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Neil Gaiman is about to get soooo many asks in his box re: WHY WHYYYY NEIL WHY DID YOU DOOOO THAT TO THE BOYSSS

and he will tell people over and over again he did not create this show, show run this show, write this show. And like look he WOULD but in this case he DIDNT

He didn’t create Crystal, Cat King, Jenny, Niko, Esther …. He didn’t originate Queer Edwin in comics.

He didn’t hurt you.

Go to Steve Yockey.

…. But also don’t. We know Steve will make them happy with more story to tell give him time

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sending so much love to everyone who feels like they’re never chosen as the best friend, as the partner, as the favorite. sending love to all of you who have been treated and felt like second best. sending love to all of you who have felt rejected and unwanted. to all of you who have had to try really hard to fit in because you felt like you never will. 

you are so loved. you will be seen and heard by the right people. you can trust that you are valuable and not defined by other people’s perceptions of you. if someone doesn’t see your worth, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.

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Let me rephrase, what gave you the idea to call it “good omens”?

We had to call it something. Terry suggested "The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" and I suggested "Good Omens" so we compromised and called it both.

I wanted something about prophecies, and something to let people know we were parodying The Omen.

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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash) "following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you "random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you "For You" - you found this on the For You page "recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post "other" - you found this post some other way. comment how? "reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post "reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post

with that out of the way:

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More stories from hell (retail) today I was ringing up this lady and she goes oh I want to do part of this on a gift card and the rest on normal card and I go ok and then she hands me a folded piece of paper. I think oh OK it must be folded around the gift card, right? Wrong. It is a folded sheet of 8×11 printer paper with "$40" written on the inside in ballpoint pen. I go what is this. She says a gift card. I say this is not a gift card. She says yes it is. I say this is a piece of paper with "$40" written on it. She says "well it's a gift card." I say it absolutely is not. I am grinding my teeth. She says well I want to use it. I say you physically cannot do that bc it is a piece of paper. I cannot scan or swipe it. I apologize, as if this is my fault, and not because she is completely insane. I hate it here

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Are you ready to read fic this summer? We sure are! Stay tuned - the challenge will begin this year on June 20th.

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THE BATMAN: Matt Reeves Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farell, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano jst when you think the mythology has been reinvented & reintepreted to the best it can be, this awesome version upends expectations & blows the mythology into another stratosphere... astonishing. horribly, brutally, disturbingly brilliant.

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You’re on a 3-4 lane freeway going faster than the speed limit by a modest amount.

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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the man the myth the legend

(he was gonna straight up shoot a guy)

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When you accidentally remove the load-bearing pierogi and the entire contents of the freezer come spilling out

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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

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grabbing frames for gifs and GOD he’s actually so so handsome

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the table read in April for The Force Awakens, Ben’s gathered the family around to have their own read!

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I. Herbert Arnould Olivier

British, 1861-1952

II.  Edmond Louis Dupain 

French, 1847-1933

III.  Rene Gerin

French, 1862-1895