A place for random ramblings about whatever I'm currently obsessed with (common topics includes the Locked Tomb, Arcane, Disco Elysium, as well as real-life politics and history)
I think there's something about seeing my country potentially less than one year away from being taken over by fascists that's awakening patriotic feelings in me I don't often experience. Something about seeing the sick farce fascists make of it helping me appreciate the real thing. I don't believe in nationalism - I don't even think thinking politics in terms of nation-states makes any sense in the modern world frankly - but there are those rare, fleeting moments when the idea suddenly makes sense. When the Nation isn't just an empty signifier employed by charlatans to exclude and other, to shut off critical thinking and enforce conformity, but suddenly becomes a rallying cry for liberty and dignity against an imperial oppressor. Moments like the one Ukrainians and Palestinians are living through right now. Like so many colonized peoples lived and often still live through. And like the French lived through in the 1940s.
All this is to say, watching La Bataille De Gaulle on July 14th made me feel things.
"During my entire life, I have, to the best of my ability, striven towards a total sincerity of expression and spirit. I hold the indulgence of lies - regardless of the pretexts it may adorn itself with - as the worst plague of the soul. As one much greater than I [had requested], I would readily have my tombstone read no other motto than these simple words: Dilexit veritatem." - Marc Bloch
not seeing a lot of people on here talking about ICE murdering another man yesterday. His name was Lorenzo Salgado Arajou. He was a Mexican man living in Huston Texas. He was killed at age 52 and lived the past 35 years here in the USA, and was in the process of obtaining a work permit. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop that ICE claims was part of a targeted operation, and claimed he was “weaponizing his vehicle”- the same claim ICE agents made when they shot and murdered Renee Good.
During the stop, Lorenzo had 3 coworkers with him in his truck who have all been taken into ICE custody.
His family described Lorenzo as a hardworking family man who didn’t deserve to be killed. All he wanted was to provide for his wife and see his sons become great people. His eldest son recognized his father by his cries and pleas when trying to identify who the victim was.
The Salgado Araujo family has set up a gofundme to help with funeral and legal costs, and to help keep their family supported since Lorenzo was the sole provider.
On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salg
So I read There Is No Antimemetics Division again...
...and it turned out to be About Something I did not pick up on the first time. The big conflict is opposition to an idea that starts with "first, find someone weaker than you," seeks to change the way people see the world by force, turns all that is good and beautiful into horror, and ultimately progresses into Us vs Them with an ever-shrinking Us. An idea that plans to define the world for a millennium. An idea that humanity forgets because remembering is too painful, and so needs to learn how to defeat all over again every time. But it is beatable.
I already gave this post a shout-out in my review of TINAD but it deserves its own reblog!
Honestly? "It turns people into people who do not see people as people" might be the most concise definition of fascism I've ever come across. There's a lot more to say about it, of course, but it does get to the heart of the matter. I shuddered when I heard that line.
Also the fact that the main vector for the contagion was a Youtube streamer and it seems like most people are encountering it through social media. Pretty spot on for our current social and political climate...
Sorry I didn't have a ton to add, but I'm so glad someone else saw it too!
So I've previously mentioned my interest in the SCP Foundation, with its oddly specific yet shockingly versatile format that lends itself to the exploration of all sorts of strange new scifi concepts. Among this variety, memetic and antimemetic anomalies (ie, anomalies that mess with memory in some way) were always among my favorites. It probably touches on a genuine deep-seated fear I have of forgetting things, losing the memories that ultimately make me who I am. I had of course read SCP-3125 a long time ago and found the idea absolutely, bone-chillingly fascinating. "Cosmic horror" too often just means "there's this big monster floating in space that's gonna eat us all eventually" and while that can be scary if done right, I don't think it comes close to the full potential of what the name implies. SCP-3125 does. What if there was an idea out there, one so utterly alien and beyond the scope of human thinking that merely becoming aware of it would kill you, or twist you into something unrecognizable? What hope can humanity have against such a threat? Now, that's nightmare fuel.
