#thank you jesse!!!

[kristsune]

Tag Game: Star Wars. Thanks for tagging me, @thebisexualmandalorian

ride or die ship (your otp): kalluzeb, my boys.

most annoying ship: anyone/jar jar. im sorry but INSTANTLY annoying

second favourite ship: baze/chirrut

favourite platonic relationship: anakin and r2d2

underrated ship: hevy/hardcase yes im promoting my own rarepair

overrated ship: agreeing with jesse on this one: Luxsoka. Why.

one thing i would change in canon: and somehow, palpatine is back. No wait, adding to this. what they did to poe specifically in the third movie made me so bloody angry. i cant believe they did my boy so fucking dirty

something canon did right: also agreeing with jesse on this one, canon isnt THAT bad guys, there is so much good shit

a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom: the kixystix nickname/the jessix ship name

a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): cassian andor

the character i relate to the most and why: i always related to luke, in that im a weird little blonde gay from bumfuck nowhere, that people love to underestimate

character(s) i hate the most and why: zero, that clone that says “oh my god” really just explains it all. (this is all i could think of off the top of my head, im sure there is someone else, but i honestly cannot think of anything atm)

something i've learned from the fandom: ocs are in fact amazing, and you can do whatever you wish with them, and no one can tell you otherwise kind of the same with bg characters that have very few lines cough hevy cough

three tags i seek out on ao3: ngl i rarely search on ao3, solely reading what friends write/rec, but im the biggest slut for h/c

a song i strongly associate with my otp/ favourite character: okay i know i havent mentioned him yet, but i will always associate jd mcpherson’s a gentle awakening with rex because of the fic i wrote for him to that song, and i just. i love it so much, it matches so well

tagging whoever would like to play! and if you dont think i mean you, i do!

[chanrizard]

SKZ TALKER | Ep. 65 ⁝⁝ Bang Chan

[inkskinned]

i got my isbn today for the book. 8 months to go. my mom and i were talking about what the next steps are. i was eating trail mix, standing on one foot, phone tucked into my ear.

"yeah," i said. "the problem is that tumblr as a market is like, not something that can be studied." there's this weird wave of nostalgia and affection for this place that came up over me: how lovely we avoid consumerism. okay, it sucks as a creator. but also? keep stickin' it to 'em.

my mother made the sound at the back of her throat that i also make, the one that means i've got an idea. "you should figure out some kind of reward for presale amounts. maybe you give out poems or a mug or a signed book or something. would your followers like that?" my mother is sweet, and kind, and i have no idea how to explain on this website you can buy someone crabs.

i put more m&ms down the hatch. i had to speak through peanuts and almonds. "if it passes 25 thousand i will print the book out in its entirety and eat it live on camera."

"oh god. no, you don't have to do that." she was anguished. "just tell them that you'd love them to read it, and that they've inspired you to write. you got started on that site, and they helped you keep going. raquel, you love these people. the community? you talk all the time about the other writers and artists and whatever else. tell them that you're hoping for their support, they'll come through."

"no," i assured her. i discovered i had dropped an m&m, but an ant had already found it, so it belonged to him now. i will let his little life have a surprise blue treasure in it, too. "i'm gonna fuckin' eat the book."

[papanowo]

we’re still here

[stills under the cut] 

[inkstainedhandswithrings]

I really like the specific niche of star wars fans that are just obsessed with clones (like myself) bc I swear, we are the most avoidant group of ppl the galaxy has ever fcking met.

what do you mean Hardcase died on Umbara? he looks fine to me?

Fives? Died? girl when? last I remember he was choking the life out of chancellor palpatine

Waxer, dead because of Krell? not if you don't look at it he's not

Domino Squad? ALIVE AND BREATHING, THANK YOU!!

Ponds? killed by a bounty hunter? I'd like to see her try, Mace would kill her

99 will never die, fight me

Tup? are u crazy, I saw him yesterday, we hugged it out

THE ENTIRE 332 COMPANY? We are literally having drinks with them right now, what are you on about?

Jesse has never hurt a soul in his life, he is the goodest boy in blue, he would never raise a pistol to Ahsoka, stop talking okay??

Cody? kill obi wan? someone's been drinking the funny juice huh?

order 66 who? never heard of her, leave me alone, no I mean it. go away. stop. STOP, LEAVE!!

[not-with-you-but-of-you]

GILMORE GIRLS | 3.21 "Here Comes the Son"

Requested by @jess-stolengnome

[letraspal]

“I tighten my arm around him. I get my wing around him, too. I like having four arms to hold him.”

— From chapter 20, Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell.

DAY 1 | Creature | @carryon-countdown

[nottogetpoliticalbutwtfisoatmeal]

YAYYYYY!!!! ITS DONE!!! FINISHED (fingers crossed)

ANYWAYS this an an au ive had for a while. Jesse becomes 'possessed' with a player (you) who controls his actions throughout the game. Decision making and combat is made easier, but Jesse has to deal with no longer being in control of his own body. This is the first encounter, I like to think

[honestlydarkprincess]

grover hearing luke ask percy and annabeth when they became an old married couple

[sunshikilo]

art block kicking my ass but i’m constantly inspired by the work of my fav creators leeeike @enden-agolor ‘s au ^^ again. scene pulled directly from their fic which is really good

[anelimjolie]

name a more wholesome cast, I’ll wait

[spenglernot]

STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday.  What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.

Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.

Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.

Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.

Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).

Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.

Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.

Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.

Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.

The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.

Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.

And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.

There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.

Now for the the meta part

The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.

Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?

Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?

Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?

Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?

Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?

And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.

This guy,

Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)

And this guy,

Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).

And this guy,

Xerxes, 300 (2006).

And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:

Don’t respect him.

Feel free to openly mock him.

Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.

He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.

Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.

Oh and, just to be clear,

The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).

Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.

Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.

This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.

[paperkoifish]

Doodles and art I'm working on

[saradika]

I think it's important to share something you're proud of (especially when your friends are the reason that you're so proud of it!), so - ta-da!! this is the hard work of some very beloved mutuals (along with several months of personal trial and error). every single one of these stories are a comfort fic for me, and they so kindly allowed me to make an anthology of their works!

the anthology contains 14 stories (348 pages and 111k words!!!! 💖), which were then designed/typeset/hand-bound by myself from start to finish (with permission, and individual copies mailed out to them as keepsakes).

it is so exciting to have a physical copy of some of my very favorite fics, made by such wonderful people! 💕 And I can’t wait to learn more and grow with this hobby!

[xofeno]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSE LEE SOFFER! April 23, 1984 💖🎂🎈⛳🥳

[pnt03prcnt]

happy social network sunday (the social network fandom is dying .. repost if you are a true Social Networker..)