#genre: social media

[kamwashere]

whoever runs the verified batman account in instagram needs their ass ate cause these are hilarious

[anistarrose]

[ID: a twitter thread with the names edited. Kravitz posts a picture of a gray cat, captioned: "My cat I named him Jonson".

Merle replies, with lots of typos: "R u srs... hi jonson... why isn't he reacting when i say his name? You lied to me you're like all the others".

Kravitz replies: "I think he is a picture. (blue heart emoji)." End ID.]

[zee-has-commitment-issues]

Yall literally leave him alone. God forbid he grows up and figures himself out. Jesus Christ.

[detroit-become-moomin]

Hey there! Completely forgot to post about this here, but - charity project for trans kids!!

POINTY THINGS, a folk horror collection written by me, illustrated by @ehlihr, and edited by @nimagine is now available for purchase online through Pride 2024. All revenue raised during the upcoming year will go to LGBT+ mutual aid orgs defending trans youth! In this collection you'll find:

55 pages & 22k+ words of story

unsettling megafauna

a trans take on red riding hood

fun facts about 16th-century beheading practices!

deeply unsexy vampirism

haunting-as-dysphoria

3/5 stories brought to life in spooky, atmospheric detail by elisar's illustrations!

The charities we'll be donating proceeds to include Equality Texas and the Transgender Education Network, but I'm also keeping an eye out for other mutual aid orgs defending the rights of trans youth in the American Southwest.

🩸PURCHASE HERE (GUMROAD) 🩸

🩸 OR HERE (KO-FI)🩸

[commsroom]

doug eiffel is relatively offline, his choice of... constant, unyielding background noise so he never has to be left alone in the company of his own thoughts... is the radio and/or tv, but he is also always watching youtube videos like "Can We Drive 1,200 MILES in an ABANDONED Van With NO TITLE? - First Start in 17 Years" and "Monster Jam - INSANE AIR Compilation." zero doubt.

[ladywaterfall]

gonna learn some canva to better my chances of getting a new marketing job. to make it fun and Not Scary for myself I'm thinking of making little graphics themed around ponies I like, so i can get a little practice and post them here without feeling like they need to be the Best Thing Ever

[dragonji]

mutuals im getting desperate have any of you read 2ha. what is the general consensus if so... is it worth the trigger warnings all over the nu reviews or am I better off sticking to my 'so obscure theres Maybe 4 pieces of fanart on here. if ur lucky' type series

[onlytibki]

*climbs up onto soap box an inhales a comically large breath*

IN-UNIVERSE MEMES AND SOCIAL MEDIA FICS ARE CRIMINALLY UNDER-RATED AND UNDER-UTILIZED

YES SOMETIMES THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE GIVEN THE WORLD AT HAND BUT SINCE WHEN HAS ANYTHING WE'VE DONE EVER MADE SENSE

IT TAKES SKILL TO CRAFT SOCIAL MEDIA STRUCTURE ONTO AN AO3 PAGE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO USE LIKE SKINS AND SHIT AND I'M IN AWE OF AUTHORS WHO DO IT WELL

IT TAKES GODDAMN WRITING GENIUS TO CRAFT A GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONA FOR A KNOWN CHARACTER AND I'M SO JEALOUS OF THE HOLD THEY HAVE ON THEIR CHARACTERIZATIONS

It's not always thought-provoking or high brow or even plot-based literature but it's a damn good time. Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way

[no1ryomafan]

Not to mention super vs real discourse because it’s stupid but any hardcore real fan who hates supers and saids they only like one super but it’s not getter robo their on my hitlist.

I’m sorry to be biased as I don’t think getter is perfect or anything but I will always be baffled by the people who can’t find enjoyment out of the sheer insanity of getter. They really have no fun in their soul.

“But the robot combing doesn’t make sense” who gives a shiiiiiiit man.

[dragonomatopoeia]

while i love learning new things and reading about the formation of genres it does mean i end up having to look up even more things for context. neverending. anyway the first widely-read Gothic Novel was apparently printed as marketing material for the author to sell tickets to the cool house he remodeled to be a scary haunted mansion

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

Wren Martin Ruins It All

YA contemporary romcom

student council president proposes to cut the school valentine’s dance because it's expensive and alienating for queer/single people, but instead the vice president (who he adamantly hates for being perfect) suggests they get sponsored by a popular friendship app

he decides to secretly give the app a go to “know his enemy” but ends up making a friend, and starts to catch feelings for him...and maybe realises the guy he hates isn't actually so bad either...

ace mlm MC, aro-questioning side character

I loved this so much! great MC with a funny internal monologue

despite the title most issues or misunderstanding are sorted out pretty quickly rather than drawn out for the drama and plot. which is refreshing

I was a little nervous about the concept of ‘ace hates the school dance and wants it shut down’ - there's a bit of a stereotype of aspecs being boring Fun Haters - but I think it did a really good job of showing the specifics of why, not dragging it out, and also that he’s just a snarky fun hater in general with not much weight behind it.

There’s also no discovering of sexuality or big coming out (just one-on-one) - he already knows he’s ace, and it comes up naturally a bunch, talking about how dances etc can feel isolating, the way the friendship app called buddy being called ace-friendly can feel infantilizing, avoiding dating because of the stress of having to check upfront if people about it, etc.

I would have liked to know more about his relationship with his mum? Though I understand that it’s clearly something he avoids thinking about - going too deep into his relationship with his parents might have changed the tone a lot. but still.

ARC from netgalley thanks netgalley

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

If technology wasn’t such a central aspect of solarpunk, we’d all just be hippies redux. Yet not all tech, right? Because solarpunk is also about living the good life while building a just, inclusive, and sustainable society. So, what is solarpunk’s attitude toward and relationship with tech? How do solarpunks decide what’s worth it and what’s beyond the pale? And what’s all this about appropriate technology?

[yekokataa]

you know how disco elysium has a lot of sentence fragments in the writing style? i learned the other day that's a style convention from noir detective stories.

[an-unexpected-trollogy]

Oh to be Suzanne Collins and have little social media presence and to write a book regarding whatever current societal trend is bothering her at the moment.

[coconut530]

AMAZING CRANE WIVES ALBUM I LOVED IT A LOT!!! MAD DOG RUSHING RIVER ARCTURUS BEAMING SCARS MY BELOVEDS!!!

ALSO

Was SOOOO not expecting them to drop a single today, of all days. And it FREAKING SLAPS 👏🏼!! BEAT DROPS INSANE

[satanic-fruitcake]

hhhh