#this is painful

[beardedmrbean]

SMDH, they're always erasing women's contributions to the world

[slytherinlizzy]

Be a Marauders fan, they said. It'll be fun, they said. For the record, I'm currently not laughing.

[flimythings]

When death comes knocking, I'll grasp your hand tightly, vowing to reunite in every existence.

-filmythings

[ghost-bxrd]

Sooo I have my own selfie related au and I was looking some info about seal and I found this:

Do you think this has any possible applications in you Selkie!Jason au bc I think it would be cool.

Like maybe Jason had a little sound he made around Bruce(and Dick + Alfred) when he was happy or looking for them and the others just thought it was some sort of vocal stim or something.

You could have Jason frantically making that call in the warehouse hoping his mom Shelia will at least stay with him in his final moments, or that his dad will find him.

Or the Bats noticing that Red Hood makes the same “vocal stim” Jason used to and it’s just one of the many things that tips them off to his identity.

My brain is chewing on this but idk what do you think?

Ooooo but wait! Human throats can't make seal sounds, BUT!!!

What if one time, while Jason is taking a dip in the cave pools, he gets really annoyed at Bruce ignoring him (because he thinks Jason is a ghost/hallucination) and makes that unique little cry of a pup calling to his parent?

And Bruce just kind of-- drops whatever he's holding and stumbles to the water.

(Tim told them about the unique seal pup calls while on a caffeine high and researching fun facts about seals. The moment Dick and Bruce realised, rewatching years old footage of Jason making the same calls at them over and over when he wanted their attention... it kind of breaks them.)

[shardsofmarxx]

istg tiktok must want me dead because HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO MEEEE???

[intermundia]

so it's been 194 days now and i have to report that rereading the Revenge of the Sith one page per day basically means spending the first few months of the year on the Invisible Hand, thriving and loving it, like.. the hijinks! the banter! the descriptions of lightsaber combat and the force! All very sexy and fun. And then. And then.. You better settle in and buckle up, because it's going to be months of banging your head against the wall and groaning like "goddamnit, Anakin, you beautiful myopic selfish colossal idiot of a man," on a daily basis lmao like you want to reach inside the page and just shake him and tell him to Get It Together and Talk To Obi-Wan, he so clearly needs a decent meal, a decent night's sleep, and a smack on the back of the head, and he's not going to get it, there's nothing you can do about it, and like there's still 225 pages to go and it's going to get just so much worse..

[littlecarmine]

KENDALL ROY and SHIV ROY

SUCCESSION 2.04 -> 4.04

[zerowidthnonjoiner]

Hoffman + Some Strahm drawings while trying to adapt those guys into my artstyle

[umaimaweepshere]

Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!

Fyodor Dostoevsky, white nights

[skywriter97]

Farewell, My Friend💔😭

(PSA: Possible spoiler warnings for The Murder of Me by the Zielo Cave. Only a couple panels, but still...)

So, on Monday night, I was at work, and I checked my phone, mostly out of habit. (I don't recommend doing this, btw, it's a good way to get you written up or worse.) And I saw that I had a YouTube notification on my lock screen. So I open my phone and pull down my drop bar to have a look. And literally saw the absolute worst news.

TMOM is over from The Zielo Cave

Now for those of you that don't know: The Murder of Me, AKA TMOM, is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan comic that first debuted I think 15 or so years ago, give or take, and as much as I would love to claim that I've been a fan since the beginning, I only discovered TMOM about a year or so ago. (I have the worst luck when it comes to finding things; I'm always late to the party 🥺)

When I discovered TMOM I was in a terrible rut. I hadn't posted anything in YEARS, and the writing I had done I kept locked away in notebooks, never to see the light of day. I had no inspiration, no motivation to tell stories. It was a horrible place to be. (-10000/10 recommendation.) Then I was scrolling through Pinterest one day, and I saw a panel of this random comic.

You could probably imagine my reaction. It's so random. Then more cropped up:

My thoughts went HAYWIRE. "Why is Sonic fighting his mother? Why's he dressed like that? WHY IS HE DROWNING?? WHY ARE KNUX AND TAILS LETTING HIM DROWN??? WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING???" So I went hunting, and came across The Murder of Me by Gigi-D on DeviantArt.

I was HOOKED. The plot was so well thought out, the characterization was incredibly done, and as you can see, the art itself was BEAUTIFUL. I couldn't get enough. I flat out ignored life and read through 14 issues in one sitting. It took me all day but it was so worth it. AND THEN: I discovered the dubs on YouTube, and found that Gigi-D had decided to put together a creative team to produce the issues of The Murder of Me as episodic dubs, and I fell head over heels. The cast and editing was absolutely phenomenal, and The Murder of Me had my heart, hook, line, and sinker. What was even better was that they turned Issue 15 into an animatic episode.

