#which is as delightful as it sounds

[anarchopuppy]

i think itd be fun and silly to have a section of my tumblr bio change every time the page is reloaded, like scp-3211. does anyone know a good way to do that?

i think i could just embed an image so that it lines up with the text and host it in a way that the embed url directs to a different image in a set every couple seconds or something, and i think ive seen that done before, but idk how to set something like that up or if its even possible short of buying a domain

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

[punchyhorse]

Why just argue with each other when you can dance AND argue? Two for the price of one!

Everyone thinks they're arguing but in all actuality they've stopped tying to one up each other and are now discussing an incredibly niche topic in Detail because I think they both delight in knowing things not many other people do. Same energy as when two people who've sunk years of education into one field and no one ever knows what they're talking about. They're probably talking about the finer points of the history of puppetry or something and having an absolute ball. Alastor has just mentioned a tidbit about puppets being used in Ancient Egypt in entombment, to come to life as concubines and servants. Lucifer is feeling particularly feral about it.

[mothhue]

Hi I just wanted to say one of your old(?) arts introduced me to Cooking Cat x Empress which is like such a good ship and I never would have thought of it otherwise so thank you

Also I really like your under waters AU tis quite cool :3

You're welcome :DD!! Hehehe am delighted to find I've converted someone to the dark side (cat yuri), have some more of them

And thank you very much!! I'm having a lot of fun with ahuw, and it makes me very happy to see people liking it :]

[redrobin-detective]

I think an underappreciated aspect of s1 of Elementary is Joan being like “ugh grisly murders? dangerous crimes? other bizarre problems and antics my client is getting up to? Can’t wait to be done with all this” and turning around and getting so invested in solving the case. Like no wonder Sherlock was offering her an apprenticeship by the end of the season, despite what she said Joan was not only highly skilled but also very interested in Sherlock’s work.

[necrotic-nephilim]

thank you for the tag, @sasheneskywalker!!!

rules: answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

favorite color: it changes regularly, but currently, a dusty/greyish purple

last song: Maps by The Front Bottoms

currently reading:

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver is my current fiction read and i *hate* it with my entire being. don't read it.

Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Labor, & Power by Alice Sparkly Kat is my current non-fiction read and so far, it's very good

i'm reading a lot of comics at the moment, but my main read is Manhunter (2004) which so far, is very good, i highly recommend. i'm also planning to read Midnighter (2007) and Black Widow (2014).

currently watching:

The Acolyte has been my most recent fixation so that's just on loop rewatching over and over in the background. a lot

i've been watching Pennyworth which is far better than i expected it to be, i'm really enjoying it

i also started Invincible, which i've been enjoying

idk if it counts but i've rewatched Madame Web a concerning number of times in the past few days.

currently craving: i'd kill for an Italian Cream Soda from tea2go rn

coffee or tea: tea. i used to be a big coffee person in my teens but my chronic illness doesn't like caffeine and it *really* doesn't like coffee so i just drink tea now, but i do love tea

hobby to try: the unrealistic hobby i'd like to get into a fanfiction binding, but that takes materials and resources i do *not* currently have. i think a more realistic answer is i've been meaning to get into marvel comics more.

current au: tbh the main AU i'm working on is a Lance Brunner-centric Post-Crisis fic where i'm completely rewriting his origins to make his death as Robin more significant but still something no one talks about, leading to the ressurection of Jason also reviving Lance and Jason going on his little spree, having no idea he's not the only dead Robin. i've figured out all of the backstory and how i want to characterize Lance, but the actual plot of the fic i'm still working out. i'm leaning toward Lance/Dick as a ship, but i haven't decided. i have so many notes and ideas though and i think it's funny to take a random one-off character from a random 60s comic and actually turn him into something substantial and how he'd shape the Batfamily. trust me i'm so close to infodumping about it here everyday.

i'm also working on a *really* messed up unhealthy Damian/Tim fic, where Damian purposefully breaks the timeline so Tim was never Robin and Damian was the third Robin instead. but when Bruce "dies" Damian realizes he has no idea where to start with finding Bruce so he has to go to a civilian!Tim for help, who has no idea the timeline was changed or that he was ever Robin in a different world. it's gonna be fun and fucked up and full of Damian's jealousy complex over Tim.

i don't know if i can come up with nine whole people to tag for this since i'm still new here but i can try: @searchforahero @divine-dominion @kevin-day-is-bi @kerakeriza @deepwithintheabyss

@maryshellyswife @alicemaem @justmyshittyspace @sandmanwhore and yeah that's all i got.just tagging some mutuals/ppl i see on my posts a lot!!!

