#it's a hill that I will absolutely die on

[libraryofolive]

thank you @lemonlimecrystal-blog for the tag!!! I've not done one of these before and am excited to do this!!!

favourite colour(s): GREEN. I painted one of my bedroom walls sage green. But a deep foresty emerald green is my absolute favourite <33

favourite flavour(s): sweet and sour or mint. I will gladly die on the mint choc chip ice cream hill

favourite genre(s): fantasy, ESPECIALLY gothic fantasy/sci-fi. Give me vampires. Give me Frankenstein. I love LOVE gothic literature <33

favourite music: I have quite a wide taste and I swear Im not just saying that. I love Hozier (my Jesus), but I also love a bit of rock or even some metal. Also musical theatre. I am unfortunately a musical theatre fan (Hadestown >>>>)

favourite movie(s): Bottoms (2023), Emma (2019), Heathers (1989)

favourite series: TV wise: Atla (the original only, the reboot sucks. I also very much want an atla tattoo), Yellowjackets, Julie and the Phantoms (will never forgive Netflix for that cancellation

Bookwise: The entire Grishaverse but especially Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, the Villains series by V.E Schwab. Also Shades of Magic by Schwab, which I am planning to get a tattoo from.

last song: Ew by Towa Bird - I love her to bits and am proud to have been a fan since before she opens for Billie Eillish but also cannot wait for her to get more fans through Billie's tour

last movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - I was lucky enough to go to a screening for halloween

currently reading: War and Peace (yes i have been reading this for two years in janary. Im on pg 800/1216 and WILL eventually finish it), Master and Margarita, Vicious by V.E Schwab (reread)

currently watching: ARCANE!!!!

currently working on: pfft where to begin? A part 2 to Lost Time, many many drabbles, Chapter 3 of Impatience, and a multi chapter Gojo fic based on a random post I made once that hasnt left my mind

I'm not gonna tag 9 people to do this... because I challenge you all to muah ha ha

Ask & Answered!

tagged by @toastdarling 🌸 thank you!

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favourite colour(s): every shade of blue

favourite flavour(s): cinnamon, cherry, teriyaki

favourite genre(s): fantasy, magical realism, mystery

favourite music: honestly I'll listen to pretty much anything, from hard rock to classical music, but I have a special preference for 80s hits and Japanese indie

favourite movie(s): Pride and Prejudice (2005), Howl's Moving Castle, Shrek 2

favourite series: Good Omens, One Piece, Haikyuu!!, Gravity Falls

last song: Your body is a weapon by The Wombats

last movie: Glass Onion

currently reading: The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune

currently watching: One Piece, Buddy Daddies

currently working on: in a creative sense, working on a zosan royal au fic, several fanart pieces and a few fantasy au concepts I'm excited about; in a personal sense, working on my insecurities, hoping to improve my lifestyle by trying sports for the first time (kendo, specifically!) and studying for a competitive exam

@goldenandhappy @ftld42 @bryttdaffodil @doremiinas @ats0mi @mafuwara @miyakiyoomii @heart-cores @omiishii

[spacecasehobbit]

After seeing yet another popular tumblr post with thousands of reblogs bemoaning the state of comments on fanfics these days - more specifically, the supposed lack of commenting these days, as opposed to The Good Old Days - I have decided that this is in fact a hill I am willing to die on. I'm making a separate post about it rather than reblogging the latest iteration, though. This is hardly the first time I've seen these types of discussions, and my issue is with the mindset in general, not any of the specific people who hold it.

In the most recent version, the entire post with all its various arguments and assertions was plenty frustrating across the board, but it included one line in particular that cut beautifully to the heart of my issue with this type of discussion. The line in question:

"fanfic authors now are treated like content mills, and not like valued members of a creative community who thrive on interaction."

Once I read this bit, I had to stop, take a few deep breaths, and then go make my own post before I imploded over the sheer level of NOPE this line inspired. And okay. The thing is... I want to say this as gently and kindly as I possibly can, but I need to be real blunt for a minute, too.

That line I quoted sounds like a wannabe social media influencer.

