just some stuff

Had a sort-of nightmare last night about being in a shitty YA novel universe but I couldn't get scared because I kept halting the plot to criticise the worldbuilding.

Reminds me of a nightmare I had recently where I thought ‘at least the cinematography is good, I wonder who the director is?’ and then the credits suddenly rolled and it was just my name in all the roles. I laughed so hard I woke my self up laughing

jellyfish have to be kept in a round tank because if they're in a tank with corners they'll get stuck in them. I think that's beautiful. god's stupidest little plastic bags (affectionate)

Also when being bred in captivity(this is done at my work and my job is to teach people about it) to get them to reproduce from the polyp stage of life, we have to intentionally cause them enough stress to reproduce but not enough to harm them. Lately we’ve done that by cleaning their habitat extra well, makes them think the word is ending

I died in a grisly train accident and now I’m fighting slimes all day and don’t get modern conveniences like indoor plumbing and Wikipedia and this is the ideal scenario I suppose. All of my mental illnesses have magically been cured from stabbing these slimes I guess.

A lot of it (not all but a lot of it) is also a self insert power fantasy for teenage boys specifically and I’m a grown-ass man who has been to therapy and likes pretending to sword fight with my cat by poking at him with a broom handle so being trapped in a video game and fighting the demon lord or whatever sounds pretty lame to me

Which is sad! Because it could be soo cool if they just acknowledge that their main characters DO miss their homes! But that being trapped in a new reality means they have to grieve and move forward or something. With dragons!

Green is correct and a hero and a saint and I would surrender at least one (1) of my treasured possessions to them (it would have a headphone jack)

undiagnosed autistic people will be like "I don't get upset when my routine changes though!!" and it's because they've built a set of if-then loops in their head to pick from one of 6 different strict routines and they do get incredibly upset when they're unable to keep to any of the 6 scripts. I'm john normal

Was just thinking about this the other day. Yeah I have a favorite seat on the bus (middle of the bus, near the back doors, slightly elevated, facing forward), but I don’t get upset if someone is already sitting there, I just pick one of my other favorite spots. Then I realized that most people probably don’t have a favorite bus seat, let alone a series of backup favorites.

I love how the notes for this are just chock full of examples of the most batshit specific things people research for their fanfics. Truly a treasure trove.

@open-sketchbook

i once emailed a Japanese architectural firm to ask them what the colour of the walls used to be in a building they renovated and did not end up using it

He's lying on the red paint because it has more positive associations than negative ones. C'mon, this is basic color theory

This will never not be funny

Your mother is the only one who understands me