the vague tumblr musings of an osmosis girl

“Must we go through this nonsense every year?”

“Okay, maybe you’ll like this one better.”  She clears her throat, as if preparing a monologue on the theatrical stage.  "How much does a pirate pay for his earrings?“

He sighs, knowing she’ll persist until he yields.  "I don’t know, Swan,” he replies in a sing-song voice. “How much?”

Her smile would be a thing to behold if he wasn’t on the verge of begging her to spare him any more dreadful puns.  "A buck an ear.“

“Right, that’s it.”  Her startled yelp as he scoops her up and hoists her over his shoulder is music to his ears.  "I’ll show you pirate, love, and I guarantee you won’t be laughing by the time I’m done with you.“

He’s right.  

She’s breathless and grinning from ear to ear by the time he’s done with her. Then again, so is he.

Only Murders in the Building (2021-present) Dirty Birds (S05E04)

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

As a final goodbye, Blue Sky Studios came together and gave Scrat a send off on their own terms.