anyway, the point is between the early writing game of telephone description thing talked about by OP, and the discounting of native cultural accuracy, I’m pretty sure most legendary creatures are in fact real animals one way or another 

[acosmodot]

@spiritspodcast

[thanatos-moon]

This chair is for the Gays only and yall know it

[mikachu1122]

I NEED THIS IMMEDIATELY

[postmodernismruinedme]

I truly appreciate all the folks in the tags with Autism and/or ADHD just freaking out in delight that this even exists.

[systlin]

I WANT THIS RIGHT NOW AT ONCE

[gay-irl]

[saintcanaanofthesheep]

I know this is a fun tweet and all that but it absolutely is an instance of striaght privilege. Heterosexual people have up to seven years to explore their sexual and romantic attraction in an environment that is designed for them while many queer youth deligate their time in maneuvering their identity in response to themselves and their environment. It’s one of the reasons why dating as a queer adult is so hard: so many of us are romantically undersocialized when compared to our heterosexual peers, who are not only given social liscence to explore themselves, but who have the additional benefit of being able to see themselves in media.

There will always be exceptions to this, of course, but it’s so sad to see how the effects of childhood homophobia haunt us well into our adult years, to the point where it limits our opportunity to connect with other people around us.

[feetdonttouch]

Y’all I just learned that unusually high sugar and carb cravings are a symptom of dopamine deficiency

If you’re adhd and experience a deep and all-encompassing urge to eat cake at least five times a day boy do I have news for you

[parad0xymoron]

Oh yeah, this is a hell of a thing. Years before my diagnosis I used to snack hardcore on chocolates and particularly candy whenever I was writing and insisted it ‘helped me think’. Turns out that yup, that was my ADHD brain demanding sugar for the dopamine machine to help me pay attention.

(These days I just keep a bottle of high-glucose sports drink handy and slowly sip my way through it when I need to focus instead of slamming back whole packets of Nerds.)

[soistalune]

Can confirm via lived experience. I’m known for my sweet tooth and consuming a LOT of sugar daily, which never seemed to affect my ‘energy’ levels the way people say kids get hyperactive on sugar. It in fact simply helped me be steadier. 

Since I started taking ADHD medication, my cravings for sweet snacks have gotten down to almost zero, except if I need to make a specifically mentally challenging task. Wish I knew this before I only sought diagnosis past 30 years old…

[mothmammoth]

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[ravenclawravings]

Ravenclaw: I have so many ideas for things to write.

Slytherin: What's stopping you?

Ravenclaw: The act of actually writing.

[discofriend]

Harry Potter AU in which Fred and George are in different houses and they steal and wear each others ties whilst doing stupid things in hope of the others house losing points

[thatwriterchickyouknow]

Finally a Fred and George AU that doesn’t make me want to set myself on fire.

[lytefoot]

AU where Fred and George are in different houses and they get their hands on house ties from the other two houses as well. By the end of their first year nobody knows which house either of them is in and just take points off a random house whenever they see a redhead getting up to something.

The confusion runs so deep by the time Ron starts that Snape once takes points off Slytherin for Ron fighting with Malfoy.

[chippish]

There’s a few months in Fred and George’s second year when they successfully convince most of the school that they’re actually quadruplets, one in each house.

[roseverdict]

“George! Why are you wearing a Slytherin tie?”

“What? No, I’m Edward. Y'know, Slytherin’s resident Weasley?”

“Wh…huh???”

“Next you’ll be telling me you don’t know Hubert!”

“?????”

[doctorgeekery]

After this confusing quadruple mess, a conspiracy theory emerges that Fred and George are actually just one person, and there were never any Weasley Twins. To add fuel to this theory, Fred and George make a point to never be seen together (publicly).

When asked about this theory, Fred/George subtly insinuates that he used Polyjuice Potion so that there could be multiple versions of himself at once. This goes around the Hogwarts Rumor Mill like fire. The Weasley family says nothing to dispute it, not even Percy.

[hippocrates460]

Percy makes polyjuice successfully for the first time in his fifth year, when he finally has sufficient motivation. Fred, George, Edward and Hubert walk into the great hall one morning, identical but for their school ties, and the chaos is so great that nobody realizes Percy and Ron are missing.

[whore4hellokitty-deactivated202]

[artofjoohei]

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[ghostresidues]

oh to be a long-dead critically acclaimed classical writer whose books are so filled with underlying homoeroticism that they spark endless theories that i was gay

[deadblogggu-u-deactivated202010]

messy thing just to get my thoughts down

[ace-and-aro-wlw-positivity]

It’s the 20′s again, which means that we, of the wlw community, must update our wardrobes once more!

We begin with butch/stud fashion: an open-collar shirt, trousers of your choice, and a fedora or tweed hat. Be sure to leave out a button on your sleeve, however, in case you ever need to show off any of your guns.

However, if you’re more of the sophisticated type who plans on hosting a proper dinner party that even Henry Hall might find himself attending, then a three-piece tuxedo with an accompanying high hat is the best way to go (extra points to include a pocket watch). It’s perhaps best to let our dear, ol’ friend Gladys show you how the cats do it in Harlem.

But don’t let our androgynous pals be vexed! They, too, can partake in all of the fun, and they all look rather dashing in their do’s, don’t you think? They help show us that you don’t have to be strictly masculine or feminine, you can be your own, wonderful person (and look good like doing it)!

And finally, we have our beloved femmes. Such radiance, such splendor, their choice of styles can range from the simple to the most extravagant in under a wink. Their signature are their intricately-set hair, such as a bed of soft curls of a swirl across their forehead, but it doesn’t have to end there. Dresses dripping in jewels and colorful feathered coats also make up their sensible sense of fashion.

But don’t be fooled by their soft faces. Even the gentlest of ladies can hold herself down when it comes to rambunctious parties!

That’s our list, friends! Although we’ve gone through and seen a plethora of fashion styles today, don’t let it keep you within a box. Discover your own path, or reinvent what’s already been done with your own special twist.

Until next time, chaps!