#maybe this is just a pet peeve of mine but

[vaartis]

1 - what was your first distro? Ubuntu 14.10. That my first foray on the family computer into understanding what Linux even was. It lived surprisingly long, I don't really remember what happened to it, and that computer is dead for other reasons anyway.

2 - what was your biggest linux fuckup? All of the times I ran rm -rf on my home directory accidentally. A few of those I managed to cancel before it actually deleted any files. In general just running rm -rf accidentally from searching in history for a file name and pressing enter without looking.

3 - have you ever run rm / on real hardware? Not on the root but on my home dir. Nowadays there is protection against running it on / anyway

4 - do you dual boot or have a secondary machine with windows? Used to have dual boot for a while, but nowadays I have GPU passthrough into a windows virtual machine. I ain't fucking giving windows real hardware, or it will reboot whenever it wants or wake up the computer from sleep to update and reboot (this is a real thing that happens to another computer that is not mine that has windows 11 on it btw btw)

5 - did you change your default shell? Still bash and I do not like any other one, especially zsh because it has different Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+W behaviour than bash that is impossible to change to behave exactly like bash (or at least I was not able to figure it out)

6 - are you afraid of git? No, I am one of the few people I know who actually like git

7 - what was the first machine you installed linux on? Family personal computer. After that it was my own crappy sony vaio laptop that was like 10 years old by then

8 - do you know your way around vim keybinds? I used to be a vim kind of person before emacs, so yes, I do still remember how to use them.

9 - what is your favourite non-os software? Emacs, probably. Kind of crazy how much it can do. QEMU is insane too, surprising how well windows runs in that, almost like it's running on real hardware. The entirety of KDE, I guess, as well. It usually does just work, which I appreciate more and more these days.

10 - biggest linux pet peeve? Dynamic libraries breaking, probably. Not that much of a problem lately because of my current package manager choice, but it used to be something I got very annoyed about when programs stopped working after an update because a dynamic library did not get updated. It still sometimes happens with Qt, but that's about it. Does this even count? Not like anyone will read this post, so it does not matter.

11 - biggest annoyance with the community? The radical free software extremists who do not live in the real word and suggest you use gimp (not even krita) instead of photoshop or LMMS instead of an actual DAW. I'm all for using linux but for some things there is just no good equivalent. There's wine but it is not always perfect and a normal person who is not computer literate will not understand how to set it all up.

12 - do you like your current distro? Yeah. I don't really know that well how to fix any other distro.

13 - Xenia or Tux? I like the design of xenia since it's more of a character than a penguin but tux is pretty funny, i like him too.

14 - what software are you never using again? I will restrict myself to just linux-related software and say nix. I swear I really did try several times to give it a chance and it's just incomprehensible and too much. I do not like their configuration language, and I do not like it canibalizing all package manager, and I do not like it canibalizing all configuration files with half-working solutions that include maybe 20% of the options and then a "... well, you get it, here's also a way to just write the config file as usual but in your system configuration file and we'll append it to the normal file for you", and also it breaking normal unix filesystem pathes so everything has to be installed from nix or patched or ran via the nix shell or it will simply not work.

15 - stock distro or hours of yak shaving? I do prefer to uninstall the things I do not need or want. It used to be worse before, where I would remove things as soon as I no longer needed them. I no longer do this and let the package manager clean them up whenever I clean the system up from unused packages.

16 - have you compiled the kernel? Yes, used to do it for some time, but at some point switched to a binary one because I really do not care that much about the kernel configuration. Things mostly just work nowadays without any custom kernels or anything.

Linux ask game

1 - what was your first distro? 2 - what was your biggest linux fuckup? 3 - have you ever run rm / on real hardware? 4 - do you dual boot or have a secondary machine with windows? 5 - did you change your default shell? 6 - are you afraid of git? 7 - what was the first machine you installed linux on? 8 - do you know your way around vim keybinds? 9 - what is your favourite non-os software? 10- biggest linux pet peeve? 11- biggest annoyance with the community? 12- do you like your current distro? 13- Xenia or Tux? 14- what software are you never using again? 15- stock distro or hours of yak shaving? 16- have you compiled the kernel?

[punk-butch-bitch]

I know there are a lot of complaints about the “Not Like other girls” era of books aimed at women, some I disagree with, some I don’t. But I’m rereading one of those types of books right now (technically re-listening bc I’m using an audiobook but same idea) which I absolutely adored the first time I read, and honestly I kind of miss that time period.

Like sure it was reductionist at times, but at least the women were unabashedly themselves and pushed back against gender stereotypes. This book is set in a fantasy past based off of Medieval Germany (from what I can tell) and with that obviously comes the sexism of the period, and she had actually realistic feelings on the matter. She thinks about how she wishes she’s a boy because she wants to have a career, specifically a farrier or a hunter, and criticizes the fact that she’s living in a society in which her value is through marriage. She’s practical minded, she looks up to her father and male relatives because she wants the freedom they have, but also feels a sense of displacement and disgust from them because of their sexism, and in general just has so much more energy as a character than I often see in more mainstream books now. And she’s STILL a woman and eventually finds her power as a woman.

