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Julien Alfred storms to the Olympic 100m gold medal with 10.72. That's the first medal in the history of the Olympic Games for her country. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🇱🇨🏅
are you hosting ninovember again this year? 👀
WOW I JUST SAW THIS AND I HAVE 0 CLUE HOW OLD IT IS!!! Truthfully I haven't been very active in the fandom as of late, but that is something I'd like to change! It's been a busy past few months but if there's interest in a revival, then I'll happily do another!
November 2025?
YES PLEASE I HAVE SO MUCH TO CREATE
nah I'm all set bro, but I enjoyed it while it lasted
nothing scarier than being a fan of a fic and then becoming mutuals with the author. like hi shakespeare. big fan of your fake dating au
Apologies in advance but I have to get serious here for a minute about the subject of "being intimidated by fanfic authors." This is more con-oriented than Tumblr-oriented but the sentiments are applicable to both.
It makes me so upset whenever I think of all the times I went to a con and couldn't seem to find anyone to talk to. After being on a few panels where I made jokes about the joys of writing about dicks and butts, I would walk around, and it just seemed like folks were all doing their own thing, not inviting me to join them. I would always think, Oh, story checks out, everyone is put off because I'm a weird freak, it's just like in high school. Then I'd go back to my hotel room and wonder what I spent all this money for, coming here to be lonely.
Then, in the days after the con, I would see posts from other con-goers, or receive messages: "omg berlynn i was too shy to say hello at the con but i just want you to know that your fics mean everything to me and you're so amazing."
I really do appreciate those kind words, but...it would have been cool to actually hang out with you, you know?
One time I had the opportunity to chat with with a trio of folks who were the guests of honor at this con because they were screening their gorgeous and charming fan film, and they confessed to me that the day before, they had walked into a room, seen that I was there, and walked out because they were too intimidated at the very idea of being in the room with me. (So I sat alone and silent in that room for 20 more minutes.)
The thing is, even if I was the most popular fanfic writer in the history of the world, connecting with other fans and forming friendships is the only compensation I get. I don't eat better because you liked my fic. I don't get a swag bag worth $5,000 when I check into my hotel room at a con because I wrote that one omegaverse fic that everyone read. I do what I do and I write what I write because I want to be part of a community of fans.
But I should note that all is not loneliness and misery for Berlynn. I have had some of the greatest moments of my life making connections with people who actually did speak to me at cons. Sometimes it was just a hug and a few happy tears, sometimes it was deep philosophical discussions about writing dicks and butts while sitting on the floor of a party suite at two in the morning...but several of my IRL friends are people who were not afraid to just reach out to me after a panel, or say hello at the bar.
Here's how it might go when you connect with your favorite fanfic author: One of my closest friends is someone who was a big fan of my work, introduced to me by a mutual friend. Sitting across from me at a restaurant not too long after our introduction, this person had to point out to me that, whilst gesticulating exuberantly over my meal, I had gotten some macaroni and cheese on my sleeve. After that, they were not so starstruck anymore, and now we live in the same building, which makes it easy for us to hang out and giggle over old TV shows together a couple times a week.
Probably there are fanfic writers who don't want to be bothered, who don't want to be messaged, who aren't in it for the social connection...but they are not the ones following you on social media. They're not the ones with their inboxes open, anonymous messages on. And they're not the ones strolling through the common areas at cons looking for an empty seat at a table.
Sometimes you are a fan of a fic and say hello to the author and then a while later you are full naming them because they're being a goose when they should be sleeping.
I know I reblogged this like four hours ago but actually I'm back because I wrote three or four essays about this in Highschool and College and I have feelings. Getting into fandom areas, especially for newbies, can be terrifying - but I promise you that you don't need to be so scared.
Half apology to everyone about the be tagged but not actually because I love you guys too much to leave you faceless.
So. Let's see. My introduction to fandom was @imthepunchlord's account, (hello, sorry for the tag) and the first time I saw them active in a discord server I did freeze up a bit. I don't know that we had any really meaningful conversations - I was 13? 14? and didn't really have much to say - but they weren't nearly as scary once I calmed down for a few days. Then I could participate, and it was great.
I'm not still in any of those servers, I have no clue if punchlord is, things change, you know?
But I enjoyed being there, and I enjoyed talking to people. And everyone was older and cooler but none of were unhappy to have me bouncing around the channels talking about their fics, or fandom theories. Might've gotten a little annoyed at some of my takes, because I'll be the first to say I sure had some OpinionsTM that current me would sit me down over - but no one was ever rude about it.
The first writing server I joined was @hari-writes' server, which I am still in, and again, got me in with some really cool writers like @/remasa and @lilaflyy and @/lady_bryght and @/Yilena even @perditaalottachocolate-blog; everyone in that server was and is a big name, either to everyone or to me, and none of them are scary. Lila hangs fairylights around her room. Hari sends cat pics like, nine times a week. Bryght not only beta'd one of my published works but brings it up at random and lets me blather about it. They're all very sweet.