It sounds like a person who thinks fandom is - or should be - comprised of fanfiction writers, aka Valued Content Creators, and their respective communities of readers, aka Content Consumers, a strictly distinct group from fic writers, for whom they create fanfiction content and who in turn pay them back with attention and validation in the form of comments and praise.

It does not sound like a fanfiction author who enjoys the creative hobby of writing stories based on characters and worlds from existing stories, engaging in their hobby within a community of other likeminded creators of fan content.

Frankly, fandom has always been worst when it starts obsessing over Big Name Fans who wind up treated like elite fandom social influencers, instead of hobbyists engaging in a fun hobby together based on mutual interests. A shift towards the idea that every fanfic writer should be effectively a social media influencer whose community consists of fans reading the content they oh-so-lovingly create (but only if they get enough positive attention from passive consumers, presumably readers who don't write their own fic or expect comments back from the author in return) sounds like an absolutely awful direction for fandom to take.

I don't want fanfiction and fandom spaces to turn into another social media space full of Our Valued Content Creators, all fighting to build the largest "community" of passive consumers turned devoted followers.

Again, that sounds frankly fucking awful.

The people who only read fanfiction are not your fanfiction community, because they are not engaging in the shared community hobby of writing fanfiction. Your fanfiction community is, perhaps, the other people who are also writing their own fanfiction based on someone else's original work.

So perhaps if comments really are declining on fics these days, instead of asking why passive readers aren't heaping praise on every fic they read and making sure it all happens where the Valued Creator can hear it, you should ask yourself how many other fanfics you've commented on recently, and then go comment on another one if you're still feeling down about your own work.

Or, I dunno, find a fic author you admire and send them a message on tumblr, if you've already commented on all of their fics that you read and enjoyed.

Or start your own discord for likeminded fans, or find a way to set up your own fandom forums centered on your personal fandom interests and invite other fic authors to come join.

Or, like, anything that involves reaching out to the actual community of hobbyists you can reasonably consider to be a community you are actually a part of.

Aka, other fanfiction writers.

[stoat-party]

Every New Vegas Companion’s Approximate Birth Year (Part 2/3)

Dean Domino — 2020

I say he was born in 2020 because that year was the WORST and he’s the WORST.

He’s giving late fifties.

Raul — 2047

Canon — he gives the year in dialogue.

This man LIES, he was only like 30 when he got ghoulified! Why is he mentally 73?

Ghoul lore is inconsistent and I will gladly die mad about it.

Rex — 2071

He’s 209.

Lily — 2078

She’s 203 and was 75 when taken by the Master.

:(

Dog/God — 2134

Absolutely no backstory beyond what we can assume by virtue of being a nightkin.

Fallout begins in 2161 and the Master was collecting people from vaults before that. I think they were a teenager at that time because they’re in a perpetual state of transition between impulse and maturity.

Joshua — 2227

He describes himself as “young” when he left New Canaan in 2246.

Edward was 20 and it makes sense for Joshua to have been a little younger.

Mormon boys typically leave for their missions at 19.

Cass — 2244

She’s 37. (Born three years after Fallout 2.)

Arcade — 2245

He’s 35, but I have him born in the prior year because he’s a November and I will die on this hill.

Waking Cloud — 2248

She has three children and the youngest is six.

Christine — 2252

Making her a grade or two above Veronica makes sense to me.

Does the Brotherhood have grades? Whatever.

Veronica — 2253

She’s 27.

Boone — 2255

He’s 26.

I swear I thought he was 60 my first playthrough.

Follows-Chalk — 2262

Tell me this man isn’t a teenager.

He YEARNS. He’s directionless but he YEARNS.

ED-E — 2275

My toddler baby prince darling, so baby so small

ED-E II — 2277

He was auto-manufactured sometime soon after the Divide blew up.

He only got his memories once ED-E made it to Nevada, but we don’t know when that was.

Roxie — 2282

It’s a Ship of Theseus question whether she existed and in what form before the Courier got there, but for simplicity I’ll just say 2282.

