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ALERT ALERT STOP THE PRESSES

THEY ADAPTED A POKEY THE PENGUIN STRIP TO ANIMATED CARTOON FORM

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Just one day I'd like to commute without this image manifesting in my head when some fuckass thinks they're the king of the highway

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those gamer guys from ds9

womb tattoo on forehead because mind pregnate with ideas

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like I don't have a quarrel with Van Dine's 20 Rules as a document about genre, but genre is one topic and setting is another, y'know? claiming that the America of the Philo Vance novels has no mafias and citing Van Dine's 13th is such a left-field viewpoint to me that I have a hard time wrapping my head around it

but I guess I've been weird about this topic in my own way ever since that Homestuck debate 12+ years ago where a common claim seemed to be "the clock said her dying in this situation was justice so it was justice" and I was just sitting here like "why are you letting a clock tell you right from wrong"

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they're using their lasers irresponsibly

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Oh no, you got isekaied into the last media you read/watch. You are now a background character dead center in the plot. Are you surviving.

Yes

No

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sending letters to congresscritters by FAX because most of them still have dedicated phone numbers to receive faxed documents & it's the communication method that causes the most inconvenience

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An interaction from VR Chat

English added by me :)

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The Parabolan “Invisibility” “Cloak”

It’s not actually a cloak. It makes you invisible, sure, but it also distorts the world around you so that anyone looking at you sees you wearing something anyways, and therefore the visibility is quite high. What it most certainly is, however, is my submission for @neathyfashioncoalition ‘s prompt! After all, what screams Parabolan Elegance more than the landscape itself?

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immediately off the top of my head and in no particular order

zimone from quandrix

alesha from wonders of mundus

aisha laborn from worm fanfic (haven't read the src material)

cassie animorphs

hm. these are all gals. there's gotta be a dude som— captain benjamin sisko

If you're reading this you need to tell me the name of your favorite black character NOW‼️

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so other than knights of cydonia and big enough is there a third rock video that used "spaghetti western movie" pastiche as an excuse to go over the top

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so in a discord chat I was complaining about my dissatisfaction with the available translations of "chō kōkō kyū" as failing to preserve the inherently chuuni "middleschool level" -> "highschool level" -> "evenhigherschool level" escalation of the Japanese source material, since "Super High School Level" ends up (due to English adjective priority rules) sounding like "Super HighSchoolLevel" instead, and "Ultimate" gives up on preserving the joke entirely

and @eternalfarnham came up with like. the perfect solution

"9999th Grade Level"

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Nine years ago, Tumblr user @the-alligator-queen-blog began an annual tradition called Self Insert Week: a weeklong challenge/jam/etc where participants are encouraged to make fanworks with themselves as the main character.

This year, this storied Tumblr festival will begin on Sunday, May 4th, and last through Saturday, May 10th.

Why participate? Well, in its founder’s own words, it’s “a fun reason to make ourselves into the awesome characters we daydream up while going about our normal lives”.

But it’s also, in my view, a strike back at the common tendency to see fanwork – and creative work more generally – as such Serious Business that it’s not allowed to be openly self-indulgent. People worry so much, these days, about whether their artistic endeavors are “good enough”, or are a credit to their Brand, or whatever. I think that’s sad. Maybe even a little unhealthy, if we do it all the time. What’s the harm, really, if not everything we write is Serious Literature? Who said it had to be? Why can’t we embrace the cringe every now and again, if that's what sparks joy?

So this event is an upside-down festival for creative works: an excuse – carte blanche and imprimatur – to indulge in all the silly fandom escapism you’d eschew in a more normal week. Go smooch your favorite Straw Hat Pirate in Photoshop. Tell us about your wild adventures exploring the Forbidden Lands. Go wild! There’s no sign-up to participate, no masterpost, nothing like that. Just write, draw, and post your stuff under #self insert week 2025 so that we can all cheer each other on. :)