#which it WILL be eventually

[stop-saying-tootsie]

sorry not to dnp post on main but it’s insane to me how people are accusing them of being capitalism lovers and manipulating/exploiting their fan base for…*checks notes* selling tickets/merch bundles for their livestream, aka doing their job

i have genuinely seen people say that joking that people should miss work is “out of touch and disgusting” and that they’re taking advantage of their ND fans by pushing the fact it’s “exclusive and you don’t wanna miss out” because “they know we’ll do anything to buy it”… that is your OWN CHOICE what are we doing here. dan and phil likely aren’t the ones who decide what country the merch can ship to, they definitely don’t create the fees, they’re not exploiting or scamming or manipulating for the love of god the show will be free on youtube eventually. the idea that they simply shouldn’t charge because they’ve “made enough money” do you not know how businesses work they are not the only ones who get paid here

[kingcael]

feel the light shine on my face

[the-birdgeoisie]

I love when people Kudos my fic, because that means I get to stalk their AO3 profile and steal their bookmarks to read later >:]

[aethersea]

the question of fic comments is very straightforward actually. readers do not owe writers comments. writers do not owe readers fic. there is no bargain, no transaction, no debt.

fic is a gift. comments are a gift. gifts are exchanged between friends, out of love, not out of obligation.

I write for myself. I post it for others, as a gift, because their joy brings me joy. I read for myself. I comment for the author, as a gift, because their joy brings me joy. perhaps we were not friends before, but we are now, however fleetingly, because we have given each other gifts out of love.

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

maddening that there is a common medical condition whose symptoms consist of massive long-term loss of mental and physical functions, due to the incredibly damaging effects of prolonged stress overextending the mind and body by pushing it into survival mode beyond endurance—and that there is no medical term for it. despite the fact it's so damn common that everyone knows of someone suffering from "burnout."

[4bsurdcreature]

"Blinding Stars Bro. Pull yourself together!!"

[kwadlayns]

Small crows' hang out 🐦‍⬛🧡

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Bonus: their hand poses match their 3rd Year Karasuno jerseys (Yachi is automatic #4, of course)

[mooreaux]

Love Undying

[keylimeart]

could i interest you in my space regency au

[morganbritton132]

Modern AU where a few years after graduating, Eddie makes in big and decides to use his newly found fame to shoot his shot with his high school crush.

He looks directly into the camera on the biggest stage he’s ever been on, and asks Steve Harrington on a date…

And nothing comes from it.

There’s no sliding into his DMs. No social media post. No contacting his manager. No nothing. Not even a sorry, not interested.

The internet was abuzz for a week or so with this love story in the making before switching it up and calling Eddie cringe and embarrassing.

Meanwhile, Steve’s off-work for the summer and has gotten really into woodwork. He has no idea any of this is happening because he’s in his garage building a chair.

[coffee-scrub]

Mia would have some choice words on Phoenix’s taste in men

Bonus:

[1alchemistart]

...with human soul and parts!

[hoshizoralone]

metroid and halo having a fun beach adventure

[shaykai]

Still thinking about Gortash’s coronation and how smoothly he cuts a Durge off from their companions (and wishing we had a follow up with that)

The first words out of his mouth are that he cares about them- anybody else who remembers Durge has only distain for them, but not him- he’s happy to see them, he missed them, they’re his favorite assassin and he’s only glad to see them alive

And then he takes it a step further by providing insight into their past, something Ketheric refused to do for them- and Gortash isn’t dumb. He knows exactly how Durge’s companions will react, knows that he’s effectively outing Durge when he so easily could have pulled them to the side instead

And when their companions snap at them and refuse to look at them, Gortash is still smiling. Suddenly, he’s the nicest person in the room. Suddenly, everything is unstable and dangerous- but he likes you. He’s sitting there with open arms while the companions are rightfully so mad with Durge, but Gortash is more than happy to resume their alliance

He’s more than happy to be their sole source of comfort again, and isn’t he just so sweet for that?

[sforzesco]

paris of troy! during those years he was a shepherd.

I was reading cartledge's book on thebes and every now and then the spartan focuses wrt to the pantheon of gods comes up. sparta has nothing to do with this except for where it does, but apollo karneios was discussed and that got my attention, which circled back to paris, and then I started thinking about the paris + apollo link

I also started thinking about narrative rejections bc paris has a funky absence in the iliad that's giving a kind of...a vibe. your parents shouldn't have had you, the story doesn't want you around, but oh boy are you there anyway, manifested into existence. no matter what, doom must manifest in flesh form. it's a narrative necessity, the actual incident (the judgement) is secondary.

The Judgement of Paris in Later Byzantine Literature, E. M. Jeffreys

weird! love it! almost (but not quite) reminds me of troilos' murder at achilles' hands lurking in the guts of the iliad. it's there, even when it's not. more importantly tho: sheep. I miss working on a farm with sheep and goats and cows and--