Part 1

Part 3

[nariyahcore]

Sonic and Nine make a toxic duo/“sibling” relationship

And why Silver could easily fit into that dynamic instead

I have mentioned this before not too long ago, but never got the chance to elaborate on why I personally do not like Sonic and Nine as “brothers”. So!!! I’ll take advantage and explain why Silver and Nine are a much better duo :]]

BUT FIRST!!! I want to credit my pookie @abs9lution who came up with this duo in the first place! i have their thread that elaborates further on silver and nine’s dynamic at the end of this post if you’d like to check it out! it also includes a thread on what’ll happen to silver and blaze’s dynamic, and why Blaze’s character was downgraded throughout the years

the end of this post also includes a tldr for those who don’t have the patience to read all this yapping (it’s okay me too 😭)

Table of Contents:

i. sonic and nine’s toxic relationship

ii. explaining how silver’s addition would’ve mattered in sonic prime

iii. why silver and nine would make a better duo as brothers

I. Sonic and Nine, and why their dynamic does not work out.

I feel like I could go on for AGES as to why i genuinely dislike Sonic and Nine as a duo, because there’s just so many things wrong with these two 😭

If you’ve watched Sonic Prime then you’d know Sonic’s goal was to simply bring back Green Hills, with the help of the friends he made along the way.

This also includes Nine (momentarily) before his (EXTREMELY VALID AND JUSTIFIED) villain arc.

Throughout the show it is extremely obvious Sonic only saw Nine as Tails “but angsty”. He didn’t take time to realize that Nine was NOT Tails and never will be. Whilst his main concern was to bring back his friends, I feel like no one talks about how demeaning this was 😭

The poor kid has absolutely no idea what a friendship is like, so having Sonic rely on him for even a little bit was bound to become a heavily over attached and almost obsessive-one sided dynamic.

So no, it’s not meant to be “toxic brothers!!!” core, it is sooo downgrading to not only Nine’s trauma imho, but also the whole plot of S3 in Sonic Prime. They CANNOT be brothers 😭

This is often dismissed just for the fact of “lol sonic and tails brother ship in all universes”

Do not get my wrong, I adore the Unbreakable Bond stuff, I think they’re the brothers ever!! HOWEVER, this should not apply with Sonic and Nine for obvious reasons.

I can yap more about this but the main purpose of this post is about Silver and Nine, so I’ll keep this section short!!

II. Silver should’ve been in Sonic Prime and I will die on this hill 

LIKE??? ITS LITERALLY ABOUT THE MULTIVERSE WHY WOULDN’T HE (and Blaze) BE IN THIS SHOW???

Silver in general needs to be in more official media but that’s a rant for another post 😭

His addition to this show would’ve been sooo important, it actually would’ve changed a lot of the plot and even the ending of S3 (which was absolute shit imo 😭)

I don’t have a lot to say about this part of the post, apart from the fact his inclusion would have made the show more interesting, and his background is very similar to Nine!! (Which I’ll explain in the next section)

III. Why Silver and Nine would make a better bond than with Sonic.

they have similar backgrounds and interests! both come from a dystopian city with the want for change; one wants to leave and make a new world, while the other wants to help fix his.

They both balance each other nicely! And YES I KNOW THE SAME IS FOR SONIC. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THERES NO TRAUMA INVOLVED BETWEEN THE TWO 😭 and it’s not a complete copy of sonic and tails but with an angsty version of the fox

silver wouldn’t see nine as “tails but angsty” or just another version of tails, I think he’d see nine as his own person!! they could keep each other company and be the sillies ever

Something I like about this is the fact it’s not EXACTLY like sonic and tails, and they can still have that brother bond!! They have tons of potential, which is why I ignore canon and follow my delusions in fanon 😁

TLDR: sonic and nine booooo silver and nine yippee!!! /hj

okay in a serious note, sonic and nine just wouldn’t have a healthy friendship that wouldn’t have one-sided obsession and lots of toxicity, while silver, a character that albeit random, still has enough similarities to fit into that role!!

Please read the thread behind the mastermind of this headcanon!! They explain the details I’ve put in this post, but I’d like for you guys to read it too. It includes a separate thread by another person based on Blaze and Silver’s odd dynamic and why it’s often brushed off!!

sorry for any spelling errors I did NOT proofread this

art by BREADBURNE86414 on twt!!

