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Every Pagan Holiday
JANUARY
KALENDS
1st January
Origins: Ancient Greece/Rome
Observed by: Hellenic/Roman polytheists
Honouring Janus/Juno, first day of the Year. Kalends brought us the word 'calendar'.
ÞORRABLÓT (THORRABLÓT)
End of January/beginning of February
Origins: Iceland
Observed by: Heathens, Asatru
Midwinter Festival honouring Thor, usually by feasting and poetry.
FEBRUARY
IMBOLC
2nd February
Origins: Celtic polytheism /Ireland, as St. Brigid's Day
Observed by: Most neopagans, Wiccans, Druids, Asatru (as Charming of the Plow)
Imbolc is the most widely known and observed pagan holiday in the months of January and February. It falls at the beginning of spring/end of the winter for the Celtic peoples; marking the changing of the seasons, as most holidays do. St. Brigid is a Christianised form of or inspired by the Celtic fertility goddess Brigid who is celebrated on this day.
PARENTALIA
13th-21st February
Origins: Ancient Rome
Observed by: Greco-Roman polytheists
Translating to 'Ancestors Day', Parentalia is a nine-day celebration of deceased ancestors. Historically it was observed by feasting and making offerings and sacrifices to the dead and spirits of the underworld.
VÁLI'S BLOT
14th February
Origins: Old Norse
Observed by: Heathens, Asatru, Norse polytheists
Váli's Blot is considered by some Asatru to be the Norse equivalent of Valentine's Day but is widely acknowledged as a season changing festival. A day for marriage and celebrating with family and friends, and for remembrance of Váli, the son of Odin who defeated Höðr on this day.
LUPERCALIA
15th February
Origins: Ancient Rome
Observed by: Greco-Roman polytheists
Festival thought to honour a wolf who raised abandoned princes, celebrated originally by sacrificing goats to the gods, feasting, and, for fertility, nudity and fornication.
LESSER ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
17th-23rd February
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Initiation to the cult of Persephone and Demeter by sacrificing a pig. Prelude to Greater Mysteries, initiations held on these dates. Once completed, initiates could then move onto Greater Mysteries in the autumn.
ANTHESTERIA
27th February - 1st March 2021
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Athenian festivals dedicated to Dionysus and the dead. Held around the full moon in the month of Anthesterion, which in the Gregorian calendar this year roughly translates to 27th February.
THE DISTING/DÍSABLÓT
End of February/beginning of March
Origins: Uppsala, Sweden
Observed by: Heathens, Asatru, Norse polytheists
Celebration of Valkyries and other female spirits, called dísir. Sacrifices were made for a good harvest. Celebrated still by an annual market in Sweden.
MARCH
KALENDS
1st March
Origins: Ancient Greece/Rome
Observed by: Hellenic/Roman polytheists
Honouring the god Mars/Ares. Kalends brought us the word 'calendar'.
OSTARA/EARRACH
20th March
Origins: Anglo Saxon paganism, popularised as Ostara by Wicca
Observed by: Anglo Saxon Pagans, Wiccans, Neopagans, Druids (as Alba Eilir), Heathens (as Summer Finding), Ásatrú (as Sigrblót)
The northern hemisphere's vernal equinox, the word Ostara was introduced though Wicca and named for the goddess Eostre. Surprisingly unrelated to Easter in all but name, Ostara symbolises the beginning of spring. As a seasonal holiday it is widely celebrated by many different groups of pagans.
RAGNAR LODBROK'S DAY
28th March
Origins: Icelandic Sagas
Observed by: Ásatrú
Day of remembrance for Ragnar Lodbrok, Viking King of legend
APRIL
KALENDS/VENERALIA
1st April
Origins: Ancient Greece/Rome
Observed by: Hellenic/Roman polytheists
Celebration of the first of the month, this one honouring the goddess, Venus.
REMEMBRANCE FOR HAAKON SIGURDSSON
9th April
Origins: Norway, C9th
Observed by: Ásatrú
Day of remembrance for ruler of Norway who claimed lineage to Odin in the Icelandic Sagas.
WALPURGISNACHT
30th April
Origins: German Christianity, originally Saint Walpurga was known for banishing witches and other pests
Observed by: LaVeyan Satanists
Anton LaVey chose to celebrate this holiday as a follow up to the spring equinox and due to its past association with witchcraft.
HEXENNACHT (WITCHES' NIGHT)
30th April
Origins: German folklore, as Walpurgisnacht but witches were alleged to convene with the devil in this night
Observed by: Temple of Satan as 'a solemn holiday to honour those who were victimized by superstition'.
MAY
BEALTAINE/BELTANE
1st May
Origins: Celtic (Ireland/Scotland/Isle of Man)
Observed by: Wiccans, Neopagans, Celtic reconstructionist, Ásatrú/Heathens (as May Day)
One of the more well-known pagan festivals, Beltane is a festival of fire and the beginning of the summer. Also widely referred to as May Day, it is celebrated by lighting fires.
KALENDS
1st May
Origins: Ancient Greece/Rome
Observed by: Hellenic/Roman polytheists
Honouring the goddess Maia, for whom the month may have been named.
REMEMBRANCE FOR Guðröðr of Guðbrandsdál
9th May
Origins: C11 Norway, Icelandic Sagas
Observed by: Ásatrú, Norse, heathens
Guðröðr had his tongue removed by Óláfr for rebelling against violent conversion from Norse paganism to Christianity.
JUNE
KALENDS
1st June
Origins: Ancient Greece/Rome
Observed by: Hellenic/Roman polytheists
Anniversary of temples to Juno Moneta (protectress of money, her temple was where coins were made), Mars/Ares (God of war), and the Tempestates (goddesses of storms).
ARRHEPHORIA
3rd Skirophorion (translates to mid-June)
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic reconstructionist
Feast in celebration of Athena and fertility.
