#Interest?

[monstersandmaw]

Watched 'The Invitation' on Netflix while under the influence of some hefty cold medication, and I've just half-hallucinated a Beauty and the Beast style 'vampire recluse x unwitting human woman' story, minus all the non-con and assault etc. from the film because that's really not my thing.

Oh and there's a werewolf gardener and his handsome son. And some lesbian vampires.

[dayurno]

what's your opinion on this phenomenon that's currently happening with jeanne, where ppl start acting like shipping a straight ship over a gay one is somehow brave or like disliking a straight ship is problematic? i like both pairings but stuff like this always ticks me off :/

i think it's a misconception of how misogyny works in fandom spaces mostly! because fandom is such an echo chamber we are bound to arrive to conclusions that sound useful to us, but don't actually achieve anything or make any discussions easier to solve or even have in the first place. to me it's very tone deaf that people think the problem with straight ships getting less rep is the problem of heterosexual couples being pushed aside for queer rep (and if the heterosexuality was the problem, then why aren't lesbian ships as widely cared for and expanded upon?) and not the active problem of people refusing to engage with women in media in any meaningful way! but it is misogyny and we get nowhere and achieve nothing by acting like this is an occurence specific to heterosexual pairings when your average aftgamer can't even describe the female characters without using some synonym of girlboss/"(andrew's/neil's/kevin's/jean's/whomever's) best friend/mom"/matchmaker (for a mlm ship, of course) or think of a f/f pairing dynamic that goes beyond holding hands in the backdrop of andreil's wedding

this is something that bugged me a lot a bit earlier in the year when a post going around said k/t would have been more popular if thea was a man. this absolutely negates the problem of racism in the fandom! thea's widespread hatred is very specifically misogynoir, but turning thea into a man still does not erase the fact that the aftg fandom is EXTREMELY anti-black and the male version of her would STILL be hated because the treatment she gets in the books is racist! honestly it drives me up the WALL because at some point it has to be willful ignorance. but we stay balling

[naturewivesmybeloved]

Y’all I’m once again thinking about maybe writing some really shitty self-insert hermitcraft fanfic, the basic premise is that my oc , who’s very much just a self insert, is deeply traumatized and somehow ends up on hermitcraft and just gets collectively adopted by the hermits. It would be so self indulgent but I know I would love to read something like this. What do you think? Any interest? Also I make absolutely no promises that I *actually* write it, just thoughts and gauging interest

[daringdoombringer]

hi here’s a cool bird I betcha didn’t know existed, ✨the wallcreeper✨

it literally looks like a monarch butterfly it’s so cute

[epoxyconfetti]

[2022dirt]

Outlines of two alligators that slept through the rain.

[faeriekit]

"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[carrionhearted]

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol

[hoaxghost]

Girl failed the med school exam like 8 times I dont think she'd do all too well when faced with the burnt crisp of her captain

[yardsards]

everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

[filibusterfrog]

types of wizards :)

[unsung-idiot]

don't show him modern technology; it won't end well

bonus under the cut:

[ciderjacks]

Sometimes I’m reminded that in universe Chilchuck is an actually influential figure who like. Made huge advancements for his people and community. Like as in gave them rights and protections. And who is widely known by half-foots because of that. Like. He’s not just some guy.

Idk For some reason that just makes his role in canon really funny to me. Like this older, extremely important and accomplished figure is just willingly putting himself thru it for the sake of this random autistic 26 year old.