#taken from this earth

[dreamproxyaesthetics]

It can happen anywhere...at anytime.

[notbecauseofvictories]

That said, I did get some good books.

[vasira96]

after several months and many, many hours, i have made a comic ft my oc’s

[mayhasopinions]

old man yaoi (kitty cat edition)

[winwin17]

Middle Earth incorrect quote poll

"It's like the throne of the backyard patio king."

[worstloki]

Loki surveilling the skyline of New York from the top of Stark Tower and clocking that his favorite paired set of buildings are gone. sad

[commsroom]

to me, the question of whether hera would want a body is first and foremost a question of autonomy and ability. she has an internal self-image, i think it's meaningful that the most pivotal moments in her character arc take place in spaces where she can be perceived the way she perceives herself and interact with others in a (relatively) equal and physical capacity, and that's worth considering. but i don't think it's about how she looks, or even who she is - and i think she's the same person either way; she's equally human without a body, and having a body wouldn't make her lived experience as an AI magically disappear - so much as it's about how she would want to live.

like most things with hera, i'm looking at this through a dual lens of disability and transness, both perspectives from which the body - and particularly disconnect from the body - is a concern. the body as the mechanism by which she's able to interact with the world; understanding her physical isolation as a product of her disability, the body as a disability aid. the body as it relates to disability, in constant negotiation. the body as an expression of medical transition, of self-determination, of choice. as a statement of how she wants to be seen, how she wants to navigate the world, and at the same time reckoning with the inevitable gap between an idealized self-image and a lived reality, especially after a long time spent believing that self-image could never be visible to anyone else.

it's critical to me that it should never imply hera's disability is 'fixed' by having a body, only that it enables her to interact with the world in ways she otherwise couldn't. her fears about returning to earth are about safety and ability; the form she exists in dictates the life she's allowed to lead and has allowed people to invade her privacy and make choices for her. dysphoria and disability both contribute to disembodiment - in an increasingly digitized world, the type of alienation that feels like your life can only exist in a virtual space... maybe there's something about the concept of AI embodiment, in particular as it relates to hera, that appeals to me because of what it challenges about what makes a 'real woman.' when it's about perception, about how others see her and how she might observe / be impacted by how she's treated differently, even subconsciously. it's about feeling more present in her life and interfacing with the world. but it's not in itself a becoming; it doesn't change how she's been shaped by her history or who she is as a person.

i think it comes back to the 'big picture' as a central antagonistic force in wolf 359, and how - in that context, in this story - it adds a weight to this hypothetical choice. hera is everywhere, and she's never really anywhere. she's got access to more knowledge than most people could imagine, but it's all theoretical or highly situational; she doesn't have the same life experiences as her peers. she has the capacity to understand that 'big picture' better than most people, but whatever greater portion of the universe she understands is nothing next to infinity and meaningless without connection and context. it's interesting to me that hera is one of the most self-focused and introspective people on the show. her loyalties and decisions are absolute, personal, emotionally driven. she's lonely; she always feels physically away from the others. she misremembers herself sitting at the table with the rest of the crew. she imagines what the ocean is like. there's nothing to say that hera having a body is the only solution for that, but i like what it represents, and i honestly believe it'd make her happier than the alternatives. if there's something to a symbolically narrowed focus that allows for a more solid sense of self... that maybe the way to make something of such a big, big universe is to find a tiny portion of it that's yours and hold onto it tight.

[tharelofthewoodlandrealm]

there's this guy on Instagram making tree nets called "Charlie's webs" and i can't help but think how much they would fit the Silvan elves. like, having the trees around their homes full of net spirals and bridges and platforms to hang out on and walk from house to house and climb to the treetops for some stargazing. plus, they're bouncy so the elflings would love it

[fionnaskyborn]

Was tagged by @oceancamp to post my current five favorite songs! (They should invent a stages-of-grief-esque model that encompasses and accurately describes both types of anguish I had to go through making this list - the one of limiting myself to only five songs, and the one of trying to put as little videogame music on here as possible so that I don't end up looking like an absolute goddamn geek, which... I am... Oh well!)

Thank you so much for tagging me - here are the songs!

Heaven Pierce Her - War Without Reason

Tatsuro Yamashita - Love Space

This specific arrangement of Death And Republic + Meet Again

Winger - Junkyard Dog (Tears On Stone)

The Protomen - Light Up The Night

Is it courtesy to tag other people after you've been tagged in a post like this? If that's the case, I'll tag @spiralled-fury, @solradguy, @swamppossum, @five-by-five, @northstarring, @ineedmoredragons and @tbonechessor!

[pathetic-gamer]

WAIT WAIT WAIT CONSIDER THIS: TOM AND BARBARA AS ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE, ALAN AND ALICE AS A DOOMED RETELLING

[randomfandomss]

Thinking about how Season 2 is set in the year 2023 and how the show timeline canonicallly aligns with the timeline of our universe.

So if Season 3 comes out in, say, the year 2026, it would've already been three years since the fallout. Three years since Crowley has been left alone on earth and Aziraphale has been the Supreme Archangel of Heaven. Three years since they broke each other's hearts. Three years since Crowley has been without Aziraphale and Aziraphale has been without Crowley.

And probably three or more years since the Nightingale last sang for them...

Not that it is a long time by any standards and they had experienced extended periods of no contact before but these three years would've been spent thinking they would have to go on for the rest of eternity without ever being able to see each other again. And, of course, this time span of three years would have been spent after a major shift in their dynamic and after so many things had finally come out in the open for the first time in 6000 years.

[bookwyrminspiration]

i am unwell

[raptorrobot]

do you have a voiceclaim for icarus? im rereading violent sun and found myself reading his dialogue in patroclus' voice from the hades game

FUNNILY ENOUGH patroclus hadesgame was a huge contender for his voiceclaim when i was figuring it out (had the perfect amount of 'old tortured homosexual' energy i was looking for) but i ended up landing on idris elba in the end for his voice <3

enjoy a voiceclaim reel i made a little while back for him !

[winwin17]

Middle Earth incorrect quote poll

"Boardwalks are for losers."

[autisticaradiamegido]

what do your parents look like?

day 95

wellll my moms a demon and my dads an angel so liek their true forms are incomprehensible 2 mere mortalz??

but obvs if they stayed in heaven & hell all the time they nevar wouldve met and had ME so liek they have human forms that they use when theyre in the Mortal Realm

theyre p cool i guess idk theyre just my parents lololol