MIDSUMMER/SUMMER SOLSTICE
21st June
Origins: Agricultural holiday/longest day observed for centuries by many civilisations. Christianity can date to as early as C4th
Observed by: Wiccans/Germanic neopagans (as Litha), Asatru/Heathens, Druids (as Alban Hefin)
One of the main four holidays in the Wheel of the Year and popularised by Wiccans and neopagans as Litha which is taken from the Anglo-Saxon words for June/July, this is the longest day of the year and the middle point and sometimes considered the beginning of summer.
JULY
REMEMBRANCE FOR UNNR/AUD THE DEEP MINDED
9th July
Origins: C9th Iceland
Observed by: Ásatrú, Heathens, Norse reconstructionist
Aud was a traveller in the 9th century moving between Dublin, the Hebrides, Orkney, and finally Iceland following the deaths of her husband and son. This day is to honour her memory.
HERACLEIA
July/August
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Festival dedicated to Heracles the demigod and his death, involving feasting and celebration.
AUGUST
LUGHNASADH/LAMMAS
1st August
Origins: Celtic Britain (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man)
Observed by: Wiccans, Neopagans, Christians (as Lammas), Ásatrú (as Freyfaxi)
Named for the god Lugh, this festival is one of the Celtic harvest festivals and marks the beginning of the harvesting months. It was celebrated by climbing mountains, bull sacrifice, offerings, and feasting. Handfasting is commonplace with Wiccans in modern times.
REMEMBRANCE FOR REDBAD, KING OF THE FRISIANS
9th August
Origins: C7th Frisia (area of Germany/Netherlands)
SEPTEMBER
NOUMENIA
8th September
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Celebration of new Hellenic lunar month. Offerings of honey and incense made to household deities.
REMEMBRANCE FOR HERMANN THE CHERUSCAN
9th September
Origins: C9th CE
Observed by: Heathens, Ásatrú
Hermann the Cheruscan, also known as Arminius of the Cherusci tribe, led the defeat against the Romans at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest and is lauded for saving Eastern Germanic peoples from being conquered by the Roman Empire.
AUTUMN EQUINOX (NORTHERN HEMISPHERE)
22nd September
Origins: 1970s neopaganism
Observed by: Wiccans and Neopagans (as Mabon), Ásatrú (as Winter Finding)
Named Mabon by prominent Wicca and Neopagan Aidan Kelly, after the Welsh mythological figure Mabon ap Moldron, the autumn equinox is one of the harvest festivals and marks the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere. Mabon is a relatively new pagan holiday not based on any specific historical festival, but traditionally people around the world would celebrate some kind of harvest festival around the end of September/beginning of October.
OCTOBER
PYANOPSIA
7th October
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Pyanopsia, or Pyanepsia, is a festival to honour Apollo, one of the most important deities, God of music, the sun, knowledge, healing, and archery - amongst other things. During the festival, two special offerings would be placed on doorways and carried to the temple. These offerings were a bean stew, and an olive branch wrapped in wool with honeys, pastries and seasonal fruits hanging from it.
REMEMBRANCE FOR LEIF EIRIKSSON
9th October
Origins: C10th CE
Observed by: Heathens, Ásatrú, Norse pagans
Remembrance for Leif and his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir, children of Erik the Red, who are cited with being the first Norse explorers in North America.
THESMOPHORIA
12th-14th October
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Festival held in honour of Demeter Thesmophoros, goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, goddess of death and life, Queen of the Underworld. Celebrated primarily by women, this festival is linked with fertility, and we know very little about it due to its secretive rites. It is thought that it involved the sacrifice of pigs (although some sources say women), and abstinence.
REMEMBRANCE FOR ERIK THE RED
28th October
Origins: C9th CE
Observed by: Heathens, Ásatrú, Norse pagans
Erik the Red, probably named for the colour of his hair and beard, was the first permanent European settler in Greenland. His children were explorers too, who went to America, and although his wife converted to Christianity, Erik remained faithful to his Norse pagan gods.
SAMHAIN (HALLOWE'EN)
31st October-1st November
Origins: Gaelic - Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man
Observed by: Celtic pagans, Neopagans, Wiccans
Pronounced SOW-in (sow rhyming with cow), Samhain was originally a harvest festival marking the beginning of winter. The day itself is the 1st November, but celebrations begin on October 31st, and this has become the accepted associated day. It's a festival of the dead, where the síthe, fae and spirits, can enter this realm from their own. Wiccans talk of a 'veil' thinning, meaning the boundary between worlds. Similar death related festivals around this time can be noted in other faiths from across the globe, and of course in the modern Hallowe'en.
WINTER NIGHTS (VETRNAETR), ÁLFABLÓT/DÍSABLÓT
31st October
Origins:
Celebrated by: Heathens, Ásatrú, Norse pagans
Winter Nights is mentioned in the Ynglinga Saga as one of the three greatest blessings of the year, the other two being Sigrblót in April, and þorrablót in late Jan/early Feb. Winter Nights is the celebration of the beginning of the winter season; Álfablót is a sacrifice to the elves, and Dísablót a sacrifice to the female spirits (dísir) and Valkyries.
NOVEMBER
REMEMBRANCE FOR SIGRID THE HAUGHTY
9th November
Origins: C9th CE
Observed by: Heathens, Ásatrú, Norse pagans
It is not actually known whether Sigrid Storråda, or Sigrid the Haughty, was an actual historical figure, an amalgamation of a few, or simply a myth. The lore goes that she was proposed to multiple times and turned down many but went on to orchestrate conflict when a potential suitor - Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway - attempted to convert her to Christianity.
DECEMBER
REMEMBRANCE FOR EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON
9th December
Origins: C10th CE
Observed by: Heathens, Ásatrú, Norse pagans
Day celebrating the poet, farmer, and berserker Egill Skallagrímsson, who is recalled in The Icelandic Sagas by Snorri Sturluson. Egill is known for his many killings and escaping death by writing an epic poem after being captured when washing up on our Northumberland coastline.
