#cabled

[twinliches]

my family is fucking addicted to macgyvering and it's becoming a problem. every time something in this house breaks, instead of doing the sensible thing of replacing it or calling someone qualified to fix it, we all group around the offending object with a manic look in our eyes and everyone gets a try at fixing it while being cheered on or ridiculed by the rest.

it's a beautiful bonding activity, but the "creative" fixes have turned our house into a quasihaunted escape room like contraption where everything works, but only in the wonkiest of ways. you need a huge block of iron to turn on the stove. the oven only works if a specific clock is plugged in. the bread machine has a huge wood block just stapled to it that has become foundational to its function. sometimes when you use the toaster the doorbell rings. and that's just the kitchen.

it's all fun and games until you have guests over and you have to lay out the rules of the house like it's a fucking board game. welcome to the beautiful guest room. don't pull out the couch yourself you need a screwdriver for that, and that metal rod makes the lamp work so don't move it. it also made me a terrifying roommate in college, because it makes me think i can fix anything with enough hubris and a drill. you want to call the landlord about a leaky faucet? as if. one time my dad made me install a new power socket because we ran our of extension cords

[thoughtportal]

the things that are reported matters. the language used matters. what is left out of the story matters.

[mintaii]

a little post act 1 drawing...

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

Logan being into Wade all quiet like and his pining ass having successfully navigated the Wade/Vanessa dynamic so far and everything is good now about a month into him living with Al and Wade when Cable shows up

"Old man with metal limbs and a sad-ass backstory" Cable

"I casually put on chapstick while staring into your eyes as i tell you that you remind me of my dead wife" Cable

"Theres a knife in your dick" Cable

"I use my one shot to get home on saving your life" Cable

And Logan realizes he has competition

[szollibisz]

finally made a little zine from all the photos i took of various wires and machines and pylons and etc

this was sooo fun i need to get it printed

[yakichoufd]

[mrvelocipede]

I've been trying to distract myself from the horrors of modern life by knitting unnecessarily complex cable swatches. They are partly inspired by printer's ornaments and other typographic elements.

[tadhannahj]

[doggirlhen]

they should make shopping for cables easier i think. there should be a service where you pick the ends, you pick the length of cable, you pick the like. color and texture of the cable (shitty plastic, nicely woven, bare metal, whatever) and then they make it and ship it to you for a reasonable fee

[roboyfriend]

d'you think whoever wrote this usb-c cable description is. normal. about computers.

[brainrotcharacters]

"I walked away. They called after me and I walked away. I always do."

[dailymothanon]

Prime Soundwave always looked quite like a bat; so I really liked the idea of him just having an area full of like. Servers, (super?) computers and computer related stuff, cables and cords all around to hang off of. But like almost in a cave-like way, him crawling all around (upside down even) the almost maze like place like a bat in a cave or nesting area; presumably with the use of his data cables. Yknow, his own area that basically only he knows how to navigate and use (maybe other than Laserbeak). So this is just him upside down 😌 nothing special yet, I also assume his long arms are helpful for that stuff

[wormspoodle]

dipstick and marbel post (with grumple stiltskin) uh more doodles below the cut

[mustasekittens]

down time doodling🖍️

mmm close ups

[lorenzonuti]

Whispering secret data.

[ed13d1]

let it happen

illustration by sarah morgan