i only have this blog so my main isnt full of reblogs

you are the mercy of whatever bullshit im on this time. scrolling my blog is like spinning one of those prize wheeles at the fair exept instead of getting a prize you get to hear abt the gay people im obssesed with right now. my main is @whatwasyournameagain its for shouting at the void pfp by nightcatssketchbook.

[madebymicho]

my shaylas....................

[cardentist]

I'm being driven to ACTUAL madness

broadway took a while to realize that animatics for their musicals were a Good thing and helped to put butts in seats, so every now and then there'd be huge waves of animatics being deleted and muted until it eventually stopped

and so many of these animatics were coming from teens, so they often wouldn't reupload them either because they were scared of the copyright system or because they found their old art embarrassing or because they'd just grown out of it and legitimately hadn't even noticed. that's why you see SO many reupload accounts from around the mid 2010s

it's ALSO why I always download my favorite animatics nowadays, that very First wave of takedowns happened and I just had to wait for the will of the people to bring them all back to me

except there was ONE that not only never came back, but that I've never seen anyone ever acknowledge existed at all

the ONLY proof that it exists anywhere on the internet, is a Mashup that Rips out the middle

and it's Honestly worse than not having any shred of it at all. I Still don't know who actually made the thing, because the uploader doesn't refer to them by name, there's just a dead link in the description. legitimately nothing else hits the same and makes me feel NUTS

I'd love to do a call out to see if anyone has an unedited copy of the original, but I am DEFINITELY not popular enough for that. so just let me know if this thing rings a bell AT ALL

[charlesoberonn]

Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

[charlesoberonn]

Human determination: Man bikes 18 miles to work every morning because he wants to and not because he can’t afford a car and would be fired if he’s late.

[charlesoberonn]

Spirit of Brotherhood: Neighbors host housewarming party for elderly resident who doesn’t need help in paying rent because his pension is more than enough.

[hyperlexichypatia]

SO INSPIRING: Local middle school students bake dozens of cupcakes because their home economics class is doing a baking unit. Their school is fully funded with everything they need.

[blandandtasteless]

This feels like calibrating my normal detector

[whyiseveryusernametaken898]

Fun fact: same-sex relationships were very much illegal in the fire nation during the war

So like, at what point of Zuko's reign did he legalize being gay?

This has so much fanfiction potential. Zukka shippers, you know what to do.

"We can't be together Sokka, it's against the law- Hold up, I'M THE FIRE LORD!!"

[fibro-memes]

[msbarrows]

I hope I'm online when it happens. I want to see a sudden flood of crab rave memes right after refreshing my dash, and in the middle of it all, the Castiel news meme. That's how I want to learn of it; not through anything solemn or serious, but via overwhelming silly celebration.

[whatagrump]

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

[enigmaticexplorer]

“If you want to break up dialogue to insert an action"—she gesticulated wildly to emphasize her point—"then you use em dashes around the action.”

“You can also break up dialogue by placing the em dash inside the quotation mark, but—” She took a moment to catch her breath. “—you must treat the action like a sentence. It must be capitalized with an end punctation.”

“When humans speak, we often get sidetracked (and share information that may not be all that pertinent, a secret, or something we probably shouldn’t be talking about). Use parenthesis in your dialogue when you want to demonstrate this.”

***

“If you’re writing a long monologue, then it likely needs to be broken into multiple paragraphs. Because one long paragraph of dialogue that takes up an entire page or multiple pages is very hard on the eyes.

“So conclude the previous dialogue paragraph without a quotation mark, and start the next dialogue paragraph with a quotation mark. This shows the reader that the same person is still speaking, without the need for additional action or dialogue tags.”

[professionalbitch]

"Why do queer people even need a whole month?"

I am in elementary school. I have discovered something in myself that is different from my peers. I have no words to express this feeling, so I instead live in discomfort for years and years and believe it to be normal.

I am in seventh grade. I have lost my entire friend group because a rumor was spread that because I am queer, I must be a creep. My last sleepover with those friends was spent sitting in the same room as them while they texted each other talking shit about me.

I am in seventh grade. I have endured homophobic bullying from snarky comments to food being thrown at me in the cafeteria, and today finally swing back. I get one of the bullies on the floor and the teacher breaks us up. I get in trouble for fighting while she continues to bully me. Nothing is done about the bullying when I speak up about it.

