#archival nonsense

[conservethis]

This Week of Weird and Terrible Things in Mylar Sleeves

1) Some of the most EGREGIOUS mold I’ve ever seen in a processed collection (in a mylar sleeve of the kind where only two ends are sealed, hence a useless gesture on the part of whoever let this ride)

2) An EXTREMELY BRITTLE newspaper page folded up and stuffed into a mylar sleeve (you can take it out of the sleeve but GODSPEED with trying to unfold it without the paper crunching into a thousand crusty pieces)

3) A strangely sticky piece of…plastic? In a folder that contained concept drawings for some kind of unrealized space-baby themed toy

(the mylar sleeve did not prevent my curiosity from getting the better of me, which is why I know the thing inside is sticky and have some unsettling regrets about that now)

4) A beautiful theatrical set rendering on lovely paper, with two sleeves on either end and then BRUTALLY FOLDED IN HALF so it could fit in a normal legal sized file folder…even though the other renderings from that same play were housed FLAT in an appropriately sized mapcase folder!!

[iseeyoujon]

Being in a household where multiple people listen to TMA means occasionally hearing muffled Jon screams from somebody's headphones. This is a normal part of my life.

[sydneighsays]

The Magnus protocol has awakened something unholy back up in me

Not that Jon being my favorite isn't unholy in the first place

[w1lmutt]

I just remembered something that became a meme (sort of?) for mp100 manga fans before season2 was out and now I feel robbed

Rip to Kageyama "hn… the loans…" Ritsu you would’ve been famous

[cel-estria]

Jon's character delevopment is so funny to me?? Because the man goes from bitch (derogatory) in season 1 to bitch (affectionately) in season 5 and I love him for it.

[fourdancingmoths]

"Elias is a bitchy gay" this, "Elias is homophobic" that, I've actually decided that Elias Bouchard is a gay man but Jonah Magnus is a homophobic 1800s (?) bitch and together they create the vibes of a supposed cishet teenage boy who claims to hate gay people but has SOMETHING homoerotic going on with his best friend in this essay I will

[helinedmightbehere]

i just think they're neat

[saphangeles]

plushrumps arg archive final update

Reworked header to take the credits out of the toggle. A heartfelt thank you to the Feltfiends (especially @fribbitz and @ironovervine), to @nutzworth, to the Shitpost Pissdrinkers, to the anons, and to the contributors who have chosen to remain uncredited and anonymous.

A new section with Behind-the-Scenes content has been added, featuring the muns' blogs, and a summarization of the BTS convo on Feltfiends.

Cleaned up the Bulletin as it is now defunct with the ARG over. Also cleaned up parts of the site so it's neater.

And that's it! Good game, y'all. If there are small tidbits from the muns here and there, I'll do my best to add them, but otherwise, most of the work is done.

Thank you to the muns @terrorizings @classpectpokerap @orangestorapples @horsesbones @jester-vamp and @maybetheyregiants , even if it was serendipitous and spontaneous ❤️. Thank you to the servers who've had to deal with me and my annoying dramatic ass 💜. As I've said, it has been a pleasure and an honor to be your liaison, your secretary, and your archivist. And your dear friend 💙.

You may now proceed to beat this blog with hammers and put me to sleep.

[conservethis]

Ah yes, the ineffable year of 1973 continues to elude us to this day.

(It’s hard to read, but the folder label says “Poster, undated”. This is despite the fact that the only item in the folder has a very large date printed right in the middle of it.)

[iseeyoujon]

My husband is at a thrift store and

I love this man

[no-psi-nan]

The discrepancy of what an "E" rating means between video games and AO3 fics will never not be funny to me.

[aceredshirt13]

Hey everyone. Now that we know that the group DDosing Ao3 is almost certainly just trying to stir up chaos and hate by masquerading as an Islamic extremist group. Let’s… not do that, okay? Apparently some people have taken the bait and are using this as an excuse to attack Islam, which is obviously an incredibly idiotic and bigoted thing to do. But what I’ve actually seen more of is people saying that because a minority of people are behaving in an ugly and bigoted manner, or because they personally don’t like some of the things hosted on the site, that it should die and be removed from the internet forever. And hey? Hi! Hi, yes, this means that you fundamentally hate artists and art.

