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squinting at the 'fix it fic' tag on any given story on Ao3, trying to discern if it's intended in the sense of:

I genuinely think the story had bad writing and I am taking my toolbox and improving it [and i the reader agree]

I genuinely think the story had bad writing and I am taking my toolbox and improving it [and i the reader disagree]

The story's ending was Tragic and I Respect that but also i just want to read about my faves having some kind of joy and fulfilment okay?

The story's ending was Tragic and I do Not Respect That please God Damnit Let Them Be Happy

We Are Literally Fixing The Canon With The Application of Time Travel or Reality Warping or some other Wild Plot Device

I am going to fix one obscure detail or plot element that 95% of the fandom has never thought about in their life

(because these are all extremely different vibes)

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from nebraska earlier today. this has got to be some of the craziest tornado footage i have ever seen. from @nickgormanwx

#tagged for liebsteface

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....yeah that tracks

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I appreciate the sound effects they added in.

#that 'famous bouncing bomb' destroyed exactly two massive dams #which weren't even tactically important #and the destruction of which cost a lot of civilian lives #so in theory I might appreciate the ingenuity of the approach #in practice I hate seeing them celebrated 'ooooh funny bouncy' yeah you go have fun with them

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oh my god

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i don't really like when people say dungeon meshi is accidentally good autistic representation, because while i understand not wanting to make conclusions without explicit confirmation from the author, there's always the weird assumption that non-western authors somehow don't know about things like neurodivergency/queerness/etc. (on top of the assumptions that east asian authors are somehow more naive or oblivious to "western" social issues).

given that dungeon meshi started being published in 2014, it's not really a "work belonging to its times"—it's as contemporary as any other media we discuss on this site, which means it should be fair to assume it engages with contemporary topics (and at the very least, you shouldn't say that the representation is accidental with so much confidence)

but anyways, the chapter "perfect communication" in ryoko kui's "terrarium in a drawer" is some of the most straightforward autistic representation I've seen, and from now on I'm going to assume that laios's character writing is absolutely intentional in that regard:

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please elaborate in tags :)

#nope #there are many factors that matter more to me: #is it horror? then it can be as gay as it wants I won't watch it #is it dystopian or irreality? won't watch #is it m/m? not interested #mostly I need at least one (1) character to latch on to #usually they need to be female #and if they have a female love interest that's a bonus but not a necessity

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#good job everyone #hit the showers #tagged for liebsteface

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I love baseball

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last night my partner held a somber little passover seder to show me what it’s about and when they got to the part where they were supposed to open the door for elijah they paused, frowned, and said “oh. huh. there is a clown.” and I looked out. and sure enough. there was a clown.

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Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

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homeschooling in the US needs to be regulated but this is one of those conversations that immediately gets crushed by extremist conservatives and even well-meaning liberals will pipe up to be like "well some homeschooling is good!" when that's absolutely not relevant. regulation will not change anything for the homeschooling families who are serious about their children's education. the people who need to be regulated are the fringe extremists

#the fringe extremists are why Germany outlawed it completely #in 1949 #guess why

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Watterson pulled no punches

#konsum ist erste Bürgerpflicht

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#mood today

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the more i read discworld the more astonished i am that Vimes got away with as tame a first name as Samuel

#suffer-not-injustice vimes? #tagged for liebsteface