#mostly satisfaction

[kjlikesfemmetops]

ITS DONE

[menlove]

one main problem abt the view of the beatles in pop culture is they are viewed as a Rock Band and while this is certainly true to an extent they really just fucked around genre wise & so there's this cultural memory of them as a kind of tame rock band in comparison to other rock bands of the 60s/70s but they are missing the vital piece that they were also doing 1 million other genres

[4lph4kidz]

i keep second guessing all my takes and ideas being all boo hoo i'm going to get a bad grade in jakeology. as if i don't have peers and more importantly as if there aren't already thousands of people out there who have done it so, so much worse than i ever could

[porcelain-rob0t]

i haven't explained my funger au very well outside of just posting the fic and out of context drawings but it takes place over 2 years after escaping the dungeon and it involves an ego death and forced self-care. thats why Enki is seemingly kinder and idk more normal looking?? he had a parasitic infection that nearly killed him (pregnancy parallels in the au story) in the dungeon and faced his god self, that would cause a complete ego death and total break of ones sense of self in anyone but it hit him especially hard. so Ragnvaldr took care of him, made him gradually accustomed to eating more than one meal a day, going outside at least once a week, and maintaining a healthier life style. he isnt actively dying of malnutrition so yeah he's been a bit more tempered. like taking a mostly feral stray cat and showing it love and it settles down. yeah its going to be mean and try to fight you but it just needs some patience. comfort is uncomfortable.

im not trying to "fanonize" the characters, im trying to tell a story about change

(also taking skinny miserable characters and making them fatter and happier is incredibly fun. you see an emaciated character and you yerk it to their visible bones. i see an emaciated character and i see a great opportunity. im putting them in eating disorder recovery.)

[fire-on-fuel]

current events on fandom blog moment but I think one of the more relevant takeaways you can get from repcomm and the fact that a bunch of spec ops personnel shifted pretty seamlessly into papa kal's independent crime syndicate is that governments, but especially currently crumbling empires (cause let's face it the republic is well. not good at being that), rely on the classified parts of their armies to essentially act as a mafia to carry out their dirty work. I think this is doubly true during the imperial era of star wars but the republic to me will always represent the 'nobility for pr' facade of liberal democracy

[airenyah]

I get you about the hetero vibes of JD. Like there are CPs who act like they have been married for years and I am inclined to believe that and there are CPs who are just happy their job is to flirt with their homies and they lean into it. The latter is JD to me. Like no matter how much they would flirt, I won't believe they are actually together. I can belive they are best friends, even soulmates but not a couple

yep, exactly! i mean, JD also act like they've been married for years in a way, but as i mentioned in my other reply, it just feels like more of an inside joke and feels much more platonic than romantic

and they most definitely have fun flirting with each other. i think it's as entertaining for them as it is for us. especially for joong. i think it's a well known fact that no matter how insane you think you are about JD, you can be sure that joong is more insane about JD than you are. and i fully support him in that <3

[mr-aftons-rotting-pussy]

like obv im not a fan of Strictly Businessman William that the fandom loves for some fucking reason *coughs in a particular direction* but its like you could still do smth fun with this generao concept i feel and yet yall still dont.............. hear me out✋️ heres how the afton!businessheads and the afton!theaterboyheads can still win ,,,,

[itspileofgoodthings]

No but seriously, first year teaching P&P was a wash (it was online during covid so doesn’t count but still for the purpose of the experience), second year there was the barest flicker of life during the Pemberley scene and that was it, most kids didn’t read, third year I was teaching my first year 8th graders and they got excited around the Hunsford proposal scene (but not really before), my fourth year was kind of a back-slide they didn’t really care until Pemberley, 5th year they started waking up during Collins’ proposal, and this year the life has begun as early as Netherfield / Collins intro!

[themalhambird]

I. I think I'm writing fic to provide a Watsonion Reason for Mirdania's name not fitting into traditional elvish naming conventions....?

[storytellering]

Hello (:

I just read your comment on some recent shipping war post and wanted to thank you for putting it into words so well. I've scratched the surface of that fandom recently but I don't think I will delve any deeper for this exact reason. Maybe I'm too old for this, but trying to hurt real people over fictional characters just seems unnecessary. I don't think there is any need to try to justify what I like (or anyone else likes) to anyone.

Well, coming here to shake your hand and say thank you, I saw your amazing art and spent a long time just scrolling. Wow! I am absolutely in love! Keep up the wonderful work. <3

Aah, thank you so much, and I'm glad my words resonated with you, anon!! I absolutely get the hesitation at getting actively involved in fandom communities nowadays given the wider sentiments, largely of younger kids that seem to be shaping up the current landscape. It shouldn't be that way, fandom should be just a place to have fun with like minded people, but unfortunately vitriol is very easy to find in today's internet. That said, don't let that keep you from lurking! Just block any asshole that sours the mood and keep doing you, and enjoying whatever it is you like.