SATURNALIA
17th - 23rd December
Origins: Ancient Rome
Observed by: Roman polytheists, some Hellenic
Like Yule and Lesser Dionysia, Saturnalia was the Roman winter festival celebrating the coming return of the sun and honouring the god Saturn. The standard feasting and drinking feature, and slaves would be treated as equals like Dionysia. Saturnalia is another festival cited as being picked up by Christians and used as inspiration for Christmas.
WINTER SOLSTICE (YULE/MIDWINTER)
21st December
Origins: Germanic nations, as early as C4th CE
Observed by: Norse pagans, Wiccans, Neopagans, LaVeyan Satanists, Ásatrú, Heathens, many Germanic nonpagan peoples
Yule is the midwinter festival known commonly among pagans as a time for feasting, being with loved ones, remembering ancestors, and looking forward to the return of the light and warmer days. Many pagans will celebrate Yule for more than one day, some celebrating a week either side, some for longer, up to two months, and some for twelve days afterwards. True Yule would have originally been in January for midwinter, but King Haakon the Good
moved it to coincide with the Christian celebrations in the 10th century, as told in the Ynglinga Saga.
On the 24th of December, Anglo Saxons are said to have celebrated 'Mothers Night' honouring female ancestors.
RURAL/LESSER DIONYSIA
End of December/beginning of January
Origins: Ancient Greece
Observed by: Hellenic polytheists
Smaller festival honouring the god Dionysus (Greater Dionysia took place in cities at the end of winter). Feasting, mask wearing to stop distinction between classes so that everyone could feel equal, sacrifices, parades, and phallic display were all used to celebrate.
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saw a couple posts about today (Aug 9th) being Damian Wayne's birthday, but when I looked for a source I couldn't find one for the life of me. which of course sent me down a rabbit hole of batfam birthdays. so.
Official Birthdays
*official as in they appear in canon and seem to be the most popular amongst fans. a bunch of these knuckleheads have multiple birthdays.
Cassandra Cain was born on January 26th according to Batgirl (2000) #33, though in that same issue she celebrates it some time in June because fuck her dad.
Bruce Wayne was born of February 19th according to the Detective Comics #494 fan letters column. Or April 7th, if you're looking at Star Spangled Comics #91 (Golden Age), or October 7th in Legends of the Dark Knight (2021) #10. Feb 19th seems to be the one that's used most often.
Dick Grayson was born on "the first day of spring" (aka March 20th) according to Robin (1993) Annual #4, or November 11th according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976, or a week-ish before Halloween according to Secret Origins (1986) #50, or December 1st according to Young Justice (2011) #20. March 20th fits into the robin origin story though, so we're gonna go with that.
Alfred Pennyworth was born on April 8th according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976, or August 16th according to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #26 (side note: double colons in titles should be illegal). Neither of these are anywhere near real canon, but Injustice is supplementary material for a fighting game, and I'm always more inclined to go with a pure comics source. Plus this way he and Jason don't have to share.
Tim Drake was born on July 19th according to Robin (1993) #116. He's only got the one birthday and in that issue he totally forgot about it.
Jason Todd was born on August 16th according to Detective Comics #790. No information on when exactly his rebirth day is.
Barbara Gordon was born on September 23rd according to the Super DC Calendar of 1976. That's the only source we've got so that's what we're gonna use.
Unofficial Birthdays
Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, and Damian Wayne have never had their birthdays stated in canon, so most people have assigned them birthdays based on either their debut date (Duke) or some other criteria that is a mystery to me. Those dates (from what I have gathered) respectively are:
Steph: August 11th, Duke: August 13th, Damian: August 9th
WHY ARE THEY ALL AUGUST??? THAT'S 4 (or 5 if you count Alfred) BIRTHDAYS IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK! WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE LEOS???
anyway that's the fruits of my afternoon/evening. if anyone has corrections with sources or dc canonizes a birthday in a comic I'm not reading (which is most of them, my comics taste is stuck in the 90s/early 2000s), let me know.
#dc comics#batman#batfam#cassandra cain#bruce wayne#dick grayson#alfred pennyworth#tim drake#jason todd#stephanie brown#duke thomas#damian wayne#barbara gordon#jesus christ this is a long post
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Dragon Age Fan Event Listings
The beauty of fan events is that they are run by fans.
Including you.
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Below is a list of all Dragon Age fan-run events we can find. The links should bring you to the most recent iteration of the event. Where possible, the time period the event covers is listed next to the event.
Want to get an event listed? Check out the link and submit. Look here for multi-fandom events, or more events in general.
