#immortal beings of the internet

[swashbucklery]

Taylor Alison Swift did not leap from the gallows and levitate down your street so that you could assume she was rivals with number one camp messy serial killer bisexual rockstar Lestat de Lioncourt. They're shit-talking each other's ex-boyfriends over a bottle of wine right now. They're working on several dozen collaborative tracks about how much they want to murder their exes while also calling them crying at 4am. He's not Dylan Thomas. She's not Patti Smith. You get it.

[roccondil]

#1 reason why old the old-style forums going away is Very Bad for the internet

I listen to Evanescence's "My Immortal", and at the end there's a weird high-pitched beeping that's kind of annoying/distracting, and I thought it might be an artifact from when I ripped it from the CD years ago, but no, it's present on youtube videos and Spotify streams, so it's inherent to the track recording itself.

Well, I did a quick search for "My Immortal high-pitched beeping" and found amidst a ton of links to the video and lyrics websites, a forum thread where someone asked why the beeping at the end is there. They also reported it's in several versions of the song, the "Band Version" among others (though not the live recordings).

And someone replied that according to Ev Lead Guitarist Ben Moody, they discovered the synthesizer they used had this quirk where it'd devolve into this electronic morse code-like sound as it faded out. And they (the band) thought it cool so they left it into the recordings.

And this was from a forum post in 2005. ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO. And if this forum had gone away like so many others, I would have never learned why this little thing is present in the recording...

(the forum thread in question)

[nordfjording]

I get the whole thing about self-deprecating jokes and things not being laughing matters and there are some really fine lines there. And that this is probably some cultural or generational thing, snd so on.

But there's something so deeply normalizing and freeing about taking the piss out of something that feels like it should ruin you.

[hereforfrogs]

got nabbit im once again getting sucked in the fake my immortal author rabbit hole

[1327-1]

resident dykefag: tumblr dying? [VISCERAL ATTACK!!!!!]

[most-sane-whumper]

introduction (?) post

hey, you could call me gil

i've been lurking in the community for years and will continue to lurk, but i wanted to make a sideblog so i can rb stuff + maybe post about niche tropes i like but don't see often. chances are i've ran into whoever's reading this before

i am not good at writing but i want to share my Sick Little Thoughts here (no promises tho)

nice tropes:

fevers, colds, aches, other ailments and whatnot

stoic/nuanced characters in any role, but especially nuanced whumpers n stoic caretakers

partners in crime dynamic between caretaker & whumpee

whumpees into general tomfoolery

whumpees who are just rats actually

recovery, specifically that thing where caretaker is horrified by whumpee's behavior after being whumped

cowboys hrrfggggnn......

and other period stuff- i'll probably never post for it though in efforts to prevent crimes against historical accuracy

my interests flip around sometimes so this list is subject to change

i guess this blog is kinda no holds barred, but i'll judge case by case if there's anything i might deem too distasteful

[shoechoe]

So funny to me that the big debate with the My Immortal fanfiction was if it was satire or not (it pretty obviously was)

[liyazaki]

today in bots-I-blocked URL highlights: alltheseshadyknights, creakinghomeowner24 & screechingduckdream.

[rdlain]

He Would Not Fucking Say That lmao

[archibald-de-la-pluiepluie]

Internet history is really fascinating to me, because on the one hand people are going around solving old mysteries by digging up forums and seeking winesses and explaining where wierd old internet traditions come from, and it feels like archeology in the sense that it uncovers the early days of a whole new era (if you can say there is an era of the internet), with most of it happening before i could even understand that i do actually have hands, and that objects do not cease to exist because they left my field of vision, but on the other hand most of the people i am around can just remember it happening. Like i barely remember when youtube didn't have ads and every video was ridden with little colourful notes, and my mom just remembers. Playing pong. And getting acces to the internet. This shit is just wild to me

[nbclover]

teehee

[benetnvsch]

Knkd is so meroma coded to me

[tathrin]

You Would Make A Wonderful Immortal

You would be a truly wonderful immortal. You have probably had to learn how to live without anyone in your life truly being there for you, with the vast majority of your interaction being with people who you don't really know. You know how to deal with never-ending loneliness, perhaps you have even learned to enjoy it. You see the world differently from others, and understand in a way a lot of other people don't how short a mortal lifetime really is. You enjoy creating and you enjoy learning, and you do not think you could ever get bored of the universe.

I made uquiz to attempt to determine if you would make a good immortal.

[lifetimeoftired]

Thought more on the 'Batfam in Danny's world' stuff.

Red Robin: What is this? -holds up a clunky early 2000s device he found in Danny's room between his pinched fingers, like it might bite him- Danny: Oh, my PDA? Tucker insisted on buying it for me but honestly I'm not really that great with tech so I don't use it much. He usually follows me around trying to manage my schedule with it. Red Robin: Concerning but, more concerning, this thing... Works? Danny: It's the latest model, so it should? Red Robin: Latest... -trying not to cringe- How do you connect to the internet on it? Or take pictures? Danny, with genuine excitement: Your PDA can do that!? Man, that sounds way cooler than the plastic that lets you see all the stuff inside! Red Robin: I'm In Hell.

