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Goober Grove - Heat Wave The goobers band together to beat the heat.

(This is technically for #makeaterriblecomicday2025, but I ended up putting way too much effort into it... oh well!)

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Goober Grove - Duck Rosco encounters a foul waterfowl.

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hatsune miku

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the awesome thing about being trans is that you get to misgender yourself when it's funny

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it might be interesting to make a poll asking which browser people prefer

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scenario 6: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel.

after its publication, author A signs away all rights to the novel and its characters to the publishing house. 10 years later, author A tweets "the masked woman is named Lauren Ipsum: I have known this since I first wrote Book 1". a few days after this tweet, the publishing house makes an official press release statement saying "the masked woman is NOT named Lauren Ipsum: her official name is Dolores Sitamet"

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scenario 5: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel, nor in any other publisher-provided material.

10 years later, someone on twitter asks author A what the name of the masked character is, & author A replies "i always considered Lauren Ipsum to be her real name"

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scenario 4: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel.

Book 1's fandom begins to refer to the character unofficially as "Lauren Ipsum": this becomes the most popular name used in unofficial discussions, including on wikis, fanart, cosplays, etc. during a public discussion panel the author repeatedly refers to the character as "Lauren Ipsum". the book & its sequels, merch, advertising, guides, & other official material never use that name (or any other) for that character

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scenario 3: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel.

author A retires, & the novel's publisher hires a separate author (author B) to write an official sequel ("Book 2") without input from author A. Book 2 reveals the masked woman's name as "Lauren Ipsum".

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scenario 2: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel.

the novel's publisher commissions two other authors (B & C) to each write one guidebook to the setting & Lore, including character lists. author B's guidebook lists the masked character as "Lauren Ipsum", while author C's lists the masked character as "Unknown". we dont know whether there was much (or any) oversight or input from author A and/or the publisher to either or both of these guidebooks

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scenario 1: author A writes a novel ("Book 1") which depicts a memorable secondary character described as a masked anonymous woman who is never referred to by a name (or any proper noun period) in the span of the novel.

the novel's publisher commissions a web developer to make and release a promotional website with bios for notable characters: one bio unambiguously refers to the masked woman as "Lauren Ipsum". author A is notoriously reclusive & under an NDA, so we have no way of knowing whether they provided the name "Lauren Ipsum"

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WAIT IS THIS WHY IVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BEEF STROGANOFF?

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Like, beyond the fact that suggesting all homophobic men are secretly gay and in denial is still treating calling a dude gay as a way to "own" him, it's constructing a scenario in which gay people are the principal enactors of homophobic violence. Think carefully about who benefits from this framing.

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psychic plural Russian girl asking permission to mind meld: can you give me headmate

her Australian roommate, immediately tying up her hair: I thought you would never ask

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free palestine