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Also— people in the past didn’t all kark it at 40. The life expectancy for men who lived past 5 years old has always been pretty consistent.

The big difference is that the average was brought down by how fucking many babies and little kids died.

Remember, history was awful. Never trust the romantics.

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The Simpsons should end already so a bunch of people who used to watch it but don’t anymore watch the finale, which then triggers an extremely specific group of people with extremely specific things wrong with them get weird about it. I would like to see that. Gif sets. People posting favorite quotes. People being like oh yikes yikes yikes I knew some of this wasn’t going to age well but damn. A 20k Moe/Milhouse fanfic that launches a shipping juggernaut.Tumblr user springinspringfield with shaking hands types up a three thousand word post on how Bart Simpson was always written to be trans coded. And I wanna read that post and be like “yup argument checks out” and incorporate it into my sincerely held belief system

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Hi! There’s a good sized AR server called Cubs Army! We’re very fannish, with lots of fun plotting fic ideas and discussing interpretations of the book and series!

It’s been quiet lately, but new blood to get us moving before season three is always welcome!

Link is unlimited, lasts 1 week starting Monday 27th

I NEED TO FIND OTHER ALEX RIDER FANS

PLEASE

FINALLY WATCHING THE SHOW WITH MY SISTER AND I’M IN LOVE

AGAIN

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1910s guy who calls including left-handed characters in stories forced diversity

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there is something so darkly comical about tumblr potentially outliving twitter

tumblr, which is held together with duct tape and madness, run by three raccoons in blood stained Yahoo! hats and a handful of crabs, its only discernible source of income the sale of shoelaces from an inside joke so inside no one knows the original source anymore and fake blue checkmarks... that website still lives on

truly the cockroach of social media and I love it for that

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I love how the name Ice Pick Joe is clearly a pastiche of mob movies, but he never uses an ice pick on screen!

He just shoots them.

There the iconic shot of him pulling a long thin silver object out of his pocket, but it’s a pen! Not an ice pick, as the viewer expects. When he instead simply shoots his target, it’s a fun turn of expectations reminiscent of Indians Jones shooting the swords man

What I love about Ice Pick Joe is that he's really just a professional? Like, he's there to do a job, he really doesn't care about Andrey's weird homosexual obsession with this one specific guy.

#goncharov #unreality

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If I had to describe Witness I would say that it is a god tier fanfic. That’s it end of review.

Out of curiosity Witness is focused on the season 1 time frame do you ever see yourself doing a fic set in season 2?

Aweee thanks!

I mean, probably I’ll write a few. They won’t be witness level, that’s for sure!

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@daniwib @freesirius4life @kesskirata

Sometimes, a fic doesn't have to get published, it can just be a series of messages on a Discord channel, between a dedicated group of friends going "oooh, you know what else would be cool?" continuously over a period of weeks and months :)

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Do you think Danny would be scared of Batman?

Like, the guys intimidation stats are maxed out, there's no way Danny won't feel at least a little bit nervous about looking him in the eye. Especially if Danny meets him early on, like before he gets comfortable fighting things all the time.

Imagine the JLA hearing about all the emerging ghost stuff in Amity, with actual unedited videos and pictures posted on the internet as proof (probably posted by Caspar high students) and in all the posts they keep seeing this one ghost "inviso bill" over and over and over again. They can't really see his features, because of how blurry all tye footage is, but they keep seeing him in ever other picture. And they keep hearing about how "evil" he is. (Mostly the Fentons saying that, we all know how bigoted they are when it comes to ghosts)

So they come over to check it out. And they're expecting a fight, theyre expecting eldritch spirits with claws and fangs and the whole nine yards. They're expecting monsters, especially this "inviso-bill".

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Instead, they get a child.

He doesn't look a day over 14, with baby fat still on his cheeks and a slight stature. He doesn't look anywhere near as eldritch as the photos made him seem. He's just a kid.

A terrified kid trying to protect what probably was once his home.

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And then Batman naturally has to adopt him. The only problem is— the ghost kid is scared shitless of him.

Cue Batman trying make himself look less intimidating to Danny and then eventually coming to the realisation that he's probably going to have to try as Bruce Wayne, otherwise, no luck.

