#For the record:

[satellites-halo]

Sick of posts that say stuff like "all mobility aid users should weaponize their mobility aids"

hey man, I can't do that! I need to bring my mobility aids into places that would deny me entrance for things like spikes and barbed wire! not every cripplepunk is a white skinny cane user, and having something deemed as a 'weapon' on some of us can be genuinely life threatening, even if it's a mobility aid! I don't want to have my rollator taken away from me and have to be searched bc I put some spikes on a seat cover or something!!! let cripplepunks express their punkness however is safe and comfortable for them, don't expect us all to be able to do the same things you can, because we all cant

[zackprincebooks]

Lord Rufus is smacking all these other vampires over the head with a newspaper like "no. No!!! Stop feeding on the townspeople! Do you want an angry mob on your doorstep? This is how you get angry mobs on your doorstep!"

[dandy-dog]

I'm putting this whole thing under a read more because this is a Chronically Online topic even for me. That said, this is on my brain after something popped up in my notes and I feel compelled to talk about it so.... Have some word stew that's been stirring around in my head about my thoughts on selfshipping 🐶👍

I'm cool with the whole selfship, f/o side of shipping. I think it's really fun to see people being that unapologetically sincere about the characters they love! Something about it reads as weird (affectionate) in a really wholesale, genuine way and I respect that a lot. It's delightfully strange. The people who get up in arms about that sort of thing or act like there's something wrong with it are completely whimsiless and I want to preface that considering I'm on the piss on the poor website. Do what you want forever, cringe culture is dead and all that 👍

That being said... I find people getting possessive about their f/os and even outright jealous towards someone else "sharing" an f/o with them kind of odd, admittedly.

Like that's a whole ass fictional guy from an observable piece of media that anyone can watch/read/listen to/ingest and interpret however they want. You can't control other people liking them or doing whatever they want with them. The whole thing just reads as pointless to the logical part of my brain since you can't really place that possessiveness anywhere or dissuade it given it's aimed towards an entirely fictional character, if that makes sense. I know human emotions don't really necessarily have A Point and they can be aimless or irrational a lot of the time but still.

Plus, speaking as a relationship anarchist? There's that anti-hierarchal aspect for me too. Personally, someone having possessive feelings towards their own partner reads as odd to me even offline. I don't judge them for it, I think for a lot of people it's a kneejerk reaction and something you definitely have to train your brain out of when considering the mono, cisheteronormative way society raises the majority of us to perceive relationships. Regardless though, I acknowledge I've got that bias and I'd be remiss to ignore that.

I understand for a lot of people - from what I'm told - selfship is more or less a coping mechanism for them. It's a comfort to them, it's them engaging with media in a way that allows them to find some escapism and helps them to deal with whatever they've got going on. So from that angle I can understand to a degree why they'd get so cagey about it.

But I don't know, something about it still reads as odd. Maybe it's because I'm not hardwired in that way?

For me, there's a degree of separation with the characters I find attractive in fiction; I can look at them and find them attractive but beyond that, my brain acknowledges they're fictional and I can't really find myself engaged in them to any degree beyond that. I can't realistically see myself in any scenario where I'm actually in a relationship with them nor get possessive over them. I just think they're neat and that's about it.

With 90% of the characters I enjoy or find myself fixated on, it's less in a "I'm actually romantically attracted to this character" way and more in a "I want to put you in a vivarium and study you like a bug" way or "I want to be you" way so 🤷

This is just a harmless case of agree to disagree I think. If there's anyone reading this who wants to offer their perspective on this, particularly as a selfshipper? Then please do! I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on this.

[jessimiko]

It's another similarity I'm thinking about that both Ruby and Oscar are sort of living in the shadows of the people who came before them. Only in Ruby's case, she's trying to be like Summer, but she needs to let that go and try to be herself. And in Oscar's case, he's trying to not be like Ozpin (but he already is, it's why he merged with Oz in the first place-), but no matter how hard he tries he is no longer just himself.

MMMMMMMM. *chef's kiss* PAIN. AGONY, EVEN.

[steeloptic]

watching ofmd with my parents surely nothing bad will happen to any of the characters in the last 3 episodes of the season. right guys. they would never do that would they.