Idk this is just a personal pet peeve of mine but I don’t like our current idea of rejecting surface level femininity = rejecting womanhood, either positively or negatively. On the one side you get shamed for it because you’re a pick me, on the other side you get told you’re just a man. And it’s made characters really really bland.

(Also maybe I just am the problem, idk, but I have had the experience of feeling left out and not like my female peers growing up because they were content to uphold patriarchal ideals and I wasn’t. I still put up a good effort when it came to talking about crushes and doing all the fun sorts of “girly” things they liked, but I had trouble finding anyone who reciprocated that energy towards me when I wanted to talk about my interests that didn’t necessarily fall into that category. So imo there is a kernel of truth in the “not like other girls” stereotype, not because other girls are INHERENTLY bad, but because of how our current societal pressures work on young girls.)

[incandescent-creativity]

I don’t post writing tips myself very much anymore, but a very easy manuscript polishing tip is to do a search for the -ness suffix, and then replace the word with a more appropriate noun.

Quickness? Switch it to “speed.”

Tenseness? Try “tension.”

Easiness? I think you mean “ease.”

Even words like sadness can sometimes be traded for something more precise. Like what kind of sadness? Would disappointment be better? Melancholy? Even just “emotion,” and then add in another detail that helps the reader understand they’re sad?

[mamawasatesttube]

no more "kon got his piercing by asking tim to use a kryptonite needle" (lies, straight up wrong, ignores the significance of kon's earring as a reclamation of his own bodily autonomy after being dehumanized to the point of being tagged like a lab mouse).

instead, if you want something about timkon and intimacy, listen. just picture tim "overthinker" drake in the jewelry store staring at two nearly-identical pairs of simple studs for a full 30 minutes as he tries to determine which would make a better gift for kon (he got overwhelmed by the novelty earrings rack. too many options). he knows why kon wears an earring instead of letting the piercing close up (kon likes the look, but moreover, it's about the fact that it's his body to do with as he likes). so picking the one kon would like best is important!!! he has to get it right!!! he needs to make sure kon has that special little smile on his face when he opens the gift box and understands how much thought tim put into it!!!

(coda: tim sees kon actually wearing an earring he bought him and runs into a mental blue screen of death, realizes he's staring, and then immediately climbs out the window.)

[xmoonlitxdreamx]

listen i love cute outfits but i fully cannot recognize a single one of the ovw heroes in the new le sserafim skins 😭😭 i wanna b able to recognize characters even in different skins idk is that a weird thing to ask....

[boimann]

every time people draw the mercs with smooth skin and zero wrinkles an angel looses its wings and plummets to earth in a raging ball of fire

[creativity-deficient]

Me when I see some really cute creek art but they’re fake dating in it

[lake-cosay]

this is super nitpick-y but it kills me when in fics the cosays give lake a guest room. idk if the writers are just from a very different culture or what but middle class americans don't just have an empty guest room (unless like, a family member died and they converted it or something). sure they might have an air mattress or a pull out couch but a whole ass guest room??? who can afford a house with a guest room???

not to mention the cosay's house is pretty small. i would guess 3 bedrooms max in that house and even then jesse and nate would both have pretty small rooms.

also, basements aren't common in arizona, so that's even less space for a potential guest room.

just. please. i feel like the cosays are so clearly middle class it's okay to write them as middle class. we see their house in the show and it is a small, middle class family home in a middle class suburb. technically if the lake by the house is an actual lake that would hike up the price making a house with a guest room even harder to afford!!! (though personally i think it looks more like a pond which would only have a small price increase)

tldr the cosays do not have a guest room y'all are crazy /lh

[marinsawakening]

LOZ Fic Recs

Deciding to use my hobby of autistically crawling through AO3 tags for good. I'm prioritizing fics with less than 50 kudos. None of these are ship fics, most don't have any romance. All of these are completed one shots, most under 10k words.

Skies, Surfaces, and the Hero Chef That Can't Actually Cook by greatduwangs

Summary: Link's cooking sidequest in Skyward Sword, which goes about as well as you'd expect. Or, the missing ingredient was a home all along, or whatever.

Why I recommend it: 4.5k of Link eating things he shouldn't. Very funny and very cute!

Big Dark by phlyarologist

Summary: Character study of Mido as the events of Ocarina of Time change him, worldbuilding the Kokiri and examining what it means to grow up.

Why I recommend it: Contender for the best LOZ fic I've ever read. Brilliant worldbuilding and characterization, and a fantastic understanding of childhood and its nuances that you rarely see outside of fiction aimed at children.

loop - synonyms: coil, noose, ring, circle by MidnightBunnyy

Summary: Fi gets stuck in a timeloop and is very... well, Fi about it.

Why I recommend it: Excellent Fi characterization that leads to a very funny take on a time loop scenario while still being a serious story.

