also im not gonna lie it makes me feel really weird that ive never seen anyone ANYONE talking about the new characters from torchwood s4. like i have never heard of or seen these people in ym LIFE despite there having been a whole 10 episodes with them in it and idk i just feel. Really weird. about it. for no reason

Happy Halloween from the Young Justice kids yet again—Ed Edd n Eddy (n Nazz) edition!

do y'all know how stressful it is every year needing to come up with not only a costume idea for myself but also a group costume idea for these guys... smh

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boy in silly sitting positions compilation

Hey, Curator. I wanted to do this by ask instead of by comment on AO3, because I have *so* much respect for your work on Autobigraphy of Kirsten Clancy. Your creation of Martian culture? Exquisite. Your depiction of a healthy relationship between two peers striving to be part of the same organization they love and also raise a family? Fantastic. Your depiction of grief and trauma? Amazing. So since my question feels a bit critical, I wanted to emphasize that I'm not trying to start an argument or score points - I genuinely, privately want to know.

I could say nice things about the story all day. But one thing in it that I felt disappointed by was the decision not to just challenge the moral attitude of Picard and the Romulan relocation effort, but to actively change the facts of it. I think the question of whether the Federation should be allowed to break up over saying a billion lives or more is a serious one, and one that deserved the argument between Picard and Clancy. Having a narrative that says "Well, nobody really died because the Romulans evacuated them using their own resources" seems to really gut the whole moral concept of the argument - as if to say Clancy can't win it on those terms so we have to change the facts, when frankly I think she *can* win it.

Do you mind me asking what your thoughts were behind making that change? Is it supposed to be the product of unreliable narration on Clancy's part, or are you describing a different universe?

Anyway, thank you again for a wonderful story.

Oh my goodness, @ruckafangirl, your praise for that story means so much to me — and the elements you mention are quite close to my heart. Thank you, thank you! ❤️

I welcome questions (I feel like it’s an author’s dream to be asked why they made writerly choices), though I must admit I was confused at first by yours. The narrative in that story is 100% in our universe with those millions of Romulan deaths happening. Clancy’s argument with Picard following the destruction of Mars and Utopia Planitia — and her view that the Federation can save either itself or the Romulans, and the Romulans should have the resources to save themselves — is meant to be in light of readers knowing that Clancy won the argument at the cost of the future of the Romulan relocation effort since the Romulans did not turn out to have (or use?) the resources to save themselves.

I went back to the story to try to figure out what could have given you the impression that the Romulans didn’t die. Because you’re exactly right that Clancy is an unreliable narrator. She doesn’t lie whole cloth, though, and she’s painfully aware that most of her life is documented via official records and logs. I therefore worked to make her omissions both visible and sensible (e.g., she only reveals the extent of her closeness with Edward Jellico in the acknowledgments because, as she explains, he didn’t want her to talk much about him in her book). I wonder, was it Clancy’s press conference following Picard’s TV appearance that suggested the Romulans didn’t die? Because the journalist’s question, “What is your response to Picard’s critique of Starfleet’s decision to cancel the Romulan rescue?” is a fair one. And Clancy’s answer, “Starfleet is proud to have successfully handed off the Romulan evacuation to the Romulan government, which ensured the safety of its people,” is truthful, yet glosses over what “its people” means. Not all people. Not most people. And what about that handoff would have been proud in any way? I attempted to show the unreliable nature of Clancy’s glib, soundbite-oriented, political theater press conference answers by immediately having Clancy reflect on her training for press conferences from both Admiral Brand and her mother. Clancy, per her explaination of that training, focuses her press conference answers on what she views as “relevant information” while knowingly avoiding mention of deeper, uncomfortable truths — including what she perceives as Picard’s erratic behavior and his need for a brain scan (begging the question: Does Clancy know about Picard’s Irumodic Syndrome diagnosis or are her instincts that good?). Clancy correctly believes that the Romulan government took over the relocation. She possibly incorrectly believes that Starfleet therefore has no responsibility for the relocation’s failures. So she doesn’t mention them.

I hope all this makes clear that I wholeheartedly agree with you, @ruckafangirl: the moral concept of Clancy’s showdown with Picard requires those Romulans to die. And they most definitely do.

Note because of the times we live in: The Romulans die due to canon consistency. Their deaths are not a statement on my personal beliefs, their deaths are a fact of the Trek universe.

debating if i include hair vents on this one oc design or not bc they're so fun to draw

It’s the totally not super late final day of pegoryu week 🥳

Hey. Hey look at me. Don’t look at the date stamp it’s fine, I definitely hustled to get this out on time. Don’t think about it too much.

Aaaaaanyways, lo and behold, I actually used the free day to take a little sneaky-peak into my ever-elusive emo au, inspired because Al my friend @agalnamedlunasea wanted to draw boys in outfits about it (go check out their post about it I’m not kidding it’s so good) so I concocted myself a little snippet that is essentially non canon to the stupidly long timeline I have in my head bc I think they should get to make out without derailing alla that ✌️😇

So there you have it, the final instalment of pegoryu week, and a real labour of love, so please enjoy what I have to give as much as I enjoyed writing it 🙏

the best and worst part about life is that there's a million different ways it didn't turn out like this, but everything in our lives lined up to get us here

my thing is i actually do like alistair more once he hates you. like he becomes more compelling to me once he’s decided he’s done with the warden completely

i think when artfight is over im just gonna do a whole bumch of silly trigun panel/screenshot redraws

LMAO?

