transgwender

she/her

[comicaurora]

how do you infinite scroller webcomic people DO IT

[brakingpoint]

"carlos sainz has gone off into the gravel" with all my love and respect, fork found in kitchen

[echodoctor]

What I've Been Reading Lately: Pale Lights

It is a truth universally acknowledged that H.P. Lovecraft was a little bitch.

Unlike Rhode Island's least beloved and most thalassophobic son, Pale Lights tells the story of a world where humanity exhibits the only natural response to eldritch horror: continuing to be a bunch of squabbling, scheming motherfuckers who honestly might collectively be more of a problem than the ancient gods of primordial darkness sharing this underground cavern/post-apocalyptic civilization with them.

It is the Fantasy Mediterranean and there are not two square goddamn feet in this giant cave world without something ancient and hungry lurking in it. Fortunately, we have the Watch, professional monster-hunters and tireless guardians of humanity!

Unfortunately, humanity is a perpetual motion machine of bad decision making, and there's always some asshole trying to start a cult to something that eats you.

There are boats! There are ancient magical technologies! There are elephants with a profoundly upsetting amount of heads!

This fascinating and intricate world is shown from two very different perspectives, as the book is split between our pair of protagonists: Angharad Tredegar, an honorable sword lesbian tragically forced into a very non-swords-and-women-related situation, and Tristan Abrascal, who would like you to understand that he's really just a little guy and to please ignore that completely unrelated trail of dead bodies.

Both of them are about to join the Watch or die trying.

The Watch will not be getting a choice in the matter.

The author does a fantastic job at balancing drama and humor, the mysteries and lingering questions are intriguing, and while the story can sometimes go dark places it never feels bleak or pointless.

Characters will try very hard to reach out into the dark and save people. Sometimes they succeed.

And even when they don't, it still matters that they tried.

Book one is fully complete, book two is updating every Friday, and both of them are available for free right here:

Pale Lights

Pale Lights Vesper is a world built on the ruins of older ones: in the dark of that colossal cavern no one has ever known the edges of, empi

Contents include but are not limited to:

-Our Lady of the Sunk Cost Fallacy

-a man so handsome it almost makes up for his personality

-the early adoption of grenade-related technology

-Lucifer's abandoned hermit crabs

-an increasing amount of problems both caused by and solved with poison

-the Fantasy Communist Manifesto

-three to seven rats sharing the trench coat that is divinity

-and grandma

[mistressemmedi]

Congratulations to Liam Lawson on bagging a penalty within the first few laps of his first ever grand prix

[inklesspen]

Points system for HP AU fics

Fics have five points. Spend them wisely.

Identity games:

2: WBWL/Not the BWL

2: Cis female Harry

1: Trans female Harry who transitioned (including socially) before Hogwarts

2: Taken in by the Grangers before Hogwarts

1: "Lordships" are a thing

2: Harry's multiple Lordships means he needs multiple wives

2: James and/or Lily were secretly bad people

1: Harry has siblings

That's not how the Force magic works:

1: Single-participant magical oaths

2: Magical oaths can determine the truth of a particular claim (instead of requiring particular actions)

3: Author forgot that purebloods aren't actually better than muggleborns

1: "Family magicks" exist in any sense other than "we invented a spell and we only teach it to our family members"

1: Magical cores are a thing

3: Magical capacity (or strength of a magical ability, etc) is measured in percentages

3: Soulmates (in the sense of "the universe has assigned you a partner") are a thing

Albus Dumbledore School of Manipulation and Head Games:

2: Dumbledore obliviates Harry to keep him on the path

3: Dumbledore deliberately weakens Harry's magical strength

2: Anyone uses love potions, loyalty potions, etc (except for instances which occurred in canon, such as Romilda Vane's attempt) to control Harry or his friends

1: Dumbledore has deliberately crippled Hogwarts' curriculum to keep people ignorant of various things

2: Dumbledore has arranged marriage(s) for Harry

10: Dumbledore engineered Tom Riddle's rise for his own reasons

Misc:

1: Harry has a non-canonical disability (pre-Hogwarts)

3: Dursleys are sexually abusive

2: Harry, while 16 or younger, is paired romantically/sexually with someone 19 or older (exceptions for de-aging iff the author does it well)

1: Overly helpful goblins

3: Actual UK royals intervene in the magical world

1: Fictional UK royals intervene in the magical world

2: Actual UK politicians (prime ministers, for instance) intervene in the magical world

1: Hermione is shamed for her ignorant attitude toward house elf slavery

2: Frequent SPAG errors

10: Characters all sound exactly the same

1000: Muggleborns come from house elves pouring liquid magic in the water supply

Mitigating Factors:

+1: Author has written other fics I've enjoyed

+2: Fic involves time travel

+1: Fic has a really cool worldbuilding element (such as the broomsport "gliding")

+1: Tonks is nonbinary and this actually gets explored

+1: Harry is a metamorph

+1: Ginny retains parseltongue after the diary incident

+1: Harry and Delphini have a positive relationship (friendship, family, w/e)

[nifinof]

[kwarrtz]

What I love about this is that, I mean, it’s a fairly classic gag, right? A character putting themselves in the trash? But the way this is animated conveys a bit of how physically awkward it would be to actually do that in real life. The little wobble as she tries to balance on one foot, her guitar case getting caught on the lip, the way she doesn’t quite fit all the way in. They really wanted to get across that this isn’t just a visual metaphor, she actually stepped into a trash bin, diagetically, and it looked dumb as hell.

