#very nerdy of me

[tiiyapoyoo]

hi!!! I love ur quotes on where the sun met the storm! I always look for them! I was wondering if u had any predictions or analysis or anything for the fic?? I eat up ur quotes every time!

omg thank you so much!! this is so sweet 💗 i’m so glad other people like my quotes (and have the patience to read all that…)

predictions?? hmm… for next chapter, i know pony and johnny are gonna get jumped by socs, but compared to other people’s predictions, i’m not so sure if johnny’s gonna kill bob/they go to windrixville. it just feels too predictable for legends_never_die to do that. don’t get me wrong, i’d love to see it, and especially see how it plays with our current pb&j dynamic (the tension is gonna go crazy), but i just don’t think it’ll happen like canon. the author’s gonna twist it somehow.

i’ve got a lot of future predictions/theories now that i think about it. to start, a theory i’ve got on why dallas left pony is because he made a deal with his father. not very original of me, i know. it’s a popular theory, but it’s popular for a reason. it just makes the most sense right now.

ex: quote from chapter eleven: “Dad…does he hurt…” “Yeah.” Pony nodded. “Course.” “But he said…”

^^ whatever their dad said to dally HAD to have been part of their deal. i’m thinking something along the lines of this: if dallas leaves new york, then their dad promises not to abuse ponyboy. something like that maybe…? i’m not sure, but that’s what i’ve got.

asking me for my analysis on WSMS is a question you should NOT have asked because i have way too much to say. this post is already long enough bro 😭😭

anyway thanks for the ask!! it was nice to yap for a bit :P

[fipindustries]

i almost never do vent art, much less post it but man, i have been feeling bummed out recently

[angsty-art-ist]

are we gonna have a problem?

[ifieabouteverything]

Can’t understand how Riz fears his friends leaving him when Fabian “Theres just something endearing about him” Aramais Seacaster and Kristen “I love them all, Riz the most, we already knew this” Applebees both exist

[welcometogrouchland]

(ID in alt) I MADE THIS LAST MONTH AND COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO POST IT TIL NOW. I was knee-deep in Buffy the vampire slayer when I made this. Damian's favourite character is Spike I think

[hipsternumbertwo]

An Age & An Age: Celebrating 15 Years of SK! [Cinderella's Castle Kickstarter]

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2025: OVERGROWTH by Mira Grant.

Plant-astically delighted to report that I received an ARC via Tor (Nightfire) and Goodreads! I love Seanan McGuire's writing, and my first foray into her work as Mira Grant was INTO THE DROWNING DEEP, which was phenomenal (think all the best parts of Michael Crichton--the Science, the Speculation, the Consequences--but women and queer people are Entire Characters)(we love a good sci-fi horror paced like a thriller in this house).

The premise of OVERGROWTH is basically "the pod people are coming, they've been warning you about it for decades, and no one has been listening." Stasia, our main character and (first person, past tense) narrator, has spent her whole life telling people that she's "the vanguard of an invading species of intelligent alien plants," which is confirmed via a broadcast from space.

And the chapters are time-stamped "X days pre-invasion."

Yeah.

This book was an absolute delight and all around a lot of fun--the tone was the perfect balance of funny and heartfelt and relatable and dread-inducing, and it very much read like a love letter to the genre with lots of cross-pollinated references (Seymour? Little Shop of Horrors? War of the Worlds? Jurassic Park? Hello????).

It was also very much a book about the distinction between being human and being a person, and about alienation and belief and trust and friendship, and about queerness and neurodivergence and belonging. And, y'know, mimetic plant aliens, in myriad shades of green.

I was initially surprised by the choice to tell this story in past tense and first person (because DROWNING DEEP was patently not that, and most of what I've read of McGuire hasn't been either), but it turns out that was The Only Correct Way To Do It: For most of the book, Stasia didn't have the full picture of what was going on, but her partial understanding + our readerly perspective from inside her head carried both the relatability and the horror. It was a really interesting and cool way to do an alien invasion book (from the perspective of the invader's plant)(ahaha, botanical pun). Also, the narrative frame made me pterodactyl Hunter shriek my way through the last two pages, which. OOF. WHAT A RIDE!!! I'll be rotisserie-ing over the late-game twist (page 396/465 in my copy) and the ending for a long time.

