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fictionadventurer · 1 day

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Everything I learn about Rose Wilder Lane makes me more and more aware that she was a hilariously outrageous person who needs a movie made about her immediately.

After leaving Missouri, she moves to California and marries a real-estate guy who once tried to get her to help him con the railroad.

She gets hired at a San Francisco newspaper known for its yellow journalism, where she does things like writing a series of columns featuring the "real-life stories of a police detective" who, in real life, was a high-end jewel thief.

Her first book is a first-person "autobiography" of Charlie Chaplin that she (after a few interviews with Chaplin) completely made up, and that Charlie Chaplin immediately threatened to sue her publisher for.

Her second book is a biography of Jack London, which his wife only reluctantly allowed her to write because Rose presented herself as "someone who had never written for the newspapers before and needs a chance to break into the magazines." This book was also almost entirely fictional, and her publisher also almost got sued over it.

Third biography is the first-ever biography of Herbert Hoover, also a heavily-fictionalized account. (Doesn't seem to have been sued for this one. Steps in the right direction!)

Traveled as a reporter through Europe (to places like Albania and Poland) post-WWI. (If we want to talk about legal things that she did).

Wrote a book based on Laura's late-childhood pioneer experiences while Laura was writing the early books of the Little House series, and did not tell Laura about it. (Laura was ticked off).

Kept trying to insert a story into Laura's memoirs (and Little House on the Prairie) casting Pa as a member of a posse that hunted down the infamous (and never-caught) serial-killing Bender family (despite the fact that this was historically impossible). (It got to the point that Laura herself told this story to the public as an example of "a true story I couldn't out in my children's book." Despite the fact, I say again, that this was historically impossible).

During WWII, endured a minor incident (it involved one cop coming to her house) where the FBI investigated her as a potential communist based on a postcard she sent that was critical of the government. Turned this into a short story that presented herself as the righteously-outraged American citizen fighting against an oppressive government, and used this to whip up a nationwide media campaign against J. Edgar Hoover for spying on American citizens.

Flew to Vietnam as a war reporter when she was in her seventies.

#history is awesome #rose wilder lane #little house #i finally finished pioneer girl perspectives #to think i didn't even want to read the essay about the bender family #i skipped over it and left it til last #cuz i thought it would just rehash the fact vs fiction stuff i've seen covered elsewhere #turns out it was about the history of yellow journalism and provided most of the facts i've listed #(i was today years old when i learned that 'yellow journalism' was short for 'yellow kid journalism')#(and it came from a popular 'yellow kid' cartoon character that hearst and pulitzer both fought over to get into their papers)#also it turns out the bender family was a popular yellow journalism topic (because they'd never been found so people could make stuff up)#usually the stories centered around posses that found and killed them #but my favorite is the story that they made a hot air balloon from a natural gas deposit in a swamp in kansas #and escaped over the gulf of mexico #until their balloon popped and they landed on a passing ship where one of them could make a deathbed confession #history is awesome but the history of fake history is its own special kind of awesome

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justabeadlizard · 1 year

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BAD WBN MERCH IDEAS

I did the sweatshirt in orange bc I associate the fireside w/ orange (I listen through the overcast app and it has an orange logo so fireside = orange in my brain) before realizing that I should make a teal one for the teal galaxy. And like how you only remember you forgot an ingredient once the cakes been in the oven for 45 minutes, I only remember after I deleted the sweatshirt.

Anyway all of these designs would get out of date by the next fireside Lou guest and I think that’s hilarious.

#imagine buying a shirt and knowing that it’s sooooo quickly going to be out of date #like the second the next Lou guest appears all of these shirts are obsolete #i kinda like the front of the crackle crackle one #last one inspired by those ampersand shirts but I couldn’t get the text to center on the left #oh well #wait I didn’t even mention how fast the wolf one would be out of date #literally just checked the patron and it’s now out of date #amazing just amazing #WBN #wbn pod #wbn fireside chat #worlds beyond number #worlds beyond number fireside

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gummi-ships · 10 months

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Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - Symphony of Sorcery

