#so if I’m not around online much

[goldkirk]

If anyone remembers all the dental work I needed done uhhhhhhh three years ago and never went back and ran away forever…I’m finally going back to a dentist on Thursday to restart the process and face my deep and utter abiding terror. And I also scheduled my COVID and flu vaccines for a couple hours later. And my psych appointment to restart meds.

I figured get it all done in one day, have my miserable immune reaction on Friday that I seem to always get with Moderna COVID shots, and then flee directly into the weekend and never be a person again except when I’m on and off crying. It’s going to be so kind to future me to get these things done and I can do it no matter how much I feel like I am constantly about to Actually Physically Die.

[cadaver-moss]

For any of my mutuals, please DM me if there’s an OC of mine you want. Just in case something happens to me.

[godzells]

when your mouth needs washing idk i didn’t play it

[sanasanakun]

The weed is making me courageous so I think my biggest unpopular opinion for Bg3 is I don’t think Astarion is sexy or cute or anything at all really. He’s just there. Like he’s just a dude with an attitude problem lol like I keep seeing people compare the man to a renaissance painting like he’s fucking Lestat. Dude wishes he was Lestat lmao he’s just some white man with high cheekbones 😂😂

[noahschnappinfs]

i know we all talk about how most of the noah hate only exists in a vaccum but I think you might have seen this tweet right?

“a filthy disgusting monster and vecna is there too i guess”

and that tweet is nearly half a million likes!! Like what is this?😔 I always try getting my hopes up that this hate will die down but nah say something negative about noah and you get all these likes and clout…..

look…what can i say? hate trains don’t last because people are performative and only follow the crowd.

sabrina carpenter was dragged to hell after the drivers license love triangle drama. it lasted a few years and her career was kind of stagnant for a while. now she’s got hit song after hit song, she just got grammy nominated after being actively working for a decade and she’s very well liked now.

another example would be hailey bieber who had multiple hate trains against her and now she’s very successful with her own brand, rhode.

our ultime example is taylor swift who had to hide for a year after being cancelled. this clip from taylor’s miss americana documentary is very insightful about this topic with her explaining how the internet just decides to hate you overnight. spoiler alert: she’s now a billionaire and the most successful singer in the world right now.

that’s just the fragility of fame, tables turn all the time and people online pretend they weren’t part of the hate trains in the past. just give it time, i can assure you things will be very different for noah after S5 because his acting will showcase his talents and his lovely personality will win people over.

[sangcreole]

damn. this is genuinely the only space on the internet where I feel completely at peace.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Walking In Two Worlds & The Everlasting Road

YA sff set in the near future where an opensource augmented reality is commonly used like social media, and there’s also a completely virtual fantasy game version

follows an Anishinaabe girl who who’s the top player in the VR game, and is constantly fighting to keep her place against the misogynist neo-nazi group in second place

as well as her real life, dealing with being a shy and self-conscious teen growing up on the Rez, and her brother having cancer

and a Uyghur boy who’s moved to her community from China after finding acceptance in an online community (even when he doesn’t agree with their more extreme views) - but when he gets to know Bugz, he has to decide who truly deserves his loyalty

great mix of sff and culture, the future while also very real community traumas of the past (and present)

[teeth-cable]

Have you seen The Amazing Digital Circus yet?

If so, what's your opinion on it?

I LOVE TADC! It’s my favorite indie show at the moment! There’s just so much I like about it but my main ones are

1. The setting and execution being unique. A horror-like project taking place in an late 90s/early 2000s digital game is not a new idea and same goes with characters being stuck in a purgatory however it’s how the artists reinvent those idea that makes it new. The digital Circus made its own aesthetic that makes it stand out from other projects with similar concepts and designs. When I first watched the pilot, one of many things that stuck out to me was how new the story ideas felt. I couldn’t think of any other pieces of media similar to TADC beside for surface-level comparisons. The TADC created its own aesthetic and knows what it wants to be and I like it!

2. Soundtrack. Speaks for itself, the soundtrack for the pilot is so good especially Your New Home. That song is very catchy and emotional too. It has such a unique melody, everytime you hear the first few notes you instantly recognize it. It does a great job highlighting the dread and existentialism crisis of Pomni’s situation. I recommend to give it a listen if you haven’t.

