#because it IS the hellsite where all these bad takes live

[takaraphoenix]

Sometimes you see a post with a take so bad, you instantly hit "block" on the OP without needing to know any more about them.

And sometimes you see a post with a take so bad, you instantly hit "block" on the OP and then go back and scroll through the notes to also block the loudest, most atrocious people agreeing with the post.

[jaskierx]

im not trying to start shit and be all "boo taika" but i guess i'm just curious as to your take in this article. i realize this might be a complicated thing to answer but idk when i read it i was like "well this isnt great"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/509912/chelsea-winstanley-i-was-married-to-someone-who-was-on-their-own-buzz

hey anon!

fascinated (affectionate) to hear that i am someone whose opinions people are interested in lmao

i read this article yesterday and my overall feelings towards it are that this doesn't change anything for me and shouldn't change anything for most people

the gist of the article seems to be that taika got offered the thor ragnarok job and it came with a ridiculous paycheck and there was no way he was ever going to turn it down (valid). chelsea didn't want to put her own career on the backburner or uproot her kids to move to australia while he was directing it (also valid). this led to their relationship breaking down, which is totally understandable, because if you're in a couple it's really fucking difficult when you're forced to make a decision that is going to heavily favour one person.

he may or may not have cheated. if he did, he's not the first person to cheat, and he won't be the last. if he didn't, that doesn't mean the relationship was perfect and had nothing else going on.

i will happily sit here and call people out for spreading misinformation about taika when it's demonstrably false (clock my pinned post etc). but i've never engaged with any of the shit about 'he cheated on his wife' 'he abandoned his kids' 'he's a bad dad' etc because ultimately i don't know anywhere near enough about his family to make a judgement on that, it would be very weird if i did, and i don't care!

i don't know the guy! i'm never going to meet him! he's never going to directly impact my life or the lives of anybody i care about! i really enjoy his art, and one of my main hobbies is shitposting on this hellsite about a show that he's a lead actor in, and i appreciate an attractive gifset of him, but that's where it stops.

maybe he cheated on his wife. maybe he's a terrible father. it doesn't matter to me bc i'm not going to marry him and he's not my dad. he's a good director and a good actor and that's as far as i'm interested.

[seek--rest]

the spider society isn't evil, i think people are just finally seeing the kind of ugly side of "with great power comes great responsibility" where a lot of spider people try so hard to do what's right that their judgement can get skewed, and asks the question of whether or not it's their right to decide what's responsible. the movie SHOWED us the consequences of messing with canon events, so yeah i think they all have reasons to be very worried for disrupting them, so it makes sense that they would want to stop miles. they also have reasons to want to believe that the bad things in their lives happen for bigger reasons, which again skews their judgement. this isn't a "good guy vs bad guy" situation, this has layers, and beyond the spiderverse will definitely explore those layers. that's my opinion at least.

If I have to see another stupid ass take that says Miguel is EVIL or the spider society are VILLAINS I’m gonna throw something like what are you even TALKING about

Miguel and company aren’t murderous weirdos who wanna make Miles suffer. The canon events aren’t some huge metaphor for fucking editorial where every spider person has to be miserable. Miguel isn’t projecting his trauma on Miles (some of you learned too many buzzwords and I’m taking them away from you) or trying to uphold the trauma because “he suffered so everyone suffered” like just tell me you’re stupid, we’d save a lot more time this way.

Did we not watch the same movie where it said— quite literally in very pretty animated exposition— that not allowing canonical events to happens leads to the destruction of that universe? Did you all just close your eyes and ignore that we quite literally saw this on screen with Pavitr’s dimension after Miles saved Captain Singh??????

ASTV was such a compelling, layered approach to storytelling with so much nuance and so many people on this hellsite are damned and determined to be as dumb as fucking possible

[bracketsoffear]

Moby Dick (Moby Dick) "Okay, look--let's get this out of the way. I know that the whale is big. That is not an insignificant thing about whales in general and this whale in particular. It's not even an insignificant factor in nominating him today. Except, it's not the size that matters--it's what Herman Melville does with it*.

*(Sorry, the dick joke was obligatory. It should be the only one unless my love of bad puns runs away from me.)

There's a post floating out there on tumblr calling Moby Dick the OG eldritch terror. Unfortunately, we all know how the hellsite's search "function" is (exasperated but affectionate), so I'm not going to be able to link it. What I can do is pull out a few rusty tools of literary analysis to show that at his Vast heart, Moby Dick represents the terrifying insignificance of humanity in the face of the grandness and terror of the sea.

First, it's crucial to point out that the book opens with quotes about whales, including several Bible verses, some Pliny, something purported to be copied down by a ninth-century king, Shakespeare, and so on. Right out of the gate, the book connects the Whale with the idea of the mythological Leviathan. By quoting Genesis in particular, Melville creates the idea of the Whale as a beast that has existed alongside humanity since its inception. Just as the fears are ancient and have tormented humanity since prehistory, the Whale/Leviathan has represented a "dragon of the sea" that mankind cannot conquer.

Sailors who make their living killing the whales are aware that " all the other things, whether beast or vessel, that enter into the dreadful gulf of this monster’s (whale’s) mouth, are immediately lost and swallowed up" and that "[t]he great Leviathan […] maketh the seas to seethe like boiling pan." They can't escape, though, because as the extracts also make clear, the booming economy of the nineteenth century depends on whale oil for everything from healing bruises to heating rooms in the dead of winter. The sailors are therefore helpless in the face of the dangers that the Whale's sheer size escapes, but also the vast and impersonal economic machinery that reduces them to commodities to be sacrificed to the Whale's wrath, Ahab's vengeance, and the Industrial Revolution's greed. Simon Fairchild probably had a field day with this one.

