daddy's bastard, very strong

When I was in college I had a professor who was an expert on detective fiction. He had a longstanding beef with the idea that "Murders in the Rue Morgue" was the first detective story. He thought that it seemed way too polished to be inventing a new genre, and also that the whole orangutan business had the vibe of someone subverting preexisting audience expectations and maybe engaging in a bit of stealth parody. With the help of some student volunteers, he went trawling through old magazines and newspapers and found hundreds of detective stories from the early 1800s that just hadn't garnered enough individual attention to be remembered. This was because most of them sucked balls. He created an online archive of them, so you too can read these mostly terrible stories.

I’m not kidding when I say the opening stands nearly beat-for-beat with My Immortal in a way that makes the 13~1400’s feel like yesterday and it’s GREAT

spiritually i am this 15th century german monk with cool ass sunglasses and 3 d6s

What are some of y’all’s favorite exclamations that aren’t about god?

first submission and we're already off to a fantastic start. absolutely love this one thank you

ok its time for the challenge round now we want nominations that arent about sex either actually

Absolutely not letting you leave these in the tags.

Yoji Shinkawa illustration for the Ghost in The Shell 2026 anime adaptation.

🌷 polish sapphics  🌷

I’m tryna get used to drawing scenes so this is part of that