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Bonus points if Danny is hiding behind Jason this entire time because he registers him as a ghost too. A little fucked up ghost, but that's nothing an ectoplasm bath can't fix.

Don't imagine Bruce being irked that Danny somehow prefers the Red Hood over Batman, but being relieved that he's at least got someone in his corner nonetheless

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it’s safe to say i think about this video at least four times a day, i can quote almost the whole thing from memory

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Get back home and catch a coffee thief.

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Danny Phantom meets Superman. More accurately I should say that Danny Fenton meets Clark Kent.

Let me make this clear cause people seem to forget this: superman is smart. Clark kent is a very intelligent guy. Hes an INVESTIGATIVE journalist. He works with Lois Lane whos a multiple Pultizer prize winner and you know damn well that Lois wouldn’t work with anyone that cant keep up with her in both wits and smarts. He’s good at his job and in some comics he gets Pulitzer Prizes from some of his articles as well. Dude is dumb but he’s smart if you get what I’m saying. High Int. Low Wis.

With that in mind, During an assignment by Perry White, Lois and Clark meet the Fentons in their Amnesty residence to get some quotes on an article that discusses “Everything we thought didn’t exist is now real. Superheroes, Aliens, even Vampires, so why do we not Believe in Ghosts?”

Clark Kent spots Danny and notices instantly that MANY things are wrong with this child. His shoulders are hunched in a way that is intentional and tensed. Like he doesn’t know if he should fight or flee. His eyes are darting around and constantly taking in their surroundings like he’s waiting for something to barge in. His heart is beating far slower than it should. The kid intentionally makes his chest rise and fall but he’s not breathing in any oxygen. All of those are concerning but they can happen in metas. The thing that isn’t normal is that Clark can’t hear any of Danny’s other organs working. Like the kid is a revitalized corpse and his body only thought to bring back half of its needed functions.

So Clark does some digging. He doesn’t want to tell any of the Justice League because this isn’t a Superman job, this is a job for Clark Kent. He gets some help from Oracle and with her word that she won’t say anything to batman, He agrees to update her regularly about the kids situation.

Oracle sends over some VERY concerning documents from an organization called “The Ghost Investigation Ward”. Oracle tells Clark that she’s working on tipping off the Bats and Birds so they can help dismantle the organization.

While sifting through the documents Clark comes across a profile of a “Danny Phantom”. As I said, Clark isn’t stupid. There is definitely a profile of Danny Fenton as well since he’s the son of two world renown ghost hunters. He puts the two and two together and uncovers just the horrible treatment that Phantom has been receiving from his parents, the government, and his peers. Clark is outraged and can’t just stand aside and let this kid suffer. So he makes another trip to the Fenton residence under the guise of needing another quote and sits Danny and Jazz down and tells him that he knows of the terrible lab safety, the immoral experiments his parents do on the regular, the neglect of the kids in pursuit of scientific discovery. He knows and he wants to help. Clark tells Danny and Jazz that there is an apartment available right nextdoor from his and that he can help them get to a safer location and apply for emancipation.

The Fenton kids are shocked at this guy and his immensely kind heart. Danny knows something is up though. Something is up with Clark Kent. He looks like all his life would be spent in the gym when he isn’t at work and yet Danny can’t find a thing on Clarks interest in working out. His baggy clothes somewhat cover up his muscles but his frame is far too wide to be hidden. Clarks heartbeat is slightly faster than the average persons. No human eyes could be that startlingly sky blue. And Danny knows that he has seen Clarks face somewhere but he cant put a pin on it.

The Fenton kids agree and they get brought to metropolis and the emancipation case is no problem with the evidence Clark managed to collect. The kids get the apartment next to Clarks and Clark helps them grow and get better mentally and situationally. Clark knows that in a way he’s trying to make up for his neglect on Connor but he still knows that helping these kids is the right decision.

After a month or so, Clark and the Fenton kids have a rhythm of meeting at each others apartments, getting doted over to make sure that the fentons are well fed and have everything they need and are getting settled into their new life.

Clark hasn’t told the league. Oracle keeps her promise to keep the Fentons out of Batman and the Justice League’s radar. Clark knows that he will have to tell them soon eventually. He knows that things like this wont last. He tries his best to keep these kids happy and support them how an actual caring parent should act.

