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Looking forward to the new chapter of UtB! Also I learn a lot hearing your thoughts on fandom culture, and I was wondering why you think puritanism is getting stronger? Lately I’ve experienced it a lot both online and irl.
Hi anon,
I could write like a 10,000 word essay on why I think moral puritanism is getting stronger in the world, and how that intersects with increased moral panic, and 'anti' or fancop behaviour among fandom.
But I think there's more than one reason, and that at the centre of it, is the radicalisation of political extremes alongside the disdain for human life and education in the USA specifically. In non English-speaking cultures, antis are often considered a uniquely American phenomenon, for example. (They're not, but I do think some of the problems start there).
And from there it's necessary to look at:
The high presence of evangelist religion and their millions in USA politics in particular, and the influence this has on the news and government systems from the top down, affecting legislation, what we see on the media, what gets censored, who gets impacted (SESTA/FOSTA etc.) and so on. When companies like Paypal or similar say they won't support certain sites because they don't support sex workers or explicit artwork, we see extremist perspectives being normalised into the mainstream. Puritanism becomes baked into the system, and accepted as normal. And it has a domino effect, taking one thing away usually means to another thing being taken away, and by 'one thing' I usually mean like... equality, access to basic human rights, and more.
The presence of certain billionaire TERFs in UK politics actively working to destroy legislation over there gives a platform to hateful, bigoted extremists of all kinds, including Nazis (as seen in Australia recently, during a TERF event where Nazis turned up in open support). Also, I'd like to add that a lot of anti/fancop thinking is generally SWERF, anti-kink and eventually TERF in nature, and often homophobic and transphobic even when it's perpetuated by queer folk.
A long-term attack (we're talking over several decades now) on education (especially the humanities and any area that teaches critical thinking) including gutting the funding to libraries, colleges, high schools, primary schools and not increasing the pay of teachers, decreasing the general intelligence of US citizens in IQ tests across multiple metrics (except spatial reasoning). This, combined with the lack of emphasis on teaching nuance and critical thinking, means you get people primed to make didactic, black-or-white decisions and often are prone to radicalisation and black-or-white thinking. There's an increasing lack of ability to understand complex or even reasonably moderately complex thinking tasks. A great example of this was re: anti-vaxxers who said 'if masking works so well, why do you need vaccines' because there was a complete inability to understand that just because something works well, doesn't mean it works 100% of the time. There was a consistent inability too, to grok things like the swiss cheese model. That's not the only reason people are anti-vaxxers and there are some extremely smart people who are anti-vaxxers, but among broader populations, a lack of basic appreciation of nuance and risk mitigation in health was a huge issue. (And it's fairly easy to see this happening in many fandom discussions when we discuss how racism in fiction is generally not great, but that rape in fiction does not cause rape in reality.)
I know the above paragraph is long and unwieldy but it doesn't actually come close to capturing a lot of my thoughts on this so slafkjdsa it'll have to do though. The tl;dr is 'the government said philosophy and critical thinking isn't worth money, so a lot of people don't know how to do it, and anyone who can do it is often attacked or viewed with suspicion' (see also: The increasing suspicion and hostility towards experts in their field x.x). (Oh see also: A lot of people thinking YouTube videos count as 'valid research' for their viewpoints, and a lot of folks just...not ever learning how to research in general).
Something something social media privileging inflammatory and provocative takes as well as clickbait etc. encouraging people to often say things in the worst or least nuanced way possible.
The systemic attacks on democratic processes in the USA (and the UK and Australia and many other places).
The loudest and most obnoxious voices are often the people saying the stupidest shit. As in: It will feel like puritans are everywhere (and there's definitely more of them), but they're also just louder and getting more attention than they used to. It's misleading. Anti-vaxxers are actually a tiny minority for example, and antis are a minority in fandom, they're just...the loudest and the most willing to try and murder real people to defend the rights of fictional characters.
Er so. That's some of it anyway. There's more, absolutely, because I could talk about the presence of puritanism in a lot of levels of our experience/s, whether you're religious or not.
