24 Fan of reading, some anime, and various styles of music(mostly folk).big fan of Discworld, fantasy in general, Sci fi.I enjoy just about anything relating to other worlds whether showcasing individual ones of an alternative historical nature (Leviathan Trillogy or the works of Harry Turtle Dove). Or possibly stories of interwoven or just distantly connected universes occupying a grander multiverse . I suppose I could call myself a fan of Charles Williams,big fan of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series. There's also Shakespeare, but that's read because of it's availability. Prefer watching it. Love Spice and Wolf, and Stein’s; Gate Enjoy Silly Wizard, Dubliners, New World Rennaissnce Band, Heather Dale, Loreena McKennitt and others. Also, l adore Shakespeare's fools (prefer Armin's over Kempe's), and anything relating to Fools or Jesters. “If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.” - Albert Einstein .
Duke of Digression. Prince of Naming. Master of Thought. Prince of Stripey Shirts and Scarves. Patron Saint of Interesting Thoughts without Paragraph Breaks. Scowler, Cottager, Chronographing Cottager, and Fellow of Tomfoolery.
I love Pacific Rim because they really said "you can defeat giant monsters with the power of queerplatonic relationships and unspeakable mecha violence".
JK Rowling has used her billionaire legal team to silence a Jewish woman for telling the truth about her contempt for trans victims of the Holocaust.
Scotland’s network of “freedom of speech” organisations, as per usual, have nothing to say about the use of wealth to gag critics of the wealthy.
However fast they race to condemn the LGBT+ community for saying the names of those who harm us. Statements at the ready to insist that transphobes no one wants to work with anymore must be given every possible opportunity to gain from their bigotry.
But it's not the billionaires who are being silenced, as our media breathlessly echo their every hateful proclamation.
It's journalists and activists forced to publicly humiliate themselves under the weight and the threat of billionaire legal teams or be driven into destitution.
We deserve better. Freedom of speech needs to mean something
I see a lot of posts on tumblr that imply borrowing a book from a library is less supportive of the author than buying it outright and I would like to offer a few unsolicited thoughts as to why that’s not true:
Every book in a public library has to earn its spot on the shelf. If no one checks it out, then it will be weeded from the collection to make way for a book that will circulate. So, if you check out a book, you’ve just given it a much a better chance at being there for someone else to discover!
A recently returned book is more likely to be propped up as a display in the tiny nooks around the library. Every shelver loves an empty display space because it means they can quickly get rid of several books. A book on display is more likely to catch someone’s eye and on and on!
You might not be able to tell this just by looking at the shelves, but when a book first comes out from an author, the library often buys several copies and based on how many people have reserved the title and how heavily it circulates, they might buy even more copies! Also, when purchasing a new title from an established author, many librarians will look at the circ stats of the author’s other books and will use that as a guide for how many copies to buy of the new book. In case you didn’t know, libraries buy a lot of books - we make up a huge portion of the book sales market.
Many people use the library as a way to discover new authors. It’s a risk-free investment and helps them experiment with a lot of different titles that they wouldn’t be able to if they had to buy all of them. And if they really love an author, they might become a life-long fan who will buy their books for years to come, all because of kismet at the library.
If you check out the book at the library, your librarian can make a better case for inviting the author to come to the library for an event for which they can get paid! This is especially true for lesser-known authors.
In conclusion, borrowing a book from the library is a wonderful thing to do. It helps make sure other people have access to that book in the future, creating an ever-wider audience for the author.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t buy books, I’m just saying, borrowing books from the library has just as many positive effects and you don’t ever have to feel bad that you’re somehow not supporting an author by borrowing their book instead of buying it. :)
i love whenever gloria comes up with a crazy plan and executes it and the entire time the crew is just behind her going absolutely feral. they hype each other up, make inside jokes, work almost flawlessly as a team, and shit on everyone else while doing it. it’s amazing, it’s found family, it’s exhilarating, it’s camaraderie. i love it.
I forgot that writing is very fun and that you're playing pretend. like all this shit and pressure about craftsmanship and art! NO!!!! you are a grown up playing with dolls! it is silly and you should have sooooo much fun pushing their heads together to make them smooch!!! or torturing them, which is what I did to my toys as a child, to the point where my mom thought I was going to grow up evil