A few months into the Fentons stay in Metropolis on a cool autumn afternoon, Danny is sitting on a beanbag chair reading a ratty old book that Clark lent him as Clark is typing away on his computer writing up an article for the Daily Planet when Danny looks over to Clark and says,

“I’m Phantom.”

Clark pauses typing and shoots a small smile towards danny, “I know.”

Danny nods in relieved acceptance as Clark straightens up from his hunced over position on his computer.

He pulls back his shirt collar slightly to show the blue suit and red cape. “I’m Superman.”

Danny looks at him and smiles, “I know.”

They both just sit and continue reading and writing with soft smiles on their faces. Comforted at the exchange and that it’s finally out there and eachother knew.

After a while Danny’s obsession gets to be too much. He tells Clark about it and that he has to find a way to sate his obsession of protecting and Clark accepts that it was only a matter of time and invites him to meet the League.

When Superman brings Danny to the Watchtower, saying that the rest of his fellow superheroes were shocked would be an understatement. The Man of Steel and this ghost kid are talking like a father and son.

To say that Batman was pissed that he wasn’t informed of this child is also an understatement. But there is also some amusement and respect under that frustration. Superman managed to keep this kid under wraps and didn’t even alert Batman. Superman smirking and saying under his breath to him “Looks like the World's Greatest Detective isn’t so great huh?” Makes Batman respect the man even more.

In the Watchtower, Danny meets up with Teen Titans/The Team/Whatever They’re Called Now, and meets Conner. Conner is understandably pissed and spiteful that Danny got to have Superman as a father figure.

Conner knows that Superman treating Danny this way is definitely a way of him trying to make up for the faults and breaks he had with his parental relationship with Conner. he agrees with himself that he shouldn’t hate Danny for having Superman as a Dad and the two get along like tinder and matches. Connor still has a grudge against Superman don’t get me wrong, just not as much as before.

Sometimes while the League is in battle, Superman likes to just look for Danny and watch him hold his own against world ending threats. Danny is now truly confident and it’s no longer a facade. He’s no longer hunching into himself to look smaller. He laughs more often now and seems to be genuinely happy. Superman fondly looks at his son as his kids eyes flicker with green fire as he says a shitty ice pun and freezes Metallo in his tracks with ghostly ice.

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I've seen discussions sometimes about how fanfiction-based fandom culture is heavily influenced and dominated by people who are not cis men.

One thing I haven't seen discussed as much though is how much of fandom in general is shaped by neurodivergent people.

I mean, you have autistic and ADHD people with special interests or hyperfixations collecting information and writing detailed meta, connecting very strongly with characters and fandoms. I would not be surprised if the percentage of autistics in fandom communities was significantly higher than in the general public.

And that's not even getting into other types of neurodivergencies and how they influence fandom culture.

I sometimes see people try to divorce fandom culture from the idea of being a "geek", and I understand that this is sometimes because of the association with the sexist geek stereotype, but I also know that there is a connection between the two concepts, and it's probably us neurodivergent people.

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First of all I just want to say reading your work is absolutely thrilling. I read Alex Rider as a kid and recently saw the tv show which resparked my love of the universe so I fell down the Alex Rider Ao3 rabbit hole and I have to say your story Witness has consumed my brain!

After devouring your work, I saw your note that you had some of the scenes planned sense 2020, and I wondered, are there any other moments in future chapters that you have been planning since the start?

Okay I’m using tumblr again it looks like!

Yes there most definitely are scenes I’ve have planned since 2020. One of these days I swear I’ll finish Witness. Cause the ending I’ve had planned the whole time makes my brain vibrate.

There’s a couple scenes I’ve had planned since early 2021 that also I’m so excited for. But I don’t want to spoil!

And thank you so much! The show also pulled me back into fandom

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They’d met twice before, their paths crossing as they worked their ways across the country. Two chance meetings, two very enjoyable encounters. Years later, a series of demonic church arsons bring them back together. Being taken hostage was not how Buck expected to reunite with Dean. A 9-1-1 / Supernatural collab with @hella-writes

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I finally finished my wikipedia poem! It's about holiness and being trans and also Chernobyl kind of.