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[magicomens]

Hi i just discovered your comic and read it through, took a moment to lay prone on the ground and then read it again. It’s so good, the character interactions are so chef’s kiss, I love the art style! The panel where Arthur ponders the video game remote in Merlin’s place is sending me and I love the way you use tiny bits of color to make Aziraphale’s miracles pop! And the rainbow explosion all my homies love the rainbow explosion

Yeah the way everyone called it The Gay Explosion makes me proud xD

Thank you! <3

[stealingyourbones]

Watching the Great British Bake-off, the credits roll and I see the name “Daniel Nightingale” in there. Danny changes his name and moves to Gotham is out, Danny changes his name and goes to work at GBBO is in

Daniel Nightingale and Jason Todd-Wayne. Both contenders of the Great British Bake-off

[gilbirda]

You play cookie clicker too? We shall have a summer wedding

My current run status

I know is not much but is honest work

and now it has so much stuff???

I played this.... well, too long ago. Easily about 8 years? Maybe i played the first versions ever. Had a lot of fun with the grandmapocalypse

and then i saw the creator was on tumblr and I said you know what i should do it again and oh well is just a completely different thing now!

I am already spoken for, but I'm sure my lovely wife would understand the cookie clicker bond ✨✌

[duchi-nesten]

Is that the goddamn family guy death pose

….maybe…

[watchmakermori]

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#the character who got the least amount of buffs was kazuha and that's because he was fucking cracked to begin with it's just nobody realised

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

wanna give maneskin a heartfelt thank you on behalf of the bisexuals

506 notes - Posted May 14, 2022

#4

I fully believe that stranger things season 1 is the perfect example of something being so well-crafted that people don’t realise just how good it is.

obviously this isn’t a groundbreaking show. there’s very little in stranger things that’s new or original, and there’s nothing in the themes that’s going to change your life. we’re dealing with standard sci-fi and horror tropes, a bit of coming of age, a bit of teeny romance. and I think because of those things, people don’t actually talk about the craft of stranger things nearly enough.

I’m not saying people don’t know this show is good. it’s stupidly popular and absolutely blew up on release, but in all the mass appeal and the merch and the shilling for the characters, I don’t think the skill of the writing in that first season gets the discussion it deserves. I really think stranger things has possibly the best pacing of anything I’ve ever watched. the way it navigates different subplots and characters, developing them seamlessly before drawing them into a whole at the end - this is not an easy thing to do, but they manage it so effortlessly that the skill is invisible.

no moment in the first season is wasted. it’s carefully set up so that each pocket of characters - the kids, the teens, the adults - are all discovering slightly different things, so that no one character has all the information. everybody is united around the same goal (finding will), but they’re geared towards different parts of it, which makes it unbelievably satisfying when different sets of characters finally start sharing information. the show has a great deal that it needs to convey to us; on top of making the characters loveable and interesting (and there are a lot of characters), they also have to set up will’s disappearance, the monster and its rules, and the existence of the hawkins lab and the psychic children. the series is jam packed yet never feels overloaded with exposition - we learn exactly what we need to know exactly when we need to know it. the writers know when to hold back and leave us as ignorant as the characters, and when to create suspense out of the fact that we know more than the characters. 

like I say, I don’t think stranger things is a mindblowing bit of media in the grand scheme of things. but I would still give it a 10/10, because it’s absolutely perfect at what it’s trying to be. every time I rewatch it I’m struck by how merticulous it feels. as somebody who writes fiction and has seen behind the drafting process, how you come back to a story again and again to trim the fat and streamline the subplots and make everything as smooth as possible, i can feel that work when I watch stranger things. and it’s invisible work - as consumers, we’re never privy to that part of the writing process. we don’t see any sign of the countless drafts that came before the final story, and if it’s written well, we never should. a story told well feels like it never could’ve been told any other way

stranger things season one just comes across like a show that has been polished and polished until it was the very best that it could be. it’s a bit goofy and campy and not especially original, but the dedication to the craft is just incredible and I love to see it

