i am but a humble closet gremlin

40's. An epileptic white polyglot of a disaster. Find me on AO3 I do NOT accept advertisements or solicitations for boosting posts at this time. Please do not send me the 5 things that make you happy meme. Thank you.

[uozlulu]

Welcome to my blog. I've been writing fanfics sine 2001. Many fics from my high school days are now lost to time and space, but you can find my surviving fics on my AO3 page. I also recommend checking out my AO3 bookmarks especially my AO3 recs.

I use a lot of tags for my organization and people's ability to block things. The only tag I'm very bad at is #discourse because I'm not 100% sure of its nuances outside of like fandom wank, so to avoid discourse type topics maybe put #political and #dramaz into your blacklists. That should catch most of it.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to message me or send me an ask.

If I ever disappear, the area I live in has probably enacted a law that requires ID or a face scan to access websites. I will not be doing that for a fandom fun time account.

[lgbtiwtv]

I want it to be saturday already guys I miss armand.

[couchmasterbdt]

Here's my hot take: ultimately, Issho's intentions are good and come from a place of genuinely wanting his pupils to be better. The problem, of course, is that he's an asshole, and not only is he an asshole, he's an asshole with a few decades of simmering issues regarding his feelings on his part in his mentor's life that really should be worked out in something like therapy but he hasn't, and now the current generation is reaping the consequences And I kind of like it, because a major theme of Akane-Banashi is generational trauma and Issho's part in it specifically

[guooey]

Beautiful cow who is mooing at you

[forger343]

@videogamecows

[bovineblogger]

COWPOST RATING: INCORRECT

that is not one of those

[milf--adjacent]

[deadpowol]

how’re the gay people on my phone doing

[divine-inferno]

I love that one of the few details they've decided to keep intact about Daniel's character is that he dies on a private jet because god forbid he dies in economy.

[strangeasange1s]

Halfway thru this ep i was like okay Armand has repented enough let him be evil again

[bakwaaas]

the true elation and dopamine hit I get when I have a friendly random conversation with a stranger in public needs to be studied

[bakwaaas]

no this is exactly it

[uozlulu]

Over the course of about three hours I woke up about every half hour and then gave up and got out of bed about 30 minutes before i normally would and my brain feels so microwaved right now

[sotrias-labyrinth-deactivated20]

I feel like ODD being an official disorder in the DSM should be the thing that makes everyone go “hm” about how psychology is practiced

[txttletale]

[looking a child directly in the eye] i diagnose you with Shitty Bitch Syndrome. this makes it legal to do medieval german tortures to you by the way

[cringepics]

cmon man

[picklepuffin]

Hi I have an undergrad psych degree! I also have ADHD! In my motherfucking TEXTBOOK, the authors said, “Research describes ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder in the same vein as Autism. We are putting the (miniscule) section on ADHD in the same chapter as ODD, though, because we believe really these disorders both boil down to ✨️ people not doing what we tell them to because they are lazy✨️”

So my actual TEXTBOOK admitted that it was biased and teaching these disorders based on opinion and not up to date research. And, as described above, the section on ODD was basically just, “these are bad kids. We will not look into why or how or what comorbidities exist and we will also not be exploring the possibility of ODD really being a manifestation of trauma/undiagnosed adhd/autism/pathological demand avoidance/persistent drive for autonomy. We will however be mostly focusing on how annoying these kids are to their parents and teachers ✨️”

It’s fucking crazy. “Yeah we know lots of people with autism struggle to follow demands. They may either ignore/not register demands or have meltdowns when demands are placed. They may engage in physical aggression, verbal aggression, and property desctruction when directed to complete tasks or be exposed to uncomfortable sensory input. They may need to know the why behind demands and consequently argue with authority figures. They may be easily upset by sensory input or social interactions and have emotional outbursts when pushed beyond their limits. Some children with autism seek attention and may engage in maladaptive behaviors to elicit the attention of peers and caregivers if positive attention is not given freely/if they are ignored when behaving appropriately. All of these are symptoms of their underlying neurological differences and should be met with compassion and understanding. They are not bad children. Their brains process information differently and therefore they have executive functioning, sensory processing, and emotional regulation challenges that cause these behaviors.

