#this was at the start of the pandemic

[persnickety-doodles]

Horseshoe Bend | Page, AZ

[apparently-artless]

ONE PIECE: STAMPEDE - STRAW HAT LUFFY & HIS FUNNY HAT

[thankstothe]

season 1 pretties

[epersonae]

Not to be old, but I am thinking about things we lost with the end of over the air TV syndication as a common cultural vector.

I was in a conversation (several conversations) about where to start with Star Trek, and where people started, and ended up formulating the thought that the best way to start is to just randomly encounter whatever happens to be on at the time and go from there. (I know a few people a little older than I am who started with The Animated Series which is a hell of a starting point.) And for decades that meant random reruns in syndication.

Then I just posted about the role of M*A*S*H in my childhood, and that too was all about it just being on kind of in the background all the time.

Then @piratecaptainscaptainpirates posted about seeing declining participation in OFMD stuff, and I was thinking about the same thing that happened gradually after the TAZ Balance finale, and then about fandoms for old shows (both recent-old, someone I follow has been posting a lot of Gallavant gifs? And old-old, like @frommybookbook with Perry Mason), and then, of course, Star Trek.

How much of Star Trek being THE fandom show is due to those years in the 70s and early 80s when TOS was in syndication at whatever random time on whatever local station? (similarly in the US with Doctor Who through the 80s on local PBS stations) When new fans can just happen upon the source material by turning on the TV on a Saturday afternoon, or every weeknight at 7, etc etc.

Idk, I'm sure someone with an actual scholarly background has written something about this, and idk what this means for the future of our little subculture(s), it just made me ponder the landscape that I grew up in that simply does not exist now.

[its-pit-not-icarus]

Fresh crochet kwookies 🔥

Took me around a day and a half for Bigsnak kwookie and half that for lil guy 🖤

[andypantsx3]

u guys, question. how did all of u first start getting into x reader?? do u remember??

[kauriart]

LT. Kaidan Alenko

[skeletoninthemelonland]

"The Exocannis Ressurection"

[royalarchivist]

In case you missed it, Jaiden just uploaded a new video! Congrats to her for 10 years of beautiful, funny, and heartfelt storytime animations!

[uglygirlstatus]

some old stuff I found from The Summer of Raymond

[makanidotdot]

It was honestly hilarious watching your 180º with Malfurion. I still love the senile comics, you were hilariously mean to him but now watching you be truly invested in them is :3

Also send my regards to your dwarfaboo nelf.

dude lolll ty honestly dwarfaboo nelf is great im gonna repost

[iris-of-the-eye]

Me making TMA fanfic writers write more Protocol fics so our fandom could get into the 2025 ao3 femslash top 100 list

[commandermeg]

I just really hope this Academy show has a diverse range of students. And I don't mean that just in a 'More aliens' kind of way (though I want LOTS more aliens. Have some Vau N'akat and Dals in there) - but age wise, too.

A lot of people (myself included) weren't able to start university until a later date in our lives. Maybe someone wanted a career change. Maybe someone escaped a planetary war and just started at age 29, who knows.

I would just be a little disappointed to start watching and find that the only students shown are the "Fast-Tracked-Through-Everything" crowd who started at 12 or something. (bit of an exaggeration but the point comes through)

Humans live past 120 in the 24th century Star Trek shows, who knows how long they live in the far-far future. So having them shift careers every once in a while would make sense, which would lead to adult learners in such places.

[i-still-mask-because]

📣 The US has started back sending out free Covid-19 rapid tests as of September 25th, 2023:

Every U.S. household may place an order to receive four free COVID-⁠19 rapid tests delivered directly to your home.

It's a shame they even suspended this service to begin with back in May, but I think they needed to fuck around and find out first before realizing how necessary the service actually is.

Go get yourself some free at-home Covid-19 tests US folks!

[awesomesaurous]

I’m almost done with this comic

[sketchinfun]

Woohoo!! Thelma the Unicorn is finally out on Netflix! I worked on this as a storyboard artist, and I am so honored to have been a part of such an amazing, funny, and awesome crew on this funny and heartfelt film!! It was truly a unicorn worthy “magical” experience working on Thelma and it was one of the most fun projects I’ve ever worked on. Even though it’s a little cheesy to say, I truly embraced being myself, like Thelma, on the production. I hope you enjoy seeing the team’s hard work, and sparkle on! 🦄🦄🦄