#It's became ridiculous

[juuuuunaaaaaooooo]

Pheobe…WHY YOU WANT TO BE FRIEND WITH BETH SO MUCH???? I don't understand this obsession???

[itscherryterry-again]

yea

[ingravinoveritas]

I feel like this went by really quickly a few days ago, and I thought it deserved to be seen because this is just so utterly lovely. For context, the person Michael is replying to is one of the participants who was chosen for this year's A Writing Chance program (Michael's organization is one of the founders and partners of said program).

When I saw this two days ago, though, it made me genuinely emotional. The fandom that I was in before Good Omens was for a band from the 1960s. I'd been a fan of theirs since I was a kid and found one of my dad's old cassette tapes, and ten years ago or so, I had the opportunity to meet all of the band members and ended up on a first-name basis with three of them, and I become close friends with one member in particular. We were friends online first, on Facebook/Google chat/video chatting on Skype, before meeting in person later on.

In 2011, I was invited to speak at the UN (United Nations) for World Autism Awareness Day, and I posted a status about it on FB. This was just a few months after we'd started talking, and apropos of absolutely nothing, this man left a comment in response to my status update that I will never forget:

"Amy, I am so proud of you! To think I knew you when."

To this day, that comment means more to me than being asked to speak at the UN. I had watched this man and his bandmates on TV as a young autistic teenager (their show aired in reruns on Nick at Nite), and every time I watched, it felt like I suddenly had four friends, which meant the world at a time when I was being bullied relentlessly and didn't have friends in real life. Growing up, I also didn't feel as though anyone was proud of me, even my parents...so to have someone that I had admired and looked up to say that to me years later was beyond anything I could have imagined.

It's for all of these reasons that I was so touched by what Michael tweeted, and I am so happy for this person that they got to have this kind of moment with someone they also admire. And I love that Michael cares so much, not just to offer people these opportunities as a philanthropic endeavor, but to let it be something that means something to him personally, because it's personal to them...

[catenary-chad]

Interesting ideas for a non-rep Electra in a slightly earlier setting (50s-70s): The New Haven EP-5

Popular as a toy for its fabulous livery and new and innovative in the 1950s, but infamous for catching fire and not being very reliable (possible due to poor maintenance). They also fit AC/DC well because they were an earlier example of an electric loco that could change AC power to DC for its motors (and could run off both overhead AC power or third rail DC, which was common in the region). They actually had a fairly sad irl story, they’re a very visible symbol of the failure of the New Haven, having limited use due to de-electrification and neglect, and a short lifespan by electric standards (20ish years but much of it in storage). The New Haven is one of the more extreme examples of what factors led to de-electrification and the problems US railroads had at the time in general (short sighted business decisions, highway built parallel to their mainline, antiquated regulations making passenger rail a money pit, massively deferred maintenance). So there’s a lot of darker character potential there despite having a number of the same surface-level traits as replica presents. Bright and seemingly futuristic, even had a brief cameo in a major movie (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit), but troubled and a symbol of how electric traction was anything but inevitable and is actually very vulnerable to political/economic threats.

As a funny aside, the Lionel model had actual functioning pantographs if you were crazy enough to make a tiny catenary system for it. A lot of models also had horn sounds despite the actual engines infamously having air whistles!

[shyflowerhologram]

you know very well Mr. Hokage that I devour people to stay young and pretty, so be quiet and keep pretending it doesn't happen. Not like it's any of your business if I kill people or make horrible experiments, not to mention million crimes I've committed. At least I hadn't killed a samurai, because it's the only unforgivable crime in our society. p.s. the wedding was amazing, you and your wife looked really sweet

sincerely, your bestfriend Orochimaru

[lunaechaos]

sometimes i think some people in this fandom believe they own the characters they like, and this turns fandom experience into such a toxic and unhealthy one. caring and worrying about a character is very different than disliking anything it's done to them because it doesn't please you and your idea of their personality and who they should associate with.

this begs the question as well, how much is this about Agatha and how much this is actually about just petty hatred/dislike towards Wanda and canon discourse towards Rio? because, in the dawn of Agatha All Along's release, she's been the least one talked of in comparison to her witch mates in some corners of this fandom.

[author's note: it's just so funny to see some clearly biased complaints about recent events in the mcu and the comics, such as Agatha's deaging in the recent runs of the comics. it's obvious that she's been deaged, and it's very ill-intentioned to bissfully ignore the exact time period that her character was first de-aged and redesigned: after Wandavision and Kathryn's Agatha. i thought this was obvious, but since it evidently isn't, Kathryn's Agatha isn't Hagatha. it makes much more sense to match a character that has always been secondary and related to others, without well-defined appearance, and with the ability to age herself down, to its more popular mcu counterpart. also, why complain about a character that hasn't even been released yet, that we don't know a single official thing about, not being inserted in the comics? when said character is rumoured to be a genderbent version of an already existing character i.e Emerald Warlock? so now everything is bad because a single character that never even existed until a few months ago isn't inserted in everything that pertains Agatha's storyline and Agatha's only? are you even listening to yourselves? how come Agatha allegedly being ever-tied to Wanda is such an awful issue, but suddenly her being tied to Rio isn't? are the double standards in the room with us right now? these are just a few issues and complaints i have, and i feel it's high time they were voiced]

[apologize if there are any spell/grammar mistakes, this was written in the middle of a research lab meeting]

[btr-rewatch]

Can anyone help me out in piecing together whatever semblance of a canon timeline there is regarding when each of the guys met and how? I've been thinking of maybe writing another fic at some point, and while I don't have a solid idea nailed down, I just think it'd help to have that background info. I perused the BTR Wiki but it's honestly kind of a jumbled mess lol.

