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just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom

that is actually my main principle of explicit fic is that the personalities stay On during sex.

The amount of times I’ve read scenes in explicit fics and thought “they would not say that shit”

i read an interview with a mathematician recently where she talks about the commonalities between math and literature and the idea that playfulness is a key part of doing both of those things. there’s a lot of fun to be had in turning a concept over and over, finding novel ways to look at it or combine it with other things, and i think that idea of playfulness also applies to analysis + critique. looking at a story through different lenses to see what new insights you can gain, reading intertexts and learning about the context in which it was created. finding a new bit of theory and saying hey wait a minute, i can use this to talk about [insert favourite media here]! it’s fun!

if i can get on my professional educator soapbox for a moment i think the reason a lot of people struggle with the idea that analysis and critique can be fun is that our education system in general is not designed to make the intellectual process seem particularly fun, or like something that can be approached in a playful manner (see also: the mathematician’s lament). thinking deeply about things for the sake of thinking deeply about things seems ridiculous because it’s associated with the stress of grades and too much homework and general bad pedagogy. it creates a lack of confidence in one’s own intellectual abilities that makes even the act of trying seem like too much. and it’s not at all impossible to grow past this and find the fun in the intellectual process but you do have to push past a lot of that fear and anxiety first

here’s the original article as well as a mathematician’s lament

God has a penis, and within Christianity this fact is uncontroversial. Jesus is God. Jesus had a penis. There was a point where like 30 different churches claimed to own Christ's foreskin.

am i allowed to say kill all trillionaires or is that too specific of a threat

you learn something new everyday. unless you're a historian. then you learn something old

sorry I can’t hang out tonight. yeah I’m busy freaking out over things that might not even happen. yeah it’s gonna take a while