#IN HOO WE TRUST

[adrasteaeydiate]

So driven by my obsession with the new Gloryhammer album, I decided to buy a silver necklace and silver letters to form HOOTS. But since something always has to fuck up, after aggressively threading HOO on the chain, at some point I accidentally destroyed the letter T. Of course there is still the letter S, but I think I'll stop at HOO so

IN HOO WE TRUST 🤘

[witchhazelevesque]

married valzhang where it’s like. Frank is annoyed bc Leo never sleeps for like health reasons but also he just?? wants to cuddle?? so he’ll get up and walk around the house with his eyes shifted to do that reflective thing predators’ eyes do trying to catch Leo off guard but Leo is just like. Closes the fridge with a lil 2am snack to find a dark, looming shape with glowing eyes in the door way and goes ‘oh hey babe what are you doing up?’

[grandpakronos]

tbh is alison even real???

idk like the vibe of alison feels like bait made by some news company to get us talking...and where are they even getting this all from? rick posted the casting call last season on his website and there's nothing like that now.

but even if it is real...let's all calm down and take a second. the books and show are separate, made differently and will have different interpretations. if you don't like the show, stop watching and go read the books again. i'm willing to take a chance :)

[shattered-glasswork]

[justaz]

stuttering and blushing mess percy nervously asking annabeth to come to his mom and paul’s wedding while wiping his sweaty palms on his pants repeatedly and annabeth pausing for a couple seconds to freak out internally (is this a date? it’s not a date. just going to his moms wedding. a wedding. it’s a date. no, not a date. should i ask? no way. is it a date?) before agreeing nonchalantly and asking about the dress code and time and place etc. percy suppressing the biggest smile and telling her everything she needs to know before hurrying off to his cabin to freak out. annabeth definitely didn’t squeal before rushing to silena for help with literally everything.

[kazucee]

Jump then fall by Taylor swift is so Solangelo coded stfu rn TTT.

Well, I like the way your hair falls in your face You got the keys to me I love each freckle on your face, oh

—Nico Di Angelo to Will Solace

Cause every time you smile, I smile And every time you shine, I'll shine for you

—literally just Solangelo

Whoa, oh, I'm feeling you, baby Don't be afraid to jump then fall (into Tartarus with me)

—Anyways TSATS reference 🤪.

[jankwritten]

Jasico Bingo Challenge: Jason Remembers Nico

Sunlight streaks in through the half-open arena roof, bathing their section in warm, mid-afternoon gold. Jason, who has decided to spend their short mid-class break sprawled out in the dirt, basks in the warmth of it. 

He’s hot from training, sure, and maybe everyone else is smarter for seeking shelter in the shade of the spectator stands, but something about the afternoon sun is like wrapping up in a blanket. A cozy, tingly kind of warmth. 

Maybe, in another life, Jason was a child of Apollo. Wouldn’t that be something? Jason Grace: still a child of the sky, but without all the pressure. It sounds pretty nice, he won’t lie. 

As the class murmurs in the background, Jason lets himself relax. Really, truly relax, starting with his shoulders, down his arms, his wrists, his knuckles. He loosens his back on a deep exhale, and down his legs, until he feels as boneless and one-with-the-earth as he possibly can. 

A cool shade passes over him. It settles across his face, as if something has come by and blocked out the sun. 

He peeks. 

“You’ll get a sunburn,” Nico says, hunched over with his elbows on his knees, face in his hands. 

“And you won’t?” Jason closes his eyes again. Honestly, having Nico’s chilly aura nearby is kind of awesome when the sun’s this perfect. Yin and yang, right? Balance. 

Plus, y’know, doesn’t hurt a guy’s pride to have the well documented people-avoider seeking him out. Even if it’s to save him from himself. Score one: Jason. 

“My hair will spare my neck, I’m sure.” 

Jason smiles. “I like your hair long, you know. I wish I could grow my hair out like that.” 

Nico makes a scoffing sound, like he can’t decide if he wants to be amused or offended. Jason peeks again. 