It's frustrating writing about this because I fall into the same trap of knowing that I can't talk about this in as nuanced a way as I want to, even if I get to do it in 1000 words instead of like, a miserable amount of characters on Twitter. Anyone thinking 'but it's not always like that!' or 'but not in every situation!' like trust me, I know. But if I sat here caveating everything that deserves a good caveat this post would blow out even more.
Basically if you try to stop educating your people as much, don't teach them how to research, debate or learn (yes, you have to learn how to learn), and don't give them access to basic needs, and gut your democracy/s, and the people at the top believe a fictional being cares if they're virgins or not or have abortions or not, and you don't care if people commit genocide against the children of your nation because that's not as important as the right to kill them in a moment of anger..., and you create a world where the children of your nation are primed to develop PTSD due to the fear of being gunned down while learning, you create a really great environment for radicalisation, extremism, the safety and comfort of puritanism (i.e. following very strict rules in the hope of fixing what's wrong with the world) while people look for a solution to why they feel so empty and hopeless in their lives.
#asks and answers#look don't listen to me#i just have thoughts about this stuff#and i could talk about it for a long time#a long long time#also a lot of this is echoed and repeated in other countries too#Australia has been gutting its humanities departments in universities for a decade or more#and making education harder to access#the UK has JKR literally putting money into anti-trans legislation#you have extremely powerful (and sometimes very respected) people#saying very hateful things that put the lives of minorities in danger#and it gets quite normalised - debating the right to exist for example#when these things should have never been normalised at all#also my patience with people who believe in a religion that seeks out death and harm and supports intolerance to others#(including 'hate the sin love the sinner' which is bullshit#is very low do not even try to convince me fsdalkjfsa#this post is a mess have a nice day
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THE HANGED MAN
If you’re seeing this for the second time, sorry!! I panic deleted this the first time and it still got around a bit! Anywayyyy, this is her first card for the events at haven.
Next.
#my art#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#dragon age fanart#lavellan#shivana lavellan#dai#da:i#I messed up so bad and for no reason#not the art but for deleting it#o well#thanks for all the nice comments!!#mainly just posting this again to have it in my blog#art
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the guys
#e 123 omega#akatsuki kisaragi#jingle hamtaro#sonic fanart#buddyfight#fcbf#hamtaro#fanart#digital art#digital drawing#my art#my favorite silly little guys#before i drew this i realized akatsuki should only be like maybe half a foot shorter than omega#and then i finished sketching him and was like hol up#aint fixing it now hahahaha#i think theres a lot i could fix but Nah haha post it now or never#as i was drawing omega i was like 'this dude has so many little details what the heck'#'can only draw that guy out of love or the promise of Big Monye'#i think he's not actually too bad tho#just his waist thingy-whaevr#i JUST saw something i messed up on akatsuki lolol#thought of an idea for the other parts of these guys' teams but idk#tumblr jsut tried to force me to tag 'we'll see' like three times#anyway have a nice day ig#future card buddyfight
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reading about autistic meltdowns is crazy. in retrospect maybe that time i ended up sobbing self isolating and lashing out at people because I couldn't figure out how to set up my laptop the same way it had been before might've been because of The Autism
#i cannot deal with changes to things I deal with regularly#i need to have my phone and comp exactly the same lest I Suffer bc i use them every day#also perhaps i would get so upset over my mom cleaning my room (although being a nice gesture) is because she would move shit to places-#i didn't know and messed up the system i had#also fuckin. executive dysfunction. that's some shit isn't it#i had to move to a new desk early in my job to run a different room and the desk setup was different and I Was Struggling A Bit#also people trying to calm me down during meltdowns is significantly worse and i read a bit that was like.#'trying to interject into the meltdown may cause additional sensory overload. it's most safe to let the person self-regulate.' well shit#that's about right huh#autistic burnout also seemed very familiar and its a little disturbing just how close everything hits#anyways im probably autistic. good night#mossy's rambles#text post#luci's rambles#autism#neurodivergent#autistic things#autistic adult#autistic experiences#if anyone would like to add to the pile and tell me im autistic feel free ig. ive already been peer reviewed
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if you're still taking these--🎲 for theodore and grace (or anyone of your choice >:3)
29. A kiss to the back of the hand. Tfw one of the people in Twitch's circle is? surprisingly polite? and put together? They hang out in pubs with zailor lunatics Where did they find this guy (The sentiment is mutual)
[Ask game]
#if it werent for the angle theo would be more 🤨 lol#beloved wet cat of a man. pem would think he's lame but nice and fun to mess with <3#hes very fun to draw especially the hair#ask game#oc: cordelia/theodore pembroke#my art#literally nobody would notice this but this one is a different size to the others pff#ive been cropping the others weirdly and forgot so this one is slightly (slightly) bigger#and look at me posting one of these before midnight >:3c love finishing early on a friday and spending the rest of the day drawing#actually. i was supposed to eat like 2 hours ago uh.#enjoy the tag rambles im gonna go have dinner oops
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Athena
Goddess of wisdom, warfare, military victory, handicraft , strategy
Wisdom is a funny thing.