@secretagentspydetectiveninja wrote a fic that had me crying at 3am because suddenly there were words for the way I felt about romance and people and not only was I not alone but there were enough people that it was known. And a couple months later I joined the ml brotp server and got to gossip with them personally. It was great.
@soupinboots I don't even remember how I met but she helped me do my first ever FAFSA. I used to think she was so cool - and I think she's even cooler now. Genuinely a large part of why I passed junior year. Again, someone I know because I dared to step into a place with people I thought too cool to put up with me, and it turned out everyone there was just like me. And I have a thousand more stories like this - @boldlyanxious and @starry-bi-sky and literally so many people that I think are cool enough for medals and I get to talk to them whenever I want, because I took a leap of faith and pressed a button.
The girl I'm roommates with right now - I've known her since Google+ was a thing, and when we were kids, she was one of the people in the groupchat who everyone adored because she only rarely joined conversations and she always had something so cool to say... and now I'm living with her and she's admitted that she actually thought the rest of us were too cool and intimidating to talk to.
We all thought that. We all thought we were too much of a disaster and our friends were just putting up with us, but we adored everyone else. Once we got past that point, it was a lot more fun to hang out. I'm with her right now, actually, I can literally kick her from where I'm typing. She's still one of the coolest people I know.
When @/AnonymousMagpie opened the Hoard, it took me months to join because I was dead sure that I would be too awkward, too excitable, that everyone there would hate me. Instead, @sammialex thought the first Neville-centric thing I wrote was cool and I lived off that praise for months. Everyone was really friendly and I'm a moderator, now. I have so many friends in that server. I get to run events and people participate because they think anything I run will be fun.
How wild is that?
Every writer I know wants someone to talk to; either about their works or just to have a friend. We're still people, I promise.
Like the second poster said; maybe there are some fanfic authors who want to be left alone, who want to write into a void and never talk to another person - but there are five times that number who are just like you. Who think maybe they're a little awkward or a little too much and I promise, I promise that telling them you think they're cool and you like what they make isn't going to make them think you're pathetic.
It's gonna make them happy, actually.
Try it.
TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.
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Yep. It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime. One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility.
“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.
Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name
Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”
Patterson died 5 December 1995.
Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.
Happy Clair Cameron Patterson Day!!!
I’m planting lettuce today and I’m using terracotta pots because they’re better for my salad and my environment than plastic ones!
I’m also planting some butterfly attractors and I’m using plastic pots because they were given to me and using them is better than throwing them out or hoping the recycling people are keeping their word!
TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.
via ift.tt
Yep. It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime. One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility.
“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.
Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name
Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”
Patterson died 5 December 1995.
Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.
Happy Clair Cameron Patterson Day!!!
I’m planting lettuce today and I’m using terracotta pots because they’re better for my salad and my environment than plastic ones!
I’m also planting some butterfly attractors and I’m using plastic pots because they were given to me and using them is better than throwing them out or hoping the recycling people are keeping their word!
These are my OT5 brainstorm pages. Elaborations on how I got to these below! I reference concept pages so if you see any pictures you don't recognize that's why. <3
First up is Cat Noir who I think is already perfect lmao. For my version though I wanted to lean closer to his PV design because I love it, like his larger triangle nose (you can't really see it at the angle in my drawing but it's there I swear!), the bigger bell, the more elaborate belt, etc.... so basically everything ... just in my style instead.
With my designs I think that whenever someone transforms into their miraculous persona it's based on what they think a hero looks like or what they think is cool. I think Adrien reads a lot of comic books and is a fan of characters like Batman (relatable for him LOL), Catwoman, and Nightwing, so his suit reflects that kind of vibe.
Extra: I decided that Ladybug and Cat Noir's masks go all the way up their foreheads because it looks nicer in my 2D style with their bangs haha.
Next up is the one and only Ladybug! Unpopular opinion but I actually like the all red suit! My hypothetical series would be a webcomic, and I feel like in action scenes the red differentiates her from Cat Noir esp at a distance, and more red style keeps their color ratios even.
I like the ladybug designs with a bunch of black sections they're very cute! Just not for my au. (I think it's just me but I find drawing the ladybug designs with inverted red dots to feel sacrilegious in a way,,, just my neurodivergent brain lol)
And I am a long ribbons truther, I love them and they can be very expressive. Also I knew I wanted Marinette to have a more vertical circular eye shape because her shape vibe is definitely a circle (Adrien's is triangle) and it reminded me of the eyes for the main girl in princess jellyfish (I've never seen it, love the style tho)
Her hair is a more bright blue to contrast her hair against her suit, and make her look more cartoonish. I imagine her idea of a superhero comes from kids shows and some magical girl anime. So her hair has a plastic shiny texture to it because when she thinks 'superhero' she thinks of kids toys. Also I just like color! The blue kinda gives comic spiderman vibes imo (the version with the light blue instead of the navy)
Queen Bee definitely changed the most throughout the design process. I really like her in-show design so I just tweaked it to be more my vibe. Adding a crown because she's a Queen.