“Perfect Praetor Grace wants to look like an unwashed rat?” 

“That’s not what I said. I said I wanted to grow my hair long, like yours.” 

He watches Nico rolls his eyes and shake his head, but he doesn’t push the point. 

Score two: Jason. 

A breeze rolls in off the strawberry hills, bringing the scent of grass and summer in to mix with the kicked up dirt and metal of the arena. Jason lulls into it. 

Gods, this is peaceful. It probably shouldn’t be, in the middle of teaching a class on self-defense. Jason’s always been a creature of habit, though, and battle was always an ironically safe space for him. Let out his aggression in a semi-healthy way, or something. 

Back at Camp Jupiter, they would have him fight in the coliseum every so often, a demonstration of his power, his capability to lead. They called him ruthless. He only ever lost one fight, which earned the victor a massive wave of support when it came time to elect praetors. 

It’s a strange memory, but one he smiles at nonetheless. Reyna was nothing short of vicious when they went toe-to-toe; she was the only person who ever fought the way Jason felt like he needed to, like it was sink or swim. Victory or death. 

There was one match, after Reyna, after people realized that Jason could be beaten, where he accidentally let too much of that side show. When he threw down his sword and took his opponent to the ground to fight like the wolves did, in the grass with teeth and claws and the rest of the pack swarming around them, snarling their approval. 

One face stood out in that crowd, afterward, of people stepping around him, giving him a wide berth while he scrubbed the blood off his mouth. It was a boy, wearing a too-loose purple shirt and a look on his face like he knew exactly what he’d seen. A boy with hair that turned brown in the light and eyes like nothing Jason had ever seen - not quite haunted, but certainly too old for the face they sat within. When the light hit them, it almost seemed to disappear. 

Jason never spoke to the boy. 

He opens his eyes again. Nico blinks down at him, his head tilted, eyebrows creased and mouth frowning. 

Jason grins back. Nico’s eyebrow twitches. 

“What.” 

“Nothing,” Jason says. A lifetime ago, Jason singled out one boy in a crowd, and despite having forgotten, lost everything, built himself anew—here that boy sits. Shielding him from the sun. Still, somehow, knowing Jason better than he’s ever known himself. “I’m just glad we’re friends.” 

“Ugh, gods,” Nico’s face goes pink, and his hands move, covering over his mouth and nose. “You’re worse than Will.” 

“I’m doing my job well, then.” 

Nico shakes his head, his hair drifting over his shoulders in the process, hanging in the air between them. Jason wants to reach up and touch it, fiddle with the strands like Leo does with Piper’s hair when they’re hanging out in the bunker. 

“I should let you burn,” Nico says. He doesn’t move. 

The victor in the colosseum would have shored up his walls at that. Closed himself off from the boy with underworld eyes. Heard nothing but the implication that Jason needs someone else to keep him safe, to keep him from getting himself hurt. 

Maybe that’s why Nico never spoke to him, back at Camp Jupiter. Maybe that’s why Jason never got up the nerve to approach him. Too scared to let himself trust. 

“I put my life in your hands,” Jason teases, crossing his arms behind his head. 

The sun is warm on his skin. The chuff of Nico’s disbelieving, snorting laugh is warmer. 

[caramelmacchiato07]

how freaking hot is this

[vampirecatboy]

got the ok from the dm to play Adrian as a dhampir \o/

she also gave me inspiration for which skills he's going to get expertise in :3c

[asbestieos]

my fav gag me and geef have come up w so far while playing p3p is saying "____ my lover!" whenever a link shows up asking to hang out .. just something really funny about going "(gasp) hidetoshi, my lover!" every time his bum face shows up

[anarkhebringer]

I DID IT I got my mother to say with her whole chest what her fucking deal is. She FINALLY admitted she's a Puritan after she said "yes! thank you!" to me bringing up her usual "hate the sin love the sinner" bigotry she throws at me every time I dare to acknowledge my queerness. It's been making me SO mad every time she fights with me because I've NEVER had a word to describe what her fucking sickness in the head is. Now that I know she's a Puritan I'm gonna be hard to move with her bullshit and get so angry I cry anymore I think.