I realize I'm nearly 400 words in, so in the interest of sparing people's eyes, I'll wrap up by pointing out: --There is a whole chapter devoted to the crew standing knee-deep in whale fat while they dissect a smaller whale. --There is another chapter where Ishmael rhapsodizes about the size of a whale's skeleton. --Then he goes on for another chapter about whale fossils. --And then chapter 3 in this trilogy (which began in chapter 103, btw), asks outright in the title. "Does the whale's magnitude diminish?" --Ishmael sees the sea, and by extension, the Whale, as an irresistible, almost compelling force that terrifies and awes him. This is similar to noted Vast victim Robert Kelly, who also feels a draw to the Vast. --The book closes with Ishmael as the only survivor of the Pequod, having barely escaped the whale's vortex that pulled the ship and all her crew into the depths of the ocean, floating alone on his subtextual lover's coffin for a day and night before finally being picked up by another ship."

The Kraken (Folklore) "It personally terrifies me. The Kraken is described as a massive sea monster, large enough to take down ships with ease. Here's an excerpt from it's wikipedia page.

"According to his Norwegian informants, the kraken's body measured many miles in length, and when it surfaced it seemed to cover the whole sea, and "having many heads and a number of claws". With its claws it captured its prey, which included ships, men, fish, and animals, carrying its victims back into the depths."

[frecklystars]

I'm sorry if this is weird to say but I really enjoy your vent art. I don't enjoy your suffering but every time you post vent art it's always so soft and god I missed you. I was horrified when you left, then you came back and I learned everything your abuser did, the whole time you were gone I was worried you died and I was just crying when you came back because I assumed you couldn't fight anymore. You're a fighter and it shows in your art. I'm sorry you feel so bad but Ken loves you, ok?

oh no i totally get it, that's not weird. that's very flattering. i used to make vent art much more often but after i came back from my unplanned 9-month hiatus i was like........ in such shambles i could not draw anything until Barbie breathed life back into me

im really touched that you missed me, even moreso that it had affected you so deeply. im sorry that i worried you. disappearing for 9 months was not supposed to happen. if i knew the person who claimed to be my best friend was going to cut off my other friends from me while i was unable to contact them, spread rumors when i was literally just sitting in a hospital bed and dying, tell other people on this hellsite when asked abt me and where i disappeared to, "oh keri is fine :) don't worry abt her", completely isolate me and track down where i work and call my workplace and demand i speak to her 24/7, attempt to track down where i live, asking my friends behind my back about my family's phone numbers, etc, jesus christ i wish i could go back in time and stop myself from ever interacting with that person. if i knew then what i know now i would have run for the hills

the last year and a half has been the Worst of my entire life. there are so many things behind closed doors i have not posted about, out of fear for my safety. there's so much shit you guys don't know. i'm scared and exhausted all the time.

but im finally at least at a point where im not isolated anymore, im socializing as often as i can, i'm self shipping again even if it's really really fucking hard sometimes, and i'm making baby steps to reclaim all of the characters/things that were turned into triggers. it feels so hopeless sometimes, like all the fighting i've done to escape/heal from my abuser doesn't feel worth it because i am so. tired. all. the time. and still facing unsafe situations regarding that whole goddamn thing. it's been over a year and it doesn't feel like i'm ever going to fully heal if i feel so on edge all the time. but messages like this always help me feel better. im sorry you've had to see my at my worst for so many months now

thank you for taking the time to send this, i appreciate you more than i can put into words rn. mentally giving you so many hugs. and hey, thank you for appreciating my vent art. if i don't draw out my feelings i think i'd go crazy haha, so i'm glad at least one person feels Something when looking at it, i'm glad it can give you some positive feelings. and thank you for missing me. even if you and i have never spoken one-on-one, you should know i missed you too. i missed all the positive connections i had with everyone and every single kind word in my inbox is refreshing and a reminder of that.

[yostresswritinggirl]

hi twinnieee!! this is tofu :)) how have you been? i hope you've been well and happy!!

i'm just here to let you know that i'm applying for UPCAT since it's applicable for me now and i'm still planning on taking psychology, if not philosophy. although it's a pre-law for me now because i want to be a lawyer. haha crazy because i only planned on psychology because of you and had a full-length plan on becoming a forensics psychology ever since you mentioned that course ^^ i'm not expecting that i will pass since i know that the exams will be hard but i will try (iskolar ng bayan pls) (if hindi pumasa hello green school live jesus in our hearts forever na anthem ko hanggang mamatei)

anywayss, i just want to thank you because if not for you, i wouldn't dream of going to UP and i wouldn't dream of taking psychology ^^ i might be somewhere deep into doing something i don't even want so thank you a lot haha (im sorry im becoming sentimental its just that i was doing my applications earlier and then i thought of you and then stared at the wall) and also i'm turning 18 this year :')) the 18 plan has been out of the window ever since and i always remember your words, and i have more things to plan and look forward to <33

thank you again!! you were and always will be such a huge source of comfort and inspiration for me <33 i appreciate you and everything that you do. please continue on being a kind and good person that you are and i hope that you'll only have happiness and love !!

TWINNIE, TOFU, HOLY FUC

It's already been that long omayghad aldbdowkl it's finally here oh I'm so anxious and excited and so EVERYTHING for you right now! You're gonna do great, remember my points, and even if you don't it doesn't always mean you did bad! Make sure to add two choices for your course and remember that if you get in to your second choice, you can still shift - and if you don't get in, you can repeal with any of the campus but you CAN'T change campuses if that's the case. UPCAT is all about strategies and also a bit of chance with the slots, take it in stride whatever outcome you get!