[daisywords]

Books I read in the first half of 2025

This is more or less in order. Next up is—you guessed it—Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archive book 4)!

Feel free to ask me my thoughts on any of these books; I love talking about what I read!

List under the cut

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Pies and Prejudice by Heather Vogel Frederick

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Comfort Me with Apples by Cathrynne M. Valente

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

[microwavetoaster-selfships]

Okay, I have 'returned' from my minor Tumblr absence. I say 'returned' because I never truly properly left, as you might've noticed from the few things that I reblogged onto my main and whatnot. Part of it was just a break, but the other major part of it was... I went to a concert!!! Of one of my favorite bands that means so, so much to me.

Big tangent below that isn't very selfshippy related.

Now, I don't know how much I mention NSP on here, perhap's I have once or twice when talking about songs that I've added to my F/Os playlists, but I don't think I ever really went on anything too lengthy. And I know I've mentioned Game Grumps a few times on here as well- definitely not as much as Jerma- but One of the co-hosts of Game Grumps is the lead singer in NSP, and both NSP and Game Grumps mean a lottt to me, even if I don't mention them often. They've gotten me through a lot for a very long amount of years, ever since I was around 11~ish. Made me laugh, helped me sleep, relax, entertained me, and have said a lot of motivational and heartwarming things that have helped kept me going. Getting tickets to go see the band was nearly entirely on impulse, which is something that I don't really ever do, but this was beyond worth it. It... it felt like it reset my brain, almost. If that makes any sense. Like my brain was a computer that had been running on sleep mode ever since it first booted up and finally got restarted for the first time ever. I'm upset that I can't have the entire thing burned into my memory second by second cause it was incredible. The lights and noises were overwhelming at first and I had moments questioning if I should regrettably step away but I managed to cool myself down. It was magical, there was some crying, there still IS some crying, and probably always will be, and they did some really cool "Hey, however you identify or who you love is completely okay with us." TWRP was also there, which is a slightly longer story, but they were also brilliant. I used up a lot of my energy and tears during their songs that I didn't have any left for the songs that I actually anticipated crying over! I could go on for ages about it, but I wouldn't have chosen anything else. I actually think I needed this. It feels like I can think like...better. More clearly. I feel more relaxed about my future and spending money and just...UGH. There are the watery eyes. Maybe because I anticipated crying during some of the NSP songs it didn't hit me, but the TWRP stuff really came at me from out of left field and the little intermission dialog and..man. maaann. It was really funny as well and. I wish I could remember it forever I really really do. I never thought I would ever get to see any artists that I enjoyed live, honestly. Most of them don't tour anymore or are all UK based, and I didn't know if or when NSP would tour again, nonetheless if they would be anywhere close to me. I HAD to. And I'm glad I did.

I know this perhaps sounds like every other description expereince of someone going to a concert but.It just felt so good. To be in a room where I practically felt like I could just.. be myself. I will say the worst thing to come from all of this is just potentially slowly forgetting details and that now I will get FOMO over any and all future concerts that they ever have. Concerts aren't really my thing but that.. was magic. And inspiration and awe and. I still can't get over TWRP's songs and the little intermissions about the lead singer hyping us up over our humanly hidden potentials.

It's almost hard to listen to any of their songs now after listening to them live! My phone camera desperately needs to be cleaned so the few pictures that I got during the moment we were allowed to have phones out are really fuzzy. I got a really good spot standing at the top of some small staircases so I could see over everyone(and it was also a good spot to sit/lean against the railings). It was worth it. it was worth it all. It was worth the sleepiness and hunger and thirst and frustrations. In fact it exceeded that.

I also got to stop by an IHOP and BurgerKing and ironically I love both of those places and yet neither of them are within like an hour drive of me.

[bicycles-bees-bisexuals]

My ducklings will be available Thursday, yippee

Then it is time to plant my corn, I love this time of year

[big-urchin-energy]

burnt my finger on wednesday evening. it is now saturday afternoon and the blister remains intact 🎉🥳 miracles are possible 🙏🙏🙏

[vanyafresita]

i should be given 10 million euros for doing a master's while having a job btw

[citylighten]

i lowkey have trauma from playing sal and eve's family 'cause they were my first sims family i created, so before i had a good method to organize my cc, whenever i did my folder 99% of their house would go missing and they'd be naked, skinless and bald. after that happening to me twice i had to take a break from them 😭