A simple worm....

...on a simple swing.

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Wild and Full of Marvels Kickstarter: Final 48 hours!

We’re in the final 48 hours of our crowdfunding campaign to publish the anthology Wild and Full of Marvels: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Folklore and Fairy Tales!

With Wild and Full of Marvels: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Folklore and Fairy Tales, our authors and artists bring our perspective as queer adults in the 21st century to the stories, some ancient, some modern, that meant the most to us when we were young. Each creator selected a folktale, fairy tale, myth, or legend that had personal significance for them, then reimagined these personal touch-stones as we wish they could be: stories that uphold our cultures, stories that impart the lessons and morals we wish to impart, stories that drive home the cautions we wish we’d received, stories in which people like us are the heroes held forth for emulation. We’ve transformed these stories to be more inclusive, more personal, more understanding of others, and—of course!—much more queer.

Hitting our base goal, of course, ensures we can publish. But hitting our stretch goals is also super helpful, as they enable us to increase the pay of all our creators. We’d love to be able to do that, and raises for this many creators add up fast, so please please signal boost this last push for our Kickstarter if you’re able.

Curious what they’ve made? Check out our many reveals and teasers!

Cover Reveal, art by Jinx Inks

Merch Reveal 1: Stickers by Alessa Riel and Elias Strunck, Bookmark by Jagoda Zirebiec

Merch Reveal 2: Enamel Pendant by Aceriee, Slate Coaster by Clare DeZutti

Merch Reveal 3: Journal by Aceriee, Art Print of the Front Cover, and Window Hanging by Betta

Contributor Post 1: zazrichor, Shea Sullivan, H. Armstrong, and T. L. Sly

Contributor Post 2: Cris Alborja, Kendall Pletcher, E. V. Dean, and Sage Mooreland

Contributor Post 3: Anne Hessel, Elias Strunck, Lyonel Loy, and R. L. Houck

Contributor Post 4: Razz, Florilége, Zel Howland, and J. D. Rivers

Contributor Post 5: Amalia Zeichnerin, Sam Inverts, Isabelle Delisle, and ilgaksu

Contributor Post 6: May Barros, Max Jason Peterson, Joy Summers, and Mikki Madison

Contributor Post 7: Xander Day McCafferty, J. Radin, Em Rowntree, and Nicola Kapron

Contributor Post 8: radicalhoodie, Luck Stellaluna Faer, S. J. Ralston, and Cedar D. McCafferty-Svec

Contributor Post 9: guoldu, Clare DeZutti, Terra P. Waters, and Robin S. Blackwood

Contributor Post 10: Betta, Aceriee, J. D. Harlock, and Alex Pfaw

Contributor Post 11: As Cores Da Lua (Lulu), Jupiter V, Sue Wilson Munro, and boneturtle

Contributor Post 12: A. A. Weston, Jagoda Zirebiec, and Beth Elderberry

[patheticfangirl]

Crabweave, inspired by @lunarwench's "In A Pinch"

[sandmandaddy69]

[moseby]

the best fruits are hardest to open

[trashboat]

this fucking bowling ball is gonna be delicious i know it

[anexperimentallife]

I know I've mentioned this before, but if your crush is autistic (or suspected), you ABSOLUTELY MUST tell them you have a crush on them. And if your way of telling them is inviting them somewhere as a date, you ABSOLUTELY MUST tell them it's supposed to be a date.

The only reason I am married to my wife now is that in 2018 she straight up told me she had a crush on me and wanted to be my girlfriend.

[invisible-goats]

Seconding. I didn't realise spouse had been flirting with me AFTER A SOLID WEEK OF TALKING ONLINE NON-STOP when they explicitly asked if I wanted to go on a date

[bippysaurus-rex]

One of my ex’s didn’t realize I had a thing for him after I whipped off my top, revealing a lacy hot pink see through bra and sat on his lap flirting for half an hour. His eyes never went below my nose. I sighed, took that as rejection, and moved off and said “oh, I had such a crush on you.”

He was genuinely shocked. He thought his crush was unrequited and was trying to be a gentleman. I thought half naked lap grinding was an impossible to miss signal.

If you have a neurodivergent baddie you wanna bang your only option is to yell “I CHOOSE YOU PICACHU”

[randomfriendlyloser]

I feel so bad when I interact with a person too much like surely they must be getting tired and bored of me, right? They must want to interact with other people too, right? They're getting annoyed by me

[cpericardium]

[peaky-arthur]

[foxofninetales]

More like

[on-a-lucky-tide]

Or…

@anonymousblueberry, I feel perhaps?

[valtsv]

tired: mermaids are all women

wired: much like elves, merfolk are mistaken by sailors for being all women because they have long hair and are very pretty

[valtsv]

inspired: merfolk actually have very different concepts of gender to humans because they’re an entirely different species with their own unique culture

[valtsv]

marine scientist: what’s your gender?

merperson: what’s a gender

marine scientist: like, are you a man or a woman?

merperson: i’m merfolk

marine scientist: no, like, what’s in your pants?

merperson: i don’t… wear any? i don’t have legs?

[9lunarseas6-deactivated20240914]

It’s a biological fact that fish do indeed change their sex to keep the male/female ratio balanced in their school population. So this fluidity actually makes more sense from a scientific standpoint than the silly idea that merfolk are born with a strictly assigned sex like humans.