I do remember that James and Kendall met at a birthday party when they were 5. Not sure if it's ever mentioned when Carlos joined the group. And I think there's an episode that touches on when they met Logan. It was when they were a little older? Didn't they originally bully him or something? Will gladly take any and all info gathered either through the series or widely accepted headcanons.

[frogaroundandfindout]

I can finally send in comic evidence to my friend who insists dick is like 170lb max with the suit on

Gates of Gotham #5

[nnatasha]

convincing the inquisitor to let her bring schmooples to the exalted council

[mayonaisalspray]

send him to the principals office

If you say so :]

[alternianavenues]

🐍💚🦎

[the-one-who-lambs]

I wrote 1400 words today in 3 hours, which is absolutely nuts for me (usually I write in like 1, max 2 hour sessions, and get like 200-500 done on days that I write). I'm tempted to write more, but I'm just about to finish the first big scene of the chapter and if I leave that for myself tomorrow that gives me a really easy starting point to get into a good flow again.

My chapters are usually about 6k-7k on average. I warned y'all in advance that I expected this to be the longest chapter in the entire fic, because this (and ch 16+17) are going to be the most character development-heavy, climactic parts of the narrative. And since I'm want to make this chapter in particular hit like a motherfucker, I am being very generous about not rushing the pacing here. So far Chapter 15 is 4500 words, and my god do I want to write more of it right now, but I know damn well that overall writing more consistently in shorter sessions gives me much better results so I'm going to let my creative batteries recharge.

Normally, I don't make my writing any longer than it needs to be, because I am able to take the events of what could be a 15k chapter and make it just as effective in, say, 5-7k, and it's taken a lot of skill development to be able to do that successfully and without much difficulty. However, (I hope) I have enough practice with the "rules/standards" of "good writing" that I'm experimenting with breaking that particular convention intentionally.

Which is... not usually what my readers expect from my updates lmao. So I'm giving y'all a warning in advance:

I'm gonna estimate that this chapter's gonna be 13k-15k. Probably 12k at the absolute minimum. Will it actually take too much longer than a regular chapter? Probably not a whole lot because I'm in the creative-energy-overflow stage of chapter writing that gets me so in the zone that I've powered through half the chapter in a week before I know it.

[vellichorom]

you guys ever think about the ridiculousness of age in anime,

no i'm not referring to the infamous " 1000 year old dragon girl who looks & acts like a kid, " although that in of itself is a problem. a problem i need not elaborate on,

no i'm talking about an individual who's done everything in a lifetime & they're like. not even middle aged

don't you fucking tell me miles edgeworth ace attorney & shuu iwamine hatoful boyfriend got ALL OF THAT DONE in their 20's those men are pushing 40 AT LEAST

[ninesposting]

Posted this on bluesky but I’m gonna put it here too. haven’t been able to do any proper art at all lately but have some Mike for the soul

[tulipe-rose]

Random ask timeee! :D

As a tribute to the dire state the Hunting Dogs are currently in, which duo/trio of them is your favorite? Which are you gonna be most excited about when they (hopefully) reunite? 👀

AAAA HIHIHI

My favorite duo that I miss dearly, and barely have content of is Jōnō and Tachihara. They're such wasted potential istg. Tachihara is bothered by being supposedly 'not very smart'–which I heavily disagree with–and you know who could make up for that? Jōnō. Jōnō is the brain and Tachihara is the brawn, but their capability isn't limited to just that. Yes, Tetchō and Jōnō fit this description too, but to me, the unexplored battle potential of Tachihara's and Jōnō's combined Abilities is just so much more intriguing. With the very few interactions we got of them in canon, I can't help but imagine them having some brothers bonding time but it's military lab rats style. Also no one can convince me that they're not sent out on undercover missions the most, like they're both incredible actors; they'd fool Mōri, which Tachihara already did. Even Dazai could take a while to realize them. They're my power duo ever though I don't think we'll see them again for a while now. (If ever ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ)

[adamnablelittledevil]

If you want to talk about these characters and actors, you need to acknowledge intersecctionality. Yes, they might go through similar situations since many of them are minorities, but there are specific things that only a woman, black, dark-skinned, Muslim, person with an Arabic or overall ethnic name will face. You need to recognize ALL of these particularities and not only the ones that are convenient to you.