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and sometimes, you just need to give that celibate ass old man a pussy.

sometimes a trans headcanon is 5 pages of careful textual analysis and reasoning and sometimes it's "i know this doesn't make sense but it's my favourite character and i get to decide the gender" and sometimes you have both within the same media and that's beautiful.

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sometimes a theme recurs in your work without your permission. and sometimes it reaches a threshold where you're like. well now i think this is saying something about me against my will. don't know what though

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it's a german millennial disease I fear

Question to all the people who grew up in Germany and or German speaking countries who are now adults, do you still go ‘Löwenzahn’ in that specific tone of voice whenever you see a dandelion or is that just me

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the only time it was actually funny and entertaining when a "ship" was "confirmed" by someone who worked on the show was when someone asked rene auberjonois at a panel what the nature of quark and odo's relationship was and he replied "sexual." without elaboration

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reverse gaslighting where i pretend to know exactly what you are talking about

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why are dudes in fanfic always getting hit with freight train orgasms. why not an orient express orgasm, classy and romantic. where are the shinkansen train orgasms? his orgasm hit him like the TGV atlantique breaking the passenger rail speed record. like the shanghai maglev, his orgasm was a feat of engineering but something of a commercial disappointment.

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A Bisexual nightmare

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STOP no more live-action remakes. We're going the other way now. Animated Casablanca. Animated The Godfather. Animated Oppenheimer. Animated Fight Club.

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people might think creating OC lore involves a lot of thinking & planning, but in my personal experience, OC development is more like a divine vision from a god slamming you over the head with a mallet while ur doing the fuckin dishes or folding laundry

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REBLOG IF THIS RELATES TO YOU:

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I feel like 90% of "ancient curses" are probably adequately explained by the fact that the self-proclaimed adventurers who ostensibly fell victim to them were, as a class, a bunch of dipshits who engaged in frequent international travel in an era before antibiotics and vaccines. Like, the list of novel pathogens these guys were risking exposure to on a regular basis was effectively "all of them". That's gotta leave a mark.

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inventory management tyler dingsun

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unfortunately in my heart of hearts hamlet will always be queer and transgender, no matter what evidence immediately presents itself to the contrary

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one small grievance (extremely silly, take with a huge boulder of salt please) I have with Conclave:

there should've been more screen time for the Swiss Guard and their beautiful uniforms beyond the few obscured glimpses we got :(

i know they're not at all relevant to the plot or would've added anything to the story, probably would've messed with the colour schemes and colour language too much, BUT STILL. look how pretty!!! 👇

(images from the german Wikipedia article)

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Caffetteria Centrale Holy Week & Beyond Event: TOPMAS

Hot on the heels of our Minor Characters Event, we now present a special event for Holy Week and beyond:

April 14 - 27, 2025: Topmas

What's this?

There's a running gag in one of my Conclave friend groups about top Thomas or, to give him his proper name, "Topmas", and how that sounds like some sort of high holiday. Combine this with the concept that at Easter, unexpected things like Thomas's erection rise up, maybe not from the dead but you get the idea I'm sure... and the result is an event around the theme:

Let's make some fanwork where Thomas Lawrence is on top!

Please feel free to interpret the theme in any way you want, whether that' sexually or kinky or about feeling "on top" or some other way of interpreting it that I haven't thought of! Add your finished work to the AO3 collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/topmas

If you'd like to chat to other Conclave fans, bounce ideas off one another, and maybe join the madness that is our Swiss Guard roleplay channel, please send a message/ask either here or to @ardyforshort and I can invite you to our Discord server! We don't bite, I promise. So don't be shy!

Of course, we have a badge for participants - please see below

So, pencils and keyboards at the ready, get your fanworks in!

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Conclave Minor Characters Fest 2025 Challenge #4 - Giulio Sabbadin

The Conclave Minor Characters Fest is now up and running on AO3!

Would you like to join our Discord server for fanworks creators? It's a place where you can share silly memes, find a beta or collaborator, or simply bounce ideas off one another. To join, check out @caffetteria-centrale and leave a message!

Concept:

Roughly once every two weeks, a character/group of characters will be announced. You are encouraged to create fanwork that focusses on that character/some or all of the group of characters. Optional prompts to help you kickstart your work will also be provided, and there will be achievement badges for each challenge plus a special badge for those who complete all challenges.

Complete table of challenges with dates, prompts, and badges

Current Challenge:

Mon Apr 7 - Sun Apr 13

Focus Character(s): Giulio Sabbadin

One Word:Protection

One Line: “This was the path I chose. I only have myself to blame.”

Scenario: A scene in which a gesture plays a key part.

Mon Apr 14 - Sun Apr 20 (Holy Week)

A special event, technically unconnected to the Minor Characters Fest, but with the same format!

Rules/Further information:

At the beginning of every challenge period (roughly once every two weeks from February 24 to April 20), a focus character or group of characters and some prompts will be announced. As soon as the announcement is live, you can begin creating and posting fanworks.

Fanworks must contain the current focus character or group of characters. You are welcome to incorporate the prompts into your work, but they are optional. Late submissions are not permitted.

Fanworks of any kind and with any rating are allowed and encouraged.

Please post your finished work to the collection.

Have fun!

[ardyforshort]

Conclave Minor Characters Fest 2025 Challenge #4 - Giulio Sabbadin

The Conclave Minor Characters Fest is now up and running on AO3!

Would you like to join our Discord server for fanworks creators? It's a place where you can share silly memes, find a beta or collaborator, or simply bounce ideas off one another. To join, check out @caffetteria-centrale and leave a message!

Concept:

Roughly once every two weeks, a character/group of characters will be announced. You are encouraged to create fanwork that focusses on that character/some or all of the group of characters. Optional prompts to help you kickstart your work will also be provided, and there will be achievement badges for each challenge plus a special badge for those who complete all challenges.

Complete table of challenges with dates, prompts, and badges

Current Challenge:

Mon Apr 7 - Sun Apr 13

Focus Character(s): Giulio Sabbadin

One Word:Protection

One Line: “This was the path I chose. I only have myself to blame.”

Scenario: A scene in which a gesture plays a key part.

Mon Apr 14 - Sun Apr 20 (Holy Week)

A special event, technically unconnected to the Minor Characters Fest, but with the same format!

Rules/Further information:

At the beginning of every challenge period (roughly once every two weeks from February 24 to April 20), a focus character or group of characters and some prompts will be announced. As soon as the announcement is live, you can begin creating and posting fanworks.

Fanworks must contain the current focus character or group of characters. You are welcome to incorporate the prompts into your work, but they are optional. Late submissions are not permitted.

Fanworks of any kind and with any rating are allowed and encouraged.

Please post your finished work to the collection.

Have fun!