[witchcraft-in-wonderland]

Merfolk are all canonically genderfluid and we love them for that

[anonymous-lizard]

Human: (invites merfolk friend to a boat party with their friends)

Merfolk: oh man, there are a lot of women here. Haha don’t worry guys, I got this :) *changes into a man to keep a balance because that’s culturally polite for merfolk*

Human: (spits drink) what the FUCK

[sexy-necromancing-bird]

OH MY GOD

[kingfisher-colours]

So in the presence of a ship with an entirely or mostly male crew, nearby mermaids would become female to keep the balance.

[ace-aussie-asshole]

That’s it. We figured out why everyone thinks merfolk are all women. Get a boat of fems out there and let’s see what they report.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I can clearly remember the moment I first realised my mother and I were living on completely different planes of existence. I was 7 years old and I came home from my school's first track and field day having placed second or third in every event. the teachers had been making jokes all afternoon about how many times they had to call my name. my friends thought I was cool as shit. my enemies thought I was cool as shit too, come to think of it. I was proud as hell. so I get home with the entire front of my shirt covered in ribbons like I was a military dictator who'd awarded himself every medal, I walk into the kitchen and tell my mum all about my day, and she goes "oh, that must be disappointing not getting any firsts." and I'm like no?? first of all the first place ribbons are red and I don't like red. second of all look at me. there's literally nowhere left on my body for accolades. I am fucking Jacked of All Trades. how could this possibly be a disappointment.

[blastdamage]

the paris catacombs are 1000x more fucked up than i imagined

[blastdamage]

did you know the cops once found a fully functioning movie theater with a well-stocked bar inside the catacombs and they when they tried to go back later to formally investigate it was completely emptied out save for a note that read "don't search for us"

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Underground french cinema

[npd-vriska]

my little bro is part of the catacombs community and yeah, it's basically a fully autonomous society! enough that when my bro goes in on a friday night, they don't come out until monday for work- sometimes longer if they took days off.

some of the rooms have fully stocked pantries with cooking equipment, some have movies like the one described above, some have books you're allowed to just take but people always put back- every day people bring things from the outside. artists often set up galleries there. there are rooms with mattresses and hammocks set up for people to sleep. one of the room is just a place where people leave shoes for the fun of it.

this is Known, it's not a secret by any means. the catacombs are as big as paris itself, and people live there just as people live above. it's wonderful when you think about it.

[npd-vriska]

A little update! My little bro is now my little sister. Please don't misgender her :)

[enbylesbie]

[silvermoon424]

As an ace this is the only time "you just haven't met the right person yet" has made me laugh lmaoooo

[explosionshark]

this is genuinely breathtaking lmao

[explosionshark]

Yeah look the weird smut comments are totally out of pocket but I really can't get over "im more into dr.seus or self help books lol"

[professorsparklepants]

#do you think he's actually read dr. seuss or did he just hear "doctor" before an author's name and decide it sounded smart? (Via @shellys-apprentice)

Oh my god

[box-dwelling]

Found the orginal thread and lost it at this

[shutyourmoustache]

This is the sorta segment I wish still existed in kids’ shows. Soothing voiceover, mellow music, no flashy graphics. Just a calm behind-the-scenes look at something you might call mundane but that most of us would never have a clue about if no one pulled the curtain back to reveal its inner workings.

[fangirl-overload13]

Okay but imagine being in kindergarten and seeing something like this, you would absolutely change your mind about wanting to be a fire fighter or teacher or whatever Job you've been told is cool and possible to grow up to do because wait a minute it's just like play-doh, there's so much it's kept in trash cans, you can use your hands to smear icing everywhere? It smells like cinnamon buns all the time?! Yes please!

[shutyourmoustache]

I vaguely remember having a field trip to a bakery in kindergarten and thinking croissants were magical and that I wanted to make them in the future cuz kneading dough looked fun.

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[weepylucifer]

dry humping in its specificity as a term implies the existence of wet humping

[weepylucifer]

not my best work

[srsfunny]

Canadian Nightmare

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

JESUS CHRIST WHO THE FUCK LET THAT EXIST

[digitaldiscipline]

The Canadian regionalization DLC for Nyan Cat looks amazing.

[rehfan]

This is nothing I wanted and yet everything I ever needed

Bless you Canada and your gigantic dinosaur snowplow monsters

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

Woo woo, motherfucker!

[becausedragonage]

@a-mahariels-travels

[cluegrrl]

Goddamned Mezolithic Megafauna’s what that is. Goddamned warranty expired on those things centuries ago, but do they care? Do they go decently extinct, like the ground sloth, gigantopethicus, or wooly rhino? Fuck that, they’re doing downhill runs on your favorite skiing course is what. Because Fuck it, is why.

[rembrandtswife]

Now I understand why moose are built the way they are.

It’s so they can gallop untrammelled through six-odd feet of snow.

[emma-regina4ever]

Jesus Christ I read those mother fuckers could run 55km an hour but seeing it is another thing especially plowing through the snow

[killer-squirtle]

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY

[frozencapybara]

Tumblr has this whole thing about moose, and I get it, they’re big, but on the other hand as someone who grew up in moose country I’m all

[optimysticals]

I LOVE so much introducing the size of moose to people who never walked around a bend in a dirt road to a full grown moose just chomping away and had to go off roading (or whatever the walking equivalent is) to get home.