Gender? In this economy?

Ari, they/them. Stats nerd. Fandom thoughts on hold while I think really hard about tamagotchis.

[mumblesplash]

listen i will not hear a word against armand he is perfect he is stunning. it’s all ‘characters these days talk like they’re trying to get a good grade in therapy >:/‘ until you behead your 72-year rebound manipulationship and the shared ex he left you for so you can force his decapitated body to write apology notes by threatening the life of the girl you tricked him into paying to pretend to be his dead daughter who you killed. he even apologized for killing her ok he’s doing the 12 steps it’s called taking accountability it’s called healing

[mumblesplash]

the rest of these mfs are all doing rampages and seances and writing diss tracks instead of going to therapy, meanwhile armand:

- admitted he had a problem

- sought professional help

- made armends with those he’s wronged

- took responsibility for the fledgling he abandoned

- helped daniel start a youtube channel and supported his career

- tried to prevent the apocalypse

yes he has killed and/or tortured almost every person he’s ever known but he was literally sad there’s nuance to these things

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically craving a vegetable

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Being an adult will have you unironically sad about a parasite outbreak in fresh vegetables.

[lady-of-vitreous-sight]

everyone loves me because of the gifts of hair I leave all over the furniture

[lady-of-vitreous-sight]

because of this post a large number of girls seem convinced that i am their cat. and i just want to say that that's not true.

[cuppydogshane]

all the rights that come with marriage you should be able to have without marriage btw. you should be able to designate a person who can visit you in the hospital regardless of your relationship to that person.

[hyperlexichypatia]

People in the notes are saying "You can!" referring just to the hospital visitation part, and sure (depending). But people should have access to ALL of the benefits of marriage without needing to be married.

You should be able to add anyone you want on your health insurance plan.

You should be able to sponsor the visa of anyone you choose to move to your home country.

You should be able to name anyone you choose as the legal-from-birth legal coparent of any child you give birth to.

You should be able to apply for student aid on your own at any age.

And yes, yes, ideally healthcare and college should be free, international migration should be unrestricted, and the entire concept of legal parenthood should be rewritten from the ground up. But right now we're talking about marriage benefits.

[captain-price-returns]

[pengosolvent]

Edit: the title for this comic is “Puzzle Rat” this one’s a few days late due to having a lot of doctors appointments sorry it’s  just 9 pages, and about some rats… it’s more symbolic than anything really

(it’s completely unrelated to any of my songs that have to do with “puzzleboy”) Patreon: www.patreon.com/PengoSolvent

[asteroidtroglodyte]

It’s too bad wild Mice shit all over the place because honestly every time I’ve encountered one in my home it has been a pleasure and a delight. Like obviously for health and safety reasons I gotta trap em and put em back outside when I find em lurking in my bread cabinet but they make very cute noises and if you hand them a Cheeto they take it very politely in their little hands and I must admit I love their little faces

I would let you stay but you poop everywhere. Learn some manners and come back.

[bookcub]

spoiler thoughts: this kingdom will not kill me by ilona andrews

4 out of 5 stars overall all, spoilers below the cut, feel free to message me or reblog if you want to talk!!!

first things, loved that plot twist! i should have seen it coming, so obvious in hindsight. what really made it work for me was i knew who both raynald and ramond were and i understood what this meant for maggie and the story. however, they pulled this with arvel, it did not have the emotional weight and wasnt surprising even tho i didnt predict it. like we dont care about him!! it lacked shock and intrigue.

while we are on the subject, too many hot guys! like cmon we KNOW who the real love interest is, why are we pretending there are three other contenders???? was so relieved when solentine became her cousin. very augustine coded. we needed more diversity in the books.

the magical creatures were VERY cool, i cant wait for fan art of them to start coming out!

i did not think some of the more interesting characters were centered enough. we are supposed to be saving matheo but he barely had a presence.

also i think the mysterious man, i forgot his actual name, is from our world. he kept saying things... and even the reveal of who he was has not convinced me he isnt. ill need to reread and see if i and enforce or debunk my theory.

also, love a m/f couple where he is a super powerful person but is following her around like a puppy and doing everything she says. like yeah ramond tries to put up a fight but he just does whatever maggie says and is obsessed with her. top notch.

clover is such a great character. i really liked centering a maid in this world and wanted more about her. she really has more power than people realize. she could be a main character, just saying.

the humor was also very good, i thought it was a good balance to the drama.

[thisisyourbrainoncomics]

Okay I did read this and really liked it!! Spoilers below.

I mostly agree with what you said above, and in particular yeah why are there so many powerful hot men hitting on her?? That particular part felt particularly like a wish-fulfillment narrative for straight women where the hope is that you suspend your disbelief a bit on the basis that it's fun? But unfortunately I'm not the target audience. I felt similarly about how possessive Everard was being, and how seemingly chill about it Maggie was! It's not really my thing and I found it a little hard to suspend disbelief.

My other gripe (which honestly might be specific to my edition of the book) is that I think it would really benefit from a detailed cast of characters (I did find one online but it was clearly supposed to be "spoiler free" and left a lot out) as well as a detailed map of the world (my e-book had a map of Kair Toren but not the broader kingdom, and also it was not legible on a phone screen). I could barely keep track of everyone's titles and alliances, and while you don't strictly need to know all that to follow the plot, it was annoying not knowing who they were talking about!

I did really like amount of detail put into making the world and politics feel realistic, and every single plot twist felt both surprising and well-foreshadowed. I also desperately want fanart of the fantasy animals lol.

[catchymemes]

[thisisyourbrainoncomics]

They should give you PTO when a hold from the library becomes available

[r0zeclawz]

one of these big new indie cartoons should release with an exclusive adopt of like the main character. pay up 10000 dollars to be the only one whos legally allowed to draw pomni. i feel like the resulting fandom drama would change the face of the internet it would be so cool

[xxvapejuicekittyxx]

yeah hi this is actually a horrible idea why would you want this

[r0zeclawz]

i like when bad things happen

[jihadibarbie]

genuinely me

[theharlotofferelden]

Okay but the article is fucking sending me

[kafkaesquegf]

they should invent a high ponytail that doesn’t give me a headache and they should invent a low ponytail that doesn’t make me look like a miller’s apprentice going off to enlist in the continental army

[selkiecremie]

People talking abt autism like its a set of quirky silly traits and not an often debilitating neurological disorder genuinely drives me up a wall, especially as someone who's support needs are higher.

"I want a gf with autism :3" ok are you prepared to help them with hygiene tasks? Are you gonna help them with laundry and cleaning their room? Are you gonna be patient with them when they're using AAC? Will you comfort them through meltdowns? Or do you just want a gf who talks to you about dinosaurs and has a cute "neurodivergent aesthetic"?

The minimization of autistic struggles to just "socially awkward sometimes" ends up making higher support needs autistics feel real isolated, because it's obvious that when you romanticize neurodivergence, you're not talking about us.

[distractionsfromthefood]

[captain-price-returns]

Arrest everyone involved.

[captain-price-returns]

Money saved: maybe a couple million dollars.

People killed: around three quarters of a million.

[impulsivelycontentious]

Money saved: fucking nothing when you account for all the damage done, like the sudden infestation of screwflies and the deterioration of the weather prediction services.

(this makes the mass death worse)

[milk5-deactivated20260704]

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