#this is not comprehensive

[lansplaining]

I rlly liked your mdzs fic rant. Do you have any fic recs??

SO MANY i read too much fic. here are some!

canon compliant:

The Yunmeng Accords (series) by cafecliche. Featuring a gradual Yunmeng bros reconciliation and lots of contributions from the juniors.

Vagabond by xantissa. Sad and tricky case fic that helps Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian come together.

on the unfortunate termination of your proposal by Tepre. Lovely and sweet, grown-up Lan Sizhui and Jin Ling come to terms with their feelings.

pluck the stars by exoscopy. TGCF fusion (you don't need to have read it) that is post-canon canon, as far as I'm concerned.

Gathered Herbs & Sweet Grasses by hansbekhart. Lan Sizhui's life.

canon AU: Everyone Lives (With Knives) series by tucuxi. Pretty much what it says on the tin. One of the rare survival AUs that doesn't make everything simple and easy.

from the other side of sorrow by Sour_Idealist. Incredible and detailed AU that becomes an (almost) everybody lives AU.

Last Of Our Kind by Shiome. Lan Xichen lets Meng Yao escape to Dongying, but there are complications.

the weakness of falling in love by roquen. Jin Guangyao doesn't marry Qin Su, which changes a lot.

modern AU:

through a window softly by impossibletruths. Wei Wuxian flirts via duet with an unseen musician in his building.

so little time and i'm way off track by defractum. Wei Ying and Lan Zhan are reunited to hunt down a fake Yiling Wei sect. Also, they're lesbians.

The Greatest Catch (meryao) (series) by shiome. Meng Yao is a mermaid. It's great.

down by the water by astrolesbian. Amazing atmosphere of life in a small beach town. Wangxian, of course.

a study of the urban fridge deer by roquen. Meng Yao rescues Lan Xichen in modern day London.

The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane. I link this constantly but it's my go-to comfort fic, so. Wangxian get fake(?) married to raise A-Yuan.

The Right to Care by travelingneuritis. Lan Wangji is a musician, Wei Wuxian is a babysitter who is worried about his charge. It takes them a long time to work things out.

other AU:

midnight river by surething. Sci fi AU with lesbian wangxian, in which Wei Wuxian is an AI. Just go with it!!

#this is not comprehensive #just the ones that jumped out at me this time #fic recs #i have many more that i love!! #and some i've reced before so i left them off #ask answer

[shadowetienne]

I was able to watch most of Skate Canada this weekend (yay for being in the same time zone and not having much to do Friday/Saturday, didn't catch the Pairs SP and about half of the Men's SP). Overall thoughts below the cut:

Women's Event

Thrilled with this podium! Some great skating, some very early season skating, some I can tell you are coming back from injury skating, but overall, enjoyable skating. I wasn't baffled by any of the scoring, and it felt like a pretty fair event overall.

Very happy with the podium!

Rino's bronze was a lovely surprise, and her skating was so wonderful this event.

Chaeyeon did very very well with a silver for her first full senior season and first senior GP event. I'm a little worried for her going up to seniors this young, but so far, she's handling herself well and seems to have good support.

Kaori is of course phenomenal, and this was such a wonderful early season skate for her!

Ice Dance

Oh how I hate Ice Dance scoring. I understand it OK, but Wang/Liu are one of my favorite teams, and it's frustrating to see them scored as always quite low in comparison. I was happy to watch them as always, and I'm looking forward to see these programs develop. (To be clear, I don't think that they were wrong to be in the lower ranks with what they skated here, I just don't think that they deserved to be nearly 10 points below the next lowest team.)

There weren't that many teams that I enjoyed, but other than Wang/Liu (of course), I did like:

Brown/Brown - I have a soft spot for sibling teams, and their skating is fun and well matched, liked both programs about the same and am interested in seeing how they develop

Reed/Ambrulevicius - They did very very well! Happy for them for that medal, and their programs were interesting (I think that I like their RD better than their FD)

Fear/Gibson - I always enjoy watching them, they always bring a performance, and I'm really pleased to see how much they've improved technically over the years

I'm just going to sigh over Ice Dance some, and hope that I enjoy some of the other events in the season more.

Pairs

Honestly, this pairs event felt a little lackluster overall. Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps did wonderfully, but there wasn't much else that stood out to me. Maybe something else would have stood out if I'd caught the SP. Is there anything I should seek out to watch?

Men

Missed part of the Men's SP, but man did the men men about it. Messy set of programs, but uniformly enough messy that the results weren't super surprising to me. I'm getting to watch the whole FS (as I write this in between programs), I'll make note of programs that I care about or stand out to me!

