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#fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #d20

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When it comes to ship fic, I love a good meet cute. Some kind of unexpected circumstance that leads to hijinks, maybe with a comic relief side character you can really root for. For my money, Evergiven/Suez Canal is where it's at.

I'm not really into doomed romances where you know from the start that you're in for angst. I pretty much only read those ones when I need a good cry. Still, the best fanvids I've ever seen come out of the Titanic/Iceberg fandom (or even Titanic/Iceberg/Atlantic Ocean). And when it comes to filk? Edmond Fitzgerald/Lake Superior has music that could win a Grammy!

The ones I just never seem to get into are truly toxic, though. No shame on those who love them, but I'm not personally a fan of Exxon Valdez/Prince William Sound. Tragedy is one thing, but that's just a mess.

#this post wouldn't shut up in my head #so now it's your problem

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sometimes when I hear US election news, I wish I weren't a foreign national because I think I could make some pretty decent memes

for example, I just heard about Kari Lake's comments in a speech the other day. She's running for Governor of Arizona, and she rhetorically asked the crowd what they should strap on (before giving them her answer)

I feel like someone out there in Arizona could probably make some money on merch that reads:

Cocks not Glocks

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if you see me posting about how awesome short fics are, odds are pretty good that I just scrolled past a post about how only 100K+ fics are "real fics" or "full fics" etc.

I see that, and it makes me feel so sad for all of the authors out there who read those posts and wish they could write long fic because they think it's the only way that people will be interested in their stories.

It also makes me sad for the readers who don't have the time or the attention span for stories that long and worry that they're missing out on something great as a result.

Anyway, I just saw that one about how someone got acclimatized to reading stories of 250K and I just-

#sigh #if i see too many of those posts in a day #I just get so tired #anyway gpoy #I'm a short fic writer #and a short fic reader #and happy to be both

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So I'm not a USAmerican, but I still see a lot of their political news (as so many of us around the world do) and I think the thing I really don't get about the idea of third party presidential candidates is: what do people think is going to happen if that person actually does win?

Third party candidates at the presidential level don't have any members of Congress. No one in the House of Representatives and no one in the Senate. So like, congrats on being the President I guess? But how are you going to get anything done when no one else is on your team?

If folks really do want to get a third party up and running, they should start at the state level, not the presidential level. Hell, start at the municipal government level if that's a thing you can do (are city councils also Republican and Democrat?)

With something like a political party, you need to build from the ground up, not the top down. You want to get a third party in there? Put in the work. It's not going to happen overnight with a single election for President, but if you lay the groundwork and build the structure, you'll get there over time.

#voting third party seems like an 'instant gratification' play #shit like that takes 50 years #just look at how the republicans gradually wore down institutions until they could overturn roe #an absolutely horrifying turn of events #but they were the implacable predator in a horror movie and they ended up winning

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cancelling my cable right now, and it was really easy to avoid the upsale / retention offers because I don't actually own a TV 🤣

(if you do own a TV but want to avoid the upsale thing, I recommend just claiming you don't own one anymore. fast, effective, and gets a laugh from the agent)

#it's complicated but by subscribing to TV services I wasn't using #my bill used to be *lower* than it would otherwise be #and now it won't be anymore #so I'm getting rid of the dead weight (and expense)

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Y'all if you're a MaxFun member the MBMBaM Avatar commentary track should be in your feed now and I gotta tell you it's one of my favorite things we've put out in recent memory. I listened to it the other night while watching Avatar for the first time and I wound up having to use my inhaler like 4 times cause I was laughing so hard.

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Eid Mubarak to all you lovely humans celebrating. May your days be filled with all the love and happiness that you deserve ☾☀︎︎❣︎

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gif making is SUCH an art. no one outside of tumblr gets it. most people on tumblr dont get it.

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guess who's got two thumbs and got laid off today?

👍this gal!👍

#I'm fine #I've been desperately wanting to leave this job #and now I can afford to do so

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Happy National Library Workers Day! 📚 🦉 Today, we salute the heart and soul of libraries everywhere: the librarians and staff who guide, educate, and inspire. At JSTOR, we deeply appreciate your dedication to making knowledge accessible and empowering communities. Here’s to celebrating your invaluable contributions today and every day. Thank you for lighting the path of learning. 🌟 Image: Voigt, J.P. Bookplate of JV. 1897. Pratt Institute.

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I think the beauty of being a multifandom blogger just means you have the power to try and drag others into fandoms with you that they didn’t originally follow you for

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Let's talk about legacy.

Sometimes you create something that defines a genre. Sometimes you make something that is so legendary people either forget that you're still creating things, or refuse to acknowledge that the new things you create are in any league close to the original. Sometimes you make something so good that Rick and Morty makes the goodness of the thing you created INTO A PLOT POINT in a non-derogatory fashion. Sometimes as a fan you drop off knowing that you will never experience something like that again.

This is all a convoluted way of saying that if you dropped off The Adventure Zone after Balance I am BEGGING you to listen to TAZ Vs. Dracula because it is SPECTACULAR. Easily my favorite thing the show has done since Balance ended, and I say that as someone who will go to bat for Ethersea, Steeplechase and even Graduation.

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favorite thing about podcasts is when you can hear them lean away from their mics and just DIE laughing from the floor

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watching a recorded webinar about AI and my industry (for work, obvs) and the transcript was definitely done by AI. On the one hand, not editing it really highlights how bad AI is at the things the webinar was saying AI is bad at. On the other hand, not editing the transcript is a dick move because it screws over the folks who need the transcript.

#it's been a week #theyve had time

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☀️Eclipse🌙

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mbmbam is coming to my town next month and now I'm wondering if I get a ticket and go on my own or rope in a friend who's never listened to them or just wait and hear the playback of the live show months from now and regret not going XD