Sans titre

[tossawary]

Bail Organa is barely in "Revenge of the Sith" and he's such a badass in those few moments that it's wonderful. The Jedi have been declared traitors? Better go pick some Jedi Council members up personally and smuggle them onto Coruscant to destroy the trap beacon. Yoda tries to assassinate the new Emperor? Bail Organa is waiting solo outside in the getaway speeder, giving free taxi rides for people trying to kill dictators. Anakin Skywalker has turned to the Dark Side and killed Padmé? Better adopt and raise Darth Vader's daughter with unconditional love. And after this movie is over, Bail is apparently going to go right back to work in the Imperial Senate while helping to found the Rebellion, because this superspy does not fucking blink.

[rogueleader14]

Bail Organa was a great man. Damn, I wished he and the rest of House Organa had evacuated Alderaan before the planet was destroyed!

[bigandlong]

If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

[jae-felidae]

Oh hey! Haven’t seen this in forever! Didn’t reblog it when it came across me before, not gonna skip it this time, I need some good vibes.

[pragnificent]

This is Money Snake. She only appears every 312 years. 

If you reblog her picture within the next twenty-five seconds you will have good luck and fortune for the rest of your life. 

[thingsamylikes]

I reblogged her late last year and my 2024 has been very satisfying work-wise and (secure enough to not stress out) money-wise so far. Money Snake is wise and good.

[lemonsharks]

always reblog money snake

[jupitersmusings]

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

[overlord-fire-bubble]

THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.

[tiny-kt]

this for real fucking works

[scroll-of-thought]

Apparently this one fuckin works, and who am I to argue with the collective agreement of tumblr. Will report back if good things happen.

[odetoalibrary]

I’ve heard rumours that they will replace Nettles with Rhaena and please god let them not do this.

Nettles is the only (as far as I know) canonically black female character in this story. Not only this; unlike Rhaena who is legitimate and rich, Nettles has literally come from nothing. She’s black and poor and turns everything around by conquering an enormous dragon that the nobility and even the Targaryen’s couldn’t. By giving this plotline to Rhaena, a girl born into privilege and proximity to dragons and a literal TARGARYEN, the impact would be comically reduced.

Are Team Black not allowed any serious internal conflict at all? Must everything be boiled down to a 2000s!girl power! moment?

Where does the conflict appear from if sheepstealer is ridden by Daemon’s daughter? Is Rhaenerya not going to go down the path of paranoia and lashing out at her allies or are the interesting character dynamics saved for the Greens?

Rhaena already has a dragon in the books; Morning. Aptly named since she rides her after the war as the last dragon rider.

[justanartsysideblog]

“Well met, Lord Stark,” the pitch of her voice was low and her words deliberate. “Welcome to King’s Landing.”

Am I back on my Rhaenys bullshit? Yes. Am I halfway through writing the first few chapters of A Whisper of Wolves? Also yes. Have some Rhaenys art as I chip away at writing.

[elizabethminkel]

Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors

Next year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only w

As promised! I wrote about the illegal fanbinding that's led to writers deleting their works recently, how that connects to the current pull-to-publish wave, and what happens when the rapidly expanding sphere of fic readers starts to get disconnected from *fandom*:

The ever-increasing reach of fanfiction has inched the practice away from text-written-in-community to a more traditional author-reader relationship—and the context collapse that’s come with viral works being treated like any other romance novel has spurred clashes between different types of readers with different sets of expectations. In the past few years, fic authors across all corners of fandom have increasingly complained about shifting attitudes from readers who treat them like any other content creator, demanding the next chapter as you might demand your favorite influencer’s next video. But unlike on creative platforms like TikTok and YouTube, the fic writer doesn’t get revenue from their new installment.

We'll also talk about this in some capacity on the next episode of @fansplaining! (In contrast with today's episode, on the non-monetized, gift-economy practices of many fanbinders, whose hobby is also imperiled by the people selling and buying fic.)

