Yeehaw darlin's

I may or may not have lost the throw away email to my other one but I swear I wrote Monster Amongst Us on ao3 

[theweirdwideweb]

[the-jade-palace]

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

[attackofjak]

I feel understood 🥰

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

[pettycentral]

[sassystarlightcollection-deacti]

[intosnarkness]

Jurassic Park except they provide proper enrichment for the animals and they therefor don’t feel the need to hunt slow, small humans.

[intosnarkness]

“We stuffed this pumpkin full of live goats for the T. rex watch him try to get them out with his little fingers.”

[intosnarkness]

“Turns out the raptors are cage breakers, so we’ve gotten them a series of door handles to manipulate. Little guys just love it.”

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

"The Rexes are incredibly affectionate pack animals, so we were careful to breed multiples. Be sure to come during spring time to watch them go broody over anything even vaguely egg-shaped." "We put the Raptors through target training and now if they are bored, hungry, or just want a scratch under the chin they go to spot near the bars and ring a little bell for attention." "Imprinting after hatching was so common that we now have keepers under contract to care for the animals well into adulthood to prevent them from pining." "The Gallimimus turned out to be just giant Canada Geese, and so fear nothing. Their keeper regularly has to stop them from trying to attack fences, guests, feeding buckets, and the now traumatised pack of Ceratosaurs in the next paddock."

[rannulfr]

"We also fired Dr. Henry Wu."

[nudityandnerdery]

I have questions for OP either about how big they think a pumpkin is or about how small they think goats are.

[intosnarkness]

In a fictional genetic theme park, we play by Roger Rabbit rules. They’re however large they need to be to make my joke work.

[nudityandnerdery]

I respect that. Question withdrawn.

[cerolinda]

I'm off to fight God does anyone want anything?

[cerolinda]

Sorry everyone, God didn't drop anything worthwhile, only soup.

[cerolinda]

It means he only DROPPED SOUP

[kiryma]

Well get out of the INCREASED SOUP DROP RATE universe

[cerolinda]

ALRIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT AT ME, I'LL GO KILL ANOTHER GOD

[cerolinda]

The other God ALSO dropped soup?????????????????????

[spinyax]

what do you mean the other god also dropped soup???????

[cerolinda]

It means I killed him and he only dropped soup!

[vinitile-deactivated20210311]

GO INTO THE NEXT UNIVERSE

[cerolinda]

NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO FARM FOR RARE ITEMS, THE GODS KEEP DROPPING SOUP!

[cerolinda]

I'M FIGHTING THE PRIMORDIAL SOUP GODS!

[cerolinda]

FUCK YOU!!!!

[vihyura]

truly

[snowflakeb0ttles]

[chemically-imbalanced-romance]

[claytonical]

[zzoupz]

[yeehawdarl]

THIS IS NOT MY ART 

So y'all, this Tumblr IS for updates and not just me shit posting!! So here is chapter three of my fic!! I got wayyyy too excited and posted it early! https://archiveofourown.org/works/26921563/chapters/67518449

ALSO HERES AMAZING FANART BY MY AMAZING BETA WHOSE ASLEEP BUT THEY ARE @sunsetvulture​

[tsu-zie]

there is absolutely nothing funnier than this screenshot to me right now

[septic-everlasting]

In memory of the poor man who walked up on this

[yeehawdarl]

[emilylovescookies]

maka’s spartoi outfit is her best look imo

[yeehawdarl]

Unus Annus

So, I have already done this on twitter, and here is the post

https://twitter.com/Zorro72209896/status/1327508054015819776?s=19

 Just. I need to say how I feel.  The start of this channel seemed funny, I didn’t think about it at first. It was a silly thing Mark and Ethan were doing then it slowly dawned on me. It crept up on me really, I didn’t even watch all the videos because of what was going on in my life, but I wish I did. This showed me that truly nothing is permanent, you cannot outrun the clock, there is nothing you can do to stop it and all you can do is accept it. We had a whole year, a whole year for this and look where we are now. I think that’s nice. I do not really want to reiterate myself from what I said on twitter but, this taught me a lot.  It only now just came to me, with an hour left that I have wasted my life. I need to work harder to be happy and live my life before it is over. I want to do something with myself because, truly, anything can happen in an instant. 

Thank you Ethan, Mark, Amy, the editors and everyone else who made this possible. 

Remember, 

Memento Mori 

[yeehawdarl]

The gangs all here, Kiwi (@kazehana23s oc), Lime (@moonpaws oc) and my teeny among us oc, breezeblock. I couldnt stop thinking abt the height and probably personality differences between them all fdkjfhsd

[vernillabomb]

punk man chilling at the junkyard with his fav junkyard cat

[demon-fries]

@moonpaw ‘s Lime must get really bad helmet hair

also featuring Fries and @pixelw0lf ‘s Kiwi as cursed emojis

click for better quality!!

[nartothelar]

Happy birthday Aizawa! It was an evening full of fun, food, and fantastic forts!

[sleepypocketsock]

I’ve realized something

I could gain a hell of a lot more followers if I just posted a catboy Sebastian from stardew valley that i drew. 

and then I drew it

[greenheronhive]

>:(

[yeehawdarl]

@moonpaw