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leverage is so cool i wish justice against the rich was real

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mom was describing a tattoo a girl once took her to a back bedroom to show her, which was a fishing pole low on her pelvis with a line and hook that descended into her bush where a small clownfish hid amongst the hair. and that’s just. that’s a goal. and the ultimate freedom from obligation, like “gah I would shave but it would ruin my very good joke, what are you gonna do, I gotta make sure there’s foliage for my little clownfish to hide in”

then mom finished telling me this and looked off for a moment. “my god,” she said. “she was flirting with me. fuck. goddamn it.” 

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and u kno what he is doing a Wonderful job at all of those things!

#tgcf

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Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of "leave a comment if you enjoyed =)" and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging along behind them on the street wailing "Please, please! I have to know what you thought! I'm desperate to talk to people about this! Ask me about the alliterative repetition! Ask me about the symbolism!"

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Congratulations; you made it through another day! You have reached your new personal best.

Your record for longest amount of consecutive days without dying has reached a personal best. Well done, you.

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this year my challenge for everyone is to unlearn the association between love and morality. love is not something that is inherently morally good, and the absence of love is not something that is inherently bad. sex without love isn't morally bankrupt, it's just an action. people without love aren't less kind or less good, they're just people. when we can get past this false (and often unnoticed) dichotomy of good love/evil lovelessness then i think we are going to be able to take leaps and bounds in sex positivity, aro advocacy, certain discussions of mental health...

#yeah like as much as i was introduced to this idea thru aros and esp loveless aros #i think its just generally a more healthy outlook

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#oof #liandrin/nynaeve and perrin/dain were both v unexpected for me and im v excited to see where they take them #but the rand-LTT/lanfear/ishy polycule was SO well-done i have to go for that one #wheel of time #wot on prime

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tumblr is great because no matter how many followers i get it doesn't stop me from being really fucking annoying. other places i will perhaps think before i post. Not here. not here

#if you have a lot of followers it means they like your brand of annoying i think

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IM SO SICK OF YOU ALL

No nuance allowed. please share for a bigger sample 💕💕💕💕💕

*by eat i mean how do you prefer your cereal.

#i dont eat cereal #but i sympathize with op

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I’m sorry, I can’t come into work today. I didn’t get a long rest and god gave me a point of exhaustion. All my skill checks are at disadvantage.

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me for the last month: why cant i have brainrot about my original projects instead of kids cartoons?

me last night: *lying awake until 3am bc i cant stop thinking about my OCs backstory* welp

#day 3 of this and im thinking its the new medication actually #but hey its still been a very productive writing week plus my knee doesnt hurt!! #...im going to have a wild crash sometime soon arent i #heres hoping it doesnt fall on saturday or sunday i have Plans

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I saw these tags on a reblog by @bookofmac on a post that's broadly about NZ cultural markers & māori cultural practises (or lack thereof) in TLT (originally by @ignitesthestxrs). I read the essay and found it extremely enlightening and definitely relevant to TLT fandom at large. Throwing it in the tags. Give it a read! I also recommend the post too, in case you haven't seen it already

When we, as Australian (and colonial) creators, discuss a push-back against cultural cringe, we’re asking these questions: What pressures do we face as creators to conform to the homogenized, largely Americanized norms of Western culture? What are the specific elements of our country’s culture that make us unique? And finally, what compromises are we willing to make, and what are we willing to water down or straight-up remove, to make our work palatable to international audiences?

#interesting #i need to look later to see if anyone has written on how this manifests in tlt #bc i never felt a Huge cultural disconnect but maybe thats because tazmuir was flattening things for american audiences? #the locked tomb

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before you ship something stop and ask yourself... Is this otp material? Make sure your characters are:

Obstinate and inflexible in their actions

Terrible for each other in most circumstances

Poor communicators

#wheel of time #tbf by this logic any two characters in wot would be a valid otp #for rj's ship logic you need a secret fourth ingredient: predestination

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It says so much about the thematics and worldbuilding of the Radch that the big in-universe media trope everyone knows isn't "You have to be careful because AIs can go mad with power" but rather "You have to be careful because AIs can go mad with grief."

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i just found out tumblr was storing over three GIGABYTES of cookies on my device without me knowing and that's why it's been running so fucking slow recently... incredible. anyways everyone go clear your fucking cookies. don't let this website run a goddamn video game's worth of disc space in the background for no good reason.