Notes: Restricted work, only available to AO3 users.

A Legacy Cast in Stone by sagittamoth

Summary: Pre-Skyward Sword Sheikah worldbuilding following an OC who works with the robots and timeshift stones in the last days before the war.

Why I recommend it: Does a great job with worldbuilding, creating a vibrant world that slots neatly into the greater Skyward Sword canon.

missing by fandomsandshit

Summary: Drabble exploring Zelda's time in the dungeon.

Why I recommend it: Does a brilliant job painting fear and an oppressive atmosphere, with stellar Zelda characterization.

Growth by herohelio

Summary: Two connected snippets of Malon in the adult timeline, meeting Link again.

Why I recommend it: Adorable Link and Malon friendship and great Malon characterization, with very effective hints at what living under Ingo had been like.

Because each time we live by grainjew

Summary: Follows Link through ALTTP, written through the lens of the reincarnation theory with a focus on connection to the wider LOZ series.

Why I recommend it: Author described it as a 'mood piece', which it absolutely is and is very good at. I like the surreal and blurry way reincarnation is portrayed in this fic, and it has a great take on the maidens.

Blind and the Bunny by justAPassingThought

Summary: A character study of Blind the Thief through his defeat in the Thieves’ Hideout Dungeon.

Why I recommend it: Excellent exploration of the Dark World and the way its transformations work, and I really like Blind's view on Link's Dark World form.

Litany of Betrayal by RawLiverAndCigarettes

Summary: A foreign warlord swears fielty to the king of Hyrule. Impa knows what the stranger truly wants. She has seen it before. She can still taste the ash.

Why I recommend it: Fantastic character study of Ganondorf and Impa in Ocarina of Time. Everyone is horrible and I'm thriving. Incorporates Hylia into the OOT canon in a way I find actually interesting. Fascinating worldbuilding in general.

Notes: Prequel to a novel-length fic I have not read (I'm terrible at reading long fics rip).

that gentle hubris by cassiopeian

Summary: Zelda bares her soul at the Spring of Wisdom, but the answers she seeks do not come from a goddess.

Why I recommend it: Mipha and Zelda friendship, a fun take on Zora mythology and I always love mortals forging their own paths in worlds where gods are objectively real.

Hunger by Anonymous

Summary: Sequel to Grace, where Zelda struggles to reckon with perceptions out of her control. Link is there to help point out what she's missed. Can be read as standalone.

Why I recommend it: Autistic Zelda, queerplatonic zelink, and a great portrayal of the hunger that comes with trauma.

Notes: Sequel to a fic that is also very good.

As Above, So Below by Mothlight_Witch

Summary: An exploration of the Depths and Hyrule's cosmology.

Why I recommend it: The other contender for 'best LOZ fic I've read'. Astounding atmosphere and worldbuilding, incredibly unique and all-around breathtaking. Lives in my head rent free.

What is your wish? by AdeptArcanist

Summary: Character study of Vaati connecting him to Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask.

Why I recommend it: Very weird and unique take on LOZ lore and I'm so incredibly here for that.

Linner (Link Dinner) by waterglider

Summary: An adaptation of one of Zelda's diary entries set after the "Blades of the Yiga" memory. After a very irritating person saves her life, Zelda has developed a theory-- one she plans to test.

Why I recommend it: Zelda is kinda mean and Link is a monarchist bootlicker. I adore this take on pre-Calamity Link, he's genuinely insufferable and I love that. If I ever end up writing pre-Calamity Link I'm so stealing this characterization.

Notes: Sequel to another stellar fic, prequel to an in progress novel-length fanfic that I have not read (again, terrible at reading longer fic).

[valewritessss]

What are some fanfiction pet peeves or icks?

I specifically had percabeth in mind but other ships or fandoms is fine too

[adelinamoteru]

anyways I don’t really care if jason is written as an anti hero or villians bc

well written villains are ones who the audience can still empathize and agree with (to whatever extent)

I don’t need characters to be the symbol of unrelenting good for me to like them, its not at all a necessary criteria. in fact, in most cases I would argue that it makes them less interesting

[notyournightsky]

Tired of Dick’s history and skill in acrobatics being equated to gymnastics. They are two separate disciplines. They are not the same thing 😫

[horsegirlhob]

I'm not an Angel hater by any means however I do think Spike should get to be as big of a dick to him as he wants to be and people shouldn't get to say shit about it.

[bunny--manders]

I'm trying to get through Fourth Wing and let me tell you I am STRUGGLING with a fantasy empire that has produced characters named Dylan, Reginald, and Xaden. Big "Fake American names in a Japanese video game" energy in this worldbuilding.

[practically-an-x-man]

the fine line between "not all sci-fi can be written by someone who understands science, suspension of disbelief is a good thing" and "okay this just doesn't make sense and it's taking me out of the story"

[cure-typhoon]

I hate when some people try to compliment a fat person/character and they're like "They look so cuddly and huggable!" djakbf please just. Stop