Event Masterlist - #compendium
Bangs
25k Big Bang (July - November)
10k Big Bang (March - April)
Dragon Age Reverse Bang
Exchanges
Arlathan Exchange (April - June)
DA Polyshipping (August - November)
Handers Exchange (March - May)
Templartations Exchange (March - May)
Black Emporium Rare Pair Exchange (June - September)
Platonic Ideal Gen Fic Exchange (December - February)
Smutquisition (January - March)
Theme Weeks/Months
Krem Week 2024 (July 22 - 28)
City Elf Week (August 5 - August 11)
Zevwarden Week (2024 dates TBD)
Tranquil Week (August 25 - 31)
Sera Appreciation Week (Oct 13 - 19)
Kink Memes
Dragon Age Kink Meme (Dreamwidth) | DAO | DA2 | DAI
Zines
Dragon Age Flower Zine (Creation Period)
Wanderers Zine (Creation Period)
Dragon Age OC Zine (Mod Apps Open)
Alistair Zine (Creation Period)
Special Events
Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle
Dragon Age Annual (2025 Production Period)
Dragon Age Create-A-Thon (Begins Sept 15 2024)
Reddit Weekly Dragon Age Writing Prompts
Unofficial Dragon Age Day (Dec 4)
Solavellan Day (April 11)
Past Events
Retired Bangs
DragonAgeBB (last: 2015; formerly on LJ and elsewhere)
Retired Exchanges
Demands of the Qun (Qunari)
A Paragon of Their Kind (DA Dwarves)
Solas Lovers
Hightown Funk (Varric/Hawke)
Retired Theme Weeks/Months
Autumn of Anders (Anders Appreciation Event)
Dalish Week
30 Days of Dorian (Dorian Appreciation Event)
Dragon Age Fan Week (2013)
Cullen Appreciation Week (2019)
Cullen Week (2021)
14 Days of DA Lovers
Fenris Appreciation Month (2017)
Rylen Appreciation Week (2018)
Sera Appreciation Week (2019)
Sub!Solas Week (2016)
Past Zines
Adoribull Fairytales
Age of Romance Zine (Incomplete)
ApprovesGreatly (Incomplete)
Andoralis Zine
Arcana: A Dragon Age Zine
Arlathvhen Zine (Incomplete)
Beyond the Veil Zine (Zine)
Bring Down the Sky Bioware Fanzine
Dragon Age 2 10th Anniversary Zine (Zine)
Dragon Age Codex Zine & Myths and Legends Zine
Fortitudo Dorian Artbook
Good for Each Other (Adoribull Zine)
In Peace, Vigilance Zine
Insufficient Skill Fanzine
Legend Mark Zine
Lotus and Root OC Zine
Love Across Thedas Zine (Zine)
Na Via Lerno Victoria (Fenris Zine)
Patron of the Arts Zine
Rebel Hearts Handers Zine (Zine)
Road to the Imperium Zine
Solasmancy Zine
Sunlight (Anders Zine)
The Coming Storm Zine (Ukrainian Zine)
The Dragon Age Zine (Russian Zine)
The Keeper's Codex Fairy Tale Zine
The Unsung Dragon Age Zine
The Zevran Zine (incomplete)
Thedosian Archives (incomplete)
to be happy (FenHawke Zine)
Wicked Eyes: A Dragon Age Finery Zine
Year of the Mabari (Incomplete)
Other Past Events
Dragon Age Calendar 2018
Dragon Age Calendar 2021
For Fans by Fans - Fan Forge
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Temari was pregnant on her wedding day: A Naruto Timeline analysis
[usual disclaimer: I love studying canon timeline but no one's headcanons have to be bound to it just do what you like bye]
Note: for simplicity, I gave years numbers, the Kyuubi attack/Naruto's birth are in 2000 and the other dates are based on that
Fact 1: Gaara is at least 20
In Gaara Hidden, one of the councilmen tells Gaara "You've steadily grown, and reached the age of twenty" and Temari and Shikamaru are in the process of choosing their wedding date in this novel as well, so the Wedding has to happen later than that.
We know from the data book that Gaara is from the same school year as Naruto, and born in January, so he is born in January 2001. (In Japan, the school year is from April to March of the next year and the children in the same class are the ones born during the same school year, not civil year. If you want to know why I say that data books are based on school years, not civil years, flick me a request and I will happily do so! Just not here because it'd be too long.)
We can conclude that the wedding is in February 2021 or later.
Fact 2: Shikadai graduates 15 years after the 4th war
There is no indication that I've found in canon material about when the Boruto events happen, but we can read in this interview that Naruto Gaiden happens 15 years after the last chapter of Naruto. (We will have to assume that "last chapter" here means chapter 699, not 700, or else all the new gen has spent 15 years being teenagers at the academy.) Naruto Gaiden opens with Shino telling the class (Shikadai is there) that the graduation exam will be in a week.
The issue here is that chapter 699 happens in October (Minato says happy birthday to Naruto in chapter 691 the same day, and we know from the data books he was born in October) and the graduation is presumably in March (again, that's one the school year ends, and Itachi is also said to graduate "in the springtime" in Itachi Shinden). So it could mean either 15,5 years later, or 14,5 years later.
The 4th War happens in October 2017 (Naruto turns 17 during it, that's the age the data book gives us).
We can conclude that Shikadai graduates either in March 2032 or 2033.
Fact 3: Shikadai graduates at 11
It is the minimum age as per the law (it is said in Itachi Shinden, this law is made shortly before the Rookie 9 graduate: “now that it was a time of peace [...] it was no longer possible to graduate in a short time [...] no matter how talented Sasuke was, he couldn't become a ninja until he was eleven years old”).
It is the age at which all the Rookie 9 graduate (they are said to turn 12 during the first year of naruto and 13 during the second, again, I can give more details about data book ages in another post if needed).
The naruto wiki tells me that the Naruto data book says he is 12 for the Chuunin Exam, but the scan I have of the data book do not seem to indicate any age that I can find?
So this is not 100% a fact that I have found a canon material number about, but it's the most logical possibility (he's not allowed to graduate younger, there's no reason he would graduate older, this is what happened to the previous gen, and this is what the whole fandom seems to believe, so, yeah).
Similarly, everyone seems to agree that his birthday is September 23, I have not found where that comes from yet, but I have to assume it does come from somewhere. If you know please tell me!
[Edit: apparently it comes from a bonus calendar in the Shounen Jump issue 6-7 of 2019 but I haven't found a scan yet.]
We can conclude that Shikadai was born in either September 2020 or 2021, depending on the graduation date.
Conclusion
If Gaara Hiden and the wedding were in 2021, Shikadai cannot have been born in 2020, so he has to be born in September 2021. If we imagine that Gaara Hiden takes place right after Gaara's birthday (the earliest date) and then Temari and Shikamaru got married on the month that followed, Temari would have been 2 months pregnant, and this is the minimum she could have been.
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Tolkien Fandom Event Calendar
Recently I’ve received some asks about events/weeks in the Tolkien fandom, so I thought I’d compile a list of those that I know about. This is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organizers of these events!
Other blogs you can check out are @tolkieneventsblog and @tolkienfandomevents, though I’m not sure how active those are. The @silmarillionwritersguild Discord also has a channel dedicated to signal boosts for all sorts of Tolkien-related & general fandom happenings, which is another excellent way to keep up with fandom goings-on.