Something that I've noticed is that Alya and Chloe actually share a lot of traits (There's even some old concept notes where I believe Alya and Chloe either switch names or roles at some point?? The miraculous concept info rabbit hole is real y'all) and I think this comes through in their final designs.
Like they both share a middle part, which bothers me for some reason, so I decided to give Chloe a little Ariana Grande side part into a ponytail.
I wanted each character to have a cool little piece on their costume, so I tried these little hip things to make her more commanding and girlboss, but currently her weapon is similar to ladybug's (but more like one of those hair ties w the little disco balls on them) and it would sit on her hip and would clash w her hip thingies, so I just decided to make her weapon the hip things instead, combining the two.
Something else that bothered me a lot was that Rena was the only one with white on her costume. Everyone has black but she's the only one with white... my brain says that this cannot be. So I tried to give Bee some fun white fuzzy bits but the texture just was too different...
And then I had the mega-brain idea to make her hair white to tie in the white from Rena. Her and Cat Noir both having blonde hair irked me as well LOL so this hit two birds with one stone. I wanted her hair to be sharper and more aggressively drill shaped because of her abrasive personality haha.
After that, is Carapace. I had an idea for him from the start because I felt like his in-show design just doesn't match his personality... I couldn't make his outfit all loose because I wanted to stick generally to the miraculous suit formula, but I feel like 'skin tight suit' just isn't his vibe. So he has a kind of hammer pants situation.
I think they capture Carapace's b-boy ninja turtle vibe while still looking like a miraculous outfit. Though I decided later that I wanted the pants to be a lighter color for contrast and the visor to be white (to tie in that Rena Rouge white).
Lastly is Miss Rena! Something that bothered me (back on the similarities to Chloe) was that they both have ponytails (yes I know I'm crazy). Even though they have very different textures I just wanted each of them to be distinct from each other. So I put her hair down and just dramatized her regular hairstyle.
Also her and Queen Bee both have black gloves to their upper arms, which, you guessed it, bothered me. So I shortened Rena's to just reach her elbow.
I wanted her to look like a magic-man, her illusion powers evoke a showmanship energy to me. I imagine her and Cat Noir are quite the dramatic theater kid-esque duo.
So, for drama I tried some flowy arm bits, which I think ended up just looking a little strange, so I'll pocket that idea for something else. Then, I tried to add her coattail from the show, but it ended up looking a little frumpy, not the drama I wanted.
I ended up making her coat more triangular in the front, to give off the vibe of a magician's vest, and changed it to solider red/orange double coattails, which I think makes her more magic-man-ish. And I think the white ends made it too busy.
So those are my hero designs! I'm still working out Hawkmoth and Mayura, esp Hawkmoth because I am not good at drawing masculine older men...
If y'all want LESS of the artistic process let a girl know lol! I know some ppl like it but this is very long,,, all my drawings will not have text this long! thx for reading if you did tho xx
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every narrator is unreliable bc ontological truth is non-existent and therefore unattainable
yeah but I'm extra unreliable
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Who filled your boots with soup?? And what kind of soup??
I did! They're my soup boots! Why do you ask??? Are you trying to get my soup????
Every single on of those registrations was a single person deciding to register. When you think you're just "lil ol me" and your voice doesn't matter that much: Remember this. Your actions have impact, your voice and your vote matter.
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Whatever happens, two things remain true: 1. Trump might be distancing himself from Project 2025, but his Agenda 47, which is on his website, is basically the same thing. 2. Third party voting is useless without ranked choice voting; it's mathematically impossible to elect a third party candidate. DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE.
Splitting the vote is what got him the white house in 2016. Russians helped with propaganda here and on social media. This has been proven.
Anyone discouraging you from voting is actively trying to suppress your vote. Don't fall for that shit.
Not voting is not boycotting. Boycotting requires preventing income, like boycotting Starbucks because they support Israel. Voting is your power, and by not using it you are giving up your power.
Republicans ALWAYS vote. They know if democrats always vote, there will be no republican wins, so they do whatever it takes to keep democrats from winning. That means removing people from the voting registry, reducing the number and places to vote, removing and reducing rhe number of ballot dropboxes, fake ballot dropboxes, propaganda, and even violence.
Vote blue! Yeah, no matter who. All the way down the ballot.
before we get an official announcement on who is replacing biden as the nominee, im just going to put this out there: do not mess this up. i don't care how little you like politics. i don't care if this new nominee isn't your first choice.
our alternative is trump. third party splits the votes, and abstaining is just going to fuck the entire united states over. your vote (AND support) matters, and i better see anyone who doesn't want trump to be elected and the United States to become a fascist, authoritarian regime throwing their full support behind this new nominee.
we have three months to go. we're in crunch time. if you don't want to lose your rights, support this new nominee with everything you've got.
edit: just in case this somehow wasn't obvious, this is NOT the post to be a pessimist on. don't say we're fucked. say TRUMP is fucked. we can't go back and change the nomination timeline, but we can absolutely support our new nominee and ensure they get elected.