[clemkruckinnie]

the pogues + their favorite holidays!!

john b’s always been a christmas kinda guy. some of his happiest memories are of him tearing open the wrapping on the few presents big john had been able to save up for, cross-legged under their little tree. is also 1000% the type to put mistletoe everywhere to kiss you (which backfires when jj shoves you out of the way, wanting a smooch of his own).

pope loves halloween! i know he kind of reads as the type to be a scaredy cat, but i feel like he’s a HUGE film buff, so he’ll gladly sit and marathon scary movies with you. he’ll point out how cool the practical effects are, or make fun of the terrible acting, you happily listening as he rambles. and if you’re passing out candy to trick or treaters? oh my GOD. pope is hyping up every kid and their costume, saves up for a month prior to make sure you guys hand out the big candy bars, just generally has the time of his life. he is ADORABLE.

jj’s favorite holiday is the fourth of july, not because he’s particularly patriotic, but because it’s the one day a year where he can set off as many explosives as he wants without having the police called on him. absolutely insists on grilling burgers on a charcoal grill so tiny he can barely do 2 at one time, so by the time he��s done everyone would be significantly hangry had they not blown through all the snacks everyone had brought. finds the perfect place to watch the fireworks days in advance, unable to tear his eyes away from the blinding colors for the duration of the show. it’s beautiful, watching the wonder in his eyes, truly carefree as he marvels at the fireworks.

sarah is a valentine’s girl!! she was 100% the little girl who made everyone in her class a special valentine, not wanting anyone to be excluded or feel less loved! she’s just obsessed with the vibes, too—pink, hearts, lace, etc. if you’re blessed enough to be her valentine? she is going ALL OUT- a little gift bag, a special dinner…certain activities after several glasses of wine during said dinner…..

though it’s less of a traditional holiday, kie’s favorite is earth day! it’s the one day of the year where no one is allowed to roll their eyes at her environmental campaigns. that and it’s the start of taurus season, because kie is 1000% a taurus and i will die on this hill <33 totally the type of gf to plant a tree for you on this day, or get you one of those turtle tracking bracelets (one to match her’s, ofc).

cleo loves thanksgiving! the girl is a natural born chef, so she’ll really jump at any excuse to cook. that, and she doesn’t really have family in the states besides the pogues, so anything to get you all together for a family meal is good in her book. if you show genuine interest in what she’s making, her heart absolutely SOARS because she really pours herself into her cooking. being her unofficial sous chef gets you points too because acts of service mean a lot to her.

[cookinguptales]

Honestly, thinking about glasses the same way as I do any of my other accessibility devices really drives home how fucking weird people are about them.

Like, I'm trying to imagine going to a restaurant where my server takes my glasses off my face and says they're going to keep them for me "in a safe place" because that's just easier for everyone. But it's okay, because they'll be happy to read the menu for me if I can't read it myself!

That's kind of how I feel every time someone tries to take my cane/wheelchair from me "to get it out of the way" but then assures me they'll bring it back to me if I flag them down later.

Like I'm going to be fucked in a fire either way if someone has taken either my cane or my glasses so maybe don't do that! It's so invasive and unsafe. I don't want to have to wave down my server and ask permission to go pee! I don't want to have to rely on strangers when I do just fine with my accessibility devices!

And if you wouldn't reach onto someone's face and grab their glasses, don't touch their cane or wheelchair, either!

[clovreat3r]

Made in the Image of Bill

Closeups of the quality gets roasted (just like bills family) ->

[yellow-lemon-lime]

I'm an immigrant in Finland for almost 2 years (in January) and I have sort of the same experience, but also a bit different I guess(?)