556 notes - Posted June 7, 2022

#3

something I appreciate arcane for above all else is the perspective it takes on violence and change. it would have been so easy for this show to take a ‘violence is never the answer’ stance, wherein silco’s aggression and terrorism only make things worse for the people of zaun and his anger gets in the way of resolution. likewise, it also would’ve been very easy for this show to take a ‘violence is always the answer’ approach, leaning harder on the revolution aspect and taking the stance that compromise with oppressors is always failure. but instead, it approaches these themes with a lot more nuance, showing how violence can both aid and hinder progress, and how brokering peace can often only solve conflict in the short term

this is represented most keenly via vander and silco. we’re positioned to like vander, and his goals are sympathetic; he has an uneasy peace with the enforcers, which keeps the undercity in poverty but saves them from more tyrannical violence. it’s understandable why he wants this, after having lost so much in a previous revolution, but it ultimately hurts the city in the long run. constantly making peace with piltover leads to dissent amongst his own people, and his inaction is the catalyst that allows silco to take over. that puts the people of zaun in even more peril

but silco also represents change. he’s a ruthless kingpin who ravages his own people with shimmer, but the power he holds is what ultimately gives zaun a chance at independence. the council would never have entertained this when vander was in charge, because he bowed to their every whim. by becoming a genuine threat, silco gained bargaining power, and very nearly gained the independence he’d spent years grasping for

I really like that the thing which dooms zaun and piltover’s prospect of peace is not silco’s destructive nature. it’s his benevolence - his love for his daughter, who he refuses to give up. but on the other side of this, it is jinx’s violence that ultimately shatters any chance of peace between the two nations, when she makes the decision to attack the council

there are just so many layers to it, and this theme is present in more than just silco and vander’s characters too. we see how horrified jayce is when he accidentally - but brutally - kills a child in the undercity, but we also know that the council’s ongoing negligence towards zaun kills far more children, and he was happy to ignore that for years. we see how heimerdinger cautions against developing hextech for fear of the destruction it could cause, yet ignores the day-to-day suffering that hextech might alleviate, because he is privileged enough to turn away from it.

arcane is one of very few stories that successfully takes a big-picture look at how violence and peace are not necessarily polar opposites, and how sometimes brokering a peace to maintain an oppressive system is the most violent thing you can do. it manages to capture the nuances of how violence can both help and hinder a cause, without ever giving us an easy answer of how to resolve things. i love it so much and I hope that complexity carries through into the next season

593 notes - Posted June 28, 2022

#2

every time people complain about english xiao like ‘why did they make him so edgy’ I’m just like. the original writers literally made xiao the sole surviving member of a battle-torn race which dedicates its whole existence to war. he spends every waking moment suppressing his suffering and quite literally cannot associate with humans because his karmic debt will send them insane or kill them. before he fought demons he was the slave of an evil god forced to destroy and devour people’s dreams. mayhaps they made xiao sound like an edgy young man because he is an edgy young man. die mad about it

1,273 notes - Posted June 6, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

the reason ratatouille is so good is because like. it IS about a rat learning to become a chef. but it's also NOT about that at all. it's about the elitism that keeps incredibly talented people out of artistic circles because of their origins...it's about how art is richer when we value input from people from all walks of life...it's about how to create is to bear your soul, and how exemplary talent often isn't enough to thrive in a world that is structured to keep you out. it is about how a great artist can come from anywhere and god I love this film so much

4,412 notes - Posted January 1, 2022

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[sometimesanequine]

@birsima i cast spell of be tormented by rick roll in your every waking moment until its all you ever think about for duration of one week

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i admit defeat 😔👍 spent 5 or so hours tryna crack this so you get a mystery horse until you gimme the key

[anthonycrowleymoved]