You never know what someone might spout as “wisdom”. To some, blatant lies are the only wisdom they have known. To others, devastating truths.
To the rarest - prophecies. Never the full truth, never the whole lie.
“What is the power of a dragon, next to the power of a prophecy”
The earliest dreams were horrid. Blurry messes, too loud of sounds and bursts of pain that left her crying, wailing for her mother.
It was indescribable at the time, mindless words made her way through the curtain of tears while her mother sat confused, unsure of what to do or say.
But how can one respond to nonsense.
The pain ceased over time, at least she felt as such. The words still came, without rhyme or reason.
She distracted herself as much as she could. From the stares and whispers, from the bursts and sounds, from herself and everyone else’s talks.
The words always had an edge to them.
“The young princess is sweet but a bit strange, you don’t think?”
“Oh what a beauty the princess Helaena is, if only she could speak properly.”
“Despite her mannerisms, the Queen is a very kind woman I’m sure.”
She embroidered whenever she happened to get the time. Things around her. Normal things. The flowers, the gardens, the sun, the moon, the prettiest of birds, the vilest of animals.
She was aware.
Of the way people assumed her to be idiotic or peculiar. Of the way her wretched father felt about her and her siblings. Of the ways a war had to be won.
Of entirely too much.
For someone like her.
The only time she spoke louder than she intended was at the green counsel. The oh so sweet, docile Queen Helaena damn near shouted at one of the men that a war cannot so simply be won. Silence followed. She liked silence.
She explained her reasonings. Slower than everyone else. It kept the nature of the room longer. Good.
She stared right at the king’s smile. He looked at her and winked.
Fucking twat.
Through all her life, she had garnered many a cheery praise, many a snide remark.
But it remained difficult.
To understand this strange wisdom.
To have the power to dream of the future and yet have no knowledge of what to do about it.
Because oh if only she had enough knowledge.
If only she had enough wisdom.
“History only remembered them as Blood and Cheese.”
#house of the dragon#au#athena#if I wasn’t limited to the Olympians then I probably would have put her as Selene as well#(like I need more reason to worship this woman)#helaena targaryen#I’m not too sure about this but I also don’t wanna mess it up too bad but over-editing it#i think it’s nice though?#also did y’all know that one of Athena’s symbols is snakes? Like that’s so cool#maybe I’m just dumb tho#Also kind of HAD TO post Helaena and Aegon on the same day#It’s only fair#[ • 'house of the dragon' characters as the twelve olympians • ]
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mezzy you can take a couple of weeks off patreon rewards i think!! ask us over there i am willing to bet everyone will be on board with letting you rest for the holidays ❤️
ThatS Like the sweetest thing anyone ever said to me!!!!!!