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #symphony of sorcery #scenery #my gif #i originally planned on splitting this set in two and wanted to create separate posts for both sides of this world #but i was surprised that i struggled with that and many of my shots didn't feel distinct enough when i put them all together #dunno how i messed that up so bad since this world has so much going for it #so i had to scrap a good chunk of what i made but i actually think it looks better this way so maybe it's not such a bad thing #sora's side is on the left (except for the last gif) and riku's is on the right #it gives you a better feel for how varied and different these magical realms are #and yeah that's what they're called #anyways i'm so glad this world exists because it's so experimental and different #everything from the visuals to the music and how sora and riku's battle sounds are instead replaced by more music #as if they're composing it themselves #which of course ties into how they must find and collect their sound ideas #it's all so incredible and works perfectly for a game centering around dreams #i hope we can see more unique worlds like it in future games too

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owlsie-hoot · 1 year

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03.07 / 04.01 / 04.02

#the first and the last quote honestly apply to Audrey and Tristan #it is not just Tristan he is missing and worried about #Siegfried Farnon #Audrey Hall #Tristan Farnon #ACGAS 2020 #Acgas spoiler #All Creatures Great and small #He is trying to cope and he is not doing a good job #yes he is helping Audrey but we know that he is hurting and alone #and afraid of losing people left right and center

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turquoisephoenix · 5 months

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"After you were slain, I shot Zarok's Champion, Lord Kardok. A clean kill, Sir! Right through the eye at some 300 yards! Err...not that there's anything clever about shooting someone in the eye, Sir!"

Canny Tim and a somewhat pessimistic Sir Daniel Fortesque from MediEvil: Resurrection.

#putting my PS5 to good use (this is all my footage)#I love that Sir Daniel drops hints here and there that he's not exactly thrilled that he's a skeleton now #he's not full on angsting about it but he's not happy about it either #also sorry the subtitles are off-center in the last gif - Dan moves to the left in that scene and you can't turn his subtitles off #MediEvil #medievil resurrection #medievil: resurrection #sir daniel fortesque #Canny Tim #Turquoisephoenix's gifs #gifset #gifs

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bumblingbabooshka · 1 year

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write to me

#I drew this when I was VERY stressed (days ago)#bee doodles #Tuvok/Janeway #Janeway/Tuvok #st voyager #st voyager art #letter writing and the preparation of warm beverages #Janeway & Tuvok seem like they'd call each other things like 'my other half' and 'my moral center' and 'my dearest companion' but then you #ask if they're dating and they're like Noooo. Absolutely not. and they're not but they are coming into each other's rooms at night #because neither of them can sleep well and talking about Mark & T'Pel while they lean against one another (holding the warm mugs instead of #hands - that comes later when they can pretend that maybe they were asleep)#because they're the only ones who know Mark & T'Pel - you're the only part of my old life that's here and that's a comfort and that's a #tragedy (because I care about you too much to want you here but I need you too much to wish you were anywhere else - and maybe I'm too #selfish too and too afraid to be alone) and when they're talking about Mark & T'Pel they can ignore the fact that they're leaning against #each other and how good the weight feels and how much their chests ache and how much they want more. Not even sex or a kiss but something #steady that lasts. (hold me close even if you can't tell me it'll be alright)#two people who're loyal to everything - too loyal to ask for what they want. They aren't dating because they're married to ghosts now and #to leave that haunted house would be to admit that there's nothing left there - that the grieving's done - and if the grieving's done then #the loving is too. It has to matter - it has to be present to be real (follow Starfleet rules follow Social rules follow the rules we make #up on the fly and honor as if they've been longstanding. Build a little life with me. Define strong lines we cannot cross. Look into my eyes #to make sure I'm not longing. Double check. Triple check. Don't look away. Please.)#When I want to hear your voice I'll read the words you've written - but I won't ask you to stay #Kathryn Janeway #Tuvok

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agallimaufryofoddments · 22 days

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have you heard baccano! is going to be getting official audiobooks through yen press?

(Nov 2023—question asked).

I've bought both the audiobooks of Volumes 1 and 2. The first, out of obligation. The second, also out of obligation. Honestly, I'm wondering whether I'll keep it up. Each audiobook is about $26 in American dollars. I have sunk a lot of money into Baccano! already, oop, we can admit that most of that money hasn't ever reached the chaps in Dengeki Bunko, or those FUNimation fellows, and I suppose one question is whether I'm willing to continue doinotg so.

"Put the money where it counts," eh?

(I've already paid for both the physical and electronic versions of these books. Now, audiobooks... Four audiobooks are one hundred a pop...? Argh.)

Monetary support is what demonstrates there's fan interest in the series surviving. Wah-hoh. You ask me about the audiobbooks? I was shocked by their happening.