Want to run your own event? Here’s some of my tips!
If your event is not on here and you’d like it to be, let me know and I can add it :) Note: I will only add events that have announced dates!
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JANUARY Screw Yule My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — work time Lord of the Rings Secret Santa @lotr-sesa — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge @thorinsspringforge — signups Second Age Week @secondageweek
FEBRUARY Hidden Paths My Slashy Valentine — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge — claims Maedhros and Maglor Week @maedhrosmaglorweek
MARCH Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda Thorin’s Spring Forge — work time Fëanorian Week Fun with Fanon Fest Round 1 @funwithfanon
APRIL Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb — signups Silm Remix @tolkienremix — signups & assignments Thorin’s Spring Forge — reveals Aralas Week @aralas-week Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads All of Arda is Autistic @all-of-arda-is-autistic F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase I @spring-into-arda
MAY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — claims Silm Remix — reveals Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek Angbang Week @angbangweek Gondolin Week @gondolinweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase II
JUNE Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien — signups Tolkien Ekphrasis Week @tolkienekphrasisweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase III
JULY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles — claims Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek LotR Ladies Week @lotrladiessource Tolkien Appreciation Week @tolkienweek Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek
AUGUST Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — deadlines Scribbles and Drabbles — art reveals Innumerable Stars Exchange @innumerable-stars — nominations & signups Tolkien of Colour Week @tolkienofcolourweek Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek
SEPTEMBER Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Innumerable Stars Exchange — signups & assignments Sindar Week @sindarweek Dor Cúarthol Week @dorcuartholweek Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek
OCTOBER Innumerable Stars Exchange — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Half-elven Week @halfelvenweek
NOVEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa @officialtolkiensecretsanta — signups & assignments Scribbles and Drabbles — fic reveals Nolofinwean Week @nolofinweanweek
DECEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa — advent calendar & reveals My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — signups & assignments Lord of the Rings Secret Santa — claims Khazad Week @khazadweek
MONTHLY EVENTS: These events have prompts/challenges occurring every month. Teitho Contest Tolkien Short Fanworks Silmarillion Writers’ Guild @silmarillionwritersguild
(this list was last updated 5/4/23)
LEGACY EVENTS: These events used to occur, but have not happened within the last year. Arda Needs More Pride @ardaneedsmorepride (bimonthly; last run 2020) Kiliel Week @kilielweek (timing variable; last run 2021) @oneringnet monthly events (last run 2021) Atani Week @ataniweek (January; last run 2021) Legendarium Ladies April @legendariumladiesapril (April; last run 2020) Gates of Summer Exchange @gatesofsummerexchange (May-June, last run 2022) Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel (June; last run 2022) Arafinwëan Week @arafinweanweek (July; last run 2019) Fëanturi Week (August; last run 2019; no official blog and the creator has deactivated) Imladrim Week @imladrimweek (November; last run 2019) Doriath Week @doriathweek (November; last run 2020) Tolkien Family Week @tolkienfamilyweek (November; last run 2021)
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2024 RNM Fandom Events Calendar
Below, you’ll find an always-being-updated list of events going on in the RNM fandom throughout the year as they are announced:
RNM Big Bang
Signups open: April 3rd
Sign ups CLOSED
RNM After Dark
Dates to be announced
RNM Secret Santa Exchange
Sign Ups Close Nov. 15th
2019 calendar || 2020 calendar || 2021 calendar || 2022 calendar || 2023 calendar
Questions? Concerns? See an event missing? Send us a message!
past 2024 events:
Sunrise on CrashDown
January 13th-15th
Kyle Valenti Weekend
February 9th-11th
Liz Week
May 13th-19th
Hatch Day Party
June 14th-16th
RNM Femslash Exchange
June 24th-30th
Isobel Evans Weekend
July 26th-28th
Max Evans Weekend
September 27th-29th
RIP Roswell
October 31st-November 3rd
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List of Speak Now TV-related Easter eggs Taylor has dropped recently (just drop it already ffs)
NB: I'm only including hints that are obvious and don't require mental gymnastics. Your mileage might vary, of course.
27 February 2020: The Man music video is released, with the iconic graffitied wall showing Speak Now coming after Red.
26 October 2020: Taylor posts this TikTok.
I really think this is a really obvious hint, but nobody ever seems to talk about it... anyways notice how the colours of the garments she points at go purple > blue > green > black?
9 November 2021: Red (Taylor's Version) signed CDs go on sale. On her website, the price $20.10 is written in purple.
12 November 2021: "Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been ours."
13 December 2021: Taylor turns 32. Her AMA award for Speak Now can be seen in this photo she posts.
20 January 2021: Taylor is named 2022 Record Store Day Ambassador. The logo uses purple text and we lose our minds.
5 May 2022: Taylor Nation drops Speak Now (and 1989) merch for some reason.
Apparently, this was to show the Speak Now trademark was still being used, but I'm still putting it here.
21 October 2022: Anti-Hero music video released.
The koi fish guitar from the Speak Now World Tour makes an appearance.
Also, in the official YouTube video for the TSAntiHeroChallenge thing, she wears the purple dress from the Speak Now tour.
25 October 2022: Bejeweled music video released.
This day is the 12th anniversary of Speak Now.
Enchanted plays at the beginning.
Laura Dern says "Speak not".
Taylor presses the 3 button in the elevator, which is coloured purple.
The 13 button and the 13th indicator light (representing the album after Midnights) are also purple.
Taylor's hairpin says "SN".
Koi fish appears in the windows of the castle.
Long Live plays at the end.
1 November 2022: "I'm enchanted to announce my next tour..."
27 January 2023: Lavender Haze music video released.
The koi fish appears again.
29 January 2023: The official Taylor Swift 2024 calendar is shown on the publisher's website. It features photos from the Speak Now tour.
The cover picture is the same one used in the Eras Tour to represent the Speak Now era.
It will be available for purchase on July 20th.
