#mel stuff

[fazedlight]

I do kind of wonder if anything will grab me the way supercorp did. I think supercorp was a perfect storm of queerbait and missed opportunities, in a loose story line with plenty of wiggle room.

Shows like Warrior Nun and Arcane are very focused/streamlined stories, and they do make their ships canon. There's just not a lot of fodder for the types of stories that my brain wants to write, because I'm mostly happy with what happened on screen. (Warrior Nun needs a season 3, but that's a different sort of endeavor from what I tend to do.)

Though I'm a little worried about watching House of the Dragon 😂

[starwolfie]

So…. Tell me if I’m the weird one, please…

My mom just told me her neighbor no longer wanted their cat. Because said cat had given birth, they want to keep the kittens and give away the cat to a shelter.

I started to cry because this broke my little heart. It’s an animal that loves you, you heartless monster, not a sock that you throw away when you get a new one! 🥺🥺

Sorry if I made anyone cry, but am I weird because this makes me very very sad? 😢

[crysys-kidd]

PRIDE MONTH - based on my Sims game where I had a pride mod installed and Mel wished every other week to come out to her dad like it was a surprise every time.

Bonus:

[burninlovebutler]

do you have any pets?

yes! me & my bf have 3 beautiful babies - they are probably the closest thing i’ll ever get to having children so i treat them as such.

Meet:

Lucifer: Siamese <3

Leviathan: Maine Coon mix (our latest addition 🥰)

Rhaegar: Cane Corso x Presa Canario mix

(i also have 3 crested geckos lol)

[fazedlight]

This is former US President Theodore Roosevelt (source).

Gender norms change. In the US, it used to be the norm to put all children in dresses, regardless of gender. In the early 20th century, it was also "obvious" that blue was for girls and pink was for boys. Even within the same country, gender norms are always in flux.

People think of gender rules as biology, but that just isn't reality.

[starwolfie]

So…. I‘ve hurt my shoulder. While driving in my car.

No, I didn’t have an accident, I just had to swerve out of the way of a car on my lane.

🙈

[fazedlight]

I think they're more alike than Lena would like to admit.

recognising your parent's mannerisms in yourself and physically feeling psychic damage occur

[crysys-kidd]

You have no friends and the only thing you know about social holiday norms is KFC so you spend hours in line to pick up your pre-ordered holiday feast to go home and eat it alone.

[fazedlight]

[starwolfie]

I present to you the scariest Halloween decorations of all times!

And the very scary Halloween plushies that I got today

Have a spooky Halloween everyone! 👻👻👻👻

[fazedlight]

Animated Goncharov.

STOP no more live-action remakes. We're going the other way now. Animated Casablanca. Animated The Godfather. Animated Oppenheimer. Animated Fight Club.

[fazedlight]

It's so funny how I got into anthropology in college, frequently talking about the importance of storytelling in culture and how it shapes who we are... and yet it took until my mid-30s to realize that I was allowed to tell stories.

We live in a culture that devalues and commodifies folk culture. So please: tell stories badly, sing off-key, paint something awful.

We need to bring creativity back to being focused on people, connection, community.

Not just something to consume and demand.

[starwolfie]

How are my lovely mutuals doing today? 🥰

[fazedlight]

I started again with Station 19, which led to some Thoughts, which led to me commissioning this fun supercorp piece from @heeeygracie (twitter/ko-fi).

Thank you so much for your amazing talent, Gracie! 🏥🚒❤️‍🔥 (Tweet version.)

[fazedlight]

"What?" I say. Because my brain is halfway through processing what you said but I need to buy time.

having audio processing issues is so humiliating like yeah i heard you and yeah i was actively listening but the problem is i dont know what the fuck you sayed

[starwolfie]

I really like Zelda music covers and I really like violins.

This is currently my favorite album of Zelda music and I’m listening to this on loop 🙈