#sadly I don't like them very much

[markscherz]

Hello! Have you heard of the Australian dessert 'Frog in a Pond'? It is just a cup of jelly with a chocolate frog set into it. Mostly a staple of kids parties but sometimes you can get one from the children's menu at a pub. Just to be another stranger announcing misc frog related things to you in case you hadn't already heard of it! Have a good day! Thanks for the fun and interesting blog!

Umm no but this is spectacular. Here in Denmark there is the Kaj Cake, based on a television character.

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#sadly I don't like them very much #but several people have brought them to my office before #I have a fun job #answers by Mark #frankenfossil

[nonokoko13]

No matter how many times I see this panel their wording always irks me

"What you might call a hands-off parenting philosophy"

Helen from where I come from that is called child neglect, I don't know if you're intelligent enough to understand this concept but I'll leave it here in case you want to open your eyes. Otherwise look up to the sky, the sun may not blind you as much as you are right now

"Im so jealous!"

Of not being around your child? Would you rather follow their example and not be there at all? What a great way to come out as probably shitty mother Margaret

Anyway I'm not sure what type of person Melinda is yet but I sure hope Yor doesn't go to her and her friends for parenting advice. Lord helps Anya if she ever does listen to them

#spy x family #sxf manga #it is so interesting to me they say it casually because it's probably very much present in their society the idea that leaving a child > #> take care of their own and sadly so many parents probably do it they don't consider it may be concerning someone of their close circle or #even a stranger does it. They may lack many information but Melinda friends *know* the Desmonds are barely there for their kids #and they not only don't perceive it as weird or wrong but also applaud them for it #realistic picturing how others irl could view it if they came across a situation like that. Still sad for Damian and Demetrius #kinda 🚩🚩🚩 for someone who has a child imo #melinda desmond #btw I came up with those names on spot until now these are unnamed one appearance characters #in this house we respect Margarets and Helens. Just don't be like these women #sxf chapter 66

[coquelicoq]

In talking about Chaucer (p. 74), I said that, in general, puns and verbal connections of sound were unimportant and not to be sought out; and now, you will say, I have been using them to explain cruces in Shakespeare. Alas, you have touched on a sore point; this is one of the less reputable aspects of our national poet. A quibble is to Shakespeare [Johnson could not but confess] what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind.... A quibble was for him the fatal Cleopatra for whom he lost the world, and was content to lose it. Nor can I hold out against the Doctor, beyond saying that life ran very high in those days, and that he does not seem to have lost the world so completely after all. It shows lack of decision and will-power, a feminine pleasure in yielding to the mesmerism of language, in getting one's way, if at all, by deceit and flattery, for a poet to be so fearfully susceptible to puns. Many of us could wish the Bard had been more manly in his literary habits, and I am afraid the Sitwells are just as bad.

William Empson, 7 Types of Ambiguity, ch 2 pp 100-101

i'm sorry this is so fucking funny. that pathetic loser shakespeare who loved puns so much it cost him everything, except of course his status as the most famous, most read, most immortal english-language author of all time. but everything else, he lost and it's all because of how weak he was to resist a pun :/ pouring one out for my sad little girly man who could have had it all if only he was better at writing, the thing he is the most famous guy in the world for.

even empson, who disagrees with johnson that shakespeare "lost the world", is like, too bad our favorite poet is susceptible to the thing that made him famous :/ really tragic that the guy whose wordplay we've been talking about for 300 years likes wordplay :///

also i can't get over writing a book about the types of ambiguity and NOT INCLUDING PUNS?? sorry but puns are ambiguous! that's where their juice comes from! imagine liking ambiguity so much you write a book about it but never mention puns except to dunk on them. imagine being a POET and POETRY CRITIC who looks down on sound-based ambiguity! could not be me!!

