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Seeing the diminishment and erasure of the legacy of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series occur in my actual lifetime is mind-boggling.
You've got people out here making youtube videos about the legacy of dragons and dragonriding in fantasy fiction without talking about the dragonriding Grand Master of SFF herself Anne McCaffrey.
This isn't some obscure thing where I'm trying to promote someone who is only kind of known because of forgotten representation. Anne McCaffrey was A HOUSEHOLD NAME when I was a kid when it comes to fantasy literature. She's the first woman to win a Hugo and to win a Nebula. In 2002 there was a TV pilot filmed for Dragonriders of Pern.
Eragon, Temeraire, Toothless, and the dragons of Fourth Wing exist because these people grew up on the blueprint set by the Pern novels. Talking about dragons and not mentioning Pern is like talking about Orcs and not mentioning Lord of the Rings.
Y'all need to read your fucking classics before you go talking like an authority on a topic. Jesus Christ.
Eragon, Temeraire, Toothless, and the dragons of Fourth Wing exist because these people grew up on the blueprint set by the Pern novels.
Not to mention A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Fucking Thrones. GRRM owes quite literally all of his dragon shit (and worldbuilding) to McCaffrey.
Spoilers for the Dragonriders of Pern series and the A Song of Ice and Fire series below (all credit to the author of this Reddit post)
Dragonriders of Pern (1968) | A Song of Ice and Fire (1996-)
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The main character Lessa is the last of her noble house | Daenarys is (soon to be) the last of her noble house
Lessa lost her family to a “Usurper” | Daenarys lost her family to a “Usurper”
The “Usurper” styles himself The Lord of Seven Holds | The “Usurper” styles himself the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms
The “Usurper” dies early in the first book | The “usurper” dies early in the first book
The Weyr is an ancient order of guardians that protects civilization from an apocalyptic threat | The Night’s Watch is an ancient order of guardians that protects civilization from an apocalyptic threat
The apocalyptic threat (Thread) has not been seen in centuries and many people no longer believe in it | The apocalyptic threat (White Walkers) has not been seen in centuries and many people no longer believe in it
A “Red Star” in the sky is a portent of the apocalypse | A “Red Star” in the sky is a portent of the apocalypse
The pernese believe that grass covering the countryside threatens the apocalypse | The Dothraki believe that “ghost grass” covering the Dothraki sea is a sign of the apocalypse
Ancient Pern was more advanced (they were spacefaring colonists from another world) but have since regressed to a medieval society. | Ancient Westeros was more advanced. Whether you believe that ancient Westeros was more advanced technologically or magically, either way, it has regressed to not having what it had before. The Wildlings can’t read, but their First Men ancestors had reading and built castles which requires mathematics and architecture. The magic/tech to build The Wall or Storm’s End is long lost to even their inhabitants.
Pern has lost much of the knowledge that is needed to fight the apocalyptic threat, as knowledge passed into myth and then disappeared | Westeros has lost much of the knowledge that is needed to fight the apocalyptic threat, as knowledge passed into myth and then disappeared
The Weyr has fallen into disrepute as the lords no longer take them seriously and no longer pay their tithes | The Night’s Watch has fallen into disrepute as the lords no longer take them seriously and no longer pay their tithes
They Weyr fortresses are at the edge of civilization | The Night’s Watch castles and the Five Forts of Essos lie at the edge of civilization
Many of the Weyr fortresses lie abandoned | Many of the Night’s Watch castles lie abandoned
Five of the Weyr fortresses are abandoned. These fortresses are large enough to hold thousands of men and their dragons | There are five abandoned fortresses in Essos. These fortresses are large enough to house hundreds of thousands of men
Dragons were genetically engineered in ancient times from drakes | Dragons were created in ancient times by “bloodmages” of Valyria by crossing drakes and fire wyrms
Dragons form a telepathic bond with a single rider | Dragons form a mental bond with a single rider
There is a time travel element | There are time travel elements (so far only confirmed in the show).
Time travel is essentially “closed loop”. It doesn’t change events that characters remember; it only explains events they do remember. For example, Lessa remembers that the watchdogs didn’t alert her family to the usurper’s assassins, then she travels back in time to that night and her presence distracts the watchdogs from alerting her family to the assassin’s presence. Lessa travels back in time to bring the Weyr-men from five “empty” forts to the present, thus explaining why they have been empty for centuries. | Time travel is essentially “closed loop”. It doesn’t change events that characters remember, it only explains events they do remember (again, show only). For example, Bran travels back in time and warps Hodor’s mind, thus explaining why he says “Hodor” all the time.
