Where I Rant About Books and Stuff

I'm not a professional critic, I just have a lot of feelings.

[arrowquillpokemon]

game: has any kind of elemental based fighting system

me: apply pokemon logic

[gluttonousgoddess]

To be fair Pokemon element logic is rooted in normal logic.

[arrowquillpokemon]

yeah, everyone knows a wrestlers biggest weakness is the local pigeons

[sarahbatistapereira]

The fall of fandom etiquette and the rise of the ship war

I don’t want to make it sound like pre-Tumblr fandom was perfect, because it was not. The fandoms I cut my teeth on had their problems—hello, slash communities that celebrated queer men while being openly disgusted by queer women, I bet you didn’t contribute to me coming out in my twenties at all! But no matter how epic the post-mortem reports were (and oh, they were epic), these problems were always internal. And people have been fighting over ships since the dawn of time. Star Trek fans complained about all the Kirk/Spock fic in ‘zines, Sherlock Holmes fans have grumbled about Sherlock/Irene because she barely interacts with him in the Doyle canon, and the ancient Greeks argued over whether Achilles and Patroclus were an item or not. But attitudes towards shipping have definitely changed in the Tumblr era. What was once the love of two characters’ dynamic has become, to a small but outspoken subsection of fans, a zero-sum game. How did we get from “God, I love seeing these two together” to “These two need to be together, so help me God?" To answer that question, we must go back to the early aughts. (Please do not look directly into the chunky highlights and bootcut jeans, we all made mistakes then and none of us are free from sin.) Specifically, we must got back to Harry Potter and… THE HARMONY WARS. (Pew pew! Wizard noises! Wizard noises! Epic opening scrawl!)

I don’t know how I missed this piece from Clare McBride, but it’s an incredibly thorough argument for HP as being the start of what has since become a strong fandom cultural shift–and, I think, a vital read for anyone trying to engage with creator/audience dynamics as a whole. As someone caught in between (adjacent to creatives, and on the path to becoming one, but also adjacent to fandom, and still situated somewhat in them), it’s often hard not to feel like the conversation about what it means to discourse with fandom is incomplete. The case McBride makes here, that it comes down to a lack of understanding and education in fandom history, is one that I have made before, and one I really urge those on both sides of the issue to dive into.

[discreet45]

[fiztheancient]

i cant believe there are people who still havent seen this video

[jerkstorecalling]

I could probably recite this entire video, word-for-word, on demand.

[toolusingmammalgirl]

Goddamn, this is nearly thirty years old and it fits like a glove into contemporary shitpost cadence and aesthetics, this is High Art

[soft-stims]

Anyone else remember that Canadian reality TV show where two contestants with zero experience get left in the wilderness and have to get out while that cowboy tracked them down on his horse ? And the contestants had to outrun and hide and they’d see him galloping over in the distance and they’d just get so scared and start sprinting into the bushes but they would always tumble down a hill or something and hurt they’re legs and the cowboy would catch up and lasso them??

[soft-stims]

I wasn’t kidding

[danishprince]

a game called “hamlet, kanye west, or dril” in which you are given a quote without context and subsequently must determine whether or not it originates from shakespeare’s extremely well-known tragedy hamlet, highly influential rapper/fashion mogul kanye west, or noted Weird Twitter account dril. it may sound easy but i have a feeling it’d be at least a little bit harder than it sounds

[lizawithazed]

if you think this is easy, please remember drill said “I will face god and walk backwards into hell” Kanye West said “Nothing in life is promised except death” and Hamlet said “Words! Words. WORDS.”

[dicketysplit]

my entire academic career

[sortedcrayons]

me: I should have done this earlier

me: [sweats nervously]

[midnightssea]

The premise for the movie Anastasia is so ridiculous but somehow they turned it into a work of beautiful timeless art it’s astounding

[bethisblogging]

Anastasia is a cinematic masterpiece with almost no actual historical facts in it that I will love and defend until the day I die

[masklayer]

[tzarvolver]

I raise you

[guitarbeard]

Ante up

[iguanamouth]

hey

[loquaciouswug]

i have no idea why this made me laugh so hard.

[generic-housewife-deactivated20]

*ugly laughs*

[minfonica]

THIS IS SO COOL

[thevoidfish]

holy shit?????

[readysteadytrek]

Anthony Rapp (on the left), who is playing Lt. Stamets in Star Trek Discovery, revealed who will be playing his characters love interest/partner! It is Wilson Cruz! (x)

[dysperdis]

Specifically, Wilson Cruz is playing Discovery’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hugh Culber, so we should see a lot of the two of them.

(Also, for folks who like keeping track of this sort of thing, this means that both of the known gay characters so far are played by out gay actors.)

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

14-year-old, RENT-loving, MSCL-watching me from 1997 is DYING right now.

[captainlordauditor]

star trek is finally explicitly gay

[suppermariobroth]

In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario’s model undergoes random distortions for 15 frames after being shocked by electricity.

[mechanical-maelstrom]

[weavemama]

trump is now 100% sure he’s going to put an end to DACA, a program that helped over 800,000 immigrants stay here legally and get educations…. let that sink in ya’ll. the leader of a country essentially wants to get rid of and ruin the lives of 800,000 people. that means homes are going to be lost, businesses are going to be lost, jobs are going to be lost, and educations are going to be lost. kids who don’t even speak their parent’s native tongue are going to be forced back into a country they know absolutely nothing about.

it is very dictator-like and frightening for a leader of the so called “free world” wants to deport 800,000 people. this is ethnic cleansing at its finest and it’s up to us to make sure this doesn’t go through. hundreds of thousands of immigrant lives and futures are on the line and there IS a way to help.

simply text RESIST to the number 50409 and a bot will send a fax to your senators. tell them why they should #DefendDACA and the Dreamers. It’s free, easy, and takes 2-10 minutes depending on how long you want your message to be.

we have 6 months to convince government officials like hell to make sure they don’t allow this decision to happen. DACA is a program america needs. DO NOT LET THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GET AWAY WITH THIS FORM OF ETHNIC CLEANSING.

[translvent]

yall this is real quick and easy! I did it this morning!

[parkstone-international]

Artist Hank Schmidt travels to scenic locations only to paint the pattern on his own shirt.

[sixslugs]

chaotic neutral

[djmixedtape]

This is still one of the funniest things I have ever seen

[lewis-tan]

Ewan McGregor + loveliest shots in movies

[vulpesarctica]

[r-n-w]

DICE BAG GIVEAWAY!

The dice bags have almost all sold out in the shop, but I’m giving away a handmade folding dice box to one lucky winner. As an extra bonus, if we’re at 5000 followers before the giveaway ends, I’ll also make personalised leather dice pouches for 3 extra winners!

RULES:

Must be following me! New followers are welcome!

Only REBLOGS count

Reblog as many times as you like!

No giveaway blogs

1 winner of the folding dice box will be randomly selected

An extra 3 winners will be randomly selected at 5000 followers who will each win a dice pouch

All winners will get to choose the leather colours they would like their prize to be in

You must be willing to provide your email and shipping addresses so I can send you your prize. Shipping is worldwide!

Deadline is the 22nd of June 2017, 4pm GMT.

Winners will be notified via inbox 

I will work to provide you with your choice of colours & design, but please be aware that not every colour in the rainbow may be available. I will do my best to make your idea happen! Good luck everyone!!

[r-n-w]

Only a week left to enter, I’m stoked to add more winners of these cute dice pouches, we’ve not hit the milestone yet but there’s still time!

[english-idylls]

From the 1880 Census: 

Occupation of 15-year-old Catharine Cudney: “Does as she pleases.”

[susiephone]