#my favourite first

[joejhang]

unpacking the different narrative voices in aftg pt. 1: neil

basically what the title says.

insane tunnel vision. have already said this but basically. not unreliable narration just with such insanely skewed priorities that he will delude you, the reader, into thinking that ball is life and nothing else really matters, up to and including your survival, social life and future. like really, neil is so single-minded about exy that he most of the stuff that isn't exy-related he just won't talk about. like will not even mention. his narration revolves around his priorities, and his priorities are very limited and unconventional.

he will not describe the way any characters look. not even hair colour or skin tone or anything. unless it is necessary for u to understand why he reacts to them in a certain way. the only reason he describes allison in the detail that he does is because it leads into why he isn't interested in women and how that relates to his time on the run. the reason why he describes renee in detail is an explanation for why she bothers him and why he doesn't trust her.

ball actually is life. not joking. andrew threatens to murder katelyn and neil literally just thinks hm. this has the potential to mildly affect exy practice tomorrow. like it's not an exaggeration.

i did say he's very focused on survival but honestly not really. neil honestly is a bit of an unreliable narrator because even tho he's not intentionally misleading or lying in his narration, his own narrator bias bleeds into his narration a LOT and his perceptions of himself and the people around him aren't always accurate. for example, he describes himself as fearful and intensely focused on survival, even after he ditches every reasonable fear of retribution and survival instinct to bitch at riko. so honestly, he's not even that laser focused on survival, he just thinks that he is, so he makes it seem like he is in his narration. it leads to an interesting cognitive dissonance, because he's been pavloved to think about his own survival before anything, but he quite literally comes to terms with his inevitable death sometime at the beginning of trk and spends the rest of the series fucking around and doing things that will arguably make his death much sooner and bloodier. so. he's just funny like that.

anyway his narration is very rough around the edges. he doesn't go into detail describing just about anything except for things that relate to exy (e.g. the foxhole court, practices and games). eventually he expands his horizons a bit more and describes his makeout sessions with andrew.

his narration is very logical and rational for the most part. when things happen that trigger strong emotions (e.g. drake's attack, ea's transfer), he tends to acknowledge those emotions, spend some time unpacking or explaining them, and then turn to his coping mechanisms of smoking/running. but for the most part, his narration is pretty bare bones and you spend a lot of time in his head rather than experiencing actual events. he does a lot of exposition and info dumping and just general Pondering™. but i honestly don't mind it i think it's helpful and generally very concise.

anyway a very unconscious narrator. he does a lot of the things that he does in his narration subconsciously rather than deliberately. the stuff he skims over and/or skips entirely aren't things that he deliberately wants to avoid (see: jeremy knox) but are literally just things he considers unimportant and therefore automatically won't focus on in his head.

a lot of this unintentional misleading in his narration is why it's so fun and a little jarring to see him from an outsider's pov. because you realise: oh he is not what he led us to believe at all. he made us think he was this normal, chill, quiet guy but he's actually. deeply unsettling and a little bit scary. and also has insane aura. part of why tsc neil was revolutionary to me.

honestly his narration is so reflective of his personality it's actually really cute. like his narration style is unconventional yes, but he'll occasionally drop a throwaway line that is just so him it's so cute (see: "neil considered asking [dan] how she was doing in her english classes but took the higher road of silence." and "in his tired state neil thought it was the greatest bus ever invented."). love him.

[doctorsiren]

More on that AU where Ford takes Stanley with him to Gravity Falls…I realized they’re kind of like the Winchesters if one of the Winchesters was autistic about cryptids

[synoicus]

I was made to love you, and yet,

Inspired by this observation by a friend:

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He should be at the Adventurer's Guild.

[rooniearts]

some auntie amy content for all you dadow au enjoyers <3 she would do literally anything for that boy

[midydoof]

This was my request fill for the One Piece Fanwork Exchange back in April that I posted on AO3. The zosan prompt was "two pining idiots"

I've been debating for months whether to post it on tumblr since long vertical comics often don't look good in the thumbnails, still not sure I'm too happy with that bit.