Lessa has a special ability to conceal her appearance by telepathically clouding the minds of observers and making them see something else | Melisandre and the Faceless Men work Glamers to conceal their appearance in the minds of observers.
The mental disguising ability involves wearing the clothes of what you want a person to see; Lessa dresses as an old woman and people see an old woman | Glamering is a mental disguising ability that involves wearing an article of clothing from what you want observers to see (Rattleshirt’s shirt for example)
The southern continent is abandoned and uninhabitable because of a biological spore | Sothoryos is abandoned and uninhabitable because of diseases
Seeing people I know and like using AI is making me understand the protagonists of those old time sci fi dystopia's.
"Oh I don't normally use AI, I just wanted it to plan my trip"
You lived on this planet for decades, you know what you like, there are hundreds of websites where you can type into any search engine " things to do in [area]" and have at least a hundred different options.
"Oh I only use it so I can figure out what to make during the week with what I have"
The most popular website as you type in "recipes" into google have sections where you click dinner- quick and easy and those usually rely on staples + 1 or 2 items. I found 30 recipes on chicken alone.
"I had a writing idea, so I typed a few sentences into Chat GPT and I was able to write 20 pages with it."
I don't think it's unreasonable for our public officials to be expected to prove they're alive and not in a coma to be able to retain their office.
If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.
If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.
Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.
And there should be, you know, consequences for the people who would do such a thing.
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This 2006 house in Duluth, MN is called an "Artisan Estate" b/c it's a skillfully handcrafted modern version of a Craftsman style home. 3bds. 2ba. 1,956sqft, $1.2m.
Look at the painting on the fireplace chimney, and it's a tree that goes all the way up to the ceiling.
The living room is pretty. The woodwork is very beautifully done and notice that for authenticity they used radiators. They must've bought them at an architectural salvage yard.
They look like they came from a Victorian home.
This is a nice touch. I've never seen anything like this in an original Craftsman. You never see a 2nd fl. mezzanine, let alone a curved balcony.
The dining area is in the rounded tower at the back of the house.
Beautiful cabinetry and counters.
Look at the built-in benches.
Large primary bedroom.
The bath is in the tower. This is pretty.
Looks like a child's room. Very nice.
Also on the property there's this adorable little studio that looks like a lighthouse.
It's more like a rental or guest cottage, and has a kitchenette.
And, it has a little sleep loft. The trap door in the ceiling must go up into the top of the "lighthouse."
It turns out the great egg price increase that helped topple Joe Biden's regime was (checks notes) due to an alleged conspiracy among egg producers to artificially increase prices and the coverage of that fact is a blink-and-you-miss-it story on the NYT website
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You guys need to recognize that the push to treat ace and aro discourse as stupid infighting that never left tumblr is indeed a manifestation of the continued erasure and devaluing of asexuality, aromanticism, and and ace and aro lives in an effort to pretend that the people who did it weren't part of a reactionary hate movement that completely decimated two entire marginalized communities both on and offline.
Like I try to be nice about this but I have seen SO many fucking people being like "lol yeah ace/aro discourse was one thing" and that is deliberate erasure of real and important queer history in service of dodging blame on the parties that did this who, for the most part, never fucking apologized or owned up to it, or, in the case of a few blogs I still see going around, clearly still stand by all of it and just hope you don't point that out, and ofc, no one ever fucking does.
Stop downplaying the absolute fucking devastation the queer community did to ace and aro people and our communities. If owning it makes you uncomfortable, good, go make it right, and start by not fucking lying about what happened, thanks.
I do want to say if you got caught up in this I don't hate you, especially if you learned and changed, because like most reactionary hate movements ace/aro discourse was always presented as righteous and fun, and also it was EVERYWHERE and the people stirring shit were very well articulated. A lot of us were teenagers joining queer spaces for the first time ever and we wanted to belong and sometimes that means hating who the people who already belong tell you to hate. I get why people fell for it, I came close a few times myself when I was at my lowest and most desperate to feel like I belonged again. I get it.
I can't offer forgiveness or absolution to everyone, but you don't need me to forgive you to forgive yourself and move on, and I do think most of the people who got caught up in it have more than earned moving on.
However, what I want is for everyone to stop downplaying it. Don't call it stupid infighting, don't go "ace stuff was one thing but this with trans men is too far" don't claim it didn't leave tumblr or the internet, own how bad it was. If you were there you know, and your history is valuable, so even when it sucks please be honest about what happened. This part of queer history should not be forgotten, and especially not for the people who never really changed and have an interest in making sure everyone thinks this was just some silly infighting.
