#deathless meme

[ceeturnalia]

2 and 8 for the author meme 😘

2. which character pov do you find the most challenging to write?

well, as you know :p i'm working on an IWTV fic with three povs, which is a big departure for me. i flatter myself that i am best at (and certainly i'm most comfortable with) a tight 3rd person limited. but this story really needed all sides told, and LDPDL is the one who's kicking my ass. i don't think i'm getting him wrong (so far) but i'm having to stretch myself a lot for him.

8. talk about a story idea you don’t know if you’ll ever write.

is it cheating to say something that i started sketching but i don't know if i'll ever write it write it?

it's a clex smallville story that would basically go AU after/during s2. clark puts the red kryptonite ring on, knowing it's going to make him not give a fuck about anything, and doesn't take it off for years. he leaves home, he enters a longterm relationship with lex, the ring lets him stay numb to some things and lets him take chances on others. then one day in a pretty nice future, the ring goes missing and clark has to face the fact that he's spent a decade plus as an addict. and the twist is it would be told from lex's pov.

it would be so good and it would be so hard.

[dispersio]

famous first lines of poetry

i saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked // tyger tyger, burning bright // i have done it again. // do not go gentle into that good night. // the sea is calm to-night. // let us go then, you and i, //  april is the cruelest month, //  pretty women wonder where my secret lies. // there is a place where the sidewalk ends // i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) // two roads diverged in a yellow wood, // whose woods these are i think i know // let us twain walk aside from the rest; // once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary, // i taught myself to live simply and wisely // it so happens i am sick of being a man // i wandered lonely as a cloud // does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? // o my love is like a red, red rose // o captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done; // out of the night that covers me, // it was many and many a year ago, // you may write me down in history // do not stand at my grave and weep // some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. // hope is the thing with feathers // the wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, // no man is an island, // remember me when i am gone away, // i met a traveller from an antique land // ‘twas brillig, and the slithy toves // this is thy hour o soul, // when we wear the mask that grins and lies, // death be not proud, //  and death shall have no dominion. // laugh, and the world laughs with you // the art of losing isn’t hard to master; // to see a world in a grain of sand // is there anybody there? said the traveller // nobody heard him, the dead man, // that crazed girl improving her music. // come to me in the silence of the night; // where the mind is without fear and the head is held high // when you are old and grey and full of sleep, // in flanders’ fields the poppies blow // i thought of you and how you love this beauty // life, believe, is not a dream // it may be misery not to sing at all, // if starry space no limit knows // come live with me and be my love, // had we but world enough and time, // my heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense // bright star, would i were steadfast as thou art– // thou still unravish’d bride of quietness // how do i love thee? let me count the ways. // HEAVEN IS WHAT I CANNOT REACH! // my dear, my dear, i know // in visions of the dark night // shall i compare thee to a summers day? // break, break, break // she walks in beauty, // i had a dream, which was not all a dream. // he clasps the crag with crooked hands.

Tagged by: NA (taken from old blog) Tagging!: anyone who wants to do this.

[eclipsecrowned]

also if y'all see me reblogging any memes before i get some done... set phasers to kill.

[janmisali]

Number Tournament: Honorable Mentions

well, you've all asked for it, and I guess there's no point in waiting any further now that round one is almost over. here's some highlights from the numbers that didn't get enough nominations to make it into the tournament. (as you can work out from looking at how many nominations the numbers that made it into the tournament got, my cutoff was seven nominations, which left room for me to hand-pick three numbers that only got six to fill in the bottom seeds)

six nominations

these are the numbers that were the closest of all to making the cut. in the end, I picked ten, Rayo's number, and omega to fill in seeds 62-64, but four other numbers got six nominations but didn't make it:

25: perfectly fine square number. notably funnier than 24

81: another square. I only wanted one "boring normal integer" for the bottom seeds and like come on it had to be ten.

5040: Plato's favorite number, a very fun one

42069: both 420 and 69 already made the cut, so this would have been excessive

and now for some miscellaneous fun ideas that not enough people suggested to make the cut!

cool math things

c (the speed of light) could have been a strong contender, but physics fans were pretty much universally putting their efforts behind the fine-structure constant and the Avogadro constant, leaving other universal constants behind

the Euler-Masceroni constant got five nominations super early on in the process, some of which were even intentional (there are so many things named after Euler but I made the call that people who said "Euler's constant" without specifying were talking about this one) but never got any further than that

a lot of infinite ordinals more interesting than the standard omega were in the running, but given that omega itself only barely made it in, numbers like omega to the omega power never stood a chance. of course, given how well omega did in round one maybe those other bigger infinities could have held their own if only more people suggested them before the tournament began

