#this is a bit of a throwback!!
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it takes years for terry pratchett's books to get consistently good. I would argue that the series doesn't really hit its stride until Feet of Clay, which means that pratchett was writing and being published for 12 years before he found his groove.
and I genuinely can't imagine that. in part because I do think that pratchett's publication calendar looks different than what's expected of writers today---he had about 2 books published per year for his entire career. he must have been writing furiously, and the publisher must have relatively quickly gotten these to press.
but also....I just can't imagine any modern-day publisher keeping an author on their list for twelve years, unless that author is a prestige get or a constant presence on the bestseller list. And what does it say about the state of publishing that you can't go on publishing someone's good-but-not-revelatory books until they figure out what story they're trying to tell?
#this ties into my other thoughts about the workmanlike genre writers of the 80s and 90s.#king and koontz and even grisham in the early days.#it's a world that's gone away. publishing is a different animal. still....#and I liked prior discworld novels! I think pyramids is great; as is maskarade and lords and ladies#but feet of clay hogfather jingo and carpe jugulum have the feel of someone settling into a groove#jingo is actually really very good. so is carpe jugulum.#you can feel his characters getting smarter. more alive.#(and he takes steps back too; I think thief of time is a good book but it's a little too impressed with its own plot.#and wee free men is a throwback to lords and ladies in a way that's hard to ignore even if tiffany is a delight.#night watch is still good but you know what? not as good as I remember. I prefer jingo.)#also I have figured out pratchett's ''if I handwave a bit about dreams and timelines and magic I do not have to plug this plothole'' trick#I'm mostly amused by his audacity in doing so (and can relate as someone who has maybe used the same trick...)#it's just funny.#discworld
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Bisexual women can bring their cishet boyfriends to pride If they bring me the cow as white as milk the cape as red as blood the hair as yellow as corn the slipper as pure as gold bring me these before the chime of midnight in 3 days time and they shall have I guarantee a pride as perfect as pride can be.
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Felt like going back to my roots and drew the Sanders Sides! I hope I finally did them justice.
I honestly have no idea what I’d be like today if I never watched this series. To me it acted as a guide on self reflection and gave me the vocabulary to talk about things like anxiety. And it did this in a fun, digestible, memorable way. I think the first video I watched upon release was “Fitting In,” and I remember the hype in the hours leading up to it. So that one will always have a special place in my heart. Also, Sanders Sides was my first fandom, and it made sure I was in a good online community. Even though I don’t think about the series as much now, it still means a lot to me.
P.S. All patterns in the background are from the merch store/Wiki! Not drawn by me.
#Sanders Sides#Roman Sanders#Patton Sanders#Logan Sanders#Virgil Sanders#Janus Sanders#Remus Sanders#TS Roman#TS Patton#TS Logan#TS Virgil#TS Janus#TS Remus#tw blood#my art#I tried snazzing up their outfits a bit where I could#throwback to Roman’s little gold strap from the first outfit#and my post about the golden bands on the cuffs of his sleeve 😭#it was like the sister post to Virgil’s zippers#also REMUS. Remus’ outfit is something I’m pretty proud of#also Janus’ coat is inspired by the Over the Garden Wall Asides#and Patton’s socks are a design from The Awesome Socks Club!#a monthly sock subscription by John and Hank Green#that’s for charity
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Lunar Cafe 🌙
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a small interview from the 2016 Mexican GP | x
#daniel ricciardo#autumn posts#a throwback!! just insta diving and came across a small interview#in Italian so sadly I can only understand a bit!!#something about Max then stabbing the apple oh my!#filing under things that are just new to me#and filing under missing him hours
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Desert Duo PMV!
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finish nothing for almost a year and then finish two things within a week of eachother i guess :P
This was mostly experimental in terms of editing and style :)
still frames below cut!
#opaz art#opaz animates#grian#goodtimeswithscar#scarian#desert duo#trafficshipping#life series#secret life#third life#kinda implied that one but its supposed to be a bit of a throwback?#my head saw this as:#what if grian wasn't a good watcher#and it all spiraled from there :P#Youtube
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#a bit of a throwback to season 2#i love those weird little guys#but they were unhinged#hilda the series#hilda netflix#yule lads#hilda season 2#hilda meme
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Fox: Everybody always wants a tall man...everybody always wants a tall man with broad shoulders...everybody always wants a tall man until you are having his giant baby that is in 99 percentile on everything...you don't want a tall man, you want a moderately sized man....
