a large cat, or possibly the shroud of turin

I like fantasy, scifi, comics, and history. It is possible I have an unholy love for stories about space people having space adventures in spaceships traveling through space. I post on AO3 as clarityhiding. Ask me stuff! themandylion writes | themandylion arts (infrequently)

[janmisali]

oh I know how to make a poll's results look like the letter E watch this

what is the rightmost digit of the number of responses this poll has right now? (it should be visible before you vote.)

0, 1, or 2

3

4 or 5

6

7, 8, or 9

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

[loveridden1999]

top 3 hobbies for young adults:

1. borrowing misery from future

2. carrying grief of the past

3. agonizing over the present

[mw-house]

Fantasy AU

[tabithian]

JayTim meet cute because reasons???

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Jason doesn’t think much of it when Bruce asks if he can stop by the Home Goods store while he’s out running errands.

Can’t help the little snort when he double-checks the list and sees candelabras underlined twice in what he knows is Bruce’s heavy hand. It’s the fact that it’s circled in sparkly bright blue ink with little hearts and stars around it that gets him, though.

Clearly, Dick’s been by sometime during the week to visit. Either heard about the latest nonsense from Alfred, or just took a good look at Bruce’s face and whatever expression has taken root now, and anyway.

Jason finds a cart and loads up on candelabras.

When he gets to the register, the cashier glances at his cart, eyebrows going up, and Jason braces for some inane bit of chatter. A bad joke, maybe, but to his surprise, he just gets a sympathetic look as the kid starts ringing him up.

“Maidens?” he asks, in a far too knowing voice for someone like him.

A few years younger than Jason, himself. Jason can’t sense anything notable about him other than the ambient magics anyone from Gotham carries.

An odd sort, for all he seems normal enough.

Which.

Yes, okay.

Jason knows that’s how people get got.

(Enchantresses in disguise and all that, but still.)

Jason hmms, not quite to the point of Bruce and his Hn, but according to Dick, the two are dangerously close.

“Just running errands,” he decides on.

Fairly neutral, for all Bruce is such a recognizable figure in Gotham. Dick and Jason have their own form of notoriety, although people don’t tend to identify them as easily these days.

The cashier nods and then looks around before pulling a card from his pocket and scanning it. Flicks a look at Jason, the corners of his mouth twitching.

He leans closer for a moment, voice lowered to a conspiratorial whisper.

“I’m not supposed to do this,” he says, and there’s a wealth of amusement in his voice like the two of them are sharing a joke, “but I have a feeling you go through a lot of those.”

Jason blinks, confused, but then the cashier pulls back and hands him a receipt with a cheerful, if somewhat wrote, “Have a good day!”

Wheeling the cart out of the store, Jason stops outside the entrance and realizes the cashier gave him a discount, which.

Ironic, really, given Jason paid using one of Bruce’s cards, and anyway.

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*hands*

[roycohn]

🔊🔊 END STAGE DISCOURSE!! END STAGE DISCOURSE!! WE HAVE ARRIVED AT "FICTIONAL SEX IS COERCIVE BECAUSE CHARACTERS ARE BEING FORCED TO DO THINGS BY THE AUTHOR"!!!! 🔊🔊

[blueeyesatnight]

My favorite professor, shout out Glenn, would interrupt students who were saying "Well XYZ clearly felt--" and go "No, backtrack, scratch that. They are a character. Not a person. They don't have any thoughts other than what the writer clearly specifies on paper they have. Don't give agency to nonliving things, they are not real, they never were real, and it is dangerous to lose that line."

He was a sweet man and raised in the Midwest so interrupting people hurt his very soul, that's how dangerous he felt the idea of losing the line of fiction was.

He notably also taught a course called Bible in Lit which I took and those lines came back a lot.

[willgrahamscock]

the most essential part of a fandom are those people who immediately tell you to write it, draw it, make it when you share your ideas, you have no idea how many fanworks are born just because someone encouraged it

[willgrahamscock]

another great way to make sure this continues is pressing the reblog button and going insane in the tags

[willgrahamscock]

immediately adding ‘fandom conga lines’ to my vocab

[saywhat-politics]

It’s Tough Getting Older

[cat-mermaid]

holy shit this dude is killing it

[in-a-mellow-tone]

Found the comedian, his name is Andy Huggins and here's his NPR interview

[monsieurenjlolras]

you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

[lerayon]

🗣️ Hey, young Americans:

Old Millennial American speaking here. I need you to adopt this mentality as early as possible and hold to it. The older you get, the harder it is to begin this practice and claw back the extremely unhealthy effects of a workaholic lifestyle. I am speaking from 20 years of experience.

This does not mean having a shitty attitude at work, or not doing your job, or relying on co-workers to carry your water.

This means you do what it says above. It also means not making work and productively your entire personality; not tying your productivity to your value; and not becoming so emotionally enmeshed in your work and workplace so that you are living and dying by what happens there.

Good luck out there. American workplace culture is mostly designed to work you to death. Moving against that tide can be challenging, so having a healthy mindset is important to living a life not consumed by your paid labor.

[icaseybaybee]

[sconesfortea]

RIP Anthony Stewart Head (1954 - 2026)

[stjohnstarling]

People on the internet love to criticize work by Some Guy putting stuff up online for free like it's made by Disney Studios, and talk about Disney movies like they're made by their personal friend Amy, who is just trying her best,

[cantobear-moved]

bart, kon, and tim taking a peek at your dash

((they’re transparent! ^q^))

edit: fixed a few things that i didnt notice earlier and increased the width!

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

we must try to find some small joy in this life because it is actually all we have

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

[minmocat]

friend chip….

[star-mom-selkie]

happy pride month

[meangreenspaceman]

To disregard canon you must first interact with canon

[thegentlemanstar]

this site gets accused of being way too usamerican a lot but i wonder what the actual proportion is

are you usamerican

yes

no

some other nuanced answer (pls elaborate in the tags i’m nosy)

Voting ended onJun 5