#puns are a device just as much as any other kind of ambiguity! this value judgment is hilariously nonsensical to me #why are puns bad but other ambiguities aren't? you can't just call them feminine and expect me to be like oh okay in that case #next time my dad makes a pun i'm just going to sigh sadly about his lack of decision and willpower #what a feminine pleasure in yielding to the mesmerism of language i will say. not very manly of you dad :/ #i'm annoyed too because one of the types of ambiguity he respects is when one word has multiple meanings possible #in the context of the text. but that is in a sense a kind of pun. he says puns are homophonic but guess what #when one word has multiple meanings another way of saying that is that those are different words that happen to be spelled the same #that is then homophonic ambiguity! aka a fucking pun!!!! #i'm not just quibbling over the exact definition of a pun. i'm saying the boundaries are THAT porous i don't see how you could possibly #like semantic ambiguity as long as the spelling is identical but suddenly think it's facile when the spelling/etymology is different #that's not at all based in rational thinking but he's over here like 'the mesmerism of language is for girls' #pot meet kettle much??? #poetry #ambiguity #puns #shakespeare #my posts #there was one other thing i was gonna say what was it. OH YEAH. he also was saying a few pages back that spelling was completely #unstandardized in shakespeare's time...so then why does it matter??? #okay and one more thing. he keeps trying to convince me that various verses are syntactically ambiguous if you ignore the punctuation #okay. if we're ignoring punctuation we must be hearing it orally. which means we also don't know what spelling was used!!!! #i think probably he would say he cares more about etymology than spelling. words with different meanings that are etymologically #related are allowed and manly but words with different meanings that came from different roots are a weakness to be avoided #like i'm sorry dude but that is so arbitrary. and you are just cutting yourself off from an immensely rich body of possible ambiguities #by disallowing that kind of wordplay. why would you want to do that????

[n0brainjustvibes]

thinking about how the worm timeline would make it so easy for shadow stalker to have a run-in with the Nine (escapes + goes on the run after regent's interlude, emotions in the aftermath of said interlude make cherish's top ten or whatever) but sadly i don't think there's much story potential there. mainly 'cause she's too cringe and pathetic even for the nine. very sad, since "putting my most horrid blorbos through S9 trials" is my no. 1 hobby. any ideas for characters who SHOULD be run through the s9 trials torment blender are greatly appreciated

#i very sadly don't see any of them recruiting her. or a nine arc having much potential tbh #what i really like seeing is post- or pre-canon Sophia #but y'know. just . just y'know. putting this out there #fanfic ideas

[boyfridged]

Hello, sorry to bother you. I saw your post about 80s Batman comics compared to today's and i wanted to ask you if you know if there's a good starting point to begin reading Batman and Detective Comics from that era. My mind inmediately goes to post crisis but I felt i needed to ask, thanks and sorry if im bothering.

you're not a bother, no worries!

i don't think there's one good answer to it. post-crisis is a good starting point if you want to get background on the contemporary lore as a whole, but my commentary regarding it was not limited to it. there's at least a couple of pre-crisis stories that are very much worth checking out, for example:

detective comics #457 which is the first appearance of leslie (i'm cheating here because it's a story from 1978 but leslie becomes relevant again only in the 80s),

detective comics 501 - 502 which is an intro of julia remarque,

batman special #1 (1984): a storyline about wrath which was specifically mentioned by me in the post you're talking about.

i am also tempted to be a bit cheeky and to say to just read through the silver age, because while not my favourite, there is plenty that conway has to offer. and i definitely do recommend moench's run who has written both dc and batman since 1983 to 1986, wherein the first incarnation of jason appears. and don't listen to anyone who says that he's just a copy of dick – it's a fantastic and ironic story wherein all similarities are purposeful. moench's writing might lack the political and social depth that for instance that of barr does, but i think this is the era that really gets into the meaning of legacy and family in batman, and if you want to get an idea of what bruce realistically could be like as a father also to post-crisis jason (given we don't actually get to see that much), this is perfect background to post-crisis. and speaking of pre-crisis, batman and the outsiders (1983) is also quite good!