Episode 15 Part 1: Purpose released on October 30th, 2022, and since then I have been anxiously awaiting the next episode by rewatching the series and all the prequels and bonus episodes I could get my mouse on. I even forced my best friend one night to binge the entire series with me, and she's not nearly as much of a Sonic fan as I am!

TMOM was more than a great watch or story for me. It was inspiration. I had an itch in my fingers that grew from writing a TMOM fanfiction that would stay hidden away into it's own complex project who's rough draft is now in production. (And could very well be released this summer if all goes well.) It was life breathed into my creativity. It was hope. For the first time in a very long time, I wanted to write. To tell a story like Gigi-D and the Zielo Cave.

And then that notification came. It was like a punch in the stomach. I was terrified and without watching it, I reacted and sent it to my best friend, wailing that once again, a story that I loved was being abandoned. That the writers were giving up. I was indignant. Screw that, I was angry and hurt.

Then I watched the video. I listened to Gigi's story, and immediately felt shamed by my own reaction. The Zielo Cave had been saying that Part Two was taking a while because of personal situations, and when Gigi revealed what had happened, that her inspiration was gone and couldn't bring herself to even sketch these characters that she loved so dearly...my heart shattered for her. While I might not really know or understand the pain of her personal situation, I do know what it is to completely lose the passion for your story. For the characters you still love, but can't bring yourself to engage with.

And while my heart of hearts aches, I know Gigi is doing the right thing. No one wants a story that it's writer is dragging their heels to share, can't bring themselves to write. God knows I've tried that, and trust me, it only hurts everyone. The writer, the fans, and the story itself. By ending TMOM here, she's protecting TMOM and its fans, and even though my heart breaks for TMOM's fate and (mostly) for her, I couldn't be more proud of her. The courage and strength it takes to walk away from such a huge part of your life in search of something more, something better?

Not only that, but honor the work and effort her team has given for Part Two and post it anyway, even though it's unfinished? To offer a written conclusion for the series for the fans that want to know what happens? I've never heard of any creator doing that, ever. All that I have seen would NEVER post any unfinished content, or unveil the unwritten plot and ending. And while I'm devastated for what that means, that TMOM is well and truly concluded and Gigi will probably NEVER return, as a fan of this series, I'm so grateful that what happens to these characters won't remain a mystery.

And to repeat what I said in the comment section of the announcement video: I pray a future that is bright and beautiful for you, and you discover what an amazing person you on this journey of healing. You're going to be magnificent because you are already an incredible person, Gigi. I can't express how important TMOM has been for me, how inspiring the story has been when I was down and unable to pursue my own creativity in my writing, and I just want to thank you for the years of dedication, passion, and love you and your team have given us through The Murder of Me. I bless all the paths you walk from this day forward, and all my love and support for you goes with you on your journeys for all the rest of your days.

The Murder of Me is over. I will always be a TMOM fan, and I will always love Gigi-D and the Zielo Cave for giving me inspiration, passion, and hope for my writing again. It's because of TMOM that The Three Sovereigns even made it to development and is now currently being written with the hope of release this summer, and The Three Sovereigns will always be a tribute to The Murder of Me and the hope this story has given me.

Thank you so much, Gigi-D, the Zielo Cave, and The Murder of Me, and fare thee well, my friend.

[trylynarie]

Just something to cry about

So you’re telling me that all the clones with ahsoka at the time of order 66, clones that repainted their dang helmets in likeness of their little sister cuz they were so happy to see her, clones that dropped protocol to call their no longer colander a commander weren’t also crying under the helmet like Rex was while having to aim at someone who they knew wasn’t a Jedi and left? Nah Jesse was just in a hanger lining up crying clones to fire on someone they loved.

[flimythings]

"But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever"

-filmythings

[ko-garashi]

The biggest joke in the universe is when you try to explain to Twitter that you are not a bot and that they shouldn’t ban you for being active. Man, I just want to get out of my burnout, GET YOUR SHADOWBAN DAMMIT!

(oh look, the first fanfic in the headcanon collection is coming out soon... And there are 320 of you here, thank you very much!)

[platonic-sponge]

- a little life

dear god this book. this book is. i'm consuming it like i did with books back in third grade, back when life was just beginning to crumble and i was going down with it, back before i knew just how bad it could get. i'm devouring this book and it is so painful. it's speaking to me and it's making me cry.

[clacy2812]

I was never afraid before you showed up

[zytalk]