I am in seventh grade. I am being outed to my entire classroom by the people I share a table with. They are walking to every single desk and telling each classmate I am queer. I watch as every head turns to look at me in disgust. I am completely alienated from that class and spend my days working alone.

I am fourteen or fifteen. The discomfort I have lived with my entire life finally has a name: dysphoria. I have come out to my family as trans. I am in my room alone on my birthday, crying because every card has "girl" on it.

I am fourteen or fifteen. I get a tone with a family member because I am tired of her excuses for continuously misgendering me. Her husband corners me outside and threatens to hit me if I ever talk back to her again, and tells me my identity is made up. My family sides with him.

I am fifteen and sixteen. I wish I could die instead of living in stagnancy.

I am seventeen. My country is passing law after law to restrict my community. Trans people are going missing and being murdered, and their lights are snuffed without so much as a whimper. I am disgusted and afraid and grieving alongside my trans brothers, sisters, and siblings.

I am twenty. I do not speak to much of my family anymore, my mother has only ever called me my birth name, and I have lost every single friend I ever had except one, and had to rebuild myself and my circle from the ground up. Family holidays are hollow. I have self harm scars permanently etched on my skin, purple half-moons under my eyes that are like stains at this point, and I will never forget how I have been treated and what I have endured. My heart breaks knowing millions out there experience the same things and worse.

I am twenty. I am crying in my boyfriend's arms about not feeling like a real man. I am hearing him reassure me that he sees me for me and he loves me as the man I am. My small friend group strictly calls me by my chosen name and pronouns. I am in love, I have more support than ever, and for once, I'm starting to feel glad I'm alive, glad that I held on. For once, I have hope.

I am twenty. It is pride month and I am hearing the same complaints over and over again. And I am not apologizing for existing a little more brightly this month. We have all fucking earned it.

[cholvoq]

weight of the world.

[ilostmygenderalongwithmydignity]

Wait ok so if Stratt really pirated the entire internet and also every piece of software ever, that means the Hail Mary can run DOOM

[mewnosodenwyma]

i feel like we as a fandom don't talk enough about the fact that in the book stratt literally downloads Every Single Piece Of Human Knowledge onto the hail mary's computers, gets sued for super copyright violations , and her response to the judge is essentially this:

[artralichoard]

I like to imagine a sleep deprived and pissed off Ryland Grace uses his teacher phrases but in his "ragefull, yelling at collegues and getting kicked out of acadamia" voice.

"1. 2. 3. Eyes. On. Me." *said with such intense glare and direct eye contact it made one person tear up in fear*

"WE RAISE OUR HANDS TO SPEAK!" *even Stratt follows the rule the rest of the meeting*

"I can wait..." *said in a normal volume in a room of screaming frustrated scientists. they all quiet immediately*

"SEE ME AFTER CLASS!" *he then stormed off and now the poor sod that pissed of Dr. Grace is standing outside his office door like he's entering the execution chamber*

[oatmealdoodles]

I don’t follow PHM shipping (especially with headcanoning Grace as aroace) but whoever came up with the combination of Grace, Simon, and Rocky’s (& Adrian’s) ship name to be “Bloody Mary on the Rocks” has my entire soul

[the-dormant-ocean]

Grace and Rocky proudly show Simon an invention they just made after a serious breakthrough only for him to be confused. This is something Simon grew up using every day. They are basically presenting him with something that's the equivalent of an electric kettle for him, like it's something new. Underwhelmed, confused and thinking that he's missing something, he just asks "That's it?" without realising that it is an impressive creation. In Simon's time, this thing had been invented ages ago but it didn't exist in Grace's time until he and Rocky literally just invented it. Simon just looked at the result of their hard work and many sleepless nights and basically called it unimpressive. Grace and Rocky are so insulted by his reaction that they don't speak to him for a day even after he apologised.

