the Ceuta fiasco is so dispiriting. an organized disinformation campaign that ends in dozens of deaths, thousands of photos (the real goal) that were instantly used to stoke tensions and help bolster the world's worst fascist trash, and all of Europe's governments go "hmm yeah they've got a point"

your apartment, the sport of basketball, and the Republic of Korea are all social constructs. mere recognition of this fact does not actually make the question of whether you are standing in your own apartment, playing basketball, or a Korean national up in the air until settled by op ed editors

this is why I have such a viscerally negative reaction to "lore." knowing what questions not to answer is a necessary part of writing. the contemporary trend of answering every conceivable question is part of the ongoing infantilization of audiences and we should resist it at all costs

🔥 Rae V. 🌸@raevee.bsky.social · last wk.

found this on tumblr & honestly, i couldn’t agree more. +

have just received more fic fanart from a different artist and by now know I drastically underestimated the size of the fandom. someone is translating the fic into Russian. I have gotten DMs in Spanish and Polish

tydides@tydides.bsky.social · 3mo ago

minding my own business doing stuff when it turns out someone drew fanart of a fic I'm posting and I don't understand how I'm supposed to do anything the rest of the day?

The upcoming reactionary movement is going to be chock full of internet kids who do not understand history, do not understand art, do not understand how to parse meaning out of anything they read, and are aggressively allergic to thinking for themselves

not saying moms have cognitive superpowers but all of the most incisive editors, readers, and commenters I've ever had are moms

love to discover new things about myself, like "thunderstorms are a migraine trigger"

hate AO3 constantly being like "Don't forget you've muted users! You won't see their works in this list! Don't you want to check your muted users page and give them a second chance???" no, bitch, they're on that list for a reason

people are missing that many of these KSA acquisitions are meant to be subtle. they don't want you to notice! yes, more due diligence is always good, but stuff like this is completely forgettable and especially with very old franchises. GDQ deserves a lot of grace here

Games Done Quick@gamesdonequick.com · 3w ago

We failed to conduct the level of review our community should expect from us and that was an oversight we deeply regret and take full responsibility for.

getting older is great tbh. marriage rules when you love the person you're married to. today my husband is out of town so I spent the day reading books and watching/donating to SGDQ. also being older means you need one (1) drink to get solidly buzzed and can call it quits at 10 PM

LRP no matter how bad it is in the place you are, you have an obligation to make it better. we've all felt "fuck it, hope it burns" but that doesn't solve problems or help anyone. whatever future you long for can't exist unless you start building it

I’m gonna be real with you all, I think that anyone who thinks America’s a shithole that isn’t worth saving isn’t worth listening to. The idea of a purifying revolution-to-come is a fantasy, a terminating piece of cope that keeps you from believing it’s worth putting in the work now.

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

deltarune ch5 is the best soundtrack of all of them and it's not close. petal dance, pirate dojo, and flower castle are instant classics

had a very minor surgery recently and went to the follow-up only to discover I needed additional medication. "it's not a huge deal, you're just a slow healer," she said. somehow this is the worst insult I've ever heard in my entire life

get online and see entire crowds of people hypnotizing themselves into deciding "death of the author" means something it very straightforwardly does not. are we sure this isn't tumblr

Bullshit Jobs

34 YEAR OLD WOMAN AT ANIME CON HOTEL PARTY: you sound pretty passionate about that jax character. you know, when i was your age we had similar arguments about a different character, we called it "vriscourse" 22 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW SOJU WAS THAT STRONG: could yuo push me down the stairs,,

sciatica is the productive person's disease. want to stay in bed? excruciating pain. sitting down? excruciating pain. basically the only way to function is to walk around constantly and keep your bad leg up on a stool

LRT I don't love the joy-shaming in some circles, like if you were really enlightened you'd be miserable. "Actually, you should hate your country at all times" will win you zero adherents. A real vision for the future is a million people in the streets singing along to Empire State of Mind

It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fascism's a fever you break with shit like what happened in New York last night. Create more excuses to feel things like that together.

Saturday afternoon nap >>>>>>

should go without saying but fanfiction cannot be your only source of pleasure/leisure reading, it just can't

The Thirty-Something Weight Lifter and Desk Job-Haver Gets Sciatica

life is at least a little beautiful idk

friend was complaining about WHA in English so I gave it a try and good god it's the worst dub I've heard since 1998. everyone is attempting British accents but mostly they just drop Rs and go back and forth on long vowels. when Olruggio said "DAMN" I laughed out loud

minding my own business doing stuff when it turns out someone drew fanart of a fic I'm posting and I don't understand how I'm supposed to do anything the rest of the day?

have finally started posting this and am having a lovely time. it's a dead fandom (there are like five of us) but it's easily some of the best fanwork I've done in ages. we do these things not because we want kudos, but because we have worms in our brains

tydides@tydides.bsky.social · 9mo ago

the urge to write a short story where the A-plot is told like the B-plot because it's narrated by a character with little to no interest in the A-plot