when reading post-crisis, keep in mind the office politics of the time, but first of all do not forget to read the absolutely riveting barr's detective comics run starting with dc #569. detective comics #574 (this story actually starts with #573) is a reference to dc #457 and batman special #1, both mentioned above. it's also probably my favourite batman story ever. and while for whatever reason a lot of people don't like it, batman year 2 is phenomenal too. since we're already covering barr, batman: son of the demon is one of the best batman books as well.

don't forget about annuals during that read-through either (starting with #11 for post-crisis). there are also some other series (and mini-series) that you might want to read, like legends or the cult. (<- although neither of these two are my top picks. but they do exist) oh, and the batgirl special from 1988.

in case you don't know, dick does not belong to the batman office at the time, so he sparsely appears in these comics. but the titans titles of the era are pretty straightforward so i don't think you need guidance in this matter (also, jason for example actually does get borrowed by them too.)

catwoman (1989) is another must-read and a scene from it was mentioned in the post of mine as well.

i'm probably forgetting about something...? i'm not big on strict reading guides (i think the fun of it is to just dive into it by yourself), but these are a couple of my recs. i'd say you can just start with post-crisis batman (#401!)/dc (#569, already mentioned) and later 'read around' with these titles as further points of reference.

#me personally i don't give a fuck about year 1 for example. it is absolutely not what i had in mind when i wrote the post in question #i have to stress that not all of 80s batman comics hold to the same standard. #starlin's run for example is mostly just bad <3 it has some strong moments. like dick's appearance... aditf is obviously a can of worms. #but they are too important not to read them. sadly. and there's plenty to read into anyway #i did not mention the killing joke bc it's the worst. #anyway. feel free to ask further questions #i'm not sure how much you've read #so i tried being very general #outbox #recs

[sassyhazelowl]

Me @ the local exotic bird fair: I'm way too white for this -- oh *gasp* ITS A CHICKEN *immediately bypasses the emus and parrots to see the modern game bantams and old english games in the back*

#my bird talk #its one of those things were you look around and go well someone is the odd one out #it was me #I'm very obviously white super white and woman-presenting #in a large exhibit hall of hispanic and se asian men #it didn't particularly bother me - I mean I lived in Korea for 3 years but I found it funny #the funniest part to me is the chicken sellers were also white women 😂 and they were the only white vendors other than the supply table #white women and hispanic men - biggest fans of chickens unite #I've actually purchased birds from the mom in the mom-daughter duo before #I desperately wanted those chickens tho #and the old english games in the table next to them #2 of my 3 fave chicken breeds the 3rd being sebrights #sadly I purchased 2 diamond doves and that's it #I wanted new colors/blood on the doves and 1-2 button quail roosters #but I was too slow on the button quails and someone else got them while I was buying a dove #next year after I build a bigger aviary and sell most of my canaries I'll try some finches #the new owners of the bird show must be allowing poultry/gamebirds now #b/c there were 2 chicken booths and coturnix and bobwhites and pheasants and mandarin ducks #usually the only birds like that you'd see would maybe be a pair of fancy pigeons or some ringneck doves #the only thing I don't like about that is chickens and ducks carry a lot of yucky things #like theses birds all looked very well taken care of b/c they were clearly showbirds #but I don't know how much vetting they do of the vendors and all it takes is one sick bird

[eir-parade]

doctor who rewatch going great fellas <- person who has cried atleast 7 times and has only just finished series 4

#''i don't want to go'' how about i just end it right then and there #school reunion also surprisingly had me bawling at the end but i think its because i miss elizabeth sladen oh so very much #oh ten you will forever stay the beloved #but i am very excited to move onto eleven #i dont remember alot of his episodes sadly but thats why im excited because its gonna feel like im watching them for the first time again #except a good man goes to war and angels in manhattan #those episodes are engraved into my head and im telling you now im going to be broken after those episodes

[floofyflooftheallmighty]

Bone.