[sajdd]

can we talk about the fact that grace & rocky (platonically or romantically) are literally the epitome of "loved to the point of invention" i feel sick whenever i think about them. inventing ways to communicate. inventing ways to live together. inventing ways to save the planet. inventing ways to save each other. inventing ways to almost touch. inventing ways to send each other home. it never ends. they love each other so fucking much i feel like throwing up

[the-dormant-ocean]

Rocky goes on a walk on the beach with Grace and listens to him lament that his attempts at flirting with Simon have been unsuccessful. Rocky, successfully mated and happy, offers to give him advice.

"Rock Grace gave Simon bad, question."

"Rock? I didn't give him a rock."

After a short silence, Grace looks to his right and Rocky isn't there. He looks behind him and Rocky has stopped walking.

"No rock, question. Grace want Simon be mate and no rock, question. Bad bad bad bad. Bad Grace," he frantically says.

"Hey, calm down, it's not a big deal."

"Insult. Insult. Insult. Insult."

"Are you insulting me right now?"

"No rock insult Simon."

"Oh, okay, I see."

"Simon nice. Simon safe. Simon make good mate. Grace want Simon mate. Grace no give rock. Grace dumb. Grace bad. Simon never speak Grace again. Simon need good mate. Grace make bad mate. Grace–"

"I said, calm down! Giving a rock to someone isn't a thing for us. That's not how flirting works for humans."

"Rocky help Grace choose good rock. Simon accept Grace mate very fast. Rocky gave Adrian best rock. Rocky and Adrian together decades."

"I'm not giving him a rock."

"Rocky help Grace chose rock, statement."

Silence. They are having a stare-down. Eventually, Grace sighs.

"Fine! But don't come crying when you're proven wrong."

"Impossible."

They spend an entire afternoon looking for a good pebble. Rocky is extremely picky but at least Grace's picks seem to get better and better. Maybe in another life he would have made a decent Eridian.

That's how he ends up standing in front of Simon awkwardly and bashfully, trying to muster the courage to give him his rock.

"Why is Rocky just looming in the doorway instead of coming in?" Simon asks, confused by the weird atmosphere in the room

Grace was really hoping he wouldn't bring that up.

"Just ignore him," he says with an awkward laugh.

He turns around to look at Rocky and mouths to him to leave with a sign of the head. He only takes two steps back so as to be partially hidden behind one of the door frames. Why is he like this? When he turns back, Simon is looking between him and the Eridian with a raised eyebrow. Wait, did he see their exchange? He saw it, didn't he? Oh no.

"Okayyy," Simon says, sceptical.

Grace has never been more thankful for someone taking pity on him in his life.

"Anyway! I found a cool rock and thought of you. Here," Grace frankly says as he hands him his courtship present.

Simon looks at him, stunned. His eyes travel from his face to the pebble Grace is handing him. He carefully picks it up and inspects it. He watches with an entranced look on his face as the light reflecting on the surface makes it change colours. He turns it around to see all the shades it can offer. Grace can't take his eyes off him. Simon is treating it like he just got handed a precious gem. Like he wants to really take in its whole beauty. Grace is really starting to get nervous now. It wasn't supposed to be serious. Before this, if Simon were to tell him that he doesn't like it, Grace wouldn't have really cared. But now, he would be heartbroken. He can hear a whisper behind him saying, "Inspecting. Good good good." Simon's eyes finally meet Grace's, behind the rock, and he lowers it down to really look at him.

"Thanks, Grace. I love it," he says with a soft voice and gentle smile that reaches his eyes.

Grace feels his knees almost give out at the words. He also looks so touched and happy with something so simple.

"Don't mention it. I'll give you all the cool rocks I find. Um, if you want that is!" he stutters, flustered.

"Yeah. I'd like that."

"Okay, great! I'll do that then! Um, glad you like it. Okay, um, bye."

He speed-walks his way out of the door and almost trips on Rocky. Once he's outside and out of Simon's field of vision, he crouches down and buries his face in his hands. His face is burning, his heart is threatening to beat out of his chest and he can’t believe that it worked kinda.

"Rocky always right," he says.

"Shut up," he answers.

[mumblesplash]

‘project hail mary is about the power of friendship’ ‘project hail mary is about hope’ ‘project hail mary is about accidentally becoming too important at work’ wrong wrong wrong you’re all wrong. project hail mary is about what it would take for a single man in his 30s to own a fully paid off beachfront property in today’s economy