17 March 2023: Taylor drops If This Was A Movie (TV), which was a deluxe track on Speak Now, and Safe & Sound and Eyes Open (TV), which were first performed live on the Speak Now tour.
9 April 2023: Photos from the set of a music video being filmed in Liverpool are leaked. The Speak Now tour flying balcony and piano can be seen.
13 April 2023: Taylor says that "recently one of my albums has been on my mind a lot" before performing Speak Now.
1 May 2023: Taylor posts this. The purple heart speaks for itself.
5 May 2023: WE WON. WE FINALLY WON.
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The new Night Vale community calendar has lots of great art, but where are do they all come from?
January and December are from the 2021 holiday cards and February is from the 2017 Valentine's Day cards
March is the Delft Rabbit blanket and May is the Watchflowers blanket (they really want me to think Esteban's birthday is in March but I'm not accepting it unless they say it outright)
September is Cecil's candle and July is the 4th anniversary art (Not June??)
A bunch of episode prints! April is Carlos, Explained, June is Creditors, October is Liminal Spaces, and November is It Sticks With You (Carlos confirmed to be an April birthday is great, perfect spooky picks for fall, but Creditors?? During anniversary month?)
Finally, I had to reverse image search August's. Apparently it's the exclusive poster from San Diego Comic Con 2014!
Bonus fact! The clock on the front is pointing to 12:15, which is their wedding anniversary <3
#wtnv#welcome to night vale#that exclusive poster will be my phone background now thank you#jealous of all yall early birds who have it! it's so cool!!#genuinely why is Creditors June and an anniversary art July? creditors didn't even come out in June?#i feel like March should've been something sandstorm or desert bluffs related
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#narutoevents2023#narutoevents#naruto shippuden#sasuke#naruto#sakura#hinata#yamanaka ino#gaara#itachi#akatsuki#anime#fandom events#fandom resource#sorry for the long hiatus all#we are tentatively thinking of restarting this blog#so please have patience with us#all support is appreciated :)#anyway hopefully this helps
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The following is a summary of “Risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation by HIV-status and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status during pre- and post-Omicron era in a national register-based cohort study in Sweden,” published in the September 2024 issue of Infectious Disease by Möller et al.
Researchers conducted a retrospective study to analyze the consequences of COVID-19 in people living with HIV (PLHIV) during the Omicron era, focusing on the impact of vaccination status.
They performed a study of Swedish residents ≥18 years with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests from January 2021 to February 2023 and estimated adjusted odds ratios (adjOR) for COVID-19 hospitalization and severe COVID-19 (ICU admission and 90-day mortality), categorized by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status (0–1, 2, and ≥3 doses) and HIV status. The outcomes were analyzed during pre-Omicron, Omicron during public testing, and after public testing periods.
The results showed 1,348 PLHIV and 1,669,389 PWoH were included. PLHIV were older, more migrant (65% vs. 22%), and male (59% vs. 46%). Of PLHIV, 96% were on antiretroviral treatment, and 94% were virally suppressed. COVID-19 hospitalization adjORs were similar regardless of HIV status, controlling for demographics, calendar month of infection, comorbidities, and income. PLHIV were more likely to be hospitalized than PWoH during Omicron and public testing (adjOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1–4.2) but not after public testing. Severe COVID-19 odds were 3 times higher in PLHIV compared to PWoH vaccinated with 2 doses (adjOR 3.2, 95% CI 1.3–6.9), but not when vaccinated with ≥3 doses (adjOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.2–1.6). Migrant and low nadir CD4 +T-cells were associated with higher odds of hospitalization in PLHIV unvaccinated.
They concluded that well-treated PLHIV highlights the importance of vaccination with a booster dose for adequate protection against severe COVID-19 in PLHIV.
Source: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744235.2024.2405582#abstract
#HIV#Covid#covid news#mask up#pandemic#covid 19#wear a mask#public health#coronavirus#sars cov 2#still coviding#wear a respirator#covid conscious#covid is airborne#covid isn't over#covid pandemic#covidー19#covid19
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President Trump Special Counsel “Election Interference Case” in DC Suspended Indefinitely
February 2, 2024
In the ridiculous federal election interference case in D.C., President Trump’s attorneys argued to the DC Circuit appellate court that President Trump holds inherent constitutional immunity. In essence, because President Trump was acquitted by the Senate of claims he incited or instigated the January 6, 2021, events, lawyers arguing under the constitution that only impeached and removed presidents can be criminally prosecuted.
From the Comments:
The initial 3-judge panel of the court has taken up the appeal, and all subsequent lower court activity was suspended until the constitutional issue is resolved. Again, if President Trump does not have immunity, then all preceding and future presidents can be criminally prosecuted for any/all events and decisions while holding office. This is a core issue, and the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has to tread very carefully with these ramifications at the forefront.
The decision of the 3-judge panel could also be followed by a full en-banc review by all judges in the circuit. Then, depending on their decision, it could -likely will- go even higher to the U.S. Supreme Court. All of this takes time, and the initial 3-judge appeals court have not provided any hints on their timeline.
Apparently, as a consequence, the entire trial of the case has been removed from the lower DC court docket. The removal took place within the last few days, and the Washington Post noticed the removal. This removal means the timing of the case, if at all, is completely unknown now.
WASHINGTON – Former president Donald Trump’s March 4 trial date on charges of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election has been dropped from the public calendar of the federal court in Washington, a sign of what has long been anticipated — that his claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution would delay his trial while it remains on appeal.
The change did not appear on the official criminal case docket before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who has made clear since Trump filed his appeal on Dec. 7 that all trial deadlines would be suspended while he challenges the case. On appeal, Trump is arguing that the government does not have authority under the Constitution to bring charges against him for actions he took while president after the 2020 election through the Jan. 6, 2021. (read more)
In addition to the challenges within these core issues, the Lawfare approach by Jack Smith, Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann, faces multiple additional hurdles. These are all issues that surface when Lawfare, the application of twisted legal theory intended to manipulate public opinion, runs into the reality of ever-increasing scrutiny from courts.