Not a Number's presence in the tournament is I think very fun, but other floating point things were also nominated, just not as frequently. negative zero was a fun one, as are the handful of nominations for just slightly-off multiples of one tenth

besides star, a lot of game theory not-really-number numbers had a few fans supporting them, such as dud (deathless universal draw), a couple of tiny numbers, and one suggestion for {69|420}

meme numbers

fans of boobs were split between 80085, 58008, 8008135, and 5318008, so none of the boob numbers made it individually

perhaps even more disappointingly, only five people suggested 1312

1337 is a super dead meme so that one being unpopular isn't as surprising. but then literally nobody suggested 9001? weird!

the AACS encryption key (an illegal number) only got a handful of suggestions, which is a shame because that's a really fun one

only three people suggested "your credit card number" but if it made it past the cutoff I 100% would have put that in the tournament

meta jokes

a few people suggested variations of "the number that wins the tournament", which I think is a funnier meta joke than either of the ones that actually made the cut

a couple people also did versions of "the sum of all other numbers in the bracket" (or "all other numbers people suggested in this google form"), with a couple people who said that also thankfully adding in some conditions to only include numbers where you can actually do that

a couple people have asked me what the smallest natural number was that nobody suggested, and unfortunately (by which I mean I love this) I can't answer that because a couple people suggested "the smallest natural number nobody else suggests"

another fun one was "the number of notes on this tumblr post", which only one person suggested

three separate people did "five (the word five not the number)", "5 (the symbol not the number it represents)" and "V (the roman numeral)" (looking at them all together it kinda looks like this was the same person all three times but that's because I'm paraphrasing all of them)

googologisms and otherwise big numbers

shockingly, the famously large numbers googol and Graham's number didn't get nearly as much support as the googologisms that made it to the bracket

five people suggested numbers in the Busy Beaver sequence, but none of them suggested the same Busy Beaver number

there were also things like "the smallest counterexample to the Collatz conjecture", fully hypothetical numbers

"zillion", "bajillion", and "fuckton" got two nominations each, any of which would have been extremely fun to see in the tournament

other

a couple people just said "fibonacci number" which. do you mean like the whole sequence? maybe these should have counted for phi

two people suggested "a grizzly bear". I'm assuming that's a reference I'm not getting, because it's way too specific of a joke for two people to say that independently

there was one suggestion that was the coordinates to a restaurant in yemen called burger king 2

anyway there's literally thousands of these, and I have no intentions of at any point making a full comprehensive list of what people suggested, but I think this is a pretty good sample of what the nominees were like. there were a lot of really good candidates, but I think the 64 that made it into the tournament are a pretty dang good set of numbers!

thank you to everyone who suggested your favorite numbers, it was genuinely very fun reading through everyone's suggestions.

[fractualized]

2023 Batjokes Secret Santa Round-Up

Happy holidays! Big thanks to everyone who participated in the exchange this year. Gifts are listed below, split between art and fic, and SFW and NSFW. (Most art titles are unofficial, just text for me to link.)

90% of the gifts are batjokes; nonbatjokes are at the end of each section. I’ve included some other notes and warnings with the links, but as usual it’s on you to check fic tags.