I can't believe - I didn't know how much that meant to you and I had to take a bit of a break after seeing all of this because I've been just hit with the feels and couldn't form words, twinnie 😭out of all the things, a lawyer - actually you're a very strong-minded and willed individual that knows where their heart is and stands by it, you're going to do so many great things! Psychology or lawyer!

Thank you as well, you have no idea how much I love you as my twinnie and friend in my journey in this hellsite hgnhnghg gigil *ruffles your hair* thank you for remembering me in a good light and aaaa advanced happy 18th! Celebrate it however you like there will always be more birthdays and more chance for greater celebrations!

I can't stop saying thank you - but thank you so much for this message twinnie, I really needed that. And as for you, I really do hope you get into UP so that you can focus on your studies while having fun in such an environment that I know you'll thrive and grow in, but my greatest advice is to just keep being you and keep moving forward towards the thing you love and believe in. Surround yourself with the people and things you love and your kindness and goodness I know and love will shine through naturally and just as much :')

[seraphicalsuccubus]

I messaged throne but they just said it was shipped and wouldn’t give me any other info 😭

Oh bby don’t worry about that I will just send you another one if that’s the case but I hope it didn’t get taken, you don’t deserve that at all!

It sounds like you’re doing better and that honestly makes me so happy because you’re such a sweet angel and you deserve the best 🩵

(Also never apologize for spam reblogging, we’re all just bowing down to the queen)

oh no !!! hmm. maybe they can give me a little more info on it since I’m the account it was bought for/shipped to or something ?? idk but fingers crossed I find out what the hell happened to it because this is all my throne says to me and it doesn’t give any extra info when I ask it to reveal the gift either like …. bro c’mon it doesn’t take 3 months to update a package lmao

and oh my gosh NO !! I wouldn’t let you buy another one if the first one got taken even if you didn’t let me refund you the gift amount !! but if it DID get delivered and taken, I think I’m gonna wait til I move to order the replacement one or just ship it to the new address because my boyfriend lives like out in the middle of fucking nowhere with hardly any neighbors so no one would be around to take it at least ?? like it’s a safer alternative than the fucking horrible area I live in right now like honestly, everyone I tell what section of the city I live in usually says, ‘wait, that’s off Willow St. oh no. oh god. you’re in the BAD area’ LMAOOOO like that’s how well known this area is for being super shitty. like a woman was shot dead and left in the middle of the road in like November of last year less than like 5 minutes away on a different side street and they blamed it on her being a known full service SWer (although they used a more derogatory and uneducated term for her which was rude and disgusting of whoever wrote the article about it). and then literally last fucking week I heard 5 gunshots in VERY close proximity to me and then like a million sirens for several hours after that, but I was too distracted and forgot to look up what happened that night the next day when it would’ve been reported already and I can’t remember exactly which night it happened to see anymore because shit like this happens here all the time so like, it’s not an unusual occurrence 🙃

but yeah no I live in the BAD BAD fucking area of my city. like I don’t know how the fuck I got conned into moving in here with these horrible people that basically treat me like a prisoner but also like I don’t exist at the same time, but like Jesus FUCK with some of the shit that goes on around here, I can’t wait to leave and finally feel safe in my own home once I move out of Connecticut. like. I don’t leave the house alone EVER because I am terrified of this area of the city. I won’t even take the garbage bag in my room out to the cans right in front of the porch if my roommate isn’t home to come outside with me because I feel so unsafe and uncomfortable living here.

and I think I’m doing better ??? or I will be shortly when I get my new higher dosage of pain meds for my fibromyalgia because my pain is really kicking my ass lately and I just want some relief again 😩 but mentally I feel stable, I’m just having really bad bouts of like, extreme executive dysfunction where I don’t leave bed all day but I don’t do anything in bed but scroll mindlessly on my phone. I don’t game, I don’t try to nap, I don’t watch anything, I just scroll my phone or zone out at the wall lmfao. but I guess that’s better than self-sabotaging my life so like !!! it’s all good !!!!

(and my goodness, you’re so sweet 🥺😭 I adore you so much, I really hope some good karma heads your way soon because you truly are just one of the kindest and most genuine people I’ve met on this hellsite and I just really appreciate you and the way you make your existence just this glowing beacon of positivity and unwavering support for the people you care for. I love you lots and lots, honey 🖤)

[yunharlaquin]

today, on this varyingly chilly day of the twenty-fifth of december, we commemorate the death and roast of the blessed squawkcoo, laying the way for the noble chewbacca to realize the error of his ways and repent consuming porgkind. as the porg so loved to do with his brethren, we remember his sacrifice by sharing how much we enjoy each other's company...

alright, alright, alright, enough jokes! merry christmas, god jul, fröhliche weihnachten, and happy holidays to everyone on the dash from a shockingly snowy oklahoma! whether you're celebrating something today or eating chinese (or in one confirmed case, middle eastern) food, i hope you're having a wonderful day. you all bring me such joy through your presence, and i hope (as i'll inevitably forget someone) if you don't find yourself on here, you know i still deeply appreciate you. i laugh, i cry, i squeal almost every day, all because of you and your muses. you're all so supremely talented, and i adore everything you produce.

now, without further ado...

FRIENDS, CORELLIANS, SITH LORDS: LEND ME YOUR DROIDS

@graysistance / @lionthought / @commandsir / @greenscrunchy & your plethora of blogs which are starting to rival the number of mine — PUCK, you beautiful, wonderful, sweetheart of a saltdish, you've listened to the ups and downs of my year side by side with hackett, always finding the time to come up with a comforting or encouraging word. your kindness is the sort of thing people like to claim their friends have, but you truly possess it. i adore talking about history with you, spinning out context with so many subjects we speak of, let alone specifically the group wwii au. your support for my various crafting projects always brings a smile to my face. i love to see the things you fun and across, including your growing collection of legends books. i adore how you characterize each of your characters, giving them the depths of compassion and forethought that so many hold. your internal dialogue is absolutely stunning and our plots make me giggle hysterically.