Combine these fraudulent legal theories with the reality that President Trump’s status is almost certainly “presumptive presidential nominee” in the eyes of the entire judicial branch, and things change. The pretending justification for the Lawfare claims now hit the non-pretending and visible reality of political intent.
The judicial scrutiny gets even more focused, and the explanations demanded as justifications to target President Trump increase. As the calendar of the November election gets closer Jack, Mary and Andrew will have to rely on ideologically aligned black robes to maintain their Lawfare pretense. Some of the robes will not be comfortable with the demands of Jack, Mary and Andrew.
Some of the robes may not pretend, and that poses a problem for Jack, Mary and Andrew.
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Drabbles.
Fresh ink. - August 2018
Resignation. - April 2022
Met Gala. - May 2023
Sandwiches. - March 2019
Truth. - June 2023
Helmets. - June 2019
Godfather. - May 2023
Charlie. - December 2022
Separate. - June 2018
Phone call. - July 2023
Homemade food. - October 2022
Calendars. - August 2023
Snapshot. - February 2029
Bomb. - April 2023
Aftermath. - April 2023
Dream. - January 2018
Sentence. - August 2023
Contract. - September 2019
Surprise. - September 2025
Burn. - August 2022
Lemon. - February 2023
Wish. - December 2023
Disney. - August 2019
Home. - September 2021
Choices. - October 2023
Yellow. - September 2019
One day soon. - May 2018
Plans. - October 2018
Lulu. - December 2023
Netflix. - September 2018
Deal. - July 2018
Bliss. - April 2023
One more race. - July 2024
Do you really wanna know where I was April 29? - April 2021
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on recommendation from @judge-tenderly on the randomizer:
Dimension 20 by Calendar Day:
all D20 episodes in chronological order of the day they were released. Note: this list includes the episodes of fantasy high junior year that have yet to be released, for the sake of pattern matching, though they are not in the randomizer yet. this inflates the count for the Q1 months marginally, though it will be corrected by the time the season ends.
my fun observations:
the only days with multiple episodes are: january 9th, june 24th, september 21st, september 26th, and october 24th,
october, january, february, may, and september have the most episodes; this generally reflects sidequest overlap with main cast seasons, while the other months lean one way or the other.
it also shows where the main cast seasons tend to be: fantasy high began in september and ended in january, the unsleeping city began in july and ended in october, fantasy high sophomore year began in october and ended in april, a crown of candy began in may and ended in august, the unsleeping city chapter ii began in november and ended in march, a starstruck odyssey began in january and ended in may, neverafter began in november and ended in april, and fantasy high junior began in january and will end in may.
in other words, there's intrepid heroes season throughout the year, but most overlap between them happens in Q1 and Q4, with less overlap in Q2 and Q3.
this reflects the more recent patterns of Q4-Q1 releases, with seasons ending in Q2, when the sidequests start for the year. the earlier the season ends, the more sidequests there are for that year.
technically this pattern has only been in place since 2021--the year began with the remainder of the unsleeping city chapter ii, and had four sidequests. 2022 began with a starstruck odyssey, had 2 sidequests, and ended with neverafter. 2023 began with neverafter, and had four sidequests. now, in 2024, we're starting with fantasy high junior year, which will end two weeks later than starstruck.
fantasy high often ends up grouped together because of how freshman and sophomore year were released.
there's a couple instances in Q3-Q4 where there are sequences of 4 or more episodes with Aabria, either as a gm or player
2020 had three intrepid heroes seasons, which caused the high number from that year. after, the sidequests gave more of a buffer between seasons.
there's more, but it's all in the sheet. happy watching!
#dimension 20#dimension 20 meta#dimension 20 statistics#dimension 20 spoilers#thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats#d20 episode generator#intrepid heroes#meta
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Hi! I’m getting into Thunderbirds fics and was thinking about writing some myself. I saw that you ran a challenge at one point and was wondering if there was any event calendar the fandom is using. Or are there any events at all? I wasn’t sure where to find any.
Hi and welcome to the Thunderfam! :D
There is no strict calendar, but a few events do recur at will.
At the moment we are in the middle of Fanart Appreciation Month, which has occurred in January the previous two years as well. The idea being to reblog lots of artworks to give our artists some recognition.
February has been Fab Five Feb in 2019 and 2020, but was missed last year. I haven't done the call out as to whether the Thunderfam want that one this year yet. It is usually a six week challenge with a focus on the five brothers plus another character which changes each year.
Some time in March/April there might be a Easter gift fic event.
Somewhere between April and August there is sometimes a random challenge event. There was nothing last year, but in previous years there has been Sensory Sunday , Earth & Sky Week and an Olympics challenge.
We also celebrate each of the Tracy boys' birthdays - Gordon 14 Feb, Alan 12 March, Scott 4 July (?), Virgil 15 August (always a big one for me :D ) and John in October. Other cast members also get birthday celebrations at various times of the year.
September and October are usually taken up by external challenges like Sicktember and Whumptober.
We did have a Thunderfam November event - Fluffember - but last year an external event was picked up so Fluffember didn't run, but it did run 2019, 2020 and 2021.
December is left to Tag Team Secret Santa.
There have also been random other events over the past few years and I have no doubt there were others before I joined the fandom in 2018. Due to the sudden rise of Covid in 2020 we started International Rescue & Relief, a fluff prompt challenge which is technically still going, but I haven't mentioned it for ages.
Plus there are always writing prompts or question lists flying around that get picked up by whoever wants to play.
Thunderfam, if I have forgotten anything, please chime in. It is late here and my brain is usually pretty unreliable.
Anyways, welcome, thank you for asking. I hope you have fun in thunderfam :D
Nutty
(so do you have a favourite Tracy brother? :D )
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So I talk sometimes about how piss-poor the SSI payout amounts are, but I did my math on something slightly different today and I just thought I ought to share my findings. I also just wanted to do a more in-depth, comprehensive post in general. So here you go.