[nonbinary-octopus]

I was gonna reblog with a comment how a lot of the people in my bookbinding group dislike the selling of fic binds for these precise reasons, but it turns out that you already mentioned Renegade in the article as a group with strong opinions on fandom as gift economy

we are also... quite familiar (derogatory) with people clamoring to buy binds of Manacled in particular... there was apparently a large wave of people asking for that fic some time before I joined the server (and getting turned down because that's not the kind of thing Renegade is intended for)

Fanbinding is great! Selling fanfiction binds, especially without author permission and expressly against their desires? Not great!

[zigzagcat]

#fanfiction #monetization of fandom

[zigzagcat]

[gloamglozerglam-deactivated2022]

Anyway here’s a poem I wrote about my cat

After “Do not stand at my grave and weep”, author disputed:

Do not stand at your bowl and meow. I gave you food. It’s in there now. I feed you at the dawning light, I feed you at the fall of night. I feed you kibbles mixed with meat And wet food for a special treat. I feed you even though you scoff At all the food within your trough. I feed you and still yet you yell Like as a beast from deepest hell. Do not stand at your bowl and cry. I gave you food. You will not die.

[katistry]

every time a tiktok user says if andrew garfield spiderman had a boyfriend it would be deadpool and not johnny storm an angel loses its wings and goes straight to hell

[allyourprettywords]

“Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild,” Kathy Fish

A group of grandmothers is a tapestry. A group of toddlers, a jubilance (see also: abewailing). A group of librarians is an enlightenment. A group of visual artists is a bioluminescence. A group of short story writers is a Flannery. A group of musicians is — a band.

A resplendence of poets.

A beacon of scientists.

A raft of social workers.

A group of first responders is a valiance. A group of peaceful protestors is a dream. A group of special education teachers is a transcendence. A group of neonatal ICU nurses is a divinity. A group of hospice workers, a grace.

Humans in the wild, gathered and feeling good, previously an exhilaration, now: a target.

A target of concert-goers.

A target of movie-goers.

A target of dancers.

A group of schoolchildren is a target.

[sammymakesthings]

I wanted to share something I made last year for the local literary festival’s annual zine. I really enjoyed making this “collage poem” - it was something new for me and I know it won’t be the last one I make. May there be cookies in your imminent future!

[zigzagcat]

What if we had it all wrong? What if it was Gerard Way who wrote My Immortal?

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

“unclench your fists, my lover, the war is over now. (i’ve forgotten how to uncurl my fingers from the trigger.) be gentle, my lover, the war is over now. (i don’t remember what it’s like not to have gunsteel in my bones.) come home, my lover, the war is over now. (i’m back at the place i left but home is gone where i cannot find it.) sleep, my lover, the war is over now. (the war follows me into sleep. i’m afraid i’ll never leave it behind.) kiss me, my lover, the war is over now. (my fingers still drip red and i do not want to stain you with them.)”

—

teach me how to be at peace again ( j.p. )

(via @pencap)

[rosefrith]

When your pet leaves you a little gift on your bed covers in the night, it’s a sign that he loves you. :)

[midnightcandy]

that one mushroom post. yea.

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bonus (+ textless images under the cut):

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[zigzagcat]

It makes too much sense

[daphneblakess]

what if I made my final project for a college class arguing my immortal’s cultural merit as a piece of digital folklore… haha just kidding… unless???

[daphneblakess]

update: MY PROFESSOR GREENLIT IT

[daphneblakess]

update 2: well i gave my presentation in full Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way cosplay

and enough people were intrigued by the greater My Immortal mythos that my professor asked me if I would be interested in doing a second, longer presentation about the authorship debate and the background Harry Potter fanfiction community drama

[daphneblakess]

update 3: at long last, here is the filmed and extended version of the presentation! I really didn’t think it would take this long, but uhhhh pandemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJs0BCHCNPI