I was vaguely aware that there were tales around 3125, possibly even a full series of them, but I'd always struggled getting into SCP tales, as I feel like they lose the uniqueness of the format that makes this type of writing unique, so I must confess I never bothered to check them out. It was only when I heard a Youtuber I watch for unrelated reasons bring it up as a published book, seemingly unrelated to the SCP universe, that my interest was piqued. And still I had to wait until around the time Backrooms came out, and made me think back about the idea of indy internet horror going mainstream, to convince me it was time to actually check it out. I've also been on a weird journey when it comes to memory lately, falling into rabbit holes about stuff like the Mandela Effect and lost media, so this felt like the right time to jump into it. I read the audiobook version of the traditionally published book, which files off the serial numbers when it comes to SCP lore (not sure why they had to, since this all falls under Creative Commons, but whatever) but which I assume to be qntm's definitive version of the story.
So. Non-spoiler thoughts first, so I can hopefully convince some of y'all to check it out. Because boy oh boy that was incredible. It was everything I had expected (a thorough exploration of a truly mind-bending scifi concept in all its existentially terrifying yet fascinating implications) and then so much more. I was hooked by the concept, so I wasn't expecting particularly deep characters or themes to come along for the ride, and it was such a wonderful surprise when they started taking shape! It does take a while to get there, and the story's structure kinda plays against it at first. The thing is that this is technically a collection of short stories rather than a novel in the conventional sense. At first, the stories feel a bit disjointed, only held together by their shared setting and characters than by any narrative through-line. But don't let that fool you: the through-line is there, lurking in the background and then slowly coming into focus. It's like a jigsaw puzzle: the first few pieces you get seem completely unrelated, but the more pieces you get, the more you realize how it all fits together.
This is compounded by the fact that the characters are constantly forgetting information they've just learned (as you'd expect, it's the main occupational hazard of working in the Antimemetics Division), so they have to re-learn the same thing over and over and over. If that sounds tedious, I swear it isn't! It creates a whole new form of dramatic irony that makes every moment so much more tense than it would otherwise be. This does, however, mean that this is the sort of reading that benefits from active engagement: you have to keep in mind not only what you know, but what the characters know (or usually don't) that might explain their behavior at a given time. The important information is all there, but it takes effort to collect it and recall it when it's needed. There's a delightful meta element to it, of course, as this puts you in a position very similar to an employee of the Antimemetics Division.
The effort really pays off, though. As I've already said, the book succeeds not just by its concept (which would have been enough to make the experience worthwhile) but also by its characters and themes. I can't say too much about either of those, of course, but allow me to say there are two things I wasn't expecting this book to have: 1. A compelling, non-clichéd heterosexual romance, something I haven't come across in I don't even know how long; 2. Shockingly meaningful social commentary and philosophical insights. This is really as much as I can say without getting into spoilers, but please trust me on this one and give it a read. I hesitate to say it's for everyone, because I know not everyone has the time and energy for something so demanding, but all I can say is that if anything I've mentioned so far sounds interesting to you, you won't be disappointed. Anyway, that's it for what I can say here. Spoilers below the cut.
okay okay okay where do I even start??
Alright, first off. Marie Quinn (Marion Wheeler in the original SCP version, but I'm gonna be using the new names here) is such a good protag. At first she comes off like your typical stone-cold hypercompetent secret agent archetype, which would have been more than fine for this type of story! But it turns out she's so much more. The way the details of her personal life, her interests, her quirks, and how much of that she has sacrificed over the years to be able to more effectively fight her war against 3125, all slowly come into focus over the course of the story, every new tidbit we glean was such a joy (and such a tragedy). The climax sees her ascend to the status of a pure, abstract Idea, but in a sense, she had begun that process long ago, slowly purging her being of anything that could distract her from her mission to protect humanity from the horrors that lurk. It's beautiful, and it's tragic, because we see how much it cost her.
...which brings me to Adam! I've long been absolutely head over heels for character like Camilla Hect or Riza Hawkeye, people who willingly choose to dedicate their life to the fulfillment of someone else's vision, because they believe in that other person more than anything else. The only source of unease were the gendered implications of these characters being usually women, so I was so delighted to finally find a male example! Adam Quinn, ultimate wife guy, set out on an impossible trek across a post-apocalyptic wasteland for a likely fruitless hope, all in the name of a woman he barely knew. Because she was the love of his life, even if he couldn't remember her, and because when he had no hope left for himself, he took on hers.