[nightlight-stardust-and-rain]

Koyuki becoming a demon alongside Hakuji is already a top notch idea but consider : just as Akaza took on a pink color theme because it was Koyuki's color and having a blood demon art aesthetically based on her, demon Koyuki taking after Hakuji in her features? Maybe her hair would be blue like Hakuji's eyes.... It'd be cute if her blood demon art was dog-related or protection-related due to the Hakuji = komainu comparison. No wait, fireworks-based demon art !! Orrrr something to do with time? Hakuji gave her his time and didn't care how much time he had to spend taking care of her and they made each other look forward to the future..... Maybe she would have stripes like Hakuji's tattoos? Kshshshsh stripes on her fingers but the one on her ring finger is a bit more intricate than the others....... Ah, what if she had demon markings in the places Hakuji had scars?

[marlynnofmany]

I just want to say that I'm so glad there's a vampire elf character out there. I've thought for years that that would be an awesome idea, and I'm delighted that someone else thought so too. I haven't played the game and all my fandom info is secondhand, but I'm glad the pointy guy is out there living his best/worst life.

[curewimdy]

remember when Crystal was first announced and a bunch of people were worried that it would be exactly like Precure. can i just say that it wouldve been awesome if that were the case

[jessaerys]

funniest thing about matt deathnote is that without reading the manga and without interacting with the fandom the amount of intellectual real estate he takes up in your experience of death note is infinitesimal. right up there with rester and gevanni and like, light's sister. nothing like the whiplash of watching death note for the first time in 2023 and having to figure out why unnamed 60 second anime boy is a disproportionately beloved collectively hallucinated fandom oc. truly the goncharov of yaoi

[vero-niche]

My special abilities include snatching szúnyogok out of the air with my hands and relating every thing i do to my fixation

thats the funniest possible caption for this panel ngl

[slav-every-day]

[anonymous-scapegoat]

my navigation audiobook is describing the process of gluing little stilts to ant legs and i am. so sad. they count their steps to find their way home 🥺 “like little accountants” 🥺 why are u confusing them like that

[impossible-rat-babies]

not to be obsessed with imagery and themes of the divine but myths of the realm is a banger

[aroaceleovaldez]

okay that is all i can muster for tonight. my insanity will have to wait.

[saucytomhollandaise]

Fiction Podcast of the week:

Syntax

(by Twin Strangers Production)

Impression (so far): kinda like The Magnus Archives meets Annihilation (the book, not the movie) - in a good way!

Themes: sometimes tense/spooky/scary, bit of Sci-fi, bit of action, and a lot of exploration of a strange dangerous wilderness, backed by a questionable organisation. Believable team bonding (maybe future found family??), natural character interactions :)

Voices: Has one main character but the show is carried by a core cast. So far I've been able to follow the story without issues, despite me normally struggling to recognise several voices. If it really matters who is talking they do a good job of telling you who speaks.

Length: Episodes are between 30-60 mins. As of August 2023 there are 27 episodes, crowdfunding for the next season was just announced.

Overall/other commentary: I'm on episode 10 so far and I haven't been this exited about character interaction, pacing, ongoing plot threads and the frequency with which each of them is continued in a long time!! It's easy to follow but exiting/mystery driven enough to not get boring or predictable. Characters acknowledge the recording and why they verbally describe things more than would be normal, and the show has a good hook for why that is. It feels natural and makes sense :) The main character is a linguist and we get mythology/records of an unknown past civilisation which is absolutely my personal highlight whenever it comes up!