#so that it's more organized

[sparkles-and-galaxies]

yknow what I am going to elaborate. Ghost Cole grim reaper AU

after his mom dies Cole is all over the place climbing every tall cliff in close vicinity and exploring the nearby area in the process

on his journeys he learns about Yang and how he's (allegedly) a ghost. This gives him the idea that maybe it is possible to return from the Departed Realm, even if only in the form of a ghost (he's mourning and p much still a kid cut him some slack)

he goes to the Temple of Airjitzu and stays overnight to talk with Yang. He asks all kinds of questions and Yang is like "yo who tf are you" and turns Cole into a ghost, not caring in the slightest

in this AU the Departed Realm also has itself a physical embodiment like the Cursed Realm, except unlike the Preeminent this one is more of a protective momma dragon who hoards departed souls and guards them like children

anyway being turned into a ghost is technically not the same as actually dying (at least that's how the show seems to phrase it). So Cole is technically dead BUT he didn't actually die. Which puts him in this weird limbo where he's dead but never departed to the Departed Realm

The physical embodiment of the Departed Realm is like. I see you're a weirdo but I can't bring you to my place so how about I give you a purpose instead. How about you help me direct the other souls to my realm and I'll let you stay in Ninjago. I'll give you the tools you need

and Cole, not wanting to face the fact that he's practically dead, accepts

so now he's the Grim Reaper who collects the departed souls and guides them to the afterlife (first only to the Departed Realm but then it becomes his job to take care of all escaped ghosts). He's got himself a neat scythe bc it looks cool and he's still the earth elemental

...and how it all ties into the plot of the series

Wu doesn't recruit Cole to the team bc frankly he cannot find him. Since one guardian of the Green Ninja is missing Nya's water elemental status is revealed much earlier and she makes it to the team before they fight the Overlord for the first time

everything until Possession plays out relatively the same just with Cole missing

then at the end of ToE when the portal between the Cursed Realm and Ninjago opens he senses something's amiss and he's like "hey you guys aren't supposed to do that"

Cole meets with the team for the first time during Possession since his goal is to get Morro back to the Cursed Realm

he's generally very distant with the others (getting close with mortals is a bad thing when you're the personification of death, in a sense) but eventually they work together to defeat Morro

the "death" of the Preeminent shakes him up pretty badly bc it flips his worldview upside down. After all if realms can be destroyed so easily what'd happen if the same thing happened to the Departed Realm?

during Skybound he's still around bc he has to get Clouse. He's also the only one (outside of Jay and Nya) who still remembers everything that happened (Departed Realm privileges I guess) and after the timeline is reset he manages to reap Clouse before he could find the teapot

idk this is as far as I thought it through. do expect more bullshit though I am nowhere finished thinking about this au

[devsgames]

Me: "hey game developers, especially AAA ones, are getting laid off en-mass and it's awful for our industry" Gamer: "well I only play INDIE games and the problem with AAA games is they are creatively bankrupt"

Me, slamming my fists on the table like a baby: "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT A BUSINESS PROBLEM PERPETUATED BY CAPITALISM NOT A STATEMENT ON CREATIVE DECISION MAKING"

[captainjonnitkessler]

Do you guys notice how when Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, started planning a general strike, he did it by a) targeting his messaging towards unions with the ability to safely and effectively strike in large numbers, b) laid out a clear, actionable plan for those unions to follow (setting contracts to all expire at the same time, since many unions cannot strike while under contract), c) is using union contracts to set clear, actionable demands that can be met in order to gauge success and provide an end goal, and d) started organizing FOUR YEARS before the proposed strike date to give people the chance to plan accordingly, because it takes a really freaking long time to get tens of millions of people organized?

You notice how he didn't do it by slapping a message on Twitter saying 'hey nobody go to work on Monday, that'll really show 'em'?

[mrmrsman]

I'd love to see a dpxdc story where the Justice League knows about Amity Park and the Ghosts the whole time, and does think the ghosts are rogues to be addressed. Doesn't agree with the GIW, maybe doesn't even know about them? THE IMPORTANT PART.

The Red Huntress is the only active vigilante in Amity Park, according to the JL. Phantom is marked as one of her rogues. Maybe the Fentons even are marked as rogues from all the property damages and random shooting/sliming of citizens. Valarie is the only person successfully taking care of the ghosts, masking and suiting up in the classic vigilante way the whole time.

[xinghai]

Bisan has called for a global strike this week 1/21-1/28! Offer support in as many ways as you can, but don’t feel bad if you can’t do everything or do it differently than others. We all have a part to play.

[horreurscopes]

ELEKTRA: I am the shape you made me. Filth teaches filth.

(prints)(process video & high res)

[appalachianapologies]

There are many new friends on the archive, and many are young and have only known social media, which is why I wanted to say something!

Ao3 does not have an algorithm! It isn't a social media site, it's an archive.