As I said above, it's so rare to find a straight romance that doesn't make me cringe, that isn't full of the same old stale gendered tropes replicated with zero critical thinking. Marie and Adam were such a breath of fresh air in that regard. Their dynamic doesn't so much invert gender roles as consciously refuse to engage with their logic. Sure, Marie is the more dispassionate of the two and has the more high-powered job, but that doesn't define her anymore than Adam's greater sensitivity and artistic career interest. They are clearly on the same wavelength intellectually and thoroughly respect each other's skills. And you truly get the sense of their chemistry before Marie completely retcons their marriage. Because yeah, that happens. And it's GREAT. I was so mad at Marie even though I Got what she was doing it. And for my Locked Tomb friends, yeah, there are strong shades of Harrow here (although unlike in HtN we actually figure out what she did relatively early so we aren't left scratching our heads about it for 80% of the book). And in the end, after Marie's death, it's Adam's memory of her that forms the bridge to resurrecting her as an idea capable of defeating (or rather, refuting) 3125. I was so fucking giddy when I read that (which wasn't ideal since I was reading before sleep, but it was so worth it).
Okay, enough about those two. Let's talk a bit more abstractly. Let's talk about ideas. Appropriately, the power of ideas is one of the key themes of the story. Ideas are real, have a tangible (if not material) existence that directly impacts our reality. We're balls deep in Platonic philosophy here, and I for one absolutely love it. I don't really agree with Plato anymore, but I still find his approach deeply stimulating and fascinating to contemplate. And this book examines its implications to the fullest. If ideas are real and shape the material world, something like 3125 (a bona fide mind virus!) feels almost inevitable. This implication is made all the more believable because we find out so little about what happens to the humans affected by 3125. Actually, the little we do see of them is a bit disappointing, in that it reads a bit too much like demonic possession or a zombie plague - things that, while potentially scary, are well within the realm of human conception. Thankfully, what really saves the immersion are the heavy redactions that follow any time we start seeing too much of 3125-influenced humans. Those redactions are really what preserves the sense of 3125 as something truly alien, something we couldn't possibly understand without falling under its influence in turn.
But there's even more to it. I was So glad when perusing the tag to find that someone had already pointed out that SCP-3125 seems to work a lot like fascism. I think the poster made their case well so I don't have much to add, but there's one additional element that I think makes the parallel all the more eerie. What does 3125 do when it's still too weak to manifest in its full form? It goes after the people who can stop it before it's too late. The curious. The vigilant. The critical thinkers. Anyone who comes to understand the threat it represents. So it targets them, removes them from the conversation before they have a chance to warn anyone else. And so, the rest of humanity goes on, unsuspecting, unaware that anything is even happening, until suddenly the fight is over before it even started. I don't want to force the parallel too much, because it's important that the idea 3125 represents is fundamentally unintelligible, but that doesn't mean it can't work as a metaphor for real-life, all-too-human ideas that unfortunately are fully capable of turning the world into a post-apocalyptic hellscape if left unchecked. Also, it's probably not for nothing that the original vector for the contagion was a Youtube streamer lol.
And finally, what can stop an idea, but a better idea? Until the end I had no idea how the story was going to credibly pull that off, but it works - it works perfectly, wonderfully. Of course the idea had to come from Marie (for the reasons above). And of course that idea has to revolve around the Foundation's mission statement (or, well, "the Organization", but we know). There is another fascinating theme lurking here, about the way in which we humans build complex social structures and institutions to protect ourselves from an inherently chaotic existence. Little bubbles of normality in a world that's anything but normal. I think deep down, one of the thing I always loved about the SCP universe was this underlying conceit that, even in a world full of unspeakable horrors and incomprehensible phenomena, the human spirit of trying to understand and contain the unknown remains. This fight might be doomed from the start (at this point the SCP wiki contains dozens upon dozens of anomalies that have in fact successfully ended the world as we know it) but that's not gonna stop us fighting it. And There Is No Antimemetics Division reminds us why we fight.
