Time Traveler Extraordinaire

Hurtling towards the future, bone second at a time. she/her; early 40s; video games, snails, poetry, silliness, occasional fanfic, occasionally nsfw smallercomfort.bsky.social

[smaller-comfort]

my name is v. if i forget to tag or warn for something please just whack me with a cardboard tube. I will try to tag things appropriately; please be responsible about the content you interact with.

I should probably make some disclaimer here like, "may contain trace amounts of tentacle porn". Except that's a little like the bag of mixed nuts that says "may contain peanuts." I write porn and occasionally reblog nsfw things.

I have a cooking/food blog: @disaster-kitchen. You can find me on ao3: solaciolum.

important tags:

#snails (i just think they're neat)

#about me (vibes)

#nattering/#my fic/#literacy was a mistake (posts that are mine/fanfic that is mine/talking about writing)

#poetry (poems that are not mine, mostly)

#music (stuff I'm listening to, sometimes)

#i should calligraphy that (maybe someday i will)

#sea of stars (current fixation)

#philosopher's bone(r)/#musical theorems/#out of time (sea of stars pairing tags: aephorul/resh'an, b'st/resh'an, and resh'an/specter knight (from shovel knight))

#warhams/#necrons/#snecrons (warhammer 40k, the silly metal skeleton men, and all posts dealing with love dart/snail sex xenobiology)

#monster boyfriends/#orizyn (wh40k pairing tags: oltyx/yenekh and sometimes lysikor; orikan/trazyn)

[eptck]

you have to be kinder to people with memory issues.

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

you have to be kind. you have to be kind.

[drchucktingle]

every once in a while i will feel a great pressure to exist, but then i just have to sit back and relax and remind myself 'oh wait, you already exist without even trying. GOOD JOB.' i think this realization can be a huge relief

[missandryifyourenasty]

I often think about that post that was a fake dating profile for a cat that was all about chickens, like wanting someone with posable thumbs for opening chickens.

[notogdenjesse]

This is one my favourite things the internet has ever made.

[missandryifyourenasty]

!!!!!!

[bioluminescently-unfolding]

This remains one of the great art objects of modern times and nobody will convince me otherwise.

[wheelie-sick]

sometimes people experiencing psychosis and/or mania will come up to you on the street and talk in confusing or upsetting ways. your job is to either have a regular human-to-human conversation with that person or politely leave. your job is not to call 911. do not call 911. you might kill that person if you call 911.

[wheelie-sick]

I don't even have the energy to screenshot and respond to your tags- what the actual fuck is wrong with you? "the cops are scared and rightfully so" "mental health calls are the scariest for cops" OH so this isn't about the safety of psychotic & manic people this is about piggy feelings?

and no, actually, this is not USA specific and no, actually, people from other countries should not ignore this post. police violence and sanism weren't invented in the US and they are certainly not unique to here. if you (or anyone) thinks that this bullshit doesn't happen elsewhere then you are not listening.

[headspace-hotel]

cops r Some Guy with a Gun

do we want Some Guy with a Gun in this situation? answer is usually "NO"

[uncivilliberties]

This is legitimately useful reframing. A while ago I started replacing the word "cop" in my vocabulary with "a man with a gun." It really puts things into perspective.

This homeless person is making me uncomfortable. Should I call [a man with a gun]?

My neighbor is having a loud party. Should I get [a man with a gun] involved?

There are some teenagers skateboarding. Do you think [a man with a gun] would get rid of them for me?

It makes it very clear what you're saying. I can call a man with a gun to threaten or hurt someone mildly inconveniencing me. You're not calling the cops, you're calling A MAN WITH A GUN into a situation that does not warrant a firearm handled by a volatile lunatic who will not be held accountable for his actions.

[headspace-hotel]

^ ^ ^

[printedsoot]

If you are in the US, call the non-emergency line instead (211) if you feel you must call somebody else to the scene. They can connect you to the County Crisis Line.

County Crisis will usually send a social worker (or therapist-in-training) to the scene. Those folks are very good at what they do, in general, and they are not going to be armed. They will try to get the person in question connected with support services, housing, and may be able to get them home if they seem lost.

Some counties may still need to send cops to the scene alongside the social worker, but you can usually ask about policies like that.

[pansyfemme]

me when i FUCKING get you *image of two mourning doves cuddling*

[paperandpencilsandskips]

[punkitt-is-here]

this duck LOVES pink drink

[punkryuki]

[sawdust-emperor]

Her just pouring the puree straight over the duck's head because she knows there's no getting that duck out of the cup is killing me

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[mewnosodenwyma]

[lillybean730]

[extollingtheeveryday]

John Ciardi // "The Catalpa" (1966)

[theenbyroiderer]

Chronological retrospective of my embroidery "back catalogue". Incomplete but fairly comprehensive. Just because I'm trying to get back into embroidery and thought it might be motivating to see the progression.

[monstersovka]

✶ PRIDE MONTH ✶

[emilu-p]

Bruh.

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

touch-starvation needs to be written with emphasis on the starving part. you are hungry to be touched. so hungry that even the very taste of it makes you nauseous. it has been long since anything has ever touched you, ever fed you - that your body has grown more used to that gnawing emptiness more than anything else. it's better for you to be held, to eat but it makes you sick to try. you know

[charseraph]

[jennaflare]

oh wonderful i will get some mileage out of this as a new reaction image

[lethalwizard]

[clowndensation]

he has 2 electrons... who? the boy reading this...

[shocked--kwarrtz]