🎄 SFW Art

Summer Selfie [Lego Batman] by arcthie

Lego Meme/Holiday Wrapping/Shark Repellent [Lego Batman, DOTF] by batjokestm

Joker by botoartist

Destined Dance [Telltale] by chokit-pyrus

Team-Up Selfie by clownedcrime

Under the Mistletoe by flurpyz

Gentleman's Arrest by the-hopeless-fanboy

Caught in the Spotlight by kitty-cat-boi

Partners [Telltale] by Koda

Christmas Sweaters [Batman '66] by garrett-strangelove

Cozy Christmas Evening [Telltale] by maple-chuu

Christmas Headgear [Telltale] by m-e-f-y

Rooftop Dance by metionohre

Caught by pipermint8magic

The Joke's On You [Batman '66] by Nex

His Bat and His Clown by occultkings

Playing Cards by pinkopalina

Keeping A Promise by powrbottomjoker

Visiting Room by riddlekid

I Won't Tell [genderbend] by Star

Loving Embrace [TDKR] by stewbud

Snow Globe [Telltale] by stryx123

Knife Dance [BTAS] by vongeist

Eye to Eye [riddlebird] by foolcunting

The Heart Outweighs All [twiddler, mild gore] by Ingo

Well-Trained [Punchline/James Jr] by venombiote

Wallypillar [Welcome Home] by marxtheimpish

Octogoblin Christmas [Spider-Man] by moxis

🎁 SFW Fic

Normal People Things (Rated Mature) by bang-the-smoke

once isn't enough (Rated Mature) by batsyjokes

This Strange Effect (Rated Explicit, but not in chapter 1) by battybrownboo

A Fine Addition To My Collection (Rated Teen and Up) by darkpurpledawn

What to Get for the Man Who Has Everything (Rated Teen and Up) by faygomonkey

kiss me (you animal) (Rated Teen and Up) by luxamea

That Deathless Death (Rated Mature; vampire Bruce) by superherogrl

I’ll Be Your Mirror [Breaking Bad; Mike/Jesse] (Rated Mature) by TheDykeKnight

🎅 NSFW Art

Hello Nurse [bondage] by drones-art

Lazy Morning Breakfast [pregnant Joker] by Emilia

Santa Lingerie by K

Tunnel of Love [TDKR] by Mara's shelter

Threshold by razzbatty

Men of Science [extremely dubious consent, Arkham staff] by Ring

⛄ NSFW Fic

let our bodies be awoken (Rated Explicit; zombies) by distortopia

I want to make you proud and play with your head (Rated Explicit; AU) by fractualized

If I missed your gift, let me know and I’ll add it.

Happy Holidays!

[ofthewhitehands]

deathless ♚ sentence meme  // Accepting

I cannot keep you and I cannot let you go. ( RHAEGAR // @rhaegxr​ )

She sat with her eyes on the child, listening  to the quarrel  they often had these days. “We are bound to  one another. You could never leave me now.”

She looked to him then, and every moment of complication, every emotion welled inside her. She loved him in her sad distorted way.

They needed time to heal. To find each other again on better more solid grounds.

“ We should give him a name. The poor thing can’t be nameless forever.”

[princess-of-the-corner]

MARINO, THE DEATHLESS VANGUARD

ADRIENNE, DAMSEL OF VOID

(out of curiosity) What do you think about names that I "choose" for Adrien and Marinette's "Dark Souls AU" alternate selves?

I don't know jack about the lore in Dark Souls but those sound like names I've seen pop up either legitimately or in memes.

[reiiishii]

@jinjahime said: Men die. It’s practically what they’re for. (hmm… chōshin for kyu!) Deathless Meme // Accepting!

Kyu dragged herself to her feet, still bleeding from her fight with kōsankyō, the grip on her Zanpakuto white knuckled despite how slick she was with blood.

her own and the enemy's.

"That's....NOT true...."

She wobbled in place before spitting some blood out of her mouth and pointing her blade at him, eyes narrowed despite being blinded by her injuries and the blood running down her face. Kyu took another step forward and continued.

"You know NOTHING about humanity, about shinigami- ABOUT HIM. You say these things, you say this is something so easy to achieve when it isn't. These problems will only create more issues between our kind and yours, we'd just be trading them for the Hollows!! I might sound naive, but better naivety than to be a PIG HEADED BASTARD LIKE YOURSELF WHO WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN FEAR TO STRENGTHEN THE BELIEF IN YOUR KIND."

Her eyes searched behind his head, red butterflies, one maybe two... she recognized those...

Shiki's...

A single red butterfly landed on her nose before it turned to ash the moment it's proboscis touched her blood, the wounds on her body healing and the blood slowly beginning to vanish as she was revitalized and healed anew.

"My trust is in Kōsuke to bring you down, I've supported him since the beginning of YOUR mess. That's NOT going to stop now even if you kill me, I'll just keep coming back with Shiki around, MEN do not die....NOT ON HER WATCH." She aimed her blade at him, standing tall and determined now that she had been healed thanks to her sister's beloved abilities.

"Your fight isn't with me, BUT IT'S WITH KŌSUKE. AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS: HE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU DOWN....and if you're so senile you need a reality check...."

"Don't forget I just beat your little froggy friend! Guess you're not all powerful Yōkai after all!!!"

[gctchell]

@damnedrainbows asked: “After love, no one is what they were before. “ (STOLAS FOR STELLA)

deathless ♚ sentence meme || 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌

"Isn't that a massive understatement?" Stella scoffed softly in amusement, swiveling her tea as a small, icy cloud danced about above the cup and shook a small pour of snowflakes down, little puffs of steam rising with impact. "You've metamorphosed me as though you possessed me, darling. That's no small feat."

Stolas broke inside of her and changed such.. fundamental aspects, enforced by parentals and sharpened by her brother. Not everything changed, but he was like a star existing in a cold system, melting the ice around his radiance and softening parts of her that would only be snug for both himself and their Via. Perhaps there was just a little compassion for others, the smallest form, but it was very hard-earned. "I certainly hope if I changed you, it was for the better."

