#and 0 by white guys

[cruelsister-moved2]

soooo patronising whn people talk about like “making an effort to read more books by women/BIPOC” like its a chore & those reading challenges where the other entries are like an actual feature of the book and then its “read something by an AOC (author of colour)” and like “read something not published in the US” idk chief if reading interesting novels with fresh perspectives is like a challenge to you that you have to labour through so u can make a patronising tweet abt it and get back to reading branderson sanderson’s 980th book youre the weakest link to me

[etherfall]

Beneath the weight of giants

[redbootsindoriath]

Apparently in my absence this post had its 1000-notes-iversary.

This time we get to see the culprit responsible for ruining our heroes' lives as well.

I've really missed you guys, by the way. I know I've said that already, but I'm serious. Once or twice this year I've been right on the brink of coming back but schedule stuff always keeps me from letting myself commit to that again, and that in turn has kept me from posting anything at all. But I've been in an unexpected drawing mood lately and so if I can get enough stuff to set up a queue we might pretend I'm back for a month or so sometime this year. Maybe. Hopefully. We'll see. No promises though. That's why I'm hiding this paragraph under the cut.

Transcription:

[Beren:] "Uhhh...barkeep...I think he's had enough now..." [Tolkien:] "No, I don't think he has...!"

[redbean-nom]

tactical droid vs clone culture

I was thinking about how General Kalani is one of the only droids with an actual (non-serial number-related) name, and I looked up the super tactical droid wookiepedia page:

and huh! of the four known ST droids, three of them have obviously individual names, and given that their serials would be ST-something, Aut-0 is probably a name too!

(Aut-0's name also seems to demonstrate that he has some sort of sense of humor, and Kraken's paint is suspiciously kraken-looking.)

a bit of further delving found pictures for Kalani, Kraken, and Aut-0 (Linwodo doesn't seem to appear in any visual media).

not only do they all have individual names, they also seem to have unique paint!

now, basic tactical droids do have some distinguishing symbols, but these tend to be simple central lines or logos - just enough to be distinguished.

since ST droids are pretty easily distinguishable from tactical droids (and there'd only really be one on the battlefield anyways), and none of their units have anything similar design-wise, we can conclude that the ST droids' paint is an individual choice.

I doubt Dooku would be busy painting and naming his tactical droids either, so they most likely named and painted each other and themselves...

...much like a certain other batch of beings-not-formally-recognized-as-sentient.

[popstart]

why is like every single gwuncaner insanely misogynistic and racist to courtney like their life depends on it.

like if you're bawling your eyes out about a fictional teenager that just so happens to be a woc being abusive then turning around and closing your eyes when the white guy she abused (was in a pretty mutually toxic relationship with) is similar amounts of fucking weird to two different girls get your priorities checked.

like honest to god i could not care less what characters other people on the internet like to play dolls with and imagine kissing i just think its in super poor taste to say omfg i fucking hate courtney total drama shes (insert weird racially charged language. insert comparing real human beings who like a fictional character to insects and saying you want to kill them) ok man. what. get help.

dislike or like whatever you want HONESTLY. I DO NOT CARE. im not 12 years old and i could not care less if you prefer a different fucking made up scenario where fictional characters kiss. at the end of the day literally 0 of this ship war fucking matters i promise you, i just want a similar energy back and not combination misogyny and racism fuled remarks towards the liking of a FICTIONAL FUCKING CHARACTER. THAT DID ZERO THINGS TO ANY REAL LIFE FUCKING PERSON.

Harassment of any real life fucking person about anything that they like in fiction is way more harmful than whatever happened in fiction that theyre defending. LOL!

[lilacthebooklover]

Well, 17 again! Maybe smth PV related :O

Thanks for participating in this ask game! Here, have a writing extract

17) From an unfinished WIP

Tagging @ybnavibeswithbats1122 since this is both part of a writing request of theirs and because they requested 17 previously! :D

