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marlynnofmany · 2 years ago

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I posted 1,872 times in 2022

239 posts created (13%)

1,633 posts reblogged (87%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@quousque

@prideandpen

@flaming-shapeshifter

@nitewrighter

@marlynnofmany

I tagged 1,870 of my posts in 2022

#writing prompts - 183 posts

#humans are weird - 94 posts

#writer life - 86 posts

#art - 83 posts

#dracula daily - 83 posts

#worldbuilding - 69 posts

#aliens - 62 posts

#vampires - 61 posts

#robots - 53 posts

#magic - 50 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i will never run out of ideas for fictional species when there are things like this just bopping around like everything is perfectly normal

My Top Posts in 2022:

“WHY did that alien ambassador just call me ‘peasant’??”

“Sorry, sorry, it’s a problem with the translation software.”

“What kind of problem? Am I about to insult him by accident too? I want it to be on purpose.”

“No, it’s just that the software had trouble with root words and etymology, comparing our concepts to theirs. They don’t have a word for ‘god,’ you see, and—”

“What the blazes does that have to do with it?”

“Look. The word ‘human’ can be translated as ‘person who lives on the ground, or the dirt, or the Earth, and who isn’t a god.’”

“So how did that—”

“It turned into ‘person who lives in the dirt and has no power over others.’ The closest they had when repeating it back through the translator was ‘peasant.’”

“That is the stupidest thing I’ve heard all week.”

“Why do you think I’ve been pressing for everyone to actually learn the language, instead of relying on the translator?”

“Well, if I make it through this meet-and-greet without having to throw or take a punch, I might take you up on that. Stick close. If somebody says something else dumb, I’m turning to you.”

“Don’t look now; the ambassador’s coming back.”

“Great.”

6,633 notes - Posted September 2, 2022

A friend of mine had this idea, and I’d love to see it in an urban fantasy: magic is real and it stays secret because it looks like bad CGI. The fakest thing ever.

People who witness magic in person can always have their minds clouded, as they have been for most of human history, but all this newfangled technology has to be handled a different way. A video camera records exactly what it sees.

So, what it sees is … something that looks laughably fake. For any time period. The various secret magicians of the world make a point to keep their spells up to date with the current mundane trends — some of them even have running contests for who can make the most fake-looking spell.

I imagine they have a great time doing it. I sure would.

7,534 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

Is anyone else more entertained than they should be by the vintage 1990′s straight-to-VHS, home shopping network aesthetic of the pinned ad for “Tumblr Ad-Free Browsing”?

Staff 1: “We should advertise this.”

Staff 2: “I can put together something slick and modern.”

Staff 1: “Are you new here? They’d hate that with the power of a thousand suns. No, our only options are retro tackiness or off-the-wall bonkers.”

Staff 2: “I don’t have any ideas for bonkers.”

Staff 1: “Retro it is.”

23,622 notes - Posted March 1, 2022

Have you heard about mole genders?