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Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

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They look like an old timey girl group who's gonna take on something corrupt in this town. This feels like a comic cover

submitted by @thecorrupteddatabase 🩷💙💚

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Why does every therapist tell me that I’m so bright and confident and articulate, can you please help me deal with the gaping hole in my chest

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The generation gap between me and ppl of my own age

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Almost certainly meaning that the whole report about him was about to leak.

Someone therefore hurriedly made him a deal for some to-be-delivered-later sinecure, and he folded his tent citing the old "Many Important People talked to me and convinced me that I didn't I want to be an undua distraction" excuse. :/

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amar getting artsy via

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no more blorbo questions what was the first music album that changed you fundamentally

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yesterday, i cried my eyes raw. i grieved for my fellow trans and bipoc family, for women, for everyone affected, here and abroad.

today, i felt the sun shine a little brighter. today, the last chapter of dracula hit my inbox.

something about the timing— the conclusion to a story about enduring an evil alongside the people you love and trust, to keep on fighting even when that evil wants you to believe that all hope is lost…

i think it was a story i needed to hear right now. dracula daily is cyclical; the world will keep on choosing hate and evil.

but we must endure, like jonathan. we must love, like lucy. we must grieve, like arthur. we must seek the truth, like jack and van helsing. we must fight on, like quincey. we can’t do it all alone, we need each other.

more than anything, we must survive and tell our stories, like mina. we must survive.

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I think it's been crossposted already but guess I should post this here as well! The cover for The Raven Boys graphic novel I have been working on for the last couple of years is finally out! If you're wondering why I haven't posted art in a while it's because all I've been doing is drawing these kids non-stop (in between teaching, and pottery, and following my chickens around).

It has been such a pleasure to work on and an enormous amount of pressure to get them just right. It's an impossible but worthy goal, and as a fan of the books myself I know just how much people care about this series. I hope once you get to see it in August 2025 you'll be rewarded for the wait. You can read more about the book here, and find preorder links here.

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Here is a skill that many of us are going to need for survival: how to tell if someone is offering to let you lie.

The tip-off phrase is "If [circumstance] was true, then we/I could do [helpful thing.]" This is not a guarantee that the person is offering, but it should tell you "I am being informed of a way to improve things."

Your confirmation phrase is "What documentation would that require?" This is essentially asking them "if people come asking me to prove this, will I be able to? Or will they not come at all?"

The answer you are hoping for with the confirmation phrase is "Just tell me if it's true, and I'll put it on the form." Note that this is not a direct instruction to lie, because they can't tell you that.

If they didn't mean to extend an offer to lie or this is a situation where they can't, then they'll list off something like your paystubs or your birth certificate. Your response back in that case is "Thanks, I'll tell my friends who qualify." This clears you of any concerns that you may have been considering lying.

The more complex answer is when they answer by giving you a form on the spot. Your job, in this case, is to scan the form and see if what they are asking you can be meaningfully verified by an official source.

Things that can be verified by an official source include, but are not limited to, your age, legal sex, income, veteran status, and place of residence. It's not generally a good idea to lie about these on official documents.

Be smart, and be practical. Do what you need to in order to stay alive, and keep an ear out for the people offering to help you do so.

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Husband just came up with a Jaeger naming technique: mythical creature (we’ll skip over the culturally-appropriative ones) + name of a font, in any order.

…yeah, that’ll work.  Sometimes for hilarious results:

Helvetica Siren

Gryphon Arial

Cyclops Impact

Pegasus Wingdings

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hey tumblr user,

there's lotsa posts on this site.

that's a lot of information, and a lot of words.

I recommend taking a deep breath if you haven't done one in a bit. this place can get overstimulating sometimes.

that's not to say you should feel bad or guilty for scrolling on here, just that breathing is nice. please take good care of yourself

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Fic writers: have you ever studied writing as a craft (formally or not) or do you just do your thing?

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COMPOSITION! We’re bringing the FINAL COPIES of the original print runs of our TUTORIALS BOOKS to THOUGHT BUBBLE COMIC FESTIVAL on 16th - 17th NOVEMBER! We'll be on the FIRST TABLE (B1) through the MAIN ENTRANCE to REDSHIRT HALL! These are the last copies in existence!! Get to our table FAST, they will ALL GO!

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one of my fav tumblr phenomenons is when there's a poll where all the answers are just patently absurd and yet somehow there's a clear winner

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i will die without routine. also this routine is killing me