This cut a bit long so apologies: (Can't figure out how to make a cut in a reblog lol) Finns are very reserved and will do their best to not bother other people unless they absolutely have to. And I love that. I love that I can go about my day, maybe do the once-in-a-while greeting, but without having to talk about the weather. I also think Finns' reserved nature ironically makes them more friendly, in that they won't put up a fake smile just to seem friendlier, they have an honest kind of friendliness. But despite living here for almost two years (and getting to the level of Finnish where I can sort of comfortably talk to medical professionels) I don't have any friends here, but I don't think the reason lies with the "cold" nature of Finns. I 100% think the problem is me. I am not a nasty or a pain to be around (people often tell me I'm so friendly and nice and what have you), but I apparently just have this "vibe" about me, that makes me not friend-material. But despite not having any friends here, I have not felt lonely when walking around in stores or being at other everyday places in Finland. Even when I didn't understand anything people said, I still knew they were not being unfriendly or rude. They were just respecting my solitude, as I was respecting theirs. I did start feeling loneliness, but not in Finland itself, but in my current workplace. That place has completely drained my mental health (not to the point of psychosis thankfully) but to the point that I'm on edge every second I'm there. It's at the point for me that when I'm not at work I will specifically avoid anything that reminds me of the workplace. (The one time I went to Gigantti alone, I had driven with my husband's bus, but on the way home I could take 3 other busses, including the one that takes me to my workplace, so I of course picked any bus, but that. And when my contract ends, I will be gone from that place, and people would have to pay me a large amount of money to even make me go to the neighborhood (but then again, my daily commute to work is about 4 hours, so not even a lot of money would make me go there willingly. The thing tho is that most of the people there are not even Finnish, and most often English is the language that will be talked, and I was told that it's a very nice place to be at and everyone is nice to talk to. I don't believe that you have to be bffs with your coworkers (if it happens, then it happens and that's nice) but I the moment I realized that the people there don't like me (they tolerate me and I will stand on this hill until I die) I started counting down till the moment I can leave the place. I do however absolutely like my Finnish class (even though most people there are also not Finnish, apart from the teachers obviously, and the kids) and I'm always having a blast when I'm there, because I'm actually learning something, and unlike my workplace (where every concern is because of work performance and not genuine concern) my Finnish class actually have the approach of being genuine while respectful. And Finland itself is just *chef's kiss* My mental health atm is at the point where I couldn't really give much fucks if I died (the few fucks are for my husband because he just is that wonderful) but my only criteria is, I want to end my days in Finland. My husband also doesn't have many friends here (if any according to him) His workplace did send this Sauna-going invitation out, and I said he should obviously go, but he would "rather stay home with me" which is sweet of him, but also I don't want to hinder him from making friends. Maybe I'll make friends, maybe not. It's not really my concern right now. My biggest goals are to leave my workplace (once the contract expires) Keep working on improving my fertility, join a more intensive Finnish course, take an education in Finnish and hopefully start a family and get Finnish citizenship. If I get friends along the way, that's wonderful, but for now I will gladly accept the reserved respect Finns have, because it is somehow so peaceful.

I think the biggest culture shock I experienced in Finland so far is around friendships, as well as the area where I learned a lot of valuable things about myself. I might not be entirely right about this as I've only been here for a short time, but those are my main take-aways:

(under the cut to not block ur tags w my english rambling)

Trying to build real friendships takes time, much longer than in my home country. It is relatively easy to get in contact with Germans in my experience, especially if you live in a bigger city and speak the language, ESPECIALLY if you are a student and just starting out in a new phase of your life. You will naturally hang out frequently if you match well and spend a lot of time together. It might take a few meetings before people will invite u to their home, but generally there's not much distance as soon as the ice is broken.

Here I feel like people are much slower and more reluctant to open up. But that doesn't equal rejection, it's simply a slower process and you will still be able to tell the difference between being rejected and being on the path of friendship. In Germany, it's usually a lot more fast paced and there is a small window you have to catch to get into tight friendgroups. If you miss it, no chance of ever going back, vibe gone chance gone. Also people who might have found you interesting could lose interest if you wait for too long (meaning usually a month or so) to get back to them.

I actually realized that this way of socializing stresses me tf out. I much prefer a more laid back approach where you can get to know each other without time limitations (of course prerequisite is that you have the time). It is a much more sustainable, thoughtful and respectful approach to someone elses time. You're not treated as disposable, but rather as a person someone actively chooses to get to know.

