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One thing I don't think I've ever seen talked about is how post-apocalypse ideation is largely about homelessness.

Homelessness looms large in the American consciousness. Like, not that it's irrelevant elsewhere, but it's got a particular cultural place in the US that's reflected in Hollywood, and therefore relevant because what makes it into film and TV sets the terms of so many conversations.

We don't acknowledge it if we can help it, but I think most people know they're never more than a few very bad months from winding up there.

Even people who are sure it only happens to people who deserve it, who fuck up and put one foot in the morass of their own foolish volition. Even they know the quicksand is there, waiting to be walked into, and that the odds are stacked against ever climbing out on your own once you have. And that they, too, are capable of fucking up. Of trusting the wrong person. Of getting cancer incorrectly.

And those of us who know damn well we can't be sure we're safe even if we do everything right, we know it even better.

And in that sense it doesn't matter what the world would realistically look like after X kind of apocalypse, what people would do, how society would adapt. Because the anxiety that's being processed is about the reality that's in existence now.

About what if my world ends. And I lose access to the fruits of developed society, to clean clothes and new glasses and running water, to a safe place to sleep where I don't expect to be killed or robbed, or driven out by men with guns and dogs. To my home and work and family and everything I usually use to tell me who I am.

What if every man's hand is against me, and every meal is a small victory, and there's only my own dwindling strength between me and the long night?

Will I make it? Will I hold up under the strain? Will I retain my dignity? Will I be lucky? Will I be able to protect the people I love, in that world, the world where no one is protecting us anymore?

Is there a way to continue to live as a human person, when you're denied the prerogatives of one, and don't know if you'll ever get them back?

Putting this anxiety into the context of a massive apocalypse divorces this scenario from the burden of shame tied up in the idea of winding up in that sort of situation in the normal course of events, by having society vanish rather than expel you, personally, as a washout, and continue on around you.

It also allows you to rule out a priori the question of what resources might be offered but can't in an anticipatory context be counted on; shelters and programs and housed friends and family who may or may not help. And narrow the narrative to only the question of what you can survive, and often a fairy tale about surviving all of it and starting over.

Rehearsing for a loss in a mythologized format is a very normal anxiety processing behavior, and I think a lot of apocalypse scenario building is attached to the buried dread of that personal apocalypse. But I haven't seen that one make the list.

#wow #truth

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So good. Amazing acting

Frank's Cock

From 1993, CKR in the short film Frank's Cock.

#frank’s cock #ckr

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Yay, another dS fic by @petymology aka Resonant! The series and this fic is so great, go read it!

I just put up a new due South story, bouncing off the anniversary energy of @ds30below. This completes the series that began twenty years ago with my Left and continued with @kormantic 's Right and my Clockwise.

Wrong (3256 words) by Resonant Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: due South Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Threesome - M/M/M, Moving, Established Relationship, sad title sad summary happy ending, I promise, Post-Canon

Summary:

“Where ya going so early, Constable?” “I’m going to Chicago to see my friends.” “What’s your hurry?” “They’re getting ready to make a big mistake.”

Beta thanks to @mific and language tiebreaker thanks to @terminally-underwhelmed.

#ds30below #fanfic rec #due south fic #Ray Vecchio/Ray Kowalski/Benton Fraser

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Dief Chasing a Doughnut - on AO3

#fanart #ds30below #due south fanart #diefenbaker

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could not resist

#fairy or walrus

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Big huge recs!

Hiya! Did I ever introduce myself? I'm Resonant/resonant8. So here's a new due South story.

Clockwise (10935 words) by Resonant Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: due South Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio Characters: Benton Fraser, Stella Kowalski (due South), Pop Vecchio | Ray Vecchio's Father, Francesca Vecchio Additional Tags: Thanksgiving, Established Relationship, Post-Canon, post-Vegas, post-florida Summary:

"We’ll be bringing your Mountie down to testify. And you two have got to keep him under control.”

Beta thanks to https://terminally-underwhelmed.tumblr.com/, mssalieri, and https://mific.tumblr.com/.

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Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach Additional Tags: Fanart, Digital Art, Underwater Summary: Ed - not quite rock bottom.

Notes: made in Procreate for Drawtober, for prompts Silence & Pirate.

#our flag means death art #our flag means death fanart #OFMD #edward teach #digital art #fanart

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The post with links is here \o/

#Ds seekrit santa #sign ups

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Ahahahahaha OMG this is SO WELL DONE. Just listen to the audio/podfic!

I’m absolutely obsessed with the reddit side of the Tolkien fandom, in particular, this discussion regarding how Sauron fits the ring on his finger, as well as penal compensation a la Lord Farqaud style

#fucking amazing #hilarious #lotr #orcs #reddit commentfic

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Pride leprechauns - the treasure at rainbow’s end

#McShep #john sheppard/rodney mckay #pride #leprechauns #chibis #stargate atlantis #stargate atlantis fanart

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Mermaids shoaling. On AO3.

#mermay #mermay 2023 #mermaids #digital art

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay Additional Tags: Fanart, Traditional Media, Missions Gone Wrong, Off-World, Community: Drawesome Summary: On a mission gone wrong John and Rodney pissed off the locals who locked them up and took all their stuff - but at least they still have each other.

Notes: Made for the current Drawesome challenge to create a drawing on an alternative surface. Drawn with coloured pencils on corrugated cardboard.

#stargate atlantis fanart #mcshep #john sheppard #rodney mckay #stargate atlantis #fanart #traditional drawing

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Fandom: The Last of Us (TV)

Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ellie & Tess (The Last of Us) Characters: Ellie (The Last of Us), Tess (The Last of Us) Additional Tags: Digital Art, Fanart, Post-Apocalypse, Strong Female Characters Summary: "How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

"You've got some balls on you, sister."

Notes: Created with a mix of digital techniques - drawing and painting in Procreate, and the background modified using the befunky app.

#tlou #the last of us #tlou fanart #the last of us fanart #ellie tlou #tess tlou #fanart #digital art #strong female characters

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay Additional Tags: Fanart, Digital Art, Drabble, Established Relationship, medical treatment, Worry, Anaphylaxis, Hurt/Comfort, Drawing Summary: John stands in the infirmary, his hand on Rodney's chest.

#mcshep #john sheppard #rodney mckay #stargate atlantis fanart #sga #stargate atlantis #drabble

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Not to mention...

wee joe and young joe…in glasses 👀

#joe flanigan #as a kid #lookit that haircut

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay Additional Tags: Fanart, Digital Art, Drawing, Couch Cuddles, Sleeping Together, Romancing McShep  Summary: They're worn out, poor things. I wonder why?

#stargate atlantis fanart #john sheppard #rodney mckay #mcshep #sga #starfate atlantis #fanart

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I’m just sayin’ (Rodney McKay picspam)

One of the important results of the previous year was the successful reproduction of Pallas's cats. Borsika gave birth to six puppies in March. The little things have grown a lot since then, so it is not always easy to tell at first glance whether we are seeing the mother or one of the Pallas's cat kitten.

zoobudapest

Not even a year old and already in possession of grumpy old man energy a plenty

#pallascats #grumpy #rodney mckay