3. The characters dynamics. I just love how the characters interact with each other. The majority of the jokes comes from characters’ interactions and dynamics and how well everyone plays off of each other. The best example is Jax with everyone, Jax is a funny jerk who likes bullying his peers. It’s funny to see what creative ways Jax will bully the other people whether it’s being sarcastic and making quips at them, or though goofy pranks and how the characters react because of their contrast in personality. Every character beside Jax is openly stressed or worried in someway while Jax, at first seem like a chill layback dude.

4. The characters differences. I adored the differences between each character from how they talk to their poses. After watching HH and HB, I learned to have an appreciation for character differences. It’s just refreshing to see characters allowed to be different instead of the same tired reused tropes and repeating the same type of dialogue again for every character.

5. Mystery and lore. There is so much to explore in the pilot, it’s make you wanting more. When going in to watch the pilot, I made the mistake of thinking the series will be predictable. I didn’t see how they could make this premise work because by the end of it, Pomni will go insane but then I watched the pilot and was speechless. The pilot does a good job setting up questions for the audience to ask. If Caine lied about the exit, what are other things did he lied about? How long has the cast been stuck in the circus? Who are these people? Are they previous game developers? Who were they in their previous lives? What is the company’s motivation to create the headset? What are the abstractions in game? Are they viruses to the game program? Who were the former cast? What horrors has Kinger seen to be as paranoid and easily frighten as he is now? Do the abstractions still have a consciousness? You just want to find out more about the lore to solve the many mysteries in the show. I find it impressive Gooseworx was able to stir up the theorists because they have admitted in an ask, there are already theories floating around that are almost right about the show.

One problem I did have for the pilot were the scenes containing the Gloink Queen. The pacing of the pilot was fine until we got to her then it was slow. I feel it dragged longer than it needed too but beside that, my issues for the pilot ends.

I can’t speak for the fandom on other platforms but the tumblr one is great! Most of the time everyone is being respectful towards each other and I love seeing what creative theories, AU, fanfics, and art the fans created. The only people causing drama are the anti-shippers, and it’s just dumb. All of the cast are adults, if age gaps ships makes people uncomfortable, that’s valid but they shouldn’t make it into other people’s problems. Gooseworx themselves admitted they don’t care for romance and they don’t want fans in the fandom getting harassed over shipping.

Overall despite what issues I had for the pilot and fandom, they’re overshadowed by the positives and I can’t wait to see the full show and the fandom’s growth.

[foxgloveinspace]

I mean this in the nicest way possible: I wish I was a better friend.

[rosicheeks]

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[goldkirk]

When did the latest 1,000 of you follow me??? good lord hi and welcome, I should maybe pay attention to my notifications and activity page more 😭

[widowshill]

I have noooo idea how to price commissions but one of the artists I follow is offering $25 for an uncolored sketch — is that something people find reasonable?

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

blows everything up w my mind i hate school i hate careers i just wanna draw pictures and play sudoku

[astral-catastrophe]

one thing they don’t tell you is that stem and tech is super exhausting as a major

[website-com]

[scholarhect]

guys do you know that if you buy the fenty icon refillable lipstick you have to buy it from the fenty website and not from your local makeup store. you go to the makeup store and try on the lipstick to pick it out but then you go home and buy the product from the fenty website. because since it’s refillable you need to buy both the actual lipstick part and the case it goes in, and if you buy them separately it’ll be $20 for the fill and $12 for the case, but on the fenty website there’s a bundle where you can get them both for $20. so you’re just throwing money away if you don’t do that. free shipping in the us as long as you “make an account,” you just give them your email and sign in with a code they send you, you don’t need a password, you don’t even need to opt in to marketing emails. i just paid $21.60, genuinely $20 plus tax. so it’s a free case. if you finish the lipstick and need a refill of course you can buy it from wherever but if you need the case it’s free on the fenty website. just need everybody to know this. not everybody buys lipstick and not everybody is gonna buy this specific lipstick, but maybe i’ll reach one person who needs to hear this. also i do recommend this one for the record