The thing about characters in the Silm and the other extended histories is that… well there’s not really much there, is there?
There’s usually a handful of key facts; there’s hopefully a family tree; there’s the recorded history of the breadth of a life
But by god, it’s like trying to reverse engineer a character, a personality, a soul out of a Wikipedia page. Those are prompts, those aren’t the typical literary characters we’re acquainted with whose authors dig into they’re heads and record dozens of their conversations in full.
The Silm is a coloring book of characters- there’s structure and outlines and clues, but you get to choose what crayons bring which shapes to life. And let’s be clear, there are more obvious colors to use than others to color those characters in, ones that make more sense and probably more accurately reflect authorial intent.
Like a coloring book tiger, no one can be faulted for using orange and black. But some folks might use purple and red, and usually, they’re just as correct based on what is actually in text, provided we’re staying inside the lines (this metaphor’s getting away from me)
And I must say, as a fanfic writer, it is a dream kind of scenario, there’s a lot to play with. From a creative standpoint, it’s really fun, and I admit I take pride in some of the characterizations I’ve cooked up, because I think they are a different shade from most colors I see. I do it on purpose.
I’ve rambled, and I’m not sure there’s much of a point here. I mostly mean to articulate a thought and to say that I actively enjoy that there’s always a veritable buffet of characterizations for every individual character in this fandom, as different authors choose to highlight different aspects of the scant few details and conversations we have. And some might not be my cup of tea, but it’s cool that they’re there.
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2023 Art Wrap Up :3
IGNORE HOW IT ALL LOOKS SQUISHED LMAO THESE ARE JUST TO BE PLACEHOLDERS
Links to each picture below the cut vvvv
January - "WHERE'S YO HEAD ATTTTTTT"
February - Not a post :(
March - "Now You've Gotta Kiss Me"
April - "Hysterical, Edward"
May - "That Boyyy"
June - "Strip Mafia Tord oml"
July - "I Am So Normal About Fartlord"
August - "Night Scape AU Cover Poster"
September - "Eddsworld's Sexiest Character 2023"
October - "Reflection of Myself"
December - "Biggity Buck Bumble"
November - "Dog Teeth - Tom Reference - Tired"
As a treat here's Tord's
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i saw another post joking about how it's funny to the 911 fandom that the strike ended after 118 days. So that's probably what the other anon was referencing with the strike ending on 11/8
Oh! I hadn't seen that. It is funny for us 118 days, the 11/8 (I am Brazilian, we do dates day/month but I will make an exception for this lol)
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I like how Andor showcases the terrifying ruthlessness and control of the Empire, and what the sacrifices Rebellion has to make to even compete with them, to even survive.
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maybe i have bad taste because white christmas only has a 77%
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walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet
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i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space* at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.
so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.
*yes sorry i mean usage i posted this before bed :( i do not mean the hard drive is full aaaaghhhh
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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
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i always think abt my cousin in greece who's like obsessed with american culture, bc ill say that im going to a barbecue and she'll be like "wow.... a real life american barbecue... will there be red cups?" you bet your ass there'll be red cups. take my hand. have a hot dog. all your dreams can come true here at the real life american barbecue
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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.
Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)
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