@aniimvs / @scoundrvls / @honorhunt / @hellmartyr & your equally numerous blogs of which each is perfection — HACKETT, considering how intrinsically tied you and puck are in equal measure to my time on this hellsite, i wish i could you both side by side at the top of this list. sadly, this is not a tumblr feature..... yet. in this year of coding and dash tumult, you have soldiered on behind the scenes irl, kicking names and taking ass, while popping up to deliver exquisite pain, cause minor chaos, and be the saltmine you are. our discussions of just how bad a certain... pad.mé writing author's work is brings me life. your technical history knowledge is top notch and i adore all you bring to the wwii au so much, let alone the jp and lotr aus you and puck have worked on. you, more so than perhaps anyone i write with are the queen of establishing a setting. i always love seeing where you decide to set a not established location thread and to build off the descriptions you give for it. it lends an effortless star wars vibe to everything... let alone your depth for your grey and dark muses... *chef's kiss*!

@carnalstress — literal best friend, JESS!!!!! even though i've only managed to the once so far, i am SO happy that i live close enough for us to visit each more often, and i'm so glad you're back to writing on tumblr. you bring so much comfort and joy into my life with your conviction and your kind heart. i admire your dedication to your field even when things get tough and that you're trying to find new avenues in it. you are such a wonderful friend. and your cat is the cutest thing. i hope this next year is the best one yet!

@debelltio / @impostre — ALISTAIR, you are perhaps the newest friend amongst this section of the list, but you are no less dear. i love the subjects we have crossing over interests and experiences in, from living in multiple cultures, to law, to history, food and beyond. i've really loved getting to know you over the last few months, and you do such a lovely job with orson and all your muses. it is just a whole wonderful thing.

@colpapabear — annika! i love that we've written together for so so long and bonded over so many different things. i especially love the vintage clothing and knitting discussions we've had of late. they bring me so so much joy. watching you take leaps and bounds in both and produce such pretty things is the literal best.

@darkestshadeofgrey — listen, i neeeed to respond to our threads because every single one without fail is a plot i am wild for. your characterize your muses so interestingly and each is so very compelling. and even though i'm often late to respond, i ADORE the star wars tiktoks you send me, so often so much pain.

@heirite — i know you haven't been on for a bit, but i'm very much hoping you'll come back and see this! you are such a lovely friend, and i adore your ben to pieces. he brings me such joy, and with you off doing irl, i occasionally go back and read through your blog for that ben sky.walker goodness!

@notimminent — hey you! not that you've ever been truly gone but i'm so glad we've met up again. i can't wait to turn our plotting into threads for emma! you're a truly wonderful person and i'm so happy to have you back more regularly on my dash.

@acharnemcnt / @finaliseur— ame! i'm so very excited for some of the plots we're slowly working on and the threads we have in the works. you've also been so so kind. i very much enjoy your hux, and i'm thrilled about the new multi AND the ask blog AND rae. it's all so so cool!

@galaxycrxss / @hamadaxfighter — hey hey, i very much enjoy your clone squad. and the genius boy. watching you flesh out echo and hiro is a lovely thing, as well as hearing about all your ideas for the future!

@astraldestiny — listen, you adding winter hands down made my week! the plethora of legends characters you write never fails to bring me joy to see, and i enjoy writing and plotting with you so much. stay warm and i hope you enjoyed a christmas market! (next year when i go back, NEXT YEAR)

@multipleoccupancy — caraaaaaaaaa! no matter what you set your mind to on your multi or elsewhere, you do to perfection. it's been so lovely to write with you for so many years across so many genres and muses. our history threads will forever be my favorite!

@chokethelight — you you you, we haven't been able to write much this year, but whenever you pop in to say hello, or whatever version you decided to use that time, you bring a smile to my face! i hope 2023 is a better year for you. &lt;3

@stillsails — i'm so glad to see you around again on tumblr! you've had so much happen!! i am so so so proud of/happy for you for all your accomplishments and milestones this year! keep being the lovely academic and wonderful writer you are.

@fasciinating — listen, whatever we're working on brings me much joy, and the friendship that spock and jaina are building is just lovely. plus, i've really enjoyed the headcanons you've written for that challenge, let alone your beautiful art!

to all those i really love writing and talking with but also hope todo more with this coming year:

@paramounticebound @gurrillero @fifthbornforrester @lunascientia @rubiesintherough @protectxthem @caedus @kylo-wrecked @keeve-trenniis @jaigalorad @mandogold @hopegained @ncxile @reawakcn @theysparked @becomelions @fatedtruths @vuulpecula @conniidel @withoutpeer @skjebne and everyone i inevitably missed, have the happiest of new years!

[trashm0uth]

with this year coming to an end , i really just wanna take a minute to be sappy as fuck on main . this year started out completely fucking awful , my anxiety at its actual worst , & to be honest , that headspace is exactly where i'd still be if i hadn't rewatched this stupid clown movie & attached myself to this obnoxious little shit the way i have . i am SO appreciative of all of you that follow me / write with me / yell about shit with me on a daily basis . ringing in the new year with me rambling about how much i adore all of you . i hope 2023 is nice to all of us .

@godwrth : esssy , i really and truly love you so bad . we've been through so much together and we're going into our FIFTH year together which is so insane to me ! you've been here for me through some of the worst times of my life and i really don't know what i'd do without you , you're stuck with me forever . all of our ships and plots and late night screaming about any and everything means so much to me . you mean so much to me ! thank you for everything .