#Like most of my OCS they r old #And I luv them very much #Bird is named Needle #And the other bug I sadly don't remember their name but I could probably find them by digging around in my files #digital art #fennfloofyfloof doodles #hollow knight #hollow knight oc #Fenn's ocs #Bone & Needle #Vessel oc

[atomicsuperrobot]

Me, browsing Wattpad for Content™ (yes I know but it is a dry, dry desert out there and it's the only place with frequent posting for the fandom, shut up): Hm, a ship list? What the fucking hell; I'm already waist deep in garbage just by being here. What harm could it do? I'm desperate at this point.

The List: *Cyan x Rose is right at the fucking top*

Me: ... ah, perhaps I am misunderstanding? Perhaps they like it in a platonic sense, or like the familial relationship it very much actually is. *clicks on the chapter*

The Chapter: *proceeds with a short paragraph about why they like this ship, insisting that there was plenty of "crumbs" for it in canon that it HAD to be deliberate, basically this is very much NOT seen as platonic or familial AT ALL by this point*

Me: a h. My day is ruined now, thank you.

#Kaitou Joker #Mun Post #tw incest #incest tw #cw incest #incest cw #((the fic author wasn't lying; I really didn't like that ship #didn't even stick around to see the rest of them; don't really need to with such shit takes omfg #then again this same author posted some kind of challenge thing where they right off the bat said that #they found several of the heavily minor-coded leads to be sexy; so like. full of Awesome Takes; this one; clearly #for those not in the know; the characters Cyan and Rose are twin brother and sister; respectively #Cyan behaves very affectionately towards his sister; true; but he hasn't seen her around in a very long time #even worse; for reasons I will not get into due to spoilers; Rose very likely has the mind of a young child #sure you can't much tell the difference between her and the other characters of similar physical age; but she's also not on screen very much #and also the other cast members can be said to be very childish; her older brother included #he's responsible for taking care of her; mostly; most of his actions in his first arc are motivated by her well being in fact #to imply that there's anything romantic/sexual about the nature of their relationship at all is fucking creepy. this is a kids' show dude #don't be fucking nasty!!! #sadly not the first I've seen of content of this nature; or implying it (harder to tell with a language barrier tbf) #probably won't be the last of it; either; sadly))

[batfall-moved]

                                *     )     𝚑𝚒𝚜    𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢    𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗   𝚊𝚜    𝚑𝚎   𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙻𝚂   𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖     𝚝𝚑𝚎   𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜   𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝   𝚑𝚊𝚍   𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗   𝚜𝚘   𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙻𝚈   𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍    𝚋𝚢    𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎   𝚠𝚑𝚘   𝙵𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝙳   𝚝𝚑𝚎   𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜    𝚝𝚢𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕   𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑   𝚝𝚘  𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐   𝙶𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙼   𝚘𝚏     𝙲𝙾𝚁𝚁𝚄𝙿𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽.    DEATH   ,     it   seemed   was   the   only   way   out                      SELFISH   in   nature    as    the   FLOOD    cascaded   upon   city   ,   and   DROWNED   the   boroughs   that   had   a   certain   rank    about   them.    the    RICH   unscathed   as    they   watched   from   their   PENTHOUSES   and   shoulders   were   shrugged.   ‘better  them   than  us...’    tone   flippant    as    curtains   were   slowly   drawn  ,   and   they   turned   their   backs   on   the   innocents  of   gotham.   

 *  )    𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝.   /  @exilae​

                                       WAYNE   ENTERPRISES   safe   from    the   floods   as    he   remained   in  the   office    that   his   father   ONCE   resided   in.   it’s   a  MATTER   of   convenience   ,   his   father’s   MEDICAL   supplies   always   stocked   (thanks   to   alfred).    ‘   i   thought   that’s   what   was   needed  . . .  ’    PAUSES   words   ,   𝚊𝚗𝚍   𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙳𝚂   𝚞𝚙   𝚊   𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕   𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚎.  𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚎   𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜   𝚍𝚘𝚡𝚢𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎                           𝚝𝚑𝚎  𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚎𝚛  𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍   𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑   𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛.   ‘   i   don’t   know   if   our  job   is   to   survive   first  ,   maybe   it’s   more   jules  ’    shirt   PULLED   up   as   torse   is   a  beautiful   coloring   of   lilac   and   forest   green  ,    YELLOW  has   also   accent   skin.   the   wounds   PAINFUL   yet  ?   it   kept   him  going. 