It's totally fine though, I hope that if anyone has a bad day, they can find a little break with some cute fictional content, it's a gift to me too <3 Both with the KICK Fridays and any other content
#i feel like having this precious contact with others sharing these positive feelings is also important to me ngl#it matters to me to have this in a busy week#like i might mess up gifts get sick go bankrupt with a train ticket have a stressful day and think of all earthly trouble during christmas#but no one will take away reading nice comments under posts knowing i might have given a shot of endorphins to someone with my doodls u kno#i have so many plans still and i would love to catch up with them and i hope whatever i end up posting will be fun or wholesome#STILL - THAT WAS SO FUCKING NICE TO READ THANK YOU SO MUCH#dont test me i will cry
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I’m giving you all the hugs 🥺 you are loved and I love you did I mention that I love you a lot? <333
Thank you rose... heh so sweet of you.... I'm sorry for worrying you, but thank you still, it's really soft and warm and your love put a smile on my face. I accept all the hugs.... and I love you a lot too, more than I could express, you are important to me, thank you for everything. I send you many many many hugs back.... and imagine I just stay in the hug for a little while hahaha (seari is really clingy, sorry)
#also.... sorry hahaha its easy to see when my energy is running low... but ill be back on my feet soon#there's just stuff its too difficult to actually bring up... and the last post#the bestie just had the best timing and arrived as i was listening to a song... i feel a lot better now tho#and really... your affection is warm and nice... i really love your vibes and how kind and sweet you are...#its a little funny tho.. that you dont seem to notice just how sweet of a person you are... and how loved by everyone you are...#its still a cute and soft feeling seeing just how many people came together to vote for you on that 'trial' hehe#thank you rose... youve done more for me than you can imagine... the days truly dont feel as monotonus anymore...#of course i still have to deal with my emotional mess but... youve helped to enrich my enclosure and that has done wonders
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Yaoi has poisoned all of your fucking brains !!
#Yakuza HATEblog#i dont want to hear about the new yakuza trailer where kiryu proposed to soemone he wouldnnever do that thats so scary#also they refered to sayama as the cop lady like please show some respect to her she didnt be annoying for you to forget her#ive become homophobic now because i hated seeing a particular post so much like that will never happen you are crazy#like no this isnt how kzmj can win they have never even once considered a future together because kiryus foreplanning ended when he lost#his brother and majima has spent half her life waiting for saejima to come back like they have more important things to worry about#and kiryu is not able to share his kids with anybody he cant simultaneously raise haruka with someone he has to either be a single dad or an#absent dad no in between and sometimes haruka is left parentless in the middle of that mess but its not kiryus problem hes driving cars amd#beating people up .... well he does care sorry for insinuating he doesnt ... he thinks about his kids every day#but i guarantee you he does not think about majima every day i swear it to you he does not care about her that much !!! i have to forever#stress this doesnt mean that he hates majima but it simply means that shes not his priority AND SHE WILL NEVER BE !!! kiryu will never#risk it all just for a suckle on that majiwilly like he doesnt like her that much ... if kiryu didnt even give majima so much as a phonecall#when he was ignoring her the entirety of y3 AFTER tossing her back to the wolves just so he can play house at okinawa.. hes not going to#suddenly realise that he wants to spend the rest of his life with majima hes going to be pondering how miserable he is while beating the#fuck out of people because sorry i didnt actually pay attention to the gaiden stuff is kiryu a hitman now or some sort of mercenary either#way its so hot that hes paralleled by y0 majima because hes so depressed and wants to kill himself and forced to wear a nice suit and do#things he doesnt want to while being kept on a tight leash like hohooho ... have sex with me ...!!!#im going to kill him myself to put him out of his misery if i have to ... just let kiryu run off to america and join the cia im kidding but#wait i just thought of him actually running off and sayama pulling some strings in the force to keep people from looking for him because#shes like a bigshot cop now ... i think she should be able to cradle him gently and keep him like a show cat#a shivering wet penis in the rain and she takes him in and gives him a loving home ... i feel a little embarrassed talking about hetships#but the concept of kiryu just being in her house and living with her is making me laugh like wow ... hes straight now.... like obviously hes#still not going to be like lets get married 🥰 but sayama would want to... i believe that she could forge their documents so kiryu isnt an#illegal immigrant anymore and she gives him an american name so john yakuza can become real ... its like a fake dating au but they really#arent dating theyre just having sex and acting out scenes from a kdrama but eventually kiryu will have to go back because hes so sad#without his kids and he needs to see them one last time to pass away peacefully. sorry i just remembered how much older kiryu was than#sayama like thats a bit funny ... like i still think kiryu should be into older guys or girls but like we cant always have that happen#like how majimas options for getting fucked by creepy old guys are getting lesser year by year because those old geezers keep dying and hes#old now too ... like theyre so old thats fucked. i know ive been saying how kzmj can never win but i do think majima should breastfeed kiryu
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Ppl will do anything for internet clout oh my god
#this dude is arguing with the Cartel as he’s streaming and mocking them#as if they don’t have ppl to snatch him up or they can’t just get here themselves#they’ve done this plenty of times to Americans talking crazy#what the hell#rambling#just the other day some dude edited a picture of his burger to make it look undercooked so that he could get his money back from DoorDash….#which is??? hopefully the restaurant he got the burger from wasn’t like a family owned one#don’t mess up ppls businesses like that#some other dude was online bragging about how his boss or whoever let him mop the bathrooms down and let him go home so he didn’t even have#to do his full 6 hours or community service and everyone was like ‘you’re gonna get that guy fired you idiot delete this-‘#like why even post about it- especially if you’re a convict like I’m sure you have people watching you man come on#I hope that guy didn’t get fired just because he wanted to be nice to an idiot like that#and of course that lady who posted her baby waxing adult coochie…….. you really don’t… have to post everything online#well it was good that she was stupid enough to do so in the end considering what she had her daughter doing
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And the mood of the day is......
