#alison is a nerd

[professorlegaspi]

It’s important to me that you understand that while the document vault has sunning architecture, the actual “papers and documents” are probably stored less like this:

and more like this:

[dandelionjack]

you are a bartender. a creepy posh guy dressed as some kind of dracula walks in demanding a fancy french wine. he stalks your address and follows you to your flat. with no explanation tells you to run. insults your boyfriend. blows up your house. leaves

[yalster54]

Guess who owns an official dazzler bag now 🤭🤭🤭

[natjennie]

the ghosts I think would watch d20:

kitty - gets extremely excited about everything, happy stims and squeals along with the players, "I don't understand a lot of what's happening, but it's so very thrilling! everyone gets terribly excited for the number twenty; their happiness makes me happy!"

cap - dragged along to watch with kitty, mostly doesn't pay attention to the game but definitely simps for lou wilson. and can you blame him? gets hooked on battles, his eyes light up at the prospect of strategizing.

thomas - fascinated by the storytelling of it and the emotional performances, especially fey and flowers. "these people have such a way with words" sort of energy. wants alison to contact cast members to ask questions about the lore and she has to explain that's not how that works.

pat - played d&d when he was alive, interested in the ways the game has changed since then, constantly interrupts with anecdotes about his games and characters, desperately wants to get a button house campaign going

[nerds-yearbook]

In an effort to give her a big audiance, the powers that be at Marvel decided Dazzler would make her first appearance in Uncanny X-Men 130 with a cover date of Febuary, 1980. She was created by Tom Defalco, John Romita Jr, and Roger Stern. Dazzler was intended to be a marketing ploy with a comic book, record, and movie (starring Bo Derek), but only the comic came to be, marking Marvel's first entry in the direct-market-only. ("Dazzler", Uncanny X-Mem 130#, Marvel Comic Event)

[agp]

it sucks that shes my ex and shes so square. its not my fault no one else is brave enough to ask her out and she wont date anyone else. she lost a crazy ten because i was tired of her ten ass just sitting there while other tens were singing to me. yeah with the same name and everything i hate this stupid baka dyke life

[knuckle]

Yllowyyn realizing the elves are fascists who extract wealth by oppressing and slaughtering "lesser" races and then rescuing a baby and waitress from summary execution, getting almost shot in the heart, and then letting himself get stuffed in a barrel blindfolded without even basic directions on which way shore is if he doesn't want to drown to make up for the crime of his privilege is really the minimum ally behavior

[gayangelcrimes]

DTA is, at its core, a story about how much better Supernatural could be if Sam wasn't around

[stardustandrockets]

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!

Whether you celebrate or not, I come bearing some of my favorite love stories. They're not all about romantic love as I wanted to be as inclusive as I could given the books I've read.

The conventional recs are pretty self explanatory, the unconventional recs are either stories where romance takes the backseat to the overall story, familial love, or not your typical read-on-Valentine's stories. The comic/manga recs are a mix.

Drop your recommendations below or tell me what you're currently reading.

Slide 2: • The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun • The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston • Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky • XOXO by Axie Oh • Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston • A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

Slide 3: • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske • If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio • Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell • A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft • The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater • The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew

Slide 4: • Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Velero-O'Connell • Fence by C.S. Pacat • The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang • Hana-Kimi by Hisaya Nakajo • I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino • Love in Focus by Yoko Nogiri

[justthewayitbe]

I'm sorry why did the cute little nerd and the goth chick not end up together at the end of Breakfast Club?! Like sure the jerk and the princess make sense like they really dug into each other the whole movie and came out better knowing each other. The jock is very obviously gay coded! But like the nerd deserves to be with someone and he's the person that seemed to relate to the goth girl the most. Idk, I feel like the goth girl and the jock together makes absolutely no sense. They have no mutual interests or respect for each other.

[nostalgia-tblr]

i am reading a book and i am not 100% sure but i think alison weir has misinterpreted what a 'precontract' is?

[therecordnerd]

Here's some Vince Clarke releases after leaving Depeche Mode -- Yazoo with Alison Moyet and Erasure with Andy Bell right after.

[makingqueerhistory]

Any queer webcomic/graphic novel recommendations?

Yes!

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together.