Matteo is as always a brilliant performer. The jumps have been fighting him, but knowing he's coming off an injury, I'm not super surprised about it. It was good to see him happy about his FS, even with the late program jumping errors. I hope this is going towards even better executions of programs later in the season. He had a rough time with underrotations in the SP, which put him in a hole for scores for the SP. Good to see him pull it back together for the FS!

Wesley is still very juniorish, and man those falls were dramatic (glad they didn't seem to rattle him much), but there were some moments of brilliance in that, and he was having so much fun! I hope to see him develop on those moments, and have fewer falls in future.

Mikhail Shaidorov has stuck with his Carmina Burana program from last season, and I'm not mad about it. There was definitely still room to grow into the program as he grows into seniors, and he's definitely showing growth in this program! I'm proud of him for that composed and well executed program, I really enjoy the way he does his transitions, and his jumps were comfortable to watch (a nice change of pace). Needs to work on his speed a little still, but he's definitely developing it. Good to see his end of season last year was not a fluke, and he's definitely here to make a mark. Rooting for him!

Kao Miura - lost my stream for the start of his program, came back right on his fall on the 3A. He pulled it back together pretty well. Not sure how I feel about this program as a whole, but it seems to be working pretty well for him so far. The 3A fall seems to have been a one off problem in the program, the rest of the jumps were brilliant. He didn't draw me into this program like he has some others, but I'm proud of him for skating it well, and missing the start of the program I'm sure didn't help on that front for me.

Kazuki Tomono - Shaky start with the big jumps, but the rest of the program was brilliant. I think that I'll like this program a lot if he can nail those initial jumping passes. It's got a lot of potential as a vehicle for him though. That was rough on the scoring for him, but he did a good job.

Junhwan, rough rough falls to start with, and they just seem to have taken the jumps out from under him, especially the big ones and the combos. His skating quality is as always brilliant, but this was a rough skate. Ina Bauer is beautiful as always, but this was a rough day. I feel bad for him, and I'm hoping to see that go better for him later in the season.

Sota Yamamoto - he gave me a little fright on the 3A struggles, but the rest of the program was absolutely brilliant, and I am so proud of him! What a pair of skates together! I love his skating so much, and after everything he's gone through with injuries in his career, seeing him at this level, doing so so well, is really really wonderful. His first Grand Prix title! I'm so proud of him!

Oh man did the men men. I'm OK with who is on the podium, but I feel so bad for Junhwan especially and also Kazuki.

#figure skating #Skate Canada International 2023 #rambling about figure skating #this is not comprehensive #just some overall thoughts about the competition

[klywrites]

Delphene,

Mira's dragon companion

My vision of Delphene (del-fee-nee) has never been consistent or solidified but currently she is referred to as an "opal dwarf" dragon in the AU. Originally she was quite big but in order to keep it consistent with New RS, I made her small, roughly the size of a dog.

She has soft, iridescent blue scales, and stumpy legs like a corgi. She can't really fly, only hover. She loves to eat flowers (in Original RS she constantly chews on the flowers in Mira's hair) and would devour human food if Mira would let her—she mostly gets to eat fruits instead.

although Delphy can't respond in human language, she can understand Mira because of their special connection (in RS, Mira has a kind of latent magic I won't get into). So while Delphene will generally act and react like a pet, she is highly attuned to Mira's emotions and whatever she says when she's speaking. In the college AU, Mira disappointedly expresses that even though Delphene is her constant, Delph can't understand her "like a person", when in fact... she kind of can, since communication is based on their emotional link. AU!Mira isn't aware of this though because she doesn't have access to her magic, whereas in RS they can understand each other fine.

#rsverse: delphene #rs: the rest of our lives #rsverse #in the AU delphene can use the toilet but that's mostly there for laughs #this is not comprehensive #just thoughts for tonight

[cadaverkeys]

You guys rlly don't realise how much knowledge is still not committed to the internet. I find books all the time with stuff that is impossible to find through a search engine- most people do not put their magnum opus research online for free and the more niche a skill is the less likely you are to have people who will leak those books online. (Nevermind all the books written prior to the internet that have knowledge that is not considered "relevant" enough to digitise).

Whenever people say that we r growing up with all the world's knowledge at our fingertips...it's not necessarily true. Is the amount of knowledge online potentially infinite? Yes. Is it all knowledge? No. You will be surprised at the niche things you can discover at a local archive or library.