@finalhorrors : ghost .... the eddie to my richie . i'm really glad we both decided to give this hellsite another chance at relatively the same time because if we hadn't , we would've never met , and my life would not be the same right now . dull , even . certainly wouldn't have as much fanart to cry over . with all of the verses we've come up with in such a short amount of time , you've really inspired me in terms of my writing and developing my characters . it's also just been fun to bully you for almost three months now . it's my love language and yes , i love you a lot . get over it . :/

@wizardslays : MAK . i am so glad i made that silly little post about somebody going to the goddamn arcade with richie . you are so important to me . mike and will are so important to me , and ESPECIALLY richie and will are so important to me . it really doesn't even feel like it's ONLY been barely three months bc wtf do you mean i HAVENT known you and ghost for fucking years ???? sounds so fake ://// i love talking to you everyday and ruining our lives with all of these sad ass plots and maybe i just love you a whole lot :/

@ghostofaformerself : PAIGE , i've already said it once but i'm repeating myself for good measure . I LOVE YOU . it truly means so much to me that picking up with you after i abandon this hellsite for the 443293 time is as easy as it is . all of our ships are SO important to me . thank you for always being here . <;3

@fangedbrbie : CHARLI !!!! i absolutely hate the circumstances in which we befriended each other , but i'm also so grateful that you're now a part of my life . i genuinely do enjoy talking to you and i really can't wait to write more with you ! 2023 better be nicer to you or ELSE .

OTHER NOTABLE MENTIONS / PEOPLE I ADMIRE FROM AFAR . I LOVE YOU ALL SO BAD . :(

@mikewheelertm / @amputeer / @kschmidts / @feralsmile / @wiredsmile / @serendpitous / @voidsight / @chrissycunningham / @dehddie / @dehvils / @belasso / @couldfight / @breakthings / @de2thletter / @notcruel / @zoomingupthathill / @riteout / @r4chelamber / @obsessher / @greenscrunchy / @bej3weled / @1nfamed @rebelcliche

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 51

Bedtime Stories/Fear Her

"Bedtime Stories"

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: omg stoppp, they’re doing a three little pigs thing for the opening??? And the one hiding behind cinderblocks gets to live?? Maybe?? No. Turns out I would also just die. Anyway, think we’re getting more hellhounds stuff

Fun fact: thought this was the one I was watching last night for about half the episode and couldn’t figure out how the episode title fit…it makes sense NOW

I mean…he’s NOT gonna let it go, Dean, but sure.

Oh!! He DID live! As he should have because…that’s how the story goes, but it really didn’t look like it. Also it’s not…it’s not hellhounds

Love it when the victims give the brothers an excuse to actually say what they feel without saying (or yelling) it to each other

Oooo, now Hansel and Gretel (you can see why I originally loved OUAT when it came out)

Omg omg omg this is such a fucking fun yet…gory episode. Watching this sweet as pie looking old lady ruthlessly stab a guy is admittedly funny. I can’t wait to see what’s causing it

Fellas, is it gay to have a working knowledge of extremely popular mainstream fairytales?? I’m sorry you didn’t get to have a childhood, Dean, but this in no way determines Sam’s sexuality

Making…a weird half prediction now. Since we’ve spent a decent amount of time in this episode at the city’s hospital, maybe the little girl is in a coma there? Being read to? Making her a sleeping beauty or Snow White figure. Still don’t know what’s actually CAUSING the fairytales to come to life, but I’d be willing to put a little money on this

Snow White it is.

Are…are they gonna somehow convince this doctor to…let…his daughter…die? because of their (completely right) theory of what’s happening in this town? It just seems a little far fetched.

BITCH ARE YOU FOR REAL??? This fucking doctor. I cannot. He KNOWS his daughter is some kind of spirit and just played it off like he didn’t????

Omg of COURSE. The huntsman(/hunter/DEAN) is going into Little Red Ridinghood’s grandma’s home to go take out the big bad wolf…this shows so dumb. I love it.

HELLO??? Sammy? Where are you going?? Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. No…come on. NO.

Well, at least we know everything they did to modify the colt was a bust and useless. Well…not completely useless. I guess Sam did find out that killing the crossroads demon doesn’t release Dean from his contract. So that’s something, I guess

"Been On My Mind...": Nope...

"Fear Her"

This is one I remember as being properly scary the first time I watched it. Like not "quaking in fear" scary but just...there was an unease. This isn't "Blink" we're talking about.

Ah yes, the 2012 Olympics. Another fun fact: I went to a convention in the summer of 2012 and Hank Green, dressed as the Doctor, ran in during the opening ceremony with a (probably fake, right? like we were in a hotel in Chicago) torch as one of the big moments. (Unless he did that at the 2011 one, but the 2012 one makes so much more sense). That was very fun.

I can't remember why this girl is always indoors.

This goof with landing the TARDIS with the door facing the wrong way is fun.

Man, why can't my side ponytails ever look as cool and effortless as Rose's here??

I'm glad the super old lady is the one with sense. Does she know HOW this is happening? NO. But fucking hell if she's gonna just let everyone turn on each other and point fingers at the innocent road construction crew. She wants the REAL answers.

WHY IS THIS LITTLE GIRL ALL ALOOOOOONE??? I can't tell if she's being COMPELLED to draw or if it's at all of her own free will.

Ah yes, a box is an easy place to disappear a cat without having to use any CGI

Because they blew the whole CGI budget on the scribble come to life

Ohhhhh, she thinks the drawing in her closet is her dad...and I know there's some sort of alien ship in the spot where cars keep stalling, but I can't remember any of the motivations.