                                ‘   only   now   am   i   truly   opening   my   eyes   ,   i’m    responsible   for   the   people  ,   and   in   that  ?  i   have   to   be   unselfish  . . .  ’   brow  creases   as   he   looks   at    her  ,   PAUSES   his  work.   ‘  our   FAMILIES   were   built   upon   blood   . . .  lies   ,   and   the  idea   that   we   DESERVED   better.   surviving   is   only   half   of   it   jules  ’  then   going   to  offer   her   needle  ,   ‘  do   you   mind  ?  ,   each   time   i   go  to  stick  myself   i   flinch   and   miss   the   vein  ’    TRUSTING  her   with   this   act  ,   ‘   too  many   needles   ,   it   would   be   nice   to   just   survive   the   pain  ’   words   gentle   as   he   then   DEEPLY   inhales.   ‘   i   don’t   know   what   will   happen   ,   change   is   a  long   way   off   -   the  nights   and   injuries  are   going   to   get   worse  ’

#exilae #. V / MAIN #.004 #. / INTERACTION #so i was thikning...bruce 100% gets sadly addicted to venom / the green goo we see him inject and what if Jules was the only one who could #talk him through this /help #://// #LIKE no toxicity he wouldn't but-her help is going to be VERY much needed #<3 #hi i love them what's new #also don't worry i didn't start with him loosing his shit ... yet

[hwiyoungies]

my oldest niece and i have a very funny relationship because she loves telling me the wrong information about things i know a lot about and because i'm an asshole i can't help but correct her every single time and she always looks at me like 👁👄👁

#i was baby sitting them on saturday and i was showing her one of the rythm games that i have #because she plays the piano one and i was like ooh wanna see this one maybe you'll like it #and it's the fnc one #so then she started asking me if i like b*s because she really likes dynamite #and that she's been listening to it since 2018 #and i was like my dear love that for you but also that's impossible since the song came out in 2020 #and her expression was so funny LMAO #a few years ago she also tried to correct me about when the last wizard boy movie came out #i just looked at her and told her dear i was There when it came out i went to the premiere please don't correct me LMAO #and since she's very into the wizard boy (sadly) and i still have way too much information about it in my brain (even sadder) #she always tells me stuff and i'm biting my tongue to not be an asshole and correct her LMAO #b.txt

[mariocki]

Spaghetti Western icon and international film star Frank Wolff inexplicably turns up as the villainous Jim Reston in The Saint: The Old Treasure Story (4.9, ITC, 1965)

#fave spotting #frank wolff #italian cinema #spaghetti western #the saint #itc #1965 #the old treasure story #ok this one is probably just for me #i mean i don't think i have many Italian cinema mutuals‚ at least not many who'd be as excited to see Frank Wolff pop up in my old brit #tv show. but it was the sheer weirdness of it that threw me! this is like an opposite fave spotting. it's not that unusual to have a Brit #or American face turn up in an Italian genre film‚ but the crossover with old British tv (my other one true love) is pretty minimal #but then Wolff wasn't Italian; such was his ubiquity in Italian genre films‚ particularly westerns‚ that I'd entirely forgotten he was #American. in fact he got his start making cheapy horror movies with Roger Corman; it was Corman who advised him to stay in Europe after #shooting finished on sword and sandal flick Atlas‚ and stay he did. over the next decade Wolff made more than 50 films mainly #in Italy‚ a great many of them spaghetti westerns but also gialli and comedies. he became an iconic face in italian cinema (he even has a #small but crucial part in Leone's opus Once Upon a Time in the West) until he sadly took his own life in 1971. but at some point he clearly #took a trip to the UK; The Saint isn't quite his only brit tv role (he also did two eps of The Baron around the same time) but it's very #much an outlier in his filmography. he is tho‚ it must be said‚ absolutely brilliant here. he's a yank former sailor turned gun toting #treasure hunter‚ and he's having the absolute time of his life. he enters‚ in an incredible dark and stormy night setup‚ giggling. he calls #Simon pretty. he adds 'man' to the end of most sentences as tho he were a teen beatnik. it's a brilliantly assured and utterly felt #performance (he feels‚ if it makes sense‚ like a film actor entering a world of tv actors) #Frank only lived another six years after this episode went out‚ but he made nearly 40 films in that time #that kind of proliferation can hurt some actors' performances but i can honestly say I've never seen him in anything where he wasn't #absolutely mesmerising. this was a joy of a surprise

