#i appreciate this so so much

[cyberslug0000]

since things are scariest when you dont know what to expect… heres what to expect! for surgery, youll go in a bit early to get all your forms filled out and talk to the anesthetist. they give you a robe and wheel you around on a little trolley bed for a bit and ask you a bunch of simple questions. tbh its kind of fun it reminds me of being a kid and being pushed around in a stroller. when they knock you out w the anaesthetic its funny bc you always THINK youll feel yourself falling asleep, this time for sure, but they pop the little cat-scratch needle in the back of your hand while talking to you and then you blink and youre in the post surgical recovery area and everythings done. teleported basically. depending on how you personally react to the anesthetic the next few hours could be either whimsical or just confusing; your head will be pretty foggy. just treat it like riding some ocean waves and vibe… and buy stool softeners bc the painkillers they give you for the healing period will gum you up and you dont want to deal with that when you have an incision on your abdomen!!!

thank you so much for this, you’re so kind, I appreciate it so much <3 I’m so scared of even the needle so I’m definitely going to be thinking “cat scratch cat scratch” when it happens <3

[cilil]

The person who sent you this wants you to know that your existence means so much to them. Your a light in their life. You deserve the world.💙💙

Words can't adequately express how happy your words made me. Thank you so much for this message, you're too kind and I wish you all the best💙

[f1version]

hey love, just saw ur WIPs and omdss u have a lot in store for us. so thank you and congrats on 1k, you deserve it xx

hi beautiful anon, you are so sweet !! thank you so much and you are very welcome. i actually love writing all these silly things for you guys, i just enjoy it so much and it makes me so happy you truly enjoy it. thank YOU <33

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[hansoeii]

we go just right.

[chalkrub]

autumnal chill....featuring the girl

[kimdokjas]

though the movie might be cancelled, yuri on ice will live forever in our hearts. thank you yoi fandom, it's been real ♡

[mielplante]

late night talking with the king 🍂

[theirondragonrants]

I love you all, but you have the wrong parallel. We love Rhaenyra asking Alicent to fly across the narrow sea and eat only cake, but it's Rhaenyra and this Alicent that mirror each other. It's the smiles, and that halting breath.

[retquits]

a quick sam sketch for the wonderful person who sent me a k☼fi !!! 🥺

he's thinkin up song lyrics 🎶

[ruushes]

mom said it's my turn on the silly batstarion drawings

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[crabussy]

god I'm so fucking furious at the removal of Te Reo Māori names from organisations around Aotearoa. it's a complete non-issue, every organisation has the English name directly underneath the Māori name. I have never once as an English speaker been unable to understand what an organisation is for. Winston Peters, the Deputy Prime Minister, who is literally Māori himself, said “Te Papa is a historic name but tell me this waka kotahi, how many boats have you seen going down the road?”. Waka does not just mean canoe. it means vessel, and waka kotahi (the transport agency of Aotearoa) explains this VERY SIMPLY on their official website. waka kotahi means to travel together as one. Can you see how fucking upsetting this is. A Māori person in power who is in agreement about banning his own language, being so cocky about something that he does not even understand due to the suppression of the language of his people. It makes me sick. I've seen reports from Māori people all over Aotearoa speaking out about how upset and furious they are, how decades of progress have been undone in the fight to restore the rights of their people who have for so long been oppressed and have suffered the effects of colonisation. Please share this if you can, I hate knowing how few people will hear about this, I know there is so much injustice in the world right now and it is so exhausting, I know. I love you all, keep it up.

https://waateanews.com/2023/11/27/te-reo-public-service/

[albaharu]

Me, reading GTN for the first time, biased for the Gideon POV narration: why everyone is so mean to Gideon why arent they befriending her when she is so cool???

Gideon most of the book:

"Gonna spend my time not talking and standing in the shadows full in black"

[liquidstar]

adventure time lore is insane. it starts off just being a goofy kids show that has magic for no reason, but then you learn that all magic users are manic and/or depressed (what betty calls sadness and madness). because it turns out magic is actually a cosmic force beyond mortal comprehension, that itself was learned from cosmic entities that predated the existence of time itself inside a sea of monsters. and "magic" really is just understanding more about the nature of the universe than most people. that, in a way, reality isnt "real" and understanding that allows you to mold it. and thats magic. but that drives you to insanity and/or apathy. and there are beings who hold significant cosmic importance who are more prone to magic. and the reason magic became prevalent on earth is because of a nuclear war a thousand years ago, which released the entity that represents the destruction of all life onto the world. and after a nuclear apocalypse this gave way to a new earth, where magic could thrive. but a lot of the beings we see arent even magical, theyre just mutants from what happened 1000 years ago. and humanity as we know it has been all but wiped out. but everything stays the same because cycles of war and violence continue. and it doesnt matter if its nukes or magic. everything stays the same, but still changes.

[wasabi-gumdrop]

Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!