#;; kicks sand

[forged-in-kaoss]

Episode 110 vs episode 1100

[trashyspud330]

I dont like him but I cannot deny, really fun villian

[khaotunq]

shitty Sand appreciation

[gunsatthaphan]

😭😭😭

[notbecauseofvictories]

One of the more interesting things, as I slowly read my way through the Discworld series, is how specific they are.

No one else could have written the books I've read except a person living through the latter half of the 20th century. No one in the 1850s or the 1950s or the 2020s could have told jokes in quite the same way, on topics as diverse as shopping malls, rude earthworks, Morris dances, sword and sandal movies, movies in general, computers, academia, quantum, gender and changing expression of that gender, etc. It is in some ways a sort of artifact of the late 20th century---largely because that's when the books were written, but also because I suspect Pratchett was a collector of shiny facts and liked working them into his writing.

And of course, I grew up with the same references (or, at least, was reading Pratchett at the right time to figure out what he was referencing) so it works marvelously on me.

Which makes me wonder....what's the 21st century equivalent? Is there a writer out there who trenchantly and amusingly referencing tiktok? Is that even possible in the modern understanding of lit? Are there writers who manage to integrate facebook intelligently and cleverly into their prose---not as 'found media' (which is fine, but not what Pratchett is doing) but describing the human experience of being on facebook, and how that connects with the whole experience of being human at all?

[ponku-po]

she was forced to eat cement at age 6 - iovedragon

[summercosmos]

Kendra lifted a beautiful circlet out of the water, wrought of a metal like radiant silver and inlaid with pristine gems, including a large white jewel in the front. The details were exquisite, the circlet formed by multiple strands in a perfect simulation of woven vines. Kendra knew instinctively that she had never held an object nearly as valuable.

My crown, the Fairy Queen explained.

the colors look so bad on mobile omfgggggf👊💥 anyhow. this is one of my favorite scenes out of all the dw books!

[doodlingleluke]

Throwback

[raptorrobot]

and so it begins . if War by Heaven Pierce Her has 0 fans i'm dead

ultratober prompt list

[gunnrblze]

‘Operation: Sand Viper’ moodboard

[stars-mischief]

finally finished it so! here's the ref sheet if you guys want it hehe

[hehearse]

are you taking song suggestions bc Constellations by the Oh Hellos is sooooo orv to me

juuust a tad evil huh. every good intention huh. certain someone's sacrifices and his happy ending. hm.

[goatpaste]

TUSK TUSK TUSK

id drawn act 1 a hundred times so lets give act 2 a whirl hehe ^^

[alinasteelcrest]

You can run away with me

anytime you want.

[yaknowlikenyah]

I think it’s important that you as a sub hold value in yourself so that I can have fun tearing that apart.

I think it’s important for you to know you’re worth something so it hurts so much more when I call you my worthless toy.

I think it’s important to build my cute subs into better, more confident people so I can ruin that again and again and hold you in my arms.

[xceanlynx]

Only Friends (2023) x Major Arcana Nick → The Moon

The Moon, in its dark side, represents one's secrets and the most hidden parts of the soul — veiled by anxiety, insecurities, and feelings of unworthiness. When reversed, The Moon guides to the understanding of one's fears and invites the release of any and every doubt in one's heart, no longer bound by repressed emotions.