so much (for) stardust

stephanie | she/her | 30s | br i probably follow you on @wehelddarkness

[animatedtext]

requested by caffeine-high 

[cowboyified]

[deathwestrn]

mutuals I am extending a bag of chips towards you and giving it a shake to imply I want you to have some.

[garashir]

hey friends where is that picture of boromir with the gondor flag except its a pride flag?

[lesbiansforboromir]

Couldn’t find it so I made another because you’re right that it’s a crime and it’s definitely my duty to remedy it

[lioncourtz]

Lestat's possession confirmed, et cetera x

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[bob-belcher]

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU BuzzFeed UK

[niceferatu]

if someone tried to assassinate me that would make me feel so important and valued and beloved

[anxeious]

[olderthannetfic]

No, no, and NO.

AO3 does not live in “the cloud” because that is other people’s computers, and other people’s computers are vulnerable to censorship.

AO3 is on its own computers. It does still have to be housed somewhere, and I suppose a determined enough hater could try to find that place and go after it, but it’s a lot harder than sending spurious complaints to Amazon or whomever going “BadWrong things are hosted on your cloud service!”

Owning the servers is a core tenet of OTW/AO3.

[zz9pzza]

Warming up a new database server….

[elfwreck]

When people involved with AO3 talk about “the cost of servers” they don’t mean “the cost to pay Amazon for space on their servers.” They mean, like, the cost to physically own them, and eventually replace them with new ones. And the operating costs to run them.

AO3 is not “in the cloud.” AO3 is stored on physical machines that the OTW owns.

While this is not a solution that can work for everyone who wants to deal with controversial content, it is why AO3ple sneer at alt-righters who complain about getting thrown off hosting platforms.

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

I Want Us to Own the Goddamned Servers

Because I want us to own the goddamned servers, ok? Because I want a place where we can’t be TOSed and where no one can turn the lights off or try to dictate to us what kind of stories we can tell each other.

[lierdumoa]

AO3 is what a website looks like when you seize the means of production.

[hazel-3017]

[moonlightingcurse]

mark watney vs. ryland grace

The Martian (2015) dir. Ridley Scott // Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

[godstiel]

in many ways being alive is about getting to have a little coffee every morning

[spicymochi]

choose your fav tiny seal

[charl0ttan]

long distance friends pets feel like celebrities because you can only be parasocial with them

[charl0ttan]

you dont truly know how their fur pets. you will never know them like that

[charl0ttan]

furthermore they have no clue you even exist

[snapbackslide]

let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture. the season is over, it's okay to be sad. it was a fun one, we finally got over 100 points, a 100-point player, a 50-goal player, a point-per-game defenseman, 3 trophy nominations, reached the final four. winning is not now or never.

we’re ahead of schedule. we keep exceeding expectations. people doubt us; we prove them wrong. down in a game; we find a way to come back. can’t beat tampa, won’t get past the second round; check, and check. they can't do it, until they did it, and then some.

the future we dreamed of is here. the rebuild is over. it will be good for a long time. there is so much joy to come. what a blessing to get to love and enjoy this team, this wonderful city. thank you montreal, thank you habs ❤️

[probablily]

i say yay outloud too like this isn't just my internet persona this is real me