#riverbeatsaber

[dissociationswagcompetition]

Just pitching in with a bit of Shallan propaganda before the finals:

I've been rereading her POV chapters in the Stormlight Archive and making notes for a future Essay about her, particularly about her plurality. I can't post the whole essay yet, unfortunately, because I haven't written it yet. However, I'm only halfway through the third out of four books (out of ten planned books in the series), and I have 47 notes so far just for instances of dissociation/repressing memories, not including her "becoming another person" stuff, which is more difficult to quantify because it changes how it's written over time. Which is another interesting thing!

Brandon Sanderson, the author of the Stormlight Archive series, has said that he originally was going for a less Realistic depiction of DID with Shallan, with it being influenced a lot by her magic (which is centered around illusions and transformation, so like, fair). However, as he was writing, he realized that for him, it was just a way to avoid having to try to be accurate, and so he decided to go and actually research it, have systems advising him on things, and overall write a more realistic depiction of systemhood for Shallan, Radiant, and Veil (which shows in the books themselves). It's still not perfect representation, of course, but it's really good that he had this "character development" as an author and is trying his best and being respectful, y'know? Anyway, propaganda over, I really like this tournament and think that Shallan deserves a win, but am looking forward to the results regardless!

This is super cool to hear, glad the author took the time to do research and did his best to portray DID accurately and respectfully :D

[lilacandladybugs]

hello lilac would you like news (next morning most likely) of what's going on currently in the cosmere fandom. you've probably never heard of it but it's really funny

yes i do please spill the tea. i am listening :)? (<- me listening w my head on my hand)

[lilacandladybugs]

hello lilac i would be a shulker. they make so many good noises. "bdebedep" "rrrmbpt" "ppbblatt" "pbburt!" "pblrrghhhhhhh.." this was brought to you by that one time i raided end cities for hours for a couple days in a row

striders and phantoms are also excellent tho. minecraft has so many good genders

YOU ARE RIGHT

[isdalinarhot]

charcoal lilac harlequin sapphire lemon:]

Charcoal: you have the best takes

Lilac: you make my dash better and I cherish you

Harlequin: to remind me that there are still people more insane than I am on this website

Sapphire: I want to put you under a microscope and study you

Lemon: funniest tags known to man

Thank you River! This is very sweet

[moash]

if you could help me find the "mistborn fortnite friday" image with the three different fonts that would be very cool. cause i have uh. an embroidery project idea

i don’t have that post sorry! but i believe op is bridgefourisgayrights

[commonsentiments]

I just saw this:

and i thought it was a little funny. like oh absolutely. tumblr blog transkenobis sure is like tumblr blog transkenobis. no kidding

they broke the mold with me. nobody is blogging in the same weird niches as me

[lilacandladybugs]

a lot of my experience with malls has been Empty and Awkward and Weird, which is definitely not your vibes, so I assign you thrift store where there are always many cool outfits, and each time you go, you find one or two pieces of clothing that feel like they were put there just for you

AWW thanks that is so sweet :D i just went to a thrift store with my sister @ardvarzk and she picked out clothes for me :') it was fun and im happy to be a thrift store

[lilacandladybugs]

fun fact! I once read a ~1200 page book in 4 days

more of a flex than a fun fact really

that is lots of pages i one time read a book 😤 i know im a pretty big deal in the speed reading community

Thanks for the ask! here is a flower ^-^