That's what I ask, do right by us, don't let us be erased again.
Especially because when you forget, when you downplay it, you downplay what's happened with truscum shit, with biphobia, and now with trans masc exclusion. You downplay it and you disguise that it's the same people saying the same things about a new group. I found out about the rise in trans man/masc exclusion because I saw someone saying that trans men are collateral damage secondary to the real targets of transphobia, trans women, and I immediately knew the person saying it was a shithead I should NEVER trust because that is exactly what they said about bi and ace and aro people. Word for word.
You do those who were hurt a disservice when you downplay what happened, but you also make our spaces less safe because if we pretend what happened didn't we can't stop it when it starts again.
Reblogging again after seeing YET ANOTHER person say ace/aro discourse wasn't mainstream and didn't leave the internet. People got kicked out of irl queer spaces behind this, stop fucking lying about what happened. At this point more someone pushes the "ace/aro discourse was bad but not mainstream/offline/as bad as what's happening now with [xyz group]" the more I think you have a vested interest in making it out to be not a big deal and that doesn't say anything good about you.
Like y'all claim to be against oppression olympics, but you're still engaging with it every single time you say anything even remotely like "ace/aro discourse was really bad but nothing as serious as what's happening now" and I'm sick of pretending it's not oppression olympics and also not a manifestation of the continued violence against ace and aro people. If the only way you're going to talk about what happened is through downplaying our suffering and/or spreading misinformation about it, do me and every other aro and ace person a favor and stop fucking talking about us.
this is super duper cute, it’s about 2 gyaru highschool girls who start dating just cuz. it’s filled with a bunch of cutesy moment between them and their friends n family <3
Osananajimi BIGLOVE // Childhood Friend Big Love
once again super duper cute, it’s about a serious girl and a gal who were childhood friends. simply put it’s about a girl who thinks her gf is the cutest in the world!
Inkya Gyaru demo Ikigaritai! // Even the Introverted Gals Wanna Get Out There!
two introverted gals are going out! they’re both a little weird and aren’t to good at communicating but they’re doing they’re best to “get out there!” once again they’re super cutesy!!!
Gal Oshi JK wa Gal ni Naritai // Gal-Loving JK Wants to Be a Gal
high school gyarus again!! it’s a cool gyaru x secret otaku gyaru in this one. it’s a super adorbs story abt a girl who loves gyarus and how she falls in love with her classmate!
Shiro Gal to Kuro Gal no “Yuuwaku“ // Temptation of Shiro Gal & Kuro Gal
a spin on the typical otaku x gyaru trope. two gyaru are always flirting with mr otaku but secretly one of the gals has feeling for the other. it’s a comedy yuri and is super sweet!!
BoiGyaru // Boyish Girl x Gyaru
A cute a simple story about a princely girl and her romantic life with her gyaru girlfriend! the two of them are super cutesy!!
Yabai Idol no Manager ni Nacchatta Hanashi // Managing a Wild Idol
little less gyaru than the others but i’d say the fl’s idol persona deffo leans into gyaru territory. it’s abt an idol who’s secretly an antisocial “loser” and her manager who’s the only person to know about her behavior. i love the 2s dynamic and the scenes where they’re taking a smoke break always make me giggle!
Ano Ko to Futari de. // Just the Two of Us.
this is about a 2 gyaru(?) who share the same last name! besides that the two are totally different. it’s follows their daily life and how the two become closer despite their differences!!
that’s all for now, i’ll add more later!! baiiii <3
Foreigners will never understand how someone like Rawhide Kobayashi would immediately become a beloved local fixture in whatever small American town he ended up in.
every single time someone pulls the "How would you AMERICANS like it if someone came to AMERICA and" reversal, the answer is always "we'd fucking love it"
I just Googled the Swedish-Japanese guy in the OP, and according to this interview, his Japanese name was given to him by the master gardener he was apprenticed under:
“The family name ‘Murasame’ was given to me by my master. The given name ‘Tatsumasa’ is a combination of ‘dragon’ (tatsu), the [zodiac] year when I was born, and one character from my master’s name,” says Murasame."
So I think maybe it's less like naming yourself 'Brandon McFreedom' and more like moving to the states to work under a veteran car mechanic named Bud McLean, and then having him turn to you after a few years on the job, and say "Son, it's time for you to become an American so you can open up your shop. And when that day comes, I think the world should know you by a new name: McLeo GM Corvette."
Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.
Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).
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