[lazylittledragon]

BRING HIM TO ME. BRING ME NEIL

[mewpet]

Wanted to make a cute little phone background :3

[chell-min]

my hands still remember

[savagegood]

baby's first pride | WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON FIVE

[linusbenjamin]

Hugh Dancy as Will Graham Hannibal Season 1 / April 4, 2013 - June 20, 2013

[livingfandomly]

It always made me wonder how much convincing it took for the existing victors to help Katniss/Peeta in CF but now we know it wasn’t about her at all. They were doing it for Haymitch.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Finally got pushed into the Severance pit.

[hinamie]

subject, specimen, spectacle;

should i say that you're dead?

[ferociouslycreativemystery]

En såndär bockjävel eller vad fan det heter

↳ sytråd och virknål 0,6 mm + bonus: biblically accurate julbock

Note: I moved this under a read more since donations can no longer be made here. Feel free to make some to a charity of your choice though!

Did you know it used to be the Christmas goat that brought you your presents in Sweden?

To keep the spirit alive, you can officially make a donation in the name of this little crochet goat to support everyone's right to survive their pregnancy! Just go to this link and follow these steps:

Please note that this collection only remains active until 15 Dec 2024! More information about the organisers can be found at the bottom of this post.

On the right hand side/top of the linked page, you can see the current sum of donations. Below that are some options we need to fill out to make a donation of our own.

First we need to disclose whether the donation is being made by a private individual (Privatperson) or a business (Företag). I'm assuming you're a private individual, so leave the first option selected (on the left).

Next we choose the method of payment. "Swish" is a Swedish payment service that won't work for foreigners, and if you're Swedish I'm assuming you already know how it works. Foreigners, please choose the second option to pay by card (Kort).

Now for the fun bit! How much do you want to donate? The standard options are presented in Swedish krona (kr). I have put the rough exchange rates to US dollars for each option below:

50 kr ≈ $4.56 | 100 kr ≈ $9.13 | 300 kr ≈ $27.38

You can convert from your currency to Swedish krona using this tool. Just choose your own currency in the first drop-down menu ("from").

In the final field you have the option to instead enter your own amount, if you want to give less or more or in between any of the previous options. Note that the amount you enter is in Swedish krona, so look up the exchange rates so that you know how much you are giving if you choose this option!!

The final two check boxes are options that relate to the public display of your donation (see the bottom of the page). If you don't check either option, your donation amount will be visible but your name will not be.

Check the first box if you want your name to show up in the public list of donations, leave it unchecked to remain anonymous. Check the second box if you want to hide the amount you've donated, leave it unchecked to show the world your donation amount.

Finally, hit the red button to be taken to the payment page. Fulfil the payment, and be sure to double check the amount you're donating. Note that we use commas instead of dots to separate decimals in Swedish, so 50,00 kr means simply 50 kr.

And that's it! Thank you so much for your donation!! 🥳🐐

Please reblog this post so that more people will hopefully donate, or at least get to enjoy a tiny Gävlebock!

What is this charity thing?

Musikhjälpen is an annual charity event organised by the Swedish public broadcasters. Every year in December, 3 hosts are locked in a glass cage for a week and they broadcast in shifts, nonstop for 144 hours (6 days, 24 hours per day) to create an occasion for charity donations. They are visited by various music artist, celebrities, and talk to people who have special knowledge about the donation theme of the year or who organise initiatives for donations. You can watch clips of previous performances on their youtube channel here.

The event's official donations website also allows the public to set up their own "initiatives", to which donations can be made. This is what I have done! The money goes directly to the event organisers (the public broadcasters' aid agency, Radiohjälpen), who then pool all the money that is collected during the week. After the week is done they will begin portioning it out to trusted charities that are relevant to this year's theme. This year's theme is Alla har rätt att överleva sin graviditet, or in English: Everyone Has a Right to Survive Their Pregnancy.

Learn more about musikhjälpen on English Wikipedia or on Sveriges radio's website (in Swedish).

Or

If you prefer, the goat will be just as happy if you make a donation to a charity of your choice. You'll have to find links to other causes on your own though! 😊

I should probably also mention that I am in no way officially affiliated with Gävlebocken, I just crocheted a little guy and thought it would be nice to spread some constructive spirit among all the calls for arson. 😇

[onesnoopyaday]

snoopy.exe 💻⌨🖱

Snoopy #10

11/10/2024