Posting fics on Tumblr isn't the same as posting fics on Ao3

Ao3 is like a giant virtual bookshelf, and everyone is able to add their own stories to the bookshelf, all stored with different tags and different fandoms. Works are automatically sorted by newest to oldest, but filters, looking at bookmarks, and using the search function can change that.

Certain works are not pushed to the top like social media posts. More kudos and reads don't push a single work to more viewers by some algorithm. Unless otherwise filtered, works will be at the top of the page based on how recent it was posted.

Smaller fandoms get less views, less kudos, less bookmarks, and larger fandoms get more simply because of the number of people inside the fandom.

Ao3 is a giant virtual bookshelf- there is no algorithm, and there is no man behind the shelf pushing certain books forward.

Happy reading, and if you'd like to have more people notice a fic, why not share it with them! Send a dm to a fandom friend and it might turn into one of their favorite fics!

[lonicera-edulis]

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

*tries to organize my thoughts*

*remembers i'm not in school and therefore beholden to neither heaven nor hell nor any man's grading system*

*joyously shredding & tossing all my carefully arranged 3x5 mental notecards into the air like so much beige confetti. raising my arms in victory, cheering raucously until i accidentally inhale bits of homemade confetti*

(*coughing up itty bits of paper like a cat evicting a hairball with a firm understanding of tenants' rights*) wait wat happens next

[imperceiveable]

idk is this anything?

[roseworth]

ok i made it. rate my chart.

[tr1ppykay]

if you can understand that a pre-E/no-E transfem doesn't have male privilege on the basis of inherently defying patriarchal manhood by being trans, then it should make perfect sense that a post-T transmasc also doesn't have male privilege on the basis of inherently defying patriarchal manhood by being trans

[oifaaa]

I will never understand the obsession with making tims favourite robin Jason when it couldn't be more painfully obvious that tims favourite robin was Dick

Like people are so caught up in the concept, the made up angst, that tims favourite robin beat him up that they straight up misunderstand how much more significant Tim and Dicks relationship is not to mention the added layers of Tim originally being created as the ultimate self insert character which for a good number of readers meant they grew up with Dick as their favourite robin and didn't really like Jason just for not being Dick

[nouverx]

Just wanna put Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) and Luffy (One Piece) in a jar and shake them. Just imaging these two chaotic aro ace in the same room brings me so much joy.

I feel like they would viscerally hate each other if they ever had to meet ahah :'D I drew them reacting to their flag instead! I haven't drawn Luffy in a hot minute damn I missed my boi

Now that I think about it, it's funny how similar yet completely different they are. Luffy's whole deal is about smiling, laughing and make people around him happy, while Alastor's whole deal is also about smiling, but he uses it for control, to hide his true emotions and make people around him uncomfortable/second guessing him all the the time.

Luffy is aroace, but still full of love for everyone, he cares so much and shows so much affection, while Alastor is aroace and mostly touch averse, takes a long time to get attached to people and shows very little affection (or maybe has his own definition of affection idk)

And they both have a weird moral code and hate people in power who uses it to exploit the weak?? Not to the same extend ofc but still, that's an interesting trait they share .

My two favourite aroaces I love them so much 💖

[lesbaurinkos]

they call me the world’s number one fan of dnp’s ffxiv catboys (who bought matching red and blue carbuncle mounts if you care). just like they call fditl the most important video to ever exist in the world

[dredgesnails]

i very badly want a double life 2: electric boogaloo but crucially no one is allowed to be paired up with their soulmate from the first one (except ranchers) and also lizzie and gem and mumbo and skizz are there too. anyway here are some pairings i think would be funny or interesting or would please me personally:

mumbo + scar: complete the mumscarian circuit

mumbo + lizzie: statistically the worst players right after jimmy. lizzie died before him once and she can do it again (and take mumbo with her)

grian + jimmy: nightmare scenario for the both of them

pearl + gem: an unfair matchup as they would win no problem but i love them together and i think we deserve them together after the events of secret life

scar + tango: wildly unpredictable. scar takes damage constantly but (almost) always escapes by the skin of his teeth. tango on the other hand has blown himself up before

pair them up best + worst in order (pearl + jimmy, gem + mumbo, scott + lizzie etc) and see if they manage to balance each other out. this takes out some of the randomness but there are still some fun duos i think would come out of it (etho + bdubs, skizz + martyn, impulse + bigb) and i also think pearl could keep jimmy alive long enough to not die first

and for lore reasons:

grian + bigb: lets see how the secret soulmates can handle being real soulmates

scott + jimmy: ok i know the last time they were together jimmy doomed them both with his curse but this time it’ll be different scott’s lucky now

cleo + etho: the progression of divorced with kids > roomies > soulmates tickles me

ren + martyn: i miss renchanting

+ bonus because i have been thinking about who i would want joining the life series a lot. this is who i want to join

doc + anyone really but mostly grian: okay seriously i imagined doc in the life series once and now ive been consumed by the desire to see it. especially with his health linked to grian. think about it. would be fun with ren also for entirely opposite reasons