#rambles #if you are a person who is into delicate skills #like lacemaking or printing or sewing #you will know fair well just how non expansive the knowledge online is in comparison to written guides from like the 50s #there was a time where at least one person in the household had to know a constructive skill #but in the modern day there is just less ans less demands for comprehensive guides #library propaganda #im stuck doing an essay rn but bc i have covid i cant go to the library and its totally fucked me #i want to source a lot of the stuff i read irl but i just cant go and get it and theres no online ver

[art-of-mathematics]

If you know you know.

... Extrapolating from incomplete data be like...

#extrapolation #extrapolate #meme #comprehension

[stedesparasol]

do you ever read a take so bad you can't even be mad about it you're just like... ohhhhhh they must be stupid </3 so sad for them

#just zero media comprehension not a jot

[prokopetz]

You better watch out, buddy – I have extremely unusual life experiences which I mistakenly believe are universal, and I'm about to misinterpret your post in ways you can't even imagine.

#tumblr #blogging #social media #reading comprehension

[literallyaflame]

absolutely kills me when people are like “oh, but without police, who will manage the traffic?” as if traffic management requires a license to kill

#please don’t read too hard into this i’m not trying to like #this is not a comprehensive examination of this issue

[captainjonnitkessler]

Me: In November, either Trump or Biden will win. There is no third outcome, so we should vote accordingly for the option that will mitigate the most harm.

The people in my notes: Oh, so you think direct action is bad? You think voting is literally the only thing we can do? You hate activism? You love Biden and endorse everything he does and think nobody should criticize him ever? You think voting will just magically solve all our problems? You think protesting is wrong? You love the status quo and think everything is fine?

#lot of people bringing a LOT of baggage to my notes #the reading comprehension on this website is a true indictment of humanity #us politics

[givemearmstopraywith]

funds for indigenous communities affected by the canada wildefires *updated*

grassy narrows first nations (ontario) needs funds for an escape route

odawa first nations (quebec-ontario) is raising funds for evacuees

algonquins of barriere (mitchikanibikok inik in alberta) lake mutual aid request 

you can drop donations for the odawa first nations at 815 st laurent blvd in ottawa

you can drop off food donations for mitchikanibikok inik at the ramada plaza in gatineau; you can also email info/@/health.rapidlake.com with mutual aid donations. please note that the maniwaki native friendship center is now closed to donations

if you’re directly affected, the pueblo action alliance has developed a guide for DIY filtration for the smoke

updates (as of 6 june 2023):

donate funds for evacuees from little red river cree nation (via kahkakow)

k'atl'odeeche first nations needs funds to rebuild homes and businesses lost (via aelabee)

i’ll update this as i find more fundraising initiatives and please free to share your own. reblogs with anything than sharing resources/mutual aid requests/fundraising opportunities get blocked. 

#canada wildfires #mutual aid #fundraising #indigenous #signal boost #for the sake of this post i am a white canadian settler and have not see any comprehensive list on this website yet which is why im posting

[gowns]

dude........

#making this unrebloggable because the lack of reading comprehension on this website is something else

[mewvore]

are you going to buy snacks for the demon outside the 7-11

#dwpsart #demon #could you imagine NOT buying the horror beyond your comprehension some pringles and an arizona

[brucespringsteendotcom]

"college is the best years of your life" "college is for meeting new people and expanding your mind" wrong. college is for repeatedly learning that your foremost grievances with the world are ronald reagan's fault

[originalartblog]

the glamorous life of a mafia executive

(based on an idea from Remi!)

#(also from remi ->) kouyou: how did [redacted] end up in the infirmary? / Chuuya: they lacked basic reading comprehension. #aaaah i needed something short to recuperate after that neverending comic #enjoy chuuya's day-to-day business management as an executive #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd chuuya #bsd nakahara chuuya #nawy's comics

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Mike and Michael compare nightmares,,

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #mike schmidt #michael afton #fnaf nightmare #fnaf #fnaf movie #fnaf 4 #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #Michael once again sharing horrors beyond human comprehension to Mike 💜 #tbh it’s been a second since I’ve last had a comic focusing on these two #it’s interesting how both have a deep connection to dreams in particular #though once again Michael is winning on how much worse his vers are #in the Survival logbook Michael does draw nightmare Fredbear #so those are his nightmares this guy can’t even get a break in sleep #I actually wonder if we’ll ever seen any of the nightmares in live action least for a dream sequence

[skiplo-wave]

Only horror Mickey I want is whatever fuck Epic Mickey games where cooking with these

#epic mickey #mickey mouse #horrors beyond comprehension