Pure Vanilla Cookie was having trouble sleeping. It was not an overabundance of energy keeping him from the throes of slumber; quite the opposite, in fact. Exhaustion weighed on both his body and mind more heavily than it had done in a long while, yet something deep within him simply refused to let him rest. Restlessness stirred in his aching joints, a sense of prickling unease burdening his mind persistently. The Beasts had been locked away once more, and Dark Enchantress Cookie had yet to approach the Silver Tree- by all means, the period of planning they were going through just then should have provided the perfect source of respite. And yet, whenever he finally did manage to drift off into oblivion, his dreams were consistently plagued by all the awful memories he had acquired during Shadow Milk's brief escape into the Faerie Kingdom. Pure Vanilla had never been one to shame another for experiencing nightmares: he understood the effect that trauma had on one's psyche, and was hardly going to belittle a cookie for something far beyond their control. Unfortunately for him, however, it appeared that his mind was quite adamant on upholding the image he had created thus far of the unfaltering Hero he had upheld for years. It was up to him to be a light in the current period of darkness they all were facing, a strong pillar of support that the younger cookies could lean on when overwhelmed by the gravity of the task before them. Pure Vanilla didn't dare approach White Lily about his troubles, not when they were already on rocky ground and she had enough to concern herself with as it was. Hollyberry, Dark Cacao and Golden Cheese had yet to arrive from Crispia, and his only other potential confidants were children, so Pure Vanilla thought it best to keep to himself. A few nightmares were hardly the end of the world, after all. He was quite certain that he was overdramatising the matter entirely. What he saw in his dreams could not hurt him, no matter how often it resulted in him jolting awake while the moon still shone above them. Pure Vanilla Cookie was as safe as he could be just then, and he was positive that there was nothing to worry about in the slightest.

[judas-isariot]

Drawing challenge:

Stop to antagonise ugly people in your art.

[pynkhues]

you know what specifically i can't wait for in s3 and forward? Louis explicitly feeding on Lestat! yeah we saw wrist drinking and a glimpse in episode 6, but considering how important and intimate it is to vampires? not nearly enough! we saw all configurations Louis-Armand, Armand-Lestat and vice versa. the It couple of the shoe is missing out!

Anon, YES, your mind. Like, especially after re-watching 1.01 tonight, there is such a visceral passion to how Jacob plays Louis feeding on Lestat and it plays so well in terms of the characters and the desire and the intimacy and the outright hunger for one another. The thought of it in s3 too as being the first time in almost a century too, to not just be with someone in that way, but to literally consume them - - I would like to see it, please and thank you.

[starbuck]

so this old man did a little outdoor patio garden concert at my park today and it was a really nice day so he kept reiterating how fun and happy he had made his set to match the weather. at a certain point he said “i’m gonna do some joni now :)” and i’m like “all right, sure” mentally running through all the songs he might potentially pull out and, i kid you not, this man starts singing fucking A CASE OF YOU.

[ultimateinferno]

Looking back I think one of the biggest things that got me through uni was that Canvas had calendars that showed when assignments were due and actually let me plan out what tf I was going to do without feeling overwhelmed.

Well... that and being a tutor/TA/lab assistant letting me work on homework during my shifts. Those two things really pushed uni from being agonizing to doable.

[sysig]

Some further TMPs (Patreon)

[lgbtlunaverse]

Most attempts at framing shipping wars as a moral endeavor fall flat by default but there's a particularly funny variant where fans will go "the writers were clearly backwards redpilled misogynists because they made [usually white heterosexual ship] canon instead of [different usually white heterosexual ship]."

Bonus points if they frame the latter as empowering for [female character who's in both these ships] because they personally find the guy in the second ship hot, while the first must clearly be a wish-fullfillment fantasy for loner incels projecting on the guy in THAT ship because they find him less hot.

It's like holding up two generic-brand vanilla ice cream tubs and declaring that eating one will make you a socialist feminist and the other is for fascists.

[here-there-everyfuckenwhere]

you ever just see a take so bad you consider deleting Tumblr..?

[fauvester]

im so sorry im so sorry but ur auau is delicious- and are u saying that garak did manage to hack into their shuttle info and find out their real last names because thats tHATS HIM. Thats hims names and also bashir so 👁️👁️ I am incoherent also you are so cool

I realize that i implied that there would be a situation where Iskra and Idan don't know EXACTLY what their yadek would do in the situation and prepare for it accordingly.

(Idan is at Quark's learning tongo, Iskra's hanging out in their shuttle still because it's climate-controlled and they both know Garak's going to break in.)

I don't even know how he'd react knowing that their visitors are Garak-Bashirs... there truly are no such thing as coincidences... but also ??????!!!!?????

[angeltism]

wait scar and pian look a little like brothers. fuck my stupid baka life

[featureenvyproductions]

"Why does everything need to be Gay now it's so shallow to make men attracted to each other when they could be Pure Platonic Friends -"

oops sorry I can't hear you over the sound of me Doing What I Want Forever because I have been watching movies, TV, and animation since the 80s and have watched enough shallow heterosexual romances that would have been stronger as mlm-wlw solidarity friendships to fill the space between stars in a galaxy