[fuckmeyer]

just chiming in on the midnight sun thing, i found the quote, pg 214 of the draft: "‘I don’t know the humans there, but I can’t let someone else take Bella’s place as his victim. Those other women—someone might feel about them the way I feel about Bella. Might suffer what I would have suffered if she’d been harmed. It’s not right—’ His [Carlisle’s] wide, unexpected smile stopped the rush of my words cold.”

which yeah i see why she changed that. yeesh. (also how did i not realize how LONG the draft was before this?!)

aha, thank you sweet anon! good lord, page 214 of the draft? you're right, i don't remember the leak being that long, my god

that quote reminds me of those posts you'd see during the #MeToo movement that went along the lines of, "Boys, we need to support women not being raped. she could be your daughter! your mother! your grandmother! your aunt!" ugh. performative bullshit. never trust someone who can only empathize with others by contextualizing that person's role in their own lives

[piplupod]

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[doodlemancy]

Hey, so, Patreon is lying to you about Apple forcing their hand.

Patreon is getting rid of 1st-of-the-month/per-creation billing, claiming a new decision by Apple has forced their hand. This will hurt a lot of creatives, and their excuse is bullshit. Allow me to explain.

In 2018, Patreon tried to impose a new ill-considered fee structure on everyone that would have cost creators a lot of smaller pledges. They ended up apologizing for this profusely; they have now deleted this apology from their website and unfortunately I was unable to find it on the Internet Archive. This was shameful, but to their credit they backed off quickly when things got ugly.

Back in 2021, Patreon discussed plans to force all creators into a rolling bill structure and get rid of first-of-the-month/pay-up-front billing. The community once again very decisively shouted them down, and they had to walk it back again. This whole fiasco damaged the already shaky trust between Patreon creators and staff.

This week, Patreon announced that, along with extra fees, Apple's policies were supposedly forcing them to move everyone over to the rolling fee structure that they first tried to get us to agree to in 2021. Patreon will tell you they are not happy about this. As a person who spent a long time watching Patreon make terrible decisions, I can tell you-- they are probably very happy about this, because it's exactly the smokescreen they needed to do what they've been trying to do for years, which is pull ALL Patreon creators away from 1st-of-the-month and per-creation billing.

The spin in the news I've seen so far is "Apple bullies Patreon, boo hoo hoo poor Patreon". This is very obviously not what's happening. Mind you: Apple does suck, and they are doing something bad here. Fuck apple. But Patreon and Apple are BOTH the asshole in this situation; Everyone Sucks Here. Patreon has options: they can make the iOS app a reader app and do billing through the browser to avoid the restrictions and the extra fees (Netflix and Amazon, notably, both do this), or they can allow creators to opt-out of iOS billing if they want to use billing models that don't work with it.

It seems most likely to me that the Apple situation is a real fire that Patreon has chosen to use as a convenient smokescreen to do what they've been wanting to do since at least 2021, and maybe since 2018.

What do we do?:

They have a feedback form specifically about this.

They also have a creator discord.

And they have lots of social media pages where they probably really, really hope that this doesn't blow up again, because they never learn. The incidents I've described here aren't the only two other times Patreon has pissed off their creators. They know if they don't contain the noise it'll be harder to get away with it, so make some noise. They've done a lot of work to spin this cleverly so you'll have sympathy for them and they won't get the kind of backlash they know they deserve.

Please don't misuse these links and make threats or spam or something. All you have to do is give well-reasoned feedback. Patreon hates feedback. Make sure they get a nice heaping helping of their least favorite vegetable.

[fortheloveoftkishi]

hello friends i'm (somewhat) back! kishi pastor wasn't happy about me being in jail so he took away my laptop and phone. but I am now back! (yay!) I know this is the 2nd return post but this will not be the last of them. now for next week i will traveling to spread the word of kishi so please look forward to that!

[voikiraz]

all I see on blr is people going insane over my man 😂😂😂