#mario will never sound as nice as he did#ik we always gave him crap but he always sounded so sweet and now we will never get that again#uhm also LBP is dead???#Oh and HBO or something decided it would be great if they made Over the Garden Wall lost media <3#I think I need to lay down but I will feel lazy stupid and nothing but a big ol lump#but I have been in a horrible pain for the last 3 days that there's a burn on my stomach from the heated rice pad#vent#feel free to use#sad#emotion#emoji#emotion picture#also someone keeps messing with that one post where I said don't comment and they're freaking hiding it I SAID DON'T I WAS JUST TALKING#ouch#dysmenorrhea
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what’s really embarrassing is my roommate on the phone with his mom saying “yeah i’ve been getting really sloppy i haven’t cleaned in a week it’s terrible” and my side of the room is just like that. all of the time. and i feel guilty but he also hasn’t ever said anything to my face he moved my stuff some at the beginning of the year but has never talked to me about it and i’m also so fucking ill that i just cant really handle adding that to my list while trying to also not fail school. so here i am being a terrible person i guess. did i tell you guys about turtle-person. have i showed my bracelets. i’m gonna go to sleep but in the morning i need to show my bracelets
#help i have work tomorrow. i also feel sick and strange. wish me luck#the sun was around today which was incredible but also i think it gave me too much mental energy#cause for the first time in forever i had the brightness of spirit to go for a walk. but that’s not the same as having the blood flow for it#so i think i overexerted myself cause of being finally happy and mentally energized i forgot about being physically disabled#i also had to explain POTS to somebody today and she was literally like ‘oh is that the thing where you need to have salt’ and NO like#i do have a really high salt intake to cope with POTS. but that’s not the fucking thing yknow?? like no that’s not what the thing i have is#it has nothing to do with salt. salt is a fun little coincidence that it can help with water retention which in turn helps with POTS#and it raises blood pressure is i think the other reason? but anyway idk i would honestly rather she just not know about it than have like#that very particular tiktok version of it like i am so glad for internet knowledge being spread and stuff and i mean. i guess even the posts#that i’m about to complain about are good for making people feel like they’re not alone. so maybe it’s fine. but i was going to complain of#the videos that are like ‘‘that one POTS friend’’ and it’s just like. salty food. instead of like. having to sit down?? BEING FATIGUED??#and like whatever. whatEVER but i wish it wasn’t getting conflated with one particular little way of treating it. even though i use that way#i don’t have needs-a-lot-of-salt-disease. like that’s not the point. that’s not the issue. it’s not a salt deficiency. salt just helps#and it doesn’t FIX it. it just helps. that’s all#ANYWAY EVERYTHING IS FINE. i feel sick though. but i’m gonna sleep and i’ll be fine#i miss before i had a job cause then i could sleep all day if i skipped class and it would be really nice. but now i have a job i would be#missing on my responsibilities for. and I don’t actually have accommodations. but im gonna sleep i’ll be fine#and library book cart is actually so rollator. like as far as being able to walk the library situation is such a win#anyway i’m gonna go to sleep now. but yeah idk i’m sick and a mess what else is new. but i have something whatever i’m good theres something#unrequited love for life or something like that. ok im gonna go to bed sorry for being weird and strange all the time!!!!#me. my post. mine.#delete later
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It has been a very long day of having sick cats and caring for them and also I had an important job counseling meeting and also I did some cooking/baking
So busy and tired I didn't even play Pikmin 4 today. Only the second day I have not played since I got it, and the other time was because I was out all day with friends
It is nearly 2 AM. Billi is fed and medicated and her glucose is stable. Tiny Tim is a bit dopey from the painkillers and resting comfortably, and even had a little bit of his dinner tonight