250 years ago, America cast off the yoke of an arrogant monarchy and a corrupt aristocracy, proclaiming to the world that from now on, their leaders would serve at the pleasure of the citizens they governed. This was a far cry from anything we would recognize as democracy, of course, with inequalities of class, race and gender baked into the system. But it was the indispensable seed of future fights for democracy, from Jacksonian democracy to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Suffragists and the Civil Rights Movement. None of these would have been possible if the principle of government by the consent of the governed hadn't been enshrined all these decades and centuries before.
Do not leave this date to the fascists. They do not deserve it, and they will not have it. The twisted, grotesque pantomime they will make of it cannot be the final word on what July 4th means to America and to the world. Boycott any and all "official" celebrations, but by all means, celebrate with your friends, your family, your neighbors, with fellow antifascists in alternative events. Remind those at the top that power comes from the bottom.
Today France honored a trailblazing scholar and a heroic combatant who exemplified the struggle against fascism through his thought and his action alike.
A pioneer of social history, Bloch was among the first to orient the discipline away from the deeds of Great Men to the lives of ordinary people, understanding history not as a succession of events but as the unfolding of continuous multifaceted processes embodied in everyday relations and practices. He ruthlessly cut through grand narratives and just-so stories with unfailing academic rigor, always skeptical of dogmatism. He championed a pluralistic, open education system, more focused on forming critical thinking than on rote memorization.
A sincere patriot, he served his country in two world wars, not with nationalistic zeal but with a steadfast sense of duty. Fiercely secular, he was unashamed of his Jewish origins in the face of rising antisemitism, and added his voice to the choir of intellectuals sounding the alarm against the rise of fascism in Europe. When fascism finally came to France, he took up arms once again and joined the Resistance, soon becoming one of its regional leaders. He was caught, tortured, and murdered by nazi thugs and their French lackeys, mere months before the Liberation.
Perhaps his most unique work was his sober recounting of the months leading up to France's fall, Strange Defeat - where the historian himself became a primary source helping future generations understand the events he lived through. He excoriates the ineptness of his military superiors, who prioritized rigid obedience over effective leadership, or the cravenness of France's capitalist class, who would sooner come to terms with Hitler than cede to their workers' demands, without sparing himself and his fellow intellectuals from criticism for being too afraid to take a more active role in politics.
At a time when fascism is once again on the rise across Europe and elsewhere, and it so often feels that we are repeating the same mistake, we can stand to learn a lot from Marc Bloch's works and from the example of his life.
#I would only have named the Nazi thugs as gestapo which is what they were#otherwise it sounds like it was vigilantes and not the actual state
@inziladun Fair point. I do have an angle here in that I believe fascism ultimately collapses the very essence of the state such that there's no fundamental distinction between the gestapo and street thugs (and certainly one could make similar arguments about ICE right now), but that should probably be its own post.
So yeah, to be clear, Bloch was arrested, tortured and investigated by the gestapo, which had German as well as French nazis in its ranks at that point.
Today France honored a trailblazing scholar and a heroic combatant who exemplified the struggle against fascism through his thought and his action alike.
A pioneer of social history, Bloch was among the first to orient the discipline away from the deeds of Great Men to the lives of ordinary people, understanding history not as a succession of events but as the unfolding of continuous multifaceted processes embodied in everyday relations and practices. He ruthlessly cut through grand narratives and just-so stories with unfailing academic rigor, always skeptical of dogmatism. He championed a pluralistic, open education system, more focused on forming critical thinking than on rote memorization.
A sincere patriot, he served his country in two world wars, not with nationalistic zeal but with a steadfast sense of duty. Fiercely secular, he was unashamed of his Jewish origins in the face of rising antisemitism, and added his voice to the choir of intellectuals sounding the alarm against the rise of fascism in Europe. When fascism finally came to France, he took up arms once again and joined the Resistance, soon becoming one of its regional leaders. He was caught, tortured, and murdered by nazi thugs and their French lackeys, mere months before the Liberation.