Likewise, if people feel like they either do not vibe with you or if they already have a very busy social life or life in general, they will let you know and don't pretend to have time or like you. This was quite a new thing to me and felt a bit cold, but I actually really appreciate it now, as it's saving you from stressful, draining interpersonal connections. It also made me respect some people immensely, because they know their own self worth and boundaries quite well.

It made me reflect upon my tendency to be a people pleaser, and the strong yearning I have to treat my own relationships the same way as I've experienced it here. I've grown so tired of superficial connections that are placeholders for true, fulfilling friendships. I used to think being lonely was the worst thing in the world. It kind of is still awful, but what's worse is being surrounded by a bunch of people you don't really click with or can rely on, which leaves you lonely as well. I do think letting go of this is something that will slowly seep over into my own life, as it is so freeing.

I also intend on staying, or rather coming back when I've finished up all my business back in Germany (I am not really rooted to the city I live in). People who I've told about this recent development were very worried if I would be able to be happy in a country that is (generally) much more reserved when it comes to social interaction, as I need social interaction regularly. I don't really think it's that big of an issue, as I think I can balance out people's passive approach with my more active one in the beginning. I have a high social battery, so I'm fine with interacting with a few more people, before people get truly comfortable to hang out on the regular. Yet I also prefer quality interactions over a bunch of small talk meetups I don't care about. I also still have my core friends who I talk to regularly on the phone, and this has been a tradition for years already before I came here.

What I am immensely struggling with right now is trying to make sense of all the connections I made in the past 10 years. This is the 6th city I lived in the last decade, and the 8th move. All my relationships feel so spread out and scattered. I am holding on to some solely because those people were there when I moved somewhere new and I didn't have anyone else. Like back in school, when I was friends with people because they were the only ones there. It's all a bit confusing and painful right now, as my values and perspectives are changing. I think there are a lot of people moving from the friends to acquaintance category right now. I'm completely redefining friendships for me at the moment.

[buckleydiazmp4]

no but the thing is. they KISSED. on screen. it was a real scene, not deleted, not removed from a script, it HAPPENED in front of the world's eyes. and AND the actors are normal about it and the whole cast and crew is normal about it and it's not vague and it's IMPORTANT. no matter the rest of it and what came after it, it happened!!

[andy-clutterbuck]

The Ones Who Live | 1x03 - Bye

[swag696942069]

Some first year: wheres your scary boyfriend at?

James: probably off doing scary boyfriend things.

Regulus, in James dorm, giggling and kicking his feet as Peter tells him what James said about him while he was drunk the night before: 🤭🥰

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Assisting Acquaintance Acquired.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[my-hyperfixations]

Me after seeing Dazai and Chuuya find Fyodor’s dummy:

[tardis-stowaway]

The Doctor: He [Isaac Newton] was, wasn't he? He was so hot. Oh, is that who I am now?

So what personality trait of his new regeneration is the Doctor mildly surprised by here? He doesn't sound shocked, but it seems to be enough of a difference to mention out loud. A lot of people seem to be interpreting the that as referring to being into guys. To be fair, I think that's how Donna understands it in her next line.

My understanding of the line is slightly different. Feeling attraction to men (along with other genders) is nothing new to the Doctor. Nine and Captain Jack Harkness kissed full on the lips onscreen! Look at any interactions between Ten and the Master. Consider that changing gender presentation is something that any Time Lord might do at any regeneration, so treating gender as a limiting factor in attraction wouldn't make sense for the Doctor.

No, what has changed is that Fourteen is the sort of person who will directly admit when he finds someone hot while gossiping with his BFF. Not brilliant, or fascinating, or even beautiful, but hot. That's what's new.

[whywoulditho]

someone on reddit said DC comics have separate authors for each run so like superman's authors are probably not allowed to write things that affect batman's story and that's why they couldn't make conner and tim kiss even though tim is a canon male kisser and vice versa for damian and jon. suddenly everything on the planet earth makes sense

[emolionsrawr]

tommy: baby! i found a kitten behind a dumpster

buck: oh my god we HAVE to keep her!!

tommy: i already named her

buck: what's her name?

tommy: ally!

buck:.... i'm never living that down am i?