I loved that the aliens felt alien and all too much like people; I loved Toni and Hunter; I loved the biology and worldbuilding; I loved the botanical quips ("salad bar" is, in fact, the best possible term of address to an alien invader, no notes); I loved the shady government agencies and unethical experimentation; I loved the "we are the monsters you have made". I stayed up way past my bedtime several times for this, and it was worth every second. Do recommend, check this out in May!!

Half-assed spoilery content warnings under the cut (I'm not good at these because I have a weird concept of what necessitates a warning, so please do NOT consider these complete in any way shape or form):

on-page toddler death (graphic, in prologue, signposted with "look away"); transphobia (toward beloved trans character); spider (alien); bug-adjacent (alien); vampirism/blood drinking; other usual horror/alien invasion type tropes etc. (body horror? do people tag body horror?? i was an animorphs kid i'm sorry i don't know what a normal amount of body horror is but i love it all)

[casin0table]

Little bit of Frankenruth for you guys btw

Yes this is heavily inspired off of the potential Nightmare Time episode under the same name and yes I have written out my own version of the episode and I have many thoughts and ideas ok I love Frankenruth

[coleslawedcondor]

starkid vocal moments that genuinely give me goosebumps

Alex Paul and Mariah singing a duet of “status quo” in the starship medley in starkid homecoming

the opening line of holy musical batman. ONE SHOT. TWO SHOTS IN THE NIGHT—

the “oh oh oh oh”s of ttto’s speedrun. The energy in that song is unmatched

Literally all of “I Was”. I mean I have fallen/from up high with that melody carries SUCH emotional weight for what’s supposed to be a comedy spoof

the first verse of “those voices.” the scene is such a dramatic tonal shift, is suddenly brings out a gut punch of a song with haunting vocals

draco’s verse in “going back to hogwarts” in starkid homecoming. the entire audience screaming WHATEVER I SAY!

the stripped instrumental opening of “climate change.” haunting vocals and choral work. it feels electrifying

also firebringer the beautiful sax in this is the dawn/the dawn of our time bit of the starkid homecoming firebringer medley. brings a tear to my eye

why does it hurt to love you in “not your seed.” you’re almost screaming no because you know it breaks Bill’s heart

the slowed tempo of we’re finally ready/the time is right for us to light a spark from “ready to go” in mamd. I can’t help but smile :)

lord give me reason not to smite these demons/with my father’s sword and legion—> this verse from CC “step on your grave.” just. THE RHYMES. BRYCE’S VOCALS

please understand this list could be so much longer but I need to sleep

[callmekatydid]

“Wait no not like that.”

OR: Results? To MY own self-sabotage? More likely than you’d think!

OR: I don’t CARE that the prophecy was self-fulfilling, I’m still angry about it! 😤

OR: Blitzø sweetie pie please go to therapy I know this great lady with a hotel where you do trust falls and talk about your feelings she’s like a block away from your office just pop in for thirty seconds please I’m begging you 🥺

[write-nerdy-to-me]

Radiate my life Burn me with your fire Bend my space and time You walk in looking like a neon light Let me be your martyr Radiate my life

"Neon" - Cinderella's Castle

[onyx-plutos-moon]

Being a big fan of Grace Chasity and NPMD when coming from a very atheist area is sorta weird, like I'm missing two thirds of the subtext because it's stuff I've never been exposed to. I don't know anyone who goes to church on Sunday, the only prayers we did at school were cultural ans mostly for food.

I am missing so much about that show which sucks and it's just because I have no like, real concept of how Christianity works because I've never been around it.

I need someone who understands Grace's character a lot more than me to watch npmd with me and explain all yhe subtext I'm missing

[yourlocalabomination]

I keep seeing this redrawn and every time I do I think of your "don't smoke with kids in the car" spankoffskis

You have no idea how much of a honour that is to me. Anyway I’m embarrassed by how fast I opened procreate to redraw this

Silly Bonus:

[ricky-mortis]

Hatchetfield @femslashfortnight Day 6: Protect

[pretend-of-beginning]

starkid hyperfixation is rough bc i forget about other music, so when my mom asks if i want to play my music in the car, i have to improvise bc “my music” could be anything from a song about three trolls feeling hot in their skin suits, to a nerd getting murdered by his dead bully. could even be quirrell and voldemort from harry potter singing about dancing with each other. i have to lock in

[envahisseurzim]

sorry, no art this week. just edits of fem!ford of varying quality. her name's andromeda. grauntie andy. and i love her