Whats craft beer

OKAY. to be completely upfront i will be focusing my answer mainly around the us, because that’s where i’m from and that’s the scene i’m familiar with, but there are also large craft beer scenes all over the world. alright so. i think it’s easiest to explain this in the context of beer overall. obviously there’s mass market beer - beer that’s sold all over the country. in the us, that’s your budweiser and coors and pabst etc. it can get a liiiiittle murky when it comes to what’s a craft and what’s not (for example, goose island and sam adams are largely considered not craft, whereas i argue that they are, but i digress, and on the other side of things mass market beer is trying to make more artisanal products now to appeal to craft fans), but the three i mentioned definitely aren’t.

now, mass market beer is beer you can walk into pretty much any bar in the country and probably find. it’s also cheaper, because it’s made in large batches with probably smaller amounts of certain high cost ingredients (or just bad ingredients). craft, on the other hand, is beer that’s made usually in small batches with premium ingredients. there’s a lot of small breweries making their own recipes of their beers, often on rotating/seasonal schedules. it tends to be a lot more expensive, because there is a lot more that goes into it and because the people who are making it have a lot less overhead available to them.

think of mass market beer vs craft as being like, any mass market vs craft product, but for argument’s sake let’s use a mcdonalds burger vs an artisanal burger made by your favorite local place that specializes in burgers. you know that one is going to be an objectively better product, and the product’s going to be more expensive because it’s got better ingredients and because it’s being sold at one or a few locations and being made in house. so that’s like, what craft beer is within the overall ‘what is beer’ question

the tldr version is basically this: craft beer is beer that, instead of being made in massive batches and then shipped to every corner of the country, is made in small batches, by people who come up with their own recipes for the product, and then sell it, largely to local consumers. a lot of these breweries have large cult followings, and there’s a lot of people (like me) who are quite passionate about trying different styles and iterations of those styles

[gayroytheory]

This is a good blog. An excellent blog. 6/5

thanks!!

[sanctferum]

birsima reblogged your post:When you make a package of spaghetti and you know...

#let's be real tho too much spaghetti is the opposite of a problem

it is when you gotta put the leftover spaghetti in the fridge for later and when you take it out again it's all gross

[danishdeity]

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[narwhalsarefalling]

I saw you munchin' on that text post and ur face is cute

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa thanks!!!!

[murphy-kitt]

ooh as long as you're doing fic recs, can i request a generic, top ten dp fics of your choice? <3

Of course! <3

It was difficult to choose because there’s so many good ones, I tried to pick ones that haven’t been recced before (at least I think so). And because I threw most of my favourite fics at the first rec it’s a bit more difficult. (fics + summaries w/ small review under the cut)

1) Double Discovery by dp-marvel94

After accidentally shooting Phantom with an anti-possession gun, Maddie finds she has a lot to learn about both Danny Phantom and Danny Fenton. Eventual Revelation Story.

My favourite DP fic ever. It has a great build up to the revelation, whilst also giving Maddie character development as she realises the truth about her son.

2) Corpse AU by DarkNymfa

Stand-alone stories based on the same AU; one where Danny leaves behind a corpse after his Accident.

I forgot how the stories connect (been a while since I’ve read them) but this AU is honestly addicting. Leads to a ton of great identity reveals over the course of time, and just in general, big angst factor.

3) A Phantom Christmas Carol by Book117Worm

Valerie Grey did not hate Christmas, but when a mirror image of a former friend comes to warn her of her fate, Valerie is forced to change her anti-Christmas and ghost-hating ways before it's too late... For her and Danny Phantom.

Criminally underrated. As told by the title, a parody of A Christmas Carol, but Danny Phantom style. It’s an excellent read and characterises Valerie really well. There are some really suspenseful moments in this fic. Another similar one is this one by ReconstructWriter, but with Jack and Maddie instead.

4) when i am dead, my dearest by redrobin1989

Valerie knew logically that ghosts were created from the souls of dead people but it was another thing to be confronted with that knowledge from her greatest ghostly enemy. How is she supposed to deal with Phantom knowing he died and no one in his family noticed?

I love fics where characters think about who Phantom was in past life, and this fic delivers just that. There’s a ton of angst between Danny and the growing distance between his family.

