#non-pearl

[pearldefiance]

The difference isn't "people write fanfiction now and it's fundamentally unserious and unworthy to be Culture." People who break out the smelling salts and head to the fainting couch when they hear "Dante's Divine Comedy was fanfiction" are ignoring the point that cultural production is the same as it ever was: Any foundational cultural myth has hundreds to thousands of different versions that each reflect the experiences of contributors from different times and places. Look at Robin Hood. Look at King Arthur. (I'm picking those because they're the easy ones most Westerners know. What I'm saying is broadly applicable.)

What has changed is that corporations now own the majority of foundational cultural myths and leverage them as capital. That gives them carte blanche to claim that derived works are fundamentally lesser and subject to their authority, a claim most people accept uncritically. "Fanfiction" has always been going on as long as you recognize that "fans" are the folk in folklore. They receive something from a storyteller, they change it, and their versions drastically outnumber the so-called official version. For most of history, the folk have defined the grounding myths that underpin their social consensus. It was very difficult to nearly impossible to point back into history and say "this was the first, canonical version from the real author." In many cases, we still can't figure it out. And it's probable we never will, because narratives weren't (that kind of) capital for most of history.

This is just another way fences are being placed around the commons and we are all being robbed of something intrinsically human, the right to shape and share the collective semiotic space.

[pearldefiance]

Like and reblog if your account is a safe space for trans lesbians. It feels like trans lesbians in particular get shamed and ridiculed a lot by people in and out of the community. If you’re reading this I want to let you know you’re valid and I hope your safe and doing well.

[tatretot]

you've got mail(box)! 💌🐺

[sofy-tofy]

Silly splatoon plushies memes

[tubbytarchia]

didn't intend to draw this today but my hand slipped

[apri1-fool]

I’ve been working on my Electra design…. Ever since first listening to it I’ve wanted to have them with a silly computer face.

They can’t actually rotate any text so all their emoticons show up sideways. Because they’re cringefail. Important electra trait to me.

Also I promise you in Finch-Stex-Verse Electra and CB are Like That still.

[lilystyles]

pearl.

this series is currently ongoing!! a @lilystyles festive fic!

y/n takes a much-needed break revisiting her eerie little hometown, where she is greeted by an unsettling aura tied to a string of mysterious disappearances. she lands a job at the quirky rosie posie antiques that holds the history and secrets of her home. there she crosses paths with the enigmatic harry, a man with an inexplicable urge to walk her home. y/n throws herself headfirst into the town secrets, will she uncover the truth before she’s the next notch in this psycho killer’s belt?

or author y/n meets her new writing muse, but he's an odd creature.

nonhuman!harry x author!reader

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black pearl

y/n gets a job at rosie posie antiques, where she meets niall and harry. something off is happening around town, but y/n can't quite put her finger on it. and harry will not stop walking her home. (7k)

silver pearl

y/n listens to harry sing for the first time, and harry feels tensions rising as the full moon begins to rear its ugly head over the little town. (7k)

more coming soon!

happy harryween angels! <3

[bougiebutchbitch]

a very popular fandom post claims it is absolutely DISGUSTING and morally REPREHENSIBLE that people ship Jimmy (a rapist!!!!) and Curly (a guy who enabled a rapist and then became the victim of his abuse!!!!) from a dark horror-tragedy game!!! cue plenty of people chiming in to say that we good pure Christians should NEVER explore a disgusting and twisted abusive relationship in a fictional context, between two morally shitty characters! that is WRONG and DEVIANT!!

so of course I went looking for the gross disgusting content I was promised, and...

there's literally 6 pages on AO3, guys. And one page on Tumblr. I think you can chill.

[mixtercandy]

i dont watch the crk stories im assuming that white pearl falls in lov wit frilled n nothing bad happens ever

[shepscapades]

It’s cool to see another person who falls into the very specific category of “hermit/life series fan who in the year of 2024 still does not tire of watching new people play DBH”

Like idk what it is about that game. I haven’t engaged in the fandom proper since I was a teen and I could easily spend an hour nitpicking things about it, but like. Something about it. Every now and then I still have to shove my ocs or current hyperfixation characters into a DBH au. Sometimes when a piece of media leaves worms in my brain they inexplicably become immortal

YESS this exactly! The game has plenty of issues, but it never stops just…. Being a good story to me. And, as a storyteller, watching people enjoy stories that I enjoy, especially for the first time, will never get old to me :] it’s why I’ll never not be excited about ppl playing like, undertale for the first time, or anything like that! Those reactions and puzzling the stories together of my favorite pieces of media will never get old :]

[pearldefiance]

The Devil isn’t someone who tempts you to throw away your principles and live a lavish life of selfish hedonism.

The Devil is someone who tempts you to believe your principles require you to be mediocre, live small, and die.

[nymphofnovels]

*Emerges from a pile of evidence, case files, and... Love letters??*

Happy lovey-dovey month from your local weird little girl 💖

— If you want support me or share these with your pals, I’ll also have digital downloads and print copies in my Etsy shop!

(cross-posted on IG and Twitter, don’t heckin’ repost)

[little-eye-guy]

more style testing... this time for @woodoats

[littlebeetledragon]

Legendary cookie wallpapers. feel free to use and share without credit

[ironraven]

false nirvana

[dozydawn]

pen pearls