Bail, on the other side of the room: ...I feel like I am being targeted right now
#writing more omegaverse rn and throwback to the first snippet about it lmao#bail and his giant long-legged offspring#fox is just a little bit cranky about it rn don't worry about it#sw#tcw#Omegaverse AU#Commander Fox#Bail Organa#bail/breha/fox
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Beach Boy! Barney, jumping for joy during a trip to the beach in July of 2012.
#I don't usually post politics stuff online - even in the tags!#BUT I am currently in a state of massive relief after seeing the exit polls for our General Election in the UK today#This happy pic seemed an appropriate one to post in light of it looking as though the Tories will be out by morning!#I mean... I won't fully believe & celebrate until the *actual* results are in but the exit poll is usually pretty bang on... so YAY!#Prediction is that we will have a landslide victory for Labour - even if it's a bit wrong it looks like Labour *should* win easily#I don't massively like the current Labour party but I loathe the Conservatives & what they've done over the past 14yrs#Where I live the Tories are still actually likely to win (ick!) unless the Green Party pull off something amazing#but I don't even care about our local result much - I just want Labour to win overall & it looks like they will#Oh! Happy Independence Day to our friends across the pond!!#We will all be keeping our fingers crossed for your upcoming election results later in the year!#throwback thursday#barney#border collie#beach
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#Edvin Ryding#a little throwback#pretty in blue#so I wanna make little throwback posts like that#with or without a theme#of Edvin gifs or pictures#to reinject a bit of our Edvin onto our dashboards#what do you guys think?
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"It's a god damn shame it came to this. You saved me in that cage all those years ago... you should have stayed in yours!"💥
Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver in Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 2
This scene had me feeling a whole bunch of things!!
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#thomas ian griffith#tig#terry silver#cobra kai#throwback#kk3#old man terry#karate kid 3#cobra kai season 6#Johnny and i have beef now#and damn that tad bit of kreese vs silver...#i almost thought kreese was gonna meet his end right there.#and also terry looks hot when hes angry
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AshtonIrwin: An absolutely feral November.
#hi yes Ash posted a trenchcoat selfie a smoking selfie and a selfie at a whole sex shop and I missed it - a throwback to simpler kh4f times#also i just realized today is the 6th anniversary of my blog 🥹 how kind of him to celebrate with this dump 😌#5sos#5 seconds of summer#ashton irwin#ashton#ai ig#instagram#cashton#calum hood#kh4f post#much to think about#like fr#also had to include some comments bc i was having a legit and much needed giggle fit over a couple#did you know#i am a little bit sweet on this guy#just a lil 🤏🏻
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In all the selfies he takes// His head is tilted the same way, And his favorite hashtag is #beastmode 'Cause he's a fuckboy
Oh Alex "unhinged military mad scientist fuckboi" Harley it's been since 2018 but I still think about you and your big crazy blue eyes. 😔 Epitome of a disaster bisexual. Someday you'll grow a moral compass, I believe in you.
#drawing is hard#Alex Harley#Blue Eyes White Nerd#You'll all have to be patient with my self-indulgent OC time haha. Throwback Thwednesday...................#I'm not tagging Chuck's official tag but he is there so#He Scream At Own Car#and a little bit of#P: Talk Nerdy To Me#Pointy little bastard!!!! little bastard man...........
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Day 9: Hunger
Danny will fight and eat anything when he's hungry. This makes a few ghosts nervous.
[Tried a transparent background on this one; does it look okay?]
#danny phantom#dannymay2024#day 9: hunger#little bit of a throwback to that hot dog animation I did a while ago#remember how I said I didn't want to even look at another hot dog again?#look at me now
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sally headcanon time:
she has paranoia around someone from her old life finding her
shes really scared that one day, one of her old coworkers or clients will show up to radiator springs because they recognized her from a racing newspaper or interview or paparazzi pic
so she chose not to attend mcqueen's races and any events with a lot of press. after cars 1, she did get better at managing her paranoia and by cars 3, shes okay with going to mcqueen's races :]
and mcqueen will ofc do anything to make sally comfortable and feel safe. he always asks sally what he can share about her in interviews, he always asks if he can post their pictures together, and he never makes her feel bad or "irrational" for her paranoia
additional hc: she had sarge remove her gps a few days after she got to radiator springs
also she did get scared when mcqueen got found in cars 1 and all the press appeared
#i AM projecting a bit btw#throwback to that time i rebranded and renamed all my social media accts#cuz i was scared that ppl from a discord server i left would find me#pixar cars#cars fandom#sally carrera#lightning mcqueen#salqueen#cars headcanons
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Honestly, my favorite opening ad read shot of Critical Role so far
#critical role#cr3#cr3e103#a bit of a throwback before watching tonight's episode!#the whole ad read was so chaotic and hilarious i couldn't stop laughing
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