5) Dead To The World by goodfish_bowl

There was a hazy time period, right after Danny walked into the portal, and then woke up at his own funeral. Based on that one prompt on Tumblr about Danny waking up at his own funeral, it's popped up a few times and I decided to take it and run away with it. Mine now.

Ahh the feels! Everyone thinking that Danny is dead but then he isn’t, and then Vlad with his schemes that don’t really show up on the surface. Reminds me a little of Corpse AU.

6) Shivers by JadeNoRyuu

When the Fenton parents went to investigate a strange phenomenon, unforeseen consequences began to stir a chain reaction that would lead to injuries, an odd medical issue (impossible for human standards) and the discovery of weird facts. Above all they're unable to call for help. What will they do? Reveal fic.

Nice family development between the Fenton’s as Jack and Maddie progressively learn about Danny’s powers (not finding out he’s Phantom at first). Has some real gripping cliffhangers and leaves you wondering what happens next.

7) Empty Promises by Laora

He is gone...suddenly, nothing matters anymore.

This fic is honestly heartbreaking. Danny dies in this, and everyone has to come to terms with his death. Also an identity reveal, but a devastating one at that.

8) A Ghost Story by Cordria

Happy Halloween! Maddie finds a strange toy airplane in a field, and it leads her to learning some very interesting things about her family. A spooky oneshot to celebrate the dead.

Ohhh boy. What a rollercoaster of angst and emotions. I haven’t been able to return to this fic after I read it for the first time. Prepare a box of tissues. Beautifully written.

9) Study Session by birsima

Madeleine Fenton had captured Danny Phantom. Or rather, persuaded, slightly bribed and with only minimal threats convinced the elusive ghost to come with her to be studied." Maddie observes Phantom to understand his human-like appearance better.

Not just one fic, but followed by Conversations, Huntresses, Encounters and Revelations because I can’t not include them. Great little series to read and follows Maddie’s POV and trying to work out why Phantom is different. There’s lots of unique takes in this, which is why it stands out to me (such as Maddie actually working out that Phantom is a different species of ghost which she calls “portalborn”)

10) Flowers Cultivated In Soils Of Absurdity by Sica520

A Tentative Memoir by Jasmine Fenton.

A work in progress and a project that she had started at an extreamly young age. The childhood diary had become something more serious, imitating the kinds of situations she found herself forced to tackle. She was a Fenton she was used to things out of the ordinary, and had, albiet partially reluctantly, accepted that her life was always going to be filled with abusurdity. But...well sometimes life can surprise even those who thought they were prepared for everything. (AKA The series and more from Jazz's POV)

Okay this is seriously underrated for how good the quality and quantity of each chapter is. It’s still in progress, but it follows Jazz’s POV in the whole series and adds really emotive elements and character development that you wouldn’t see in the show. (E.g - Jack actually feels guilty when mentioning how he and Vlad haven’t talked in over 20 years.)

[stealingyourbones]

The “Danny is a chemistry teacher at Gotham academy” post is good but by now it’s so long that every time I come across it my phone lags to a halt and creates a situation where the post is keeping both me and tumblr mobile hostage

Oh no! I have absolutely no clue how to shorten the dang thing at this point so I guess you’ll simply have to be at the whims of the chemistry teacher Danny brainrot

[savageinkspillage]

The Album Tagging game

I was tagged by @scienceoftheidiot and @soot-and-snide!

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My lazy spotify-loving ass is so used to picking the songs I like off an album and then fucking off to my own playlist I’ve kinda lost the concept of “an album”, so this was tricky. Nevertheless, here you go!

I tag @perpetuallynocturnal @birsima @drift-time-tales @scribbledhandwrite @corpyburd @rebelside @mieliikki and whoever else wants to give this a shot!

[burialuntrue2007]

So you like clay pots too

oh you know. whats not to like

[systlin]

Hello! I saw your distilling caffeine addition on that one post with with all those coffee + energy drink stories and I was curious how you did it. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to and that's okay, but it'd make a great writing ref if I'd ever get around to it.

Answered Here!!

“Raises hand in benediction” Go forth and be caffeinated, my children.