Perhaps his most unique work was his sober recounting of the months leading up to France's fall, Strange Defeat - where the historian himself became a primary source helping future generations understand the events he lived through. He excoriates the ineptness of his military superiors, who prioritized rigid obedience over effective leadership, or the cravenness of France's capitalist class, who would sooner come to terms with Hitler than cede to their workers' demands, without sparing himself and his fellow intellectuals from criticism for being too afraid to take a more active role in politics.
At a time when fascism is once again on the rise across Europe and elsewhere, and it so often feels that we are repeating the same mistake, we can stand to learn a lot from Marc Bloch's works and from the example of his life.
Brennan Lee Mulligan arguing for the primal nature of morality on Ep. 40’s Fireside Chat is one of the funniest and realest things I’ve ever heard. He once again put into words what I have been trying to say for what feels like forever.
EDIT: No, I actually need to quote this out for myself.
“One of the things that happens a lot in philisophy that is, I think, a point of failure, potentially, in it, is that philosophy contains a lot of formal logic studies, and there’s a degree to want to sort of explicate, logically, everything, and go like, ‘What are the reasons and rationalities behind all of this?” But I think ignoring the primal origins of morality- You don’t need- If you watch someone kick a small animal, you don’t need an explanation for why that’s bad. It’s a first- It’s a primary thing, right? And you get into weird positions when you’re like, ‘I believe that humans should have good- be flourish and be happy, and have safety and joy!’ And someone can literally just go ‘Why? To what end? To what end should they have joy?’ And you’re like ‘Not to what end. I’m saying this is the end for me. The end for me is joy and safety and peace.’ And I get to say that because I’m a weird brain monster living in the universe and I can create meaning with my mind. You’re doing the same thing right now, but I just choose joy. Are you choosing something else? Because if you are, then we’re in conflict!” -Brennan Lee Mulligan, “Fireside Chat for WWW ep40 ‘Aid and Comfort’”
Choose joy, motherfucker! If you’re not, we’re in conflict!!!
i am not a psychiatrist but i do find it really weird how autism checklists are so often focused on "outward" signs of autism rather than what is going on internally. i don't know how to explain it but "do you make eye contact with other people" feels like a much less relevant question than "how does it feel when you have to make eye contact with other people?"
while i'm here, the other one that always pisses me off is "do you interpret idioms literally, for example 'bull in a china shop'?"
well, no, obviously. i know what "bull in a china shop" means because that is a popular phrase with a clearly defined meaning. and if i hadn't heard it before, then i would still not interpret it literally, because it has the cadence of an idiom and i would probably be able to work out from context what it meant. what is the point of this question
third and final complaint: "are you good at noticing subtext?"
i feel like the problem with this question is best illustrated by a conversation i had with a friend a while back, where i said something like, "i feel very safe with you because you don't do subtle hints and you are always very straight-up with me about what you are thinking and feeling."
and he laid a hand on my shoulder and was like, look dude i'm gonna be straight up here. i am subtle with you constantly and you simply do not notice <3
It's true and there's a reason for that. Modern psychology in the Anglo world was largely built when behaviorism was all the rage, and even though no one takes the central claims of behaviorism seriously anymore (to the point it's treated as a punching bag in philosophy of mind these days afaik) it's led, ironically, to a lot of ingrained behaviors in psychiatric institutions that is hard to change.
(At least this is my impression as a layman; if someone more informed wants to add nuance or corrections here that's always appreciated).
Favourite colour: Purple 💜
Last song I listened to: It's All Coming Back to Me - Celine Dion (every other week I will fixate on a new song and listen to it on repeat until I've wrung every last drop of dopamine out of it I possibly can. Then I move on and don't listen to it again for possibly years... right now I'm doing a Celine Dion thing)
Currently reading: Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson (I'm doing a book club with my brother and I am not nearly as fast at reading as I used to be as a kid. He is way ahead of me and I'm mad about it haha)
Currently watching: That new Tomodachi game (I don't own this game or a Switch 2, but my friends do and I've spent the last four days playing and watching them play it basically non stop. All our OC are in there smooching each other now and it's amazing)
Currently craving: Pizza. And fanfiction. The two best things 😚
Coffee or tea: Tea, but it's gotta be milk tea. With boba if possible.