There was a sudden halt in her content mood, and a quiet, worried glance in the corner of her eye to her husband at her side. Was it?

[myhappyxending]

Chris and Regina for the relationship meme! I'm curious to see yours. ☎ 🎼 👋 📱 🌀 👀 💋 😙 😶

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING - @that-obsessed-gay-girl

Send ☎ for your muse’s info in my muses phone (name, ringtone, picture, last text received/sent).

Name: Chris (later it would have a heart emoji after it) Ringtone: I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry (Regina's cheesy, and she knows it.) Picture: One that Regina took when Chris wasn't looking so that she would have something to show the private investigator she hired to dig up dirt on her before she got to know her. She liked it so much she never bothered to change it. Hey! It was hella!flattering! Last text/received/sent: Chris: Your majesty, if you wish to visit with Henry, you can meet us at Granny's for lunch. Tick-tock, queenie. Regina: Your attempt at a threat is cute. Try again.

Send 🎼 for a song that reminds me of our muses.

Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Oh, good God, let me give you my life Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Oh, good God, let me give you my life

Send 👋 for three things that describe our muses relationship.

flirting, hostile, & compromise

Send📱for a voicemail my muse left yours.

"Ms. Sinclair, I would appreciate that if you're going to check my child out of school that you get permission from me. Emma is not his legal guardian, and I've compromised and allowed her on the pick-up list, but you were not approved. Don't let it happen again."

Send 🌀 for my muse’s reaction to getting stuck in a storm with yours.

Regina secretly likes storms. It's the one time the world around her matches the way she feels inside most of the time. She can relax as people around her are usual on edge from the storm. This is no different. She would let her guard down and would probably reveal something about herself that she wouldn't normally. Whether that's a good thing or not will remain to be seen.

Send 👀 for my muse to compliment yours

Regina's tongue feel large and heavy like she's eaten something and suddenly become allergic. She knows it's because she owes Chris a thank you for saving her life, but she's not used to thanking people for their good deeds. Especially not where her own well-being is concerned so she's hesitant, but the words finally slip from her lips. "You're not as bad as I what I thought. You're actually nice when you let yourself be." It's not exactly a compliment, but it wasn't all bad either.

Send 💋 for how my muse would seduce/flirt with yours.

Regina would most likely flirt without trying to. Or without realizing it. There's a fine line for her between flirting and being completely rotten.

Send 😙 for my muse’s reaction to yours being super affectionate.

Regina would absolutely wonder what spell someone put on her. And she would actually retrace her steps in her mind to make sure it wasn't her that put the spell on her. She would then say to her, "Get a hold of yourself, Ms. Sinclair."

Send 😶 and my muse will confess to something they wish they didn’t do that affected your muse.

Regina wished that she hadn't judged her based on the company she was keeping (meaning Emma). She hates to be judged because of her past, and she would regret that tremendously after she starts to change for the better and getting to know Chris.

[ofspvrta]

I cannot keep you and I cannot let you go. / from Kristen.

μ::|| meme: deathless ♚ sentence meme | accepting [ Ξ ]

@torntruth | kristen

Oh. Kassandra wasn't sure what she was expecting. They had both implied this was a more casual thing, not really dating. Both of them led lives where domestic bliss was impossible and Kassandra was running out of time, she knew she only had a few years left on this earth before her time as Keeper came to an end. She looked into her glass of wine, half-tempted to swap it for the whole bottle instead. The truth was, she really liked Kristen, she'd even go as far to say she more than just liked her. She wasn't sure she was able to say the other L word, because once that was vocalized it was over. She took a large sip of wine from her glass, swallowing it and letting the flavor wash down her throat.

"Well, that puts us in a bit of a bind, doesn't it?"

[dispersio]

what tarot card are you? — ♦ — VINCENT VALENTINE —

the TOWER

where is the line between awakening and self destruction? is it thin? are you walking toward it? on it? already too far gone? there is nothing more disheartening than trying to find yourself, only to learn that you detest the person you've been looking for.

can i tell you a secret? you are allowed to love yourself. required to, even. how can you go forward without it? make no mistake– it is not easy. but it is essential. you will get there, and it will be warm.

/ NUMBER: 16  / UPRIGHT: sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening / REVERSED: personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster

Tagged by: technically @bishonenprince . Tagging: you, reading this. take this sign to do the thing.