I don't know anything about Yen Press' financial strategies concerning which series warrant audiobooks and which don't. Perhaps I know little about the correlation between audiobook greenlighting and sales in general. I mean, Yen Press refuses to reprint early Baccano! volumes, and now they're releasing audiobooks.

I'll tell you this: Murray giving Isaac and Miria posh accents is a little bit hysterical, by which I mean that it amuses me greatly. Sure, perhaps Isaac is implied to have Rich origins, but m'golly, the poshness of Isaac and Miria in the audiobook certainly offers a different veneer of perspective.

#baccano!#still thinking about some Asks asked years ago #still considering some fic drafts--they that are festering there #I'm not sure I'm alive anymore really—no #that is a --not fatuous-- self-centered thing to say #I am aging and I have neglected this as I neglect everything #Wrote 40000 words in one swoop last December but unfortunately those words were shite and I stare at the doc and don't know how it ends #anonymous #asked and answered #Is it painful to listen to the audiobooks? Maybe?#I'm older than I was. Perhaps it all seems a bit more juvenile than it was.#Ah--but there were real ideas in there. I still have draft-responses to asks and draft fics left waiting.#Kaboom.

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todayisafridaynight · 2 months

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We rlly don’t need another majima game 😭 please give other characters a chance he already had the spotlight in 0😔

lord if i speak on goro majima.

#snap chats #my last nerve was seeing him front and center on that Three Legends shirt with daigo and saejima im SICK OF HIM #what do you MEAN the Sixth Chairman is backseating majima. like thats his retainer PUT DAIGO UP FRONT #it aint even bias its gen just like. why is the sixth chairman not treated the most important. thats The Chairman of the whole shit #EX chairman whatever we know what i mean #'snap its just a shirt' and these are just my balls alright its all the little things that are like Dawg Cmon #i woulda got the shirt cause it looks like somethign youd get from claires and thats hilarious However ... im annoying.#ill say this then play y0 and be like Ah..... i love you...#fr tho im sick of him GO AWAY YOU ARE NOT THAT GUY #im that meme of spiderman holding back the train and the trains saying mean things about majima #this ire is only brought by rggtwt mates insisting majima needs any more content. like at all.#they gave majima a y0 statue but as far as i can see kiryu doesnt have one like What.#ik i say id skip y0 kiryu if i could during replays and its never that serious but still .... the hell...#my brother in christ majima does not need any more why are you acting starved #i get it hes your fave but my god. goku this trains heavier than i thought i cant do it #ive had beef with rggtwt ever since they tried to say majima was more important to kiryu than haruka. like brb eating a cactus #rgg making gaiden was the worst thing they couldve done cause now everyone wont stop mentioning charas getting a gaiden game #MAJIMA OF ALL OF THEM DOES NOT NEED ONE MFER THATS WHAT Y0 WAS FOR. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT #THEY GAVE HIM AN EXTRA STORY IN YK2 ALSO LIKE RGG IS DOING THE MOST FOR A SIDE CHARACTER #anyway this is why im happy saejima and akiyama are getting figures. ESPECIALLY AKIYAMA #I FEEL LIKE WE NEVER SEE SHIT OF THAT GUY and saejima. tbh. but still ... akiyama esp just feels left out #big hope other charas start to get more love. like my daughter haruka ok rgg plesae drop one of her idol statues thank you #on a lighter note september is almost upon us which means two things #1.) i have to move back to school at the end of the month 2.) rgg news is soon .....#SOOO curious as to what's on the horizon .. maybe ill stream it for the first time in nine thousand years #ok bye im gonna eat cereal <- diced spam and rice

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meownotgood · 11 months

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my con haul from last weekend!!!! 💞💞💞

#just got around to cleaning my room today so I unpacked all my goodies #I'm so happy with everything I boughtttttt aaaaaaaaa #the charms are everything #the pochita is a little pin and the chainsaw spins #the big kirby plushie glows in the dark #AND THE PRINTS???!!!!!!!!#oh my god I have no space on my walls but I love them so much #I'm gonna take down some old posters to make room and put them up #I want the big aki poster on display front and center #the seller for that poster told me I bought the very last one so I got lucky that day bahaha #and the poster on the left......#he's so.......... hot #I'll def show more pics after I decide where I'm putting everything