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker with Jules Scheele

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.

Boyfriends. Volume One: A Webtoon Unscrolled Graphic Novel by Refrainbow

Jock, Goth, Nerd, and Prep are all juniors in college. But studying is the last thing on their minds as they are mainly interested in getting a boyfriend. Or multiple boyfriends.

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Society is the two-time Eisner Award-winning gentle fantasy that follows the story of a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons. 

[nerds-yearbook]

Dazzler was designed as part of a marketing ploy. She was meant to be part of a three pronged venture consisting of a comic book series, music albums (through Casablanca Records), and movies starring Bo Derek. Of the three planned projects, the comic book was the only one that came to be. Dazzler 1# was issued with a cover date of March, 1981 and was Marvel's entrance into the Direct-Market-Only comics field. Dazzler was created by Tom Defalco, John Romita Jr, and Roger Stern and introduced in Uncanny X-Men 130#. Dazzler 1# introduced Stevie Wildfire and Katherine Blaire, created by Tom Defalco, John Romita Jr, and John Romita. The issue was full of guest cameos by Enchantress, Spider-Man, the X-Men (Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Angel, Professor X, and Kitty Pryde), Edwin Jarvis, and the Avengers (Beast, Captain America, Iron Man, Wasp, and Hawkeye). ("So Bright This Star", Dazzler 1#, Marvel Comic Event)

[isagrimorie]

The first half of season 2 of Picard really has a lot more pace until the back half. And the whole Picard-Mother thing kicked off and majorly slowed down the pace from a sprint into a walk.

(The part where Akiva Goldsman fully took over, I suspect. Plus, the whole COVID of it all.)

On the other hand, I really enjoyed the heist-y planning but mostly because of the judge-y and confused looks Rios, Raffi, and Seven were throwing at Picard for choosing Agnes to infiltrate and hack the system first.

I love that there was a second where Seven, Rios, and Raffi look so skeptical. And Agnes Jurati looked shellshocked. Because the first time they did something similar in Stardust City Rag, Jurati was A Mess.

Alison Pill was really, really funny in season 2 -- she's the Amy Acker of Picard Season 2 since season 1 really squandered her.

(Honestly, I am so sad they broke up, I really like their relationship, and while I like Teresa, I do love Rios and Jurati dynamic in season 2. The ex-banter is amazing.)

I love how Seven took Picard's 'she has all the skills' personally. Because Picard only knows the gun-toting Vigilante Pirate Ranger Seven of Nine and not the Know-it-All science-engineer!Nerd!Seven.

LOL. She even gave Jurati a Look.

And Agnes doesn't even know the Look Seven is giving her.

Seven's Borg arrogance and vanity were pricked, remember when she had that Know-It-All, I was Right energy All the Time?

I bet sometimes she missed those days.

[northwyrm]

hiiii happy STS! How did Harriet end up with a ghost in a box? what led her down the path to *that* way into the institute?

So her ghost science doesn't really feature in Bloodmood, this is all backstory...

Her parents died in a car crash when she was young. She and her sister Alison were raised by her grandparents, who were loving and kind and she was well looked after and did not miss her parents much. Her sister, Alison, who was a little bit older when they lost their parents DID feel it strongly, however.

So Alison, like many small children, believed that the spirits of her parents would watch over her like guardian angels. Part religion, part child grief. Mummy and Daddy were watching and protecting her. She finds a penny on the ground? Present from Daddy. Good feeling in her tummy? Mummy's ghost was giving her a hug.

Child Harriet was enraged by this nonsense. Dead means DEAD. And so like any good 6-year-old she would go to the local library computer and use an hour of internet to look up 'proof of ghosts' to prove her sister WRONG. And, like any 6 year old looking up proof of ghosts, she got sucked in.

Her sister grew up and matured, while Harriet stayed a ghost nerd through her teen years. Then into adulthood. And we're talking pathologically obsessed with ghosts, 24 hours a day she was thinking about ghosts. So as a teenager she actually got quite good at photographing them, then as a young adult she actually caught one.

This is how you get talent-scouted by the Institute. If you show up with a carefully labelled binder of every ghost you've caught on camera AND one you caught in a box using something you found in an old Victorian's ghost hunting journal, then you can be hired as a ghost expert.