Tagging: I'm gonna go through my activity and tag the five most recent mutuals I see there: @booklover1323 @kaanbaltlak @unseelie-robynx @crowscauseblog @vegalocity
Last song-centipede legs by LuLuYam, who actually has a tumblr, highly recommend following them!! Been obsessed with their songs/ art recently @luluyamofficial
Currently reading- the lore of the unicorn by Odell Shepard, really cool read about the history of the unicorn!!
Currently watching- going through all the ocean documentaries I can find. I also recently watched the back rooms movie and haven't stopped thinking about it since
Craving- Cajun food 😭I got reminded of grits and started on a mental journey of all the Cajun food I like
Coffee or tea- I do love both, buT tea :3 so many options
@red-and-black-cheshire-cat , @the-heroes-of-our-generation, @thecreativecactus , @i-feel-it-in-the-earth, @gingeralicat For my tags!!
Fave colour - Red atm, like a really nice deep, dark red
Last song - Mother by Fiona-Lee (from her Abbey Road Session)!! Ohhhh my god what a gut-punch of a song I love it I love it I love it!!!
Currently reading - Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin! A gorgeoussss exploration of queerness and faith and AUGH it's just so good
Currently watching - Death in Paradise with my best friend :) I'm also currently midway through a rewatch of Alice in Borderland, and I'm watching Witch Hat Atelier as well!
Craving - Could really do with a cup of tea rn (which I could easily just make to be honest.
Coffee or Tea - What do you think lmao (tea, it's tea)
Favourite colour: Yellow! I've met very few people who like it so it's nice to see some love for it in the prevs.
Last song: I just randomly got into the rabbit hole about the search for "Subways Of Your Mind" (aka "the most mysterious song on the internet") and in the process realized it was in fact a banger so now I've listened to it a bunch of time in the past two days.
Currently reading: A collection of essays about the French historian turned Resistance hero Marc Bloch.
Currently watching: Into a halfhearted rewatch of Twelfth Doctor era Doctor Who, but also looking for something new to grab me.
Currently craving: Better sleep. Motivation to do some work I've been putting off for years.
Coffee or tea: Neither. Cool, plain mineral water all the way for me.
Favourite colour: Don't make me chooosee. I'll go with arsenic green (#B2A94F) but it's CLOSELY followed by deep berry purple (#3B0123) and mustard (#E1AD01) for the bruise trifecta I hold so dear to my heart.
Last song: My playlist at the moment would be embarrassing if I could manage shame, current on repeat is Lestat's Butterscotch Bitch. Is it a GOOD song? No. Does it have that low quality barely held together with pleather and a prayer gay shit going on that Eurovision would ordinarily give me? Yes.
Currently reading:
Fiction:
Tasha Suri's Jasmine Throne (still slowly plodding through, it is not an obsessive page turner for me, and although it's not BAD but the story is so-so, and the characters are fine, I guess? Her prose doesn't make me wanna chew the bars of my cage, there's a sorta.. emotionally detached overwroughtness that doesn't land at a particularly high hit rate for me, so very much a pick-up-when-I-remember read)
I did just snaffle the Old Kingdom Series again though, for a nostalgic re-read!! So maybe I should power through so I can go enjoy it/realise I have outgrown it and make myself sad.
Non-fiction: Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin & The Emotion Thesaurus by uhh some people. Still in my 'git gud at writing' era.
Currently watching: Nothing series-y wise actually?! Mostly youtube nonsense.
I'll start TVL at some point, but I don't have the emotional capacity to filter out the fourth wall breaking cringe atm.
Currently craving: Sleep. Good, uninterrupted, rejuvenating sleep.
Coffee or tea: Adequately cold tap water s'il plais
#@stracciatellino what yellow #you can't just say yellow then leave me hanging #she's such an underloved colour range #/said with the same enthusiasm as an under ten in a playground
Just good old primary yellow! #FFFF00
I do also enjoy more golden/orange shades, but nothing beats the stark glorious brightness for me.
I just love fully saturated colors in general. My second favorite would probably be primary red and then I also love something like a bright turquoise (#00FFC0 or so) or a reddish magenta (#FF0080). Apparently that's unusual? I've hear a lot of people say they tend to find very flashy colors off-putting but to me the more they stand out the better!