As of the 2023 calendar year, the maximum SSI payout amount is $914 per month.
A full-time worker will work 40 hours a week, or 160 hours a month.
If you take the payout amount and divide it by the hours of a full-time job, you get...
🥁🥁🥁
$5.71/hour.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25.
In order to be completely financially secure and comfortable, you need to make about $233k a year. As of 2021, the median household income is $71,000 a year.
According to this calculator, $914/month ($10,968 a year) is 75.23% below the federal poverty line.
Put another way, if I never spent a single cent of my SSI (which I can't do and I'll talk about why further down), and if my wages were not to increase at all (which it does by a small amount each year, but for the sake of this analogy), it would take me 21 years to make the amount of money that it takes to be comfortable for just one year. (I got this figure by taking 914 and multiplying it by the number of months (12), and then dividing 233k by the outcome [$10,968].)
Multiple resources state that people should aim to not spend above 30% of their monthly income on rent.
30% of $914 is $274.20.
Median rent cost in the United States has climbed to $2,011 per month.
Recipients of SSI are not allowed to have ANY amount above $2,000 in combined income and assets at ANY time, or else they will lose their benefits cold turkey. Meaning that even if they COULD come up with 200% of their monthly income JUST for rent (not factoring in the cost of food, meds, transportation, etc), they would be instantly cut off.
Don't even get me started on what a shit-show Section 8 is. Especially post-pandemic.
Marriage brings the income/asset limit to $3,000. So if you're a double-disabled couple, your limit is cut in half (strongly discouraging marriage). If you're a disabled person and marry to someone who works, your SSI will almost certainly drop or disappear completely—which can trap disabled people in financially abusive situations.
If you claim SSI and try to work to make a little extra money, every other dollar after $63 subtracts a dollar from your SSI payout, BEFORE taxes. So say you work full time for 2 weeks making $9 an hour—$720 before taxes.
Subtract the initial $63, and you're left with $657. Now divide that by two (for every other dollar).
SSI has just taken $328.50 from your SSI payout. Your $914 payout is now $585.50. Subtract another $328.50 for your second paycheck in one month, and that's a $256.50 payout.
This leads to a lot of disabled people, who break their bodies trying to make just a little more in spite of their illnesses, to largely break even. Usually making about the same amount they would have made if they'd just stayed home and taken care of themselves instead.
And to make it EVEN worse, earnings take 2 months to reflect on your payouts. So say you work over the holidays to treat yourself for Christmas. You may get $914 in December and January as normal, but only come February will you finally see that deduction take effect—meaning if anything happens, you have several hundred less dollars to work with.
When I worked, it took over a year AFTER I quit for my payouts to finally go back to normal, as they kept readjusting my earnings and deducting from my payouts saying that they "paid me too much".
So I don't think it needs to be said that you can fight tooth and nail to get accepted onto this program, and be shamed by society for being on it once you finally win, but as an extra kicker be FORCED to stay there with no options to escape without severe punishment.
I have known people who fought for four and ten years. While being considered, you cannot work AT ALL or they will immediately throw out your case. The average wait time is 2 years, but most wait longer. If SSA says no, you'll be sent to court to appeal. If the judge denies you, you have to start all over again. And you can get caught in the same loop over, and over, and over, and over again, getting denied support that you desperately need, and many die hoping to receive.
8,000 people file for bankruptcy and 10,000 people die a year while waiting for their SSI to be approved.
And it just keeps getting worse and worse the further down the rabbit hole you go. I made this post partially to vent my frustration with this system after being abused by it for the past 5 years (and it abusing the people I care about). But I also wanted to create a resource with citations for people to share around and throw in the faces of ANYONE who dares to think that people on welfare/claiming SSI somehow "have it easy".
As a disabled person, I spend over half of my given days either in bed too ill and/or in pain to function, or at a clinic begging a doctor to not call me fat or a hypocondriac or drug-seeking and take my (documented and diagnosed!!) illnesses seriously. I rarely ever get to just SIT there and BE sick. I often have to get up and get shit done in SPITE of being sick, even doing OTHER people's jobs and holding their hands just to make sure they're actually doing what THEY'RE being PAID to do (insurance agents, doctors, etc). Disabled people don't GET days off. Just because we don't work a "conventional" job doesn't mean we're just sitting on our asses mooching off the system. Every single goddamn day is a fight just for the basic human right to survive. And I never want to hear anyone saying that ableist, invalidating, and blatantly untrue shit around me.
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This is honestly reaching a comedic level of bs tbh. Like...I left for around two years? Basically the last vid I had watched was flirting with social anxiety and I decided to catch up when the plushy ep was released. And I had not even two hours of canonical content to watch. Two YEARS and not even an hour for each of them. It’s like the series has become the satirical jokes we used to make about it cause the wait for content was 3-6 months
yeah let’s take a look at things shall we. in the official “sanders sides - the complete collection” playlist, in the past two years, we’ve gotten:
february 19, 2021. the fucking crofters ad. ok
july 31, 2021. working through intrusive thoughts. six months later. ok
october 19, 2021. the blooper reel that wasn’t even very funny. ok
november 14, 2021. the five year special. in which he also advertised the calendar (let’s hope he paid the artists properly 💀💀💀) and the patreon that doesn’t get the content the patrons pay for. ok
january 21, 2022. part two of the unfunny bloopers. ok
february 11, 2022. gavin sides. which only makes sense to people on twitter tbh. ok
august 26, 2022. the fucking plushie ad FUCK youtooz btw. ok
and finally, october 31, 2022. a four minute long song cover (albeit a beautiful rendition and amazingly filmed). ok
that means, by adding together the video lengths, we’ve gotten a total of 124 minutes and 4 seconds of content. roughly one hour, two minutes, and two seconds per year
someone show this to thomas and ask him if he still thinks criticism is unnecessary 💀💀💀💀💀
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