[whiskeyandwolfsbane]

8/14 - 11:04PM

My final post-op appointment was on the 11th! The nurse took off the steri-strips covering over the incisions, and cut off any remaining sutures that hadn't ended up dissolving like they were supposed to, and said everything appears to be healing nicely.

I'll take her word for it; though I have been and still am kinda worried about how, to me, my nipples look like they're spaced unevenly. Like, too far apart. Everyone I've talked to about it so far though says, you're still healing, the swelling still hasn't gone down, give it time. So I'm trying not to stress too hard.

While there, I went to bring forms to the front desk. You know, the ones they told me to fill out that I had already filled out. (I didn't fill them out again, I just brought the original ones from home.)

The woman at the front desk, the very sweet one who helped me the first time I actually filled everything out, said she would take care of it and when I came out of my appointment, to come by and she would give me my paperwork back.

So I get out of my appointment and walk up to the desk. She tells me that she did some research - and apparently I was already approved for medical leave.

This was very confusing for me, since I never got any sort of notification: no email, no letter, no phone call. The only letter I got was for when I got denied.

We discussed it for a short time, but only really could come up with "maybe things got lost in the mail". She couldn't tell me where or who exactly allegedly approved it either. When I got home, I eventually called into SAW to ask about it.

According to the lady on the phone - I have never had medical leave approved. Only denied.

So yeah I have no fucking clue what is going on anymore and I'm so over it, lol. I'm trying not to bother thinking about it anymore. Later in the day, my store manager texted to ask if I could come back by the 3rd of September. I considered it, but since outside of having money again I would gladly stay away for months upon months, I decided to stick with the date my own surgeon originally gave me (that I sent to him and the HR team actually) and say it'd be best to wait til September 9th. So that's what I'm doing.

Other than that... yeah. Same old, same old. Just playing video games, reading, trying to get back into writing and trying to learn guitar and trying to learn to draw.

There has been trouble in my family. One of my grandmothers passed away suddenly and shortly after that, someone else in my immediate family had a near death experience that I'd rather not talk about as it's not my place. I only just found out about the second; I learnt about the first a few days ago after it happened.

My mind is... mush. There is a lot going on mentally and I'm not sure how all to handle it. So of course I'll handle it the way I've been handling my beloved cat dying, and how I've been handling my crippling fear of the future, and how I've been handling my general pining for past relationships that have changed drastically.

That is to say, refusing to think about any of it and throwing myself into multiple forms of media at once (i.e., a game going on my laptop and one on my phone, a book open on the desk next to me, music playing in the background, and notebooks scattered around) and never letting up until I'm no longer able to stay awake, thus being taken by the release of sleep. I am well aware that I'm doing myself a disservice and only delaying the inevitable, and that it will be all the worse for me when the foundation caves in but... I can't really help it. It's all I know how to do.

Anyway, sorry, that was a bit of a depressing note and nothing really related to my surgery, which is why this blog exists, and none of yall need to be burdened with my mental BS, so - sorry about that.

On a positive note to try and bring this back; so far, it's been really, really nice to be able to wear tank tops and not be super uncomfortable anymore. I'm still semi uncomfortable because of how large my stomach is but it is very nice to finally have a flat chest and not have to worry about that part of things anymore. I'm excited to hopefully lose weight and then be able to fit into all the old shirts and jackets I've missed so much.

And... yup, that's about all I got, surgery-wise. see ya.