I think I will do a sleep. I pray my dumb anxiety brain will actually let me rest
#the cooking/baking was a free cinnamon pretzel bites kit i got from hello fresh#it was like. a coupon for a free add-on because i've been a customer with them for a thousand years#anyway. had to make them today before the pizza dough went weird#but it was nice to have a little sweet treat at the end of a very long and tough day#also i managed not to cry even a little bit at the vet today and i am pretty proud of myself for holding it together#a month ago when tim was sick the first time i was a blubbering mess#mod post#sick animal
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I got my results today, so Im back to uni starting tomorrow (yay!), but at the same time it has not assuaged my stress levels whatsoever sooo yeah, that's fun 🙈
Damn you, anxiety!
#personal#Raksh posts#vent#*shaking my fist angrily at my ridiculous anxiety and overthinking brain*#classes start tomorrow but also I gotta like Officialy sign with my paperwork and all first#plus the internet sign ins start at the same time classes do and I have no idea when I'll get access to the platform so#fun#it's all stressing me out so much grrrr#Ive prepped some food already tho and Im gonna finish up the paperwork now#get an outfit ready and get my old backpack out of my closer oooof#I'll have some hours before I'll have to leave for the train tho so thars for making some sandwiches and buying tickets#tho that one might be better to get now hmmmm#at this point Im just venting anythinf and everything hoping it'll help with the stress 🙈#sorry to anyone that's still reading this rambling mess 😅#its gonna be a long and stressful day tomorrow and even a longer one on thursday#(god the fact I'll prob have to wake up for a train that leaves at 5.50 Im gonna hate it so much 😭)#my commute depending on the day might add up to a total of 3h so big OOF#but still cheaper than trying to find a room in the city prob 😬#and I get wednesdays and fridays off so that's nice#maybe I'll try looking for something part time for those days later on too who knows#for now gotta survive this week and see where it goes 😅
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Officially (?) got into ear training two days ago 🫡 (i.e., my lack of knowledge and skill in that field is embarassingly low compared to other musicians I know and I may as well start well before my course on it since it's mostly practice and, well, training your ear)
#not doing anything more than like. 10 minutes a day because my God does it get tiring quick#found a very nice website which increases the difficulty (adds other intervals) as you improve so that's nice :)#it doesn't feel as overwhelming since I don't have to stop and think 'oh should I add new intervals?'#I mean I have been playing and listening to music for well over a decade at this point! It shouldn't be *that* difficult#I just need more awareness to better understand what's going on. make it more instinctive if you will#I can distinguish 2nd minor from 2nd majors but sometimes I lose some kind of reference point and mess it up completely#so yeah#training will fix it I guess#also! it should help with singing out stuff so I'm looking forward to it <3#(you can tell I'm procrastinating studying my uni exam this next few days lmao)#my post
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The podcast I’ve been doing volunteer transcripts for gave me a shoutout and compliments for my work in the new episode!
#I've just started doing them earlier this year and linking to them in the discord server as I get new episodes up#other fans have been very nice and supportive about them#so I knew the cast were aware of them but they hadn't directly commented on it before#(they don't talk very much in the server anyway so that wasn't strange)#so to suddenly hear them talk about it like that in an actual episode was really cool and made my day#it was very unexpected and awesome and felt great#also they were immediately like 'we should mess with this guy' and said a bunch of weird noises and words lmao#I'm posting this a little bit later but I wanted to say something here too#after sharing with a bunch of friends
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