[wineworshipped]

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜ (from hebe <3)

too lazy to look up the meme lol <3

His eyes are slow to open; he savors the moments between, the twilight that exists for him and him alone, the realm between life and death that no other in his pantheon has or will taste so intimately, so often. Gods are meant to be deathless. Dionysus’ peace is temporary. He savors it the more for this.

And then there’s Hebe’s voice, like the chirping of a bird in his ear, and he rolls those same slow eyes over to look at her. The blood is still fresh, and too red to be his.

“That would be because your wretched mother tries to kill me every other time she sees me, so I try to make sure she sees me only if I’m going to die soon.” Or died recently, as the case is now. Dionysus sits up and wipes the blood off his face, succeeding only in smearing it into his cheeks. Death often enough calls for his rebirth here, as close to a voluntary visit to Olympus as he has come since his ascension. “And I prefer to die in style when I have to.”

[aonemanarmy]

"I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable." (perhaps from dark/dharkon!daisy?)

deathless ♚ sentence meme

"So it would seem that some of you pitiful humans realize your own true nature. Therefore, you will understand why your kind must be wiped from the face of the planet."

[theemptysoupcan]

Pikmin 1 No Death Run complete!

All parts were collected, with 123 red pikmin, 79 yellow pikmin, and 70 blue pikmin being my final pikmin count for a total of 272!

If you want to hear my ramble about my journey you can click the read more!

I started my journey on the release date of the physical release, aka the 22nd so I managed to beat it in four days! It's been a long time since I last played the og, unfortunately I couldn't get my score due to missing wii nunchucks but I do know I couldn't do it deathless since the infamous deletius pikmin bridge bug! Thankfully they fixed it in this version, so happy! Still played it super careful around the bridges haha.

For the most part, the entire run was super smooth sailing! I only ever had issues with Wollyhops being very inconsistent or pikmin staring at me as they get crushed instead of heeding to my whistle. Sheargrubs also surprised and got me like twice, taught me the value of scouting ahead and beating the everloving daylights out of them with my fists! Except the flying ones those were tricky, I'd have pikmin on standby to shoot them down when they started flying.

I did accidentally summon the Smoky Progg during my second day of Distant Spring, I was so mad.

The only real huge reset point I had was the stupid fricken Burrowing Snagrets in Forest of Hope >:0 The only real way to actually fight them without casualties is getting lucky with rng and Hoping they get stuck in the ground coming up like twice in a row, and that's also praying the other Snagrets don't make an appearance, because they sure love to cameo! I spent like, a whole day on that debacle, frankensteined this piece together because I was so mad.

Soon after making this meme I did eventually get my perfect rng and was able to finish out the Forest of Hope finally, complaining always works! Anyways, wrapping up I genuinely enjoyed this challenge! It was a fun little challenge to dedicate a few days to, and I think honestly with the bridge kill glitch fixed this game is genuinely super fun. It's definitely a lot more unforgiving and challenging without the auto-aim pikmin 3 and pikmin 4 has sorta conditioned me to work with(seeing as there will be no more aim controls in the forseeable future, wii and wii u you will be missed), but it's also super rewarding when you do get those instant kills on sheargrubs and dwarf bulborbs! If you're bored, want a fun challenge, and really enjoy pikmin do give this challenge a go!

[selkymaiden]

Hello!!!! I was tagged by @finniestoncrane 💕💕💕💕💕 for a fun little meme!!

Last Song: Oh to Be in Love by Kate Bush. I'm in my yearning era rn. It's either Kate or Fleetwood Mac

Currently watching: let's see, uhhhhhh, i'm slowly rewatching Gotham with one of my friends. I also have BTAS from prime days I bought so I'll most likely rewatch those also when they get here! otherwise, i don't really watch many shows instead i'm more of a movie person. so i'll just have a random movie on in the bg a lot.

Currently Reading:

fics... especially character x reader fics... cuz you know... sometimes you need a little pick me up. (aklfjwer like finnie ur fics have honestly bewitched me body and soul- the way your words hit just right.) I have however recently just finished rereading Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente. I'd like to start on her Fairyland series also.

Current Obsession(s): uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am so sorry my brain worms with DC is back and with a vengeance. however I am always in love with Fallout, Dishonored, and then in general ocs; mine, and others.

Tag people you want to get to know better!:

this is just for fun so don't feel obligated to do it, also I know some of you already so now i'm just being snoopy falkjweklr ! but lemme see i'll tag:

@secretsandevillove , @depengu , @grotusque , @stjarnskrik , @roberthouses @schreiberpablo , @thetiniestyeti , @kiryukazumas , @mediocredoots , @shatteredthrone , @morticianbot , @jesterrlavorre , @vissenya , @crystariumleves , @bluepriestess