Lemme take that lore from ya

Dahlia or Ram (she/they) | a bi greyro with frenzied vibes | my lil hoard of posts | dragons (and dungeons) - comics - critical role - marvel - monster hunter - borderlands - zombies | i am proud daredevil, shadowgast, hawkeye, and twinsies (vex and vax) trash. this means that chaos, exhaustion, bad decisions, and nerd-shrieking are non-negotiable. sorry, not sorry.

[orientedaroace-culture-is]

Wrong/joke answers only, why are you aromantic/arospec?

[gay-jesus-probably]

i refuse to date anyone that’s not in my league, so my standards are too high for anyone to meet

[skyeramoth]

I concur. Dragons and bread are superior.

[alleesaur]

the productivity creatures

[teathattast]

[magemance]

"How do you do it?" "There's not really a choice."

[samreich]

for whatever reason im not so sure

[narcoticwriter]

Kattigan, desperately trying to have a normal interaction as a cover:

[narcoticwriter]

This is somehow even more relevant now.

[tanoraqui]

Ways in which Julien Davinos is a more attractive marriage prospect than Ethrand Tachonis:

Hot

GREAT hair

Engaging and interesting in conversation for ~5 minutes at a time, on multiple occasions

Potentially fixable

[foxes-in-love]

[veliseraptor]

honestly i think people should describe women as "handsome" more often.

[minimalsizeconspiracy]

No-Google (fan)fic writing

After this post about Google automatically enrolling everyone into their AI program (including reading Google docs), I realised that many people may not be aware that there are actually very, very good alternatives to using Google docs – although what they can do for you varies.

So, since I’ve over the years tested quite a lot of different applications for usefulness in writing fanfic, I thought I’d share some of my experiences here. The link list below will be expanded as I continue writing more pieces, so keep checking here.

Part 1: LibreOffice Writer

Part 2: Zettelkasten

Part 3: LaTeχ

Part 4: Markdown

Part 5: Obsidian

Note: I updated some of the posts with screenshots of the interfaces for illustration purposes. You might want to reblog those again.

[pangur-and-grim]

if someone were to make a depressing artsy movie of my life, there'd be at least once scene where I'm checking my savings account with a grimace while Belphie methodically pulls books off my bookshelf with loud rhythmic thumps behind me

[pangur-and-grim]

not right now, buddy. do that later

[laprimevere]

Isn’t she lovely?

[blumineck]

Archery x flower arranging

This was actually really fun!

Anyway, don’t forget I’m still raising money to test a bunch of things in a suit of armour:

The Bluminarmour Project

Blumineck is trying to fun a video series doing fun and serious historical and fantasy testing in fitted plate armour.

[cat-the-comet]

devastating: artist who has not practiced fundamentals enough to execute high concept idea eats shit

[literaryera]

I keep hearing John Green say he's retired from working and lemme just say John Green is the least retired retired person I've ever seen.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

I am retired!!! I retired in October of 2017 and have kept my promise not to exchange my labor for money.

Since 2017, I have only done stuff that I thought was interesting or useful regardless of whether it pays, because we have more than enough money, and despite what billionaires might tell you, there is literally no difference between "more than enough" and "much more than enough."

So I no longer work for money. But in retirement one must keep busy, which is why I have taken on an unpaid gig as the social media intern for a coffee and tea business that donates 100% of its profit to charity.

I also sometimes travel to universities and other places to speak in support of Partners in Health and global access to tuberculosis care, and sometimes I write books because writing makes me happy, and every Tuesday I make a video on vlogbrothers, and I make a podcast about the world cup with my friends from high school, and so on, but none of these things constitutes work. These are just Retirement Projects, which are essential to a happy retirement.

[josephbrassey]

“Haha remember when murder-hornets were gonna be a thing? What a nothingburger.”

Yes, because the Washington state government activated like a sleeper-cell and ruthlessly, systematically hunted them down and annihilated them.

“Y2K came to nothing amirite?”

Yes because an army of software engineers working around the clock, losing sleep, and busting ass till the last minute prevented it from happening.

“Remember the hole in the ozone layer?”

You mean the one that was fixed through rigorous world wide government action?

One of the root problems of our society is a refusal or inability by media to articulate that all those “it’s gonna be an apocalypse” disasters were not disasters because we collectively did something about them.

The good news is this is actually quite correctable. I maintain my firm belief that we as humans are capable of solving almost all of our problems, when we decide to do so.

And I still think that’s going to happen. I don’t know when or how, but I do know that abandoning hope won’t help bring it about.

And I refuse to let the cynics own a chunk of my heart.

[kiwimintlime]

not aromantic but I believe in their beliefs.

"there's no platonic explanation for this" try harder bucko

[kiwimintlime]

love is a beautiful wonderful multifaceted nebulous thing that shouldn't be reduced to the strict bounds of Tier One: Romance and Tier Two: Friends. get weird with it. love your friends deeply, wildly, passionately and platonically. cowards