Seeing this little girl cry from the loneliness of HER life and the alien's life is...heartbreaking

OMG I forgot that she starts drawing the stadium and temporarily empties it. Amazing...

Genuinely love how seriously this guy takes his job. He truly loves laying tarmac and is proud of the work he does, and good for him.

SHE'S GONNA DRAW THE WORLD. OMG.

Also, I'm so sad that this guy's hard work went to waste and the moment they're filming the torch on this street is when that pothole is wide open. Poor thing.

"They keep trying to split us up, but they never ever will" I am DISTRAUGHT. Doomsday is so close...

[cahrolinehasmoved]

// i really don't do drama. i stay in my lane. all i did was comment a friend's post and i've been harrassed all day officially now. LISTEN. you sent me a halfass apology that i didn't bother replying to because first , i had just gotten on my laptop. it was early. second of all , you said that you were sorry for dragging me into something that i didn't even recall being draggedi nto. my bad, i mean i live in my own little space over here on my blog. i don't pay attention to half the shit going on unless it's on my dash. thirdly, you can take your fake apology , shove it where the sun doesn't shine because this? THIS IS NOT COOL. no , i don't know you. nor do you know me. and thank FUCK i don't know you because i would literally drag you 10 ft down with the death threats you've been given a mutual of mine as well as me and a few others. please, seek help. because you need it. fourth and finally , i hardblocked you because you make me incredibly uncomfortable coming into my ask box with this crap.

please , by all damn means post my damn info. you wanna bully me off tumblr? won't work. i've been on this hellsite since 2011. you don't scare me. nor does anyone who kisses your ass either.

[incarnateirony]

Genuinely, every fucking homophobe, internalized or external and just pure aggression, that wants to pretend that jensen seeking out roles of being fingered by dudes while fucking PlayBoys, boys, not playmates, not bunnies. I want you to take your very confident internet assertion. I want you to take it to the straightest guy you know. I want you to show them an interview of jensen talking about the sweaty sex, to show them images about eggplant emojis, hell to even show them the original comic. And then, to this uninvolved cishet white man, on a scale of 1-10, how much willingly being surrounded by dozens of dicks and getting fingered by a dude is gay.

And then, I want each and every single one of you 13 year old women fetishizing gay men to shut the fuck up and stop destroying what little queerness we get.

Seriously.

Fuck off. Your masturbation fodder is not our line for anything from representation to valid story.

And you don't get to go "BUT HES GAY AND BAD" shut the fuck up. The show has multiple queer relationships. This isn't villainizing the gay because it's gay. It's fucking depicting in a world with a considerably percentage of queer people that, statistically, not all gays are wearing shining paladin armor, \which realistically is a FAR better and more realistic depiction of the scum of the earth dwelling on this hellsite and pretending "I'm gay" makes an excuse for being an inconsolable pile of human shit that can't socialize on a second grade level.

This isn't. Killing the one gay on set, or making the one gay bad. You can't pull that either. Gay shit is everywhere, the majority of this tv universe is somewhere on the kinsey scale, and one happens to be bad after a few seasons of straight bad guys

We exist.

A bunch of women that swear they care about queer rep that insist, INSIST, they are queer, despite never having a same sex partner, never coming out to parents, never losing a job or apartment for it, never even BOTHERED to research the representation ratios and results of genders and sexualities, never looked into the dozens of queer films meeting their supposed requirements. Do you understand how fucking obscene this sounds when it's really put into frame?

Stop. I've said this for years. I want a bunch of heteroconformative people to stop trying to demand any and all media content fit their literally pornographic needs, where even being penetrated by the same sex isn't gay enough. We are not your playthings.

Let me guess. You're 36 years old, reading this, and IMAGINING you can pretend this is GATEKEEPING just because you've never been fucked by your own sex, rather than YOU internalizing that living that life has given you a different set of privileges to those that can't.

And I don't care if you SCREECH "I AM LGBTQ TOO!!!! IM JUST IN A HET APPEARING RELATIONSHIP"

Cool. Fuck off. You're still part of the problem. If you keep shuffling our goalposts around, you are JUST as much of a problem as the supporters of the goddamn cheeto in chief and his own people that refuse to acknowledge the complicated reality of human sexuality.

I need yall to fucking stop

Reinforcing negative cultural biases that DEMAND we jump through seventeen extra hoops the hets don't need to be acknowledged isn't allyship, holy shit, is this hard?

[welightthefire]

Let me just say something specifically to the anon who is living in my asks sending me hate right now.

I can defend myself. I will defend myself. My best friend who posted that did so of her own volition. I chose to delete your comments and not give you the time of day because I mean, who really just sits around belittling strangers 😂

You don’t like me? You think I’m weird? You think I’m a bad mom? You think I can’t make friends?

That’s fine.

I never asked for your opinion and quite frankly, I don’t give a fuck about it. I don’t give a fuck about what you think of me, or say about me, or send me.

I am weird. Weird as fuck actually.

I haven’t been the perfect mom off the cover of “Family” magazine, but I’m not a bad mother. My children are very well taken care of. We go out to parks and beaches and zoos and amusement parks and we see dinosaur movies in theaters and look for toads before bed. I order sushi and we lay in bed eating it watching whatever wildlife video they want to watch. I snuggle with them when they wake up every morning. I sit with them and rub circles on their cheek until they go to sleep because they’ve been falling asleep like that since they were born. When they do something unfavorable, I don’t yell at them. I sit them down and talk to them like actual human beings. When they have tantrums, I console them and explore their too-big feelings with them.