#journal entries #addendum: i have had multiple people tell me i don't have much of a stomach at all #but firstly body dysmorphia doesn't care about facts #and secondly of course it doesn't look like i do; i've spent all of my teen and adult years learning tricks and ways of disguising it #many of the photos i post online are either edited or cropped very specifically #and as far as day to day life there are a multiple variety of ways i try and minimise how bulky i look #the most obvious one that i'm most known for being that i wear leather jackets or coats whenever possible specifically because #of how well they hide one's figure if you wear them right; there's other ways but like #all that to say that i appreciate the reassurances and such but sadly it is something i'm not going to be able to shake no matter how much #i'm reassured; not until i either.......idk get more therapy or get more fit

[birdmenmanga]

renege when magi started off with spectacular pacing and worldbuilding and digestible and memorable political commentary and then went too abstract and tsubasa reservoir chronicle (derogatory). is anyone else mourning that or just me

#just thinking thoughts... #i went back to read its opening chapter a while ago and the only thing that stood out to me as bad was the breasts obsession #everything else was really good... #sorry. thinking abt this because i just started reading shoukoku no altair just now and like #i think it wants to be like midseries magi but is falling short in several aspects #firstly there's not enough love in the backgrounds imo. #the sense of the world isn't good (though i think part of it is due to the scanlators not translating the map labels?!) #but it's just like... it somehow feels generic even though there's a VERY specific time and place they're drawing from #and like the pacing of that first chapter... it's just so close. they didn't need that 1 page spread of mahmut trying to find evidence #if you were going to show that you needed to at least commit to the bit and show his thoughts getting more desperate #if the whole gimmick is that they used the wrong type of feather for the arrow this is how it should have gone. #he looks at the arrow early on (i don't think he looks at it until the end) -> #he starts looking for evidence and asking people around. during this time he is getting visibly desperate -> #at the end of the day he sadly pets his falcon feeling as though he had failed and WHILE HE IS STROKING HIS PET BIRD'S WINGS #he recalls the type of feather on the shaft. that's how it should have gone. #that's how it should have gone. #also since a lot of the words are turkish i think it also introduced too many unfamiliar thoughts names and concepts all at once #like it could have been clearer that pasha was a title and not a surname #i like that all the characters had monikers to help people remember them but again. #too much worldbuilding too fast #it's kind of giving de with the information overload but the key difference in that is #in de infodump is opt-in and not required for the actual plot #i think shoukoku no altair has a built world but everyone already knows how it works and it wouldn't make narrative sense #to explain it in depth through the dialogue #anyways. it IS interesting reading it because it's like. ALMOST there. #i anticipate it getting better rather than worse

[medicinemane]

You know... fuck right off

For someone who's such a freethinker you sure fucking like following whatever narrative your figureheads set for you

Just cause it's antiestablishment doesn't mean you aren't still just blindly following

#not gonna fucking get into it further; cause it's someone I like well enough but I'm kind of sick of their shit right now #like grow the fuck up and stop towing the line so comically #for someone on team individualism you sure regurgitate exactly what other people say with zero deviation #like I may be a lefty but I fucking clash with people on the left all the time when they're wrong or behaving like shit #I don't get into fights often; but I very much don't follow a party line #and with some of it like the tankie bullshit I'll just outright say how fucking stupid and assholish it is #and in private conversations I'll say a lot more; I just don't feel like inviting arguments with strangers who aren't acting in good faith #but like... just fucking frustrates me seeing someone who's not stupid fucking swallowing literally anything they're fed #doesn't even matter if it's blatant propaganda #like at least I can back my shit up; at least I can tell you the reasons for thinking what I think and often go in to detail #I can concretely explain why I think welfare programs actually bolster the economy by helping people on the bottom rung be able to spend #like them buying groceries with snap is in fact good for the economy; it cycles money; and that's what you want #and I can explain why helping Ukraine is important for dealing with China by showing imperialism has consequences #showing the west won't just roll over (though we kind of fucking will sadly) #meanwhile... nice work spouting literal russian propaganda; I know that's in vogue to call anything you don't like #but I'm talking I bet I could go find this on sputnik if I went and took a look #like congratz on being as clever as a tankie; but just in reverse #you're fucking better than this; but that's what I'm seeing #anyway... didn't even click till now that that's the part that pissed me off enough to bitch here #but it's straight up literal verifiable kremlin bullshit they're spreading #like I can dissect it and show why that's not just me saying everyone I don't like is a russian bot #I don't know... just some real 'they're breeding mosquitos in biolabs to kill russians' tier trash #and yet you're such a freethinker you'll swallow it whole no questions asked #cause it feed your narrative #you complain about other people pushing agendas while totally pushing your own mostly based on your feelings #everything you accuse the people you dislike of; you do pretty much all of it yourself #and it's just sad and it's such a waste cause they're better than that; you know? #quit being a baby; grow up; and actually learn to try an approach our complex world with some maturity #well... that gets it out of my system... just get sick of seeing; and I can not stress this enough; literal russian propaganda #coming out of someone I like