[i-am-purplexed]

I like to imagine they had a member of the team climb into and out of a trash can several times. Guitar on the back and all. Gotta make sure we get the reallest look at it, right?

[coughloop]

How did U2 never make a song about how you can still call yourself straight if you only fuck feminine men ?

[intolunarorbit]

[mtolympusmemes]

Apollo: I think I'm falling for you.

Daphne: Then get up.

[mollyjimbly]

🚨🚨updates🚨🚨on the other non-KOSA bills that gut encryption (Cooper-Davis, Stop CSAM, Earn IT, etc):

The Senate rn is working on passing the NDAA. This is a must pass bill. Every senator is trying to push through their amendments to the NDAA. These amendments get brought to the floor and added on a majority vote. So far, Cooper-Davis is being planned on being added. IDK what day. The Stop CSAM and Earn It might also be added but either way, all 3 are copy cats of each other in that;

a) they gut encryption

b) they gut parts of Section 230, the one thing that allows anyone to post online and birthed social media

c) they create an unelected commission with some already established govt body (DOJ, FTC, etc) that will include people from NCOSE or other conservative groups who will decide what is and isn't lawful to say

d) lead to mass censorship and surveillance because of the above

resources

Linktree. Make your link do more.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

1) Drive as many calls and emails to as many senators as possible. Yes still to Cantwell and Schumer but to your own senators as well and any you think would be influential (i.e., Padilla in Earn It, etc). Drive as many as you can, use all your emails, call everyday about these bills to end encryption.

Earn it Act & copycats Call Script

Scroll down for Call Script For Democrat Senator For Republican Senator For Chuck Schumer [phone] connects you to your congress repr

2) Post on social media everywhere about this and about We are seriously counting on you.

On KOSA:

Continue to drive calls to Cantwell and Schumer opposing it and thank them for standing firm against bad bills that will only hurt more than help. Emphasize you are a member of Gen Z/Millenial and grew up on the internet and don't want this.

OTHER RESOURCES

Check out the Stop Internet Censorship community on Discord - hang out with 1633 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Stop KOSA sign-on form for individuals

Thank you for signing onto this open letter to stop KOSA and ensure the privacy, online safety, and physical, digital, and mental wellbeing

Linktree. Make your link do more.

Resources For Learning about KOSA

Call Script on Page 2! Resources For Learning about KOSA 2023: KOSA bill itself: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1

We need to make sure Cooper-Davis and the others are not added. Time is essential and we have so very little of it. Please please please do this. These bills are 1000x more dangerous than KOSA could be.

[monstrousparalysis]

"Loveless marriage" except in a joyous, loveless aromantic way instead of a miserable amatonormative way.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Not a dream

Was just talking to a friend about clothes and she was telling me she loves my style but she can never find anything affordable and cute so I am going to teach her all of my tricks and share knowledge about buying on a budget. I love helping people.

I also gave her some unworn items that I no longer fit in because she loved them. ❤

I hunt for bargains, buy things second hand from people and thrift. I don't remember the last time I bought anything for a full price or brand new (except undies). That's my rec to anyone.

I also use BestSecret and you can find really nice clothes there from previous seasons on big sales. I bought a really expensive coat that had a button missing and a few threads loose there for maybe 15 euros and I fixed it up. Usually the items are in perfect condition though.

Idk why BestSecret even has invitation style joining (I think you get perks as the person who invited someone) because it's a really good site.

Here's my code if anyone wants to join. Pretty sure I get some sort of points for it and I think maybe a discount once I give out all 6 invitations and people join in but this is not sponsored in any way!

https://invite.bestsecret.com/V5V-AYG-VVU?c=hr&utm_campaign=app_invitation&utm_medium=app&utm_source=invitation&utm_content=registration

Last thing I was looking for there was a cheap but cute dress for a wedding this summer, since I gained weight and don't fit into my fancy clothes.

I really liked this one but held off on purchasing because my laptop broke suddenly and fixing it up cost a lot of money so now they're out of my size.

The green one is just sooo pretty. There's an orange version but I don't like it as much.

[ajarofpickledtears]

huh

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Oh no, so sorry!

