I'm involed in too many Fandoms

unfortunately i can’t control everyone’s perception of me down to the smallest detail. unfortunately they have their own lives and brains that inform the filter they see me through when i exist near them. and i could be the greatest possible version of myself and i could people please until the end of time and i could walk a thousand miles through the desert repenting and still it would not change this one fundamental fact

we are gonna be vacuuming up this post for the next five years

"depiction is not automatically glorification" can and should coexist with "some depiction is glorification and you need to be able to tell the difference"

Please add to that list "apparent glorification in the first 15% of the thing does not constitute real glorification if the remaining 85% is dedicated to suffering the consequences, deconstructing the damage and changing ways" because some people around here don't understand how the three act structure works.

I think about how hayao miyazaki said that love is two people inspiring each other to live. and to live doesn’t just mean to be alive. living involves finding beauty in the simple moments of being. so to inspire someone to be in awe of the simplicity of living? that’s special

ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on

Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer

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Damn, that's useful

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

OH HELL THE FUCK YES

reading a historical romance novel and reflecting on the way these stories often present woke nobility for the contemporary reader. a big thing is servants. you can’t not have servants in those times but many modern readers think “but I would never have servants. it would be so weird to have servants” and in order to make the protagonists of the story more relatable they are actually friends with the servants. but flip your perspective and think of it from the side of the servants. wouldn’t it be so awful if your boss was always trying to be friends with you. a really common thing you’ll see is the woke baronet having tea in the kitchen with the servants bc he’s not like other baronets. but what if your boss wanted to hang out and talk during your lunch break every day. not so charming when you think about it that way

hey dont be a dick to people who work in mcdonalds or clean toilets or empty bins or sweep streets or put your food through the till in the supermarket because u know what they go home to their family every night too and they are just as valid as you theyre doing these shitty jobs which means you dont have to do them so be fucking nice

I legitimately do not trust anyone who treat people in the service industry poorly.

fuck an "intended audience" how about we normalize engaging with new and unfamiliar art pieces on their own terms

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the difference between pushing a product and creating a work of art

"Death of the audience" is such a good term! I'm gonna hang onto that, as someone who writes about a lot of niche stuff. Sometimes a character is going to have a job or a hobby or something the reader isn't familiar with, and you're not always going to get context for every tiny aspect of it. If not understanding a single word (that isn't at all relevant to the actual plot) is enough to pull you out of an entire story, that's kind of on you.

what do red pandas even do

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I suspect this is related to the "Very Serious TTRPG Character -> Total Clowncar of Buffoonery / Stupid Joke TTRPG Character -> The Most Soul-Baring Performances You've Ever Done" phenomenon, but more research is needed.

#as a teacher myself he makes me ill#educating students is a beautiful wonderful thing @carhmel

Look what they took from us 😭

I am drooling

This gets me more excited than anything smart refrigerators can offer. I want to learn refrigerator repair just so I can buy one and maintain it for all eternity.

Counter point, those machines can make me a peach sprite.

guys did you know the tech in that nefangled machine revolutionized preemie healthcare

You DON'T get this on any other site in quite this format.