Mom-shaming seems to be your favorite hobby but did you ever stop to think that maybe you don’t see the whole picture? Whoever the hell you are, you’ve seen one slip up and based your entire opinion of me off of that. I do everything for my kids. In fact, I work so much to give them everything that I sacrifice time with my partner to the point where I see him less than 8 hours a week and I live with him. Yet, I’m still here from 5:30am until 3:30pm taking care of my kids just to go to work from 4pm until midnight hoping to find some kind of sleep so I can wake up and do it all over again seven days a week.

Also…

You think it’s weird that people have fan accounts? Why the hell are you here? Why are you so deeply immersed in this hellsite that literally exists to breed fan content?

Get over yourself and whatever fucking complex you have that makes you feel like you’re better than me.

I’m just trying to figure this shit out man.

[frecklystars]

hi keri!!

I have some really good news! I saw you and ken on a date (in my dream but eh, close enough sjshs)

it was a live theater date (they're doing mamma mia in my city shsh) and from where I was sitting I could see you and ken holding hands!! (don't ask how I knew it was you guys, I just did)

you seemed stressed or nervous about somthing but ken just gave your hand a little squeeze and caress like "keri, my sweet girl" then he gave your knuckles a kiss "apple of my eye" another smooch "owner of my heart" final smooch "everything is going to be fine"

I was watching this like 👀😮💘

side note: I hope this silly little dream I had can you bring you even a fraction of joy that it brought me. I know things are tough for you right now but I'm hoping things get better! I'm so annoyed that people have been copying "my sweet girl"!!

I will admit, ever since I sent the ask about how much I adore the nickname, I have been inspired to step up my game while selfshipping😌 which basically means I come up with sickly sweet nicknames bc "it's what keri and ken would've done🙇🏽‍♀️"

so yeah, sorry for the wall of text, I hope the rest of your day/night goes well!! positivity blast!!! 💖💗💘💓💝💕🌸🌺🌷🐶

-🍀

LUCKY CLOVER ANON SWEETHEART I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU YESTERDAY!!!!! :D I hope you're doing well!!! NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR WALLS OF TEXT I shall always welcome every single beautiful beloved word you bring into my inbox <33!!!!!!!

YOU HAD A DREAM??? ABOUT KEN WITH ME???? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 WUWHUHWUWHWUHWHUUHW WOWWWWWW WOW WOW!!!!!!!! I am so!!!! honored!!!!! 😭😭💝💝💗💘💓💞💞💞 Thank you so much for telling me!!!!!!!!! What a treat!!!! What a dream!!!!!

That makes me feel SO much better ;-; thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to send me an ask!!! OOGHOGH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SYMPATHIES OMG it has been eating me uppp how far away I've felt from Ken lately, feeling very unlovable and replaceable and the "sweet girl" ordeal was like the cherry on top. ofc it's not like I invented the pet name "sweet girl" or anything like that, and of COURSE it's fine if other self shippers want Ken to call them that, BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA BE TOLD ABOUT IT ESP ON MY OWN POSTS AND IN MY OWN INBOX?? SLFJSDFL??? especially when they're like "i took that from your comic btw :)" like WOHOAOOH!!!! WHOAH??? [spongebob voice] BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP 🚚 !!!!! I understand these ppl are saying it nicely and I am flattered they loved my comic/pet name idea THAT much but it... stings so bad omfg it HURTS, BRO........... the pet name is so personal to me/my story with Ken and it feels weird for me to now write/draw him saying it to me and no longer thinking he's talking To Me anymore :( BUT!!! i hope i can fix that by spending more time with him (watching Barbie, watching interviews, making gifsets, making art/fics) plus when I go out of town in a couple of weeks I'll stay completely offline for 10 days straight bc I won't be able to watch him sing I'm Just Ken at the Oscars (no cable where I'm going WAH) and I don't want spoilers. and. tbh maybe spending time offline from this hellsite will help Fix Me 🔨✨

I am so. WOWOWO i've read this 5 times in a row AND THE FACT THAT YOURE SUBCONSCIOUS CONJURED HIM BEING SO SWEET??? TO ME??? OF ALL PEOPLE??? Kissing my hand wtf that's one of my favorite Kisses... I think being kissed on the hand is one of the most loving and tender sweet things in the world... hand kisses + neck kisses are my absolute favorite and wowoowowoowwwhuhwuwhuhwhu LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN A POOL OF MY OWN TEARS THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!! and the fact that we'd go to a live theater date!!!! BRO!!!! BRO THAT'S SO ROMANTIC I LOOOOVE LIVE THEATER 🥺🥺🥺💙💙💙💙

LUCKY ANON!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOO!!!! SO SO SO HAPPY YOU'RE STEPPING UP UR GAME SELF SHIPPING!!! "because it's what Keri and Ken would've done" made me SQUEAL swinging my legs in my chair and drumming my desk!!!! I was all excited and needed to let my energy out SLDKFJSLKDFHSDF THIS IS SOOO SWEET!!!!!! Coming up with special nicknames make self ships feel so... idk the word, it makes it feel so much more wholehearted and tender and soft!!! like it's a special connection JUST for the two of YOU!!!! Any time I have a main F/O I try to make them call me something that isn't just the generic "baby/darling/sweetheart" (though I DO use those pet names QUITE often on many, if not all, of my ships) but there is just something about having them call you something pertaining to the ship itself, your story with them, something you know they wouldn't call anybody else But You!!! whether it's them calling you your favorite flower, or something they find synonymous with you like a dessert or a star, or even your own name but rhymed with something else, something silly, or something inspired by a lyric of Your Song that the two of you share, it's just!! it's SO SPECIAL I absolutely adore doing it, it makes the ship feel quite exceptional imo!!