Those kids over there? Yeah they have all the same symptoms but they are just Morally Wrong and Bad Children. They have Oppositional Defiance Disorder. How can I tell? Well that one hand flaps and that one doesn’t.”

[brightlotusmoon]

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

How would you even measure that?

Things adults wrongly identify as arguing:

Asking for clarification

Asking any kind of question

defending yourself

answering a question teh adult has just asked you

breathing

Existing

Oh, also:

Race and the Mental Representation of Individuals Diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Implications for Diagnosis

Results: Classification images (CIs) showed that the children selected as having ODD appeared more prototypically Black in facial appearance than children not chosen as having ODD. No differences emerged in the gendered appearance of the two group-level CIs. Judged rates of ODD were higher for the children who appeared to be Black. However, diagnostic judgments of clinical trainees and practitioners were unaffected by appearance factors, suggesting that formal clinical training might attenuate the influence of stereotypes on judgment. Discussion: These results indicate that an overlap in Black stereotypes and diagnostic criteria for ODD might contribute to elevated diagnosis of ODD in African American children.

[whereserpentswalk]

Overwhelmingly Black diagnosis.

Pathologizes problems with authority to dismiss them as irrational.

Drapetomania - Wikipedia

[rosenkranz-does-things]

awoo

[queen-of-andor]

New shared image of opla straw hats to announce the wrapping of season 3 production:

[silverfox66]

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[audacityinblack]

For general graphics: use GIMP For vector graphics: use Inkscape For drawing and illustration: use Krita For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

[victoriadallonfan]

Reblog for everyone

[cpericardium]

friends don't let friends use GIMP. use photopea

[differentdancesfandom]

Gonna pop my favorite reference for Adobe alternatives here, lovingly compiled and updated by xDanielArt since at least 2020:

[divodevs]

lord reblogging on main bcz fuck adobe (PROUD csp user)

[sktachi]

Andddd this is why I don’t use Adobe

[memorymanipulatornamine]

Fk adobe

[assiraphales]

what’s killing me about this season of iwtv is EVERYTHING but the auction scene is from lestat’s point of view, and if he’s not in the room for something he just makes details up. which means it’s v likely he just went “hm. daniel and armand’s first meeting in two years after the events of dubai…………I’m personally imagining it at a bowling alley. for lols.”

[kinkydorah]

omgggggggggg

babies!!!!!!!

[bad-wolf-circe]

if daniel molloy CRASHES OUT next episode it will be 100% JUSTIFIED because if the FREAKY ANCIENT CREATURESQUE ORANGE-BOBA-PEARL-ORBED VAMPIRE BOTTOM TWINK who PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORTURED me for SIX (6) DAYS in SAN FRANCISCO and then LARPED as a MEMBER OF THE WORKING CLASS in my VAMPIRE INTERVIEWEE/ATTEMPTED MURDERER/VERY BRIEF CRUSH'S PENTHOUSE SUITE in dubai FIFTY YEARS LATER and then REVEALED HIMSELF to be said interviewee's INSANELY POWERFUL COMPANION and then CONTINUED EYE-FUCKING me while i INTERVIEWED my SUBJECT about his SITUATIONSHIP OF DOOM AND DESPAIR and then after i REMEMBERED my REPRESSED MEMORIES of the PSYCHOSEXUAL TORTURE I SUFFERED AT HIS HANDS he looked at me and gave me a HALF ASSED APOLOGY and THEN, after i'd REVEALED that he'd ORCHESTRATED HIS ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP with my SUBJECT and MURDERED his DAUGHTER/SISTER/THROWPILLOW (which I did ENTIRELY for SHITS AND GIGS), he turned me into a VAMPIRE on a JETPLANE while the plane was flying over NEW JERSEY, FUCKED OFF into the night for TWO YEARS, and then told me he'd been IN LOVE WITH ME for the MAJORITY of my MORTAL LIFE and WIPED ALL OF MY MEMORIES of our TORRID LOVE AFFAIR -- well. I think i'd need to develop an addiction to something strong enough to keep myself from committing mass murder