Like what is your argument here? “Ah yes, we should definitely kill a massive website dedicated to media archival, in a world where every other social media website is making changes specifically hateful and harmful to artists, and search engine algorithms completely bury independent and lesser-known sites, and the publishing industry is increasingly closed off and hostile to new writers, because Some Shitty People/Some People We Don’t Like Use It”? Well, newsflash, shitty people use literally every website, and people you don’t like use literally every website, and this website is a massive, massive, massive outlet for writers and artists and every other kind of creator under the sun in a time where people are making less money for more hours and writers are striking and viable public outlets for art are growing increasingly scarce.

Do I think Islamophobia, Russophobia, Sinophobia, and everything else a subset of idiots can turn online discussions into are a poison upon society? Yes. And they plague Twitter, and they plague Tumblr, and they plague news stations, and they plague government bodies, and they plague Hollywood and the publishing industry and television and video games and every fucking aspect of society because it is a poison borne of the current state of humanity. It is not, in fact, borne just from a single website where artists can express themselves for no money, for little fame, for just the sake of making art, in a world where AI and corporations want to crush even that. So fuck you, actually, for directing all your hatred on Ao3, because I know the reason you’re doing it is because fandom is an easier target than any of the above sources of hate. It’s always been an acceptable target because it has always been viewed in the capitalist hegemony as something lesser and without worth.

The chaos these attackers intended to start is not only in terms of bigotry. They just wanted chaos. Don’t give them that.

[totheidiot]

bengali!jon introducing martin to the poetry of rabindranath and kazi nazrul islam. he himself isn't really interested in poetry of course, and Jon finds them quite frankly, a bit boring (me. but I have matured and understood that they are actually genuinely very good and the only reason i couldn't appreciate it was because i had to write Essays about them in 1st grade) but he figures martin might like them because he's a poet and all. now, martin can understand a bit of bengali and jon's there to help and there's the translated versions, so he gives it a shot and reads them all. he loves them all, you can see him carry around the gitanjali book and he quotes all the more romantic lines to jon. i just know martin would love ami chini go chini tomare (i know, I know you — basically a song about knowing your lover well and lamenting about their presence in every part of their life) by rabindranath tagore and tomar holo shuru amar holo sara (i start, you end — pretty obvious, a song about eternal love.)

[sadeyedlady-writes]

Today (the 22nd of April, 2024) is the 4 year anniversary of the night my ao3 invitation came through and I finally posted my very first chapter to my very first fic.

This happened in the early days of a global pandemic when I was jobless and had gotten tired of the Erik x Éponine poto/LM crossover that I so desperately wanted continuing to not exist on ao3, and reluctantly realised I had to write it myself.

[cel-estria]

My gender envy comes in four forms:

Tiny man who is baby girl and eats people's trauma

Hot goth who burns books

Pointy finger door man who hurts to look at

Martin Blackwood

[pilesofnonsense]

Rusty Quill Big Bang 2023

[Picture of a black banner with the Rusty Quill show logos and a text in white and red that reads Rusty Quill Big Bang 2023]

The Rusty Quill Big Bang is back to challenge you (yes, you!) to put your creative talents to the test. If you’ve been waiting for the chance to take on an ambitious project or collaborate with other folks in the fandom, now’s the time!

Writer sign-ups open on Monday, May 8th, with artist sign-ups to come in July. Here is the full schedule for this year:

Writer Sign-ups: May 8th - 14th

Check-in 1: June 11th

Full First Draft & Summary Due: July 9th

Artist Sign-ups: July 17th - 23rd

Check-in 2 & Art Draft Deadline: August 20th

Final Fic & Art Due: August 27th

Posting: August 31st - September 15th

We will post a link to the sign-up form along with a list of rules and requirements on the appropriate day, but if you’re interested in participating, you can have a look at the full Challenge Guidelines and other information on our blog right now!