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[thatswhatsushesaid]

ftr my thoughts on jin guangyao portraying himself as being small and weak and harmless and vulnerable are essentially that it isn't an act, because an act in this context implies a duplicity and/or disingenuousness that i don't think is present. but i do think it is a performance--it's just a performance that he has to play given the power disparity between himself and the rest of the cultivation world, at least until he becomes chief cultivator. in short, jin guangyao is performing the role of the non-threatening, subservient retainer that is expected of him to ensure his own survival in a world where he knows that the only person he can rely on to put his needs first is himself.

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[itwasabeautifulwebbing]

since when are the antivan crows this nice??

[ihaveaskeleton]

Loki, before Sigyn's death on the Sacred Timeline:

"My wife is a sensible woman and my most trusted companion. No matter what happens, I know she'll stand by me."

Sigyn, centuries later:

"I agree with Thor; you should do 'Get Help'."

[little-peril-stories]

Happy STS, Kate!

Tell me about one to three of your favorite names — be it of a person, a place, a chapter, a whole work. How did you pick them, and what do you love about them?

Bonus: Is there any placeholder name that stuck and made it into a finished thing?

Happy STS, Elli! Thanks for the ask!

I love the title of angsty heist wip (edited to add: it’s called The Court of Rogues), but that's mean, because I haven't revealed it yet. I picked it because it sounds cool and encompasses the entire cast of characters rather than prioritizing just one.

I also love the title of an as-yet-unwritten chapter of TQOL (so let's hope I don't change my mind about it, lol) for being one of the only (if not the only - we'll see when we get to the end) literary reference titles, and it's to a play that's so very close to my heart and such an apt allusion for this particular story. Can you guess the play? I picked it because it's tragictragictragic.

Ok actual answers now.

I love Allan Armstrong Dale's stupid name. It's nothing but Robin Hood references. Alan-a-Dale the minstrel, Joe Armstrong who played him in 2008, and Jonas Armstrong who played Robin Hood in 2008. I make myself laugh.

I love an upcoming TQOL chapter title, "The Mark of Thieves." It's cute, moving, symbolic, foreshadowing, AND a joke, too.

I love a lot of my TPOT chapter titles, which sadly got killed in the new version, but my fave has to be Ch. 49, "Connected Far Beyond a Miracle." Love the song I poached it from, but I also frickin love how it encompasses the running thread of the whole "we were meant to meet" thing flowing through the book. And it goes so nicely with Will's angst in that chapter. And it foreshadows the end. *chef's kiss*

[normaltothemax]

[dubioushonour]

Spin this wheel of ~300 AO3 tags three times.

[monstertsunami]

i spilled pasta in my backpack and got so mad that i made a traumacore edit about it

[varilien]

am i blanchin?

girl we blanchin!!

HI HIII happy birthday to everyone's favorite mystery twins!! how did they grow up so fast!!!!

Palestine: Funds | Action | eSims | Info Sudan Resources | Congo Resources

[onefey]

you're going about your normal day when, suddenly, surprise! you've been pokémon mystery dungeon'd!

unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the pokémon assigning quiz has been canceled. instead, you must spin THE WHEEL, assigning you a random, unevolved, non-legendary and non-mythical pokémon. you must now go on some sort of world-saving adventure as this pokémon. good luck!

tell me in the tags what you rolled, and how you feel about it - for bonus points, you can spin the wheel again for (or just take your pick of) a pokémon to be your partner.

bonus rules:

you're not shiny unless the wheel tells you you're shiny

take your pick of regional forms and evolutions (for example, if you roll vulpix, it's up to you whether that means normal or alolan vulpix)

apply whatever logic you like with regards to gender

have fun and be yourself!

[bunjywunjy]

oh The Fish™️ of tumblr, what is thy wisdom?

did you know that king cobras can growl?

because they can. they growl.

[splatoonlink]

HELP i was watching off the hook perform and the angle i was at makes it look like pearl is being repeatedly set on fire 😭

[retquits]

1.6 is coming—see you march 19th!!! 🥹🌱

[baker-chan-senpai]

dumb doodles

merry christmas, people

[justladders]

ARE YOU READY?

ARE YOU READY?

🪜 • reblogs help a ton <3 • youtube • ko-fi • bluesky

[dilfosaur]

🎄👼

hohojo

[taylorftparamore]

the way some of yall talk about palestinian lives is giving white saviourism. you talk about these folks like they havent been fighting back and minimize & diminish their efforts of survival. like. palestine DOES still have adults in it fighting to protect their children & their neighbors’ lives. they are passing down their culture to save their culture from destruction & begging us to uplift their voices. maybe we as westerners need to actively check how we talk about this conflict, hm?