[wileycap]

Crackfic Idea:

30-year-old Zuko gets randomly flung back in time to his 16-year-old self. For a couple of hours at a time. At the most random times imaginable. Imagine the potential.

Zuko assumes that it's a dream or a vision, but definitely not real. He tries not to freak everybody out too badly, but he's also fully enjoying himself and seeing all of his friends as their young selves.

ZUKO, as he and Aang circle each other at the South Pole: I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating. You're just a [Spirit Shwoop Sound] ... baby Aang!

AANG, confused: Well, more like preteen Aang. How do you know my name?

ZUKO, looking around: Wait, where are we?

AANG: Um... this is the-

SOKKA: Don't answer him! He's trying to get information out of you. You can't give away our location!

KATARA: Sokka, he's standing in the middle of our village. I think he knows.

ZUKO: We're here? This is so weird. I was just here for the Annual Penguin Race.

AANG: THERE'S AN ANNUAL PENGUIN RACE?!

ZUKO: Well, yeah, it was your idea... you gave a whole speech about cross-cultural cooperation and friendship, but I know you just wanted to go penguin sledding with a bunch of people...

AANG: Well, I-

SOKKA: Stop giving him more information! He already knows about the penguins!

Everybody else is confused, bewildered and even befuddled except for Iroh, who assumes that it's Spirit Shenanigans™️ and just fully accepts that his nephew likes tea and hugs and Pai Sho sometimes while being his usual shouty surly traumaball self at others.

ZUKO, stepping into the cabin: Hi, Uncle. I brought you some ginseng. How about a game of Pai Sho?

IROH, tearing up a little: I would love that, my nephew.

ZUKO: I wish we could do this more often, but you live so far away...

IROH, mentally calculating that he lives exactly three doors away from Zuko, and nodding sagely: The rat-viper may never climb the mountain that a hog-monkey can, but the monkey does not know what lies underneath it.

ZUKO, sighing sadly: I know, Uncle. I do appreciate my position in life, even if it has disadvantages.

IROH: Hmm. Your move, nephew.

The crew of Zuko's ship is terrified by the fact that whenever it happens, Zuko is somehow even more hyper-competent, seems to be weirdly calm about everything, and most unnervingly of all, he's polite.

SOLDIER: Here is a report on the best teahouses within three days travel of our current location, Sir. And, uh, Commander Zhao sent a messenger hawk.

ZUKO: Excellent. Thank you very much, Sergeant. I think we can ignore whatever Zhao has to say. In reply, I want you to send him a list of the most famous officers in Fire Nation history, and point out that none of them had sideburns. I want to see if he shaves them.

SOLDIER, sweating nervously: O-of course, Sir.

As a matter of fact, the whole fic could just be Zuko trolling Zhao. It would be glorious.

#atla #atla spoilers #atla fic #avatar the last airbender #crack fic #time travel #atla zuko #atla iroh #avatar aang #sokka #katara #zuko #atla zhao #iroh