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when i was reading the book entangled life which is about fungi and the author merlin sheldrake said that once he got his first author copies he was going to dampen the pages and use them to grow oyster mushrooms and yeast and then use the yeast to brew beer and then drink the beer with the mushrooms to complete the cycle of fungal knowledge. i was like really and truly this guy gets it

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starting a collection. please add on

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Senpai says you’re welcome

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I bought this last night. This is a total game changer. Internet fame, here I come.

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With truly all the love and empathy in my heart: crying daily over the sexual assault allegations against Gaiman isn’t healthy. I’ve seen multiple people –especially fans of GO – saying this since they came out, and it’s really fucking concerning me.

I wonder if it has to do with the insidious ideas that 1) people are either Bad or Good, 2) Bad people can only do Bad things, and 3) liking Bad things or Bad people makes you Bad.

None of these things are true.

People are mixed up and incredibly complicated. Someone can be an incredible artist/friend/chef/ally against racism/drag queen and still be predatory/homophobic/antisemitic/never tips their wait staff. People do things that harm others in big and small ways all the time. You do too. I promise.

(Also the idea of anyone, even people who do genuinely insurmountable harm, becoming somehow less than human is an inherently fascist ideology)

The fact that you (yes, you!!) do harmful things doesn’t immediately make you Bad. There are certainly things that someone might do that causes more harm (say, assault) versus less, but that doesn’t somehow infect all the things they’ve done in the past with their Badness. Gaiman helped write Good Omens. There’s no way now to say “I was wrong and this book was Bad all along” or even “oh, all the parts I like were written by Pratchett, the Bad parts must have been Gaiman.” You didn’t miss an inherent evil by liking the book in the past. It doesn’t make you Bad for liking it now.

(It also doesn’t mean that people associated with Gaiman, like David Tennant, are also Tainted by inherent Badness. Gaiman isn’t, Tennant isn’t, you aren’t. Saying otherwise is also a slippery slope argument into dehumanization and fascist ideas)

By all means: if it feels right, stop giving Gaiman your money. Stop tagging him in your Azi/Crowley fanart. But do this as a way to disentangle yourself from parasocial relationships that are actively causing you grief and to vote with your wallet, not because unlinking yourself from Bad Art and Bad People will somehow absolve you and make you Good again. If you already have a copy of Good Omens or Sandman, whether you reread it is between you and your gods. Interacting with a text you find important doesn’t make you Bad or Good. It’s just reading. What you do with the stories is what matters (ironically, that’s the message of a lot of both Gaiman and Pratchett’s work).

Maybe take a peek at Good Omens and re familiarize yourself with its other core message: People are not Bad or Good. People do bad and good things.

Then maybe drink a cup of tea. You need to rehydrate.

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Fuck yeah I got love interest in a paranormal story I get to be creature. >:)

AFTER VOTING, click here to see what genre you've landed in.

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Oh my goodness just wanted to say two--uh, three--things: (1) tHANK YOU for the link to the Gravity Falls AU fic in hellmandraws's comments (AU where Stan and Ford both leave home), (2) your WHITE HAT PROFILE PIC. It's great, and (3) your official introduction post link in your profile turns up a "Not found" :(

Hi there! Firstly, sorry that I took so long to reply to this, I haven't been on this account in a while ^^' but also I'm so glad you liked the fic! I think I was in a discord server with the person who wrote it and I was super invested in it, I'm glad u liked it as much as I did! (now that you've reminded me of it I think I wanna go back and read it). Secondly thanks! I wish I could remember who edited it, the heroic au is my fav. and lastly thank you for letting me know! It's possible I might have deleted it cause I was going to update it but then forgot? I can't remember tbh but since you brought it up I think it's about time I made a new one anyways :) maybe I can breathe some new life into this account and post more original stuff. Anyways, I'm rambling ^^' Thanks so much for the ask! I rarely get them, and you seem like a wonderful person so you made my day :)

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saw someone share this on their ig stories and i am obsessed

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This Blog's Most Important Posts

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Fiction itself doesn’t affect people or give them Bad Ideas.

No amount of dark fiction would make someone with a solid moral core harm another person.

The guys who stormed Capitol Hill were dressed as Captain America.

Children & Fiction

We as a society already had this discussion with the violent video games nonsense.

Why should the writers be held responsible for the bad choices of anyone who picks up their book and ignores what’s actually in it in favor of the version of the book they made up in their head?

Fanfic writers are the product of the world they’re in, far more than they are the cause of what’s wrong with it.

Don’t fucking trivialise Nazis and their crimes against humanity by equating them to the fucking “dewit” wrinkle man or the guy who tried to eat a unicorn.

“Fiction affects reality!” It does… but also it doesn’t, and certainly not on a one-to-one level.

Reasons I have liked villains/antagonists before without agreeing with their actions.

"Women who like villains and ship them with heroines are messed in the head and will end up in toxic relationships" argument is nothing but misogynistic hot garbage.

What I mean when I say I like villains:

No, the characters one fans over do not “define” who they are as a person, nor “confirm” their political beliefs. 

The only thing that makes a villain irredeemable is if they choose to be… and redemption is a series of choices, not just a singular moment.

Anyone who says certain characters do or do not "deserve" redemption arcs: shut the fuck up like PLEASE.

They think that “redemption” is not “becoming a better person and fixing your mistakes”, but “being accepted by the good guys”.

I think it’s really important to talk about how different people have different power fantasies.

No one deserves a redemption arc!

Forgiving is not synonymous with redeeming.

I ship people because I think their story is interesting, not to get relationship advice.

Unhealthy relationship means just that, a relationship that is unhealthy.

Love Redeems isn’t “Lazy” storytelling.

Antis are worried that we "normalize" and "romanticize" abuse for harmless FICTIONAL ships.

Shipping doesn’t mean condoning.

Enemies to Lovers =/= Belligerent Sexual Tension

Enemies to Lovers is about:

Women and their tastes in fiction aren’t responsible for abusive men.

Here’s a take you all need to hear: People do not deserve to be mistreated over a fictional character, even if they…

“Censorship is like telling a man he can’t have steak because a baby can’t chew it.” 

Fandom is not activism.

90% of the problem with Twitter is treating fictional people like they're real and real people like they're fictional.

I’ve noticed that the younger crowd requires villains to adhere to a strict moral code. lol

And the girl moved on with her life.

Antis are the one hurting people.

Hey guys, guess what? According to Twitter, you're "promoting" a villain's actions if you're their fan!

Fandom Frollos

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I haven't read theae yet but I will definitely need these.

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

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👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾

Pass along and use the shit out of them

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Let’s talk about the fabulous aromantics out there

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Farewell online privacy

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sorry but i have one (1) more bttf post

marty mcfly is trans

very short

social outcast

wears layers upon layers, like it’s literally SUCH a transmasc outfit

his mom doesn’t approve of his girlfriend for no discernible reason other than that it seems she doesn’t want him to have a girlfriend at all

he hangs out almost exclusively with a disgraced scientist with no origin story for how they met………….. maybe doc brown gives him hormones?

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girls with adhd will be like "im making a list" yeah of course you are 🙄