Favourite colour: Purple 💜
Last song I listened to: It's All Coming Back to Me - Celine Dion (every other week I will fixate on a new song and listen to it on repeat until I've wrung every last drop of dopamine out of it I possibly can. Then I move on and don't listen to it again for possibly years... right now I'm doing a Celine Dion thing)
Currently reading: Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson (I'm doing a book club with my brother and I am not nearly as fast at reading as I used to be as a kid. He is way ahead of me and I'm mad about it haha)
Currently watching: That new Tomodachi game (I don't own this game or a Switch 2, but my friends do and I've spent the last four days playing and watching them play it basically non stop. All our OC are in there smooching each other now and it's amazing)
Currently craving: Pizza. And fanfiction. The two best things 😚
Coffee or tea: Tea, but it's gotta be milk tea. With boba if possible.
Tagging: I'm gonna go through my activity and tag the five most recent mutuals I see there: @booklover1323 @kaanbaltlak @unseelie-robynx @crowscauseblog @vegalocity
Last song-centipede legs by LuLuYam, who actually has a tumblr, highly recommend following them!! Been obsessed with their songs/ art recently @luluyamofficial
Currently reading- the lore of the unicorn by Odell Shepard, really cool read about the history of the unicorn!!
Currently watching- going through all the ocean documentaries I can find. I also recently watched the back rooms movie and haven't stopped thinking about it since
Craving- Cajun food 😭I got reminded of grits and started on a mental journey of all the Cajun food I like
Coffee or tea- I do love both, buT tea :3 so many options
@red-and-black-cheshire-cat , @the-heroes-of-our-generation, @thecreativecactus , @i-feel-it-in-the-earth, @gingeralicat For my tags!!
Fave colour - Red atm, like a really nice deep, dark red
Last song - Mother by Fiona-Lee (from her Abbey Road Session)!! Ohhhh my god what a gut-punch of a song I love it I love it I love it!!!
Currently reading - Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin! A gorgeoussss exploration of queerness and faith and AUGH it's just so good
Currently watching - Death in Paradise with my best friend :) I'm also currently midway through a rewatch of Alice in Borderland, and I'm watching Witch Hat Atelier as well!
Craving - Could really do with a cup of tea rn (which I could easily just make to be honest.
Coffee or Tea - What do you think lmao (tea, it's tea)
Favourite colour: Yellow! I've met very few people who like it so it's nice to see some love for it in the prevs.
Last song: I just randomly got into the rabbit hole about the search for "Subways Of Your Mind" (aka "the most mysterious song on the internet") and in the process realized it was in fact a banger so now I've listened to it a bunch of time in the past two days.
Currently reading: A collection of essays about the French historian turned Resistance hero Marc Bloch.
Currently watching: Into a halfhearted rewatch of Twelfth Doctor era Doctor Who, but also looking for something new to grab me.
Currently craving: Better sleep. Motivation to do some work I've been putting off for years.
Coffee or tea: Neither. Cool, plain mineral water all the way for me.
Some of you may not want to hear this, but sometimes autism accommodation means giving that socially awkward person who said something that came off as passive aggressive or uncomfortable the benefit of the doubt. Not everyone is capable of reading social rules and cues effectively, I thought this was autism 101.
you can always ask for clarification or (NICELY) explain how it came off to you, remember!
I have an autistic coworker who used to say really uncomfortable things to museum guests while making small talk. like bringing up active, controversial revolutions in their countries if they were international, and such. finally, after a group of Hawaiian guys got visibly angry when he asked if they were "in the military or just rich" to be able to live there- meant to be a cost of living joke -I said, "hey, personally, I try not to talk politics with guests. sometimes it may upset them and we don't get paid enough to deal with that"
he looked thoughtful and said, "oh, I never considered it that way." turns out he was just a geopolitics nerd and didn't realize people might react emotionally to what he saw as a purely intellectual discussion
“i hate misty because she destroyed the plane transmitter and is probably what got them stuck out there” yall are a bunch of ungrateful bitches me personally i say a prayer of thanks to the quigley before every meal for allowing me to witness season three fagged up shauna shipman
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