You're not my supervisor!

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

A Book of Creatures by @a-book-of-creatures doesn't update these days but is another thing along these lines, really huge, fully illustrated all by the author and cites all sources

Free database of Native American folklore, sorted by tribe.

Hours upon hours of animated Hungarian fairy tales on Youtube.

Don't use A Book of Creatures lmao. it's full of colonial primitivizing bullshit and @a-book-of-creatures blocked me forever ago for criticizing their appropriation and misrepresentation of many, many, indigenous american cultural beliefs & traditions.

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

A Book of Creatures by @a-book-of-creatures doesn't update these days but is another thing along these lines, really huge, fully illustrated all by the author and cites all sources

Free database of Native American folklore, sorted by tribe.

I made a similar post about this before, but this is the angrier, rantier version bc I saw something that pissed me off so bad. Which, ig that was the whole intention, but I need to get this off my chest. When I'm searching for fanfiction, a lot of memes and mini rants pop up instead of actual fics, and I usually don't have a problem with them. But the more I surf around, the more I realize that SOME (keyword: SOME) users in the fanfic community are such assholes. I came across a post that called this platform a "cesspool" of terrible writing and characterization. Among other bullshit, their tone was so awful. This was geared towards DC x reader fics. When someone pointed out how rude they were being to the community, OP went all "BOOHOO I have an opinion". There's genuinely a difference between having an opinion and being a fucking BULLY. This shit has consequences. I need y'all to understand that there are KIDS writing on this platform. I was writing on Wattpad at fourteen, and was my stuff cringey, out-of-character, and underdeveloped? YES. That's the WHOLE fucking point guys. You don't even have to be a kid to start a hobby like writing and art and be bad at it. So how did I get to where I am now? I had fun and kept going. Wattpad isn't the best fanfiction website, but my audience was really nice and encouraging. I'm grateful for that because now I look at posts like the one mentioned, and think about all of the writers who see them and think "is this post about me? Am I doing something wrong?". How many future writers died because they were met with echoes about how their work may not be good enough? That they need to write a certain way in order to be accepted? I recognize that I can't stop people from making hurtful comments because it falls under free speech. But to the people in the fanfic community, while you may not intend to hurt others, please think about what you're posting. There are writers in all stages of the hobby who are reading these things. We all deserve a chance to grow at something we enjoy doing. And to the people who make these posts KNOWING that it's going to hurt: you fucking SUCK. Dishonor on you. Dishonor on your cattle. Dishonor on your whole fucking bloodline. I didn't mean to get all preachy, but whatever. It's all out now. Love you guys, keep writing 🫶

odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

would i, tumblr user thee odysseyofhomer, lie to you?

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this is the only funny addition to this post

Man I miss free the nipple. Its getting warmer and we don’t even have free the nipple anymore

This is definitely okay to reblog and abled people are encouraged to reblog cause maybe it’ll help others understand

Hello it’s me Lexa and this post is relevant again as I just had the Legit Same Talk with someone and I exhausted my number of fucks to give

My brother didn’t get what I had to go through until he tore cartilage in his knee. He had some surgery and he’s a lot better now, but his knee hurts a lot more often, and he never used to before. And he straight up apologized to me because he admitted he didn’t get it until then. He thought I was being a little dramatic and over the top, but now that he has chronic pain himself, he understands.

Reblog cause FACTS

If someone feeds your work (fan fic or otherwise) into an AI you should be allowed to hunt them for sport

This is huge. Sharing for my US friendos.

Hospitals like to hide these policies under a lot of successive links in obscure places, so if you don't see anything right away, keep looking! Get friends to help! Make it a scavenger hunt. A game where you're assassins sent to slit capitalism's throat

Please put on your N95s. The same ones used for covid will filter particulate pollution. I lived in a city with yearly winter pollution levels like this. If you can pay for it, you might as well get an indoor air filter to sleep in.