Try this:

V5V-AYG-VVU

Over 3000 designer brands at up to 80% off in our members only outlet. By-invite-only.

I think you run out of codes to give out and then you get new ones every once in a while!

[average-hua-cheng-fan]

<\3

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Over 3000 designer brands at up to 80% off in our members only outlet. By-invite-only.

V5V-AYG-VVU

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I feel like a code dealer lol

V5V-AYG-VVU

Over 3000 designer brands at up to 80% off in our members only outlet. By-invite-only.

[neil-gaiman]

Hi Neil, I've been a long-time fan of your work.

Art Matters really helped me in my career as an Illustrator especially when I was going through self-doubt and burnout. The book was part of the reason that I ended up working with a friend and created an anthology and oracle deck that highlights the Mythology and Folklore of South East Asia.

Our folklores tend to be passed down orally and are slowly being forgotten through time as much of them are wiped away with war and colonization. SEA folklores are also not as popular compared to Greek and Egyptian mythologies even though we have equally fascinating lore. With this project, we hope to share a part of our culture with the world and ensure that they are not lost or forgotten over time.

Our project is currently going through a Kickstarter campaign and I thought I'll try my luck to get a shoutout for our project as we've been having a hard time getting the word out there.

Even if you can't do so for any reason, that's perfectly ok! ( I'm literally just here shamelessly shooting my shot) Thank you for your books, I'm excited to read more from you in the future.

That looks very cool.

[demilypyro]

This is true I think, everyone just has very normal and even-minded thoughts and opinions about transfeminine sexuality

[demilypyro]

[zoethiahs-little-pillow-fort]

No honestly I think it's REALLY important that people see this. Literally the exact same post, sans trans people, and it didn't get flagged.

[gaycatastrophe]

@staff @support

hey remember how tumblr *just* had to settle with NYC’s human rights commission for discriminating against LGBTQ people in your implementation of the NSFW ban? We do.

Tumblr is settling with NYC’s human rights agency over alleged porn ban bias

The ban allegedly affected LGBTQ users disproportionately.

[skitter-queen]

my first day as a brockton bay warlord i overhear a villain talking about hurting kids so i have my bugs attack his cock and balls and the cock and balls fall off but it turns out the kids were also villains and now they think im on their side

[skitter-queen]

my second day as a brockton bay warlord and the villains have asked me to join their team. the problem is i want to be a hero but its fine i decide i can just infiltrate their ranks with the intent of reporting them to the heroes later

[skitter-queen]

my third day as a brockton bay warlord and my fake villain team wants me to rob a bank i really want to be friends with them so i agree even though its against my moral code. the heroes show up but its fine because i have the people inside held hostage with spiders but one girl is glaring at me and it turns out she's glory girl's sister so maybe its actually not fine

[skitter-queen]

my fourth day as a brockton bay warlord and im fighting some loser joke gamer villains with my new fake villain friends. the loser villains are entirely nonthreatening and its looking like a pretty great day but then another villain starts attacking us due to a chain of events that started when i made that guys dick fall off. theres bombs everywhere and its really scary and then i experience more pain than ive ever felt before

[skitter-queen]

my fifth day as a brockton bay warlord and me and my fake villain team and all the other villain teams join forces to take down the guy whose dick i made fall off. me and my dog girl teammate are starting to get along better now and i feel like im really bonding with my fake villain friends. in a moment of sheer ingenuity take down the dick fall off guy by dipping caterpillars in hallucinogens and incapacitating him long enough to destroy his eyeballs. this freaks out some of the other villains but it was the only way to be sure

[skitter-queen]

my sixth day as a brockton bay warlord and i meet my fake villain boss which means its time to turn my fake villain team over to the heroes only the heroes are kinda dicks and if im being honest my fake villain team is really growing on me so instead i end up just joining the villain team for real

[skitter-queen]

my seventh day as a brockton bay warlord and im meeting with my fake villain boss, who is now my real villain boss, and he reveals that he has kidnapped a child and addicted her to drugs and whats even worse is he only managed to do this by using one of my prior heists as a distraction. this is not my proudest moment. i decide to leave my new villain team.

[skitter-queen]

my eighth day as a brockton bay warlord and some sort of evil lizard is attacking the city and killing everyone. my bugs are useless in the rain so instead i stab him in the anus with a stolen halberd but in spite of that he still almost kills me and im only saved because a really powerful gold guy shows up. then the guy whose halberd i stole tells my real former villain team that im planning to betray them even though im not planning to do that anymore

[yuri-moment]

[shakertwelve]

"thinker" is a generous name for capes with powers that more or less just shortcut the thinking for them

[v1leblood]

"shaker" is a generous name for capes with powers that more orbless just shortcut the shaking for them

[shakertwelve]

the thinkers aren’t gonna fuck you

[v1leblood]

bet

[nonplatonicsubtext]

gimel