On one hand I’m like “fucking finally no shit it was obvious” and on the other im like ​“[me looking @ website that’s literally used in collaboration w irl therapists] what if it’s not accurate”

could i ask about your policies for binding and fan art! and how would you recommend splitting up the book binds - one book per bind, two books per bind, etc. would love to hear from ya 💖

Thank you for asking! Fanart: yes, totally, and please give me a nudge so I can see it/promote it!

Binding: go for it! I appreciate the thoughtfulness of people asking, but you can absolutely go ahead and do whatever the hell you want with the text of my fic. Print it, paint it, burn it, bind it, turn it into blackout poetry. Transformative art is human nature. My only request is that if you sell bound fic, please be as careful and discreet as you can — you know the drill.

Breaking it up depends on how long you like your books. Book 1 and 2 together are about the length of Book 3, and all three are about the same length as Book 4. To minimize work, I would recommend binding 1 and 2 together — they're short enough that it works better, unless you really want the "seven books seven volumes" look — and maybe 3 as well, if you want the volume to look symmetrical standing beside Books 4, 5, and 6. So Option 1 is: [1-2-3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. With an Option 1(b) where Book 3 is on its own.

The smallest feasible number of bindings is probably 3 — one for each volume of the series. Option 2: [1-2-3] [4-5] [6-7]. This is how I break up the arcs of the fic in my head, and each volume ends on a major plot/thematic pivot point. But that would also give you a "Volume 2" that is around the size of A Storm of Swords, by George R. R. Martin. Maybe you could make that work with really thin pages, a wide cover, and small typesetting? I'm afraid I don't know how much additional work it would be either way. Choose whichever option you'd like best to see on your shelf, and/or whichever will be easier to bind!

i’ve been writing nonstop for like six hours so here’s a meme that makes no sense to anybody but me

final fantasy vi is... fun. okay.

to be clear the first half of final fantasy vi was amazing but now i'm 30 hours into the dark world and I need it to end

edit: WAIT i remember this feeling it’s when i had to do all the blitzball matches and I wanted to Fucking Die it was So Boring

arthur miller: *describing hale as literally anything*

me, already opening this blog: so he suffers from like, five separate anxiety disorders, yeah?

i get the point of the polls informally showing that the vast majority of tumblr users have been here for years and barely anyone is new. the problem is that the suits don't look at that kind of data and go "ah, we understand. the majority of our users are oldheads who want things to stay the same. we misunderstood our audience." they absolutely have hard numbers on these things. they surely know most active users have been here forever. but they look at these stats and go "wow, our growth rate really IS shit. we're still relying on an ever-dwindling pool of users who have been here since they were teenagers in the early 2010s. we need to be working even harder to make this place appeal to new users"

the higher ups and investors on sites like this want infinite growth forever. this is why they keep changing the layout to make it look like other, more popular sites, even though we hate it. this is why they try out shit like tumblr live that doesn't appeal to the established core userbase in the slightest. it's not for us. it's also not for the ~5% of active users (if the poll going around is to be believed) who signed up within the last year. no, they're chasing after the hundreds of millions of people who use twitter and the BILLIONS of people who use tiktok, hoping to appeal to them and make tumblr more popular again

this is, of course, deeply stupid. nobody is leaving tiktok to hop on tumblr live. they already have tiktok. and we're on tumblr because we like tumblr, not because we want it to morph into something else. but i'm sure automattic's got venture capital investors breathing down their necks going "why isn't tumblr more like twitter or tiktok or facebook or instagram or" etc. etc., and so here we are

Number of Goblins, ranked

One Goblin - That's just a goblin. He's probably just getting his groceries or something. Leave him alone, you asshole.

Ten Goblins -- That's a fairly normal amount of goblins. There's generally around ten goblins in any given situations. They're just here for aesthetic, so you know it's a fantasy world. Remember to tip them when you leave.

One Hundred Goblins -- Ok this is too many goblins, but this is a reasonable amount of too many goblins. Like, this is maybe an army of goblins or something? My point is that they're probably here for a good reason. Best not to mess with them, they're likely load-bearing in some way.

One Thousand Goblins -- This is probably a goblin town, in which case this is really more a case of One Human, which is a completely different list only available on goblintube. If not, all these goblins are lost. Return them to the goblin town. The orcs are worried.

One Million Goblins -- A million goblins? I'm not sure I've even seen a million things in my life , and now there's a million goblins? That's, like, all the goblins. Why are you at a convention of all the goblins? Are you a goblin? Actually, no, that would make sense. Yeah, that's probably what's going on here. Sorry you had to find out this way.

One Billion Goblins -- Ok, look, at this point you have clearly been sent to a future time where humanity is extinct and goblins have inherited the earth. I can think of no other explanation for a billion goblins. This sadly means that you're the weirdo, and you have to go be a cryptid now. At least you can find a phone and read the goblin creepypastas about you.

One Trillion Goblins -- How? What is happening? This is more goblins then there are birds, and they'll all in your house? How is your house this big? Wait, forget the goblins, how is your house this big? Are the goblins here to guillotine you? Probably! Move out of your stupid mansion and let the goblins have it, you weird rich bird-hoarding freak.

One Quadrillion Goblins -- One quadrillion? I'm only like 80% sure that's even a real number! Luckily, you won't have to deal with a quadrillion goblins for long, because soon they'll collapse together under their gravity, forming a far more manageable single planet-sized goblin. Picard's not gonna be happy about this one!

More Goblins -- Fuck off, you do not have more then a quadrillion goblins. Why are you lying? Are you worried I won't like you if you don't claim to have an implausible number of goblins? Don't worry. Your worth is not dependent on your goblin numbers. Go back to the actual number of goblins secure in the fact I love you, no matter how few goblins you have <3