#9th june

[aromantyczno-liryczna]

If nobody got me I know my follicular phase got me

[fourstarsandahamster]

equality, opportunity, wisdom, freedom and love

-- Dr The Rik Mayall (1958-2014)

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

I never really know quite what to say on this day; I normally just end up repeating myself. I've written fanfic for a lot of Rik Mayall's bastards, and I help run the Rik and Ade Fest, and I was editor of Scumbag Monthly for a long time - but all of these things come with a level of detachment from the man himself. Even the Rik zines we made especially for 9th June were like that.

I'd spend so long in the run up making the zines - and chasing after people to make sure they'd actually submit the pieces they'd said they would - that, when publication day came, the main things that stood out to me about those zines were what was missing and which of the pages I'd made looked a bit naff versus which ones were acceptable. I think - I hope - those zines had an impact on other people, that they made people emotional, but for me releasing them was more akin to ticking a box. It's not that I wasn't proud of them, but I'd been working on them for months in advance. I knew them inside out. It's not that I didn't mean the words I wrote, but I'd read and reread them so many times by 9th June - as well as the words everyone else had written. I wasn't going to get the emotional hit because I was the one doling that out to everyone else. Does that make sense?

For a significant portion of time, Rik Mayall took up a significant portion of my brain matter. It made sense: this was the first fandom I'd ever been properly active in, I'd made friends here, I'd started writing again, and then we were thrown into an international pandemic where there wasn't much else to do but go insane, one way or another. I've said before how I'll always be grateful to Rik for re-sparking my creativity. There's a domino effect that started with me first watching Bottom, which eventually led to me switching my entire uni direction around to pursue creative writing.

For the last year or so, things have been different. We're all multifaceted people, each with a wealth of contradictory and complimentary interests. There are other people and other interests that vye for the top spot in my brain these days.

That said, and the entire point of this bit of waffling being: I still love Rik Mayall. And I say that knowing how superficial it sounds, and I say it without worrying whether I still will in another 5 years - because I know I will. He was marvellous, and hilarious, and sexy. He made it feel okay to be a bit weird, okay to be a bit mad; he made you want a spot on whatever wave of excitement he was riding, like the world really was just waiting for you to live in it. He was human, and he was flawed, and he was bloody stupid sometimes, but that didn't stop him from leading a comedy revolution and making the world that bit brighter.

Rik should have had longer on the earth. The fact he's gone - and for 9 years now - will always be incredibly unfair to him and his loved ones. The rest of us are just blessed that, to paraphrase a certain spotty prick, we still have his poems. So long as he keeps us laughing, Rik will still be here in some way.

So, once again, here's to our eternal Lord of Misrule: Rik Mayall! ❤️

[lattedusks-mochadawns]

Didn’t know who to do for this, so I did 3 main versions

And this extra one too

I would’ve probably another few for Chris and Martin, but I’m too tired now

[starfish-spencer]

This day is for THEM

Bonus doodle:

They talk about murder cases and cute guys together

[spooky1980]

[figtreegif]

9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors (2009)

Japanese trailer

[lagomorphthird]

played this game for the first time since 2017 and my mind is still like a steel trap

[zeroescapeproblems]

HAPPY 999 WEEK!!

My Zero Escape merch is now available in my shop! Everything is handmade and a lot of thought went into my merch this year so I could give you all some nice things to choose from. The watch and watch pin are also customizable!

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[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was leaving my house and overheard a news report about a class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s because of something called a “Bacon McSexy.”

[umblrspectrum]

i love getting hyperfixating on things i'm literally not allowed to show people because i KNOW there are sekaiju fans here and i can't risk showing them

[aromantyczno-liryczna]

I'm going to be physically ill

[thebvbbletea]

"It's not easy to get the memories. Settling down in your head. Remain somewhere in me for the rest of my life. It makes me laugh and cry" — iKON - PANORAMA

— Happy 9th Anniversary iKON!

[mhabirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Ken Takagi (Lock Hero: Rock Lock) – June 9th

[arcsin27]

I MISSED A SHUAKE HOLIDAY WHAT THE FUCK IS WROMG WITH ME

[loopscereal]

i never posted this. am i stupid????