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By the way, the reaction from the first chapter was remade for the "Episode Zero" mini light novel, released around the time of chapter 99.

"The Dangers in My Heart" visual mirroring in chapters 1, 43, and 75

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I missed this gem in a Twitter extra from 2019 (around the time chapter 30 was released) https://twitter.com/lovely_pig328/status/1156505432409509888

And this is from chapter 144

"The Dangers in My Heart" visual mirroring in chapters 1, 43, and 75

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in chapter 114, a whole 4-panel reaction was depicted, with a clear reference to Anya Forger from Spy×Family

"The Dangers in My Heart" visual mirroring in chapters 1, 43, and 75

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It's kinda fucked up that Tumblr is Ivan the Terrible in this parody of the painting Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, isn't it?

Do I have to do everything myself around here?

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What alternatives to the fandom ecosystem of Tumblr might there be? Are there any spaces where this kind of chaotic internet still exists? And how do we find or become a part of those spaces? Ik Tumblr doesn't really have any equivalents but it's the fandoms and niche communities I'm most scared of losing

the fediverse!

THE FEDIVERSE!

THE FEDIVERSE!

THE FEDIVERSE!

THE FEDIVERSE!

THE FEDIVERSE!!!

You have several tumblr-adjacent servers you can create your account at. And the best of all, all them talk to each other and you can follow people in every one of them, even in those different from the one you are in!

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In all seriousness Jv, how much is Tumblrcom worth now? IIs it too big for us users to band together to buy it? Or would the running of the website be too difficult.

No web experience here, just a Tumblrina wishing we could pull rescue here.

I've talked about this in the past... the problem is not how much would it take for Automattic to sell the site, the problem is the operating costs. Even if you get it for free, you need several millions per month just to pay the infrastructure of the site. Running tumblr for month, without even paying salaries, costs more than what AO3 makes in donations in an entire year. It's not "let's get the money together and buy it!" it's "let's get the money together... every single month, forever", which I don't think can't really work.

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P.P.S. Some screenshots didn't make the cut (tumblr's limit is 30), but you can see the full album on imgur: https://imgur.com/a/how-to-make-guy-fall-you-romance-anime-manual-bUXMmrD

In the future, I might add even more screenshots to the album. Please send me any other examples of manga or anime, where a Christmas gift is a scarf, a hat, gloves, or mittens.

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"The Dangers in My Heart" visual mirroring in chapters 1, 43, and 75

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something something taking on the mannerisms of your loved ones

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The 34th and 35th Rules of Acquisition: it’s easy to get them confused.

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Still bothered by the US cultural idea that men can only be non-romantically intimate with one another in war-like or competitive circumstances.

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dictionary: "Verb pronounce To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate."

me, after failing to remember the word: "say verbally"

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“Imagine what it would look like if ChatGPT were a lossless algorithm. If that were the case, it would always answer questions by providing a verbatim quote from a relevant Web page. We would probably regard the software as only a slight improvement over a conventional search engine, and be less impressed by it. The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read; it creates the illusion that ChatGPT understands the material. In human students, rote memorization isn’t an indicator of genuine learning, so ChatGPT’s inability to produce exact quotes from Web pages is precisely what makes us think that it has learned something. When we’re dealing with sequences of words, lossy compression looks smarter than lossless compression.”

— Ted Chiang’s essay about ChatGPT is required reading

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abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

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Death of the author: Treating the author’s stated interpretation of their own work as merely one opinion among many, rather than the authoritative Word of God.

Disappearance of the author: Treating the context and circumstances of the work’s authorship as entirely irrelevant with respect to its interpretation, as though the work had popped into existence fully formed just moments ago.

Taxidermy of the author: Working backwards from a particular interpretation of the work to draw conclusions about what the context and circumstances of its authorship must have been.

Undeath of the author: Holding the author personally responsible for every possible reading of their work, even ones they could not reasonably have anticipated at the time of its authorship.

Frankenstein’s Monster of the author: Drawing conclusions about authorial intent based on elements that are present only in subsequent adaptations by other authors.

Weekend at Bernie’s of the author: Insisting that the author would personally endorse your interpretation of the work if they happened to be present.