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spin this wheel of fanfic tags. this will be the theme of your day tomorrow.

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spin the wheel for a genre!

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Keep those lines ringing, especially those of you with Republican Reps/Senators

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You can only eat 2 foods for the next 2 years (with no health repercussions)

Spin this wheel twice to figure out what they are!

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You get trapped with two Dragon Age characters (spin the wheel) in one room for a day.

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"You think you're informed just because you read a bunch of grainy PDFs?"

Yeah man. Reading scholarly works on a topic informs you on that topic. That's how this works.

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Congratulations! You are the new sidekick to a DC or Marvel superhero. Spin the wheel to determine who your mentor is. (NO RE-SPINS)

Assume you will have a similar superpower or will learn a similar skill set (for the non-powered heroes) as your mentor or one of your mentor's canon sidekicks (dealer's choice) so you aren't completely screwed.

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you know, I've seen a lot of people talking about fandom as community rather than commodity lately (and they've mostly all been good thought out takes, my corner of tumblr is very nice)

and I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that people have forgotten how to just, make small talk

we're hanging out at the same fandom party, and maybe I know you well enough to wave at or maybe I don't, but I'm all standing awkwardly with my drink because the cat disappeared so I have to try and people, and I go "hey, I think this blorbo's neat" for something to say, and you can go "yeah, me too" or "I don't know, I like her brother better" and then I can go, "oh really, tell me more" or maybe "oh, what do you think of their Mom?" and maybe all we'll do is fill some time until someone else joins in with a "hey did you see that new gifset someone made?" or maybe we'll get really invested in comparing thoughts about blorbo's Mom and we'll keep talking until the party winds down and everyone gets kicked out and keels over to get some sleep.

And maybe we'll never do more than wave in passing again, or maybe we'll both remember that one conversation and one of us will reach out with another thought and someone will share an idea for a fic or a sketch or whatever

and now we're friendly and can chat when we run into each other at the metaphorical bus stop and if that's it THAT'S FINE, it's nice to have someone to chat with when you're waiting

or maybe we decide to meet up for lunch and become brickspace friends, or maybe we realize we actually can't stand each other if it's not just about blorbo and her Mom so we'll just yell meta at each other occasionally

and all of that is FINE AND NICE AND GOOD FOR BOTH US AND OUR FANDOM COMMUNITY

but someone did in fact have to make small talk first

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this wasnt even supposed to get this detailed-- just some fan service for myself that got out of hand

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*if you own a hybrid or electric prius, please choose Toyota. Same goes with all other applicable hybrid/ev models that are owned by a listed company. The EV category is for vehicles like the rivian or tesla, for which the parent companies specialize in electric vehicles.

**if you do not have a driver's license, but have access to a household car that ppl drive you around in, please vote as if that car is your car.

Also please reblog <3 I'm so sad about all my 6 vote polls T_T

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Ask Game: List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers 🤸‍♂️💜

Well this is a difficult one but also a welcome one. The last few months have, uh, not been great. It's been a very hard year so right now it's the small joys.

In packing everything up, I found my madeleine pans again.

Also managed to save two of my strawberry plants! Really wasn't sure how that was going to go since I was digging them up in the cold but they bounced back and took the pot beautifully.

The prospect of being able to make bread again.

Among other things discovered in packing stuff up was a series of books I'd misplaced some years ago. Definitely looking forward to reading those again.

Right now, joy is in a warm bowl of soup and a cup of cocoa.