[buthearmeouttho]

if I was part of the mcu (pt. 41)

Bucky: and if he was wrong about you, maybe he was wrong about me!

me, from the vents: *banging against the vent* say it again!>:( say that again, I dare you you amazing human being! I’m going to fucking GET you for saying that! But I am SO PROUD OF YOU FOR ADMITTING YOUR STRUGGLES BUT UR STRUGGLES ARE WRONG AND YOU ARE FUCKING PERFECT— How do I get out of here-

Sam, Bucky, and The Passive Aggressive Therapist tm: *silence*

Sam: how the hell did you get into there

Me: du du duna nu nu nuuuu nu *mission impossible theme*

Sam: stop.

Bucky: no, I have better questions, like what do you mean ‘how do I get out of here?’ What do you mean by that? Just get out the same way you got in!

me: I have no idea how I got in tbh

Bucky: what-

me: no if you just take the vent thing off from your side I could crawl out:3

Bucky: that is property damage

me: not if you put it back, I brought a screw driver and a wrench I think I can fit them through the little vent holes, hold on-

Bucky: wh- no!

*little clattering noise as I drop a tiny screw driver through into the room*

Sam: why do you even have that

The Passive Aggressive Therapist tm: I’m sorry what is going on?

Bucky, deadpan with the most ‘I’m done with this’ face ever known to man: you have a gremlin, she’s about this tall, in your vents

me: I’m not that short>:(

Bucky: you might as well be

[doctorwhoisadhd]

any recommendations on where i go now that im done with the 3 main spinoffs?

[thenightvaleradiostation]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!

Remember that nonbinary, aromantic, and asexual people belong at Pride, and I am fully prepared to kick your ass if you disagree with me on that.

XOX Admin Aster

[magicantare]

Why does Haltmann look like an amogus

clearing out my askbox because there are messages in here from 7 fucking years ago (high school. good lird). i never knew how to respond to this one. amogus...

[odi-et-amo85]

I still keep being “a Boston” as a motto to f*ck live by, but somehow I always end up being the “Nick” in the scenario. 🤠

[alwayssimmin-alwaysrantin]

Me trying to figure out what this argument I took 40 bajillion pictures of was about:

Me realizing:

[zeawesomebirdie]

For those who have been following my descent into superbat chaos for the last two days: turns out I have covid :)

[rustbeltjessie]

what's the best thing you ever shoplifted?

I was about to reply to this with: "Nice try, narc." It seems a little fishy, ya know, some anon asking me about illegal activities? But my shoplifting days are far behind me and I couldn't possibly be charged with anything at this point. So I'll give you an answer. It was either the necklace I stole at age 15, to give to a girl I was sorta dating, or the copy of The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke I stole from a chain bookstore when I was 19.

Speaking of shoplifting, the previous message made me remember: back in the day, my zine Safety Pin Girl was the second-most shoplifted zine at Quimby's in Chicago. (The first being Cometbus, natch.) I was always kinda annoyed cuz it meant Quimby's lost money (they always paid me my full percentage for all units moved, whether purchased or stolen, cuz they're just that cool), but on the other hand it made me feel kinda special. Like, people wanted to read my zine so badly they'd risk legal trouble over it? I was second only to the O.G. Cometbus?! Punk!

[timeflow]

Heeeeey im really sorry, I know you might find this a bit strange but I really do have a huge favor to ask but im so embarrassed to ask for it but I guess there’s no harm on trying, right? Can you consider boosting/sharing the post I pinned for my cat please? We’re in desperately need of help rn. Im so sorry for coming across your inbox like this. Please also consider answering this privately or send me a msg instead! Wishing you well and I hope that you’ll have an amazing year ahead of you ❤️❤️

omg hii unfortunately for you I'm not clicking on your very obvious scam so please go fuck yourself

[sedgewicke]

"I don't think I'm going to find any Dalinar/Sadeas songs in my library-- OH, NO."

How long have I known you, brother? Hundreds of lives, thousands of years How many miles have we wandered Under the sky, chasing our fear? Some kind of trouble is coming Don't know when, don't know what I will stand by you, brother Till the daylight comes or I'm dead and gone I've shared my life with you, brother Since I recall, you've been my friend You say we're not like the others Still, we must die; all things must end I know we can't stop what's coming But I will try, oh, how I'll try Will you fight with me, brother? One last time, one last fight? Don't turn away, don't tell me that we're not the same We face the fire together, brothers till the end Don't run away - our time will come, but not today I stand beside you, brother, with you till the end

Goddammit, Sadeas. Get your flat ass back here and make up with your ex-husband. Y'all could've been great.

Why can't I shake fictional characters until they bend to my will, this really bites.