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i’m so glad earth only has one moon, if there were more i’d have to pick a favorite and that sounds too emotionally taxing to even fathom

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Did I just write 3k of Bruce x Selina domme puppy play in an absolute blackout haze on my phone because of that one post?

Yes.

Am I going to open it in the morning to see what needs edited and spend several hours conflicted about whether or not to post it?

Oh absolutely.

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I am becoming aware of the effect a lack of trust in the media has had on people, paired with a dearth of research skills.

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One of my favorite genres of post

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OK so I don't usually bring personal stuff to this blog but I am being hunted for sport by my book club for the way I read my books and I just want to check how badly I have misjudged what is "normal" in this situation lol

So far I have been called "unhinged", "profoundly disturbed" and a number of variations thereupon for my habit of just... closing the book. Which I guess isn't what everyone else is doing. Apparently.

Also please, if you have very strong feelings about this, yell to your heart's content - I can direct you to an entire book club of people who will yell right along with you 😅

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Happy first birthday Knife-Wielding Tentacle..👍

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i feel so bad for nikola tesla like imagine spending years beefing with a guy who has conned the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and you end up dying broke and starving and alone and then 100 years later another guy cons the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and he's doing it all IN YOUR NAME. he must be rolling in his grave like a fucking rotisserie chicken

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HOT VINTAGE STAGE ACTRESS SEMIFINALS

Eartha Kitt: Member of the Company in Carib Song (1945 Broadway); Helen of Troy in Doctor Faustus (1951 Paris); Mehitabel in Shinbone Alley (1957 Broadway)

Nichelle Nichols: Hazel Sharpe in Kicks and Co. (1961 Chicago); Barbara Woodruff understudy in No Strings (1962 Broadway); Jo Britten in Blues for Mister Charlie (1964 Los Angeles)

Propaganda below the cut.

Eartha Kitt:

The most exciting woman in the world! She talked mad shit to the First Lady about the Vietnam War and made the woman cry so the CIA branded her a “sadistic nymphomaniac” and every single part of that story is so sexy

Nichelle Nichols:

I know everyone knows her got Star Trek and as groundbreaking as that was, she was so much more than that! She actively encouraged and supported women in STEM (specifically astronauts), she was a huge civil rights activist, she was the first female belly button shown on American tv, Obama apparently had a crush on her growing up, and of course she had a stage career before she was on tv

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*slowly reaches for the popcorn*

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@staringupward

basically, i think the general rule of thumb is: if someone REALLY wants the blood that’s inside of your body, and they’re like… a vampire, or a dracula, or some sort of mansquito, then that’s probably okay. a dracula and a mansquito are made for removing things like blood and swords from inside your body. that’s basically fine.

if something wants to get at your blood, and they’re, say, some kind of murdersaurus, or maybe a really big frog, that’s where the problems start to arise. a really frog is not made for removing blood, and your blood knows this, which is why it is so vehement about wanting to stay IN your body instead of coming out. 

unfortunately this will not deter a really big frog, because a really big frog is full of things like prizes, and value, and quite a lot of hatred, and it would REALLY rather like to replace any and all of those things with your blood, and basically by any means possible.

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Okay so this is a big deal

To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.

But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.

This is a Discworld book being released WITH ACADEMIC COMMENTARY and AS A PENGUIN CLASSIC. That's a HUGE amount of recognition.

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It’s crazy how low self-worth fucks with peoples lives

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And they look out so hard for the well being of the spiders AND the dolphins

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So y’all know the classic edge trope of “my blade cannot be sheathed until it has tasted blood”? What if a magic sword that has that requirement, except it’s sort of inverted. A sword that, instead of being inhabited by an evil spirit which once awakened cannot be lulled back to sleep except by blood sacrifice, was inhabited by a benevolent spirit who would not allow the sword to be drawn unless bloodshed were the only possible solution. A sword whose power could never be misused because it would only allow itself to be used in situations where it was justified. What about a Paladin who spends their entire journey fighting with a sheathed sword, incapacitating but never killing or maiming. The party believes that the Paladin has taken an oath of no killing, until they face the big villain. And it is in that moment, and that moment alone, that the sword will allow itself to be drawn.

Idk, this image set my mindwheels a-turning.

But do y’all see the vision?

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Reblog so someone can give something to you, as well...

You deserve a break today.

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I FOUND IT GUYS I SPENT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO AND ITS HERE