Spoiler: Having villains for parents is the worst right? Danny: I mean, my mom accidentally brings the food to life and it tries to bite us. But the keyword is 'accidentally'. They're mostly harmless. Spoiler: They literally just shot at you??? Danny: They shot at Phantom. They don't know it's actually me you know? Also I don't even worry about it. They don't have very good aim since I'm not a danger to them and Dad only gets badass when mom is in danger. Mom's always a badass but it's good dodging practice. Besides, I'd be more worried about them dissecting me, what with the whole, I'm technically an entirely different species that they've been studying their whole life and don't think I'm sentient anymore. But y'know it's whatever. They're not actually all that bad and I know they love me deep down. Spoiler: I'm not sure whether to borrow Hood's guns and shoot you myself or kidnap you away from here and force Batman to adopt you. Danny: Wha-

Danny: Alright a few more adjustments aaaaand there! Signal: Oh wow! Thanks! It's nuce to be able to see again without getting black spots on my vision. There's so many ghosts around it can be hard to see. Danny, biting his lip trying not to laugh: No problem. Signa;: .... What? Danny: Nothing! You look great dude! Signal: ....... Danny: ....... Signal: What did you put on my face!? Danny: Sun glasses! Signal: -skids to a halt in front of mirror and sure enough they're sun glasses. But they're triangular and the hooks go aaaall the way up to hook around the bat-ear points and look completely ridiculous- Danny Why :( Danny: -trying to say 'sorry' through his giggles, but he's not really sorry-

Danny: Uuuuh Red Hood I can't see your face, but I'm kinda worried about how many guns you're loading right now. Red Hood: I just want your 15th birthday party to be safe, okay? Danny: I'll be fine? It'd be nice if the other ghosts gave me a day off sure, but fighting them seems safer. I don't really want my mom to bake a cake anyway. Knowing her it'd just come alive so if they forget this year it's fine. I'm just, those are real guns man. They're dangerous. Red Hood: They are. -cocks gun- For Them.

Robin: >:( Danny: It was a nice try. Robin: Do not patronize me Fenton! Danny: I don't know why or how, but that sounds even more insulting than when Dash does it... Robin: This is an indignity! Fighting immortals entities that cannot be harmed by blade is one thing- but I will not accept being spoken to like a child! Skulker will return and taste my fury! Danny: Hey calm down alright? Robin: Do not test my patience! Danny: I heard you like animals. Wanna meet my purple back gorilla friend? She's really nice and is easy to talk to. Robin: .... The gorilla... doesn't speak does she? Danny: Haha no of course not! I learned her language instead. Robin: ... You are a strange man. However I will accept your proposal for now and I insist you teach me every form of communication with her.

Orphan: :( Danny, who's always been able to understand Cass perfectly, much to the mystery of the batfam and her delight: Aw Cass, I love you guys too. It's been great having your family around- and really I'm flattered! But I can't be your new brother, I'm sorry, but we do live in different realities. Besides, I think I've had enough of people trying to adopt me. Orphan: ? Danny: Yeah my godfather is a total fruitloop. Always trying to kill my dad and marry my mom who hates his guts and get me to call him father instead. Like, he even tried to clone me and copy my brain into a new body right? Or that time he rigged the election to become mayor just to mess with me. And hiring actually competent ghost hunters so I'd quit (kinda wish I could quit actually but it's fine). His obsession with me can get out of hand sometimes you see. Orphan: >:( -cracks knuckles- Danny: What? No! I don't need protecting really! I can handle him just fine. Now that I'm thinking about it though, I dunno what he'd do with Jazz. He never seems to actually talk about her beyond that one time he tried to get her to attack me- huh? Orphan: -disappeared- Danny: ...... That probably won't come back to haunt me.

[radfemsiren]

Having basic computer skills and knowledge of the internet makes you understand male depravity and the scale of it so much more than the average person.

Whenever people accuse “misandrists” of being equally vile as incels, I always remember Porsche girl.

I learned about her when I was in high school, and just learning about 4chan and other male dominated forums. She was a girl that got into a car wreck that killed her, and destroyed her face. A cop leaked the photo sending it to his friends, and for years incels sent her mother pictures of her daughter’s shredded corpse. Her name was Nikki Catsouras, and her gore photos are immortalized forever due to male depravity.

That’s not even the most deprived case I heard of. Incels, for decades, have been on a level the most “extreme” misandrist would never stoop to. Please read any male dominated forum and educate yourself, you will stop feeling sorry for these creatures immediately. Esp trans identified men. You don’t even need an onion browser, just go to literally any one of their forums, even the heavily moderated Reddit ones, and you will be shocked by the amount of misogyny and aggression towards women.

My advice: stop feeling bad for men and learn basic cyber skills. Focus on making money and building female friendships. It will help you so much in life!

[strange-aeons]

Now it has been confirmed that InternetHistorian is far right (he is a massive fan of libsoftiktok and Tucker Carlson amongst others) seeing him celebrated in your video about My Immortal has not aged well.

I referenced Internet Historian a few times because his My Immortal series was very popular and I was aware that it was probably a lot of people's introduction to the story. That being said -- and this is me taking the opportunity to acknowledge quite a few people who have been bringing him up to me since the hbomberguy video came out -- I haven't even seen that many of his other videos. I am not heartbroken to find out he was a shitty person. I am not a fan of his. I am not about to start defending the obviously fucked up shit he has done because I was a casual viewer who liked a handful of his videos.

I'm considering going back and adding notes to the top of the My Immortal video descriptions like "Hey don't actually check out Internet Historian he turned out to be a right wing freak" but I'm also not going to beat myself up over having made a reference that aged badly. Sometimes we learn new information and change our opinions it is the most normal thing in the world????