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keeps-ache · 5 months

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HEY

#art #my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #oc #pink space #i really like the subtract glitch i've been doing recently - so here's some of that again lol :3 #the way it interacts with their palettes is so fun i like it a lot ehegh :33 #//anyway do you ever consider just tossing out any part the human body you've learned to draw and just drawing dumb little guys with arms #like pipecleaners forever or what hfhs #//oh this is was doobled in traditional originally #i need to digitize more of these. Because #though aura's hair was more extreme in the second panel in that version - i'm tired though and 3 days ago it was the same so no feelings to #change that lol :)#also i didn't shrink the noise enough so it didn't look right - and i was not going to reimport it so Bon Voyage my dude hfhs #was Supposed to fit on a 900x900 canvas but i made the panels a liiiiitle bit too big so it's 950x950 #which is Fine it's a round number but it's not a Round-Round number so [gesturing]#1000x1000 was way too big for this little thing so she sits at a pleasant halfway point :>#//anyway i was also up til 3 a.m. last night doing ?? something ?? i genuinely don't even know what lmfhsbvh #nice though maybe my brain'll get a reset lol :3 #stay up really late some random nights and jumpstart your brain!! it's foolproof!! never fails!! [<- these statements have not been reviewe #by the FDA or the Center for Sleep Control]#//ANywho now i'm going to be on my way #/oh i also forgot to post the oath n aura refs i made for artfight lol-#i'll prolly put those up w/ the kira and hid ones though :>>#i like to have the whole ensemble :D i Do feel bad when one of them gets left out hghsfh - like forgetting a stuffed animal somewhere #even though they're all together for small portion of the story it still feels off lol #i should prolly introduce the rest of the cast at some point. .... ......... ..........hm yea prolly. maybe one day hfhs #//anyway NOW i'm going i've run out of tag space i think hfhs - toodles !! :>

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lgorstheme · 11 months

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#[🪶]:#tx #i hate scavenge finales so much. i love dead center and the passing but MAN are those last maps hell #especially with the bots who do not know how to pick gas cans up apparently #left 4 dead #left 4 dead 2 #l4d #l4d2 #gif

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cherriesandcharms · 5 months

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the only "challenge" i set for myself with each save is everyone at max hearts by end of year 2. they will all love me

#i also generally try for community center year 1 #but since its been introduced i exclusively play with remixed bundles and do not guarantee year 1 finish #so i fix up the community and then focus on giving out presents #so im winter 23 yr 2 and just got leah to 8 hearts which was the last villager left #now to decide who i marry

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narutomaki · 3 months

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puppy daddy's gonna be honest you have got to wear a fucking mask on public transit

#losing my damn mind #pride wasnt accessible to me before the pandemic #and it FOR SURE ISNT NOW!!!!#the lgbtq+ center is up a narrow flight of stairs steeper and slimmer than my apartments and sometimes #i have to stop half way on those. like.#god. sorry. i know. i know no one wears masks any more. i know im the quote wierdo hold out endquote along w my now roommate #but for the love of god does it really get driven home sometimes #ive had covid 3 times that i can verify and each time has left me with very minor things #(lung capacity shrinkage NEW chronic pain and an increase in migraines)#and doctors are asking me why im still wearing one 😭 bcus the last time i was unmasked in a medical setting #i got so sick i could barely move for a week and a half #COME ON MAN.#any way. sorry.#i get it i do im sick of masking at this point bcus its expensive and tedious and painful these days (hot humid weather)#but i like it when i dont increase the risk of myself and my loved ones and their loved ones getting sick and potentially dying #also this post is in response to a random ass picture i saw while scrollijg that was posted this year

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apocalypse-boogie · 3 months

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I gotta be honest, I don’t engage with the Criminal Minds fandom (despite having watched all of the original show + Evolution and read up on as much of the spin-offs as I could) because I don’t like how prevalent the racism and sexism and infantilization is in the fandom. There’s just enough of all that shit upfront that I don’t want to dig any deeper than I already have. I’m good, I get enough of that shit in fandoms that I’ve been apart of for years I’m not gonna let this shit sully my love for this show anymore than it already has (especially considering the show’s writing itself is not devoid of these faults).

I’d rather just love the show and dissect it and write analysis and fanfic for it and shit on my own.

My fav characters (just cause & kind of in best to least order): Penelope Garcia (she’s literally me, I love her), Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss, Jordan Todd, Matt Simmons, David Rossi.