I AM GIVING YOU THE BIGGEST HUGS IN THE WORLD AND ALSO DONUTS!!!!!!! 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩💕💕💓💓💗💖💗💗💓💓💞💕💟💟💝💘💞💞💓💓💞💕💕💕💕💕 I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOUUUU THANK YOU FOR YOUR SWEETNESS!!!!!!!!! I hope you have the BEST DAY EVER 🥰🥰🥰🥰☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️!!!!!!!!!!

[shiroi---kumo]

What’s something you find weird on here?

What’s something you wish to improve?

Questions for the Mun || Accepting

What’s something you find weird on here?

Tumblr in general is a weird place. That's something I had to come to terms with quickly when I got sucked into this hellsite back in 2011. One of the things I find odd, we'll keep it to the RPC, is the OC hate. I have bad experiences with OCs in the past but that's the mun not the muse. A pushy mun doesn't mean it's a bad OC. Having personal issues or problems with a mun doesn't mean the muse is bad.

Most OCs I have met on here have been some of the most amazing characters I've ever had the chance to write with and some of them could damn well be canon to their fandom. Seeing "OC" on someone's profile should not be a reason to just bypass but alas it seems to be for some and it confuses me quite frankly.

What’s something you wish to improve?

So I guess this is about the environment but I got this thing I do where my brain loves to tell me that if I don't post constantly then I'll become invisible. And I mean, I get it. How do people know you're there if you don't tell them? But like it's a little overwhelming sometimes because I know it's not completely true. I get scared people will forget about me.

Rejection sensitivity is real over here.

My brain will get upset sometimes and tell me people are mad at me or that they hate me if we don't talk a lot and I spend a lot of time reasoning with myself that I know that's wrong and it's not factual and I know my brain is being an asshole (seriously brain stop) .

I know people have lives, jobs, problems, medical issues, etc etc. I know these things to be true and I know that I am loved and cared for and valued. I know this, but my brain is still a jerk regardless and loves to start that rushing dip towards depression so I gotta scramble to try to reason my way out of it.

I'm no where near as bad about this as I used to be, but I'd like to get better. I know it takes times. I know it takes practice. Things have been tough with all the changes over the last four years. Dad dying, a Divorce of the 10 year marriage, a new job, lost friends, the plague etc etc. Things have been touch and go some days I admit but I'm still giving it my best shot and powering through.

I know people love me. I have an affirmation board above my desk to prove it to myself every day.

[thenotebookwizard]

Messengers of Illbeor

Fellow fantasy fanatics, I beseech thee!

No, really. Go read this book. I've linked it. Up on Amazon. On KU, for those of you who use it, but only about three bucks otherwise. Full disclosure, my friend wrote it. I edited it. Because honesty is the best policy.

But this is Ye Olde Hellsite, and what's a bit of shilling for your friends between mutuals (and anyone else I can get to read this book.)

Because really, y'all, I want everyone who loves fantasy, thinks they might like fantasy, or who hasn't liked fantasy in the past to go read this book.

I have known the writer a long time. She's an amazing lady, a great friend, and she has good ideas. (Those are easy to come by, but she gets more than most of us.)

You can't say any fantasy world is really 'unique,' because the elements that make fantasy into fantasy are pretty standard, right? Right! But TJ has put her own spin on this, and it's fun - it's about as unique as a western fantasy world gets, and in all the right ways. Her world is very synergistic, very lively, and full of different cultures and attitudes and ways of looking at the world. While 'culture clash' isn't probably a theme she's told me about (maybe she did? this has been years in the making), it's there. The worldbuilding is top notch, and the world is full and rich - something a lot of debut fantasy writers don't hit on.

Most of all, I love the characters. We follow two, for the most part - Alanda and Tostig - both messengers, helping keep Illbeor connected and communicating. Alanda is one of the best representations of a character with a disability I've read in a long time. As an albino, she burns easy, but works an outdoors job. The plot starts because she has to deal with being albino, and it never gets ignored or set to the side. But seeing how she overcomes it, how people help her - and how it doesn't stop her from being a strong person without it being disability porn.

Tostig's adventure is very much standard fantasy, but well-written and well-crafted. He's a great character who has to deal with an immense amount in a short time, and his voice is strong, clear, and shows a very masculine character written without being an asshole or a moron.

The plot is focused. Laser focused - the pace moves fast, and takes you on a tour of a corner of Illbeor. Beautiful places, scary places, desolate places, romantic places; it's all there. But that focused plot that carries our characters doesn't keep us from diving down some fun side trails and meeting characters.

Now this, my friends, is where I think this book rocks the world: secondary characters who aren't at all secondary, but pivotal. From mysterious wanderers who know more than they should to shamans with life debts and frustratingly vague visions to gay Elves who are gifted songs by magic, speak in musical whistles, and who flow through the world with ageless grace and a bit of racist politics.

No one is perfect in Illbeor, but no one is truly evil.

Okay. Except maybe him. Altonier. One of the more compelling 'mysterious villains' I've read in awhile (and I read a lot, y'all). You want your sexy anime villain tropes? Got 'em. Want a tragic backstory? Got it! Want twisted manipulations, gaslighting, underhanded scheming, and a completely unreliable villain POV? Check.

Altonier is the best kind of bad guy to love and the easiest villain to wonder if you shouldn't be rooting for.

Of course, the ending has revealed secrets, higher stakes, and a sequel in the works.

But please. Also. Support your indie writers who craft amazing tales. Support your indie writers who are bringing you stories trad pub won't touch with a ten foot pole.

Because diverse stories matter - we all know that. It's a theme of the fiction and fanfic fanatics of Ye Olde Hellsite. Been here awhile, and we've never stopped talking about. And this?

This is how we get them.